THEATRE LIST
Paddy's Market Tue lZ—Sat 14 Jun. 8pm. £4.50 (£2.50). See Touring.
I PALACE THEATRE 9 Green Street. Kilmarnock. ()563 23590. [Accessz P. L. Facilities: WC. WS. E. G. R. B. Help: A. AA].
The Complete History of Rock'n'noll Fri l—Sat 2 Jun. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). See Touring.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA 100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. WS. AS, R. B.T. G. Help: A. AA].
Sisterly Feelings Until Sat 2 Jun. 7. 15pm. One play £2 (£1 ) or two plays £3.50 (£1.50). Potentially a different playevery night. as the outcome ofAlan Ayckbourn's comedy depends on the flip of a coin at various points throughout the performance. It is the story oftwo sisters. but the emphasis of the drama can go either way. Second year DDA students gamble their way through the play.
Love's Labour's Lost Mon 4—Sat 9 Jun. 7. 15pm. £2 (£1). Little seen Shakespeare performed by Final Year DDA Students. The Snow Maiden and A Modern Jan Ballet Mon ll—Tue 12Jun. 7.15pm. £3.50. See Dance Listings.
I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 331 1234. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—6pm. (7.30pm on perf evgs). Bar. Buffet. |Access: P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. WS. E. G. R. 13. Help: AA].
Bosas Fri 8—Sat 9 Jun. 7.30pm. £3.50—£10.50. See Dance Listings. London Contemporary Dance Tue 12—Sat 16 Jun. 7.30pm. £3.50—£10.50. See Dance Listings and Preview.
I THIRD EYE CENTRE 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 7521 . Cafe open 1 lam—2.30pm Tue—Fri and during evening performances. [Accessz PPA. L. Facilities: WC. WS. E. G. R. B. Help: AA]. Contexts Tue S—Sat 9 Jun. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Visual art meets performance in Peter Zegveld's show which brings everyday objects to life. See the installation in the afternoon (2-5pm) and the performance in the evening. Also limited workshop places on Fri & Sat.
1 1am-1pm. See Preview. I TRAMWAY THEATRE Albert Drive. 423 9527. Tickets from Ticket Centre ()41 227 5511 [Help: L. WC. WS.C] Amadeus Tue 5—Sat 9 Jun. 7.30pm. Sat Mat 2.30pm. £5—£7. The Pantheon Club celebrates the year of culture in style with a full-scale production of Peter Shaffer‘s tribute to Mozart. TAG Theatre‘s Alan Lyddiard directs one of Glasgow‘s leading non-professional groups. Swan's Down Sat 9 Jun. 10am & 2pm. £3 (£1). Aimed at 6—10 year olds. this highly-rated puppet and live action show opens the Tramway‘s Touch of the Dutch season. Performed by Theo Terra and Servaes Nelissen. See Preview. The Northern Quarter Mon ll—Tue 12 Jun. 8pm. £5 (£3). Dutch music theatre group. De Mexicaanse Hond in a study of domestic conflict arising from a 43-year old man being kept indoors by his parents. See Preview. Video Mon ll-Tue 26 Jun. 10am—7.30pm. Free. A mixed programme of video tapes to show the breadth oftheatre work in the Netherlands will run throughout the Tramway‘s Touch of the Dutch season. See Preview.
Voice Class Every Thurs until 28Jun. 2—3.30pm. £4 (£3). Elspeth Macnaughton leads the Performance Exchange class for professional performers. Ca11227 5557 for details. See also Blackfriars above.
I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Box Office Tue—Sat Noon-8pm; Sun 12.30-11pm. Closed Mondays. [Accessz R. ST. Facilities: WS. E. G. R. B. Help: AA].
Paddy's Market Until Sun 10Jun. 7.30pm. £6/£5 (£3/£2.50). Extending its run beyond Mayfest. Tony Roper‘s first stage comedy since The Steamie is a celebration ofthe life of Glasgow‘s market traders. As funny
as you‘d expect. but a little lackingin substance with moments of schmaltz. Tickets are like gold dust.
Terra Amata Until 3 Jun. 10.30pm. £6’£5 (£3/£2.50). Also staying on after Mayfest is Theatre de Complicite with a world premiere based on classical ltalian drama. Grand gesture and much improvisation from one of Britian's most exciting companies. The word on the streets is that it‘s a hilarious success.
The thid Sisters See Clyde Theatre above. Yardsale Thurs 14 Jun. 7.30pm. Fri 15 Jun. 10.30pm. Sun 17Jun. 7.30pm. £2.50(£2). Wendy Seager stars in Pen Name's excellent production of Arnold Wesker's look at a failed marriage.
Betty Lemon Fri 15Jun. 7.30pm. Sat 16& Sun 17 Jun. 9pm. £2.50 (£2). Another Wesker monologue performed with great skill by Wendy Seager playing several times her real age as a disillusioned labour peeress confined to a wheelchair.
Not Hot While The Giro Thurs Liv—Sal 16 Jun. Thurs & Fri 9pm. Sat 7.30pm. £2.50 (£2). A brief flashback to Mayfest as Dependency Culture presents a stage version of Jim Kelman's short story. A tightly-written and ultimately grim view of unemployment.
EDINBURGH
I AINSLIE PARK LEISURE CENTRE Pilton Drive.
Archaos Circus Workshop Mon 4—Fri 8J un. 10am—5pm. If the kids are going to run away with the circus. Archaos is about as good as they get. The hit oflast year‘s Fringe and this year‘s Festival lead these daily Spring Fling workshops for the youth of Pilton.
I ASSEMBLY ROOMS 54 George Street. Klytemnestra's Bairns Mon 4 Jun. 2pm. £1 (50p). First of four Spring Fling readings by Edinburgh Playwrights Workshop is by Bill Dunlop and transposes The ()resteia into Lowland Scots.
Snooker— A Play in Six Frames Mon 4Jun. 7pm. £1 (50p). Frederick Mohr‘s playis given a reading by Edinburgh Playwright's Workshop for Spring Fling.
Snapshots Mon 4—Tue 5 Jun. 7.30pm. £3 (£1.50). Inventive. witty. poignant and nostalgic look at Scottish culture by Clanjamfrie. Recommended.
Sailmaker Mon 4—Tue 5 Jun. 7.30pm. £3 (£1.50). SeeTouring.
Busy. Busy and Into The Frying Pan Wed 6 Jun. 1pm & 7.30pm. £2 (£1). A double bill from Executive Theatre Company for Spring Fling. The first looks at the mechanisation of man. the second watches what happens when two old ladies try to make their close a safer place to live.
A Spring Comedy Triple Bill Wed 6—Thurs 7 Jun. 7.30pm. £2.50(£1.25). Edinburgh Young Theatre Company brings together three plays for 8 year olds and older. Carlyle and Scotland and the World Mon 11 Jun. 2pm. £1 (50p). Two new political plays by Mark Stewart are given a first reading by Edinburgh Playwrights Workshop for Spring Fling.
The Grocer's Companion Final Spring Fling reading by Edinburgh Playwright‘s Workshop is by Ronald MacDonald who brings together a lion. a wolf and a mute teenager.
I CALDERS COMMUNITY CENTRE Calder Park.
HHS-The Ottal Truth Fri 8Jun. 8pm. £1 (50p). Hospital humour for Spring Fling performed by Moving Parts Theatre
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I CHURCH HILL THEATRE Morningside Road. 228 l 155. Tickets available from Queen‘s Hall and Usher Hall Box Offices. Move Over Mrs Markham Until Sat 2Jun. 7.30pm. £3. Springtime bedroom farce from the ever-popular Edinburgh People‘s Theatre. Ray Cooney and John Chapman's comedy of deceit is directed by John Melntyrc.
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Tue 5—Sat 9 Jun. 7.30pm. £4/£5. Edinburgh musical
company Allegro continues its policy of presenting little-seen shows to local audiences with this production of Meredith Wilson‘s 1960s Broadway bit. It's a rags-to-riches love story with a bitter twist. Never professionally performed in this country.
I FORTH BRIDGE CENTENARY THEATRE Binks Car Park. South Queensferry. Box Office 3314441 (orin car park an hour before performance).
The Ferry Play Wed 13 Jun—Sun 1 Jul (Wed—Suns only. not Sat 16 or Wed 20). 7pm. Sat & Sun Mats 2pm. £5 (£2.50). Tht citizens of South Queensferry celebrate 100 years of the Forth Rail Bridge in a theatrical extravaganza that takes over thc whole village. Starting off at the BinksCai Park the audience is taken through a serie: ofshort performances around the town. culminating in Hector MaeMillan's Bridging the Gap in the Royal Exchange‘s Mobile Theatre. See Preview.
I INVERLEITH PARK Arboretum Place.553 7700. (Ticket sales before 26 May from the Assembly Rooms. George Street).
The Scottish International Children‘s Festival Until Sun 3 Jun. See Kids Listings for full details.
I KING'S THEATRE 2 Leven Street. 229 12:11. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities1WC. WS. AS. E. G. B. Help: AA]
My Fair Lady Until Sat 2 Jun. 7.30pm. Sat Mat 3.30pm. £3—£7. Edinburgh Music Theatre stage a production of the popular musical adaptation of Shaw's Pygmulion. Cockney waif to polite lady via elecution. Open Day Sun 3 Jun. 1 1am—5pm. Free. The King's has been promising an open day for sometime and now finally opens itsdoors for Spring Fling. A great opportunity to see behind the scenes in one of Edinburgh‘s grandest theatres. An insight into set building. costume cutting. lighting. sword fighting. computers and
Questions of Sport Sun 3 Jun. 7pm. £1 (50p). Scottish footballers answer questions while comics crack a few jokes in this fourth annual knock-out competition.
Little Shop ot Honors Wed 6—Sat 9Jun. Wed—Fri 7.30pm. Sat 5pm & 8pm. Friday extra show 11pm. £3.50—£6.50. Cultish musical about a man-eating plant based on the Roger Corman film and starring Rocky Horror Show veterans. Don‘t expect anything deep and meaningful. Intent To Kill Mon ll—Sat 16 Jun. Mon—Fri 7.30pm. Sat 5pm & 8pm. £3.50—£6.50. A new thriller by Ted Willis on its wayto London and starring Richard Todd and Nigel Pivaro. Dirty dealings in the world ofa Greek tycoon.
I MUIRHOUSE FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES CENTRE Muirhouse Place West.
A Single End Tue 12—Wed 13 Jun. 7.30pm. 50p. A comical and historical look at life in Muirhouse performed by Muirhouse Drama Group for Spring Fling.
I NETHERBOW ARTS CENTRE 43 High Street. 556 9579. Box Office. 10am—4.30pm. 7—9pm pcrf. evgs. Cafe. IAccess: R. Facilities: WC. WS. G. B. R. Help: A. AA]
Trade Until 9Jun. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Oxygen House. the award—winning lunch-time theatre company. now branches out into a full-scale evening production. Louise lronside andJune Taylor's play features 20 volunteer actors and takes a hard look at the murkyworld of prostitution. pornography and sex. Discussions after the show on Mon 4 and Fri 8 Jun. Recommended.
The Carlin Moth Wed l3—Sat l6Jun. 7.30pm. Up from the Borders. Rideout Theatre (‘o bring a production of Robert McLellan‘s romantic tale which blends humour. tragedy. lyricism and music. A young crofter receives a visitation from a spirit which reveals an idealised version of the man‘sfantasies. I OLD ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL Crown Office. Regent Road. Detailson 0899 20550.
Cultural Policy For the 90s: A Scottish National Theatre Sat 2 Jun. Ham-«1.30pm. £6. The Advisory Council for the Artsin Scotland leads an all-day seminar. looking ahead to the next decade with particular reference to new proposals for a Scottish National Theatre. Speakers include Kenneth White. Alistair Moffat. Marilyn Gray. Frank Dunlop and Pat Kane.
I PLAYHDUSE THEATRE (ireenside Place. 557 2590.
Matilda Mon ll—Sat 16Jun. 7pm. Mats Tue. Wed. Thurs. Sat 2pm. Also Fri 10.30am. £3.50—£8. Roald Dahl's best-seller transformed into a musical for kids.
I RICHARD DEMARCO GALLERY 17—21 Blackfriars Street. Detailson 332 1416'. Love Fahles’l‘hurs l4--Sat lbjun. 8pm. Edinburgh-based New Yorker. l.eeala. gives a set of her animal poems a performed reading to tie in with this year's Spring Fling green theme. Dance. music.
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Theatre de Complicite TERRA AMATA
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THE GUID SISTERS
at the Cryce Theatre, Clydeebank By Model Trembay
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One Man a One Woman
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Jim Katmai
Pertormed by PEI NAME 5 DEPENDENCY CULTURE Thur 14 June - Sun 17 June
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