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. Scratch Night Thu 19 Nov. 7.30pm. £2 or pay what you can. Join well-known and up-and-coming performers as they get ten minutes each to try out new ideas in front of an audience and seek feedback. Ticket reservation recommended. Contact Jam Sun 29 Nov. 1–4pm. £3. A chance for dancers and musicians to jam and collaborate.

✽✽ Little Red Riding Hood Wed 2 Dec–Sun 3 Jan. Times vary. £8 (children £4; family ticket £20). The story of the errant little girl in the red hood who has a nasty run-in with a cross-dressing wolf gets a makeover from director Julie Brown with music, puppets, song and dance. Ages 3+.

CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022.

✽✽ Cinderella Sat 28 Nov–Sat 2 Jan (not Sun/Mon). Times vary.

£10–£17 (family ticket £36–£50). This festive season the Citz turns its attention to Cinderella, using the Grimm’s text as their starting point for an inventive take on the much-told tale.

EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Fur Coat and Magic Knickers Fri 20 Nov. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). MsFits comedy duo returns with a play about a shopaholic, her charity shop counterpart and a personal shopper. Aladdin Tue 1–Sat 5 Dec. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £8–£10. Aladdin and his magic lamp return for some seasonal silliness. GILMOREHILL G12 9 University Avenue, 330 5522. The Cirka Cabaret Fri 27 Nov. 8pm. £10 (£5–£8). Cirka showcase their talents across all the circus disciplines: aerial, acrobatics, manipulation, parkour,

commedia dell arte, puppetry, animation and music. Electric Silhouette Sat 28 Nov. 7.30pm. £6. Cool, inspired by West Side Story, and Don’t Look Now, inspired by a night out, by Blaze and FireBox Dance Theatre’s new work, Silver. Little Women Wed 2–Sat 5 Dec. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Louisa May Alcott’s inspiring story of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War has had many treatments over the years, and now it gets a sparkling musical makeover. KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. Copacabana Until Sat 21 Nov. 7.30pm (Wed mat 2.30pm); Sat 5pm & 8pm. £8–£21. Barry Manilow’s musical romp where music and passion are always the fashion, as performed by The Pantheon Club. The Rocky Horror Show Mon 23–Sat 28 Nov. 7.30pm; Fri & Sat 5pm & 8.30pm. £12.50–£30.50. See LGBT, page 63.

ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Gabriel Until Sat 21 Nov. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. Catherine Grosvenor offers a tale about an unusual baby and a maternity ward nurse. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: An Incident at the Border Mon 23–Sat 28 Nov. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. Kieran Lynn sets his lunchtime play in a newly created republic where one couple is torn asunder by sectarian divides. A Christmas Carol Mon 30 Nov–Sat 19 Dec. 12.30pm (Sat 12 & 19 Dec mat 3pm). £7–£12.50. Dave Anderson and David MacLennan collaborate on a twisted version of the classic Dickens tale, with current political and economic issues seeping into the panto-style show. PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. Sleeping Beauty Fri 27 Nov–Thu 31 Dec. Times vary. From £7.50. Paisley- based PACE Theatre Company presents its annual panto this time the tale of Sleeping Beauty and her long lie-down with laughs aplenty.

PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. The Magic of Scotland Thu 19–Sat 21 Nov. Thu 7.30pm; Fri 2pm; Sat 2pm

& 7.30pm. £10.50–£12.50. Back for a fifth year, this traditional Scottish variety show has some of Scotland’s top performers taking part, including The Alexander Brothers. The New Magical Adventures of Pinocchio Wed 2 Dec–Sat 30 Jan. Times vary. £14.50–£17.50. Panto fun with Stephen Purdon, Dean Park, Cat Harvey, Joyce Falconer and Des McLean. PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Festive Fun Fri 27 & Sat 28 Nov. 7pm (Sat mat 2pm). £2 (£1). Festive performances with a Cinderella twist by local groups.

RAMSHORN THEATRE 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. Mercury Fur Until Sat 21 Nov. 7.30pm. £6–£9 (£4–£6). Challenging drama about a bleak future of moral depravity. Performed by Strathclyde Theatre Group.

SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Jango the Clown Sat 21 Nov. See Kids listings. The Magic Horse Sat 28 Nov. See Kids listings. SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, The Puddock and the Princess Thu 3–Thu 24 Dec. See Kids listings.

THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. Rain Man Until Sat 21 Nov. 7.30pm (Thu mat 2.30pm, also Sat 4pm). £13–£27. Neil Morrissey and Oliver Chris get together for an adaptation of the Oscar-winning 1988 film. See review, page 84. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Thu 19–Sat 21 Nov. See Kids listings. Anything Goes Tue 24–Sat 28 Nov. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £6–£18. Cole Porter classic set on the SS American as crazy characters sing and dance their way towards Europe. Glasgow Light Opera Club performs. The Grass is Greener Mon 30 Nov–Sat 5 Dec. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat

The Waltz of the Cold Wind Following its successful debut last summer as part of the Oran Mor A Play, a Pie and a Pint season, Paddy Cunneen’s enchanting romance, about a woman obsessed with recording and listening to sounds such as Antarctic winds and her own voice, returns for a brief run at the Tron before emarking on a tour of the Highlands. Funny, melancholic and ultimately optimistic, Cuneen’s play is well worth a second look. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Thu 19–Sat 21 Nov.

86 THE LIST 19 Nov–3 Dec 2009

2.30pm). £11–£24. Liza Goddard, Jack Ellis, Christopher Cazenove and Sophie Ward star in the 60s comedy set during a house party.

TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501.

✽✽ Rumpelstiltskin Fri 20 & Sat 21 Nov. 7.30pm (also Sat 4pm).

£8–£12 (£4–£6). Birmingham Contemporary Music Group reanimates the Brothers Grimm fairytale with dance, action and music. See preview, page 84.

TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. The Waltz of the Cold Wind Thu 19–Sat 21 Nov. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). See caption. Supper Club Cabaret Fri 27 Nov. 8pm. £tbc. Cabaret evening from Upstage with food included in admission.

✽✽ Ya Beauty and the Beast Sat 28 Nov–Sun 3 Jan (not Mon).

Times vary. £9–£16.50. The Tron puts its usual spin on a panto classic this time it’s Bunty versus the Beast.

Edinburgh

BEDLAM THEATRE 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. Blue Remembered Hills Wed 25 Nov. 2.30pm. £2. Lunchtime drama from the Bedlam. Masque of the Red Death Wed 25 Nov. 3.45pm. £2. Gothic drama based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale. Medea Wed 25 Nov. 5pm. £2. The Bedlam’s third play of the day is Euripides’ classic revenge tale. Titus Andronicus Fri 27–Sun 29 Nov. 7pm. £4 (£3–£3.50). Shakespeare’s gory tale of Romans versus Goths. Peter Panto Thu 3–Sat 5 Dec. 7.30pm. £4 (£3–£3.50). Sam Hansford and Christopher Payne’s Peter Pan-based panto. BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Sinbad the Pantomime featuring the Little Mermaid Fri 20 Nov–Sat 2 Jan (not Sun). Times vary. £13.50–£15.50 (£10.50–£12.50; family ticket £46-£54). A brand new panto written and directed by Liam Rudden, containing the pick of panto’s best-loved seafaring characters and given a local twist.

CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 449 2932. The King and I Wed 2–Sat 5 Dec. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10 (£7). Balerno Theatre Company presents this well-known musical by Rogers and Hammerstein. EDINBURGH ZOO Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Cinderella Visits the Zoo Sun 22 Nov. 11.30am & 2.30pm. Included in admission: £14 (£12; children £9.50; under 3s free). Cinders gets back to nature in the performance of the festive panto from M&M Productions in the Oasis.

FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. Scottish Opera: The Italian Girl in Algiers Sat 21, Wed 25 & Fri 27 Nov. 7.15pm. £14–£62. Colin McColl directs a co-production with New Zealand Opera of Rossini’s spirited, fast-paced opera. Scottish Opera: The Elixir of Love Sun 22, Thu 26 & Sat 28 Nov. 4pm. £14–£62. A revival of Giles Havergal’s massively successful 1994 production of Donizetti’s charming opera buffa. The Corstorphine Road Nativity Thu 3–Sat 19 Dec. 7.30pm (Thu 10, Sat 12, Thu 17 & Sat 19 Dec mat 2.30pm). £10.50–£25. A brand new stage version of Tim Firth’s hit television nativity show, The Flint Street Nativity, is created exclusively for the Festival Theatre.