Theatre
Halfway To Paradise: The Billy Fury Story Sun 4 Nov, 7.30pm. £21. Rock’n’rolling musical. Blue/Orange Tue 6–Sat 10 Nov, 7.30pm (Thu/Sat mat 2.30pm). £7.50– £32. Psychological drama about a young patient in a psychiatric unit. One Man, Two Guvnors Tue 13–Sat 17 Nov, 7.30pm (Thu/Sat mat 2.30pm). £10–£35. Tale of mistaken identities and intriguing characters. ■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Birthday of the Infanta Thu 18–Sat 20 Oct, 8pm. £8 (£6). Solar Bear deaf youth theatre group presents Wilde’s story. I see you Fri 19 Oct, 7.30pm. Sat 20 Oct, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £10 (£7). Dance diptych about watching and being watched. Ages 9+. Part of Luminate.
✽ Marc Brew Company Fri 26 & Sat 27 Oct, 7.30pm. £14 (£10).
Triple bill of work from choreographer Brew. See Choreographer of the Month, page 111. Sandglasses Thu 8 & Fri 9 Nov, 7.30pm. £5–£9 seven days or more in advance; £7–£12 on the door. Audio- visual environment created by four cellos, live electronics and video. Sonica. Palimpsest Sat 10 Nov, 7.30pm & 9pm. £5–£8 seven days or more in advance; £7–£10 on the door. Live sketches and video projections translated into an electronic score. Sonica. Bluebeard Wed 14 & Thu 15 Nov, 7.30pm. Fri 16 Nov, 7.30pm & 9pm. Sat 17 Nov, 2.30 & 7.30pm. Sun 18 Nov, 2.30pm & 4pm. £6–£9 seven days or more in advance; £8–£12 on the door. Digital opera interpretation of Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle. Sonica.
■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267.
✽ Ulysses Until Sat 27 Oct (not Sun/Mon), 7.45pm. £7–£15. First
full stage adaptation of Joyce’s literary behemoth. Border Control: Rehearsed Readings Thu 18 Oct, 8.30pm. £5. Readings on the subject of borders and barriers.
✽ Sex & God ●●●●● Fri 19 & Sat 20 Oct, 8pm. £10 (£7). The life
stories of four women from across the 20th century. See review, page 114. FREE Horror a la Carte Sun 21 Oct, 2pm. A delightful repast of horrific scenes for you at your table.
✽ Harold and Maude Tue 30 Oct–Sat 3 Nov, 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £12–£15 (£7–£12). Adaptation of Colin Higgins’ play, derived from the classic blackly comic film. Glasgay! The Authorised Kate Bane Tue 30 Oct–Sat 3 Nov, 8pm. £10 (£7). Play about family mythologies and memory. 8 Sun 4 Nov, 7pm. £6 (£4). Rehearsed reading about two couples who take on Proposition 8. Glasgay!
✽ Iron Tue 6–Sat 10 Nov, 7.45pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £7–£15. Hard-
hitting play about a mother living behind bars. See preview, page 112. London Tue 13–Sat 17 Nov, 7.45pm. £7–£15. Production about the push and pull of London’s allure. See preview, page 116.
■ THE VIRGINIA GALLERY 45 Virginia Street, 552 5699. Luke & Jack’s Basement Burlesque Fri 26 Oct & 2 Nov, 10pm. £7.50. Sex-positive erotic emporium turns cabaret club. Glasgay!
PREVIEW NEW WORK LONDON Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 13–Sat 17 Nov
Simon Stephens is fast developing a reputation as Britain’s most prolific playwright, having given us Three Kingdoms and Morning this year already. His latest offering with Paines Plough, London, incorporates two previous plays: Sea Wall, which featured in the Traverse’s Fringe programme in 2009, and T5.
Although it’s named after the UK’s capital, its story is universal. ‘The play is about people,’ explains cast member Abby Ford, ‘ordinary people who share a loss of self in one way or another. If you live in any city you can understand how small we all feel sometimes and how disconnected you can feel from yourself and the world around you.’
The play focuses on two stories about family. But despite its theme of alienation, Ford is convinced of the play’s uplifting qualities. ‘I pass people in the street everyday,’ she says, ‘and I wonder, “Who are you, I wonder what it’s like to be you and what’s that thing I can see in your eyes?” And wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could truly share those things with each other? Maybe the world wouldn’t seem so big.’ (Yasmin Sulaiman)
116 THE LIST 18 Oct–15 Nov 2012
EDINBURGH
■ BEDLAM THEATRE 11b Bristo Place, 225 9893. Charade Wed 24–Sat 27 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £6 (£5.50). Adaptation of Peter Stone’s CIA thriller. ■ BRUNTON THEATRE Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Lana’s Nana Sat 20 Oct, 7pm. £6.50. New play based on memories of people from Dunbar. Three Men in a Boat Tue 23 Oct, 7.30pm. £11 (£9.50; under 18s £6.50). Retelling of Jerome K Jerome’s boating misadventure. Tango Tango Wed 24 Oct, 7.30pm. £18 (£16). The story of Argentine Tango composer Astor Piazzolla. Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut Fri 26 & Sat 27 Oct, 7.30pm. £11.50 (£9.50; under 16s £6.50). Morag Fullarton’s three-hander contains some of the most iconic lines ever written. Romeo and Juliet Wed 31 Oct, 7.30pm. Thu 1 Nov, 10am. £11.50 (£9.50; under 18s £6.50). Icarus Theatre presents Shakespeare’s classic love story. The Man Who Had All the Luck Wed 7 Nov, 7.30pm. £11.50 (£6.50–£9.50). Arthur Miller’s story of one man living through the Depression.
■ CAMEO 38 Home Street, 0871 902 5723. Shakespeare’s Globe on Screen: Doctor Faustus Wed 24 Oct, 1pm. £9 (£4.50–£8). Tale of a man’s pact with the devil. NT Live: Timon of Athens Thu 1 Nov, 7pm. Shakespeare’s tale of consumption, debt and ruin. ■ COUNTING HOUSE West Nicolson Street, 667 7533. Shattered! Thu 1 Nov, 7.30–8.30pm. £5. Monologues from people fighting mental illness.
■ THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. The Phantom of the Opera Thu 18–Sat 20 Oct, 7.30pm (Thu/Sat 2.30pm). £19.50–£56. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s vastly popular melodramatic musical.
✽ American Idiot Mon 22–Thu 25 Oct, 8pm. Fri 26 Oct, 5pm & 8.30pm. Sat 27 Oct, 4pm & 8pm. £18.50–£40.50. See SECC, Glasgow. 42nd Street Tue 6–Sat 10 Nov, 7.30pm (Wed/Sat mat 2.30pm). £15–£45. Musical about a chorus girl who gets the chance to play leading lady. Sally Morgan: Psychic Sally on the Road Sun 11 Nov, 7.30pm. £23.50. Sally displays her wealth of supposed psychic knowledge. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Tue 13–Thu 15 Nov, 7.30pm (Wed/Thu mat 2.30pm). Fri 16–Sat 17 Nov, 5pm & 8pm (Sat mat 2pm). £12–£35. Bill Kenwright’s production of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
■ EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. Richard Alston Dance Company Tue 23 Oct, 7.30pm. £16.50–£22.50. See Theatre Royal, Glasgow. See preview, page 118. Edinburgh’s Got Talent Fri 26 Oct, 7.30pm. £15 (£10). Local singers, dancers, comedians and more. Batsheva Ensemble: Deca Dance Tue 30 & Wed 31 Oct, 7.30pm. £12.50– £22.50 (£9.50–£19.50). A performance by Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company.
✽ Some Like it Hip Hop Tue 6 Nov, 7.30pm. Wed 7 Nov, 5pm & 8.45pm.
£11.50–£18.50 (£8.50–£15.50). Dance show based on the classic film and taking inspiration from Mad Men and Twelfth Night. See preview, page 118.
■ THE JAM HOUSE 5 Queen Street, 226 4380 Hebrides Ensemble: Eight Songs
for a Mad King Thu 15 Nov, 8pm, £12. See The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow. ■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. The Rise & Fall of Little Voice Until Sat 20 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £11.50–£29.50 (£8.50–£26.50). Play about a young woman who discovers she can mimic the voices of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century. The Cone Gatherers ●●●●● Tue 23–Sat 27 Oct, 7.30pm (Wed/Sat mat 2.30pm). £14–£29.50 (£11–£26.50). Based on the novel by Robin Jenkins, this play examines the struggle between good and evil. The Mousetrap Mon 29 Oct–Sat 3 Nov, 7.30pm (Wed/Sat mat 2.30pm). £11.50–£29.50 (£8.50–£26.50). The record breaking show adapted from Agatha Christie’s book.
✽ The Ladykillers Mon 5–Sat 10 Nov, 7.30pm (Wed/Sat mat 2.30pm).
£14–£29.50 (£11–£26.50). Father Ted writer Graham Linehan’s new adaptation of this black comedy. See preview, page 114.
■ NORTH EDINBURGH ARTS CENTRE 15a Pennywell Court, 315 2151. FREE Couldn’t Care Less Fri 26 Oct, 6pm. A work in progress about a woman in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, and her daughter’s reluctant assumption of the role of carer. SMHAFF.
■ OUT OF THE BLUE DRILL HALL 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. FREE Alan Bissett: The Red Hourglass Sat 27 Oct, 8pm. See The Arches, Glasgow. ■ PULP FICTION 43 Bread Street, 229 4444. Southern Freud Chicken Thu 18–Sat 27 Oct (Thu, Fri & Sat only), 7pm. Suggested donation of £5–£6. Joel Mason’s life-affirming new piece about the American South.
■ ROYAL HIGHLAND CENTRE Ingliston, 335 6200. Ceroc Scotland Sat 3 Nov, 11–1am. Sun 4 Nov, noon–3pm. £8–£15. The Scottish Charity Championships of the modern partner dance. ■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848.
✽ A Midsummer Night’s Dream Fri 19 Oct–Sat 17 Nov (not Sun/
Mon), 7.45pm (Sat/Thu except 20 Oct mat 2.30pm). £14.50–£29. One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies. See preview, page 115.
■ SERENITY CAFE The Tun, 8 Jackson Entry, 111 Holyrood Road, 556 8765. FREE Jackie’s Story Thu 18 Oct, 7–8.30pm. Forum theatre piece exploring the process of recovery from mental health problems. SMHAFF. ■ TEVIOT Bristo Square, 650 4673. Spring Awakening Until Thu 17 Oct, 7.30pm, Sat 20 Oct, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £5 (£4). Movement-based production exploring the lives of 12 small-town teens.
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. The Incredible Adventures of See Thru Sam Thu 18–Sat 20 Oct, 7.30pm. £15.50 (£6–£11.50). A 15-year- old superhero slowl loses his powers of invisibility. The Authorised Kate Bane Until Fri 26 Oct (not Sun/Mon), 8pm (Sat/Thu mat 2.30pm). £15.50–£17.50 (£6–£13.50; Fri 12 & Sat 13 Oct previews, tickets £11/£6). See Tron Theatre, Glasgow.
✽ The Artist Man and the Mother Woman Wed 31 Oct–Sat
17 Nov (not Sun/Mon), 7.30pm (Sat/ Thu mat 2.30pm). £15.50–£17.50