■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Piece of Mind Tue 9 & Thu 11 Oct, 8pm. £4 (£2). Captivating new piece of dance theatre exploring bipolar disorder. Ages 16+. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival. ■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Yellow Moon Thu 20 Sep, 7.30pm; Sat 22 Sep, 7pm (first half of double bill). £12.50 (combined ticket for this and The Monster in the Hall £20). A modern teenage Bonnie and Clyde tale from acclaimed Scottish playwright David Greig. Suitable for over 15s. Double bill bookable separately or together. The Monster in the Hall Fri 21 Sep, 7.30pm; Sat 22 Sep, 8.45pm (second half of a double bill). £12.50 (combined ticket for this and Yellow Moon £20). Highly successful play by David Greig following the trials of Duck Macatarsney, a teenager who cares for her MS-sufferer father, the Duke.
✽ Medea Thu 27 Sep–Sat 13 Oct (not Sun/Mon), 7.30pm (Sat 13 Oct
mat 2.30pm). £12–£19 (£2–£16; Tue all tickets £12; previews Thu 27–Sat 29 Sep, all tickets £8). The award- winning Mike Bartlett directs a new, contemporary setting of Euripides’ seminal tragedy. See preview, page 106. This is What We Ask Thu 18– Sat 20 Oct, 7.45pm. £5 (£2). The
Citizens Young Company explores the bewildering array of questions that faces today’s youth. Ages 14+. ■ CLARKSTON LIBRARY Clarkston Road Clarkston, 577 4972. Lottery Sat 29 Sep, 8pm. £6 (£5). Short play about two old friends whose teenage love is rekindled as they search a library for a lost lottery ticket.
■ COTTIERS THEATRE 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. Stepping Out Wed 10–Sat 13 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £14. The Lyric Club tells the story of a washed- up dancer and her attempts to stage a performance at a charity ball. The Arandora Star Mon 15–Thu 18 Oct, 7.30pm. £7.50–£10. Welsh company Theatr na n’Og presents a play about the plight of Italian immigrants living in the South Wales valleys at the outbreak of World War II, and their branding by the authorities as enemy aliens.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4970. A Dream on Midsummer’s Night Wed 26 Sep. See Kids listings. Footloose Tue 2–Sat 6 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £13.50–£15.50. Theatre Guild Glasgow’s rendition of the popular 80s musical.
✽ Sex & God Wed 10 Oct, 7.30pm. £13 (£11; students £9). Linda
McLean’s new work is four monologues on religion, family and lust. Presented by Magnetic North (Walden, Pass the Spoon). See preview, page 104. Libby McArthur: The F Word Sat 13 Oct, 7.30pm. £12 (£10). McArthur (aka Gina from River City) presents her one-woman show on being fabulous, frustrated, feverish, all manner of other ‘f’s, and fifty-something.
■ GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. Classic Musicals 2012 Sun 30 Sep, 7.30pm. £14–£20. Hits from the musicals performed by a huge cast of adults and children and a 50-piece orchestra. ■ GLUE FACTORY 22 Farnell Street, Garscube Industrial Estate, Maryhill, thegluefactory.org This Side of Paradise Thu 11–Sun 14 Oct, 7.30pm. £9 (£7). Site-specific work from Glasgow experimental physical theatre company Dudendance, combining improvisation, human puppetry, body morphing and a nightmarish film noir sensibility. Booking via the Arches (see above for contact details).
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GLASGOW
■ 29 PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB 29 Royal Exchange Square, 225 5610. A Song and a Sip Sun 23 Sep, 4pm. £15 (includes glass of wine). Cabaret evening with music, banter and a glass of wine or two. ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000.
✽ Arches LIVE Until Sat 29 Sep, times vary. Festival pass £32
(£26); day pass £18 (£12); individual show prices vary (free–£8). A vibrant programme of new and experimental dance, live art and experimental theatre events that takes over the myriad nooks and crannies of the Arches. Artists appearing include Victoria Bianchi, Black Sun Drum Korps, Mona Kastell, Peter McMaster, Lou Prendergast, Solar Bear & Tigerstyle and Wild Card Kitty. Biding Time (remix) Sat 6 Oct, 7.30pm. £9 (£7). A multimedia piece about a musician looking to make it big, brought to the stage by Grid Iron’s Ben Harrison, musician Louise Quinn and others. The Occupation of Heather Rose Sun 7–Tue 9 Oct, 7.45pm. £6 (£3). The Visitors present a play by Wendy Lill about a nurse struggling to stay positive. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival.
PREVIEW BALLET SCOTTISH BALLET: AUTUMN SEASON Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 4–6 Oct; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 11–13 Oct
Principal dancer Claire Robertson has seen some changes since she joined Scottish Ballet in 1994, the latest of which is the arrival of new artistic director Christopher Hampson. But while all eyes are on what the company does next, the legacy of former leader Ashley Page is still
being played out, in the shape of an exciting triple bill. All of which Robertson will be dancing in. Even for somebody as technically proficient as her, jumping from Martin Lawrance’s Run For It to William Forsythe’s Workwithinwork and Hans van Manen’s 5 Tangos isn’t easy.
‘It’s a challenge,’ says Robertson, ‘to switch your mind and body during that 20-minute interval to the
next choreographer’s way of moving, because all three have very different styles. Run For It is energetic and upbeat, WorkwithinWork is really precise, and right from the start 5 Tangos is fast and dynamic.’ While 5 Tangos is new to the company, the other two have been performed by Scottish Ballet before –
although both are well worth a second look. Equally, although Hampson is newly in post, his promise to be ‘very hands-on in class and rehearsal’ could already be paying dividends. ‘It’s always good to re-visit pieces,’ says Robertson, ‘and like anything we do, we’re trying to make them fresh again. And it’s nice for us to work with Christopher, and see how we look as a company once we’ve been rehearsing with him.’ (Kelly Apter)
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