Upcoming Windsor Theatre events
2000-10-16 11:12:17
1) Mount Allison welcomes Drama Graduate-in-Residence
SACKVILLE, NB - During the coming week Mount Allison University's Windsor Theatre and Drama program will welcome to the campus Matthew Jocelyn, director of one of France's regional state theatres; a member of the Class of 1980; and the first Drama Graduate-in-Residence.
Mr Jocelyn's visit will begin Sunday, Oct. 22 at 2:00 p.m., in the Windsor Theatre (University Centre), with a free public presentation, entitled How I Got There from Here. The 30-minute address will be followed by a dialogue with the public, after which he will provide a workshop for students on "Acting With a Sense of Rhythm."
Alex Fancy, Director of Drama, explains that "It is important for current students to know that many of their predecessors have distinguished themselves in theatre and related careers, and Matthew Jocelyn is the perfect person to launch this project."
The program is intended to bring to the campus graduates who will give workshops in areas of special interest, contribute to classes, and counsel on a one-to-one basis students who have a special interest in Drama and Theatre. The visit by Mr. Jocelyn, who will participate in classes in Drama, Music and French, is sponsored by the Marjorie Young Bell Fine Arts and Music Committee. Additional support has been provided by the J. E. A. Crake Foundation.
A Rhodes Scholar, Mr. Jocelyn studied in Poland with Grotowski, whose method he then applied in France and Italy. Work in Japan with the Mai Juku group led to original creations in France and Spain. He also established a theatre company in Paris and taught at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure.
Since 1987, he has concentrated on directing, and has worked in France, Switzerland, and Canada: productions include a show by senior citizens; another by prisoners; assistance with Patrice Chéreau's Avignon Festival interpretation of Hamlet; the first French-language production of Brian Friel's Dancing at Lugnasa: and a production of Tchekov's Three Sisters.
In 1995, Mr. Jocelyn joined the Opéra Bastille in Paris when he assisted Jonathan Miller, who staged La Bohème, and became responsible for teaching acting to singers. Two years ago he became director of l'Atelier du Rhin in Colmar, France, where he most recently directed two surrealist operas by Bohuslav Martinu. In March, 2001 he will produce, in Colmar, a script by Graham Smith, also a Mount Allison graduate. Mr. Jocelyn will be at Mount Allison October 21 - 26.
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2) Windsor Theatre and the Dept. of Music present Lulu
SACKVILLE, NB - Windsor Theatre and the Mount Allison University Department of Music are pleased to present Lulu: Envoicing the Femme Fatale, a performance of four scenes from Alban Berg's opera Lulu with feminist and musicological commentary. The performances will take place Thursday October 19 to Saturday October 21 at 8pm in the Windsor Theatre. Admission will be "pay what you can," and everyone is welcome to attend.
Lulu is an opera that truly has it all. Based on the Lulu plays by Wedekind, it has a compelling femme fatale as its central character, and a host of secondary characters that includes a lovestruck young composer, a wealthy newspaper editor, an intelligent and compassionate Countess who also happens to be the first "out" lesbian in the history of opera, and the legendary murderer Jack the Ripper. Four scenes have been selected from the opera that showcase the dramatic power and thrilling twelve tone music of Alban Berg. The scenes will be fully staged and sung in English with piano accompaniment.
Performing in Lulu: Envoicing the Femme Fatale will be Dr. Helen Pridmore (Lulu), Chris Bowman (Alwa), Garry Williams (Dr. Schon and Jack) and Jennie Wood (Countess Geschwitz). Pianists for the performance are Dr. Gary Tucker, Tom Sloan and Sarah Russell. Nicole Anaka will be serving as your guide through the scenes, providing feminist and musicological commentary. Ms. Anaka is also the director.
Lulu: Envoicing the Femme Fatale has been made possible by a 2000 Summer Undergraduate Award.
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