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Thursday 4 Glasgow Fit O’ The Giggles @ The Inn The Inn, 2 Station Road, Bearsden, 942 6752. 8.30–10.30pm. £5 (£3). A new monthly gig from the Fit O’ The Giggles team, headed up by regular compère Keara Murphy. Joe Heenan’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £9 (£8; members £4). The Fringe is starting over in the east and the Stand has kidnapped some of the best comedians and forced them to perform for Glasgow’s pleasure and amusement. Quite right too, why should Edinburgh have all the fun?
Friday 5 Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £11–£14. Hypnotist act from Powers, who has been called ‘the Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Tonight’s show is a child- friendly Family Fun Night, in which the young folk will get the opportunity to see their elders and betters doing incredibly silly things. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £12. August’s shows at highlight are crammed full of acts, sparking up that bit of the evening between eating your dinner and dancing at the aftershow disco. Killer barbs with more than just a hint of genius from Glasgow’s Scott Agnew, plus Michael Fabbri, Jeff Innocent and Gus Lymburn. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. Arrive by 6pm if you’d like food before the show. Tonight there’s quick quips from Michael Legge with Susan Murray and wonderfully surreal improv troupe The Noise Next Door - see preview, page 42, for more on them. Joe Heenan’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £5). See Thu 4.
Edinburgh Roy Chubby Brown The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 7.30pm. £22. Blue comedy from a man branded ‘too rude for television’. Never mind the comedy, that patchwork jacket is hardly fit for public consumption.
Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to theatre@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor.
GLASGOW
■ CORINTHIAN 191 Ingram Street, 552 1101. Midweek Magic Wed 10 Aug, 7.30pm. £10 or £25 with dinner and wine. Wonder at the magical powers of Douglas Cameron as he performs feats of mind reading, illusion and conjuring. Over 18s only.
■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. Peter Powers Fri & Sat until 27 Aug, Fri 7.30pm, Sat 7.30pm & midnight. £11–£14. Hypnotist act from Powers, who has been called ‘the Ali G of stage hypnosis’. Please note the Fri show is a ‘Family Fun Night’, Sat 7.30pm show is ‘Anything Goes’ (safe for teens) and the Sat ‘Midnight Madness’ is over 18s only. ■ SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Born Bad? Thu 4–Sat 6 Aug, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £10 (£6). As part of SYT’s ‘Summer of Horror’ the ensemble presents a gruesome take on the nature versus nurture debate. Ages 12+. Booking via the Tron Theatre Box Office (552 4267).
■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Batman Live Thu 4 & Fri 5 Aug, 7pm; Sat 6 Aug, 11am, 3pm & 7pm; Sun 7 Aug 11am & 3pm. £20–£45 (family ticket £79–£99). DC’s iconic comic character comes alive in Glasgow with this stage show featuring stunts, super villains and ‘The Story of Dick Grayson (Robin)’. ■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Verdict Mon 8–Sat 13 Aug, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2.30pm). £8.50–£30.50. Agatha Christie’s original play follows
Theatre
an idealistic professor faced with a terrible dilemma.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Prom Night of the Living Dead Thu 4–Sat 6 Aug, 7.45pm (Sat mat 2pm). £10 (£6). Werewolves and witches have infiltrated the high school dance in Scottish Youth Theatre’s fun Summer Festival piece.
EDINBURGH
■ THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. Halfway To Paradise: The Billy Fury Story Thu 4 Aug, 7.30pm. £23.25. Did you know 60s pop icon Billy Fury sold more singles for Decca than The Rolling Stones? This rock’n’rolling musical charting his rise to fame features his original band, Fury’s Tornados.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ BYRE THEATRE Abbey Street, St Andrews, 01334 475000. Séance Sat 6 Aug, 7.30pm. £12 (£8–£10). A World War II widow is persuaded to consult a medium to help assuage her grief, with rather unexpected results.
■ EAST KILBRIDE ARTS CENTRE Old Coach Road, East Kilbride, 01355 261000. The Steamie Wed 10–Sat 13 Aug, 8pm. £9 (£7). Bookend Theatre Group presents Tony Roper’s Scottish classic. ■ HOWDEN PARK CENTRE Howden, Livingston, 01506 777666. The Garden Sat 6 Aug, 3pm. £10 (£8; students £6). New drama by Alistair Rutherford, performed by Peapod Productions.
■ PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE Port–na Craig, Pitlochry, 01796 484626. My Fair Lady Mon 8 Aug, 8pm and in repertoire until Sat 15 Oct. £21–£32.50. The classic musical adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, is brought to the stage to celebrate 60 years of magic at the Theatre in the Hills.
Prom Night of the Living Dead
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The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £6 (£5; members £3). See Thu 4. East Kilbride Fancy A Tickle? East Kilbride Arts Centre, Old Coach Road, 01355 248669. 1pm. £8.50. Songs, sketches, and comedy to suit everyone over lunch.
Monday 8
Glasgow Fringe Double Bill: Andy Zaltzman and Simon Munnery The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £8 (members £4). Check out two Fringe heavyweights on one bill without even having to leave bonnie Glasgow. Munnery’s new show Hats Off for the 101ers, and Other Material claims to be a one-man musical about the R101 airship disaster of 1930, so that’ll be jolly. Zaltzman is at his satirical best as an Armchair Revolutionary. Edinburgh Lee Evans: Roadrunner The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £31. The rubber-faced comedian, who also appeared in the film There’s Something About Mary and provided the voice of the train in The Magic Roundabout sets out on a whistle-stop tour of the UK.
Tuesday 9
Glasgow Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. Despite all the Fringe madness going on in Auld Reekie, over in the West, The Stand’s new acts and new material night continues apace with a room full of optimism and people who don’t like paying more than £2 for a cracking night of comedy. Foil, Arms and Hog drop in from Edinburgh with their infectiously energetic sketches and stand-up. Edinburgh Lee Evans: Roadrunner The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £31. See Mon 8.
Wednesday 10
Glasgow Billy Kirkwood’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 7.30pm. £6 (£5; members £3). Fringe acts head west, Billy Kirkwood introduces them with a toss of his lustrous mane, and you get all the fun of Edinburgh in August, without the crowds of American high school drama groups. Everybody wins.
OUTSIDE THE
FESTIVALS
Edinburgh Lee Evans: Roadrunner The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. 8pm. £31. See Mon 8. Thursday 11
Saturday 6
Glasgow Peter Powers Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm & midnight. £11–£14. See Fri 5. The 7.30pm show is slightly adult- themed but ‘safe for teens’; the late show is over 18s only. Foster’s Comedy Live @ highlight Highlight, UGC Building, 11 Renfrew Street, 0844 844 0044. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 5, except John Smith replaces Gus Lymburn. Jongleurs Comedy Show Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 5 for line-up. Joe Heenan’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 4.
Sunday 7 Glasgow Joe Heenan’s Pick of the Fringe
Glasgow Bruce Morton’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £9 (£8; members £4). Don’t fret about braving the crowds and all that juggling through in the capital, settle back instead with the terribly trustworthy Bruce Morton as he introduces a handpicked selection of Fringe acts. Tonight featuring the steam train ramblings of Zoe Lyons.
Falkirk Russell Kane Falkirk Town Hall, West Bridge Street, 01324 506850. 8pm. £10. The cheeky wee scamp, who scooped the prestigious Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award in 2010, and appeared in that extra I’m a Celebrity show returns to his stand- up roots with new show Manscaping, which explores masculinity in the modern world, including live chest-shaving.
Fresh from their annual summer course, the always watchable Scottish Youth Theatre unleashes something decidedly grisly for their annual summer show at the Tron. It’s graduation time for a group of teenagers, but before they can leave school and sail off into a happy future, there’s the small matter of one of their number being turned into a werewolf to deal with. Not to mention a witch and three evil monsters invading the town. Life sucks when you’re a teenager. ■ Tron Theatre, Glasgow, until Sat 6 Aug. 4–11 Aug 2011 THE LIST 113