LISTINGS THEATRE
Drumchapel. 944 9022. [Access: PPA. 1.. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. G. C]
flow to ole of Embarrassment Mon 21 Jun. 7.30pm. Free. A play aimed at teenagers about the dangers of HIV and AIDS.
West Side Story Tue 29 Jun—3 Jul. 7.30pm. £2 (£1). Leonard Bernstein‘s gangland musical update of Romeo and Julie! is performed by the Drumchapel Theatre for Youth.
I OLO ATHENAEIJM THEATRE 179 Buchanan Street. 332 2333. Box Office open lOam-6pm and 8pm on performance days. [Accessz ST. Facilities: WS. H. G. Help: A. AA]
Ilard Rain Sun 20 Jun. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Only chance in Scotland to catch Scottish Youth Theatre‘s contribution to the Summer Showcase at the Royal National Theatre. The devised play has been created in response to the many bloody wars of recent history and is directed by Mary McCluskey and Duncan Marwick. The 45-minute show will be followed by a work-in-progress presentation of the company's forthcoming production of Met/cu.
Grad 93 Thurs 24 Jun. 7.30pm. New RSAMD graduates present a programme of varied entertainment.
I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. Box Office open Mon—Sun l()am—8pm. [Accessz PPA. L. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
Somehow, Someday, Somewhere Fri 18 Jun. 8pm. £4.50 (£2.50). Clanjamfrie takes its Mayfest show on the road; an endearing. off-beat comedy of despair and nostalgia.
l was a Teenage Jekyll and Hyde Mon 28 Jun-3 Jtll. 7pm. £3 (£2). Paisley Youth Theatre gets down to some transformation fun.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. [Access: PPA. ST. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA] Diploma Show Tue 29 Jun. 2pm. Free. Final-year students do their stuff.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 227 5511. [Access: P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C]
Funk oft Green Until Sat 19 Jun. 8pm. £5 (£3). See Dance.
In the Grain of the Body Mon 2 1 —Tue 22 Jun. 8pm. £7 (£4). See Dance.
Into the Blue III Thurs 24—Sat 26 Jun. 8pm. £2 (£1). The latest instalment in Tramway's series of performance platforms for new work features an
intriguing mix of local artists engaging in lively theatrical experiments. See preview. I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Box Office Mon lOam—Spm; Tue-Sat 10am until performance commences; Sun 6pm until performance commences. No performances on Monday. [Accessz PPA. ST. R. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
The Cut Until Sat 19 Jun. 7.30pm. £6.50—£5 (£3.50—£3). See Touring.
Tests Wed 30 Jun—4 Jul. 7.30pm. £5l£4 (£3/£2). Glasgow Drama Workshop in a new play by Robin L. Wilson about a militant animal rights organisation and two schoolgirls sitting their SCEs. A humorous exploration of power — how to get it and how to lose it — performed by this company of 14—20 year-olds.
I KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street. 229 1201. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [Accessz R. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. Help: AA]
Juno and the Paycock Mon 21—Sat 26 Jun. Mon—Fri 7.30pm; Sat 5pm and 8pm. £5.5()—£10.50. The Dublin Gate Theatre‘s production of Sean ()‘Casey‘s classic tragi-comedy returns to Edinburgh after last being seen here in the 1987 Festival. Highly acclaimed. the show hasjust completed a sell-out season ill London‘s West End. See preview.
Peril at End House Mon 28 Jun—3 Jul. Mon—Fri 7.30pm; Sat 5pm and 8pm. £5. Agatha Christie thriller kicks off a summer season of murder mysteries.
I NETHERBOW ARTS CENTRE 43 High Street. 556 9579. Box Office. 10am—4.30pm. 7—9pm perf. evgs. Cafe. [Access: ST. R. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
The last of the lairds Until 3 Jul. 7.30pm. £5 (£3.50). Allan Sharpe‘s adaptation of John Galt‘s Scots comedy classic about the threat posed by the nouveau riche to the ancient Scottish gentry. is performed by Fifth Estate. See review.
The Coming Clean of John Smith Wed 23 Jun. 7pm. £1.50 (75p). Unfortunately not a warts-and-all confession by the Leader of the Opposition. but a reading of a new play by James Martin about the omnipresence of those with the John Smith monicker.
Caught in Time Wed 30 Jun. 7pm. £1.50 (75p). A revised version of Bill Dunlop‘s play about sex. politics and religion is given a reading by Edinburgh Playwrights Workshop.
I ROYAI. lYCElJM THEATRE Grindlay Street. 229 9697. Box Office Mon—Sat lOam—6pm. lOam—8pm on perf. evgs. Bar. Rest/Cafe [Accessz P. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. T. Help: A. AA]
A little Hotel on the Side Fri 25—Tue 29 Jun. 7—8 Jul. 16—20 Jul. 28—29 Jul. 6—7 Aug. 8pm. Sat 17 Jul mat 3.15pm. £4.50—£l2 (£3—£8). Kenny lreiand takes over as Artistic Director with a season of farces running ill repertoire throughout the summer. A Little Hotel (m the Side by Georges Feydeau in a translation by John Mortimer and directed by Ireland himself. is a classic comedy of extra-lilarital infidelity. confusion and rotml—swapping. Despite a dull middle act. it‘s a boisterous production with lots of laughs. not least from Andy Gray.
Noises Oil Wed 23—Thurs 24 Jun. 26 Jul. 14—15 Jul. 23—27 and 4—5 Aug. 8pm. Sat 3 Jul mat 3.15pm. £4.50—£l2 (£3-~£8).
Michael Frayn's clever farce-within-a- farce joins the Royal Lyceum summer season in a brisk and breathless production directed by Benjamin Twist. A second-rate touring company romps through an on and off-stage parody of the
farce genre.
Rookery Nook Fri l8—Tue 22 Jun. Wed 30 Jun—Thurs | Jul. 9—13 Jul. 21—22 Jul. 30—3 Aug. 8pm. Sat 10 Jul mat 3.15pm. The Royal Lyceum‘s summer company turns its hand to Ben Travers's English farce of dirty minds arid double bluffs set in a country house where a newly-wedded husband's act ofchivalry is misinterpreted. Richard Baron directs.
I STEPPINO STONES West Bow. Grassmarket. 226 6520.
The Cellar and Rattlesnake Until Sat l9 Jtlll. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). ()xygen House returns to the scene with a dark double-
Thls grid includes theatre and dance performances at Glasgow and Edinburgh’s main theatres, more information can be found In the listings above. For events at Community Centres and other venues, see detailed llstlngs elsewhere in this section. For details of cabaret and music events see appropriate llstlngs. Performances shown In brackets are
previews. Thursday 24 Friday 2S Saturday 26 Sunday 27 Monday 28 Tuesday-'29 We‘dnesdayiao Thursday 1 ‘ Showcase __ _ “Showcase Showcase “ _ _ ____ — - — Stick Stick Musical Chairs Musical Ch_ai_rs Musical Chairs — — — — The Cut Happy Birthday Happy Birthday Happy Birthday - _ _ ~~—“ - _ — - — Forbidden Planet 7 Forbiddenul’lanet Forbidden Planet mm” _ — — — — — Grad93 _w_ "mu—W __ _‘ - — — — ” M—mflm - - - - —__ _" Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll & Hyde Jekyll 8; llyde _ Into The Blue lnto The Blue lnto The Blue — _ _ : _ _ - - - — - - Tests ‘ Tests Juno & the Paycock Juno & the Paycock Juno & the Paycock _ Peril at End House 3 Peril at l-Intl Hotlse Perilat End House . l’eril at lintl House ‘ Last of Lairds Last of Lairds v Last of Lairds — __ Last of Lairds Last of Lairds * Last of Lairds ; last of Lairds Noises Off Little Hoteim Little Hotel — ~ Little Hotel __4 Little Hotel L__—.EO()kCTy Nook ‘ . Rookery Nook - ‘___ _»_—_ - __ H I j g — fl — -~_-i{pE-gi9£k_ N Scape the Dark L.O.V.E L.O.V.l.i L.O.V.E L.().\«'.li — Greek (ireek
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