Theatre

I THE OLD FRUITMARKET ('andlerrggs. 353 8000 ]W('. WA] FIE! Bangla Baishalthi Mela Sun 20 Apr. I 1am. Bangladeshi New Year l't'sllyal showcasing poetry. literature. ruustc. dance. opera. theatre. and a collection of traditional garments. parntrngs and handicrafts from the region. 'l’radrtronal Bangladeshi food and drrnk will also be ayailable.

I ORAN "OR

731 735 (ircat Western Road. 357 0200. A Play, a Pie 8 a Pint: Diupid (The Deep) I'ntrl Sat 18 Apr 12.30pm.

£7 £12.50. New play by Jon AtIr Jonasson. translated and directed by (iraerne Maley. abotrt the sole sun run 01 a sinking ship. I’Iay starts at 1.05pm. Ticket price incltrdes a pre and drink.

A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Too Clever By Half Mon 20 Sat 25 Apr. 12.30pm. £7 £12.50. New play by Andrew Dallrneycr abotrl two genetic screntrsts who accidentally produce a deadly \ rrus. I’Iay starts at 1.05pm. ’l'rcket price includes a pie and drink.

A Play, a Pie & a Pint: A Drop in the Ocean Mon 27 Apr Sat 2 May. 12.30pm. £7 £12.50. New comedy by l’l’l’ stalwart l)aye Anderson. abotrt a hapless concert pianist thrown merboard after his cruise ship stint goes awry. l’lay starts at 1.05pm. 'I'ick‘et price includes a pie and drink.

I PLATFORM

The Bridge. 1000 Weslcrhouse Road. liasterhouse. 270 ‘)0‘)0.

No Little Pushkin Tales Sat 25 Apr. See Kids listings.

A Stitch in Time Mon 27 Apr. See Kids listings.

The Garden Guzzler Wed 2‘) Apr. See Kids listings.

Les Amoureux Thu 30 Apr. 7.3(Ipm. £8 (£3.50 £4.50). Company (‘hordelia presents an intrigtring new totrring prodtrction based on Angela Carter's

ELYCEUM

Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh

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I SECC limnreston Quay. 0870 (L40 4000. ]I’. W( '. w.-\| Cirque du Soleil: Quidam Thu 10 Sun 1‘) Apr. 8pm (also Fri/Sat 4pm); Sun 1pm A; 5pm. £50. See prey rew. page 83.

I STEREO

20 28 Renlield Lane. 222 2254. Behaviour Closing Party Sat 25 Apr. t)lHn 3am. £tbc. The Arches new theatre lestiyal comes to a close wrth tlus music and art e\tra\agan/a curated by experimental label Seyen Things.

I THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street. “871) (lhll 0047. III. NUI). WC. WA] Scottish Ballet: Carmen & Cheating, Lying and Stealing l'ntil Sat 18 Apr. 7.30pm ('I'Iru tfi Sat mat 2pm). £8.50 £33.50. Scottisli Ballet returns with a double bill of dynamic works. featuring Richard Alston's bratrd new Carmen and Ashley Pages 1998 \ irtuoso piece ('heutrne. Lying um! Stealing. I’re-show talk with Ashley I’age Thu 7 May. 0.30pm and with Richard Ilonner l‘ri 8 May. 0.30pm.

I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 3501. ll’. WC. WA] Venizke'l‘hu 10 Sat 18 Apr. 7.30pm. £12 (£8). In the shadow of a miniature Iiiffel Tower. six dancers and actors deconstruct our obsessive desire for fame. to a soundtrack taking in everything from the castt‘ato .‘yloreschi to Amy Winehotrse. Look Mummy, I’m Dancing Fri 17 & Sat 18 Apr. 7.45pm. £10 (£0). See preyiew in I.(}BT. page 01. Scottish Dance Theatre at Tramway Thu 2.3 & I-'ri 24 Apr. 8pm.

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£10 (£0). Scottish Dance Theatre returns to Tramway with new works specially created for the company. along with a new mrnrattrre duet.

I TRON THEATRE

03 'l‘rongate. 552 4207. [11. WC, WA] The Idiot Colony l'ntrl Sat 18 Apr. 7.30pm. £10 £14 (£0 £10) 'I‘errrfymg. beatrtrful. occasionally abstract and sometimes grimly funny [X‘rformance offering insight into the penal system that branded women ‘moral defectrses' for crimes such as homosexuality or

has ing children out of wedlock. 'I‘horoughly recommended.

The Angel and the Woodcutter Hi 24 Strn 20 Apr. 7.30pm. £14 (£10). Ilighly acclaimed Korean fairytale described as ‘like Brecht without words'.

Edinburgh

I BRUNTON THEATRE

lady well Way. Musselburgh. 005 2240. ll’. 11. WC. WA]

The Winter’s Tale l'ntil Sat 18 Apr. 7.30pm (Sat rnat 2pm). £5 (£4; family ticket £I4). Queen Margaret l'niyersity department of drama and creative industries presents Shakespeare's Classic. Les Amourreux Wed 22 Apr. 7.30pm. £10.51) (£8.50; under 18s £0). See (ilasgow. Platform.

Music, Song and Dance Hi 24 & Sat 25 Apr. 7.30pm. £7 (£0.50; family ticket £18; children £4). Songs from the shows. Irish dancing and folk singing from the Musselburgh Congregational Church Junior Choir.

I CABARET VOLTAIRE

30 38 Blair Street. 220 0170.

A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer Tue 28 Apr. 8pm. £8 (£0). VI)AY performance of this powerful play about the effects of abuse in aid of Rape Crisis Scotland and Scottish Women’s Aid.

I KING’S THEATRE

2 [even Street. 52‘) 0000. ]ll. WC, WA] Waiting for Godot Until Sat 18 Apr. 7.30pm (Wed 84 Sat mat 2.30pm). £19.50, £37.50. Samuel Beckett's modern classic play about Vladimir. Iistragon and their eternal wait. Ian McKeIlen and Patrick Stewart star.

Hot Flush! Tue 21 Apr. 7.30pm. £I4.50—-£25. See (ilasgow. King's Theatre.

I FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street. 52‘) 0000. ll’. 11. WC. WA] Le Grande Cirque Fantazie Until Sat 18 Apr. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £ I 2—-£25.5(). World champion acrobats and jugglers perform feats you never thought possible. Ages 5+ Scottish Ballet: Carmen 8. Cheating, Lying and Stealing Wed 22 - Sat 25 Apr. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2pm). £8—£35. See (ilasgow. Theatre Royal.

I PLAYHOUSE

18—22 (ireenside Place. 0870000 3424. IH. WC. WA]

Never Forget Tue 21 Apr—Sat 2 May (not Sun). Mon—Thu 7.30pm; Fri & Sat 5pm & 8.30pm. £I2.5(L£29.50. Gary Barlow‘s choons get the Mummu Mru.’ treatment in the Take That musical.

Grindlay Street. 248 4848. ]P. H. WC. WA] Copenhagen Fri 17 Apr—Sat 9 May (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Wed 22 Apr. Sat 25 Apr. Wed 29 Apr. Sat 2 May & Sat 9 May mat 2.30pm). £12—£20. See preview. page 82.

I TRAVERSEV ”Canarie— Cambridge Street. 228 1404. IP. H. WC. WA]

‘APlay,aPie&aPint:AnApplea

Day Until Sat 18 Apr. 1pm. £10. New play about a transsexual prostitute

waiting for her client. by Jo Clifford l'rcket price includes a pie and drink

Be Near Me l'ntrl Sat 18 Apr 8pm (Sat mat 2.30pm) Various prices

(£8 £5) The National Theatre of Scotland's lucid adaptation of Andrew ()‘llagatr's Booker-nomrnated bestseller about a wayward priest Ian \lcllratmrd and Blithe l)uff star in John l‘rllany 's production.

Arches Award for Stage Directors 2009 Wed 22 Sat 25 Apr 7 15pm Various prices (£8 £5) llouble bill or the two award-w inning production of the annual pr‘r/c for emergent directors \rc (ireen's [rt/um I’m! [no Iimn Ii'lumh Hull and Sacha Ky le‘s Ihe lib/my

Outside the Cities

I DUNDEE REP

’l'ay Square. Dundee. 0| 382 22 35 30 ll’. 11. WC. WA]

Women on the Verge oi HRT l'ntrl Sat 18 Apr. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2 30pm)

i l 2 £I4 (£7 fl“). BL'SI lllt‘lltls \t'l.) .tlltl Anna both ha\e htrsband troubles. a comple\ about tltclt‘ age. and a hoe ()1 Irish crooner l)anrel ()'I)onne|I Starring Sarah I.ancashrre

Billy Liar Tue 21 Sat 25 Apr 7 30pm. £12 £10. Watt-(house's compelling corurc masterpiece rs brought to the stage by Middle (ir‘ound 'I'heatre ('ompany Starring Ilelen liraser'. lIoIIy ()urn Ankrah and a host of Ilrrtrsh soap stars Singin’ I’m No a Billy He’s a Tim Tue 28 Apr. 7.30pm. SOLD ()1 "I. See (ilasgow. (‘iti/ens' Theatre.

I BARRON THEATRE

North Street. St Andrews, 01334 40170] Hecuba: The Trojan Queen Mon 20 Apr. 0pm 8; ()pm. £3. ('ybertheatr'e rrreets (ireek tragedy: by the power of the internet actors tn St Andrews are [outed by actors live from l.os Angelcs. California. and Seoul. Korea iii an international show that is the first of its

kind. Part of ()n the Rot-Ls.

Aristophanes’ Frogs Tue 21 t& Wed 22 Apr. 7pm; 2pm. £3. Join 'I‘heatt'e ()dyssey for a farcical journey into the (ireek underworld to meet l)rony strs. l’tlr! ()I‘Un (he Rue/ts.

Strut and Fret - Interactive

Shakespeare Wed 22 Apr. 10pm. £ 3.

An improy-Shakestware-ctimedy hybrid

that puts the audience back in the

driver‘s seat. l’tll'! “(U/r the Rmks.

I BYRE THEATRE

Abbey Street. St Andrews, 01334 475000. ll’. 11. WC, WA]

Sin Thu 10 Apr. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; students & under 20 £0). Byre 'I‘heatrc artist in residence Smalltx-titkleim presents a new programme of dance works including Sin. an intensely physical take on the seyen deadly sins. Bear With Me Tue 21 Apr. 0pm 8 9pm. £3. Physical theatre in which. despite being told not to work with animals, Kevin has made a duet with a

brown bear. Purl u/(ht the Rue/(s. Noumena: Contemporary Dance

Tue 21 Apr. 10.15pm. £3. A new

contemporary dance piece on the theme of Plato's caye. l’urr nf()n the Roe/ts.

Blue Surge Fri 24 Apr. 3pm. £3. Drama from Edinburgh’s Cobweb Theatre Company. Purl of ()n the Rue/o. The Life of Insects Fri 24 Apr. 8.30pm. £3. Drama from Edinburgh's

Cobweb Theatre Company. l’urr nfU/r

the Rue/(s.

Cloud 9 Sat 25 Apr. 2pm 8.; 0pm. £3 for both workshop and performance. Caryl

Churchill's gender-blasting sociopolitical

circus. (Workshop at 2pm.) Part U] ()n

the Rue/(s.

Krapp’s Last Tape Sat 25 Apr. 10.30pm. £3. Beckett's masterpiece. Part of ()n the Rue/(s.

Anlmal Farm Wed 2‘) & Thu 30 Apr. 7.30pm; 1.30pm. £14 (£12; students £10: schools £8). Solo performance of Orwell's magnificent satire by accomplished actor Gary Shelford.