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MacScott family are prepared to swap Scotland for a one-way ticket to The Land of Delightful Things. New modern musical odyssey from the 40-strong
Lung Ha's Theatre Company. See review.
page 89.
The Blank Album Sat 12 Apr. 7.30pm. £3.50—£8. Comic dance theatre from Gilmore Dance Company.
Beauty and the Beast Tue IS Apr. Sec Kids listings.
Martha Sat l9 Apr. See Kids listings. Olga Volt, The Electric Fairy Mon 2| Apr. See Kids listings.
I SEOC Finnieston Quay. 0870 040 4000. IP. WC . WA] Delirium Until Thu l0 Apr. £45-£55. Cirque Du Soleil and Live Nation have teamed up for a groundbreaking arena production using holograms. virtual reality. multi-media sound and imaging to create a magical world with a surreal. multi-sensory mix of theatre. dance. international music. stunning acrobatics and video projections. Expect full-scale spectacle and a cast of hundreds.
Black Watch eeeee Fri I I—Fri
l8 Apr (not Sun). 8pm (Fri/Sat mat 3pm). £25 (£IS). Gregory Burke's elegy on the historic regiment. Using the recollections of former soldiers who served in Iraq. returns to Scotland after a multi award-winning run at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and subsequent sell-out international tour. See review. page 88. Mamma Mia! Until Sun 27 Apr (not Mon). 7.30pm (Sat/Sun mat 2.30pm). 1:15—5:35. The smash hit musical based on the songs of Abba continues to storm the UK. I THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street. 0870 060 6647. IH. NGD. WC. WA] Scottish Opera Fri I I & Sat l9 Apr. 7. l5pm. £9—£58. A Night at the Chinese Opera. a new production directed by Lee Blakeley. involves a colourful range of characters including canal workers. explorers. emperors and even Marco Polo. A combination of catchy folk melodies with parodies of Chinese and Italian opera creates ‘a tale within a tale with its tongue firmly in its cheek'. which sounds a lot more painful than it actually is. we‘re sure. Richard Alston Dance Company: Fingerprint Tue 22 Apr. 7.30pm. £8.50—£l8.50. Richard Alston‘s response to the intricate and inventive genius of Bach. See preview. page 89. The Emperor’s New Kilt Thu 24—Sat 26 Apr. Wee Stories team up with the National Theatre of Scotland for a tartan take on the moral fable. See preview.
I TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive. 0845 330 350i. lWC. WA] Myth Thu I7—Sat I9 Apr. 8pm. £l2 (£6). Dancer and choreographer Sidi Larbi C herkaoui sees dance as a temporary sketch of reality: the drawing disappears when the movement ends. See preview. page 86. I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. IH. WC. WA] The Unconquered eeee Until Sat l2 Apr. 8pm. Stellar Quines and playwright Torben Betts build a fast moving story around a fiercely intelligent young girl and her relentless refusal of the establishment. When suddenly a people's revolution breaks out and a mercenary soldier invades her family home. the conflict between the regime and the unconquered girl is revealed. A new tour of the piece that won Stellar Quines Best New Play in the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2007. The Wasp Factory Thu I7—Sat 26 Apr (not Sun/Mon). 8pm. £l4 (£6). Cumbemauld Theatre. working with the Tron. take on the mammoth task of adapting Iain Banks' first. best-loved. and most disturbing novel for the stage. Meet Frank. just your average island- dwelling. l6 year old serial killer. ()r so he thinks . . . Recommended for ages I5+. See preview. page 86.
Edinburgh
I BRUNTON THEATRE
Ladywell Way. Musselburgh. 665 2240. IP. H. WC. WA]
The Curve Foundation Dance Company: Four Seasons l-‘ri I8 & Sat I9 Apr. 7.30pm. L‘l0.50 (£8.50: under I8s 6). The Brunton's resident dance company celebrate their tenth anniversary with modern dance interpretations of Vivaldi‘s Four .S'eusuns.
I KING’S THEATRE
2 Leven Street. 529 6000. IH. WC. WA] The Emperor’s New Kilt Sat l2—Sat l‘) Apr (not Sun/Mon). Wee Stories team up with the National Theatre of Scotland fora tartan take on the moral fable. See preview. page 84.
I FESTIVAL THEATRE
l3—29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. IH. WC. WA]
Nederlands Dans Theater 1 Fri l I 8.: Sat I2 Apr. 7.30pm. £l0—£20 (£7—£l-I). One of the planet's most successful contemporary dance outfits presents an inventive triple bill of Jiri Kylian’s Wings of Wax and Tar and Feathers plus Drawn ()nn'urd by
Half a Sixpence Mon l4—Sat I9 Apr. 7.30pm (Thu 8; Sat mat 2.30pm). £8.50—£28 (£5.50—£25). Big-heaned musical from the BAFTA-winning film of the same name. starring the
suspicioust still-youthful Gary Wilmot.
I PLAYHOUSE
l8—22 Greenside Place. 0844 847 I660. IH. WC. WA]
La Traviata Thu l0 Apr. 7.30pm. £8.25—il3450. Ellen Kent and Opera
International present Verdi‘s
interpretation of one of the best-known
love stories of the l9th century. 14: Dame
mu ( 'umelius.
Madama Butterfly Fri ll & Sat I2
Apr. 7.30pm. £8.25—£3-l.50. iillen Kent
presents Puccini's heartbreaking story of
a beautiful young Japanese girl who falls in love with an American naval lieutenant.
Fiddler on the Roof Tue lS—Sat 19
Apr. 7.30pm (Wed 8: Sat mat 2.30pm). £7-£23.50. The producers of Disney's Beauty and the Beast and 42ml Street
bring you Jerry Bock's musical about a father of live trying to maintain his
family and religious traditions while the
world and civilisation around him change rapidly. It has a McGann in it.
but we don‘t think it's the one who was Doctor Who. or the one who was in that really naff sitcom with Honor Blackman.
The Chuckle Brothers - Indiana Chuckle and the Kingdom of the Mythical Sulk Sun 20 Apr. See Kids listings.
Oh! What a Night Thu 24—Sat 26 Apr. 7.30pm: 4pm. £l7.50—£28.50. The 70s smash hit musical returns. starring Kid Creole. No. he's still not your daddy.
I ROYAL LYCEUM meme
. Grindlay Street. 248 4848. IP. H. WC. I WA)
Vanity Fair COO. Until Sat I2 Apr (not Sun/Mon). 7.45—l0pm. £l l—£25: under 18s half price. A new theatrical version of William Thackeray's novel about social climbing and avarice. adapted by Declan Donnellan and directed by Tony Cownie.
Trumpets and Raspberries I-‘ri
I8 Apr-Sat I0 May (not Sun/Mon). 7.45—l0pm. L'l l—£25. Dario Fo's mad. satirical romp of mistaken identity and the pains and politics of identity. set against a backdrop of terrorism and political corruption. Directed by Tony Cownie. See preview. page 84. I TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street. 228 I404. IP. H. WC. WA] l-leelie-go-Leerie (Head Over Heels) Fri I l—Sun l3 Apr. See Kids
Theatre
Arches Award for Stage Directors: Sixteen It The Severed Head of Comrade Bultharl Wed I6~Sat It) Apr. 7.I5pm. {l3 (£543). See (ilasgow. The Arches.
Outside the Cities
I DUNDEE REP Tay Square. Dundee. (H.182 2235.“). IP. H. WC. WA] The Wall .0” Thu ltleat l2 Apr. 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £l2 (£l0). Five (io Mad in Ayrshire in DC Jackson's astute. deft comedy about small-town adolescence. Highly recommended. Rise and Fall of Little Voice Mon l4—Sat 26 Apr. 7.45pm; 5pm; 8pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £l-i [I7 (L‘IJ). iilaine C Smith and Andy (iray team up again. as witchy mother and sinister manager in Jim ('artwright‘s hit play about the girl who discovers she can mimic the greatest vocalists of the 20th century. Yarn Sat l9 Apr Sat 3 May. 7pm & ‘).l5pm. £5~£l6 (£5: £l2). Site- specific collaboration between Dundee Rep and Grid lron. two of Scotland's most exciting theatre companies. happening in and around a former jute mill. A tapestry of narratives. imagery. installation and the ghosts of a city. See preview. page 83.
I BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street. St Andrews. 0| 334 475000. IP. H. WC. WA] Granny Clark's Wind! Until Sat It) 1 Apr. 8pm (Saturdays 6pm 8: 8.30pm). £l2 (£l0). The Auld Byre players perform David Joy's new Scots comedy based on a run down hotel by the side of the last hole on the Old Course. Showcase Festival Tue 22—Sat 26 Apr. Times vary. Prices vary. A four-day festival of the performing arts presented by the Mermaids Theatre Fund. A wide variety for performances from musicals to comedy. one act plays and workshops will be on display. With two plays a night. live music and nightly bar entertainment.
I MACROBERT
. University of Stirling. Stirling. 0l786 466666. IP. H. WC. WA]
5 Driven Fri l l Apr. 8pm. U0 (£6). Low level flying. aerial work and dramatic physical pieces from Motionhouse Dance Company. exploring the notion of perfection.
Norman: A Tribute to Norman McLaren Thu l7—Sat l‘) Apr. 8pm. £l0 . (£6). A live multi-media performance by dancer Peter Trot/.mer in celebration of Stirling born filmmaker Norman
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