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■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. My Child/One Good Beating Wed 4–Fri 6 May, 7pm. £7 (£5). Rekindle Theatre presents two plays dealing with parent-child relationships: Mike Barlett’s My Child and Linda McLean’s One Good Beating. A Hingmy in the Café Fri 6 & Wed 25 May, 5.30pm. Meal prices vary. Local wordsmith Martin O’Connor presents some mini-performances in the Arches café to enjoy over a special weegie menu at a special weegie (read: cheap as chips) price. On Fri 6 May it’s ‘Martin Does Francie and Josie’ and in the final show in the series on Wed 25 May, ‘Martin Does Govan Market’. Crossing the Lines Wed 25 May, 7.30pm. £3.50 (inc glass of wine). The Playwrights’ Studio presents a new night of text-based theatre performance. ■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Laurel and Hardy Until Sat 30 Apr,
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7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£17.50. The late Tom McGrath’s well-loved debut, a tribute to the great comedy duo. Club Noir Cabaret Fri 6 & Sat 7 May, 8pm. £12–£15. Those naughty folks at Club Noir bring their stylish blend of burlesque, over-the-top vaudeville and rakish variety to an all-seated theatre show. Dressing for the occasion is encouraged, but not compulsory. Over 16s only. Love, Love, Love Wed 11–Sat 14 May, 7.30pm. £10–£17.50. Paines Plough presents Mike Bartlett’s acute but compassionate study of the baby-boomer generation.
✽✽ After the End Tue 17 May–Sat 4 Jun (not Sun/Mon), 7.30pm. £12.50
(£7.50–£9.50; previews Tue 17 & Wed 18 May all tickets £5). See preview, page 104.
✽✽ Terminus Tue 17–Sat 21 May, 7.30pm. £10–£17.50. See preview,
below. Divided City Wed 25 & Fri 27 May, 7.30pm. £7.50. A new musical adaptation of Theresa Breslin’s award- winning children’s book about a troubled friendship between a Celtic fan and a Rangers fan. Featuring a cast of 50 schoolchildren from schools across Glasgow.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Die Fledermaus Sat 30 Apr, 7.30pm.
H G A N A V A K S O R
PREVIEW REVIVAL TERMINUS Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 17–Sat 21 May
Wondering what would happen if someone fell from one of the many construction cranes looming over Dublin at the time, writer/director Mark O’Rowe set himself a challenge by starting his play Terminus at the height of the action and let his imagination take the reins from there. The result is what O’Rowe describes as a ‘supernatural thrill ride’ with demons, devils and rather a lot of Tarantino-esque violence weaving through the three characters’ rhyming monologues.
After a successful first tour in 2007, O’Rowe’s play is set to exhilarate a new audience with its offbeat blend of horror, love and ear-tickling language. With lines like ‘the slo-mo ebb and flow; the mill, the babble, the rabble of wobbling waywards’ the production reads like an especially gritty piece of performance poetry, but O’Rowe does not consider Shakespeare, poetry or rap to be particular influences. ‘I started writing a few lines which had some rhymes, and thought I’d carry on,’ he explains.
The deft and sharp-tongued lyricism provides a vivid medium for audiences to conjure their own images of scenes too fantastical or stomach churning to be realised on stage – and in a play featuring such spectacles as a demon made entirely from worms, there is plenty for the dark recesses of the mind to play with. ‘It’s very violent. It’s also very sexual,’ says O’Rowe. But, while it may seem at first glance to be all gore and no heart, he also adds that it is at times ‘unexpectedly moving’. (Amy Russell)
PROGRAMME INCLUDES ALSTON’S ICONIC ROUGHCUT MUSIC STEVE REICH
THURSDAY 26 MAY 7.30PM PHONE SALES 0844 871 7647 GROUPS 0844 871 7602 www.ambassadortickets.com/glasgow
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