Theatre
my Last W Andy Arnold directs this revival of Tennessee Williams’ shocking one- act play about the terrifying Violet Venable’s attempts to have her niece lobotomised in order to prevent her revealing the truth about her son Sebastian’s sexual proclivities. The play is staged in a double bill with A Perfect Analysis Given By a Parrot, an amusing short in which two boozy, boy crazy women prepare for a night on the town. Part of Glasgay!’s Tennessee Williams festival. I Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 24 Oct—Sat 8 Nov.
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92 THE LIST 16—30 Oct 2008
Like the Rain Tue 28 ()ct—Sat 8 Nov.
9.30pm. £8 (£6). Three of Tennessee : Williams' early one-act plays covering dying prostitutes. lowly childhoods.
heartache and desperation: Hello front
; Bertha. This Property is Condemned and
'litlk to me Like the Rain and Let Me
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My House Wed 29 & Thu 30 ()ct. See
. Kids listings.
Licence Pending Thu 30 ()ct. 8pm. £5.
Poetry with a queer cabaret edge featuring
ukulele-shaker liilidh Macaskill. Rachel
.lury. Ms Leggy Pee and hosted by Margot
limbargo. Part of Glasgrtv.’
I I THE VICTORIAN BAR é Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267.
The Quiz Show Tue 21—Sat 25 Oct. 9pm. £6 (£5). Neither a straight piece of theatre nor a conventional pub quiz.
Audiences are encouraged to book tickets 1 in pub quiz teams. using their collective wit and trivia knowledge to debate with
each other. However. as events become increasingly dark. it will become apparent that quilmaster Sir James is not having
the best of nights.
Edinburgh
I BRUHTOH THEATRE
i Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. (1’. H. WC. WA]
5 ll Panico di Pantalone a. ll Panico di Capitano Fri 17 ()ct. noon. £10.50
(£6). Two fast-paced. funny and politically engaged acts take to the stage for the unravelling of dreams. hopes and musical aspirations. By Lung Ha‘s Theatre Company.
Hannah J. Harvey - a Journey Across Worlds Fri 24 ()ct. See Kids listings.
I CHURCH HILL THEATRE
33a Momingside Road. 529 4147. [1). H. WC. WA]
Summer Holiday Until Sat 18 ()ct. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10—£12.50. Hey guys! Let's get on the bus! Sir Cliff's l‘eelgood musical fantasy about squeaky clean teens. We bet it smells lovely.
I KING’S THEATRE
2 Leven Street. 529 6000. [1-1. WC. WA] Calendar Girls Until Sat 18 ()ct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £12.50—£25. A twinkly cast including lilaine C Smith and Bisto mum Lynda Bellingham recreate the Women's lnstitute‘s naked calendar already immortalised on film. Oh. they do some acting. too.
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Horrid Henry Wed 22—Sat 25 Oct. See Kids listings.
All Quiet on the Western Front Tue 28 Oct—Sat 1 Nov. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £12.50—£25. Moving anti- war drama set in the trenches. See picture. page 90.
I FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. IP. H. WC. WA] Can’t Smile without You Mon 20—Sat 25 Oct. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £8.50—£30. Chesney! Barry! See Glasgow, King's Theatre. Rambert Dance Company: Eternal Light Tour Wed 29—Fri 31 Oct. 7.30pm. £10—£24. Britain‘s flagship contemporary dance company presents a spectacular bill. See preview. page 85.
I PLAYHOUSE 18—22 Greenside Place. 0870 606 3424. IH. WC. WA] Mary Poppins Until Sat 6 Dec (not Sun). Live chimney sweepin‘ with the original supemanny. See review. page 88.
I QUEEN’S HALL
87—89 Clerk Street. 668 2019. [l’. H. WC. WA]
Mad About the Musicals Fri 17 Oct. 7.30pm. £16 (£15). A West End cast get their vocal chords around all the big songs from all the big musicals. Camptastic.
I ROYAL LYCEUM meats:
' (irindlay Street. 248 4848. [P. H. WC. WA]
Something Wicked This Way Comes Until Sat 18 Oct. See Kids listings.
Mary Rose Fri 24 Oct—Sat 15 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Wed 29 Oct. Sat 1 Nov. Wed 5 Nov. Sat 8 Nov & Sat 15 Nov mat 2.30pm). £9—£26 (concessions available; £5 for preview on 24 Sep). New production of JM Barrie‘s time-travelling Edwardian ghost story. It‘s good to see this underappreciated gem get the big- stage treatment. See feature. page 24.
I TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street. 228 1404. IP. H. WC. WA] Falling Light Fri 17 & Sat 18 ()ct. 8pm. £tbc (£5—£8 for preview performance on 17/10/08). An evening of breathtaking dance and music with Janis Claxton Dance and the intemationally acclaimed Edinburgh Quartet. See preview. Page 88. Cockroach Thu 23 Oct-Sat 1 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 8pm (Sat 1 Nov mat 2.30pm). £13--£16(£5—£12). New play as part of the National Theatre of Scotland Traverse Debuts season. written by new writer Sam Holcroft and directed by Vicky Featherstone. See preview. page 85. Midsummer: A Play with Songs Fri 24 ()ct—Sat 15 Nov (not Mon). 7.30pm (Sat 8 Nov & Wed 12 Nov mat 2.30pm); Sun 5pm. £8—£12 (£5—£8). Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon star in this new play by David Grieg. with songs by ballboy‘s Gordon Mcintyre. to open the theatre‘s new Traverse 'I'oo season of experimental work. See preview. page 87.
Outside the Cities
I DUNDEE REP
Tay Square. Dundee. 01382 223530. [1). H. WC. WA]
Lysistrata Thu l6—Sat 18 Oct. 7.30pm. £6 (Under 26s £5). Dundee Rep roll out a new Scots language version of Aristophanes' bawdy comedy. as the women of Greece band together and initiate a sex-strike to stop a war. Scottish Dance Theatre: DOG/Tenderhook oooo Wed 22 ()ct. 8pm. £12 (£5—£10). Another chance to see SDT‘s double bill of Hofesh Shechter's DOG and Liv Lorent‘s tender/took.
Great Big Dance Show 2 Sat 25 Oct. 7.30pm. £4. Watch the talent of Dundee as SDT Creative Leaming participants perform their routines.