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I EASTER ROAD: ALMOND SUITE
Famous liive Stand. Hibernian l"(‘ liaster Road Stadium. 12 Albion Place. Heartfelt Until Sun 8 Jun. 7.45pm. £10 (£7.50). (‘hris Young. Sean Hay and Tom Freeman star in the stage adaptation of Aidan Smith's book about a football fan who plays keepie-uppie with the devil by switching his allegiance from llibs to Hearts. Part of the [.l’llh Festival.
I FESTIVAL THEATRE I3 29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000. [11. W(‘. WA] Eurobeat: Almost Eurovision Until Sat 7 Jun. 8pm; 6pm & 9pm. £16.50 £26.50. Kitschtastic liurovision spoof that cleverly realises the event is already almost a spoof of itself anyway. Nederlands Dans Theater 2 Tue 10 & Wed 1 1 Jun. 7.30pm. £10 £20. NDT's young company return to lidinburgh. See preview. page 94. Scottish Opera: Falstaff Wed 18 Sat 28 Jun (not Thu). 7.15pm; 2.15pm. £14 £58. Sir John Falstaff. the self- indulgent. lecherous. larger-than-life glutton first brought to the public‘s notice in Shakespeare’s comedy The Merry Wives (gflVimlsur. gets his own spin-off opera. courtesy of Verdi.
I HOPETOUN HOUSE
Shore Road. South Queensferry. 331 2451. ll’. W(‘. WA]
The Winter’s Tale Tue 17 Sun 22 Jun. 8pm (Sat mat 3pm). £tbc. Shakespeare's (ilobe return with their critically acclaimed production of The ll’inter's 721/('.
I OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL
30 3o l)almeny Street. l.eith. 555 7|()l. The Think Tank Thu 5 Sat 7 Jun. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £5 (£3). New play by Ankur set during the opening night of the latest exhibition by renowned artist Tunde Aragundade. with hints of a sinister twist. Part of the [Ill/1 [mm-at.
I PLAYHOUSE
18 22 (ireenside Place. 0844 847 1660. Ill. W(‘. WA]
Evita Mon 9 Sat 2| Jun (not Sun). 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm).
£9- £24 (£4 £19). Brand new world tour of the political musical melodrama made even more famous by Madonna.
Altogether now: ‘1)on‘t cry for me. Argentiiina!‘
I ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE (irindlay Street. 248 4848. ll’. 11. W('. WA]
Fugee Tue 10 Sat 14 Jun (not Wed
1 l>~liri 13 Jun). 7.30pm. When 14-year- old Kojo tumbles into the UK ‘system' with no official papers. and no words in linglish. he is housed in a refuge for under-age asylum seekers. ()riginal new work by Lyceum Youth Theatre. performed by them on Sat 14 Jun and by l'alkirk Youth Theatre on Tue 10 Jun. Part of Refugee Week 2008.
I TRAVERSE THEATRE (‘ambridge Street. 228 1404. [l’. 11. W(‘. WA] The Wasp Factory 0” 7 Jun. 7.30pm. £13 (£5 £8). (‘umbernauld Theatre. working with the Tron. take on the tnammoth task of adapting Iain Banks' first. best-loved. and most disturbing novel for the stage. Meet Frank. just your average island- dwelling. in year old serial killer. or so he thinks . . . Recommended for ages 15+. Traverse Readings £5 (£3.50) Rehearsed readings of new scripts. performed by some of the country's best actors. The Shape of a Girl Wed 1 1 Jun. 7.30pm New script by Joan Macl.eod. David Hume’s Kilt Thu 12 Jun. 7.30pm. Domenic llill directs a reading of Brian Logan‘s latest play Hogmanay (Uchiya-Matsuri) Sat 14 Jun. 2.30pm. Reading of 1"ukatsu Shigefumi‘s latest play. Lorne (‘ampbell directs. Hoors Sat 14 Jun. 7.30pm. Sit in on a rehearsed reading of (iregory Burke's latest commission for the Traverse.
The Red Room Fri 13 & Sat 14
Jun. 8pm. £13 (£8 £5). (‘ollaboration between the l)avid llughes (‘ompany and Al Seed. See preview. page 93.
Outside the Cities
I DUNDEE REP Tay Square. Dundee. 01382 223530. ll’. 11 W(‘. WA] Les Parents Terribles Sat 7 Sat 21 Jun. 7.45pm. £5 £16. Dundee Rep take on Jean ('octeau‘s brilliant. stylish tragi-comedy. Signed performance: Tues 17 June at 7.45pm. See preview. page 92.
Until Sat
I BYRE THEATRE
Abbey Street. St Andrews. 01334 475000. ll’. 11. W(‘. WA]
Deep Blue Sea Thu 5 Sat 14 Jun (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm. £9 (£8). Terence Rattigan‘s study of obsessive love and passion versus loyalty.
Swindle and Death Mon 16 l-‘ri 20
Evita
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It won’t be easy, you’ll think it strange . . . Andrew Lloyd- Webber and Tim Rice’s musical trawl through the rise to
sainthood of Eva Perén, is back on the road with a brand new national tour. Since the musical’s original incarnation as a concept album back in 1976, the role of the iconic political leader and wife of Argentine president Juan Perén has been inhabited by such legends of stage and screen as Julie Covington, Elaine Paige and Madonna. While exemplifying Lloyd-Webber and Rice’s typically crass approach to historical events, the show does feature a handful of bona fide pop classics, including ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’ and ‘Don’t Cry For
Me Argentina’.
I Playhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 53—88! 27 Jun.
Jun. 7.30pm. £14(£8 £10). See (ilasgow. Tron Theatre. and preview. page 93. Jihad - Inner Struggle Tue 17 Jun. 7.30pm. £14 (£8 £10). Set in a world of wars. land disagreements. occupations. cultural clashes. terrorism. music and drugs. this play looks at how two women.
one Muslim. the other Jewish. can share a flat and their experiences.
Yellow Moon .000 Wed 18 Jun. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £14 (£10—£8). David (lreig‘s excellent play about teenage lovers on the run from the law is still touring.
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