THEATRE drama & dance

MUSSELBURGH

JAN MARCH1998

Drama

MACBETH

Brunton Theatre Company

THE HANSEI. GRETEI. MACHINE

17 - 18 Feb

30 Jan - 14 Feb

David Glass Ensemble

ALBERTINE IN FIVE TIMES

by Michel Tremblay

Clyde Unity Theatre 20 - 21 Feb

Comedy

STILL GAME

with the “3 old gits” from BBC2 Pulp Video

21-23Jan JOHNNY VEGAS

Children

THE HAPPY GANG'S FANTASTIC FIINHOIISE

17Jan

20 Feb

Music

I-‘AT SAMS BAND

New Season Brochure Now Available

BOX OFFICE 0131 665 2240

70 TIIEIJST 9-22 Jan 1998

19 Jan

If the shoes fit . . . : Yurie Shinohara and Kenn Burke in La Fille Mal Gardée

DRAMA 8r DANCE: EDINBURGH continued

- EDINBURGH DANCE

DANCE BASE

Assembly Rooms. 54 George Street. 225 5525. Ticketline: 220 434‘). [Access: ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. (il Fire And Ice! Sat [7 & Sun l8 Jan. Venue: Dance For All Studio. The Grange. Sat l7 Jan: beginners' session 4.15-6.30pm £15 (£12.50); Tango Salon 8.30prrr-midnight £15 (£12.50). Sun 18 Jan: beginners‘ session l0.30am—l.30pm £15 (£12.50); intermediate session: 2.30—opm £28 (£22); beginners' ticket (two sessions plus salon £40 (£30); intermediate ticket (session plus salon) £35 (£30). Get under the skin of genuine Argentinian tango with experts Pedro Andrade and Michelle Goyens.

ROYAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street. 225 7534. (‘all 557 383‘) for details.

Random Dance Outreach Event Thu l5 Jan. 4.15pm. In town to perform Millennarium at the Traverse. Wayne McGregor and company lead a workshop in collaboration with Scottish ()pera For All.

TRAVERSE THEATRE

Cambridge Street. 22% l40-1. 'l'l~ [Access: 1.. Facilities: WC, WS. H. G. C] Closed Mons.

The Millennarium Fri lo & Sat 17 Jan. 8pm. £7 (£3.50) See Touring and Frontlines. page 3.

TOURING

This section lists all future dates in the central belt of shows that are on TOUT.

La Fille Mal Gardee No more Nutcrackers for Scottish Ballet. as the company knocks its long-running seasonal fave on the head and replaces it with this colourful family ballet by quintessentially English choreographer Frederick Ashton. Due to the company‘s much-reported wrangles with the Scottish Ans Council. this is not the new Christmas ballet the company hoped to stage and had already advertised. But festive ballet- goers can rest assured that this vibrant pantornime-orientated ballet. with sets

: and costumes lent to the company by

Birmingham Royal Ballet. will till the places that rrutcr'acker‘s usually do. (.‘all venues for details. (‘all Scottish Ballet

on ()l-ll 331 2‘)3l for details.

'I'lu'utrt' anul, (ilusgmv Until Sat l0 .lan. 7.15pm; Sat mat 2.l5pm.

The Millennarium Wild-child choreographer/danccr Wayne MacGregor returns with his London- based eorrrpany Random in his latest. innovative piece. based on an android- lype fusion of human body and technology. See Frorrtlines. page 3. 'I'rur'r'rsc 'l'lu'rttn'. Edinburgh Fri l6 & Sat l7 Jan. 8pm.

Mitt'lx’o/n'rt .‘II‘IS (‘r'ttt/‘c. Stir/rite Fri l3 Feb. 7.30pm.

Quiet Night In Glasgow-based company KtC presents the finished version of hot Scot David Harrower's devised theatre and video perfonnance. Developed over two years. the play tells a claustrophobic tale of a man returning home following a trip abroad to find mail and telephone messages piled up and hrs past closing in on him. See prey rew panel, page ()6. Call KtC on 014] 333 1457 for details.

'I'rmr Theatre. (I'lus'gmr' Wed 2I~Sat 24 Jan. 8pm.

'l‘ruverst' 'I‘Iu'utrr'. lz‘tlr/rlrulglr Thu 2‘) Jan-Sun l Feb, 8pm.

Still Life Gross out with the three

randy old gits from BB(‘2's Pulp

l’ult'u. as they reminisce about family.

sex and TV wildlife shows in Ford

Krernan and Greg Hemphill‘s geriatric comedy. Performed by Kiernan. Hemphrll andl’aul Riley. the show rs

f directed by Alan de l’elette. and was a ; popular and critical hit at the

Edinburgh Festival Fringe last August. Call the Gilded Balloon on 0l3l 226 (r550 for details.

Bruit/mt Theatre, .Wuszvt'l/rrrne/r Wed 2 l

Fri 23 Jan. 7.30pm.

[fast Kil/n'u/r' Arts ('t'ntrr' Sat 2-1 Jan, 8pm.

Ixuutrk vanmrrul Hull Fri 30 Jan. 7.30pm.

(iurc'tv I'Itt'tttrtz Avr Sat 3| Jan, 8pm. PUTS/UT Arts ('errtrc Tue 3 dc Wed 4

| Feb. 7.30pm.

'Iitllmutlr 'I‘lu'utrt'. Stir/rite Thu 5 & Fri (r Feb. 8pm.

('um/u'rtutu/(l T/H’UIII’ Fri 20 & Sat 2| Feb. 7.45pm.

A”Ul/l(’l'll‘(’/I 'I‘lu'um' Tue 3 Mar. 8pm.