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 of the section. Shovvs will be listed, provided that details reach our oitices at least ten days before publication. Theatre listings compiled by Ellie Carr.
DISABLED ACCESS KEY
Access: P = Parking Facilities. PPA 2 Parking to be Pre-Arranged. 1. = Level Access. R = Ramped Access. ST 2 Steps to negotiate.
Facilities: WC = Adapted Toilet(s). WS 2 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 LINK
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 0141 227 5511. Sunday opening is noon—5pm. Any Ticket Link box office can sell tickets for other venues.
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I CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521. [Access: PPA. 1.. ST. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C]
I Motor Mouths 2
Programme One Fri 24 May. 8pm. £5 (£2). Nuyorican poet Dael ()rlandersmith. Canadian Vanessa Richards and founder member of Urban Poets Society Ka‘Frique speak out in the performance poetry platform that‘s more hip hop than highbrow. MC-ed by Penicuik's own poetess with lip. Viv Gee.
Programme Two Sat 25 May. 8pm. £2 (£1). Four 90s poets with attitude — The Speech Painter. Patience Agbabi. Steve
Tasane and Pink Sly — perform as one
Moment of revelation: 7:84's colourtul Scottish premiere of Angels In America at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, until Sun 19
'Atomic 1.ip' for the last in the current series of performance poetry platforms from CCA/Cutting Teeth Magazine. Once again Penicuik poetess extraordinaire Viv Gee MCs.
I KING’S .THEATRE Bath Street. Phone bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. [Accessz PPA. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. 11. G. C. Help; A. AA]
Showstoppers Mon 27 May—Sat 1 Jun. 7.30pm. Wed mat 2.30pm; Sat mat 3pm. £5—£l9.50.There’s no business like showbusiness says Me Am! My (iirl star Gary Wilmot as he travels from Sunset Boulevard to ()k/u/mmu.’ in this tribute to stage and screen musicals.
I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. [Access: PPA. 1.. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
They’re Playing Our Song Mon 20-Tue 2t May. 8pm. £6 (£1 ). See Touring.
Find The lady Thurs 23- Fri 24 May.
7.30pm. £3.50. ()1d (.irammarians Amateur Dramatic Society with a comedy thriller by Michael Pei'twec.
RATS Wed 29~Fri 31 May. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Another show from the popular local am-drams.
I RDYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY DE MUSIC AND DRAMA 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. [Access: PPA. ST. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
on The Razzle Tue 21~-Fri 24 May.
7. I 5pm. £3.50 (£2); Clyde Card holders and Friends £3 (£1.50). Second year students at RSAM!) perform Toni Stoppard's rip-roaring adaptation of Johann Nestroy's 19th century Viennese comedy.
I THEATRE RDYAL Hope Street. 332 9000. [Access: PPA. ST. R. Facilities: \VC. “'51. H. (i. C. Help: AA]. Closed Suns.
I Alceste Thurs 30 May. 7.15pm. £3.50--£45. See Classical tk ()pera
listings.
I ADAM HDUSE THEATRE Chambers Street. (350 8200 (after (1.3(1plii).
The Sacred Flame Tue 21 Sat :5 May. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Soruerset Maugham's 20s whodunnit as performed by the lidinburgh Graduate Theatre Group
I CHURCH HILL THEATRE Morningside Road. 447 3946.
Anything Goes l’util Sat Is May. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£4). 1n olden days a glimpse of stocking. . . lidiiiburgh llniversiiy Sayoy- ()pera Group take on the classic musical. Tom And Huckleberry Wed 2: Sat 35 May. 7.30pm. Sat mat 2.30pm. £5181. Family ticket (two adults and two children) £15. ’l'ickcts available from King‘s Theatre. I'sher Hall or Assembly Rooms. Info: 336 1031. Credit card hotline 220 434‘). lidiuburgh Childrens Theatre in a new musical based on Mark ’1‘wain‘sbesl known characters. adapted by Mike Carter and John 1.a/.eriby.
I EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/2‘) Nicolson Street. 52‘) (i000 [.-\ccess: 1., Facilities: WC. WS. .-\S. 11. C. '1‘. Help; A]
Trisha Brown Company '1‘ue :1 May 7.30pm. £4.50 £10.50. See Dance. Amadigi Sat 25 May. 7.15pm.
£4.50 £19.50. See Classical tk ()pera listings.
Cavalleria/l Pagliacci Sun :a May. 7.15pm. £4.75 (£10.50). See Classical t\' ()pera listings.
I KING’S THEATRE 2 |.e\eri Street. 220 4349.1Access: R. 1.. Facilities: WC. H. (i: AA]
Tutti Frutti lintil Sat IS May 5pm; 8pm. £3.50 £10.50. Hail! Hail! Rock 'u' roll? The sounds of Buddy Holly. I.illlc Richard. Jerry Lee 1.ewis and the King himself. Iilvis Presley is featured in [Ills littlllilgc‘ [0 IIIC SIIS. HUI It) I‘L‘ L‘Ulllillst‘tl with John Byrrie's '1‘\’ comedy drama front a few years back. This Iii/Ir l-‘rnl/r follows the fortunes of Archie. a lllll‘lt‘ss diner-owner in 1950 small-town America who's invaded by hordes of lo\ esick rock ‘n' roll teens. It actually sounds like Happy Days. which is. like. cool.
A Bediul 0i Foreigners 'l‘ue 2s May Sat 1 Jun. Tue Fri 7.30pm; Sat 5prii/Spru: Wed mat 2.30pm. £5.50 £9.50. Dave Freeman's saucy West Fud comedy featuring an attractive. scantily clad young woman and a succession of men who. oops. all end up in the w r'ong bed in their French hotel.
I NETHERRDW ARTS CENTRE 43 Hiin Street. 550 957‘). [Access: SI. R. 1.. Facilities: WC. \\'S. H. (i. C. Help: .-\. AA]
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