Arts&EÏ#rtainment 'The Foursomne' to open Players' new season Fr-iendship play hits stage nexi Friday__ By STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion Golf might flot be your forié, but if you have friends and know what it's like to spend an aftemoon catching up, the Milton Players Theatre Group's latest offermng is for you. "It's for anyone who has had friends and drifted apart, and tisen wanted ta renew friendships," said Gino Raimondo, director of The Foursome, which opens next Friday at thse Milton Seniors' Activity Centre, 500 Childs Dr. The Foursome is part of a series of thee plays by Canadian playwright Nana Foster sciseduled for this season in celebration of tise Players' quarter-century antversary. ,GEORGETOWN z- CINEMAS q 235 GUhI>W STUET- 873-1 SSKARK TALE Daily 6:45 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 2:00 p.m. SLADDER 49 DaiIy 6:45 p.m. & 9:00 p.m. Saturday & Suriday 2:00 p.m. CAPTAIN E Daiy 645 p.m & 9:00 pm Saturday & Suinday 2600 p m i7,eat Pbeklng Avallabi. et Rear "It's for anyone who has had friends and drifted apart, and then wanted to reniew friendships." The play introduces the audience to four college chums who, when they retuas home for a 15-year class reunion, get together for a round of golf. It's set on the 18 holes of the golf course and follows the friends as they re-live old tases and catch up on their problems, suc- cesses and failures. Tise play is broken down into 18 littie scenes - one at each hole. "Anyone will enjoy tise fornat," M. Raimondo said, adding, "It allows for some pretty funny staff." Featured in tise play are veteran actors Titi Beddoes ansd Gary Metcalfe, plus rel- ative newcomers Brias Hickey and Noms Chanspoux. This is M. Raimondo's debut as a direc- tor, but by no means is ise a newcomer ta tise Players. He's been acting witis tise local group for tise past eight years. He said ise jumped at tise chance ta direct a Noms Foster production. "The nice thing about Nom Foster is it's not (about) tise plot per se, it's more about tise relationslsips between tise four cisarac- ters," Mr. Raimondo said. By tise end of tise pîay, ise said, tise audi- ence ends up caring for cacis character. M. Raimondo said it's corne as a bit of a surprise tisat he's enjoying directing 50 - see PLAY on page 816 Photo by ASHLEY WESSEL From Ieft, Tlm Beddoes, Brian Hickey, Norm Champoux and Gary Metcalfe star in Milton Players' Iatest production 'TMe Foursome'. CALL THE Thinking about quitting? TOLL-FREE ACRSOIT' SMOKERS' HELPLINE 1 -877-51 3-5333 Ontario Public Library Week Celebrate @ your library October 18 - 23, 2004 Library Launches OnLine Book Club Finding a Great Book to Read Just Got Easier www.mpl.on.ca Visit the Library Enter our contests Check out our staff's favourite picks Milton L JPublic Library OSH #KOSH *e DISNEY G ' ...PLUS MAI! MORE DESIGNER MAMES GENTI! USED CLOTiIINS INFANT TO YOUTII SME FALL & WINT R SALE SUNDAY OCTOBER 17", cpsii 12:00 -3:00 PM OIIACTGN ARENA 415 QUEEN ST. E., ACTON a.shlidhuqqalOP.Ual519)eNMan