Gay
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to gayOlist.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Robin Lee.
Glasgow
I Hidden Voices STl'(‘. 333 Woodlatids Road. 337 8l00.
l(lam 45pm. £20—£95 (£l5»-£75l. Lapidus Scotland‘s inaugural conference explores the potential of the literary arts to empower voices from the margins of society. Formal presentations. practical workshops. discussions, stalls and readings feature. Visit
w ww.lapidusorguk for more information.
Edinburgh
I Fur Burger Twist. 26b Dublin Street. 538 7775. 10pm: 2am. £3. The tiight for girls who like girls moves to a weekend arid a new venue. with the same eclectic music policy. Boys need a female escort for entry.
Glasgow
I Hidden Voices STUCK 333 Woodlands Road. 337 8100. 9.30am—A6pm. £20—£95 t£l5—£75). See Fri 8.
I Simply Barbra Royal Concert Hall. 2 Sauchiehall Street. 353 8000. 8pm.
£ l4. Music. cotnedy. cabaret and affectionate laughter as Steven Brinberg dons a wig 4- and art empire-waisted gown no doubt -— to becotne legendary diy'a Barbra Streisand. interspersing sotigs with gossipy snippets about her marriages and wisecracks about her movies. the show has played to sell-out audiences in New York. Sydney. Singapore and broke box office records in London‘s West End.
Glasgow
I Hidden Voices STUC. 333 Woodlands Road. 337 8l00.
l0ain~2pm. £20—£95 t£l5—£75l. See Fri
8.
Edinburgh
I Booty Medina. 45-47 Lothian Street. 225 63l3. l()pm—3ain. £3. More of a Sunday social than a full-on glam affair. with DJ Dale Lush. lsla Blige. Simtnone Black and occasional guest supastas mixing up R&B. hip hop. soul and funk. I Taste The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. l lpm—3am. £5 before I |.30pm; £8 after (£6 members). Fisher & Price supply a progressive mix of house and garage at this infamous Sunday nighter. abetted by Martin Valentine. Sep 17 sees an Autumn Holiday special with quarterly resident Jon Pleased.
Glasgow
I Passionallty Cube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. l l.30pm-3am. £2—£3. Pleasing chartistry froin DJ Shawn Roberts. resuscitating the weekend for the gay/mixed crowd.
I Studio 69 Studio. 98 Sauchiehall Street. 332 I444. l().30pm—3am. £l.69 before l2.30am. New gay night featuring the wax-spinning talents of DJs Annie and Karen Danzig. Fresh. funky and upbeat.
60 THE LIST 7—21 Sep 2006
Glasgow
I FUH (‘ube. 34 Queen Street. 226 swo. ll.30pm- 3am. £3 l£2i l)J Shal/a Halliwell mixes older classics and fun tunes. Requests welcome
I The Truman Capote Talk Show Tron Theatre. ()3 Trongatc. 552 426'. 8pm. £9 £l4 t£6 £7i. Bob Kingdom takes the role of the American writer iii this popular show. See panel.
Edinburgh
I Vibe iigo. l4 Picardy Place. 478 7434. l lpm 3am. £3 before midnight; £4 after. (iay night with James Longworth on the decks. pltis the Dancing Sttid Muffins. the Singing Hairy Bloke and the Miiiiitig Nun. Don't say we didn't warn ya.
Wednesday 13
Glasgow
I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 I000. ll.30pni 3am. £3. Happy. cheesy pop from 0] Darren and the guy s behind Passionality.
I The Truman Capote Talk Show Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £9 -£l4 t£6 £7). See Tue 12.
Glasgow
I The Truman Capote Talk Show Tron Theatre. 63 'l'rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £9-~£l4 t£6—£7i. See Tue l2.
Glasgow
I The Truman Capote Talk Show Tron Theatre. 63 'l'rongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £9—£l4 (£6 £7). See Tue l2. Edinburgh
I Blaze ligo. l4 Picardy Place. 478 7434. l lpm-3am. £5. 1)] James Longworth ignites the gay weekend with a chart and funky house soundtrack.
Saturday 16
Glasgow
I Death Disco The Arches. 30 Midland
Street. 0870 240 7528. l().30pm ~3am. £l0. An lidbanger Records two-hander. with French electro pairing Justice lof n Simian remix fatnel and deej Pedro Winter. ably supported by resident DJ Mingo-o.
I The Truman Capote Talk Show
Tron Theatre. 63 Trongate. 552 4267. 8pm. £9—-£l4 t£6—£7). See Tue [2.
Edinburgh
I Fever ligo. l4 Picardy' Place. 478 7434. l lpin~3atn. £l0 t£8 tneinbersl. Taste mainstays Fisher & Price atid Martin Valentine are on the main floor. while the Visitor and Kaupuss take an anything goes attitude itito the (‘octeau Lounge.
Edinburgh
I Booty Medina. 45~47 l.othian Street. 225 6313. l()pm —3ain. £3. See Stiti I0.
I Taste The Liquid Room. 9c Victoria Street. 225 2564. l lpm~3am. £5 before
I l.30pm: £8 after (£6 members). See Sun l0.
Monday 1 8
Glasgow
I Passionality Cube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. l |.30pm—3ain. £2~£3. See Mon I I.
I Studio 69 Studio. 98 Sauchiehall Street. 332 I444. l().30pm—3am. £l.69 before l2.30am. See Mon I l.
Tuesday 1 9
Glasgow I FUN Cube. 34 Queen Street. 226 8990. ll.30pm—3ani. £3 t£2i. See Tue l2.
THEATRE THE TRUMAN CAPOTE TALK SHOW Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 12-Sat 16 Sep
In Murder By Death, the daft 1976 spoof whodunnit based on 3 Neil Simon screenplay, five sleuths arrive at the mansion of eccentric millionaire Lionel Twain. He plans dinner, and then a murder, which they must solve. Aided (and hampered) by blind butler Bensonmum, the quintet of vaguely familiar detectives blunder around the stately pile looking for evidence and wind up thoroughly flummoxed. A clue: it's not the butler.
Despite the film’s A-list cast, the most fascinating performance is that of Lionel Twain: hiding beneath a lilac fedora, and seemingly not acting at all, is Truman Capote. Bob Kingdom, playwright, actor and impersonator, describes him as ‘captivating’. He brings his characterisation, The Truman Capote Talk Show, to the Tron, after winning a Fringe First for the play 12 years ago. ‘He comes on in the way that he might have presented a show about himself,‘ says Kingdom. ‘I deal with all aspects of his life.’
Has Capote, last year’s movie in which Phillip Seymour Hoffman played the lead, and the upcoming Infamous, renewed appreciation of the In Cold Blood author? ‘l’m going to be interested in finding out, because I’ve been doing this show for a while, at a time when he wasn’t that well-known in this country. So I feel I’ve done all the groundwork.’
‘He was a bit of an icon really - he didn’t give a shit what people thought of him, ever,’ continues Kingdom. ‘I think that his boldness . . . To be the person you wanted to be in those days, you had to be brave, and I think that the spirit of the individual shines through. He really wanted to be his
own man, 100% Capote.’ (Robin Lee)
Edinburgh
I Vibe ligo. l4 Picat‘dy Place. 478 7434. llpm 3am. £3 before midnight; L4 after. See Tue l2.
Wednesday 20
Glasgow
I Allure The Tunnel. 84 Mitchell Street. 204 I000. ll.30pm 3am. £3. Sec Wed l3.
Glasgow
I Will Young Sli(‘('. Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. 7.30pm. £30. The terribly nice young Pop Idol graduate struts his pseudo-funky stuff.
Scene 8. Exhibitions
Glasgow
I Bennets 80-90 (ilasslord Street.
552 576]. Wed Thu & Sun
I |.30pm 73am. Fri Sat
1 l.30pm~3.30ain. Friendly. down to
earth late-night disco yenue recently
refurbished and rising from the ashes after a major tire.
I Graffiti Brasil ()7 (iallct‘y. 87 89 Saltmarket. 5.52 7578. Tue l2 Sep Fri 6 (let. I laiti 5pm daily. l'ree. Fresh ideas and new techniques characterise lira/il's graffiti scene. here shown through photography. The C\lilhlll(lll features \ytit'ks by daredey il [ltt'ltttt/m‘t's and the internationally reknowned ()s (ieiiieos brothers. I’urt nl (i/ttwm.’ 200/).
I The Polo Lounge 84 Wilson Street. 553 l22l. Mon Thu 5pm lam. in Sun 5pm 3am. Spacious. swanky. gay/mixed Merchant ('ity club. with seyeral rooms and a downstairs ditlicellotit‘ open at the weekend t£5 after I lpml.
Edinburgh
I CC Blooms (‘(' Blooms. 23 —24 (ireenside Place. .556 933]. Mon Sat 4pm~5am: Stiti 3pm 5am. The east coast scene queen pumps out dance and cheese delights eyery night. With [)1 ('illa Slack on Friday night and Sunday alternoon. I Mist 260 Dublin Street. 538 7775. Mon Thu noon lam; Fri Sat
noon «2am; Sun l2.30pm-rlam. Formerly the Newtown Bar. and now reopened after a style rey amp. Twist features a disco bar downstairs every Friday and Saturday night.