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show harking back to the good ol’ days, with music, magic, comedy, sing-a-longs and novelties.
■ BRUNSWICK STREET FREE (i)Land Thu 24 & Fri 25 Jul. A new outdoor dance piece from choreographer Marc Brew. Three castaways stranded on a dessert island work together to reconstruct a vehicle buried in the sand, only to discover that it won’t carry all of them. See preview, page 108. Culture 2014. ■ CASTLEMILK COMMUNITY CENTRE 121 Castlemilk Drive, 634 2233. Grimm Tales Thu 24 Jul. See Kids listings.
■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. ✽Moving Bodies: Butoh Dance Festival Wed 23 & Thu 24 Jul,
times and prices vary. Touring festival celebrating the Japanese dance form, also known as the Dance of Darkness.
■ DRUMCHAPEL COMMUNITY CENTRE Kinfauns Drive, 944 1009. Grimm Tales Tue 22 Jul. See Kids listings.
■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4956. FREE The Pokey Hat Wed 16 Jul. See Kids listings. ■ GILMOREHILL CENTRE 9 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, 330 2892. FREE Commonwealth Film & Theatre Festival Thu 17–Sun 27 Jul, times vary. This festival aims to honour the cultural diversity of both Glasgow city and the worldwide Commonwealth community. Theatre performances shine a spotlight on Glasgow’s people and places with audio tours of Kelvingrove Park and the Merchant City as well as pieces by Vocal Point and Sarah Bradley.
■ THE GLAD CAFÉ 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. FREE From Hip to Hop Tue 15 Jul, 6.30pm. A hip-hop dance performance followed by a screening of The African Cypher. Part of Africa in Motion Film Festival.
■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 Great Western Road, 334 2422. ✽Henry V Wed 16 Jul–Sat 2 Aug (not Sun, Mon), 7.45pm. £17.50 (£10). An
outdoor performance of Shakespeare’s masterly exploration of Francophobia. Pre-show entertainment begins at 7.15pm.
■ GLASGOW GREEN Greendyke Street, glasgow.gov.uk FREE Children of the Smoke Mon 28 Jul, 7.30pm. A melange of song, poetry, film and dance acts as a celebration of the people of Scotland’s Highlands and Islands. Two years in the making, the show is presented in Gaelic and features commissioned pieces from more than 20 writers.
■ GORBALS ROSE GARDEN Old Rutherglen Road FREE On Common Ground Fri 25– Thu 31 Jul (not Mon, Tue), 6.30pm. First Nation storytellers from Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, Canada, perform outdoors with 150 community performers. Culture 2014. ■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. The Dreamboys Thu 10 Jul, 7.30pm. £21–£23.50. The ultimate ladies night featuring some of the best looking boys in an all male glamour extravaganza. Peppa Pig’s Big Splash Sat 12 & Sun 13 Jul, 10am, 1pm & 4pm. £14.40–£33.40. All singing, all dancing
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COMEDIC GAMES NEWS JUST IN The Arches, Glasgow, Tue 22 Jul–Sat 2 Aug
Random Accomplice is able to turn its hand to more serious matters – recent comedy Wendy Hoose made salient points about disability within the fast-flowing gags – but News Just In is playing to the strengths of co- founders Julie Brown and Johnny McKnight. ‘This is definitely a sex show! Everyone in it is wanting sex,’ laughs McKnight. It is also a huge challenge,
with a new play being performed every night for ten nights. ‘It’s longer than The James Plays at the Edinburgh Festival, and they’ve got five months of rehearsal. We’ve got a ten-hour script and four weeks. Plus a song and a dance in each episode.’ With this typically cheeky and iconoclastic response to the Commonwealth Games, Brown and McKnight are building on his reputation for pantomime and the company’s reputation for taking a high concept and giving it a populist slant.
‘Each episode has a loose theme,’ McKnight continues. ‘The introduction is about gearing up for the whole
event. There is an episode about disability and one about gay sports – and one where the TV station gets taken hostage by people sick of seeing the Clyde as an arts venue. They want it back for ships!’ Unlike much of the Culture 2014 programme, there is a thankful lack of chat about legacy and showcasing
the nation in News Just In. Rather, McKnight sees this ambitious run at the Arches as a sort of summer pantomime, with additional topical humour and ambition – at least for the actors, who will be giving ten consecutive first-night performances. ‘The population of Glasgow is going to double over the Games,’ adds Brown. ‘And we thought that Random
Accomplice could grow too. This event is massive!’
While each night’s show will be different, each episode will stand alone, and McKnight promises ‘daft tongue-in-cheek nonsense. It’s fun, disposable, unapologetic, brash comedy.’ (Gareth K Vile)
puppet show with wee Peppa Pig and pals as they enjoy the rain and muddy puddles and try to fix the leaking nursery roof. Derren Brown: Infamous Mon 14–Sat 19 Jul, 7.30pm. £27.50–£45. The master of mentalism takes his newest show on the road, melding mind games, illusion, showmanship and masses of charm. Rock Of Ages Mon 4–Sat 9 Aug, 7.30pm (Fri 5pm & 8.30pm only, Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£47. A country girl meets a hard-strumming city rocker in a famous Los Angeles nightclub and they fall deliriously in love to a familiar soundtrack including ‘Don’t Stop
Believin’’ and ‘We Built This City’ in this 1980s-set musical by Chris D’Arienzo.
■ MANSEWOOD COMMUNITY CENTRE 88 Parkneuk Road, 637 0466. FREE The Pokey Hat Thu 10 Jul. See Kids listings. ■ MITCHELL THEATRE 6 Granville Street, 287 2999. Talking Heads Wed 30 Jul–Sat 2 Aug, 7.30pm (Thu & Sat 2.30pm also). £15.50 (£10.50; children £8.50). Alan Bennett’s seminal 80s television monologues get the Glasgay! treatment.
■ ÒRAN MÓR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. Maw Goose Thu 10–Sat 26 Jul (not Sun), noon & 2pm (Thu, Mon & Tue 1pm only). £3.25–£12.50. Play about a woman’s fight to survive in a world of austerity. Written by Dave Anderson and David MacLennan. Sequence: Part II of the Unknown Trilogy by Tom Moriarty Thu 10 Jul, 8pm. £12. Three troubled souls find themselves bound by destiny and cursed by love. A fantastical experience. Directed by Mark Westbrook and presented by BOX Revolution. The Pitiless Storm Sat 26 Jul,