Thursday 21 August - Thursday 4 September 2008
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64 Fringe ticket inquiry } 64 Annie Lennox no-show l 64 Janey Godley triumphs 66 Josh Howie
67 Books
67 Irvine Welsh 69 Bryan Talbot
76 Kristen Schaal 19 Scott Capurro 18 Janey Godley 80 Michael McIntyre
85 Scottish Dance Theatre
Cover story: Matthew Boume's Dorian Gray
Over a decade since his all-male Swan Lake courted controversy, the grandee of modern ballet debuts his reworking of Oscar Wilde's gothic horror classic.
The dark tale of Gray's blighted soul is transposed onto a let century world of
glamour, pleasure and It boys. One of the hottest tickets in town. 92 Theatre
599 page 85- 92 The Devil's Ship ' IOOSimon Callow
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68 Mark Watson The Perrier Award-winning comic s makes a foray into literary circles. Having pledged to halve } >_ ' ' Ti; his carbon footprint, Watson goes green and manages to ' > * , . laugh about it in Crap at the Environment. ‘04 scavengers
90 Jay Brannan
74 Aeneas Faversham Spinning a dastardly tale of con-
spiracy, danger and the occult, this Victorian spoof has
been winning hearts and minds all over Edinburgh. ihiaaj;gay?“ ‘ 'f“ ‘ "’ ‘-'- ll'gi" Street
87 King Roger The International Festival's regal eagle [\,.,,._,,,... r w 1,, flies in. Skilfully executed opera that pulls no punches, l-s‘: :7'8"! fri>i> 30:60 based on the Dionysian and Apollonian dialectic that was Nietzsche’s favourite dinner party conversation. .9432; 2.: wk
94 365 The National Theatre of Scotland examines the
halfway-house world of the practice home under the F" . . complete expert eye of playwright Davrd Harrower. 15-“, information about non- . , . . festival I 65 2 for 1 tickets to George Orwell 5 Coming Up for Air events in I 65 2 for 1 tickets to In Conflict Glasgow and I 65 Win tickets to the Bank of Scotland Fireworks Concert 5:22:32} I 65 Win tickets to Office Party and a case of Grolsch edition of
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