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Romeo & Juliet Until Fri 20 Jul (not Sun/Mon), 8pm. £15 (£10). Shakespeare’s most famous love story is retold in the atmospheric setting of the Botanical Gardens by the Bard in the Botanics team under director Gordon Barr. Part of the West End Festival. As You Like It Wed 11–Sat 28 Jul (not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm. £15 (£10). An enjoyable woodland comedy completes the Bard in the Botanics programme for 2012, but not one without some good old-fashioned heartache, as Rosalind and Orlando chase each other around the Forest of Arden and learn a few life lessons along the way.
■ THE HOLD Below the Admiral Bar, 72a Waterloo St, 221 7705. Enterteasement Fri 22 Jun, 7.30– 11pm. £12 in advance; £15 on the door; VIP booth and table service £90–95 (students £10–£12). Performances from the likes of mind reader Colin McLeod, burlesque acts Daiquiri Dusk and Scarlet Fever and comedians Anna Devitt and Graham Mackie. ■ KELVINSIDE HILLHEAD PARISH CHURCH Observatory Road, 334 2788. The Pilgrim’s Progress Thu 21 Jun, 7.30pm. By donation. The church presents its version of John Milton’s famous morality dream. Part of the West End Festival.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. La Cage Aux Folles Thu 21 Jun, 7.30pm; Fri 22 Jun, 5pm & 8.30pm; Sat 23 Jun, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £14–£21. The show about the farcical adventures of a glamorous gay couple and their future daughter-in-law’s ultra-conservative parents makes a glitzy return. With songs such as ‘I Am What I Am’ and ‘The Best
of Times’, this celebration of camp is presented by Glasgow’s oldest amateur musical society, The Orpheus Club. 42nd Street Tue 26–Sat 30 Jun, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £15– £45. Popular musical about a chorus girl who gets the chance to play the leading lady – and steals the show. Blood Brothers Mon 2–Sat 14 Jul (not Sun), 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14.50–£37.50. Set in Liverpool, Willy Russell’s weepy musical tells the tale of twin boys separated at birth who are reunited later in life by a twist of fate. ■ THE MARIE TRUST 32 Midland Street, 221 0169. FREE Home is Where the Heart is Fri 22 Jun, 1.45–2.05pm. A play exploring refugee experiences of homelessness, performed by volunteers from the Glasgow Homelessness Network.
■ ÒRAN MÓR 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.
✽ Sol Summer Season of Classic Cuts: Ubu Roi Until Sat 23 Jun, 1pm. £8–£12.50. Marcus Roche adapts Alfred Jarry’s anarchic play about the megalomaniac murderer who takes over a nation. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink. Part of the West End Festival. Sol Summer Season of Classic Cuts: King John Mon 25–Sat 30 Jun, 1pm. £8–£12.50. A chance to see one of Shakespeare’s most rarely performed history plays, adapted by Philip Howard to fit into your lunch break. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. Part of the West End Festival. Sol Summer Season of Classic Cuts: Private Lives Mon 2–Sat 7 Jul, 1pm. £8–£12.50. A lunchtime theatre adaptation from Jennifer Hainey of Noel Coward’s classic comedy about a divorced couple who, having each remarried, happen to be
honeymooning in the same glamorous French Riviera resort. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink. A Play, a Pie & a Pint Summer Pantomime: Alice in Poundland Mon 9–Sat 28 Jul (not Sun), 1pm. £8–£12.50. Journey with Alice as she reaches out to grab a white rabbit key ring while shopping in Poundland and finds herself in the parallel universe of Plunderland. Satirical summer panto from Dave Anderson and David MacLennan.
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. Peter Powers Fri 6 & 13 Jul, 7.30pm; Sat 7 & Sat 14 Jul, 7.30pm & midnight. £12–£15 (family tickets £7 per person, Fri only). Hypnosis act from Powers, who has been called ‘the Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Please note the Friday show is a ‘Family Fun Night’, Saturday early show is ‘Anything Goes’ (safe for teens) and ‘Midnight Madness’ is strictly over- 18s only. Jukebox Memories 3: The Love Years Thu 19–Sat 21 Jul, Thu 26–Sat 28 Jul, Thu 2–Sat 4 Aug, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £14–£17. The comedy musical continues, featuring Christian, Dean Park and The Swingcats drawing on the classic love songs of the 60s, 70s and 80s. ■ ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Adult Drama: Core Skills Thu 21 Jun, 7pm. £2 (£1). Amateur performers from the RCS’s weekly core skills class present stories, characters, and reflections gathered over the year. Adult Drama: Performance for Production – Devised Thu 21 Jun, 8pm. £2 (£1). Devised theatre by drama class attendees, around the theme of shelter.
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■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Louise Robb School of Dance Fri 22 Jun, 7pm. £14. End-of-year dance performance. Carrie McElhinney School of Dance Fri 29 Jun, 7pm. £14. Dancers perform in a range of modern and contemporary styles. Carolyn Anderson School of Dance Sat 7 Jul, 7pm. £11. Pupils from the dance school perform on this year’s theme of ‘Paranormal’. ■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Dance GB Thu 21–Sat 23 Jun, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £14.50– £37.50. Inspired by the 2012 London Olympics, the UK’s three national dance companies (Scottish Ballet, National Dance Company Wales and English National Ballet) combine forces for the first time, featuring choreography from Martin Lawrance, Christopher Bruce and Itzik Galili. Murder on the Nile Mon 25–Sat 30 Jun, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £12.50–£34.50. The Agatha Christie Theatre Company presents this classic whodunnit, set on a steamer under the scorching Egyptian sun.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501.
✽ Macbeth Until Sat 30 Jun (not Mon), 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm);
Sun 24 Jun, 2pm only. £20 (£15). Alan Cumming stars in a hotly anticipated new one-man adaptation of Macbeth from the National Theatre of Scotland. See review, page 113. FREE Fresh Faced Sat 30 Jun. 5–8pm. A night of performance and art for and by young people, including the Tramway’s award- winning drama group, Junction 25.
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WIN TICKETS TO APPOINTMENT WITH THE WICKERMAN
On a remote Scottish island, amateur theatre company The Loch Parry Players are rehearsing their stage version of cult fi lm The Wicker Man.
However, as is often the way in the business called show, there’s a problem. Their leading man has gone missing in ‘mysterious circumstances’. All is not lost though, as they’ve managed to hire an actor - who stars as a cop on the telly – to come over from the mainland and step in at the last minute. So far, so good, so on with the show.
Of course, what they haven’t told him is that there’s just 24 hours before opening night. Not only that, they’ve also failed to mention that he’ll have to learn a host of song and dance routines, deal with amazingly bad acting, criminal costumes and sets that can kill. Strangest of all, everyone else in the show seems to think that it’s for real… Appointment with the Wicker Man is a love letter to a unique and timeless
cult masterpiece, except that someone forgot to pay the postage. This adaptation messes with forces it can’t possibly comprehend and at the end of the night, only one thing is for sure...someone’s going to burn for this!
Bank of Scotland have 5 pairs of tickets to give away to this hilarious
production which runs from the 1 - 28 August at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms.
To enter, just log on to list.co.uk/offers and tell us: When is the opening night?
TERMS & CONDITIONS: Competition closes 18 July 2012. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
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