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Starving Artists Theatre Company ~ & Paisley Arts Centre present

Don’t Forget Me

by Godfrey Hamilton featuring Mark Pinkosh

Photograph: Elizabeth lgc-

”...it was impossible to take one's eyes off Mr Pinkosh. so funny and powerful was his performance." The Mail On Sunday

“Godfrey Hamilton's new play is poetic and deeply moving and also very funny indeed." The Stage

(4 tour dates)

Paisley Arts Centre

7 Sep 7.30pm

Tour preview performance All tickets £3

Box Office:0|4| 887 I010

Brunton Theatre Musselburgh

8 Sep 7.30pm

Tickets £8.50 / £4.50

Box Office: 0|3| 665 2240

Cumbernauld Village Theatre 12 & l3 Sep 7.45pm

Tickets £8 / £5

Box Office: 0|236 732 887

Village Theatre

East Kilbride

28 & 29 Sep 8pm

Tickets: £8 / £5

Box Office: 01355 248 669

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Glasgow Theatre continued

THEATRE ROYAL

282 Hope Street, 332 9000. IH. WC. WA] Thunderbirds FAB Tue 28 Aug—Sat 1 Sep. 7.15pm. £8—£15. After its hugely successful West End run. John Gore‘s stage version of the cult 70s TV show heads north.

TRON THEATRE

63 Trongate. 552 4267.

Ay, Carmela! Wed 5—Sat 8 Sep. 8pm. £7.50—£10(£4-£5.50): opening night £3.50. A new English translation of this Spanish classic in which two cabaret artists attempt to save their skins by performing for Franco‘s troops and their prisoners.

Central Drama & Dance Ayr GAIETY THEATRE Cam'ck Street. 01292 611222. IH. WC. WA] The Gaiety Whirl 2001 Until Sat l5 Sep (not Sun/Mon). Tue—Fri 7.30pm (2.30pm mat Thu 30 Aug & Wed 5 Sep); Sat 6pm & 8.30pm. £7—£l2.50. Dean Park. Russell Lane and Odette Clark star in the annual variety shindig.

Cumbernauld

CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Kildrum. 01236 732887. [P. H. TT. WC. WA]

Some Day, One Day Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep. 7.45pm. £5 (£3). No Mean Co. present Bryan ll. Joyce‘s bittersweet comedy romance.

Decky Does A Bronco Sat 1 Sep. 1pm & 7.45pm. £5 (£3). Grid Iron Theatre perform Douglas Maxwell‘s powerful and dynamic play about five young boys who meet everyday in a swing park.

Losing Alec - A Glasgow Ghost Story Thu 6—Sat 8 Sep. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). Peter Amott‘s blackly comic play follows one man‘s search for revenge from beyond the grave.

Dunfermline

CARNEGIE HALL

East Port. 01383 314000. [R H. WC. WA] Route 66 Thu 30 Aug—Sat 1 Sep. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). A musical joumey across America with Carnegie Youth Theatre. Decky Does A Bronco Thu 6 Sep. 7.30pm. £6 (£3-£4). See Cumbemauld.

Falkirk

FALKIRK TOWN HALL

West Bridge Street. 01324 506850. [R WC. WA]

Our Bad Magnet Thu 6 Sep. 7.30pm. £3—£6. The borders between fantasy and reality merge in Douglas Maxwell‘s acclaimed play about growing up in small- town Scotland.

Hamilton

HAMILTON TOWN HALL

Lower Auchingramont Road. ()1698 452299. [R WC, WA]

Female Transport Thu 6 & Fri 7 Sep. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Six women embark

on a hilarious joumey of sex and crime in this adaptation of Gooch‘s contemporary play.

IrVIne

MAGNUM THEATRE

Harbourside. ()1294 278381. [R WC. WA] The Sorcerer Thu 23—Sat 25 Aug. £6 (£5). Ayrshire Youth Opera perform Sullivan‘s tale.

Kilmarnock

PALACE THEATRE

9 Green Street. 01563 523590. Treasure Island Sat I Sep. 2pm. £3. Wee Stories Theatre take their fiV'C star Fringe show on tour. a magnificent reworking of the Stevenson adventure tale. Our Bad Magnet Tue 4 Sep. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5). See Falkirk.

Decky Does A Bronco Thu 30 Aug. 7.30pm. £5. See Cumbemauld.

Kirkcaldy

ADAM SMITH THEATRE

Bennochy Road. 01592 412929. [R H. WC. WA]

The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged) Thu 30 Aug. 7.30pm. £9 (£8). The Reduced Shakespeare Company perform all of the Bard‘s 37 plays in just 97 minutes.

Motherwell

MOTHERWELL THEATRE

Civic Centre. Windmillhill Street. 01698 267515. IP. WC. WA]

Beyond Broadway Thu 30 Aug. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). An evening of hits from classic musicals such as Les Miserables. Miss Saigon and Chicago performed by a West End cast.

Peebles

VARIOUS VENUES

INFO: 01721 720371. [P, WC, WA] Peebles Arts Festival Sat 25 Aug—Sun 9 Sep. Two weeks of drama. music. crafts. street theatre and exhibitions.

St Andrews

BYRE THEATRE

Abbey Street. 01334 475000.

Neville’s Island Until Sat 8 Sep (not Sun). 8pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £8--£l4 (£5—£7.50). The Scottish premiere ofTim Firth‘s comedy about three people thrown together on an outward-bound course in the Lakes.

Stirling

MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE University of Stirling, 01786 461081. IP. H. WC. WA]

The Love Boat Until Sat 25 Aug. 7.30pm. £10. Stageworks Theatre Company take you on a nautical romp aboard the Love Boat.

The Comic Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug. Fri 7pm; Sat 1 lam & 2pm. £2.50. Ages over 5. Cartoon Theatre combine live performance with ingenious computer animation in their hit Fringe show about a cartoonist up

against a deadline.

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