Theatre
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Teenagers . . . But Were Afraid to Ask! Sun 29 Jan, 6pm. £3.50. East Renfrewshire Youth Theatre Seniors open up the psyche of the contemporary teenager.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Sleeping Beauty ●●●●● Thu 5–Sat 7 Jan, 2pm & 7pm; Sun 8 Jan, 1pm & 5pm. £7.20–£24.75. Last chance to catch Clare Gregory’s Girl Grogan, Keith Jack and Karen Dunbar in panto this season. Grease Tue 17–Sat 28 Jan (not Sun), 7.30pm, (except Fri, 5.30pm & 8.30pm, and Sat, 5pm & 8.30pm). £15.75–£42. Would you believe it, Grease is still the way we are feeling. So you better shape up and get down to the theatre for some good old fashioned high-school thrills with Danny, Sandy, Rizzo and the gang. ■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. The Magical Adventures of Peter Pan Until Sat 21 Jan, times vary. £16.50–£21 (family £66–£82.50). Family panto starring Jim Davidson, Cat Havey, Nieve Jennings and Dean Park.
■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Robinson Crusoe & The Caribbean Pirates Until Sat 7 Jan, 2pm & 7pm. £12–£27. Big panto fun with John Barrowman, the Krankies and ‘amazing 3D special effects’. ■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Scottish Opera/RCS: Betrothal in a Monastery Fri 20 & Sat 21 Jan,
7.15pm. £8.50–£25.50. A knockabout comedy of young love, mistaken identities, boozy monks and fish, Prokofiev’s opera is based on a libretto by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. actor-musicians dramatising the story of the most cussed, ornery, brilliantly defiant singer-songwriter that ever stuck up two fingers to the laws of copyright. Part of Celtic Connections.
■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Moving in Houses Thu 12–Sat 14 Jan, 7.30pm. £4.50 (£3.50). A performance from Theatre Arts Group, created in collaboration with architect Ewan Imrie, choreographer Krista Vuori, sound artist Mark Vernon and lighting designer Alexander Ridgers, complementing an installation which can be viewed at the Tramway on the three afternoons before the performances. The piece explores spaces and our relationships with architecture. Tickets are very limited, early booking advised.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Gala Variety Performance Sun 15 Jan, 7.30pm. £10. With performers including Forbes Masson, Horse, Joyce Falconer and Sirens of Titan.
✽✽ The Captain’s Collection Wed 25 & Thu 26 Jan, 8pm. £13.
Dogstar Theatre Company presents Hamish MacDonald’s play about Captain Simon Fraser, fiddler, soldier, dispossessed laird and compiler of one of the most important collections of Scottish music. Part of Celtic Connections. See preview, page 100. Woody Sez Sun 29 Jan–Thu 2 Feb, 8pm. £13. Woody Guthrie, troubadour of the Great Depression, seemed like a safely historical figure when Billy Bragg and Wilco brought some of his old lyrics to life back at the turn of the millennium. Now he’s practically singing the headlines. Melting Pot Theatre Company’s production features four
EDINBURGH
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Aladdin Until Sat 7 Jan, 2pm & 7.30pm. £13.75–£16 (£10.75–£13; family £47–£56). Family fun in this classic panto at the Brunton, written by Liam Rudden and set in the little-known Scottish enclave of Musselburgh in ancient Peking.
✽✽ The Captain’s Collection Fri 27 Jan, 7.30pm. £11.25 (£9.25; under
18s £6). See Glasgow, Tron Theatre.
■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road. Hit the Stage Mon 16–Sat 21 Jan, 7pm. £11 (£9). A stage production from Craigmount High School. Call 339 6823 for tickets. A Chorus Line Tue 31 Jan–Sat 4 Feb, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12.50 (£8.50). Edinburgh University Footlights take on the musical about the cut-throat world of showbiz. Recommended for ages 15+. Call 07790 139789 for tickets.
■ THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. We Will Rock You Until Sat 7 Jan, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £20.50–£47. A run through all your Queen favourites in this musical penned by Ben Elton and members of Queen. Lord of the Dance Mon 16–Wed 18 Jan, 8pm. £35.25–£40.25. The Irish dance phenomenon returns to Scotland. Save the Last Dance for Me Mon 30 Jan–Sat 4 Feb, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat
PREVIEW DANCE LOIC LALANDE AND TOM PRITCHARD DOUBLE BILL Arches Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 28 Jan
The idea of dancing alone on stage is, for most of us, the stuff of stress dreams. For Tom Pritchard, however, leaving out the advance planning, choreography and a soundtrack is the most exciting way to perform.
‘It’s very raw and present,’ he says between
rehearsals for another production – he does conventional, preplanned dance pieces as well as solo improvisations. ‘I can carry the audience with me, rather than showing them something that’s been pre-decided. To get into that headspace as a performer and see and create the moments around me – that’s very exciting.’
Pritchard’s piece, I’m glad you’re here, for a minute there I lost myself, is on an Arches double
bill with French improvisational dancer Loic Lalande. Pritchard is currently working on a new piece with Dundee-based company smallpetitklein and goes on tour with their award-wreathed festival show Falling Man in the spring.
But when he is dancing solo, it is all about the
moment. He spends the day of the performance on his own, ‘building into physical awareness, digging into imaginative space. It’s like warming up the imagination, speeding up the brain so the ideas come through.’ He will write down ideas and narrative structures. Then, before he starts, he empties them all out again. ‘I walk onto the stage with nothing at all, to allow
the imaginative energy to open up in the first moment,’ says Pritchard. ‘You need a lot of presence and faith that things will work out. But it sounds more terrifying than it really is.’ (Anna Burnside)
102 THE LIST 5 Jan–2 Feb 2012
mat 2.30pm). £16–£39. Relive the music of the 60s as Jennifer and Marie travel through the summer of 1963.
■ EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000.
✽✽ The King and I ●●●●● Until Sat 7 Jan, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat
2.30pm). £17.50–£33. Much loved musical tale of a widow who goes to Siam to work under the eccentric palace roof of the King. See review, page 100.
✽✽ Scottish Ballet: Sleeping Beauty Wed 11–Sat 14 Jan,
7.30pm (Thu & Sat mat 2pm). £12–£37.50 (£9–£34.50). Scottish Ballet revives its version of the classic fairytale as choreographed by award-winning artistic director Ashley Page. See review, page 100. Scottish Opera/RCS: Betrothal in a Monastery Thu 26 & Sat 28 Jan, 7.15pm. £15.50–£23.50. See Theatre Royal, Glasgow.
✽✽ Swallows and Amazons Tue 31 Jan–Sat 4 Feb, 7pm (Wed, Thu &
Sat mat 2pm). £17–£24 (£14–£21; family £60; children £8.50–£12). Arthur Ransome’s classic tale of children on boats is brought to life as an action- packed musical adventure directed by Tom Morris and featuring music from Neil Hannon. See preview, page 101.
■ THE JEKYLL & HYDE 112 Hanover Street, 225 2022. Gutter Lane: Sparkle In The Sorrow Sat 14 Jan, 8pm–1am. £6–£9. Cabaret and circus sideshow with all the atmosphere of a gin-soaked 17th-century backstreet dive.
■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000.
✽✽ Cinderella ●●●●● Until Sun 22 Jan, times vary. £10.50–£24.50
(children £9.50–£21.50). Usual suspects Allan Stewart, Andy Gray and Grant Stott are all present and correct in the King’s traditional hootenany.
■ NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE 215a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. The Captain’s Collection Tue 24 Jan, 7pm. £5. See Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848.
✽✽ The Infamous Brothers Davenport Thu 19 Jan–Sat 11 Feb
(not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm (Wed 25 & Sat 28 Jan, Wed 1, Sat 4 & Sat 11 Feb mat, 2.30pm). £14.50–£29. World premiere of a new piece from Vox Motus, taking audiences back to the Lyceum of 1864 and a spectacular stage seance conducted by the flicker of gaslight. See preview, page 100.
■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Oor Rabbie Sat 21 Jan, 4pm. £6 (£4). Foolish Notion presents a family-friendly look at Robert Burns’ best-known works through poetry and stories from Andy Cannon and live music from folk musician Wendy Weatherby. Part of Burnsfest. Dream or Not? Sat 21 Jan, 7.30pm. £10. Storytelling theatre presented using British Sign Language by Actual Signs, telling three short stories about they ways men and women interact.
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. FREE The Builders Fri 20 Jan, 3pm. Mayhem-mongers Plutot la Vie present Danish playwright Line Knutzon’s black comedy about a couple’s pursuit of a dream home.
✽✽ Rehearsal Room 17 Wed 25 & Thu 26 Jan, 7.30pm. £6 (£4). Two
new pieces of writing from Stellar Quines theatre company, presented for discussion and debate with the writers,