THEATRE
■ COTTIERS THEATRE 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. Little Shop of Horrors Thu 16–Sat 18 May, 2.30pm & 7.30pm (Fri 7.30pm only). £10–£16. Pantheon presents the comedy cult musical about the terrifying man-eating plant. Spring Awakening: A Musical Wed 22–Fri 24 May, 7.30pm. Sat 25 May, 5pm & 8pm. £10–£12. Johnny McKnight directs the rock musical version of Frank Wedekind’s scandalous tale of teenage sexuality and moral outrage. The Crucible Tue 28–Fri 31 May, 7.30pm (Wed & Thu 1.30pm also). £10. Arthur Miller’s classic tale set among the Salem witch trials.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Thu 16–Sat 18 May, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£15. Roman-set musical farce with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Birthday Sun 26 May. See Kids listings. The Sash Tue 28 May, 7.30pm. £13 (£11; students £9). See review, right.
■ GOVANHILL BATHS Calder Street, 433 2999. Steaming Thu 16 & Fri 17 May, 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Nell Dunn’s story about six women who shelter from the cold in a rundown Turkish steam room. Ages 12+. Part of Southside Fringe. ■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Hairspray Thu 16–Sat 18 May, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £19.50–£49.50. Mark Benton takes on an iconic role in the feel- good musical romp through the changing values of the 1960s. The Sash Tue 21–Sat 25 May, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £11–£30. See Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow. Noises Off Mon 27–Sat 1 Jun, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£35. See preview, page 105. The Sleeping Beauty on Ice Tue 11–Sat 15 Jun, 2.30pm & 7.30pm (Tue & Fri 7.30pm only). £6–35. Director Tony Mercer and Imperial Ice Stars return to UK theatres with this ice-skating adaptation of the classic ballet.
■ OFFSHORE 3/5 Gibson Street, offshorecoffee.co.uk, 0141 341 0110. Offshore Platform Sat 18 & 25 May, 1 & 8 Jun, 7pm. £3. Attune Theatre produces a new piece of writing or offers a fresh take on an existing piece, then mounts the production with the help of guest artists. Tickets available on the door.
■ ÒRAN MÓR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, A Pie & A Pint: Marco Pantani – The Pirate Thu 16–Sat 18 May, 1pm. £11.25. Pantani was the greatest Italian cyclist of the modern era but was found dead and full of drugs in a Rimini hotel room. How did it come to this? Ticket price includes a pie and a drink. A Play, A Pie & A Pint: Fox Attack Mon 27 May–Sat 1 Jun, 1pm. £8–£12.50. A pianist commits a terrible crime to save his own skin in Xu Nuo’s two-hander. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink. Why Do You Stand There in the Rain? Mon 3 & Tue 4 Jun, 8pm. £10. The true story of the march of First World War veterans to Washington DC in 1932, campaigning for food, work and justice. A Play, A Pie & A Pint: Dalgety Mon 3–Sat 8 Jun, 1pm. £8–£12.50. See preview, page 107. ■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 50 Shades of Maggie Thu 16–Fri 24 May, 7.30pm. £20 (£18). Comedy spoof of 50 Shades of Grey.
■ PEARCE INSTITUTE 840 Govan Road, 445 6007. An Island Between Heaven and 110 THE LIST 16 May–13 Jun 2013
■ THE SHED 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020. Southside Sorcery Fri 17 May, 8pm. £8. Garry Dunn, Scott Cuthbertson and Stuart Thomson play tricks on your eyes and mind. Part of Southside Fringe. Things That Go Bump in the Shed Sun 19 & Sun 26 May, 6.15pm, 7.45pm & 9.15pm. £8. The Shed carries the ‘most haunted building in the Southside’ title – have you got the guts to spend an evening with the ghosts? Part of Southside Fringe. Sarcassy Sneek’s Fabulous Freeks Sat 25 May, 8pm. £10. A collection of the weird and wild, featuring dancers Wild Card Kitty, music from Homesick Aldo and comedy from Damien Crow, plus much more. Doors open 7.30pm. Part of Southside Fringe. ■ SOUTHSIDE 104 Kilmarnock Road, southsidefringe. org. Backlanes Sat 18 May, noon. Pick up a map from any Fringe venue, get following the trail and see what kind of mysterious be-masked sorts you meet along the way. Part of Southside Fringe.
■ THE SPACE 34 Argyll Arcade Chambers, Buchanan Street, 222 2333. Mulan Jnr. Wed 29 May–Sat 1 Jun, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £12.50. Misfit Mulan and her sidekick Mushu must save the Emperor in this adaptation of Disney’s Mulan. Avenue Q Wed 5–Sat 8 Jun, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £15. Puppet show following the inhabitants of a run-down area of New York as they struggle with life and love. Dracula the Musical Wed 12–Sat 15 Jun, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £15. Set at the end of the Victorian Age, this classic tale follows the famed vampire as he sets out for new blood. ■ ST ANDREWS IN THE SQUARE 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. GFAD Hafla Fri 31 May, 7pm. £12. Glasgow Festival of Arabic Dance presents over 20 performances from solo and group dancers.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Scottish Dance Theatre: Second Coming and Winter, Again Tue 28 & Wed 29 May, 7.30pm. £10.50–£25. The dance troupe’s double-bill spring show takes on the LA-street-dance- influenced Second Coming and Winter, Again, an exploration of the titular season. The Sleeping Beauty on Ice Tue 11–Sat 15 Jun, 7.30pm (Wed, Thu & Sat 2.30pm also). £6–£35. See King’s Theatre, Glasgow.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Rite of Spring Revisited: MONAD Sat 18 May, 7pm. £7 (£2–£5). Students present a new work inspired by Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. (M)imosa/Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M) Fri 24 May, 8.30pm. Prices vary. Choreographic collaboration of virtuosic movement, sculptural acrobatics and elaborate drag. Part of ARIKA13 Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight. #untitled lipsync 2 Sat 25 May, 9.15pm. Sun 26 May, 10.45pm. Prices vary. Lip-sync drag performance from a young black transgender artist who re-appropriates mainstream fashion and hetro-pop to change its meaning completely. See preview, page 80. ARIKA13 Episode 5. Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church (S) Sat 25 May, 9.45pm. Prices vary. Trajal Harrell performs a stripped down, solo version of Twenty Looks imagining dance history as it might have been. ARIKA13 Episode 5. A Conversation with Carmel Wed 5 Jun, 7.30pm. £10 (£8). A blend of dance, theatre and film spanning remembrances
REVIEW REVIVAL THE SASH King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 21–Sat 25 May, then touring ●●●●●
This revival of Hector MacMillan’s 40-year-old play feels bittersweet. While most playwrights might revel in the enduring appeal of their work, MacMillan has recently commented that he’d be happier if the sectarianism portrayed in The Sash was no longer relevant. But while the staunch intolerance of men like Bill McWilliam might not be as commonplace in Scotland today as it once was, it’s still a depressing reality. Despite its modern parallels, this production by Scottish theatre
company Rapture has wisely resisted transposing the plot to the modern day. It’s a tense morning in the McWilliam household on 12 July 1973, as Bill gets ready for the annual Orange Order march in Glasgow but his son Cameron, who’s begun to question his allegiances after the death of his mother, refuses to join him. Bill’s loud singing disturbs his neighbour Bridget, an Irish Catholic, and her pregnant niece, and they angrily confront each other while Orange bands play on the streets below.
In Des Dillon’s more recent play about sectarianism, Singin’ I’m No a Billy He’s a Tim, football takes centre stage. But Rangers and Celtic are scarcely mentioned in MacMillan’s play, which is defined by its social divisions – father against son, men against women – as much as its religious ones. Lyn McAndrew’s set vividly recreates the faded browns and oranges of a 1970s living room, and the cast have great chemistry, though we don’t quite see enough of Jane McCarry’s Bridget.
But despite its enduring relevance, The Sash shows its age,
particularly in its comedy. It still elicits laughs but the jokes often feel dated, even when they’re not trying to hammer home the prejudices of its characters. Still, director Michael Emans is right to dust off the play for this Scottish tour and make us question how far society has really come since Bill McWilliam’s day. (Yasmin Sulaiman)
Earth Sat 8 Jun, 7.30pm. £10. A group of ex-shipyard workers and trainee clergymen arrive on Iona in 1938 and set about restoring its ruined Medieval Abbey.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Slick Thu 16 May, 7pm. £3.50–£8. On the outskirts of town a destitute tenement looms above the only crude oil supply in Glasgow, a discovery that’s about to rip its tiny, impoverished community apart. ■ POLOC CRICKET CLUB 2060 Pollockshaws Road, 0141 632 0730. Who Stole My Sausage? Sat 18 May, noon, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm & 5pm. £6 per dog (humans free). Special sensory experience for our canine chums. All dogs must be accompanied by their human (max three per dug). Part of Southside Fringe.
■ ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Thu 16 May, 7.15pm. £19. Adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. ■ SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. The Amazing Mr Noah Sat 1 & Sun 2 Jun. See Kids listings.
■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Magic of the Musicals Sat 18 May, 7.30pm. £14. A selection of the finest and best loved songs and dances from the most successful West End musicals of all time. Dance Republic Sat 1 Jun, 6.30pm. £14. Diverse show spanning every style from ballet to breaks from the long- running dance school.