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Glasgow
■ ADMIRAL BAR 71a Waterloo Street, 2210 7705.
✽✽ Coconut Badger Thu 3 & Fri 4 Jun. 7.30pm. £8. Mark MacNicol
directs his new play about a man with a love dilemma and the ‘Coconut Badger’ method of coping with it. Tickets from www.coconutbadger.com See preview, page 91.
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Susan & Darren Until Fri 28 May. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Mother and son duo Susan and Darren Pritchard dance together at home to Althea and Donna and Diana Ross. Tonight they’re preparing for one of their parties. There will be devastation, dancing, intimate conversation and a lovely buffet (there’s also a free dance workshop at 6pm). Part of Behaviour. Exposure Wed 2–Sat 5 Jun. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Students working towards the Diploma in Physical Theatre at Adam Smith College perform works inspired by glimpsed memories of the past, with choreography by Al Seed, Jane Howie and Simon Abbott. Taylor Mac Thu 10 & Fri 11 Jun. 7.30pm. £12 (£9). Wry ukulele- strumming, witty and biting socio- political observation, gargantuan wigs and beautifully sequinned shoes from the neo-Romantic drag deconstructionist.
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022.
✽✽ One Million Tiny Plays About Britain Until Sat 5 Jun (not
Sun/Mon). 7.45pm. £12 (Tuesdays £7). Snapshots of British life derived from the Guardian column of the same name, although we suspect that the one million
of them promised by the title is to be taken with a pinch of salt. Morecambe Until Sat 29 May. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £9.50–£17. Bob Golding’s award-winning portrayal of the bespectacled comedian. Our House Wed 9–Sat 12 Jun. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12 (£10). A musical of Madness hits strung around the story of a 16-year-old boy and one life- changing decision, presented by the Dance School of Scotland. ■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Thoroughly Modern Millie Jnr Wed 2–Sat 5 Jun. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £8–£10. Harlequin, Eastwood’s youth theatre group, presents this popular musical set in the roaring 20s.
■ GILMOREHILL G12 29 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, 330 5522. Baby: The Musical Until Sat 29 May. 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Three couples and three very different reactions to pregnancy form the basis of this musical, with all the attendant giddy highs and desperate lows. Dance Spectacular Mon 7 & Tue 8 Jun. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). Dance and song from performing arts students at Stow College. Shakers and Bouncers Wed 9–Sat 12 Jun. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). John Godber’s two popular, hard-hitting nightlife comedies. Presented by Stowaways Theatre Company.
■ GOVAN CROSS SHOPPING CENTRE 795 Govan Road, 565 1000 Allotment Sat 29 & Sun 30 May. 8pm. £5; £3 if purchased in Govan. The last in the series of events held by the National Theatre of Scotland in a deserted Govan shop, Allotment is a night where live performance, new art and music fuse unconventionally in a pop-up bar space created by professional artists and local community groups. Tickets available from Brechin’s Bar and The Magpie’s Nest in Govan, and from The Arches.
TICKETS: MON - TUES £6/4 WED - SAT £9/6 MONDAY 14 - SATURDAY 19 JUNE @ 7.30
TICKETS: MON - TUES £6/4 WED - SAT £9/6
THE SEAGULL By ANTON CHEKHOV - Directed by SUSAN C. TRIESMAN Translated by Michael Frayn
98 INGRAM ST. GLASGOW G1 1EX Tickets can be bought online through www.thebooth.co.uk or reserved through the
Ramshorn Theatre on 0141 - 552 3489 www.strath.ac.uk/culture/ramshorn ramshorn.theatre@strath.ac.uk
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Allotment The fourth and final instalment of the arts bar with its fusion of live performance, visual art and music features
work by over 20 artists over two nights. The showcase includes contributions from emerging artists and designers, including Jen Edgar and Susannah Armitage, Alice Ladenburg, Thom Scullion and Maxwell McCarthy and Jenny Soep as well as music from bands such as Inspector Tapehead, dBass and former members of Galchen. ■ Govan Cross Shopping Centre, Glasgow, Sat 29 & Sun 30 May.
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