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Starving Artists Theatre Company ~ & Paisley Arts Centre present
Don’t Forget Me
by Godfrey Hamilton featuring Mark Pinkosh
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”...it was impossible to take one's eyes off Mr Pinkosh. so funny and powerful was his performance." The Mail On Sunday
“Godfrey Hamilton's new play is poetic and deeply moving — and also very funny indeed." The Stage
(4 tour dates)
Paisley Arts Centre
7 Sep 7.30pm
Tour preview performance All tickets £3
Box Office:0|4| 887 I010
Brunton Theatre Musselburgh
8 Sep 7.30pm
Tickets £8.50 / £4.50
Box Office: 0|3| 665 2240
Cumbernauld Village Theatre 12 & l3 Sep 7.45pm
Tickets £8 / £5
Box Office: 0|236 732 887
Village Theatre
East Kilbride
28 & 29 Sep 8pm
Tickets: £8 / £5
Box Office: 01355 248 669
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THEATRE ROYAL
282 Hope Street, 332 9000. IH. WC. WA] Thunderbirds FAB Tue 28 Aug—Sat 1 Sep. 7.15pm. £8—£15. After its hugely successful West End run. John Gore‘s stage version of the cult 70s TV show heads north.
TRON THEATRE
63 Trongate. 552 4267.
Ay, Carmela! Wed 5—Sat 8 Sep. 8pm. £7.50—£10(£4-£5.50): opening night £3.50. A new English translation of this Spanish classic in which two cabaret artists attempt to save their skins by performing for Franco‘s troops and their prisoners.
Central Drama & Dance Ayr GAIETY THEATRE Cam'ck Street. 01292 611222. IH. WC. WA] The Gaiety Whirl 2001 Until Sat l5 Sep (not Sun/Mon). Tue—Fri 7.30pm (2.30pm mat Thu 30 Aug & Wed 5 Sep); Sat 6pm & 8.30pm. £7—£l2.50. Dean Park. Russell Lane and Odette Clark star in the annual variety shindig.
Cumbernauld
CUMBERNAULD THEATRE Kildrum. 01236 732887. [P. H. TT. WC. WA]
Some Day, One Day Fri 31 Aug & Sat 1 Sep. 7.45pm. £5 (£3). No Mean Co. present Bryan ll. Joyce‘s bittersweet comedy romance.
Decky Does A Bronco Sat 1 Sep. 1pm & 7.45pm. £5 (£3). Grid Iron Theatre perform Douglas Maxwell‘s powerful and dynamic play about five young boys who meet everyday in a swing park.
Losing Alec - A Glasgow Ghost Story Thu 6—Sat 8 Sep. 7.45pm. £8 (£5). Peter Amott‘s blackly comic play follows one man‘s search for revenge from beyond the grave.
Dunfermline
CARNEGIE HALL
East Port. 01383 314000. [R H. WC. WA] Route 66 Thu 30 Aug—Sat 1 Sep. 7.30pm. £6 (£4). A musical joumey across America with Carnegie Youth Theatre. Decky Does A Bronco Thu 6 Sep. 7.30pm. £6 (£3-£4). See Cumbemauld.
Falkirk
FALKIRK TOWN HALL
West Bridge Street. 01324 506850. [R WC. WA]
Our Bad Magnet Thu 6 Sep. 7.30pm. £3—£6. The borders between fantasy and reality merge in Douglas Maxwell‘s acclaimed play about growing up in small- town Scotland.
Hamilton
HAMILTON TOWN HALL
Lower Auchingramont Road. ()1698 452299. [R WC, WA]
Female Transport Thu 6 & Fri 7 Sep. 7.30pm. £6.50 (£4.50). Six women embark
on a hilarious joumey of sex and crime in this adaptation of Gooch‘s contemporary play.
IrVIne
MAGNUM THEATRE
Harbourside. ()1294 278381. [R WC. WA] The Sorcerer Thu 23—Sat 25 Aug. £6 (£5). Ayrshire Youth Opera perform Sullivan‘s tale.
Kilmarnock
PALACE THEATRE
9 Green Street. 01563 523590. Treasure Island Sat I Sep. 2pm. £3. Wee Stories Theatre take their fiV'C star Fringe show on tour. a magnificent reworking of the Stevenson adventure tale. Our Bad Magnet Tue 4 Sep. 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5). See Falkirk.
Decky Does A Bronco Thu 30 Aug. 7.30pm. £5. See Cumbemauld.
Kirkcaldy
ADAM SMITH THEATRE
Bennochy Road. 01592 412929. [R H. WC. WA]
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged) Thu 30 Aug. 7.30pm. £9 (£8). The Reduced Shakespeare Company perform all of the Bard‘s 37 plays in just 97 minutes.
Motherwell
MOTHERWELL THEATRE
Civic Centre. Windmillhill Street. 01698 267515. IP. WC. WA]
Beyond Broadway Thu 30 Aug. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). An evening of hits from classic musicals such as Les Miserables. Miss Saigon and Chicago performed by a West End cast.
Peebles
VARIOUS VENUES
INFO: 01721 720371. [P, WC, WA] Peebles Arts Festival Sat 25 Aug—Sun 9 Sep. Two weeks of drama. music. crafts. street theatre and exhibitions.
St Andrews
BYRE THEATRE
Abbey Street. 01334 475000.
Neville’s Island Until Sat 8 Sep (not Sun). 8pm (Sat mat 2.30pm). £8--£l4 (£5—£7.50). The Scottish premiere ofTim Firth‘s comedy about three people thrown together on an outward-bound course in the Lakes.
Stirling
MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE University of Stirling, 01786 461081. IP. H. WC. WA]
The Love Boat Until Sat 25 Aug. 7.30pm. £10. Stageworks Theatre Company take you on a nautical romp aboard the Love Boat.
The Comic Fri 24 & Sat 25 Aug. Fri 7pm; Sat 1 lam & 2pm. £2.50. Ages over 5. Cartoon Theatre combine live performance with ingenious computer animation in their hit Fringe show about a cartoonist up
against a deadline.
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