Clockwise from right: revellers at Pressure, Death Disco and Gate Loco; Arnold directs ual Perversity in Chicago, 1991; Colin McCreadie at Cate 'Loco; Beowulf: vid Holmes
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no one ever takes any risks. if no one is ready ever to fall over. then the pond becomes stagnant and all creativity just dries up. ‘We champion the right to fail here. That can be liberating and is necessary to move things forward and create better work.‘ says LJ l)odd. who curates the exhibitions. 'lt‘s also a nurturing environment — there‘s an open-house kind of ease. (‘ompanies can pop into the office and chat and get advice rather than feeling detached from the venue. There‘s something for everyone. too: the other day I walked out into the exhibition space and saw three boys aged about 13. in caps and trackies. who'd come on their own specifically to see the graffiti exhibition.‘
Of course. when most people in Scotland think of the Arches. they think of top class clubbing and lots of sweat. Not without reason was this building ranked in the top ten club
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ATC moves into uncharted‘ waters with The Little Mermaid. the first ever Arches event aimed at vOung children.
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venues in the world by dance music bible 1).] Magazine this year. Talk to anyone who‘s ever lost themselves to the techno at Pressure. llailed under the hard dance at Inside Out. got dolled tip for the glamorous house of Colours. or crimped their hair before Glasgow’s Saturday night destination du jour. Death Disco. and you get an inkling of why this venue is so important to clubbers.
‘l2 or l3 years ago. Stuart (‘lumpus. founder of DF Concerts. said that the Arches had to decide what it wanted to be — a club. a concert hall. a theatre. or what.‘ says Arnold. ‘We still. and quite deliberately. haven‘t made up our minds. and I think that‘s the key to what we‘re about. Anything‘s possible. really.‘
Fifteen Years, TWo Fingers is series of events at the Arches, Glasgow, from Thu 21 Sep-Mon 30 Oct. www.thearches.co.uk
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Derem premiere Ketxa‘ at Ilk‘ Artinezs Theatre Postural. and Davey Anderson's Snuff mns the Arches Award for Stage Direcmrs
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THE BEST OF FIFTEEN
YEARS, TWO FINGERS
I Arches LIVE!
The Arches' annual season of new work crams eleven productions by emergent theatre companies into less than two weeks. Thu
2 l—Sat 30 Sep. See preview, page xx.
I Mind The Gap
With 12 different acts. Mind The Gap may be a production manager's worst nightmare. but it'll definitely have every one of the arches buzzing from the off. Sat 23 Sep, loom-3am. See preview. page xx.
I Hot Chip
Genius breakthrough geeks and recent Mercury nominees bring their sublime brand of poppy indie- tronica live. Mon 76 Oct.
I Spend A Penny
One-on-one theatre in the club toilet cubicles. Four established writers (David Harrower, James Kelman, Liz Lochhead and Frank Deasy); four emerging writers (Megan Barker, DC Jackson, Lynsey Murdoch and Lynda Radley). Eight actors. eight audience members. Tue 26 Sep-Sat 7 Oct. See preview, page xx.
I Instal 06
Now in its seventh year, Instal offers the creme- de-Ia-creme of global experimental music. This year, witness puking punk parvenus from Japan, Oshuri PenPenz and Ellen Fullman, who plays the world's longest string instrument. Fn‘ l3—Sun 75 Oct. www.msta/orguk
I Death Disco vs Cafe Loco
Part club. part performance art cabaret. Cate Loco returns for one night only in a move twinning it with much younger Arches sibling Death Disco. Expect the unexpected. Sat 74 Oct. www.deathdisco.info
" I Belly of the Beast
A compelling week of abstract physical work with an eastern European edge. Berlin's Fabrik Potsdam and Moscow’s blackSKYwhite collaborate with the Arches' resident artist Al Seed. 79— 26 Oct.
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TEAM, Hignwa,’ Diner. and Pauline Got/tannin take part .n the tirst Arches Scratch night
A cast of 100 sinners 'lra'; Earthen/1:8 ’JO/fli to Hell in trit; Slar.’t-‘l/tiri’llra’,k‘:(1 adaptations of Dante's Inferno, Inferno
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