LISTINGS MAYFEST
story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. See preview. I Chicago 0h Chicago: We Got a Date CCA. 7.30pm. £6 (£2.50). A week of performance. video and music from the Windy City begins with this first of three shows from the remarkable Goat Island. A disturbing exploration of love and sexuality. See preview.
I Mayiest Community Showcase: Tales of Finn Drama Centre at The Ramshorn. 1.30pm. £4 (£2). See Kids listings.
I Ghosts Drama Centre at The Ramshorn. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 6.
Classical
I Tim Hugh St Andrew's Church. 7.30pm. £7 (£4); season ticket for all three evenings (Mon 9. Tue 10. Wed 1 l ) £17 (£10). The first of three recitals from this excellent cellist. each of which will combine the suites for solo cello by Bach and Britten. on a 2- for-l basis. Tonight‘s programme offers Bach‘s Nos 1 and 5. and Britten's No 1.
Music
I Eric Eagle The Ferry. 7pm. £7 (£5). The Australian-based Scottish singer-songwriter has a real gift for turning out memorable songs in both serious and comic mode. aided and abetted by his touring mates, Brent Miller and fellow ex-pat John Munro.
I Penguin Care Orchestra The Beck’s Tent. 8pm. £8 (£6). The PC() under founder and leader Simon Jeffes are something of a cult number in British contemporary music. Depending on your viewpoint. their music is either an exciting and accessible breath of fresh air or a species of advanced muzak. Decide for yourselves.
Cabaret] Comedy
I Jeremy Hardy The Ferry. 10pm. £7 (£5). Brilliant left-of—centre stand-up whose bite is very much harder than his bark.
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I Cerminal OFT. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Film listings.
I New York: No Picnic
OFT. 6.30pm. £3 (£2). See Film listings.
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Theatre
I Innocent Erendira Mitchell Theatre. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Mon 9.
I Chicago 0h Chicago: Rough Trade I CCA. 7.30pm. £6 (£2.50). Iris Moore and Lawrence Steger perform solo pieces on themes of gender roles and sexual
preference. Tonight they perform their own pieces. on Thursday they perform each other‘s. thus overturning male-female preconceptions. See preview.
I Mooi Street Moves
Arches Theatre. 7pm. £6.50 (£3.50). The first of
two South African
companies appearing in
Mayfest. Footpaul
Productions presents Paul
Slabolepszy‘s contemporary look at
black-white relationships.
A hit at the Market Theatre. Johannesburg. See preview.
I The Grapes or Wrath Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Ambitious retelling of John Steinbeck‘s powerful novel of Dust Bowl poverty and exploitation. produced by 7:84 and Dundee Rep.
I Trainspotting Citizens‘
I Stalls Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I A Little Older Arches Theatre. 9pm. £6 (£3). Clyde Unity Theatre revives John Binnie‘s Independent award- winning drama about friendship and memory- loss.
I Dumhstrucit Tron
Theatre. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£3). £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I HJLH. Citizens‘ Circle Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I Ghosts Drama Centre at The Ramshorn. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 6.
I Wee MacCreegor Old Athenaeum. 7pm. £5
(£2.50). Musical adventures with the turn-
of-the-century Evening Times character brought to life by Scottish Youth Theatre.
Classical
I Tim Hugh St Andrew’s Church. 7.30pm. £7 (£4) season ticket for all three evenings (Mon 9. Tue 10, Wed ll)£l7 (£10).
Bach’s Suites Nos 2 & 4,
and Britten's Suite No 2. See Mon 9.
Music
I The Christians The Beck’s Tent. 8pm. £8 (£6). An intimate show for the Liverpudlian soul- popsters who are no
strangers to the charts.
I Dick Caughan The Ferry. 7pm. £7 (£5). Another Mayfest regular whose welcome never runs out. The Scottish folk scene's leading singer- songwriter. Gaughan’s
emotional honesty and
‘ uncompromising
conscience continue to defy shifts in musical fashion.
Cabaret! Comedy
I Jeremy Hardy The Ferry. 10pm. £7 (£5). See Mon 9.
Film
I Cenninal OFT. 8pm. £4
(£3). See Film listings. I New York: In Picnic OFT. 3.45pm. £3 (£2). See Film listings.
WEDNESDAY 11
Theatre
I Innocent Erendira
Mitchell Theatre. 7.30pm.
£7 (£4). See Mon 9.
I Chicago on Chicago: It’s Shifting Hank CCA. 7.30pm. £6 (£2.50). Second show in the Goat Island retrospective looks at racial intolerance. post- punk rock and ‘anti-dance choreography'. See preview.
I Mool Street Moves Arches Theatre. 7pm. £6.50 (£3.50). See Tue 10. I The Grapes oi Wrath Citizens' Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Tue 10.
I Trainspotting Citizens‘ Stalls Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I A little Older Arches Theatre. 9pm. £6 (£3). See Tue 10.
I Dumhstruck Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£3). £6 (£2). See Fri 6. I I‘LH.H. Citizens' Circle Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I Ghosts Drama Centre at The Ramshorn. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 6.
I Wee MacCreegor Old
. Athenaeum. 7pm. £5
(£2.50). See Tue 10.
Classical
I Tim Hugh St Andrew’s Church. 7.30pm. £7 (£4) season ticket for all three evenings (Mon 9. Tue 10. Wed ll)£l7(£lO). Bach‘s Suites Nos 3 and 6. and Britten's Suite No 3. See Mon 9.
Music
I Buenos Aires The Ferry. 7pm. £7 (£5). One
of the more intriguing
bands in the world music strand of the programme. the band hail — you won’t
, be surprised to hear —
from Argentina. and provide a distinctly contemporary take on the
musical traditions of their homeland.
l I Jools Holland and his
; Big Band The Beck's
Tent. 8pm. £10 (£8). Jools
is a fair enough pianist in
a boogie-woogie derived fashion. but his distinctly ordinary (and not very big) band has never been anything to write home about. Undeniably
popular. though. and
likely to be crowded.
Cabaret! Comedy
I John Shuttleworth The Ferry. 10pm. £7 (£5). Shuttleworth does for the Bontempi organ what Jilted John did for punk (they are one and the same. in fact).
Film
I Cerminal GET. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Film listings.
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