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12901 You No. " Wodnoulay. Octobu 26. "It doesn't matter anymore." said Carson in an interview with the Chronicle. "There's big money out there - I'm more convinced than ever that this theatre can work." She announced Tues- day that conditions on her offer to purchase the former Majestic Theatre at 6 Princess St., have been removed and “the deal is closed." ”clothe Mininuk Chronicle Staff Six months ago, when Linda Carson conceived the idea of her Waterworks Theatre, she gave herself until the end of October to raise $40,000 "seed money" as a test of the project’s feasibility. - That day is just {about here. Has she raised the $40,000? No. Has she given up on the theatre? Again, the answer is a resounding no. Carson said the past half year have been Lack of funds but dream alive for Waterworks Barely eight weeks into its 1983-84 Hum- dinger season, University of Waterloo Arts Centre has announced that this year's box office sales to date have surpassed last year's total box office revenue for the year. "Remarkable is the only word I can use." said manager Dan Donaldson. "We have worked very hard this year to reach out to the community and students. trying new ideas and sales campaigns to promote the outstanding attractions we have managed to line-up for this season." One such sales campaign to area busi- nesses accounts for nearly 15% of this year's $100,000 total. As well, demand for tickets in September for The Nylons, The Tomorrow Box and The Best Of Second City made additional shows necessary. Other' changes include completely new ad for- mats. hundreds of new subscribers to the Art Centre's monthly event calendar "This Month" and more aggressive advertising directed at students. News of this year's success continues the trend which saw revenue up by 55% over last year at the end of August. Husband and wife at UW I Now that is peformance! SEE PAGE t “I had no idea what I was getting into," she admitted. "The time hasn't been wasted though ._. I finally know what I'm doing, what has to be done. how to do it and how to pay for it." dedicated to develop- ing specifics of her theatre proposal, in- cluding its operating budget, the first season lineup and estimated cost of renovations. Total cost of the Proj- ect is estimated to be Other planned thea- success continues the .tre activities include snue up by 55% over ipprov.isatiy, work- August. . shops In mime, pup- petry and playwriting. and revue cinema. $340,000 with the money raised through corporate fundraising, donations from chari- table foundations, sub- scriptions and, most importantly, through grants from the federal and provincial g0verw ments. Carson expects to know within nine weeks whether her re- cently-submitted grant application, covering at least 50 percent of her start-up costs. has been approved. The an- nual operating budget of Waterworks will be $430,000. The next step, Car- son said is to meet with "businessmen, service clubs, charitable foum dations, and every high school drama depart- ment in the area" to solicit financial aid. Opening date for the ISO-seat theatre has been set for April, 1984. Waterworks will pro- duce six live shows a year, with an emphasis on Canadian and origi- nal works. Carson's first season line-up in- cludes The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, Automat- ic Pilot by Erika Rit- ter, Whose Life Is It, Anyway, by Brian Clark and A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dick- ens. Ticket prices' have been set at $7. Thurs- days, Fridays and Sat- urdays, $5 for other days of the week, $20 for a family of four and $30 for a six~licket sea- son voucher package. - SEE PAGE 9 Swann receives LU degree titfatqeteto,dhatnetet amumw Hallowe‘en is right around the corner Monday night and this fearsome foursome is making the most of the occasion by brewing up their third annual House of Haunts at sr Ashton Cree. in Waterloo Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3:30 pm. In addition to fun, food and games, visitors will have a chance to take a scary, scary tour through the House of Haunts, an ingenious array of ghoulish goodies created by youngsters (from bottom) Colin Lackner, Eric Farguhar, Stephen Whitney and Jim Legge. Proceeds go to the K-W Rotary Club Children‘s Centre. Story, additional photo, see Do you sleep properly? SEE PAGE g 'tta.Com+hoto