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thoroughly deserve to. The line up is Baby Chaos. Thrurn. AC Acoustics. Travis. Shriek. Wah Wah Jack. The Delgados and The Blisters. Their styles are diverse with the only linking theme being that none of them will ever be accused of producing bland. anodyne pop. Well worth checking out.
I Singing Outside Heaven Cottier Theatre. 2.30pm. £5 (£2). Think of ten famous composers? Bet you haven‘t thought of one woman. Why not? This evening examines the neglect of women composers‘ work through a text compiled by Janice Galloway and through some of the composers‘ pieces performed by Ruth
Crouch (violin). Robert irvine (cello) and
; Graeme McNaught (piano).
I La Traviata Cottier Theatre. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5.50). See Fri 5.
I Nashville Songwriters The Ferry. 8pm. A triple-bill of leading country songwriters. with Pat Alger (co-writer of a number of Garth Brooks’s songs. among other things). Kathy Mattea‘s husband Jon Vezner. and the mysterious Kostas. a man of Greek descent who lives in the wilds of
Montana.
3 Frlm
I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 8.15pm. See Film section
EDance
I The Countess The Tron. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). She‘s intense. she’s Hungarian and she‘s Yvette Boszik. What more do you
need to know? 1993 Edinburgh Fringe
winner of both the SOS critics award and The lndependent‘s Theatre Award, Boszik and her company return with their passion stirring duet based on the life of a 17th century Transylvanian countess accused of various bloody. sacrificial deeds. See preview.
I VE Night Dance at the Plaza The Plaza
: Ballroom. 8pm. £10 (£7). Get your gladrags out for the dancin‘ as The Plaza ~ celebrates VE day in true 40s style.
Comedy
I Rhona Cameron/Alan Taylor The Tron. 10.30pm. £7 (£5). Slicked back hair and slick black humour from Musselburgh’s own Ms Cameron, with a support slot from up and coming Scots comedian Taylor.
Clubs
I Mayiest Club The Old Fruitmarket. Wed—Sun 10pm until early morning. See Fri 5.
MONDAY 8
Theatre
I An’ Me Wi A Bad Leg Tao/When llair Was Long And Time Was Short The Pavilion. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50); £8.50 (£7.50). See Fri 5.
I Chekhov - Three Absurd Comedies The Arches. 7.30pm. £7.00 (£4.00). See Fri 5 and review.
I The Crucible The Arches. 7.30pm. Revival of the Arches Theatre Cornpany‘s interpretation of Arthur Miller‘s classic, which played to considerable acclaim last November.
I Glasgow/Berlin Children’s Circus: UFA Fabrik Tramway. 2.30pm. £5 (£3). See Kids section.
I The Overcoat/The lose Cottier Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£3). See Sat 6.
Music
I Tom Robinson The Ferry. 8pm. £7 (£5 ). Surely one of popular rnusic‘s most enduring and enigmatic figures. His musical style has changed from the New Wave ‘2-4-6-8 Motorway‘ to the Gay Pride of ‘Sing if You‘re Glad To Be Gay'. Often savaged by the tabloids but seemingly insouciant. Robinson has consistently gone his own way. T.V. Smith (formerly of The Adverts) is the special
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I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 8.15pm. See Film section.
Dance
I The Countess The Tron. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). See Sun 7 and preview.
Event
I Voices From No Man’s Land Tramway. Noon. Free.
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 Fri 5.
I Bedfellows Citizens’ Theatre. 7.30pm.
i £6 (£2). See Fri 5 and review.
I Born Guilty Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 5 and review.
I Chekhov - Three Absurd Comedies The Arches. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Fri 5 and review.
I The Crucible The Arches. 2pm. 7.30pm. See Mon 8.
I Edmond The Arches. 9pm. £5 (£3.50). David Marnet‘s brutal depiction of the seedy. pallid underbelly of New York. as interpreted by promising new company Theatre Works. See Theatre preview on Olearma.
I Persons Unknown Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 5.
Music
I La Traviata Cottier Theatre. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5.50). See Fri 5.
I Lightning Seeds The Garage. 7.30pm. £7.50. Postponed until Mon 22 May.
I Robyn Hitchcock The Ferry. 8pm. One of a dying breed — the great English eccentric. Used to front both the Soft Boys and The Egyptians way back in the mists of time. Nowadays he‘s obsessed with fish — honest!
Film
I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 8.15pm. See Film section.
Dance
I The Countess The Tron. 7.30pm. £5 (£2). See Sun 7 and preview.
Art
I Evening Echoes CCA. l lam. Free I to Genius Loci (The Spirit of Place) 1991-94 CCA. llam. Free.
WEDNESDAY 10 ~
Theatre
I An’ Me Wi A Bad Leg Tao/When Hair Was long And Time Was Short The Pavilion. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50); £8.50 (£7.50). See Fri 5.
I Bedfellows Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 5 and review.
I Born Guilty Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 5 and review.
I Chekhov - Three Absurd Comedies The Arches. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Fri 5 and review.
I Child-Lover Tramway. 9pm. £6 (£3). The dynamic Theatre Cryptic returns with a new play by Michele Roberts. which tells the story of a young couple trying to have a baby and the bizarre events which occur when they take desperate steps to make it happen. See preview.
I The Crucible The Arches. 9pm. See Mon 8.
I There is Nothing New Under the Sun Strathclyde Arts Centre. 7.30pm. £3 (£2). Haresh Shanna has scripted this piece. devised from collaborative workshops involving the resident Icon Theatre Company and the Necessary Stage Company. which is visiting from Singapore. The theme is shared cultural values.
I Edmond The Arches. 9pm. £5 (£3.50). See Tue 9.
I Linnaeus, Prince of Flowers Botanic Gardens. 8.30pm. £5 (£2). See Fri 5.
I Marry Me A Little Cottier Theatre. 8pm. £6 (£3). See Fri 5.
I Nation Tramway. 9.45pm. £3.50 (£2.50). A pan-European collaboration between Glasgow's Studio MAP and Belgrade‘s DAH Theatre. whose publicity claims it involves fornication on the lnternet. See preview.
I Persons Unknown Citizens‘ Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 5.
I Shak Edi Bobo Tramway. 7pm. £l0 (£7). See Fri 5.
Music
I Blackwater Blues Band, Liberty Blues Band and The Blues Poets The Ferry. 8pm. £5 (£4). A night of blues. strangely enough.
I Over The Rainbow King‘s Theatre. 8pm. £5 (£2). Terry Neason will be singing her remarkable lungs out accompanied by the innovative Paragon Ensemble Scotland. Gershwin. Cole Porter. Brel and Ella Fitzgerald are all earmarked for an airing.
I Salad King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. 8.30pm. £5. Mildly retro indiejanglers fronted by former MTV jockess. Marijne. Having floated vaguely on the fringes of the record buying public‘s consciousness for the last couple of years they seem to be making some headway.
Comedy
I Michael iiedmond/lynn Ferguson Paisley Arts Centre. 8pm. £6 (£5). Dour lrish stand-up with a fine line in deadpan. plus cheery support from the former Alexander Sister. who‘s making quite a name for herselfdown in the Smoke.
Film
I Jesus Christ Movie Star Glasgow Film Theatre. 1.45pm. £3 (£2). See Film section
I Exotica Glasgow Film Theatre. 8.15pm. See Film section.
Clubs
I Mayiest Club The Old Fruitmarket. Wed—Sun 10pm until early morning. See Fri 5.
THURSDAY 11
Theatre
I An’ Me WI A Bad Leg Tao/When Hair Was Long And Time Was Short The Pavilion. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50); £8.50 (£7.50). See Fri 5.
I Bedfellows Citizens' Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 5 and review.
I Born Guilty Citizens' Theatre. 7.30pm. £6 (£2). See Fri 5 and review.
I Chekhov - Three Absurd Comedies The Arches. 7.30pm. £7 (£4). See Fri 5 and
24 The List 5-18 May 1995