THEATRE
WIN TICKETS TO TOP HAT BLACK TIE AND TIARA NIGHT
Tue 7 October 2014
Winner of three Olivier awards for Best New Musical, Best Choreography, Best Costumes and the Evening Standard Award for Best Night Out, this spectacular West End production brings the glamour of Hollywood’s golden age to the stage in one of the greatest dance musicals of all time. An uplifting and hilarious romantic comedy celebrating 1930s song, style and romance, Top Hat dazzles with over 200 beautiful costumes, breathtaking dance and a love story that will set the pulse racing!
Tue 7 October is Black Tie and Tiara Night and ticketholders for the 7.30pm performance are encouraged to dress up* and arrive from 6.30pm for pre- show music, cocktails and more. For your chance to win a pair of tickets to Top Hat on Tue 7 Oct just log on to list.co.uk/offers and tell us:
What is the next line of this song title - “Cheek to ____”?
*You don’t have to dress up Top Hat Festival Theatre Edinburgh Tue 7 to Sat 18 October 2014 Box Office 0131 529 6000 edtheatres.com
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: COMPETITION CLOSES 17 SEP 2014. USUAL LIST RULES APPLY. 88 THE LIST 21 Aug–18 Sep 2014
also). £15–£32.50. Song and dance extravaganza. from this independent Scottish dance troupe.
■ ELECTRIC CIRCUS 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. FREE Threnody for The Sky Children Thu 21 & Fri 22 Aug, 11.30am. Rap storyteller Jack Dean’s surreal poetry drama, inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which a disturbed man becomes convinced he has wings. ■ EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. James II: Day of The Innocents Thu 21 Aug, 7.30pm. £15. The tale of James II of the Stewart Kings. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. James III: The True Mirror Fri 22 Aug, 7.30pm. £15. The final part of the James Plays portraying James III, his grand schemes and the women who behind him. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. Les Troyens Thu 28–Sat 30 Aug, 5pm. £20. Mariinsky Opera presents a view of the Trojan’s ancient world with conductor Valery Gergiev and director Yannis Kokkos. This production is sung in French with English supertitles. Part of Edinburgh International Festival.
■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. Gnosis Thu 21 Aug, 8pm. £12. Dance piece looking at the idea of the ‘knowledge within’ and the inner and outward battles of human characters. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. Helen Lawrence Sun 24–Tue 26 Aug, 8pm (Mon 3pm also). £12. The story of one woman’s journey, tracking her target across the city. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. Delusion of the Fury: A Ritual of Dream and Delusion Fri 29 & Sat 30 Aug, 8pm. £15. A large-scale music-theatre work featuring Harry Partch’s instruments and inspired by Ethiopian myth and Japenese Noh theatre pieces. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. ■ OLD COLLEGE Playfair Library, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 1000. Exhibit B Fri 22–Mon 25 Aug, times vary. £14. A modern look at racism. Part of Edinburgh International Festival.
■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. FRONT Fri 22–Tue 26 Aug, 7pm. £10. Four different perspectives (in four different languages) of the Western Front during WWI. This piece is performed in German, English, Flemish and French with English supertitles. Part of Edinburgh International Festival.
✽ Ubu and the Truth Commission Thu 28–Sat 30 Aug,
2.30pm (Sat 8pm also). £10. The third piece in a trilogy of plays revived to celebrate 20 years of democracy in South Africa. Directed by William Kentridge and brought to you by the company behind the stage phenomenon War Horse. Part of Edinburgh International Festival. Kill Johnny Glendenning Wed 17 Sep–Sat 11 Oct, times vary. £10. A murderous comedy about the Glasgow underworld. Co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre and Citizens Theatre.
■ SABAI PAVILLION The Meadows The Lady Boys of Bangkok: Red Hot Kisses Thu 21–Sun 24 Aug, times vary. £16. The latest sizzling and seductive production from the Lady Boys of Bangkok. ■ THE STUDIO AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE Potterrow, 622 8086. Edinburgh Choreographic Project Fri 12 Sep, 8pm. £12.75. Modern dance
■ TRAVERSE THEATRE
✽ In Time o’ Strife Tue 9–Sat 13 Sep, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat
2.30pm also). £12.50–£15.50 (£12.50). National Theatre of Scotland present a re-imagining of this rarely performed classic. See preview, page 85.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ THE BRUNTON Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. The Carousel Wed 27 Aug, 7.30pm. £11.75 (£9.75; children £6.75). See Tron Theatre, Glasgow. Mary Stewart Sat 30 Aug, 7.30pm. £11.75 (£9.75; children £6.75). The tragic story of one of Scotland’s great female visionaries: Mary, Queen of Scots. Written in a light poetic Scots by Robert McLellan. Directed by Charles Nowosielski and Richard Cherns. A Walk at the Edge of the World Sat 6 Sep, 7.30pm. £12 (£10; children £7). A performance inspired by the art of walking, which involves the whole audience going for a walk together. Shang-a-Lang Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm. £12 (£10; under 18 £7). A feel-good musical production from the writer of Mamma Mia about three middle-aged Scottish women who relive their youth by going to a 70s-themed weekend.
■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. The Glass Menagerie Wed 3–Sat 20 Sep, times vary. £12–£21 (£16–£18; students £14–£16; children £9; 16-26 £14–£16). Tennessee Williams’ delicate story of family loyalty and loss. On Our Way to Lisbon Tue 16 Sep, 7.30pm. £16 (£14). A two-man play telling the story of Celtic’s victory over Inter Milan in 1967 which saw them become the first British team to win the European Cup.
■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. The Ladyboys of Bangkok Mon 1–Wed 3 Sep, 8pm. £23.50 (£20.50). See Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow. The Time Travelling Emporium Sat 6 Sep, 7.30pm. £20 (£18). The Wolanski performers take a tour of cinematic history, as the acrobats punctuate famous film soundtracks with a variety of acts on the aerial hoop, Chinese silks and pole. HeLa Wed 10 Sep, 7.30pm. £12 (£10.50; students £5). A solo work by Adura Onashile, taking the true story of Henrietta Lacks as its starting point: Lacks died of a cancerous tumour in 1951, samples were taken and the resultant HeLa cell line became one of the most important tools in medicine. There are enough of her cells alive today to make 400 new Henriettas. This piece explores the idea of genes and identity, as well as the ethical issues surrounding tissue research and ownership. White Sat 13 & Sun 14 Sep. See Kids listings. Back to Broadway Sun 14 Sep, 7.30pm. £15.50 (£13.50). A sparkling stage production celebrating the best of Broadway and the West End. If These Spasms Could Speak Wed 17 Sep, 7.30pm. £12 (£10.50; students £5). Actor Robert Softley, also behind the National Theatre of Scotland’s Girl X, presents a collection of stories about disabled people and their bodies. Outlying Islands Wed 17 & Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm. £12 (£10.50; students £5). In summer 1939, two young ornithologists are surveying wild birds on a remote Hebridean island. When the true reason for their mission to the island is revealed, the Cambridge naturalists are drawn into a primeval world of voyeurism, emotional discovery, sexual passion and murder.