Theatre
I FESTIVAL THEATRE
l3——29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. [11. WC. WA]
The Three Musketeers Wed 7 Sat 10 Mar. 7.30pm (Thu 8; Sat tnat 2.30pm). £10 £28. .\'orthern Ballet Theatre present the action-packed story of Athos. Portbos. Alarms and their spirited friend D'Artagnan. as they avidly attempt to scupper Cardinal Richelieu's cunning plot to steal Queen
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Anne‘s diamonds. [in garde! l’re-sbow talk. Thu 8 Mar. 6.30pm. free btit ticketed.
Ballet Explored: The Three Musketeers Thu 8 Mar.
l 1.45am 12.45pm. £2.50. Find out more about Northern Ballet Theatre and their current production and watch the dancers~ daily class on stage. Only available to .\’BT ticket-holders. Booking essential.
Possibly the finest mixed ability company in the UK, Graeae here presents Mike Kenny’s
semi-fairytale about two performers of a travelling version of Snow White. The piece promises to have much to say about the world viewed from a different angle, namely that of folk who are smaller than average. I Traverse Theatre. Edinburgh, Wed 7—Sat 10 Mar.
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Le Grande Cirque Tue l3—Sat 17 Mar. Tue-Thu. 7.30pm; Fri & Sat. 5pm & 8.30pm (Sat mat lptn). £14.50—£25.50. Fresh from a sell-out tour of the US. this magical and spellbinding family show features an international cast of 50 world champion acrobats. jugglers. high-wire artists and performers. Prepare to be left speechless.
I THE JAZZ BAR
1 Chambers Street. 220 4290.
The Space in Between Mon lZ—Thu 15 Mar (not Tue). 7.30pm. £7 (£4). Comedy drama set round the bar. as an out of work actor finds work behind the bar at a jazz venue.
I KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street. 529 6000. IH. WC. WA] The Letter Until Sat 3 Mar. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £l3—£2|. Jenny Seagrove and Anthony Andrews star in this stage adaptation of Somerset .Vlaugham’s dark and steamy psychological thriller in which the wife of a Malaysian rubber planter stands accused of murdering a local playboy. BS1. signed and audio-captioned performance Fri 2 Mar. 7.30pm.
The Wizard of 02 Tue 6—-Sat 10 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm): Fri. 5pm & 8.30pm. £10— £16. Southern Light Opera Company‘s arrival heralds the first performance of the celebrated story of Dorothy. Toto and their yellow brick road companions in the capital for 25 years.
The Pirates of Penzance Tue l3—Sat 17 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10—£16. Swashbuckling. fun-packed entertainment as the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of lidinburgh performing their nainesakes' rousing pirate adventure.
I MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND: HAWTHORNDEN COURT
2 Chambers Street. 247 4422. [H. WC. WA]
Scottish Traditions of Dance Trust Sun 4 Mar. 1.45pm & 2.45pm. Free. linjoy the sounds and spectacle of a variety of Scottish traditional dances.
I NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE
15a l’ennywell Court. 315 2151. [WC. WAl
My House l'ntil Sat 3 Mar. See Kids listings.
The Unconquered Wed 7 Mar. 7.30pm. £8 (£3—£5). See Glasgow. liastwood Park Theatre.
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Wed 14 & Thu 15 Mar. 7.30pm. £8 (£3 £5 ). See Glasgow. Citizens‘ Theatre.
I PLAYHOUSE
18 22 (ireenside Place. 0870 6063424. [11. WC. WA|
Sleeping Beauty Wed 7 & Thu 8 Mar. 2.30pm; 7.30pm. £7.50--£30.50 (£6—£20). ’l‘chaikovsky‘s beautiful score accompanies this ballet spectacular. performed by the Russian Classical Ballet Theatre.
Swan Lake Fri 9 8; Sat 10 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £7.50—£30.50 (£6--£20). Russian Classical Ballet
Theatre present the tnost popular ballet of
all time. featuring Marius Petipa‘s original choreography.
I ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street. 248 4848. IP. H. WC. WA]
Mrs Warren’s Profession Until Sat 10 Mar (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm. .£9—£24 (£4.50—£22). Following the success of last year‘s 'Iill'ritfli’. Tony (‘ownie returns to the Lyceum to direct one of Bernard Shaw‘s most infamous and Chekovian dramas. A co-production with Nottingham Playhouse. Audio-described performances Thu 1 Mar. 7.45pm and Sat 3 Mar. 2.30pm: touch tour for the visually impaired Sat 3 Mar. 12.30pm; BS1. signed performance Wed 7 Mar. 7.45pm.
I TRAVERSE THEATRE
Cambridge Street. 228 1404. ll’. 11. WC. WA|
strangers, babies Until Sat 17 Mar (not Mon). 8pm (Sat mat 2.30pm): Sun. 5pm. £7 (£4.50). Husband. father. stranger. worker. brother. ()ne woman's fears over becoming a mother and her relationships with these five men act as the axis for Linda McLean's chilling play. Stagetext captioned performance Tue 13 Mar. 8pm; touch tour for the visually impaired Thu 15 Mar. 7.15pm: signed and audio-captioned performance Thu 15 Mar. 8pm.
DeoxyriboNucleic Acid Thu l—Sat 3 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12 (£4.50—.£7). Lyceum Youth Theatre return with a shadowy story played to a hard- core soundtrack in their trademark cutting-edge style. Calling tip contemporary media obsessions with ‘real life stories'. DeoxyriboNucleic Acid follows a group of teenagers united by the act of doing something terrible and what happens when their solidarity slowly begins to unravel.
Whiter than Snow Wed 7 -Sat l0 Mar. See Kids listings.
Outside the Cities I CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Kildrum. 01236 732887. [1). H. WC. WAI Scratch:Daytime Sat 3 Mar. noon. £2. See Around Town.
The Unconquered Sat 10 Mar. 7.45pm. £8—£10. See Glasgow. [Eastwood Park Theatre.
I DUNDEE REP
Tay Square. Dundee. ()1382 223530. ll’. H. WC. WAI
Europe Sat 3—.Sat 10 Mar. 7.45pm. £5—£10. Dundee Rep and BarbicanBite07 join forces to present the first major revival of David Greig‘s 1994 play which. having pre-empted many of the current debates surrounding immigration. gets tip close and personal with an Eastern European border town and the people that pass through it.
The Vagina Monologues Tue l3~Sat 17 Mar. 7.45pm (also Fri 5pm 8; Sat mat 2.30pm). £l3--£15. Carol Smillie stars in live linsler‘s famous. hilarious. moving and brave celebration of female sexuality.
I BYRE THEATRE
Abbey Street. 01334 475000. ll). 11. WC. WAI
Calamity Jane Until Sat 3 Mar. 7.30pm; 2.30pm. £1 1 (£9). St Andrews Amateur Operatic Society perform the popular musical about the formidable frontierswoman.
Romeo and Juliet Wed 7—Sat [0 Mar. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). Mermaids present a minimalistic and fresh approach to the greatest love story ever told.
I MACROBERT
University of Stirling. 01786 466666. ll’. H. WC. WA]
The Adventures of the Monkey King: A Beijing Opera Fri 2 8; Sat 3 Mar. 8pm. £10 (£6). It‘s opera. but not as you know it. The Adventures oft/w Monkey K ing is a magnificentIy-costumed spectacle of martial arts and acrobatics. spears and swords. and singing. providing a fun and frivolous insight into Chinese culture.
The King and ITue l3—Sat 17 Mar. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm); Fri 4pm & 8.30pm. From £10. Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s musical sees a prim widow falling for an autocratic monarch and teaching him a thing or two along the wav.