THEATRE LISTINGS
THEATRE
Theatre is listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Touring shows are listed alphabetically by title at the end oi the section. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our oiiices at least ten days beiore publication. Theatre listings compiled by Mark Fisher.
OISARLEO ACCESS KEY
Access: P = Parking Facilities. PPA = Parking to be Pre-Arranged. L = Level Access. R = Ramped Access. ST = Steps to negotiate.
Facilities: WC = Adapted Toilet(s). WS = Wheelchair Spaces. AS = Adjacent Seats. H = Induction Loop System. G = Guide Dogs Allowed. R = Restaurant Accessible. C = Catering Accessible. T = Adapted Telephone.
llelp: A = Assistance Available. AA = Advise Venue ill Advance.
TICKET LIHK
Tickets for major venues in Glasgow are available from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Mon—Sat 10.30am until 6.30pm in person or until 9pm by phone on 041 227 5511. Sunday opening is noon-5pm. Any Ticket Link box office can sell tickets for other venues.
I ARCHES THEATRE Midland Street, 221 9736. [Access: 1.. Facilities: WC. W8. C. G. Help: A. AA] Sex I" Until Sat 22 May. 7.30pm. £5.50 (£3). Delightful one-woman show by Emily Woof. kind of high-wire androgyny. a deserved sell-out at last year's Edinburgh Fringe. a llouse Until Sat 22 May. 9.30pm. £5.50 (£3). Stand-up sit-down comedy with Toronto's Da Da Kamera ill a nightmare world created by award-winning playwright Daniel Macivor;TL
I CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS 846 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. [Access: PPA. L. ST. Facilities: WC. W8.
H. G. C]
llight Aiter llight Until Sat 22 May. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Neil Bartlett’s company, Gloria. presents the current stage of this work-in-progress completing the trilogy that began with A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep and Sarrasine. The completed version will be seen at the Traverse and Tramway in the summer. Dans le Salle dos Pas Perdus and les Regions (Ill llord Fri 21—Sat 22 May. 9pm. £5 (£2.50). See Dance.
I CITIZENS’ THEATRE Gorbals Street. 429 0022. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—6pm (10am-9pm on performance days). Bar. [Access: L. R. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: AA]
The Marowitz Hamlet Until Sun 23 May. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Circle Studio. Cut-up. chopped-down and recycled version of Shakespeare's tragedy; good while it lasts. but thankfully short at only an hour long. Oltl Rose Until Sun 23 May. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Stalls Studio. Less than inspiring generation gap drama by Heinrich Henkel about an old woman and a young painter. Robert David MacDonald directs and translates.
Sunset Song Until Sun 23 May. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Excellent adaptation of the Lewis Grassic Gibbon novel performed by TAG Theatre Company. beautifully directed by Tony Graham. Heading for this year’s Edinburgh Festival.
I CRAWFORD THEATRE Jordanhill College. 76 Southbrae Drive. 950 3437/3438. [Access: PPA. L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. W8, H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
ilwencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tue l—Fri 4 Jun. 1.30pm. Also Fri 4. 8pm. £2. Seminar at 11am. Tom Stoppard's sideways look at Hamlet is performed by Jordanhill students.
I CUMBERNAULO 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]
Scabaret Every Saturday. 9.45pm. £4 (£2). See Cabaret.
Sweethearts oi the Yellow Rose Fri 28 May. 7.45pm. £5 (£2.50). See Touring. Salome Tue l—Wed 2 Jun. 7.45pm. £4 (£2). Freelance Theatre in Oscar Wilde’s erotic and sensual classic.
Teachers Thurs 3 Jun. £5 (£2.50). 7.45pm. The tireless Pocket Theatre calls in on another long tour. this time with John Godber’s classroom comedy.
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Ingram Street. 552 3489. [Access: ST. Facilities: WC. W8. G. Help: AA] L’Ascensore Until Sat 22 May. 6.45pm. 8.15pm and 9.45pm. £7 (£4). Insomniac Productions takes an elevator to hell in this Art Deco chamber epic.
Spitting Image Wed 26—Sun 30 May. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Stralhclyde Theatre Group begins a season of comedy with Colin Spencer‘s play about a male gay couple. one of whom becomes pregnant. A satire about society’s attitudes to homosexuality and childhood.
I KING’S THEATRE Bath Street. Box Office Mon—Sat noon—6pm. 4 bars. Phone bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: A.
AA]
Aspects oi love Until Sat 22 May. 7.30pm. £2—£2l. Post-war France is the setting for one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's least successful musicals — which is still pretty successful by most people‘s standards.
I MERCAT THEATRE Mercat House. Drumchapel. 944 9022. [Access: PPA. L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. W8. G. C]
On All Fri 21 May. 8pm. £1 (50p). Scarlet Theatre in an imaginative radio station black comedy.
Richard III Mon 31 May. 7.30pm. Tue 1 Jun. 7.30pm. £2 (£1). Final year RSAMD students in Shakespeare‘s political drama. The Merchant oi Venice Tue 1 Jun. 7.30pm; Wed 2 Jun. 1.30pm. £2 (£1). More RSAMD Shakespeare.
I MITCHELL THEATRE Granville Street. 221 3198. Box Office Mon-Sat
noon-8pm. Bar. Cafe. [Access: PPA. L, ST. R. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
lligredo ilotel Until Sat 22 May. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). Toronto’s Tapestry Music Theatre in a Psycho-inspired haunting stud of innocence lost and found.
I MOTHERWELL THEATRE Civic Centre. Motherwell. 0698 67515. [Access: ST. R. L. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C] colorossa and C’Mon Get All Sat 22 May. £4 (£3). Double-bill from Annexe Theatre Company. the first a look at five alcoholics waiting for the pub to open; the second a moving ponrait of a Glasgow character.
Shirley Valentine Fri 26—Sat 29 May. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). See Touring.
I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE 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]
Paisley Festival Sat 22—Sun 30 May. A broad mixture of theatre. music. exhibitions and outdoor events around the town. Wildcat’s Musical Chairs (Mon 24 May) and Jonathan Watson and Tony Roper's Only an [it-truse (Thurs 27 May) both play Paisley Town Hall. Call 041 887 1007 for more details.
I PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street. 332 1846. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am-8pm. Bar. [Access: ST. Facilities: WS. G. Help: AA]
Buchanan Until Sat 22 May. 7.30pm. £7/£6.50 (£4/£3.50). Tom McGrath’s tribute to the champion Scottish boxer Ken Buchanan comes to Glasgow for three nights in this Traverse production directed by Ian Brown. Straight forward story telling performed with pace. wit and style. See review.
The Chic Murray Story Tue 25—Sat 29 May. 7.30pm. £6.50. Eric Barlow stars as comedy genius Chic Murray in Andrew Yule's stage adaptation of his own biography The Best Way to Walk. Also starring Barbara Rafferty as Maidie and Dave Anderson as the narrator. See prevrew.
That’s ller Again Tue l—Sat 5 Jun. See
Your ataglance theatre guide
m m_____ ____1 Friday 21 Saturday 22 Sunday 23 Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26 Arches Sex III/House Sex III/House — — _ — CCA Night After Night Night After Night — — — — Citizens Main Theatfe Sunset Song Sunset Song Sunset Song — - — Citizens ClTCle Stildio Marowitz Hamlet Marowitz Hamlet Marowitz Hamlet — — - Citizens Stalls Studio Old Rose Old Rose Old Rose — — — Gumbernauld Theatre - _ - - - _ Ol'ama centfe, Ramsl'lorn L‘Ascensore L'Ascensore - — — Spitting Image _ ___ Aspects Of Love Aspects Of Love - — — — Michelljheatre Nigredo H0tel Nigredo Hotel — — — — h___< _ Buchanan Buchanan — — Chic Murray Story Chic Murray Story ____ Frank Pig Says Hello Frank Pig Says Hello — — _ _ Tfamway — See Classical See Classical - — - “on Don‘t Fool With Love Don't Fool With Love — — _ — Badlam The Process The Process The Process — — - Bl'llnton ' — - — Famdale Avenue A Farndale Avenue - ChIITCh Winslow Boy Winslow Boy — - - Absurd Person . . .
5 Kings Sherlock Homes Sherlock Holmes - ~ Fiddler On The Roof Fiddler On The Roof
: PlaYhouse Present Laughter Present Laughter — — — —
a Royal Lyceum A Little Hotel A Little Hotel — A Little Hotel ! A Little Hotel A Little Hotel Traverse The Ash Fire The Ash Fire - — Buchanan Buchanan
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SO The List 2| May—3 June 1993