THEATRE drama & dance

Box office 0141-357 3868 (4.00pm - 8.00pm)

Cottier Theatre

Hyndland Street Glasgow

Sat 22/ Sun 23 March

'Ihes 25 / Wed 26 March

Fri 28 to Mon 31 March

Wed 2 to Sun 6 April

CONSIDER THE LILIES

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oft/1e Clearances

JAZZ ART U.K.

Dynamic nt'wjazz (lance pieces

WINNIE THE POOH

Enchanting puppets for lz'astr’r week

A PARA HANDY RADIO SHOW

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EDINBURGH DRAMA: KING'S THEATRE cont.

(cones available). Manchester Library Theatre mount a musical version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's family favourite. See Kids section. page 78. Elvis - The Musical Tue l— Sat 5 Apr. Tue—Thurs 7.30pm; Fri/Sat 5.3(lprn/830pm. £ ll).5() £14.50 (concs available). The King is alive and singing his greatest hits in this new sell-out musical with three different performers as l‘Ilvis. which comes direct from the West Fnd. See l-‘rontlines. page 2.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE (irrndlay Street. 22‘) 9697. [Access: P. l.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. (i. C. T. Help: A. AA] Closed Suns.

Crimes Of The Heart l‘ntil Sat 2‘) Mar. 7.45pm; Sat mat 22 Mar 2.30pm. Beth Henley‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning American comedy about an unholy reunion between the not-so-devoted Magrath sisters in deepest Mississippi is directed for the Royal Lyceum company by Alison Peebles a leading Scottish actress and founder-member of Communicado Theatre Company. See review. page 58.

THEATRE WORKSHOP 34 Hamilton Place. 226 5-125. lAccess: PPA. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. ll. 0. C. Help: AA]

The Joy Of Living Wed 26--Fri 28 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). In association with lidinburgh Folk Festival. Stramash present a musical and theatrical tribute to the celebrated socialist folk singer and writer liwan MacColl. who died in I989.

TRAVERSE THEATRE

Cambridge Street. 228 14m, ].-\ccess: 1.. Facilities: 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C] Closed Mons.

Refuge llntil Sun 23 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£3.50). See Touring and review. page 57. Stellar Quines Public Workshop Sat 22 Mar. llarn 1.30pm. Show plus workshop £8 (£4.50). (ierda Stevenson hosts a directing workshop based on her work with Stellar Quines's current production Refuge. Participants should see a performance of the show before the workshop.

Widows Tue 25 Mar -Sun 6 Apr. 8pm. £8 (bi/£2). Acclaimed l.atin American writer and political exile Ariel Dor‘frnan (Death And The Mair/en) returns to the Traverse for his second collaboration with director Ian Brown after receiving a mixed reception for his censorship drama Reader. This time Dorfman's concern with human rights is taken a step further to deal with the women who become forgotten victims of war. See review. page 57.

CENTRAL DRAMA

CUMBERNAULD THEATRE

Kildrum. Cumbernauld. ()1236 732887. [Accessz PPA. L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]

Guys And Dolls Until Sat 22 Mar. 7.45pm. Kilsyth Music Society with the famous gangster musical.

MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE

University of Stirling. Stirling. 01786 «161081. [Accesst P. PPA. l.. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G]

Scottish Community Drama Association Thurs 27—Sat 29 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). Drama groups frotn Edinburgh. Fife. l.othians. the Borders. Falkirk and Stirling compete in the liastern Division finals of SCDA's annual contest for the honour of going on to the Scottish finals.

My Mother Said I Never Should Tue l—Sat 5 Apr. 7.30pm. £7 (£3.50); apex £6 (£3). Post-show discussion l Apr. Charlotte Keatley's modern classic —- which centres on four 20th century women and the secrets and myths handed down froin one generation to the next is given a tenth anniversary production by the Oxford Stage Company in close collaboration with the author. See New Shows. page 56.

TOURING

This section lists all future dates in the Central Belt of shows that are on toun

Abigail's Party Tangerine Productions team up with Paisley Arts Centre for the second coming of their version of Mike Leigh's kitsch black comedy set in deepest suburbia and starring BBC regulars Grant Smeaton and Ross Stenhouse as husband and wife Beverley and Laurence. Call Paisley Arts Centre on ()Hl 887 1010 for details.

Village 'l'ltt'atrt'. [fast Kllbl'ldt’ Wed 26— Fri 28 Mar. 7.30pm.

Hum/wt l’ark Centre. Livingston Sat 2‘) Mar. 7.30pm.

Refuge Gerda Stevenson directs Scottish company Stellar Quines in the world premiere production of Janet Paisley's award winning script. a disturbing but defiantly humorous play about five women and a teenage boy seeking physical antl emotional refuge froin domestic violence. See review. page 57. Call ()l3l 552 390‘) for details.

'l'rui'erw lllfllll't’. Edinburgh Until Sun 23 Mar (not Mon). 7.30pm.

Tron Theatre, (i/asgmc Wed 9—Sat 1‘) Apr (not Mon). 8pm; Sat mat 2pm. l’aislev Arts Centre Mon 2] Apr. 7.30pm. Mat‘Ruln'rt Arts Centre. Stirling Fri 25/ Sat 26 Apr. 7.45pm.

Ringing Southern bells: Meg Fraser (left), Harley Loudon and Jonathan Wrather in Crimes Of The Heart at the Royal Lyceum Theatre. Edinburgh