impersonator and inspiration to lter own life and career. But in light of upsetting revelations abottt him. how deceptive is lter persottal memory'.’ An original ('mtimissimt for (i/us‘gu'v.’ 2006.

I Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria (‘(‘A. 350 Sattchiehall Street. 352 4900. 9pm. £5 (£3). See Film index. I’urr o/‘(ilusguv’ 2006.

I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 l()()(). l l.30pm-r3am. £3. Happy. cheesy pop front DJ Darrett and tlte gttys beltind Passiottality.

Glasgow

I Night Nisted Tales (‘(‘.-\. 350 Sattcltieltall Street. 352 4900. 7pm. £5. Sec Tue 24.

* Donald Does Dusty (‘(‘.’\. 350 Sattchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £8 (£6). Sec Wed 25.

I Keep Not Silent (Double Bill with My Cat’s Balls) (‘(‘:\. 350 Sauehiehall Street. 352 4900. 9pm. £5 (£3). 'l'win-header of sltort films. A cat is about to be neutered so a visit to a gender reassignment counsellor is itt order. And in Kev/t .Vn! Silent. a secret support group for Jewish ()rthodox lesbians is docttntertted. with three brave wonten speaking ottt about their forbidden desires. I’urt of(ilu.vgu_v.’ 2006.

Glasgow

I Night “(listed Tales (‘(‘.-\. 350 Sauehiehall Street. 352 4900. 7pm. £5. See Ttte 24.

Donald Does Dusty (CA. 350 Sattchiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Wed 25.

I Playing a Part: The Story of Claude Cahun ('(‘x\. 350 Sauehiehall Street. 352 4900. 9pm. £5 (£3). See Filnt ittdex. l’ur! o/‘(ilusguv' 2006.

I In The Dark (‘(‘.»\. 350 Sattchiehall Street. 352 4900. l0pm. £l0. ()ne of Britain’s most innovative theatre artists. .\'eil Bartlett. reads front some of his iconic qtteer drama pieces and explains their genesis. Also a Whitbread Pri/c- nominated novelist. lte will read from his latest work for the first time itt Scotland. l’url oHi/usguy.’ 2006.

Saturday 28

Glasgow

I Night Nisted Tales (‘(‘.-\. 350 Sattchiehall Street. 352 4900. 7pm. £5. See Tue 24.

Donald Does Dusty (CA. 350 Sauehiehall Street. 352 4900. 8pm. £8 (£6). See Wed 25.

I Writer of O (Ecrivain d’O) (‘(‘.»\. 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. 9pm. £5 (£3). See Filtn index. l’ur! of (i/usguv.’ 2006.

Edinburgh

I LGLS Halloween Ceilidh Assembly Rooms. 54 (ieorge Street. 228 l I55. 8pm lam. £l6.50 (£l3.5()). l.othian (iay 8.; Lesbian Switchboard’s halloween shindig. with the lan I.ow'thian (‘eilidh Band. D] Micltelle and a glittering raffle.

Glasgow

I EI Favor (ilasgow Film Theatre. l2 Rose Street. 332 8l28. 5.30pm. £5 (£4). See Mon 23.

I Neon Nights Karbon. 74 Buchanan Street. Springfield (‘ourt. 22l 8099. l0.30pm 3am. £5 (£3). See Sun 22.

Edinburgh

I Booty Medina. 45 47 l.othian Street. 225 63l3. 10pm 3am. £3. See Stnt 22. I Tackno ligo. l4 Picardy Place. 478 7434. l lpnt 3am. £7 (£5 members and the appropriately dressed). lt's Bloody Tackno combined jttst in time for llallowe'en. witlt 'I‘rendy Wendy playing

her tnix of pop. cheese and kitsch classics. Fun and frolics ensue.

I Taste (‘abaret Voltaire. 36- 38 Blair Street. 220 6l76. l lplll' 3am. £5 before I 1.30pm; £8 after (£6 members). See Sttn 22.

Monday 30

Glasgow

* Loggerheads (ilasgow Film Theatre. l2 Rose Street. 332 8128. 6.30pm. £5 (£4). See Filnt index. Part of (i/usguy.’ 2006.

I Passionality (‘ube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. l 1.30me 3am. £2 £3. See Mon 23.

I Studio 69 Studio. 98 Sattchiehall Street. 332 1444. 10.30pm 3am. £1.69 before l2.30am. See Mon 23.

Glasgow

I And God Created . . . (‘iti/ens‘ Theatre. 1 l9 (iorbals Street. 429 ()()22. 7.30pm. £2 (preview show). Scottish actor. traveller and homosexual Laurance Rttdic sltares his life attd experiences. Finding a release itt theatre. eastern cultures attd free love alter a repressed childhood ilt (ilasgow. Rudic‘s tale is comic. embarrassing and revealing. revelling in contradictions and confusions of sex and gender. An original commission for (ilusguy/ 2006. The Importance of Being Alfred The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. 8pm. £9 (£6). Play by Louise Welsh following the later years of Lord Alfred Douglas. forttter lover of Oscar Wilde. who becante a fervent homophobe attd anti-Semite. Douglas. now in his late 40s. is involved iii a l9l8 libel trial between his MP friend llttgh Pentberton Billing and a dancer. accused by the former of spying for (iermany. I’ur! oftilusguy.’ 2006.

I FUN (‘ube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. l l.30pnt 3am. £3 (£2). See Tue 24.

Edinburgh I Vibe ligo. l4 Picardy Place. 478 7434. l lpttt 3am. £4. See Tue 24.

Wednesday 1

Glasgow

I And God Created . . . (‘itizens' Theatre. I I9 (iorbals Street. 4290022. 7.30pm. £3r-£l2. See Tue 3|.

9:? The Importance of Being Alfred The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. 8pm. £9 (£6). See Tue 3|.

I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 I000. l l.30pm 73am. £3. See Wed

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Glasgow

I And God Created . . . (‘itizens‘ Theatre. l 19 (iorbals Street. 4290022. 7.30pm. £3—£l2. See Tue 3|.

=8 The Importance of Being Alfred The Arches. 253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. 8pm. £9 (£6). See Tue 3|.

Scene 8. Exhibitions

Glasgow

I A Garden I Once Knew Q! (iallery. 87 89 Saltntarket. 552 7578. Mon 30 Oct Fri l Dec. 1 lam-5pm. Free. (‘ombining life drawing. song lyrics and diagrattts with questions of gender. Vivian Pedley's drawings ask who we are in the world. Part of (i/usguyf 2006.

I Bennets 80-90 (ilassl'ord Street. 552 576i. Wed-Thu & Sun 1 l.30pm 3am. Fri Sat ll.30pm 3.30am. Friendly. down to earth late-night disco venue recently refurbished and rising front the ashes after a major fire.

I I'Iey I'Ietero! (ilasgow Underground. lfntil Stilt 22 Oct. 6am vmidnight. Q! (iallery. 87 89 Salttttarket. 552 7578. L'ntil Fri 27 ()ct. llam- 5pm. Free.

DIANE TORR: DONALD DOES DUSTY

Drag king and performer Diane Torr explains why she created a theatrical memorial to her late brother, actor and dancer Donald Torr.

My brother, growing up in Mastrick on the outskirts of Aberdeen in the late 19505 and early 19605, aware of his sexuality but with no representation of gay identity in the neighbourhood, focused on Dusty Springfield. It was Dusty and him on the queer team, and all other Aberdonians on the other side. As his sister, and 15 months younger, I took the role of confidant and appraiser, as judge and jury of his Dusty impersonations. Of course, half the gay population of the UK were singing Dusty songs into hairbrushes, but we didn’t know that.

Donald, like Dusty, was a perfectionist. When my parents were out, he would dress in my mother’s clothes and sashay around her bedroom doing the same exits and entrances, over and over. I would get bored, and Donald would stamp his foot and throw a tantrum because I wasn’t paying attention. Sometimes I would just make stuff up - his hand gesture was more like Dusty’s that time than the time before, for example. Donald first dressed in drag on Hallowe’en, aged six. In another dress of my mother’s, and with his feet barely fitting into the toes of her high heels, he trolled and trailed from one house to the next

as we went trick or treating.

I started performing in drag in New York in the 805, and we often joked on the phone that we would do a performance where we each played the other. This fantasy was never fulfilled. Donald died of AIDS in 1992. The performance is my homage to him, and his determination to escape Mastrick and become a millionaire in London.

I CCA, Glasgow. Wed 25—Sat 28 Oct, 7pm.

Public art collaboration between artist Deborah Kelly and photographer Tina Fiveash. (‘heekily poking fttn at the rituals attd customs of hetero life. these ‘advertisement' posters encourage viewers to consider the scrutiny that non- ltetero lives are pttt under. I’url of (I‘IUS‘QU'YI 2006.

I lliac/Ilium The Brunswick llotel. I06 8 Brunswick Street. 552 000i. Mon 30 ()ct Sun 3 Dec. 8am midnight. Free. (ilasgow-based (ireek artist Menelas uses photography to investigate the area jttst below the belt - the hips. I’ur! of (I/us'guy.’ 2006.

I Lost in The Forest The Brunswick Hotel. I06 8 Brunswick Street. 552 000i. l'ntil Sttn 29 ()ct. 8am~midnight. Free. lisittg photography. painting and collage. artist (iregor Laird creates an enchanting attd dangerous forest world. drawn front childhood. the Brothers (irimm. attd ntore recent gay experiences. I’urr offi'lusguy.’ 2006.

I The Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street. 553 l22l. Mon Thu 5pm lattt. Fri-Sun 5pm~3am. Spacious. swanky. gay/mixed Merchant (‘ity club. with several rooms and a downstairs dancelloor open at the weekend (£5 after I lpm).

Edinburgh I CC Blooms (‘(‘ Blooms. 23—24 (ireensidc Place. 556 933i. Mon. Fri 8; Sat 6pm-3am; Tue-Thu & Sun 8pm-3am. The east coast scene qtteen pumps ottt dance and cheese delights every night. With DJ (‘illa Slack on Friday night attd Sunday afternoon.

I 16IG Photography Exhibition Sala (‘afe Bar. 60 Broughton Street. 478 7069. l'ntil Sttit l0 Dec. liclectic exhibition of images from local snappers' collective l(il(i.

I Mist 26B Dublin Street. 538 7775. Mon Thu noon lam: Fri-Sat

noon 2am; Sttn l2.30pm lam. Formerly the Newtown Bar. attd now reopened after a style revamp. Twist features a disco bar downstairs every Friday and Satttrdav night.

lS) Oct—2 Nov THE LIST 57