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Tickets £6.25. £5.75. £4.75, £3.75.
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12 noon — 6pm Mon - Sat. 10.30am — 6.30pm Mon - Sat.
ENQUIRIES 041-552 5961 l CREDIT CARD HOTLINE 041-221 5015
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Mon 1 - Sat 27 Dec 7.00pm(Matinees available)
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Dec. 7.30pm. Also 2.30pm on b. 7. 13.14.20and 2] Dec. Non-members £4.50; Econ members £4; Full Members £3.501Concs £2.50 (non-members). £2 (members). A fairytale ofgood and evil. weaving in elements ofancient tales. and set in the Kingdom olStrathgushel where debt and dark despair threaten King Andy. The Traverse's Christmas Show. written by Iain Sutherland. See also Lyceum Studio.
TOURING
0 We've Been Had Faceback Theatre Company in a play taking a satirical look at the way advertising colours our lives. with a fine line-up on contributors to the production: script by the poet Ron Butlin: music by Adrian Johnson. performed by Clare Brennan. Therese Collie and Eric Mallett and designed by Lucy Weller.
Ruelzhill Unemployed Workers ('enlre Shuna Street. (ilasgow. Thurs 27 and Fri 28 Nov. 7.30pm. (Daytime workshops also — please check with venue for details).
041 946 5675. Tour continues to Western Isles.
A Christmas Carol Wildcat tour an adapted version of the Dickens classic by Peter Arnott. incorporating an updated response to Victorian values not as Dickens knew them. but as we do. For further details tel Wildcat on 0-11 954 ()000. Palace Theatre, Kilmarnoek Mon l—Sat 27 Dec. 7pm (plus mats). 0563 23590. Tour continues.
The Incredible Brechin Beetle Bug 7:84 Scotland in their first ever panto: The Incredible Bree/tin Beetle Bug by Matt McGinn. which involves Good and Evil. a European sugar
mountain and a Bad Beetle. ...tent on destroying the world‘s toy... See Feature. For further details tel 7:84 01103] 557 3442.
George Square Theatre. Edinburgh 5 and 6 Dec. 7.30pm. Tour continues to the Highlands.
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Brecht on Magic Sat (1 Dec. 8pm. £3 (£2). Ian Saville with a show of his ‘socialist magic" ably directed by a somewhat alienated Bertolt Brecht. in the shape of a ventriloquist’s dummy.
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Wireless Wireless Thurs 27 and Fri 28 Nov. Thurs 27 and Fri 28 Nov. 10pm. Members £1; Non-members £1.50. Tickets on door from 9.30pm. The topical satirical quartet who take their inspiration from the golden age of radio. In the bar.
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Fascinating Aida Sat 2*) Nov. 7.30pm. £5. £3.50. The toothsome threesome return to Edinburgh with an evening of their highly successful blend of wit. sophistication and music.
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The Big Red Night 28 and 2‘) Nov. 8pm. £1 .5()(50p). The popular Merry Mac l’un (‘o in a new one of their crush-the-cliche shows.
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Boy Chubby Brown Thurs 11 Dec. 8pm. £5. Iiver-so-slightly blue comedian. not for the easily oll‘endable.
ENERGY SPENDING
The second annual Tron Dance Week begins this Thursday (27 Nov). Following last year‘s success, the Week has been expanded to ten days and coincides with Scotland’s Dance ForAtrica events.
All the participating companies are well known to Scottish audiences. Greg Nash, a regularvisitor, presents a new work, Momentum Bush, which indcludes tilm of 100 dancers shot on tour locations in the UK. Mantis return with a trilogy of dance for their winter season. The title piece, Scenes From the Lite of Beethoven is artistic director Micha Bergese's latest work.
Rotating Dancers, a duo heavily involved in Glasgow‘s community, have been working with local musicians Alan Tall, Derek Houghton and Jim Sutherland on Elements Basic. The community itseltwill be underthe bannerJunction 19, a group of amateur dancers who gave a lively and humorous performance last year.
Two newcomers to the Dance Week are The Kosh, bringing their dramatic Telling Tales, seen at this year's Edinburgh Festival and Scottish Dance Theatre with Phase Two, premiered at Maylest '86. See listings tor details. (Alice Bain)
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