Telford College: Cross Currents 2012 (28 Jun)

Students perform contemporary and jazz dance pieces choreographed by their tutors at Performing Arts Studio Scotland.

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2008: Macbeth
Date	Location
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… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
11 Aug–18 Aug Mon 7.30–9.40pm; Wed 2–4.10pm; Thu–Sun 7.30–9.40pm	Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh

The 39 Steps
Date	Location
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. View full details
1 Jun 8pm 7 Jul 2pm 1 Aug 8pm 3 Sep 8pm 8 Oct–13 Oct Mon 8pm; Sat 2pm	Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry

Aboyne and Deeside Festival
Date	Location
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. View full details
13 Jul–29 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
Date	Location
Michael Tremblay's fascinating play that studies a woman at five distinct periods of her life, aged 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70. View full details
17 Jul–18 Jul Tue & Wed 8pm	East Kilbride Arts Centre, East Kilbride

'Allo 'Allo
Date	Location
Stonehaven's Ury Players present their version of the popular wartime comedy. View full details
14 Jun–15 Jun Thu & Fri 7.30pm	Stonehaven Town Hall, Stonehaven

Allotment
Date	Location
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! View full details and ticket info
8 Jun Fri 2pm, 5pm & 7pm Booking via Paisley Arts Centre.	Brediland Allotments, Paisley

The Allotment
Date	Location
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. View full details and ticket info
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
Date	Location
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. View full details
28 Jul 7.30pm	Aros Centre, Isle of Skye
31 Jul 8pm	SEALL at Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle Of Skye

Animal Olympics
Date	Location
Find out which of your favourite animals is best suited to which sport in this quirky tale. Ages 3–7. Part of Plu Festival. View full details
1 Jun 4pm	Leith Links, Edinburgh

Antigone
Date	Location
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… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
3 Aug–11 Aug Wed–Sat 1.45–2.45pm	theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 1.45–2.45pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh

As You Like It
Date	Location
An enjoyable woodland comedy completes the Bard in the Botanics programme for 2012, but not one without some good old-fashioned heartache, as Rosalind and Orlando chase each other around the Forest of Arden and learn a few life lessons along the way. View full details
11 Jul–12 Jul Wed & Thu 7.45pm Preview performance.	Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow
13 Jul–28 Jul Tue–Sat 7.45pm	Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Glasgow

The Ash Girl
Date	Location
PULSE. Sin. Passion. Fire. Can one young girl's rage ignite the flame that will lift her from despair? PULSE pose this question in their new and original interpretation of Timberlake Wertenbaker's play. A shockingly dark and visceral twist on the Cinderella fable, which uses powerful imagery, music and movement to examine the psyche of this abused girl. Haunting and poignant; a true living incarnation of Artaudian Theatre of Cruelty. Not for the faint hearted. Ages 14+. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
13 Aug–16 Aug Mon–Thu 11.45am–1.15pm	theSpace @ Venue45, Edinburgh

Average Joe
Date	Location
A play devised by participants in the Tron's Skillshops drama classes for kids, about a boy who's just in the middle of every pecking order, and therefore best placed to know what's going on with just about everyone in school. View full details
7 Jun–8 Jun Thu & Fri 7.30pm	Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Beautiful Burnout
Date	Location
A highly physical, immersive dip into the world of boxing and Cameron, a boy who's relying on his fists to take him places, from the National Theatre of Scotland and writer Bryony Lavery. View full details
31 Oct–3 Nov To be confirmed	Dundee Rep, Dundee

Beyond Hillsborough
Date	Location
Zipped Up Theatre Company. Twenty three years on, lives lost, families torn apart and brought together by the same tragedy, Hillsborough. Using original interviews with survivors, bereaved family members, politicians, police and journalists we ask, is there hope after Hillsborough? Ages 12+. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 11.40am–12.40pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh
8 Aug–11 Aug Wed–Sat 11.40am–12.40pm	Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh

Black Beauty
Date	Location
An open-air production of Anna Sewell's massively popular book which teaches animal welfare and the importance of treating people with respect and kindness. View full details
18 Aug–19 Aug Sat & Sun 7.30pm	Scone Palace, Perth

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Date	Location
Liz Lochhead's powerful adaptation of the seminal vampire tale, performed by Motherwell College students. View full details
21 May–31 May Mon, Wed & Thu 7.30pm	Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

La Cage Aux Folles
Date	Location
In its first Glasgow performance for over ten years, the show about the farcical adventures of a glamorous gay couple and their future daughter-in-law's ultra-conservative parents makes a glitzy return. With songs such as 'I Am What I Am' and 'The Best of Times', the celebration of camp is presented by Glasgow’s oldest amateur musical society, The Orpheus Club. View full details
20 Jun–23 Jun Wed & Thu 7.30pm; Fri 5pm & 8.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm	King's Theatre, Glasgow

Calendar Girls
Date	Location
The funny and moving play about members of the Women's Institute who pose for a nude calendar and the fallout that ensues. View full details
13 Sep–22 Sep Thu–Sat 7.30pm	Monifieth Theatre, Monifieth

Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut
Date	Location
Of all the theatres in all the world …Morag Fullarton's three-hander contains some of the most iconic scenes and lines ever written. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
13 Sep–15 Sep Thu–Sat 8pm	Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy

CatStrand Youth Players
Date	Location
An evening of plays and sketches, directed and starred in by the youngsters themselves. View full details
8 Jun 7.30pm	The CatStrand, Castle Douglas

Chatroom
Date	Location
GYTC. In cyberspace six teenagers type and chat. What begins as seemingly innocent conversations about the trivial (Harry Potter, Britney Spears) takes a sinister turn as the teenagers, who have never met, turn on and manipulate one another. Through this chilling foundation Enda Walsh explores issues of adolescent vulnerability, the development of persona and the path everyone takes from child to adulthood, in a way that is warm, funny and deeply moving. GYTC return to the Fringe for their… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 5.20–6.10pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	theSpaces on North Bridge, Edinburgh
8 Aug–11 Aug Wed–Sat 5.20–6.10pm	theSpaces on North Bridge, Edinburgh

Christmas Time
Date	Location
A festive rhyming show for wee ones, counting down the minutes til Christmas. Ages 3–6. View full details and ticket info
1 Dec–24 Dec Times vary	Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Cinderella
Date	Location
Johnny McKnight has written this new version of the the fairy tale for this year's Royal Lyceum Christmas show, promising a modern twist on the story with a good sprinkling of magic and slapstick to keep families happy. View full details
29 Nov–29 Dec To be confirmed	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

The Circus Kid
Date	Location
The lion has lost his roar and the tent has fallen down – the circus' arrival in town hasn't gone exactly as planned. Fun introduction to music with Jacqui, her puppet friends and her cello. Part of Early Years Festival. View full details
3 Jul–4 Jul Tue & Wed 11am & 2pm	Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow

Cleansed
Date	Location
Rummage Theatre / A LEAP Theatre Project. The last Magdalene laundry has closed. Mother Brigid, a lonely old lady sits in a retirement home with her brusque carer. It soon becomes clear their relationship is not what it seems. The laundries were institutions for fallen women who were incarcerated to wash their sins away. How did society fail generations of women by allowing them to be wrongfully imprisoned and brutalised? What has happened to the survivors, victims coping with life in the… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
20 Aug–25 Aug Mon–Sat 3.30–4.35pm	theSpaces on North Bridge, Edinburgh

Cliff Hanger
Date	Location
A short play about the secrets held by a Clarence Cliff teapot sitting on a mantelpiece. View full details
10 Jun Sun 2pm & 5pm	East Kilbride Arts Centre, East Kilbride

The Cocktail Party
Date	Location
Theatre Alba's Adult Leisure Group presents a production of TS Eliot's absurdist drawing-room satire. View full details
15 Jun–16 Jun Fri & Sat 7.30–9.30pm	Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

The Cone Gatherers
Date	Location
Based on the novel by Robin Jenkins, this play examines the relentless struggle between good and evil via the story of two brothers, a hateful gamekeeper and the prejudices of the class system of the 1940s. View full details
25 Sep–29 Sep Tue & Wed 7.30pm; Thu 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm	Theatre Royal, Glasgow
23 Oct–27 Oct Tue 7.30pm; Wed 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Thu & Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Conference of the Faeries
Date	Location
Walking Theatre's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream makes use of the atmospheric surroundings of Mount Stuart. View full details
20 Jul 6pm	Mount Stuart House and Gardens, Isle Of Bute

Coriolanus
Date	Location
Strathclyde Theatre Group performs Shakespeare's final tragedy, a political and family drama about fearsome soldier Coriolanus. View full details
3 Jul–7 Jul Tue–Sat 7.30pm	Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

Crossing the Lines
Date	Location
The Arches and Playwrights' Studio present a new night of text-based theatre performance. View full details
1 Aug 7.30pm	The Arches, Glasgow

The Curse of Class 2B
Date	Location
Another production from the Tron's young Skillshops attendees, all about a notorious class who surprise themselves and everyone else with their achievements. View full details
9 Jun 5.30pm	Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Dandy Dick
Date	Location
Patricia Hodge and Nicholas Le Prevost star in Arthur Wing Pinero's 1887 comedy. Respectable Reverend Augustin Jedd's troublesome sister leads him to gamble everything at the races, where mayhem, romance and runaway horses ensue. Directed by Christopher Luscombe. View full details and ticket info
7 Aug–11 Aug Tue 7.30pm; Wed & Thu 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm	Theatre Royal, Glasgow

Deadly Dilemma
Date	Location
Red Wine Productions present this promenade performance of a new play about possible events in a country house in Victorian Scotland. Part of the Crail Festival. View full details
25 Jul–26 Jul Wed & Thu 7.30pm	Cambo Estate, St Andrews

Death and the Maiden
Date	Location
Ariel Dorfman's tense play about gaining revenge, apportioning guilt and how easily and unfairly something beautiful can be rendered horrific. View full details
6 Jun–9 Jun Wed–Sat 7.30pm	East Kilbride Arts Centre, East Kilbride

Desperately Seeking the Exit
Date	Location
Peter Michael Marino / Laughing Horse Free Festival. In 2007, American writer/performer Peter Michael Marino wrote a musical based on the American film Desperately Seeking Susan, featuring the music of Blondie. It opened on London's West End … and closed a month later. Whoops! Desperately Seeking the Exit offers a comical, tell-all, behind-the-scenes peek at how this £4m musical was made and unmade: hatching the idea, the deals with MGM, Debbie Harry and even Madonna, the workshops, the… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
2 Aug–26 Aug Mon–Sun 6–7pm	Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, Edinburgh

Dirty Rhymes and Revolting Beasts
Date	Location
Access to Creative Industry students at Ayr College present their take on Roald Dahl's collections of poems for kids Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts, with live and pre-recorded music, performance and animated film. Part of Burns an' a' That. View full details
4 Jun Mon 2pm & 7.30pm	Ayr College

Disney on Ice: A Passport to Adventure
Date	Location
A fabulous sight-seeing holiday with all your Disney friends: travel to Africa with Timon and Pumbaa, explore the ocean with Ariel and visit London with Peter Pan and Wendy, as well as special treats from Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy. View full details
28 Sep–7 Oct Not Mon	Braehead Arena, Glasgow

Don't Forget Us + One Spirit
Date	Location
A two-part show for Refugee Week. In Don't Forget Us, Annet Henneman performs songs from Baghdad, Kurdistan, Palestine, Iran and Argentina, with stories of the people and places to whom they belong. In One Spirit, a group of young refugees from Glasgow perform music, parkour and story. View full details
20 Jun 7.30pm Part of Refugee Week.	Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Double Helpings
Date	Location
Two servings of comedy shorts: Two Daft Lassies in a Boat and The Sociable Player. Presented by Happy Hour Theatre. View full details and ticket info
28 Jun 7.30pm	Buccleuch Centre, Langholm

The Drawer Boy
Date	Location
Leitheatre presents an award-winning Canadian play about a young actor who visits an Ontario farm in order to research a part. Part of Leith Festival. View full details
8 Jun–11 Jun Mon & Fri–Sun 7.30pm	South Leith Parish Church, Edinburgh

DRYT Perform
Date	Location
Dundee Rep's two youth theatre groups put on an evening of new theatre. View full details
4 Jul 7.30pm	Dundee Rep, Dundee

Eden Court Young Company Performance
Date	Location
Dynamic group of young performers present theatre they've devised themselves focusing on the theme of Perceptions. Ages 12+. View full details
12 Jul To be confirmed	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Date	Location
The big daddy of arts festivals, the Fringe has it all. The facts and figures speak for themselves: nearly 1.9 million tickets sold in 2011 for 41,689 performances of 2,542 shows in 258 venues. It's the biggest celebration of theatre, comedy, cabaret, children's shows, dance, physical theatre, musicals, operas, exhibitions and music in all its forms in the world. View full details
3 Aug–27 Aug Times vary	Various venues, Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Festival
Date	Location
Bringing world-class arts to the capital since 1947, the EIF sets the standard for classical concerts, opera, dance and theatre, with performers this year drawn from Australia, America, Russia, Japan, Europe and the Middle East. Already announced for 2012 are two innovative adaptations of Shakespeare: TR Warszawa’s 2007: Macbeth and Dmitry Krymov’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It). And in Britain's Olypmic summer Edinburgh’s iconic mountain, Arthur’s Seat, is to be spectacularly… View full details and ticket info
9 Aug–2 Sep Times vary	Various venues, Edinburgh

Educating Rita
Date	Location
Matthew Kelly and Claire Sweeney star in Willy Russell's play about a young girl's introduction to literature. View full details
28 May–31 May Mon–Wed 7.30pm; Thu 2.30pm & 7.30pm	Theatre Royal, Glasgow
11 Jun–16 Jun Mon–Wed 7.30pm; Thu 2pm & 7.30pm; Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

Eight
Date	Location
Ella Hickson's collection of eight unique stories portrays a cross section of society today. Presented by New Up North in association with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. View full details
12 Jun–16 Jun Tue–Sat 8pm	Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Exit Stage Left
Date	Location
Ecco Theatre Company. Greg Thompson, quite simply, shines! Or rather, he did. Until tragedy struck. After many years in the shadows and desperate for the limelight once again, Greg is making a comeback directing his powerful new play, but at what cost? 'Exit Stage Left is an ambitious and well-conceived work. Greg Thompson's behaviour becomes more fractious and withdrawn as he guides his ramshackle cast of showbiz misfits towards a critically acclaimed opening night. This show is built on… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
3 Aug–4 Aug Fri & Sat 5.20–6.45pm Preview performance.	Greenside, Edinburgh
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 5.20–6.45pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	Greenside, Edinburgh
8 Aug–18 Aug Mon–Sat 5.20–6.45pm	Greenside, Edinburgh

The Fabulous ROKPA Kids On Tour
Date	Location
A group of street children tell their story through theatre, dance and music. View full details
21 Jun 7.30pm	Buccleuch Centre, Langholm
27 Jun 7.30pm	Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles

A Familiar Face
Date	Location
Andrew Biss' unconventional comedy about two elderly ladies, a mysterious decapitated head in a box and the intricacies of grief. View full details
24 Jun Sun 2pm & 5pm	East Kilbride Arts Centre, East Kilbride

The Fashion Floor
Date	Location
A drama set on the shop floor of a Stoke-on-Trent department store, written by Corrie scriptwriter Tony Perrin and performed by Motherwell College acting students. View full details
22 May–30 May Tue–Thu 7.30pm	Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

Fawlty Towers
Date	Location
A stage adaptation of John Cleese and Connie Booth's legendary television show. View full details
14 Jun–23 Jun Thu–Sat 7.30pm	Monifieth Theatre, Monifieth

Fetch
Date	Location
Alan Gordon's play hashes out what it means to be a Scottish man, transcending football hooliganism and drinking too much and embracing family values via two men playing with puppets and the work of Rabbie Burns. View full details and ticket info
3 Jun 7.30pm Part of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.	Lockerbie Little Theatre, Lockerbie
4 Jun 7.30pm	Lochside Theatre, Castle Douglas
5 Jun 7.30pm Part of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.	A' the Airts, Sanquhar

For the Love of Willie
Date	Location
City of London Freemen's School. This adaptation of Agnes Owens' novel tells the tragic story of Peggy, an ordinary girl in extraordinary times. One day delivering newspapers, the next, her life spiralling out of control. At the heart of the play is Peggy's brief and unexpected affair with her employer, with whom she falls madly in love. Initially imagining that her lover will leave his wife, Peggy is soon abandoned - pregnant, shamed and forced to fall back on her mother who makes… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
13 Aug–18 Aug Mon–Sat 11.30am–12.45pm	Quaker Meeting House, Edinburgh

Fresh Faced
Date	Location
A night of performance and art for and by young people. The Tramway's award-winning drama group Junction 25 are performing, there's the chance to explore the NTS's production of Macbeth and check out the new publication by participants in the Young Critics workshops. View full details
30 Jun 5pm	Tramway, Glasgow

From These Parts
Date	Location
Sci-fi comedy which looks at the concept of migration to and from the Highlands on a local and intergalactic scale. Presented by Right Lines. View full details and ticket info
16 Jun 8pm	Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack
19 Jun 7.30pm	Lonach Hall, Strathdon
20 Jun 7.30pm	New Pitsligo Public Hall, Fraserburgh
21 Jun 7.30pm	Finzean Hall
22 Jun 7.30pm	Deskford Community Centre, Buckie
23 Jun 7pm	Cumming Hall, Kinloss
26 Jun 7.30pm	Gairloch Community Hall, Gairloch
27 Jun 8pm	SEALL at Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Isle Of Skye
29 Jun 7.30pm	Castlebay Community Hall, Isle of Barra
30 Jun 7.30pm	Sgoil Lionacleit, Isle of Benbecula

Garioch Theatre Festival
Date	Location
The festival is now in its sixth year of bringing a fresh mix of amateur and professional theatre to Inverurie. This time there are classics from Mitchell School of Drama who perform Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, alongside kids favourites By the Seat of Your Pants and Wilde's The Selfish Giant. View full details
21 Jun–8 Jul Times vary	Wyness Hall, Inverurie

Glasgow Girls
Date	Location
Cora Bisset, herself the original star of David Greig's Midsummer, directs her own new life-affirming, multicultural musical (also in collaboration with Greig), a vibrant celebration of Glasgow and the power of teenagers with a cause. View full details
31 Oct–17 Nov To be confirmed	Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

Goldilocks and the Enormous Turnip
Date	Location
A twist on the well-known fairy tale, performed with puppets and featuring lots of audience participation! Part of Early Years Festival. View full details
7 Jul–8 Jul Sat & Sun 11am & 2pm	Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow

Gotcha!
Date	Location
Suspect Moustache Theatre presents wee Ernie, a man stalking the streets with the power to make or break peoples' days. Yes, he's a traffic warden. But will he use his powers for good or evil? View full details
21 Jul 7.30pm	Aberdeen Arts Centre, Aberdeen

Grisly Tales from Tumblewater
Date	Location
A wide-eyed orphan is on the run in a monstrous town of warped stories and never ending rain, with only his wits to keep him safe. Ages 8+. View full details
30 May 7.30pm	Tullynessle & Forbes Village Hall, Alford

The Guid Sisters
Date	Location
Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay's Scots translation of the original Québecois play Les Belles-soeurs. When Germaine Luzon wins a competition, she calls on her family, friends and neighbours help her take advantage. A story about women and economic survival in collaboration with National Theatre of Scotland. View full details
20 Sep–13 Oct To be confirmed	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh

Gulliver's Travels
Date	Location
Irish writer Jonathan Swift’s savage political satire is seen through the eyes of visionary theatre maker Silviu Purcărete with an original score by Irish composer Shaun Davey. Driven by Davey's musical journey, Purcărete's production gathers cultural and social aspects of contemporary society and explores themes of voyage, dream, exile, immigration, emigration, solitude and togetherness. Supported by The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Romania, The Romanian Cultural Institute and… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
17 Aug–20 Aug Mon, Fri & Sat 8–10pm; Sun 2.30–4.30pm & 8–10pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

The Half
Date	Location
Guy Masterson continues a string of Shakespeare-related performances, this time in Richard Dormer's tale of a 50-year old actor and his decision to put on a 4.5 hour-long one-man production of Hamlet. View full details
15 Sep 7.30pm	Perth Theatre, Perth

Haunting Julia
Date	Location
A chilling ghost story by Alan Ayckbourn as a father searches for answers to the riddle posed by his musical prodigy of a daughter's mysterious death. Starring Christopher Timothy and Richard O'Callaghan. View full details
9 Oct–13 Oct Tue 7.30pm; Wed 2.30pm & 7.30pm; Thu & Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm	King's Theatre, Edinburgh

Henry
Date	Location
History teachers look away now – this farce centred on the life of Henry VIII and his various wives re-evaluates everything we thought we knew about the controversial monarch. View full details
22 Jun–23 Jun Fri & Sat 7.30pm	Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Heroes
Date	Location
Tom Stoppard's translation of Gerald Sibleyras' Le Vent des Peupliers explores the various ailments of three old soldiers in a retirement home and their plans to escape. Part of Garioch Theatre Festival. View full details
26 Jun–28 Jun Tue–Thu 7.30pm	Wyness Hall, Inverurie

Him
Date	Location
boothwessel Production Company. He is grumpy, pompous and difficult. A one-time successful writer, long withdrawn from society, he talks to himself and shouts at his computer. From the outside world, a few stubborn characters see beyond the brusque exterior. His nephew, his publisher and even his cleaner all offer lifelines. Then, after 20 years of his publisher's efforts, he wins a prestigious prize for literature meaning worldwide recognition for his work, but can he make the transfer… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
21 Aug–25 Aug Tue–Sat 1.15–2.45pm	theSpaces on the Mile, Edinburgh

Hitler Alone
Date	Location
Paul Webster. This one-man show is an imagined solitary hour of rumination by the Fuehrer before his suicide in the Berlin bunker. It is culled from his own words and historical sources. His thoughts range over his past, present and future in moods that veer from extreme violence to lyricism, jocular reminiscence to brutal rage, touching affection to murderous hate. His themes are world history, the arts, women, Stalin and Churchill, the British Empire, dear friends, total war and the Jews. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
9 Aug–23 Aug Mon–Sun 9.30–10.45pm	Inlingua Edinburgh, Edinburgh

Homeward Bound
Date	Location
A play created by Articulate in response to the Dutch TV game show where refused asylum seekers competed to win a lump sum with which to re-start their lives in their country of origin. The play re-imagines this show in a Scottish context, reflecting upon the UK's asylum system. View full details
22 Jun–23 Jun Fri & Sat 7.30pm Part of Refugee Week.	Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Horsecross Young Writers Evening
Date	Location
Showcase evening featuring work by 12 young playwrights and composers from the local area performed by fellow youth theatre members and musicians. Part of Horsecross Youth Arts Festival. View full details
10 Jun 6pm	Perth Theatre, Perth

Horsecross Youth Arts Festival
Date	Location
Dominated by showcases of youth theatre talent, this festival also involves past performances by Perth's youth theatre group in a visual art exhibition Artful Youth. All ages are invited to get involved with the family weekend, packed with workshops and performances aimed at those aged 0–12 and their grown-ups. View full details
6 Jun–30 Jun Times vary	Perth Theatre, Perth

The Idiot at the Wall
Date	Location
Premiere of a new play by Elspeth Turner, performed as the inaugural show from new theatre company FirstBicycle. Modern meets traditional and Gaelic meets English in this tale of myth and reality set on a Hebridean island during World War I. View full details and ticket info
31 May–9 Jun Thu–Sat 7.30pm	The Pleasance, Edinburgh

The Importance of Being Earnest
Date	Location
Oscar Wilde's comedy of misunderstandings, double lives and surprising handbags is presented by Dunfermline Dramatic Society. View full details
1 Jun–2 Jun Fri & Sat 7.30pm	Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline

The Incredible Adventure of See Thru Sam
Date	Location
The moving story of a 15-year-old superhero whose powers to become invisible whenever he needs to are slowly beginning to fail him. Presented by Random Accomplice. View full details and ticket info
20 Sep–29 Sep Mon–Sun 7.45pm	Main Auditorium at Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Inside Out Street Theatre & Outdoor Performing Arts Festival
Date	Location
A celebration of all varieties of physical entertainment. 2011 featured demonstrations of circus skills, parkour, drama, dance, free running, aerial acrobatics, BMX stunts and live music, by companies such as Mischief La Bas, All or Nothing, ByreRhythm and Motion House. There are also workshops if you fancy taking part in the action. View full details
27 Jul–29 Jul Times vary	Town Centre, St Andrews

An Instinct for Kindness
Date	Location
Chris Larner's bittersweet story of accompanying his ill ex-wife to Switzerland's Dignitas clinic is told in a poignant, occasionally funny play. View full details
30 May 7.15pm	Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre, Peebles
31 May 7.30pm Part of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.	The CatStrand, Castle Douglas
1 Jun 7pm	Studio at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

J M Barrie: Peter Pan Man
Date	Location
Three one-act plays pairing Barrie with a real-life version of his self-described alter ego M'Connachie, who he claimed to be the unruly part of himself. Ages 12+. View full details and ticket info
1 Jun 7.30pm Part of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.	Theatre Royal, Dumfries
5 Jun 7.30pm	Howden Park Centre, Livingston

Jekyll and Hyde
Date	Location
Stow College students present their adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror tale of a young doctor battling with the good and evil forces that reside inside us all. View full details
30 May–1 Jun Wed–Fri 7.30pm	Rutherglen Town Hall, Rutherglen

Jungle Book/Seussical Jr
Date	Location
Two performances from the Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts: the junior group taking on Rudyard Kipling's classic tales and the senior group performing a fun Dr Seuss musical. View full details and ticket info
20 Jun–23 Jun Wed–Fri 7pm; Sat 3pm	Studio at The Lemon Tree, Aberdeen

Karen's Way: A Kindertransport Life
Date	Location
Yellow Leaf Theatre. Based on her autobiographies and poems, Karen Gershon's story, told with unflinching honesty, is one with which few things outside of Ann Frank can compare. Karen's Way is by Vanessa Rosenthal, whose Holocaust play, Exchanges In Bialysdtok, represented the BBC at the European Broadcasting Union in Helsinki. Karen criss-crossed wartime Britain from Edinburgh to Leeds to Bristol and beyond. From trainee Palestine pioneer to chorus girl to Edinburgh student, she went from… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
13 Aug–25 Aug Mon–Sat 3.05–4.25pm	theSpace @ Venue45, Edinburgh

Katianna Was Here
Date	Location
New devised theatre about a woman going on an important journey. Part of Leith Festival. View full details
14 Jun–16 Jun Thu–Sat 7pm	Café Nemrut, Edinburgh

Keep Smiling Through: Laughter, Tears and Songs
Date	Location
Through diaries kept by those who lived through it, this is a moving look at life during WWII set to the era's classic songs. View full details and ticket info
17 Sep 2.30pm	Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy
18 Sep 2.30pm	Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
19 Sep 2.30pm	Rothes Halls, Glenrothes
20 Sep 2.30pm	Lochgelly Centre, Lochgelly

Krapp's Last Tape/Footfalls
Date	Location
Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape is a brilliantly sardonic but also moving study of age, nostalgia and self-delusion, while his Footfalls is a haunting portrayal of a woman obsessively revisiting her life. Both are directed here by Dominic Hill. View full details
30 May–9 Jun Not Mon & Sun	Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

Largs Youth Theatre Anniversary Showcase
Date	Location
The Youth Theatre present a magnificent showcase to celebrate their tenth anniversary. View full details
8 Jun–9 Jun To be confirmed	Barrfields Theatre, Largs

Laying the Ghost
Date	Location
Love and death in this farce from the East Kilbride Rep Theatre Club in which Margot, an ageing actress, is visited in her retirement home by her ex-husband's new wife, her ex-husband's new mistress and, finally, her ex-husband, who suffers a heart attack in front of her, leaving Margot to sort out the resulting mess of emotions. View full details
13 Jun–16 Jun Wed–Sat 7.30pm	East Kilbride Village Theatre, East Kilbride

Leith's Hidden Treasure
Date	Location
Citadel Arts Group presents a play by Laure C Paterson based on the memories of Leithers of the old hospital. Part of Leith Festival. View full details
14 Jun–16 Jun Thu & Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm	The Granary, Edinburgh

Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir (Aurores)
Date	Location
In a dance hall in the spring before the First World War, a socialist visionary is shooting a silent film adapted from a Jules Verne adventure, using cooks and waiters as his cast. Long before the ship the Fol Espoir runs aground on Cape Horn, high idealism and base motives are vying for the souls of all on board. Ariane Mnouchkine’s work has rarely been seen in the UK because of its sheer scale and complexity. Théâtre du Soleil's Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir (Aurores) transforms the Lowland… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
23 Aug–28 Aug Mon, Tue & Thu–Sat 6–10.10pm	Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh

Life, Love and Liberty
Date	Location
An open air performance of Burns' final days in Dumfries, following paths the Baird himself took, reading his poems and singing his songs. By John Cairney. View full details and ticket info
20 Jul–22 Jul To be confirmed	Various Venues

Locked In
Date	Location
Homo Promos. Play based on the journals of Keith Vaughan (1912-77), a great British painter and friend of Hockney, Sutherland, Bacon etc. These great diaries are vivid, funny, angry, erotic, despairing. Whether Vaughan is rescuing wounded soldiers in an air raid, standing trial as a spy, having a holiday fling with a sexy young Mexican, writing to the Times about the joys of pornography, or demolishing the claims of pretentious conceptual artists, you are always right there with him. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
13 Aug–14 Aug Mon & Tue 12.50–1.40pm Preview performance.	theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh
15 Aug–25 Aug Mon–Sat 12.50–1.40pm	theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, Edinburgh

Love at Last
Date	Location
Raymond Hopkins' retirement complex comedy features lies, deceit, robbery and an elderly man taking on detective duties for the rest of his friends. Produced by Brian Bruce. View full details
4 Jun–16 Jun Mon–Sat 7.30pm	Abbey Theatre, Arbroath

Love Bites
Date	Location
The 14–18-year-olds from Strange Town youth theatre present a play set on midsummer night's eve in Edinburgh. View full details
17 Jun–18 Jun Mon & Sun 7–8pm	Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh

Macbeth
Date	Location
Little Shakespeare Theatre School. This is an hour-long version of the Scottish play with kilts and bagpipes and all things Scottish. Overseen by Hectate, who plays a big part in this creepy version with a child's musical jewellery box as musical accompaniment, the highly talented and energetic cast of young actors from Little Shakespeare Theatre School act out a poignant and funny mixture of modern and classical fast-paced scripting with minimal staging consisting of a banqueting table. View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 11am–noon Two-for-one ticket offer available.	theSpace on Niddry Street, Edinburgh
8 Aug–10 Aug Wed–Fri 11am–noon	theSpace on Niddry Street, Edinburgh

MacBeth in Scots
Date	Location
Edinburgh Theatre Arts. Robin Lorimer's powerful translation into Scots, a rich brew of English and Scots words, brings to vibrant life Shakespeare's bloody tale of ambition, treachery and downfall. In 1995 Edinburgh Theatre Arts presented selected scenes to enthusiastic reviews. 'Scots tongue adds pride and passion' (Edinburgh Evening News). 'The translation brings a new dark directness and energy to Shakespeare's text' (Scotsman). The Scottish Play, written to please a Scottish king, is… View full details and ticket info (Edinburgh Festival Guide)
6 Aug–7 Aug Mon & Tue 7.30–10pm Two-for-one ticket offer available.	St Ninian's Hall, Edinburgh
8 Aug–18 Aug Mon–Fri 7.30–10pm; Sat 2.30–5pm & 7.30–10pm	St Ninian's Hall, Edinburgh

Macbeth
Date	Location
Alan Cumming stars in a hotly anticipated new one-man adaptation of Macbeth from the National Theatre of Scotland. View full details
13 Jun–30 Jun Not Mon	Tramway, Glasgow

Macbeth – Outdoor Picnic Play
Date	Location
Glamis is the perfect setting for Shakespeare's most popular play, performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men theatre company. Please take chairs, blankets, refreshments and picnic. View full details
31 May 7.30pm Doors open at 6pm.	Cawdor Castle, Nairn
25 Aug 7.30pm	Glamis Castle, Glamis

The Magic Porridge Pot
Date	Location
Fun and games with a porridge pot that's not quite what it seems. Part of Early Years Festival. View full details
1 Jul Sun 11am & 1.30pm	Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow

Man of the House
Date	Location
New blackly comic drama from Scottish novelist Laura Marney, dealing with dark secrets, greed, lust and love set in a run down hotel, starring Stevie Allen and Eileen Nicholas. View full details
8 Jun–16 Jun Tue–Sun 8pm Part of the West End Festival. • Cancelled	Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow

The Man Who Left the Titanic
Date	Location
The story of J Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line who hopped onto a lifeboat as his friends, colleagues and passengers perished in the Titanic tragedy. Morally bankrupt, or what anyone in their right mind would have done? View full details and ticket info
30 May 7.30pm Part of Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival.	Mill on the Fleet, Gatehouse of Fleet

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