LISTINGS THEATRE
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Peter Powers Fri 14 and Sat 15 Feb. 7.30pm. Midnight on Sats. £4.5()—£(i. The ever-popular stage hypnotist returns for some mind-bending fun.
The Chippendales Mon l7—Sat 22 Feb. 8pm. £13.51). Muscular male flesh and sun-tan oil adding a new twist tothe feminism debate.
Bobby Davro Sun 23 Feb. 8pm. £9.5(l-£8.5(l. One-man show by the TV comic.
I RDYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA 1le Renfrew Street. 332 5057. [Access: PPA. L. Facilities: WC. WS. AS. R. B.T. G. Help: A.AA]
King Lear Fri 14 Feb. 7.15pm. £3(£1.5()). Edward Argent directs final year students in Shakespeare's great tragedy about a king and his three daughters.
Twelfth High! Sat 15 Feb. 7.15pm. Byway ofcontrast to King Lear. this week's alternate Shakespeare is one ofthe romantic comedies performed by final year students and directed by Peter McAIIister.
A Chorus of Disapproval Tue its-Fri 21 Feb. 7.15pm. £2 (£1 ). Alan Ayckbourn‘s comedy about the rise and fall ofa member of an amateur operatics society is performed by second year students and directed by Maggie Gordon.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 227 55l l. [ilelpz 1.. WC. WS. Cl.
Electra L'ntil Sat 15 Feb. 8pm. £3—£l 1.51). The RSC’s revival of Deborah Warner's production of Sophocles’s tragedy continues to earn rave reviews. particularly for Fiona Shaw‘s gut-wrenching performance. Reduced seating capacity in Tramway means you should book early.
Mozart's Magic Performing Clothes Thurs 2(l—Sun 23 Feb. 8pm. Sat 22 Mat 2pm. £5 (£3). The various departments of(i1asgow School of A rt have come together to make
this multi-media performance based on
Mozart's The Magic Flute. No-one is too sure about how it will turn out. but it should be nothing if not spectacular. Gormenghast Mon 24—Tue 25 Feb. 8pm. £6 (£4). The David Glass Ensemble turns its highly-popular physical style to .‘vIervyn Peake's (iormcnglms! trilogy. Much music. SFX and puppets. See feature.
Siye Goli Sun 23—Fri 28 Feb. £6 (£4). See Dance listings.
EDINBURGH
I BEDLAM THEATRE Forrest Road. 225 9893. |Access: St. Facilities: WS. G. B. llelp: AA]
The Balcony Fri 14—Sat 22 Feb (not Sun 16). 7.30pm. £3.50 (LT/£2,511). Jean Genet's ground-breaking drama paints society as a whore house where establishment figures act out their fantasies while revolution rages outside. Edinburgh University Theatre Company perform.
Gilles etJeanne Wed 19 Feb. l.3(lpm.
£1 .5(i(£l ). Another new play is givena first performance by Edinburgh University Theatre Company. Donald Reid is the author.
Lovesick Wed 26 Feb. 1.30pm.£l.51)(£1). EL'TC lunchtime drama with a play by Caryl Churchill.
I BRUNTDN THEATRE Musselburgh. (>65
2241). [.Access: PPA. R. St. Facilities: WC.
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Absurd Person Singular Fri l4—Sai 39 Feb. 7.30pm. Sat 22 Feb mat 2.30pm. £5 (£4). The second show in the Brunton's first season under Robin Peoples is Alan Ayckbourn’s‘ Christmas comedy involving three separate couples on stage simultaneously.
I CHURCH HILL THEATRE Morningside Road. 228 1155. Tickets available from Queen's l lall and L'sher I lall Box Offices and J. and A. Cruikshank (opposite theatre).
Drama Festival Fri l4—Sai 15 Feb. 7.15pm. £3. The l.othian heats ofthe Scottish
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Moliere's comedy updated to the thirties and newly and astuter translated. The complex tangle of deceit surrounding the rich old miser and his two grown up children, involves some hilarious misunderstandings.
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The Sphinx (formerly Women's Theatre Group) presents THE ROARING GIRL'S HAMLET Shakespeare's play in a new setting by Claire Luckham Thurs 27 Feb - Sun 1 March 8pm & Fri 28 Feb 1.45pm An alternative version of Shakespeare's classic with an all-woman cast. The Sphinx are ‘at the forefront of innovative, risk-taking theatre - skilled, sophisticated and authentic." City Limits
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