MAYFEST LIST
Fri 4.
I The Shadow oi a Gunman 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 Do The Piste Tramway. 7.30pm. £7.50(£4). See Tue 8.
I Tahoo Third Eye Centre. 9.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Wed 9.
I Grow Tron Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£3). See Fri 4. I Paddy's Market Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. Promenade £6 (£3); fixed seating £5 (£2.50). Tony Roper's first play since The Sreamie. See preview. I The Alchemist Old Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Dancer 10.30am & 2.30pm. MitehellTheatre. See Mon 7.
I The Love oi Don Perlimplin and The Bespectahle Wedding RSAMD. 7.45pm. £5 (£2.50). See Tue 8.
FRIDAY 11
CABARET/ COMEDY
I Julian Clary Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7. £6. De-camped from London and camped-up in Glasgow. the Gary Glitter of comedy delivers a mean put down and a sharp line in self-parody.
I The Funny Farm Moir Hall. 10pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I iliclt Bevell Moir Hall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.
I A Very Private Diary Renfrew Ferry. 6pm. £6 (£3). See Thurs 10.
CLASSICAL
I llash Ensemble Stevenson Hall RSAMD. 8pm. £6 (£3). Stunning chamber ensemble in Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht. Strauss‘s Capriccio for string sextet and Mozart’s String Quintet K516.
DANCE
I Slntonia Eroica Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). Set to Beethoven‘s symphony of the same name. this is the first major work for Companie Michele Anne De Mey. A founder member of Keersmaeker‘s Rosas Company. De Mey has already earned a worthy reputation.
I Didan . . . Sltroeha Third Eye Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.
FILM
I Santa Sangre GFT. 6pm and 8pm. £2.90 (£1.90/£1.30) See Fri4.
LITERARY EVENTS
I Open Circle Hillhead Library. 7pm. Free. Edwin Morgan and three other poets. David Morrison. Maud Devine and Tim Cloudsley. all read from their work.
MUSIC
I Liam D'Flynn Henry Wood Hall. 8pm. £5 (£2.50). Ireland‘s premier uillean piper. recently in Scotland as soloist in the orchestra-with-pipes Brendan Voyage. gives a recital.
I Ceilidh City Hall 9pm. £5 (£2.50). Anne Sinclair sings. Roddy McLeod plays the pipes. music from Arthur Cormack and Blair Douglas and dancing to the Frazer McGlynn Trio.
I Donegal Night Renfrew Ferry. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50). The close relationship between Glasgow and Donegal celebrated in music and song.
I Fini Tribe King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. Doors open 9pm. Support band 10pm. £4. While their computers chatter away some pummelling avant-dance music. the three Finis upfront reproduce the vocal samples live. Compelling and often very funny.
I Kariaitoo National Dance and Music Group Arches Theatre. l()pm. £5 (£2.50). Dancing. drumming and singing from Tanzania and the east coast of Africa. with both Swahili and Moslem influences. The 80-year-old veteran singer Taraab will also put in an appearance.
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 Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£1/free). See Fri 4.
I The Shadow of a Gunman King‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £8 (£4.50. £7 (£4). £6 (£3.50). £5 (£2.50). See Tue 8.
I Snapshots Third Eye Centre. 9.30pm. £4 (£2). A light-hearted look at all things Scottish by Clanjamfrie.
I A Man at Yir Back New Athenaeum Theatre RSAMD. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Mon 7.
I Do The Piste Tramway. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£4) See Tue 8.
I Crow Tron Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£3). See Fri 4. I Paddy's Market Tron Theatre. 7.30pm.
With specially written music by Michael Hyman. Shobana Jeyasingh iuses East and West in an innovative dance periormance. Mitchell Theatre, Sat 12 May. 7pm.
Promenade £6 (£3); fixed seating £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.
I The Alchemist Old Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Dancer 10.30am & 2.30pm. MitehellTheatre. See Mon 7.
I The Love ol Don Perlimplin and The Bespectahle Wedding RSAMD. 7.45pm. £5 (£2.50). See Tue 8.
SATURDAY 12
CABARET/ COMEDY
I Julian Clary Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7. £6. See Fri 1 l.
I The Funny Farm Moir Hall. 10pm. £5(£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Nick Bevell Moir Hall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.
I A Very Private Diary Renfrew Ferry. 6pm. £6 (£3). See Thurs 10.
CLASSICAL
I Tallis Scholars City Hall. 7.30pm. £6(£3). Top English Renaissance choir comes to Scotland with an all-English programme including works by Gibbons. Morley. Tallis. Weelkes and Byrd‘s Four Parr Mass
DANCE
I Orientations Mitchell Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). Collaborating with composer Michael Nyman. Shobana Jeyasingh fuses Indian dance with Western music. which won them Digital Dance and Time Out awards.
I Didan. . . Sltroeba Third Eye Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.
FILM
I Santa Sangre GFT. 6pm and 8pm. £2.90
(£1.90/£1 .30) See Fri 4.
I Film From The Frontline GET. 10.30am. £2.90
(£1 .90/£l .30)This day event starts at 10.30am with a double bill of Martin Mhando and Sigve Endressen‘s chronicle ofa
pottery collective. Women
at iiope. followed by llesilata. a prize-winning adaptation of traditional oral plays from Angola. The second double-hill at 2pm pairs the Mozambiquan/Yugoslav co-production The Time oi The Leopard. set during the independance struggle of the 70s. with Olley Maruma‘s Consequences. a hard-hitting look at teenage pregnancy. It is hoped that the director will be able to attend the seminar on African cinema at 4pm. One standard GFT ticket is valid all day.
MUSIC
I The Wild BiverApples King Tut‘s Wah Wah Hut. Doors open 9pm. Support band 10pm. £4. One ofthe most widely-tipped hands in Glasgow. their debut album is currently being recorded for release by the Chrysalis label.
I Billy Bragg and Music From The Frontline Renfrew Ferry. 8.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Agitpop Billy is joined by various guest artists from the Frontline project on each of the next five nights.
I Banjo Mosele Arches Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£2.50). See Mon 12.
SPECIAL EVENTS
I Mayiest Comedy Cake Competition People‘s Palace. 11am—4pm. Chucklehound
extraordinaire Rusty Lee gives a cookery demonstration and judges the competition.
I BBC Radio Goes To Town George Square. l()am—6pm. Free.
THEATRE
I Govan Stories Arches Theatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I MotherCourage Citizens‘ Theatre. . 7.30pm. £5 (£1/free). See Fri 4.
I The Shadow oi a Gunman King‘s Theatre. 2.30pm and 7.30pm. £8 (£4.5().£7 (£4). £6 (£3.50). £5 (£2.50) See Tue 8.
I Snapshots Third Eye Centre. 9.30pm. £4 (£2). See Fri 1 l.
I A Man atYir Back New Athenaeum Theatre RSAMD. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Mon 7.
I On The Piste Tramway. 2.30pm and 7.30pm. £7.50 (£4). See Tue 8.
I Crow Tron Theatre. 10pm. £5 (£3). See Fri 4. I Paddy’s Market Tron Theatre. 7.30pm.
Promenade £6 (£3): fixed
seating £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 10.
I The Alchemist Old Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 4.
I Dancer 10.30am & 2.30pm. Mitchell Theatre. See Mon 7.
I The Love oi Don Perlimplin and The Bespectable Wedding RSAMD. 2pm & 7.45pm. £5 (£2.50). See Tue 8.
SUNDAY 13
CABARET/
CDMEDY
I Steve Coogan Moir Hall. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Contributor to Spitting Image and James Whale Radio Show. Coogan is an impressionist and comic.
CLASSICAL
I Helene Grimaud Stevenson Hall RSAMD. 8pm. £6 (£3). Young French pianist plays Liszt’s B minor Sonata. the Bach/Busoni Chat‘omte and Beethoven‘s E major Sonata Op 110.
DANCE
I The Bearers ol Bad News
. MitehellTheatre. 7pm. £5 (£2.50).Abig hit at last
year‘s Mayfest. Belgian
. :horeographer Wim
f Vandekeybus treats
Glasgow to his highly physical style in a piece which examines the emotionally charged state ofthose delivering bad
news. (See preview).
FILM
I I I I
9 I Sweetie GFT. 6pm and
8.30pm. £2.90 (£1.90/£1.30). Jane Campion's debut feature is a highly original
' domestic saga.
painstakingly composed and coolly balanced between the tragic and the comic. which traces the unpredictable. slightly psychotic Sweetie's increasingly fraught relationship with her sister and parents. Recommended. See also Film Preview.
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Too late ior the official Mayiest programme. Only an Excuse is the stage adaptation oi ther popular radio ioothallsend-up starring Tony Boper and Jonathan Watson. Clyde Theatre. Clydehanlt. Mon 14—Sat 26 May. 7.30pm.
The List 4— 17 May l99031