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Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness

Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness

5 Mar 2009

There’s a sensitivity and warmth to writer Anthony Neilson that a cursory glance at his plays would not make immediately apparent. Works such as Normal, a story based on the exploits of a serial killer, and Penetrator, which features an army veteran…

Anna Krzystek

Anna Krzystek

5 Mar 2009

CONTEMPORARY DANCE Sometimes dance comes with bells and whistles, assaulting your senses with a riot of music and colour. Other times it touches you gently, gradually searing itself onto your memory. The work of Glasgow-based choreographer, Anna…

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob SquarePants

5 Mar 2009

STAGE ADAPTATION Lifting one of the most popular animated TV programmes of all time from the small screen to the stage is no mean feat. When that programme takes place underwater, things get even tougher. Since it first aired in 1999, SpongeBob…

Northern Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake and Mixed Bill

Northern Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake and Mixed Bill

5 Mar 2009

It may be the world’s most popular ballet in its traditional form, but Swan Lake can withstand a fair bit of manipulation. David Nixon’s innovative version takes place in New England during the early 20th century, where a wealthy college boy and his…

Kyoto

Kyoto

5 Mar 2009

PREVIEW NEW WORK Those ancient, lurking passions that linger in the subtext between two people, who, because of vicissitude and circumstance can’t consummate an attraction that exists between them for years on end is an experience common enough for…

The Mystery of Irma Vep

The Mystery of Irma Vep

(3 stars)5 Mar 2009

PARODY Apparently, the contract for the original Off-Broadway production of The Mystery of Irma Vep stipulated that the play was to be performed by two actors of the same gender. Having seen Ian Grieve’s revival of Charles Ludlam’s 1984 spoof ‘penny…

Frida Kahlo

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5 Mar 2009

● Frida: Viva la Vida Still flushed with success from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe the Tirso Theatre Company revives its enjoyable account of the life of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, until Sat 7 Mar. ● Technological…

Life is a cabaret old chum

Life is a cabaret old chum

5 Mar 2009

Get your boas out, as Glasgow theatre company, Rhymes with Purple Productions, joins The Glasgow Art Club for a series of cabaret shows. The first Art Club Cabaret is on Fri 6 Mar and will run intermittently during the year. The first night features…

Success

Curtain up

5 Mar 2009

Theatre lovers should keep ‘em peeled for this year’s New Connections festival, in collaboration with the National Theatre, which takes place at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh from Tue 9—Sat 13 Jun. The Lyceum’s Youth Theatre’s performance of Nick…

Frida Kahlo

Livin La Vida Loca

5 Mar 2009

Gaël Le Cornec comes to the Tron Theatre, Glasgow. Running until Sat 7 Mar, the award-winning Frida Kahlo: Viva La Vida tells Kahlo’s story using her biography and letters. See www.gaellecornec.com.

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