Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Dance events are listed after theatre. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to jules.graham@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Jules Graham.
Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528. IP. WC. WA]
The Importance of Being Alfred Until Sun 5 Nov. 8pm. £9 (£6). See (iay. page 58.
Pit Tue 14 Sat 18 Nov. 7pm. £8 (£6). Megan Barker’s experimental piece. following one woman‘s struggle to feed her family in a world where she herself is at the bottom of the food cltain. returns following a victorious Arches l.lVlil run.
I CITIZENS’ THEATRE
119 (iorbals Street. 429 0022. IP. 11. WC. WA]
And God Created . . . Until Sat 11 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm (Sat mat l I Nov. 2.30pm). £3 £12. See (iay. page 58.
The Shadow of a Gunman Thu 2—Sat 18 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm (Sat tnat 2.30pm). £12 £15 (£3 £7.50). Arturo (1i director Phillip Breen returns to the CHI with Sean Casey’s passionate play of bolitical resistance arid doomed love. set in l920s Dublin on the eve of Irish independence. Post-show discussion Wed 8 Nov; signed performance Thu 9 Nov. 7.30pm; stagetext captioned performance Wed 15 Nov. 7.30pm: audio-described performance Thu 16 Nov. 7.30pm.
Tom Fool Thu 2 Sat 18 Nov (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12 (£2 £5). Nuts and bolts factory
A month long
season of new work by emerging artists
worker ()tto secretly dreams of spicing tip his mundane life by taking to the skies. though. after tomorrow. all he‘ll want is his family back. Art explosive play front one of liurope's leading and tnost controversial playwrights. Franz Xaver Kroetl. Not suitable for under 16s.
I GILMOREHILLG12
9 l'niversity Avenue. 330 5522. |WC. WA]
Jason and The Argonauts Thu 2 & liri 3 Nov. See Kids listings. Glengarry Glen Ross Sat 4 & Stm 5 Nov. 8pm. £6. Sweet l-'A Productions present this Pulitzer pri/e winning play. based on fear and loathing in the free market. as their debut show.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Thu 9~Sat l 1 Nov. 7.30pm. £5 £6. STa(i present their adaptation of this Shakespeare‘s classic.
Nothing to Lose Mon I3 Nov. 7.30pm. £6 £8. Company Collisions present a powerful and impassioned performance of this story which celebrates those who challenge bullies.
I HUNTERIAN ART GALLERY University of (ilasgow. 82 llillhead Street. 330 5431. IP. WC. WAI Dances in the Glasgow Style Sat 4 Nov. 3- 4pm. l-‘ree. Promenade performance by the Studio Dance Company. mixing words. dance arid a touch of humour. I’urt oft/iv Mackintosh I'i's'lit‘a/ 2006.
I JONGLEURS
l'(}C Building. Renfrew Street. 08707 870707.
Puppetry of the Penis Tue I4 8; Wed 15 Nov. 7pm. £13. Puppetry of the Penis is a mind-blowing show featuring two Australians who manipulate their genitals into various shapes. objects and landmarks.
I KELVIN HALL INTERNATIONAL SPORTS ARENA
I445 Argyle Street. 357 2525. ll’. WC. WAI
Luv Esther l'Tl 3 Nov. 7.30pm. £10. A brand-spanking new West-lind-style musical. encompassing hip hop. street and rock moves and sounds. raising fttnds to combat the AIDS pandemic in Africa.
I KING’S THEATRE
297 Bath Street. 0870 ()60 6648. Ill. WC. WAI
Cats Sat 4 Sat 18 Nov (not Sun). 7.30pm (Tue. Thu & Sat tnat 2.30pm). £1 1 £34. The world's longest running musical graces us with its feline footsteps.
I ORAN MOR
731 735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200.
A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Tequila Sunset l'ntil Sat 4 Nov. 1.10pm. £10. lili/abetlt Maclennan's short play eavesdrops in on old friends Rotnana and less as they have a right good old lunchtime cliinwag.
A Play, a Pie 8. a Pint: Excuse my Dust Mon 6 Sat 11 Nov. 1.10pm. £10. Terry Wales’ play rakes over the embers of the life of reviewer. critic and writer Dorothy Parker. a formidable figure in the cultural history of |940s New York.
A Play, a Pie 8. a Pint: Byre Dogs Mon 13 Sat 18 Nov. 1.10pm. £10. Saturday night sctiflles. motorbike rides and swinuning in the loch. life on Lewis is the backdrop to the tensions of emerging manhood explored in Calum Smith Lawrence‘s play.
I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE
New Street. 887 I010. [11. WC. WAI Red Shoes l'ntil Thu 2 Nov. 7.30pm. £4 £8.50 (£5). Company Cordelia
. TRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY
Theatre
presents a one-woman show based on the Hans Christian Andersen story. performed by Kally Lloyd-Jones. Not suitable for under 14s.
Frozen Fri 3 Nov. £8.50 (£5). A nail- biting thriller by Rapture Theatre about what happens to those left behind when a child goes missing.
Mobile Wed 8 & Thu 9 Nov. 7.30pm. £8.50 (£5). Dave Anderson‘s play about a homeless ex-bank manager who comes across a mobile phone belonging to someone frotn his past.
Blythe Spirit Wed l5~~Sat 18 Nov. 7.30pm. £7 (£6). Noel Coward’s timeless farce is brought to the stage by Trinity theatre.
I PLATFORM The Bridge. 1000 Westerhotise Road. liasterhottse. 276 9696.
Hebrides Ensemble and
Scottish Dance Theatre: The Soldiers Tale Thu 2 Nov. 7.30pm. £8 (£2.50 £5). Two performers frotn Scottish Dance Theatre join the orchestra for a beautiful blend of movetnent and music. set to Arvo Part's I’ari Intvn‘allo. Molly Whuppie Sat l 1 Nov. See Kids listings.
Oedipus the King Tue l4—Sat 18 Nov. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). An imaginative and innovative retelling of Sophocles' classic Ctreek myth frotn National Theatre ()f Scotland Young Company.
I RAMSHORN THEATRE
98 Ingram Street. 552 3489. IP. WC. WA. WAA)
King Lear Thu 2 —Sat I I Nov (not Sun). 7.30pm. £6 £9 (£3--£5). Strathclyde Theatre (iroup perform arguably Shakepeare's greatest tragedy. in which a King divides his estate between his three dattghters according to the magnitttde of their love for him - his former Kingdom spiralling into chaos soon after.
fi/t is a triple bill of new Traverse clays - Broke. Distracted and White Point - by emerging writers that all share an oft-beat. sxewed view of the wcrlc‘. See one. two or three of the fi/tolays. in any ore-er. any day they're on. . Tue 31 Oct - Fri 4 November (various times) Sat 4 - Sat 25 November (various times)
TRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS HIGHWAY OINER
FIFTEEN MINUTES
This is not science fiction. Fringe First winners Highway Diner presen
modern prophecy. A woman finds a card in a phonebcx tor a new kind of service to improve your life and maximise your potential. Perception is everything.
working in music,
theatre and visual art taking place throughout the Traverse Theatre.
Sun'29 October - Sat 25 November 2006
TRAVERSE THEATRE: SCOTLAND’S NEW WRITING THEATRE 10 Cambridge Street. Edinburgh, EH1 ZED TICKETS & INFORMATION 0131 228 1404 0 WWW.TRAVERSE.CU.UK (no booking fees at the Traverse)
PREVIEWS Fri 3 & Sat 4 November (8pm) DATES Tue 7 - Sat 11 November (8pm)
TRAVERSE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENT 12 STARS AND THE PASTELS
Do 1 mean anything to you...
Glasgow's 12 Stars make newtheatre that seeks out the c‘rossing point between dramatic and musical stuctures. 00 / mean anything to you or am / just passing by? is their latest show and features live sound by The Pastels. PREVIEWS Fri 17 & Sat 18 November (8pm)
DATES Tue 21 - Sat 25 November (8pm)
12—16 Nov 2006 THE LIST 89