Theatre
Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to theatre@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Kirstin Innes. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Saturdays 2pm & 7pm, weekday daytimes vary by day, evenings 7pm. £14.50–£24.50 (£6–£21.50). Usual suspects Gerard Kelly, Gerard Kelly’s wig, Andy Gray and Karen Dunbar are all present and correct in the King’s traditional hootenany.
Glasgow
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. [H, WC, WA]
✽✽ The Snow Queen Wed 3 Dec–Sun 4 Jan (no performances on
Monday). Weekdays this fortnight: 10.30am & 1.30pm, weekends this fortnight: 1.30 & 3.30pm. Further times vary. £8 (£4–family £20). Hans Christian Andersen’s frosty monarch is brought to life with puppetry, live performance and music. Al Seed directs.
■ BRAEHEAD ARENA Kings Inch Road, 0870 444 6062. [P, WC, WA] The Singing Kettle: Christmas Toy Shop Thu 11–Sun 14 Dec. See Kids listings.
■ CITIZENS’ THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. [P, H, WC, WA]
✽✽ Wizard of Oz Sat 29 Nov–Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sunday).
Charity preview Sat 29 Nov, 7pm. From Tue 2 Dec onwards, weekday times vary by day, Saturdays 1pm, 4.30pm & 8pm £10–£16 (£6–£9). Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh my! The Citz hits the Yellow Brick Road this festive season.
■ GILMOREHILL G12 9 University Avenue, 330 5522. [WC, WA] Walter Paul Productions – Follies Until Sat 29 Nov. 7.30pm. £12.50. Drama set during a reunion of Weisman Follies’ chorus girls. STaG presents: Dr Faustus Thu 11–Sat 13 Dec. 7.30pm. £6–£8. The Glasgow University theatre company take on the Christopher Marlowe classic in which the eponymous doc sells his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowlege and power.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. [H, WC, WA] Cinderella Fri 28 Nov–Sun 11 Jan (not Mon 1 Dec or Tue 9 Dec). Times this fortnight: Sundays 1pm & 5pm,
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■ ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: The Bones Boys Until Sat 29 Nov. 12.30pm. £10 including pie and pint. New irreverent historical comedy to mark St Andrew’s Day, by Colin MacDonald. A Panto, a Pie & a Pint: Babes in the Wood Mon 1–Sat 20 Dec (not Sun). 12.30pm. £10 including pie and pint. This year Babes in the Wood gets the Oran Mor treatment. Oh, yes it does! You can’t do a panto in a lunchtime hour! Oh, yes you can!
■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. [H, WC, WA] Beauty and The Beast Fri 28 Nov–Sat 3 Jan. Times vary. £10–£15 (£7.50–£12.50). PACE Theatre present figgy pudding fun for all ages.
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. [H, WC, WA] The Wizard of Never Woz Wed 3 Dec–Sat 24 Jan (No performances on Monday). Saturdays 2pm & 7.30pm, Sundays 2pm & 6pm, weekday times vary by day – please contact venue. £14.50–£16.50 (£13.50). A very Glasgow slant on the Hollywood movie, with cuddly wee Des McLean as the (not notedly cuddly) Tin Man. ■ RSAMD 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. [H, WC, WA] Mother Goose Tue 9–Tue 16 Dec (No performances on Sunday). 7pm (Sat mat 2pm). £12 (£8). Saucy Mother Goose gets the circus treatment in RSAMD’s panto. Presented by final year Acting and Technical and Production Arts students.
■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. [P, WC, WA] Beauty and the Beast: Monster of a Panto Fri 5–Wed 24 Dec (no performance Mondays) Times this fortnight: Sun 1pm & 5.30 pm, Sat 2 pm & 7pm, Tue & Wed 10.30am & 7pm, Thu & Fri 1 pm & 7pm; times thereafter vary. £6–£19.50. Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts also felt that the time was right to do Beauty and the
Beast this year. He’s behind you! CBeebies at the Theatre: Christmas Spectacular Thu 11 Dec. See Kids listings.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. [H, NGD, WC, WA] West Side Story Until Sat 29 Nov (not Sun). 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £21.50–£39.50. La la la la AmerrRICA! The 50th anniversary production of the fast-paced musical. See review, page 82.
✽✽ Scottish Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Sat 6–Sat 27 Dec (not Sun
7–Tue 9 Dec) 7.30 pm, matinees this fortnight Sat 6 & Thu 11 Dec, further times vary. £9–£34. Scottish Ballet revives Ashley Page’s acclaimed reinvention of the classic fairytale after last year’s success.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. [WC, WA] Heer Ranjha Until Sat 29 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm. £3 preview, Thu 20 Nov, –£10 (£6). When Ranjha, a poor Muslim restaurant worker, is pulled out of the Clyde by a boatful of partygoers, he is confronted by Heer, the fast-living daughter of the Curry King of Glasgow, and a Sikh. Love, intrigue and tragedy swiftly follow in this new play from Ankhur. See review, page 82.
✽✽ Spectacular Thu 4–Sat 6 Dec. 8pm. £6 (£4). A new performance
from Forced Entertainment, adding to their unique and remarkable body of work. A skeleton host leads us into a piece about the ‘now’ of the performance moment, the trembling edge of laughter, possibility and invention. See preview, page 81. Otter Pie ●●●●● Fri 5 & Sat 6 Dec. 7.30pm. £8–£5. Fish & Game (the young Glasgow company behind Eilidh’s Daily Ukulele Ceilidh) examine the pursuit of happiness, usng fragments of stories, crazy moves and amateur evangelism. Framed Thu 11–Sat 13 Dec. 7.30pm. £4 (£2). Visible Fictions presents a gripping piece of multimedia theatre devised and performed by young people of Glasgow, looking at what it means to be trapped, caged in, and framed.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. [H, WC, WA] Mother Bruce Sat 29 Nov–Sun 4 Jan (no performances on Mondays). Times this fortnight: Sun 1pm & 5pm, Sat 2pm & 7.30pm. Weekday daytime performances vary by day, evenings 7.30pm. £7–£16.50. A typically Tron-
like twist on Mother Goose. This time it’s the spider that spins the golden threads, not the goose who lays the golden eggs! The Manifesto Sun 30 Nov. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). On the last Sunday of each month, the Manifesto Politikal Kabaret night hosted by Tam Dean Burn and Sonic Sinema features digital agit-punk with a range of funky guests. Little Rudi Sat 6–Wed 24 Dec. Weekends only, also Mon 22–Wed 24 Dec. Times this fortnight: Sat 10.30am, 1.30pm, 3.30pm; Sun 1.30pm, 3.30pm. £10 – one adult, one child (extra child £5, extra adult £7). When Rudi grows up to be a big reindeer all he wants to do is work for Santa. Tall Tales returns with another interactive mix of performance, music and puppetry.
Edinburgh
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. [P, H, WC, WA] Sleeping Beauty Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances on Sunday). Performance times vary by day – please contact venue for details. £13–£15 (£10–£12; family ticket 44–£52). The Brunton’s annual panto.
■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. [H, WC, WA] Aladdin Sat 29 Nov–Sun 18 Jan (no performances on Monday). Sun 1pm & 5pm, Wed–Sat 2pm & 7pm. Tue 7pm. £13–£21 (£8–£18). Allan Stewart and Grant Stott reprise their annual roles in the King’s panto, along with Johnny Mac as Aladdin. They’ve got a swanky high- tech 3D genie, too. ■ EL BAR 6–8 Howden Street, Flamenco Noche Fri 28 Nov. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Live flamenco music and dance performances.
■ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. [P, H, WC, WA] Scottish Opera: The Secret Marriage Fri 28 Nov. 7.15pm. £14–£60 (concessions available). Domenico Cimarosa’s operatic comedy about a father trying to marry off his daughters. Sung in English with supertitles. Audio Description and Touch Tour on 26 Nov. Sunshine on Leith Fri 5 Dec–Sat 3 Jan (no performances on Sunday). Times this fortnight: 7.30pm (matinees on Sat 6
Thursday 27 Friday 28
Saturday 29 Sunday 30
Monday 1
Tuesday 2 Wednesday 3
Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz
Cinderella
Cinderella Cinderella
Cinderella Cinderella
Snow Queen
Bones Boys Bones Boys
Bones Boys
Babes in the Wood Babes in the Wood
Babes in the Wood
Wizard of Never Woz
The Arches
Citizens' King's
Oran Mor Pavilion
SECC
Theatre Royal
West Side Story West Side Story
West Side Story
Tramway
Tron
Brunton Festival
King's
Playhouse Royal Lyceum
Traverse Theatre
Heer Ranjha Heer Ranjha
Heer Ranjha
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Mother Bruce Mother . . ./Manifesto
Mother Bruce Mother Bruce
La Traviata Secret Marriage
La Traviata
Mary Poppins Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Mary Poppins
Aladdin Aladdin
Aladdin Aladdin
The Lion, the Witch . . . The Lion, the Witch . . .
Nobody . . ./Otter Pie Nobody . . ./Otter Pie
Nobody . . ./Otter Pie
Sin-Eaters
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84 THE LIST 27 Nov–11 Dec 2008