THEATRE LISTINGS
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Theatre is listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Touring shows are listed alphabetically by title at the end or the section. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our ollices at least ten days before publication. Theatre listings compiled by Ellie Carr.
DISABLED 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 = lnduction Loop System. G 2 Guide Dogs Allowed. R = Restaurant Accessible. C = Catering Accessible. T = Adapted Telephone.
Help: A = Assistance Available. AA = Advise Venue in Advance.
TICKET LINK
Tickets for major venues in Glasgow are available from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Mon—Sat [0.30am until 6.30pm in person or until 9pm by phone on 0141 227 551 1. 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. WS. C. G. Help: A. AA]
Goldberg’s Kaddish Tue lZ—Sat 16
Sept. 8pm. £6 (£3). Factional Theatre come straight from the Fringe with their latest play addressing the horrors of the Holocaust. this time from the perspective of an American Jew awaiting trial for the murder of an SS officer turned city mayor. I BUTE HALL University ofGlasgow. 339 8855 ext 5494.
line Satyre or the Thrie Estaltis Sat 9 Sept. 8.30pm. £4 (on door).
A 90-minute selection ofconiic scenes from Sir David Lyndsay‘s massive satire. written in 1552 as a celebration and critique of Renaissance Scotland‘s cultural establishment. The show is performed by the Kingis Playaris with live music from the Highland ensemble Coronach. and promises to include certain scenes which
have always been judged too risque for performance at the Edinburgh Festival . . . I CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. [Access: PPA. L. ST. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C]
All or Me, Why llot Take All or Me Fri l5—Sat 16 Sept. 7.30pm. £3 (£l ). With two previous CCA hit shows — ()t‘lmm' (I993) and The Whole Truth ( l99~1) — under her belt. Glasgow-born Donna Rutherford makes a return with this video/performance fantasy piece about three women with mascara-stained faces and pent-up frustrations.
I CITIZENS’ THEATRE Gorbals Street. 429 0022. [Access: l.. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
Don Carlos Until Sat 23 Sept. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Schiller‘s resplendent German drama. directed here in typically epic manner by the Citz own Philip Prowse. and translated by Robert David Macdonald. Comes hot frotn its run on the Edinburgh Festival. See review.
Ebb Tide Sat 23 Sept. 7.30pm. £6 (£2); Sat 13 Sept. 2.30pm. Free. Circle Studio. Rab Stevenson‘s swashbuckling tale of smuggling and murder on the high seas as performed by the Cit]. resident company. See review.
I COTTIER THEATRE 935 Hyndland Street. 357 3868.
Fish Heads and Tales Sat 9 Sept. 8pm. £6 (£3). Accomplished mime company Theatre du Pif reach for the Gauloises and invite you to spend a bittersweet evening
i
crooner Jacques Brel. See review. I EAST KILBRIOE ARTS CENTRE Old Coach Road. East Mains. East Kilbride. Ol3552 6|()00. [Access: R. Facilities: H] i The BUCK Run Fri lS—Sat I6 Sept. 8pm. 5 £4 (£2). Kybo Theatre Company present a ' show involving songs by Gerry McHtigh l and Raymond Burke. and a decidedly i surreal storyline involving a civilisation j that began only six months ago. and n singing. dancing jugglers who‘ve E entertained the world since pie-historic ; times. Yep. lt confused us too. I KINGS THEATRE Bath Street. Phone bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. [Access: PPA. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. (i. C. Help: A. AA] Scotland the What? Mon I l—Sat 23 Sep. 7.30pm. £4~£l~l. George Donald. Buff f Hardie and Stephen Robertson roll out their usual barrel of music and wit in the : Final Fling Tour of this ever-popular show. : Amnesty lntemational Freedom Gala Sun H) Sept. 7pm. £5-~£20. Three hours of entertainment to kick-start Amnesty \- campaign for Freedom of lispression. with a galaxy of local stars including lilaine C. Smith and Scottish Ballet. I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. [Access: PPA. l.. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA] i In Flagrant Delicht Thurs l4 Sept. 8pm.
] in the company of legendary Belgian
, , £6 (£1). Two Scots with an equal gift of
; the gab. Liz. Lochhead and Michael Marra get together round the auld joamia for an
intimate cabaret of songs. poems.
entertamtnent and rhymes with nae
reason.
: Bone Fri l5 Sep. 8pm. £6 (£1 ). See
" f Touring.
Bouncers Mon l8 Sept. 8pm. John
' Godber's hilarious and frighteningly accurate portrayal of staff and punters down your local neon-soaked. hormone- drcnched nightclub. as played by the well 'ard actors of Hull Truck Theatre.
Love - alter a fashion Thurs 2 l—-Fri 22 Sept. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Local group Wee Slice Theatre Company make a comeback with their version of Ralph Bollard‘s aptly titled black comedy about the trials and tribulation of a couple getting hitched for all the wrong reasons.
I PAVILION THEATRE l2l Renficld Street. 332 18-16. [Access: ST.
, Facilities: WS. G. Help: AA]
i Please Stay Wed zo—sttt 30 Sept. 7.30pm;
Wed 27 Sept. 2pm; Sat 30 Sept. 6pm/8.30pm. £6-£9.50. A musical love story harking back to Glasgow‘s good old dance hall days. featuring a cast of new. young actors. and a 60s. 70s soundtrack featuring The Four Tops. Jackie Wilson. The lsley Brothers and The Drifters.
I Paras Over The Barras Until Sat 16 Sept. 7.30pm. Thurs and Sat mats 2pm. £8.50/£7.50/£6.50 (£6.5()/£6/£5). John Murtagh of Borderline Theatre Company directs a seasoned cast in James Barclay's nostalgic and humorous fatnin drama set in Glasgow's Fast F.nd during World War
II.
I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 332 9000. [Access: PPA. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
Coppelia Wed l3—Sal 16 Sep. 7. l5pm; Thurs/Sat mat. l.3()pm/2.5pm. £3.50—£35. See Dance,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Tue l9-Sat 23 Sept. 7.15pm; Thurs/Sat mat. l.3()pm/2. l 5pm. £3.5()~£35.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 227 55| 1. [Access: P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C].
Bloodbirds Thurs l4—Sat l6 Sept. 8pm. £5/£2. See Dance and preview.
Mr Porter Thurs 2 l--Sat 23 September. 8pm. £5 (£2). Those wacky performance art types at Processt'l‘en: 28) with the latest in a long line of James Joyce— inspired productions. Worth visiting even if it's just to witness the extraordinary talents of Scottish-actor-of—the-moment Tam Dean Burn. who plays an absurd. drunken Joyce. See feature.
I TRON THEATRE 63 'l’rongate. 552 4267. [Access: PPA. ST. R. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
The Trick is to Keep Breathing Fri 8—Sat 30 Sept (not Mons). 8pm; Sat 30 Sept. 2.30pm. £7.50/£6 (£3/£2.5()): opening night £2. A biggie for the Tron here. as artistic director Michael Boyd takes Scottish novelist Janice Galloway‘s taut. edgy bestseller frotn page to stage. with the aid of an impressive cast including TV's Siobhan Redmond and Forbes Masson. and a commissioned score from Craig Armstrong. See feature.
I CHURCH HILL THEATRE Morningside Road. 228 1155. Tickets: 220 4349. Enquiries and group bookings: 336 108 l. 42nd Street Mon l l-—Sat 16 Sept. 7.30pm. Sat mat 2.30pm. Mon and Sat mat £5.50. Tue—Sat eves £7 (£6). The famous
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Your at a glance theatre guide
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- Cumbernauld All That Glitters All 'lhatjjlitters g _ Q __ __ Anorak or Fire
__ Ki“ 3 - — “n Amnestygna iScotlapd:IlteWth Scotland The What? Scotland The What? PaTSIIV Arts Centre See Comedy See Comedy See Jazz _ M: __ - - PaVilion Paras Over... Paras Over... 1 ' Paras-Ova: Paras Over... Paras Over... Theatre Royal - _ _ l - ‘ .- - Tramway - ‘ _ _ - - Tron The Tn'ck Is The Trick Is The Trick ls W Track is The 'I‘riek ls FIStival TheatTe See Comedy See Corriedy______ I _‘ _ I — H The Music Man The Music Man King’s Love Julie 1.0ve Julie — v “Salad Days____ Salad Days Salad Days Royal Lyceum - - ” lg - l - - Traverse 1
54 The List 8-21 Sept 1995