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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Thursday 24
Glasgow FREE Dani Marti: Insideout sh[OUT] Space, 4 Parnie Street, 552 7578. Until Sat 10 Oct. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm. An exhibition of sound, video and sculptural installations which explores issues of gay men’s health, sexuality and disclosure. Part of Glasgay! ■ Hello Sailor! The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road, 222 2513. Until Sun 29 Nov. 10am–5pm. £5.95 (£4.65; first child free; additional children £3). A touring exhibition from National Museums, looking at gay life on board passenger ships and cargo vessels from the 1950s to 1980s. Part of Glasgay! FREE sh[OUT]: Contemporary Art and Human Rights Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Until Sun 1 Nov. 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Striking and thoughtful biennial social justice exhibition featuring work from the likes of Sadie Lee, Nan Goldin, Chad McCail and Robert Mapplethorpe. ■ R-P-Z Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, 353 4531. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Residents Hushpuppy and Bonjour Boi promise a blend of electro, Italo disco, punk-funk and ‘wrong sounds a-plenty’. Includes entry to Mixed Bizness. Part of Glasgay! Edinburgh FREE Club for Heroes The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. Underground disco for freaks and lovers with your hosts Jetlad and Honey Sweetcheeks.
Friday 25
Edinburgh ■ Sister Spit The Big Red Door, 10 Lady Lawson Street, 228 4567. 8pm–1am. £5 (weekend ticket £10). Some of America’s top writers hit our shores in an event hosted by Michelle Tea: Rhiannon Argo, Cristy Road, Kirk Read, Chelsea Starr, Kat Marie Yoas. Part of Ladyfest. FREE Sassy CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. Monthly chart and camp tracks interspersed with filthy banter from drag queen Sassy Stryker.
Saturday 26
Glasgow ■ Revolver Quiz Revolver, 6a John Street, 553 2456. 4pm. £1 per person. A general knowledge quiz that takes place every Saturday. Teams of up to six people can enter and 25p from every entry fee goes to the Gay Men’s Health Charity. Edinburgh ■ Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–5am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. New night with DJ Darren and Dowzer.
Sunday 27 Edinburgh FREE Art Workshops – Relationships LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–5pm. The first of three drop-in art workshops, this one focussing on turning feelings about relationships into something visual. FREE Booty GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. R&B, hip hop, soul and funk from DJs Dale Lush and Isla Blige. FREE ELECTROsexual CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.
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Dorian Gray Bourne is back. The dance impresario is touring again with his ‘freely adapted’ version of Oscar Wilde’s novel. This repeat performance follows on from its sensational success at the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival. Catch it as part of Glasgay! 2009. Knocks spots off the recent film. ■ Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Tue 29 Sep–Sat 3 Oct.
11pm–3am. Lucky Luciano mixes up dirty bootlegs and ‘cheeky’ electro at gay club CC’s. Theme is Chavs and Neds; 2 Oct is the start of a regular first Friday of the month slot with giveaways and glowsticks.
Monday 28
Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd. Edinburgh FREE This is the Industry GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. Monday nighter for GHQ created especially for those in the business (bars, clubs, pubs, hotels and restaurants).
Tuesday 29
Glasgow ■ Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. 7.30pm. £14–£33. Reinvention of Oscar Wilde’s novel with Bourne’s trademark gender trickery, in which the eternally beautiful boy is now a male model. See picture caption. Part of Glasgay! ■ The Stripper King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £12–£25.50. Richard O’Brien writes and stars in this fast-paced musical on its only Scottish dates. Part of Glasgay! ■ Audioculture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11pm–3am. £3. A mixed night of chart, cheese and R&B from DJ Shazza Halliwell. Edinburgh ■ The World Famous Regent Bar Quiz The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. 9pm. £1.50 per person to enter. A monthly general knowledge quiz in this gem of the LGBT pub scene. There are top prizes for contestants and all proceeds go to LGBT Youth Scotland. ■ Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Pulling doesn’t get any easier than this. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely.
With DJ Dale Lush. Wednesday 30
Glasgow ■ The Stripper King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £12–£25.50. See Tue 29.
■ Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. 7.30pm. £14–£33. See Tue 29. ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students two-for-one). Cheesy pop sounds from the Passionality guys.
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