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Mystery Man

Pyrenees, March 9-26 at the Tron Theatre. David Greig's story begins at the foot of the Pyrenees, where a man is found unconscious in the snow. Wiped clean of memory he is a mystery even to himself, with no hint to his own identity save what appears to be a British accent.

Dust to Dust

A HANDFUL of Dust, The Citizens Theatre, March 11-April 2. Evelyn Waugh's biting social satire set in the 1930s is a brutal story of a failed marriage.

Let's Talk About Sex Liam Neeson On His Controversial Role As Sex Expert Dr Alfred Kinsey

LIAM NEESON admits that the older he gets the more he thinks about sex. Lately he's been doing a lot of thinking about sex - and not just thinking either. In Kinsey, Neeson stars as Dr Alfred Kinsey the quiet, unassuming researcher who shocked America and the world with his surveys in the Forties and Fifties. The surveys showed among other things that people were apallingly ignorant about sex and sexuality.

Brutal Truth

HOTEL RWANDA (12A) . . . powerful drama and excellent performances will move hardest of hearts Starring: Don Cheadle, left, Sophie Okonedo Director: Terry George Running time: 122 mins

Natasha's Passion the Golden Girl of Britpop Brings Her Music Message to Glasgow

NATASHA Bedingfield thinks Glasgow is "wicked". "Everyone is so passionate about live music, " she says.

Mammy's Bhoybrendan's Back As Mrs Brown

OVER the years, very few comedy drag acts have been capable of completely incapacitating an audience with laughter. Mrs Brown is certainly one of them. Irish actor Brendan O'Carroll has created a caricature of the Dublin mammy which manages to appear as a grotesque figure but one with a life-like heart as warm as the city itself.

Get in the Mix at Salty Dog

FANCY yourself as the new Tom Cruise from the great 80s flick Cocktail? Well guys and girls if you think you could be the fastest mixologist in the UK then you need to know that the first regional heat of the 2005 Noblesse UK Speed-Mixing Championships will be held in Glasgow on Tuesday March 15 at Salty Dog in Princes Square.

Funky Guido's Glasgow Debut

THIS month Guido Schneider, of Poker Flat Recordings, is making his debut visit to Scotland playing Haptic at the Liquid Lounge. A producer of 10 years, he's steadily built up a reputation as one of the leading lights of the German minimal funk sound, championed by his label boss and friend Steve Bug.

It's Time to Hit the Dancefloor

TWISTED & Brainfire bring their own brand of entertainment to Archaos tomorrow night. The order of the day is hard dance to hardcore techno to hard trance - a night to let your hair down on the dancefloor.

Mercury Men On the Rise

MERCURY Rev's gigs never fail to impress, and with a new album to promote, their Barrowland show on Sunday promises to be pure magic. The upstate New York band are in town to shift units of their new The Secret Migration release.

Quaid Lets the Good Times Rollmovie Extra: Dennis Quaid

DENNIS QUAID turned 50 last year but career-wise he feels like he's in his 30s. The tall Texan is in the middle of a run of great parts and says he has never enjoyed himself more.

How Bard of Brum Skinner Is Keeping It On the Streets

EULOGISERS have compared his work to everything from Samuel Pepys to Ian Dury, and descriptions of him veer from the UK's Eminem to "king chav". Whether you love or loathe him, The Streets' supremo Mike Skinner is impossible to ignore - particularly after his recent Brits win, where he beat Lemar and Will Young to claim the title of Best Male Solo Artist.

Bar Browser

Below bash IT'S all change at 54 Below on Argyle Street next week as the popular bar shuts up shop for a fifth birthday makeover.

An All-Round Success Dinertec

Bar Budda, 8 Cresswell Lane, Glasgow 0141 337 6201 THE Moll eyed up the rotund figure on the menu. "The resemblance is striking, " she cackled.

Food & Drink

How to take the grind out of coffee FED up with grinding coffee beans and frothing milk for hot drinks? Problem solved with the new Tassimo counter-top machine.