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for acceptance and safety in the jungle is brought to life. The Business of Murder Wed 17 Mar. 2.30pm. £4 (£3.50). A twisted thriller in which a policeman and a crime writer are lured to the home of the strange Mr Stone.
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. One Up, One Down Sat 6 Mar. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; under 16s £6). An original blend of dance, theatre, poetry and song depicting the trials of women under pressure in our high- speed consumer culture. A collaboration by Quee Macarthur of Shooglenifty fame, Zimbabwean poet Tawona Sitholé and three dance artists. Hamlet Wed 10 Mar. 1.30pm & 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; children £6). See Glasgow, Gilmorehill G12. Alfie Sat 13 Mar. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; under 18s £6). See Glasgow, Eastwood Park Theatre. If I Was a Mouse I Would Hide in Your Hood Mon 15 Mar. See Kids listings. Fascinating Aida Thu 18 Mar. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; under 18s £6). Female singing trio Dillie Keane, Adèle Anderson and Liza Pulman celebrate their 25th anniversary by doing what they do best, performing some satirical operatic cabaret. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. Simply Song & Dance Until Fri 5 Mar. 7.30pm. £10 (£7.50). Six finalists from Edinburgh’s Got Talent 2009 (run by the Edinburgh Evening News and Radio Forth) and guest performers from Razzamataz Theatre Schools show off the city’s performance skills. Tickets from 07834 773396 or kai.thomas@live.co.uk Ruddigore Tue 9–Sat 13 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £9 (£5). Classic comic opera full of romance, portraits and ghosts.
■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. Dinnerladies Until Sat 6 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. Victoria Wood’s strangely watchable canteen-based sitcom is served onto the stage with TV cast members Andrew Dunn and Sue Devaney in tow. Porridge Tue 9–Sat 13 Mar. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. Awright Guv’ner? A new stage adaptation by original writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais puts Fletch (Shaun Williamson) and Godber back behind bars. Utopia Limited Tue 16–Sat 20 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£17. The Edinburgh Gilbert and Sullivan Society performs its namesake’s comedic light opera.
■ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000.
✽✽ Nothern Ballet Theatre: Wuthering Heights Thu 11–Sat
13 Mar. 2.30pm (not Fri) & 7.30pm. £11.50–£31.50. Love and torment on a heath in this passionate adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic, with an original score by Claude-Michel Schönberg (of Les Miserables fame). See preview, page 84. Defending the Caveman Mon 15 & Tue 16 Mar. 7.30pm. £15.50–£19.50. Love and relationships come under the microscope in this light comedy, which stars Neighbours actor Mark Little.
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■ THE LOT 4–6 Grassmarket, 225 9922. Strawberry Fields Sun 7 & Mon 8 Mar. 8pm. £5 (£4). Political ideals clash against the backdrop of 1970s England. ■ THE MOCK TURTLE 7 Holyrood Road, 01224 443377. If I was a Mouse I Would Hide in Your Hood Fri 12 Mar. See Kids listings.
■ NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND George IV Bridge, 623 3845. FREE The Traverse Theatre Mon 8 Mar. 6pm. A panel of experts takes a closer look at the Trav’s 1985 productions, including Losing Venice, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn and White Rose. ■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. Swan Lake Thu 4 Mar. 7.30pm. £15–£32.50. The Russian State Ballet of Siberia performs a lavish staging of Tchaikovsky’s romantic ballet. The Nutcracker Fri 5 & Sat 6 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10.50–£32.50. See this most famous of fantasy ballets with Tchaikovsky’s enchanting score performed by the Russian State Ballet Academy of Perm – one of Russia’s leading ballet companies. For the Love of Mrs Brown Tue 9–Sat 13 Mar. 7.30pm. £19.50–£28.50. The latest antics of the irrepressible Mrs Brown starring Brendan O’Carroll. Whistle Down the Wind Mon 15–Sat 20 Mar. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £10.50–£34. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman’s musical boasts a basis in the 1960 film of the same name, which starred Hayley Mills, and the inclusion of hit single ‘No Matter What’ (taken to the top of the charts by Boyzone).
■ THE QUEEN’S HALL 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. Edinburgh Festival of Music, Speech and Dance: Final Concert Sat 6 Mar. 7pm. £8 (£4; children free). A showcase of some of the highlights from this year’s festival, featuring classical and Scottish music, ballet and traditional dance.
■ ROXY ART HOUSE 2 Roxburgh Place. The Homecoming Thu 4 Mar. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Et al Theatre performs Harold Pinter’s masterful drama depicting the battle for supremacy as Teddy, a professor in an American university, brings his wife, Ruth, to London to meet her in-laws. East of the Sun and West of the Moon Fri 12, Sat 13, Fri 19 & Sat 20 Mar. 6pm (Sat mat 2pm). £9 (£5; family ticket £20). Actors interact with Bunraku style hand puppets in this tale of a girl who brings destruction on her village, which is directed by Joel Mason, a Parkinson’s Disease campaigner. Tickets from www.liminaltheatre.co.uk ■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. The Beauty Queen of Leenane Until Sat 13 Mar (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £9–£27. A twisted comedy about a mother and daughter stuck in a fraught relationship from the writer of the dark film comedy, In Bruges, and directed by Tony Cownie. See review, page 82.
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Heaven Until Sat 6 Mar. 1pm. £10. Lunchtime drama written by Simon Stephen. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. Pobby & Dingan Until Sat 6 Mar. See Kids listings. The Government Inspector Tue 9–Thu 11 Mar. 7.30pm (Wed mat 2.30pm). £13 (£5–£8). Gerry Mulgrew directs Adrian Mitchell’s adaptation of Gogol’s tale of municipal greed and corruption. See review, page 84.
A Play, a Pie & a Pint: The Shattered Head Tue 9–Sat 13 Mar. 1pm. £10. Eduardo Paolozzi’s life, artworks and death are covered in this play by Graham Eatough and Maggie Rose. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. Les Amoureux Fri 12 Mar. 7.30pm. £16 (£12). See Glasgow, Eastwood Park Theatre. Pierrot Lunaire Sat 13 Mar. 7.30pm. £16 (£12). Obsessed by the moon, Pierrot spirals into a nightmare world in Arnold Schoenberg’s 1912 work that incorporates music by Chopin, Debussy and Beamish. This new version from the Hebrides Ensemble also includes a new commission by Scottish composer Helen Grime. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Soup Tue 16–Sat 20 Mar. 1pm. £10. A play short enough to fit into your lunch hour by Ella Hickson. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. Eurydice Wed 17–Sat 20 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £8–£12 (£5–£8). US playwright Sarah Ruhl retells the Orpheus and Eurydice story from the perspective of the female lover, who is suddenly cast, memory wiped, into the underworld.
■ USHER HALL Lothian Road, 228 1155. FREE Rebels – Beating the Drum for Africa Fri 5 Mar. 11am & 7pm. Ticketed. A group of young people express their views on African political, social and economic issues through music and dance. Outside the Cities
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530.
✽✽ Equus Until Sat 20 Mar (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm (Thu 11 Mar &
Sat 13 Mar mat 2.30pm). £5–£18. A
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psychiatrist is enlisted to cure a 17-year- old boy whose obsession with horses has led him to behave in a devastating way in this production from Dundee Rep Ensemble. FREE Meet Stellar Quines Theatre Co Tue 9 Mar. 5.30pm. Members of the only theatre company in Scotland dedicated entirely to the work of women lead in informal discussion of their history, ideas and future. Part of Dundee Women’s Festival.
■ PERTH THEATRE 185 High Street, Perth, 07838 621031. Jane Eyre Fri 5–Sat 20 Mar (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£17.50 (£7–£12). Perth Theatre takes on the classic Charlotte Brontë novel about an impoverished child who becomes a governess and falls for her handsome but mysterious employer, Mr Rochester.
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666.
✽✽ Norman: A Tribute to Norman McLaren Until Fri 5 Mar. 8pm. £15 (£12; students & under 18s £9). Lemieux Pilon 4D ART presents a live multimedia performance by dancer Peter Trotzmer in celebration of Stirling-born filmmaker Norman McLaren. See Hitlist. Forth Valley Schools Dance Competition Mon 8 & Tue 9 Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Young dancers from 20 secondary schools from across the Forth Valley compete in this annual competition. Babel Thu 11 & Fri 12 Mar. 8pm. £12 (£9; Students & under 18s £6). Choreographic mavericks Liam Steel and Robert Tannion are joined by an all male cast for this hard-hitting physical theatre and dance performance. Pobby & Dingan Fri 12 Mar. See Kids listings.
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