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 ALOT TO LIKE IN "STORM WARNING" Now Playing at Port Stanley Festival Theatre 08/20/2012 Entertaining ElginBy Dave Ferguson The threat of a storm popping up can be a common occurrence,
especially during a warm summer.
But“Storm Warning”,
presently announced on signs parading around the lakeside
community of Port Stanley
is also a reality that comes to life till September 8th
on stage at the Port Stanley Festival Theatre.
“Storm Warning”, written by Norm Foster
and directed by Simon Joynes,
delivers a blockbuster performance
- a powerfully poignant, yet humorous, love story,
marvellously acted on a great set. There's a lot to like here.
 Set in 1953, tossed aside war veteran Jack Forrester
(played by Phi Bulani)
spends his time in a lonely and tranquil setting,
Pigeon Lake Hidden Cabins
during the off season. Sitting by the lake writing a letter,
Jack’s peace is broken
by a brash and liberated Emma Currey (played by Karen Parker),
a talented big-city girl who writes charts for a popular band.
Emma has sought the refuge of these quiet surroundings at
the advice of a drummer friend, in order to get some work
done away from the distractions of the city.
However escaping one area of diversions leads her
into the laid back life of Jack.
Caught off guard by the intrigue and mystery of Jack,
Emma attempts to peel back the layers to get to the very core
of his being in an effort to satisfy her own curiosity.
What unfolds in the process is Emma discovering
her own deepest dark secrets as well.
 Canadian playwright Norm Foster is master
of the romantic comedy,
and “Storm Warning” may be one of his finest.
Foster plays to the baby boomer audience
with subtlety
dropped '50s pop culture references
to Marilyn Monroe, Miles Davis,
and there's even "the pill" foreshadowed.
Captured, too, are the social mores
of the day with the strong,
liberated front that Emma
puts up and Jack’s expression of newfound,
awakening emotions.
 And even though some serious subjects are bandied
back and forth between the two characters,
Foster's quick-witted, often sarcastic humour is always
hugely present in the fast-paced dialogue.
Profound and yet funny - this is exactly
what Foster does best, and he has accomplished
it superbly in Storm Warning.
Aside from the meticulously written script,
this performance is fuelled by the on stage chemistry
between not only the two characters of Emma and Jack
but the actors Karen Parker and Phi Bulani.
The timing and delivery of their lines is spot on and believable.
The acting is the best I’ve seen on this stage and is supported
by well thought out set design by EricBunnell
and flawless direction by Simon Joynes.
Once again Simon Joynes has chosen another hit
with “Storm Warning”, to close off another superb season,
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