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Catastrophe Kroner/ta .\t .\lc/tltt'lts. until .‘T lug. llllll s tars. l'oui' elemental Samuel licckctt play lets starring (icoige l)illon. Denise layans and .\lark llewitt. Cellophane Singular ls'umt-rlm .s'r .\tc/rlu Its. unII/ /.".\ue. ttntcs tars, Japanese company .\ll/ltlti .-\bura return w itli last year ‘s acclaimed mime piece abotit tree w ill and suhicctiy ity_
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/. / ilnn. Stand up comedian laii .\lacphci'son turns his hand to Ullevllltttl tragedy in an ettort to speed up the death of comedy.
Changeling Rooms II the (“Image/mg. (too. until 3/) lug. 7.40pm. .\o two show s illllst‘ as each audience t‘lltitises sl\ short plays from a menu of .itl. We gave it four stars last year. This year. there‘s a new cast. Check Your Coupon (ll/(It’ll Balloon at /’c/r/rcrnnnl lounge. .i .‘ilug. llnn, Kathleen Ruddy 's comedy abotit two old lolk trying to scam the pools. l‘t'oni
( ilasgow ‘s Rubber liar which has always hwen a laugh in the past.
A Chip in the Sugar.t//.t/man/. (‘ate ls’mal I'rrngc llrcatt‘c. J firing. /. Ill/mt. .\|an licnnett‘s brief domestic drama taken trom his 'l‘alking lleads series.
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Bedbound Dublin Theatre Festival. Traverse Theatre. 3—12 Aug. [0.30pm. When Enda Walsh‘s Disco Pigs premiered at the Traverse in I997. it was astonishing in many ways. There was the raw. adolescent energy of the two performers. the half- brutal. half-romantic vision of the playwright and. above all. the mad heightened dialect. a colloquial Cork patois tnade weird with lopped-off words and upside-down syntax. The screen version is premiering in the Film Festival (18 and 20 August) and should be well worth checking
Meanwhile. Walsh‘s latest play. Bedbound is making its first foray outside Ireland where it premiered at last year‘s Dublin Theatre Festival. An exchange between a
crazed father and his crippled daughter. it‘s 1 a 55-minute comic collage of storytelling and chatter. Walsh calls it ‘writing in panic auacksfi
‘It has this breathless quality to it.‘ says Fergus Linehan. director of the Dublin Theatre Festival which commissioned the play. ‘It gets frantic and claustrophobic. then calms down again. It‘s every bit as rich and exciting as Disco Pigs.‘
And like that play. it is both tough and human. 'Enda‘s terribly sympathetic.‘ says Linehan. ‘He has great faith in human nature beneath the grittiness. He genuinely thinks these people are good. but they happen to be living in this mad. twisted world.‘(Mark Fisher)
0f the Dead lllilth lltll'l .\tnnli’lli'l'y. ls’uutl .\llli‘. net! to l’Ulti i‘ Information (t'llll'l‘. 5 .i/ .vlug. timcs iarv Supernatural chiller as promenade theatre. Classical Monique .\m lilac (om/ram. ls’m kc! (‘1 Kirk ()'l”1clil. (i ll .-\ug. ‘Ipm. Song. story and cabaret by Phillipine performer .\lonitiue Wilson, The Clearing Station (lllili'il llilllrmlt llu’atrc. .i 37xiiig. fill/mi. The history of a Dublin tamin seen from the point of y iew of a young girl. 'l‘heatie of .loy 's production is w ritten and directed by Joe ()'l§y me who directed last year's llet‘ald Angel award— winning l.or o ('ounts l.UIIt’\UIHi'. Closer Than Ever ('ollcgc of line .-lrts. ('nii'crsrts ul .\‘eiatla. l.as li'eas. llic (iaragc. 5 37xlug. 3. limit. .-\merican student musical. The (ll/tlt'tl llttllmnt (ll li't'ttrl ly’rrii House. .t‘ 27xlug. 0pm. Anyone that has had the good fortune to catch a WHU Bruce lieresl'ord film on TV at some odd hour may already be wise to this one. lllt’ ('lulr. a classic of .'\ll\ll';lll;tlt character drama. describes the lt’a\atl\. more Ul'l-tlie-lieltl than on. of an .'\ll\\le Rules Football (‘lub Now for the first time a team of lit'itish actors. tincluding 'l‘honias (‘i'aig star of Ken l.oacli‘s new film llli' .\‘m [gatorsi are taking on Day id Williamson‘s original play. It's already garnered them a Time Out ('ritic‘s (‘hoice and more importantly the thumbs tip froin exiled Aussie Rules players in London. Thomas though. believes its appeal goes wider than one sport. ‘It doesn‘t
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matter what sport you follow.' says (‘raig ‘liyeryone can see the negative result of money on sport.‘ This team. though. should turn it back into great entertainment.
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The Cocktail Party lli'st Ill l’rmluctions. (irmlrtars Kirk House. /) fi'lug. lab-pm. TS. liliot's dated draw ing-room drama w ith philosophic pretensions.
Communication Breakdown - Hampden Sydney Theatre Diverse .-l!t/'actrons, (i l/ slug. l..t‘()pni. l‘ive American short comedies. Company liseln‘oii' l’l‘tnlttt‘lltrlts, ()ltl Sl Paul's ('hurch A" Hall. 6 35 Aug. 4. [Up/n. Sondheim 7t)s musical about marital relationships. Live band. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) ’I'he ls’eilucctl Shakes/ware ('ompanv. Assembly Rooms. 4 3/; Aug. [1.45am Street theatre meets the Bard in this ever-popular comic demolition of the entire canon into ()7 minutes. The Condition of the Virgin (llltlt’tl Balloon at let'rot Ron House. .t’ 27,-lug. l..\‘U/mr. Four-star comedian Boothby (iraffoe turns playw right for this comic tale of an Irish priest.
The Course Acting Show American High School Theatre I'cs'tii'al. ('lturch Hill Theatre. 6 ltlxlug. times \‘(ll'\'. Micheal (ireen‘s hilarious book about bad acting is presented by a student company
The Crane Wife American High School Theatre l'cstiial. ('liurch Ill/l Theatre. 6 ll Aug. times vary. Japanese folk tale about a peasant who removes an arrow froin a crane.
Spymonkey’s Cooped Pleas-mice. [-27 Aug. 7.25pm. Spyrnonkey‘s highly acclaimed comedy. Stiff was a terrible disappointment to its wn'ter. Lord Murdston. It was. in fact. intended as a tribute to his poor dead wife. a heart- rending essay on the trials of mortality. Now Murdston returns with the tale of orphan Laura Du Lay. exiled to a country mansion. where all manner of rum and uncanny events await. and an innocent girlish flirtation hides a terrible secret. ‘Lord Murdston is a creation of our fevered imaginations. an excuse to do daft stuff on stage. For me. Murdston‘s a lot of fun. The comedy comes out of what we‘re like as people.‘ explains Spymonkev‘s Toby Park. ‘I play this pompous. boring actor. and in rehearsals. that‘s who I am. Petra. who plays Laura. is incredibly energetic in reality. and also astoundineg thick! She really represents what we‘re about. and that‘s delighting in being very. very stupid.‘ Inspired by 70s pulp Gothic. the writings of the Brontes and Mary Shelley. Cooped promises to be a wildly camp mystery adventure of Seooby [)oo proportions.
‘lt‘s risky; we take so many leaps of fantasy. you get the feeling anything can happen. But it‘sjust great to be able to give people that.‘ (Olly Lassman)
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Crash l’lcasancc ('ourtsanl and ()i er the Road. until 37.-liit'. IDS/mi. Drama about a shock ~iock who is hunted down by one of his radio victims.
Crimes of Passion l’lt'tlullli‘t’ l)orm'. until 37.-lug. 3.40pm. Serial killer litigene Weidmann was the last man to be publicly guillotined in France. in NW. ‘lle had this angel face.‘ says Jerome Pradon. 'Women fainted over lillll. Some people dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood.‘ You won‘t see an) of that in this one-person musical by Pierre Philippe and tango king Astor Pianolla. which premiered two decades ago. The show is scintillating. not sensationalistic. lts twelve songs and one monolgue are. Pradon says. ‘about loneliness and how passion can drive you mad‘. The singing actor‘s Lloyd Webber- heavy credits include Whistle Down the Wind. Jesus (‘hrrst Superstar and. potentially. the big-screen Phantom oft/re ()pera. Big shows. llere. Pradon says. the pressure is different. 'lt‘s all down to me.‘ (Donald llutera) Cuttin’ a Rug 'lii'ilig/rt 'l'heatre (om/ram. Quaker Meeting House. 6 // Aug. 4. [Spin Brilliant John Byrne comedy part of his Slab Bovs trilogy set at the annual staff dance in a 50s Paisley carpet factory.
Dahling You Were Marvellous Hive/tart l’rmluctions. (‘ belle angele. () 36 Aug. 9pm. Steven Berkoff‘s work is now. as ever. an acquired taste. But if you‘re an admirer. this piece. written way back in the 80s. but never before performed. could be for you. and does contain a grain of harsh truth. Here the grand old bastard of the theatre is bitching about his colleagues. and not. by all reports. even sparing himself in a satire which places a group of back-stabbing. fawning showbi/ luvvies in a posh brasserie as the poll tax riots go on outside. Their detachment from events in the real world seems to be the point. at a time when sortie artists were still trying to be political. (Steve (‘ramerl
Dance Like a Man Komerlia St Stephens. 8 —2():lug. times vary. Malicsh Dattani‘s human drama about the contemporary Indian social scene performed by India's Prime Time Theatre.
Dance of the Dragon Venue I3. 4 It) Aug. 4.30pm. New family inUsical by Philip Michell about five children journeying into a fantasy land.
Dangerous Situation Awakening. llolyroml 'lai‘ern. (5' & ‘lxlug. 5.30pm. First prize for the least enticing line in the Fringe Programme: ‘A project to bring awareness to young people about personal safety". But with any luck it‘ll be a Reefer Madness for the new millennium.
Dangle in the Dust lxrhster Productions. Komeilia Roman liagle lxnlge. .i’v—IZ Aug. 9.15pm. The Faust legend transferred to the sports field.
Danton’s Death llart'urtl- Westla/te School /Remlnlto Project. Rocket (a St John 's Hall. fight/tug. 1.45pm. Buchner‘s French Revolution drama is given an ‘American teen nightmare' staging. which will be novel if nothing else.
Dark '8 The Night (ll/(led Balloon (1! Teriot RUM House. -1‘ #2 7 Aug. / l..l(/[)I71. Two late-night ghost stories adapted by Paul Sellar. The Dead Move Fast by Paul Sellar (ii/(led Balloon Theatre. 3—27 Aug. times vary. Faling comedy meets mystery thriller set in the twilight world of l95lls England. starring Sylvester McCoy.