To the Editor,
Please allow me to use your pages to thank the many people who worked behind the scenes to make last weekend’s run of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline such a success.
Stage Manager Maureen Sawasy was deeply involved from the first rehearsal back in November and her command of all the details allowed the director to take early retirement days before the final performance.
Ian Davidson’s textured lighting was a vital ingredient for a set consisting solely of black backdrops, as were of course the many costumes by the first lady of Bowen theatre, the one and only Shirley Wrinch, aided and abetted by her skilled assistants Rebecca Tunnacliffe and Janina Micko.
Trevor Tunnacliffe composed, and he and friends played, the atmospheric musical interludes and the tune for the play’s Fear No More, sung by The Voice herself, Katalina Bernards. Jon Ritchie edited the music and sound effects and set up the playback program.
The volunteers of the Bowen Island Public Library handled all the ticket sales with their usual grace and efficiency, many thanks to them and the library staff for their time and energy.
Tanya Voormeij-de Zwart created the striking poster, program front, Forum banner and tickets, and Frazer Elliott laid out the program. Frazer also arranged the fight scenes and probably shortened his lifespan considerably by also arranging to be flung to the stage from a great height every night in his second role as the much-bruised peasant.
Gerald Morrisseau’s cunning way with leather attached swords, daggers and armour safely to the actors, backed up by Pete’s Ryan Metalworks. Island Pacific School kindly loaned us the use of space where the cast could don their costumes, armour and weapons.
And last but definitely not least, a big thank-you to Bowen’s Shaw Cable and Elliott Real Estate.
Graham Ritchie
