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kdlang kd lang may have won a Grammy, but to the country music establishment, her face still doesn’t fit. Tom Lappin talks to the self-styled Plain Jane with the rhinestone voice.
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AKIRA KUROSAWA Director Kurosawa’s latest film Dreams is drawn from the flights of fancy of his sleeping hours. Kenny Mathieson taps the psyche of the 80 year-old director.
ALAN SPENCE Quiet and unassuming as he may appear, Alan Spence took the 605 by the throat and established himself as a talented author and playwright. Alastair Mabbott talks to him as his new novel The Magic Flute is published.
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CLYDE UNITY THEATRE As Clyde Unity Theatre prepares for its radical production The Lambs ofGod, Colin Chambers takes a retrospective look at the original Unity theatres and their importance today.
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MAYFEST Reviews, fuII day-by-day diary, and previews ofthe final week.
PREVIEWS
ART ....................... .. 67 FILM ......... ......... 31 MUSIC .................... .. 41 TELEVISION ............ 79 THEATRE ...... .... 59
Pauline Henry of e Chimes
ART ....................... .. 68 CLUBS .................... .. 77 FILM INDEX .............. .. 32
LISTINGS . ......... .. 39 KIDS ...................... .. 73 MUSIC CLASSICAL ..... .. 57
FOLK ................ .. 56
JAZZ ................ .. 54
ROCK ............... .. 49 SPORT .................... .. 76 TELEVISION ............. .. BO THEATRE ................. .. 62
CABARET ........... .. 65
DANCE .............. .. 66 BEHIND THE SCENES..... 83 BOOKS ................... .. 86 CLASSIFIED ............ 88 COMPETITIONS ......... .. 91 FOOD ..................... .. 84 LETTERS ................. .. 92 OPEN ..................... .. 75
The List 18—31 May 19901