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Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. Underneath the Arches Wed 30 Apr. W ‘d 7 May & Wed 14 May. 7pm. Workshop looking at creating performances for a particular site with David ()verend.
Hoose or Hame Thu 8 & Fri 9 May. 7.30pm. £15. A witty. absurd and occasionally poignant solo following emergent performer Helen (‘uinn‘s own exploration of Scottish identity and the search for belonging.
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Local Reality Expo 'l‘hu l-Sat 3 May. 7.30pm. £3 (£1.50). A four- minute. 35-second theatre piece about hope on Hope Street.
I CITIZENS’ THEATRE
l l‘) (iorbals Street. 42‘) 0022. Educating Agnes L'ntil Sat 3 May (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm (Sat 3 May mat 2.30pm). £‘).5()—£l6 (Previews £5 (Wed 23 & Thu 24 Aprilll. This fourth collaboration between Theatre Babel and Lil. Lochhead is a ribald new version of Moliere's School/hr Wives.
I GILMOREHILL G12
9 University Avenue. 330 5522.
Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay Fri 2 8; Sat 3 May. 7.30pm. £8. Sweet for Addicts return with a comical adaptation of the 1970s classic political satire. Glasgow Four, o nome de todas as ruas Tue 6 May. 7.30pm. £5 Maria (iill presents an autobiographical performance piece about the experience of moving to a new country.
I KING’S THEATRE
297 Bath Street. 0870 060 66-18. Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision O... lfntil Sat 26 Apr. 7.30pm; 5.30pm & 8pm. £23.50 (£l2l. Kitschtastic liurovision spoof that cleverly realises the event is already almost a spoof of itself anyway. (‘hirpy wee (‘raig Hill is on hand to let you know who got nu] points too.
Fame Mon 28 Apr—Sat 3 May. 7.30pm (W ‘d & Sat mat 2.30pm). £8—-£18. Legwarmers at the ready. as the high- kickin' kids from the New York Academy of Performing Arts sing their bodies electric all over again. Oh. will you get down off that taxi‘.’ Someone‘s going to get hurt . . .
Wasp
Malcolm Sutherland’s adaptation of Iain Banks’ acclaimed novel hasn’t been seen in a major production since its debut in the early 905. The tale of Frank, a deluded
teenage psycho with surprises not only for his audience but even himself, looks like making a profound impact with its commentary on rural alienation and violence. I Tron, Glasgow, until Sat 26 Apr, then touring.
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Mon 5----Sat 10 May. 7.30pm (Wed —'l'hu & Tue mat 2.30pm); 5pm & 8pm (Sat mat 2pm). £10.50--£26.50. Sweet-faced. oily-torsoed Any Dream Will I)“ wannabe (‘raig (‘halmers takes to the stage in Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s heftin- padded. simplilied Bible story with songs. The teen crowds may swoon and the energetic performances may make it
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all zip along. but as a lead (‘halmers is easily out-sung and out-acted by his co- stars.
I ORAN MOR
731—735 (ireat Western Road. 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint I2.3()pm for 1.05pm. £ 10 including pie and pint. Weekly changing new lunchtime writing —— each play repeated on Wednesday night as A Dinner. A Drama and a Dram (£25. includes dinner).
A Drunk Woman Looks at The Thistle lfntil Sat 26 Apr. Karen Dunbar performs a timely update of Hugh MacDiarmid‘s masterpiece: a chippy. pineappled steamer has her say on what's synthetic about Scots. the impossibility of rhyming ‘(‘aledonian Antisy/ygy'. and needing the lavvy really. really badly. ()h. and it’s written by award-
winning novelist Denise Mina. (‘lass in a half-empt)’ glass.
The Tobacco Merchant’s Lawyer Mon 28 Apr—Sat 3 May. New work by celebrated playwright Iain lleggie. set in the world of the vulgar nouveau riche tobacco merchants of Victorian Glasgow. Death Story Mon 5—-Sat I0 May. Which of Lily's biographers will tell the truth about her after she's dead ~ her jealous ex-husband. or the lover she left him for‘.’ New play by Alma Cullen.
I PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE
New Street. 887 mm.
Dead Dad Dog Fri 25 & Sat 26 Apr. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Basement Theatre (‘ompany revive Scottish playwright John Mackay's dark comedy about an aspiring media mogul haunted by the ghost of his dead father.
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96 THE LIST 24 Apr-<8 May 2008