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Thursday 10 Glasgow ■ Little Johnny’s Big Gay Wedding Langside Halls, 5 Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 552 4267. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Johnny McKnight finally rides off into the sunset on the arm of Mr Right. Or does he? ■ Taylor Mac The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). See preview, right. ■ The BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival on Tour Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 6535. Until July 12. Times vary. Prices vary. Films selected by the BFI for its 24th festival of queer cinema. This fortnight’s selections are Marco Berger’s drama of gay self-discovery, Plan B, and an American homage to Run Lola Run with a Sapphic spin: And Then Came Lola.
2–4pm. £3. Welcoming and fun sessions for all abilities.
Monday 14 Glasgow ■ Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6037. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Shawn Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd.
Tuesday 15 Edinburgh ■ Yoga Course LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6.30pm. £35 (unwaged £15). Eight-weeks of bending and stretching with Petra Ponnet. Suitable for both beginners and intermediate. Booking essential. ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 7–9pm. £3. See Sun 13. FREE Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush.
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Glasgow ■ Playfest: Phase One Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 2pm. Free (ticketed). A programme of new works in development from writers and directors working with Glasgay!, exploring the nature versus nurture issue with regard to gender and sexuality. Email tickets@glasgay.com for tickets. ■ Little Johnny’s Big Gay Wedding Langside Halls, 5 Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 552 4267. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). See Thu 10. ■ Taylor Mac The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). See Thu 10. ■ Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6039. 11pm–3am. £tbc. Long- running lesbian club night offering facepainting, dress-up box, spin the bottle booths and a ‘sexual postbox’. Ooh er. Edinburgh FREE Women’s Film Night LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–10pm. A women- only night of cinema held in association with book group Word. ■ 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 12
Glasgow ■ Little Johnny’s Big Gay Wedding Langside Halls, 5 Langside Avenue, Shawlands, 552 4267. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £10 (£8). See Thu 10. Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh Trans Men Group Meeting LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. A social evening for FTM transgender people to meet and talk. ■ Boutique GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. Electro and house from DJ Dowzer.
Sunday 13
Glasgow ■ Saltire Thistle FC Powerleague, Kennedy Street, Townhead, 553 1515. 4pm. £5. Gay-friendly kick-about in a relaxed environment. Email saltirethistlefc@hotmail.co.uk for more info. Edinburgh ■ Badminton Drop-in Crags Sports Centre, 10 Bowmont Place, 523 1100.
Glasgow ■ Scissor Sisters Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Over-14s show. The return of the best party band in eons, merging funk, rock, disco and ballads that would make Elton jealous with effortless charisma.
Thursday 17 Glasgow ■ Playfest: Phase One Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 2pm. Free (ticketed). See Fri 11.
Friday 18
Glasgow ■ The Mating Ritual: Burlesque Performances Boho, 59 Dumbarton Road, 552 2442. 7pm & 9pm. £7 (£6) in advance; £8 on the door. A playful look at how we try to con members of the opposite sex into reproducing with us, via dance, burlesque and musical comedy. Part of the West End Festival. ■ Lip Service FHQ, 10 John Street, 0845 166 6039. 11pm–3am. £tbc. See Fri 11.
Saturday 19
Glasgow ■ Death Disco The Arches, 30 Midland Street, 565 1000. 10pm–3am. £12 (advance passes £7). Electro, house, disco and gauche party tracks from Aeroplane, The Swiss Live, Hush Puppy and Josh Jones. Edinburgh FREE Pride Banner Making LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–4pm. Make a banner or t-shirt to take on the Pride march in a week’s time. FREE T-Time Monthly LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–5pm. A monthly informal event for transgender people, partners, family and friends. ■ Boutique GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–3am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Sat 12. ■ Velvet Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 10.30pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £6 (£5) after. After a lengthy absence the much-missed women’s club night, with an inclusive LGBTI policy and some kickin’ tunes, is back on track at new venue, The Speakeasy.
Monday 21 Glasgow ■ Passionality FHQ, 10 John Street,
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PREVIEW PERFORMANCE NIGHT TAYLOR MAC The Arches, Glasgow, Thu 10—Fri 11 Jun
Taylor Mac is a once-seen, never forgotten sort of an act. His previous spell at the Edinburgh Fringe – and indeed the Arches – was met with plaudits and gongs galore. Denying any clichéd ticking of boxes, Mac’s gregarious hat-trick as performance artist, actor, and playwright swiftly defies expectation with a flash of his sequins and a turn of his razor sharp wit, and engaging ponderings on the world around him. Mac’s latest piece, he explains, is something of a self-exploratory little
number. ‘I often get described as Ziggy Stardust meets Tiny Tim because I play the ukulele sometimes and often wear glitter. It’s happened quite a lot and I always wonder why, because I’ve never really felt akin to either of them. So I decided to jump in and figure it out. How and why do we compare as a society is the theme of the show.’
Ask then how he’d define his work and he’s reluctant to generalise,
though admits that a post-modern neo-romantic pastiche pretty much sums it up. Those who have seen him would doubtless agree that wry ukulele-strumming, witty and biting socio-political observation, gargantuan wigs and ornate sequinned shoes from the neo-Romantic drag deconstructionists pretty much define Taylor Mac to a T. ‘I try to pull the pieces of the past apart, throw them down on the floor, rearrange the shards and make something new out of them, to celebrate the past but find a way to create new myths and stories that allow us to live in the present. In that sense I’m not reinventing the wheel but trying to see what else I can make out of that wheel,’ explains Mac.
He recently won a much-coveted Obie award but while his star is on the rise, his feet are firmly on the ground. ‘I want to bottle them [awards], so on the hard days I can sprinkle them over my head to remind myself that success and failure are not linear. They come and go on a regular basis for all of eternity. One moment I’ll be up and the next down and if I can keep that in perspective I’ll have a much more sane life.’
Wise words from a wise and no less wonderful performer. (Anna Millar)
0845 166 6039. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 14. Edinburgh ■ The Rocky Horror Show The Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £19–£36. Camp courting and frivolous fantasies in Richard O’Brien’s popular gender-bending musical following Brad and Janet on their risqué adventure.
Tuesday 22 Edinburgh ■ Cachín Cachán Cachunga Does Pride! The Street, 2 Picardy Place, 556 4272. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Queer and trans dance, film, poetry and music night with an extra special line-up for Pride, including Manchester’s Ste McCabe, Glasgow’s Kristiane Taylor, Deaf performance poet Alison Smith and rocker Andrés Amor.
■ The Rocky Horror Show The Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £19–£36. See Mon 21. FREE Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. See Tue 15.
Wednesday 23 Edinburgh FREE Men’s Book Group LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. Monthly book group held at the centre. ■ The Rocky Horror Show The Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £19–£36. See Mon 21.
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Edinburgh ■ The Rocky Horror Show The Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £19–£36. See Mon 21. 10–24 Jun 2010 THE LIST 67