New play for City Hall

Following her successful series of ?Shis Got Issues? plays, author/director Patricia (Pogson) Nisbett is penning a new series, ?Phat Girls Caf?, the first play of which will be launched at City Hall Theatre next month. ?Phat? incidentally stands for ?Pretty Hot and Together?).

The overall plot follows the lives of six, buxom voluptuous women who own a local restaurant. In the first play, ?Wa Got What You Want?, they let the skinny world know that they?re alive, well, and ready to vigorously defend their curves. This time the action focuses on two of the characters, Cindy and Mo. Cindy, in what she thought was a stable relationship, is shocked to find evidence of her boyfriend?s infidelity by way of size six underwear, and resolves to confront her enemy. Mo is a devious divorce?e whose wealthy ex-husband becomes ill and asks her to return to live with him, but his size six girlfriend still lives there. At issue for the characters is weight ? petite versus voluptuous ? with the overall message being that, no matter what size a person is, it is what is in the heart that counts.

?Wa Got What You Want? is presented by THE Company theatre group and directed by Mrs. Nisbett. The cast will include Nadanja Bailey and Denise Whitter as well as several newcomers.

Performance dates are November 6 to 9. For full details of times see today?s Bermuda Calendar. Tickets ($25) are available from E.R. Aubrey jewellery outlets, City Hall box office between 12 noon and 2 p.m., and cast members. Sponsors are Clos de Bois wine, Cellular One, Lindo?s, Logic Communications and Gorham?s.

Lunchtime lecture today at Bermuda National Gallery

Canadian architect Arthur Erickson is the subject of today?s lunchtime lecture at the Bermuda National Gallery, and Joseph Galea, senior architect at Works and Engineering, is the presenter.

Mr. Erickson is regarded as the pre-eminent Canadian architect of the 20th century who continues to produce award-winning architecture. A winner of the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, he has been described as ?a global architect, passionate advocate of cultural awareness, and fervent explorer of human and natural environments.?

Mr. Galea, who worked with Mr. Erickson in Toronto in the mid-80s, gives an overview of his work and outlines the main characteristics which define it. His lecture begins at 12.30 p.m. and admission is free.

Nude model sought

The Bermuda Society of Arts is looking for someone to model nude at the City Hall gallery for a group of artists over the winter months. For further information contact gallery director Peter Lapsley at 292-2498 or e-mail bsoaibl.bm

Best of ?Bermuda?s Favourite Haunts? now in paperback

Ghost Writers, publishers of the two-volume ?Bermuda?s Favourite Haunts? in 1991 and 1996 respectively, are launching a new, softback special edition containing an amalgamation of the best stories from the earlier hardback editions, hopefully in time for Hallowe?en. Again, the illustrations will be by artist Doreen (Mac) Musson, who also wrote some of the stories. Other stories have been written by John Cox and Joan Skinner. Bermuda?s Favourite Haunts? will be at all local book shops, as well as Trimingham?s, at $14.95 per copy. Should copies not be available by tomorrow, expect to see them on the shelves very shortly thereafter.

Hallowe?en party at BMDS

The Bermuda Musical & Dramatic Society?s regular Friday night session featuring drummer Howard Rego and friends playing R&B and rock will have a timely Hallowe?en flavour tomorrow night. Patrons are encouraged to come in fancy dress, and prizes will be awarded for the best costumes. Starting time is 9 p.m., and tickets for non-members ($10) are obtainable from Daylesford Bar at the BMDS headquarters on the corner of Washington and Dundonald Streets.

Bermuda Philharmonic Society concert

Pianist Deon Flash is the guest soloist in Saturday?s Bermuda Philharmonic Society concert, at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts. Entitled ?All That?s Music?, it kicks off the Philharmonic?s new season, and will feature an all-Gershwin/Bernstein programme. Mr. Flash, who holds a Bachelor of Science degree in piano performance from the University of Toronto, teaches music at the Victor Scott and Prospect Primary Schools, as well as being the music director of Allen Temple AME and the Somerset Seventh-Day Adventist churches.

The concert begins at 8 p.m., and tickets (patrons $50, others $25) are available from the Visitors Service Bureau between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.