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GLASGOW
STRICTLY COME DANCING: THE LIVE TOUR
SSE Hydro, Fri 1–Sun 3 Feb, strictlycomedancinglive.com Dance extravaganza bringing the Strictly spectacle from screen to stage, with audiences deciding which couple will win the coveted Glitterball Trophy at the end of each show.
BABY FACE Tron Theatre, Thu 7–Sat 9 Feb, tron. co.uk A grown woman attempts to be your baby in this provocative show about the infantilisation of women by Katy Dye.
RAMBERT: LIFE IS A DREAM Theatre Royal, Thu 14 Feb—Sat 16 Feb, rambert.org.uk New show from Olivier Award winner Kim Brandstrup, featuring lyrical dancing alongside a live orchestral score by Witold Lutosławski.
THE DARK CARNIVAL Tramway, Tue 19 Feb–Sat 2 Mar, tramway.org Music and theatre spectacle created by Vanishing Point and A New International about newcomers to the afterlife who discover that death is not the end. See preview, page 93. Also touring, see list.co.uk/ theatre for more details.
BRENDAN COLE: SHOW MAN Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Wed 27 Feb, glasgowconcerthalls.com First-ever winner of Strictly Come Dancing leads a cast of singers and dancers in a show of ballroom and Latin passion. Also touring, see list.co.uk/ dance for details.
PLAN B Tramway, Thu 7 Mar, tramway.org Double bill of dance works, featuring Neil Joseph Price’s solo work Tantalus and A Pair of Genes, a duet about how our genetic make-up contributes to our sense of identity.
DRESSED. Tron Theatre, Thu 14–Sat 16 Mar, tron.co.uk True story about a woman who sets out to redress herself and wear only clothes she has made by hand after she is stripped at gunpoint. See preview, page 93.
ANTON AND ERIN: DANCE THOSE MAGICAL MUSICALS
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sun 24 Mar, glasgowconcerthalls.com Ballroom meets musical theatre as the pair dance to iconic numbers from The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked and more. Also touring, see list.co.uk/ dance for details.
EDINBURGH
TOUCHING THE VOID Royal Lyceum Theatre, Fri 1–Sat 16 Feb, lyceum.org.uk Play based on mountaineer Joe Simpson’s memoir, which charts his struggle for survival on the dangerous Siula Grande in the Andes. See preview, page 90. Also touring, see list.co.uk/theatre for more details.
SALT Traverse Theatre, Thu 7 Feb, traverse.co.uk Fiona Oliver-Larkin explores domestic violence through the use of everyday objects as tools of both freedom and oppression.
CLOWN CABARET SPECIAL EDITION
Traverse Theatre, Sat 9 Feb, traverse.co.uk Performance of contemporary clowning and physical comedy from Scotland’s finest clowns. See feature, page 38. Part of manipulate.
ART King’s Theatre, Mon 11–Sat 16 Feb, capitaltheatres.com New adaptation of the late 90s hit about three friends who fall out over a modernist painting, starring Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson and Stephen Tompkinson. Also touring, see list.co.uk/theatre for more details.
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Baby Face
assemblyfestival.com Play about the state of the world and the unhealthy levels of stress that many experience. See preview, page 90.
JASMIN VARDIMON: MEDUSA Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Thu 21 Feb, capitaltheatres.com Dance work exploring the gendered significance of the myth and symbol of Medusa in contemporary life. See preview, page 94.
31 Mar, capitaltheatres.com Strictly dancers Aljaž Škorjanec and Janette Manrara pay tribute to classic movies with a series of dance routines inspired by famous films. OUT OF TOWN
ALL MY SONS Dundee Rep, Tue 19 Feb–Sat 9 Mar, dundeerep.co.uk Jemima Levick adapts Arthur Miller’s play about the American Dream and a very troubled family.
BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BALLET WEST: THE
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Wed 13–Sat 16 Mar, capitaltheatres.com Birmingham Royal Ballet stage this rendition of the tale as old as time. See preview, page 89.
NUTCRACKER Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling, Sat 2 & Sun 3 Feb, balletwest.co.uk Ballet West performs the story of Clara and her magical Nutcracker doll, set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score. Also touring, see list.co.uk/dance for details.
TENSILE STRENGTH REMEMBERING THE MOVIES
Assembly Roxy, Wed 20–Sat 23 Feb, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Sun
H I T L I S T
DR CARNESKY’S INCREDIBLE BLEEDING
WOMAN CCA, Glasgow, Wed 13 Feb, cca-glasgow.com Cabaret about menstrual rituals and matriarchy, featuring a mash-up of feminist thought and 1970s horror tropes.
Edinburgh, Wed 20 Feb– Sat 2 Mar, traverse.co.uk, traverse.co.uk David Ireland’s play about abuses of power and the silencing of women’s voices, which follows a violent incident between an actor, director and playwright. BALLETBOYZ: THEM/
Theatre, Sat 23 Feb, capitaltheatres.com Double bill by the all-male dance company. Them is the company dancers’ choreographic debut, while Us by Tony Award-winner Christopher Wheeldon features a score by Keaton Henson. See preview, page 94.
ULSTER AMERICAN US
SWAN LAKE King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 5–Sat 9 Mar, new- adventures.net Acclaimed choreographer Matthew Bourne’s unmissable take on the most famous ballet in the classical canon. See review, page 94.
TAMING OF THE SHREW
Wed 20–Fri 22 Mar, tron. co.uk Jo Clifford takes on the Bard’s controversial comedy by turning it on its head and imagining a world where women hold the power.
P E R S S O N
P H O T O : J O H A N
Traverse Theatre,
Edinburgh Festival
MATTHEW BOURNE’S Tron Theatre, Glasgow,
Swan Lake
1 Feb–31 Mar 2019 THE LIST 95