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Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to theatre@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black.
Glasgow
■ THE DRAWING ROOM 1055 Sauchiehall Street, 339 2999. Two Wed 2 Sep. 8.30pm. £10. Jim Cartwright’s award-winning portrayal of two married but warring pub landlords.
■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. FREE Kendama & Edo-Daikagura Sat 29 Aug. 3pm. Two forms of traditional Japanese street performance: Kendama (Japanese cup-and-ball) and Edo-Daikagura (spinning objects on a traditional umbrella). ■ GLASGOW UNIVERSITY CHAPEL University Avenue, 330 4092. FREE Kendama & Edo-Daikagura Sun 30 Aug. 2pm. See Glasgow Botanic Gardens.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. The BFG Tue 1–Sat 5 Sep. See Kids listings. The Silver Darlings Tue 8–Sat 12 Sep. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £11–£24. Stage adaptation of Neil Gunn’s popular novel about characters in a Scottish herring fishing village. ■ MUGDOCK COUNTRY PARK Craigallian Road, Milngavie, 956 6100. The Last of the Red Hot Lovers Fri 4 Sep. 7.45pm. £11 (£15 including pre-
theatre supper). Neil Simon’s classic 60s comedy about sex, love and seafood. History of Mugdock Sat 5 Sep. 1.30–3.30pm. £3. Mugdock Country Park’s colourful past is brought to life by local theatre company Fizzgig and Grubb. ■ ORAN MOR 731-735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie and a Pint Mon–Sat until 19 Dec. 1pm (doors noon). £7–£12.50. The lunchtime theatre season returns with Zoe Strachan’s Old Girls from Mon 31 Aug and Renato Gabrielli’s Eat Your Heart Out from Mon 7 Sep.
■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. On Our Way to Lisbon Wed 9 & Thu 10 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Two supporters fondly remember how Celtic became the first British team to lift the European Cup in 1967.
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. Peter Powers Until Sat 29 Aug. Fri/Sat 7.30pm (also Sat midnight). £10–£13. ‘The Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Oor Hoose Wed 9–Sat 19 Sep. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£15 (£11–£13). A comedy about tenement life from James Barclay, writer of Paras Over the Barras.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. The Sun, the Moon and a Boy Called River Thu 3 Sep. See Kids listings. ■ ROYAL CONCERT HALL 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Lisa Williams: Message From Beyond Sun 6 Sep. 7.30pm. £22.50–£27.50. The medium and
clairvoyant who counts Sharon Osborne and Matt Goss among her celebrity clients, promotes her new book, Life Among the Dead, with some inter-realm entertainment.
■ SECC: CLYDE AUDITORIUM Finnieston Quay, 0870 040 4000. Milkshake! Live in my First Concert Fri 4 & Sat 5 Sep. See Kids listings.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0870 060 6647. Singin’ in the Rain Tue 1–Sat 5 Sep. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £12–£30. Tim Flavin puts on his Gene Kelly hat to play the part of Don Lockwood in this classic musical set in the business called show. Sing-a-Long-a Hairspray Thu 10 Sep. 7.30pm. £6.90–£16.25. Prepare to dance in the aisles at this sing-a-long screening of John Travolta’s fat suit extravaganza. ■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. One Academy: New Works Thu 3–Sat 5 Sep. 7.45pm. £6 (£4). Three works in progress by Scottish playwrights on consecutive nights – Fever Dream: Southside by Douglas Maxwell, Reminded of Beauty by Linda McLean and Ashes Blood by David Harrower. Little Johnny’s Big Gay Musical Wed 9–Sat 12 Sep. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). Glittering celebration of one man’s glorious failure. No Obvious Trauma Wed 9–Sat 12 Sep. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Visual storytelling, dance and acting are combined to tell a story of desire and delusion as a silent woman appears at a mental hospital for treatment.
Theatre
Edinburgh
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Fur Coat and Magic Knickers Sat 5 Sep. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50). MsFits comedy duo returns with a play about a shopaholic. FREE The Curve Foundation Dance Company Wed 9 Sep. 6.30pm. Ticketed. Meet the Brunton’s resident dance company for a glass of wine.
Outside the Cities ■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. The Cherry Orchard Tue 1–Sat 19 Sep (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm (also Sat 12 Sep 2.30pm). £10–£17 (£7–£13). The Rep Ensemble takes on Chekhov’s emotionally turbulent final play, the tale of Madame Ranyevskaya and the pride which may cost her family its most important possession – the orchard of blossoming cherry trees.
■ PERTH THEATRE 185 High Street, Perth, 07838 621031. The Steamie Thu 10–Sat 26 Sep (not Sun & Mon). 7.45pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.45pm (also Wed 23 Sep 1pm). £10–£17.50. Tony Roper’s washhouse comedy about the relationships between a group of working women.
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. Love But Her Sat 29 Aug. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). A production from some of Scottish Youth Theatre’s senior members of Lara Jane Bunting’s play about Jean Armour, Robert Burns’ long-suffering wife.
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