Theatre
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Glasgow
I THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. Ill. \\‘(‘. WA] Daniel Kitson: 66a Church Road [71101 Mon 21 Jul. 8 Upm. £5. A work-in- pt'ogress. as Daniel Kitson prepares for the lidinburgh Festival. l.ast year. he moved out of his flat after six years. (mu ('ltun‘lz Road is a break-up show commemorating the longest relationship of Kitson's adult life.
Scratch Night Tue 22 Jul.
7.30pm. Pay what you can. Join well-known and up-and-coming performers as they get ten minutes each to try out new ideas in front of an audience and .seek feedback. See preview. page S l.
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lnverness/Krawiewc Z lnverness Tue 2‘) & Wed 30 Jul. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). llighland theatre company 1)ogstar return with the multimedia story of an ordinary man caught up in WWII. written and performed by Matthew Zajac. See caption. right.
Edinburgh
I ASSEMBLY @ GEORGE STREET
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Scottish Opera: Cinderella Thu 31 Jul Sat 2 Aug. 12.45pm. £20 (£15). ()ne of the leading ‘bel canto’ operas of the 10th century. Rossini's ('imlvrvllu is an entertaining and engaging light comedy with a great linal aria. Sung in linglish. I’url oft/11' lidin/nu'g/I I-i'slivul Fringe.
I BRUNTON THEATRE
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An Evening of Ballet and Divertissements l-‘ri 25 Jul. 7.30pm. £8 (£0). Performance by the Russian BaIlet Society.
YDance Showcase Thu 31 Jul. 7.30pm. £6. Some of the best young dancers in Scotland. in a programme of short pieces by leading international contemporary choreographers. including Anna Kenrick and Duncan .\lacfar1and.
I PLAYHOUSE
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Annie Hi 25 & Sat 26 Jul. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £12.50. 1"ee1good am-dram musical schtnalt/ courtesy of the orphaned redhead who sings her way into the heart of hard-nosed businessman Daddy \Varbucks.
I TRAVERSE THEATRE (‘ambridge Street. 228 140-1. ll’. 11. \\'(‘. w..\]
Fall (Previews) 'l‘hu 2-1 Sat 26
Jul. 7pm. £11 (£5). 1n the aftermath of a horrific civil conflict. a new country is preparing for the mass evecution of its war criminals. Kate knows nothing and everything about it. She knew one
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of the guilty men for 15 years and never suspected a thing. ’l‘ravers’e artistic director Dominic llill directs a tense new thriller by acclaimed playwright '/.innie Harris. See feature. page 21. Pornography (Previews) Mon 28 Jul. 7pm. £11 £5. Simon Stephens' new play captures Britain in that one week of 2005 that included l.ive8. the (18. the 2012 Olympics announcement and the London bombings. See feature. page 21. The New Electric Ballroom (Previews) Wed 30 Jul. 7pm & Sat 2 Aug 8.45pm. £1 1 (£5). 'l‘hree sisters in a remote fishing village obsess over their halcyon days at The New lilectric Ballroom in this glittering. dark fairytale written and directed by linda Walsh. creator of the excellent I)i.vm Pigs. Architecting (Previews) Thu 31 Jul. 1 1am. £10 (£5). (‘ollaboration between 'I'liAM and the National Theatre of Scotland. which looks at the ways in which America has rebuilt and designed itself. through post-Katrina venture capitalism and a beauty paegeant.
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Deep Cut (Previews) Thu 31 Jul. 9pm. £10 (£5). New piece of docu- theatre investigating the death of Private (‘heryl James. one of four young soldiers found dead in mysterious and never— resolved circumstances at Deepcut Barracks between 1995 and 2002. Finished with Engines (Previews) Thu 31 Jul. 2pm. £10 (£5). Taut two- hander about crewmembers on a floating nuclear testing observation platform. from founder members of The Riot (iroup Drew Friedman and Stephanie Viola and Scottish playwright Alan McKendrick.
Free Outgoing (Previews) Thu 31 Jul. 4pm. £10 (£5). When a well-behaved Indian girl is filmed having sex in her classroom. the video clip spreads like a virus. New work by young Royal Court playwright Anupama Chandrasekhar. Nocturne (Previews) Thu 31 Jul. b.30pm. £10(£4). A young man reeling from the tragic death of his younger sister flees to New York City and reinvents himself as a writer. New work from the writer of 2006's tnulti award- winning I-‘invr Nob/e Gases.
Matthew Zajac’s play traces a man’s life, from his boyhood spent on a farm
in Galicia (now Western Ukraine) to carving out a career as a tailor in the Highland capital. Dogstar’s production, directed by Ben Harrison, explores issues of identity and belonging through storytelling, music, video projections and choreographed movement.
I Arches, Glasgow. Tue 29 8 Wed 30 Jul.