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Glasgow
Activities And Fun
Easter Puppet Making Workshop Sat 31 Mar. 10am. £6.50. Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, 8—10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Create your very own Easter glove puppet. Brat: Passion 4 Fashion World Tour Sat 31 Mar, 3.30pm & 6.30pm. £15—£l8.50 (four for £55). Braehead Arena, Kings Inch Road, 886 8300. The Bratz Girls’ first live concerts.
Musical Adventures Mon 2 Apr, 10.30am & 2pm. £3. City Halls, Candlen'ggs, 353 8000. An interactive musical adventure through stories and songs for children aged 3—6.
Maritime Myths Mon 2—Fri 13 Apr, 10am—5pm. £4.95 (3.75). One child free with every adult; extra child £2.50. The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road. 222 2513. Climb aboard for Easter fun.
Shakers, Screams and Sparkles Mon 2 Apr 1 lam—1pm & Thu 5 Apr 24pm. Free. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. 200 Woodhead Road. Nitshill, 276 9375. Take a musical journey through the haunted manor. Ages 7—1 2 years. Booking required.
Easter Dray Hides Mon 2—Sun 15 Apr, l—3pm. 50p charity donation. Pollok Country Park. 2060 Pollokshaws Road, Easter rides with Clydesdale horses. Join the farmer on Tue 3 April (9.30am—noon). Easter Pets Tue 3-Tue 10 Apr, 10am—4pm. Free. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Park. 287 7273. Meet some new arrivals in the shape of lambs, chicks, bunnies and ducklings.
Use Your Imagination Tue 3 & Thu 5 Apr. 1 lam—1pm. Free. Glasgow Museums Resource Centre. 200 Woodhead Road. Nitshill, 276 9375. Let your imagination run riot inventing a new animal. Ages 7—12 years. Booking required. Grandparent and Grandchild Tours Tue 3 Apr, Thu 5 Apr, Tue 10 Apr & Thu 12 Apr, 1pm. £2 (£1). Pollok House, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 616 6410. Learn more about the House on these special tours led by costumed guides. Booking essential. Egg Decorating Workshop Wed 4 & Thu 5 Apr, 2—4pm. Free. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9568. Design your own beautiful egg. Booking essential.
Bunnyland Fri 6—Sun 8 Apr. 10am—5pm. Inc in admission: £6.95 (£4.95). Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 0871 540 1000. Get close to some cuddly creatures.
Outdoors Indoors Fri 6—Mon 9 Apr,
1 lam—4pm. £3 (NTS members £2; children free). Pollok House, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 616 6410. The park’s Highland cattle have got into the house — help find them and get a prize.
Easter Pets Fri 6—Mon 9 Apr, noon—3.30pm. Free. Tollcross Children’s Farm, Wellshot Road, 763 1863. Meet the fluffy new arrivals on the farm.
Easter Fun Fri 6—Mon 9 Apr, noon-4pm. Free. Queen’s Park, 520 Langside Park, 632 8924. Face painting, crafts and dray rides in the park (50p). Recycled Art Workshop Fri 6—Sun 8 Apr, 2—4pm. Free. Kelvingrove An Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9568. Transform unwanted junk into snazzy sculptures. Booking essential. Postcards from the Palace Sun 8 Apr, noon & 2.30pm. Free. People’s Palace & Winter Gardens, Glasgow Green, 271 2962. Create a postcard based on the collections about life in Glasgow. Spring in the Park Sun 8 Apr, 1—3pm. Free. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Celebrate spring with a range of fun activities. Water Dolls Wed 1 1 Apr, 1 lam & 2.30pm. Free. People’s Palace & Winter
56 THE LIST 29 Mar—12 Apr 2007
MUSICAL THEATRE TRACY BEAKEI-‘i GETS REAL
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, Tue 3-Sat 7 Apr
She’s rude, inconsiderate, bolshy and the bane of many parents’ lives. Tracy Beaker may be a fictional creation, but her cheeky expressions — both facial and verbal - have been embraced by pre-pubescents across the land.
Best-selling author, Jacqueline Wilson knew what she was doing when she brought Tracy into the world. Her hugely successful books have been adapted into a major television series, and now a musical stage show Tracy Beaker Gets Real is touring the UK. But while she may be a menace for the care workers at the children’s home where she lives (or the ‘dumping ground’ as it’s famously known), Tracy has her vulnerable side — as actress Pippa
Duffy found out.
‘One of the hardest things about playing Tracy in the show is allowing the audience to occasionally feel sorry for her, but without losing the essence of her,’ she says. ‘Tracy doesn’t want or need people’s sympathy, but her situation is so moving sometimes you can’t help but feel for her. So I have to allow that to happen without playing the boo hoo card.’
Showing Tracy’s softer side may have been hard, but harder still was stepping into the well-loved shoes of Danni Harmer. Having played Tracy on the small screen for the past four years, Harmer is a national heroine - a tough act for Duffy to follow on stage. ‘For the first ten minutes there’s a sense that the children are judging me,’ admits Duffy. ‘But gradually, as the story draws them in, they let go and enjoy it. Because it’s the essence of the story and characters they love, just done in a different way.’
(Kelly Apter)
Gardens, Glasgow Green, 271 2962. Make your own Victorian doll.
Easter Holiday Music and Dance Workshop Thu 12 Apr, 10.30am & noon. £3. City Halls. Candleriggs, 353 8000. Music, movement. mime and dance. Ages 4—6 years at 10.30am and ages 7—1 1 years at noon. Booking essential.
Theatre & Dance
The Dust Man Wed 4—Sat 7 Apr. 2pm. £6. Citizens’ Theatre, 1 l9 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. See Hitlist.
Puppet 8 Animation Festival Muckle Mouth Meg Sat 31 Mar. 2pm. £4.75 (£4.25). Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, 8—10 Balcarres Avenue. Kelvindale, 339 6185. The story of Meg. the ugliest lassie in the Borders. Ages 3+. The Ugly Duckling Sat 31 Mar. 2.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50—£2). Platform. The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse. 276 9696. Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre’s reworking of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic. Ages 3—7. Cinderella Mon 2 Apr, 1 lam & 1pm. £4. GilmorehillGIZ. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. A re-imagining of the well known fairy tale. Ages 4+.
Willie the Wicked Wolf Mon 2 Apr,
1 pm. £tbc. Molendinar Community Centre. 1210 Royston Road, 558 9276. A charming and funny children’s show about an unlucky wolf. Ages 4+. Explorer Jill I: The Amazing Story Map Tue 3 Apr. 1 1am & 2pm. £tbc.
Stonedyke Neighbourhood Centre. 9 Belsyde Avenue. Drumchapel, 944 1238. Follow Jill around the world with stories from each continent.
Oscar and the Highland Castle Tue 3 Apr. 11am & 1pm. £4. Gilmorehi11G12. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. Scotland lies defeated. Oscar the mouse heads for Loch Ness to join lncy Wincy Spider‘s plot to free the castle. Ages 3+ .
Willie the Wicked Wolf Tue 3 Apr. 1pm. £tbc. Keppoch Campus. 65 Stonyhurst Street, 336 7750. See above. The Ugly Duckling Wed 4 Apr. 1 lam & 1pm. £4. GilmorehillGl2. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. See above.
Sweet Life Wed 4 Apr, 2pm. Penilee Community Education Centre. 10 Gleddoch Road. 882 3309. Thoughtful monster Pan Drop doesn’t fit in. Ages 4+. Tamlin Wed 4 Apr. 2pm. £tbc. East End Healthy Living Centre. 183 Crownpoint Road. 550 5000. Tamlin escapes from the fairy underworld. Ages 4+.
Sleeping Beauty Thu 5 Apr. 1 1am. £4. GilmorehillGl2. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. The fairytale gets a makeover from Waggish Radish Puppet Theatre. Ages 4+. Sweet Life Thu 5 Apr. 2pm. £tbc. Pollokshaws Burgh Halls, 2025 Pollokshaws Road. 632 581 1. See above. Cinderella Thu 5 Apr. 2.30pm. £3.50 (£2—£2.50). Platform. The Bridge. 1000 Westerhouse Road. Easterhouse. 276 9696. See above.
Explorer Jill a The Amazing Story Map Tue 10 Apr. 1 lam. £4.
GilmorehillGl2. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. See above.
Oscar and the Highland Castle Tue 10 Apr. 2pm. £tbc. Shettleston Hall. 150 Wellshot Road. 550 4612. See above. The Little Lost Dragon Wed 1 1 Apr.
1 1am. £4. GilmorehillGl2. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. A young dragon braves winter in Dragonland. Ages 4+. The Ugly Duckling Wed 1 1 Apr. 2pm. Bellcraig Community Education Centre. 10 Gorstan St, 945 2710. See above. Pinocchio Wed | 1 Apr. 2.30pm. £3.50 (£2.50—£2). Platfonn. l(X)0 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse. 276 9696. The story of the puppet who sprang to life. Ages 5+. Robin Hood Thu 12 Apr. 1 1am. £4. Gilmorehi11G12. 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. Major Mustard’s travelling adaptation of Robin Hood. Ages 5+.
The Ugly Duckling Thu 12 Apr. 1pm. Barmulloch Community Centre. 46 Wallacewell Quadrant. 552 0234. See above.
Books
Heure du Conte Sat 31 Mar. 12.30pm. Alliance Francaise de Glasgow. 3 Park Circus. 339 4281. Readings in French of stories celebrating Easter. For children of all levels of spoken French.
Edinburgh
ActiVIties And Fun
Happy Birthday Milly! Fri 30 Mar—Sun 3 Jun. 10am—5pm (Sun 2—5pm). Free. National Library of Scotland. George 1V Bridge. 226 4531. See Big Picture, page 9.
Dance Kids Sat 31 Mar, 10am & 11am. £4 (£1.50—£2). North Edinburgh Arts Centre. Pennywell Court. 315 2151. Stamp. slide. jump and leap! Ages 3—5 years 10am. ages 5—8 years 1 lam. Creative Egg Hunt Sat 7 Apr. 10.30am—3pm. Free. North Edinburgh Arts Centre. Pennywell Court. 315 2151. Find eggs hidden in imaginative places.
Theatre & Dance
Tracy Beaker Gets Real Tue 3—Sat 7 Apr. 7.30pm (Wed 4. Thu 5 & Sat 7 Apr mat 2pm). £10—£14.50. King’s Theatre. 2 Leven Street. 529 6000. See preview.
Puppet & Animation Festival Tamlin Mon 2 Apr. 2pm. £3 (£2). WHALE. 30 Westbum Grove. Wester Hailes. 458 3267. See Glasgow. East End Healthy Living Centre.
Vasalisa’s Power Mon 2 Apr. 2pm. £tbc. Southhouse and Burdiehouse Community Centre. Burdiehouse Street. 664 2210. An ancient Russian fairytale presented by Zenwing Puppets. Ages 5+. Sweet Life Tue 3 Apr. 1 1am. £2 (£1). The Gaff Theatre, Artspace. Space. 1 1 Harewood Road. 661 0200. See Glasgow. Penilee Community Education Centre. Vasalisa’s Power Tue 3 Apr. 2pm. £3 (£2). WHALE. 30 Westbum Grove. Wester Hailes. 458 3267. See above. Over the Hills and Far Away Puppet Workshop Wed 4 Apr.
| lam—1pm. £6. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43—45 High Street. 556 9579. Make a puppet and put on a show about elves. pirates and pancakes. Ages 5—10. Cinderella Wed 4 Apr. 1 1am & 3pm. £6 (£3—£4). North Edinburgh Arts Centre. 15a Pennywell Court. 315 2151. See Glasgow. Gilmorehi11G12.
Sleeping Beauty Wed 4 Apr. 1.30pm. £tbc. Gilmerton Community Centre. 4 Drum Street. 664 2335. See Glasgow. Gilmorehi11G12.
Willie the Wicked Wolf Wed 4 Apr. 2pm. £3 (£2). WHALE. 30 Westbum Grove. Wester Hailes. 458 3267. A charming and funny children's show about an unlucky wolf. Ages 4+.
Briar Bose Thu 5 Apr. 2pm. £tbc. Gracemount Youth Centre. 128 Lasswade Road. 644 3275. Folding Theatre Puppet Company retell the classic story of Sleeping Beauty with an original medieval soundtrack. Ages 5+.
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