MUSIC

I Billy Bragg and Music From The Frontline Renfrew Ferry. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sat 12.

I Makvirag Renfrew Ferry. 6pm. £5 (£2.50). Hungarian folk group. popular in Scotland. perform on a plethora of exotic instruments.

I John Martyn Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£4). £5 (£2.50). Passionate energy. slurred vocal delivery. remarkable guitar skills and uniquely beautiful songs have won the Glaswegian a world following over the last two decades.

I The James Taylor Ouartet Mayfair. Doors open 9pm. £4. JT's Hammond organ is liberally spread over workouts which range from some marvellous jazz-funk numbers to renditions of the Stars/(y and Hutch theme. Fashionable Hammond organ-led quartet hark back to the 60s heyday ofthe likesof the mighty soul-jazzer Jimmy Smith. but with a thoroughly modern pop flair.

I Red Stripe Ebony Steel Band City Hall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). The infectious sounds ofthe Caribbean take on the stuffy City Hall. My money is on the drummers from this award-winning London-based outfit.

THEATRE

I Crow Tron Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£3). See Fri4. I Paddy's MarketTron Theatre. 7.30pm. Promenade £6 (£3); fixed seating £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.

I Elizabeth Gordon Quinn Old Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Winged Horse‘s revival of Chris Hannan's play set during the 1915 Glasgow rent strike. Timely resonances of the poll tax. (See review).

Film and perlormance combine in Desiree Delauney and Borris Gerrets' dance piece inspired by the ruined cityol Pompeii. lcl, Maintenant ou Jamais plays the Third Eye Centre on Tue 15 and Wed 16 May, 7.30pm.

MONDAY 14 CABARET/ COMEDY

I Steve Coogan Moir 1 Iall.

7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sun 13.

DANCE

IAtlekte Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). ()ne ofthe greatest exponents of German expressionism. Susanne Linke appears in Britain

5 forthefirsttimeineiglit

years. An extraordinary performer. she brings immense subtelty and power to the dance stage (see preview).

FILM

I Sweetie (iFI‘. 8.30pm. £2.90 (£1 .90:£1 .30). See Sun 13.

MUSIC

I The Blues Band (‘ity Hall; 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Still on the road. Paul Jones and the boys knock out an unending procession of l2-bars. Dependable.

I John Martyn Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£4). £5 (£2.50). See Sun 13. IAlan Hull Renfrew Ferry. 6pm. £5 (£2.50). A former memberof Lindisfarne. Hull has also released five solo albums. and delights in involving the audience in his shows as much as possible.

I Lenny Kravitz Mayfair. Doors open 9pm. £4. See Mayfest Preview.

I Marion Montgomery and Richard Rodney Bennett Henry Wood Hall. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). For those who like their music polite. singer Montgomery flirts with jazz. but chastely. while renowned composer Bennett strokes the keys on the classic popular songsof Berlin. Kern. Gershwin. etul.

I Billy Bragg and Music From The Frontline Renfrew Ferry. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sat 12.

THEATRE

I MotherCourage ('itizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1 'free). See Fri 4.

I Jubilee King‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 (£4).£7 (£3.50).£6 (£3).£5 (£2.50). Lindsey Anderson directs the Royal National Theatre in David Storey's comic condemnation of the state of the nation. (See Preview).

IThe Threepenny Opera Tramway. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). Scottish Opera‘s version of the

Brecht Weillstandard. I Paddy's MarketTmn Theatre. 7.30pm. Promenade £6 (£3); fixed seating £5 (£2.50). See Thurs I0.

I Elizabeth Gordon Ouinn ()ld Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sun 13.

I Only An Excuse Clyde Theatre. Clydebank. 7.30pm. £6(£3.50). Pure Dead Brilliant (‘o presents a stage version of the popular radio show by

Tony Roper and Jonathan

Watson. Affectionate football send-up.

TUESDAY 15 CABARET/ COMEDY

I Steve Coogan Moir Ilall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sun 13.

I Tango Slupeliant Old Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Classic songs from the golden age of musical cabaret performed by Helene Delavault who appeared in Peter Brook's Carmen. I The Fabulous Singlettes Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7.50 (£4). £6(£3). Pastiche 60s girl group from down under. I‘d rather listen to the genuine article. but Scottish audiences have always been generous

towards them.

I Radio 4 Maylest Special Salon Cinema. 1pm (doors open 12.45pm). Free. BBC Light Entertainment brings together the best of Mayfest's comedians fora special recording. Already confirmed are Arnold Brown. Andy Cameron. Liz Lochhead. Forbes Masson. Stuart Hepburn and others will follow.

DANCE

I Ici. Maintenant ou Jamais Third Eye Centre.

' 7.30pm. £5(£2.50).

Inspired by Pompeii and hailing from the Netherlands Desiree Delauney and Boris Gerrets combine dance and film.

FILM

I Sweetie GFI‘. 8.30pm. £2.90 (£1 .90/£l .30). See Sun 13.

LITERARY EVENTS

I Kain and Jean ‘Binta' Breeze Third Eye Centre. 10.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Former. Last Poet. Kain joins with Jamaican Jean Breeze for a jazz-influenced poetry performance.

MUSIC

I Oick Gaughan City Ilall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). The traditional ballads of Scotland and contemporary anthems against injustice dovetail easily in the repertoire of one of Britain's greatest folk singers.

I ller Zwingenberger Renfrew Ferry. 6pm. £5 (£2.50). Energetic (if derivative) boogie-woogie piano.

I Billy Bragg and Music From The Frontline Renfrew Ferry. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sat 12.

THEATRE

I Workshop Negative Arches Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). A tale ofsocial and political upheaval in Zimbabwe performed by Amakhosi Theatre. Highly successful in its home country. Worth checking out.

I Mother Courage (‘itizens' Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1/free). See Fri 4.

I The Ottski Variations Tron Theatre. 10.30pm. £5 (£2.50). £4 (£2). Latest offering from Marcella . Evaristi who writes and performs her latest piece of comic eccentricity.

I Jubilee King‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). £7 (£3.50). £6 (£3).£5 (£2.50). See Mon 14.

I The Threepenny Opera Tramway. 7.30pm. £10 (£5). See Mon 14.

I Paddy's MarketTmn Theatre. 7.30pm. Promenade £6 (£3); fixed seating £5 (£2.50). See Thurs l().

I Only Art Excuse Clyde Theatre. Clydebank. 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). See

Mon 14.

WEDNESDAY 16 CABARET/ COMEDY

' I Tango Slupeliant ()ld Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). SeeTue 15

I The Fabulous Singlettes

I Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. l£7.50(£4).£6(£3). See Tue 15.

iDANCE

i Ilci, Maintenantou 3JamaisThird Eye Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See

Q Tue 15.

_ I Night Tide. Memory. Rust

and Elegy Mitchell

Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50).

f Hailed as fine exponents

ofthe exactingand

2 extraordinaryJapanese

dance form. Butoh. liiko

- and Koma perform in Britain for the first time in many years.

flflLM

E I Sweetie GFT. 6pm and i8.30pm. £2.90

((£I .9011 .30). Sec Sun I3. LITERARY

? EVENTS

i I Kain and Jean 'Binta'

! Breeze Third Eye Centre. I10.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See {Tue 15.

iwusu:

I I Pierre Bensusan

Renfrew Ferry. 6pm. £5

3 (£2.50). Easy on the car. ; andtremendously

i l I |

dextrousacoustic/electric

guitarist borrows from

' many cultures to create his

own music.

I Billy Bragg and Music

From The Frontline

Renfrew Ferry. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sat 12.

I Black Umfolosi Moir Ilall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Although Thomas

Mapfumo and The

Bhundu Boys are the best

known Zimbabwean

musicians here. there is a rich vein of choral music in that country. in which Black Umfolosi are among the finest.

THEATRE

I Workshop Negative Arches Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Tue 15.

I Mother Courage Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1/free). See Fri 4.

I The Otlski Variations Tron Theatre. 10.30pm. £5 (£2.50). £4 (£2). Sec Tue 15.

I Jubilee King‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). £7 (£3.50). £6 (£3). £5 (£2.50). See Mon 14.

I Paddy's MarketTron Theatre. 7.30pm. Promenade £6 (£3); fixed seating £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.

I Only An Excuse Clyde Theatre. Clydebank. 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). See Mon 14.

THURSDAY17 CABARET/ COMEDY

I One Man and His Show

Pavilion Theatre. Thurs 17—Fri 18 May. 8pm.

32 The List 4— 17 May 1990