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FESTIVAL PREVIEW
CONTENTS
NEIL BARTLETT Andrew Pulver talks to Neil Bartlett about the art of camp and how his new play Sarrasine stars a castrato who has the voice of an angel but the body of a monster.
JAPANESE THEATRE The presence ofJapanese theatre in the Edinburgh Festival has never been stronger. Iain Grant investigates the vivid use of colour and traditional dramatic technique that it epitomises.
DENNIS LEARY Alastair Mabbott confronts the nicotine junkie who tells jokes in between fags.
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POPEYE IN EXILE The David Glass New Mime Ensemble has come up with an exuberant version of the adventures of Popeye. Jo Roe investigates.
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THE BIG MAN The Big Man is the most ambitious film to have ever been made in Scotland. Kenny Mathieson wonders if the translation of William Mcllvanney’s controversial novel to the screen has been successful.
LISTINGS
THEATRE: NEW PLAYS ........ .. 15 CABARET ........... .. 23 WORLD ............. .. 27 MUSICALS ......... .. 35 KIDS ................ .. 37 DANCE .................... .. 39 BOOKS ................... .. 43 MUSIC: JAZZ ................ .. 45 FOLK ................ .. 47 CLASSICAL ........ .. 48
ART ....................... .. 53 FILM FESTIVAL:
PREVIEW ........... .. 61
LISTINGS .......... .. 65 NIGHTLIFE ............... .. 67 UPDATE .................. .. 69 FOOD ..................... .. 7o SURVIVAL ............... .. 71 WEST COAST ............ .. 72
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TOTAL RECALL
Paul Verhoeven, director ofArnold Schwarzenegger’s latest sci-fi epic, talks to Trevor Johnston about endless
mutilationand certain prochvrties for
teehno—shockfests.
The List 10— 16 August 19901