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Extraordinarin gripping and powerful play which caused an uproar when first staged.

Mon-Sat 7.45 pm Tickets from £2.50-£8.00 FREE PRE VIE W5 OCTOBER 7.45 pm (031) 229 9697 Saturday Matinees 14 8: 21 October 3.15 pm

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(£2). See Touring. A Tale Of Two Sisters Mon 9 Oct. 2pszue 10 Oct. 8pm. £2 (£1). Elizabeth Butler. a poet. and Alice Maynell. an artist. where talented sisters who lived in the 19th century. Kosmorama Theatre Company take their story as the subject for this play. Yee Hall Wed 11 Oct. 8pm. £4 (£2). Billed as a Rip-Roarin‘. Rootin’-Tootin' musical celebration of British Country and Western. Cleveland Theatre Company‘s tale of love. lust and betrayal takes place at the ‘Lazy M‘ and is set to live music. I PALACE THEATRE 9 Green Street. Kiimarnock. 0563 23590. [Access: P. L. Facilities: WC. W3. E. G. R. B. Help: A. AA]. My Fair Lady Tue 3—Sat 7 Oct. 7.30pm. Reviving the stereotypes and the familiar tunes like Get Me To The Church ()n Time. Loudoun Musical Society perform the much-loved musical adapted from Shaw‘s Pygmallion. Courage Tue 10 Oct. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Adapted by Julian Hilton from the tales by Grimmelshausen. ‘Courage‘ is a woman whose adventures across a Europe desolated by 30 years of war. reveal her irrepressible energy and lust for life. The shrewdly entertaining play is performed by the Medieval Players. I PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street. 332 1846. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [Access: ST. Facilities: WS. G. Help: AA]. Glasvegas Until Sat 30 Sept. 7.30pm. £2.50—£5.50. Borderline Theatre are milking this one for all its worth. Veteran of both Glasgow‘s Mayfest and Edinburgh‘s Fringe. this musical tale of Glasgow youth on the make is now off on a month round Scotland. The music could be stronger. but the production is pacy and Hue And Cry fans will enjoy hearing Lookingfor Linda blasted out midway through. Ben Elton Mon 9 Oct. Thurs 12—Sun 15 Oct. 7pm. £5-£7. Despite the massive exposure. Elton still manages to produce sharp. fresh material. All performances except Sundays are SOLD OUT. I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. W5. AS. R, B.T. G. Help: A. AA]. Productions for Freshers Week continue until the end ofSeptember. Night Mother Thurs 28 Sept. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Made In Glasgow perform Marsha Norman's Pulitzer winning play about a suicidal daughter and a panic-stricken mother. Weddings and Alter Fri 29 Sept. 7 .30pm. £3 (£2). Made In Glasgow present a stage adaptation of William McIlvanney‘s novel. This Is Your. . . Cabaret! Fri 29 Sept. 9pm. £1 . Featuring song and dance and the RSAMD‘s version of the Gong Show. When The Wind Blows Mon 2 Oct—Sat 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). See Touring. Heaven Ablaze In His Breast Tue 10—Wed 11 Oct. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50). See Dance Listings and Feature. I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 331 1234. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—6pm. (7.30pm on perfevgs). Bar. Buffet. [Access: P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. W5. E, G. R. B. Help: AA]. The Merry Widow Sat 30 Sept; Fri 6 ()ct. See Classical Music Listings. Figaro Thurs 5 & Sat 7 Oct. See Classical Music Listings. I THIRD EYE CENTRE 350 Sauchiehali Street. 332 7521. Cafe open 1 lam—2.30pm Tue-Fri and during evening performances. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC, W5. E. G. R. B. Help: AA]. National Review 01 Live Art Wed ll—Sun 15 Oct. See Feature. I TRAMWAY THEATRE Albert Drive, 423 9527. Tickets from Ticket Centre 041 227 5511 [Help: AA] Anne Teresa De Keersmaeirer Sat 7—Sun 8.

See Dance Listings and Feature.

I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Box Office Tue—Sat Noon-8pm; Sun 12.30—11pm. Closed Mondays. [Access: R. ST. Facilities: WS. E. G. R. B. Help: AA].

Bandits Tue 3—Sun 8 Oct. 7.30pm. £5 (£2)/£4 (£1). The setting is Northern England in the 60s. and the subject isa petty criminal on the fruit machine racket. Live Theatre Company perform C.P. Taylor‘s play.

Beyond The Rainbow Thurs 12-Sat 14 Oct. 11.15pm. £3 (£2). See Touring.

Witch Hunt Tue 10—Sun 15 Oct. 7.30pm. £5 (£2)/£4 (£1 ). See Crawfurd Theatre and Preview.

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1 155. Whuppitie Stourle Sat 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2). See Touring and Preview.

I BEDLAM THEATRE Forrest Road. 031 225 9893. [Access: St. Facilities: WS. G. B. Help: AA] There will be a lot of dramatic activity at the Bedlam during Freshers Week (the first week of October). For details phone the theatre.

Who's Was That Line? Wed 11 Oct. 1.30pm. £1 .50(£1). A session of improvised humour.

VThurs 12—Sun 15 Oct. £3 (£2.50/£2). 7.30pm. Eye Level Theatre Company perform a dramatisation ofTony Harrison‘s poem.

I BRUNTON THEATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. [Access: PPA. R. St. Facilities: WC, W8. E. G. B. Help: AA]

The Tempest Until Fri 29 Sept. 7.30pm. £4.25 (£3). See Touring.

Whisky Galore Wed 4 Oct—Sat 21 Oct. 7.30pm. First night £2.75 (£2.251);£4.25 (£3). Events take a dramatic turn on the islands of Great and Little Todday ofthe Outer Hebrides when the boat SS Cabinet Minister is sunk laden with thousands of cases of whisky. See Preveiw.

I CHURCH HILL THEATRE Morningside Road.2281155.

Kathaltall/Centre Ocean Stream Fri 6—Sat 7 Oct. £3 (£2). See Dance Listings and Preveiw.

The Tempest Wed ll—Sat 14 Oct. 2pm. £3 (£1.50). See Touring.

I GILDED BALLOON 233 Cowgate. 225 3013/225 4463.

A season of Cabaret will start in mid October.

I KING'S THEATRE 2 Leven Street. 229 1201. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. W8, AS. E. G. B. Help: AA]

Scotland The What Until Sat 14 Oct. 7.30pm. £4—£7. See Cabaret and Review. I NETHERBOW ARTS CENTRE 43 High Street. 556 9579. Box Office, 10am—4.30pm, 7-9pm perf. evgs. Cafe. [Access: R. Facilities: WC. W5. E. G, B, R. Help: A. AA]

There is no theatre this issue. Forthcoming events are the Hullabaloo Children‘s Theatre 17—21 Oct andthe festival of Traditional Storytelling 25—31 Oct. I PLAYHOUSE THEATRE Greenside Place, 557 2590. Ben Elton Tue 10 Oct. 7.30pm. £5—£7. See Pavillion Theatre. Glasgow.

I ROYAL LYCEUM Grindlay Street. 229 9697. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am-6pm. 10am—8pm on perf. evgs. Bar. Rest/Cafe. [Access: P. L. Facilites: WC, W5. AS.E, G. B. R. T. Help: A. AA]. (TheatreSaver Concession Cards cost £1 , last all year, give £1 off the full price each time you come for you and a friend available to OAPs. UB405, Students. Disabled and YTS scheme) Tickets for Lyceum productions are also available at the Ticket Centre. Waverley Bridge; branches of AT May‘s Travel and the Queen‘s Hall, Clerk Street.

\lolpone Until Sat 30 Sept. 7.45pm. £2.50—£8. Hugh Hodgart directs the first