theatre
listings
Drama is listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Dance is listed after drama for each city. Touring shows are listed at the end of the drama 8: dance section. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Drama 8: dance listings compiled by Simone Baird.
DISABLED ACCESS KEY
Access: P = Parking Facilities. PPA = Parking to be Pre-Arranged. L = Level Access. R = Ratnped Access. ST = Steps to Negotiate.
Facilities: WC = Adapted Toiletts). WS = Wheelchair Spaces. AS = Adjacent Seats. H = Induction Loop System. IR = Infra Red System. G = Guide Dogs Allowed. R = Restaurant Accessible. C = Catering Accessible. T = Adapted Telephone.
Help: A = Assistance Available. AA = Advise Venue iti Advance.
TICKET LINK
Tickets for major venues iti Glasgow are available from the Ticket Centre. Catidlet'iggs. Mon-Sat 10.30am until 6.30pm iti person or until 9pm by phone on Ol-ll 287 551 1. Sunday opening is tiooii—5ptii. Any Ticket Litik box office can sell tickets for other venues. THEATRE TOKENS
TT indicates venues where Theatre Tokens can be exchanged for tickets. Tokens cati
be bought from Ticket Centre. Caiidleriggs. Glasgow. ()l-ll 287 5‘)l0'. tiiost branches of WH. Smith. John Menzies and James Thin Booksellers; or by credit card from TokenIine. 0l7l 240 8800.
GLASGOW DRAMA
ARCHES THEATRE
Midland Street. 22! ~100I. [Access: 1.. Facilities: WC. W8, C, G, Help: A, AA]
Carnivali Until Sat 26 Sep. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). See Touring.
Smells And Bells Tue 2‘) Sep—Sat 3 ()ct. 8pm. £6.50 (£3.50). See Touring atid New Shows. page 55.
Spurt Tue 2‘) Sep—Sat l0 ()ct. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). Tangerine Productions present a new play by Raymond Burke. directed by Grant Stiieaton. An unlikely group of people come together in a sperm batik iii this ‘()rtonesqtte black comedy" about lL‘l'lllll)‘ and genetics. See New Shows. page 56.
Learning the hard way: Alex Elliott as Alex in Northern Stage's touring adaptation of A Clockwork Orange (see Central Drama)
Difficult People Tue ti~Szit In ()ct. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). Israeli writer Yosef Bar-Yosel's popular. 25-year-old play finally makes it to Britain. In a London llat. a Jewish brother and sister tangle with two other dil'l'icttlt people. with humorous atid harrowing results. liniin Harris directs for Theatre l‘lllV See New Shows. page 57,
CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 752 l. [Accessz l’l’A. l.. ST. l‘acilities: \\'(’. \\'S. H. G. C]
The Sea And Poison Upstairs- 2. Thu l-—Sat 3 ()ct. 8pm. £6 (£4). The world premiere of a new show by Chicago- based Goat Island performance group. exploring contamination and poisoning of the human body. See New Shows. page 56.
CITIZENS' THEATRE Gorbals. 42‘) 0022. 'I'I’ [Accessz I.. R. Facilities: \\'(‘. \\'S. ll. (i. (‘. Help: AM Closed Sttti Mon.
Rameau's Nephew Stalls Studio. t'utiI
Sat l7 ()ct. 7.30pm. £8 (£2). Guest director Phoebe van Held tackles Diderot‘s enigmatic piece about a man of broad opinions.
The Fall Of The House Of Usher (‘it-cle Studio. Thu 24 Sep- Sat I7 ()ct. 7.30pm. £8 (£2 ). Regular guest director at the (‘iti/eiis' .loti Pope adapts atid directs material typical for him: l-Idgar Allan Poe's gothic story. laced with fear and paranoia.
Men Should Weep Main house. Fri 25 Sep Sat )7 ()ct. 7.30pm. £8 (£2). Free preview. Thu 24 Sep. l-Ziia Lamont Stewart's classic social drama. set iii a tenement I‘Iat iii Glasgow. Directed by (iiles Havergal for the (‘itizens' company.
EAST KILBRIDE ARTS CENTRE ()ld ('oaeli Road. liast Mains. liast Kilbt'ide. 0| 355 26l00t), [Accessz R. litIL‘IlIllt‘S: ll]
Boy's Life l‘I'I 25 -Sun 27 Sep. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). Howard Korder's mtich admired play is presented by locally based Rapture Theatre (,‘otiipany. Three e\-
college buddies come to terms with adult responsibilities and the different women iti their lives.
Transatlantic Fri 2 is; Sat 3 ()ct. 8pm. £6 (£3). See Touring.
GILMOREHILL CENTRE
Department of Theatre. Film & Television. ‘) University Avenue. Tickets: 0141 330 3838.
Knives In Hens Thu I--Sat 3 ()ct. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Iti a unique transatlantic collaboration Theatre Atitigotiish. Nova Scotia and Glasgow University‘s Department ol~ Theatre. Film 8: Television Studies join forces to present a new production of David Harrower’s award-winning play.
KING'S THEATRE
Bath Street. Phone bookings. Ticket
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