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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 21 Jul 2016, p. 14

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14 - WATERLOO Cunomcua - THURSDAY. run 21, 2016 . â€"â€"*"‘“"â€"“ â€"â€" "M i..- ,, --. ;_ (“@392be ' Finding a few laughs M ustakas finds the summer fun in a farce called It Runs in the Family Brno- WAC Chronicle Sta” t's summer time and the living . ,7 Its easy, but you won’t find Dray- ,‘ ton Entertaiment Artistic Director . r. outonthegolfcoursechasingalittle ‘ ‘ Whitehall. ‘ ‘3 is; t , ”I my]: be said. Mr now l'm in 2» § arehearsalhallw‘llhmwindows. ‘ . 'ldon'tgetmuohdianoemplay... ‘ ‘ IdiinklhaveadayoffinNovember.” \ That's because he’s chasing some ' . thing that is much more reward- , . was ingâ€"afewlaugthIhelocalthe-ue ; fl; . . v. company opened Norm Foster’s The \ ' ‘ I \ Men‘sFmirsomelastweekatStJacobs _~ ~, _ ‘ ‘ Country Playhouse while mm is a; ‘ 1 . a; atdiehelmoftheBritishmedimlfuu g ‘ . , ~ J, . It Runs in the Family, by playwright 3' 4 . 7 ’ , ’5 _' I. '. I Ray Cooney. to Aug. 6 at the Drayton _ ‘j ' ' ~ .7 W .7 1 I? ' Festival Theatre. ‘ if; a " y . “is" _ , ' ~. ‘ “Farce is a really interesting kind ( -" ' Kw" . "1. fl; is? ' of genre. everybody thinks it's really “ 1 i 1. .. a g . ’ «m‘ \M,‘ mybutit'snot'saidMustakas’Ihey . . , ' ’ mnbereallyuicky.andthey’reusually , , " . i; j. " based on the whole theme of some- «“1 ' * . \ . ' thing being in jeopardy and putting ‘ i r. § ' I people in absurd situations with real \ I) .3 characters" ”' I . .. _. IndiecaseofltRunsintheFamily. " .~‘ “ v1“,- the production opens with Dr. Morti- ’ $3.", 7. more, a neurologist looking to make ‘s *omm his name at a prestigious annual lec- ’ lure in from of hisoolleagues His best laid plans for professional success are thrown in disarray when a Searching for a few chudrles this summer, Drayton Entertainment artistic director Alex Mustakas has taken the help of a farce called It Runs in the Family personal secret from his past rears its that plays until Aug. 6 at the Drayton Festival Theatre. Can Dr. Mortimore keep his stories straight when he gets surprised by the result of a secret fling ugly head. Apparently, he had a fling he had years ago? The audience will find out in this hilarious work from playwright Ray Cooney. wwirttD more and the results of which have suddenly appeared in the form of a son he never around him. You know one wrong has aswell to protect this person. season's production of Norm Foster's form ofnurse lane Tate knew he had. move and the whole house of cards "There's a great line in this show looking. Gregory Pember plays the big bun Hilarity ensues when the lies he macroshingdown. that sums up Ray(‘ooney and his fate McClure is joined by audience die ofioy at the centre of the shenani tells to keep his secret in check come “Most farm anhuilt on a lie.” said es 7 if you're going to tell a lie. tell a favourite Eddie Glen as Dr. Hubert gans, while David Talbot plays Bill, a hack to haunt him as he tries to pro Mustakas. "A characterliesand tokeep Whopper." Bonney. and he's known forhlsimpec- marrsenile patient who gets cauflil in serve the thing that means the most in him or herself from getting caugit has To pull it all off you need a stellar cable comic timing from hilarious pro all the misdirection. the world to him his reputation. to tell more lies. and they start to mulr cast. and Mustalsas has pulled together ductions of Monty Python's Spamalot "In farce you almost want the audi- ‘lt's not just silliness. it's ordinary tiply.’ a number of veterans of past Dragon and (Dilbert 8i Sullivan's lite Pirates of ence a step ahead of you" said Mus people who find themselves in (rumor those lies take on a life of their own. Entertainment farms. Fenian“! takas. 'When they go, '.'Oh you know dinary situations.” and the laughs soon follow. Rob McClure takes on the role of The strong female leads are played there’s golngtobe trouble.’ People can feel for the character "lhe character digs himself into a Dr Mortimore. lie played in other by Susan Gilmour, as the doctor's wife Tickets can be purchased online at as his carefully construned world has deeper holef said Mustakas. 'Ihecon farces like How the Other Half loves Rosemary, while Amanda Leigh plays wwwdraytonentertaimentcom or by the potential to come crashing down fidants around him get involved in the and Caught in the Net and was in last the fling that catches up to him in the calling l-855 I)RAYIT)N (372%). I www.waterloochromcle.ca . From the latest information on local politics, to minor sports scores, 3- ‘9. "“ to what's going on down the street, visit wwwmaterloochronlcleca for it all. . ' ; .\-~ - j .. ‘ ' l ‘ Seriungyour mmmumryrmrr ”156 r ~ WATERLOO CHRONICLE

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