Theatre - List picks
This article is from 2008.
- Scratch Night
Performers, writers and dancers are given ten minutes to try out their latest ideas on a live audience, who offer their feedback later on. See preview, left. Arches, Glasgow, Tue 22 Jul. - Much Ado About Nothing
The second instalment in this year’s Bard in the Botanics season is a colourful promenade production, with Glasgow’s Botanics providing the perfect backdrop to Beatrice and Benedick’s verbal sparring. Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, Fri 18 Jul–Sat 2 Aug. Preview Thu 17 Jul. - Fall (Previews)
The third part of Zinnie Harris’ trilogy about the effects of war on ordinary lives focuses on the aftermath of a conflict and the attempt of a country and culture to move forward. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 24–Sat 26 Jul. - Pornography (Previews)
The UK premiere of Simon Stephens’ new play, in which pornography is seen as a symbol of our disaffection, and isolation from others. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Mon 28 Jul & Sat 2 Aug. - The Tailor of Inverness
Dogstar presents Matthew Zajac’s one-man play, which charts the eponymous Polish-born tailor’s life, from the horrors of World War II to old age in the Highland capital. Arches, Glasgow, Tue 29 & Wed 30 Jul. - New Electric Ballroom (Previews)
Dublin-born playwright Enda Walsh follows up last year’s award-winning success, The Walworth Farce, with this tale of three ageing sisters in a remote fishing village, still trapped by romantic memories of their halcyon days at the titular night spot. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Wed 30 Jul & Sat 2 Aug.
This article is from 2008.
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