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Theatre Listings.
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is in the Theatre Section and more links.
Main Glasgow Theatre Spaces (click on the name to get to that venues
listings).
Arches | CCA | Citizens
|Kings | Oran Mor | RSAMD
| Sharamanka | Theatre Royal
| Tramway | Tron |.
To contact Theatre Editor, Thelma
Good.
Although every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information
presented in these pages, no responsibility can be accepted for any errors
or omissions.
Citizens Theatre
www.citz.co.uk for internet
booking
0141 429 0022
119 Gorbals St from centre by subway/short walk(20 mins), bus (12/17 mins)
or taxi (10mins)
Bar & Warm atmosphere. Visit this wonderful theatre centre for fascinating,
varied productions and a warm welcome, well worth travelling to Glasgow.
Their new Artistic Director is Jeremy Raison.
Yellow Moon - TAG Theatre Company in assoc with Citizens Theatre Company
- David Grieg's new play about being 17 and trying to find real freedom.
Review - Paints
a vivid picture, but a little too neatly.
Preview 28 Sept at 7:30pm.
29 Sept - 14 Oct Tues - Sat at 7:30pm Mat 7 Oct at 2:30pm.
Mary Stuart - National Theatre of Scotland | Citizens Theate | Royal
Lyceum Theatre - A new version of Schiller's play by David Harrower.
Elizabeth 1 of England holds Mary Queen of Scots in Fotheringay Castle.
Both Queens try to protect themselves and their beliefs. Vicky Featherstone
Artistic Director of the NTS directs.
Previews 29 & 30 Oct at 7:30pm.
3 - 21 Oct Tues - Sat at 7:30pm Mat 14 Oct at 2:30pm.
Hillybilly Goats Gruff - Kipper TIE - With a country music score
and lots of fun characters a show designed for all over four.
7 Oct at 2:30pm.
The Shadow Of A Gunman - Citizens Theatre Company - Sean O'Casey's
play set in 1920 Dublin has a doomed love story and s tense political thriller
in pre omdependant Ireland.
Preview 2 Nov at 7:30pm.
3 - 18 Nov Tues - Sat at 7:30pm Mat 11 Nov at 2:30pm.
Tom Fool - Citizens Theatre Company - Kroetz's explosive play translated
by Estella Schmid and Anthony Vivis. Otto worries about his son. his wife,
his bills an ordinary life but one suprisingly close to violence, chaos
and disruption. NB contain scenes of graphic sexula nature only suitable
for 16+.
Preview 1 Nov at 7:30pm.
2 - 18 Nov Tues - Sat at 7:30pm Mat 11 Nov at 2:30pm.
James And The Giant Peach - Citizens Theatre Company - James is living
with his cruel aunts then one day a peach starts growing and growing in
Roald Dahl's story of James' escape with his friends.
5 - 30 Dec various days and times see theatre website for details.
For future events check out their website.
Oran Mor.
Website.
0141 357 6200 for info and events other than A play, a pie and a
pint.
731 - 735 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 9QX On the Corner of Great Western
Road and Byres Road a new cafe/bar with two performance spaces one on the
first floor with an amazing Alastair Grey ceiling. Great atmosphere.
This venue has had four successful seasons of A Play, A Pie And A Pint
at lunchtime the fourth one runs 28 Aug - 23 Dec. It is also occassionally
used as a theatre venue in the evening and has music events. See their website
for details of events.
Brace Position by Rona Munro.
Review - Well
packed text.
25 - 30 Sept Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the
play will start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum).
Hedy Lamarr And The Easter Rising by Michael James Ford.
2 - 7 Oct. Doors will open Monday - Saturday at 12.30 p.m.(the play
will start no later than 1.05 p.m. and last 45 minutes maximum).
Tron Theatre
www.tron.co.uk
0141 552 4267
In converted church in Trongate Good Bar and restaurant. Main stage and
studio theatre. Look up for St Mungo, a kenetic sculpture by Eduard Bersudsky
(see Sharmanka Gallery) installed on the Tron Clock
Tower.Ali Curran takes up her appointment as the Tron's Director in May
2005. She scince 2001 held the post of Director of the Peacock Theatre
in Dublin, at the Abbey, Ireland's National Theatre.
5/10 Minutes from Central Station/Queens Street There also a lot of music
events.
Music Programme & Drama & Writing Workshops (The Tron's popular
programme of workshops from 3 years to 50 +). www.tron.co.uk
for info.
"As Used in the Famous Nelson Mandela" - MARK THOMAS - A deeply
funny and deeply disturbing journey of Mark's rampage through the arms
trade. Hard hitting, laugh out loud funny and shockingly entertaining,
Mark Thomas is never anything less than compulsive.
26 - 27 SEPT at 8pm.
IN CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD WILSON - As part of the Tron's 25th Anniversary
celebrations, Pinsent Mason is sponsoring an In Conversation series with
well known Scottish personalities.
8 OCT at 7pm.
For future events check out their website.
The Arches
book on line at www.thearches.co.uk
0141 565 1023
New entrance at 253 Argyll St opposite the Argyll St exit from
Central Station. Disabled access to all floors, cafe bar, theatre and
toilet facilities.
The Arches which has clubs, music, exhibitions as well as theatre has
been given a make over and there's more to see and eat. Further info
about Arches & their company.
Arches Artists' Forum - Monthly forum for all artists. To join the Arches
Artists' Forum, please email: jean@thearches.co.uk (Meetings on Wednesdays
once a month at 6pm (90 mins) FREE).
Arches LIVE! - 21 - 30 September 2006 a season of new works by
emergent companies. FESTIVAL PASS: £20/£16 (Spend A Penny
& Scratch excluded). DAY PASS: £10/£6.
The Art of Swimming - Playgroup - Lynda Radley returns after her
triumphant April Scratch with a one-woman show about endurance swimming,
circus acts, storytelling and time.
26 - 27 Sept at 7pm.
66°33'07"S…and all was white - Sari Lievonen and Diana
Simpson - Recreating the extreme environment of the Antarctic in the
bowels of the Arches, this interactive performance installation uses live
video tracking, dance and soundscaping to examine the physical gestures
of exploration firsthand. Award-winning Glasgow sound artist Diana Simpson
collaborates with Finnish dancer and visual artist Sari Lievonen on an
extraordinary, sensory new work.
26 - 28 Sept at 8pm.
A Moment's Peace - Petrified Paradise - Last year a detainee of
Dungavel Removal Centre escaped and began walking to freedom. Later that
day, unable to find the human contact he was seeking, he turned around
and went back. A radical new piece of mixed-media documentary theatre
in the corridors and basements of the Arches, looks atthe human cost of
Britain's increasingly hard-line approach to immigration.
26 - 30 Sept at 8.40pm.
Weasel Words - Rough Ruby Productions - Shona hates her job. Then
Tom shows up. Motivated by pure lust, Shona helps him to transform the
organisation into an efficient and ethical business. A comedy about the
terrible danger of taking your head out of the sand.
26 - 28 Sept at 8.40pm.
Self Contained - National Theatre of Scotland Young Company - If
you thought the apocalypse was imminent, what would you do? Where would
you go? Using the dissolute atmospherics of the Arches as a stimulus,
NTS Young Company have created a devised debut production which depicts
extraordinary characters living a not-so-implausible scenario. Developed
at the Arches' Scratch Night.
29 Sept at 7.30pm, 30 Sept at 2.30pm & 8.30pm.
THE FABLED STAGE - an Arches new work commission - Al Seed (Arches Artist
in Residence) and Ben Faulks (Jonathan Pram) present a trailer for a new
work. Drawing on the tradition of the travelling player and the expeditions
of Ernest Shackleton, these two highly physical performers tell a story
of adventure, endurance and a friendship glued together by tea and mint-cake.
A full production of The Fabled Stage will appear at the Arches early
in 2007.
30 Sept at 7pm.
ARCHES LIVE! ARTISTS' FORUM - This year's Arches LIVE! sees many companies
responding to unusual performance spaces and evolving new forms of theatre
to fit them. Dee Heddon, writer, performer and lecturer in Theatre Studies
at Glasgow University chairs this season's Artists' Forum, considering
the growing interest in 'site-responsive' work in relation to theatre's
ability to retain its urgency and relevance to contemporary audiences.
30 Sept at 4pm.
Spend A Penny - Arches Theatre Company - Do you let them touch
you...? Arches Theatre Company celebrates fifteen years of boundary-pushing
by moving in on your personal space, as we cordially invite you to a series
of one-on-one confrontations in the club toilets. Eight writers - Liz
Lochhead, James Kelman, David Harrower, Frank Deasy, Megan Barker, Lynsey
Murdoch, Lynda Radley and Daniel Jackson contributed original monologues,
to be performed by eight of the best actors to have graced the Arches
stage/ corridors/alleyways in our short history. Arches Artistic Director
and founder Andy Arnold, devises, directs and deviates a completely unique
theatrical experience. Subject matter: Decidedly murky. Please wash your
minds thoroughly on leaving.
26 September - 7 October (no Sunday performance) at 7.20pm, 7.50pm,
8.20pm (20 mins). Tickets very, very limited indeed. Cost: 1p (suggested
donation of £5). Call 0870 240 7528 to book.
BELLY OF THE BEAST - A season of ink-black dance noir. All BELLY
OF THE BEAST tickets are £8/£5. All three shows for £18/£12.
Droopy Met Hal - Dudendance (UK) and Fabrik Potsdam (Berlin) -
In some dark, dark woods, in a crumbling house, live the elusive "Missy"
and her sinister butler. A stranger turns Missy's world upside down and
reveals that things in the house are not quite as they seem.
19 Oct at 8.30pm and 20 Oct at 7pm.
Bertrand's Toys - blackSKYwhite - Everything changes when you meet Sergeant
Bertrand. Moscow "theatre of the cruel" company blackSKYwhite
return to Scotland after six years with a reworking of their dance-horror
classic. What really happens when your toys come to life?
19 Oct at 7pm, 20 Oct at 8.30pm and 21 Oct at 7pm.
Hunger - Al Seed - I remember what it's like to be an insect…
A preview of the new solo show from the Arches' Artist in Residence. Devised
partly in collaboration with Blackskywhite during the Belly of the Beast
season, Hunger will build upon the themes and success of Al's 2005 solo
The Factory.
25 - 26 Oct at 7pm.
The Importance of Being Alfred - A Glasgay! Production in association
with the Arches - Louise Welsh (The Cutting Room)'s debut play follows
the later years of Lord Alfred Douglas (aka Bosie), boy-lover of Oscar
Wilde turned fervent homophobe and anti-Semite. Nominated for Best New
Play at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2006 following its
run at A Play, a Pie and a Pint.
31 Oct - 5 Nov at 8pm.
For future events look at Arches Website.
Citizens Theatre
www.citz.co.uk for internet
booking
0141 429 0022
119 Gorbals St from centre by subway/short walk(20 mins), bus (12/17 mins)
or taxi (10mins)
Bar & Warm atmosphere. Visit this wonderful theatre centre for fascinating,
varied productions and a warm welcome, well worth travelling to Glasgow.
Their new Artistic Director is Jeremy Raison.
Yellow Moon - TAG Theatre Company in assoc with Citizens Theatre Company
- David Grieg's new play about being 17 and trying to find real freedom.
Preview 28 Sept at 7:30pm.
29 Sept - 14 Oct Tues - Sat at 7:30pm Mat 7 Oct at 2:30pm.
Mary Stuart - National Theatre of Scotland | Citizens Theate | Royal
Lyceum Theatre - A new version of Schiller's play by David Harrower.
Elizabeth 1 of England holds Mary Queen of Scots in Fotheringay Castle.
Both Queens try to protect themselves and their beliefs. Vicky Featherstone
Artistic Director of the NTS directs.
Previews 29 & 30 Oct at 7:30pm.
3 - 21 Oct Tues - Sat at 7:30pm Mat 14 Oct at 2:30pm.
For future events check out their website.
Oran Mor.
Website.
0141 357 6200 for info and events other than A play, a pie and
a pint.
731 - 735 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 9QX On the Corner of Great Western
Road and Byres Road a new cafe/bar with two performance spaces one on
the first floor with an amazing Alastair Grey ceiling. Great atmosphere.
This venue has had three successful seasons of A Play, A Pie And A
Pint at lunchtime the fourth ended in May 2006. It is also occassionally
used as a theatre venue in the evening and has music events. See their
website for details of events.
The King's
Glasgow www.kings-glasgow.co.uk
0141 240 1111
297 Bath St
Buses or train from Queen St or Central to Charing Cross, buses go past
entrance to theatre. Fine traditional theatre with good sightlines and
four levels of seating, two bars. Disabled access to theatre auditorium
at side.
Guys And Dolls - With a cast and orchestra of over 50 and enroute to Broadway
from London and having won 2 Olivier Awards. Set in 1940s New York where
gambler Nathan bets his friend Sky he can't make the next girl fall in
love, Sky's got a challenge when she's a missionary.
16 Sep - 7 Oct Mon - Sat at 7:30pm also Wed & Sat mats at 2:30pm.
Two - Elaine C Smith and Andy Gray in Jim Cartwright's comic play
about an evening in a pub with two warring landlords married to each other
and the customers with stories to tell.
9 - 14 Oct Mon - Thur at 7:30pm, Frid & Sat at 6 & 9pm.
Slava's Snowshow - Direct from New York Slava's internationally
famed show with its creator Slava and his ensemble of clowns. Magical
masterpeice.
17 - 21 Oct at 7:30pm also Wed & Sat mats at 2:30pm.
Cats - Andrew Lloyd-Webber's adaptation of TS Eliot's Old Possum's Book
of Practical Cats cames to town.
4 - 18 Nov Mon - Sat at 7:30pm also Tues, Thurs and Sat mats at 2:30pm.
Russian Classical Ballet Theatre - Ellen Kent - Compnay of 120 with over
50 dancers and a live orchestra brings two ballets on different days .
20 - 25 Nov Mon - Sat at 7:30pm also Tues, Thurs and Sat mats at 2:30pm.
Mon - Wed - Coppelia.
Thurs - Sat - Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty.
Aladdin - The Chistmas Pantomime -
1 Dec - 13 Jan 2007. No performances 3, 11, 18, 25 Dec or 1 & 8 Jan
2007.
Check out their website for events after this.
Theatre Royal
Glasgow www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow
0141 332 9000
282 Hope Street near RSAMD The home of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet
which also has the occasional touring companies including drama.
Der Rosenkavalier - Scottish Opera - David McVicar recreates Strauss'
opera conducted by richard Armstrong.
4, 7, 11, 21 Oct and 14 Nov at 6:30pm and 21 Oct at 2:15pm.
Tamerlano - Scottish Opera - Handel's opera based on the story of Tamberlane
and his love for the daughter of imprisioned Sultan is here in a new production
set in modern Turkey.
7, 9, 11, 16 Nov at 7:15pm and 18 Nov at 2:15pm.
The Pirates of Penzance - Carl Rosa Company - Recreating the original
perios designs and costumes a welcome return of this favourite of Gilbert
and Sullivan's great partnership.
20 - 25 Nov at 7:30pm also Thurs ad Sat Mats at 2:30pm.
Heroes - In Gerald Sibleyras's play adapted by Tom Stoppard. It's
1959 and three WW1 veterans pass their days in a military hospital and
dream of escape.
27 Nov - 2 Dec at 7:30pm also Thurs ad Sat Mats at 2:30pm.
Cinderella - Scottish Ballet - The return of 2005 very sucessful Christmas
ballet set in a Westwood/Warhol meets C18th France, choreographed by Ashley
Page to the Prokofiev score played live by their orchestra.
Review
when seen in 2005.
9 - 30 Dec - 9 Dec at 2pm & 7:30pm, 13 - 15 Dec at 7:30pm, 16 Dec
at 2pm & 7:30pm, 20 - 22 Dec at 7:30pm, 23 Dec at 2pm & 7:30pm,
27 - 29 Dec at 7:30pm, 28 Dec at 2pm,30 Dec at 2pm & 7:30pm.
For future productions see their website.
Ramshorn
Theatre
0141 548 2558 or 0141 552 3489 email
98 Ingram Street 10 mins walk from Central and Queen St Station
Run by Strathclyde Theatre Group STG and celebrating its 30th anniversary.
It's an open access company, working to professional standards. (Also
checkout weekly Tuesday Lunchtime Music at the Ramshorn for details Alan
Tavener, Director of Music, University of Strathclyde 0141 - 548 3444).
For future events check out their website.
Gilmorehill G12, www.gilmorehillg12.co.uk,
University of Glasgow.
0141 330 5522.
Large converted church entrance on corner of University Avenue and Kelvin
Way. Go to Kelvinbridge on Underground turn left along Gt Western Rd,
turn right into Bank st which becomes Kelvin Way
Check their website for events.
Tramway
www.tramway.org.
Box Office 0845 330 3501(normal rates apply)
Albert Dr by frequent train from Central Station to Pollockshields East
3 mins.
Venue for Art, Music, Dance as well as occassional Theatre, cafe also
base for several community performance groups. Has a marvellously designed
new green space The Hidden Gardens open in Tues to Sat 10am to
8pm or dusk if earlier and Sun 12pm - 6pm or dusk if earlier.
Freespace - Performance and artists opportunities on Thursday Evenings
before and after the main performance event in the street area of the
Tramway. For details to apply contact by email - freespace_tramway@hotmail.com
putting freespace in subject line.
Check out their website for future events.
CCA
www.cca-glasgow.com
350 Sauchiehall St Glasgow G2 3JD
Relaunched in 2002 the Centre for Contemporary Arts has mainly visual
arts but also film, music and occasional dance and theatre. Smart Cafe,
Bar and Bookshop.
0141 352 4900.
Phone venue for info - only very occassional theatre productions.
Glasgow Botanic
Gardens In the West End of Glasgow.
Glasgow Rep's 2005 Summer Season Bard in The Botanics 2005 was
held in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens, their fourth season there, from 22
June to 23 July 2005. The season included Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
and Twelfth Night snd several other shows. In previous years this festival
has attracted large audience to their al fresco shows.
Glasgow Rep's 2005 Summer Season Bard in The Botanics
21 June to 23 July.
The festival will include productions of two of Shakespeare’s most
enchanting and magical plays, The Winter’s Tale and The Comedy of
Errors by Glasgow Rep and some other productions.
Sharmanka
Kinetic Gallery www.sharmanka.co.uk
0141 552 7080
14 King St near Tron Theatre and beside Russian cafe Cossachok
Unique and fabulous kinetic sculptures by Eduard Bersudsky perform! Magical,
extraordinary.
Look up for their latest creation St Mungo installed nearby at the Tron
Clock Tower.
Tickets £4, conc £3, children under 16 - free Please book
in advance by phone or e-mail.
Performances each week.
Performances Tue,Thu,Sun at 7pm
Matinee Sun at 3pm
Small groups are welcome any other time by appointment.
Review by Thelma Good.
RSAMDwww.rsamd.ac.uk
0141 332 5057
10 Renfrew Street Glasgow G2 3DB Near Bus and Queen St stations
Home of the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama. Performances from
music, theatre and opera students at various times during the year some
at other venues. You can download their public programme from their website.
For events check out their website.
Cottier Theatre website.
93 - 95 Hyndland St Converted church with performance space in Glasgow's
west end.
Presently closed for refurbishment.
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