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PAGE 16 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1983 2 Shows Nightly at 7 & 9:15 p.m. MAT. SUN. 2 P.M /‘ ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE _ PHONE 579â€"0740 HELD OVER GANDHI 2 The con is on... place your bets! onpppnmmmmmrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmed Starring 2 Shows Nightly Paul Newman & ‘ at 7 & 9:15 p.m. James Mason _ <=â€">! STARTS FRIDAY AT CAMBRIDGE NO . 2 STARTS THURSDAY On Southwestern Ontarios Largest New Screen STARTS FRIDAY 2 Shows Nightly at 7 & 9 p.m MAT. SUN. AT 2 P.M £ Witzout a Trace There are still some things we have yet to imagine. LONVESICK HELD OVER AT BOTH THEATRES SOPHIES @ CHOICE A comedy for the incurably romantic FMIFR T 2 Shows Nightly _ _ at 7 & 9 p.m. mat. suN. at 2 e.m. (O§#8a HELD OVER | i MPpramwewr STARTS FRIDAY 2 Shows Nightly at 7 & 9 p.m. hi MAT. SUN. AT 2 P.M. One complete show nightly at 8 p.m. MAT SAT & SUN AT ? P.M 2 Shows Nightly at 7 & 9 p.m MA T. SUN. A T 2 PM i 4Z , A TW _ B\ F8 | Victor Stanton Chronicle Staff Fortunately,. one doesn‘t always have to fully understand someâ€" thing to enjoy it. Thirty years after it was written, and after three decades of voluâ€" minous reviews and inâ€" terpretations written about it, Samuel Beckâ€" ett‘s twoâ€"act play Waitâ€" ing For Godot remains as enigmatic as ever. Yet, the latest proâ€" duction of the work, being presented by the University of Waterioo Drama Group this week,. is, much of the time at least, most enâ€" jovable. Drama department chairman Douglas Abel has directed the show with a great deal of emphasis on physiâ€" cal action and buffoonâ€" ery. and at the same time with an obviously clear understanding of the play‘s pathetic â€" and even tragic â€" potenâ€" tial. As frequently has been said about it. nothing much really happens in Godot. Two tramps hang around a Godot as enigmatic as ever FEB. 23,24,.25,26 â€" 8»m Wateruoo Couusciare Presents Adults _ 3.75 Tickets available from any Students 3.00 W.C.I student or phone Children 2.25 884â€"9590 Book by George Abbott & Douglass Wallop Words and Music by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross The cast of this Godot is abundantly talented, extremely en ergetic and seemingly â€" written as, and tradiâ€" tionally performed by. males â€" portrayed by females, but not specifâ€" ically as females. If one has any reservaâ€" tions about this, they are only that the direcâ€" tor could just as easily have changed the few textual references to ‘*him,"‘ "gentlemen" and the like and made the characters‘ sexualâ€" ity definite. Perhaps, though, in keeping with everything else in Godot, any kind of defiâ€" niteness is exactly what Abel wanted to avoid. Abel has injected a new element into the relatively static proâ€" ceedings by having some of the characters barren spot waiting for some mysterious perâ€" sop they refer to as Godot. Twice, another couple â€" a master and his slave â€" appear on the scene, and, twice, a young boy arrives to inform the tramps that Mr. Godot will not be arriving that day. well rehearsed. Comâ€" parisons with other casts. notably that of a UW production almost exactly nine years ago. may be inevitable, but these young players impress the audience with their own distine tive contributions. Joyce Miller and Ned Dickens in a scene from Waiting for Godot, playing at the UW Theatre of the Arts through Feb. 19. Although "theatre of the absurd," of which Godot stands as arguâ€" ably the definitive exâ€" ample, hardly could be considered in vogue during present times, this production offers a combination of enterâ€" tainment and message OPEN BOWLING â€" WEEKENDS WATERLOO BOWLING LANES Saturday â€" 12 Noonâ€"10:00 P.M Sunday 10:00 A.M.â€"10:00 P.M. WEEKDAY OPENINGS BOWLING Call for available times 14 Princess St. West 886â€"2900 or 886â€"2 370 Waiting For Godot is being performed at the UW Theatre of the Arts nightly through Saturâ€" day (Feb. 19), beginâ€" ning at 8 p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee on Thursâ€" day (Feb. 17). that is both titillating and absorbing. Victor Stanton photo