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Ifyou have one foot firmly lodged in Festival heaven and the other poised over the abyss, there is no better way to sift the best from the rest than by delving into The List. We review theatre, dance and comedy shows in neat little time slots and guide you to the best in Festival clubs, film and art.
UP FRONT
Lee Evans: in town lor'the premiere of his new film Funny Bones
Richard O’Brien
The cross-dresser gets horny in a devilish role. Page 10
O NTENTS
‘ YOUR GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ARTS FESTIVAL STARTS HERE
Ticket Information
Index at shows in this issue Festival Frontlines
Front at House
FREELOADERS
SHOWS Qam-l pm 24 Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. catch The Complete History nf/lmert't'u by the Reduced Shakespeare Company. SHOWS 1-3pm 31 Nae trapping during this section. Head out and see What's The Matter With Mary June?. a powerful play about one woman's struggle against anorexia.
SHOWS 3-6pm 35 I’ssst.’ Escape Festival frenzy and make this integrated dance show a must.
SHOWS (Him 40 Food is for wimps. so forsake your nosh and devour the comedy of
25&27
Bill T Jones
Young, gifted and black: a radical US choreographer faces
UP
to death. Page 12
Fringe perennial Simon Fanshawe. SHOWS 8-10pm 50 Few things should be allowed to get in the way ofquality. prime-time drinking. but one exception should be the outrageous dance-comedy
Ray Davies
The former Kinks frontman puts the cool in comeback. Page 14
crossover act Dims.
SHOWS 10pm—late 53 Sup up and feast your bleary eyes on Alan Davies. the world‘s only purveyor of funny shaggy dog
Lee Evans
The rubber-faced comedian reaches the end of the pier in his first feature film, a tale of Blackpool entertainers. Page 17
stories.
FESTIVAL Film 68 Slip into a black polo neck. order a cappuccino and goggle at the cream
Gillies MaeKinnon
After the heady heights of Hollywood, the Scots film director
comes home in a tale of 60s Glasgow. Page 20
of the screen.
FESTIVAL Music 72 If music be the food of love. we have enough to dent the most insatiable of appetites. Delve in.
FESTIVAL Art 75
Hotter than a baker’s oven, the Czech composer, most renowned for his New World Symphony. is celebrated in a
Dvorak
Festival season. Page 22
STREETS OF GLASGOW
A festival with a difference 19
FILM
Die Hard With A Vengeance 88
Butterfly K isses 89 Index 89 Listings 91 Pure 94
Peter Lcitch
LP Reviews
Listings Rock Jazz & Folk Classical & Opera
THEATRE
Glasgow Listings
ART Listings David Levinthal
NORMAL SERVICE FROM THE CITY OF CULTURE: llSTlNGS AND PREVIEWS
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We canvas the finest Festival an and give you a full guide to Edinburgh gallery exhibitions.
FESTIVAL Clubs 85 Fight for your right to party with a night by night guide to Edinburgh‘s nightclubs.
CLUBS
Glasgow Listings 101 Listings 103
CLASSIFIED/ I SAW YOU
Recruitment 104 Personals I07 I Saw You 108
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