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Non-MX Articles: Tom McCamus (10/09 Wind in the Willows)

The Peterborough Examiner 10/29/09: Tom McCamus

Westben presents chapter five of Wind in the Willows

-Westben will present another series of Christmas concerts from Nov. 21 to 29.

This year Mole and the trusty Rat rediscover a true sense of "home sweet home" in a narrated concert featuring Tom McCamus and the Westben Choruses. Dolce Domum (Chapter 5) from Kenneth Grahame's classic The Wind in the Willowsis interspersed with seasonal favourites as sung by the 80 voices of the Westben Festival, Teen and Youth Choruses directed by Donna Bennett and Brian Finley.

Church performances are in a traditional setting while performances at The Barn require warm winter wear, including footwear. Complimentary hot apple cider and propane patio heaters help, but be advised that The Barn is not insulated.

McCamus is an award-winning Canadian film and theatre actor. His film debut came in director Paul Donovan's quirky time-travel comedyNorman's Awesome Experience,otherwise known asA Switch in Time (1989). In 1991 McCamus gained critical acclaim for his role as a mental patient in the historical dramaBeautiful Dreamers. McCamus' most noted film role is that of struggling actor Henry Adler inI Love a Man in Uniform (1993). As a result of the role, he won the Genie Award for best actor. McCamus has been nominated for the Genie Award for Long Day's Journey Into Night (1996) in which McCamus reprised his successful performance as Edmund Tyrone from the Stratford Festival, and for the Oscar-nominatedThe Sweet Hereafter (1997), directed by Atom Egoyan.

He has starred in the CBC film Waking Up Walter: The Walter Gretzky Storyand in the Ken Finkleman miniseriesAt The Hotel.

McCamus is a frequent actor at the Stratford Festival including his role hasRichard IIIand Mack the Knifeand most recently thePhedre Bartholomew FairandThree Sisters.

Camus is married to theatre and TV actress Chick Reid and they live in Warkworth.
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Show facts

What: Westben Arts Festival Theatre presents Westben's Wind in the Willow's Christmas
Who: With Tom McCamus and the Westben Festival, Teen and Youth Choruses
When: Saturday, Nov. 21 at 2 p. m. at St John's United Church, Campbellford
Sunday, Nov. 22 at 3 p. m. at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Warkworth
Saturday, Nov. 28 at 1 p. m. at The Barn, 6698 County Rd. 30, 3 km northwest of Campbellford. Sunday, Nov. 29 at 3 p. m., at The Barn
Tickets: Available at 1-705-653- 5508 or www.westben.ca

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