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Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit theatre listings at least 14 days before publication to the following address: theatre@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor.
Glasgow
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Rent Tue 31 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. 7.30pm. £8–£14. Theatre South Productions presents the musical tale of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians as they struggle to survive and create in New York’s Lower East side.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Calendar Girls Until Sat 28 Aug. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £11.50–£27.50. The show about the Women’s Institute fundraisers who stripped for a (tasteful) nude calendar returns with a cast led by Elaine C Smith and featuring Denise Black, Jean Boht, Jennifer Ellison, Julia Hills, Rachel Lumberg, Ruth Madoc and Joe McGann. Busting Out Wed 1 Sep. 7.30pm. £18. Hit musical comedy from Australia that is part musical, part stand-up, part theatre and part cabaret. A small amount of nudeness involved. Gotta Sing Gotta Dance Thu 2 Sep. 7.30pm. £20.50–£22.50. Live music, extravagant costumes and expert choreography enhance this performance of songs from the musicals by an experienced cast of West End singers. Jesus Christ Superstar Tue 7–Sat 11 Sep. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £13–£21. You probably already know the rough storyline. Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber’s popular rock musical depicting the last seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth is resurrected by the Orpheus Club. ■ ORAN MOR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Fly Me to the Moon Mon 30 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. 1pm. £8–£12.50. Two community care workers face a moral dilemma when one of their charges wins big on the horses – after his own death. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: In the Pipeline Mon 6–Sat 11 Sep. 1pm.
£8–£12.50. Lunchtime theatre in the form of a new play from Gary Owen about three men who are living in the proposed path of a new gas pipe line. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. ■ PAISLEY ARTS CENTRE New Street, 887 1010. The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo ●●●●● Thu 2 Sep. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). A darkly-comic tale based on an incredible true story, raising issues of science, morality, and where you keep the ice cubes if there’s a dead guy in your freezer. Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe 2010.
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. The Lady Boys of Bangkok Sat 4 Sep. 7.30pm. £19 (£17.50). A sell-out every time it comes to Scotland, this night of music and costumes has to be seen to be believed.
■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. First Light Tue 31 Aug–Sat 4 Sep. See Kids listings. ■ SECC: CLYDE AUDITORIUM Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. I was There: The Story of The Glasgow Apollo Fri 27 & Sat 28 Aug. 7.30pm. £19.50. Rock musical telling the story of one of Scotland’s most famous venues.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. The Gruffalo Thu 2–Sat 4 Sep. See Kids listings.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Beautiful Burnout ●●●●● Thu 2–Sat 11 Sep (not Sun/Mon). 8pm (Sat 4 Sep & Thu 9 Sep mat 2.30pm). £15 (£8). A highly physical, immersive dip into the world of boxing and the life of Cameron, a boy who’s relying on his fists to take him places, from the National Theatre of Scotland and writer Bryony Lavery. ■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. New Works Thu 2–Sat 4 Sep. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). Three new short play extracts created in collaborations between the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the Playwrights’ Studio Scotland. Two of the three plays are performed each night of the run.
The Chooky Brae Tue 7–Sat 11 Sep. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50). See caption. Edinburgh
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Women Behaving Madly Fri 3 Sep. 7.30pm. £11 (£9; under 18s £6). 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. Magic Spaghetti Sat 11 Sep. See Kids listings.
■ THE MOUND By the National Galleries Complex, 020 8749 6850. FREE The Great British Weekend . . . ‘Are we Nearly There Yet?’ Sat 28 Aug. 2pm. Immersive street theatre performance created and directed by Fringe First award-winner Hannah Eidinow. Looking at what British families throughout the ages did with their weekends, the performance invites audience members to think about their own families and whether they are really so different from those of generations past. ■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. John Edward Thu 9 Sep. 7pm. £51–£61. The superstar psychic medium reaches out from the land of the living.
■ THE VOODOO ROOMS 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. The Missy Malone and Friends Burlesque Review Sat 28 Aug. 7pm. £20. The fabulous Missy Malone is
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■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Sunshine on Leith Tue 31 Aug–Sat 18 Sep (not Sun). Tue–Sat 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm; Mon 2.30pm only). £15–£24 (£8–£21). A musical from Dundee Rep Ensemble, packed with songs from The Proclaimers, that follows the highs and lows of two soldiers returning home from the army. Glaswegian actor Billy Boyd, famous for his turn as Pippin the mischievous hobbit in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, stars. Audio described performance on Thu 9 Sep 7.30pm.
■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. Times When I Bite: The Moira Monologues Until Sat 28 Aug. Thu & Sat 2pm & 8pm; Fri 1pm. £10 (lunchtime shows include wine & strawberry tart; evening show concessions available £8). Novelist and playwright Alan Bissett performs a one- woman show about the musings of Moira, Falkirk’s hardest woman. An Evening with Alan Bissett Fri 27 Aug. 7pm. £8 (£6). Join Johnny McKnight for an evening with author and playwright Alan Bissett.
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