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Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry Thursday 19
Glasgow ■ Hello Sailor! The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour, 100 Stobcross Road, 222 2513. Until Sun 29 Nov. 10am–4pm. £3 (£2). A touring exhibition from National Museums, looking at gay life on board passenger ships and cargo vessels from the 1950s to 1980s. FREE Transgender Day of Remembrance Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. 1pm & 6pm. Join Jo Clifford of The Scottish Transgender Alliance for performances and recitals created from a series of workshops to commemorate Transgender Day of Remembrance. FREE Strathclyde Lesbian and Gay Switchboard 0141 847 0447. 7–10pm. Confidential information and support for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered people, cross-dressers and their families and friends: 0141 847 0447. Edinburgh ■ Circus Skills Course The Big Red Door, 10 Lady Lawson Street, 523 1100. 6.30–8.30pm. £15–£55. Learn circus skills in a weekly class. FREE Club for Heroes The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. Underground disco for freaks and lovers with your hosts Jetlad and Honey Sweetcheeks.
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Glasgow ■ Lock Up Your Daughters The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 11pm–3am. £5 (students £4). In your face ’zine makers Lock Up Your Daughters present a ‘hella gay dance party’, with DJ Suezz and live bands The Salty Lips, Triplevision and Ugly Baby.
Saturday 21
Glasgow ■ Revolver Quiz Revolver, 6a John Street, 553 2456. 4pm. £1 per person. A general knowledge quiz that takes place every Saturday. ■ Death Disco The Arches, 30 Midland Street, 565 1000. 10pm–4am. £16 (£8–£10). The Arches’ glammed-up electro party returns for its seventh birthday party. Edinburgh FREE Transgender Issues in Domestic Abuse LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 3–5pm. The monthly drop-in T- Time for transgender persons focuses on domestic abuse, in association with the LGBT Domestic Abuse Project. ■ Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–5am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. New night with DJ Darren and Dowzer.
Sunday 22 Edinburgh FREE Art Workshops – Identity LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 1–5pm. This drop-in art workshop focuses on expressing aspects of identity.
Monday 23 Glasgow ■ The Rocky Horror Show King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £12.50–£30.50. See caption. ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Shawn Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd.
Edinburgh FREE This is the Industry GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. New Monday nighter for GHQ, created especially for those in the business (bars, clubs, pubs, hotels and restaurants). Tuesday 24
Glasgow ■ The Rocky Horror Show King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £12.50–£30.50. See Mon 23. ■ Audiocouture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). A mixed night playing chart, cheese and R&B, with DJ Shazza Halliwell. Edinburgh ■ The World Famous Regent Bar Quiz The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. 9pm. £1.50 per person to enter. Monthly general knowledge quiz. ■ Love Traffic GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. £4 (£3). Pulling doesn’t get any easier than this. At a traffic light party everyone knows where they stand: red for no thanks, amber for maybe, green for definitely. With DJ Dale Lush. FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. New weekly dose of cheesy dancefloor glue from DJ Paton.
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Glasgow ■ The Rocky Horror Show King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £12.50–£30.50. See Mon 23. ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students two-for-one). Cheesy pop sounds from DJ Darren and the guys behind Passionality. Edinburgh FREE Lothian LGBT Helpline 0131 556 4049. 12.30–7pm. After the Lothian Gay & Lesbian Switchboard closed after 35 years of service to the LGBT community, LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing has taken over the service, which runs on Wednesdays and retains the same number: 0131 556 4049.
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Glasgow ■ The Rocky Horror Show King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 7.30pm. £12.50–£30.50. See Mon 23. Edinburgh FREE A Spot of b)other: LGBTI Deaf and Disabled Cultures Gallery of Modern Art, Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Until Sun 21 Feb 2010. 10am–5pm. Pages from A Spot of b)other, a fanzine about deaf and disabled people in the LGBTI community, are on display along with portraits of its founders by fellow co- founder and sh[OUT] artist in residence Sandra Alland. ■ Circus Skills Course The Big Red Door, 10 Lady Lawson Street, 523 1100. 6.30–8.30pm. £15–£55. See Thu 19. FREE Club for Heroes The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. See Thu 19.
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Glasgow ■ The Rocky Horror Show King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 5pm & 8.30pm. £12.50–£30.50. See Mon 23. Edinburgh ■ DV8 Spider’s Web Cellar Bar, 258 Morrison Street, 228 1949. 8pm–1am. £10 (members £5). Fetish club with
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The Rocky Horror Show It’s time to do the Time Warp . . . yet again! For the small handful of people who haven’t seen it yet, expect camp courting and frivolous fantasies in Richard O’Brien’s popular gender-bending musical starring David Bedella as Frank N Furter and the ubiquitous King of the Jungle Christopher Biggins as the narrator. ■ King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Mon 23–Sat 28 Nov.
Footman John and Mistress Alana. The dress code asks for a minimum of smart black dresswear and a general fetish- wear door policy.
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Glasgow ■ Revolver Quiz Revolver, 6a John Street, 553 2456. 4pm. £1 per person. See Sat 21. ■ The Rocky Horror Show King’s Theatre, 297 Bath Street, 0870 060 6648. 5pm & 8.30pm. £12.50–£30.50. See Mon 23. FREE Bennet’s 28th Birthday Party Bennets, 80–90 Glassford Street, 552 5761. 11.30pm–3am. DJs Grant and Mikee lead the festivities, and there’s a special appearance from Lisa Scott Lee. Edinburgh ■ Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus St George’s West, 58 Shandwick Place, 473 2000. 8pm. £7 (£5). Edinburgh’s gay male vocal group presents a programme ranging from barbershop and showtunes to pop. Tickets from www.hubtickets.co.uk or 0131 473 2000. ■ Circus GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 9pm–5am. Free before 11pm; £5 after. See Sat 21.
Sunday 29
Glasgow ■ Sigh-Fi The Flying Duck, 7 Renfrew Court, 572 0100. 8pm–3am. £5 (£4 if dressed in sci-fi style). A night of retro- futuristic feel-ups, with bands Nanobots, The Paraffins and Sellotape, plus DJs. Edinburgh FREE Booty GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. R&B, hip hop, soul and funk from DJs Dale Lush and Isla Blige.
Monday 30 Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 23.
Edinburgh FREE Reflecting on Relationships LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 6–8.30pm. A workshop on healthy and unhealthy relationships in association with the LGBT Domestic Abuse Project. FREE This is the Industry GHQ, 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024. 11pm–3am. See Mon 23.
Tuesday 1
Glasgow ■ Audiocouture Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2 students). See Tue 24. Edinburgh ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Regular compere Susan Calman brings on more fabulous female comedy talent including AL Kennedy, Pippa Evans, Elaine Malcolmson and the marvellous Janey Godley. FREE Pop du Jour CC Blooms, 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331. 11pm–3am. See Tue 24.
Wednesday 2
Glasgow ■ Wicked Wenches The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0870 600 6055. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Tuesday 1. ■ Allure The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (students two-for-one). See Wed 25. Edinburgh FREE Lothian LGBT Helpline LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 556 4049. 12.30–7pm. See Wed 25.
Thursday 3
Edinburgh ■ Circus Skills Course The Big Red Door, 10 Lady Lawson Street, 523 1100. 6.30–8.30pm. £15–£55. See Thu 19. 19 Nov–3 Dec 2009 THE LIST 63