Entertaining Elgin
By David J. Ferguson
By David J. Ferguson
Elana Post & Rachel Jones
Being married for a number of years, or not being married at all, can put one in a terrible predicament when it comes to the task of dating again. Life does toss you a turn or two and when couples separate or people have never gotten immersed in a relationship, they may find it difficult to turn the page to the next chapter of their lives.
"Dating by the Book", written by Uwe Meyer, brings a calamity of dating mis-haps to the Port Stanley Festival Theatre stage from June 13th to June 30th.
Director Simon Joynes has assembled a cast whose members dovetail together fluently, appearing to the audience as though we are looking in on the private lives of Carolyn, Evelyn, Herbert, and Mark.
"Dating by the Book", written by Uwe Meyer, brings a calamity of dating mis-haps to the Port Stanley Festival Theatre stage from June 13th to June 30th.
Director Simon Joynes has assembled a cast whose members dovetail together fluently, appearing to the audience as though we are looking in on the private lives of Carolyn, Evelyn, Herbert, and Mark.
Gordon Gammie & Colin Legge
Rachel Jones plays Carolyn, a 15 year marriage veteran who has been thrust back into the dating pool. She finds it all too confusing until the aid of a book, “Dating Made Easy” is followed verbatim word for word, chapter by chapter. Oddly enough the book was penned by her cousin Evelyn, played by Elana Post, who appears in portions of the play as the author of Carolyn’s imagination, offering up additional advice on her printed words and their applications to the situations Carolyn finds herself in.
Herbert, her new beau, played by Colin Legge, is getting his own advice on the side from Carolyn’s long-time friend Mark, played by Gordon Gammie. What ensues is a recipe for disaster and buckets of hilarity when cousin Evelyn appears, in the flesh, on the scene and literally tosses the dating book in the air. Then it is anyone’s guess as to which character becomes entangled romantically with the other.
The set, designed impeccably by Dariusz Korbiel, provides a fantastic backdrop to a divorced woman, facing the world on her own. It is convincingly a room that Carolyn might have had a hand in decorating, right down to the beaded entry way into the kitchen.
Who would have thought that turning the page to enter a new chapter in life could prove so difficult?
If you need a few hearty laughs and many chuckles while taking a glimpse into the lives of others, catch this one before it leaves the Port Stanley Festival Theatre stage on June 30th.
Photos by Dave Ferguson
Herbert, her new beau, played by Colin Legge, is getting his own advice on the side from Carolyn’s long-time friend Mark, played by Gordon Gammie. What ensues is a recipe for disaster and buckets of hilarity when cousin Evelyn appears, in the flesh, on the scene and literally tosses the dating book in the air. Then it is anyone’s guess as to which character becomes entangled romantically with the other.
The set, designed impeccably by Dariusz Korbiel, provides a fantastic backdrop to a divorced woman, facing the world on her own. It is convincingly a room that Carolyn might have had a hand in decorating, right down to the beaded entry way into the kitchen.
Who would have thought that turning the page to enter a new chapter in life could prove so difficult?
If you need a few hearty laughs and many chuckles while taking a glimpse into the lives of others, catch this one before it leaves the Port Stanley Festival Theatre stage on June 30th.
Photos by Dave Ferguson
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