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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. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry ■ BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840. FREE Music Hall Memories Sat 26 & Sun 27 Sep. 1pm & 3pm. Old fashioned variety show in the venue where Stan Laurel made his 1906 debut. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
Glasgow
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. [H, WC, WA]
✽✽ Arches Live! Until Sat 26 Sep. Times vary. Festival pass
£24–£28; day pass £9–£13. Artistic director Jackie Wylie curates another packed programme of emergent talent, this year with the theme of questions, especially autobiographical enquiry. Monstrosities in the Less Sensitive Times of the 18th Century Until Sat 26 Sep. 6.30pm. Free. Video piece from Maxwell McCarthy. Part of Arches Live! Pandemic Endemic Until Sat 26 Sep. Times vary. Free. An examination of rituals in the modern world from Jen Darcy (performed in the Arches toilets). Part of Arches Live! Portrait Until Sat 26 Sep (not Thu). 7.20pm; 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Ruth Cockshott undertakes a stark dissection of herself. Part of Arches Live! Relics Until Sat 26 Sep (not Thu). 6.30pm. Free. Live installation looking at modern homosexuality. Part of Arches Live! Itchy Grumble: An Opera in Progress Thu 24 Sep. 7pm. £6 (£4). Paul Vickers & The Leg present this experimental and affecting modern musical piece about a lighthouse on the Firth of Forth. Part of Arches Live! Scratch Night Thu 24 Sep. 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. Part of Arches Live! Everything I Do is a Love Letter to Life: Part 3 Fri 25 & Sat 26 Sep. 9.20pm. £7 (£5). Sally Hobson directs this new work from Stillpoint Productions. Part of Arches Live! House Fri 25 & Sat 26 Sep. 7pm. £7 (£5). Participants bring along a household object that they no longer need and work with others to transform them into objects of hope through a communal process of creative breaking and rebuilding at this interactive workshop. Part of Arches Live! In a Manner of Speaking Fri 25 & Sat 26 Sep. 9.30pm. £7 (£5). Music and spoken word collide in this examination of ‘finding the right voice’ with Flora Pitrolo. Part of Arches Live! My Little Lark Fri 25 & Sat 26 Sep. 8.30pm (also Sat 6.15pm). £7 (£5). A fusion of physical theatre, video installation and promenade performance from Arches visual-artist- in-residence Anna Henson. Part of Arches Live! Sometimes I Wake Up and I’d Rather . . . Fri 25 & Sat 26 Sep. 6.30pm. Free. A hazy look at gender roles from Art Racket. Part of Arches Live! Trillions Fri 25 & Sat 26 Sep. 7pm. £7 (£5). Playful performance from Fish & Game looking at the trillions of cells that make up our world. Part of Arches Live! Contact Jam Sun 27 Sep. 2–5pm. £3. A chance for dancers and musicians to jam and collaborate. The Red Room Fri 2 & Sat 3 Oct. 7.30pm. £11 (£8). The David Hughes Company and Al Seed have collaborated to create a contemporary and visually shocking interpretation of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale The Masque of the Red Death. Promising pestilence, decadence, grotesquery and true horror, this is probably not one for the faint hearted.
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022.
✽✽ The House of Bernarda Alba Until Sat 3 Oct (not Sun/Mon). 7.30pm (Sat 26 Sep & Sat 3 Oct mat 2.30pm). £7–£17 (£4–£14). The National Theatre of Scotland’s major new production is a fresh and edgy translation of Federico Lorca’s final play, performed by a cast of twelve Scottish women including Jo Freer and Louise Ludgate. The Pillowman Until Sat 26 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed black comedy about Katurian K Katurian is performed by XLC Theatre Company. Leave to Remain Thu 1 Oct. 7.30pm. £7. Leading playwright Jo Clifford, actor Suzanne Dance and cellist Sarah Whiteside present a show that uses live music, ritual and storytelling. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 09. To be Frank Fri 2 & Sat 3 Oct. 7.30pm. £7. David Benson, who gave us Think No Evil of Us – My Life With Kenneth Williams, delves into the psyche of Frankie Howerd. Followed by a post- show discussion. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 09. FREE Without Permission Fri 2 Oct. 2pm. Oor Voices present a performance about a mysterious woman who is ignored by the rest of her community. Booking required. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 09. FREE Out of the Blue . . . into the Flow Tue 6 & Wed 7 Oct. 7.30pm. Therapeutic theatre using the experiences of people who use mental health services. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 09. Singin’ I’m No a Billy He’s a Tim Wed 7–Sat 10 Oct. 7.30pm. £9.50–£17. Des Dillon’s classic anti-sectarian play has two Rangers and Celtic fans locked up together in a cell for the duration of an Old Firm match. Lend Me Your Ears Thu 8–Sat 10 Oct. 7.30pm. £5. Shakespearean extracts presented by Citizens Young Co.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Bright Black Fri 2 Oct. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Brand new physical theatre from Jamie Harrison and Candice Edmunds, with commissioned music by Michael John McCarthy of Zoey Van Goey fame, brought into being by Glasgow company Vox Motus. ■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. Dinnerladies Until Sat 26 Sep. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£24. Victoria Wood’s canteen-based sitcom gets the stage treatment with Andrew Dunn (Tony) and Shobna Gulati (Anita) from the TV series joining the cast. The Stripper Tue 29 Sep–Sat 3 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £12–£25.50. Richard O’Brien writes and stars in this fast-paced musical on its only Scottish dates. Part of Glasgay! Chicago Mon 5–Sat 10 Oct. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm); Fri 5pm & 8.30pm. £12–£34.50. Emma Barton steps into the role of adulterous nightclub dancer Roxie Hart while Gary Wilmot suits up to play double-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in this cell-block musical. Part of Glasgay!
■ MERCHANT SQUARE 71–73 Albion Street, 552 6027. FREE The Memory Projector Thu 24–Sun 27 Sep. 2–4pm & 6–8pm. An installation by theatre company
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WILDWORKS about the past, present and future of the Merchant City. Part of the Merchant City Festival. now it gets a sparkling musical makeover.
■ ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Clara Until Sat 26 Sep. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. David Walshe performs and Susan Worsfold directs Wilma Stark’s surreal one-man play of love, betrayal and revenge. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: About a Goth Mon 28 Sep–Sat 3 Oct. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. Tom Wells stages a play about a goth in search of the solace of misery. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Long Player Mon 5–Sat 10 Oct. 12.30pm. £7–£12.50. Heather MacLeod’s drama about a lonely woman sorting out her record collection and dredging up memories. Ticket price includes a pie and drink.
■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. Sausage and Samosa Thu 24 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). One woman show about Eve, who, having exhausted the possibilities of dating agencies, explores the Asian culture of arranged marriages.
✽✽ Little Johnny’s Big Gay Musical ●●●●● Thu 1 Oct.
7.30pm. £10 (£6). Confessional theatre, stand-up comedy and the golden age of the Hollywood musical are combined in this glittering celebration of one man’s glorious failure. Curse of the Demeter Fri 2 Oct. See Kids listings. Little Women Tue 6–Sat 10 Oct. 7.15pm. £10 (£8). Louisa May Alcott’s inspiring story of four sisters growing up during the American Civil War has had many treatments over the years, and
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. Steve McKenna’s ‘Real’ Variety Show! Fri 25 Sep. 7.30pm. £15–£16.50. A variety show hosted by Real Radio’s drive time presenter. Clive Baldwin’s Jolson Show Sun 4 Oct. 7.30pm. £14 (£13). A musical tribute by the man considered by many to be the living voice of Al Jolson. How Now Brown Cow Tue 6–Sat 31 Oct. 7.30pm. £17.50–£19 (£16–£17.50). Brendan O’Carroll is back with part five of the Mrs Brown trilogy. ■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Curse of the Demeter Thu 24 Sep. See Kids listings. Dangerously yours . . . Wed 30 Sep & Thu 1 Oct. 7.30pm; 1.30pm. £8 (£3.50–£5). Lung Ha’s Theatre Company’s play is based around the filming of a 1940s noir classic. Expect divas, dollies and dangerous liaisons. FREE Balance Fri 2 Oct. 7.30pm. Black Swan Dance Theatre incorporates breakdance, gymnastics and contemporary techniques into its thought provoking choreography. Part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival 09. Hare and Tortoise Fri 2 Oct. See Kids listings.
■ RAMSHORN CHURCH YARD Ramshorn Theatre, 98 Ingram Street, 341 0844. FREE To Live in the Sun Sat 26 Sep. 12.30pm & 5pm. Outdoor theatre from Theatre Found of Thornton Wilder’s story of how Apollo fooled Death. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
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