THEATRE LISTINGS
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presents
CARMEN THE PLAY
SPAIN 1 936 George St. Edinburgh
ASSEMBIY 8 . pm 17 - 27 April / ROOMS] Box Office: 031-229 9697 ,/ TRAMWAY, Albert Drive, */
Glasgow 8pm 22 - 25 May “a ;f Box Office: 041-227 551 1
“intimate and ferocious .. the play emerges scorching and eloquent” Sunday Times This production is sponsored by Tennents if]
W“ THE TRAVERSE THEATRE PRESENTS TiHEo TIIIAKERBSEUTITEAGTRHE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
BONDAGERS
BY SUE CLOVER WINNER OF 1990 LWT PLAYS ON STAGE AWARD DIRECTED BY IAN BROWN MOVEMENT DIRECTOR SUE MACLENNAN DESIGNED BY STEWART LAING MUSIC BY PETE LIVINGSTONE
Set against the sprawling landscape of the 1860's Borders farms, BONDAGERS combines original. music and dance in a spirited evocation of the lives of women bondagers, hired out at the annual lair as they laugh and work, flirt and fight their way through a long hard year on the tarm.
TRAMWAY TRAVERSE THEATRE BOX OFFICE 041 227 5511 BOX OFFICE 031 226 2633 FRI 3 - MON 6 MAY 8PM SAT 11 MAY - SUN 2 JUN 7.30PM
TICKETS £6.00 CONCS £3.00 TICKETS £6.00 CONCS £3.00
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Shakespearian romance in Shared Experience‘s Sweet Sessions
Nancy Mcckler and is based on Shakespeare‘s sonnets.
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—2.3()pm and 6.30—11pm Sun. Meals served). Cafe (open noon—11pm). [Accessz PPA. ST. Facilities: WC. W8. E. G. R. B. Help: A. AA].
lntemo Fri 19 Apr. Sec Touring.
Vice Vice Baby Fri 26 Apr. 8pm. £3(£1.5t)). See Cabaret.
One lorthe Road Sat 27 Apr. 8pm. £4(£2). Willy Russell‘s better-than-averagc domestic sitcom is performed by Frontline Theatre Company.
This World Is Ours Sun 28 Apr. 2pm. £1 (50p). Environmental performances devised by the local PACK company.
I THIRD EYE CENTRE 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 0522. Cafe open 1 lam—2.30pm Tue-Fri and during evening performances. [Accessz PPA. L. Facilities: WC. W5. E. G. R. B. Help: AA].
Nothing Changes Until Sat 20 Apr. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Killing the Cat. a new Scottish company. presents two plays by Anthony Minghclla. The first. Cigarettes and Chocolate. is a stage adaptation ofa play originally written for radio about disillusionment with the chattering classes. The second play. Hang Up. is based around a telephone conversation and uses dancers. actors and an original music score.
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Killing the Cat in Hang Up
A Night of Gentle Sex Comedies Tuc 23—Sat 27 Apr. 7.30pm. Excellent compilation of Iain Heggic short plays that take awry look at social relationships. vigorously
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staged by Theatre Positive +. Don't miss. 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].
Night Mother Until Sun 21 Apr. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). American Connexion presents Marsha Norman‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a woman who faces up to previously taboo issues with her mother as
American Connexion in Night Mother
they live together in the American midwest.
EDINBURGH
, I ASSEMBLY ROOMS George Street. 229 9697.
' Carmen: The Play Until Sat 27 Apr. 8pm. Communicado returns to its 1984 Fringe First winner by Stephen Jeffreys and develops it further for this revival. Gerry
Communicado director. Gerry Mulgrew
Mulgrew directs the play which is set in 1936 Spain where a young soldier falls for a gypsy she-devil. Recommended.
I BEDLAM THEATRE Forrest Road. 225 9893. [Access: St. Facilities: WS. G. B. Help: AA]
Halllwell's Hell Tue 23—Sat 27 Apr.
50 The List 19 April — 2 May 1991