Gaughan. join the traditional celebrations. with sideshows and pony rides for children. Glory to the Party of Labour of Albania! Victory to the international proletariat! I Nina Simone Theatre Royal. 7.30pm. £l5. £12.50. £7.50. £6.50. £5.50. the High Priestess of Soul is back on top. courtesy ofthe (‘hanel adverisement. See Music preview. I Aly Bain at Mayfest Renfrew Ferry. 8pm. £6 (£3). BBC TV Scotland are recording this series of concerts for later transmission. The feisty fiddler‘s friends sharing the platform tonight are Irishman Marlt D'Connar and the unique guitarist ’songwriter John Martyn I Banjo Mosele Arches Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£2.50). Banjo. who first came to Britain with Hugh Masekela. and is a member ofthe fine British band Bushmen Don't Surf. fuses together traditional and modern music front his native Botswana.
SPECIAL EVENTS
I BBC Radio Goes To Town George Square. 10am46pm. Free.
THEATRE
I MotherCourage Citizens' Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1/free). See Fri 4.
I A Man at Yir Baclt New Athenaeum Theatre RSAMD. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Gordon Burnside's funny and sensitive study of a Dundee wifie performed by Dundee Repertory Theatre.
I PS 122 Field Trips Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sun 6.
I Crow Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). See Fri4. I The Complete History of Rock 'n‘ Roll Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£4). £5 (£2.50). Wildcat revives and updates its 1979 tribute to pop and politics.
MAYFEST 1_.i_Sjr_
I The Alchemist Old Athenaeum Theatre.
3 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See
Fri 4.
I Dancer Moir Ilall. 10.30am. John Harvey's play for TAG has been specially written to herald
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FILM
I Santa Sangre (iFr. 8.30pm. £2.90 (£1.90/£1.30). See Fri 4. LITERARY EVENTS
I Wish You Were Here
Moirllall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Adrian Henri. the Liverpool poet. with a recital from his latest book. an elegy for his wife. who died three years ago.
MUSIC
I Davy Spillane Band City- Hall. 7.30pm. £6(£3). Moving Hearts‘ exciting uillean piper takesthe instrument sucessfully into unlikely musical territories. See Music Preview.
I Billy Bragg Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£4). £5 (£2.50). The doyen of agitprop songsters.
I Aly Bain at Mayfest Renfrew Ferry. 8pm. £6 (£3). See Mon 7. Tonight the Boys of the Lough's fiddler with guests Katherine Ticltell. the celebrated Northumbrian piper and fiddler; Fairground Attraction‘s Eddie Reader. and the WallochmorCeilidh Band. I The Kafala Brothers .-\rches'l‘lteatre. 10pm. £5 (£2.50). Angolan triowht‘ base their sound on acoustic guitars and haunting flute.
I Masasu Band Third Iiye
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SPECIAL EVENTS
I BBC Radio Goes To Town George Square. 10am—6pm. Free.
THEATRE
I Govan Stories Arches Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Mother Courage (,‘itizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm.£5(£l free). See Fri 4.
I The Shadow of a Gunman King's Theatre. 7.30pm. £fs‘(£4.50. £7 (£4).£6 (£3.50). £5 (£2.50). (‘elebrated production of Sean ()‘(‘asey's Dublin tenement bitter-sweet tragedy performed by Ireland's Abbey Theatre (see preview).
I A Man at Yir Back New Athenaeum Theatre RS:\!\11).7.30pm.£5 (£2.50). See Mon 7.
I Inertia Real Third Iiye (‘entre 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Sci-fi vision ofour near future.
I On The Piste Tramway . 7.30pm. £7,50(£4). The ubiqunous I lull Truck theatre company in a ski slope comedy.
I PS 122 Field Trips Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sun 6.
I CroWTron Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). See Fri4. I The Alchemislnld Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm £5(£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Dancer 10.30am a 2.30pm. £1.50. Mitchell Theatre. See Mon 7.
I The Love of Don Perlimplin and The Respecfable Wedding RSAMI). 7 45pm. £5 (£2.50). Made In ( ilasgow recruits Day id Mc\'icar to direct this double-bill of play s by I .orca and Brecht respecttyely.
I Daniel Wiesnerllcnry Wood l Iall. 8pm. £5
(£2.50). Winner ofthis year's Scottish International Piano Competition makes a welcome return visit to Glasgow with Sonatas by Mozart. Beethoven. Schumann and Prokofiev.
DANCE
I Happy Trails and Sleep Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). ('ombining narration. design and dance. Ralph Lemon's charismatic style has won him numerous awards. Ilnafraid ofconfronting serious issues. Lemon's work. like the music he uses. covers a wide range olemotion.
FILM
I Santa Sangre(i1~'1'. (ipn'l and 8pm. £2.90 (£l.90 £1.30). See Fri4.
MUSIC
I Penguin Cafe Orchestra (‘ity Hall. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). ()riginal. imaginattse and unclasstliable. all the world's intistc finds a plilL‘c in this superb ensemble. See Maylest Preview
I Aly Bain at Mayfest Renfrew Ferry. ts’pm. £6 (£3). See Mon 7. Guestsol y ir'tuoso fiddler Aly tonight include coneertma. mouth organ. fiddle and Northumbrian pipes from Alistair Anderson and the Border Shepherds; Tyman Dog; and frotn the States the New Hampshire Fiddlers with stunning dance ensemble frotn Maryland. the Fiddle Puppets.
I Na H-Dganaich Muir Hall. 7.30pm. £5(£2.50). Original and much loved Gaelic folk trio re-form for a concert.
I Masasu Band Arches Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£2.50). See Tue 8.
SPECIAL EVENTS
I BBC Radio Goes To Town George Square. 10am«6pm. Free.
THEATRE
I Govan Stories Arches Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Mother Courage (‘itizens‘ Theatre.
7.30pm.£5(£lrfree).See } Fri4. ITheShadowofaGunman
King's Theatre. 7.30pm. £8(£4.50. £7 (£4). £6 (£3.50). £5 (£2.50). See Tue 8.
I A Man at Yir Back New Athenaeum Theatre RSAMD. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Mon 7.
I On The Piste Tramway.
7.30pm. £7.50 (£4). See Tue 8.
I Taboo Third Eye ('entre. 9.30pm. £5
: (£2.50). The highly-rated ; company . Lumiere and
; Son in a ‘deadly serious
i black comedy" byTrevor
Stuart. (See Preview).
ICroWTronTheatre.
[ 7.30pm. £5(£3). See Fri4. IThe AlchemistId
‘ AthenaeumTheatre.
7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
. IDancerlt).30am& 2.30pm. MoirHall.£l.50.
See Mon 7.
I The Love of Don Perlimplin and The Respecfable Wedding RSAMD. 7.45pm. £5 (£2.50). See Tue 8.
THURSDAY 10
CABAHET/ COMEDY
I NiClt Revell Moir Hall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Stubble-faced story-teller and radio racconteur.
I A Very Private Diary Renfrew Ferry. 6pm. £6 (£3). Anecdotal tales from \‘ictor Spinetti. co-star of many a Beatles film. Recommended. (See Prey iew).
DANCE
' I Didan. . . Sltroeba'l‘hird
liye ('entre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). A hit when performed in London.
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Angelika Oei's production involves a stage covered with white sand and three dancers who perform a medieval court dance which gathers in momentum.
FILM
I Santa Sangre GFI‘. 6pm and 8pm. £2.90 (£1 .90. £1 .30) See Fri 4.
MUSIC
I De Dannan Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£4). £5 (£2.50). Fiddler/flute player Frankie Gavin leads the internationally respected Irish group on a long-awaited return visit to Scotland.
I Dfis Grand and The Danceltings City Hall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Steaming R&B from blues guitarist ()tis.
I Aly Bain at Mayfest Renfrew Ferry. 9pm. £6 (£3). See Mon 7. The top flight fiddler with a clutch of superb singers in Ireland's Mary Black. tingland‘s Martin Cathy with the Wafersons. and American acoustic bluesman and Dylan associate Dave Van Ronlt. I Dan Ar Braz Henry Wood Hall. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). Lix-Stivell and Fairport. Breton guitarist uses acoustic instruments and a whole battery of electronics to sculpt his new-ageish (‘eltic compositions.
I Eyuphuro Arches Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£2.50). See Sat 5.
SPECIAL EVENTS
I BBC Radio Goes To Town George Square. 10am—6pm. Free.
THEATRE
I Gavan Stories Arches Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Mother Courage ('itizens' Theatre. 7.30pm.£5(£1free).See
Camp comedy and tongue-in-cheelt smut from Julian Cla who is joined by Jungr s Parlter and Lovely Russell Chumey in the Pavilion Theatre. Fri 11—Sat12.Bpm.