Theatre
(Ll ASSKL PRIVATE LIVES Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Mon 30 Jan—Sat 5 Feb
It looks as if this might be your last chance to see this Noel Coward classic in its current form, though you could cross the border and see it in England after 26 March. The reason? Well, like most mid 20th century drama, there’s a good deal of smoking that goes on onstage; it is in fact an absolute necessity to the dramatic action. The central love story revives when Elyot and Amanda go out onto their separate hotel balconies to smoke. With Scotland’s total ban on
smoking extending to theatre stages, this will no longer
happen onstage, and substitutes for the lit cigarette
are, it’s widely agreed, so naff that it’s best to avoid this
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kind of work altogether. Farewell, then, Rattigan, Coward, many an Orton and Pinter, and so on. Meanwhile, though, you can see this tale of a love story between two of the most awkward and selfish characters imaginable as this West End production does the rounds. Coward’s bitchy and very witty comedy is perhaps an essay on how one can’t help
loving the people you do, even if they are insufferable.
The battling couple at the centre, reinventing their relationship just after they’ve remarried, has a ring of truth about human sexuality that goes far beyond the upper class folk at the centre. TV familiars Belinda Lang and Julian Wadham will be there to smoke amongst the last ciggies on Scottish stages - don’t inhale, now. (Steve Cramer)
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Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
353 :\rg_\le Street. 0870 3-“) 7523. I\\'(‘, \VAI
Afraid of the Dark? Fri 2() Jan. 3pm & 7pm. l‘ree. More \mrks in progress. this time from )oung (ilasgou coinpan) Measureless Liars. \\ hose de\ ised piece looks at tear and phobias.
Scratch Night Tue 24 Jan. 7.30pm. Pa} sthat _\ou can. Well known and tip-and- coining performers (including Kirstin .\lcl.ean. Al Seed. Random Accomplice and (iraetne Alesander-Youngi tr} out BC“ ideas in front ol‘ an audience and seek l'cedhack.
I CITIZENS’ THEATRE
ll‘) (itirhals Street. 42‘) 0022. It). H. Ti. \\'(‘. \VAI
Winter Voices lV 'l'hu l‘) & Hi It) Jan. 7.30pm. £3 (£2 l. The ('iti/ens' (‘ommunin ('ompan} presents these rehearsed readings looking at \s'a}s to sun i\ e the cold dark da} s ol Januar}.
Plasticine Wed 25 Hi 27 Jan tnot 'l‘hul. 7.309111. £5 tUl. \‘assih Sigares 's tale ol' death and Violence is the first it] a dottth hill ol' contetnporar} Russian pla}s perlorined h} RSAMI) students. Terrorism Thu 2o Sat 28 Jan tnol Hi). 7.30pm. £5 tUi. This piece h} the Presn}ako\ Brothers esplores the \arious acts of terrorism. puhlic and personal. that take place in a small Rtissian toun. Sunset Song 'l‘ue 3| Jan Sat 4 l-‘eh. 7.30pm t'l‘hu & Sat mat 2.30pm). L'lt) «an. .-\n .\'l.(’ Theatre (’onipan} production ol Leuis (irassic (iihhon's seminal nmel (coincidentall) [opting in the Ali/Iv [151‘s ‘Best Scottish Book ot‘ All 'l‘inie' poll l.
I GILMOREHILLG12 9 l’nixersit} Avenue. 330 5522. [\\'('. WAI
STaG Nights Thu 2 Sat 4 l‘eh. 7 ltlpni. £8 (£6); three night pass US (“2.50). Scotland's higgest student-run short pla) festival. shtmcasing nine short pla_\s oxer the three nights alongside performances h} [Us and graffiti artists. plus it\\‘1tl‘tl-\\llllllllg sculpture and photograph} exhibitions.
I KING’S THEATRE
297 Bath Street. 240 llll. Ill. \\'('. \VAI Footloose l'ntil Sal 2| Jan. Wed & Thu 7.30pm; l-‘ri optn & 9pm; Sat 2.30pm & 8pm. £8 £25. let's hear it for the ho} as I'imI/mm’ rocks into ltmtl. starring ('her_\l Baker tot Bucks l-‘i/l lame) and Johnn} Shentall.
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