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Thursday 31 July—Thursday 7 August 2003

Festival Sections

12 Blll Ballet.

14 Monty Python

16 Dan e (\tOl'lllttll

18 Demetll Maltnn 21 The Dlnks

22 Pe\.’eren<l Obadiah 24 Ross Noble

35 Revoltltlon 37 Nats Nus

38 Not Now Bernard 39 Coat Hangers and l lshlntl Wire

Festival Front 2 Top 20 festival shows

4 Festival Insider 6 Festival news. Matinee Idol and ticket info 8 John Fardell and David Crowe

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42 Super Furry Animals 44 Black Rebel Motoleyele Club

Highlights: In their own words 12 Bill Bailey ‘I love comedy but I like to see something that pushes your expectations of what you might think of as stand-up. You think: "Am I listening to someone trying to explain the Trinity to me?“

5O Fringe politics V 52 Twelve Angry Men “"1 54 The People Next Door ~ 57 Thebans

16 Dave Gonnan - ‘One review called me a footloose eccentric. and again I am unable to argue. When you consider the content of the show. there's no point in me going "no. I'm not."

Actually, my close friends would say that l was autistic.’ 75 ISSOC Julie“

76 Cindy Sherman 44 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

‘I reckon rock'n‘roll is dissipating. Music's becoming like a microchip that you just plug into a computer. but there's definitely plenty of nonconformist shit out there.‘

83 Clubs

83 Progression

50 85 MOderll LOVGTS

‘I had to explore the darker side of myself when 9/ 1 1 occurred. I had to bypass this feeling that this was a fantastic and horrible moment of protest against global capitalism. It was the most successful piece of theatre of 2001 .‘

57 John Kazek

‘Because of the poet in her. Liz Lochhead produces this wonderful, rhythmic writing. The audience is hearing poetry and they don‘t know it. As a performer. you just have to surrender to it.‘ F°' complete eight-day information about non- festival events in Glasgow and Edinburgh, see regular edition of The List.

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