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THEATRE LISTINGS continued EDINBURGH DRAMA FESTIVAL THEATRE

13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. The Galloping Gondoliers Sat 11 Sep. 7.30pm. £10—£25 (£5-£20). See Classical listings.

KING'S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. [11, TI‘, WC,

The Clearing Thu l6—Sat 25 Sep (not Sun 19-Mon 20). 8pm. £3—£8.95. Stellar Quines present Helen Edmundson’s emotionally-charged story of young lovers, set against the bloody backdrop of Cromwell’s Irish clearances.

Cottier Theatre

Hyndland Street Glasgow

Sat II &Sun I2 Sep

Ed Byrne A Wed I5 Sep

Earlier!

22 Sep - I Oct

Caesar

The incomparable comedian... Sun 26 Sep

Bill Bailey

Chicago bluesman par excellence... Sat 2 Oct

Catfish Keith

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2 chances to catch the top Irish comedian...

Spandau Ballet's frontman...

Tony

Theatre Fusion's modern julius Caesar...

Wee Slice Theatre Company presents Neil Sirln'on‘s " Rumours

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Showstoppers Sat 114m: 12 Sep. 7.30pm. £7-£8. The students of Craigmount High School present their all-singing, all-dancing musical medley featuring some of the greatest hits from the big and small screen and the pop charts.

Private Lives Tue 21—Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £9—£20.50 (£17.50). The Royal National Theatre celebrate the centenary of Noel Coward’s birth with this new production of one of his finest works. Staring Juliet Stevenson and Anton Lesser, Private Lives tells of two divorcees who can’t live with or without each other.

MERCHISTON CASTLE SCHOOL

294 Colinton Road, 312 2200. Agamemnon Wed 22 Sep. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Glasgow.

PLAYHOUSE

18-22 Greenside Place, 557 2590. [H, WC, WA]

Phantom Of The Opera Sat 18 Sep—Sun 19 Dec (not Mon 20). 7.30pm; Wed, Sat & Sun 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £7—£32.50. Still going strong, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical opera house romp continues to pull in the crowds.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE

Grindlay Street, 248 4848. [P, H, 'I'I‘, WC, WA]

Lovers Fri 17 Sep-Sat 2 Oct (not Sun 19—Mon 20). 7.45pm. £7—£16 (£5—£11.50). Free preview Thu 16. Brian Friel’s 1960s play enjoys a resurrection, as young lovers Mag and Joe and middle-aged Hanna and Andy prove that love’s never easy at any age.

TRAVERSE THEATRE

Cambridge Street, 228 1404. [P, H, TT, WC, WA]

Stellar Quines Theatre Company Wed 22 Sep. 7.30pm. £3 (£1.50). The company perform a rehearsed reading of Carol K. Mack’s In Her Sight.

EDINBURGH DANCE

BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. P, H, Tl‘, wc, WA] okuma Dance Theatre Company Thu 9 Sep. 7.30pm. £8 (£4).

Celebrating 21 years as the UK’s foremost African Caribbean dance theatre company, Kokuma present Pagan Masses, an expressive look at the four seasons in all their spiritual

glory.

KING'S THEATRE

2 Leven Street, 529 6000. [H, 11‘, WC, WA]

Jaleo Fri 176m 18 Sep. 7.30pm. £8—£13 (£5—£10). The award-winning Flamenco dance artists from Seville return by popular demand with a compelling new programme. Expect infectious rhythms, fiery emotions and passionate drama.

CENTRAL DRAMA

BELLSHILL CULTURAL CENTRE John Street, Bellshill, 01698 267515. P, H, WC, WA] aith Healer Fri 17 Sep. 8pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Theatre In Action present Brian Friel’s acclaimed play focusing on the intense and sometimes destructive bond he shares with his wife and his manager.

CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Kildrum, Cumbernauld, 01236 732887. P, H, Tl‘, WC, WA] iddance Fri 10 Sep. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). The excellent Paines Plough Theatre Company perform Linda McLean’s emotional thriller about three pe0ple forever bound by the terrible shared secrets of their Glasgow tenement childhood. Bold Girls Tue 14—Sat 18 Sep. 7.45pm; Wed 1.30pm & 7.45pm. £8 (£5). See Paisley Arts Centre.

ADAM SMITH THEATRE

Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy, 01592 412929. P, H, WC, WA]

Hamlet: irst Cut Wed 15 Sep. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£4—£5). Dressed in Red Or Dead clothing and drawing its inspiration from The Godfather, acclaimed theatre company Red Shift present their thoroughly modern version of Shakespeare’s classic.

MOTHERWELL THEATRE

Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 267515. P, WC, WA] Hamlet: First ut Thu 23 Sep. 8pm. £7 (£3.50). See Adam Smith Theatre.

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