Theatre.
Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to theatreOlist.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
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Glasgow
330 Sauchiehall Street. 332 2232.
The Missy and Leyla Show Sat 1 1 Jul. 7pm. £10. Missy Malone and Leyla Rose present a variety night based around a kitsch gatne show format with cabaret. circus. burlesque. music hall and an abundance of the beautiful people. Par! oft/re Glasgow ('almre! festival.
I THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street. 565 1000. Scratch Night Tue 21 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. Ticket reservation recommended. I CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4900. Instance Tue 14 Jul. 8pm. £2 (£1). Improvised music and movement. The movers can be anyone (there's a warm- up for participants at 7.30pm). The music comes from Peter Nicholson. RM Hubbert. Jer Reid. Howie Reeve. Marion Kenny and Lucy Duncombe. Contact instancemusicdance (a‘yahoocouk for more information. I GILMOREHILL G12 9 University Avenue. 330 5522. No Room for Bigotry Fri 1() & Sat 1 1 Jul. 7.30pm. £8. The Jericho boys return with their own experiences as drug addicts and how they found a sense of belonging through west of Scotland bigotry. A moving story which conveys the lives of drug users and how
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I VARIOUS VENUES
See www.glasgowcabaretfestival.com Glasgow Cabaret Festival lfntil Sun 12 Jul. Times vary. Prices vary. The first ever festival in (ilasgow dedicated to the beautiful art of burlesque performance. The festival is supporting the Britannia Panopticon Trust.
I GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 (ireat Western Road. 429 0022. The Taming of the Shrew t'ntil Sat 11 Jul. 7.45pm. £15 (£10). (iordon Barr directs Shakespeare's battle of the sexes comedy as the Bard in the Botanics festival returns for 2009. Part oft/iv 112's! 12'an [Q's-rival. See review. page 85. Macbeth Wed 15 Jul Sat 1 Aug (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm. £15 (£10). Murder and witchery abound in the Botanics. in an outdoor production of the Scottish Play. Previews on Wed 15 lg Thu 16 Jul: £12 (£8). l’url (if/fart] in the Bounties. Richard III Thu 16 Jul-«Sat 1 Aug (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm. £15 (£10). lmtnerse yourself in the tale of the charismatic king. in a play set by the beautiful Kibble Place. Preview on Thu 16 Jul: £12 (£8). I’urt oflirml in the Bounties.
I PAVILION THEATRE
I21 Renfield Street. 332 1846.
Peter Powers Fri 10 & Sat 1 1 Jul. Fri 17 & Sat 18 Jul & Fri 24 & Sat 25 Jul. 7.30pm (also Sat midnight).
£10 £13. Hypnotist act from Powers. who has been called ‘the Ali (i of stage hypnosis”. Please note the Fri show is a Family Fun Night btit the midnight Sat show is over 21s only.
I mo CAFE
27 llyndland Street. 33-1 9909.
FREE Bumble Tree Children’s Cabaret Fri 10 Jul. 2.30pm. Songs and stories and poems for all the family from an array of acts with kids taking
Pull up a chair and lay another place at the table for a very
special guest as David Wood’s magical, musical stage adaptation of Judith Kerr’s much-loved children’s book roars its way into Dundee Rep.
I Dundee Rep, Ffl 70 8 Sat 7 7 Jul.
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to the stage to do a turn as well. Part of
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I TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate. 552 4267. And the Devil May Drag You Under Fri 10 Jul. 8.30pm. £8 (£6). Desmond ()'(‘onnor. the host with the mostest panda-like make-up. Presides over an evening of diabolical cabaret that traverses heaven and hell. I’ul'l ()flllt' (i/usgmr ('ulmrr’! l't'slivul.
Cooking With Elvis Fri 1() Sat
25 Jul (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm. £10 £14 (£6 £10). A new production of Lee llall's funny (and filthy) (ho/ring ll'illt lz'lt'is. including live renditions of some Presley classics. Featuring Rtvt-r ('itv stars Deirdre Davis and Jayd Johnson. as well as (iavin Mitchell of Still Game lame. See preview. page 84. Bongo’s Happy Hour Thu 23 Jul. 8.30pm. £5. Twisted cabaret from Theatre Bon Bon with the added danger of audience participation. This month‘s acts include a seriously serial laughter therapist. the world's most depressed (and unfunniest) clown. a surgically enhanced nun and the Brad Pitt's Face Twins.
Edinburgh
I FESTIVAL THEATRE
l3/29 Nicolson Street. 529 6000.
The Weenies Live! Sat 18- Mon 20 Jul. Sat 4.30pm; Sun/Mon l lam (Sun also 2pm). £14.50. The stars of the pre- school television world are back with more of their worryingly catchy chart tttnes in 72);) oft/iv 'Iots.’
I PLAYHOUSE 18 22 (ireenside Place. 0870 606 3424. Singin’ in the Rain l’ntil Sat 1 1 Jul. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12.50 £32.50. Tim Flavin puts on his (iene Kelly hat to play the part of Don Lockwood in this classic musical set in the business they call show. Disney’s High School Musical Mon 13 Sat 18 Jul. 7pm (Wed 8: Sat mat 2.30pm). £12.50 -£30. Based on Disney‘s limmy -winning film of the same name. High School .l’lllSlt‘Ul tells the story of school students Troy and (iabriella who together try ottt for lead parts in their school's show.
I THE PLEASANCE CABARET BAR
60 Pleasance. 650 2458. Extraordinesque! Sat I 1 Jul. 8.30pm. £ 10 (£8 in advance; £6). Tribal Fusion bellydance performances to an eclectic soundtrack from the Middle liast. Balkans and beyond. Tickets from sarasvati.tribal(a yahoo.co.uk
Outside the Cities
I PAXTON HOUSE
Paxton. Bcrwick l'pon Tweed. ()1289 386291.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Wed 15 Jul. 7.30pm. £12 (children £9: family ticket £35). lllyria theatre company. famous for their humorous and fast- tnoving productions of the Bard's works. present the magical and summery classic amid the beauty of the great outdoors. Don‘t forget your picnic. something to sit on. and some midgie repellent.
I DUNDEE REP
Tay Square. Dundee. 01382 223530. Nice Upon a Time l'ntil Thu 9 Jul. 7.30pm. £6 (£5). New work by award- winning playwright Neil Duffield for Dundee Rep's 14 16s and 16 18s youth theatres. The story is about The (‘ailleach. a shape—changing immortal. and is designed for two different casts. The Tiger Who Came to Tea Fri 10 & Sat 1 1 Jul. 2pm & 4.30pm (Sat also
1 1am). £10 (£8).See picture caption. lei-1. Ages 3+.
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I CARNEGIE HALL
liast Port. Dunf’crmline. 01383 602302. I Miss Communism Thu 9 Jul. 7.30pm. £10 (£6—£8). Croatian actress lnes Wurth's energetic autobiographical monologue about growing up in Tito's communist Yugoslavia. Winner of The Best of the Best of the Fringe Award 2006.
I EAST KILBRIDE ARTS CENTRE
()ld (‘oach Road. Fast Kilbride. 01355 261000.
The Waiting Room Sun 12 Jul. 2pm & 5pm. £8.50. A new comedy written and directed by James Cameron Morton about a chance meeting between two old schoolfriends.
I MAGNUM THEATRE llarbourside. Irvine. 0129-1 313010. The Singing Kettle: Boogie Woogie Zoo Sat 11 & Sun 12 Jul. Noon 8; 3pm. £10 (family ticket £36). Musical pandemonium with Scotland's favourite children's entertainers. Party with the penguins and boogie with the bears it‘s feeding time at the zoo!
I PALACE THEATRE
9 (ireen Street. Kilmarnock. 01563 554900.
The Weenies Live! Wed 15 Jul. 10.30am. 1.30pm & 4.30pm. £15 (£13: family ticket £50). The stars of the pre- school tclevision world are back with more of their worryingly catchy chart tunes in ID]? ()flltt’ 'Ibts.’
I LODGE GROUNDS North Berwick.
Alice Through the Looking
Glass Thu 16 Jul. 7pm. £9 (£6). Quantum Theatre presents the popular story of Alice‘s adventures in the surreal world behind her mirror. inhabited by such colourful freaks as 'l'weedledum. 'l'weedledee and the Jabberwocky. Bring something to sit on and remember to dress for an evening in the great Scottish outdoors. Booking via the Brunton Theatre. Mussclburgh on ()131 665 22-10. See preview. page 85.
I DUNOLLIE CASTLE
Dunollie llouse. ()ban. Tickets from www.clunollie.org
The Hidden Jewel Fri 17 Thu 23 Jul. 7.30-9.30pm. £10(£8). A theatre walk set against the stunning medieval backdrop of Dunollie (‘astle in ()ban.
I BYRE THEATRE
Abbey Street. St Andrews. ()133-1 475000.
A History of Scotland (In 60 Minutes or Less) Tue l4~~Sat 18 Jul. 2.30pm (also Fri/Sat 7.30pm). £10—£12 (£6 --£8). Take a whistle-stop tour through the whole of Scotland's history with stories and folklore from across the ages in this performance from Sleekit I’I'()(lll('ll()ll.\'. a company composed of graduates from lidinburgh and Fife drama courses who have had widespread previous success at the lidinburgh Fringe. Suitable for everyone aged 5+.
No Award Winning One-Act Plays Tue 21 Jul. 8pm. £6. Kirkcaldy Amateur Dramatic Society. fresh from its victories at the Scottish (‘ommunity Drama Association ()ne Act Festival. presents a bill of short but sweet drama with plenty of laughs.
JM Barrie: Peter Pan Man Thu 23 Jul. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Award-winning lidinburgh playwright Anne Stenhouse has been commissioned by Theatre Broad to write a one-act play giving life to M‘(‘onnachie. JM Barrie’s alter ego. who he described as his ‘unruly half . . . the writing half". The piece explores the enigma that is the ‘Son of Kerriemuir'. delving deep beneath the facade of the ‘Peter Pan Man'. The production is aimed primarily at an adult audience. but is suitable for young people aged 12 and tip.