LISTINGS THEATRE
company Mammoth perform an original fairytale inspired by the exotic foliage in Glasgow‘s Botanic Gardens.
Summer Theatre School Mon 22 J ul—Sat 3 Aug. £40 (£30). Places limited to 20for this full-time course led by Nicolas Bloomfield and Leah Ilausman ofGloria. They'll be looking at masks. physical theatre and the role of music. Commitment is as important as experience.
I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Box Office Tue—Sat Noon—8pm; Sun 12.30—1 1pm. Closed Mondays. [Accessz R. ST. Facilities: WS. E. (i. R. B. Help: AA]
See That‘s Her L'ntil Sun 14 Jul. 7.30pm. £5.50 (£2.50). Dorothy Paul extendsthe run of her first ever one-woman show. It's written by Dorothy and directed by John Belt. See review.
EDINBURGH
I KING'S THEATRE 2 Leven Street. 229 1201. Box Office Mon—Sat 10am—8pm. Bar. (Access: PPA. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. AS. F. (i. B. Help: AA]
Towards Zero tintil Sat l3Jul. 7.3llpm. £5. More Agatha Christie from the Colin McIntyre Rep's season ofthrillers. Dangerous Obsession Mon 15—Sat20Jul. 7.30pm. £5. The King‘s thrillerseason finishes with a play by NJ. Crisp.
The Cotton Club Mon 22 .lul—Sat 3 Aug. 7.30pm. Sat mat 2.30pm. £6.50—£12.50. Hit musical based on the legendary Harlem jazz. club of the 20s and 30s. See review.
I NETHERBOW ARTS CENTRE 43 High Street. 556 9579. Box Office. mam-4.30pm. 7—9pm perf. evgs. Cafe. [Accessz R. Facilities: WC. WS. (i. B. R. Help: A. AA]
Puppet Theatre Season Until 2(iJul. See Kids listings.
I PLAYHOUSE THEATRE Greenside Place. 557 2590.
Phantom oithe Opera Until Sat l3Jul. 7.30pm. Wed and Sat mats 2.30pm. £6.50—£ 15.50. The original stage musical by Ken Hill and not the Lloyd Webber interpretation. this I’ltumom oft/re Opera is comic. melodramatic and operatic. See review.
ITHEATRE WORKSHOP 34 l larnilton Place. 2265425. Box Office Mon—Sat 9.30am--5.30pm. Bar. Cafe. New improvements in disabled access: please phone theatre for details.
The Mislaid World Sat 20 and Sat 27Jul.
l lam. £2.50(£l .50). A groupofscientists and explorers search fora live pterodactyl sighted in the Amazon region. Drama. humour and attdience participation produce a fun-filled family show. Part of the first-ever Stockbridge Festival.
I TRAVERSE THEATRE l 12 West Bow. (irassmarkct. 2262633. Box Office Tue—Sat 10am—8pm. Sun 6—10pm. Bar. Rest. Tickets also available from the
Ticket Centre. Market Street. [Accessz St.
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Sky Woman Falling Until Sat 27 Jul. 8pm. £6 (£3). (Also runningthroughout Edinburgh Fringe.) Anna Furse ofPaines Plough is guest director ofToby Armour‘s one-woman play about a white woman forced to adapt to the life of a Native American tribe. Una McLean stars.
._ ‘ . Una McLean transforms herself into a Native
American in Toby Armour's Sky Woman Falling
Struggle of the Dogs and the Black'rhurs 25—Sun 4 Aug. 8pm. £6 (£3). (Also running throtighout Edinburgh Fringe.) The first fully-professional production of this anti-colonialist drama by the late French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltes. Fear and guilt on a West African building site when a white man kills a black man. Andy Farrell directs. See preview.
CABAR ET mm-
Cabaret is listed by date, then by city. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Cabaret Listings compiled by Mari: Fisher.
; FRIDAY 12 Edinburgh
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I I The Counting House Upstairs. 322 West I Nicolson Street. 662 0781. Restaurant open all day. serving until 9.30pm —diners can claim £1 reduction on their cabaret tickets. Bar licensed until lam. Cabaretat 1 10pm. £4.50(£3.50). A regularcompere
' at London‘s Comedy Store. Kevin Day was apparently described by Time Out as ‘genuinely funny". which is a welcome change from all this fake comedy we‘ve
been getting. A relaxed delivery belies a sharp comic edge and he's widely tipped as one to watch. He‘s joined tonight by Martha McBriar. Another helping tomorrow.
SATURDAY 13 Glasgow
I The Comic Club Blackfriars. 45 Albion Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. 9pm. £4.50(£3.50). Bar open 8.30pm—midnight. Stu Who'.’ teams up with his pantomime pal Dean Park foran
Stu Who? at the Comic Club
evening of comedy and music to prove that ‘variety is not dead. it just smells bad.‘
Edinburgh
I The Counting House Upstairs. 322 West Nicolson Street. 662 0781. Restaurant open all day. serving until 9.30pm — diners can claim £1 reduction on their cabaret tickets. Bar licensed until lam. Cabaretat 10pm. £4.50(£3.50). See Fri 12.
FRIDAY 19 Edinburgh
I The Counting House Upstairs. 32/2 West Nicolson Street. 662 0781. Restaurant open all day. serving until 9.30pm —-diners can claim £1 reduction on theircabaret tickets. Barlicensed until 1am. Cabaretat 10pm. £4.50 (£3.50). Owen O‘Neill will be back again in the Edinburgh Fringe in a
Owen O'Neill at the Counting House
play with fellow Irishman Sean Hughes; catch him now with his stand-up act supported by the genial punchline insights oflocal lad Kenny Harris. More ofthc same tomorrow.
SATURDAY 20
Glasgow I The Comic Club Blackfriars. 45 Albion
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Parrot at h comic Club
Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. 9pm. £4.50(£3.50). Baropen 8.30pm—midnight. Genial mirth-man Fred MacAulay introduces Parrott . John Gillick and new comics the Kringe Twins.
Edinburgh
I The Counting House Upstairs. 32/2 West Nicolson Street. 6620781 . Restaurant open all day. serving until 9.30pm —diners can claim £1 reduction on theircabaret tickets. Bar licensed until 1am. Cabaret at 10pm. £4.50 (£3.50). See Fri 19.
SUNDAY 21 Edinburgh
I Just For The Love Of it Cafe Royal . West Register Street. Details 228 1838. 7.30pm. £2. A benefit show to raise some ofthc
£1 .500 needed to send members ofthc Salamander Clth to perform at the Bagamoyo Arts Festival in 'l‘anzania in the last two weeks of September. Tonight's show will preview a selection ofsketches and stories so far selected to be performed there as well as a guest appearance by the Newcastle Angels. Anybody wishing to support this cultural project or to contribute in any way should see Arnold between 7.30pm and lam.
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Arnold at the Cafe Royal
IS BEAUTIFUL!
After six months of the most extensive renovation in its history,
Theatre Workshop is back. There is improved access for the disabled; 3 new studio space; a lift installed; the building stone-cleaned and the cafe/bar enlarged and refurbished. Why not be somewhere else this summer ? At THEATRE WORKSHOP.
CAFE/BAR RE-OPENS MON 15 JULY 11am-7pm
BOX OFFICE NOW OPEN 031 226 5425 THEATRE WORKSHOP, 34 HAMILTON PLACE, EDINBURGH, EH3 5AX i
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