THEATRE LISTINGS
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MARCH
DANCE/DRAMA Thurs 5 - Sat 7 March PILOT SCHEMES presents Graeme Henderson In
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0 PERFORMANCE POETRY Sat 7 March Barry Graham 8 Viv Grahame
GENTLE RANTS
O FOLK Thurs 12 March DICK GAUGHAN In Concert 0 FOLK Thurs 19 March GABERLUNZIE In Concert 0
CHILDRENS SHOW Sat 21 March Purves Puppets
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS 0 NEW CIRCUS/COMEDY
Thurs 26 March Ra-Ra Zoo
ANGELS AND AMAZONS
CABARET Fri 27 8 Sat 28 March Wildcat's Dave Anderson 8 Faends
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BOX OFFICE 0236 732887
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THE TRAVERSE THEATRE o 3 I - 2 z s z s 3 3
What a way to go! The Traverse welcomes you to its last season in the Grassmarket and offers you an extraordinary leaving gift... BUY 3 TICKETS AND GET ONE FREE!!!
Peter Ireland performs WE Yergeny Zamyatin's Science Fiction . Classic ' Wed 11 - Sun 15 March 8pm WE is the story of number 0-503 who is roused from his religious acceptance of the One State by an enigmatic woman, and his discovery of power and passion...
Women Are More Wateproof Than Men present
POWERSHIFTS
Wed 18 - Sun 22 March 8pm Women Are More Waterproof... is an exciting collaborative team creating powerful and eccentric dance theatre. Previous productions include THE SILENT COURT, which 'gave new meaning to the meaning of being dragged through a hedge backwards.‘ The Guardian
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MUSSELBURGH
SPRING PROGRAMME 1992
ABSURD PERSON
SINGULAR BY ALAN AYCKBOURN Sponsored by The Bank of Scotland
14-29 FEBRUARY 1992 EVENINGS 7.30PM
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UNDER MILK WOOD BY DYLAN THOMAS
6-21 MARCH 1992 EVE NINGS 7.30PM SATURDAY MAT INEE. 21 MARCH. 2.30PM
TICKETS:£5 (FULL). £4 (CONCS). £3 (MATINEES)
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another production from 10 March at the King‘s Edinburgh. La Cage aux Folles Mon 9—Sat 14 Mar. 7.30pm. £2—£10. First Scottish production ofJerry Herman and Harvey Fernstcin‘s musical version of the French comedy by Jean Poiret. Despite being staged by an amateur company. Glasgow’s Pantheon Club. the production has a budget of £50,000 and contributions from professional dancers and musicians. See preview. I MITCHELL THEATRE Granville Street. 221 3198. Box Office Mon—Sat noon—8pm. Bar. Cafe. [Accessz PPA. ST. Facilities: WC. WS. G. R. B. Help: A. AA] One Act Play Festival Until Sat 29 Feb. 7.15pm. £2.50. Another helping ofshort plays in competition. organised by the Scottish Community Drama Association. I OLD ATHENAEUM THEATRE I79 Buchanan Street. 332 2333. Box Office open 10am—6pm and 8pm on performance days. [Accessz P. ST. Facilities: WS. AS. G. E. Help: A.AA] Enemy to the People Tue 3—Sat 7 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Return visit forthe English Shakespeare Company with a show that brings together extracts from Shakespeare‘s Roman plays: Corie/anus. Julius Caesar and A many and Cleopatra. The company‘s last visit to the theatre was with God Say Amen. a critically successful similar compilation from the history plays. See preview. Fools Paradise Every Saturday. See Cabaret. I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. Box Office open Tue_—Sun noon—8.30pm. Jump the Life to Come Fri 28—Sat 29 Feb. 8pm. £4 (£2). See Touring. The Cagebirds and Us and Them Tue 3—Thurs 5 Mar. 8pm. £3 (£2). Mitchell School of Drama in a double bill ofplays by David Campton; the first is a disturbing study of human frailty. the second isa comedy of life. peace. war and stupidity. House Guest Tue 10—Fri 13 Mar. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Francis Durbridge thriller performed by Trinity Theatre Group. I PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renficld Street. 332 1846. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [Accessz ST. Facilities: WS. G. Help: AA] ' George's Marvellous Medicine Wed 4-Sat 7 Mar. Various times. See Kidslistings. James Byrne Wed 11 Mar. 8pm. £7.50. On-stagc clairvoyancy with medium James Byrne. The Rainbow Show Wed 11—Fri 14 Mar. Various times. See Kids listings. I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. WS. AS. R. B. T. G. Help: A. AA] A Lie ofthe Mind Tue 3—Fri 6 Mar. 7. 15pm. £2 (£1). Typically tough Sam Shepard play is performed by Second Year studentsand
directed by Winged Horse's Hamish Glen.
The Baby Tue 10—Fri 13 Mar. 7. 15pm. £2 (£1). Chris Hannan's play. first produced by The Tron in 1990. is a love story set against an epic Roman riot. Second Year students are directed by Andy Farrell. cx-Travcrse Theatre. Edinburgh.
I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 331 1234. Box Office Mon-Sat I0am—6pm. (7.30pm on perfcvgs). Bar. Buffet. [Accessz P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. WS. E. G. R.B. Help: AA]
Coppelia Wed 12—Fri 21 Mar. See Dance listings and preview.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 227 551 I. [Help: L. WC. WS.C].
Siye Golf Until Fri 28 Feb. £6 (£4). See Dance listings.
The Dance and the Railroad Wed 4—Tuc 10 Mar. 8pm. £6 (£4). Director Alan Lyddiard‘s parting shot for TAO is .i
spectacular interpretation of David Henry
Hwang's play about two Chinese immigrants working last century on the American railroads. Produced with cooperation from Peking Opera performers in Singapore. the production
should give full reign to Hwang‘s vision. See preview.
I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Box Office Tue—Sat Noon—8pm; Sun 1230—] 1pm. Closed Mondays. [Accessz R. ST. Facilities: WS. E. G. R. B. Help: AA]
Under Wraps: Video Preview and Talk Mon 2 Mar. 8pm. Free. The Tron opens its week of play readings with a video preview of Twice Through the Heart by Jackie Kay. from a new Words on Film series for BBCZ. Kay will be there herselfand a discussion will follow. Sec Arches Theatre above for the rest of the Under Wraps season. See preview.
EDINBURGH
I ADAM HOUSE THEATRE Chambers Street. Bookings on 447 4928 or 229 4022. The Reluctant Debutante Wed 4-821! 7 Mar. 7.45pm. £4 (£3). One of William Douglas Home‘s «IO-plus well-made plays. The Reluctant Debutante. tells the tale ofa debutante who falls in love with the man her mother believes to be the most unsuitable.
I DEDLAM THEATRE Forrest Road. 225 9893. [Access: St. Facilities: WS. G. B. Help: AA]
Sich Dewegen Mon 2—Sat 7 Mar. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£312.50). EUTC airs the result of its workshop programme concentrating on physical theatre.
Love Fruit and Projections Wed 4 Mar.
1 .30pm. £1 .50(£1). Two new plays by Nico Barnes performed by Edinburgh University Theatre Company.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thurs 12—Sat 14 Mar. 7.30pm. £3.50(£3). Trialand Error Theatre Company uses music and imaginative stage design to bring Shakespeare's comic romance to life.
I BRUNTON THEATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. [Acecssz PPA. R. St. Facilities: WC. WS. E. G. B. Help: AA]
Absurd Person Singular Until Sat 29 Feb. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). The second show in the Brunton‘s first season under Robin Peoples is Alan Ayckbourn‘s Christmas comedy involving three separate couples on stage simultaneously. See review. Under Milk Wood Fri 6—Sat 21 Mar. 7.30pm. Sat 21 mat 2.30pm. £5 (£4). The Brunton Theatre Company stages Dylan Thomas's celebrated poetic portrait ofa day in the life of the fictional Welsh town of Llareggyb.
I CHURCH HILL THEATRE Morningside Road. 228 1155. Tickets available from Queen's Hall and Usher Hall Box Offices andJ. and A. Cruikshank (opposite theatre).
Aurelia Until Sat 29 Feb. 7.30pm. £3.50. Edinburgh People's Theatre comes up with a mixture of humour. murder. robbery and blackmail in Robert Thomas‘s adaptation of the novel by Jean Pierre Ferriere.
Death of a Salesman Wed 4—Sat 7 Mar. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Wed and Thurs already Sold Out. Lcitheatrc perform Arthur Miller‘s brilliant tragedy about a self-made man whose redundancy and its catastrophic effects symbolise the collapse of the American Dream.
Drama Wed ll—Sat 14 Mar. 7.30pm. Davidsons Mains Dramatic Club takes to the stage.
I FRENCH INSTITUTE 13 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366.
Terra Amata Thurs 5 Mar. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Commedia-influenccd physical theatre production by The Right Size.
I KING'S THEATRE 2 Lcycn Street. 229 1201. Box Office Mon—Sat l0am—8pm. Bar. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. WS. AS. E. (i. B. Help: AA] Turandot Until Sat 29 Feb. 7.30pm. £3—£9. Edinburgh Grand Opera tackles Puccini in a production directed by Communicado's Gerry Mulgrew who is also appearing in Uncle Vanya at the Royal Lyceum. The Gypsy Baron Mon 2—Sat 7 Mar.
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