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N “lliey've been qiiite helpful iii letting lilt‘ here‘s it sense of nostalgia that pernieâ€" , t know what works, what wont and hon we I ates all elements of lost ts l-ouiid l'lieâ€" ; “ approach it" atre‘s latest production of Radio lt-ziâ€" ’ § (Letting swept up iii it all is hathleeii Shet- cock. “ ”2 -‘ a It hy. who is revisiting the role of Vivian she And that‘s not even considering the source - i played in the original production This int‘zir material the production is based on, one of t" , ’ nation is even more world weary than the (ariaida's greatest humourists Stephen lea» “ ‘ 1 .‘ _ original. and is played Willi a little more edger cock. “ _ u y \ "You get a sense from everybody else that l'hat‘s because there is always the nostal- - r ’ she's been around the block a ten times,” gia of the season when staging a production said Sheehy with a laugh “She's not really during the runâ€"up to (Ihnstmas. And setting 1' . f "' x , cynical, she seen sortie tough times in life ll during the glory days Of radio in the early .- x 1,11, “My character's a little tnore liardboiled - « 1940s also brings up evocative memories of 1 ~ ‘ ' a little less Doris Day and a little more [auren the type of radio play the theatre group is _ Bacall. l guess you can say." productng. She‘s a perfect foil for a Stephen leiicock More importantly. it's lost & Found the- ‘ inspired production and the sardonic alre's official homecoming to the (Ion rad " y ‘ Q ‘ a” humour he brings to the table. Centre for the Performing Arts. formerly n ,' "4 “He's quite sardonic, but he also doesn't known as the King Street Theatre Centre, ’ - shy away from a lot of warmth." said Sheehy where the troupe originally got its start five ‘ i _ 4 “But because of the other quality it never years ago staging a variation ofthe same play. . j i \ becomes maudlin or overly sentimental" The original production in 2004 played to fa. . 10, Sheehy, a transplanted American. said sold-out houses and helped launch the new ‘ r - that although he reminds her of her own theatre group made up of former members gt ' | l ‘ countryman Mark Twain he has a sensibility ofT‘heatre & Company. ill f? . t that is quintessentially (anadian. "When lusts: FoundTheatre created itself , ‘ ~ if; “(lanadian's are never very good at five years ago this was the very first produc- t ' é g i describing who they are. They can't put it into tion we put together," said director Richard â€"= g 5: words. but Leacock can." said Sheehy. “l real- Quesnel. “It was a labour of love, and some ‘;' ‘. 5 F ft?“ ly enjoy his stories." people loved the works of Stephen Leacock ‘ ”4“ ‘1 ’ i ' And it's a perfect time of year to be trans and it was Christmas time so they thought a if}, (i lating that type of material with people Wlll' they’d put it together in the form ofa play." . 7' " - ' ' ing to have their heanstrings pulled on a little The group has taken its original source ‘ ' ' g» ‘ " if 3} more at this time ofyear material and reshaped it and reformed it to i ,‘ § ‘ \ “liven the most ‘Scroogiest‘ of persons reflect the timbreofthetimes in)“ ' K tends to get a little warmed tip around “The humour of Stephen beacock is uni- ’ ‘ hiv‘w ' =_ Christmas." said Sheehy. “And this is nice versal." said Quesnel. “It's particularly great , ' ' ,4, R s‘ l; because ltacock doesn't serve it up with a lot for Canadians because he's a homeboy and if i 3-31?“ . ' of sugar on it, You don't have to be Pollyanna these are our stories, r ‘ ‘ '§’fi¥ Kt . _‘ to really like what he says" “Panicularly at Christmastime. his sense 1‘1' " ,» j‘ .r , ' by of humour and his heartfelt stories can be 01 if“ 3" at} in) N. “ gfipngrofound. Its a great season for remi fl §§i{ ‘t‘ Radio Leacock 4 . , p \~ < '\ . What worked 1351 time is staying in the i ‘ l' ’ " it“ Conrad Centre forthe Performing Ans production while new material is added. and Alan K. Sapp, Kathleen Sheehy, in the hat, Gary Kirkham, chiming in the background, and 35 King St. w“ Kitchener some polishing has been done. Nicole Lee Quesnel star in Lost l. Found Theatre’s production of Radio Leacock Nov 17-19 at December 17.13 8 pm, "The story of the radio station being the Conrad Center for the Performing Arts December 19, 2 pm. snowed in and most of the actors not being ”mm“ ”m0 Tickets 51349 able to make it if that's been rewritten. and l A lot of the group's founding members production and is taking some cues front the Non-perishable food items will also be think improved,” said Quesnel, “In the fifth built that space, and the show hopes to founding members about what works for the collected for the Food Bank year anniversary of our existence we thought reclaim it space. Call 1-800~285-8977 ll would be appropriate to bring back the That's been an interesting process for "They know the space so very well," said Visit www.lostandfoundtheatre.ca production that started it all." Quesnel, who wasn't there for the original Qucsnel. "They know exactly what works, T” m ll m" mm we" can Emu." [All “a"? ml ' gum "moo quills: of m MRI-“NAT! 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