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2008: Macbeth
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Set in a contemporary and brutal Middle Eastern conflict, TR Warszawa's 2008: Macbeth is unflinching in its depiction of the machine of violence that, once set in motion, works faster and ever more efficiently. With spectacular pyrotechnics, immersive video effects and an extraordinary, layered soundscape that plays tricks on the ear, Shakespeare’s web of politics, ambition and the supernatural is transformed into a contemporary, and highly physical, theatrical film. Supported by Adam…
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11 Aug18 Aug Mon 7.30–9.40pm; Wed 2–4.10pm; Thu–Sun 7.30–9.40pm Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh
The 39 Steps
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John Buchan's adventurous spy novel (or Hitchcock's classic film) is adapted into this stage version by Patrick Barlow and features only four actors playing 139 roles between them.
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1 Jun 8pm
7 Jul 2pm
1 Aug 8pm
3 Sep 8pm
8 Oct13 Oct Mon 8pm; Sat 2pm
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry
Aboyne and Deeside Festival
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A diverse programme from the wee festival, which has covered theatre, comedy – last year featuring Hardeep Singh Kholi – with exhibitions, workshops, music and film all included. Planned acts include the Bingham Quartet and an appearance from children's author Mairi 'Katie Morag' Hedderwick.
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13 Jul29 Jul Times vary
Deeside Theatre will act as main venue, but some events will take pace around Deeside.
Deeside CEC Theatre, Aboyne
Albertine in Five Times
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Michael Tremblay's fascinating play that studies a woman at five distinct periods of her life, aged 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70.
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17 Jul18 Jul Tue & Wed 8pm East Kilbride Arts Centre, East Kilbride
'Allo 'Allo
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Stonehaven's Ury Players present their version of the popular wartime comedy.
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14 Jun15 Jun Thu & Fri 7.30pm Stonehaven Town Hall, Stonehaven
Allotment
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Meet two green-fingered sisters among the plants for a cuppa, a homemade scone and a major dose of sibling rivalry as Edinburgh company Nutshell returns with its darkly funny Fringe First award winner. The show is performed on real allotments, whatever the weather, so come prepared!
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8 Jun Fri 2pm, 5pm & 7pm
Booking via Paisley Arts Centre.
Brediland Allotments, Paisley
The Allotment
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Lawrence Crawford's play about the ways the recession has hit the allotment community and how old hands feel about letting newbies onto the scene.
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2 Jun Sat 4.30pm, 6pm & 7.30pm
Part of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.
Garden Wise, Dumfries
3 Jun Sun 1pm, 3pm & 5pm
Part of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.
Mill Street Gardens, Creetown
10 Jun Sun 1.30pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm Bowhill House & Country Park, Selkirk
12 Jul Thu 1pm, 3.30pm & 7.30pm Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
Angus MacPhee: The Weaver of Grass
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Through a mixture of masks and puppetry, Horse and Bamboo Theatre Company tell the moving story of Angus MacPhee, a soldier from South Uist who was diagnosed with schizophrenia during WWII and spent 50 years in hospital, communicating only through the items he would weave from grass.
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28 Jul 7.30pm Aros Centre, Isle of Skye
31 Jul 8pm SEALL at Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle Of Skye
Animal Olympics
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Find out which of your favourite animals is best suited to which sport in this quirky tale. Ages 3–7. Part of Plu Festival.
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1 Jun 4pm Leith Links, Edinburgh
Antigone
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Emanuel Theatre Company. Atmospheric reworking of the Sophocles classic by a student/graduate company from Emanuel School. In the air raid shelter in 1943 the nightly residents are welcomed by the wardens and gather to hear the tale of Antigone, a self-willed little beast, who defies her uncle Creon and buries her brother. Antigone must be put to death, with awful consequences for those around her. The Jean Anouilh classic has been reinvented as a tense, energetic tragedy presented by a…
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3 Aug11 Aug Wed–Sat 1.45–2.45pm theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh
6 Aug7 Aug Mon & Tue 1.45–2.45pm
Two-for-one ticket offer available.
theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh

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