www.list.co.uk/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 Laura Ennor. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
GLASGOW ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Arches Live! Until Sat 25 Sep. Times vary. Festival pass £28 (£24); day pass £13 (£9); individual event prices vary. Multi-art form festival showcasing experimental and often provocative new works by emergent companies. Watch iT! / Such a Bloke Wed 6 & Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Award- winning Australian choreographer Janis Claxton debuts a pair of dance pieces performed by Tony Mills.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. FREE The Visitors: Distracted Wed 29 Sep. 7.30pm. New writer/actor co- operative The Visitors presents a reading of Morna Pearson’s Distracted, directed by DC Jackson. Places are limited; contact Playwrights’ Studio Scotland for booking: info@playwrightsstudio.co.uk.
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Hit Me! The Life and Rhymes of Ian Dury Until Thu 23 Sep. 7.30pm. £10–£15 (£7.50). A song-packed portrait of the lead singer of The Blockheads, Ian Dury, starring Jeff Merrifield. Sarah Jane Morris: Her Life in Words Fri 24 Sep. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). The Communards singer tells the story of her life through story and song. Joint tickets for this event and concert the following night are £25.
✽✽ The Bookie Wed 29 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7.30pm. £10–£17.50 (£7.50).
New Scottish musical comedy by Douglas Maxwell about a hapless local bookie. Suitable for ages 15+.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Real Men Dream in Black and White Thu 23 Sep. 7.30pm. £3. An all- male cast from Eastwood Park 16–25 Theatre Group explores contemporary notions of masculinity and growing up. The Count of Monte Cristo Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7pm. Tue-Thu £12/Fri & Sat £14. The swashbuckling tale is brought to the stage as a rock opera loud enough to blow your socks off. The Monster in the Hall Mon 4 Oct. 1.30pm & 7.30pm. £3 (£2). A brand new play by David Greig following the trials of Duck Macatarsney, a teenager who cares for her stoner/metaller/MS-sufferer Dad. The YelloWing Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £5. A highly physical, multidisciplinary solo performance by Julia Taudevin, created in response to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper. ■ GLASGOW GREEN Greendyke Street, 0844 581 1251. In The Night Garden Live Until Sun 26 Sep. See Kids listings.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. The All-New Original Tribute to The Blues Brothers Until Sat 25 Sep. Thu & Fri 7.30pm; Sat 4pm & 8pm. £11–£28. Grab your hat and shades for a foot stompin’ evening and a few new moves with Jake and Elwood Blues. Sunshine on Leith Tue 28 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. Tue & Thu 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm. £11–£31. Hit musical from Dundee Rep Ensemble starring Billy Boyd and packed with songs from The Proclaimers.
Calamity Jane Tue 5–Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£22. An action-packed comedy adventure about the formidable frontierswoman, staged by Glasgow Light Opera Club.
■ ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Calais Until Sat 25 Sep. 1pm. £8–£12.50. A new play by April De Angelis exploring national identity, and how war and war heroes are used to define it. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Good with People Mon 27 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 1pm. £8–£12.50. A new play by David Harrower, author of EIF successes Blackbird and 365, as well as many translations and adaptations.
✽✽ A Play, a Pie & a Pint: 200th Play Mon 4–Sat 9 Oct. 1pm. £8–£12.50. Mini play jamboree to celebrate 200 weeks of lunchtime theatre at Oran Mor. Forty writers – among them Douglas Maxwell, Gregory Burke, Alasdair Gray and Liz Lochhead – have each been commissioned to write a two- minute playlet on the loose theme of ‘Glasgow Then and Now’. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink.
■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. Oscar and The Deep Sea Pearl Sat 2 Oct. 2pm. £5. Mousetale Puppets presents an exciting underwater adventure. Ages 3+. Magic Spaghetti Mon 4 Oct. 10.30am & 1.30pm. £4. Kids show about a magic pot that never stops producing spaghetti. Ages 3+.
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. How Now Mrs Brown Cow Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm. £17.50–£19 (£16–£17.50). Brendan O’Carroll is back with part five of the Mrs Brown trilogy. Essence of Ireland Sun 3 Oct. 7.30pm. £17.50–£18.50. A toe-tapping mix of Irish dance and music, featuring a live band. Clive Baldwin’s Jolson Show Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £15 (£14). A musical tribute to Al Jolson. ■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. St Thenue Wed 29 & Thu 30 Sep. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Visual Statement returns with its show about the mother of Glasgow’s patron saint. White Thu 7 & Fri 8 Oct. See Kids listings.
■ RAMSHORN THEATRE 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. No Time Has Passed in Hippo Land Sun 26 Sep. 7.30pm. £3. Staged reading of a new play, with opportunities for the audience to get involved and offer feedback on what they see. The play, by Kenny Boyle and Clare Sheppard, deals with the topics of euthanasia and mercy killings. Blasted Mon 4–Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm. £6–£9 (£4–£6). Sarah Kane’s dark and violent play about two ex-lovers meeting in a hotel room is performed by Strathclyde Theatre Group.
■ SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Mucklemouth Meg Sat 2 Oct. See Kids listings.
■ SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Family Story Time: The Magic Porridge Pot Sat 2 & Sun 3 Oct. See Kids listings. ■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Black Watch Until Sat 9 Oct (not Sun/Mon). Tue–Sat 8pm (Sat 2 Oct &
Sat 9 Oct mat 3pm). £27.50 (£15). The National Theatre of Scotland’s critically acclaimed piece based on interviews with soldiers who served in Iraq returns. ■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Shakespeare – The Man from Stratford Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £12–£26. Simon Callow’s spellbinding show exploring the life of the Bard through extracts from his own works.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Stars Over Kabul Thu 23–Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm (Thu mat 2.30pm). £6. A new piece from the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain following the lives of entrants in the Afghan Star singing competition. Interiors Wed 29 Sep–Sat 2 Oct. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). A co-production with Napoli Teatro Festival Italia and the Traverse Theatre, Vanishing Point’s latest offering is almost completely wordless, performed by British and Italian actors, while the audience stares in through the window. Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film Tue 5–Sun 10 Oct. Times vary. Prices vary. A programme of dance performance and film curated by Jason Bowman with the Tramway.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). A darkly comic tale based on a true story, raising issues of science, morality and where you keep the ice cubes if there’s a dead guy in your freezer.
✽✽ Dirty Paradise Fri 1–Sat 9 Oct (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm. £8.50
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(£6.50; previews on 1 & 2 Oct all tickets £5). Written and performed by Leann O’Kasi, this innovative piece tells the story of a woman who finds herself in an asylum and is inspired by a short story by Gabriel García Márquez. Supper Club Cabaret Fri 1 & Sat 2 Oct. 8.30pm. £10. Cabaret evening from Upstage with food included in admission. Sea and Land and Sky Thu 7–Sat 23 Oct. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50; previews on 7–9 Oct all tickets £7.50). New production from the Tron Theatre Company following three young Scottish nurses who are sent to tend to soldiers on the front line in 1916. Directed by Andy Arnold and written by Abigail Docherty.
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■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. The Bookie Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm. £11 (£9; under 18s £6). See Glasgow, Citizens Theatre. Walden Fri 1 Oct. 7pm & 9pm. £19 (£17; includes supper). Magnetic North’s adaptation of Henry David Thoreau’s account of his life in the woods. Ages 14+. Pinocchio Sat 2 Oct. See Kids listings. The Weir Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £11 (£9; under 18s £6). In a bar in rural Ireland, four men try to scare a young Dublin woman with ghost stories and get more than they bargained for. Presented by Mull Theatre. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. Don’t Stop Believing Until Sat 25 Sep. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12 (Sat mat £8). Showcase Musical Productions presents a mish-mash of popular songs from the world of musicals and movies in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
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