THEATRE LISTINGS
designs and the cast is Lucy Allen. Daniel lllsley and Craig Kelly.
Tire Picture of Dorian Gray Fri 19 Feb-Sun l4 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Free Preview Thurs 18 Feb. Audio-described perfomiance on Thurs l l Mar. Main Theatre. Rupert Everett is one of the eleven-strong cast in this adaptation of Oscar Wilde‘s only novel. Philip Prowse directs and designs this witty horror story about eternal beauty. See preview.
I CUMBERqu THEATRE Cumbemauld. 0236 732887. Box Office Mon—Fri 10am—6pm; Sat 10am—3pm; 6—8pm perf. evgs Bar/Cafe. [Access: PPA. L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: A. AA] Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon Fri l2—Sat 13 Feb. 8pm. £3 (£l.50). Two short comedies by James McLure about the bourbon-drinking women and beer-drinking men of Maynard. Texas. in the late 50s. Performed by No Mean (‘omapny
My Brother’s Keeper Thurs l8-Sat 20 Feb. 7.45pm. LIL-£5 (£2 £2.50). Ll'l. Carruthers directs the premiere of John McKay's comedy thriller about a small-time crook whose plans to gain credibility in the criminal underworld are thrown off course by the appearance of his estranged brother. The script is published in the new edition of Theatre Scotland. See preview.
Dr Faustus Thurs 25—Sat 27 Feb. 7.45pm. £4—£5 (£2—£2.50). See Touring.
I ORAMA OEHT RE AT THE RAMSHORH 98 lngram Street. 552 3489. [Access: ST. Facilities: W(', WS. 0. Help: AA]
The Trial Mon 22—Sat 27 Feb. 7.30pm. £4-£5 (£l.50—£2.50). Strathclyde Theatre Group in Steven Berkoflk celebrated adaptation of Franz Kafka‘s bureaucratic nightmare about Josef K. a prisoner who can‘t discover the reason for his arrest. Fiona Walton directs. I GLASGOW UHWERSITY Drama Studio. West Quad.
Translations Wed 24. 2pm: Thurs 25—Sat 27 Feb. 8pm. Free (suggested donation £2.50/£l.50). Glasgow University sets its sights on this year's National Student Drama Festival with a production of Brian Friel‘s exploration of Celtic culture and the threat of Anglicisation.
I KM’S THEATRE Bath Street. Box Office.
l Mon—Sat noon—6pm. 4 bars. Phone bookingsn ] Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link
details above. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. W5. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
The Nutcracker Until Sat 13 Feb. 7.30pm. Mats Thurs 4. Tue 9 and Thurs ii at 1.30pm; Sat 6 and Sat l3 at 2.30pm. See Dance.
Still lite Tue l6—Sat 20 Feb. 7.30pm. £4—£8. Rain Dog‘s most enterprising project to date moves from the Arches Theatre (see above) to the much bigger King‘s. Gerard Kelly. David Hayman and Andy Gray star and
Caroline Paterson directs this revival of John
Byme‘s modem classic.
, I OLO ATHEHAEOI TIEATRE l79 Buchanan
Street. 332 2333. Box Office open 10am—6pm and 8pm on performance days. [Access: ST. Facilities: WS. H. G. Help: A. AA]
Performance Workshop Sun 14 Feb. 10am-6pm. £10 members. £l5 non- members. Performance Exchange welcomes TAG's Artistic and Dance Directors Tony
" Graham and Andy Howitt to explore the
boundary of dance and theatre. Further details on 337 3363.
Buys and Dolls Tue 23-Sai 27 Feb. 7.30pm. £5.50 (£3.50/£3). Also Sat 27 mat. Glasgow University Sicilian Society in the ever popular musical fable of Broadway.
I PAISLEY ARTS OEHTRE New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. Box Office open Tue—Sun noon—8.30pm. [Access: PPA. L. R. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
Scotch Hop: Dance Break Until Sat 13 Feb. See Dance.
Festival Entries 1993 Wed 24 Feb. 8pm. £3. The Old Grammarians give an airing to the plays they're entering in the National One Act Play Festival.
I PAVIIJOH THEATRE l2l Renfield Street. 332 l846. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [Access: ST. Facilities: WS. G. Help: AA]
James Byrne Wed 24 Feb. 7.30pm. £8. Hypnotic fun with the man who claims to be Britain‘s leading medium.
I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 332 9000. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—6pm. (7.30pm on
perf cvgs). Bar. Buffet. [Access: PPA. ST. R.
Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: AA] Cruciter of Blood Tue lb—Sat 20 Feb. 7.30pm. Thurs and Sat mats 2.30pm. £4—£l5.50. Audio-described performance Sat 20. Reworking of the Sherlock Holmes case of The Sign of Four is taken on a large-scale tour by Mobil Touring Theatre.
The Prime oi lites .iean Brodie Tue 23-Sat 27 Jan. 7.30pm. £4—£l5.50. Edinburgh‘s Royal Lyceum tours its first show of the spring season. an adaptation of the celebrated Muriel Spark novel about a 1930s Edinburgh school mistress. The adaptation may not do justice to the novel. but Juliet Cadzow plays Brodie with poise and energy in a sensitive production directed by Caroline Hall.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 227 551 1. [Access: P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. W5. H. G. C].
Impressions de Pelleas Tue 23—Sat 27 Feb. 8pm. Sat mat 2.30pm. £5—£15. The only British performances of Peter Brook‘s minimalist reworking of Debussy's Pelléus e! Melisande. a tragic tale of forbidden love. See feature.
I TROH THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Box Office Mon 10am—5pm: Tue—Sat lOam until performance commences; Sun 6pm until perfomiance commences. No performances on Monday. [Access: PPA. ST. R. L. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: AA]
Doctor Faustus Until Sun 14 Feb. 7.30pm. £6.50/£5 (£3.50/£3). Good to see Pen Name. one of the brightest young companies to emerge in recent years. back on the scene. Here David McVicar directs Christopher Marlowe's dark tragedy of temptation and black magic. and Tom McGovem and John Kazek take the lead roles. See Touring. Animal Farm Tue l6—Sun 21 Feb. 7.30pm. Wed 17 and Thurs l8 mats 2.30pm. £6.50/£5 (£3.50/£3). Alan Lyddiard returns to Glasgow after leaving TAG for Nonhem Stage with [an Wooldridge‘s adaptation of George Orwell's political allegory. Oppression. exploitation and political engineering on a pig farm.
Antigone Tue 23—Sun 28 Feb. 7.30pm. £6.50/£5 (£3.50/£3). See preview and Touring.
EDINBURGH
I RROIBHTOH HER SOHO“. l Canington Road. Comley Bank. 336 108l.
Daisy Pulls It Off Thurs l l—Sat l3 Feb. 7.15pm. Sat mat 3pm. £4 (£2.50). The Edinburgh Young Theatre has a tipping time in Denise Deegan‘s girls‘ school comedy.
I BROHTOH TIIATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. [Access: L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. W5. H. G. C. Help: AA]
The Big Picture Fri l2—Sat 27 Feb. 7.30pm. Sat 20 mat 2.30pm. Two women in their 40s meet up and recall their childhood friendship in Liz Lochhead's witty 1988 play. the second in the Brunton‘s season of plays by women. See preview.
I HM’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street. 229 120l. Box Office Mon-Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [Access: R. L. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. Help: AA]
Olck Whittington Until Sat 13 Feb. 7pm. Selected mats 2.15pm. £6.75—£9.25. Traditionally the biggest and glitzicst panto in town. the King‘s seasonal spectacular stars Allan Stewart. Jan Wilson. Eric Cullen and Alex McAvoy. Sheridan Nicol directs.
Punt and Dennis Sun 21 Feb. 7.30pm. £8—£9.50. See Cabaret.
I ROYAL LYOEOIA THEATRE Grindlay Street. 229 9697. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—6pm. 10am—8pm on perf. evgs. Bar. Rest/Cafe [Access: P. L. Facilities: WC. W5. H. G. C. T. Help: A. AA]
The Price Until Sat 27 Feb. 7.45pm. £4—12. Sat mats l3 and 20 Feb. Audio-described performance Thurs 25 Feb. The Royal Lyceum has pulled off a string of fine Arthur Miller productions in recent years and director Richard Barron will be looking to continue the trend in this study of two estranged brothers who meet again to dispose of their dead parent‘s property. See review. I THEATRE WORKSHOP 34 Hamilton Place. 226 5425. Box Office Mon—Sat 9.30am—5.30pm. Bar. Cafe. [Access: PPA. ST. R. Facilities: WC. W5. H. G. C. Help: AA]
suddenlylastsurnrner Fri 12-—Sat 13 Feb. 8pm. £5 (£3). See Dance.
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48 The List 12—25 February 1993