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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 16:23:14 -0300 (ADT)
From: Andrea Ritchie <iep@chebucto.ns.ca>
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


THE IRONDALE ENSEMBLE PROJECT PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE PRESENTATION OF ITS
FIRST MAJOR WORK OF THE 2001 SEASON!

A LOOSELY VEILED ALLEGORY SERVES UP A SATIRICAL AND RAZOR EDGED TALE OF
THE DOWNSIZING OF THE CBC. A GREAT EVENING OF HUMOUR AND FABULOUS VISUAL
THEATRE FOR EVERYBODY. ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY THE CBC AS A RADIO PLAY,
NO PRODUCER ACROSS THE COUNTRY WOULD TOUCH IT BECAUSE IT TOLD THE CBC
STORY TOO ACCURATELY. BASIC BLACK & DEFINITELY NOT THE OPERA THOUGHT IT
WAS WONDERFUL, BUT COULDN'T GET IT ON THE AIR. "IT WAS TOO INSIDE." 

BANNED BY THE CBC UPPER BRASS, IRONDALE HAS REWORKED THE RADIO PLAY AS A
THEATRE piece.  A LOOSELY VEILED ALLEGORY TELLS THE STORY OF HARRY
FERGUSON, AN EARLY PRODUCER/BROADCASTER FOR "THE NETWORK". LIKE ALL THE
OTHER PIONEERS OF CANADA'S PUBLIC RADIO, HE CAME TO WORK FOR THE CBC
BECAUSE IT HAD A MISSION: TO UNITE THE GREAT COUNTRY OF CANADA BY
PROVIDING A VOICE FOR ALL OF THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE NATION. 

SADLY HOWEVER, TIMES START TO CHANGE FOR HARRY, AND HE BEGINS TO SEE THE
DISMANTLING OF THAT NOBLE VISION AS IT FALLS VICTIM TO INCREASING MEDIA
COMPETITION. MEDIA STARS AND HEROS ARE NEEDED TO RE-DYNAMIZE THE NETWORK. 
THE OUT OF DATE BROADCASTING VALUES AND THE VOICES OF THE LITTLE PEOPLE
ARE TO BE DISMANTLED. HARRY CAN'T BEAR TO SEE A CANADIAN DREAM BETRAYED. 
THROUGH HIS COMMITMENT HE SHOWS WHAT ONE CANADIAN LIVING A LIFE WITH
PRINCIPLES CAN DO. 

A LOOSELY VEILED ALLEGORY 
PREVIEWS OCT 30 & 31 AND OPENS ON NOVEMBER 1. 

PERFORMANCES CONTINUE THROUGH NOVEMBER 11, TUES. - SUN.
AT IRONDALE'S STUDIO THEATRE AT 2277 MAITLAND ST. 
LOCATED IN ST. PAT'S ALEX SCHOOL BEHIND THE NORTH BRANCH LIBRARY
PERFORMANCES ARE AT 8PM EXCEPT FOR SUNDAY MATINEES AT 2PM.
TICKETS $10        PREVIEWS AND MATINEES ARE PAY WHAT YOU CAN,
FOR INFORMATION CALL 429-1370
 
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Press Contact: Andrea Ritchie  429-1370 iep@chebucto.ns.ca

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