MAYFEST LISTINGS
Tickets for the majority of Mayfest events can be purchased from the Ticket Centre, Candleriggs, 041 227 5511. Personal booking Mon—Sat 10am—6pm; telephone booking 9am-9pm.
I Arches Theatre 30 Midland Street, 221 9736.
I The Beck’s Tent Glasgow Green, 227 551 1.
I Centre tor Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street. 332 0522.
I Citlnns’ Theatre
1 l9 Gorbals Street. 429 0022.
I Drama Centre at the
Barnshorn 98 Ingram Street, 552 3489.
I The Ferry Clyde Place, 429 1625.
I Fruitmadtet Albion Street, 227 5511
I Glasgow Film Theatre 12 Rose Street, 332 8128.
I Glasgow Boyal Concert Hall 2 Sauchiehall Street. 332 6633.
I Mitchell Theatre 7 Granville Street. 221 3198.
I DId Athenaeum I79 Buchanan Street. 332 2333.
I BSAMD 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057.
I St Andrews Church, St Andrews Square, 227 5511.
I Tramway 25 Albert Drive. 423 1333.
I Tron Theatre 63 Trongate. 552 4267.
FRIDAY 6
Theatre
I The Bridge Fruitmarket. 8pm. £7 (£4). lain Banks's allegorical novel is given the promenade treatment by Benchtours in conjunction with leading French - Canadian director Jean Frederic Messier and contortionist Angela Laurier. See review.
I Trainspotting Citizens' Stalls Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Irvine Welsh's brilliant novel of drug abuse in l.eith makes a speedy. speed-fuelled transition to the stage in this production by the Traverse's Ian Brown.
I Bloody Miracles, Beautitul lies Tratnway. llptn. £7 (£4). Feel-good performance art from Scotland's Clanjamfrie with anew multi-niedia show about heroes. heroines. visions and miracles. See review.
I Dumhstruck Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £7.51) (£3). £6 (£2). stand—by for conc £4. New comedy by David Katie — a murderous farce set in an early 60s theatrical lodging house. A top- notch cast. including Forbes Masson. liileen McCallum and Jimmy Chisholm. is directed by Michael Boyd. Read the script in Theatre Sent/and magazine.
I The Prophet Arches Theatre. 7pm. £6 (£3). Wiseguise introduces the lyrical and passionate work of Middle liastern poet Kahil (iibran.
l I How to Shop Mitchell L
Theatre. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). The inimitable
Bobby Baker turns
housewifery into performance art as she guides us down the aisles in a comic exploration of supermarket culture.
I Moti Botl, Puttli Chunni New Athenaeum. RSAMD. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). Theatre. film. dance and music come together in Moti Roti's celebration of Hindi cinema.
I Epitaph II CCA. 8pm. £6 (£2.50). Dance/theatre installation by video artist Robin Blackledge who encourages his audience to act as voyeurs.
I At the Black Pig’s Dyke
()ld Athenaeum. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). Excellent production by Ireland's Druid Theatre Company of Vincent Woods's evocation of the ancient mumming tradition.
I Jimmy Messiah Arches Theatre. 9pm. £6 (£3). Man Act returns to Glasgow with a highly
physical show about right-
wing evangelism written by the Wooster Group's Nancy Reilly.
I H.B.H. Citizens' Circle Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). Giles Havergal has been moonlighting at Theatre (‘lyw-d. Wales. to produce this well-received new play by counter-culture playwright Snoo Wilson about a royal marriage failing to live up to its romantic image.
I Ghosts Drama Centre
at The Ramshorn. 7.30pm.
£5 (£2.50). lbsen's
claustrophobic study of
the ghosts of the past we carry round with us is
! performed by Strathclyde
Theatre Group in conjunction with Focus.
Dance
I Triple Bill Chandler Studio. RSAMD. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). Much admired Scottish-based dancer Rosina Bonsu completes a trilogy of solo work on an autobiographical theme. The previously seen Feeling the Need for Company and Collected 'Iangents are shown with a new piece finished specially for Mayfest.
Classical
I Academy Now! Stevenson Hall, RSAMD. 332 4101. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). The second concert in this series features a programme of contemporary vocal music sung by Voices of Academy Now!. including
. a new work by Thomas
Wilson and music theatre by Peter Maxwell Davies. I Martin Souter Kelvingrove Art Gallery 8; Museum. 8pm. £7 (£4). The organist plays Reger’s Variations in I" sharp minor. Brahms‘s Chorale Preludes and Fugue in A flat minor, and the rarely heard Variations on a Recitative by Schoenberg on the gallery‘s concert organ.
Music
I Altan The Ferry. 7pm. £7 (£5). Ifyou want to hear Irish traditional music played and sung with extreme virtuosity. then these Mayfest regulars fit the bill to perfection.
I Mayfest Ceilidh The Ferry. 10pm. £6 (£4). The ()ccasionals supply the music for this popular hoolie.
Cabaret] Comedy
I Julian Clary and Guests The Beck's Tent. 8pm. £12 (£11). Clary will be hoping for a big hand on his entrance returns to Glasgow for another bout ofcamp innuendo.
I Dean Park Tron Theatre. 10.45pm. £6 (£5). Mainstream comedy from the chirpy Scot.
Film
I Germinal GFT. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Film listings.
! SATURDAY 7
Theatre
I Brothers and Sisters (Parts I and II) Citizens' Theatre. 2.30pm. £ 10 (£6). Spend a day with the Maly Theatre and the epic
DAY BY DAY DIARY
Three races or a city in 7:84's Glasgow Generations. See comunity listings.
sweep of Lev Dodin's adaptation of Fyodor Abramov‘s novel of rural life. Said to be one of the greatest achievements of contemporary Russian theatre and. as with all Maly shows. subtitles provide a translation.
I The Bridge
Fruitmarket. 8pm. £7 (£4).
See Fri 6.
I Trainspotting Citizens' Stalls Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I Bloody Miracles, Beautiful lies Tramway. 8pm. £7 (£4). See Fri 6. I Dumhstruck Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£3). £6 (£2). stand-by for conc £4. See Fri 6.
I The Prophet Arches Theatre. 7pm. £6 (£3). See Fri 6.
I How To Shop Mitchell Theatre. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). See Fri 6.
I Moti Boti, Puttli Chunni New Athenaeum. RSAMD. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Fri 6.
I Epitaph II CCA. 8pm. £6 (£2.50). See Fri 6.
I At The Black Pig’s Dyke ()ld Athenaeum. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Fri 6.
I Jimmy Messiah Arches Theatre. 9pm. £6 (£3). See Fri 6.
I ILBJI. Citizens' Circle Studio. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I Ghosts Drama Centre
at The Ramshorn. 7.30pm.
£5 (£2.50). See Fri 6.
Dance
I Triple Bill Chandler Studio. RSAMD. 7.45pm. £6 (£3). See Fri 6.
Classical
I Moscow Children’s Choir or The Bolshoi Theatre St Aloysius Church. 8pm. £7 (£4). A 45-strong mixed choir bearing a famous name. although some observers in Russia say the Bolshoi is no longer the force it once was. Their programme of Russian music will feature the UK
premiere of Kasalsky‘s Liturgy oj'St John alongside better known names like Tchaikovsky. Rachmaninov. Rimsky-
. Korsakov and Stravinsky.
. Music i I Bob Paisley and The
Southern Grass The Ferry.
7pm. £7 (£5). They may hail from Pennsylvania. but they play down-home Appalachian bluegrass and close-harmony vocals in the traditional manner. I Stephen Bruton The Ferry. 10pm. £7 (£5). Singer and guitarist out of Austin. Texas. with an impressive musical pedigree.
I Bjorn Again The Beck's Tent. 8pm. £10 (£8). The Abba revivalists mix sincerity with kitsch in equal dollops.
Cabaret/ Comedy
I Dean Park Tron Theatre. 10.45pm. £6 (£5). See Fri 6.
Film
I Germinal OFT. 8pm. £4 | (£3). See Film listings.
5 SUNDAY 8
‘ Theatre
I Brothers and Sisters (Parts I and II) Citizens' Theatre. 2.30pm. £10 (£6). See Sat 7.
I The Bridge Fruitmarket. 8pm. £7 (£4). See Fri 6.
I Dumbstruck Tron Theatre. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£3). £6 (£2). See Fri 6.
I The Prophet Arches Theatre. 7pm. £6 (£3). See Fri 6.
I Jimmy Messiah Arches Theatre. 9pm. £6 (£3). See Fri 6.
I Ghosts [)rama Centre at The Ramshorn. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Fri 6.
Dance
I Double Bill Mitchell Theatre. 7.30pm. £6.51) (£3.50). The highly-rated
Shobana Jeyasingh. overall winner of the 1993 Prudential Award for the Arts. presents two pieces that throw a fresh light on the traditions of Indian dance. Alongside her own Roma/Ire with l-‘ootnotes is a piece choreographed by Richard Alston called Delirious Arbour.
Music
I The Humptt Family The Beck's Tent. 8pm. £8 (£6). It wouldn't be Mayfest without hearing from this energetic Scots outfit with a penchant for Cajun and rockabilly.
I Michael Marta Tron Theatre. 2pm. £6 (£5). Dundee's gift to the art of songwriting — expect tickets to be scarce for this one.
I Pele The Ferry. 10pm. £7 (£5). liclectic young Liverpool outfit combining Celtic roots with a more pop-based style. complete with l-lamniond organ and a social conscience.
I Sophia Domancich Trio The Ferry. 7pm. £7 (£5 l. Frenchjazz pianist Sophie Domancich is a newcomer here. but her band with English bass player Paul Rogers and drummer Tony Levin has been picking up excellent reviews. Worth checking out.
Cabaret/ Comedy I Dean Park Tron
Theatre. 10.45pm. £6 (£5). See Fri 6.
Film
I Germinal Gl'T. 8pm. £4 (£3). See Film listings.
MONDAY 9
Theatre
I Innocent Erendira Mitchell Theatre. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). All the way from Cuba, Buendia presents a strikingly visual
l interpretation of a short
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