Theatre
I TRAMWAY
25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 3501. [WC. WA]
Martha 6 Tramway Fri 20 & Sat 21 Oct. 8pm. £10 (£6). Scottish premiere of Richard Move‘s award-winning homage to Martha Graham. Part of (I‘lasgay! 2006. See Gay listings. page 56.
Otter Pie Fri 20 & Sat 21 Oct. 8.15pm. £4 (£2). Playing modem-day Pollyannas. Fish & Game use fragments of stories. crazy moves and amateur evangelism to grin their way through this timely exploration of the pursuit of happiness in contemporary society.
flapped Thu 26 Oct. 7.30—8.30pm. £1. See Kids listings.
Scottish Dance Theatre Fri 27 Oct. 8pm. £9 (£5). An adventurous double bill from Scotland‘s award winning dance company. including the jungle-themed
The Tempest Until Sat 28 Oct (not Sun). 7.30pm. £6—£l4 (£6—£7). Tron Theatre Company celebrates its 25th year with Shakespeare's great late romance. brimming with love. betrayal. revenge and forgiveness.
Lazybed Until Sat 21 Oct. 8pm. £8 (£6). His mother thinks he‘s idle and his girlfriend is rapidly losing patience but Murdo can‘t get out of bed. not even when Death pops round for a chat. A metaphysical crisis with singing. dancing and nosey neighbours. presented by local company. Rhymes with Purple.
In Conversation: Michael Boyd Sun 22 Oct. 7pm. £14 (£10). The Tron‘s former Artistic Director. now with the Royal Shakespeare Company. reflects on his career and the history of the theatre as it celebrates its 25th year.
If I Had a Paintbrush Tue 31 Oct.
? Rambert Dance Company Wed
25—Fri 27 Oct. 7.30pm. £l2—£23. Britain's flagship modem dance company celebrates its 80th anniversary with performances of Aletta Collins' ‘Bloom‘. ‘Pond Way‘ by Merce Cunningham and Mark Baldwin‘s ‘Constant Speed'. Pre- show talk Thu 26 Oct. 6.15pm.
Festival City Theatre Talks: Rebecca Thu 26 Oct. 10.30am—l2.30pm. £4 inc tea and coffee. Mike Ridings gives an informal talk on the Theatre‘s
; current production of Daphne du
Maurier's haunting Gothic romance. Me and my Girl Tue 31 Oct—Sat l 1 Nov. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £1 l—£27.50. Prepare to do the ‘l.ambeth Walk' as this popular musical. about a cockncy wide-boy who discovers he‘s the new Earl of Hereford. returns to Edinburgh.
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CENTRE 15a Pennywell Court. 315 2151. [WC. WA]
Each Peach, Pear, Plumb Thu 19
Oct. See Kids listings.
Dracula the Panto Sat 21 Oct. See Kids listings.
Frozen Wed 25 Oct. 7.30pm. £8 (£3—£5). A nail-biting thriller by Rapture
Theatre about what happens to those left behind when a child goes missing. Lion of Kabul Thu 2—Sat 4 Nov. See
Kids listings.
18—22 Greenside Place. ()870 6063424. IH. WC. WA]
Chicago Until Sat 21 ()ct. 8pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm); 5pm & 8.45pm. £10.50—£33.50. Jennifer Ellison stars in
Festival City Theatre Talks: Me and my Girl Thu 2 Nov.
See Kids listings. Absoluter Fabulist Thu 2 Nov. See
Touching Zulu by artistic director Janet Smith and N0 Stronger Than a Flower
this production of the popular sassy musical.
by Jan De Schynkel.
Scottish Dance Theatre: Interactive Fri 27 Oct. 1pm. £5. Deepen your understanding of what goes into bringing productions to the stage with Artistic Director Janet Smith and SDT dancers. as they explain and demonstrate the company’s unique style. The second half of the session will feature a performance of one of their current pieces of choreography.
Lion of Kabul Sat 28 Oct. See Kids listings.
OdumY Thu 2—Sat 4 Nov. 8.15pm. £4 (£2). Set within an itinerant performance space comprising everyday objects. Glasgow-born choreographer Colette Sadler‘s latest work uses slips. falls and bodily transformations to explore what a body is. is not. and can become.
The Paper Nautilus Thu 2—Sat 4 Nov. 8pm. £9 (£5). Theatre Cryptic‘s new commission from the extraordinary composer Gavin Bryars. inspired by the deep sea and the wonders of bioluminescence. A cantata scored for soprano. mezzo-soprano. two pianos and six percussion to libretto by poet and novelist Jackie Kay is performed for the first time. Pre-show talk with Gavin Bryars Thu 2 Nov. 7pm.
I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. Sure Shots: The Isle is Full of Noises Until Sat 28 Oct (not Sun/Mon). 8pm. £10—£14 (£6—£7). A short play by Edinburgh playwright Catherine Grosvenor. performed in the foyer prior to the main evening performance.
Kids listings.
Alice Bell Thu 2—Sat 4 Nov. 8pm. £10 (£8). Performed by an ensemble of five artists. Lone Twin Theatre‘s emotive debut work follows the life ofAlice Bell. which is brutally cut short after a man discovers her true identity.
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I BRUNTON THEATRE
Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. [P. H. WC. WA]
The Curve Foundation Fri 20 & Sat 21 Oct. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£6.50—£8). The Brunton's resident dance company perform new works by artistic director Ross Cooper. plus ‘Under the Skin' by Rui Lopes Graca and Jonathan Watkins' ‘Beyond Prejudice‘.
Mother Courage and her Children Fri 27 & Sat 28 Oct. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£6.50—£8). Benchtours present Bertolt Brecht's political tale of human struggle and pragmatism in the face of tragedy.
I FESTIVAL THEATRE
13—29 Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. IH. NGD. WC. WA]
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Until Sat 21 Oct. Thu 19 Oct. 2.30pm 8; 7.30pm; Fri 20 Oct. 5pm 8: 8pm: Sat 21 Oct. 2pm. 5pm & 8pm. £l3—£24.50 (£10—£2|.50). Blonde bombshell H from Steps (remember him?) takes the lead role in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's endurineg popular musical.
10.30am—12.30pm. £4 inc tea and coffee. Mike Ridings gives an informal talk on the origins of the Theatre‘s current production. Me and My Girl.
I THE JAM HOUSE
5 Queen Street. 226 4380.
A Play, a Pie 8. a Pint: Goodbye Jimmy Until Sat 21 Oct. 1pm. £10. Alasdair Gray‘s play featuring Jimmy. aka Satan. and his attempts to persuade God to stop humanity destroying itself. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Angels’ Wings Mon 23—Sat 28 Oct. lpm. £10. See Glasgow. Oran Mor.
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Readings Mon 30 Oct—Sat 4 Nov. 10am. £10. See Glasgow. Oran Mor.
I KING’S THEATRE
2 Leven Street. 529 6000. IH. WC. WA] The History Boys Until Sat 21 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £l4—£25 (£1 l—£22). Anton Rodgers stars in Alan Bennett‘s ‘educational‘ tale about a group of bright sixth-form boys and the various characters who try to teach them. An Hour and a Half Late Tue 24—Sat 28 Oct. 7.30er (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £13—£2l. Mel Smith and Belinda Lang take the lead roles in this comic portrait of a couple in crisis. Rebecca Mon 30 Oct—Sat 4 Nov. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £l3—£21. After the success of last year‘s production. Nigel Havers returns to the stage as Maxim De Winter in Daphne Du Maurier‘s classic romantic mystery tale set on the coast of Cornwall in the creepy old estate of Manderley.
The Rocky Horror Show Mon 23—Sat 28 Oct. 8pm; 5.30pm & 8.30pm. £10—£29.50. Camp courting and frivolous fantasies in Richard O’Brian's popular gender-bending musical. Romeo and Juliet Mon 30 Oct—Wed
1 Nov. 7.30pm (Wed mat 2.30pm). £6—£30.50. Shakespeare's tragic story of passionate encounters in a world ruled by violence and family feuds is presented by Ellen Kent and Ballet International.
: Coppelia Thu 2-Sat 4 Nov. 7.30pm
(Sat mat 2.30pm). £6—£30.50. Ellen Kent and Ballet International perform the tale of eccentric Doctor Coppelius and his clockwork creation.
I ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street. 248 4848. IP. H. WC. WA]
The Merchant of Venice Until Sat 21 Oct. 7.45pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £10—£24 (£l—£l8). Mark Thomson directs Shakespeare's complex comedy — a tale of riches. poverty and desperation in which impoverished Venetian Bassanio is forced to borrow money from to win the love of the beautiful Portia.
Mary Stuart Fri 27 Oct—Sat 18 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £9—£24 (£7—£22). A new version of Friedrich Schiller's play about Mary Queen of Scots. by David Harrowcr for the National Theatre of Scotland. The piece focuses on an imagined meeting between the Scottish monarch at the centre of Catholic dissent. and the cousin who had her imprisoned. Elizabeth. Queen of
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