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GLASGOW
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 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 one of its number. Cash Flow Wed 30 May–Fri 1 Jun, 7pm. £7 (£5). Led by Ben Harrison of the award-winning Grid Iron company, students on the Physical Theatre course at Adam Smith college present their work surrounding issues of wealth. On the Verge Wed 6–Fri 8 Jun, 7.30pm. £6. Students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland perform devised pieces, new writing and solo works based on everything from classic texts to their own experiences of modern life. ■ LA BODEGA TAPAS BAR Dance with Attitude Studios, 1120 South Street, 581 3401. Flamenco Fusion Sat 9 Jun, 8pm. £9 (£7.50) in advance; £11 (£9) on the door. A colourful performance from the DWA flamenco dancers, accompanied by classical guitar and powerful vocals. Followed by a salsa party with tapas. Part of the West End Festival. A Cabaret Night @ La Bodega Sat 16 Jun, 8pm. £9 (£7.50) in advance; £11 (£9) on the door. Jailbird musical Chicago is the theme for this cabaret
night from DWA, where dressing up glamorously is very much encouraged. Followed by an after-show party and tapas for all. Part of the West End Festival.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Private Dancer Thu 21 Jun, 7pm; Fri 22 & Sat 23 Jun, 4pm & 7pm. £9 (£7). A promenade event combining dance, installation, and the art of Zen in a full-sized luminous house. Directed by Janice Parker.
■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. 27 ●●●●● Until Sat 26 May, 7.30pm. £12–£19 (£9–£16). A co- production from the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Lyceum Theatre, written by Abi Morgan.
✽✽ Krapp’s Last Tape/Footfalls Wed 30 May–Sat 9 Jun (not Sun/Mon), 7.30pm (Sat 2 Jun mat 2.30pm). £12–£19 (£9–£16). Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape is a brilliantly sardonic but also moving study of age, nostalgia and self-delusion, while his Footfalls is a haunting portrayal of a woman obsessively revisiting her life. Both are directed here by Dominic Hill. See preview, page 127. Bye Bye Birdie Wed 20–Sat 23 Jun, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12 (£8). Musical theatre from students of the Dance School of Scotland, directed by Johnny McKnight.
■ COTTIERS THEATRE 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. The Fashion Floor 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.
A Slice of Saturday Night Fri 25–Tue 29 May, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £5–£7. Stormy teenage courtships are a-go-go at the provincial ‘Club A-Go-Go’ in this musical from Motherwell College’s Musical Theatre students. Bram Stoker’s Dracula Thu 31 May, 7.30pm. £7. Liz Lochhead’s powerful adaptation of the seminal vampire tale, performed by Motherwell College students. Marrakech and I Can’t Remember Anything Thu 7 Jun-Sat 9 Jun, 8pm. £10 (£8). Treading the Borders Theatre Company presents a double bill of plays dealing with lives in crisis: in Marrakech a woman does everything in her power to keep her husband from going to Morocco to write a novel, while I Can’t Remember Anything deals with the breaking down of a very old friendship. Part of the West End Festival. ■ DANCE HQ 411 White Studios, Templeton on the Green, Templeton Street, 556 0039. Glasgow Festival of Arabic Dance Sat 9 Jun, 12.30–11.30pm. Workshops £12–£18; show £12. A day of oriental and tribal belly dance workshops, followed by evening performances from top belly dancers.
■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422.
✽✽ The Tempest Wed 20 Jun–Sat 7 Jul (not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm. £15 (£10); previews on Wed 20 & Thu 21 Jun £12 (£8). Journey to Prospero’s enchanted isle for the first of this year’s Bard in the Botanics adventures, which are all linked by the theme of ‘Brave New Worlds’. Directed by Jennifer Dick. See preview, page 125. Part of
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✽✽ Romeo & Juliet Thu 21 Jun–Fri 20 Jul (not Sun/Mon/Tue 17 Jul),
8pm. £15 (£10); preview on Thu 21 Jun £12 (£8). Shakespeare’s most famous love story is retold in the atmospheric setting of the Botanical Gardens by the Bard in the Botanics team under director Gordon Barr. See preview, page 125. Part of the West End Festival.
■ GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Strictly Presents: Dance to the Music Wed 20 Jun, 7.30pm. £19.50–£45. Strictly 2010 champion Kara Tointon and her dance partner Artem Chigvintsev face off against professionals Kristina Rhiannoff and Robin Windsor to a soundtrack provided by the Strictly house band.
■ GLASGOW UNIVERSITY UNION 32 University Avenue, 339 8697. The Gatsby Club: 1920s Cabaret Sat 16 Jun, 7.30pm–2am. £12 (£10). Go clubbing in Glasgow’s West End, 1920s style! With cocktails, a music hall variety show, burlesque acts, the Black Diamond Havana Band and the Odium cinema, and 20s and 20s- inspired tunes from DJ Lord Holyrude as you dance the night away. Part of the West End Festival. ■ KELVINSIDE HILLHEAD PARISH CHURCH Observatory Road, 334 2788. The Pilgrim’s Progress Fri 15 & Thu 21 Jun, 7.30pm. By donation. Kelvinside Hillhead church presents its version of John Milton’s famous morality dream. Part of the West End Festival.
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LOVE LETTERS TO THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Love Letters to The Public Transport System, a beautifully crafted semi- autobiographical monologue inspired by the drivers who get people to places on time is to tour venues across Scotland from next month before a full Edinburgh Festival run this August. Here, Molly Taylor, the show’s creator talks about her learning experience with the National Theatre of Scotland and being one of the recipients of the Bank of Scotland Emerge programme for developing theatre-makers. ‘I have a long standing relationship with the National Theatre of Scotland,
I’ve worked within their Learn Department on one off projects, I’ve designed and delivered workshop programmes, but more importantly, it was under their guidance that I first began writing.
My experience as a performer in documentary and verbatim theatre led to an appetite for finding real stories for real people. The Bank of Scotland Emerge programme has given me access to the most precious commodity a writer can have – time!
The opportunity to develop a new piece of work, in a structured and supported environment, is a rare luxury. I am relatively new to writing, so programmes like this, made possible only by the dedication and generosity of the Bank of Scotland, are a wonderful enriching challenge. I’m thoroughly grateful to Bank of Scotland and the National Theatre of Scotland for providing fledging writers like me, the chance to develop new ways of working, allowing us to flex muscles we didn’t know we had.
3 Love Letters to the Public Transport System, Dornie Hall, June 26; Macphail Centre Ullapool, June 28; Macroberts Arts Centre, Stirling, July 5; Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, August 2-26.
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