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Outside the Cities
■ RIVERSIDE PARK Dundee, 0844 576 5506. The Chinese State Circus Until Sun 27 Jun. Thu & Fri 5pm & 7.45pm; Sat 3pm & 7.45pm; Sun 3pm. £10–£27 (£7–£21). Action-packed acrobatics from the Shaolin Warriors centred around the legend of Mulan. ■ INCH CAPE PARK Inch Cape Road, Arbroath, 0844 576 5506. The Chinese State Circus Mon 28–Wed 30 Jun. Mon 7.45pm; Tue 5pm & 7.45pm; Wed 5pm. £10–£27 (£7–£21). See Outside the Cities, Riverside Park.
■ WALLSGREEN PARK Wallsgreen Road, Cardenden, 01592 414843.
✽✽ FREE Decky Does a Bronco Tue 6 Jul. 2pm. Outdoor production
of the play by Douglas Maxwell, following a group of adolescent boys impatiently awaiting adulthood in a Scottish playground one summer. Performed by the award-winning Grid Iron theatre company. Ages 12+.
■ WESTBURN PARK Westburn Park, Cowdenbeath, FREE Decky Does a Bronco Mon 5 Jul. 7pm. See Outside the Cities, Wallsgreen Park.
■ CUMBERNAULD HOUSE PARK Kildrum, Cumbernauld, 01698 506319. Decky Does a Bronco Wed 30 Jun & Thu 1 Jul. 7pm. £8 (under 18s £5). See Outside the Cities, Wallsgreen Park. ■ CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Kildrum, Cumbernauld, 01236 732887. Stitch ‘n’ Time Until Sat 26 Jun. 8pm. £7 (under 18s £5). Of all the people you might expect to meet on a dark Hallowe’en night, Elvis probably isn’t one of them, but that’s what happens to 16-year-old Zara as she walks home from her own birthday party. Community play from over 100 members of Cumbernauld Theatre.
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■ DENNY CIVIC THEATRE St Mary’s Way, Dumbarton, 0845 388 9648. When the Clown Laughs Thu 1 & Fri 2 Jul. 7.30pm. £4. A new musical inspired by tales of deformity, horror and obsession such as Edward Scissorhands and Beauty and the Beast.
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Girls’ Night Until Sat 26 Jun. Thu 7.30pm; Fri 6pm & 9pm; Sat 5pm & 8pm. £15–£20 (£8–£14). Musical comedy about five girls on a hilarious karaoke night out. Full of girlie anthems to sing along to. Be afraid, be very afraid. Pinocchio Sat 3 Jul. 11am & 3pm. £8 (£5–£7). Indefinite Articles’ brilliantly received play on the ever-changing face and fate of a wooden puppet returns to Scotland. Age 4+. ■ CARNEGIE HALL East Port, Dunfermline, 01383 602302. Times When I Bite: The Moira Monologues Wed 30 Jun. 7.30pm. £8 (£6.50). Novelist and playwright Alan Bissett performs a one-woman show about the musings of Moira, Falkirk’s hardest woman. Broadway Bound – a Fierce Tour Tue 6 Jul. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£6.50). See Edinburgh, Brunton Theatre.
■ EAST KILBRIDE ARTS CENTRE Old Coach Road, East Kilbride, 01355 261000. Trainspotting Thu 24 & Fri 25 Jun. 8pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Harry Gibson’s brilliant adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s cult classic returns to the stage. Lunch Time Theatre – The Smell of the Crowd Sun 27 Jun. 4.30pm. £8.50. Enjoy a lunch or high tea while watching this play about a washed-up variety show comedian reminiscing about the good old days of vaudeville. An Inspector Calls Thu 1–Sat 3 Jul. 8pm. £8 (£6). Lanarkshire Little Theatre presents JB Priestly’s compelling psychological thriller which centres on the unexpected arrival of Inspector Goole in the middle of the respectable Birling family’s dinner party. The Sisterhood of Mamie Jones Thu 8–Sat 10 Jul. 8pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Family secrets and recriminations come to the fore in this play about a mother and her four daughters, presented by The Bookends Theatre Group.
■ KELTYHILL AVENUE Kelty, Fife, FREE Decky Does a Bronco Wed 7 Jul. 7pm. See Outside the Cities, Wallsgreen Park. ■ ROTHES HALLS Kingdom Centre, Glenrothes, 01592 611101. National Festival of Youth Theatre 2008 Thu 1–Sun 4 Jul. Times vary. Prices vary. A colourful programme of performances, workshops and special events, with youth theatre groups from across Scotland, Ireland and Norway. The recommended audience age is 14+.
■ MULL THEATRE @ DRUIMFIN Tobermory, Isle of Mull, 01688 302828. Laurel & Hardy Wed 30 Jun & Thu 1 Jul, Wed 7 & Thu 8 Jul. 8pm. £10 (£8). Tom McGrath’s play follows the lives of the famous comedy duo from their humble beginnings until the moment when they finally met, then explores their fascinating artistic and personal relationship.
■ PALACE THEATRE 9 Green Street, Kilmarnock, 01563 554900. Decky Does a Bronco Fri 2 & Sat 3 Jul. 7pm. £7.50 (£5). See Outside the Cities, Wallsgreen Park. ■ HOWDEN PARK CENTRE Howden, Livingston, 01506 777666. End of Term Performance – St Margaret’s Academy Thu 24 Jun. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £5 (£3). Pupils from St Margaret’s Academy perform Calamity Jane. Youth Dance Showcase Mon 28 & Tue 29 Jun. 7pm. £3. The very best youth dance work in West Lothian. Foundations Dance Collective Wed 30 Jun. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). See Edinburgh, St Bride’s Centre. The Space Cadets Sun 4 Jul. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). See Glasgow, Gilmorehill G12. Broadway Bound – a Fierce Tour Wed 7 Jul. 7.30pm. £9.50 (£6.50). See Edinburgh, Brunton Theatre.
■ WEST END PARK Lochgelly, Lochgelly, FREE Decky Does a Bronco Thu 8 Jul. 7pm. See Outside the Cities, Wallsgreen Park. ■ WYND THEATRE 7 The Wynd, Melrose, 01896 820028. Be My Love, an Evening with Mario Lanza Sat 26 Jun. 8pm. £12 (£10). Tenor David Faulds takes on the role of Mario Lanza in this biographical musical featuring many of the smooth-
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voiced singer who came from the mean streets of Philadelphia to take Hollywood by storm, before falling into a turbulent demise aided by alcohol and showbiz excess. Women Behaving Madly Sat 3 Jul. 8pm. £12 (£10). The MsFits (writer Rona Munro and actress Fiona Knowles) return with another one-woman comedy: three women, one very short temper and something extremely sinister in the shrubbery. ■ EAST LINKS Montrose, 0844 576 5506. The Chinese State Circus Fri 2–Sun 4 Jul. Fri & Sat 3pm & 5.45pm; Sun 5.45pm. £10–£27 (£7–£21). See Outside the Cities, Riverside Park.
■ BOWHILL THEATRE Bowhill House, Bowhill, Selkirk, 01750 22204. The Merchant of Venice Sun 4 Jul. 6.30pm. £12 (under 16s £10). Theatre Set- Up don Venetian carnival costumes for a production of this engrossing Shakespeare tale performed under the summer’s sky. (Or indoors if wet.) ■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. Granny Clark’s Wind! Until Thu 1 Jul. 7.30pm; 6pm & 8.30pm. £12 (£10). The Auld Byre players return to perform David Joy’s Scots comedy set in a run down hotel by the last hole on the Old Course. Round in Circles Wed 30 Jun–Sat 3 Jul. A show for the very young from Hazel Darwin-Edwards about everything round – loops, circles, bowls and discs. NTS Exchange (byre) Sat 3 Jul. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). The final result of a week-long exchange between NTS and six other Scottish youth theatres and two international theatres. The challenge for the groups is to devise a dynamic and exhilarating piece of theatre.
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. Evita Until Fri 25 Jun. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Dollar Academy’s version of the political musical melodrama made even more famous by Madonna. All together now: ‘Don’t cry for me, Argentiiina!’ Guys and Dolls Mon 28 & Tue 29 Jun. 7.30pm. £10. Pupils from Beaconhurst School present Frank Loesser’s classic musical about a bunch of small time gamblers and their gals, with all those show-stopping numbers like ‘Luck Be A Lady Tonight’ and ‘Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat’.
Steel Magnolias Upstage Theatre Company performs Robert Harling’s heart-rending drama – well-known from the film version starring Julia Roberts and Dolly Parton. Let your emotions run away with themselves as the staff and customers of a Louisiana beauty
parlour remain steadfast friends throughout adversity. ■ Tron Theatre, Edinburgh, until Sat 10 Jul.