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As if stripping isn't enough, she'll sing, too
After several years of pantomime, burlesque dancer Miss Angela la Muse is finally going to open her ruby lips tonight to sing. The old-fashioned burlesque star from the Maritimes is known for her pantomime performances where she communicates with the audience by holding up signs and instructions and, well, wiggling things artfully. So can the red-haired temptress really sing?
La Muse will answer that question with Johnny Pancreas and the Diabetics at J.Fox's on Academy Road. (They're on after dark, at 10:30.) She'll do a Tex Avery cartoon "adult version" of Little Red Riding Hood, and watch for Why Don't You Do Right? and Peggy Lee's famous line from that song: "Get out of here and get me some money too!" Miss la Muse will be doing a little teasing down at J.Fox's establishment as The Stripper song is never far behind her. But will she bring the coppers running? Johnny Pancreas is Jonathan Alexiuk on keys and vocals. And his Dixieland jazz, blues fusion band, The Diabetics, are Bob Vandenbroek (trumpet), Chris Berti (bass), Neil Watson (saxophone), Paul Creally (trombone) and Glenn Lambert (drums).
SQUISHED: Winnipeg actor Jeff Skinner is under room arrest. Imagine living in one small corner of your home for a month, with only occasional runs to the bathroom. Filmmaker Shelagh Carter is using the rest of Skinner's Silver Heights period home to make feature film Hello Darling, set in 1962. "The crew moved in on August 4th and they're here until the 27th. There's just enough room for me to have a bed and to stand up,"' laughs Skinner, who plays a small role in the film.
Here's the scoop on the plot line for curious Keating Avenue neighbours: The film's a drama from the perspective of 11-year-old Sarah, whose mother is starting to show signs of mental illness. "And in those days, you didn't talk about it."' says Skinner. "The family is crumbling and the film's about how she copes with it and ultimately comes to terms with it." Carter studied acting in New York City, directing at prestigious schools, and has made a series of award-winning short films.
PEOPLE ARE TALKING: About the amazing young opera singer -- the fellow who played the wrong-nationality boyfriend in the Italian Pavilion play. The name of this up-and-coming star? Jan Nato, and he's of Filipino background. "My ambition is to sing at The Met, " he says, but right now Nato's a student of the University of Manitoba music school. He switched faculties when it was discovered he had a stellar voice going to waste in the library stacks. "I started off in political studies," he explains. Then he voluntarily opens his mouth and hits a glorious high note for someone snapping a photo. Not a shy guy.
WIZARD RETURNS? Crystal singing bowl wizard David Hickey, who wowed a rapt audience at SNAC (the St. Norbert Arts Centre) in May, is rumoured to be coming back this fall. Radiance Gifts staffer Jessica Michalski says people went crazy over his show at the old monastery, with gongs and bowls in every key. Anyone can play. Michalski picked a key and ran a utensil around the inside, filling the whole store with sound. Result for me? In the key of B, my body relaxed instantly, the D bowl made me feel slightly annoyed, and an even higher pitch made my neck hair stand on end. Different bowls for different souls.
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Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition August 13, 2010 B1
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