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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. vary. A weekend of oriental and tribal belly dance workshops, followed by evening performances from some of the UK’s best and brightest belly dancers.
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■ ALEA CASINO Springfield Quay, Paisley Road, 530 1263. Murder Mystery Killer at the Casino Fri 31 Oct, 7pm. £25. Get your detective cap on and try to figure out whodunnit. If that proves to be thirsty work, don’t worry – there’s a glass of fizz and a two course meal in it too. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Drew Taylor and Julia Doogan: HOWL[ing] Tue 21 Oct, 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Epic poem for post-referendum Scotland, using Allen Ginsberg’s seminal piece HOWL as a basis. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. Lady Fingers & Empire Biscuits Thu 23–Sat 25 Oct, 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Artist Rosana Cade takes a look at Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code which has been used in India to rule against homosexuality. Part of Glasgay! Al Seed: Oog Thu 30 Oct–Sat 1 Nov, 7pm. £10 (£8). Al Seed’s first entirely movement based solo since The Factory. Ron Athey: Incorruptible Flesh: Messianic Remains Tue 11 & Wed 12 Nov, 7.30pm. £11 (£10). The final in Athey’s Incorruptible Flesh series explores enlightenment and death. See preview, page 97. Glasgay!.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Josh Armstrong: These Delicate Things Thu 13–Sat 15 Nov, 8pm. £10 (£8). A two-act performance piece exploring the life of photographer Francesca Woodman. Music by Dimitri Shostakovich and Gavin Bryars. Glasgay!. ■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. In Time o’ Strife Thu 16–Sat 18 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £12.50–£15 (£2–£9). National Theatre of Scotland present a re-imagining of this rarely performed classic. Kill Johnny Glendenning Wed 22 Oct–Sat 8 Nov (not Sun, Mon), 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £15–£20.50 (students £9; children £9). A murderous comedy about the Glasgow underworld. See review, page 97. Slope Wed 12–Fri 14 Nov, 7.30pm. £12 (£2; students £8.50; children £8.50). Untitled Projects reconcieve their 2006 production of Pamela Carter’s Slope for an intimate studio setting. Glasgay! Whisky Galore Wed 12–Fri 14 Nov, 7.30pm. £15–£20.50 (students £9; children £9). Theatrical adaptation of Alexander Mackendrick’s classic story based on real events.
■ COTTIERS THEATRE 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000.
✽ Royston Maldoom OBE Restrospective Sun 9 Nov, 8pm.
£11 (£9). An evening of modern dance devised by choreographer Royston Maldoom. See preview, page 100.
■ BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. Music Hall Memories – The Most Vintage Show in Town Sat 25 Oct, ■ DANCE HQ 411 White Studios, Templeton on the Green, Templeton Street, 556 0039. Glasgow Festival of Arabic Dance Sat 18 & Sun 19 Oct, times vary. Prices
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■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4956. Smokies Fri 17 Oct, 7.30pm. £13 (£11; students £9). Glasgow-based physical theatre practitioner Meyyappan presents a gruesome story, adapted from Mick Jackson’s The Pearce Sisters, about two lonely spinsters who make a living by smoking fish and don’t take kindly to passing sailors not accepting their advances. Macbeth Wed 22–Sat 25 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £13 (£11). Giffnock Theatre Players present a production of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies. The Forgotten Orchard Sun 26 Oct, 11am & 2pm. £5 (family £15). A funny, moving play which takes inspiration from apples to consider where our food comes from and how we can grow our own. The Wiz Tue 4–Fri 7 Nov, 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Dorothy and her friends go on an adventure in an adaptation of L Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz.
■ GOVANHILL BATHS Calder Street, 433 2999. Kaleidoscope Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct, 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Theatre Nemo’s drama group present a collection of stories of their experiences of living with poor mental health and the empowerment of recovery told through drama, music and dance. Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
■ THE GRIFFIN 226 Bath Street, 331 5170. FREE John Aldiss’ Magnificent 7 Thursdays 16 Oct–13 Nov, 8.30pm. Comedy/variety show mixes funny folks, music, spoken word, cabaret, magic and more. ■ HILLHEAD LIBRARY 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. FREE Hillhead 200 Series: Voices Of Experience Thu 30 Oct, 6pm. An eclectic mix of performances, presentations, showcases and debate led by Voices of Experience (VoX). Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Carousel Thu 16–Sat 18 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£18. Touching musical following the ill-fated love affair between bad boy Billy Bigelow and naive Julie Jordan.
✽ Sunset Song Tue 21–Sat 25 Oct, 7.30pm (Wed 1pm also, Sat 2.30pm
also). £10–£29.50. Marking a hundred years since the start of WWI, Sell a Door Theatre Company revives Alastair Cording’s faithful adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic story, recently voted Scotland’s most popular novel of all time. Stones In His Pockets Mon 27 Oct, 7.30pm. £10–£35.50. The multi-award winning comedy by Marie Jones in which two actors play 15 characters between them, from two cheeky lads intent on stardom to a Hollywood starlet. Blood Brothers Mon 3–Sat 15 Nov (not Sun), 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£47. Willy Russell’s moving tale about two brothers whose lives are worlds apart.
CURTAIN UP BONDAGERS Lu Kemp directs Sue Glover’s Bondagers, one of the plays that heralded a resurgence in Scottish playwriting.
What attracted you to Bondagers? It’s a brilliant piece of storytelling. The characters are beautifully drawn. It gives lots of room to the creatives. It is a play that allows me to cast six women in leading roles, and we have a force of female acting talent in Scotland. What has given the script a continued life? It embraces the rich oral storytelling tradition and poetic language of Scots, and celebrates a lost moment of Scottish history. To my mind, Bondagers is not so much a play about national identity as about our relationship to the land we stand upon, and the tension between bondage and freedom, which is true of humans everywhere no matter what their nationality. Would you call it a feminist play? The play articulates a forgotten moment of female working history and gives strong voice to six women. But it is a powerful play about humans, who happen to be women. The reason we label it feminist is because a play with six women on stage, or, indeed, which places women as the heroes of the piece, is still, even now, unusual. Perhaps a historical play? Glover is very clear that it is not a historical document. It is a living, breathing, theatrical proposition. It embraces a panoply of styles, seemingly referencing Greek theatre, abstract theatre, modern dance. It’s a very generous piece of work. What makes the Lyceum the right place for this production? The Lyceum has fantastic depth as a space: this play is set in a world where you walk outside and see for miles. It’s about women who, by hand, turned over field upon field of earth. It’s about the horizon being way ahead in the distance and the land stretching back behind you. We can play that in any space, but the Lyceum gives us the depth of image to work on. (Gareth K Vile) ■ Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Wed 22 Oct– Sat 15 Nov.
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SCOTTISH BALLET – UP CLOSE We’re used to big productions on big stages from our national ballet company, but the Up Close tour is a chance for audiences across the country to see what Scottish ballet is really made of. Performed at close quarters, the lineup includes works by some of today’s hottest choreographic talent (Helen Pickett, James Cousins and Martin Lawrance) and members of the company (Sophie Laplane, Hope Muir), as well as the utterly joyful Elite Syncopations from the late, great Sir Kenneth MacMillan. (Kelly Apter) ■ Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 24 & Sat 25 Oct and touring.
■ KINGS PARK HOTEL Mill Street, 647 5491 Supper with Angel Anne Smith Fri 24 Oct, 7pm. £20. A supper with Angel Anne Smith. If you don’t manage to contact the afterlife, at least there’s some food to be had. ■ LANSDOWNE CHURCH (WEBSTERS THEATRE) 416 Great Western Road, 337 2311. Outlying Islands Sun 19 Oct, 7.30pm. £14 (£12). In summer 1939, two young