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Rehearsal after Reflect Soft Matte Discourse Sat 25 Feb, 7.30pm. Day pass £6; festival pass £14. Malin Arnell, Clara Lopez and Imri Sandström re-enact and interrogate Gina Pane’s landmark performance art piece, Discours mou et mat, exploring themes of alienation, abjection and the body. Part of Arika12 Episode 2. Become What You Are Sat 25 Feb, 9pm. Day pass £6; festival pass £14. Acclaimed performance artist Dawn Kasper enacts a series of vignettes dealing with what Nietzsche described as ‘the evidently paradoxical task of becoming what you (already) are’. Part of Arika12 Episode 2. Inhuman Grand-Guignol Theatre Sun 26 Feb, 7.30pm. Day pass £6; festival pass £14. Inspired by HP Lovecraft, black metal and philosophical horror, Japanese minimal performance artist Taku Unami explores the essential absurdity of bothering to do anything at all in a cosmologically meaningless world. Part of Arika12 Episode 2.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267. Woody Sez Thu 2 Feb, 8pm. £13. Last chance to catch this dramatisation of the life of Woody Guthrie. Part of Celtic Connections. FREE The Comedy Project: Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors Thu 9 Feb, 8.30pm. Stone Soup presents a staged reading of one of The Bard’s most fun plays as they embark on a five-year project to better understand it. Booking essential.
✽✽ Mwana Fri 10–Sat 18 Feb (not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm. £7–£15. A
young Glasgow-educated Zimbabwean is torn by the traditional values enshrined in his heritage in this co- production from the Tron and Ankur Productions. See preview, below.
A Song, a Sip & a Sandwich Sun 12 Feb, 4pm. £15. Cabaret afternoon with songs from the musicals. Double Nugget Tue 14–Sat 18 Feb, 8pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10 (£7). See Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow. See preview, page 110. Melmoth the Wanderer Wed 22–Sat 25 Feb, 7.45pm. £7–£15. Comic surrealism and shock horror collide in Nicola McCartney’s adaptation of a novel by Charles Robert Maturin (Oscar Wilde’s great uncle). See preview, page 110.
✽✽ Passing Through Wed 22–Sat 25 Feb, 8.30pm. £8 (£6). Alistair Rutherford’s new romantic comedy explores the magical tryst between conjurer Tommy and jaded Alice. Presented by Peapod Productions. See preview, page 111. Indulge Me a Little More . . . Sun 26 Feb, 4pm. £10. Cabaret show with Stella Litchfield. Plume Thu 1–Sat 17 Mar (not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm. £7–£15. The story of a man’s grief and anger when his son is killed in a terrorist attack, written by JC Marshall and performed by the Tron Theatre Company.
EDINBURGH
■ THE BARONY BAR 81-85 Broughton Street. Booking via the Traverse Theatre, call 0131 228 1404.
✽✽ Barflies Mon 6–Thu 9 Feb & Mon 27 Feb–Thu 1 Mar, 7.30pm. £15
(£6–£11). Grid Iron’s acclaimed adaptation of the booze-soaked work of American writer Charles Bukowski, presented by the Traverse in the Barony Bar.
■ BEDLAM THEATRE 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. Snow, Glass, Apples Tue 7–Sat 11 Feb, 7.30pm. £6 (students £5.50). New theatre from Edinburgh University students inspired by Neil Gaiman’s dark,
adult retelling of the Snow White story. The Good Person of Szechuan Wed 15 Feb, 2.30pm, Thu 16 Feb, 7.30pm. £5 (students £4.50). A Brechtian classic about the difficulties of altruism from Edinburgh University Theatre Company. Fahrenheit 451 Tue 21–Sat 25 Feb, 7.30pm. £6 (students £5.50). Ray Bradbury’s own adaptation of his dystopian sci-fi novel, performed in Scotland for the first time by students from Edinburgh Uni. Vatnsdal Wed 29 Feb, 2.30pm. £5 (students £4.50). A new piece of theatre mixing poetry with epic Viking battles in this familial revenge drama.
■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Swan Lake Thu 9 Feb, 7.30pm. £12 (£8.50). See Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow. The Trial Sat 11 Feb, 7.30pm. £11.25 (£9.25; under 18s £6). Blackeyed Theatre take on Steven Berkoff’s adaptation of Franz Kafka’s gruesome story about the rootless Joseph K’s nightmarish flight from a nameless crime of which he’s been accused. Sensual Africa Thu 16 Feb, 7.30pm. £10.75 (£8.75; under 18s £6). A sensual and complex piece of dance choreographed by Bawren Tavaziva in response to a trip to Malawi. The Demon Headmaster Sat 18 Feb, 7pm. £6.50 (family £24). Based on the book and television series of the same name, Brunton Youth Theatre present a play about the megalomaniac headmaster who has a habit of hypnotising his pupils. Roll Out the Beryl Wed 22 Feb, 7.30pm. £11.25 (£9.25; under 18s £6). A celebration of the great actress of stage and screen, blending theatre and humour with live action cooking as each of her most-loved characters are introduced.
✽✽ PUSH Sat 25 Feb, 7.30pm. £10.75 (£6–£8.75). See Platform, Glasgow.
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■ THE CAVES Niddry Street South, 557 8989. The Road to Canterbury Thu 2–Sat 4 Feb, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £6 (students £5.50). The Caves becomes the Tabard Inn as you are welcomed in for Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s new adaptation of the Canterbury Tales. This event is BYOA (bring your own ale, of course).
■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 529 4147. A Chorus Line Thu 2–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+. Acorn Antiques Mon 13–Sat 18 Feb, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £11–£15. Tempo Productions bring Victoria Wood’s creaky soap opera to the stage. ■ THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 18-22 Greenside Place, 0844 847 1660. Save the Last Dance for Me Until Sat 4 Feb, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £16–£39. Relive the music of the 60s as Jennifer and Marie travel through the summer of 1963 on a family holiday where they meet a handsome American Airman. Avenue Q Tue 7–Thu 9 Feb, 7.30pm (Wed mat 2.30pm), Fri 10 Feb, 5.30pm & 8.30pm, Sat 11 Feb, 4pm & 7.30pm. £21.50–£39.50. An X-rated Sesame Street, this show follows the inhabitants of a run- down area of New York as they struggle with life, love and what to do with your BA in English. Sally Morgan Thu 23 Feb, 7.30pm. £23.50. Psychic demo. Madama Butterfly Fri 24 Feb, 7.30pm. £17.50–£40.50. See Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. La Traviata Sat 25 Feb, 7.30pm. £22.50–£40.50. See Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow.
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