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Thursday 1 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. The first public UK exhibition of the fascinating and powerful images captured by New York photographer Diane Arbus. Featuring over 50 striking black and white photos, including the rare and important portfolio of ten vintage prints: A Box of Ten (1971). See review, right.
Friday 2
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1.
Saturday 3 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1.
Sunday 4
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. ■ Tackno Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 10.30pm–3am. £7–£8. Presenting ‘the Gospel according to Tackno’ at this Easter Sunday special of kitsch classics, joyful cheese and pop anthems with a ‘holy’ theme.
Monday 5
Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Shawn Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1.
Tuesday 6
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. ■ The History Boys King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £14–£26.50. Alan Bennett’s multi award- winning play of staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence has its first major revival since the massively popular National Theatre production and subsequent film version. ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). It’s April, and Wenches is looking all fresh and lovely with turns from Jo Enright, Caroline Robertson and Karen Bayley. With regulars AL Kennedy and Susan Calman.
Wednesday 7
Glasgow ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tue 6. ■ Home The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). The Tunnel’s massive midweek gay party night continues. Breeders, so they tell us, are also welcome. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1.
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REVIEW PHOTOGRAPHY ARTISTS ROOMS: DIANE ARBUS Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 13 Jun ●●●●●
An accusation often levelled at Diane Arbus is that she was an indulged rich girl who voyeuristically exploited the poor, the disabled and the sexually deviant in her work. Certainly the black and white photographs that comprised her ‘contemporary anthropology’, as exhibited in this the first UK exhibition of her images as part of the Artists Rooms series, largely focus on those living at the edge of society. But her portrayals are not ungenerous, as some have complained.
In fact there’s a detached neutrality to her images, and a matter-of-factness to their titles that is at times deliberately provocative, (note the adjectives she uses to describe the mixed race couple in ‘Young man and his pregnant wife in Washington Square Park’) and at times amusing (the deadpan description, ‘Retired man
and his wife at home in a nudist camp one morning’ provides a humorous counterpoint to the strangeness of the situation). Intriguingly, the images of ‘freaks’ are the least
compelling aspect of this show, partly because of the familiarity of the images themselves, and partly due to the fact that the self-consciously heightened drama of Arbus’ earliest work has been endlessly copied.
So, while the tattooed men, the giants and the female impersonators are of only fleeting interest, the works depicting ‘ordinary’ people, such as the celebrated ‘Two ladies at the automat’ and the ‘King and Queen of a senior citizens dance’, in which Arbus explores her subjects’ identities, the façades they present to the world and offers a glimpse beneath the surface, resonate in a way that goes beyond simple shock value. (Allan Radcliffe)
■ The History Boys King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £14–£26.50. See Tue 6.
Thursday 8 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. ■ The History Boys King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £14–£26.50. See Tue 6. ■ Hedwig and the Angry Inch The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 8pm. £6. One ‘woman’ performance of James Cameron Mitchell’s comedic and rockin’ musical about a young East German boy who suffers a botched sex change and embarks upon life in the US.
Friday 9 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. ■ The History Boys King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £14–£26.50. See Tue 6. ■ Hedwig and the Angry Inch The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 8pm. £6. See Thu 8. ■ Furburger GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £5. DJs Dejaybird, Funki Diva and Boy Toy provide aural stimulation for gay women and their closest friends.
Saturday 10 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. ■ The History Boys King’s Theatre, 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £14–£26.50. See Tue 6. ■ Hedwig and the Angry Inch The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 8pm. £6. See Thu 8.
Sunday 11 Edinburgh FREE LGBT Retreat LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 10am–4pm. Relax, destress and get your zen on with yoga, t’ai chi, meditation and Indian head massage. FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. ■ Hadrian’s Brawl Meadowbank Sports Centre, 139 London Road, 661 5351. 1.30pm. £8 (under 14s free). Another clash of the north and south with teams from Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Lincolnshire and Edinburgh taking part in the full- contact, rollerskating sport of roller derby.
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. Tuesday 13
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1. FREE Sea Shanty Night The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. 8pm. Bawdy sea songs from Ian Bruce with songsheets handed out to ensure you can join in and prizes for the best fancy dress (on a seafaring theme, of course).
Wednesday 14
Glasgow ■ Home The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Wed 7. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1.
Monday 12 Thursday 15
Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 5. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 1.
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