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A. i Faiii'iiifiaii} EE- Cover story: Roam Fasten your seatbelts: theatre in this country is taking off. Little more than a month ago, the National Theatre of Scotland launched with a series of performances including one piece of drama that involved people abseiling down a Glasgow tower block. Now, they’re going one step further with a promenade performance in Edinburgh Airport. Devised by Grid Iron, Scotland’s reigning kings and queens of site specific theatre, Roam takes its audience airside: past the check-in, through security, and into a fictional world of everyday angels. With an outstanding cast (including cover star Itxaso Moreno) and a limited number of places, this is easily the hottest ticket in town. We look at the themes it’s covering, and interview director Ben Harrison on page 20.
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14 Kids! Entertaining kids doesn‘t have to be dreary. We offer up some child-centred activities that adults can genuinely enjoy too.
22 Art in Glasgow As Glasgow‘s new art festival opens its doors for the second year, we ask four key artworld players from the city where they think it needs to be heading.
27 Science Festival Edinburgh‘s international festival may not be arty but it‘s just as inventive as anything going on in Glasgow. We name the highlights of the capital's celebration of all things empirical.
2 No bottles of Blandy’s Alvada for the Letter of the Issue
1 3 Win a Silver Card
1 3 Win tickets to the Isle of Skye music festival
13 Win gig tickets
44 Win The Beat That My Heart Skipped DVDs
26 Subscribe to The List and receive three pairs of FREE tickets to The Stand Comedy Club
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64 MUSIC
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. Agenda
2 LETTERS
4 15 DAYS TO LIVE 7 NEWS
8 RADAR
10 RAVE!
12 THE LEECH
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27 AROUND TOWN 30 BOOKS
33 CLUBS
4O COMEDY
43 FILM 47 DVD
60 GAY 61 KIDS
67 RECORDS 84 THEATRE 93 TV
94 VISUAL ART
: LiIe&Ster
99 TRAVEL BY BUS THERE THIS FORTNIGHT
101 PLAY 103 EAT&DR|NK 104 CLASSIFIED
: RearV'iew
128 ANSWER MACHINE: GENE PITNEY
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