Theatre
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Technicolor Dreamcoat ooo Wounds to the Face New Athenaeum Little Otik (Previews) Wed 21 L'ntil Sat 10 May. 7.30pm (Wed——'l‘hu & Theatre. RSAMD. Tue 20—Sat 24 May. GI 61' Thu 22 May. 7.30pm. £3. And the Tue tnat 2.30pm): 5pm & 8pm (Sat tnat 7.30pm (Fri tnat 2.30pm). £6 (£4). Final prize for the darkest. most surreal piece 2pm). £ |().50~--£26.50. Sweet-faced. year BA Acting students take on Howard _. of Scottish theatre you'll see this oily-torsoed Any- Dream Will [)0 Barker's examination of 21st century I THE ARCHES year goes to. . .\'anishing Point and the wannabe (‘raig (‘halmers takes to the angst. 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. [11. W('. National Theatre of Scotland have stage in Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s heftily- WA] adapted cult (‘lech film-maker's Jan padded Bible story with songs. I THEATRE ROYAL Underneath the Arches Wed 14 Svankmajer's lilm. about a couple The Rise and Fall of Little Voice 282 Hope Street. 0870 ()60 6647. Ill. May. 7pm. Workshop looking at creating whose obsession with having a baby 0.. Mon I2—--Sat 24 May (not .\'(}D. W(‘. WA] performances for a particular site with leads them to carve a monster out of a Sun). 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). Scottish Opera: Falstaff Tue 13 David ()verend. tree stump. The heavyweight cast £1 1- £22. ()ld buddies Iilaine (‘ Smith May. Thu 15 May. Sat 17 .May. Wed 21 Hoose or Hame Thu 8 5; l’ri ‘) May. features the wonderful Pauline and Andy (iray team up again in an May. 7.15pm; Sat 24 May. 2.15pm. £9 7.30pm. £15. A witty. absurd and (ioldstttith. and Sandy (irierson. recently adaptation of the lane llorrocks musical. £58. Sir John l-‘alstaff. the self-indulgent. occasionally poignant solo following brilliant in Fergus l.atnont and Subway. Mari (Smith) likes to be the centre of lecherous. larger-than-life glutton tirst etnergent performer llelen (‘uinn‘s own who also co-adapted the script. See attention. so when her latest boyfriend brought to the public's notice in exploration of Scottish identity and the Listpicks. ((iray) v a would be Simon ('owell «- Shakespeare's comedy The .llt'rry HTi‘t’X search for belonging. decides to make her daughter Little Voice o/‘ll'imlsnr. {lets his own spin-off opera. Black Cats and Blue Angels Mon I GILMOREHILL 612 a star. the battlelines are drawn. Debbie courtesy of Verdi. See preview in l2—l5ri 16 May. 7pm. £7 (£5). A series 9 l'niversity' Avenue. 330 5522. |W('. Saloman's powerful. graceful ('lassical. page 93. of solo cabaret pieces spread over five WA] performance in the title role only just Scottish Opera: A Night at the nights performed by a selection of young loveisdead/iVIVA love! liri ‘) & Sat 10 manages to balance out a production that Chinese Opera Tue 20 & Thu 22 May. Postgraduate Musical Theatre students May. 8pm. £8 (£5). A war becomes a occasionally offers a little more sparkle 7.15pm. £‘)-—£58 (concessions from the RSAMD. football match. a football match becomes than substance. available). A Night (I! the (house ()[H’IYL Skin Piel (Without Sin) Tue 20 Thu a riot and a riot becomes a tango to the a new production directed by Lee 22 May“. 7pm. £7 (£5). Scottish sound of distant Vespas. blasting techno I ORAN MOR Blakeley. involves a colourful range of performance company ()ceanallover‘s and Monteverdi madrigals. in this 731735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. characters including canal workers. latest blend of theatre. music and striking exploration of love from Naples to A Play, a Pie & a Pint 12.30pm for explorers. limperors and even Marco visual imagery. See preview. page 97. Mexico (‘ity' by new Glasgow/Italian 1.05pm. £10 includes pie and pint. Polo. A combination of catchy folk . company Pl.A'/./.()theatre. Weekly changing lunchtime plays melodies with parodies of (‘hinese and I CITIZENS’ THEATRE The Hot Mikado Tue 13 Sat 17 May. championing new Scottish writing. All Italian opera creates a tale within a tale 1 l9 (iorbals Street. 42‘) ()022. [P. 11. 7.30pm. £10 £16. Gilbert and Sullivan's plays are repeated on Wednesday night with its tongue firmly in its cheek. WC. WAI classic send-up of The .lli'kutlo. as A Dinner. A Drama and a Dram (£25. The Sound of My Voice Tue 20 Stag presents Macbeth Thu 22- Sat includes dinner). See below for details of I TRAMWAY May—-—Sat 7 Jun. 7.30pm. £12 (£3 24 May. 7.30pm. £6-~£8. Shakespeare’s individual shows. 25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 3501. |W(‘. Death Story L'ntil Sat 10 May. Which WA] of Lily's biographers will tell the truth Colette Sadler: The Making of about her after she's dead As her jealous Doubt Fri 9 6’; Sat 10 May. 8pm. ex-husband. or the lover she left him for'.’ £10 (£6). The latest performance piece am May (a) sum 01539 125 133 New play by Alma Cullen. from the Scottish choreographer aims to Limbo] Zarraberri Mon 12—Sat 17 confuse and confound reality. See May. Two plays for the price of one this preview. page 96. 15m Maw/{D 7.30"," 01506 433 634 lunchtime. with new halt-hour shorts by "II In the Flesh i'Tl 9 Sat 24 May \‘ictor [mute and Maite Pere/ l.arumbe. (not Mon). 10am 5pm; noon 5pm. A See preview. page ()7. four minute stereoscopic ‘dance screen 15"] May @1309", 01115 703 535 The Last of Us Mon 19—Sat 24 May. installation’ by choreographer and '.\'ot even if you were the last Yangtze filmmaker Billy (‘ow-ie. in which the river dolphin in the whole-wide world. audience wear 3-1) glasses. 1"“. "a, 1:3unm 01553 554 900 (ioodbycf Patnela (‘arter's new play HOW do you like my landscape Thu tackles the difficulties of dating in the 15 8; Fri 16 May. 8pm. £8 (£5). Belgian face of extinction . performers Manah Depauw and Bernard lglll m 213! May a 3m" 01235 732 337 Van lieghem attempt to redefine the I RSAMD place of the human body in society. in a u 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. [11. W(‘. series of episodes set 2000 years apart 22.“ lo 24". May (at 7453.“ 01332 223 530 WA] against the same landscape. FRI! Black Cats and Blue Angels bahok Thu 22w Sat 24 May. 8pm. £12 L'ntil Fri 9 May. 7pm: 8pm. Free but (£6). (‘horeographer Akram Khan joins q SCOttlSh ticketed. See The Arches. forces with acclaimed writer llanif h a Arts Council The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol Kureishi and multi award-winning (‘liandler Studio Theatre. RSAMD. Mon composer .\'itin Sawhney. bringing 1‘) -~l’ri 23 May. 7.30pm (Thu mat together a new company of nine dancers Theatre Guide Thursday 8 Friday 9 Saturday 10 Sunday 11 Monday 12 Tuesday 13 Wednesday 14 Arches Hoose or Hame Hoose or.../See Rock See Rock 8. Pop Cats 8 Blue Angels Black Cats/ See Rock : Black Cats/ Underneath Citizens i Gl|mofe|li|| loveisdead... 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