■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267.
✽ The Carousel Fri 29 & Sat 30 Watch out Edinburgh, there’s a new kid on the east coast block. Well, OK, chances are Dundee’s bookish extravaganza might never Aug, 7.45pm. £16 (£12). Jennifer quite reach the exalted status of the capital’s world-beating literary fiesta but it’s making a very strong case for itself with a series of events that includes the likes of Nick Cave, Jackie Kay, Alan Warner, John Carey and Iain Banks (pictured) plus an all-day comics conference. ■ Various venues, Dundee, until Sun 27 Jun.
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GLASGOW ■ BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. Music Hall Memories – The Most Vintage Show in Town Sat 30 Aug, 1.30pm & 3.30pm. Donations welcome. Music hall variety show harking back to the good ol’ days, with music, magic, comedy, sing-a-longs and novelties.
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022.
✽ 1984 Fri 29 Aug–Sat 6 Sep (not Sun & Mon), 7.30pm (Wed & Thu 1.30pm also; Sat 2.30pm also). £15.00– £20.50 (students £9.00; children £9.00). Adaptation of George Orwell’s political novel set in the world of Big Brother. See column, right.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4956. Cats Fri 5 Sep, 7.15pm. Sat 6 Sep, 3pm & 7.15pm. £7–£9. Music, dance and verse come together with remarkable set design, striking costumes and a renowned musical score to create the acclaimed musical. I Will Survive Fri 12 Sep, 7.30pm. £13 (£11; students £9). Musical comedy about love and laughter, featuring songs from the 70s, 80s and 90s. ■ THE GLAD CAFÉ 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. Rachel Newton: Changeling Tue 16 Sep, 8pm. £8–£10. Rachel Newton of The Shee and the Emily Portman Trio takes her audience on a journey across the borders and back again. Based on a Celtic Connections New Voices commission.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Dirty Dancing Tue 26 Aug–Sat 20 Sep (not Sun), 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also; Fri 5pm & 8.30pm only). £10–£75. See Baby not put in the corner in the musical based on the late Patrick Swayze’s popular film.
■ LANSDOWNE CHURCH (WEBSTERS THEATRE) 416 Great Western Road, 337 2311. The Graduettes Thu 28 & Fri 29 Aug, 8pm. £9 (£7). Live sitcom focusing on the lives of three girls who graduate and then realise that life is not exactly what Sex and the City promised them. Doors open 7.30pm. Waiting: A Trilogy (My Perfect Place, The Big Squeeze, The End) Fri 12 & Sat 13 Sep, 7.30pm. £12. A trilogy of one act plays written by Karen Herbison. ■ THE OLD HAIRDRESSER’S Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. The Pilot Scheme Tue 26 Aug, 7.30pm. £7 (£3). New play from writer Stephen Brackenridge. Directed by Kevin Shao. Doors open at 7pm.
■ ÒRAN MÓR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.
✽ A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Faster, Louder Mon 1–Sat 6 Sep, 1pm. £8–
£12.50. An ill-advised Twitter message sent to a humourless celebrity musician sparks a riotous chain of events that draws in the unyielding law, opportunistic journalists, the baying public and a god- fearing mother. Written by Steven Dick. I Will Survive Sun 7 Sep, 5.30pm. £16.87. See Eastwood Park Theatre,
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Glasgow. Doors open 5pm. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: A Terrible Beauty Mon 8–Sat 13 Sep, 1pm. £8–£12.50. Ian Pattison’s drama about Michael Collins’ 1922 historic trip to West Cork. Sequence: Part II of the Unknown Trilogy by Tom Moriarty Mon 8 & Tue 9 Sep, 8pm. £13.50. Three troubled souls find themselves bound by destiny and cursed by love. A fantastical experience. Directed by Mark Westbrook and presented by BOX Revolution. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Miss Shamrock’s World of Glamorous Flight Mon 15–Sat 20 Sep, 1pm. £8–£12.50. Swish air hostess and whirlwind Miss Shamrock is reminiscing and preparing to fly to Boston. Little does she know . . . today will be her last day of glamorous flight.
HEADLINE GOES HERE ■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. Peter Powers Fridays 22 & 29 Aug, 7.30pm. Saturdays 23 & 30 Aug, midnight & 7.30pm. £12.50–£16 (family £7.50 per person Fri only). Hypnotist act from Powers, who has been called ‘the Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Please note the Fri show is a ‘Fun Night Friday’, Sat 7.30pm show is ‘Saucy Saturday’ (safe for teens) and the Sat ‘Midnight Madness’ is over 18s only. The Ladyboys of Bangkok Sun 31 Aug, 7.30pm. £23 (£21). The colourful and light-hearted cabaret style-musical featuring the trans-gender showgirls of Thailand’s capital. Real Hoosewives Fae Glasgow Wed 10–Sat 13 Sep, 2pm & 7.30pm (Fri 7.30pm only). £15–£18 (£16). When Barbara from Bearsden finds out that an American TV producer is in town to find ‘The Real Hoosewives fae Glasgow’ she gets right on the case. Musical featuring ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’, ‘I’m So Excited’ and lots more. Gordon Smith: Beyond Belief Mon 15 Sep, 7.30pm. £20. Medium Gordon travels the world claiming to connect people with their departed loved ones.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. A River of Stories Thu 28 & Fri 29 Aug, 7.30pm. £5. Music and performance combine to interpret folk tales and poems. Based on the book by Jan Pienkowski. ■ RENFIELD ST STEPHEN’S CHURCH 260 Bath Street, 332 2826. The Osiligi Maasai Warrior Troupe Thu 11 Sep, 7pm. £8–£10 (under 16s free). A stunning performance of traditional Maasai music and dance from this Kenyan group, including their spectacular jumping.
■ SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. I Spy With PC Mckay Sun 31 Aug. See Kids listings. ■ SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. The Hare and the Tortoise Sat 30 & Sun 31 Aug. See Kids listings.
■ THE SSE HYDRO Exhibition Way, 248 3000. Ant & Dec’s Takeaway On Tour! Mon 25–Wed 27 Aug, 6.30pm. £25–£45. Ant and Dec take their Saturday night extravaganza on tour – expect guests, prizes and audience participation. ■ STEAMPUNK CAFÉ 1 Drury Street, 204 2929. FREE Saturday Cabaret Saturdays 23 Aug & 30 Aug, 7pm. Weekly Saturday cabaret night.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647.
Singin’ in the Rain Thu 21–Sat 23 Aug, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £10– £49.50. Jonathan Church’s production of the all-singing, all-dancing 1940s romp. April in Paris Tue 26–Sat 30 Aug, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£29.50. John Godber’s warm-hearted comedy about a married couple’s first experience abroad. See preview, page 84. Rhythm of the Dance with The Young Irish Tenors Sun 31 Aug, 7.30pm. £17–£36.50. Irish dance at its most thrilling, with beautiful costumes, experienced dancers and high production values. Annie Get Your Gun Tue 2–Sat 6 Sep, 2.30pm & 7.30pm (Tue & Fri 7.30pm only). £7.50–£42. Irving Berlin’s musical, loosely based on the life story of Wild West sharpshooter Annie Oakley, features Emma Williams as Annie and Jason Donovan as her lover, Frank Butler. Director is Ian Talbot. What The Ladybird Heard Tue 9 Sep. Wed 10 Sep. Thu 11 Sep. See Kids listings.
✽ The Mousetrap Mon 15–Sat 20 Sep, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm
also). £10–£32. Agatha Christie’s play has been performed over 25,000 times. Now celebrating its diamond anniversary in the London West End, it’s finally embarking on a UK tour. See preview, page 85,
Tremblay’s follow-up to The List charts a woman’s quest through a labyrinth of memories. Directed by Muriel Romanes and starring Maureen Beattie.See review, page 85. Janis Joplin: Full Tilt Thu 11–Sat 13 Sep, 7.45pm. £10–£16. A celebration of Janis Joplin. Written by Peter Arnott and directed by Cora Bissett. New Playwriting: The Progressive Playwright Thu 11 Sep, 8.30pm. £5. An evening of play readings for new and developing playwrights, where they can hear short extracts of their work directed and performed by professional actors. Tonight’s theme is power.
■ WILD CABARET & WICKED LOUNGE 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. FREE The Big Show Fridays & Saturdays 22 Aug–13 Sep, 8pm. Free to all dining guests. An evening of cabaret. EDINBURGH
■ CAV 3 West Tollcross, 228 3252. The Dreamboys Saturdays 23 Aug–13 Sep, 6.30pm. £25. The ultimate ladies night featuring some of the best looking boys in an all male glamour extravaganza. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 447 7597. The Miracle Worker Fri 12–Sun 14 Sep, 8pm (Sun 2pm). £18 (members £15; students £10). Drama about a blind, deaf and almost feral girl who is taught to engage with the world by a strong-willed young woman. Suitable for all ages.
■ EDINBURGH MARRIOTT HOTEL 111 Glasgow Road Paula O’Brien: Psychic Medium Wed 27 Aug, 6.45pm. £17.50. Rising star in the psychic world (wonder if she saw it in a vision) tours Scotland letting others speak to those in heaven. ■ THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. Sweet Mambo Sat 23–Mon 25 Aug, 7.30pm. £10. Pina Bausch’s piece of dance theatre about the relationship between the sexes. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. Patria Wed 27 & Thu 28 Aug, 8pm. £10.
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CURTAIN UP 1984 Jointly created by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan, Headlong’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 has been praised for its energy and ability to find new ideas in a familiar tale. Applying a contemporary sensitivity, the classic tale of totalitarian control has been given a new resonance in the age of WikiLeaks and social media. Robert Icke explains how they approached the iconic novel. Where did your inspiration to take on Big Brother come from? Was it Orwell or the current surveillance culture? Both of those, and I suppose an instinct that there might be more in the novel to discover. It felt like a text that was known in outline better than known in detail – and discovering that detail, as with Shakespeare, can be a great place to begin. What influenced the production? Duncan and I looked more to other art forms for inspiration: the films of Kubrick and David Lynch, box sets like The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, video games like Grand Theft Auto and Fallout. Is theatre a good place for the discussion of ideas? Absolutely. Since there is already a film, why adapt for theatre? Does it bring a new layer to the tale? I haven’t seen the film but theatre is the perfect medium for a story which at every turn questions what’s real and what’s true: all theatre is Orwellian doublethink – you know that the actor is the actor, but you also believe them to be the character. An audience holds the truth and the lie together without one cancelling the other out. How have audiences been receiving the work? As Orwell would have wanted: shaken-up. (Gareth K Vile) ■ Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 29 Aug–Sat 6 Sep.
A look at the physical and cultural impact the Spanish Civil War had on the country through the music of Federico García Lorca. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. Putting on the Ritz Tue 16–Sat 20 Sep, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm