Theatre
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647.
✽✽ George’s Marvellous Medicine Tue 27–Sat 31 Jul. See Kids listings.
■ TONTINE LANE Tontine Lane, Off Trongate, www.merchantcityfestival.com FREE Ariane Numero Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jul. Sat 4pm; Sun 2.30pm. A piece from the Portuguese street theatre company, looking at finding connections with the city. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267.
✽✽ Valhalla! Until 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. Gong Show Sun 25 Jul. 8pm. £5. Talent competition where contestants try to entertain the crowd and beat the dreaded gong. Court of Miracles Tue 3–Sat 7 Aug. 7.30pm. £10 (£6; family ticket £26). A new take on Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by Peter Arnott and presented by Scottish Youth Theatre.
■ VARIOUS VENUES George Square, Merchant Square and The Briggait, 559 4928. FREE SURGE OUTDOORS Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jul. Times vary. Large-scale street walkabout performances from acrobats and musicians Used to be Slime, proudExposure’s modern art makeover team, acrobalance duo Suspended Motion and Chinese pole acrobatics. There are also drop-in workshops on Brunswick Street in street dance and acrobatics.
■ WALKABOUT 7 Renfrew Street, www.merchantcityfestival.com FREE The Pipe People Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jul. 1pm. A mixture of vaudeville, art and sheer madness. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREE Turbo & Dai Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jul. 1.45pm, 3.15pm & 4.45pm. The adventures of two men who, after meeting on community service, decide to form a breakdance crew. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
■ WILSON STREET Merchant City, www.merchantcityfestival.com FREE The Dig Sat 24 & Sun 25 Jul. 2–5pm. The dotComedy time team are descending upon Glasgow with nonsense Got an opinion? You can now Comment on all our articles at list .co.uk
theories about the goodies they find. Part of the Merchant City Festival. up, part theatre and part cabaret. A small amount of nudity is involved.
Edinburgh
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Russian Ballet Society – Summer School Performance Fri 30 Jul. 7.30pm. £8 (£6). A performance from participants in the Russian Ballet Society’s summer school programme, which welcomes amateurs and trainee professional dancers from age 13 upwards.
■ HENDERSON’S AT ST JOHN’S CAFE Lothian Road, 229 0212. Will Pickvance and Friends Thu 22 Jul. 9pm. £6. Cabaret, music and comedy from pianist and performance artist Mr Pickvance, playing original compositions referencing everyone from Rachmaninoff to Fats Waller and Tom Waits.
■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. Fame – The Musical Fri 23 & Sat 24 Jul. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £17.25. The global smash-hit dance explosion based on the 1980s film of the same name is presented by the Edinburgh Playhouse Stage Experience. ■ ROXY ART HOUSE 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. McGrotty and Ludmilla Thu 22–Sat 24 Jul. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Alasdair Gray’s Aladdin tale of an unpolished young Scot (McGrotty) working in Thatcherite Whitehall and struggling to attract the attentions of snooty posh girl Ludmilla. Presented by Holyrood Amateur Theatrical Society in collaboration with Alasdair Gray. Nonsence Thu 22 Jul. 7pm. £10. 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).
■ THE VOODOO ROOMS 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. The Mating Ritual: Burlesque Performances Thu 22 Jul. 8pm. £8 in advance; £10 on the door. A playful look at how we con members of the opposite sex into reproducing with us, via gender- bending dance, burlesque and musical comedy. Over-18s only.
Outside the Cities ■ ADAM SMITH THEATRE Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy, 01592 583302. Busting Out Thu 29–Sat 31 Jul. 8pm. £12.50. Hit musical comedy from Australia that is part musical, part stand-
■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. Fife’s Got Talent Sun 25 Jul & Sun 1 Aug. Sun 25 Jul 2pm & 7pm; Sun 1 Aug 1pm. £7. Download an application from www.byretheatre.com. Hansel and Gretel Wed 28 Jul–Sat 14 Aug (not Sun/Mon). 2.30pm & 7pm. £13–£15 (£8–£10). Suitable for children and adults alike. Little Light Tue 3–Sat 21 Aug (not Sun/Mon). 10.30am, noon & 2.15pm. £8 (£6). Join Starcatchers on an adventure following the little light as it shines and dances around at this interactive, highly visual show. Suitable for ages 0–4.
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Decky Does a Bronco Fri 23 & Sat 24 Jul. 7.30pm. £8 (£5–£7). Outdoor production of the play by Douglas Maxwell, following a group of adolescent boys impatiently awaiting adulthood.
■ EASTGATE THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE Eastgate, Peebles, 01721 725777.
✽✽ The World’s Wife Sat 31 Jul. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Linda Marlowe’s
brilliant one-woman stage version of Carol Ann Duffy’s acclaimed poems.
■ GANNOCHY SPORTS CENTRE University of Stirling, Stirling. Mutatis Mutandis Fri 30 & Sat 31 Jul. 7pm. £16 (£13; under 18s £10). La Fura dels Baus create an exploration of growing up, freedom and independence. Part of mFEST.
■ HOWDEN PARK CENTRE Howden, Livingston, 01506 777666. FREE Decky Does a Bronco Wed 4 Aug. 1pm. Booking essential. See Outside the Cities, Dundee Rep. ■ LODGE GROUNDS North Berwick, 0131 665 2240. Great Expectations Sat 31 Jul. 7.30pm. £9 (£6). An outdoor production of Dickens’ classic drama from Quantum Theatre. Remember to bring a seat/rug.
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666.
✽✽ mFEST Fri 30 Jul–Mon 2 Aug. Times vary. Prices vary. Arts festival
programmed and run by young people aged 12-17 as part of MacRobert’s mPower youth programme. See also Gannochy Sports Centre. Apples Fri 30 & Sat 31 Jul. 5.30pm (Sat mat 1pm). £10 (£8.50; under 18s £7). Adam and Eve’s story gets a modern interpretation in which Eden is a council estate. Ages 14+ Part of mFEST. Fallout Fri 30 Jul–Sat 7 Aug (not Tue–Thu). Fri 5.30pm; Sat–Mon 5pm. £7
(£6; under 18s £5). A mix of William Golding’s classic Lord of the Flies and My Chemical Romance’s song Teenagers, this play explores the consequences arising from a plane crash on a deserted island where the only survivors are a group of teenagers. Part of mFEST. Pink Fri 30 Jul–Mon 2 Aug. 3pm. £7 (£6; under 18s £5). A play created by girls aged 12–15, all about how they aren’t always made entirely of sugar and spice and all things nice. Part of mFEST. Red Fri 30 Jul–Sun 1 Aug. 10pm. £7 (£6; under 18s £5). The tale of Little Red Riding Hood is twisted almost beyond recognition in this innovative performance. Part of mFEST. We Experiments Fri 30 Jul–Sun 1 Aug. 3.30pm; 8.15pm. £7 (£6; under 18s £5). A promenade performance exploring an increasingly Orwellian society in which life is lived online and people are barcodes. Until a band of misfits rebel. Part of mFEST. Controlled Falling Project Sat 31 Jul–Mon 2 Aug. Sat 4.15pm & 8pm; Sun 2.15pm; Mon 4.45pm & 8pm. £12.50 (£10; under 18s £8.50). Set in a laboratory full of curious machines, this circus performance features acrobatic impossibilities and live percussion. Part of mFEST. Free? Sun 1 & Mon 2 Aug. 5.30pm. £7 (£6; under 18s £5). Written, directed and performed entirely by young people, Free? deals with themes such as asylum, law, education and faith. Part of mFEST. Play.Stop.Rewind Sun 1 & Mon 2 Aug. 1pm & 3.30pm. £7 (£6; under 18s £5). Set in a contemporary Scottish town, a play about love and innocence lost follows four teenagers from their first day at high school to their tentative steps into adulthood. Part of mFEST. Rent Sun 1 & Mon 2 Aug. 7.45pm. £7 (£6; under 18s £5). Rock-opera depicting the life of a group of struggling artists in New York’s East Village. This powerful musical is loosely based on Puccini’s opera La Bohème. Part of mFEST. Twelfth Night Sun 1 Aug. 1pm. £10 (£7.50; under 18s £7). See Glasgow, Botanic Gardens. Part of mFEST. Decky Does a Bronco Mon 2 Aug. 1pm. £7 (£6; under 18s £5). See Outside the Cities, Dundee Rep. Part of mFEST. The Lady Boys of Bangkok Tue 3 Aug. 8pm. £18.50 (£16.50). A sell-out every time it comes to Scotland, this night of music and costumes has to be seen to be believed.
■ OUTBACK BAR & GRILL 9 Upper Craigs, Stirling, 01786 451130. Acari Fri 30 Jul. 7pm. £20 (includes 2- course meal). Comedy-laced hypnosis stage show. ■ ST ANDREWS TOWN CENTRE www.insideoutfestival.com FREE Inside Out! Fri 30–Sat 31 Jul. Times vary. St Andrews’ annual street theatre and outdoor performance festival.
CaLARTS FESTIVAL THEATER At Sundown Aug 07 - 13 @13:20 Aug 14 - 21 @18:30
The Bacchae Aug 07 - 13 @15:30 Aug 14 - 17 @20:30 Aug 18 - 21 @22:30 Floozy Aug 07 - 13 @12:00 Aug 14 - 21 @17:00
Silken Veils Aug 07 - 13 @14:20 Aug 14 - 21 @19:30
NO PERFS AUG 16TH
CaLARTS festival theater
On Lochend Close Off the Royal Mile £8 Gen | £5 Con tix: 07074 20 13 13 www.venue13.com
at sundown The story of the end of our lives told in our youth. A collectively imagined autobiography about the unraveling of memory. A joyous physical theater collage about clinging to the past and letting it go.
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By Amy Tofte Directed by Pacho Velez
www.silkenveils.net
Run through the MicePace Sonic Maze while you wait!
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