THEATRE LIST
THEATRE
0 Theatre is listed by city tirst, then by venue, running in alphabetical order, except for touring shows which are listed bythe name of the show. Most theatres in Glasgow are showing Maytest productions. See separate Maytest Diarylordetails.
GLASGOW
o ATHENEUM THEATRE R.S.A.M.D.. Nelson Mandela Place. 041 332 4101. The Taming of the Shrew'l'hurs 21 & Fri22 May. 7.15pm. Final Year Students in Shakespeare's comedy. See Also Television Studio.
0 BRIGGAIT CENTRE Finnieston. Ceilidh Thurs 21 May. 9pm—late. £3.50. Line-up includes The Merry Mac Fun Co. the Levellers. The Alexander Sisters and the Bopkats. O CITIZENS Gorbals Street. 429 0022. Box Office Mon—Sat mam—8pm. Bar.
Until Sat 23 May: please see Theatre section of Mayfest Daily Diary. JDNerSTue 26 May—Sat 6 June. 7.30pm. £3. Students. OAPs. L'B40s £1 . (OAPs attd Students free on the door). Wildcat Stage Productions in their touring show about education. Sketching out the tale ofa family involved in different stages of education with music and comedy. they teach some unpalatable lessons about the North-South divide. Excellent music. slightly patchy acting and some alarming statistics. 0 CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. Box Office Mon—Fri 10am—6pm. Sat l0am—3pm. 6-8pm perf evgs. Bar/Cafe.
Macbeth'l‘hurs l4 and Fri 15 May. 7.45pm. £2.75 (£1.50). Cotnpass Theatre. at company acclaimed for their bold. punchy and strong productions in a new. very physical production of Shakespeare's classic ‘Scottish’ play.
Double Bill Fri 22 and Sat 23 May. 8pm. £1.75 (£1.25). Flipside'l'heatre Cotnpany in a double bill of melodrama by Richard Hughes. A Man Born To Be Hanged. and Moliere‘s comedy xi l)()(‘(()ffll Spire
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0 Spacemen and Party Frocks Sat 23 May. 2.30pm. TAG theatre company‘s new show for 7— l0 year—olds. See Kids.
The Steamie Thurs 28—Sat 30 May. 7.45pm. Thurs £2.50(£1.25): Fri £3 (£1.50). \N’ildcat'slatest show— music and comedy set in the old community laundry. See Review.
0 DRAMA CENTRE 126 lngram Street. 041552 5827.
Please see Theatre section of Mayfest Daily Diary.
0 KING'S Bath Street. Box ()ffice Mort—Sat l2 noon—6pm. 4 bars. [D] [E] Phone Bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Mon—Sat 10.30am—6.30pm. 552 5961.
Until Sat 23 May please see Theatre
section of Mayfest Diary.
Mixed Feelings Mon 25—Sat 30 May. 7.30pm. Sat mat 3pm. £5. £4. £3. Brian Murphy and Ruth Maddock in a new comedy by Donald Churchill presented by Mark Furness Productions.
Benefit Show for Nicaragua Sun 24 May. 7.30pm. £5. £4. £3. A show organised jointly by Scottish Medical Aid. Scottish Aid for Nicaragua and Scottish War On Want. Those appearing include Ben Elton. Rik Mayall. Simon Fanshawe. The McCluskey Brothers. Wildcat Theatre Company. The Sirens and Elaine C. Smith. _
O MITCHELL GranvillcStreet. 221 3198. Box office Mon—Sat. 12 noon—6pm. Bar. Cafe’. [D] Tickets also available from Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. 552 5961. Mon—Sat 10.30am—6.30pm.
Until Sat 23 May please see Theatre section of Mayfest Diary.
When We Are Married Thurs 28—Sat 30 May. 7.30pm. £3. The Pantheon Club.
0 MODERN LANGUAGES THEATRE University ofGlasgow. University Gardens. Bent Thurs l4—Sat 16 May. 7.30pm. £1 . Glasgow University Theatre present Martin Sherman's play set in Berlin and Dachau and outlining both the Nazi persecution ofgays in pre-war Germany and recent suggestions ofisolating and ghettoing gays since the AIDS virus has come to light. 0 PAVILION 121 Renfield Street. 332
1846. Box office Mon—Sat l0am—8pm. Bar.
Clyde Week.
Lauder Thurs l4—Sat 23 May. 7.30pm. Sat mats 2.30pm. £4. £3.50. £2.50. Jimmy Logan in his extremely popular one-man show about the unique and personable Sir Harry Lauder and his times.
0 TELEVISION STUDIO R.S.A.M.D.. Nelson Mandela Place. ()41 332 4101. Merchant 01 Venice Mon 18 May.
7. 15pm. Final Year Students in
lGelati in The Good Person otSzecnwan. See Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh.
Shakespeare‘s classic. See also Atheneum Theatre.
0 THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 331 1234. Box office Mon—Sat 10am—6pm (7.30pm on perf evgs). Bar. Buffet.
Please see Theatre section of Mayfest Diary.
0 THIRD EYE CENTRE 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521.
Please see Theatre Section of Mayfest Diary.
0 TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267/8. Box Office Tue—Sat Noon—8pm; Sun 12.30—8pm. Cafe/Rest. Bar Tue—Thurs
Noon—1 1pm; Fri and Sat- Noon—midnight; Sun 12.30—11pm. Until Sat 23 May please see Theatre Section ofMayest Diary.
The Day the Sheep Turned Pink Thurs 28—Sun 31 May. 8pm. £3 non-members; £3 members. Students. OAPs. UB40s. disabled. under-21s £1 (members only and not on Fri or Sat). Critical Mass Theatre Company in a new comic play about the issue of nuclear power. See Review.
EDINBURGH
0 DEDLAM THEATRE 2 Forrest Road. 225 9893.
Dracula Until Sun 17 May. 10.30pm. £2.50; £2 concs; £1 .50members. A late night production of the Brain Stoker classic. adapted for the stage through improvisation by the company. directed by Sally Bates.
0 BRUNTDN THEATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. Box office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [D]
Edinburgh Competition Festival Sat 16—Sat 23 May. A week of musical competitions for both voice and instruments. competitors ranging from under 8 years to nearer 80. Events take place during the day and in the evening. For details please call 031 665 8040.
Scottish Dance Theatre Mon 25 May. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). See Dance.
The Steamle Tue 26 May. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Wildcat Stage Productions in their warm-hearted funny new show about the community spirit of the old laundries. See Review.
0 CHURCHILL THEATRE
Morningside Road. Tickets usually available from Cruikshanks the Newsagents. opp the Theatre.
Pride and Prejudice Thurs 21—Sat 23 May. The Merkaters in an adaptation ofJane Austen's novel. Equus Wed 27—Sat 30 May. 7.30pm. £2.50 (£1 .50). Leitheatre present Peter Shaffer's powerful play about an adolescent‘s tortured sexuality.
0 FRENCH INSTITUTE 13 Randolph Crescent. 225 5366.
Ubl Roi 7.30pm. £3 members; £2 non-members; £1 .50 school pupils. Theatre de l‘Arc-en-Terre in a production based on the story by Alfred Jarry about the archetypal dictator. In French.
0 KING'S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 2291201. Box office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [D]
SuperGran Until Sat 16 May. Fri 10.30am and 7pm: Sat 11am. 2.30pm. 7pm. Adults £4.50. £4. Children £3. £2.75. cones (OAPS. students. disabled and UB40s) £1 off all eve and Sat perfs. Outclassing
Superman at his own game. Barbara Watt is Super Gran. the highly popular and supersonic septuagenarian. See Kids.
Annie Mon 18—Sat 30 may. 7.30pm. Wed and Sat mat 2.30pm. Prices as for Supergran. A new production of the highly popular musical based on the comic strip story of Little Orphan Annie. an orphaned waif living in 1930s' America who is adopted by a millionaire.
O MANDELA THEATRE Gateway Exchange. 2—4 Abbeymount. 661 0982. Cafe and Bar facilities during performances.
0 NETHERBOW 43 High Street. 556 9579. Box office 10am—4.30pm; 7-9pm perfevgs.
Cafe. [D]
Hudden Dudden and Donald D'Leary Until Sat 23 May. Weds 10.3()am. 1.30pm (schools perfs) and 7.30pm; Thurs and Fris 4 and 7.30pm: Sats 10.30am and 2.30pm. £2.50 (£1.50). A tale ofgreed and misdeed in which the baddies get their just deserts. Donald ()‘Leary has one cow, a small patch of land and two nasty neighbours. lludden and Dudden. When llttdden and Dudden pinch the cow. justice is called for. For the 7—11 year age group mainly. directed by Chris Craig. See Kids.
Churches Drama Federation Annual Festival Wed 27—Sat 30 May. Please check with theatre for details.
0 ROYAL LYCEUM Grindlay Street, 229 9697. Box office Mon—Sat 10am—6pm. 10am—8pm on perf evgs. Bar. Rest/Cafe. [D][E] ('I‘heatreSaver Concession Cards cost £1 . last all year. give £1 offthe full price each time you come for you and a friend — available to OAPs, UB40s. Students. disabled. under 24 railcard holders. YTS scheme and young people under 18).
The Glass Menagerie Until Sat 16 May. 7.45pm. £2.50—£5.50. TheatreSaver holders £1 off. A good but not brilliant production of Tennessee Williams‘ febrile ‘memory‘ play in which Tom Wingfield comes to terms with his repressed feelings ofguilt. frustration and affection for his sadly unrealistic family.
The Yeomen ol the Guard Mon 18—Sat 23 May. 7.45pm. £5. £4. £3. One free ticket with every ten bought. All tickets £3 on Monday. Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group in the popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
The Gorbals Story Tue 26—Sat 30 May. 7.45pm. £4 (£2.50). 7:84 Scotland in a wonderfully spirited production by David [layman of the play by Robert McLeish about life in the Gorbals during the post-war housing crisis — and since. See Mayfest.
O THEATRE WORKSHOP 34 Hamilton Place. 226 5425. Box office Mon—Sat 9.30am—5.30pm. Bar. Cafe. The Good Person of Szechwan Fri 15 and Sat 16 May. 8pm. £3 (£2). I Gelati. a theatre company whose shows are usually highly visual. energetic and excellently executed in a production of Bertolt Brecht‘s play. a parable on the difficulty of doing good in a competitive world. Holding the Reins Fri 22 May. 8pm. £2.50(£1.50). The Women‘s Theatre
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