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GLASGOW AND EDINBURG EVENTS GUIDE

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i 1992

Fill in your diary now. The List team compiles the

events to look out for, look forward to and maybe even buy a few tickets for.

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BOTANY 5/SUGAR BULLET Edinburgh dance scene? No way. they say. Yes way. we say as we look at two groups with a groove in their hearts.

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SCOTTISH COMEDY Laugh? I nearly bought Stu Who? a drink. The state of Scottish comedy goes under the microscope -—and about time, too.

PREVIEWS

ART ......... FILM ............... 16 MUSIC .................. 27 TELEVISION ............. .. 57 THEATRE ................. .. 45 ART ....................... .. 5O CLUBS .................... .. 54 FILM INDEX ............. 18 LISTINGS .......... .. 23 KIDS .............. .... 52 MUSIC CLASSICAL ..... .. 4O FOLK&WORLO 38 JAZZ .............. 37 ROCK& BLUES .... .. 34 SPORT .................... .. 53 TELEVISION ............. .. 6O THEATRE ............ 43 CABARET ..... 47 DANCE .............. .. 47

Channel 4's Brides at Christ. SeeTV l preview. i

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BOOKS ................... ..65‘

14 CLASSIFIED ............. .. 67 COMPETITIONS ......... .. 71

FRANKIE & JOHNNY FOOD ..................... .. 64

Al Pacino fries burgers and eyes Michelle Pfeiffer in LETTERS ................. .. 72 E

the latest romance from sitcom king Garry Marshall. TRAVEL .................. .. 62 : JFK: Oliver Stone asks who shot John F. Kennedy 16 .

i NEW LANG SYNE: It’s Folk Week at the Tramway 28 I ALAN DAVIE: More exhibitions than anyone ever! 48

THE GERMANS: Just who dotheythink they are? 57 SKI AND SEE: Snow and horror movies 62 J

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