theatre
listings-
Drama is listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Touring shows are listed at the end of t e drama section. Dance is listed after drama for each city. Touring shows are listed at the end of the drama & dance section. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Drama Br dance listings compiled by Simone Baird.
DISABLED ACCESS KEY
Access: P = Parking Facilities. PPA = Parking to be Pre-Arranged. L = Level Access. R = Ramped Access. ST = Steps to ne otiate.
Facilities: WC = Adapted Toilet(s). WS = Wheelchair Spaces. AS = Adjacent Seats. H = Induction Loop System. IR = Infra Red System. G = Guide Dogs Allowed. R = Restaurant Accessible. C = Catering Accessible. T = Adapted Telephone.
Help: A = Assistance Available. AA = Advise Venue in Advance.
TICKET LINK
Tickets for major venues in Glasgow are available from the Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Mon-Sat 10.30am until 6.30pm in person or until 9pm by phone on 0141 287 5511. Sunday opening is noon—5pm. Any Ticket Link box office can sell tickets for other venues. THEATRE TOKENS
'lT indicates venues where Theatre Tokens can be exchanged for tickets. Tokens can be b0ught from Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Glasgow. 0141 287 5910; most branches of W.H. Smith. John Menzies and James Thin Booksellers; or by credit card from Tokenline. 0171 240
GLASGOW DRAMA
ARCHES THEATRE
Midland Street. 221 4001. [Access: L. Facilities: WC, W8. C. G. Help: A. AA] Politics In The Park Until Sat 12 Sep. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Theatre Eighty-Ate present this comedy based around the afternoon chatter of two elderly sisters. The Final Fling Until 12 Sep. 8.30pm. £5 (£3). Glasgow-based Tartan Jam theatre company presents a new play by Donald McLeary who has written for Radio 4‘s Wee/(ending. Radio Scotland's Chewing The Fat and Channel 4’s Big Breakfast. Set on the last day of last year‘s
American dreams: Lucy McLellan crosses the pond in LookOut Theatre Company's touring production of Transatlantic
Edinburgh Festival. this irreverent black comedy focuses on three skint actresses whose sniff of the big time is complicated by the repercussions of a car crash in a Parisian underpass. . .
Mirad, A Boy From Bosnia Wed lb—Sat 19 Sep. 7.30pm. £4 (£2.50). Set during the Bosnian Civil War. this play presented by new Glasgow-based theatre company Proze centres around a 13-year- old boy caught up in the conflict. Carnivali Tue 22—Sat 26 Sep. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). A surreal thriller from Edinburgh-based Benchtours in collaboration with Insomniac Productions. A surreal film noir for the stage. set in a Mexican border town on the eve of the Day OfThe Dead. See review. page 54.
BELLSHILL CULTURAL CENTRE
John Street. Bellshill. 01698 267515. Big Book Of Tall Tales Sat 12 Sep. 3pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Booster Cushion present this children's adventure following a librarian who discovers and falls into the Big Book.
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The Vikings Of Scotland Sat 19 Sep. 2pm. £3.50 (£2.50). An exciting tale of Norsemen presented by Glasgow-based Hopscotch Theatre Company.
CITIZENS' THEATRE
Gorbals. 429 0022. TT. [Access: 1.. R. Facilities: WC. W5. H. G. C. Help: AA]. Closed Sun/Mon.
Othello Main house. Until 12 Sep. 7.30pm. £8 (£2). See Touring and review. page 54.
Rameau’s Nephew Stalls Studio. Wed 23 Sep—Sat 17 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£2). Free preview. Tue 22 Sep. Guest director Phoebe van Held tackles Diderot‘s enigmatic piece about a man of broad opinions. See New shows. page 53.
The Fall Of The House Of Usher Circle Studio. Thu 24 Sep—Sat 17 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£2). Free preview. Wed 23 Sep. Regular guest director at the Citizens‘ Jon Pope adapts and directs material typical for him: Edgar Allan Poe‘s gothic story. laced with fear and paranoia. See New shows. page 53.
Men Should Weep Main house. Fri 25 Sep—Sat 17 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£2). Free preview. Thu 24 Sep. Ena Lamont Stewart's classic social drama. set in a tenement flat in Glasgow. Directed by Giles Havergal for the Citizens‘ company.
COTTIER THEATRE
935 Hyndland Street. 357 3868. Booking also from Ticket Centre. Candleriggs - see above.
Screams 8t Kisses Tue 15-Sat 19 Sep. 8pm. £8. Glasgow singing sensation Terry Neason in her latest song and chat cabaret. which played to enormous acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe.
KING'S THEATRE
Bath Street. Phone bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. T'T. [Access: PPA. 1.. Facilities: WC. W3. H. G. C. Help: A. AA] Kat And The Kings Until Sat 12 Sep. Mon—Thu 7.30pm. Fri—Sat 5.30pm & 8.30pm. £4-£19.50 (conc available). See Touring and review. page 55.
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