Theatre
■ THE SUB CLUB 22 Jamaica Street, 248 4600. Secret Wars Euro League 2010 Thu 25 Feb. 10pm. £7 (£4–£6). Like Fight Club, but with artists, Secret Wars is a live art battle that has been running in covert locations across the world for some time now. This leg pits Glasgow against Malmo (Sweden) with Spectrum providing the beats. ■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Scottish Opera: La Bohème Sat 27 Feb, Wed 3 & Sat 6 Mar. 7.15pm. £8.50–£63. Tony award-winning director Stewart Laing’s modern twist on this perennial masterpiece of Italian opera.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501.
✽✽ Clutter Keeps Company Until Sat 20 Feb. 8pm. £6–£10. Birds of Paradise Theatre Company presents an accessible tale about defying bedtimes and babysitters to run away to the shows. Signed performance on Thu 18 Feb. Catherine Diverrès Thu 4 Mar. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). Double-bill of SAN (Beyond), an homage to Oskar Schlemmer and STANCE 11. Part of New Territories 2010.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267.
✽✽ The Government Inspector Until Sat 27 Feb (not Sun/Mon).
7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). Gerry Mulgrew directs Adrian Mitchell’s adaptation of Gogol’s tale of municipal greed and corruption. Girls Girls Girls Thu 18 Feb. 8pm. £5. Cabaret from To Be Confirmed in which they highlight the deadlier/fairer sex.
✽✽ The City Fri 19 Feb–Sat 6 Mar (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm. £8.50
(£6.50). Selina Boyack, Gabriel Quigley and Ronnie Simon star in Martin Crimp’s three-hander about contemporary life. Directed by Andy Arnold. See preview, page 82. Gong Show Sun 28 Feb. 8pm. £5. Talent competition where contestants try to entertain the crowd and beat the dreaded gong.
■ VARIOUS VENUES www.newmoves.co.uk
✽✽ New Territories Tue 2–Sun 21 Mar. Times vary. Prices vary. A
progressive festival of dance and performance presenting a mix of specially commissioned pieces and premieres by invited international artists. See Big Picture, page 9.
Edinburgh
■ BEDLAM THEATRE 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. Macbeth Tue 23–Sat 27 Feb. 7.30pm. £5 (£4–£4.50). Student production of Shakespeare’s tragedy of ambition. Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me Wed 3 Mar. 2.30pm. £4 (£3.50). Three hostages in the Middle East confide in each other to battle captivity with the help of religion, humour and memories in this heartbreaking, yet humorous, play by Frank McGuinness.
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Wild Dog Thu 18 Feb. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; under 18s £6). Fierce new show from Tavaziva Dance. Brunton Youth Theatre Sat 20 Feb. 7.30pm. £6 (family ticket £22). A new production from BYT performed by 15–18 year olds. Check out the GreatOffers on page 6
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Pobby & Dingan Thu 25–Sat 27 Feb. See Kids listings. Lotty’s War Wed 3 Mar. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; under 18s £6). An examination of the pressure put on personal relationships by the trials of war, set during the German occupation of Guernsey in 1940. Darren Shaw & the Dynamics Thu 4 Mar. 7.45pm. £14.50 (£12.50). Presenting ‘A Night at the Musicals’ with hits from Phantom, Mamma Mia, Joseph, West Side Story and many more. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. Footloose Mon 22–Sat 27 Feb. 7.30pm. £tbc. Get your dancing shoes on (and try not to get the laces stuck in your tractor) for Edinburgh Music Theatre’s rendition of the hit film. Simply Song & Dance Wed 3–Fri 5 Mar. 7.30pm. £10 (£7.50). Six finalists from Edinburgh’s Got Talent 2009 (run by the Edinburgh Evening News and Radio Forth) and guest performers from Razzamataz Theatre Schools show off the city’s performance skills. Tickets from 07834 773396 or kai.thomas@live.co.uk
■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. The Woman in Black Until Sat 20 Feb. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel combines the power and intensity
of live theatre with cinematic qualities inspired by the world of film noir. Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Mon 22–Sat 27 Feb. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. This adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s mystery story stars Lee Mead (winner of TV’s Any Dream Will Do), Gary Wilmot, Kate O’Mara, David Ross and Derren Nesbitt. Dinnerladies Tue 2–Sat 6 Mar. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. Victoria Wood’s strangely watchable canteen-based sitcom is served onto the stage with TV cast members Andrew Dunn and Sue Devaney in tow.
■ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000.
✽✽ Rambert Dance Company: The Comedy of Change Until Fri 19 Feb. 7.30pm. £11.50–£25.50. A triple-bill of diverse works featuring Christopher Bruce’s witty and touching tribute to family life, Hush, Mark Baldwin’s Darwin-inspired Comedy of Change and Itzik Galili’s upbeat crowd- pleaser, A Linha Curva. Highly recommended. Hormonal Housewives Tue 23–Sat 27 Feb. 8pm. £21.50 (£17.50). See Glasgow, King’s Theatre.
■ THE MAIN THEATRE Broughton High School, 29 East Fettes Avenue, 220 3234. Honk! Until Sat 20 Feb. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £15 (matinees £12.50). Comedy version of Hans Christian
Andersen’s classic fairytale, The Ugly Duckling, suitable for the whole family. ■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. The Sound of Music ●●●●● Until Sat 20 Feb. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £19.50–£42.50. Connie Fisher stars in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s final collaboration, where they show their penchant for nuns, orphans and whiskers on kittens. Giselle Tue 2 Mar. 7.30pm. £15–£32.50. Giselle, Theophile Gautier’s tale of love and betrayal, is performed by Russian State Ballet of Siberia. Sleeping Beauty Wed 3 Mar. 7.30pm. £15–£32.50. Russian State Ballet’s production of the tale of the soporific effects of spindles with Tchaikovsky’s score. Swan Lake Thu 4 Mar. 7.30pm. £15–£32.50. Russian State Ballet of Siberia performs a lavish staging of Tchaikovsky’s romantic ballet.
■ THE PLEASANCE CABARET BAR 60 Pleasance, 650 2458. The Cunning Little Vixen Sat 27 Feb–Wed 3 Mar (not Sun). 7.30pm. £14 (£8; students £6). Leos Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen, similar to a Czech A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is performed by Edinburgh Studio Opera.
■ ROXY ART HOUSE 2 Roxburgh Place, 220 3234. Love Fables and Mysteries Wed 24–Sat 27 Feb. 7.30pm. £8 (£5). A heady concoction of poetry, drama and music written by Lee Gershuny, directed by Corinne Harris and with sounds by Nik Paget-Tomlinson. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace 2010.
■ ROYAL HIGHLAND CENTRE Ingliston, 335 6200.
✽✽ The Wall of Death: A Way of Life ●●●●● Sat 20–Sun 28 Feb (not Mon). Tue-Fri 6.30pm & 8.30pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm, Sun 21 2pm & 5pm, Sun 28 2pm. £10 (£6). Visual artist Stephen Skrynka joins the world-famous Ken Fox Troupe to learn to ride the motorcycle Wall of Death. The show comprises live action from the motorcycle team and the unveiling of Skrynka’s installation looking at his emotional response to the act. See review at www.list.co.uk
■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848.
✽✽ The Beauty Queen of Leenane Fri 19 Feb–Sat 13 Mar (not
Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Wed 24 Feb, Sat 27 Feb, Wed 3 Mar, Sat 6 Mar & Sat 13 Mar mat 2.30pm). £9–£27 (£5 preview on 19 Feb). A twisted comedy about a mother and daughter stuck in a fraught relationship from the writer of 2008’s dark comedy, In Bruges, and directed by Tony Cownie. Post-show discussion on Tue 2 Mar. See preview, page 82. Curtain Raisers: The Beauty Queen of Leenane Tue 23 Feb. 6pm. £5 (£3; under 18s free). Go behind the story of the Lyceum’s current production with a talk from theatre expert and historian Owen Dudley Edwards. FREE Lyceum Matinee Discussion Group Wed 3 Mar. Ticketed. A post- performance discussion led by Rod McAra. ■ ST JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Princes Street, www.eicsp.org Leave to Remain Sun 28 Feb & Mon 1 Mar. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). A collaboration between Scottish writer Jo Clifford and actor Suzanne Dance, Leave to Remain is part ritual and part theatre. It looks at the experience of bereavement and the implications of death. Part of the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace 2010.
Life Long The Arches Off-Site strand continues with this peformance piece from Glas(s), which celebrates the 52- year marriage of Tillie and Ronnie Jeffrey, who met at Paisley Town Hall in 1952. The show movingly explores what it means to share a lifetime with one person, and tells the story of how Glas(s) established and maintained its relationship with the couple. ■ Glasgow Art Club, Thu 18–Sat 20 Feb.