MAYFEST LISTINGS
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I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 3pm. 5.45pm. 8.15pm. £2—£4. See Fri 28 and Film section.
Comedy
I Kittens go Grrr! The Tron. 10.30pm. £7 (£5). See Fri 28.
I Kitkat Club Blackfriars Underground. 10.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 27.
Clubs
I Flow The Arches. llptn. £7. A blend of soul and funk. in the popular Saturday night haunt.
I Maytest Club The Old Fruitmarket. £5 (£2). See Thurs 27.
I Slam The Ferry. 10pm. £8. DJs Stuart McMillan. Orde Meikle and Andrew Weatherall. with a special theatrical perfortnance by Ian Smith. aka Mischief- la-Bas.
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I The Scaramouche uuintet The Burrell Collection. 2.30pm. £4 (£2). The Quintet will perform a programme of classical music.
film I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 3pm.
5.45pm. 8.15pm. £2—£4. See Fri 28 and Film section.
Dance
I Discorama SECC. 10.30am £3. Silver- fringed bra tops attd spray-on glitter abound as disco dancing champions from all over Scotland battle it out for various trophies - the ultimate prize being Mayfest Discorama dancer of the day.
Clubs
I Maytest Club The Old Fruitmarket. 10pm—early morning. £5 (£2). See Thurs 27.
Theatre Company present a multi-media
show set in a women's prison. where three women. detached from the influence of men. see their lives in a new light. See preview.
I Dumbstruck Kings Theatre. 8pm. £4-£l3. Revival of David Kane‘s much- praised period comedy. directed by Michael Boyd for the Tron Company. Set in a theatrical lodging house. it stars Elaine C. Smith. Forbes Masson and Jimmy Chisholm. See review.
I Marry Me A Little Cottier Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£3). MusicTheatre Lab present a loosely-linked selection from the canon of master Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondhenn.
I Persons Unknown Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. Free preview. A new play written by director-actor-translator Robert David MacDonald for the Citizens'. where he‘s been based for - ooh a long time now. The story concerns a linguistically challenged
L g i stranger‘s mysterious arrival in a small : "’ "‘ ‘ k’ t town and his departure five years later. i W . The big cheese: James Taylor released from 5 1 Sec preview and Agenda section
The Prisoners to play the Garage, Sun 30 Theatre
I Blood and Ice Ramshorn Theatre.
Musrc I Sharon Shannon The Ferry. 8pm. £7
Theatre I As I lay Me Down To Sleep Strathclyde
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Arts Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). See Thurs 27.
I The Collection The Tron. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£6) £3 (£2.50). See Thurs 27.
I Shak Edi Bobo Tramway. 7pm. £10 (£7). See Thurs 27.
Music
I as“ Allander Ensemble Cottier Theatre. 12.30pm. £5 (£2.50). The Ensemble will perform Beethoven's String Quartet 0/) 74 and Mozart's Clarinet Quintet.
I Charlatans Barrowland. 7pm. £8.50. See preview.
I An Evening With The Mavericks The Pavilion. 7.30pm. £12.50/£1()/£7.50. Roots. rock and country from the States.
then we're supposed to call it New American Music.
I James Taylor Quartet Garage. 8pm. £8.50. Acid jazz pioneers or funk
meisters‘.’ Tricky one bill they do have a
cheesey Hammond organ for those
Starsky and Hutch theme tune numbers. I Rock Salt & Nails The Ferry. 8pm. This
exciting six-piece from Shetland mix
bluegrass. Scottish and Irish folk. give it
all a shake and let it explode over the
crowd. Lots of leaping about is a safe bet. I After The Flood Kings Theatre. 8pm.
£10 (£5). A benefit evening for the victims of the December lloods. The
programme is yet to be announced but a
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7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 27.
I Chekhov - Three Absurd Comedies The Arches. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). The Arches Company present a triple bill of Chekhov’s short early social comedies. T/lt‘ Bear. The Proposal and The Wedding. Andrew Dalltneyer co-stars with Arches
i director Andy Arnold.
Music
I Hole Barrowland. 7.30pm. £8.50. Their last album was largely overlooked as it came ottt at around the same time as
Cobain topped himself. Pity since it was a 1 line set of songs with a rough edge that
hinted at the turmoil within. As usual hindsight makes a mockery of us all. I Man The Ferry. 8pm. £5. They’ve recently passed their quarter century. Longevity is often a guarantee of nothing
i more than stubborness and resistance to ' change. Whether or not their brand of - prog rock still kicks it iii the 90s remains
to be seen.
Film
I Moviemaynia All Glasgow Cinemas. 7.30pm. A three-day event involving nine Glasgow cinemas and 45 screens. Buy a normal-priced ticket for any film at any of the participating cinemas and you receive a Moviemaynia Passport. entitling you to see any film at a participating cinema for £1 on Mon 1. Tue 2 or Wed 3 May. Phone Mayfest for details.
‘I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 3pm.
5.45pm. 8.15pm. £2—£4. See Fri 28 and Film section.
Theatre
I An Me Wi A Bad Leg Tae/When Hair Was Long And Time Was Short The Pavilion. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50) £8.50 (£7.50). Written by Billy Connolly in 1975 and 1976 respectively. these comedies have been re-worked for a modern audience by the Big Yin himself on a hotline from LA to lrvine. where Borderline‘s director John Murtagh has assembled a top-rank cast. See preview. I Bedfellows Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Thurs 27.
I Blood and Ice Ramshorn Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 27.
I Born Guilty Citizens' Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Thurs 27 and preview.
I Chekhov - Three Absurd Comedies The Arches. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Mon 1.
I Doing Bird Old Athenaeum. 8pm. £5 (£1.50). Penal system specialists Cat A
(£5). See preview.
film
I Moviemaynia All Glasgow Cinemas. See Mon 2.
I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 3pm. 5.45pm. 8.15pm. £2—£4. See Fri 28 and Film section.
Kids
I The Magic Island Mitchell Theatre. 1.30pm. £5 (£2). TAG Theatre Company present a new family play by Liz Lochhead based on Shakespeare‘s The Tempest. See Kids section.
Clubs
I Maytest Club The Old Fruitmarket. lOpm—early morning. £5 (£2). See Thurs 27.
WEDNESDAY 3
Theatre
I An Me Wi A Bad leg Tae/When Hair Was Long And Time Was Short The Pavilion. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50) £8.50 (£7.50). See Tue 2 and preview.
I Bedfellows Citizens' Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Thurs 27.
I Blood and Ice Rarnshorn Theatre. 7.30pm. £5 (£2.50). See Thurs 27.
I Born Guilty Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Thurs 27 and preview.
I Breadmakers Pearce Institute. 7.30pm. £3.50 (£1.50). The latest play from John Binnie for Clyde Unity is also the first he‘s adapted from a novel. namely 'I‘lte Brew/makers by Margaret Thomson Davis. A sixteen-year-old lass who marries the local baker to escape her puritanical mother finds she‘s leapt from the frying pan into the bread bin. as it were. See preview.
I Chekhov - Three Absurd Comedies The Arches. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Mon 1.
I Dancing/lite, Loves & Happiness Strathclyde Arts Centre. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Second presentation by homegrown lcon Theatre. developed at the Arts centre. and based around ordinary people‘s experience.
I Doing Bird Old Athenaeum. 8pm. £5 (£1.50). See Tue 2 and preview.
I Dumbstruck Kings Theatre. 8pm. £4~£l3. See Tue 2 and review.
I Linneaus, Prince of Flowers Botanic Gardens. 8.30pm. £5 (£2). An outdoor promenade performance about the Swedish botanist Linnaeus. whose obsession with plants is infused with the infectious. sexual spirit of spring.
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24 The List 21 Apr-4 May 1995