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 Suzanne Black. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Glasgow
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000.
✽✽ Arches Live! Thu 17–Sat 26 Sep. Times vary. Festival pass £24–£28; day pass £9–£13. Artistic director Jackie Wylie curates another packed programme of emergent theatre talent, this year with an overriding theme of questions, especially autobiographical enquiry. Productions/ performances/installations include Ruth Cockshott’s Portrait, Glas(s) Performance’s Chip, Lucy Gaizely’s Eggshells, Sweetheart?, David Overend’s Midland Street and Peter McMaster’s House. See preview, page 82.
■ BLACKFRIARS 36 Bell Street, 552 5924. Abigail’s Party Mon 14 & Tue 15 Sep. 7.30pm. £5. The Patter Merchants presents Mike Leigh’s hilarious social satire set in a suburban cocktail party. Tickets from pattermerchants@hotmail.co.uk
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022.
✽✽ The House of Bernarda Alba Tue 15 Sep–Sat 3 Oct (not Sun/Mon).
7.30pm (Sat 26 Sep & Sat 3 Oct mat 2.30pm). £7–£17 (£4–£14). The National Theatre of Scotland’s major new
production is a fresh and edgy translation of Federico Lorca’s final play, performed by a cast of 12 Scottish women including Siobhan Redmond, Jo Freer and Louise Ludgate. See preview, page 81. Museum of Dreams Sat 19 Sep. See Kids listings. The Pillowman Tue 22–Sat 26 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed black comedy about Katurian K Katurian – a short story writer living in a totalitarian state, whose gruesome tales seem to mirror the disappearance of local children – is performed by XLC Theatre Company.
■ CITY HALLS Candleriggs, 353 8000. Variety Night at the Grand Hall in Aid of British Thyroid Association Sun 13 Sep. 7pm. £12.50. Pipe bands, singers, dancers and comedians all perform for a very good cause. ■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. A History of Scotland (In 60 Minutes or Less) Tue 22 Sep. 10.30am & 1.30pm. £7 (£4). Take a whistle-stop tour through the whole of Scotland’s history with stories and folklore from across the ages.
■ GILMOREHILL G12 9 University Avenue, 330 5522. Bill W and Dr Bob Fri 18 & Sat 19 Sep. 7.30pm. £10. Bill Wilson and Dr Bob Smith founded Alcoholics Anonymous. Following a sell-out run in Boston last year, this universal story about the deadliness of isolation and the healing power of connection, comes to Glasgow.
■ THE GLASGOW ART CLUB 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. Art Club Cabaret Fri 11 Sep. 8pm. £15 (members £12). Beautiful acts and decadent entertainment in opulent surroundings at this cabaret evening in one of Glasgow’s oldest private members clubs.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. The Silver Darlings ●●●●● Until Sat 12 Sep. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £11–£24. A stage adaptation of Neil Gunn’s novel chronicling the adventures of inhabitants of a Scottish herring fishing village as the community recovers from the effects of the Highland clearances. See review, page 84. Stepping Out Tue 15–Sat 19 Sep. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £11–£25. Brian Capron, Jessie Wallace and Rosemary Ashe star in this reprisal of the story of a washed-up dancer and her attempts to stage a performance at a charity ball. Dinnerladies Tue 22–Sat 26 Sep. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£24. Victoria Wood’s canteen-based sitcom gets the stage treatment with Andrew Dunn (Tony) and Shobna Gulati (Anita) from the TV series joining the cast. ■ MERCHANT SQUARE 71–73 Albion Street, FREE The Memory Projector Thu 24–Sun 27 Sep. 2–4pm & 6–8pm. An installation by theatre company WILDWORKS about the past, present and future of the Merchant City. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
La Befana If it’s Autumn it must be time for another series of lunchtime plays courtesy of Oran Mor and that old reliable, the Play, a Pie and a Pint season. The programme gets into its stride with this
collaboration between artist Adrian Wiszniewski and composer Gordon Rigby, who have reinvented an old Italian tale about a housekeeper who visits all the children in Italy on the eve of 6 January to fill their socks with sweets or lumps of coal. This new piece follows on from Wiszniewski and Rigby’s success with GBH last year. As ever the price of a ticket includes a pie and a drink. ■ Oran Mor, Glasgow, Mon 14–Sat 19 Sep.
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■ ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Eat Your Heart Out Until Sat 12 Sep. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. Italian playwright Renato Gabrielli delves into the lives of a mild- mannered professor and a strange woman. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: La Befana Mon 14–Sat 19 Sep. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. Artist Adrian Wiszniewski and composer Gordon Rigby reinvigorate the Italian folk tale about a housekeeper who climbs down chimneys on 6 January to distribute presents or lumps of coal. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Clara Mon 21–Sat 26 Sep. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. David Walshe performs and Susan Worsfold directs Wilma Stark’s surreal one-person play of love, betrayal and revenge. Ticket price includes a pie and drink.
■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. On Our Way to Lisbon Until Thu 10 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Two supporters fondly remember how Celtic became the first British team to lift the European Cup in 1967. A History of Scotland (In 60 Minutes or Less) Sat 12 Sep. 3pm. £6. See Glasgow, Eastwood Park Theatre. Hare and Tortoise Mon 14 Sep. See Kids listings. Switch Tue 22 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Contemporary dance performed by an international cast of dancers, live music and visuals. Sausage and Samosa Thu 24 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). A one-woman show about Eve who, having exhausted the possibilities of dating agencies, explores the Asian culture of arranged marriages.
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. Oor Hoose Until Sat 19 Sep (not Sun–Tue). Wed–Sat 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£15 (£11–£13). A comedy about tenement life from James Barclay, writer of Paras Over the Barras and The Bigot.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. First You’re Born Thu 10 & Fri 11 Sep. 7.30pm; 10.30am. £8 (£3.50–£4.50). Danish playwright Line Knutzon’s absurdly romantic comedy is performed in Britain for the first time. This tale of six social misfits stumbling between love and loneliness is presented by theatre company Plutot la Vie. St Thenue Sat 19 & Sun 20 Sep. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Visual Statement presents a promenade performance of modern dance about the mother of Glasgow’s patron saint. Curse of the Demeter Thu 24 Sep. See Kids listings. ■ SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. I Spy with PC Mckay Sat 12 Sep. See Kids listings. The Paperbag Princess Sat 19 Sep. See Kids listings.
■ SECC: CLYDE AUDITORIUM Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. Lord of the Dance Tue 15–Sun 20 Sep. 8pm (Sat/Sun mat 2.30pm). £27.50–£35. The Irish dance phenomenon revives its good v evil tale, which premiered in 1996. ■ STEREO 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Abigail’s Party Mon 21–Wed 23 Sep. 7.30pm. £6. See Glasgow, Blackfriars.