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Last December, dozens of guests watched as digni-taries grabbed shovels and turned over the sod during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Humber River Regional Hospital.
Just 10 months later, five of the 14 floors of what will be North America’s first fully digital hospital at Hwy. 401 and Keele Street have already been built, the hospital’s chief operating officer and the lead on the redevelop-ment project, Barb Collins, said.
There are eight cranes on site and on any given day, about 800 construction workers are building the hospital, she said.
Work is well underway on the east parking garage.
Meanwhile, the location and layout of more than 5,000 rooms, offices and other spaces have already been mapped out, including the location of windows and doors.
Last week, the redevelop-ment team began choosing the colours and finishes of those rooms and determin-ing where the equipment will be placed.
Within the next month,
things like dividers in the emergency room will be put in.
“It is very busy,” Collins said.
“We’re very much on schedule. We’re very much rolling right along.”
Plenar y Health Care Partnerships, the consor-tium hired to design, build, finance and manage the $1.75-billion hospital, will
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ConstruCtion Competition: Lubo Brezina works on his team’s entry in the sukkahville competition at mel Lastman square sunday afternoon. Five teams com-peted, building temporary shelters called sukkahs, to raise awareness about afford-able housing issues.
If you are having trouble figuring out what social service programs you need or whether you are eli-gible, Unison Health and Community Services can help.
On Tuesday, the agency launched Unison Links at its Keele-Rogers and Lawrence Heights offices.
You can drop in to learn about services and activi-ties offered at Unison and other organizations, access community and government supports, get help filling out forms and have other ques-tions answered.
Unison was created last year through the merger of New Heights Community Health Centres and York Community Services.
Following the amalga-mation, Unison conducted research, including a client survey, that showed many people are unclear about the services Unison provides and are confused about navigat-ing the social service system in general. In response, the agency created Unison Links.
At Lawrence Heights, 12 Flemington Rd. at Allen Road, the program runs on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m. For more information, call 416-787-1661, ext. 275.
Unison Links will begin operating out of the Jane Street Hub and Bathurst-Finch Hub next year.
Unison Links connects people with social services
New Humber River Regional Hospital ‘rolling right along’
Fast factsSome interesting facts about the new Humber River Regional Hospital:
n There will be 6,575 doors, enough to cover 2.8 National Football League (NFL) fields;
n It will contain 119,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel bars, the equivalent of 32 Boeing 747 planes;
n Construction crews will install 1,440 kilometres of electrical conduit, which, if laid out, would stretch from Toronto to South Carolina;
n The amount of concrete used to build the hospital is the same amount needed to build 890 kilometres of sidewalk.
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DAVID NICKLE [email protected]
York West Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti nearly came to blows with fellow councillor Gord Perks in council chambers yesterday after Mammoliti suggested a report from the city’s ombudsman about the public appointments process was politically motivated.
Perks, who represents Parkdale-High Park on Toronto Council, had earlier demanded Mammoliti apolo-gize for suggesting city ombudsman Fiona Crean’s report was “very politi-cal, a politically driven report.”
Speaker Frances Nunziata agreed, accusing Mammoliti of “bullying staff.”
But Mammoliti refused, and when the question of whether he be expelled from council came up, he said he would leave on his own.
But he immediately climbed the stairs to the media gallery and started to give an interview.
At that point, Perks came upstairs, stepped into the scrum of report-ers and, his face inches from Mammoliti’s, demanded that he leave the chamber.
“Shame on you,” said Perks. “Get out of this chamber. You’re a bully. You’re trying to destroy the public service.”
Mammoliti responded, saying “Please don’t touch me. I will defend myself if you keep touching me. Leave my space.”
The intensity of the confrontation had many observers wondering if the two would actually engage in a physical confrontation, but Perks stepped away and Mammoliti con-tinued the scrum.
He maintained that the report by Crean was political. The report found that the public appointments process was marred by interference from the mayor’s office, and singled out Mammoliti – not by name – for threatening staff in a closed-door meeting when staff tried to warn him and the committee of a serious conflict of interest issue.
“I want to see the mandate of the ombudsman as it pertains to any political comments that she may or may not be able to make,” he said of the report. “It seems to be driven towards the mayor of the City of Toronto and I’m not sure the man-date of the ombudsman includes the political.”
Mammoliti suggested the report was comprised of “hearsay.”
Crean was on hand Wednesday morning, but because she is recover-ing from a serious bout of meningitis, council agreed to put off dealing with the matter until the next morning.
Crean spoke with reporters on her way out. She denied Mammoliti’s allegations that the report was politi-cal and that the investigation relied on hearsay.
Crean said she spoke with more than 40 witnesses, all of their tes-timony subpeonaed and delivered under oath.
“I think it’s a fairly serious assertion he made about an accountability office,” said Crean. “It’s not just the ombudsman, it could be the integrity commissioner next.”
When asked if she felt bullied her-self, Crean said she didn’t. But she agreed when asked if Mammoliti’s outburst was an attempt at intimi-dation.
“Sure, but I’m not intimidated by this,” she said.
Following the lunch break, Mammoliti clarified his position, saying he believed some of the wit-nesses in the report had political agendas.
“At no time did I mean to say the ombudsman was politially driven, but the people interviewed were politically driven.”
Mammoliti also demanded an apology from Perks, who he described as being “threatening and abusive.”
Perks apologized.“Earlier today I interrupted him
during a press scrum. I want to apologize – today of all days is a day I should remember to treat the coun-cillor with respect and other members of council with respect,” he said.
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Bookworms will have to leave Fairview Public Library at 5 p.m. Saturday
as the branch closes its doors for a $4.48-million renovation slated to last several months.
Toronto Public Library (TPL) area manager Linda Karlinsky is looking forward to the facelift, which includes a new entrance with separate entrance ways to the library and theatre, better theatre facilities such as an enclosed box office and refresh-ment stand, a new self-serve check-in system, better acces-sibility, enhanced facilities and improved landscaping.
“We’re quite excited by how the enhanced streetscape pres-ence will (make it) easy to see in and out of the library. (There will be) lots of glass,” she said.
But while the renovation will bring improvements to the library and theatre at 35 Fairview Mall Dr. at Don Mills Road north of Sheppard Avenue, drama troupes are wondering if their companies will survive.
Customers already appear reluctant to attend productions at York Woods Public Library, the alternate location provided by TPL during construction, and may not return to Fairview when the renovations are completed, they said.
A “substantial” number of subscribers have not renewed their memberships this year, said Michael Burgess, artistic director of Stage Centre Productions.
Stage Centre president Roger Kell agreed.
“It is, in fact, going to be a very difficult year for Stage Centre Productions. With the reduction in support from some of our subscribers due to the move, the financial implications are huge,” he said in an email.
“The way I see it, they may well end up with a nicely reno-vated theatre with no commu-nity groups using it, which is why it was built in the first place. To serve the community.”
Stage Centre has produced five shows a year at the theatre for 35 years, contributing almost $1 million to the library system, Kell said.
Tony Rein, artistic director of Chicken Coop Theatre and a member of Stage Centre, shared similar concerns during an open house last March outlining plans for the renovations.
Karlinsky doesn’t know exactly when the renovated library will open, only saying it is expected some time next year.
Meanwhile, based on feedback from theatre groups at the spring open house, changes have been made to the backstage area, she said.
For example, actors will now be able to get more easily from the dressing rooms to the rear of the auditorium for productions requiring them to walk down the centre aisle to the stage, she said.
Burgess is pleased with the changes but is upset TPL is bringing in hefty fee increases for all its theatres, auditoriums and meeting rooms to address city council’s direction to raise revenues.
“I am satisfied with the changes that were made, and greatly appreciate the library board’s willingness to hear what users had to say about the proposed renovations. I was impressed by their readiness to listen to us,” he said in an email.
“You will, however, under-stand that the matter becomes academic if those very users are unable to return to the Fairview Library Theatre because they can no longer afford the rental rates.”
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Mammoliti, Perks in heated exchangeCouncillors spar in council chambers over public appointments process
Fairview library checking out for reno
Where to goA number of measures are being implemented to better serve Fairview patrons during the renovations. For example, the Pleasant View and Hillcrest branches have extended weekday hours from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.The Bayview branch adds Sundays from 1:30 to 5 p.m. during the school year.There will be a bookmobile operating in the Fairview Mall parking lot closest to the library on Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 10.Some materials specifically offered at the Fairview branch can be ordered online and delivered to another branch for pick up. Patrons who have already placed a hold on Fairview items can pick them up at the Agincourt branch or make arrangements online to have them delivered to another branch.Three of Fairview’s language collections are being transferred to other branches during the renovations. The Armenian and Turkish col-lections will be available at the Cedarbrae branch and the Romanian collection will be available at the North York Central branch.Other local branches already offer materials from the other nine lan-guage collections offered at Fairview.A complete list of alternative library services during the renovation is available at www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/renovations/fairview-branch-renovation.jsp
Photo/MAKRIMICHALOS CUGINI ARCHITECTS
An artist’s drawing of what North York’s Fairview public library, northeast of Sheppard Avenue and Don Mills Road, will look like after $4.4-million renovation.
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Toronto councillor Josh Matlow is right when he says it’s “vital” that the city has an honest con-versation about how to fund transit expansion
for the TTC.Matlow, the councillor for St. Paul’s, made the
comments in response to the release of a report by Toronto’s city manager Joe Pennachetti providing a list of transit funding options for local councillors to con-sider. The options provided by Pennachetti, including road tolls, parking fees and increased property taxes, are not new.
We agree an honest conversation must be held on Toronto’s transit funding. Where we differ with Matlow is on who should be having that conversa-tion.
It’s certainly not our politi-cians.
At the city level, the battles between councillors have made transit planning unproductive at best. Meanwhile, Toronto’s executive commit-tee will discuss Pennachetti’s report at this month’s meeting. Though Matlow may wish it so, we have our doubts that will achieve anything.
Higher levels of government are facing huge financial challenges and are limited in what they will commit to Toronto for transit.
The provincially run Metrolinx, which is charged with finding funding for transit across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), does not even have to present its plan on where the money’s coming from to the provincial government until next June.
All discussion will come to the same place. The pri-vate sector is not riding in on a white horse to save the day. Taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill.
We need to clearly tell our elected representatives what it is we want when it comes to public transporta-tion not just in Toronto but surrounding areas, and we have to let them know what we are prepared to pay for it.
Along with the road tolls, parking fees, vehicle reg-istration tax proposals, Pennachetti also offered ideas including a personal income tax hike of one per cent, a property tax hike, a payroll tax, a fuel tax, a parking levy, a Land Transfer Tax hike, and a development charge fee.
The more time we spend trying to not raise taxes, the more difficult it will be to plan and pay for an infrastructure that is imperative to the future well-being of the city.
We have often written about the imbalance between business tax and property tax in this city, and the light property tax load of Toronto compared to surrounding municipalities. Toronto residents may have to face the reality of what you pay for – or don’t – you get.
City will get the transit it pays for
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Readers react to special report on rude ridersTo the editor:Re: ‘Transit users speak out against bad behaviour,’ Special Report, Sept. 27.
I read the article by Rahul Gupta; I could not believe the comments made by TTC chief cus-tomer service officer Chris Upfold.
“Rudeness is not some-thing that catches my attention as being high.”
Another statement by Upfold was that riders should alter their travel patterns and the times they travel in order to reduce potential disputes.
I could go on and on. The message sent by Upfold was rudeness and disre-spect for others wins.
Values, respect, manners and etiquette are instilled into us at an early age with maturity bringing that for-ward to our later years.
Once again the TTC has exposed itself to show us how deep their problems lie. The TTC biggest hurdle is the TTC.
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Twitter account we received a number of responses to our coverage on rude riders on the TTC. Below is a sampling of some of the Tweets we received. To get in on conversation visit us @TOinTransit
@commutersunited: It’s time to start a subway etiquette rule!
@micahbarnes: why have we Toronto people become so deeply selfish and rude while in public spaces like the TTC?
@MonicaAraujo33: Reading the paper I came across “tran-sit riders complain about the rude ride on the TTC courtesy of other passengers” couldn’t agree more.
@RachieB13 Dear annoying rude loud girl on the phone while on the bus. Shut up!! #TTC is not the place for your nails on a chalkboard laugh. #annoying
@elizabethmunro: It ’s astounding how rude people are to TTC workers.
In the late 1940s a new road opened in Toronto called the Clifton Road
Extension and connected St. Clair Avenue East and Jarvis Street.
The road was thought nec-essary due to increasing car traffic from the suburbs north of St. Clair Avenue.
It took roughly 10 years from approval to final open-ing and there was controversy as it called for the demolition of homes in established com-munities. On May 17, 1950 it was opened, and called Mount Pleasant Road, considered Toronto’s first expressway.
What is important is not just the impact the new road had on the area north of St. Clair Avenue, but what hap-pened to Jarvis Street – once one of the city’s most beauti-ful streets, developed specifi-cally for the rich.
Many of the city’s most notable institutions and architecture was found there including Jarvis Collegiate Institute and Allan Gardens. In 1947 the stately trees that
lined the street were cut down, and it was widened for a new fifth lane to facilitate traffic from Mount Pleasant Road, which soon flowed in such high volume that many of the old homes and mansions were torn down to make way for commercial buildings and high-rise apartments.
Many of the older build-ings were turned into room-ing houses and then simply decayed.
By the 1970s the street was a text book example of how heavy traffic flow nega-tively impacts street life. The sidewalks were abandoned to drug addicts and prosti-tutes.
However, thanks to the intervention of urban plan-ners and theorists, such
as Jane Jacobs and David Crombie, downtown of Toronto came to be saved from the “empty doughnut-hole” fate of many American cities. Starting with decisions made in 2008, Jarvis was slated for re-development to make the streetscape people-friendly.
However, the current regime at city hall has decided to return Jarvis Street to its 1950s form by eliminating the new bike lanes and re-instating the fifth traffic lane at an estimated cost of up to $300,000. The rationale being that drivers are delayed get-ting from Mount Pleasant due to the bike lanes.
It seems that Mayor Rob Ford and his supporters would rather spend tax dollars to keep a 60-year-old plan-ning mistake in place than embrace new urban policies proven to build strong com-munities.
n Joe Cooper is a long-time Toronto resident and commu-nity activist. Contact him at [email protected]
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Oh, goody. The October meeting of Mayor Rob Ford’s
executive committee will have a familiar treat: a jolly long talk about how the city might fund major transit expansion projects in the future.
It is familiar indeed. From Mel Lastman to David Miller to Rob Ford, the dream of big transit projects has fueled both rhetoric and design like no other project except maybe property tax increases.
In that sense, the con-versation starting this month and going into next spring will be a little stilted, and might not go
anywhere. That’s because the
report from city manager Joe Pennachetti frames the question at the nexus of those ideas: namely, how to finance big transit expan-sion, whatever that may be, using among other things, big whopping property tax increases.
The report is something Toronto Council asked
for, mostly in response to Ford’s moving target plan to build a Sheppard subway into Scarborough using private sector money and a growing amount of federal and provincial grants.
In shutting down the subway dream, council in its wisdom decided to look at ways of financing transit absent either the private sector or nominal help from higher orders of government.
It is a sensible thing to do: an “adult” conversa-tion that determines what exactly Torontonians are willing to pay for in the way of public transit,
which is to say, how much Torontonians are willing to pay.
The report looks at hiking the land transfer tax by a percentage point, reinstating a $100 vehicle registration tax, imposing road tolls on highways, and a one per cent property tax hike.
In the same agenda, the city manager is setting up a plan to devise a transit plan itself based upon a review of the city’s Official Plan.
Once again, it is a sober and sensible approach to transit planning – two elements lacking in both Ford’s subway dream, and the bus-token-in-every-
pocket approach that TTC chair Karen Stintz came up with in the spring with the frenetically gerrymander-ing One City transit expan-sion plan.
Seems dull and sensible and prosaic, yes?
Well, there is still an element of pipe dream to it all. Because even as Toronto Council is consid-ering these plans, so too is Metrolinx, the provincial government’s go-to agency when it comes to financing new transit.
Metrolinx also is looking at ways to finance its own transit expansion plans – plans which encom-pass the entire Golden
Horseshoe. Meanwhile, there is
an emerging consensus that what Toronto really needs is a downtown relief subway line – the least regionally beneficial transit expansion imaginable.
The question becomes: if roads do get tolled in Toronto, just whose proj-ects will that money go toward?
And so it goes: the con-versation on transit will go on, with no end in sight.
n David Nickle is The Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at [email protected]
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nibbling before the turkey arrives. Sorry, pre-meal snacking is a Thanksgiving no-no. So don’t bother asking if it’s OK to have a little something. You’d just be wasting your time. You got that, Uncle Elmer?
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majestic bird is brought out and placed in the center of the table. For the record, accompanying ooh-ing and ah-ing is also allowed at this time. But, lip-smacking and
drooling is not acceptable.What’s closed.Any discussion about who
gets the drumsticks. There’s no debate here. Grandpa always has first dibs. If gramps only takes one and an argument ensues over who deserves the other, no problem. Just stage a winner-take-all World Wrestling Entertainment-like Battle Royale. Not only does it work like a charm, but there is also the possibil-ity of having it telecast on pay-per-view.
What’s open. Who will be entrusted
with carving the turkey.What’s closed.Nominations for the
coveted role. It can’t be just anybody. Carving is a work of art. It has to be done by a person who is confident, creative and doesn’t need
direction. So that rules out anybody who has to look at the self-serve instructions on the pump every time he/she fills up the gas tank. You got that, Uncle Elmer?
What’s open.The prestigious honour of
delivering grace. What’s closed.All guests’ eyes through-
out the address. So no peek-ing. Grace doesn’t like it.
...And finally, at the con-clusion of the seemingly endless feast...
What’s open.More than a few belt
buckles. And for those whose eyes were bigger than their stomachs and really overdid it, likely the top two buttons of some trousers.
What’s closed.The kitchen: to the
host(s), only. It’s off limits to them for the rest of the night. All table clearing and dish-washing is to be done by the guests. Period.
n Jamie Wayne is a lifelong columnist, who takes writing very seriously. The topics? Not so much. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at [email protected]
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City manager offers list of transit funding optionsExecutive committee to consider DAVID NICKLE [email protected]
Toronto’s city manager, Joe Pennachetti, has given councillors a menu – com-plete with prices – of taxes, fees and other revenue sources that could be used to fund transit expansion in Toronto.
The list of possible fees was made public Monday in the October agenda for Toronto’s executive com-mittee, which is meeting on Oct. 9.
The report was one requested by Toronto Council earlier this year, in the wake of the defeat of Mayor Rob Ford’s plan to engage the private sector in the construction of a Sheppard subway.
While the report doesn’t add any new ideas for taxes, it does for the first time give a sense of what realistic rates of taxation might be, and how much they’d raise.
If the executive com-mittee and Toronto Council approve the plan, it would then go out for public consultation, and a final report filed in the spring.
St. Paul’s Councillor Josh Matlow, an early pro-ponent of looking at alter-nate revenue to pay for additional public transit expansion, said the report and the consultation that follows it are the start of an important conversation.
“It’s vital that we have this conversation,” he said.
“For too long we’ve had some people, including
the mayor, say that we can have more capacity for transit. We need to have an honest conversation about that. We’ve heard very clearly from the province that they’re done giving us one-time funding applica-tions. We’re fortunate to have the $8.4 billion that we have, but if we’re going to move forward to have a downtown relief line or even other lines then we need to have serious conversations.”
The $8.4 billion is currently going toward Metrolinx-managed light rail projects along Eglinton, Sheppard and Finch avenues.
Earlier this year, a group of councillors led by TTC chair Karen Stintz advo-cated for a much larger expansion plan – paid for, they intended, by using increasing property assess-ment values to raise prop-erty taxes in gentrifying neighbourhoods.
The plan put forward by Pennachetti – or rather the options – doesn’t con-template any single transit expansion plan, but rather surveys different possibili-ties for raising revenue.
LISTED: The report considers 10 options:
• Personal income tax levies of one per cent, which would raise $1.4 billion • Sales tax increases of one per cent, which would raise
$1.3 billion• A one per cent property tax increase that would raise $90 million• A one per cent payroll tax that would raise $500 mil-lion• Highway tolls of one cent
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space, which would raise $1.08 billion• A one per cent increase in the Land Transfer Tax that would raise $600 million• Development charges of $5,000 per unit, which would raise $200 million
‘For too long we’ve had some people, including the mayor, say
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A nurse has brought together health care practitioners in an effort to improve ser-vices for ambulatory care patients.
D e n y s e H e n r y , a S c a r b o r o u g h re s i d e n t and patient care manager at Sunnybrook hospital, established the Canadian Association of Ambulatory Care in March.
Recently, the organiza-tion held its first conference in Scarborough. About 150 health care practitioners attended.
A m b u l a t o r y c a r e i s when medical treatment is delivered on an outpatient basis, meaning the patient doesn’t stay in a hospital overnight.
“We all know that ser-vices in ambulatory care settings has now become the preferred standard for care. It is primarily driven
by advances in research and practices,” Henry told con-ference attendees.
“Providing services on an ambulatory basis when indi-cated is better both physi-cally and emotionally for our patients, and of course it is also more cost effective on the health care system.”
Henry said she established the CAAC to “bring a stronger voice to ambulatory patient care.”
Keynote speaker Dr. Jocelyn Charles stressed health care providers need to communicate with each other to ensure patients’ information is transmitted effectively from one provider to another.
“As we move more and more care out to the ambula-tory care setting, patients move from clinic to clinic, and if those clinics don’t co-ordinate with each other and talk to each other, patients can slip through the cracks,” she said in an interview.
“There’s no standard of what needs to be communicated and the timeliness of that communication, so we need to develop that.”
Sunnybrook hospital recently established an e-discharge program where a summary of what happened in hospital, including medi-cation changes, is sent to the patient’s family physician right after discharge.
“That’s an improvement over the traditional way which is the physician dis-charging the patient dictates a summary letter that gets typed and then sent to the family doctor,” Charles said. “So I can receive a discharge summary anywhere from the same day to six months later. And if a patient needs care, that needs to be done in a timely manner. I believe it should be done within the first 24 or 48 hours.”
The conference was held at the Delta Toronto East hotel on Kennedy Road.
Sunnybrook nurse aims to ‘bring a stronger voice to ambulatory care’First conference held in Scarborough recently
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J itters, a comedy by David French, is said to be his valentine to
Canadian theatre. Riotously funny, and filled with offbeat characters that you just can’t help loving, it makes for a fun-filled production.
Happily, Michael James Burgess has directed this show for Stage Centre Productions with a steady hand that allows the laugh-ter to build as the audience gets to know these charac-ters and can anticipate their reactions.
Brad Emes leads the way as Robert, the talented but terribly insecure playwright. Emes has a range of facial expressions that he uses both for great comic effect and to make Robert endear-ing.
Equally winning is Heather Goodall as Jessica Logan, the lading lady who went to New York and wound up in a string of flops. Trying to hide Jessica’s fears behind a tough mask, Goodall lets it slip just enough to reveal the sensi-tive artist beneath.
All the performers have their way of dealing with nerves. For example, what if an actor suddenly goes dry and forgets his lines? That is the problem faced by the character Phil Mastorakis. Tony Rein, who plays Phil, makes the performer’s qualms very real, which imbues the character with a touching vulnerability.
Phil’s problems are compounded by a fellow performer, Patrick Flanagan. Patrick’s love of the drink has been his downfall, and
James Lukie finds ways to make this robust character believably sad. Pierre Rivard plays the naive Tom Kent, the youngest member of this troupe, creating a bit of backstage panic when he arrives for the opening night performance very late and drunk. Rivard resists the trap of overplaying the drunken scene.
As George Ellsworth, the director trying to keep the show on track, Will van der Zyl uses his authorita-tive voice to great effect. George’s obvious love of theatre is tempered by the frustrations of juggling the needs of his actors. Van der Zyl provides a solid backbone for the show; whether locking horns with Nick, his over-zealous stage manager (played to the
hilt by Sylvester Pilgrim) or nurturing his panicking playwright, he rarely loses his cool.
The hilarity of Jitters depends on the ability of the cast to create this array of diverse characters, and the watching them bounce off each other as the play they are trying to present slowly begins to unravel. David French is said to have based the piece on his early experi-ences working at Tarragon theatre, making one wonder how that company survived.
Jitters by David French continues at York Woods Library Theatre, 1785 Finch Ave. W., until Saturday. For tickets visit www.stagecen-treproductions.com or call the box office at 416-299-5557.
n Veteran theatre reviewer Mark Andrew Lawrence offers his insights on stage and musical productions for The North York Mirror. Contact him at [email protected]
‘Jitters’ a riotously funny Stage Centre production
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Heather Goodall, left, Tony Rein and James Lukie appear in a scene from David French’s comedy, ‘Jitters’, on stage at the York Woods Library Theatre through Saturday.
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