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'j Cafe Theatre, Ecology Cen- tre, Shellon Street, WC2 (07 1 -240 9582) FriS Sat it 9.45pm, Sun 5pm (ends ij sometime NovDec), 4.50, cones 3.50. One Hell A Do Jon Kenny and Pat Shortt's hit Irish comedy about a i sliowband rellecting on their plays, developed and perform Nicola Baldwin's second play set near Huddersfield. Chelsea Centre Theatre, World's End Place, King's 1 967) Mon-Sat 8pm, to Dec 11, 7, Mon 5. cones 5. Underground Man Dostoevsky's dark ale of a young prostitute who makes the rrist ake faffing in iove with one of her clients.

Cafe Tlieatre. Ecology Centre. Shelton Street, WC2 (07 1-240 9582) Tue-Sun 7pm (ends sometime NovDec). 4.50, cones 3.50. The Walls Kicking of a Hispanic season is Argentine playwright Griselda Gambaro's bizarre tale of a man trapped in a room which becomes smaller day by day.

The Room, Orange Tree Pub. Clarence Street, TWO (08 1 -940 3633) Sat 7.45pm. to Nov 20, C6, cones 4. WA The Wasp Factory Glasgow's Citizen's Theatre production of lain Banks' unnerving first novel transfers to London atter attracting acclaim and outrage in Scotland. Bagley's Warehouse.

York Way, N1 (071-344 4444) Tue-Sun. 8pm, (ends Dec 19), C8, cones available. Wasps Aquila bring their fresh immediacy to Arislophanes' biting satire ripping into the legal system in an internationally-performed production. Place Theatre, Duke's Road, WC1 (071-3870031)Nov 22.24. 26, 8pm, Nov 23, 25, 1 2noon, mals Nov 20 27, 2pm, 10, cones 7.50.

mats 6. White BHIng Dog Judith Thompson picks some strange ways of showing the disintegration of the Canadian suburban family in her dark but pacy comedy, performed by Loose Change. BAC, Lavender Hill, SW1 1 (071-2232223) Nov 23-24, 27, Dec 2-3, 7-8. 21 -22. 8.30pm, mats Nov 28, Dec 5.12.

7.50, cones 6, wilh Rooster 1 0, Tue pay what you can. WA) rise to the giddy heights oi playing the Irish wedding cir- cuit. I Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn i High Road. NW6 (071 -328 1 000)Tue-Sat 8pm, Sun 5pm.toNov28,7-11.50, cones available. WA Othello Black Shakes Theatre re- evaluateShakespeare's tragedy by reversing the blackwhite parts and using the Brixton Riots ot 1981 as 5 a backdrop, Mermaid Studio, Puddle Dock.

EC4 (07 1 -4 1 0 0000) Nov 22-27. 7.45pm. 6.50, i cones 5. WA The Courtyard, York Way, 1 (07 1 -333 OB70) Nov 20. 8pm.

6.50, cones 4.50. (WA The Party Card PelerTegel's translation ol Nikolai Erdman's dark tale of an impoverished but rnoney-obsessed mother wl- tries to sell the party card she hasn't got as a dowry for her daughler. New End Theatre, New End. Heath Street, NW3 (07 1 -794 0022) Sat 8pm. Sun 2pm cones available.

(WAJ Pigspurt Ken Campbell returns with his gloriously deranged semi-autobiographical adventure through the world of Elsie the housewife and a nose with a life of its own. Riverside Studios, Crisp Road, W6 (081 -748 3354) Nov 20. 27, 4.30pm, 9.50, cones 7.50, trilogy 19, cones 15. Planet Ot The Apes The Dolly Grip) Cut Screamer Theatre Group take libertys with the power of the press, and the telly, and the movies and anyone else who wants a fight. Etcetera Theatre, Oxford Arms, Camden High Street, NW1 (07 1-482 4857) Mon 8pm, to Nov 29.

4. The Revenger's Tragedy Kurtz Theatre perform the uncompromising Plays at the Almeida (081-741 2311) Man-Sat 8pm, mats Sat 4.30pm. 10 Three Japanese Women David Yip and Jacqui Chan star in Malcolm Campbell's lyrical but provocative tale of three victims thrown together in a 1951 Hirosmhima brothel. Cockpit Theatre. Gateforth Street IMW8 (071 -402 5081 Man-Sat 8pm, to Nov 27, E5-E9, cones available.

Tomfoolery Return of Tom Lelirer's mfeclious show full ot satirical songs which leave no sacred cow unlurned. Canal Cafe Theatre, Bridge House Pub. Delamere Terrace, W2 (07 1-239 6054) Wed-Sun 7.45pm, to Dec 5. 6.50, cones 4.50. Tomorrow British premiere for Slovenia's top contemporary playwright Evald Flisaras Mania Productions perform his witty tale of the conflict between the pursuit of freedom and the security of iaw and order.

Baron's Court Thealre. Baron's Ale House, Comer-agh Road, W14 (071 -602 0235) From Nov 23, Mon-Sat 7.30pm, to Dec 1 1 5, cones 4 Mon pay what you can. Trollus And Cresslda Britain's leading Asian theatre company Tara Arts bring music and spectacle to Shakespeare's epic tale of corruption. BAC, Lavender Hill, SW11 (071 -223 2223) Tue-Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm, to Dec 5, 7.50, cones 6, Tue pay what you can. WA Undeveloped Land ThB Royal National Theatre Studio, renowned fortheir supportive appetite for new Ian Henry Kusick in The LA Jacobean thriller about social and political corruption.

Baron's Court Theatre, Baron's Ale House, 0235) Sat 7.30pm. to Nov 20, 6.50. cones 4.50. Richard III Tabard Theatre Company follow Iheir chain of Shakespeare adaptations with a fast-paced version of his classic tale ot power and corruption. Tabard Theatre.

Bath Road, W4 (081 -995 6035) Sat 8pm, to Nov 20. 5.50. cones 4.50. Roosters Milcha Sanchez-Scott's poelic Soulh American piece fuses dance into a fiery drama about an absent father's return to his contused family. BAC, Lavender Hill, SW11 (071-223 2223) Nov 20-21, 25-26, 30-Dec1, 14-15, Dec 1 9, 6.30pm, Dec 5.12, 4pm, C7.50, cones 6.

with White Biting Dog 10, Tue pay what you can. WA Soiree Yvette Bozsik Theatre's visual adaptation ot Sartre's Huis Clos uses dance and a 'wordless narrative' to portray three people trapped in a hell of their own obsessions. Hampstead Theatre, Avenue Road. NW3 Sat 4pm 8pm, to Nov 20, C7-C1 2.50. cones available.

Strip Fiona Padfield stars in her tale of a Soho stripper and the middle-aged client who becomes her sadomasochistic lover, drawn (rom her own experiences on the strip circuit. Lyric Studio, King Street, W6 THE GUIDE 35 NOV20-NOV26 1993.