I ROYAL CONCERT HALL

2 Sauchieliall Street. 353 8000. IP. H. WC. WAI

World Irish Dancing Championships Sat 3| Mar—Sat 7 Apr (not Sun). Times vary. Glasgow welcomes the 37th World Irish Dancing Championships. the place where a I7- year-old Michael Flatley first proved his mettle many years ago. This is only the second time this celebration of the beauty and athleticism of Irish dance has been held outside Ireland.

I RSAMD

100 Renfrew Street. 332 5057. IH. WC. WA]

DeoxyriboNucleic Acid Thu 29—Sat 3| Mar. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Calling up contemporary media obsessions with ‘real life stories”. DeoxyriboNucleic Acid follows a group of teenagers united by the act of doing something terrible and what happens when their solidarity slowly begins to unravel. An RSAMDYouthworks Drama production as part of the National Theatre Connections Festival.

I SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court. 105 Brunswick Street.

When a Star Falls Thu 29—Sat 3| Mar. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £|0 (£6); Young Scot card holders £3. Tackling the sensitive issues of identity and nationality. Scottish Youth Theatre‘s hard-hitting new play by Scottish BAFTA winner David Cosgrove. will be the first production to be staged in the Brian Cox Studio. I SEOO Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. IP. WC. WAI

Futurology - a Global Revue Tue |0—Sat 14 Apr. 8pm (Sat mat 3pm). £l5. The first collaborative production from all nine of Suspect Culture's international associates. the blackly comic Futumlugv is political cabaret on a grand scale. as the audience become delegates at a conference to discuss the fate of the world.

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I THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street. 0870060 6647. IH. NGD. WC. WA|

Scottish Ballet Wed | l—Sat 14 Apr. 7.30pm. £|4—£20. Scottish Ballet returns with a quadruple bill of dynamic works. featuring George Balanchine's xlgun. Ashley Page‘s ()livier award-nominated Rmmi (g/‘(im/(s. Kt‘zysztof Pastors stunning In Light & Shadow and a revival of Othello by the late Scottish Ballet founder. Peter Darrell. See preview. page 82.

For folk with a nostalgic tear in the eye for the bygone days of the 705, and first time viewers, this looks something of a treat. The Goodies - or at least two of them - are back, reprising and revising their hit of the fringe. Tim Brooke Taylor and Graham Garden look as sprightly as ever in this surreal comic adventure.

I Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Sun 8 Apr.

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I TRON THEATRE

63 Trongate. 552 4267.

Punch Drunk Sat 3| Mar. 8pm. £14 (£7). Vincent Dance Theatre return with their well-loved vaudeville burlesque. following the tears and tantrums of a fading show.

The Steamie Wed 4—Sat 7 Apr.

, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £7 (£6). Upstage Theatre Productions get to grips

with Tony Roper‘s legendary comedy set tn a Glasgow washhouse.

I VARIOUS VENUES

PUPPET ANIMATION FESTIVAL

2007 Until Sat 2| Apr. See Kids listings.

Edinburgh

I BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240.

IP. H. WC. WAI AaIst Tue 10 Apr. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8).

See Glasgow. Tramway.

Fergus Lamont Thu 12 Apr. 7.30pm. £|0 (£7). See Glasgow. Citizens‘ Theatre.

I cuuncu HILL THEATRE

33a Morningside Road. 52‘) 4147. IP.

H. WC. WAI

‘Allo ‘Allo Until Sat 3| Mar. 7.30pm .

(Sat mat 2.30pm). £8 (£7) from 668 20l9. A priceless art work hidden in a

sausage and a wireless radio disguised as a cockatoo'.’ It could only be ‘Allo ‘Allo. Join Edinburgh People‘s Theatre

as they indulge in more escapades with

25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 350]. IWC.

WAI

AaIst Until Sat 3| Mar (not Sun/Mon).

8pm. £|2 (£8). Kate Dickie. of Red

Rum]. and David McKay star in a National Theatre of Scotland/Tramway co-production based on a true story of atomised and filicidal parents. Novelist

Duncan McLean has adapted the

original Belgian production and re-

imagined the story for a Scottish

audience. Recommended for age l4+

hapless cafe owner Rene in this stage version of the hugely-popular TV series.

I FESTIVAL THEATRE 13—29 Nicolson Street. 52‘) 6000. IH. WC. WAI

Australian Dance Theatre: Held Fri 30 & Sat 3| Mar. 8pm. £|0—£20. Fast-paced athletic dance captured as it happens by the lens of New York photographer. Lois Greenfield. Pre- show discussion Fri 30 Mar. 8pm. free but ticketed. See review. page 83.

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