THEATRE listings
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Friday 15 September 7.30pm £8 or £5 cone.
Box Office 2': O1 506 mam 433634
TRON THEATRE COMPANY
in a co-production with the
ROYAL NATIONAL THEATRE
THEATRE LISTINGS continued
FESTIVAL THEATRE
13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. [H, WC, WA]
CandoCo Dance Company Sat 16 Sep. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Compelling dance from this acclaimed company of disabled and able bodied dancers, including a new piece from choreographic star Javier de Frutos. See preview.
PLAYHOUSE
18—22 Greenside Place, 0870 6063424. [H, WC, WA]
An Evening In Ireland Sat 9 Sep. 7.30pm. £11—£16. Celtic Feet Irish dance company were kicking their heels long before Riverdance was a twinkle in Mr Flatley’s eye, and they’re still going strong. Tonight, World Irish Dancing Champion Roisin Turley-Gibbons is joined by 34 fellow stompcrs, and folk group Drowsy Maggie.
CENTRAL DRAMA & DANCE
GAIETY THEATRE
Carrick Street, 01292 611222. [H, WC, WA]
The Gaiety Whirl Until Sat 9 Sep. 7.30pm; Sat 6pm & 8.30pm. £7.50—£10. This year’s Whirl comes to a close, with Dean Park, Elaine Simmons and the Gaiety Bi ’ Band still pulling out the stops. The Reader Wed 13—Thu 14 Sep. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Based on Bernhard Schlink’s novel, this adaptation for Borderline Theatre is a taut expose of love and duty in World War II. An impressionable schoolboy falls in love with an illiterate older woman, but is devastated when she suddenly disappears. Years later they are reunited, only this time he’s a lawyer and she’s on trial for SS war crimes.
Always Patsy Cline Sat 16 Sep. 6pm & 8.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50). See Glasgow King’s Theatre.
Deane
Further than the Furthest Thing
.by Zinnie Harris
SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD WINNER 2000
Don’t miss this show — it’s “staggeringly fine” THE SCOTSMAN and it’s in GLASGOW now!
6 — 23 September
TRON THEATRE
7.30pm
GLASGOW
0141 552 4267
54 THE UST 7-21 Sep 2000
Drama across cultures: Further Than The Furthest Thing at The Tron , Glasgow, until Sat 23 Sep
Cumbernauld
CUMBERNAULD THEATRE
Kildrum, 01236 732887. [P, H, TT, WC, WA]
Peter And The Wolf Thu 14 Sep. 10am & 1pm. See Kids listings.
Animal Farm Sat 16 Sep. 7.45pm. £7—£8 (£4—£5). Theatre guru Guy Masterson takes on George Orwell’s political satire. Like A Virgin Wed 20—Sat 23 Sep. 7.45pm. £7—£8 (£4—£5). Gordon Steel’s tale of two Madonna-obsessed teenage girls, who dream of pop stardom but find life doesn’t always turn out as you’d hoped. See preview.
Dundee
DUNDEE REP
Tay Square, 01382 223530. [P, H, WC, WA]
The Reader Until Thu 7 Sep. 7.45pm. £7.75—£9.50 (£4.75—£6.50). See Ayr. Antigone Tue 12—Sat 16 Sep. 7.45pm (Wed & Sat mats). £5.75—£12.50 (£4.75-£6.50). See Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre.
Dunfermltne
CARNEGIE HALL
East Port, 01383 314127. [P, H, WC, WA] The Kaos Renaissance Thu 14 Sep. 7.30pm. £7 (£5-£6). See Paisley Arts Centre.
East Kilbride
EAST KILBRIDE ARTS CENTRE
Old Coach Road, 01355 261000. [P, H, WC, WA]
The Kaos Renaissance Wed 13 Sep. 8pm. £7 (£5). See Paisley Arts Centre. Macbeth Fri 15—Mon 18 Sep. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Rapture Theatre Company give their modern take on Shakespeare’s classic. Sex & Chocolate Wed 20 Sep. 8pm. £6 (£4). See Paisley Arts Centre.
Falkirk
FALKIRK TOWN HALL
West Bridge Street, 01324 506850. [P, WC, WA]
Animal Farm Thu 7 Sep. 7.30pm. £6 (£3—£4). See Cumbernauld Theatre.
Jaleo Flamenco Thu 21 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). A welcome return from Seville’s award-winning flamenco troupe.
Ltvmgston
HOWDEN PARK CENTRE
Howdcn, 01506 433634. [P, WC, WA] Animal Farm Fri 15 Sep. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). See Cumbernauld Theatre.
Red Sat 16 Sep. See Kids listings.
Kirkcaldy
ADAM SMITH THEATRE
Bennochy Road, 01592 412929. [P, H, WC, WA
The Rea er Tue 12 Sep. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£4.25—£5). See Ayr.
Elbow Room Dance Company: Metchen Wed 20 Sep. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£3.75—£5). Mixing dance and music theatre, Mctchen explores the four key elements of movement and space, dancer and musician.
Motherwell
MOTHERWELL THEATRE
Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 267515. [P, WC, WA]
The Importance Of Being Earnest Mon 11 Sep. 7.30pm; Tue 12 Sep. 2pm. £10 (£8). Middle Ground Theatre Company mark the 100th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s death with an adaptation of his classic comedy.
Cwmni Ballet Gwent Sat 16 Sep. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). See Paisley Arts Centre.
Johnny Beattie Wed 20 Sep. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £7—£9 (£5—£7). Beattie recounts the highs and lows of a 50-year career.
Perth
PERTH THEATRE
185 High Street, 01738 621031.
A Passronate Woman Fri 8—23 Sep (not Sun). 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £4—£14. From Kay Mellor, the woman behind Band OfGold and Playing The Field, comes this comic look at one mother’s inability to cut the cord. See preview.
Stirling
MACROBERT
University of Stirling, 01786 461081. [P, H, WC, WA]
Red Fri 8—Sat 9 Sep. See Kids listings. The Bacchae Wed 20 Sep. 2pm & 7.30pm. £7 (£3.50). Actors of Dionysus present their new adaptation of Euripides’ classic. Elbow Room Dance Co: Metchen Thu
21 Sep. 7.30pm. £7 (£3.50). See Kirkcaldy.
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