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(iit'lilrr)jifari-'i) _ rTBtlh' rat/em UW grad brings passion to Festival stage "You can leave the the. acre but it never leaves you" Words to literally live by as Stratford actor Jonathan Goad sees it. Goad, a former University of Waterloo drama graduate, is now in his debut season as an integral part of The Making ofa King Series, Henry IV Part One and Falstaff, Henry N Part TWO at the Stratford festival. Theatre was not always Goad's plan. He started out at York University, "The wrong place at the wrong time". 234 King tit. ti,, Wanton He decided to travel and heme involved in volunteer social work which brought him to Renison College to pursue a degree. Goad's life path changedwhenhesawan audition notice for Romeo and Juliet; directed by drama teacher Darlene Spencer and he decided, just for fun, to audition. (comer ot Km; 9 & Unum bt wwwaolitters" Possessed of dashing good looks required for a leading man, Goad came lo the immediate attention of direc- tor Spencer who cast him as Paris because she sensed Goad was up to the task, "I played Paris as an abu- sive drug dealing philanderer, who wanted to take over the family business and was hav- ing an affair with Lady Capulet," retained Goad, from the actor's balcony at The Avon Theatre. "That wasn't what Shakespeare wrote but that interpretation of Paris was a lot of hm to play. "That was mftirkt intro- duction to Shakespeare. and a profound one. I remember 00m ANDREWS 9Fial_to the Chronicle TravePlus. gortgerstrawercom I 741-0770 watching from the wings still thinking l am just doing this forfumiaminsocialwotk' But I remember being very affected by what they did, From them I did Malvulio in leth Night, the next year, and then the lead in Macbeth." It was The Scottish Play that convinced Goad to go back to the stage. "Macbeth was the last thing I did at uw. Macbeth was a remarkable experience. It was directed by Maarten Van Dijk who knew Shakespeare in-deplh We did it almost Brechtian style in pure white light, The entire cast shaved their heads bald except the women. It was 40 men bald, tattooed hom neck to ankles, just wearing loin clothes and giant broadswords. Acclaimed tight director John Stead did the battle sequences and he was given free reign. That show inspired me to audition for the National Theatre School, and then the Stratford con- Goad, in his Stratford sea- son debut. is thrilled to be a part of both Henrys He plays Hotspur, Sir Harry Percy, in Henry IV Part I and playsa double role of Thomas Wart and Pang in Falstaff Henry N Part ll. servatory "Hotspur is a dream and a joy to play," he says. "I am fairly straight forward in my attack on the world, but l am constantly in action, so I never really have time to sit back and reflect about what I am doing or where I am going. I act in the moment. "6ther people reflect for classical theatre [um/ling (mm [mm] It Run/[Ir] > iMttiltlitliMil IBhTIQO C) cNSMBlttt about me. I am the hare- brained Hotspur. I am the 'theme of honour's tongue', never a braver man, nor bold, nor daring in the world. I am Mars in swathling clothing" "That is how" the peirpie describe me." admits Goad. " I go after honqur. _ - “Honour for me changes I believe Henry Bullingbrook. Henry IV, to be the 'theme of honom's tongue' but when he begins to treat my dad, my unde and myself badly, then that honour changes pretty quickly It is fascinating! The casts am virtually the same in all of the Henrys. There are not enough actors for every single role, so actors are playing multiple double roles. Same-casting' also helps budget and creates better continuity within a play series likeTheMakingofakingThis concept has created a stellar cast as younger actors work with seasoned performers in all three productions. "In Part IL I come back several times as Hotspur's ghost, a really nice little touch that director Scott Wentworth (Wentworh's directorial Stratford debut) has added," says Goad. "i also play a ocu- ple of niggiy nasties One guy is named Fang a sort of mod. em State Trooper and just as abusive. "I also play Thomas Wart, one ofthe recruits that Iustaff is pulling money from. War! is the simplest of all Shakespeare's characters ever written. He is a two-word creature." Another creature in Goad's repertoire this season is Continued on page 13 University of Waterloo graduate Jonathan Goad, playing Hotspur in the Stratford production of Henry IV. tends off a blow from the Machiavellian king during the climatic battle scene. Goad is featured in both pats of the Making of the King production at Stratford after first being bitten by the acting bug at UW. "(no toumsv of TME mm Km”.