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■ ALICE ROCKS 7-9 Gibson Street. Booking via the Arches, see below for contact details.
✽✽ FREE Haircuts by Children Sat 28 & Sun 29 Apr, times vary. Site-
specific, interactive performance ‘experience’ programmed by the Arches as part of the ‘cutting’ edge Behaviour festival, doing exactly what it says on the tin. See feature, page 22. Part of Behaviour. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Fatherland, Motherland Thu 26 & Fri 27 Apr, 7pm. £11 (£8). An ambitious work-in-progress from Nic Green, the acclaimed performance maker behind 2009’s Trilogy. This piece explores her dual heritage – from Yorkshire on her mother’s side and Scotland on her father’s – and ideas of place, identity and authenticity. Part of Behaviour. 7 Day Drunk Thu 26 & Fri 27 Apr, 9.30pm. £11 (£8). Bryony Kimmings explores her rocky relationship with alcohol, and its power to both inspire and scupper artistic creation. Part of Behaviour. HeLa Fri 11–Sat 12 May, 7.30pm. £6. A solo work-in-progress by Adura Onashile, taking the true story of Henrietta Lacks as its starting point: Lacks died of a cancerous tumour in 1951, samples were taken and the resultant HeLa cell line became one of the most important tools in medicine, so
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there are enough of her cells alive today to make 400 new Henriettas. Scratch Night Wed 16 May, 7.30pm. £3.50. Performers get ten minutes to try out new ideas in front of an audience and seek feedback. UWS BA Performance Showcase Wed 23 May, 1–3pm & 7–9pm. £7 (£5). Final-year students from the University of the West of Scotland showcase diverse short pieces created during their studies. Ages 18+. The King of Hearts Thu 24 & Fri 25 May, 7pm. £4. The Arches resident theatre group, the Actors’ Lab, presents a new wartime thriller written by Lawrence Crawford.
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022.
✽✽ King Lear Until Sat 12 May (not Sun/Mon), 7.30pm (Sat 5 May mat
1.30pm). £12–£19 (£8–£16). Shakespeare’s mightiest play features a storm, a tragicomic sidekick, a charming scumbag, evil sisters, not one but two good men betrayed and a scene where a character gets his eyes gouged out. Returning to the Citz after 33 years’ absence, David Hayman plays the mad king. See preview, page 109. Ankur Ha Ha Sat 28 Apr, 7.45pm. £2.50. A scratch night featuring work produced by Ankur Ha Ha, a project supported by the Citizens’ Theatre to mentor and develop artists working in a range of genres. Feral Tue 1–Thu 3 May, 8.30pm. £2.50. A work-in-progress recreation of the London riots, told using puppets in miniature. Part of NTS Reveal. Roman Bridge Wed 2–Sat 12 May (not Sun/Mon), Tue–Fri 7.30pm, Sat 5pm & 8.15pm. £12.50 (£2–£9.50). Craw leads Catherine back to the ancient bridge where she abandoned her son years before, in this new play about sacrifice and survival in another
Scotland. See Stage Whispers, page 107. Part of NTS Reveal. The Red Hourglass Wed 2 & Thu 3 May, 7.30pm. £2.50. Rehearsed reading of Alan Bissett’s dark new political allegory. Part of NTS Reveal. Gaelic for Beginners Fri 4 & Sat 5 May, 7pm. £2.50. Emily studies her parents’ marriage to find the cause of their break-up, but can’t understand anything they’re saying, in this rehearsed reading of Catriona Lexy Campbell’s play. Part of NTS Reveal. FREE Scratch Performances Fri 4 May, 8.30pm; Thu 10 May, 8.45pm. Artists test out 10–20 minutes of a new work in front of an audience. Part of NTS Reveal. Kasimir and Karoline Sat 5 May, 2.30pm. £2.50. A new Scots translation of a classic German comedy about a wild night at the Oktoberfest gets its first outing in this rehearsed reading. Part of NTS Reveal. The Great Disappointment of Santa Muerta Thu 10–Sat 12 May, 7.30pm. £2.50. Work-in-progress by Amanda Monfrooe, in which a woman discovers that she actually is the character she has been asked to play on Mexican TV. Part of NTS Reveal. Colour Me Read Fri 11 & Sat 12 May, 8.45pm. £2.50. Rehearsed reading of six interweaving stories about a world where books can be dangerous, by Stef Smith. Part of NTS Reveal. 27 Thu 17–Sat 26 May (not Sun/Mon), 7.30pm. £12–£19 (£9–£16). A co- production from the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Lyceum Theatre, written by Abi Morgan, about the strange relationship between an outspoken nun and the leader of a group of scientists. Johnny Beattie – A Diamond Celebration Sun 20 May, 7pm. £25 including a glass of fizz. A tribute to the 85-year-old entertainer, featuring such luminaries as the Alexander Brothers,
Andy Cameron, Alan Cumming, Dean Park and the cast of River City. ■ COTTIERS THEATRE 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. Company Tue 1–Sat 5 May, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12 (£10). Stephen Sondheim’s musical rom com, performed by Insideout Productions. Musical Mayhem Tue 15 Sat 19 May, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£16. A celebration of the musicals, by Pantheon theatre group. Bram Stoker’s Dracula Mon 21, Wed 23 & Thu 31 May, 7.30pm. £7. Liz Lochhead’s powerful adaptation of the seminal vampire tale, performed by Motherwell College students. The Fashion Floor Tue 22, Thu 24 & Wed 30 May, 7.30pm. £5–£7. A drama set on the shop floor of a Stoke-on-Trent department store, written by Corrie scriptwriter Tony Perrin and performed by Motherwell College acting students.
■ THE HUB Pacific Quay, thehub-pacificquay.com Booking via the Citizens Theatre, see above for contact details.
✽✽ Enquirer Thu 26 Apr–Sat 12 May (not Sun/Mon), 8pm. £15 (£5–£10;
previews on Thu 26 & Fri 27 Apr, all tickets £10). The words of around 50 people involved in the newspaper industry have been structured by the National Theatre of Scotland into a piece of site-specific theatre, which is being performed in an empty floor of the BBC’s Glasgow offices. See preview, page 109.
■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Dancing Queen Until Sat 28 Apr 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £9.50–£32. Four lead singers and 16 dancers take you back to the 70s with this flamboyant Abba tribute.
REVEAL 2012 – A SEASON OF PROMISING NEW WORK
The London Riots, performed by puppets; a story spun by a Spider; a Gaelic Divorce; post-apocalyptic drama and Mexican Reality TV are all part of REVEAL 2012.
Following on from last year’s successful inaugural Reveal Season, The National Theatre of Scotland, in association with the Citizens’ Theatre, present Reveal 2012, a season of new work by up and coming and diversifying artists, many of whom have been supported by the National Theatre of Scotland through their Bank of Scotland Pioneering Partnership. The artists who were connected to the 2011 New Directors Programme and Artists on Attachment schemes’, benefited from the Bank of Scotland Emerge Fund, a new investment created to support the next stage of their creative development. This funding from Bank of Scotland allowed the National Theatre of Scotland to work with this selected group of artists to develop their ideas and to showcase them to both the wider theatre industry and the public.
Each artist will show work at a different stage of the creative process, from
small scale productions to work in progresses and rehearsed readings. Reveal 2012 will also offer a group of young artists the opportunity to share the seed of a new idea at one of two scratch performances.
Taking place at the Citizen’s Theatre between the 3–13 May, the season includes works by Martin Travers, Amanda Gaughan, Alan Bissett, Amanda Monfrooe, Ross MacKay, Catriona Lexy Campbell, Alan McKendrick.
Bank of Scotland have 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway to each of the Bank of Scotland Emerge participants new work which includes Roman Bridge directed by Amanda Gaughan, The Red Hour Glass written by Ross Mackay, Colour Me Read written by Stef Smith, Feral by Ross Mackay and The Great Disappointment of Santa Muerta by Amanda Monfrooe. To enter just log on to list.co.uk/offers and tell us which show you would like to go to.
TERMS & CONDITIONS Competition closes 3 days prior to each show performance. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply. For full details of the Bank of Scotland Pioneering Partnership go to www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/BankofScotland for full Reveal programme go to www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/Reveal2012
112 THE LIST 26 Apr–24 May 2012