MAYFEST DIARY
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I I Cover the Waterfront Arches Theatre. CANCELLED.
Classical
I The City of London Sintonia Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 8pm. £14—£6 (£7-£3). An all-Mozart programme in celebration of his bicentenary year includes the ever-popular Eine kleine Nachtmusik and the Piano Concert No 24 with Olli Mustonene as soloist.
Music
I Ceilidh City Hall. 9pm. £5 (£2.50). Highland music from Fergle MacDonald and the Sherry Vore Highland Ceilidh Band , with superb singing from Cathy Anne MacPhee and Paul MacCailum with innovative pipe majorRobert Mathieson. Order kept by John Cannlchael.
I Plano Circus Third Eye Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). An unconventional sextet of pianists, specialising in works by composers like Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and Terry Riley. See preview.
I Eddl Reader Moir Hall. 11.30pm. £6 (£3). See Thursday 9.
Cabaret/Comedy
I The Cutting Edge Moir Hall. 8pm. £6 (£3). See Thurs 9.
I Ruby Wax Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7/£6 (£3.50/£3). Loudmouth
a ioumallst and a goldsmith
Featuring a trampoline disguised as a sofa and afootballer,
Classical I Hebrides Ensemble City Hall. 7.30pm. £6 (£3).
Recently formed from top Scottish instrumentalists.
chat-show host and exiled American, Ruby Wax. calls into Mayfest for one night as part of a national tour. See feature.
Literary Events .hc mm... I up.“ cm], Hillhcad concentrates mainly on Library, 348 gyms Road. music from this century.
Their Mayfest programme
7 m.£2 £1.50 .Poet p ( ) ry combines Mozart.
readings by Tim Cloudsley.
Jack Wither: and Tom Schnittke. Poulenc and Ransford, Britten with the premiere of a new piece by R 1 1 Stirling-based composer Thea'fe Sally Beamish. I Man and Superman MUSIC
Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£l/Free). See
I Will Downing Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7.5()/£6.5()
Fri 3. (£4/£3). The celebrated I SDIIIIIIOIISB - 008mm“ American soul discovery Di "'8 Ufldfllhe Table of the 80s makes a rare ‘
Mabel Third Eye Centre.
appearance. 9.30pm. £5 (£3). See Wed 8
I Said Florence. Bartryi Bartry. Zoom and Free Airwaves Radio Glasgow School of Art. 167 Renfrew Street. 8pm—2am. £4 (from Just the Ticket. Virgin Records. Union Street). Four intensely groovy bands brought together for Mayfest. Pride of Cumbernauld. the wild
I Glad Arches Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). See Tue
7.
I Over the Bridge King’s Theatre. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £8—£3.50 (£4—£2). See Tue 7.
I Field Trips Tron Theatre. 10.15pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 9.
I Trouble in Paradise Old and wonderful Barkyt Athenaeum Theatre. Barky‘ come especially 7.30pm. £6 (£3). See Fri I recommended.
10- I Tocltolotoc Moir I lall. I The Real Wurid Tron
11.30pm. £6 (£3). Czech fiddles on fire in this wild eight-piece outfit who transform their native and gypsy styles into a very
Theatre. 7.30pm. £5.50 (£3). See Fri 3.
I The Evil Doers Mitchell Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£3).
Sec Tue 7° contemporary sound. I I Cover the Waterfront
Arches Theatre. Dance CANCELLED. I Tri-Entanglement and
disguised as dancers, Le Divan
by The Sofa Trio is perhaps l-lungary’s most unusual export. Off-beat fun at the Mitchell Theatre, Sun 12 May. 1.30pm.
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1 Past Noted Third Eye
Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Glasgow-based Rosina Bonsu choreographs Tri-entaglement a piece about two women's relationship to one man. and a new solo piece Past Noted.
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I The Untouchables(15) (Brian DePalma. US. 1987) & Scarface ( 18) (Brian De Palma. US. 1983). OFT. 6pm. £3 (£2./£1.30). See Film Index.
Literary Events
I Poetry Readings Old Athenaeum Theatre. 10.30pm. £5 (£2.50). Michael Hulse (Eating Strawberries in the Necropolis) and Denny
' O'Rourke (Second Cities)
read from their collections
of verse.
; SUNDAY 12 ; Theatre
: I Man and Superman
Citizens' Theatre.
7.30pm.£5(£l/Frce).See Fri3.
I Glad Arches Theatre.
7.30pm. £6(£3). See Tue
7.
ITheReaqurldTron : Theatre. 7.30pm. £5.50 (£3)SeeFri3..
I Field Trips Tron Theatre. 1015an £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 9. I I Coverthe Waterfront Arches Theatre. CANCELLED.
Music
I The Barely Works Moir
Hall. 11.30pm. £5(£2.5()). Now established as one of the biggest draws on the folk festival circuit down south. the Works enjoyably fuse brass and banjos. fiddle and horn in
{ an accessible. ' up-to-the-minute English
country rock and skiffle.
I Tocltolotoc Moir i fall.
8pm. £6(£3). See Sat 11.
Dance
I Tri-Entanglement and Past Noted Third Eye Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). See Sat 11.
I Le Divan Mitchell
Theatre. 7.30pm. £6(£3).
First visit to Britain by Hungary‘s The Sofa Trio — a company that comprises a professional footballer. an author and an artist. The show won a Mobil Pegasus prize and uses music as diverse as Mozart and Tom Waits.
Cabaret/Comedy
I The Comedy Store Players Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7/£6 (£3.5()/£3). Smug bastards playing rehearsal room theatre games or genius comedians with highly-tuned inventive skills? Here's your chance to decide in the flesh.
Film I Breaking Glass(15)
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With nearly twenty albums to his name and still going
strong. John Martyn brings his personal mix of jazz. foiitand blues for two nights at the Pavilion Theatre. Mon 134% 14
May. 8pm.
(Brian Gibson. UK.
1 1980). GET. 6pm. £3
(£2/£l .30). See Film Index.
MONDAY 13
Theatre
‘ I Man and Superman
Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£l/Free). See Fri 3.
I The Surrogate Old Athenaeum Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£3). Glasgow‘s Annexe Theatre. a company dedicated to new writing. presents (.‘harles Barron‘s emotional play about a childless couple who opt for surrogacy. See review in Theatre section.
I Glad ArchesTheatre.
7.30pm. £6(£3). See Tue 7.
I Sanctuary Mitchell Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£3).
Rita Wolfdirects RukhsanaAhmadinthis
challenging play set in a London refuge where women on the run from male brutality try to get by on limited resources.
Classical
I The Bach Ensemble Henry Wood Hall. 8pm. £8 (£4). Acclaimed group from the USA in a typically all-Bach evening under their director Joshua Rifkin. Concerto for Flute. Violin and Harpsichord and the D minor Violin Concerto are highlights of their programme.
Music
I Fat Sam’s Band 11.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Mon 6.
I John Martyn Pavilion Theatre. 8pm. £7/£6 (man/£3). An
appearance bylohn Martyn at an event like Mayfest is so predictable that it would be easy to overlook him completely. That would be a mistake indeed. Martyn's performances— just his voice. a guitar and a set of effects pedals — can shift gear from lulling. dreamy ballads to tortured
, exorcisms. Breathtaking.
gDance
I Different Trains and ~ White Man Sleeps
Tramway. 8pm. £6 (£3). The Siobhan Davies Dance Company returns to Mayfest with Different 'I‘rains. which uses original music by Steve Reich and has been hailed throughout Europe. and White Man Sleeps. a
‘ second chance to see the company‘sMayfcst 1989 hit.See preview.
; Literary Events
: IPoetryReading Moir j Hall.8pm.£6(£3).As
part of a nationwide tour organised by The Poetry Society. Roger McGough will read his own work and introduce two of America‘s most exciting contemporary poets. C.K. Williams and Sharon Dlds.
Theatre
I Revolting Peasants King‘s Theatre. 7.30pm. £8—£3.5()(£4—£2). Una McLean and Russell Hunter star in what is surprisingly the first Scottish production of
Patrick Prior‘s anti-Poll
Tax comedy. Gerard
; Kelly directs for 7:84. See preview.
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