The Hamilton Spectator from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada • 29

I THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR THESPECCOM THURSDAY AUGUST 24 2OT7 G3 Stratford estival unveils 2018 seasonlineup THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Get ready to do the Warp" at the Stratford esti val in southwestern Ontario The festival says it plans to pre sent Rocky Horror as part of its 2018 season which in cludes a wide variety of theatrical genres along with its usual Shake speare works Donna eore will di rect the Richard cult clas sic The repertory theatre company plans to present a total of 12 produc tions next year Tickets for the 2018 season will go on sale to festival members on Nov 12 and to the general public on Jan 5 Artistic director Antoni Cimoli no will helm Tempest" star ring stage veteran Martha Henry as Prospero Meanwhile eore will helm an other song and dance production Music Man" Other shows in the lineup in clude the previously announced directed by theatre maverick Robert Lepage in his festi val debut The festival says the pro duction will use real time video and elements of social media Director Nigel Shawn Williams will make his directorial debut with Kill a Jackie Maxwell former artistic director of the Shaw estival will direct The playbill also includes: Caesar" directed by Scott Went worth Comedy of di rected by Keira Loughran Journey Into directed by Miles Potter Miliona directed by Cimolino Ide al directed by Lezlie Wade and The World directed by Vanessa TOE ASSOCIATED PRESS reputation Taylor new album coming in November THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Taylor Swift who whipped her army of Swifties into a frenzy with video snippets of slith ery snake parts on social media posted the title of her new album and announced on Instagramitwillbeout Nov 10 The first single she said in a se ries of posts will drop Thursday night And she threw in the cover art for good measure: a black and white photo of herself head and shoulders in slouchy sweat shirt against a backdrop of news print reading simply over and over again Swift who is followed by millions on Twitter Instagram and ace book wiped her feeds clean riday and replaced the void Monday with the first of three reptilian teaser videos each offering just a tad more of a snake from tail to squirmy mid dle and finally its beady red eyes and ominous fangs lunging briefly atthecamera The album would be her sixth studio effort since the 2014 release of her 'it Westdale marquee before renovations began Westdale auditorium before renovations vr Ji A carving of a comedy mask was ex posed on the exterior af teryears ofbeing hidden behind the marquee sign said Graham Craw ford a member of the Westdale Cin ema Group the not for profit orga nization spearheading restoration of the beloved heritage building ereillythespeccom 905 526 2452 1 EmmaatTheSpec Pieces of history that have sat un touched for decades are being slow ly unearthed as part of the restora tion of the Westdale Theatre Volunteers have been stripping JOHN RENNISON TOE HAMILTON SPECTATOR down EMMA REILLY The Hamilton Spectator A WESTDALE CINEMA CROUP A mask of comedy was revealed once the marquee started to come? JOHN RENNISON THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR WESTDALE CINEMA GROUP The 500 or so seats are now gone the building to its bare bones to re store the theatre to its original Art Deco glory All of the seats have been removed and volunteer crews are working to restore and or repli cate' original details like trim moulding windows and doors Recently an original limestone History uncovered at the Westdale Theatre WESTDALE CINEMA GROUP The mask of comedy is in says Graham Crawford a member of the Westdale Cinema Group A matching tragedy mask will be uncovered as the rest of the sign is removed know for sure that they were there we hoped they were and indeed they are" Craw ford said of the limestone carvings in great shape Really all they need is to be power The Westdale Cinema Group which purchased the theatre in May is trying to raise $L5 million to restore the theatre to its original 1935 finishes while updating the building to meet modem accessibil ity and safety standards The group hopes to open thefully restored the atreonJulyi2O18 The group plans to dedicate about 60 to 70 per cent of evenings for film while the remaining time will be devoted to events such as chamber and acoustic music small theatre productions panel discus sions author readings and lectures The Westdale Cinema Group is relying on volunteers crowd fund ing and in kind donations to turn its dream into reality About 170 ac tive volunteers including electri cians artists students and photog raphers are working on everything from restoration to seat removal to general cleaning Alan Stacey a principal wood worker at Heritage Mill Window and Door restoration has volun teered to reproduce the original Art Deco doors a $30000 in kind do nation Another anonymous donor agreed to purchase the new projec As well as gifts of time money and talent Hamiltonians are offer ing their memories and keepsakes Crawford said that a 97 year old woman came to Dundas this past weekend specifically to riieet the Westdale Cinema Group at their Cactus estival booth The woman said that as a teenag er in 1935 she attended the opening night at the cinema Not only does she have pictures from that eve ning but she also has some of the original commemorative glassware that was distributed that night souvenirs she now plans to donate tothetheatre is the part I just love she took the bus to Dundas and came straight to the booth because she wanted to connect with us" Craw ford said or more information dr to do nate to the restoration visit the Westdale Cinema Group page on acebook or the campaign website atbuildingmagicca v' 7 A I Ste JH 1 43 1 i A 14 I I I 3 I I ax "TZ aawr: laoasB HTrTznf rTTii ti 11 iiq 1 nii th i iiiTjmj "rjr ihtl 1111 1 iromwi inffliiir miiri 4 i 14j A 1 ff 71 f' T7 Tx jW Il A 7 'Afr feg I i'ri aM' I Py It 1 1 'V rflSk 5 I 7 "yf Ar 4 f' 1 1 a 1 45 Ki iwfc i B' yn 1 1ST 19SS E3 I I I I I i NOW OPEN Hamilton Rymal Road 905 574 6776 uni HOME LIGHTING wwwhomelightingcqnadacom THIS AD WE PAY THE TAX ON CASH OR DEBIT TRANSACTIONS Burlington 2279 airview Street 905 634 9953 to (jowr 'tfl T1 rv Hamilton 225 Nebo Road 905 574 0806 11.