Theatre Edinburgh
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240.
✽✽ The Caretaker Fri 25 & Sat 26 Jun. 7.30pm. £10.50 (£8.50; under
18s £6). London Classic Theatre presents Harold Pinter’s play about an ageing down and out who is taken in by a kindly young man. The company first produced this play to great acclaim in 2004, and this revival forms part of its 10th anniversary celebrations. See preview, page 84. HMS Pinafore Fri 2 Jul. 7.30pm. £14.50 (£12.50). Opera della Luna returns with a new production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera, with just eight performers becoming cast, crew and chorus in a high-speed and hilarious production. Broadway Bound – a Fierce Tour Sun 4 Jul. 7.30pm. £9.50 (under 15s £6.50). From 42nd Street to Mary Poppins, the Fierce Theatre Company treats audiences to a selection of the greatest Broadway show tunes. ■ EL BAR 6–8 Howden Street, 667 7033. Flamenco Noche Sat 26 Jun. 8.30pm. £12 (£10). Live flamenco music and dance performances. Doors open at 7pm for the performance at 8.30pm.
■ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. Pilrig Park School: Stimuli Fri 25 Jun. 7.30pm. £8. End of year dance show on the theme of ‘Stimulus’. ■ OPIUM 71 Cowgate, 225 8382. Looks That Kill: Dark & Deviant Rock Burlesque Fri 25 Jun. 10pm–3am. £5–£6. Lucille Burn hosts a dark deviant evening of alternative burlesque with performances from Gypsy Charms and Leyla Rose to a rock soundtrack.
■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. The Rocky Horror Show Until Sat 26 Jun. 8pm (also Fri 5pm; also Sat 5.30pm). £19–£36. Camp courting and frivolous fantasies in Richard O’Brien’s popular gender-bending musical following Brad and Janet on their risqué adventure. The Three Mediums Mon 28 Jun. 7.30pm. £25. Colin Fry, Derek Acorah and TJ Higgs try to outdo each other with their clairvoyance skills. The Gruffalo Tue 6 & Wed 7 Jul. See Kids listings.
■ ROXY ART HOUSE 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. Nonsence Thu 24 Jun. 8.30pm. £5. A night where the boundaries between performer and audience are blurred, as you are invited to dine at the world’s smallest French Restaurant (‘Le Miniscule’) and listen to the sounds of Croftwork (they’re shepherds and they play Kraftwerk covers. Obviously). Is This a Test? Sat 26 Jun. 7pm. £5. Audio-visual delights to tickle your fancy if you’re into Bertolt Brecht, Alistair Cook, Tam Dean Burn or just general multimedia synergising. ■ ST BRIDE’S CENTRE 10 Orwell Terrace, 346 1405. Showcase 2010 Fri 25 & Sat 26 Jun. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). A showcase of work from students at Dance for All. Helen O’Grady Drama Academy End of Term Productions Sun 27 Jun. 1–2.30pm & 7–8.30pm. £tbc. Showcase of recent work from pupils at the academy. Foundations Dance Collective Tue 29 Jun. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Looking to provide opportunities for up and coming Scottish dancers, Foundations Dance Collective presents the latest of its original contemporary performances.
Will You Be My Guinea Pig? Edinburgh-based company Starcatchers works in partnership with arts organisations, venues, artists and child care settings to develop
performing arts experiences for children aged 0-4. This latest innovative multi-dimensional piece has been developed by Katy Wilson, the Starcatchers Artist in Residence at Tramway, who has previously created eye- catching art installations and light shows for babies. ■ Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 2 & Sat 3 Jul.
■ ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Fuenteovejuna Until Sat 26 Jun. 1pm. £8–£12.50. Philip Howard’s Classic Cuts abridged version of the 17th century story of a group of villagers who band together and kill a cruel military commander who has been mistreating them. Doors open at 12.30pm on Monday, noon the rest of the week. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Lysistrata Mon 28 Jun–Sat 3 Jul. 1pm. £8–£12.50. Adaptation by David MacLennan and Dave Anderson of Aristophanes’ ancient Greek play about Lysistrata, the Athenian who rallied other women and proposed that they refuse to have sex with their men for the duration of the war that was ruining their country. Doors open at 12.30pm on Monday, noon the rest of the week. Ticket price includes a pie and a drink. ■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. The Rape of Lucrece Sat 26 Jun. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Olivier award nominee and RSC actor Gerard Logan presents a solo performance of Shakespeare’s great narrative poem.
■ RAMSHORN THEATRE 98 Ingram Street, 548 2558.
✽✽ The Pillowman Tue 29 Jun–Sat 3 Jul. 7.30pm. £9 (£6); Tue preview £6 (£4). Martin McDonagh’s critically acclaimed black comedy about Katurian K Katurian – a short story writer living in a totalitarian state, whose gruesome tales seem to mirror the disappearance of local children. Performed by Strathclyde Theatre Group.
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FREE USA à la Carte Sun 4 Jul. 4–8pm. Make your selections from a menu of speeches, poetry and dramatic excerpts and the actors will serve them up at your table at this Independence Day special. ■ ROYAL CONCERT HALL 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Latin Fever with Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova from Strictly Come Dancing Sat 3 Jul. 7.30pm. £25–£37.50. The Strictly pair are joined by four other duos to cha-cha-cha and tango their way through classic Latin American dances.
■ SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Family Story Time – The Sword in the Stone Sat 26 & Sun 27 Jun. See Kids listings. ■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Carrie’s Dance Company Thu 8 Jul. 7pm. £13. Presenting a performance entitled ‘Fascination’. Britain’s Got Talent Thu 8 Jul. 7.30pm. £32.50. The finalists, including winners Spellbound, of the ITV talent show perform live.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Tap Dance Fever Thu 24–Sat 26 Jun. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £15–£26. Highlights from the history of tap dance. Witness for the Prosecution Mon 28 Jun–Sat 3 Jul. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £15–£27. Agatha Christie’s courtroom thriller is brought
to the stage by the Agatha Christie Theatre Company.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Gender Divide Thu 24–Sat 26 Jun. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). A new work by experimental youth performance collective Junction 25. A Midsummer Day’s Dream Sat 26 Jun. Noon-6pm & 7pm. Daytime events free; evening performance £15 (£13). Experimental surrealist music from Nurse with Wound, with participatory events, workshops and artworks in the afternoon and a live performance in the evening.
✽✽ Will You Be my Guinea Pig? Fri 2 & Sat 3 Jul. See caption.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Remind Me Who I Am Again Thu 24 & Fri 25 Jun. 8.15pm. £6. A new piece of work from the recently-formed Tron Young Company with Lisa Gregan and movement specialist Rachel Smith as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Exchange Festival. Gong Show Sun 27 Jun. 8pm. £5. Talent competition where contestants try to entertain the crowd and beat the dreaded gong. Steel Magnolias Sun 4 & Mon 5 Jul. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). See picture caption, page 87.
✽✽ Valhalla! Tue 6–Sat 24 Jul. 7.30pm. £6.50–£14.50. ‘Mad’
Ludwig of Bavaria meets 1940s Texas in a tale of two men in a bawdy romp that spans two centuries. Written by Paul Rudnick and directed by Andy Arnold. See preview, page 84.