KING'S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. [H, 11‘, WC,
WA
ThelNew Rocky Horror Show Until Sat 23 Oct. Mon-Thu 8pm; Fri & Sat 6pm & 9pm. £8-£22.50 (£5—£19.50). Musical golden boy Darren Day pulls on the ripped fishnets for Richard O’Brien’s salacious romp.
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Tue 26—Sat 30 Oct. 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £6.50—£16.50 (£6.50—£13.50). Whose Line Is It Anyway regular Mike McShane stars alongside familiar faces Danny Webb and lsla Blair in this stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film.
Stand By Your Man Mon l—Sat 6 Nov. 7.30pm; Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm. £6.50—£15 (£6.50—£12). See Glasgow Pavilion Theatre.
Sooty's Treasure Hunt Fri 22—Sun 24 Oct. See Kids listings.
NETHERBOW ARTS CENTRE 43-45 High Street, 556 9579/2647. WC, WA] he Importance Of Being Earnest Until Sat 23 Oct. 7.30pm. £5 (£4). The Royal Bank of Scotland’s drama group present Oscar Wilde’s perennial favourite. The Little Circus Thu 21 Oct. See Kids listings. The Loch Ness Affair Fri 22 Oct. See Kids listings.
PLAYHOUSE
18—22 Greenside Place, 557 2590. [H, WC, WA]
Phantom Of The Opera Until Sun 19 Dec (not Mon 25, Mon 1). 7.30pm; Wed, Sat & Sun 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £7—£32.50. Still going strong, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical opera house romp continues to pull in the crowds.
ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE
Grindlay Street, 248 4848. [P, H, 11‘, WC, WA]
The Clearing Until Sat 23 Oct. 7.45pm. £7-£16. Stellar Quines present Helen Edmundson’s historical drama set during Cromwell’s barbaric Irish clearances. Macbeth Fri 29 Oct—Sat 20 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.45pm. £7—£l6. Free preview Thu 28 Oct, 7.45pm. Designers from the Royal National Theatre lend Kenny Ireland a hand for this new production by the in- house company. Focusing on the struggle for power in a divided Scotland, Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish’ play takes on a whole new resonance these days.
ST BRIDE'S CENTRE
10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. [WC, WA] Hail Caledonia Mon 1 Nov. 1.30pm. £4.50. See Brunton Theatre.
The Fisher King Fri 29 Oct. 8pm. £5 (£3). Inner Room Theatre Company adapt the screenplay of Terry Gilliam’s film, capturing the magical world created when a down-and-out and a suicidal DJ team up on a quest.
THEATRE WORKSHOP
34 Hamilton Place, 226 5425. [H, WC, WA]
The Scaldie Hoose Until Sat 23 Oct. 8pm. £6 (£3.50). Robert Rae directs the true story of twelve-year-old gypsy Evelyn Gilhaney’s move from a traveller’s site in Dumbarton to a ‘real’ house in Roseneath. The play is a result of Gilhaney’s winning entry to the Theatre Workshop’s ‘Written Without Pre'udice’ competition.
Un unded Thu 28—Sat 30 Oct. 7pm. £5 (£2.50). Theatre Workshop offer currently unfunded theatre companies a chance to showcase their work to potential sponsors and the general public. Taking the stage over the three days are: Cutting Edge Theatre with A Scots’Passr'on on Thu 28 at 7pm; Collusion with Out of the Chrystalhouse and Repeat Performance on Fri 29 at 7pm; Morpheus Theatre with Pilate on Sat 30 at 1pm and Scottish Actors Initiative with Farewell Miss Julie Logan on Sat 30 at 8.30pm. There are
also free readings in the cafe on Fri 29 and Sat 30 at 8.30pm.
TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridje Street, 228 1404. [P, H, TI‘,
WC, WA
Highlan Shorts Until Sun 24 Oct. 8pm. £9.50 (£4.50). Traverse Theatre Company and Gaelic company Tosg present seven new fifteen-minute plays reflecting the diverse way of life in the Highlands and Islands. Playwrights from Shetland, Caithness, Orkney, Invemess, Lewis and the Black Isle, including Duncan McLean and George Gunn have contributed work, with direction from Philip Howard.
Hymns Thu 21-Fri 22 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£4). Physical theatre company Frantic Assembly present their latest piece, a dark comedy with choreography by Liam Steel and text by Chris O’Connell. Atomic City Wed 27—Thu 28 Oct. 8pm. £7 (£3.50). Grey Coast theatre explore the dilemmas facing the residents of Bunillidh, a small town living in the shadow of a vast nuclear power plant.
EDINBURGH DANCE
FESTIVAL THEATRE
13—29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. [H, WC, WA]
Rambert Dance Company Until Sat 23 Oct. 7.30pm. £5—£19.50 (£4.50—£l6.50). Britain’s premier contemporary dance company, and one of the Festival Theatre’s biggest crowd-pullers, return to Edinburgh with another two programme show. Thursday night sees a dynamic triple-bill featuring Jeremy James’ Gaps, Lapse and Relapse, Christopher Bruce’s evocative piece Four Scenes, and Twyla Tharp’s explosive The Golden Section. The real treat comes on Friday and Saturday night however, when Christopher Bruce’s first full-length ballet since Cruel Garden gets its first Scottish , airing. Drawn from a host of sources, this highly theatrical work takes you on a journey from pagan time to the new millennium.
ST BRIDE'S CENTRE ' 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. [WC, WA] Theyam 8r Kathakali Sat 30 Oct. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). A double bill of Indian ritual dance as spirits are evoked and good and evil battle it out through
heroes and villains.
TRAVERSE THEATRE
Cambridge Street, 228 1404. [P, H, TI‘, WC, WA]
Scottish Dance Theatre Fri 29—Sat 30 Oct. 8pm. £8 (£4). Scotland’s national contemporary dance company present Time Signatures, featuring work by artistic director Janet Smith, plus Darshan Singh Bhuller’s ‘Interlock’, performed to live sitar music.
CENTRAL DRAMA
BARRFIELDS THEATRE
Greenock Road, Largs, 01475 689777. Paul Daniels Magical Laughter Show Fri 22 Oct. 7.30pm. Paul Daniels (and the lovely Debbie McGee) serves up the usual mix of occasionally exciting magic and bad gags.
CUMBERNAULD THEATRE
xlilildlrum, 01236 732887. [P, H, 11‘, WC, A
Torch Song Trilogy Mon l-Sat 6 Nov.
7.45pm. £8 (£5). See Glasgow, Paisley
Arts Centre.
Terry Neason Fri 22 Oct. 7.45pm. £8
(£5). After the success of last year’s
Screams And Kisses, Neason returns
with her trademark mix of humour and
music, in Love Bites.
lrreparable Dolphins Sat 23 Oct.
7.45pm. £7 (£4). Sounds Of Progress
bring together some of Scotland’s finest
music theatre performers for this
humorous and moving look at disability.
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Paisley Arts Centre
Cumbernauld Theatre
East Kilbride Village Theatre
Brunton Theatre Musselburgh
MacRobert University of Stirling
Tron Theatre Glasgow
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