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GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ARTS FESTIVAL Thursday 13 — Thursday 20 August 1998
FESTIVAL FEATURES
17 Rudy Coby The Coolest Magician on Earth is more Hollywood than Houdini.
19 Club Culture The Fringe gets street smart as hip hop and acid house come of age.
26 Communicado Past and present triumphs with Scotland's leading theatre company.
28 Spiritualized Jason Pierce takes space rock into a classical dimension.
36 Rob Newman The comedian and author wonders what’s behind locked doors in his Festival flat.
73 Robert Redford The Sundance Kid stalks both sides of the camera for The Horse Whisperer.
4 Festival Top Twenty
Our biggest recommendations.
7 Festival Frontlines The week's best in pictures.
12 Festival Famespotting Hot new names to watch.
30 Festival Front Of House
News, gossip, and star guest writers.
PLUS: 22 MAP
Find the venues easily.
FESTIVAL FREELOADERS 29, 31. 75, 83, 87 & 95
Special free ticket offers for readers of The List.
THE BEST OF THE REST
FESTIVAL ROUND THE CLOCK
37 9am—1 pm
37 The Right Size/ Almeida Theatre
38 Peter Cook revived
40 1pm—3pm
40 David Mamet
4O Baddiel & Skinner 42 Krapp’s Last Tape
44 3pm—6pm
44 The Opium Eaters 44 Richard Whiter 45 Diana & Charles
49 6pm—8pm
49 Schiller's The Robbers 49 Life /5 A Deam
50 The Master & Margarita
55 8pm-10pm
55 Al Murray
55 The Lady Boys Of Bangkok
58 Gargantua
65 10pm—Late 65 Autocrat
65 Bill Bailey
66 Jeff Green
FESTIVAL FILM 74 Velvet Go/dml'ne 75 Todd Haynes 76 Orphans
FESTIVAL MUSIC 79 Bis 80 Larry Adler 82 Roddy Frame
FESTIVAL CLUBS 84 Fabio 85 Buckaroo Boudoir
FESTIVAL ART 90 Carl Andre 91 The Man In The Mask
FESTIVAL BOOKS 97 Marsha Hunt 98 Alasdair Gray 99 Alan Titchmarsh
The List turns Scotland on its head, with full coverage of cultural life
beyond the Festival. Turn to back pages.
a Tupac Shakur’s big screen farewell (130); o UNKLE’s James Lavelle interviewed (122);
0 Movie mayhem — all Scottish cinemas listed (127);
0 Music, theatre, clubs and art listings