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21 Jun, 7pm. £15–£20. Long-running musical adaptation of the classic Tom Hanks film.
■ REIDVALE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE 13 Whitevale Street Dennistoun, 554 5315. The Tin Forest Tue 17–Thu 19 Jun, 5.30pm & 7.30pm. £5 (£3). See Penilee Community Education Centre, Glasgow. See feature, page 90. ■ ROOM AT THE TOP 94 West Regent Street, 0141 352 9978. On the Boards Sat 21 Jun, 7.30pm. £8. A showcase of five new independent short theatre pieces performed by emerging and established creative talent.
■ SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500. My Friend Selma Tue 17–Sat 21 Jun, 10.30am & 1.30pm. £6.50 (£3.50). Storytelling performance and mobile museum charting the stories of refugees who fled the war in Bosnia as children.
■ SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Looking for Nessie Sat 21 Jun, 2pm. £5.95 (children £5.75). Do you believe in Nessie? Maybe keeper of the loch Angus McGregor can help you spot him. ■ SECC Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. Dream Believe Achieve Sat 14 Jun, 7pm. £15. Dance Inc Studios show. Carrie’s Dance Company Sun 29 Jun, 7pm. £15. Modern dance troupe.
■ SPRINGBURN PARK Balgrayhill Road The Tin Forest Thu 12–Sat 14 Jun, 5pm & 8pm (Sat 2pm & 5pm only). £5
(£3). See Penilee Community Education Centre, Glasgow. See feature, page 90.
■ ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART 2 Castle Street, 276 1625.
✽ Claire Cunningham: Guide Gods Thu 19 & Fri 20 Jun, 7.30pm. £5. See Deaf Connections, Glasgow. See preview, page 92.
■ THE STAND 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. Variety Club Wed 25 Jun, 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Forget your Britain’s Got Talent and The Voice – this is entertainment like they did it back in the good old days. ■ STARK THEATRE 40–42 Woodlands Road, 352 9800. A Visit from Miss Prothero Sat 21– Sat 28 Jun, 7.30pm. £16. Stark Theatre present their latest WEF dinner-theatre with Alan Bennett’s bitter-sweet tale of social nicety. West End Festival.
■ THE TALL SHIP AT RIVERSIDE 150 Pointhouse Place, 357 3699. HMS Pinafore Fri 13–Sun 15 Jun, 7.30pm. £13 (£10). Gilbert and Sullivan operetta favourite aboard a real ship. West End Festival.
■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. Matthew Bourne’s Lord of the Flies Thu 12 Jun, 2pm & 7.30pm. Fri 13 Jun, 7.30pm. Sat 14 Jun, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £6–£35. An exhilarating new production of Lord of the Flies where the action is relocated from a deserted island to a deserted theatre. Go Dance Tue 17–Sat 21 Jun, 7.30pm. £12–£14. A dance festival showcasing Scotland’s dance talent, with performers from community groups, dance schools and colleges.
THEATRE
MICHAEL ESSIEN – I WANT TO PLAY AS YOU
THURSDAY 26TH JUNE 2014 – 7:30PM £8.00/£5.00 (CONCESSIONS)
‘You might not know us. You might not see us. But we are training. All over Europe, All over the world’
MICHAEL ESSIEN I WANT TO PLAY AS YOU is a powerful and explosive football-dance-theatre performance exploring the line between hope and desperation for young African footballers who migrate to Europe to play professionally. Six West-African footballers invite an audience into their world of training, politics, visas and contracts.
Custom House Quay, Greenock PA15 1HJ Box Ofice: (01475) 723 723 www.beaconartscentre.co.uk
CO-CURATED BY DAVID GREIG AND DAVID MACLENNAN
PERFORMED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ACROSS SCOTLAND, THE UK, THE WORLD AND THE WEB OVER 24 HOURS FROM
5PM 23 JUNE 2014 AT
fiveminutetheatre.com @nts_fiveminute #fiveminutetheatre
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