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8.30pm. £6—£10. Twenty-five years after the first showing. Spectacular and Glossy Productions mounts a faithful period reproduction of the hippy rock musical. Only an Excuse 94 Sun 6—Sun 13 Nov. 7.30pm. Sun—Thurs £7.50/£8.50; Fri. Sat £8/£9. SOLD OUT. Naked Video stars Jonathan Watson and Tony Steamie Roper go football crazy once again.
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] Coriolanus Tue 8—Fri II. 7.15pm. £3.50 (£2). Second Shakespeare production from final-year DDA students. directed this time by the Royal Lyceum‘s former artistic director Ian Wooldridge. One of the Bard’s less-performed plays. it’s a dark political Roman tragedy. complete with battles.
I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 332 9000. [Access: PPA. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
The Cherry Orchard Mon l4—Sat 19 Nov. 7.15pm. Thurs and Sat mats 2.15pm. £4.50—£16.50. Thurs mat all seats £5. Pre- West End tour of Chekhov‘s masterpiece starring Susannah York and directed by Mikhail Mokeiev of the Moscow Art Theatre. See review.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 227 5511. [Access: P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C].
The Importance of Being Ernst Fri 4— Sun 6 Nov. 8pm. £7 (£4). An unusual adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy of manners. with highly stylised. semi-improvised performances. an abstract set and no director. The Belgian company will perform in English. Part of the Nieuw Eccentrics season.
I TROH THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. [Access: PPA. ST. R. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
The Danube Until Sat 5 Nov. 7.30pm. £7.50/£6 (£3/£2.50). Shared Experience presents the Scottish premiere of this play by leading American writer Maria Irene Fornes about a passionate and agonising love affair across the barricades in late- 30s Budapest.
I BRUHTOH THEATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. [Access: L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
September in the Rain Until Sat 5 Nov. 7.30pm. Sat mat (audio described) 2.30pm. £7.50 (£4.25). Nostalgic two- hander about a couple's annual Blackpool holiday. written by John Godber of Hull
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I Lee Evans Fidgety fun with the man who turned nervousness into an an form. City Halls. Glasgow.
I Europe State-of—thc-continent drama by David Greig in which refugees escape across an un-named border only to fInd themselves in funher trouble. Traverse Theatre. Edinburgh.
I Siobhan Davies One night only for one of the leading names in contemporary dance making a rare visit to Scotland. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh.
I Quack FM! Radical black performance artist Ronald Fraser Munro follows up his recent success at the National Review of Live Art with this show about a subversive multi-media radio station broadcasting off a planet not a million miles from here. CCA. Glasgow
I Donna McPhail First in a series of autumn dates (and more promised for the new year) at the Edinburgh Fringe’s comedy hot spot. Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh.
Truck fame. and directed by Brunton stalwart Robert Paterson. See review. Boothies l 1—26 Nov. 7.30pm. Sat mat (audio-described) 2.30pm. £7.50 (£5.25); mat £4. Set in the semi-professional boxing booths of the 40s. Peter Murray's play follows the wavering fortunes of newcomer. Davie and the old hands who have seen it all before.
I CALEDONIAH HALL Royal Botanic Garden. Information: 556 9579.
Scottish Storytelling Festival Until Sat 5 Nov. The final few days of the annual fortnight ofstorytelling. based at the Netherbow Theatre.
Tales From The Wildwood Fri 4 Nov. 2pm. £4 (£2.50). The Beasties. alias Bob Pegg and Julie Fullerton. go for a ramble in the woodland world in story. music and song. Environmental Storytelling Workshop Fri 4 Nov. lpm. £6. Session for teachers. librarians. storytellers. youth leaders and artworkers interested in using storytelling as a medium for environmental
awareness. I EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. [Access: 1..
Facilities: WC. WS. AS. H. C. T. Help: A] Birmingham Royal Ballet Until Sat 5 Nov. 7.30pm. Sat mats 2.30pm. Wed mat l.30pm. £4.50—£30. See Dance.
Siobhan Davies Tue 8 Nov. 7.30pm. £3.50*£9.5(). See Dance listings and preview.
My Mathematics Fri ll Nov. 8pm. £5.50—£9.50. Rose English performs with Charlie. a circus horse. What will happen is anybody’s guess but judging by the lurid publicity. an entertaining evening is assured. See preview.
Shadowlands Mon l-l—Sat 19
November. 8pm Mon and Sat; 7.30pm Tue—Fri. Wed mat 2.30pm. Sat mat 4pm. £4.50—£15.50. First seen on television. then in Sir Richard Attenborough's touching film version. William
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