NETHERBOW ARTS CENTRE 43—45 High Street. 556 9579. [WC. WA] An Ideal Husband Fri 1 & Sat 2 Mar. 7.30pm. £6. Oscar Wilde‘s biting satire about marriage. performed by CSL' Theatre Company.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street. 248 4848. [P. H. TT. WC. WA]

A Streetcar Named Deelre L'ntil Fri 15 Mar (not Sun/Mon. except Sun 3 Mar. 2.30pm). 7.45pm (Sat & Wed mat 2.30pm). £8—£16(£1-£13). Passions run high in hot and sweaty 1940s New Orleans. as the Lyceum Theatre Company take on Tennessee Williams' classic tale of broken dreams. See review.

TRAVERSE THEATRE

Cambridge Street. 228 1404. [P. H. Tl". WC. WA]

Helmet Fri 8—Sat 30 Mar. 8pm. £9 (£4.50); Preview tickets £5 (£3) Fri 8—Sun 10 Mar (not Mon). Two computer game addicts struggle to find a life beyond their PlayStation in this sharp new play by Douglas Maxwell. See feature.

Edinburgh Dance

BRUNTON THEATRE

Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. ]P. H. TT. WC. WA]

X Factor Dance Wed 6 Mar. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£3.50). The contemporary dance company return with a new commission for four dancers. The Dearly Departed. exploring people's perceptions of what happens when we die. See review.

FESTIVAL THEATRE

13—29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. [H. WC. WA]

Northern Ballet Theatre: Madame Butterfly L'ntil Sat 2 Mar. 7.30pm (Thu mat 2pm; Sat mat 2.30pm). £7—£27.50 (£5—£24.50). NBT‘s new artistic director David Nixon choreographs this three-act ballet version of Puccini‘s tragic tale.

Carmen Tue 5—Sat 9 Mar. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £6.50—£35 (£5.50—£32). Celebrated Spanish company La Cuadra de Sevilla bring their spectacular mix of music and dance to Scotland for the first time. See review.

PLAYHOUSE

18—22 Greenside Place. 0870 6063424. [H. WC. WA]

Rlverdance L'ntil Sat 23 Mar (not Sun). 8pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £16—£33.50. The dance sensation returns to Edinburgh to start its UK tour. featuring both Irish and international music and dance. See review.

Central Drama 8. Dance

Ayr

OAIETY THEATRE

Carrick Street. 01292 611222. [H. WC. WA]

Slnglng In The Raln L'ntil Sat 2 Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £5—£12. Ayr Amateur Opera Company present their adaptation of the popular musical. Women On The Verge Ot HRT Fri 8 & Sat 9 Mar. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). See Glasgow. Tron Theatre.

Cumbernauld

CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Kildrum. 01236 732887. [R H. TT. WC. WA]

Cave Dwellers Thu 28 Feb. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). See Edinburgh. Brunton Theatre. Women On The Verge Of HRT Wed 6 Mar. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). See Glasgow. Tron Theatre. Shang-A-Lang Thu 14 Mar. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). Rapture Theatre revive their adult comedy about three women trying to recapture their youth on a 70s revival weekend.

Dundee

DUNDEE REP Tay Square. 01382 223530. [R H. WC. WA]

1984 Until Sat 2 Mar. 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £4.95—£12.95. Northern Stage Ensemble and Derby Playhouse present this stark adaptation of George Orwell‘s powerful 1948 novel. Measure For Measure Sat 9—Sat 30 Mar (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm. £4.95—£5.95. Shakespeare's play of power. justice and sexuality. relocated to the banks of the Tay.

Dunfermline

CARNEGIE HALL

East Port. 01383 314000. [R H. WC. WA]

South Paclflc L'ntil Sat 2 Mar. 7.15pm. £6 (£4). Carnegie Youth Theatre star in Rodgers and Hammerstein‘s opular musical. Women On he Verge Of HRT Thu 7 Mar. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£6—£7.50). See Glasgow. Tron Theatre.

The Phantom 8. The Opera Thu 14 Mar. 7.30pm. £11 (£8—£9). Sec Glasgow. Paisley Town Hall.

East Kilbride

VILLAGE THEATRE

Maxwell Drive. 01355 248669.

84 Charlng Cross Road L'ntii Thu 28 Feb. 7.30pm. £4.50 (£3). EK Rep

Theatre Club tell the bittersweet story of

the post-war romance between an American woman and a shy Englishman.

Kilmarnock

PALACE THEATRE

9 Green Street. 01563 523590. Scotland The Brave: An Incomplete Hletory of Scotland (Part 1) Sat 2 Mar. See Kids listings. Shang-A-Lang Sat 9 Mar. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5). See Cumbernauld.

X Factor Dance Thu 28 Feb. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5). See Edinburgh. Brunton Theatre.

Kirkcaldy

ADAM SMITH THEATRE Bennochy Road. 01592 412929. [R H. WC. WA]

Club Asylum Tue 12 Mar. 7pm. £3.50 (£2.50). Company ofAngels delve inside the world of young refugees and their Glaswegian neighbours.

Penh

PERTH THEATRE

185 High Street. 01738 621031. [H. TT. WC. WA]

The DaughtehIn-Law L‘ntil Sat 2 Mar. 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £4—£14. D.H. Lawrence's classic play about newly-weds in a Nottinghamshire mining town. See review.

St Andrews

BYRE THEATRE

Abbey Street. 01334 475000. [R WC. WA]

Much Ado About Nothing Wed 6-Sat 9 Mar (not Thu 7). Wed 1.30pm & 8pm; Fri 8pm; Sat 2.30pm. See Edinburgh. Gateway Theatre.

A Mldeummer nght’a Dream Thu 7—Sat 9 Mar. Thu 1.30pm & 8pm; Fri 10am; Sat 8pm. £8 (£5—£6). See Edinburgh. Gateway Theatre. Macbeth Thu l4—Sat 16 Mar. 7.30pm. £5 (£3). St Leonards School Senior Drama Society present Shakespeare‘s turbulent Scots tra yedv. Women On The Verge Of HRT Thu 28 Feb—Sat 2 Mar. 8pm; Sat 2.30pm & 8pm. £8—£12 (£6.50-£7.50). See Glasgow. Tron Theatre.

0I'I'IZE

THEATRE

Blasted

by Sarah Kane

listings Theatre

2002

directed and designed by Kenny Miller Thur 7 Sat 30 March Free preview Wed 6 March

£3 Tues

orchard

by Anton Chekhov

directed and designed by Philip Prowse

Fri 8 - Sat 30 March

Free preview Thur 7 March

£3 Tues

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