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A Fumble In The Dark Theatre Workshop DF DATES a. TIMES: August 9- ‘ 8 (not I 1)). 16.00 Hrs August 20-95. “'7 30 HS TICKETS: £7.50 ($4.00)
I Am The Walrus
Theatre Workshop DF
DATES 3. TIMES: August 9- '- 8 (not 1'2). 18.00 Hrs. August 90-95. ‘5 00 Hrs TICKETS: £7.50 (£4.00)
Sealboy: Freak Phocomedia DF DATES a. TIMES: Theatre: August 9-18 (not 19). 90.30 Hrs Studio August 90-95. 9? 00 H's TICKETS: £7.50 (£4.00)
Walking Amongst Sleepers Caroline Parker DF
DATES a. TIMES: August 9-18. (not 12). 90 00 Hrs August 20-95. 2030 H's
TICKETS: £7.50 ($24.00)
‘OUO’ maan Reality Productions DF
DATES & TIMES: August 9-18 (not 1?). 91.30 Hts TICKETS: $27.50 ($5.50)
Caliban & Miranda Uncommon Ground Sign Dance Collective DF
DATES 5. TIMES: August 9-1 1.16.30 Hrs August 13-38. IQ 00 Hrs TICKETS: $7.50 ($4.00)
Zipper 1 Zapper Talking Hands DF DATES 5. TIMES: August 9-18 (not IQ). 22.30 Hrs TICKETS: £7.50 (£4.00)
Where From Here Third Angel 55 DATES 4. TIMES: August 90-95. 91.15 Hrs TICKETS: (£5.00)
A Volcano Classlc Volcano ES DATES 6. TIMES: August 23-25. 1.15 Hrs TICKETS: $37.50 ($4.00) The Bogus Woman The Red Room & Mama OuiIIo Es DATES 5. TIMES: August 90-25. 14.30 Hrs TICKETS: £7.50 ($14.00)
I Am Dandy The Davrd Gale Company ES 5 TIMES: August 16.45 Hrs TICKETS: £8.00 (£5.00)
Les Trois Mousquetalres Theatre Sans Frontieres
DATES 8. TIMES: August 9-1 1. 18.30 Hts August 13-18. 16.30 Hrs August 20-99. 12.00 Hrs (noon) TICKETS: £7.00 (£5.00) A Dark River The Big Picture Company
DATES a. TIMES: August 9-1 1. 14.00 Hrs August 13-18. 1400 Hrs TICKETS AUG 9-11: $7.00 ($15.00) TICKETS AUG 13-18: $8.00 ($6.00)
The KAOS Volpone Kaos
DATES a TIMES: August 33-25 (not 19). 18.30 Hrs TICKETS: $18.00 ($5.00) The Lear Lesson Modern Times Theater
DATES 6. TIMES: August 9-18 (not 1’2). 14.30 Hrs August QO-QS. 19.00 Hrs TICKETS: $16.00 ($23.50)
Agnes Of God Wexford Arts Centre Theatre Company DATESVdr—TIMES: AugusIQVO-QS. 13.00 Hrs TICKETS: £7.00 (£4.00)
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56 THE LIST FESTIVAL GUIDE It's-22 Aug 2001
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Dark Is The Night 000 (I‘I'lrlett Balloon (1! lt’t‘lut Row. until 27Aug. [1.30pm. I'm quite accustomed to things that go bump in the night. L'sually it means I'm plastered and have walked into the wardrobe. With this play Patti Sellar has adapted two short stories lor the stage. The .\'igltt II'ire. by ill“. Arnold. leatures three journalists working a news desk when a spooky story breaks. in The Ilitxymrk. by AM Burrage. a journalist spends the night in a wax museum where the dummies appear to be blessed with basic motor skills. Directed by Ken Bentley. this dramatisation is entertaining but lailed to scare this journalist. ‘()ne imagines them to be responsible people.‘ the inuseum manager say s ol hacks. So I'm oll early to bed. Shit. Who put that table there‘.’ (Kik Reid)
A Dark River 'I'lteutre Iltit'ksltup, until lo’Aug. 2pm: 3!) 27,-1ug. l/utn. l.orca’s Blmul ll'etlrling re-iniagined lor a group ol London Asians.
David Benson - To Be Frank
... Drtvitl Benson. l’lertyutu'e Home. until 27Aug. 4pm. Stand-up cum theatre show. which explores the lives ol both l-"rankie ilowerd and Benson himsell through impersonation and lloor discussions.
Dawn Chorus l'lttt-l‘imletl llteult’r’. Diversexlttrur'tinns. until lb'Aug. U. I5/mt. Drama about the need lor angels and enchantment.
The Day the Daggers Broke Loose .1Irtltttttt llteutl‘t’ (iron/t. llte (irtl'tlgt'. 2” 26 Aug. l/um. ReIgious drama.
The Dead Move Fast 000 (ii/tier! Ital/nun. until 27.1ug. times vary. Sylvester Mc('oy is a doctor in charge ol a home lor the criminally insane in 1953 lingland. A murdering madman is on the loose. is the wacky doctor a lunatic who has taken over the asy lum'.’ ()r are any ol his lour co-stars the deranged killer'.’ iiveryone gives impeccably restrained perlormances. in brogues. tweed jackets, pipes and still upper lips. They really are game at trying to make the dull play work. So too is the continually inventive direction with live black screens sliding. slithering all over the stage. creating atmosphere. Yet it‘s to no avail. Paul Sellar's unoriginal script isjust not lunny enough. There's no barrel laughs. only occasional chuckles. This is an homage to the lialing comedies ol yesteryear. and the big dillerence is they were lull ol eccentric. loveable. humane characters who we cared about . The audience are lel't wondering what it's all about. In desperate need of originality. (John Binnie)
Dear Kitty .\'ewl)ur_v Youth Theatre. Quaker .Ileeting House. until lo'xlug. 8.30pm. Anne Frank inspired musical. Death and the Maiden Stun/mil ('IIive/‘sitv .Irlrul 7718!: (' lettue. 1‘) -26 Aug. [2.50tun. Ariel Dorlman's powerful three- hander about a woman who believes she has come lace to lace with the man who tortured her during the time ol the country‘s totalitarian regime.
Decky Does A Bronco (iritt lt'mt. .S'eotlunrl I’rml l’luvgruutul. l6—27 Aug. 4pm. Along with the lringe premier ol ()ur Burl
Magnet. Douglas Maxwell's hit from last year returns in a version that the ever- inventive Grid Iron has been touring around England in recent months. A very funny and ultimately moving production. this piece examines the childhoods ol several young boys who encounter tragedy at an early age. l'nder Ben Harrison's direction. the original boasted strong perlormances. and a whimsical leeling about lost youth which evoked emotion without sentimentality. The all male cast get to do what actors love doing. playing children. and the swing park site-specific setting gels beautifully with the [let_\“s general ambience. ll you haven't. go see. ll you have. go see again. (Steve (’ramer)
Denity CI’ISIB Q.” ll!(’(lll'(' ('0, Old St Paul's ('lturr'lt A" Hull. until IIS'Aug, 6.30pm. ('hristopher Durang's comic exploration ol modern psychology and the nature ol sanity. A Desire To Kill On The Tip Of The Tongue ... Il'ise/mrt l’rruluetirms. (‘ I'ntlergrrmnrl. until 26 Aug. 9.30pm. Mark Ravenhill‘s adaptation ol Xavier Durringer's social drama has some nice moments. but rises to no great heights. At the centre is a young thug having an allair with a married woman. Barred lrom a clth where she's dancing with her husband. he calls on his best mate to help. The woman eventually meets him. as does the husband. t'gly' undercurrents indicate potential v iolencc. while lurther revelations of the sexual pasts ol the characters escalate the tension. But this tension is dissipated by a lack ol rigour in the script. and some uneven perlormances. The perlormers work hard at the dark humour latent to the script. but the rather wordy poetry ol the characters' street language tends blunt the edges. (Steve (‘ramerl
Diamonds and Price Present Under Laboratory Conditions Diverse Attrur'tirms. 20—25 Aug. 6pm. (‘omedy' double act.
Diary of a Nobody Assembly anns. until 27Aug. 4.35pm. Rodney Bew'es plays the harmlessly pompous Mr l’ooter. Three stars last year from The List.
Diatribe of Love 000 xls‘s‘enthly‘ Rooms. until 27Aug. l/.55um. Alter last year's hit Berk-oil's Il'rmten. the pressure was bound to be on Linda Marlowe. But whereas in Ber/{riffs Il’mnen Marlowe was portraying a number ol lemale archetypes. here she examines one woman's inner psyche as she struggles to survive the death ol her marriage. Amidst the bang and clatter ol broken crockery. she erupts onto the stage with bile and venom in (iabriel (iarcia Marquel's only drama. This vigour soon disintegrates. however. to be overtaken by nostalgia. melancholy and resignation. presenting the lragility' that exists beneath the .surlace ol a detiant woman. Marlowe is good but not as jaw- droppingly good as she was in last year's show. This is perhaps down to the sometimes awkward poeticism ol (iarcia Marque/s prose. Frequently it smacks ol cliche and lalse sentimentality. belittling the ellorts ol an ordinarily exceptional actress. ((‘atherine Bromley')
URBAN NATURE
Last chance to see steel, glass and natural element compositions as well as photographs by Edinburgh-based mixed-media artist Dale Joseph
Rowe, before he moves to Paris.‘
Berlitz Centre 24—26 Frederick Street 226 7198 1st Aug-Ist Sept 10am—5pm