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i Cabaret is listed by date, then by city. Shows ' will be listed. provided that details reach our ? ottices at least ten days before publication. 3 Cabaret Listings compiled by Mark Fisher.
§ FRIDAY 4 : Edinburgh
I I Paul Morocco and the EC Big Band |
Assembly Rooms. 54 George Street, 220 4348. Ticketline 220 4349. 8.30pm. £5 4 (£3). The Eurocentric juggling trio. cover stars of The Liston their Fringe debut this 3 year. return to Edinburgh with their curious breed of flamenco and ping pong swallowing. I Theatresports Bedlam Theatre, 2a Forrest Road, 225 9893. 10pm. £1 .50(£1). Weekly improvisational student comedy.
SATURDAY 5 Glasgow
I Cate Loco Arches Theatre, Midland Street. 221 9736. 11pm—3.30am. Glasgow’s only theatrical nightclub throws in cabaret. live music and performance theatrics in between the records.
I The Comic Club Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street. Merchant City. 552 5924. 9pm. £4.50 (£3.50). Mike Milligan welcomes you for an evening ofclose-quarters comedy starring Martin Soan and Mitchell Anderson with the open spot filled by Barry Burns.
I Fools Paradise Old Athenaeum Theatre, 179 Buchanan Street, 3322333. 10.30pm. £6 (£3.50). The very wonderful
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, Bruce Morton, a runner-up tor the Perner Award. is this fortnight‘s must-see, and he's supported by Musselburgh‘s own
award-winning Rhona Campbell. A
T splendid all-Scottish gig made complete by
i compere Phil Kay.
Edinburgh
I Fools Paradise Music Box, Victoria
3 Street, 225 2564. 8pm. £6 (£3.50). Tickets L also from Queen‘s Hall box office (668
i 2019). See Glasgow listings above for
1 details of tonight’s essential gig, but i substitute Kenny Harris in the role of
i compere.
! SUNDAY 6
i Greenock
5 I Rico's Comedy Church Tobago Street, ! 0475 83705. 8.30pm. £2.50 (£2). Parrot I comperes the fun, games and joke
I competitions with top comics Mitchell I Anderson and Martin Soan.
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11 December - 2 January
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Adapted by Stuart Paterson
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WEDNESDAY 9 Edinburgh
I Patricia Martinelli Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, 220 4348. Ticketline 220
4349. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). Physical character
'I‘uesday 8 December 1992 - Saturday 13 Februa AIJLAN STEWART
('I'V‘s "Chain Letters" and "Copy Fats")
ERIC CULLEN
comedy as a drunken opera singer tries to take contol of the world around her. Presented by street entertainers, Inside Out Theatre Company.
Jo Brand
1 0 Green, scourge of the heckler, in another
Edinburgh
I Craig Ferguson Assembly Rooms, 54 George Street, 220 4348. Ticketline 220 4349. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). Don’t be put offby the feebleness of his recent TV show. 2000 Not Out, because on stage, Ferguson is one of the most commanding performers on the circuit. And you‘re not likely to see him for less than a fiver for a longtime either.
FRIDAY 11 Edinburgh
I Thultl'utmm Bedlam Theatre, 2a Forrest Road, 225 9893. 10pm. £1 .50 (£1). Weekly improvisational student comedy.
SATURDAY 12 Glasgow
I Cate Loco Arches Theatre, Midland Street, 221 9736. 11pm—3.30am. See Sat 5. I The Comic Club Blackfriars, 36 Bell Street, Merchant City, 552 5924. 9pm. £4.50 (£3.50). Parrot talks sharp between the acts which tonight include Andre Vincent and Evening Times columnist Jill Peacock.
I Fools Paradise Old Atheneum Theatre. 179 Buchanan Street, 332 2333. 10.30pm. £6 (£3.50). Phil Kay welcomes increasingly regular visitor J 0 Brand, queen of the dry put-down, and Jeff
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first-rate Fools Paradise gig.
Edinburgh
I Fools Paradise Music Box, Victoria Street, 225 2564. 8pm. £6 (£3.50). Tickets also from Queen’s Hall box office (668 2019). Kenny Harris introduces Jo Brand and Jeff Green - see Glasgow listings above.
I Sean Hughes Royal Lyceum, Grindlay Street, 229 9697. 10.30pm. £8.50(£7.50). Ireland's brightest, silliest and down right cutest comedy export comes to town with a special gig to round off the Summit in the City events.
I Comecon The Stepping Stones, West Bow, Grassmarket. 7.30pm. Clowning with a topical European flavour, as Toby Park and Udo Zwilling contemplate the eternal questions with perfectly executed mime and expression.
SUNDAY 13 Greenock
I Rlco’s Comedy Church Tobago Street, 0475 83705. 8.30pm. £2.50 (£2). Kenny Harris, one of the rising stars of the Scottish comedy scene, is on the bill tonight alongside Andre Vincent and compere Parrot.
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presents
Crying Wolf
by Gerald Mangen
Directed by Gerry Mulgrew
A musrcal tantaSy lor today and the 22nd century.
IRONFACE and his brutal iuggerhead techno-people are , taking over everything When they start taking over everyBODY as well, something has to be done Can FIREFANG mobilise the army 01 children and animals in time? Stand wrth them as they iace the relentless march 01 machinery Turn FIREFANG's cry into a howl oi vrclory. Book Now.
a . ‘ trom Wed 2 Dec. WeymoScon-in Am Cowcu‘ Phone 031 228 5465
George Street Edinburgh 2 - 24 Dec
2.30 pm Sat 5 Sat 12: Sat 19 Mon 21 - Thurs 24 Dec
7.30 pm Thurs 17 - Sat 19 Tues 22 - Wed 23 Dec
IICKETS
Children £3.50 Adults 25 Family Savers are available for Mixtures
oi kids and grown ups. Block booking discounts.
cox OFFICE 031 220 4349 Schools periormances
JAN WILSON
(Mrs Melvin from "CityLights")
AIJEX McAVOY
(Sunny Jim from "The Vital Spark")
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Tickets: £9.25 - £6.75 Generous concessions
available, please check with Box Office. All major credit cards accepted. Book by fax 031 - 220 6812 or in person at
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