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The second of The List's weekly Festival specials features reviews from many of the shows which have opened. plus previews of other treats in store. Our system of time zones each has Hitlist selections of
highlights. and all shows are indexed alphabetically on page 3.
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CONTENTS
BAD The Grassmarket Project's new production stars young offenders describing experiences in a Detention Centre. Playwright Lance Flynn describes his own incarceration and wonders about the point of it all.
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BAD TASTE Is it just an excuse for shocked stories in the tabloids or does filth have a place on the Festival? We look at the art ofcomic abuse and trace the shows that caused a prurient stir in past years.
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BOBBY BAKER Performance cookery with dough antlers. Bobby Baker breaks out of Pseuds Corner to bring herwitty and messy show to the Traverse.
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YOUNG SOUL REBELS Isaac Julian‘s black British drama is set in 1977 and has been acclaimed as a welcome breakthrough for a young director.
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ARTHUR TRESS Life is just a bowl of kitsch memorabilia for Arthur Tress. whose Fish Tank Sonata both puzzles and pleases.
FESTIVAL
lTlCKETINFO ............. .. 2 'SHOWINDEX ............ .. 3 CLOCKWISE ............. .. 4- : FEATURES ............... .. 8 9am—1pm ................ .. 23 1—3pm .................... .. 27 l3—6pm .................... .. 33 6-8pm .................... .. 39 8—10pm .................. .. 47
.. . a feel ' Danny Baker and Susie Maguire present
Scottish Television‘s Festival Show. See TV sectiontor details.
‘LISTINGS
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.ART ....................... ..88
~CLUBS .................... ..90l
FILM INDEX .............. .. 74
, LISTINGS .......... .. 77
' MUSIC CLASSICAL ..... .. 84 FOLK&WORLD 34 JAZZ ................ ..83= ROCK& BLUES .... .. 82
TELEVISION ............. .. 91
THEATRE ................. ..85; CABARET ........... ..87 DANCE .............. ..87
FULL GLASGOW LISTINGS
AND PREVIEWS 73
MUSIC: BLUE AEROPLANES ALBUM AND TOUR 82
FREELOAO ON THE FRINGE TICKET OFFERS: 41 8: 43 KOSH KOMPETITION: WIN A
TRIP TO DUBLIN : 44 ARCHAOS/GOLD BIER COMPETITION: 29
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