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I THE ARCHES
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I BRAEHEAD ARENA
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I CITIZENS’ THEATRE
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I COTTIER THEATRE
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I GILMOREHILLG12
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I KING’S THEATRE
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I MITCHELL THEATRE
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I ORAN MOR
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I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE
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I PAVILION THEATRE
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I RAMSHORN THEATRE
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I SECC
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I TRON THEATRE
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I BRUNTON THEATRE
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I CHURCH HILL THEATRE
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I CORN EXCHANGE
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Theatre
Stage Whispers
I Recently. David Greig's The Swan Song set Whispers wondering at the possibilities presented by readings in the theatre. A reading has the special quality of exposing a writer's work as an uncluttered essence. providing imaginative possibilities that are sometimes actually limited by full-scale stagings. They also have the great benefit of being cheap to stage. Stellar Quines has been admirable for its repeated stagings of work in progress, so perhaps other theatres could follow suit more frequently. It‘s deplorable. and not the fault of Philip Howard that the Traverse has been unable to stage a full scale production of its own this autumn, and funders should think long and hard about the restrictions placed upon Scotland‘s new writing theatre. But given this situation, perhaps Howard might think about a run of readings of some of the theatre’s backlog of new plays. It certainly seems a waste that there are no doubt some high quality scripts which are merely gathering dust on a shelf somewhere in that building’s bowels. So too, other theatres might consider similar possibilities. If work of the quality of The Swan Song is out there, audiences would benefit from seeing them, even if in this limited form. I The replacement for Vicky Featherstone. now director of the Scottish National Theatre. at Paines Plough has been announced as Roxana Silben. Silbert. 40. was formerly Philip Howard's right hand at the Traverse. and will be known to Scottish audiences as the director of such Fringe hits as [mm and The People Next Door, as well as the more recent A Whistle in the Dark at the Citizens‘ theatre. Whispers wishes the company well under its new regime.
Theatre Guide
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Little Mermaid
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Little Mermaid
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Citizens
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Saturday 41
Little Mermaid
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