THEATRE
LISTINGS
Theatre is listed by cityiirst. then byvenue. running in alphabetical order. Touring shows are listed separately under the relevant heading. Prices in brackets arethe concessionary price. Long running shows, unless speciiied otherwise. do not run on Sundays. Please send details to Theatre Listings not later than ten days betore publication date.
DISABLED ACCESS KEY
Access: P = Parking Facilities. PPA = Parking to be Pre-Arranged. L = Level Access. R = Ramped Access. ST = Steps to negotiate.
Facilities: WC = Adapted Toilet(s). WS = Wheelchair Spaces. AS = Adjacent Seats. E = Induction Loop System. G = Guide Dogs Allowed. R = Restaurant Accessible. B = Bar Accessible. T = Adapted Telephone.
Help: A = Assistance Available. AA = Advise Venue in Advance.
TICKET LINK
Tickets for major venues in Glasgow are available from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Mon—Sat 10.30am until 6.30pm in person or until 9pm by phone on 041227 551 1. Sunday openingis noon-5pm. Any Ticket Link box office can sell tickets for other venues.
GLASGOW
I BLACKFRIARS 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924.
The Comic Club See Cabaret.
I BROUGH HALL Paisley College of Technology. High Street. Paisley. 848 0202 or 425 2020.
The Shawl Thurs l l-Fri 12 Apr. 2pm and 7.30pm. £2 (£1). Large-scale community show organised by Fablevision with the people of Paisley who celebrate the town's weaving history in a music hall-style drama.
I CITIZENS' THEATRE Gorbals Street. 429 0022. Box Office Mon—Sat I0am—6pm (10am—9pm on performance days). Bar. [Accessz P. L. Facilities: WC. W5. E.G. R. Help: AA]
Mourning Becomes Electra Fri 5—Sat 27 Apr. 7pm. £5 (£I/Free). Please note early starting time. for Eugene O‘Neill‘s epic New England reworking of The ()resteia. Family feuding and murderous revenge directed by Philip Prowse and starring Glenda Jackson. See Feature.
I CRAWFURD THEATRE Jordanhill College. 76 Southbrae Drive. 950 3437/3438. [Accessz P. R. Facilities: WC. WS.-E. G. R. B. Help: A.AA]. The Lemmings Are Coming Thurs 18 Apr. 7.30pm. £2. Public dress performance by RCL Theatre in this play about young Glasgwegians trying to make it in London. I CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Cumbernauld. 0236 732887. Box Office Mon-Fri 10am—6pm; Sat 10am—3pm; 6—8pm perf. evgs Bar/Cafe. [Accessz PPA. ST. Facilities: WC. W8. G. B. Help: A. AA]. No Mean Company Every Wed. 7.30pm. Weekly meeting for Cumbernauld Theatre's ovcr18s amateur drama group. Iniemo: Diary oia Survivor. Wed 10Apr. See Touring.
Frankie and Johnny In the Clair do Lune Thurs 18—Sat 20 Apr. 7.45pm. Thurs £3 (£1.50). Fri/Sat £4.50 (£2.25). Liz Carruthers makes her debut as Artistic Director of Cumbernauld Theatre with this racey New York love story by Terrence MeNally. See preview.
I EAST KlLBRIDE VILLAGE THEATRE Maxwell Drive. 03552 48669.
Shadow In the Sun Wed IO-Sat 13 Apr. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2). East Kilbridc Rep perform Maurice Mcloughlin’s play set in a girls‘ school in trouble-torn South Africa.
The Return ot Burke and Hare Wed 17—Sat
20 Apr. 7.30pm. £3 (£1). Raymond Burke's new musical performed by KYSO Theatre Group is based on the story of Edinburgh's bodysnatchers. but set in the future. '
I GLASGOW ARTS CENTRE 12 Washington Street. 221 4526. [Access: PPA. R. Facilities: WC. R. G. Help: A. AA]. Witch and The Storm Watchers Wed lO—Sat 13 Apr. 7.30pm. Mairi F. Gillespie directs the Actors Lab in an adaptation oftwo mystical short stories by George Mackay Brown. Wireh concerns the initiation ofa young bride into womanhood. revealing a darker side to the ritual. while TheSrorm Watchers is about seven women and their relationship with the sea.
I KILMARDINNY HOUSE 50 Kilmardinny Avenue. Beasden. 9430312.
Finders Keepers Thurs 1 l—Sat 13 Apr.
7.30pm. Milngavie Players in a comedy by
Douglas Donald.
I KINGS THEATRE Bath Street. Box Office. Mon—Sat noon—6pm. 4 bars. Phone bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. [Accessz P. L. Facilities: WC. R. G. Help: A. AA].
Gang Show Until Sat 6 Apr. 7.30pm. Baden Powell's followers strut their stuff. The Great Gatsby Mon 8—Sat 13 Apr. 7.30pm. £5—£8. All-star stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald‘s classic love story set amidst the decadent classes of Long Island. Adapted by Michael Fry.
I MITCHELL THEATRE Granville Street.
221 3198. Box Office Mon—Sat noon—8pm.
Bar. Cafe. [Accessz PPA. ST. Facilities: WC. W8. G. R. B. Help: A. AA].
Noises Oii Until Sat 6 Apr. 7.30pm. Michael Frayn's backstage send-up ofthe farce genre in a professional touring production that stars — amongst others. Roy Basil Brush North.
OliveiTue 9—Sat 13 Apr. 7.30pm. Sat Mat 2.30pm. £4 (£2). The Mitchell Theatre for Youth in Lionel Bart's ever-popular orphanage musical.
The eoytriend Mon lS—Sat 20 Apr. 7.30pm.
Sat Mat 3pm. £4—£5.50. The Apollo
Players in Sandy Wilson‘s musical comedy
about the 1920s.
I MOTHERWELL THEATRE Civic Centre. Motherwell. 0698 67515.
The Lemmings Are Coming Sat 20 Apr. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). See Crawfurd Theatre above.
I OLD ATHENAEUM THEATRE 179 Buchanan Street. 332 2333. Box Office open 10am—6pm and 8pm on performance days. [Accessz limited].
God Say Amen Tue 9—Sat 13 Apr. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). The English Shakespeare Company brings together the edited highlights of Shakespeare‘s history plays to draw contemporary parallels and to make the originals more accessible. See preview.
Sweet Sessions Tue 16—Sat 20 Apr. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Swift return to Glasgow by the highly-rated Shared Experience which brought The Closing Number to the Tron last month. This new piece is devised by writer Paul Godfrey and Artistic Director Nancy Meckler and is based on Shakespeare’s sonnets. See preview.
I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street. Paisley. 887 1010. Box Office open Tue-Sun noon—8.30pm. Bar (open noon—11pm Tue-Sat; 12.30—2.30pm and 6.30-11pm Sun. Meals served). Cafe (open noon—11pm). [Access: PPA. ST. Facilities: WC. W5, E. G, R. B. Help: A. AA].
ZlggerZaggerTue 9-Thurs 11 Apr. 8pm. £3 (£1.50). Paisley Youth Theatre in David Campton's play about a young football hooligan about to leave school and face the big wide world.
Dad and Crazy in a Jam Sat 13 Apr. 8pm. £4 (£2).
A Night oi Regression Thurs 18 Apr. £4 (£2). 8pm. Watt Nicol induces flashbacks. I PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street. 332 1846. Box Office Mon—Sat
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INFERNO, DIARY OF A SURVIVOR
By Lance Flynn
"written with tremendous
stylistic dazzle and a wicked eye for detail.“ The Guardian
Until Sun 7 April
63 Trongate
Glasgow umbernould
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8011 OiIice : fl 041 FRANKIE AND 552 4267 JOHNNY lN THE
Theatre Contpany
CLAIR DE LUNE by Terrence McNalIy directed by Liz Carruthers
TRON THEATRE
Cumbernauld Theatre
Company Tues 9 ' SUIT FRANKIE AND JOHNNY lN 7.30pm
THE CLAIRE DE LUNE {goo/£2.50
By Terrence McNaIly BOX Office
With Terry Neason and
Benny Young 041 552 4267 Tues 9 - Sun 14 April
American Connexion 'NIGHT, MOTHER By Marsha‘Norman
Directed Tues 16
- Sun 21 April
by Gregg Ward
CUMBERNAULD
Performances - 7.30pm TH EATRE
All Tickets Thurs 18 - Sat 20 April £5.DD/£Z.SDconc. 7.45pm
(Ho contusion: Friday 8 Saturday) Tickets from Bar/Ca'e
open 7 days a week
CITIZENS THEATRE
GORBALS 041-429 0022 GLASGOW
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ALL SEATS £5 ° STUDENTS £1 °
0236 732887
Eugene O’Neill
5 - 27 APRIL AT 7.00PM
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