Theatre
■ THE SHED 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020. The Likes of Us Until Sat 9 Oct. 7pm. £10 (£8). A play based on Robert Tressell’s novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, about a working class man and his struggle to convince his peers of the merits of socialism.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Cirque du Glace: Evolution Until Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£25. Ice dance spectacular from the Russian Ice Stars.
✽✽ Blaze Fri 15 & Sat 16 Oct. Fri 5.30pm & 8.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £14–£25. High energy hip hop and street dance featuring Lizzie Gough and Tommy Franzen from So You Think You Can Dance. See preview, page 84.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501.
✽✽ Trio a Pressured / Where’s the Passion / Chair-Pillow Fri 8 Oct.
7.30pm. £16 (£12); with film £17 (£13). This event starts with Trio a Pressured, an arrangement of Yvonne Rainer’s signature piece as a choreographer, borne out of three previous incarnations. Next there is a live lecture by Rainer, exploring notions of self-expression and performance, and the evening ends with minimalist piece Chair-Pillow. There is also an optional pre-performance film screening, of Charles Atlas’ Rainer Variations (2002).
✽✽ RoS Indexical & Spiralling Down Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm. £16 (£12);
with film £17 (£13). Two dances by Yvonne Rainer: first is 2007’s RoS Indexical, a re-imagining of Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring, and second is her most recent dance piece, Spiraling Down, which draws inspiration from everything from newspaper cuttings to Fred Astaire. There is an optional pre-performance film screening of Rainer’s After Many a
Summer Dies the Swan: Hybrid at 6.30pm. The True Story of John Webber and his Endless Struggle with the Table of Content Fri 15 Oct. 7.30pm. £7 (£5.50). A highly stylised, theatrical dance performance from artist Keren Cytter’s dance group, Dance International Europe NOW.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Dirty Paradise Until Sat 9 Oct. 7.45pm. £8.50 (£6.50). The story of a woman who finds herself in an asylum, inspired by a short story by Gabriel García Márquez.
✽✽ Sea and Land and Sky Thu 7–Sat 23 Oct (not Sun/Mon).
7.30pm. £10.50–£14.50 (£6.50–£10.50; previews on 7–9 Oct all tickets £7.50). New production from the Tron Theatre Company following three young Scottish nurses who are sent to tend to soldiers on the front line in 1916. Directed by Andy Arnold and written by Abigail Docherty, who based the story on actual diaries of Scottish women who lived through the Great War. Post-show discussion with Docherty and Arnold on Wed 13 Oct. See preview, page 83. Open.Stage Rehearsed Readings Sat 16 Oct. 2.30pm. £4 (£2.50 if booked with Sea and Land and Sky). Alongside Sea and Land and Sky, winner of the Open.Stage Playwriting Competition, the Tron is also staging rehearsed readings of the other two shortlisted plays, starting with JC Marshall’s Plume.
EDINBURGH ■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. The Weir Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £11 (£9; under 18s £6). See Glasgow, Eastwood Park Theatre. Phoenix Dance Theatre: Declarations Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm. £10.50
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(£8.50; under 18s £6). Four innovative pieces from the acclaimed Leeds-based company, including Philip Taylor’s Haunted Passages and a new work from Warren Adams inspired by the words of Barack Obama, performed by guest dancer Paul Liburd of Rambert and Scottish Ballet fame. The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo Wed 13 Oct. 7.30pm. £11 (£9; under 18s £6). A darkly comic tale based on a true story. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. Opera Camerata: Pearl Fishers Until Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). An amateur production of Bizet’s opera.
■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. Carrie’s War Until Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. Wartime- set evacuee drama adapted from the much-loved novel and starring Brigit Forsyth and Hannah Waterman. Bedroom Farce Mon 11–Sat 16 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. Alan Ayckbourn’s ingenious and funny play about relationships and the hazards of DIY. Lark Rise to Candleford Mon 18–Sat 23 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£26.50. A revival of Keith Dewhurst’s original stage adaptation of the novel by Flora Thompson evoking 19th-century rural life, by turns at its most idyllic and tough.
■ FESTIVAL THEATRE 13/29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. Havana Rakatan Until Sat 9 Oct. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £18.50–£36.50. The Cuban group demonstrates fast, furious routines to jazz, mambo, bolero, son, cha-chacha, rumba and salsa. Sunshine on Leith Tue 12–Sat 16 Oct. 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £13–£27.50. Much-loved musical from Dundee Rep Ensemble, packed with songs from The Proclaimers. Glaswegian actor Billy Boyd stars.
✽✽ Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre Tue 19 & Wed 20 Oct.
7.30pm. £16.50–£31.50. The prestigious New York dance company returns to Scotland with a moving and uplifting triple-bill paying tribute to their founder, Alvin Ailey. See preview, page 83.
✽✽ Blaze Thu 21–Sat 23 Oct. Thu 7.30pm; Fri 6pm & 8.30pm; Sat
2.30pm & 7.30pm. £11.50–£21.50. See Glasgow, Theatre Royal.
■ GEORGE SQUARE LECTURE THEATRE George Square, taiwan.art.event@gmail.com FREE Ming Hwa Yuan: Lovebird Spears and General of the Empire Wed 20 Oct. 5–7pm. Taiwanese opera- dance group Ming Hwa Yuan perform a blend of music, theatre, martial arts, dancing and other traditional Asian art forms. Email taiwan.art.event@gmail.com to reserve tickets.
■ HENDERSON’S 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. Cutting the Cord Fri 15 & Wed 20–Sat 23 Oct. Fri 15, Wed 20 & Thu 21 10am. Fri 22 & Sat 23 7pm. £7 (£5; preview Fri 15 Oct £5 (£3)). A comic play exploring the complexities of mother-daugher relationships. By Michael Shand.
■ PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. Spamalot Mon 18–Sat 23 Oct. 7.30pm (Wed & Sat mat 2.30pm). £19–£43. Popular musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. See preview, page 84. ■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. Romeo and Juliet ●●●●● Until Sat 16 Oct (not Sun/Mon). 7.45pm (Sat 9 Oct mat 2.30pm). £11–£28 (£5–£26). A new production of Shakespeare’s classic exploration of conflict, division and the
passion of youth. Captioned performance Sat 9 Oct 2.30pm. ■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. A Promised Land Until Thu 7 Oct. 7.30pm. £9 (£7). A play of hope and reconciliation revolving around the story of Dumfriesshire-born Jane Haining, known as the ‘Scottish Schindler’.
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: The Uncertainty Files Until Sat 9 Oct. 1pm. £12. A new play by Linda McLean where nothing is certain. Ticket price includes a pie and drink. The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes Until Sat 9 Oct. Thu & Sat 2pm, 5pm & 8pm; Fri 7pm & 8.30pm. £10–£16 (£6–£12). A selection of shows from Hugh Hughes, the lovable Welsh bumpkin created by Shon Dale-Jones. A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Calais Tue 12–Sat 16 Oct. 1pm. £12. A new play by April De Angelis exploring national identity, and how war and war heroes are used to define it. The Bookie Wed 13–Sat 16 Oct. 7.30pm. £10–£16 (£6–£12). New Scottish musical comedy by Douglas Maxwell. Suitable for ages 15+. Midsummer Tue 19–Sat 23 Oct. 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£16 (£6–£12). A play about two thirty- somethings and one long hot night of bridge burning, car chases and midnight trysts. Cora Bissett and Matthew Pidgeon star, while Gordon McIntyre of indie band ballboy provides the music. A Play, a Pie & a Pint: Good with People Tue 19–Sat 23 Oct. 1pm. £12. A new play by David Harrower, author of EIF successes Blackbird and 365, as well as many translations and adaptations.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, 01382 223530. The Great Big Dance Show Fri 8 Oct. 7.30pm. £6 (family ticket £20). Dance performance from different groups from around the city, including Scottish Dance Theatre.
✽✽ A Doll’s House Tue 19 Oct–Sat 6 Nov. 7.30pm (Thu 28 Oct & Sat 30
Oct mat 2.30pm). £11–£17 (£5–£11). See preview, page 83.
■ PERTH THEATRE 185 High Street, 01738 621031. The Madness of George III Until Sat 9 Oct. 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). Wilde Enterprises turns out the first theatrical version of Alan Bennett’s historical drama since the play’s first run in 1991, starring Simon Ward and Susan Penhaligon as the royal couple. Girls’ Night Tue 11–Sat 16 Oct. 7.45pm. £10–£18.50 (£12.50–£16.50). Musical comedy about five girls on a karaoke night out.
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, 01786 466666. Romeo and Juliet Until Sat 9 Oct. 8pm. £12 (£6–£9). Pilot Theatre brings the star-crossed lovers to life. SUDS Festival 2010 Fri 8 Oct. 7.30pm. £5. Stirling University Drama Society combines plays, sketches and modern dance with live music and even a bit of comedy at its bi-annual event. The Bookie Tue 19 Oct. 8pm. £12 (£6–£9). See Edinburgh, Traverse Theatre. Stags and Hens Wed 20–Fri 22 Oct. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Willy’s Russell’s comic romp about a couple’s final night of freedom in a cheesy nightclub gets an airing from Stirling University Drama Society. The Tobacco Merchant’s Lawyer Wed 20 Oct. 8pm. £12 (£9–£6). Iain Heggie’s satirical play takes on the petty concerns of one man in the midst of the 18th-century Glasgow tobacco trade.