Theatre
Prince is looking to find his one true love. But her days and nights are taken up looking after her ugly sisters FiFi and FouFou, and their infamous Dame Academy. Ooh, that sounds a bit like . . . ■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. [P, H, WC, WA] Mother Goose Until Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sundays). Sat 2pm, 7.30pm. Weekday times vary by day: 10.15am; 2pm, 7.30pm. £9.50–£13.50 (£9–£11). Johnny McKnight writes and
stars once again in this traditional family panto. Recommended for ages 5+. Rudolf Tue 2 Dec–Sat 3 Jan (no performances Mondays).Times this fortnight: weekdays 10am & 1.45pm; weekends 11am & 2.15pm. £6.50–£7.50 (£5.50–£6.50). A delightful Christmas treat for the under 5s and their families from the creators of last year’s The Littlest Christmas Tree. Little Light Wed 10–Wed 24 Dec, (no performances Mondays) Times this fortnight: 9.45am, 11.15am. Christmas show for babies and toddlers.
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& Thu 11 Dec at 2.30pm). £7.50–£27 (concessions available). Dundee Rep’s hugely acclaimed Proclaimers musical returns for another warm’n’fuzzy run.
■ NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. [WC, WA] Little Light Thu 4–Sat 6 Dec. See Kids listings.
■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0870 606 3424. [H, WC, WA] Mary Poppins ●●●●● Until Sat 6 Dec (not Sun). 7.30pm (Wednesday & Saturday matinees, 2.30pm) £17.50- £30.50. It’s the original Supernanny, and she’s practically perfect in every way.
✽✽ The Witches of Eastwick Wed 10 Dec–Sat 3 Jan. Times this
fortnight: 7.30pm, times vary thereafter. £15.50–£32.50. Oozy crooner Marti Pellow takes up the Jack Nicholson role as your average horny little devil, in a musical version of the witchy, bitchy movie. See preview, page 81.
■ PRINCES STREET GARDENS EAST Princes Street, White Magic Fri 28 Nov–Sun 4 Jan (No performances Monday & Tuesday). 9pm. £10–£12. A special Christmas cabaret show in a traditional Belgian Spiegeltent with magic, Australian drag queens, local hip hop group Etch’n’Sketch, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets and Clive Nicholas Andrews.
■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. [P, H, WC, WA]
✽✽ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Fri 28–Sat 3 Jan
This fortnight, performances only on Fri 28 & Sat 29 Nov, Fri 5 & Sat 6 Dec, Wed 10 & Thu 11 Dec (7pm, Saturday matinee 2.30pm). Times vary thereafter – contact venue for details. £16–£22 (£8–£11). The full might and magic of the Lyceum’s excellent costume and design department gets behind the CS Lewis classic. See feature, page 18.
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. [P, H, WC, WA] Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us Until Sat 29 Nov. 8pm (Saturday matinee 2.30pm). £8–£16 (£5–£12). New play about a family under siege, by first-time playwright Paul Higgins, directed by John Tiffany as part of the NTS Traverse Debuts season. See review, page 82. Otter Pie ●●●●● Until Sat 29 Nov. 7.30pm. £13–£16 (£5–£12). See Glasgow, Tramway. The Sin-Eaters Wed 3 Dec. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). A rehearsed reading of the Traverse Theatre’s play commission from Edinburgh writer Ronan O’Donnell. Outwrite Thu 4 Dec. 7.30pm. £5 (£3.50). A new project by the Traverse, performing plays written by young men in prison, in conjunction with Alan Wilkins (Carthage Must Be Destroyed). One Voice Workshop Sat 6 Dec. 11am–4.30pm. £16 (£12). Cheryl Martin leads a writers’ workshop on dramatic monologues, bringing her strong sense of language and rhythm to help writers create characters for the stage.
✽✽ Troop Sat 6 Dec. 8pm. £13 (£8). Former showgirl Jane Turner’s latest
choreographic work uses the tight pace and form of the revue spectacular to celebrate the theatricalised female form. See preview, page 81. The Tobacco Merchant’s Lawyer Thu 11–Sat 13 Dec. 7.30pm. Prices vary. New work by playwright Iain Heggie, set in the world of the vulgar nouveau riche tobacco merchants of Victorian Glasgow.
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■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. [P, H, WC, WA] Beauty and the Beast Mon 1 Dec–Sat 3 Jan (no performances Sundays, or on Wed 3 Dec). Times this fortnight 7.15pm, 2.30pm matinee Sat 6 Dec. £6–£37. The Rep wants to remind you about the importance of inner beauty. Behind every hairy beast could lurk a charming prince. Stop laughing.
■ THEATRE WORKSHOP 34 Hamilton Place, 226 5425. [H, WC, WA] David Copperfield Until Sat 29 Nov. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £5 (£3). No, not the orangey magician. Theatre Workshop puts on a festive production of the heartwarming Dickens classic to get you in the mood for Christmas. ■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. [P, H, WC, WA] Cinderella Wed 3–Sat 27 Dec (no performances Sun/Mon). Sat 2.30pm, 7.30pm. Weekdays 7.30pm, 10.30 am (not Wed 3). £13–£15 (£6–£12). Poor Ella is in trouble. She dreams of dancing at the Royal Ball where the handsome
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Snow Queen
Snow Queen Snow Queen
Snow Queen Snow Queen
Snow Queen
Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz
Cinderella
Cinderella
Cinderella Cinderella
Cinderella
Cinderella Cinderella
Babes in the Wood Babes in the Wood Babes in the Wood Babes in the Wood Babes in the Wood Babes in the Wood Babes in the Wood
Wizard of Never Woz Wizard of Never Woz Wizard of Never Woz Wizard of Never Woz Wizard of Never Woz Wizard of Never Woz Wizard of Never Woz
Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast
The Arches
Citizens' King's
Oran Mor Pavilion
SECC
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Theatre Royal
Spectacular Spectacular/Otter Pie Spectacular/Otter Pie
Framed
Mother Bruce
Mother Bruce Mother . . ./Little Rudi Mother . . ./Little Rudi
Mother Bruce Mother Bruce
Mother Bruce
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sunshine on Leith Sunshine on Leith
Sunshine on Leith
Sunshine on Leith Sunshine on Leith
Sunshine on Leith
Aladdin
Aladdin
Aladdin Aladdin
Aladdin Aladdin
Aladdin
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Mary Poppins
Witches of Eastwick Witches of Eastwick
The Lion, the Witch . . . The Lion, the Witch . . . The Lion, the Witch . . . The Lion, the Witch . . .
Tramway
Tron
Brunton Festival
King's
Playhouse Royal Lyceum
G L A S G O W
I E D N B U R G H
Outwrite One Voice/Troop
Tobacco Merchant’s . . . Traverse Theatre
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