The Odd Couple

Teased hair, shoulder pads, head bands, acid wash denim, pastels, jungle prints, and leg warmers. The eighties were a time of wild colourful fashions. It was also an era in which women struggled to balance career and home life, to both “bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan.”

The South Okanagan Amater Players’ production of The Odd Couple by Neil Simon (female version) is set in the mid-eighties. The newer version of the classic 60’s comedy gives costumer Bernice Myllyniemi a chance to hunt the thrift stores for 80s fashions. It also puts SOAP’s backstage personnel to the test recreating the vivid makeup, big hairstyles, and props of the day. Visually, this makes the production fun to watch.

The Odd Couple plays Saturday May 7 at SOSS Venables Auditorium in Oliver at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 and $12 and are available at Sundance Video (Oliver), Your Dollar Store with More (Osoyoos), and at the door. Information: SOAP@telus.net