THEATRE
I American Bagpipes Tramway Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Wed 10.
I The Beautltul Gemme RSAMD Chandler Studio. 1pm. £4 (£2). See Sat 13.
I The Guld Sisters Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). See Fri 5.
I Potestad RSAMD Chandler Studio. 6pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 11. ITheatresports Renfrcw Ferry. 1pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sat 13.
MONDAY 15
CABARET/ COMEDY
I The Mlnclng Machine Tour '89 Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7. £6. See Sat 13.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
I Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas lor Violin and Piano RSAMD Guinness Room. 1pm. £4 (£2). Final concert of Beethoven sonatas played by Angus Anderson and Gusztav Fenyo. Op 12 No 3, Op 30 No land Op47. the Kreutzer.
DANCE
I Stephen Petronio Company Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sun 14.
FILM
I Marie Comes to Town Glasgow Film Theatre. 6pm. This impressive debut by 23 year-old director Marquise Lepage chronicles the misadventures of an adolescent girl astray in the big city. and her burgeoning friendship with a local prostitute. Please note change of programme from the official Mayfest brochure. ' I Crazy Love Glasgow Film Theatre. 8.45pm. Young Belgian film-maker Dominique Dreuddere has gone to Hollywood on the strength of this shocking and bizarre tale of alienated sexuality. Based on the writings ofCharles Bukowski. it follows three episodes in the life ofa born loser from early awakening to acned teen trauma to middle-aged depravity. See also panel.
MUSIC
I The Co—Betweens Govan Town Hall. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). Quality Australian guitar pop from the group that brought the world Before Hollywood. Spring Hill Fair. Liberty Belle and Tallulah. to name but four enchanting albums. laced with melancholy and
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I The McCluskey Brothers Mayfair. 9pm. £3. Always a good live act as a folky duo. the McCluskeys have now roped in a band. including former Aztec Cameraman. the inimitable Campbell Owens. on bass. Ifyou‘re unsure about going along seek out last year‘s ‘She Said to the Driver' 45 first. I Freelt de Jonge Renfrcw Ferry. £5 (£2.50).
I The Fabulous Slngletts Renfrcw Ferry. £4 (£2). All-female ‘bcehive-style‘ singing group. with a vast repertoire ofold favourites.
THEATRE
I A Tale or Two Cities Citizen‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1/Frec). See Fri 5.
I Dr Who King's Theatre. 7.30pm. £5—£7 (£2.50—3.50). Not sure that this will be the same without the living room couch to hide behind. but ifJon Pertwee was your favourite Time Lord this could be the nostalgia trip for you.
TUESDAY 16 CABARET/ COMEDY
I Decadence Tron Theatre. 11.15pm. £2.50/£3.50 (cones available). Stephanie Prince and Fenton Gray are directed by Victor Spinetti in Steven Berkoff‘s hilarious expose of upper and lower class society.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
I David Home and James Clappenon RSAMD Stevenson Hall. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). Two outstandingly talented young musicians. David Home in the piano versions of Mussorgski's Pictures A t A n Exhibition and Balakirez‘s Islamey. both more usually heard in their orchestrated
colours. Composer James
Clapperton plays some of his own work including The Prophecies of M endes and selections from The Book ofHours.
DANCE
I Stephen Petronlo Company Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sun 14.
FILM
I Crazy LDVB Glasgow Film Theatre. 8.45pm. See Mon 15. IASelection olFllm Room 413. James Weir Building. Strathclyde University. Montrose Street. 6.45pm. 50p. A
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‘l've reached my borders here.‘ he says. ‘atter working for twenty years in a very small country.‘
He became widely known to Dutch audiences through The Revelation, the tirst of tour New Yeartelevision specials he has presented.
in which his briel isto comment on the events 01 the past year. Now hlslame is such that he is lreguently asked to make personal appearances as a celebrity. When we spoke. he had just relumed lrom opening a new telephone network.
lie is vlsiting Scotland for the tirst time on a late . addition to the Maytest programme. though he once periormed in a two-man show at the Royal Court in London. It came at the tail end at a long partnership
and was. he says. ‘aterrible experience’. The tollowing year he went solo. Perlorming in English does bring its problems. though. He has been compared to Billy Connolly. but says - not surprisingly- that he only understands ‘about twenty per cent' oi Connolly's material. ‘You won't understand my puns, ot course.‘ he adds, ‘butl
hope you will like my stories and my point 01 view.‘
His stories concern themselves mainly with lailure. ‘Comedy.’ he suggests. ‘is man in trouble.‘ So he talks about loneliness. raclsm. Central America, short-range missiles. As lor his point oi view. ‘I'd rather be a slave than a tourist in New Orleans.’ he says. ‘That's my credo'. His comedy does not dwell exclusively on areas at political commitment but. he says. ‘you can always leel it.’
Having never beiore heard ot Maylest. he's openly worried about what to expect at Glasgow audiences. But what would he ask 0! them? ‘Not much.‘ he concludes. ‘only that they are open.’
(Andrew Bumet) Freek de Jonge. Mon15. see Cabaret listings.
Archive. Followed by questions and discussion.
MUSIC
I Taxi Pata Pata Third Eye Centre. 10.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Dance your sox off to this African riot of sound.
I Texas Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £5.50 (£3.50). £4.50
(£2.50). SOLD OUT.
I Joe Loss and His Orchestra Plaza Ballroom. 8pm. £5. The dancing highlight of the year. presented by Radio Clyde.
I Christine Colllster and Clive Gregson Renfrcw Ferry. 9pm. £5 (£2.50). Leading lights in the ‘folk roots‘ movement. and occasional Richard Thompson collaborators. with some fine songs, though rockier moments occasionally disgruntle some punters.
I The Fabulous Slngletts Renfrcw Ferry. £4 (£2). See Mon 15.
I Breton/lrish/Scots Evening The Shed. 8pm. £3.50. Tickets: 553 2475 or 227 5511 (Ticket Centre). Music from the Celtic nations.
THEATRE
I American Bagpipes Tramway Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Wed 10.
I Dr Who King‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £5—£7 (£2.50—£3.50). See Mon 15.
I Project! Crawfurd Theatre. 7.30pm. L5 (£2.50). The Free Street Theatre from Chicago‘s Cabrini-Green arrive at the Crawfurd Theatre after touring the Mayfest community venues. Their show is a musical drama based on the experiences of the residents ofone of America‘s most violent
housmg estates.
I The Real World Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). To complement the season of films from Quebec. Canada's Tarragon Theatre present Michel Tremblay‘s domestic drama set in 1967 and written in 1986 about a playwright‘s expose of his own family. I A Tale Di Two Cities Citizen‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1/Free). See Fri 5.
I Wendy Darling Third Eye Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). When Peta Lily performed her solo mime show based on Peter Pan. in last year‘s Edinburgh Fringe. The List commended her ‘ingenious simplicity and depth of understanding‘ and her ‘typically self-assured and elegant style‘.
to enthusiastic reviews almost everywhere. the Mackenzies are proving to be a rock group almost without peer in Scotland. No forced smiles for them either. as a disturbing streak runs through even their catchiest numbers.
I The Fabulous Slngletts
; Renfreerrry.£4(£2). SeeMonlS.
I Jook Street Jug Lock 27. 1100 Crow Road. Eening. Free. Furstenberg Folk Festival. Speakeasy and barbershop good time music.
THEATRE
IAmerlcan Bagpipes Tramway Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Wed 10.
I Dr Who King‘s Theatre. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £5—£7 (£2.50—3.50). See Mon 15.
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CABARET/ COMEDY
I Decadence Tron Theatre. 11.15pm. £2 . 50/£3 . 50 (cones available). See Tue 16.
FILM
I Crazy Love Glasgow Film Theatre. 8.45pm. See Mon 15.
MUSIC
I The Fairer Sax Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £5.50 (£3.50). £4.50 (£2.50). Costumed choreography and sax appeal from four ladies. their middle-of-the-road repertoire and their tenor. alto. baritone. soprano and more.
I Goodbye MrMackenzle Govan Town Hall. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). Their album Good Deeds and Dirty Rugs in the shops at last.
RSAMD New Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Final Year students from the RSAMD in Aphra Behn's 1687 comedy.
I Pmiectl Crawfurd Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Tue 16.
I The Real World Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). See Tue 16.
I A Tale at Two Cities Citizen's Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1/Free). See Fri 5.
I Tango Varsovlano Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5
(£2.50). Argentina‘s
Teatro del Sur in the first British performance of a
highly-rated impressionistic play by AlbertoFelixAlberto.
IWendy DariingThird Eye Centre. 7.30pm. £5
(£2.50). See Tue 16.
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CABARET/ COMEDY ,
I John ‘Sladwel' Sparkes
with Jack Dee Renfrcw Ferry. 9pm. £5 (£2.50). Sparkes' best known creation. Siadwel. always reappears like an old friend. you think you‘ve seen enought ofhim. but in truth you never have. He is a versatile performer with more characters than just the Welsh dimwit to his credit. and is well worth seeing. Jack Dee isa newcomer who has been going down a storm in London.
I Hughes. MacPherson and Redmond Mitchell Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£2.50). The Irish contingent of The Englishman. lrishmen and Scotsman season arrives with a triple bill of comedy.
I Decadence Tron Theatre. 1 l . 15pm. £2.50/£3.50 (concs available). See Tue 16.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
I A Small Green Space RSAMD Stevenson Hall. 8pm. £6 (£3). English National Oper‘s BayIiss Programme spawns the first collaboration between writer Fay Weldon and composer llona Sekacz. in the Scottish premiere of this work about the environment. Fusion of opera performers. rock. blues. soul and local youth chorus.
DANCE
I Lindsay John 'l‘hird liye Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). John uses a visual art training and a fascination with Japanese butoh dance to create a feast for the eyes. Before Form: 3 Skin is a piece he has been developing since a visit to Japan last year.
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