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VENUE 57—rnfibyu Scots Club. :10 Abercromby Place. Tickets 557 5091.
This newly renovated, comfortable venue presents a wide-ranging season of premieres and revivals from the contemporary and classical American repertoire. Located in the New Town, just a couple of blocks from the Assembly Rooms in a handsome Georgian Town House. Full bar and bar snacks.
AMERICAN FESTIVAL THEATRE presents OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder. Life. love and death in a New Hampshire village: a fiftieth anniversary production of the most beloved American play of all time.
Aug 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 20, 29, 31, Sop! 2 7.309m (9.30) £3.50 (£2.50)
ALSO SCENES FROM AMERICAN LIFE by AR. Gurney. One of the brightest contemporary American playwrights dissects our Upper Class with wit and insight Aug 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 20, 29, 31, Sept 2 10.00pm (11.30) £3.50 (£2.50)
ALSO BUS STOP by William Inge. Cherie, the would-be chanteuse, and 80. the champion rodeo rider, meet head-on in this classic American romantic comedy. Aug 10, 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30, Sept 1, 3 7.30pm (9.30) £3.50 (£2.50) _ 1* ALSO THE EARLY GIRL by Caroline Kava. An all-female cast provides a funny and devastating peek behind the scenes in an American brothel.
Aug 10. 18, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30, Sept 1, 3 10.009111 (11.30) £3.50 (£2.50)
* MEN, WOMEN, AND MARGARET FULLER/PLENTY MONEY by Laurie James/Pat Kaufman. Presented by New York Outgoing Theatre Co.
Aug l5-Sopt 3 (not Suns) 0.00pm (7.00) £3.50
ACCESS THEATRE of Chicago presents LAUNDRY AND BOURBON & LONE STAR
by James McClure. Laugh with people from America's heartland.
Aug 22-8011! 3 (not Sun} 4.009m (5.45) £3.50 (£2.50) _7 NEW DANCE ALLIANCE PERFORMANCE MIX. Adventurous avant-garde series. dancing, text, visuals and music. Critic's Choice, NY Times/Village Voice.
Aug 15-20 4.009111 (5.30) £2.75 (£1.50) _ * REACH ME (A SCREAM NO ONE HEARS) by John Erlanger is premiered by WRY BRED, a theatre ensemble from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Aug 15.8w! 3 (not Suns) 2.003111 (3.30) £3.00 (£2.00)
A THE SHOESTRING PLAYERS 'The best children's theatre in the U.S.' performs THE SPELL IN THE WELL. Watch as 10 actors become all people and places on this rollicking folktale tour of the world.
Aug 22-27 12 noon (1.00) £3.00 (£2.00)
* DANIEL O'ROURKE THE SHOESTRING PLAYERS. Daniel O'Rourke is the rollicking Irish tale of a young man who falls asleep among the 'Iittle people' and
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lAug 15-20 FRANKENSTEIN More funny than frightening, this version of Frankenstein
approaches the problems of science without feelings which can create monsters. Aug 15-20 10.00am (11.00) £2.50 (£1.50) Tickets or venue only
I CAN'T SLEEP by Clifford Odetts. Aug 22-27 10.003n1 (12.30) £2.50 (£1.50) Tickots or venue only
JUMBO'S STRING BAND with traditional music of the American Hills, perfOrmed by unconventional American Blue Grass Band mixing Gospel, Blues. Country, Rock, and Celtic fiddle.
Aug 21 only 4.009111 (0.00) and 7.009111 (9.00)
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VENUE 55—lnstitut Francais d'Ecosse, 13 Randolph Crescent. Tickets 225 5366
Located in the New Town near the West End of Princes Street on Randolph Crescent, this is an elegant and intimate venue presenting a Wlde variety of Scottish, British and American groups. A truly beautiful setting for high quality. entertaining theatre.
* ROSE THEATRE presents Robin Brockman's THE TUNNEL SOLDIERS. a drama of tunnel warfare in Vietnam viewed from both srdes. Aug 15-Sopt 3 (not Suns) 0.009n1 (9.30) £3.50 (£2.50)
* NON-FICTION mums present THE ONLY WOMAN GENERAL-Ev“Lat/print; Mueller satire on US. Military. Sexual need. Curious payload Aug 17-3.," 3 (not Suns) 6.009111 (7.30) £3.00 (£2.00)
* BERGER AND DISKIN present THE BIZARRE CIRCUS A hilarmtls Mime/Theatre play about a weird dream Circus. A Spellbinding barrage nf increasmgly strange acts, where normality and madness collide
Aug lS-Sopt 3 (not Suns) 4.00pm (5.30) £3.50 (£2.50_I_+ _
‘A BLACK BOX PUPPET COMPANY in THE RED NOSED BAGGY TROUSERED CIRCUS SHOW. A unique blend of actors, puppets, laughter and fun combine in the best traditions of circus—a show for all the family.
Aug 2280;" 3 (not Suns) 10.00am (11.30) and 12 noon (1.309111) £2.50 (£1.50)
PRINCETON MIME COMPANY in TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT! Sketches of satire. drama, comedy ’Pleasing, teasing, whimsical, delightful, imaginative' The Scotsman.
Aug 18-8041! 3 (not Suns)
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2.009111 (3.30) £3.00 (£2.50)
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