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30 + WATERLOO CHRONICLE * Wednesday, May 9, 2007 INTIMATE EXCHANGES By Alan Ayckbourn "...a fine example of Ayckbourn‘s emotional deftness... " The Financial Times "...the dialogue is so clever [...] that the audience is constantly in fits of laughter." The BBC Show times: Wednesday â€" Saturday 7:30 p.m. Friday & Saturday matinees 2:00 p.m., Sunday Twilight 4:00 p.m Tickets from $9â€"29 mevaseiael 2¢ Ling 5trcet NCSt company | p. 519 571.0928 PBuob OHCHESTA King Street Theatre Centre _ rroduction Sponsor Featuring two of Bach‘s greatest concertos and musical works leading up to their creation played on period instruments! Brandenburg Concerto No.4 Brandenburg Concerto No.5 The Road to Brandenburg Saturday May 12, 8:00 p.m. Parkminster United Church, 275 Edb Street E., Waterloo Tickets $25, senior $22, student $10, EyeGo $5 from Twelfth Night Music, Guelph & Waterloo, Music Plus or Opus II, Kitchener, or at the door. Thanks to our sponsor -i’"c""' OPENING WEEK! May 10â€"June 3, 2007 To smoke before 6:00 pm... or not? One small decision opens up the gates to 16 possible endings in this tour de farce that lets the actors decide which course their characters‘ lives will take. A fantastic comedy about mamage and infidelity that asks: who really does write the book of love? Deloitte. Hometown News for an Awesome Hometown waterD50 CHiiDaict® Funny scene is all too familiar to actor Continued from page 29 And there‘s a nugget of truth in each scene that everyone can ing number, Cantata for a First _ relate to, he assured. ing number, Cantata for a First Date, and the high energy duet Stud and Babe to the poignant ballad 1 Will Be Loved Tonight through the laughâ€"outâ€"loud comedy song Always A Bridesâ€" maid to the ferociously lustful Marriage Tango and the show‘s signature unforgettable finale I Love You, You‘re Perfect, Now Change. e Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Community Orchestra will embark on its first overâ€" seas concert trip to Prague, Czech Republic. "Everything about the show â€" the writing, the song lyrics â€" everything is very witty and fun," said lley, who has been a member of KWMP since 2002. The orchestra will depart on its trip on June 11 from Pearson International Airport in Toronto and return on June 18. The concert trip will feature a Slavonic program that includes, as the main work, music by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841â€"1904), Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88. Dvorak conducted the Prague National Theatre Orchestra on Feb. 2, 1890. "It‘s a dream team of sorts," Iley said of the show‘s cast and and production staff. _ Orchestra prepares for Prague visit The opening number on the KWCO program is the overture from the opera The Marriage of Figaro, K.492 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756â€"1791) In fact, one of the scenes in Act 2 is all too familiar to the actor. "The scene is called the Waiting Trio. The first part shows a husband â€" being dragged to the mall and waiting â€" with his arms full of bags â€" while his wife tries on a bunch of clothes," Hey said. "I think that‘s happened to almost every guy; it definitely hit home for written in 1786 when Mozart was 30 years old. Also on the program are excerpt dances from The Bartered Bride, an opera by Czech composer Bedrich Smetana (1824â€"1884), and the beautiful waltz Tales from the Vienna Woods, Op. 325 from the pen of Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. (1825â€"1899). The other two parts show a wife waiting for her husband who‘s wrapped up in a football game on television, and a notâ€" so patient woman waiting to The orchestra will perform this program in the evening on June 14 at the Museum of Czech Music in the centre of Prague and a repeat second concert on June 15 in the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary (Pane Marie) in the small town of Zlonice, outside of Prague near the birthplace of Dvorak. The KWCO was formed in 1980 and is in its 27th season. use the ladies‘ room "It‘s a simple scene, but it‘s sa real," Hley said. "You can‘t help but say, ‘Yes! Yes! Yes! That‘s me!‘" Hey is joined on stage by Dale Brubacherâ€"Cressman, Max DeNardis, Joanna Guistini, Amanda Kind and Sarrah Scott. "If anyone leaves without having a great time, it will be hard to believe," ley said. _ L Love You, You‘re Perfect Now Change plays four shows a week, May 10â€"19. â€" s Tickets can be ordered by calling the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse box office at 519â€" 747â€"7788. This amateur orchestra conâ€" sists of approximately 55 musiâ€" cians and features local profesâ€" sional guest soloists at each of its regular concerts. Conductor Daniel Warren is also the resident conductor of the Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Symâ€" phony. To find out more about the show, visit www.kwmp.ca. He is in frequent demand as a guest conductor and has conâ€" ducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Edmonton Symphoâ€" ny Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, Orchestra London Canaâ€" da, the Windsor Symphony, Symphony New Brunswick and the Canadian Chamber Ensemâ€" He has also been a trumpet player in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterâ€" loo Symphony since joining the orchestra in 1983.