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(time is tip and (iod is dead. Consequently. argues Xavier Leret. artistic director ol’ Kaos Theatre lFK. laws relating to the Ten Commandments just don‘t seem to be relevant anymoref It wasiust such provocations that prompted lirltiu/ .lloi'ii/iry. .hc sell-styled ‘research company" 's latest. douhle-harrelled theatrical assault. The show e\p|ores its subject matter with the kind ol candour that sets the hack-to-hasics hrigade l'oaming at the mouth.
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Freeway Stage present a work in progress
Thur 30 May - Sat 1 Jun Kaos Theatre presents VIRTUAL MORALlTY
a double bill fusing mesmerising physical style with two dynamic new texts
John McGrath's THE LAST OF THE
MacEAC HANS with Elizabeth MacLennan
A play about heroes. with laughs and tall tales. music and myth. A play about loss and the Highlands today.
ISLE OF DOGS by Xavier Leret and SOMOGYI’S MONOLOGUE by Stewart Harcourt
Special ticket price .
£4. 50/(23) powerful and relevant... ”
THE SCOTSMAN
Tickets : £6.50 (£3)
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i 34 Hamilton Place
Edinburgh E I All performances start 8pm | Box Office : 0131 226 5425
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:3 g 27 May - 1 June . r, .' The Plan 9 From Outer Space film season
. including Plan 9, Ed Wood. other 8 classics i Cameo Cinema, Tickets 0737 228 4747
Plan 9 From Outer Space - The Musical
Possibly the whackiest. tackiest basis for a stage musical, Ed Wood meets Lloyd Webber. King’s Theatre, Tickets £8.50 - £74.50 0737 220 4349
Thur 28 May 7.30pm
The Plan 9 Bonnybridge Bus Trip
Malcolm Robinson, Editor of Strange Phenomenon magazine hosts a bus trip to the Bonnybridge triangle - site of over 2,000 UFO sightings in the last 3 years.
Departs King's Theatre. Tickets £5, (E2) 0737 220 4349
Wed 5 June 10.30pm
The‘Plan 9 From Outer Space Festival Party Mercado '3, Tickets £5 (free tickets to the musical on the night) 0137 220 4349
Bacardi Black Nights Present your tickets on the following nights of the Festival for tree Bacardi Black
Tuesdays - Traverse Bar Thursdays - City Cafe Fridays - Iguana
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