THEATRE LISTINGS
THEATRE
Theatre is listed by city, then alphabetically by Venue. Touring shows are listed alphabetically by title at the end of the section. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Theatre listings compiled by Mark Fisher.
lllSARlEIl ACCESS KEY
Access: P = Parking Facilities, PPA = Parking to be Pre-Arranged, L = Level Access. R = Ramped Access, ST = Steps to ne otiate.
Facil es: WC 2 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.
Help: A = Assistance Available. AA = Advise Venue in Advance.
TICKET llHK
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: L. Facilities: WC. W8. C. G. Help: A. AA]
Men - An Irish Musical Until Sat 12 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). The Irish Festival which is moving from city to city around Britain at the moment calls in on the Arches with The Barrogs’ satirical musical that puts
men in the place of chorus girls.
Woolen Writing: A Scottish Ceilidil of Ideas Sat 12 Mar. 2pm-6pm. £3 (or £8 including Men). The moveable Irish Festival that is also appearing in Edinburgh and Paisley, comes to the Arches for an afternoon of readings and discussion.
Wasted Fri 18 Mar—Sat 2 Apr. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Raindog has spent the past eight months talking to people with experience of prostitution. drug abuse and homelessness and from this source material a play has been devised by the company. An impressive cast including Robert Carlyle, Anne Myatt and Barbara Rafferty is directed by Caroline Paterson. See Agenda article at front of magazine. I CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. [Access: PPA. L. ST. Facilities: WC. WS,
H, G. C]
Bad Girls: Post-Post Porn Modernist Until Sat 12 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£2.50). Bring your cameras (seriously. do) for this remarkable performance by Annie Sprinkle. an ex-prostitute and porn star.
I CITIZEHS’ THEATRE Gorbals Street, 429 0022. [Access: L. R. Facilities: WC, WS, H, G, C. Help: AA]
on What a lovely War Tue 15 Mar-Sat 2 Apr. 7.30pm. Sat 2 mat. 2.30pm. Main Theatre. Just over 30 years on. Wildcat revives Joan Littlewood’s groundbreaking satire about the First World War. Militarism. nationalism and period songs. See preview.
la Ronde Until Sat 26 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Circle Studio. A sexual roundabout of seduction and social stigma in 18903 Vienna in Arthur Schnitzler’s comedy directed by Matthew Lloyd. See review. Oedipus Rex Wed 2—Sat 26 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Stalls Studio. Clare Venables comes to the Citizens’ for the first time with her own translation of Sophocles’ tragedy of maternal incest and patricide. See review.
I CUMBERHAIILD THEATRE Cumbemauld.
0236 732887. [Access: PPA, L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. W8. H. G. C. Help: A, AA]
Home of Ireland Thurs 24 Mar, 2pm; Fri 25 Mar. 7.45pm. £5 (£2.50). The travelling Irish arts festival comes to Cumbemauld with a celebration of Irish women as writers and subjects.
Men Thurs 24 and Sat 26 Mar. 7.45pm; Fri 25 Mar. 2pm. £5 (£2.50). See Arches Theatre above.
I DRAMA CENTRE AT THE RAMSHCRH 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489. [Access: ST. Facilities: WC, WS, G. Help: AA] Modern languages Department Wed l6-Fri 18 Mar. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Strathclyde University's linguists perform a mixed bill of classic drama in Russian, German. French. English and Spanish. Extracts from Gogol, Brecht. Moliere and Shakespeare. with subtitles to help those who can’t take the pace.
Bernonlc Forces in the American landscape Thurs 24—Thurs 31 Mar. 7.30pm. £5/£4 (£2.50/£1.50). Three contemporary plays from the USA performed by Strathclyde Theatre Group. On the bill are the dreamer examines his pillow by John Patrick Shanley, Captain Cook by Don Nigro and H Club by Sam Shepard.
I EAST KllBRII'lE ARTS CENTRE Old Coach Road, East Mains. East Kilbride. 03352 61000. [Access: R. Facilities: H] Blood Brothers Fri Il-Sat 12 Mar. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). The non-musical version of Willy Russell’s urban tragedy of twins separated at birth is performed by Studio
32.
I KILMARDIHHY HOUSE ARTS CEHTRE 50 Kilmardinny Avenue. Bearsden, 943 0312. [Access: L. Facilities: WS, H. G. C] The Killing of Sister George Wed 16-Sal 19 Mar. 7.30pm. The Glenbum Players in a comedy by Frank Marcus.
I KIN’S THEATRE Bath Street. Phone bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. [Access: PPA.
L. Facilities: WC. WS, H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
Iolantlte Until Sat 12 Mar. 7.30pm. The Orpheus Club joins in the amateur musical and operetta season.
Fiddler on the Boot Mon l4-Sat 19 Mar. 7.30pm. The Lyric Club nips in swiftly before a major touring production stoning Topol himself comes to Scotland in the summer.
Anything Goes Mon 21—Sat 26 Mar. 7.30pm. Thirties fun Cole Porter style with the Paisley Musical and Operatic Society.
I MERCAT THEATRE Mercat House. Drumchapel. 944 9022. [Access: PPA. L. ST, R. Facilities: WC. W8. G. C] Trarncars and Greyhounds Wed 16 Mar. 7.30pm. See Touring.
A Different corner Tue 22—Sat 26 Mar. 7.30pm. The tireless Clyde Unity Theatre returns to Drumchapel to collaborate with local ople on this rforrnance project. I H0 E DAME HlC SCHCG. Observatory Road, 357 3632.
Le Bourgeois Gentilirornrne Thurs 24 Mar. 2pm. £3.50. An ‘easy French’ version of Moliere’s comedy performed by the European Theatre Company.
I MITCHELL THEATRE Granville Street. 221 3198. [Access: PPA, L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS, H. G. C. Help: A.
AA]
A Children’s Feis Tue 22 Mar. 7.30pm. The Glasgow Gaelic Drama Association presents a young generation of Gaelic performers.
Gaelic orarna Festival of One Act Plays Thurs 24 Mar. 7.30pm. More from the Glasgow Gaelic Drama Association.
I PAiStEY ARTS CEHTRE New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. [Access: PPA, L. R. Facilities: WC. WS, H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
Brighton Beach Mernoirs Until Sat 12 Mar. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Neil Simon’s autobiographical memory play is performed by Trinity Theatre Group.
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so The List 1 1—24 March 1994