WIN TICKETS TO
THE SNOWMAN
When a young boy’s snowman comes to life on Christmas Eve, the two set off on a night-time quest for adventure. On their travels they meet dancing penguins, reindeer and naturally, Father Christmas. Watch spellbound as the Snowman flies through the night sky above you, before escaping the clutches of the evil Jack Frost to return home for Christmas morning. The stage show based on Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman and the subsequent film has become a modern classic. With its wonderful mix of storytelling, spectacle and magic, The Snowman makes a triumphant return to the Festival Theatre to enchant the young and the young at heart this festive season. Featuring Howard Blake’s beautiful Walking In the Air, performed by a live orchestra, this is the perfect Christmas treat for all the family.
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Terms & Conditions: Competition closes 18 Jul 2012. A family pass is 4 tickets. There is no cash alternative. Usual List rules apply.
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GLASGOW
■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000.
✽ Whatever Gets You Through the Night Tue 26–Fri 29 Jun, 8pm. £12 show only; £18 with book and album download. A live show that is just the tip of a multimedia iceberg involving an album, a collection of writing and a film. Created as a Vital Spark cross-platform commission by actor and director Cora Bissett, playwright David Greig and experimental music collective Swimmer One. Featuring writing and music from a whole host of Scotland-based talent, the project is a compilation of stories happening around the country between midnight and 4am. See feature, page 18.
■ 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. Bye Bye Birdie Thu 21–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. Temptations of Tam Fri 29 & Sat 30 Jun, 7.30pm. £10 (£2–£8). Scottish Opera in association with Citizens Community Company present a community opera inspired by Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, following Tam Rakewell as he goes in search of fortune but descends
Midnight Tango
into debauchery and madness. It only takes one Instant Win to get you hooked ■ COTTIERS THEATRE 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. Dirty Water Fri 29 Jun, 7.30pm. £7. Comedy set in the world of Eager Beaver Cleaners who service the housing schemes of Glasgow. Coriolanus Tue 3–Sat 7 Jul, 7.30pm. £10 (£8). Strathclyde Theatre Group performs Shakespeare’s final tragedy, a political and family drama about fearsome soldier Coriolanus.
■ CRANHILL DEVELOPMENT TRUST 109 Bellrock Street. Telephone booking via Platform on 0141 276 9696; in person at Cranhill Development Trust. Playing with Food Thu 21 Jun, 2pm & 7pm. £2. A new performance developed by A Moment’s Peace and Platform with newly arrived residents in Cranhill, exploring the tastes, smells and sounds of their kitchens. Part of Refugee Week. ■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. Three Wishes Credit Card Thu 28 Jun, 6pm. £4 (£3). Eastwood Park Youth Theatre Intermediates and Seniors present four different original shows, all devised independently around the same title. Made in Scotland Thu 28 Jun, 7.30pm. £6. Burns Grove Dance Group (aged 2–18) presents an evening of dance entertainment set to the sounds of Scotland.
■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422.
✽ The Tempest Until Sat 7 Jul (not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm. £15 (£10). 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. Part of the West End Festival.
When you’ve spent years honing your craft, it must be slightly galling to be paid less and enjoy less of the limelight than the ‘celebrities’ on Strictly Come Dancing. So it’s good to see the hugely talented Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace having such enormous success with Midnight Tango. Back in Edinburgh for a second time, this dynamic, dramatic and surprisingly witty show features a fantastic live tango band, as well as the sharp moves of Vincent, Flavia and some of the finest tango dancers in the world. ■ Edinburgh Playhouse, Wed 27–Sat 30 Jun.