Theatre
Events are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to theatre@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Laura Ennor. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry GLASGOW
■ THE ARCHES Argyle Street, 565 1000. deviator Mon 23–Thu 26 Jul, 5.30pm, 6.30pm & 7.30pm; Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, 3pm, 4pm & 5pm. £5 (£10 cash deposit for smartphone hire). Radical street theatre game turning Glasgow into a grown-up playground. See preview, page 84. Part of SURGE Festival & the Merchant City Festival. Scope: Ratcatcher Fri 27 Jul & Sun 29 Jul, 6.30–7.15pm. £5. A ‘black panto’ romp through diseased fairytales and dystopian visions. Part of SURGE Festival. FREEInvisible Empire Fri 27 Jul, 8pm; Sat 28 Jul, 6.45pm. Work in progress ensemble physical theatre, exploring what lies behind extreme acts of resistance. Part of SURGE Festival. Surge Cabaret Club Fri 27–Sun 29 Jul, 8.30–11pm. £5. Choose from a menu of intimate ten-minute plays and cabaret performance, from comic fancies to dark surprises. Part of SURGE Festival. Scope: Bird Sat 28 Jul, 5.45pm; Sun 29 Jul, 5.30pm. £5. A feral creature struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Part of SURGE Festival. Transfiguration Sat 28 Jul, 7.30pm. £8 (£6). French performer Olivier De Sagazan uses clay and paint to perform live sculpture with his own face as a canvas. Part of SURGE Festival. Hybridation Sun 29 Jul, 7.45pm. £8 (£6). Another experimental performance art piece from Olivier De Sagazan, joined now by Marie Cardinal. Part of SURGE Festival. Crossing the Lines Wed 1 Aug, 7.30pm. £3.50 (includes a glass of wine). A night of new text-based theatre performance.
■ THE BRIGGAIT Bridgegate, 553 5890. FREECircoscotia Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, 7–9pm. Aerial work, Chinese pole, acrobalance and floor acrobatics. Part of SURGE Festival and the Merchant City Festival.
■ BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL Trongate, 553 0840. FREEMusic Hall Memories Sat 28 Jul, 1pm & 3pm. Re-live the Music Hall days with this variety show. Part of the Merchant City Festival. ■ CITY HALLS 353 8000. Blood and Roses Wed 25–Sun 29 Jul, 10am & noon & 2pm & 4pm & 6pm & 8pm. £8–£10. A site-specific performance/walking tour from Bellrock (formerly Poor Boy Theatre). Ages 12+. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS Great Western Road, 334 2422. Romeo & Juliet Until Fri 20 Jul, 8pm. £15 (£10). Shakespeare’s most famous love story is retold outdoors. As You Like It Until Sat 28 Jul (not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm. £15 (£10). See review, page 84. ■ KING’S THEATRE Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Summer School 2012 Fri 27 Jul, 3.30pm & 7.30pm. £8. Pantomime from children who have been taking part in a week-long drama summer school.
■ OFFSHORE Gibson Street, offshorecoffee.co.uk Thomas the Rhymer Fri 27–Tue 31 Jul (not Sun), 7–8.30pm. £6.50. A 86 THE LIST 19 Jul–2 Aug 2012
classic folk tale updated with references to the Scottish independence referendum. ■ THE OLD FRUITMARKET 353 8000. Merchants of Magic Cabaret Fri 27 Jul, 10.30pm. £15. A cabaret of conjuring from Chris De Rosa and The Great Aziz. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEDancing Voices Sun 29 Jul, 3pm. Thought-provoking production from Barrowland Ballet and 150 dancers aged from their mid-50s to mid-80s. Booking recommended. Part of the Merchant City Festival.
■ ÒRAN MÓR Great Western Road, 357 6200. A Play, a Pie & a Pint Summer Pantomime: Alice in Poundland Until Sat 28 Jul (not Sun), 1pm. £8–£12.50. Satirical summer panto from Dave Anderson and David MacLennan.
■ PAVILION THEATRE Renfield Street, 332 1846. Jukebox Memories 3: The Love Years Until Sat 4 Aug, Thu–Sat only, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £14–£17. Comedy musical drawing on love songs of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
■ PLATFORM Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Skewered Snails Thu 26 & Fri 27 Jul, 7–8pm. £8 (£3.50–£4.50). The tale of a dysfunctional family is told through darkly comic physical theatre. Ages 14+. Part of SURGE and the Merchant City Festival. ■ SCOTTISH YOUTH THEATRE Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. An Eye for an Eye Wed 1–Sat 4 Aug, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £10 (£6; family £26). New devised theatre created by participants in Scottish Youth Theatre’s summer course, based on Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.
■ TRON THEATRE Trongate, 552 4267.
21 Jul, 7.45pm. £7–£15. See review, ✽ Stones in His Pockets Until Sat ✽ I Could Eat a Horse Fri 20 &
page 84.
Sat 21 Jul, 8pm. £2.50. See preview, page 84. A Song and a Sip Sun 22 Jul, 4pm. £12. Cabaret afternoon with songs from the musicals. Pauline Goldsmith is ‘Sadie Wan Fag’ Thu 26–Sat 28 Jul, 8pm. £10 (£7). Prizes and surprises emerge from the bingo called by Pauline Goldsmith. Over 16s. Part of the Merchant City Festival. City Cab! Fri 27 & Sat 28 Jul, 9pm– midnight. £5 (£3). Cabaret co-presented with Glasgay! Over 16s. Part of the Merchant City Festival. Merchant City Festival Club Fri 27 & Sat 28 Jul, 9pm–midnight. £5 (£3). Late night cabaret. Part of the Merchant City Festival. Twelfth Night Tue 31 Jul–Sat 4 Aug, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £10 (£6; family £26). Classic Shakespearean comedy.
■ VARIOUS OUTDOOR LOCATIONS, MERCHANT CITY Performances around the Merchant City, see merchantcityfestival.com (MCF) and conflux.co.uk (SURGE) for details. FREEJamp Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, noon– 12.45pm & 3–3.45pm. Mix of circus, dance and theatre, created by Glasgow Parkour and Bright Night International. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEProfessor Hildeberg’s Hibernating Antarctic Zoo Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, noon–2.20pm & 4–6.20pm. Meet the six new Antarctic species. Groups of 20 audience members admitted every 20 minutes. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEFish Out of Water Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, noon–6pm. Marine-themed
educational theatre and storytelling as a shoal of gigantic fish infiltrates the Merchant City. Part of SURGE Festival & the Merchant City Festival. FREEScope: Spiked Sat 28 Jul, 12.45pm & 4.45pm; Sun 29 Jul, 1pm & 3pm. Acrobatics, percussion and rhythmical movement. Part of SURGE Festival & the Merchant City Festival. FREEAriel Killick Sat 28 Jul, 1–5pm. Walkabout performance from Gaelic- speaking circus performer Killick. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEPlay Dead! Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, 1pm, 3pm & 7pm. Louna Productions bring classic fairy tales to the streets of Glasgow adding a modern twist. Adults only at the 7pm peformances. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREELeaving Limbo Landing Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, 1.30pm, 3.45pm & 4pm. An outdoor production from Caroline Bowditch performed in air, water and on land. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEDance House Community Company Sat 28 Jul, 1.45–2.15pm & 4–4.30pm. Dance House and Making Music Scotland collaborate to celebrate the Cultural Olympiad. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEDance Juke Box Sun 29 Jul, 2pm. A selection of dance and music styles from Dance House as part of Big Dance 2012. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEYDance Fresh Faces Sat 28 Jul, 3pm & 5.30pm. Contemporary dance from youth companies. Part of the Merchant City Festival. FREEDance Community Stage Sat 28 Jul, 5.30pm; Sun 29 Jul, 3pm. Performances from Glasgow’s dance community choreography from Desi Bravehearts. Part of the Merchant City Festival. EDINBURGH
■ THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014.
✽The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show – Live! Sat 21 Jul, 7.30pm. £18–£28.50. Book now for this touring reunion of (most of) the original cast of the greatest cult radio show ever to blow up the planet. Footloose Fri 27 & Sat 28 Jul, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £15–£19.50. The stage version of the hit 80s film.
■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Street, 248 4848. FREEThe Devoted and Disgruntled Roadshow Sat 28 & Sun 29 Jul, 10am–7pm. Touring talking shop for anyone interested in theatre.
■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE High Street, 556 9579. The Three Hagstanes Sun 22 Jul, 3pm. £6 (£4). A mythical tale told through theatre and storytelling. Part of the July Folk Fest, see Folk and Books sections for further events. ■ THE VAULT Merchant Street, 510 0022. Life’s Only Varying Expression Thu 19–Sat 21 Jul, 7pm. £8 (£6). A new play by Michael Shand.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES
■ MACROBERT of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. Guys and Dolls Fri 27 & Sat 28 Jul, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2pm). £12 (£10; students & under 18s £6). By participants in macrobert’s theatre summer school. The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Carnival Queens Mon 30 & Tue 31 Jul, 8pm. £21.50 (£19.50; friends £18.50). Transsexual fun. ■ ST ANDREWS TOWN CENTRE details from Byre Theatre (byretheatre. com, 01334 475000).
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Merchant City Festival Glasgow’s cultural quarter gets ready to host a bumper programme of street art, music, dance, theatre, heritage, design, film, visual art, comedy and food and drink events. See preview in Around Town, page 38. Various venues, Glasgow, Wed 25–Sun 29 Jul.
Stones in His Pockets Marie Jones’ two-hander about the impact of the arrival of a TV crew on a rural Irish community continues at the Tron. See review, page 84. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, until Sat 21 Jul.
Bard in the Botanics: As You Like It Glasgow’s Botanics is transformed into the Forest of Arden as the annual Shakespeare festival continues with the evergreen comedy. See review, page 84. Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, until Sat 28 Jul.
I Could Eat a Horse Work in progress based on audience interpretations of the way we buy, grow, ship and eat food. See preview, page 84. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 20 & Sat 21 Jul.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show – Live! Several members of the original radio cast of Douglas Adams’ sci-fi comedy reunite for this touring stage production. Edinburgh Playhouse, Sat 21 Jul.
Surge Festival The annual festival of street arts, physical theatre and circus returns with its biggest programme of events yet. See preview, page 84. Various venues, Glasgow, Mon 23–Sun 29 Jul.
Dancing Voices A major dance and music event choreographed by Natasha Gilmore celebrating the changes Britain has gone through since the country last hosted the Olympics in 1948. Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Sun 29 Jul.
Inside Out Fri 27–Sun 29 Jul, times vary. Free. Street theatre and outdoor performing arts festival, featuring circus skills, free running, aerial acrobatics and more in the unlikely historic setting of St Andrews.