October 8, 1996 Theatre PEI 96-97 Season Tickets Students are invited to Theatre PEI's new season: good live theatre in downtown Charlottetown. The three plays this year are -Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker October 18-20, 25-27 In 1788, a boatload of pickpockets, prostitutes, con men and murders land on the shores of Australia. Banished to the deepest hell-hole in the British Empire, ruled by the lash and punished with the noose, they were an unlikely cast for Austral- ia's first play. ' -Idyll Gossip by Carol Sinclair February 14-16, 21-23 What do you do when you live in a small town where the most exciting thing that happens is the annual phone book delivery? These five very different women decideto form arock band and play at their kids' high school grad. -The Pasta King of the Caribbean by Sharon Cavanagh April 11-13, 18-20 A mysterious disappearance, a lonely woman, her obses- sive brother-in-law, and plate after plate of steaming pasta. Island writer Sharon Cavanagh brings these ingredients to a boil in this psychological thriller about yoeming and the strangers we think, we know. All performances are evenings at 8pm with a Sunday matinee at 2pm. Season's tickets for students are just $21! You can pick yours up at the Theatre PEI Office, in the basement of Dalton Hall, office #6, or call 566-0321 for more information. Entertaintment @* The Panther Prints What the F&*# do you Want? The bar scene in Charlottetown is getting very interesting these days, to say the least. New bars are opening up offering spe- cials, large bars are just get- ting larger, all hoping to get apiece of the drinking crowd pie. This leaves you won- dering where to go. I have heard of this bar, called the Panther Lounge, that has been around for long time but does not draw crowds like large obnoxious bars downtown. It is really cheap, people have a great time when they go, but the ma- jority of the population tend to stay away. Case in point: The Punters played upstairs on Friday the 20th of Sep- tember. This is a band that packed the house in other venues in Acadia, Mt. Allison, and UNB but ended up having aclassroom sized crowd to play for at UPEI. Obviously this is not what is intended to happen when a band is booked. This would lead one to believe that the Panther Lounge is not ca- tering to the needs of the university population. What then are the needs? Wres- tling? Mimes? Wrestling Mimes? Seriously though, if you are tired of hot, packed, greasy bars; stop and think of what you want in a bar and contact me (jseller). You are in univer- sity, get off your butts and start partying. Ed. Note: Thursday night, October 1 0this Disco Night, and October 17 is Moxy Fruvous. Keep up the good work Jon. 4 Se Sit: rca ge Me