LISTINGS THEATRE
a musical by Melvyn Bragg and Howard Goodall.
I ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DRAMA I00 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. [Access: PPA. ST. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA] Tartuffe2 Until Sat 21 May. 7.I5pm. £3.50 (£2). Final-year students in Liz Lochhead's racy Scots reworking of Moliere.
llotel Paradiso Tue 3I May—Sat 4 Jun. 7.15pm. £3.50 (£2). Seedy hotel capers in the Feydeau farce performed by second- year students.
I THEATRE ROYAL Hope Street. 332 9000. [Access: PPA. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
St Joan Mon 23-Sat 28 May. 7. I5pm. Thurs and Sat mats 2.15pm. £4.50—£16.50. lrnogen Stubbs stars as Joan of Arc in George Bernard Shaw‘s political drama about the making of a saint. The second production to come to Glasgow from Theatr Clwyd. North Wales this month after HRH called in at the Citz. Chess Mon 30 May—Sat 4 Jun. 7. l5pm. Wed and Sat mats 2. l5pm. £5~~£ l4. Glasgow gets a chance to see the Tim Rice/Abba musical on the unlikley subject ofinternational chess. Features ‘One Night in Bangkok' and ‘I Know Him So Well‘.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 227 55 l 1. [Access: P. PPA. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C].
Here Comes Everybody Sat 2 l—Sun 22 May. 10.30pm. £7 (£4). Process [TEN 28] takes inspiration from the second chapter ofJames Joyce‘s l’inneguns Wake for this multi-media. site-specific performance that takes place on a field of wheat. Tam Dean Burn and Pene Herman-Smith star in Ken Davidson's production.
Hated Nightfall Thurs 26-Sat 28 May. 8pm. £7 (£4). The Wrestling School returns to Glasgow with a play hailed as Howard Barker‘s most accessible for years. Ian McDiarmid stars in this poetic
speculation about the fall of the Russian imperial family. See preview.
I TROH THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. [Access: PPA. ST. R. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
Dumbstruck! Until Sun 22 May. 7.30pm. £7.50/£6 (£3/£2). Laugh-a-minute black farce by David Kane in which a euthanasia specialist tums up in a I960s theatrical lodging house. See review. The Cheating Hearts Thurs 26—Sun 29 May. 7.30pm. Sat mat 2pm. £7.50/£6 (£3/£2). London's celebrated Gate Theatre. which has a reputation for unearthing forgotten classics. brings this production of Marivaux‘s l8th century comedy to Glasgow. Sexual adventure. heartbreak and romance.
Ilo’ Her Again Thurs 2—Sun 5 Jun. 7.30pm. £9/£7. See Touring.
I ADAM HOUSE THEATRE Chambers Street. 650 8200 (after 6.30pm).
Old Heads and Young Hearts Tue 24—Sat 28 May. 7.30pm. £4 (£3). Edinburgh Graduate Theatre Group celebrates its 40th birthday with Dion Boucicault’s Victorian comedy of misunderstandings and young love.
I BRUHTOH THEATRE Musselburgh. 665 2240. [Access: L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: AA]
I’ll Be Seeing You Tue 24 May. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Touring.
The Wishing Tree Wed 1 Jun. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Touring and preview.
I CHURCH HILL THEATRE Morningside Road. 228 1155. Tickets available froru Queen‘s Hall and Usher Hall Box Offices and J. and A. Cruikshank or Harvest Garden (opposite theatre).
Conduct Unbecoming Until Sat 21 May. 7.30pm. £4.50 (£3.50). Honour. dishonour. brutality and arrogance in the mess of a late- I800s Indian army regiment is the theme of Barry England's
drama performed by Leitheatre.
Sailor, Beware! Wed I—Sat 4 Jun. 7.30pm. £3.50. The rocky road to marital bliss in this character comedy performed by Edinburgh People‘s Theatre.
I RICHARD DEMARCO EUROPEAN ART FOUNDATION StMary‘s School. York Place. Details 225 3I45.
The Castle of Holstebro Until Fri 20 May. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). The first ever visit to Scotland of Denmark's Odin Teatret and a rare chance to see the work of actor Julia Varley and director Eugenio Barba. See Traverse Theatre below. -
I KIHO’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street. 229 I20]. [Access: R. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. Help: AA]
Misery Until Sat 2| May. Mon—Fri 7.30pm. Sat 5pm and 8pm. £8.50—£I2.50. This adaptation of Stephen King‘s thriller goes on the road after a successful run in London. Loretta Swit (Hot Lips from MM *S*H*) stars as a dangerous fan of a world-famous novelist.
Dance Week Mon 30 May—Sat 4 June. See Dance and preview.
I HETHERROW ARTS CENTRE 43 High Street. 556 9579. [Access: ST. R. L. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Help: A. AA]
Boniour Tristesse Fri 20—Sat 21 May. 8pm. £6 (£4). This post-Mayl'est show by Theatre Cryptic is an adaptation of the novel by Francoise Sagan. It is presented here as part of Hera. a week of plays focusing on women.
Dancing: A Portrait of Margaret Morris Sat 2] May. 2.30pm. £3 (£2). Home Is Where The Art Is revives this tribute to a pioneer of modern dance technique. Written by Pat Gerber. it tells the story of Margaret Morris from the foundation of her first school in 1910 to her death in I980.
With Respect Wed 25 May. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). See Touring and preview.
A Butterfly Emerging Sat 28 May. 2.30pm. £3 (£2). Liz Moodie stars in her
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.\ I Trainspotting Steady stomachs only for this timely adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel of Leith lowlife. Hilarious and harrowing in equal measure. Citizens" 'l‘lteatre. Glasgow; 'I'rui't'rsc Theatre. Edinburgh.
I llo’ Her Again More monologues. good tunes and west coast banter from Dorothy Paul with her third near-perfect one-woman show. On tour
I A Little Older Welcome revival of John Binnie’s warm-hearted relationship drama for Clyde Unity Theatre. Winner of an Independent Theatre Award. On tour.
I Hated Iiighttall Latest piece of challenging historical revisionism from Howard Barker who makes his directorial debut with the Wrestling School. Tramway. (Ilusgrm'.
I The Silent Twins Should be worth a look just to get inside the atmospheric Victorian prison that NVA has taken over for the bizarre true-life tale of the twins who’d speak to no one but each other. Old Panic/t Police Station. Glasgow
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