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Review: “Piaf"atthe Octagon Theatre Bolton untilJune 15th Boxoffice:0120452066V Website: www.octagonbol- - ton.co.uk


• Elizabeth Newman’s direction of Piaf, by Pam Gems, tells the story of the life of the famous French singer Edith Piaf.- Si; Later known as La Mome


: Piaf, the little sparrow, Edith ; ,was born in 1915 to a street singer mother and an acro-


: • bat father in the slums of Bel- : leville. After living for awhile:


; with her grandmother, who . ran a brothel, Edith began to ; work as a street singer show- ■ dng an incredible ability to ;


' memorise songs without be- / ing able to read music... v ': . • In 1935 she, got her big •


; break when:she was em-: iployed by. cabaret owner iLouis Leplee.’Her career


s blossomed over the next two / s decades until her early death in 1963. However, it was a ca­ reer dogged by illness largely • brought on by her drinking


• and drug abuse. ' ; The programme notes are


. usefuLfor those who don’t know about the.details of ■ Piaf’s troubled life, \yhich included a considerable


= number of love affairs and ' : two marriages. The best part:. ofthis production is Caroline ' Faber’s rendition of several of -


i Piaf’s mo's t memorable songs, ; : ■ Milord, La Vie en Rose and, of course. Non, Je Ne Regrette - Rien.


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■ /: .‘ Faber is well supported by Kate Coogan as her friend- Toine and Lynda Rooke as Marlene Dietrich andsecre-


; tary Madeleine. lestyn Ar- well, Colin Connor, Danny Cunningham, Christopher


Hancock, Kieran Hill, Gra-; ham Lappin and Eamonn Ri-; ley play all the men in her life.’


;; .-This was my problem with" the drama. It is hard to follow which men they are, unless / you are very familiar with her;: life story and inevitably the procession of lovers makes for a rather episodic struc-' ture. However, towards the. end as we watch the singer: deteriorate in health and ap­ proach death, the audience become more involved and/ moved. - The play contains a consid-.'


erable amount of swearing;; which is authentic to the pe- ; riod, andsome graphic sexual • content. Ciaran Bagnall’s set. and lighting design is evoca­ tive and effective and Ben Oc- chipinti’s musical direction is .


at the heart of the drama. ; PIPPAMUNROHEBDEN


Caroline Faber as Edith Piaf atthe Octagon, Bolton. Photoilan Tilton. m VraiTTENBY'


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: 11 gardens spring '4 ■: to life in the ' "


■ •Spring mohths.'f;'] andare packed' '4': all of colour from


bulbs to perennials and flow^ ■ ering shrubs; the challenge'- that lies ahead is keeping " : that colour going so you’re - / not looking at something:; ? - green for the rest of the Sum- - mer! .Wh e n , c h 0 0 s i ng y0 u r ;


: plants think'about when they are going to flower and for. how long, because in a small garden in particular, plants , which flower only for a week


; and bare green leaves aren’t , going to give you the length o f interest that you’re after. ; .■ • ;• -Instead pick plants that- ■ flower for a longer period, for-


: example Achilleas that flower throughout July and August': r and when chopped down will


‘ flower again in the Autumn. They like a sunny spot with


Jobs to do.... 1 - @ Dramatic insight to an ever


Review: Dramatic Change-A play by Ribcaged Productions in association with the Lan-


’ cashire Probation Trust. Pre- / miere May 25th at The Grand, Clitheroe.


■ The timing was perfect in a kind of imperfect way. When:


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' .Ribcaged theatrecompa- . ny decided to base its latest on the verbatim •


; ; ■ - A ficers; offenders and former v; VO


experiences of probation of-. it couldn’t have -


V ; known that the work would ^ premiere just days after the; .announcement o f propos-;- , als to radically privatise the


0 ' service. ^ It gave the production an immediate relevance. But


' ‘ Such relevance demands more than being' preached to. There were flashes of real


_ femotion and insight in what - ■ 'w a s an impassioned extend-\


V ; ed advertisement for a serv-'"' v-'ice at the crossroads. -


, r + ■ The production was de- <'o'rf


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.ThecastofDramaticChange.anewplay premiered by RibcagedtheatregroupatTheGrand.Clltheroe.' ~


yised and created by the'eight strong cast and director and featured predominantly the: stories of those whose lives had been turned round by. the intervention of probation officers or other agencies. ■’'« 3./ It contained many good things - the ;sheer.physi-. cality o f the action, the way: the cast used the stage and


‘.worked together, the poign-| ant way a child observing his ^


■ 'mother’s ongoing drug addic® ; tion was conveyed and more. s


.-All the, stories were worth? listening to, but ppjsed as it


^'■ w'as bkween documentary hnd drafna,'a ihore'cohesive ■ '


once. , ,


^i na'rrative thread would have ;» helped engage the audience-: -5 s; which was able to smile only £


ffe/; Particularly memorable ,'Were performances by Mar-'j . Ion Solomon - whose recol-; flection of losing two friends: ..as'a teenager in Northerns 'Ireland in a randombomb at­ tack was both heart-rending: and convincing;


/.'.•'•i'Bonita^ James played a/ former junkie who had found '


a new way with conviction, although she did go on a s bitl. and Cassandra John-


: Baptiste as the hoodie with'/ a message was at times pow- ;s erful and persuasive. ~ Richard Hoyle gave his -;


/best performance as a pro- : bation officer, recalling the-s variety of clients crossing ; his door and'also played an'/- offender. Keith Flood set- the scene from a probation * officer’s view and excelled


: and wanted to stayoutofjail.*’ > ■ ; Daniel Blake was riveting .'as a'manic eyed addict ahd * -efficient as a bearded pro- * bation officer, whilst Lucy a


: Grey, earned sympathy and s* respect as the young proba-. *


; tion officer tipped straight *:; into situations beyond herl/-; ken straight from college. ' If this production had the


;ring of truth it ought to r.it'fe was directed and produced


/ by Owen Phillips who com- -bines his role as a co-found- ; er and Artistic Director of Ribcaged:witK:work as a probation officer. He hopes Dramatic Change will stimu-


; late debate about how so'ciety deals with offenders. It’scer- tainly a starting point. /One cautionary thought-,


: as'nearly all the stories had happy, hopeful endings, it .would be all too easy for an : irnpressionable audience to


-as an in-llmbo murderer on- • parole, who had lost years ? of contact with his'daughter V


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i think there is always light a t , the end of tunnel... even if


;you do do drugs and alcohol to near oblivion. ' Overall a commendable,'


and timely production, but , one which probably needs ; a.little mbre'development


.to.make it a truly engaging piece of theatre


.4:.'>,The company, which was founded in Ribchester, but is ■ now ClitheroeTbasedi'hopes ■ ; this'produ'ction will tour and


will have an educational role..- . •'


FIONAHNCH 4 ^Helianthbmum? j ' 'C .v / .X .-.-S f.


: Conimonly known as Rock: Roses these are great- -■ .


/plants for trailing over. ■ 'f.'. > 1; walls or for growing at the ; ;. front of a border or rock- ery.


. @ w w w . h o l d e n c l o u g h n u r s e r y - c o m


: FloweringinJuneand i: ':/' ;^ July they help bridge the :: :


; “Green Gap? and clip back aU over with shears after^ii?


: flowering to encouragea’/vt second flush in September.:


/ Now after our flush of warm - ■ weather ifs a'great time to get bed- .;


Plant Out Bedding: : r


- ding piants out in the garden, always, waiting until June 1st Is best as the ■ ;


: chances of the frosts should have > i 1 • gone by then!


„'•! , .■■■*. 2- Clip Box Hedging -s: :


After having just put on a flush 1;./ of new growth, trim any hedges o r ,'■


i topiary to help keep its shape. Also ; ■ . remember to feed with a pellet based. ferhlizer to help maintain a rich green . colour to the leaves.


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. -■ 3 - Re-pot Rooted Cu t t in g s. . -.tK Having now established a root sys-: ' tern, potting them on will helpencou^ ■


; IT’STIMETOGET


OUTINTHEGARDEN AND GET CRACKING


-WITH THOSE MUST- DO JOBS... BUT


WHICH ONES? HERE JOHN FOLEY SETS OUT WHAT NEEDS


DOING AND WHEN, AND HOWTO GO -ABOUTIT


; age them to grow bigger. On some * ■ ?


■ cuttings remove the main shoot to ; help encourage shoots from the bot-■


tom and a better shaped plant, don't •.■ place in direct sunlight as this can put -.


‘ too much strain on their young roots. ./ ,.4-Vegetable Feeding,


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: With new plants just having been planted out give a liquid feed with 4,


L tomato feed to help encourage com-. ■ ;; ,. pact growth and plenty of flowers to .'y, encourage a good crop


P 5 -R d y up Spring Clematis .■ . - .:. With'early flovyering varieties


after flowering tie in new shoots or./ ;’ remove strong growth buds to help maintain a bushier plant. This will also,


;^encourage more flowers lower down p - the plant next year and make a gener-:s ally better looking specimen.' >


general garden soil so they’re notfussy.


. Ifyourafterbigboldblocks


of colour then you can’t go; wrong with varieties of Phlox paniculata, commonly known as the border Phlox, and these


: also have sweetly'scented flowers so look at planting


V them near to somewhere that you sit out on a Summer’s day


lor eyening. Thinking about; colour for the back end, look at using varieties of the Japa­ nese Anemones which flower


■ from August onwards and for some more hot colours plant HeleniumsandRudbeckiasto take the colour through into the Autumn.


' ' " ■ Talking of hot colour who


could forget planting Cro- cosmias, which will give you fiery colours all through the summer from start to finish depending on the variety that you choose! '


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•! There is one easy way to keep your garden looking col-^ qurful through the summer and that is to look outside the: box and choose plants with colourful foliage rather than focussing on the flowers. If


you’re planting shrubs or per-' ennials with purple or golden; foliage, you are going to give- your flower beds more depth - and also contrast...


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When plants around them flower the colour will combine


Tand stand out more, and also ■ the colour of the leaves lasts from spring right through to the Autumn so no need to rely


: on the flowers to give you the colour, because its already in , the leaves. .............^ ■


Spotlight


/. I would,say as a rule of. thumb when choosing plants' pick at least 50% with colour­ ful or variegated foliage and; the other half for the flower,-


‘ thatwayyouwillgetthatgreat combination of the two! :


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< Cytisus (pictured above), which . are commonly known as brooms,’ -’


- ■' are great plants for late spring’ : colourandpackedftilloffra-’ /


Choose plants for foliage as wellas flowers


: I--, grance. I f not pruned correctly : " all the flowers will grow at the top oftheplantanditwillformlarge ■ stems at the base with no growth.:


r; t , You can onlyprune'an established ■ plantafter flowering down to


...where there is growth, as they •■ /•• don'thave theability to reshoot ■ from old wood. When planting a -.


- ' - young plant cut them back by half; after flowering and they will re— »■ main more compact and upright.. -


< - When should I deadhead plants? r’ , ■ - Deadheadingisagoodhabittogef/: - into, especially for repeat flower-"; ■’


. . . ing shrubs and long flowering :'.':V;/ : perennials.Bydeadheadingyou .;- ; ■ prevent those flowers from pro-;/ f ;


- ducing seed and the plantwill then ■ ij!: put more energy into producing ■, .;;; f.;C. more flowers in the aim o f trying ■;: ■ ..toproduceseed,soifyoukeep ■;.:/! < -■(; removing them after they flower; , ■ then the plantwill conUnue to give;


:• :.i;more flowers for a longer period!.,: : . : How hardy are Penstemmons? a ; -


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.‘^:PenstemmonsareawopdySum-~'.:/- • merflowering perennial, and ‘ - .: unfortunatelywestruggletegrow,' . ‘'a, them in our northern climate as :


■ s; they do not like the combination of, . feicold andwetwintersandthere--'.-; :a! fore rot off. They can be grown but; you will have to take tip cuttings ‘■5« ; ,


W-, off them in the Autumn and over- v rfswinterina greenhouse to giveyouf ?■: .*! replacement plants to plant out in theSpring. ■


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