Road. 558 3758. 10pm~3am. £12 members; £15 non-members. Fri 9 Nov. A fantasy dress-code for the adventurous.
Edinburgh Saturdays
Clubs
Saturday Social Club Java. Commercial Street. 555 5622. 9pm—2am. Free before 10pm: £6 (£4) after. Sat 3 Nov. Fortnightly. A mix of party hits from resident DJ Dale (I.Ush).
Mingln’ Studio 24 (upstairs). Calton Road. 558 3758. 10.30pm—3am. £5. Sat 3 Nov. Fortnightly. Ilard house and sexy trance from Brian Dempster and Alan Joy. Joy Ego. Picardy Place. 478 7434. 10.30ptit—3am. £11) (£8). Sat 10 Nov. Fortnightly. Maggie and Alan's meaty house institution with residents including Trendy Wendy. Sally Finlay downstairs. Eye Candy Club Mercado. 36-39 Market Street. 226 4224. 1 1pm—3am. £10 (£8); £6 in fancy dress. Sat 10 Nov. Fortnightly. Glam house party.
UP The Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. l().3()—A3am. £8 (£7). Sat 3 .\'ov. Monthly. Progressive trance in this hedonistic circus. Divine Divas The Venue. (top floor). Calton Road. 557 3073. 10pm—3am. £6 (£4). Sat 10 Nov. Monthly. Women-only night with DJ Simmone Black.
Bars
The Claremont The Claremont. 133—135 East Claremont Street. 556 5662. 8pm. Free. Sat 3 Nov. Fortnightly. Dress code as wild as you dare.
Dance
Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo Festival Theatre. 13/29 .\'icolson Street. 529 6000. 7.30pm. £7—£17 (£4—£l4). Thu 8—Sat 10 Nov. See Thu.
Edinburgh Sundays
Clubs
Lube Ego. Picardy Place. 478 7434. l0.30pm-—3am. £10. Sun 1 1 Nov. All-new hard house night geared directly to a gay/mixed crowd.
Lush Ego. Picardy Place. 478 7434. 10.30pm—3am. £3. Sun 4 Nov. Commercial dance and pop care of Craig Dempster and Dale Wilkinson at this gay-friendly soiree.
Edinburgh Mondays
Groups
Gay Men’s Swimming Group Call 226 4476. 8pm. Weekly. Informal swimming session.
Clubs
Trendy Wendy Planet ()ut. Greenside Place. 524 ()061. 10.30pm-3am (bar from 6pm). Free. Fortnightly. Top I).ls every week and Trendy Wendy doing her thing every fortnight (Mon 12 .\'ov).
Films
Bound Cameo. 38 Home Street. 228 4141. 6.30pm. £3.50—£5.20 (£l-£3.50). Mon 5 Nov. Lesbian favourite with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly in scorching butch/lemme tnode.
Edinburgh Tuesdays
Comedy
OOT on Tuesday The Stand. 6 York Place. 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4). Tue 13 Nov. Monthly. See Glasgow Sundays.
Edinburgh Wednesdays
Groups
Women’s Group Drop-In LGB Centre. 60 Broughton Street. 478 7069. 7pm. Free. Weekly.
Edinburgh Gay Women’s Group Nexus. Broughton Street. 557 8847. 7pm. Free. Weekly.
Icebreakers (‘.(‘.Blooms . 23 24 Greenside Place. 556 9331. 8~9.15pm. Free. Wed 14 Nov. Monthly. Group for lesbians. gay men. bisexuals. and transgender people.
Thursday 1
Comedy
Scott Capurro The Stand Comedy Club. 333 Woodlands Road. 0870 6006055. 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Direct front the Edinburgh Fringe. a night of comedy capers with San Franciscan gay iconCapurro and Craig Hill.
Dance
Traversal Gallery Of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. Until Sun 4 Nov. 2pm. Free. A site-specific dance piece frorn performers Lucy Trend and Brian Hartley. taking place outside the gallery and around Royal Exchange Square. ()riginal music comes courtesy of Scientific Support Department.
Film
Dykes In The City Screenings Gallery of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. 1 lam—5pm. Free. A series of five short films. made by the LIPS youth group. looking at modern gay life in Glasgow.
Talks
In Conversation With . . . Waterstones. 153 Sauchiehall Street. 332 9105. 7pm. Free. Readings and discussion organised by Diva Books. from writers P. P. Ilartnett. Stephanie Theobald and Jenny Roberts.
Seen by Scene Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 6—9pm. Free. Members of the Bi-G-I.es groups explore their experiences of being young and gay in Glasgow through photography. spoken word. writing and video.
Theatre
Barefoot Boy With Shoes On Ramshorn Theatre. 98 ltigram Street. 552 3489. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). A touching portrait of urban ghetto life from talented gay Latino playwright Edwin Sanchez.
Visual Art
Hard Cheese Glasgow LGBT Centre. 11 Dixon Street. 221 7203.
1 lam—midnight. Free. An exhibition inspired by the halcyon days of 70s hedonism from flares and (locked wallpaper to moustachioed gigolos. Iookingforthegirl Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Free. A display of black and white photographs by Kathleen Little celebrating the individuality and the diversity of lesbians in Glasgow. Patsy McArthur Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. A show of drawings looking at the themes of reality. escape and mortality.
Typical Men Gallery of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. l lam 5pm. Free. A remarkable collection of photographs of men in various states of undress. by world renowned male photographers.
Glimpses Glasgow I.GBT Centre. 1 1 Dixon Street. 221 7203. l lam—midnight. Free. A taster exhibition by the Diverse Arts Group showing the art that will feature in the Calendar of Art Exhibitions in the centre at the end of the year. Prato Guebrado: Modern Mosaics Glasgow LGBT Centre. 1 1 Dixon Street. 221 7203. 1 lam—midnight. Free. Crafted mosaic work by Marcelo de Melo.
Dance
Traversal Gallery Of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. Until Sim 4 Nov. 2pm. Free. See Thti 1.
Film
Dykes In The City Screenings Gallery of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. l 1am—5pm. Free. See Thu 1. Priscilla Queen Of The Desert Grosvenor Cinema. Ashton Lane. 339 4298. 10pm. Australia has never been as over the top in this all-singing. besequined extravaganza.
Talks
Seen by Scene Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 6—9pm. Free. See Thu 1.
Theatre
Barefoot Boy With Shoes On Rarnshorn Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 552 3489. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). See Thu 1. Glory Box Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £10(£5.50). A funny. sexy. and politically charged exploration of Tiin Miller’s journey through the challenges of love. gay marriage and immigration.
Visual Art See Thu 1 .
Other events
Girls On Top 213. Bennets. 90 Glassford Street. 552 5761. 1am. Glasgow‘s only all-women night brings Rozalla live on stage at 1am in a special half~hour show.
Dance
Traversal Gallery Of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. Until Sun 4 Nov. 2pm. Free. See Thu 1.
Film
Dykes In The City Screenings Gallery of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. l lam—5pm. Free. See Thu 1. Boys Don’t Cry Grosvenor Cinema. Ashton Lane. 339 4298. 2--5pm. Hilary Swank on Oscar-winning form as a mart trapped in a woman's body.
Equality Network Special Screening Grosvenor Cinema. Ashton Lane. 3394298. 2---5pm. Free. Following the screening of Boys Don “I Cry. the Equality Network hosts a discussion on the issues affecting transgendered people in Scotland.
Caravaggio Grosvenor Cinema. Ashton Lane. 3394298. 5.15pm. Nigel Terry as the Renaissance painter in love with bit of rough Sean Bean.
Midnight Cowboy Grosvenor Cinema. Ashton Lane. 3394298. 10pm. Jon Voight is the naive Texas hustler finding his way in NY with the help of Dustin Hoffman.
Theatre
Barefoot Boy With Shoes On Ramshorn Theatre. 98 Ingram Street. 552 3489. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). See Thu 1. Glory Box Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £10 (£5.50). See Fri 2.
Visual Art See Thu 1 .
Other events
Equality Network Information Exchange Glasgow l.(iB'l‘ Centre. 1 I Dixon Street. 221 7203. A session to update tis about its work relating to same sex partnership law.
Queer Performance Workshop Tron Theatre. 63 'I'rongate. 552 4267.
I~ 3pm. Free. Tim Miller heads tip [Ills performance-based workshop for lesbians and gay men to tell stories and share experiences about sex. growing tip. love, fears and more.
The Glasgay Ceilidh St Andrew \ in the Square. 1 St Andrews Square. 221 7203. 8pm. £12 (£9). (‘eilidh the night away at this charity night for the Glasgow I.GBT Centre and Strathclyde lesbian and Gay Switchboard.
Rozalla Bennets. 91) (ilassford Street. 552 5761. lam. Ro/aIla returns for a night with the boys and I)Js Sara and Grant Duff.
Sunday 4 "
Dance
Traversal Gallery ()1 Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. 2pm. Free. See Thu 1.
Film
Dykes In The City Screenings Gallery of Modern Art. Queen Street. 229 1996. 11am 5pm. Free. See Thu 1. Hello Dolly Grosvenor Cinema. Ashton Lane. 339 4298. 2pm. Barb na Streisand on iconic fortii in gay composer. Jerry Ilerman‘s. mega llll musical.
Wittgenstein Grosvenor Cinema. Ashton Lane. 3394298. 4pm. Jarman's portrait of toritiented gay pliilosoplr-r.
Talks
Cathal O Searcaigh & David Kinloch Waterstone's. 153 Sauchiehall Street. 332 9105. 2pm. Free. Two well- known poets front Ireland and Scotlaial read from and discuss their work.
Theatre
The Amazing Tomasini Tron Theatre. 63 'I'rongate. 552 4267. 8pm L5 (£3). Lindsay Kemp's prima tlomia Ernesto Tomasini trills and thrills in .-: mad operatic extravagaii/a.
Visual Art See Thu 1 .
Linday Kemp’s prima donna, the Amazing Tomasini, on Sun 4
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