What’s on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy.

UWS Performance Showcase The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, G2 8DL Wed 21 May 2014

UWS Performance Showcase The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, G2 8DL Wed 21 May 2014 | 1pm & 7pm (1 hr 30 mins) | £5/£7 Book tickets Students from the BA (Honours) in Performance course at the University of the West of Scotland present a diverse programme of work created in their final year. New and […]

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The Tale O’ Fanny Cha Cha by Joyce Falconer OranMor, Monday 5th – Saturday 10th May

The Tale O’ Fanny Cha Cha Written by Joyce Falconer OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Monday 5th – Saturday 10th May, 2014 Buy tickets online  Featuring Ian Bustard, David McGowan and Itxaso Moreno This play is a co-production with Aberdeen Performing Arts and will be performed at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen from 29th […]

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The Flight of The Earls, The Shed, Shawlands, 7th and 8th June, 2014

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HAMLET by William Shakespeare, Southside Festival, Glasgow 9th May

HAMLET by William Shakespeare 9 May 2014, 7:30 p.m. Govanhill Baths http://southsidefringe.org.uk/ Ticket prices:     £10, Concession £8 Govanhill Baths Calder Street, Glasgow, G42 7QR

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Helen, OranMor, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Mon 28th Apr – Sat 3rd May

Helen Written by Thomas Eccleshare Directed by Valentina Ceschi OranMor, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Top of Byres Road, G12 Monday 28th Apr – Saturday 3rd May Buy tickets online Featuring Timothy X Atack and Charlotte Melia This play is a co-production with the Tobacco Factory.  A reclusive children’s writer becomes wildly successful. […]

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Biding Time (remix) Wed 7 May — Thu 8 May 2014 CCA

Biding Time (remix) Wed 7 May — Thu 8 May 2014 CCA 8pm, Theatre, £10 (£8) + 60p booking feeAges 14+Book online / 0141 352 4900 A multimedia collaboration between musician Louise Quinn (A Band Called Quinn), Grid Iron Theatre Director Ben Harrison & Scottish film maker Uisdean Murray in response to international shared story […]

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Bright Club: Glasgow The Stand 30 Apr 2014, 7:30 p.m.

Bright Club: Glasgow The Stand 30 Apr 2014, 7:30 p.m. Bright Club features its usual intoxicating blend of comedy and academia as lecturers from the city’s universities turn their studies into entertaining stories. http://www.brightclubglasgow.org/ £5 The Stand 333 Woodlands Road, Glasgow, G3 6NG

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Sol Summer Season, 2014, OranMor, Summer Classic Cuts

Just Announced: SOL SUMMER SEASON OF CLASSIC CUTS 2014 at ÒRAN MÓR * Picture © Leslie Black- Classic Cuts 2013, The Taming of the Shrew SOL SUMMER SEASON OF CLASSIC CUTS 2014 at ÒRAN MÓR A Play, a Pie and A Pint is delighted to welcome you to an exciting season of Classic Cuts featuring four […]

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Trojan Barbie Mon 26 – Wed 28 May 2014 The Arches, Glasgow

Trojan Barbie Mon 26 – Wed 28 May 2014 | 7pm | £12 The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, G3 8DL Buy online HND West College Scotland Acting and Performance presents: Trojan Barbie Written by Christine Evans, directed by Evelyn Wallace

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Uncle Varick 4 May 2014 – 7.30 p.m. Eastwood Park Theatre

Uncle Varick 4 May 2014 – 7.30 p.m. Eastwood Park Theatre Rapture Theatre and Mull Theatre, in association with the Tolbooth,  are delighted to present Uncle Varick, John Byrne’s contemporary adaptation of Chekov’s classic Uncle Vanya. http://www.rapturetheatre.co.uk/ £13, Concession £11, Students £9 Eastwood Park Theatre Eastwood Park Rouken Glen Road Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6UG

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Ena Afore the Wilderness Old Hairdresser 28 April to 30 April 2014, 6.30 p.m.

Ena Afore the Wilderness Old Hairdresser 28 April to 30 April 2014, 6.30 p.m. Written and directed by Jason Sweeney and presented by Feart a’ Theatre, ‘Ena Afore The Wilderness’ is a new play, based on the alleged tempestuous weekend in which Scottish author Ena Lamont Stewart wrote her seminal work ‘Men Should Weep’. With […]

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Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts Part Time Musical Theatre Course 27 April, 7.30 p.m.

Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts Part Time Musical Theatre Course 27 April, 7.30 p.m. Websters Theatre  Lansdowne Church, Kelvinbridge   GAMTA (Glasgow Academy Musical Theatre Arts) is Scotland’s leading independent Musical Theatre College. The Advanced Students of the College’s Part-time Courses present their Showcase evening of Song, Dance and Acting.   Tickets £16 Adult/£13.50 Concession […]

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Vivace Theatre School: Acting Up Cottiers Theatre 27 April 2014

Vivace Theatre School: Acting Up Cottiers Theatre 27 April 2014 Dramatic showcase from the students of Vivace Theatre School. http://www.vivacetheatreschool.co.uk/ £10, Concession £8 Cottier Theatre 93-95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow, G11 5BX

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Re-Act Theatre Group presents “The Grapes of Wrath” Strathclyde Studens Union, John Street 24th April, 7pm

Re-Act Theatre Group presents “The Grapes of Wrath” Strathclyde Studens Union, John Street   24th April, 7pm Tickets £4.00 Re-Act Theatre Group presents John Steinbeck’s classic American novel, “The Grapes of Wrath”. Upon his return from prison Tom Joad finds his home deserted and learns that his family has decided to venture to California in […]

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The Waiting Room Old Hairdresser 23 April and 24th April 2014, 7:30 p.m.

The Waiting Room Old Hairdresser 23 April and 24th April 2014, 7:30 p.m. Play written by Bella Littlebaron about four very different women in eternity’s waiting room. Ticket prices:     £7 Old Hairdresser Opposite Stereo Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 6PH Four very different woman find themselves in eternity’s waiting room but they are no angels. […]

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The Queen of Lucky People, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Monday 21st – Saturday 26th April

The Queen of Lucky People Written by Iain Heggie Directed by Emma Callander Monday 21st – Saturday 26th April OranMor, top of Byres Road, G12 Buy tickets online Featuring Eileen Nicholas. This play is a co-production with the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. The Play will be on at the Traverse from 29th April – 3rd May. […]

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Skeleton Wumman A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, 14 – 19th April, 2014

Skeleton Wumman A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor Written by Gerda Stevenson Directed by Gerda Stevenson Monday 14th – Saturday 19th Apr Buy tickets online This play is a co-production with the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh and West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds. Featuring Amy Conachan, Buchan Lennon and Seylan Baxter. Storms batter shoreline communities. Sea levels […]

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Alan Bissett: Ban This Filth! Arches, 9 – 11 April, 2014

Behaviour presents Alan Bissett: Ban This Filth! Arches, 253 Argyle Street, G2 8DL Wed 9 – Fri 11 Apr 2014 | 7pm (60 mins) | £12/£10 (Behaviour day passes available for £20/£16, festival passes available for £48/£38) Book online Andrea Dworkin: radical feminist. Alan Bissett: man. One stage. Bissett plays ‘himself’, telling stories from his […]

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint, The Last Bloom, OranMor, 7th – 12th April, 2014

The Last Bloom Written by Amba Chevannes Directed by Hamish Pirie A Play, A Pie and A Pint OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Monday 7th – Saturday 12th Apr Buy tickets online This play is a co-production with the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.  Featuring Anni Domingo and Cleo Sylvestre. Gentle, soft-spoken Cynthia moves into a […]

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Glasgow gigs: Sam Halmarack and The Miserablites, Arches, 4 and 5th April, 2014

Behaviour presents Sam Halmarack and The Miserablites Fri 4 – Sat 5 Apr 2014 | 4th: 8.30pm | 5th: 7.30pm | 60 mins | £12/£10 (Behaviour day passes available for £20/£16, festival passes available for £48/£38) Book online Developed in association with Bristol Ferment Produced in collaboration with MAYK A lightning-fast journey from the depths […]

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Glasgow International Comedy Festival, OranMor, April 2014

Des Clarke: Funny How Tue 1st Of Apr 2014 – Comedy Festival OranMor, Top of Byres Road G12 Des Clarke is one of the most popular comedians working in Scotland today. He is known to many as host of the Capital Breakfast Show and star of the Kings Theatre panto. Des is also a familiar […]

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Glasgow Theatre: A Play, A Pie and A Pint, A Perfect Stroke, OranMor, 31st March – 5th April, 2014

A Perfect Stroke A Play, A Pie and A Pint, OranMor, Top of Byres Road, G12 Written by Johnny McKnight Directed by Amanda Gaughan Monday 31st Mar – Saturday 5th Apr Buy tickets online This play is a co-production with the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Featuring Dani Heron, Scott Reid and Anita Vettesse. Tommy’s staying behind […]

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Glasgow Theatre: Kings Theatre, Grease 1st – 5th April,2014

The Pantheon Club presents Grease Kings Theatre, Bath Street, Glasgow It’s time to dust off those leather jackets, pull up those bobby-socks and take a trip to a happier place and time as ‘bad boy’ Danny meets ‘the girl next door’ Sandy and fall in love all over again. The No.1 Greatest Musical of all […]

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Glasgow Theatre: The Producers, 7 – 10 April, 2014, Cottiers

The Producers Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Performance Date: 7 Apr 2014 – 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm MTAP Glasgow is proud to present Mel Brooks’ ‘The Producers’, a hilarious farce which follows Max and Leo’s bid to make a fortune by putting on the worst show in history. Suitable for ages […]

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The Drowsy Chaperon, Cottiers Theatre, 4 April 2014

The Drowsy Chaperone Cottiers, 93 – 95 Hyndland St. G11 5PU Performance Date: 4 Apr 2014 – 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Boldly addresses a great unspoken desire in all of our hearts: to be entertained. If you’ve ever sat in a dark theatre and thought, Dear Lord in heaven, please let it be good, […]

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East Dunbartonshire Council Schools Jazz Orchestra Easter Concert, Cottiers, 1st April

East Dunbartonshire Council Schools Jazz Orchestra Easter Concert Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland Street, G11 5PU Performance Date: 1 Apr 2014 – 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm East Dunbartonshire Council Schools Jazz Orchestra present their Easter concert 2014, featuring a selection of jazz and big band favourites. Performing Jazz standards and Big Band Classics featuring compositions by […]

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Glasgow Theatre: Cryptic Orlando, CCA, 27 – 29 March 2014

CrypticOrlando Thu 27 March — Sat 29 March 2014 8pm, £14 (£12), early bird tickets £10Ages 12+Book online / 0141 352 4900 Cryptic’s sensuous epic of self-discovery… A cutting-edge music theatre adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s glorious ode to lover Vita Sackville-West, featuring an original soundtrack by composers Craig Armstrong and AGF and directed by Cryptic’s […]

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Behaviour Festival Glasgow, Cain’s Book by Alexander Trocchi, The Arches 26 – 29 March, 2014

Cain’s Book by Alexander Trocchi The Arches Wednesday 26 – Saturday 29, 7 -10 p.m.   Tickets Available: www.thearches.co.uk Acclaimed worldwide as a high watermark for Scottish literature, Cain’s Book is a tour-de-force of poetic writing simultaneously occupying the modes of drug literature confessional, bleak comedy and philosophical tract, depicting protagonist Joe Necchi’s experiences from a Glasgow childhood […]

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Glasgow Theatre: A Play, A Pie and A Pint: Love with a Capital ‘L’, 24 – 29 March, 2014

Love With a Capital ‘L’ Written by Tony Cox Directed by Hamish Pirie Monday 24th – Saturday 29th Mar Buy tickets online This play is a co-production with the Traverse Theatre and Perth Theatre. After opening at Oran Mor, the play will be on at the Traverse, Edinburgh from 1st – 5th April, and then will […]

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Verdi’s Macbeth, The Citz, 27th and 29th March

REVIVAL OF THE 2005 PRODUCTION – Scottish Opera The Citz, Thu 27 Mar 7.30pm•Sat 29 Mar 7.30pm Dominic Hill, Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre, revives his brooding, atmospheric Macbeth in celebration of the 2014 Year of Homecoming. Inspired by events in the war-torn Balkans, Hill’s production is at once contemporary and ageless; a world […]

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