ACT
      Plans
      for
      "The
      Gondoliers"
     
    
   
   
    
     
      At
      8
      o'clock
      on
      February
      20th,
     
     
      something
      will
      happen
      to
      PEI
      that
      has-
     
     
      n't
      happened
      since
      —
      August.
      Gilbert
      &
     
     
      Sullivan
      are
      once
      again
      rearing
      their
     
     
      ghostly,
      British
      heads
      in
      order
      to
     
     
      amuse
      musical-comedy
      hungry
      Island
     
     
      audiences
      as
      ACT
      (A
      Community
     
     
      Theatre)
      prepares
      to
      grace
      the
     
     
      Confederation
      mainstage
      with
      G&S's
     
     
      The
      Gondoliers.
     
    

    
     
      This
      is
      the
      fifth
      Gilbert
      and
     
     
      Sullivan
      collaboration
      performed
      by
     
     
      ACT
      in
      only
      six
      years,
      having
      previ-
     
     
      ously
      produced
      HMS
      Pinafore,
      The
     
     
      Pirates
      of
      Penzance,
      The
      Mikado,
      and
     
     
      Trial
      by
      Jury.
     
    

    
     
      While
      The
      Gondoliers
      has
     
     
      been
      overshadowed
      historically
      by
      the
     
     
      first
      three
      mentioned
      productions,
      it
      is
     
     
      nonetheless
      considered
      by
      many
      to
      be
     
     
      a
      superb
      work.
      It
      was
      one
      of
      the
      last
     
     
      Gilbert
      and
      Sullivan
      collaborations
     
     
      before
      the
      pair
      went
      their
      separate
     
     
      ways,
      and
      is
      often
      performed
      all
     
     
      around
      the
      globe.
      It
      contains
      many
      fine
     
     
      musical
      numbers,
      plenty
      of
      opportunity
     
     
      for
      dance
      numbers
      and
      a
      predictably
     
     
      topsy
      turvy
      comedic
      plot,
      as
      in
      all
     
     
      good
      G&S's.
     
    

    
     
      The
      story
      in
      a
      nutshell:
      two.
      _
     
     
      republican
      gondola-boatmen
      and
      two
     
     
      lovely
      maidens
      marry.
      In
      an
      unexpect-
     
     
      ed
      turn
      of
      events,
      it
      is
      revealed
      that
     
     
      one
      of
      the
      boatmen
      is
      actually
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Brodie
      MacRAE
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      King
      of
      Barataria.
      The
      King
      was
      mar-
     
     
      ried
      as
      an
      infant
      to
      the
      daughter
      of
      an
     
     
      impoverished
      Spanish
      duke
      and
      this
     
     
      duke
      is
      now
      looking
      to
      move
      up
      in
      the
     
     
      world
      through
      his
      daughter's
      privileged
     
     
      position.
      ea
     
    

    
     
      This
      presents
      a
      number
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _problems.
      No
      one
      knows
      which
      repub-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      lican
      boatman
      is
      the
      King
      (it
      wouldn't
     
     
      be
      a
      Gilbert
      and
      Sullivan
      if
      it
      were
      that
     
     
      simple).
      Since
      they
      both
      just
      got
      mar-
     
     
      ried,
      one
      of
      them
      now
      has
      two
      wives,
     
     
      and
      to
      top
      it
      off,
      the
      ideals
      of
      a
      repub-
     
     
      lican
      oppose
      those
      of
      a
      monarchist,
      so
     
     
      neither
      of
      them
      even
      wants
      to
      be
      a
     
     
      king.
     
    

    
     
      Until
      the
      mess
      is
      sorted
      out,
     
     
      they
      both
      take
      the
      job,
      comedy
      ensues
     
     
      and
      everyone
      dances
      and
      sings
      a
      whole
     
     
      lot.
     
    

    
     
      Set
      in
      the
      Mediterranean
      in
      the
     
     
      18th-century,
      it
      will
      be
      nice
      to
      see
      peo-
     
     
      ple
      outside
      dancing
      and
      having
      fun
     
     
      without
      winter
      coats
      and
      having
      to
     
     
      shovel
      through
      a
      foot
      and
      a
      half
      of
     
     
      snow
      first.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Gondoliers
      is
      directed
      by
     
     
      Terry
      Pratt,
      musical
      direction
      by
      Carl
     
     
      Mathis
      and
      choreography
      by
      Julia
     
     
      Sauvé.
      There
      is
      a
      full
      orchestra
      of
     
     
      semi-professional
      musicians
      and
      a
      cast
     
     
      of
      over
      40
      talented
      Islanders,
      with
     
     
      more
      than
      a
      few
      UPEI
      students
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      you
      squint
      you
      can
      see
      Gilbert
      and
      Sulivan
      boxing
     
    
   
   
    
     
      involved.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There
      will
      be
      many
      familiar
     
     
      faces
      in
      the
      cast,
      as
      well
      as
      a
      few
      new-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      comers
      to
      the
      scene.
      ACT
      is
      presenting
     
     
      this
      production
      having
      established
     
     
      themselves
      over
      the
      past
      ten
      years
      as
      a
     
     
      formidable
      non-profit
      theatre
      organiza-
     
     
      tion.
      Along
      with
      Theatre
      PEJ,
      ACT
     
     
      generates
      the
      vast
      majority
      of
      "off-sea-
     
     
      son"
      theatrical
      activity
      in
     
     
      Charlottetown
      and
      beyond.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Gondoliers
      plays
      at
      8
     
     
      o'clock
      in
      the
      evening
      at
      Confederation
     
     
      Centre
      (mainstage)
      on
      Thursday,
     
     
      Friday
      and
      Saturday,
      February
      20-22nd
     
     
      and
      at
      Summerside's
      Harbourfront
     
     
      Jubilee
      Theatre
      the
      following
      Friday
     
     
      and
      Saturday,
      February
      28th
      and
     
     
      March
      Ist
     
    

    
     
      Tickets
      —
      for
      reserved
      seating
     
     
      —
      are
      $16
      and
      $14
      (senior,
      student,
     
     
      child,
      unwaged).
     
    

    
     
      Confederation
      Centre
      Box
      Office
      566-
     
     
      1267
     
    

    
     
      Harbourfront
      Jubilee
      Box
      Office
      888-
     
     
      2500
     
    

    
     
      For
      further
      information:
      Rob
      Thomson
     
     
      892-3288
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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