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Traci Lords as Wanda in Cry Baby.
CONTENTS
CRY BABY Icon ofcool, John Waters, talks to Trevor Johnston about his new film Cry Baby which excavates American juvenile delinquency and features ex-porn star Traci Lords.
THE HOUR OF THE LYNX Enquist’s play centres on a youth who has become the subject of a psychiatric experiment in a state mental institution. Andrew Burnet talks to its director Kim Dambaek about the oppressive conformity of Swedish society.
THE GOLD OF PERU ‘Sweat of the Sun‘ is an exclusive-to-Edinburgh exhibition ofgold from the Incas. Miranda France explores Peru‘s history of blood and avarice.
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THE BOLSHOI OPERA For the first time. The Bolshoi are to perform in the United Kingdom. Carol Main discovers that one of the aims of the company is to replicate the theatre of Moscow in Glasgow. props and all.
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GLASGOW 1990 AUGUST PREVIEW What. when and where in the City ofCulture.
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ART ...................... 55 CLUBS ................ 65 FILM ...................... .. 15 MEDIA .................... .. 68 MUSIC .................... .. 27 THEATRE ............ 45 LISTINGS
The Importance of Being Earnest at
Edinburgh Lyceum. ART ....................... .. 56 CLUBS .................... .. 66 FILMINDEX .............. .. 16 LISTINGS .......... .. 24 KIDS ...................... .. 61 MEDIA .................... .. 69 MUSIC CLASSICAL ..... .. 39 FOLK ................ .. 3B JAZZ ................ .. 34 ROCK ............... .. 31 OPEN ..................... .. 64 SPORT .................... .. 63 ‘THEATRE ................. ..48 CABARET ........... .. 52
DANCE, .... .. ...... ..53
The Power at Dreams. Glasgow Thurs 2.
BLOWOUT
VIRGIN MEGASTORE 73 BOOKS ................... .. 74 CLASSIFIED ............. .. 80 COMPETITIONS ......... .. 83 FOOD ..................... .. 78 JUMBLE SALES ......... .. 77 LETTERS ................. .. 84
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