Theatre
■ RAMSHORN THEATRE 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558. Ladies Day Until Sat 6 Mar. 7.30pm. £9 (£6.50). Stowaways (Students of Performance at Stow College) presents Amanda Whittington’s play about four Yorkshire fish-factory lasses who find tickets to Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot and get to mix it with the high and mighty. The Slab Boys Wed 17–Sat 27 Mar (not Sun). 7.30pm. £6–£9 (£4–£6). Seminal piece of Scottish theatre by John Byrne depicting one Friday in the life of the boys who work in the slab room of a Paisley carpet factory. Part of Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival. ■ ROYAL CONCERT HALL 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Swan Lake Tue 9 Mar. 7.30pm. £16.50–£23.50. Crisp white tutus and heartbreaking romance from the Moscow Ballet – La Classique – performing the most popular of all classical ballets to Tchaikovsky’s familiar score.
■ SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Pobby & Dingan Sat 13–Thu 18 Mar. See Kids listings. ■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. The Singing Kettle: Calamity Castle Sun 7 Mar. See Kids listings. Singin’ I’m No a Billy He’s a Tim
Fri 12 & Sat 13 Mar. 7.45pm. £16. 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.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Scottish Opera: La bohème Sat 6, Thu 11 & Sat 13 Mar. 7.15pm (2.15pm on Sat 13). £8.50–£63. Tony award- winning director Stewart Laing’s modern twist on this perennial masterpiece of Italian opera.
✽✽ Giselle Wed 17–Sat 20 Mar. 7.30pm (Thu mat 2pm, Sat mat
2.30pm). £11–£32. Visiting Scotland for the first time since 2006, English National Ballet perform the traditional romantic tale, coupled with Men Y Men, a new all-male piece by Wayne Eagling. See preview, page 82.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 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. Vocal Sonics Tue 9 Mar. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). Simon Thorne Music’s Neanderthal, an exploration of the human instinct to sing, where it came from and its relation to language, and Flam from Melanie Pappenheim and Rebecca Askew. Part of New Territories 2010.
Hiroaki Umeda Sat 13 Mar. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). The Japanese artist who fuses performance with technology performs Adapting for Distortion and Haptic, in which he choreographs the movement and creates the sound, images and lighting. Part of New Territories 2010.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267.
✽✽ The City Until Sat 6 Mar. 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 review, page 84.
✽✽ Empty Tue 16 & Wed 17 Mar. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£6.50). One of
three current shows from National Theatre Scotland, directed by Vicky Featherstone, the action centres on Col, a 16-year-old left at home alone. See preview, page 81.
✽✽ Mr Write Tue 16–Sat 20 Mar. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Rob
Drummond has a scary proposition for you: bring along a story on the night and he’ll create a play as he goes along. Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland. See preview, page 81.
✽✽ The Miracle Man Thu 18–Sat 20 Mar. 7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). National Theatre of Scotland presents a play by Douglas Maxwell and directed by Vicky Featherstone about virginity, belief and the imminent coming of the Miracle Man. See preview, page 81.
■ VARIOUS VENUES www.newmoves.co.uk
✽✽ New Territories Until 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. The international programme includes premieres of work by Fleur Elise Noble (Australia) and Via Negativa (Slovenia), returning artists include Catherine Diverres (France) and Hiroaki Umeda (Japan). A vocal sonics programme features Simon Thorne Music (UK) and Melanie Pappenheim with Rebecca Askew (UK).
✽✽ The National Review of Live Art Wed 17–Sun 21 Mar. Times
vary. Day ticket £15. A wealth of invited artists working at the forefront of live art performance comprises the NRLA programme. Taking place predominantly at The Arches but with events also held at CCA, GFT, Tramway and Gilmorehill G12. See feature, page 24.
Edinburgh ■ BEDLAM THEATRE 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. Jungle Book Tue 9–Sat 13 Mar. 7.30pm. £5 (£4–£4.50). Rudyard Kipling’s classic children’s tale of the young man-cub Mowgli and his search
Hamlet Scotland’s Rapture theatre company has teamed up with the Greenwich Theatre in London to create a modern, accessible take on Shakespeare’s most famous play. Rapture’s updated Hamlet is set in the contemporary Glasgow underworld, where Hamlet is caught
between the worlds of his university and that of his criminal family. The cast is packed with stellar Scottish talent, including newcomer Grant O’Rourke in the title role, and theatre legend Dave Anderson as the Ghost. ■ Currently touring throughout Scotland. For further details please see listings.
86 THE LIST 4–18 Mar 2010