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■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000.
✽ Wuthering Heights Tue 23–Sat 27 Apr, 8.30pm. £11 (£8). Love and torment on a heath in a stage adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic Eng lit text. Special showing for male audience members only on Sat at 4pm. Part of Behaviour.
Two women battle each other amid a
collapsing world. Part of Behaviour. ✽ Poke Tue 23–Sat 27 Apr, 7pm. £6. ✽ Pink Mist Thu 25 & Fri 26 Apr,
7pm. Sat 27 Apr, 5.30pm. £8 (£6).
New work in progress based on research into landmines from a trip to Cambodia. Part of Behaviour.
✽ Shadowlands Tue 30 Apr–Thu 2 May, 6.45pm. £8 (£6). This site-
specific work explores our relationship with waste. Part of Behaviour.
✽ All the Sex I’ve Ever Had Thu 9 May, 7.30pm. Fri 10 May, 8.45pm. Sat
11 May, 3pm. £12 (£10). An exploration of elderly sex featuring a panel of senior
DANCE CONSORTIUM presents A SADLER’S WELLS PRODUCTION THEATRE
S U T R A S U T R A
Fri 17 & Sat 18 May 2013
Shaolin Warriors Return of the master
citizens. Part of Behaviour. ■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Doctor Faustus Thu 18–Sat 27 Apr (not 21 & 22), 7.30pm (Sat 20 2pm also). £8–£19. New production of Christopher Marlowe’s oft-related tale, directed by Dominic Hill. The Seagull Wed 1–Sat 11 May, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £12–£19. Headlong theatre presents Chekhov’s subtle, tragic masterpiece, in a new version by writer John Donnelly.
■ COTTIERS KELVINBRIDGE 420 Great Western Road, 357 5825. Into the Woods Tue 7–Sat 11 May, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £13 (£10). Glasgow Music Theatre presents a humorous adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s musical.
■ COTTIERS THEATRE 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. Deathtrap Sat 20 Apr, 7.30pm. Sun 21 Apr 2.30 & 7.30pm. £8–£12 (disabled people £1; carer goes free). Classic comedy thriller about an unknown dramatist and his mentor’s scheming machinations. Little Shop of Horrors Tue 14–Sat 18 May, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£16. Pantheon presents the cult comedy musical about a terrifying man- eating plant.
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REVIEW MUSICAL HIGH SOCIETY King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 30 Apr–Sat 4 May ●●●●●
Easy on the eye and easy on the ears – despite a plot which exalts the uninhibited flaunting of wealth – this is a witty and effervescent revival of the Cole Porter favourite. High Society hits the stage running. A tightly drilled, black-and-white clad ensemble of servants set the scene from the off, creating the rich man’s world Oyster Bay, on this, Tracy Lord’s second wedding day. And as Tracy, Sophie Bauld delivers a big, sparkling performance that makes the role her own.
Which is this production’s biggest asset. It is hard to step away from
the shadow of Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart who stared in the 1940 move The Philadelphia Story, from which the musical draws its basic structure and core music. Except it was all rewritten and updated in the late 90s, so it is song, rather than character, driven.
The conceit is that Tracy is about to marry the dull lump of a man, George Kittredge (Keiron Crook). Her playboy first husband Dexter Haven (Michael Praed) – with whom alcohol-fuelled fights were the norm – turns up on the big day together with a pair of tabloid journalists, who think they are incognito, but are in reality known to all.
Dexter is, naturally, a big hit with the rest of the family – from little sister Dinah to the womanising alcoholic Uncle Willie (a brilliant Teddy Kempner who is the pattern for timing and delivery).
It’s not just about big numbers and fab choreography, however. It’s about their delivery and construction. Amid the glitz and clever, minimal staging, Bauld does enough to make you care about Tracy. Alex Young and Daniel Boys add a route into this stratospheric world, as the two journalists who get sucked in, but ultimately find their own love.
A clever and satisfying production. (Thom Dibdin)