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directors and actors. The first night there’s The Chelsea Belladonna by Angela Cairns, about 18th-century botanist Elizabeth Blackwell, while night two consists of Québecoise playwright Jennifer Tremblay’s play about what happens when a busy woman misses off one of the items on her to-do list.
✽✽ Hamletmachine Mon 30 Jan, 7.30pm. £15 (£6–£11). Compagnie
Sans Soucis uses animation and puppetry to present Heiner Müller’s shocking and explosive condensed version of Hamlet. Part of Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival. Plucked Tue 31 Jan, 7.30pm. £15 (£6–£11). Liz Walker of Invisible Thread theatre tells a tale of beast-to-beauty transformation with the use of live video feed painting, object theatre, puppetry and animation. Part of Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival. Polaris Wed 1 Feb, 7.30pm. £15 (£6–£11). Wariot Ideal from the Czech Republic tell the tale of two 19th-century explorers, lost and alone in the polar regions with only their memories of warmth and visions of hungry wolves for company. Part of Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival. Gobo.Digital Glossary Thu 2 Feb, 7.30pm. £15 (£6–£11). Employing everything from the quaint – shadowplay – to the cutting edge – lasers – Akhe Engineering Theatre from St Petersburg presents a frenetic series of sketches to amuse, delight and move. Part of Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. Kin Fri 27 Jan, 7.30pm. £12 (£8–£10). An insightful exploration of middle-aged children and their feelings towards their
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ageing parents, featuring Alison Peebles, Donna Rutherford and Richard Gregory. Murder at Morrison’s Wed 1 & Thu 2 Feb, 7.30pm. £7. The Friends of the Byre present their latest musical murder mystery.
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Five Pound and Twa Bairns Thu 12–Sat 14 Jan, 7.30pm. £12 (£10). A new production of Mike Gibb’s musical about women whose lives were affected by the loss of their men in the Tay Bridge Disaster. Breakin’ Rules Sat 21 Jan, 7.30pm. £8 (£5). An evening of headspinning action from some of the UK’s finest dance crews. Risk Fri 27 & Sat 28 Jan, 7.30pm. £5 (£4). A blend of dance, text and spoken word explores why young people are drawn to danger and thrills.
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666.
✽✽ Jackie And the Beanstalk ●●●●● Until Sat 7 Jan, 2pm &
7.30pm. £7–£16.50. Last chance to catch Johnny McKnight and macrobert’s panto production. An Audience With Charles Dickens Thu 12 Jan, 7.30pm. £12 (£7–£9). Charles Dickens’ great great grandson Gerald performs scenes from Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield and many more Dickensian classics. Ring-a-Ding-Ding Tue 17–Sat 21 Jan. See Kids listings.
■ PERTH THEATRE 185 High Street, Perth, 01738 621031. Jack and the Beanstalk Until Sat 7 Jan, 7pm (Sat mat 2pm). £17–£20 (£14–£17; children £12–£13; family £52–£60). The season’s final doses of rip-roaring panto fun at Horsecross.
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Startling manifestations. Amazing revelations. Dark secrets.
www.voxmotus.co.uk
Story by Candice Edmunds, Jamie Harrison & Peter Arnott Script by Peter Arnott
Featuring original composition by Phamie Gow Directed by Candice Edmunds & Jamie Harrison
World Première
19 January – 11 February 2012 (then touring)
BOX OFFICE: 0131 248 4848 GROUPS 8+: 0131 248 4949
TEXT RELAY: 18001 0131 248 4848 MOBILE: m.lyceum.org.uk ONLINE: www.lyceum.org.uk/davenport TWITTER: #davenport
Royal Lyceum Theatre is a Registered Company No. SC062065. Scottish Charity Registered SC010509. Vox Motus is a Registered Company No. SC262949. Scottish Charity Registered SC039522. 5 Jan–2 Feb 2012 THE LIST 103