1940s sewing machines, amplified and processed by computers. Part of Behaviour. ■ BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL 113–117 Trongate. Glasgow Comedy Festival bookings: 0844 395 4005. Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Weegie? Sat 24 & Sun 25 Mar, 3pm. £3. A middle-aged, Morningsider’s world is torn apart by his daughter’s announcement that she’s marrying a Glasgow man. Not just any old Glasgow man – a nudist ned poet, at that. Part of Glasgow Comedy Festival.
■ THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL 106–108 Brunswick Street. Glasgow Comedy Festival bookings: 0844 395 4005. Abigail’s Party Tue 20–Fri 23 Mar, 8pm. £12 (£9–£10). Biting social satire as Strathclyde Theatre Group takes on Mike Leigh’s play about Britain’s emerging middle class of the 1970s. Part of Glasgow Comedy Festival. ■ CAFÉ COSSACHOK Trongate 103, 10 King Street, 553 0733. Cabaret Pour les Femmes Thu 8 Mar, 9pm. £6 (£18 with a two-course meal). ‘Boylesque’ performer Tom
DeLish offers an evening of songs and sizzling gyration celebrating the wonder of women, all for International Women’s Day.
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. ✽✽ Betrayal Fri 2–Sat 24 Mar (not Sun/Mon), 7.30pm (Sat 17 Mar mat
2.30pm). £9–£12 (£6–£9). Harold Pinter’s classic 1970s drama of an extra- marital affair is told in reverse order, starting with the bleak aftermath and ending with the couple’s first meeting. Cal Macaninch stars. See preview, page 111.
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■ ADELAIDES 209 Bath Street, 248 4970. The Phantom of the Opera Thu 29–Sat 31 Mar, 7.30pm. £17.50 (£15; family £55). A new production of the popular musical from Transylvania Productions, featuring Josh Kemp’s contemporary score and Joseph Taylor’s book and lyrics. ■ ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE GLASGOW 3 Park Circus, 331 4080. Un Fou noir au pays des Blancs Wed 21 Mar, 6.30pm. £5. Congolese storyteller Pie Tshibanda tells the story of his journey as an asylum seeker from his native land to Brussels, and the challenges he faced in trying to build a life there. See preview, page 116.
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. ✽✽ Behaviour Fri 2 Mar–Sat 28 Apr, times vary. £5–£12. An intelligently cool festival of theatre, built around The Arches’ sturdy reputation for pushing genre and art form boundaries. With a mix of international and local performers, Behaviour was developed to push original talents into the spotlight, providing a platform for emergent winners of the Brick Award and Platform 18 prizes. See individual listings, below and next issue. See preview, page 112.
✽✽ The Man Who Lived Twice Wed 7–Sat 10 Mar, 7.30pm. £9–£11
(£6–£7). A fictional meeting between playwright Edward Sheldon and young actor John Gielgud. From Birds of Paradise theatre, Alison Peebles directs. See preview, page 111. The Oh Fuck Moment Wed 21 Mar, 7pm & 9pm; Thu 22 Mar, 7.15pm & 9.15pm. £11 (£8). A show that won a Fringe First Award in 2011, from poet Hannah Jane Walker and writer/performer Chris Thorpe, examining the art of making mistakes, and that moment when you realise you’ve got it very, very wrong. Part of Behaviour. If These Spasms Could Speak Thu 22 Mar, 9pm; Fri 23–Sun 25 Mar, 7pm. £11 (£8). Actor Robert Softley, also behind the National Theatre of Scotland’s Girl X, presents a collection of stories about disabled people and their bodies. Part of Behaviour. Sewing Machine Orchestra Sun 25 Mar, 4pm & 8.30pm. £7 (£5). Martin Messier, composer, performer and video artist, presents a symphony created entirely from the sounds of a fleet of
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PREVIEW NEW WORK ANOESIS Tramway, Glasgow, Thu 8–Sat 10 Mar
Junction 25 may be made up of teenagers, aged between 12 and 17, but it’s also one of Scotland’s most lauded theatre groups. The company has been making its own brand of innovative, improvisational plays since 2005 and last year won a Herald Angel Award for its meditation on love and heartbreak, I Hope My Heart Goes First. Their new production, Anoesis, is, like its predecessors, inspired by the group’s own experiences, this time in the world of education. Meaning ‘a consciousness that is pure passive receptiveness without understanding’, it will look at ‘the things we learn and are “taught” and the pressures faced,’ explains co-producer Jess Thorpe.
‘In the shows we make,’ she says, ‘the young
people don’t play characters but are always themselves. The material is created from their own opinions, ideas and experiences, which is perhaps the reason the style is so particular. The personalities of the group are such a huge part of the overall energy of the show.’ The approach may be the same but, unlike previous
shows, Anoesis will be performed to an intimate audience seated at a table, in an exam-like context. ‘It really feels like we are trying to do something new,’ Thorpe says. ‘The group selected the starting point as it was close to their hearts at this moment in time. It has been such an enjoyable process so far and one in which we have lots of rich and challenging discussions. We hope to inspire the same in our audiences.’ (Yasmin Sulaiman)