theatre
listings
Drama is listed by city. then alphabetically by venue. Dance is listed after drama for each city. Touring shows are listed at the end of the drama 8: dance section. Shows will be listed, provided that details reach our offices at least ten days before publication. Drama & dance listin s compiled by Rob Fraser. DISA lED 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 287 551 1. Sunday opening is noon—5pm. Any Ticket Link box office can sell tickets for other venues. THEATRE TOKENS
TT indicates venues where Theatre Tokens
Live bed show: Romeo and Juliet, Musselburgh
can be exchanged for tickets. Tokens can be bought front Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. Glasgow. 0l4l 287 59l0'. tnost branches of W.H. Smith. John Menzies and James Thin Booksellers; or by credit card from Tokenline. 017] 240 8800.
GLASGOW DRAMA
CITIZENS' THEATRE
Gorbals. 429 0022 TT [Access: l..R. Facilities: WC. WS. H. C.G.Help: AA] Perfect Days Tue l6 Feb—Sat 27 Feb. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Liz Lochhead‘s Edinburgh Fringe smash comes to Glasgow. fresh from selling out iii London. and prior to a full Scottish tour. Siobhan Redmond leads as the coiffeuse on the hunt for a spenn donor. See feature. age 17.
Ruth Ellis Until Sat 6 Feb. 8pm. £8 (£4). Fiona Ormiston‘s solo take on the story of the last woman hanged in Britain. After Miranda Richardson‘s celluloid incamation in Dance Wit/1A Stranger. Ormiston has some pretty big stillettoes to fill. but the tale of obsessive love. murder and the class system bears re- telling. Circle Studio.
Faith Healer Tue 9—Sat 20 Feb. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£3). Theatre in Action look at the ‘F' word iti Brian Friel‘s three hander. See preview page 58.
Boquet of Barbs’ wire: Redmond and Kazek in Perfect Days at the Citizens Theatre
KING'S THEATRE
Bath Street. Phone bookings. Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. T'T [Access: PPA. 1.. Facilities: WC. WS. H. G. C. Hel :A. AA]
Joseph And) The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Thu 4. 2.30pm & 7.30pm: Fri 5 & Sat 6 Feb. 5pm & 8pm. £5—£2().50. The show that gave the world Andrew Lloyd Webber is now more than 30 years old. but remains a definitive crowd-pleaser. And the tunes are better than those in The Prince Oj'Egypt. Smokey Joe's Cafe Mon 8—Thu 11 Feb. 7.30pm; Fri l2 & Sat 13 Feb. 5.30pm & 8.30pm. £5—£2().50. Vibrant celebration of songwriters Leiber & Stoller. including standards such as Stand By Me and Jail/muse Ruck. Dance in the aisles and. if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair.
PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE
2 New Street. Paisley. 887 mm. Electra Tue l6 & Wed l7 Feb. 7.30pm. £6/£2. Compass Theatre present the post Trojan War drama.
EASTWOOD THEATRE
Eastwood Recreation Centre. Eastwood Park. Roukenglen Road. Giffnock. 577 4970. Tickets also from 632 4640. [Access: P. L. ST. R. Facilities: WC. WS. G. C]
Cabaret Until Sat 6 Feb. 7.30pm; mat Sat 6 Feb. 2.30pm. £4—£8. Scaramouche Amateur Theatre Company bring a touch of Weitnar Berlin decadence to Glasgow.
THE RAMSHORN THEATRE
98 lngratn Street. 552 3489. Bookings also Ticket Centre. Candleriggs. see Ticket Link details above. [Access: ST. Facilities: WC. WS. G. Help: AA]
Wyrd Sisters Until Sat 6 Feb. 7.30pm. Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel comes to the stage as the Mlles Weathenvax. ()gg and Garlick fight for the future of Lancre.
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