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e’re writing before 18 September, so by the time you read this, you might already have answers to our unanswered questions about the referendum (page 2). But whether the result brings you euphoria or dejection, there’s plenty of non-political goings on to distract you from the fallout over the next few months. Our autumn / winter gig guide (page 13) rounds up some of the best live music on offer before Lily Allen takes to the Hogmanay stage on 31 December. This October, The Pleasance Sessions returns for a second year of music, comedy, spoken word, film and general festival fun outside of August (page 21). We’ve also got an interview with celebrated film composer Clint Mansell (page 22), plus we take a look at the packed programme for this year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (page 25). And if you’ve just started – or returned – to university, it’s never been a better political or cultural time to be a student in Scotland. Our 2014 Student Guide (page 103) has all the tips you need to get 2014–15 off to the best beginning ever.

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AUTUMN/WINTER GIG GUIDE The summer festival season now exhausted, it’s time to return to your local darkened gig venue to see your favourite bands hold forth for more than just half an hour at a time. From the squalling feedback of The Jesus and Mary Chain to the archpop of Lady Gaga, via jazz improv, analogue electronica and gobby grime-punk, there’s something for everyone in the coming months. Find out more from page 13.

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It has been a very enthusiastic month over on film. list.co.uk – or at least, it has been where our commenters have been concerned. Our reviewers thought weepy coma romance (comance?) If I Stay was ‘conceptually interesting but mishandled and mawkish’, while kid-friendly squirrel caper The Nut Job (pictured) was ‘bluntly animated and over-complicated’. Not so the general public, though. ‘just went to see this today it was absoultely

gob smacking want to see this again so much’ squealed cheryle of If I Stay, while The Nut Job earned a sturdy ‘Nice and family cinema’ from Afsaneh. Both of these heartfelt endorsements pale in comparison to list.co.uk user Shawn though, who, upon hearing that The Moody Blues are back on tour, exclaimed: ‘Oh how wonderful, The Moody Blues back in the UK!! Many a fan prayer

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We think we can get through a Clint Mansell introduction without mentioning Pop Will Eat Itself nowadays; his work as a film composer, including an especially fruitful relationship with Darren Aronofsky, has seen to that. See feature, page 22. Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Tue 14 Oct.

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1 Billy Connolly COMEDY

Showing it takes more than a high-profile health scare to keep a good man down, the Big Yin is back performing on native soil for the first time in ages. In the likely event you can’t get tickets for his High Horse tour, he’s also got a film out, the sweet-natured yarn What We Did on Our Holiday. See comedy preview, page 53 and film review, page 58. Perth Concert Hall, Wed 1 & Thu 2 Oct; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 4 & Sun 5, Tue 7 & Wed 8, 15 & Thu 16 Oct; Caird Hall, Dundee, Sat 11 & Sun 12 Oct. 4 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

3 David Hewson and Peter Robinson BOOKS

Two masters of their craft face off to discuss their latest books at the Bloody Scotland festival of crime fiction. See preview at list.co.uk. Albert Halls, Stirling, Sat 20 Sep.

4 Scottish Ballet: The Crucible with Ten Poems

5 Prehistoric Friends

A many-layered performance, this one, as Arthur Miller’s seminal communist witch-hunt allegory is adapted and combined with the highly strung paranoiac soundtracks of Psycho and Vertigo. See feature, page 29. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 25–Sat 27 Sep; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct.

We’re proud to curate some of today’s finest musical talent at the Pleasance Sessions. Support for Prehistoric Friends come from Two Wings and Ubre Blanca, plus there’s the bonus of TYCI DJs and visuals by Adventures in Light. See feature, page 21. The Pleasance, Edinburgh, Thu 16 Oct.

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Following years of success via BBC Scotland sitcoms, Jack, Victor and the rest of the Craiglang crew are returning to their roots on the live stage – one of Scotland’s largest, in fact. See First & Last, page 136. SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep– Fri 10 Oct.

The hit zombie drama series, adapted from a graphic novel series of the same name, enters its fifth season with no signs of slowing down. Excitingly, a spin-off ‘companion show’ pilot is due to start filming soon. See feature, page 32. Fox, Mon 13 Oct, 10pm.

Nick Cave takes a typically leftfield approach to the rockumentary with this philosophical, semi-fictional examination of the creative process, directed by acclaimed visual artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep.

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Having garnered a Turner nomination for his work at the 2013 Venice Biennale, video artist Campbell returns home to showcase that work and raise questions about the objectification of art. See preview, page 95. The Common Guild, Glasgow, Sat 20 Sep–25 Oct.

CHOSEN BY CARLY SHEARER OF THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Hollie McNish

I think Hollie McNish is AH-MAZ-ING! Actually, I think anyone who can stand up at a mic and read out their personal thoughts in the form of poems is fabulous. So I am pretty appreciative of any performance poetry / spoken word kind of thing, but that does not diminish that Hollie is one of my absolute favourites. Everything she writes is truthful, relevant, moving and funny, so her live show at Òran Mór is the one event in the next month that I am most looking forward to. I invited one of my friends to go to this with me – I thought the promise of poems about sex, plus a few beers, might win her over – but she claims not to be a ‘performance poetry kind of person’. I wish she would give it a chance: Hollie might just have changed her mind. Hollie McNish, Òran Mór, Glasgow, Sat 4 Oct, part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival; see feature, page 25. Carly Shearer is part of the team behind Portrait Detectives at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Sun 12 Oct. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 5

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Kill Johnny Glendenning is a riotous, murderous black-comedy aiming its gun and pulling the trigger at the celebration of violent macho culture that seeps in to the lives of young Scottish men. There are two bonehead thugs, their boss, a venal journalist, and a dour Ayrshire pig-farmer, all caught in the war path of a man on the loose with a with a bruised ego and a shotgun...have you seen Johnny? The List are giving away five pairs of tickets to see Kill Johnny Glendenning at the Lyceum on Sat 27 Sept or at Citizens Theatre on Tues 28 Oct 2014. To be in with a chance of winning just log on to list.co.uk/offers and tell us:

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The night will be a celebration of design, music and cinema across five floors of The Lighthouse and will include performances by James Yorkston, Ella the Bird, DJ sets by members of Sons & Daughters, Admiral Fallow and The Phantom Band. In association with GFT, The Lighthouse will be screening short films along with Stuart Murdoch’s first feature length film God Help The Girl and there will be guest speakers from all corners of the fashion and design world including Ken Garland, Tony Brook and Jonathan Barnbrook. To be in with the chance of winning a pair of tickets, just log on to list. co.uk/offers and tell us:

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EDINBURGH FESTIVALS: NUMBER CRUNCHING Ticket sales and audience numbers are out for this year’s Edinburgh festivals: and it’s a mixed bag

S OUND F EST IVAL L AU N C H ED Fresh approaches to traditional music form the theme for the sound festival of new music’s tenth anniversary, which brings performers from Norway, France, Turkey, India and Argentina to collaborate with Scottish musicians in and around Aberdeen. Highlights of its programme, just announced, include Scottish percussionist Colin Currie performing a brand new piece by Norwegian composer Rolf Wallin; Breton bagpiper Erwan Keravec collaborating with Sri Lankan-born classical cellist Rohan de Saram; and electronic music featuring Turkish harpist Sirin Pancaroglu (pictured). The festival runs from 23 October to 10 November. More details at sound-scotland.co.uk

KIDS’ BOOK AWARD SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Pirates, witches and giant robot chickens are among the subjects on the Scottish Children’s Book Awards, s h o r t l i s t , which pits Precious and the Mystery of the Missing Lion by renowned author Alexander McCall Smith against Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens by newcomer (and almost namesake) Alex McCall. Voting closes on 6 February 2015, with the winners announced on 4 March 2015. More at scottishbooktrust.com

GAELIC DRAMA FOR BBC ALBA The man behind The Inbetweeners, Chris Young, has unveiled his new project: a Gaelic-language

drama to be screened on BBC Alba from Tuesday 23 September. Bannan, which translates as The Ties that Bind, follows the fortunes of a young woman who returns to Skye after leaving eight years previously, and was filmed entirely on the island. It has already attracted interest from international broadcasters, and Young commented that he felt audiences were no longer put off by subtitled shows.

M E R CURY N OMI N AT I ON FO R YOUN G FAT H E RS Dead by Edinburgh’s Young Fathers is among the 12 albums nominated for the 2014 Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize. The hip-hop trio won the Scottish Album of the Year award in June for their second album, Tape Two, and they’re up against fellow nominees including Damon Albarn, Bombay Bicycle Club and Anna Calvi for the Mercury. The winner will be announced on 29 October.

M U S I C I N D U ST RY DAY IN GLASGOW A day-long Glasgow event aims to give young people hands-on experience of music industry careers. The Big Music Project Live, a collaboration between Capital FM, the BPI and charity UK Youth, takes place on 21 September at the Arches, and features live music, industry speakers and advice on work opportunities for young people aged 14 to 24. Tickets are free; more info at thebigmusicproject.co.uk

Top of the heap is Summerhall (above), which has announced a massive 22% increase in ticket sales for its Fringe shows, from 36,000 in 2013 to over 44,000 this year. There were only six more shows this year compared with 2013 (96 in 2014, 90 in 2013), although the venue expanded into new spaces within its huge structure, including Paines Plough’s well-received Roundabout which took up residence in the courtyard. The Edinburgh International Festival broke the £3m income mark for the first time, taking £3.15m, with 80% of all available tickets issued in Jonathan Mills’s final year as director. He commented: ‘The true measure of success is the audience’s experience, and we’ve received so much great feedback.’ The Fringe overall continued its seemingly unstoppable expansion, with almost 50,000 performances of over 3000 shows, seeing a 12% increase in ticket sales to take it over the 2 million mark for the first time in its 67-year history: an estimated 2.18 million tickets were sold. The Pleasance reported similar results as 2013, however. Artistic director Anthony Alderson commented: ‘On ticket numbers we are the same as last year: a great 30th birthday for Pleasance.’ It was a similar case with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which announced ticket sales matching 2013 figures, and sales in its Charlotte Square bookshops also equalling those of last year. Festival director Nick Barley focused on the festival’s debates in referendum year, saying: ‘The atmosphere among audiences has ranged from exuberant to deeply thoughtful, with a real sense that Scotland is on the cusp of an epoch-defining decision.’

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OPINION KAITE WELSH

Eleanor Catton, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2013 for The Luminaries

The Man Booker Prize sends the literary world into a frenzy every year. But is this year’s shortlist worth the hype?

t’s a landmark year in Booker history: the first time that US authors can enter, resulting in either a truly international competition or the end of Western civilisation, depending on who you believe. Actually, the new ruling means all Englishlanguage writers can enter, but we all know who it is that’s ruffling Establishment feathers. Let’s face it: there’s something about the Booker Prize that makes even the mildest bookworm go a bit mad. It provokes a level of hysteria and hype even the Oscars can’t match, and the mere presence of someone other than a middle-aged white man on the list is enough to send the literati into paroxysms of lust, as poor Eleanor Catton (pictured) found out last year. Luckily, The Luminaries will last longer than the lecherous coverage, but it was hardly arts journalism’s finest moment. I’m as guilty of bad Booker behaviour as anyone: I once repeated the words ‘Wolf Hall’ three times to an acquaintance who had never heard of it, assuming I simply hadn’t been speaking clearly enough, before storming away in disgust. In the end, this is a pretty reasonable crop. It’s not the best year – that’s tied between last year and 2009 for me – and it’s not the worst because Julian Barnes’ loathsome, over-lauded Sense of an Ending isn’t on it. There are only two American authors – Joshua Ferris and the wonderful Karen Joy Fowler – in contrast to the Doomsday prophecies. The gender ratio is disappointing, with only Fowler and Ali Smith making 8 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

the cut, but overall it’s a solid list. My money is on Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North as a dark horse, although Smith’s How to Be Both and Neel Mukherjee’s delicious The Lives of Others are equally deserving. Despite my best efforts, Howard Jacobson leaves me cold – I can see he’s brilliant, I just can’t feel it – and Joshua Ferris has yet to induce any emotion stronger than a shrug and an ‘eh, could be worse’. Fowler can do no wrong in my book, but the lovely thing about We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves is stumbling across it without any preconceptions; which is pretty much impossible now it’s been shortlisted. And of course, there are always the books you think should make the cut; I’d like to have seen emerging author Anna Freeman’s Fair Fight or Emily Mackie’s In Search of Solace on there, but suspect we’ll see their names cropping up in connection with the Booker before long. In the end, there’s nothing to provoke real controversy in this year’s shortlist; but nor is there anything to rival last year’s giddy excitement. Kaite Welsh is The List’s LGBT Editor. She is chair of the 2014 Green Carnation Prize for LGBT authors, judged this year’s Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award and is a shadow judge for the Desmond Elliott Prize. The winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014 will be announced on Tue 14 Oct.

The Man Booker Prize 2014 shortlist • JOSHUA FERRIS To Rise Again at a Decent Hour (Viking) • RICHARD FLANAGAN The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Chatto & Windus) • KAREN JOY FOWLER We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (Serpent’s Tail) • HOWARD JACOBSON J (Jonathan Cape) • NEEL MUKHERJEE The Lives of Others (Chatto & Windus) • ALI SMITH How to Be Both (Hamish Hamilton)

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This spectacular image of the Colorado River delta was captured by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky as part of his ecodocumentary Watermark. The film is screening in the Take One Action Film festival. See preview, page 57. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 3 Oct.

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We’ve rounded up some of the best gigs that autumn / winter has to offer: from the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy gigs at the Barrowlands to Lily Allen’s Hogmanay shindig in Princes Street Gardens. Plus, don’t miss 2014’s favourite bigmouths, Sleaford Mods, the BBC’s infamous Radiophonic Workshop, the sensational Future Islands and more. Whatever you’re into, you’ll find it on Scotland’s stages this season

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HOMETOWN UNICORNS THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN

n anticipation of the 30th anniversary of their iconic debut album Psychocandy, the Jesus and Mary Chain will be playing the record from start to finish at Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom. One of Scotland’s most beloved bands, the Mary Chain burst out of the rather humdrum surroundings of East Kilbride in the early 80s, with their brand of bubblegum pop surfing a feedback-drenched wave of doom and gloom that was ahead of its time, to say the least. The shows around the record’s initial release in 1985 were raucous affairs, with the band often smashing up equipment after their set; many promoters cancelled their gigs as they weren’t prepared to risk a full-scale riot. Frontman Jim Reid says that the record ‘was meant to be a kick in the teeth to all of those who stood in our way at the time, which was practically the whole music industry’, and Psychocandy is now considered a landmark recording, with its fingerprints being all over the slew of lo-fi and noise pop bands that have sprung up in recent years. At the heart of the group is the volatile relationship between the Reid Brothers, William and Jim, charted in detail by Zoë Howe in her recently released and rather excellent biography Barbed Wire Kisses. Typically enough for the Mary Chain, only one brother made a contribution to her book. Speaking to The List earlier this year about the band’s sporadic reunion shows, the author said: ‘The last words of my book, finished long before the news of the Psychocandy shows had been announced, are (former bassist and founding member) Douglas Hart’s. He observes that while the Mary Chain lived through years of relative obscurity, “things come back round, don’t they?” And haven’t they just?’

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Barrowland, Glasgow, Fri 21 & Sun 23 Nov.

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It’s fair to say that 2014 has been a busy year for Chvrches, one crammed with festival appearances and gigs around the world. The Glasgow-based three-piece return home as part of a mini-tour before they head back into the studio to pen the follow-up to 2013’s The Bones of What You Believe at the end of the year. ■ Barrowland, Glasgow, Mon 3 & Tue 4 Nov. Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Wed 5 Nov.

Part of Glasgow’s nascent synth-pop scene, Prides make anthemic jams that are unabashedly grand in scope. Despite forming just last year, and having released only an EP and a single, the band (who, appropriately enough, have been known to cover Katy Perry’s ‘Roar’) have garnered an insane amount of hype, thanks in no small part to their great live shows. ■ Arches, Glasgow, Sat 6 Dec.

Slowfest’s mission statement is to put a spotlight on the best contemporary Scottish bands and artists around and give them the opportunity to play stripped-back gigs in an intimate environment. This year’s line-up has yet to be finalised, but with previous years featuring indie darlings like Frightened Rabbit (pictured), The Twilight Sad and Honeyblood, it’s safe to say Slowfest will have something hot up its sleeve. ■ Bar Bloc, Glasgow, Mon 15–Tue 17 Dec.

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FUTURE ISLANDS On record, the Baltimore post-punk trio have carved some beautiful synthpop tracks packed with emotion, as emphasised on recent single ‘Seasons (Waiting on You)’. Live, they are transformed into something else, with frontman Sam Herring a whirling dervish, his vocals switching from sweet disco crooning to guttural death-metal howls, careering around the stage, fully committing to the theatricality and power of performance. ■ O2 ABC, Glasgow, Tue 4 Nov. PHOTO © KIERSTY BOON

THE RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP

ritish electronic music might have taken a very different path if it wasn’t for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. From its inception in 1958 as the Beeb’s in-house special effects and music production unit, wholly unconcerned about album sales or record deals, they were free to experiment with early synths and digital music. For many future producers, musicians and DJs, sitting in front of their radios and TVs, it was their first introduction to electronica. ‘There was a certain amount of experimentation going on at the time, and the BBC didn’t mind putting out weird and wonderful programmes,’ explains Roger Limb, who joined the Workshop in 1972. ‘As the years went by, some of the radio producers moved to television and they took the Radiophonic Workshop with them.’ By the 1960s, the Workshop was supplying some of TV’s most iconic music, most famously Delia Derbyshire’s swooping theme to sci-fi staple Doctor Who (as well as concocting the warping sound effects for the TARDIS). The pulsating title music was utterly groundbreaking. ‘It helped to pioneer the public awareness of electronic music,’ adds Limb. ‘They wouldn’t discourage us from experimenting. The role of the director was pretty crucial, and although we had a certain amount of freedom we had to deliver something that was appropriate for the programme.’ They also composed music and sound effects for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Timewatch, Blake’s 7, Quatermass and many more. ‘I stopped counting after 150 TV themes,’ says Limb. Unfortunately due to budget cuts, the Workshop was decommissioned in 1998. ‘The sorts of equipment we were using, the synths and digital equipment, became less and less expensive so more and more people were creating electronic music in their home studios, and this was another reason why the Workshop closed down.’ However, their work was held in such high regard, with fans ranging from Roxy Music to Orbital and Andrew Weatherall, that public demand has brought them out of retirement. ‘You’ll hear some of the old stuff,’ says Limb, ‘then we have a big finish with the Doctor Who theme.’ The Art School, Glasgow, Wed 22 Oct.

PERE UBU Rooted in the 70s psych-rock movement, Pere Ubu draw in elements of jazz, funk and experimental electronica. Refusing to conform, singer David Thomas (pictured, left) is the only continuing member since their inception in 1975, and the revolving roster prevents their sound from going stagnant. Don’t expect a greatest hits set: this tour will feature entirely new material. As Thomas says, ‘If something works, why do it again?’ ■ Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Tue 18 Nov. CCA, Glasgow, Wed 19 Nov.

GIOFEST The clue is in the name as the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra once again take over the CCA for a series of unique gigs and collaborations taking you into the outer realms of music at their annual GIOfest. Guests include Steve Beresford, Ilan Volkov, John Butcher, Maya Dunietz, Michael Duch, Lemur, Gino Robair, Michel Doneda, Corey Mwamba and Maggie Nicols, alongside a series of workshops and talks. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Thu 27–Sat 29 Nov. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 15

BIGMOUTH STRIKES AGAIN EAGULLS A ‘fun’ antidote to most of the UK’s guitar meh-ness, Eagulls are now armed with a more bony post-punk leaning from their eponymous LP. There’s a maturity and gothic tendency incurring on this material, heading down a Bauhaus / Killing Joke route and away from their Wipers nods of yesteryears. And let’s not forget their troll-worthy letter to rich-kid US bands at SXSW this year. ■ Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Fri 10 Oct. King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Tue 21 Oct.

JOHN COOPER CLARKE Salford’s bard will return once again, waxing sweary lyrical about Chickentown to Manc fetishists aplenty at the Queen’s Hall and ABC. He’s arguably the forbearer of Sleaford Mods who are often compared to him rather lazily by journalists, bloggers and beardy pseuds alike. And even though it seems that he’s always back like clockwork, it’s hard not to like JCC. ■ 02 ABC, Glasgow, Sun 26 Oct. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 20 Nov.

SLEAFORD MODS

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hey’re Nottingham’s gobbiest duo and one of the most noxious acts in the UK. Now, Sleaford Mods are bringing their punk grime back to Scotland in November with two headlining shows in Glasgow and Edinburgh and supporting slots for The Specials at the Barras. It’s been a pretty astronomical climb for these underground rabble rousers since last year, but considering the rapturous reception that their most recent (and finest) release, Divide and Exit, has received – along with a seriously relentless touring schedule – their ruffled and bruised chickens have come home to roost, and deservedly so. The crossover appeal of Sleaford Mods has to come down to their stark earnestness and strippedback approach, which pulls the focus onto their litter-bin landslide of a vocalist Jason Williamson, who launches a verbal dirty protest in the face of the establishment and drudgery of modern British working life. It’s safe to say the UK’s current social climate is somewhat repellent at present, so hearing someone smear the walls in the most anti-eloquent Alan Sillitoe-esque trash talk is, ironically, a proverbial breath of fresh air. The video for ‘Tied Up in Nottz’ – probably the anti-summer anthem of 2014 – depicts beat master Andrew Fearn’s trademarked e-cig chonging and txting, whilst Williamson unleashes focusgroup council carnage with half a mouthful of Polish lager. A steady bassline and looped drums lube up each jibe and cantankerous dig. This works even more so from the stage; for all their primitivism, the Mods have built up a loyal and varied base from road horsing their kitchen sink into a tightly honed and hilarious sucker punch. They can’t have existed at a different time or place other than now and here, so even if it’s by default, the Mods are increasingly more relevant. Go and see them, you [insert expletive of choice].

OUGHT Ought were formed in Montreal by four student ex-pats as a result of the mass student protests in Quebec that took place in 2012. Their assertive indie rock from the city’s steadfast DIY and grassroots community in the Mile End district could be filed alongside Cap’n Jazz and a young David Byrne, so pop along to the CCA and see what all the fuss is about. ■ CCA, Glasgow, Sun 16 Nov.

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ON MY OWN LILY ALLEN

f Lily Allen’s recent set at Glastonbury was anything to go by, she’s certainly retained her energetic schoolgirl charm and buoyant stage persona during a self-imposed hiatus. Following the four-year absence, Allen faced the possibility of a failed reprise with the release of Sheezus this spring, but some frosty receptions didn’t mar her enthusiasm as she set off on the summer festival circuit, resulting in many positive reviews. Now, she’s been booked to headline this year’s Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations, and it’s likely to be one of her biggest audiences to date: last year, for example, 130,000 attendees swarmed Princes Street Gardens to the sound of Pet Shop Boys. Allen’s 2006 debut album Alright, Still put her on the map with ska-friendly compositions full of catchy hooks and youthful attitude. Eight years on, ‘Hard Out Here’ (Allen’s vindictive answer to ‘Blurred Lines’) is a poppier affair that divided opinion. On one side, it was praised for pointing a finger at the industry’s sexism; on the other, remarked upon for ironically containing an unclear message. Allen’s off-loading lyricism might be her downfall but it’s also one of her biggest attributes. Opting to leave the public school vicinity aged 15, she delved into music-making with the intention of getting things out of her system. This is partly why the Hammersmith-born singer retains such an appeal to this day: she’s still among the few musicians singing so openly about modern living, dealing with subjects such as hate and menstruation in a frivolous manner. It’s Allen’s brand of cockney, pop-friendly musings and wit that makes her a lingeringly relevant entertainer. 02 Academy, Glasgow, Sat 22 Nov. Concert in the Gardens, Edinburgh, Hogmanay.

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Exciting and extravagant Lady Gaga was once the talk of the music world, but last year’s release of third effort Artpop proved that originality is often hard to maintain. Nonetheless, for an artist comfortably adept at bringing novel ideas and intriguing elements to her performances, it will be interesting to see how the new album translates into her artRAVE tour, with Glasgow’s impressive Hydro being a fitting host. ■ SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Sun 19 Oct.

Mike Hadreas’ haunting vocals are set to echo around the Caves, in an inspired feat of venue booking. The Seattle musician’s previous material featured sparse piano layouts that gently punctuated his intimate songwriting, words hinting at the difficult life of gay teens. New album Too Bright promises to be a more forward probing of sexuality, interlaced with an electronic twist (see live review, page 72). ■ Caves, Edinburgh, Sun 23 Nov.

Poignant, anguished and soaked in throbbing synths, Pale Green Ghosts put the ex-Czars frontman on the map in 2013 and critics were quick to sing his praises. This November, John Grant finds his way to the Usher Hall, as the Royal Northern Sinfonia accompanies him in reworking this magic live, with the promise of the odd new composition added to the mix. ■ Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 29 Nov. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 19

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irst and foremost, LuckyMe are my best friends and my family,’ says Clair ‘Eclair Fifi ’ Stirling, resident DJ/ designer for the Scottish label and erstwhile Radio 1 host of In New Music We Trust. ‘A lot of labels grow from a group of friends releasing friends’ music, but this value is still very much intact with LuckyMe even after eight years. We only put out music we love, and even though the label is growing bigger and bigger all the time in terms of audience and sales, we still all inspire each other and are so close. That’s beautiful to me, and long may it continue.’ Her latest task with the label, which was founded by a bunch of Glasgow School of Art students with a strong interest in music under the leadership of Martyn Flyn and Dominic Flannigan, is to take them back to their old stomping ground. Many of those involved have since moved away from Glasgow (to Edinburgh, in some cases), but they’ll be reconvening under the banner of this Eclair Fifi & Pals night in association with The List to present a highquality local lineup including S-Type, Naked, 20 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

David Barbarossa, Ubre Blanca and Fifi herself. ‘It’s a great opportunity to return to the Art School, which was a historic and iconic venue for us,’ says Flyn, one half of the Blessings, who will also be DJing. ‘Eclair Fifi is one of my favourite DJs and I think she has impeccable taste; it’s always exciting to play shows with her. I think the label very much reflects our personal taste and our own musical journey; I don’t like to see us pigeonholed as a particular sound. I guess we were initially inspired by the late 90s independent hip hop movement and the DIY spirit of many smaller labels who were simply focused on putting out music by their friends and what was exciting to them.’ Flyn lists a roster of labels that he sees as inspirations and like-minded contemporaries, including Future Times, Affine, Astro Nautico, Firecracker, Numbers, Rock Action, Warp and Stones Throw, and notes that LuckyMe have already had their successes. ‘Seeing Rustie release his new album on Warp and Hudson Mohawke’s recent Boiler Room takeover in LA have been highlights,’ he says, referring

to home-grown former LuckyMe signees. ‘Recently I’ve been excited about releasing the Claude Speeed album and the Lunice single.’ ‘The concept is simple,’ explains Fifi of this night. ‘It’s a one-off event with friends of mine and / or artists I love at the moment, whether they’re established or not. It’s a place where I like to book people with a similar mindset; I love to balance new, exciting music with not scaring people away. And of course the visual element is very crucial to me.’ That it falls on the date it does is important to her, partly because it’s Freshers’ Week and she’s just graduated from Edinburgh College of Art. ‘Then,’ she adds, ‘as everyone knows, it’s the night after the referendum, so we’ll all know the result by the time the party starts. I’m hoping it will be a Yes vote, but whatever the outcome, it’s going to a pretty special evening: we’ll either be celebrating or soothing ourselves.’ LuckyMe x The Art School: Eclair Fifi & Pals, The Art School, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep.

PLEASANCE SESSIONS

PLEASANCE DREAMS For the second time, The Pleasance Sessions brings a feast of music and arts to Edinburgh University’s famous theatre. Nina Glencross previews this year’s line-up

t’s one of Edinburgh’s grandest venues, yet the Pleasance is often overlooked outside the month of August when it’s transformed into a bustling Fringe venue. Thankfully, after a successful first year – which gained a nomination for Best Small Festival at the Scottish Event Awards – The Pleasance Sessions returns to help put the theatre back on the map, with ten days of music, film, comedy and spoken word events open to the general public. The festival’s launch night features majestic trio The Twilight Sad with support from Hidden Orchestra (Thu 9 Oct). From there, each evening is curated by one of a host of musicians, promoters and publications from around the country, from BBC Radio DJ Vic Galloway, who brings Glasgow cheeky chaps Casual Sex, Broken Records and the mesmeric LAW to the theatre (Fri 10 Oct), to Edinburgh-based art collective Neu! Reekie!. ‘We try and season in hidden themes to each of the shows and capture a shared synergy in the acts – sometimes only for our own comfort and amusement,’ explains the collective’s Michael Pedersen. With a bill featuring TeenCanteen, Fini Tribe, Richard Jobson and Liz Lochhead, Pedersen promises ‘a veritable artistic buffet’ (Sun 12 Oct). Elsewhere, beloved performer Beerjacket brings his tenth-anniversary celebrations to the festival (Mon 13 Oct). The alt-folk singer/songwriter hosts a special night featuring friends and collaborators from over the years, including Fatherson’s Ross Leighton and Fake Major. ‘You can play a gig anywhere,’ he says, ‘but a theatre like the Pleasance demands a show.’ There’s also the addition of the internationally renowned Independent Label Market (Sat 11 Oct) and the return of Och!Toberfest (Fri 10 & Sat 11 Oct).

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‘Och!Toberfest was such a success last year that we thought we would combine that with the Label Market day, add a bit of bunting and celebrate the fact we have such a wide range of Scottish brewers and labels in one place,’ explains festival organiser Rae Baker. ‘What better way to celebrate than £3 pints, a bunting overload and a full label showcase from [record label] Olive Grove?’ Featuring Woodenbox, The Moth and the Mirror, Call to Mind and Skinny Dipper, the label’s Lloyd Meredith hopes the showcase will ‘see some collaborations between some of the Olive Grove family’ (Sat 11 Oct). Fellow independent label Middle of Nowhere present an equally exciting showcase, headlined by Roddy Hart and the Lonesome Fire (Tue 14 Oct). The List’s night brings together Prehistoric Friends, Two Wings and Ubre Blanca with the stunning visuals of Adventures in Light, along with TYCI DJs (Thu 16 Oct). And alongside the return of comedian Paul Foot’s sell-out Fringe show, Edinburgh University’s Folk Club holds an intimate evening with Ben Sands (Wed 15 Oct). The Insider Festival returns with A Night at the Theatre, Remixed (Fri 17 Oct), before The Phantom Band and Remember Remember bring the festival to a close (Sat 18 Oct). ‘There’s an enormous amount of talent in Scotland,’ adds Baker. ‘The Pleasance Sessions gives a unique stage to come and experience something really special in Edinburgh.’ The Pleasance Sessions, the Pleasance, Edinburgh, Thu 9–Sat 18 Oct, dustymoose.co.uk

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CLINT MANSELL

SOUND TRACKS Thanks to his acclaimed film scores for Darren Aronofsky, Clint Mansell is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after composers. As he prepares for his first UK live tour, he tells Henry Northmore about the journey

rebo punk becomes the most celebrated film composer in recent cinema: it’s an unlikely story, for sure. In the late 80s / early 90s, Clint Mansell was the lead singer of Pop Will Eat Itself, an industrial electro-rock band famed for piling samples onto grinding techno beats and heaving guitar riffs. Early singles ‘Beaver Patrol’ and the call to arms that was ‘Can U Dig It?’ throbbed with energy, and featured Mansell shouting out his venomous satirical raps. It’s a complete contrast to his sweeping, haunting scores that have soundtracked the likes of Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan, Moon and The Wrestler. PWEI split in 1996, after releasing the record, Dos Dedos Mis Amigos. ‘We just ran out of steam,’ explains Mansell in his soft Midlands burr. ‘I was 33 then and just didn’t want to play the same songs over and over again. You start to feel like the oldest swinger in town and it seemed like time for a change.’ Moving to New York, Mansell admits he found himself in a creative slump while working on a proposed solo record. ‘I spent about 18 months there which wasn’t the most fruitful part of my life but then I met [director] Darren Aronofsky through a friend of a friend. He had a script for his first film, Pi, and he was looking for somebody to write the music.’ Originally commissioned to provide its title track, the trials and tribulations of low-budget filmmaking eventually worked in Mansell’s favour. ‘He wanted to use a lot of pre-existing electronic music,’ he explains. ‘I wrote a piece on spec from reading the script and talking with Darren about the project; everybody loved it, so that was my in. Then, because the film was totally independent and he didn’t have any industry backing, it was very difficult to get those pieces that he wanted. He didn’t have the money to license them. So every time a piece fell

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out I had to write something to replace it. He had never worked with a composer before and I’d never scored a film before, but through that process we learned the power of a bespoke piece of music written for a scene.’ It was the start of a long and fruitful collaboration, and Mansell has supplied the original music to every single one of Aronofsky’s films since. Mansell’s most celebrated piece, the beautiful but ominous ‘Lux Aeterna’ (from Requiem for a Dream), has gone on to have a life of its own, appearing again and again in film and TV. ‘You have no control over it,’ he says. ‘It’s like having kids: they grow up and do their own thing. You can only watch and hopefully smile.’ Now one of the most in-demand composers in Hollywood, Mansell’s music can be heard on myriad movies including Sahara, Doom, Stoker, Smokin’ Aces and Filth among others. For most films he usually comes on board during the rough edit but he has a special relationship with Aronofsky. ‘I read the script to Noah six or seven years ago so I got involved pretty early.’ Mansell is now embarking on his first UK live tour. ‘It’s a ninepiece band: string quartet and piano, bass, guitar and drums, and I play keyboards and guitar. It’s a boiled-down version of what I do.’ He’s also enjoying the opportunity to share his music in a gig setting. ‘Being a lead singer, you’re always performing. When you open the fridge, the light comes on: you never lose that ego,’ he laughs. ‘It’s been very cool to find a way of doing it that’s, shall we say, age appropriate. I sit down for most of it: it’s in keeping with my 51 years of age.’ Clint Mansell, Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Tue 14 Oct.

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SMHAFF

BRAIN POWER The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival is once again challenging stereotypes. Hannah McGill takes a closer look at this year’s programme, which aims to make us view the world through different eyes

ow’s your mental health? There is every chance you might have a lengthy answer to that question; and no less chance that you’d like to keep it to yourself. Mental health issues are vastly prevalent, but carry a stigma that can make them a good deal harder to talk about than even the ickiest of physical complaints. Not everyone wants to share their mental health history with the world but many will have experienced fallout from limited understanding – lost jobs, damaged relationships, legal and accommodation troubles – or felt powerless to help another. Can understanding be broadened without recourse to politically correct fingerwagging?

The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, now entering its eighth year, forcefully believes it can. The festival’s theme this year is power, a major consideration in the field of mental health, as festival chair Isabella Goldie explains. ‘The absence of power can do much to erode mental health, and being disempowered reduces people’s life chances. Living in poverty, being unemployed, being in a job where you aren’t valued or have no control and generally not being heard is the experience for many people with mental health problems. problems.’

Access to the arts, not just as audience members but as creators and participants, offers people an opportunity to express themselves and to develop sympathy for others. ‘The arts and power have a long history,’ says Goldie, ‘from the use of written work in order to share experiences when it is difficult to find a voice in another way, through to the use of song to protest and gather round a cause. This year’s festival explores the power that the arts has to shake us up and make us see the world differently.’ The programme features visual d art, dance, photography, theatre, music and literature as well as an international strand

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of films. It visits venues the length and breadth of Scotland, making a particular effort to engage with local communities. The work chosen presents a diverse picture that challenges prevalent stereotypes: that hard work and personal virtue should overcome any disadvantage or that ‘madness’ is a compelling curiosity to be romanticised. ‘It’s still far too common for filmmakers, and other artists, to take a lazy approach to mental illness,’ insists the festival’s film programmer, Richard Warden. ‘There’s something inherently compelling about it – but that’s all the more reason for the romantic / demonic dichotomy to be avoided. The reality is far more complex, and more interesting as a result.’ Films in the programme come from across the board of nationalities, styles and budgets, from the Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook, Gillies MacKinnon’s stirring World War I drama Regeneration, and Stuart Murdoch’s musical take on recovery and creativity, God Help the Girl, to Lucy Walker’s documentary on life after brain injury, The Crash Reel, and local talent Garry Fraser’s uncompromising autobiographical examination of his escape from a life of poverty and drug abuse, Everybody’s Child. ‘We were looking for films that had something of an edge to them, work that did not “go quietly”,’ explains Warden. ‘This doesn’t mean that everything we’ve selected takes a hard political

‘We were looking for films that did not “go quietly”’ stand. However, it’s fair to say that all of the films challenge conventionality while also addressing mental health in some way.’ Readers are encouraged to explore the programme themselves to find what’s happening in their own region, whether it might be a movie, play or comedy show, a participatory workshop at which to explore untapped creativity or learn a new skill, or even just an opportunity to sit and talk with others. For Isabella Goldie, empowering people just to attend and feel part of the festival is a critical part of its ongoing project. ‘We need to work to break down the barriers to access, which is where there is such an important role for festivals like SMHAFF. When we reach out

to communities that might not see the arts as being for them, this is where we know we are doing something really special.’ If ticket pricing tends to keep you or anyone you know away from arts events, it’s worth bearing in mind that many SMHAFF events are free (although some of these require booking in advance, so do check the programme). For Richard Warden, bravery is the most exciting common element in the work being shown. ‘I don’t know that I could define precisely what a SMHAFF film is, but I do know that all of the work we’ve chosen shows people taking chances,’ he says. ‘We don’t pretend we have all of the answers when it comes to mental health, and there aren’t any official lines that the festival follows. It’s about raising questions and awareness. We’ve often referred to the films that we screen as conversation starters.’ Your chance to listen and talk back starts on 1 October. Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, various venues across Scotland, Wed 1–Sun 19 Oct.

Clockwise from L: Everybody’s Child, Vanishing Point’s Tomorrow, Withered Hand, Move the Goalposts. Previous page clockwise from top: Ana Ana, Glasgow Girls, Atom Tree.

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SCOTTISH BALLET

POETRY IN MOTION Scottish Ballet’s reputation for adapting literary classics will grow even stronger this autumn, finds Lucy Ribchester

Making sense onstage was always Pickett’s first priority with The Crucible, and with this in mind she has chosen to deviate from Miller in order to present more back-story and draw those less familiar with the play into the action. She travelled to Salem Village (renamed Danvers) in Massachusetts to learn about the 1692 witch trials, and talks passionately about the people involved. Abigail Williams ‘is acting out of physical and mental stress, but is still an absolute villain’, while Elizabeth Proctor is ‘a hero. She gives her husband the benediction, owns up to her own passive-aggressive torture that she’s put him through, and lets him go. Which must be an incredibly hard act.’ The Crucible is paired with Christopher Bruce’s 2009 piece, Ten Poems, based on a recording of Dylan Thomas’ poetry read by Richard Burton. ‘Ten Poems is an existing piece, so it was really about us getting a handle on the material,’ says dancer Nicholas Shoesmith. ‘Each character’s movement is very, very different. We had to try all of them before being cast.’ With The Crucible, harnessing its strong characters is key to ccommunicating the story. Shoesmith, w who plays the role of Reverend P Parris, says that the hardest thing iis balancing Miller’s creation with hhis own ideas. ‘Obviously there are written characteristics that we need to draw on,’ he says. ‘But for me the biggest challenge is being able to interpret the character in a way that is still your own. If you don’t make it your own, it’s not going to be an honest performance.’ PHOTO © ANDY ROSS

n 2012, Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire came sweltering onto our stages, wowing critics and proving that dance can bring just as much to complex plays as it always has to fairytales. Now, the company’s autumn season has them turning once again to 20thcentury American drama, this time with a 40-minute version of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, which features music from Alfred Hitchcock’s classic films Psycho and Vertigo. ‘I think we’re in a time where we’re accepting all these cross-breeds into the art world,’ says The Crucible’s choreographer Helen Pickett, on the phone from New York where she is working, coincidentally, on adapting Tennessee Williams’ play Camino Real for Atlanta Ballet. ‘We’re letting all these things correlate, and I think this is important in the dance world, because in the end it’s about people connecting. If people can connect to what’s on stage in dance, they will come.’ Pickett – who describes The Crucible as having ‘everything a great story needs’ – was approached to create the piece by Scottish Ballet artistic director Christopher Hampson, following the success of 2013’s The Room, which she created for the company based on Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. Far from being restricted by the stories she adapts, Pickett finds them to be direct inspirations when creating movement. ‘Music is always an anchor to me,’ she says. ‘I see the steps while music tells me how I feel and what to make. But then there’s narrative – that’s the second anchor – and that is like a freedom. I equate these two anchors to the idea of technique. If you know how to build, that’s when you can start falling into imagination. Whenever I’m stuck, I go back to those words and listen to the music.’

Scottish Ballet: The Crucible with Ten Poems, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 25–Sat 27 Sep; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 29

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NIGHT MOVES

As The Enchanted Forest gears up for its 14th year of lighting up Pitlochry, David Pollock finds that Edinburgh is also preparing for some nocturnal drama this autumn

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or over a decade now, Faskally Wood has been drawing visitors from far and wide to see it spectacularly lit up and transformed into The Enchanted Forest. Even after Forestry Commission Scotland decided to stop putting on the event, a group of locals took it over in 2009. Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden is hoping to emulate their success as it inaugurates its own outdoor lighting festival, Night in the Garden. ‘We’ve tried very hard to approach this as an art project,’ says Malcolm Innes, joint lighting designer of Night in the Garden alongside Euan Winton. Both are design and digital arts lecturers at Napier University, which is working on the project with support from the Scottish Funding Council. ‘It’s quite common for these events to be spectacles filled with flashy things. There will be elements of that, but this will be slightly more sober; we want it to work on lots of levels and lots of scales.’ The project has been long in the devising. ‘This is something the Botanics has been considering for a number of years,’ says Heather Jackson, director of enterprise at the Royal Botanic Garden. ‘We came up with this idea from visitor comments about the possibility of

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accessing the garden in the evenings. We want to give audiences the opportunity to see it from a completely different perspective.’ There’s a similar motivation occurring further north in Pitlochry. ‘We present the Scottish woodland landscape in a new and exciting way,’ says Derek Allan, The Enchanted Forest’s producer and creative director. ‘Moreover, it’s quite a magical experience going into a forest after dark. It’s not something people do every day, if at all.’ Night in the Garden’s purpose is partly to highlight (literally) much of the work the Botanics does in conservation, says Innes. ‘It’s one of the few places in the city where you can get a sense of true darkness. Although this is a light trail, what goes with that is darkness, and it’s about giving people a chance to experience that. It’s about dark, it’s about light, it’s about shadow and it’s about revealing these things that ambient light washes away. Then you can pick what you want to show people out of the dark.’ The Enchanted Forest is in a different stage of its life than Night in the Garden, with Allan proudly pointing out that most of the available outdoor lights in Scotland are used to illuminate a natural amphitheatre

with a stunning effect which has already seen the organisers asked to consider similar events in Canada, Wales, Ireland and Russia. ‘There have been son et lumière shows around the world for decades,’ he says. ‘Some focus on building-based urban light shows, some are primarily about technology, using video projection, digital mapping and so on. The Enchanted Forest is different in that it merges technology, art, sound and music in an amazing setting.’ The annual theme is different, he says, and this will be the first time that live performers have been used. ‘One element that’s important in these events is darkness, which means they’re always going to be in the winter months if you want to be able to run them at a reasonable time of the evening. That’s a challenge when you’re talking about electronics out in the cold and wet – but there is something very magical about the forest in the autumn.’ The Enchanted Forest, Pitlochry, Fri 3–Sun 26 Oct. Night in the Garden, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Thu 30 Oct–Sun 23 Nov. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 31

STAYING IN

‘You don’t cage a wild animal and not get scratched’

FLESHED OUT

As The Walking Dead returns for season five, Henry Northmore catches up with the cast of TV’s rip-roaring zombie series

eason four of The Walking Dead closed with a massive cliffhanger. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and his cohorts thought the colony of Terminus would offer them safe haven from the ever-present zombie hordes but now they find themselves stripped of their weapons and imprisoned in a box car. However, Rick ended that final episode with the ultimate closing line: ‘they’re gonna feel pretty stupid when they find out . . . they’re fucking with the wrong people.’ Now that’s fighting talk. Unsurprisingly, fans of the series are on tenterhooks awaiting their fate. The Walking Dead has become a surprise hit across the globe: in America it’s the highest rated cable show of all time. To casual observers it might 32 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

just look like another run-of-the-mill horror series packed with zombies, gore and action. And while The Walking Dead definitely delivers all of the above, what really sets it apart is the depth of the characterisation. We have followed this ragtag band of survivors through the zombie apocalypse into a harsh and brutal landscape where tough decisions have to be made every day. Only Games of Thrones can rival The Walking Dead when it comes to killing off beloved characters. Negotiating Terminus could be their biggest challenge yet because, as with all good zombie stories, the real villains are other human beings rather than the undead. ‘Season five is really thrilling,’ explains Danai Gurira who plays

sword wielding badass Michonne. ‘It goes in so many astoundingly unexpected directions that you really have to hold on tight because you just will never know where it’s going next. It’s really thrilling in terms of what’s happening in the micro sense but also what’s happening between people and how they navigate personal relationships and personal ambitions.’ ‘It’s got the teariest of moments and the most frightening of moments,’ adds Norman Reedus who plays sharp-shooting redneck Daryl. ‘I’m right in the thick of it there right now. I mean, they’re beating the crap out of us over there [on set]. I got hit in the face with a spinal cord; I’ll just leave it at that. But, yeah, it’s really been nuts.’

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REVIEWS & PREVIEWS

TV, DVDs and games to enjoy from the comfort of your sofa VIDEOGAME

ALIEN: ISOLATION

(Sega) PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One The world of Alien has been the inspiration for multiple videogames. Most have focused on the all-out action of James Cameron’s Aliens rather than the creeping terror of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi horror hybrid. After the misfire of 2013’s reviled Aliens: Colonial Marines, Sega are hoping to recover with Alien: Isolation. ‘We’ve taken the series back to the roots of Ridley Scott’s 1979 movie,’ explains Alistair Hope, creative lead at game studio Creative Assembly. ‘Our alien is a truly terrifying creature, as intelligent as he is hostile, relentless, brutal and unstoppable. This is the Alien game fans of the series have always wanted.’ Set between the events of Alien and Aliens, Isolation is a first-person survival horror following Ripley’s daughter Amanda as she finds herself being stalked by a ferocious xenomorph aboard a space station, with the game aiming for fear and suspense rather than bullets and bloodshed. There’s also some unmissable bonus material available for pre-orders including the chance to play through key scenes from Scott’s masterpiece featuring voice acting from Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt and Harry Dean Stanton. ‘It was important to us to have the key original cast members reprise their roles in order to perfectly capture the movie’s atmosphere,’ adds Hope. ‘For some of the cast, this is their first appearance in an Alien videogame. Seeing them reprise those roles after 35 years was an unforgettable experience.’ (Henry Northmore) ■ Alien: Isolation is released on Tue 7 Oct. TV

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THE DRIVER

It also sounds like the opening episode will start with a bang: ‘Well, he’s insane at this point,’ says Reedus of his character. ‘He’s pissed. He’s trapped. You don’t cage a wild animal like that and not get scratched, so he’s ready to kill everybody now.’ The Walking Dead is based on Robert Kirkman’s comic of the same name, and Daryl is a perfect example of how the TV show has diverged from its source material. He doesn’t exist in the original comics but has become a fan favourite and integral to the continuing narrative on television, keeping things fresh and exciting even for viewers who have read every issue. With Rick and co captured, Beth (Emily Kinney) missing, and Tyreese (Chad L Coleman) and Carol (Melissa McBride) still on the road with baby Judith, there are plenty of questions to be answered as season five premieres this October. ‘I think that that’s the beauty of the scripts that we’re getting at the moment,’ says Lincoln. ‘You can push the boundaries of intensity and brutality as long as it’s offset with this humanity.’ The Walking Dead, Fox, Mon 13 Oct.

‘Even if you’re bored and miserable, be happy with your lot’ seems to be the blaring message of this three-parter. David Morrissey plays Vince, a cabbie made to feel worthless at home (by a dismissive wife and sullen daughter) and disrespected at work (if he’s not cleaning up puke, he’s being attacked and robbed). When his former best mate Colin (Ian Hart) is released from a prison stretch, Vince allows himself to get in with a bad bunch and takes on the role of freelance driver. The pay might be handsome but, naturally, things start to spin wildly out of control. The plot developments are signposted well ahead of time during the opening episode and a half, but when Vince’s estranged son enters the picture at the same moment events lurch towards the horrific and maddeningly complicated for our hero, the drama gets a little more intriguing. Morrissey does a fine line in dour desperation with his introspective demeanour getting greyer than the Manchester clouds which encircle his world. (Brian Donaldson)

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE

Saturday Night Live alumni Andy Samberg has found the perfect vehicle for his goofy humour in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He takes the lead as Detective Jake Peralta, the precinct’s top cop who butts heads with uptight new Captain Ray Holt (Andre Braugher). Sitcoms live and die on the relationship between characters and Brooklyn Nine-Nine features a menagerie of weird and wonderful officers: the inscrutable Holt; over-eager people-pleaser Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero); man mountain Sergeant Jeffords (Terry Crews); the permanently scowling Rosa Diaz (Stephanie Beatriz) and the bumbling Charles Boyle (Joe Lo Truglio). Only the receptionist Gina (Chelsea Peretti) takes things a step too far and lapses into irritating. That there’s a crime to solve nearly every episode, from murder to graffiti, gives the show a solid structure. Great gags, a fantastic ensemble cast and a dynamic energy mean Brooklyn Nine-Nine strikes the perfect balance between slapstick humour and tightly scripted character comedy. (Henry Northmore) 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 33

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SIDE DISHES

News to nibble on

Finnieston continues its inexorable rise as food central in Glasgow. New bar and kitchen the Scullery opens soon on Claremont Street, while Porter & Rye is the latest offering from the local trailblazing owners of Lebowskis, opening soon next to their seafood bar, the Finnieston. Over in Kelvinbridge, LUAC – another member of the Lebowskis group – has been rebranded as the Crafty Pig, taglined ‘brewhouse and smoke pit’.

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CANNON FODDER

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■ Craft Beer Rising Fri 19 Sep, 7pm–1am. Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sep, 11am–5pm & 7pm–1am. £20 per session. Drygate Brewing Co., 85 Drygate, 212 8810. See main image, right. ■ Spanish Wine and Charcuterie Tasting Fri 26 Sep, 7.30–9.30pm. £40. Baby Abode, 129 Bath Street, 01334 870731. Thirteen Spanish wines selected by Rose Murray Brown, paired with hams, chorizos, cheeses, oils and bread. ■ Paradise Undiscovered Tue 30 Sep, 5–11pm. £25. Stravaigin, 28–30 Gibson Street, 334 2665. A chance to sample a menu put together by sous chef Girindra which has been influenced by Indian, Chinese, Tibetan and Mongol cultures.

■ OktoberWEST Fri 3, 10 Oct, 5.30pm–1am. £22.95 includes two-course Bavarian traditional dinner. WEST Brewery, Building 4 Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, 550 0135. Running all the way back to 2006, this year’s Oktoberfest celebration promises to be even bigger and better than ever before. For one things, there’s food, music, food, beer and even more food! And beer!!

Party like you’re in Bavaria, minus the plane fare. Drink the beer, eat the bratwurst, wear the lederhosen and party the night away, stein in hand. There’s even a family-friendly Sunday lunch for the kinder.

Sample 200 beers from over 35 local and guest breweries, including legendary US outfits Blue Moon and Sierra Nevada, as Craft Beer Rising comes to Scotland for the first time at Drygate in Glasgow from Friday 19 to Sunday 21 September. The event also integrates various street food offerings including London’s Burger Bear and Kiltr-curated music from Optimo and The Revenge. craftbeerrising.co.uk

EDINBURGH ■ Funghi Foray with Valvona & Crolla Sat 20 Sep, 4 Oct 7.30am–4.30pm. £45 (includes coach travel, light lunch, wine and coffee). Valvona & Crolla, 19 Elm Row, 556 6066. Head deep into the Caledonian Pine Forest and forage with shroom expert Neville Kilkenny.

■ Bordeaux Wine Dinner Thu 25 Sep, 7pm. £45. Royal Scots Club, 29–31 Abercromby Place, 556 4270. Four-course menu matched to top wines. ■ Fourpure: Meet the Brewer Tue 30 Sep, 7.30pm. £25. The Hanging Bat, 133 Lothian Road, 229 0759.

Get chummy with London’s Fourpure and maybe they’ll let you taste a draught. ■ Oktoberfest FREE Wed 1–Fri 3, Wed 8–Fri 10 Oct, 4–11pm. Sat 4, 11 Oct, noon–5pm & 6–11pm. Sun 5, 12 Oct, 12.30–7.30pm. £5-£10. West Princes Street Gardens, 07435 428290.

■ Mugaritz: An Original Soundtrack Fri 10 Oct, 3.30pm. £20. 50 George Square, 228 2688. Special screening introduced by Michelinstarred chef Andoni Luis Aduriz of a musical composition inspired by his San Sebastian restaurant. Followed by Brugal Rum tasting. Part of the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival.

OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ Living Food Sat 20 Sep, 10am–5pm. £4. Cawdor Castle, Nairn, cawdorcastle.com. Fifty stalls of Highlands and Grampian food, drink and crafts, plus a showcase of local heritage foods

identified by Slow Food’s Ark of Taste project. The next day, the inaugural Terra Madre Scotland is a gastronomic gettogether celebrating real food culture with a particular focus on food producers and food communities. slowfoodscotland.com. ■ Ayrshire Beer Festival Thu 2 Oct, 2–11pm. Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct, 11am–11pm. £5 (£3 CAMRA members). Troon Concert Hall, South Beach, Ayr Street, Troon, 01292 611222. Sample real ales, ciders and wines produced by local brewers. Plus, enjoy live music each evening. ■ A Taste of Loch Fyne Fri 3 Oct, 10am–3pm. £95. Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, Clachan, Cairndow, 01499 600482. Pluck your own oysters straight from their beds before an oyster opening masterclass (complete with champagne) followed by a five-course taster lunch.

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LIGHTING UP DARKEST DENNISTOUN A number of enticing venues are helping the East End of Glasgow shake off its old badlands tag. Tiff Griffin checks out the latest opening which is helping to revitalise the area

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The best of the new restaurant, café and bar openings in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Prices shown are for an average two-course meal for one.

Glasgow THE GRUMPY GOAT PUBS & BARS 90 Old Dumbarton Road, West End, 0141 237 4730, thegrumpygoatglasgow.co.uk, £12 (set lunch) / £18 (dinner) Sitting close to Kelvingrove Art Gallery, and replacing an oldschool boozer favouring the city’s blue team, this tucked-away pub has been spruced up and now offers good food in an appealing interior, with nods to the less contentious side of local culture and history. Tony Matteo, whose family had City Merchant for many years, shows his experience in crafting a mix of traditional-feeling pub with a modern bistro element. The well-constructed, appealing and occasionally playful Scottish menu is big on top regional suppliers including St Bride’s chicken, Tapa bread, and Cairnhill ox cheek, which comes as a cleverly deconstructed boeuf bourguignon.

BELL & FELIX CAFE / BISTRO 248 Kilmarnock Road, Southside, 0141 649 1684, £10 (lunch) This latest exponent of the Southside’s new selfconfidence is clearly run by people who love food. The menu looks like standard burgers, soups and sandwiches but delve a little deeper and the delight is in the detail. A daily special doesn’t just mean a soup: cakes, salads and even the pâté is a new

creation on every visit. Local producers are named, and this is backed up by expert cooking and creative dishes, from chicken and roast veg ciabatta to chunky rosemary chips and pickled beets with salmon pâté.

THE RAVEN PUBS & BARS 81–85 Renfield Street, City Centre, 0141 332 6151, theravenglasgow.co.uk, £12 (lunch) / £18 (dinner) The Raven’s menu is filled with meats, pulled, smoked and manipulated into bar snacks. The prominent smoker offers heavily smoked chicken, pork and bacon popping up in sandwiches, burgers and burritos. A seductive space of wooden benches and exposed stone, it makes a perfect place to slip down a craft pint, and West, Williams, Brewdog and Stewart all feature. It’s a very good effort from Maclays: family friendly without being crass, though on the food front, it’s all a bit smoke and mirrors.

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ENZO ITALIAN 8 Lister Square, Quartermile, 0131 229 4634, enzoedinburgh.co.uk, £12 (lunch) / £22 (dinner) Carefully curated and precisely targeted at the capital’s youngish and affluent socialites, Enzo brings a flash of Milanese glitz to Edinburgh. Spilling out onto Quartermile’s Lister Square, where handsome ex-hospital brickwork, towering modern architecture and boisterous marketing all jostle for attention, the bar has seating in strikingly coloured leather, shiny dark woods and two sunken bar pits that help create a feeling of stylish but intense conviviality. Upstairs is an equally sleek restaurant, with some serious Italian food across lunch, dinner, bar and weekend brunch menus by head chef Christian Picco.

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BAR / BISTRO 159–61 Bruntsfield Place, Southside, 0131 229 3115, montpeliersedinburgh.co.uk, £16.50 (lunch) / £18.50 (dinner) Longstanding Morningside establishment Montpeliers has recently undergone a renovation which suggests a desire to reboot its broad appeal. There’s a bit of allotment chic happening with pot plants and a green and brown colour scheme, plus chintz with the mismatched pictures, and a wholehearted stab at the real ale market. It all hangs together though, partly because of the location’s bustle and partly because the food is so good by bar standards. The homemade Orkney beefburger is very satisfying and the macaroni cheese is excellent, while extensive lunch and evening meal deals will catch the eye of those after a decent value feed.

FRENCH 72 Commercial Street, Leith, 0131 554 2588, facebook.com/cafetartine.edinburgh, £14.50 (lunch / dinner) To the restaurant strip on the ground floor of the old bonded warehouses along Commercial Quay (already home of the Kitchin and Bond No9) comes a touch of homely French elegance. Within a long, slim, fresh dining room, selections include grilled steaks sourced from East Lothian, moules marinière, croque monsieur (and madame, etc) and the signature Tartine open sandwich. The owners used to run the Crepearray van in town, so the range of crêpes is also a distinct speciality. A small range of patisserie, a fine selection of wines, and family and dogfriendliness until late into the evening combine to make a pleasant and distinctive local hangout.

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EDINBURGH FEASTIVAL Scotland’s capital has earned an enviable reputation for its eating and drinking scene over the last decade, but to what extent do locals mine its riches? Donald Reid previews the Edinburgh Restaurant Festival as it aims to highlight the city’s range and reach

STREET FOOD Casual street food has taken

an upward turn in various quarters of Edinburgh, not least when there’s the excuse for two or more vans to gather together. Look out for a DJ-soundtracked Street Feastival curated by Glasgow outfit Kiltr from Friday 24–Sunday 26 October, or pick up a roving meal ticket for the round-the-world food stalls at Stockbridge Market on Sundays 12 and 19 October.

BEER FEST On Sunday 19 October, venues around the West End celebrate the local scene with a trail of meet-the-brewer and sampling events. Look out for beer-matched menus and other promotions and offers. Ryan’s Bar, the Huxley, Ghillie Dhu and the Melville take part, with beers and brew-folk from Inveralmond, Harviestoun and Alechemy involved, along with the range from Innis & Gunn.

FOOD & DRINK TOURS Alan Chalmers’ Eat Walk Tour links up shops, restaurants and tasting experiences down Canongate or across the Old and New Towns. With morning, afternoon and early evening departures, you can join the tour for a discounted £39 (normally £55) during the festival. Alternatively, try a gin treasure hunt on Saturday 18 October starting at Edinburgh Gin’s Heads & Tales.

SHOP TASTINGS There’s more gin flowing at Cranachan & Crowdie’s tasting sessions. Thursday evenings from 5 to 7pm are set aside for introductions to the three new local artisan gin distillers: Edinburgh Gin, Pickering’s and NB Gin, each paired with a Scottish food producer. Elsewhere, the Foodmarket at Harvey Nichols will be a good spot to find introductory samplings of featured local specialities.

SPECIAL MENUS Participation in the Restaurant Festival is probably best illustrated by the fact that over 60 local dining spots are putting on special menus during the course of the event. Ranging across a wide spectrum of prices and styles, you’ll find enticing deals and meals going on at pubs and pizzerias as well as glitzier venues such as One Square at the Sheraton and Valvona & Crolla’s VinCaffè.

SPECIAL CHEFS The Michelin-starred

brigade may be the headline acts of Edinburgh dining, but the capital is home to an impressive number of chefs who contribute hugely to the range, ambition and reputation of food served in the city. At the Festival’s Ghillie Dhu launch on Wednesday 8 October, Mark Greenaway, Paul Wedgwood, Galvin’s Craig Sandle, Stuart Ralston and Krystal Goff from Aizle are all in action.

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Fresh14 A Freshers’ fair with a difference – as well as info and all that important stuff, there’s also free alcohol, DJs, the chance to get glammed up, competitions and a whole bunch of typical new student fun. See preview, page 41. Barrowland, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep.

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StockFest Stockbridge gets its party hat on for this week-long community festival which includes ceilidhs, food & drink markets, poetry readings, workshops, cookery demos and a massive closing party. Various venues, Stockbridge, Edinburgh, Sat 20–Sat 27 Sep.

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Celebrate Rennie Mackintosh with a month of creativity

The Wheels and Wings Show Ever wanted a go on a Segway? Of course you have. Now’s your chance, at this classic cars and working vehicles show. There are more than 200 on display, plus performances from gravity-defying motorcycle display team the White Helmets, hands-on activities and a chance to chat with the experts. National Museum of Flight, North Berwick, Sun 21 Sep.

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CREATIVE MACKINTOSH FESTIVAL ow in its third year and bigger than ever thanks to Homecoming Scotland 2014, the Creative Mackintosh Festival has been given an extra layer of poignancy due to the extensive fire damage to one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s most iconic buildings, the Glasgow School of Art, in May. ‘The sadness about what happened there is deeply felt,’ says Ian Elder, chair of Glasgow Mackintosh, which delivers the festival. ‘The fact that attendances at Mackintosh venues over the Commonwealth Games increased by 60% demonstrates how much visitors value this heritage.’ Although many events in the festival are free, all will be holding collections for the Art School’s relief fund. Running throughout October in numerous Glasgow venues, the festival celebrates Mackintosh’s work and encourages people to engage with his legacy, with a wide-ranging programme featuring exhibitions, talks, tours, music events, kids’ activities and walks. 40 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Key events include the creative commission Unlooking by Alex Rigg and Oceanallover, a promenade performance around six Mackintosh buildings; a major exhibition of Mackintosh architectural drawings, films and models at the Hunterian; and The Lighthouse Late in conjunction with The List (see preview, page 76), an evening of food, drink and entertainment devoted to design. ‘The heritage and legacy of any place, but especially Glasgow, is built on its pioneers,’ says Elder. ‘It’s important to bear in mind that although we’re looking back, Mackintosh was a pioneer whose influence is still felt throughout design and architecture. By celebrating his work we create an opportunity not only for people to learn about design, but also to appreciate the buildings and development of Glasgow itself.’ (David Pollock) Various venues, Glasgow, Wed 1–Fri 31 Oct.

Creative Mackintosh Festival See preview, left. Various venues, Glasgow, Wed 1– Fri 31 Oct.

Midlothian Science Festival Events for adults and kids covering the science of the everyday and heftier topics like the environment and genetics. Expect TV’s Simon Watt and his Ugly Animal Show as well as a ‘live’ neurosurgery event. See preview, page 41. Various venues, Midlothian, Sat 4–Sun 19 Oct.

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The Great Scottish Run Your chance to take part in Scotland’s largest massparticipation sporting event – either a 10K or half marathon – and raise money for one of a variety of worthy causes in the process. Various venues, Glasgow, Sun 5 Oct.

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MUSEUMS & ATTRACTIONS Museums and attractions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Listings are compiled by Rowena McIntosh.

GLASGOW ■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550, glasgowlife.org.uk/museums Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Free. In the heart of Pollok Country Park is this collection of art, including work by Degas, Rodin and Cézanne, as well as ancient and medieval artifacts. ■ GLASGOW BOTANIC GARDENS 730 Great Western Road, 339 6964, glasgowbotanicgardens.com Gardens open daily 7am–dusk; glasshouses open daily 10am–6pm; tea room 10am–4.15pm. Free. A great place to relax in summer or take a brisk walk in winter, with a programme of events including stargazing, gardening talks and even theatre. ■ GLASGOW NECROPOLIS 50 Cathedral Square, 552 3145, glasgownecropolis.org Daily 7am–dusk. Free. Standing on a hill behind Glasgow Cathedral, the necropolis is the city’s own Père Lachaise with an obelisk to John Knox, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s first solo work and breathtaking views to boot. ■ GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART 164 Renfrew Street, 566 1472, gsa.ac.uk/ visit-gsa/gsa-shop Interpretation space & shop open daily 9.45am–5.15pm and building tours depart 10am–4.30pm. Tours £9.75 (£8; under 18s £4.75; under 5s free). Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s astounding architectural masterpiece (and still a working art school) can be viewed throughout the year, with daily tours led by current students. Due to the fire, the Mackintosh Building Tour has been reworked as an outdoor architectural tour of GSA and local buildings. ■ GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000, glasgowsciencecentre.org Daily 10am– 5pm. £10.50 (£8.50; under 3s free); Planetarium, Glasgow Tower or IMAX Science films £2.50 extra. The home of Scotland’s first IMAX cinema, as well as fun exhibits, science shows, workshops and talks. BodyWorks Until 2018. Exhibition all about how your body works, with the chance to run in a giant hamster wheel and become a ‘snot ninja’ (lovely). Compare your physiological stats with other visitors and find out about all the latest scientific research into your very own body. ■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY 82 Hillhead Street, 330 4221 (museum) / 330 5434 (gallery), gla.ac.uk/hunterian Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm; closed Mon. Free; Mackintosh House £5 (£3; under 18s free). Scotland’s oldest public museum, founded in 1807, houses collections relating to science, medicine, archaeology, geology and more, as well as art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (including the Mackintosh House – the reassembled interior of his home) and James McNeill Whistler. FREE The Lost Tomb of Robert the Bruce Until Jan 2015. See the first 3D digital model reconstruction of the fragmented tomb of Robert the Bruce, who was buried at Dunfermline Abbey. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599, glasgowlife.org. uk/museums Mon–Thu & Sat 10am– 5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Free. 22 collections and over 8000 artifacts, from

FIVE REASONS TO GO TO FRESH 14 MIDLOTHIAN SCIENCE FESTIVAL Now entering its third year, Midlothian Science Festival is well on its way to proving that the increased popularity of science isn’t just a matter for those in urban areas. In its first year it held 30 events, last year it held 70, and now it’s back for round three. From Dalkeith to Danderhall and Lasswade to Loanhead, Midlothian Science Festival’s aim is to provide what it calls a ‘non-threatening entry point’ to science as an area of interest and a career for local people. Across numerous venues, including the Roslin Institute and many public libraries, events over two and a half weeks in October are aimed at experts and novices, young and old. There’s an afternoon of displays, activities, walks and rocket launching at Science in the Glen (Roslin Glen, 5 Oct), while writer and television presenter Simon Watt introduces his Ugly Animals Show (Royal Dick Vet School, 4 Oct). The Superhero Genetics Show (Roslin BioCentre, 4 Oct) wonders whether superpowers will ever be scientifically possible; Ken MacLeod discusses his old friend, the late Iain M Banks’, science fiction writing at Science in Science Fiction (Mayfield Library, 10 Oct); and there’s a ‘live’ neurosurgery event at NeuroTheatre (Lasswade Centre, 11 Oct). Explore Minecraft (Gorebridge Library, 18 Oct) and the Glow in the Dark Workshop (Penicuik Library, 16 Oct) are just two of the events aimed at younger aspiring scientists. (David Pollock) ■ Various venues, Midlothian, Sat 4–Sun 19 Oct.

natural history, armour and weaponry to art from many different eras and touring exhibitions, all housed in a grand red sandstone building on the banks of the River Kelvin. ■ NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE 30–34 McPhater Street, 353 0220, thepipingcentre.co.uk Mon–Fri 9am– 5pm; Sat 9am–1pm; closed Sun. £4.50 (£3.50; under 16s £2.50; family £11). Home to the Museum of Piping as well as a reference library, shop and restaurant. ■ PEOPLE’S PALACE & WINTER GARDENS Glasgow Green, 276 0788, glasgowlife. org.uk/museums Palace open Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon; Winter Gardens open daily 10am–5pm. Free. Located on Glasgow Green, the Palace gives an insight into how the people of Glasgow lived from the 1750s to the late 20th century, while next door the Winter Gardens house exotic plants and a café. ■ POLLOK HOUSE 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 0844 493 2202, nts.org.uk/property/pollok-house Daily 10am–5pm (last entry 4.30pm). £6.50 (£5; family £11.50–£16.50). Set within Pollok Country Park, this 18th century house holds one of the best collections of Spanish art in the UK, as well as traditional Edwardian furniture.

■ PROVAND’S LORDSHIP 3 Castle Street, 276 1625, glasgowlife. org.uk/museums Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon. Free. The oldest house in Glasgow, and one of only four surviving medieval buildings. Restored to its 17thcentury finest, there is also a medicinal garden with the intriguing Tontine Faces stone masks. ■ RIVERSIDE MUSEUM 100 Pointhouse Place, 287 2720, glasgowlife.org.uk/museums Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Free. A rebooted version of the Transport Museum housed in a cutting edge piece of architecture by Zaha Hadid. Adventurers Until Mar 2015. See and learn about the machines that have been the choice mode of transport for rebels, hellraisers and anyone wanting to annoy their mother. The Road from Delhi Until Jun 2015. Display celebrating the collaboration between Delhi and Glasgow at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Flag Handover event. Doon the Watter Until Jun 2015. Discover how families have enjoyed the river for the past 50 years. ■ SCOTLAND STREET SCHOOL MUSEUM 225 Scotland Street, 287 0500, glasgowlife.org.uk/museums Tue–Thu &

As the new term dawns, this freshers fair ‘with a twist’ promises entertainment for students Glasgow-wide Drink up Far be it for us to perpetuate the broke student stereotype, but who says no to free food and drinks? There’ll be Keglevich vodka shots and Rekorderlig cider doing the rounds, plus Chicken Cottage and Crolla’s ice-cream. You know, all the healthy stuff. Doll up There’s a bit of a Hollywood vibe going on, so, as well as being able to check out autumn/winter fashion shows from the likes of Warehouse, River Island and American Apparel, you can also visit the Glam Room to get made over by a selection of the city’s hairdressers and beauticians. Just in time for the evening’s shenanigans. Hype up Speaking of evening shenanigans, get psyched for another big night out by paying a visit to the dancefloor where there’ll be DJs spinning tracks all day. Plus, Dance HQ are on hand to get your feet moving and your weekend routine down pat. Meet up Freshers’ week is all about meeting new people, and what better way to meet new people than by battling it out in inflatable sumo suits? If you’re more traditional, there are also acts all day on the Barra’s world-famous stage, so plenty of chances to bond over music taste. Bone up Before it all goes a bit radge, don’t forget to check out the stalls and exhibition stands. Glasgow’s diversity will be on display and this is your chance to learn more about the clubs, pubs and restaurants you’ll be frequenting over the next four years. (Kirstyn Smith) ■ FRESH 14, Barrowland, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep, 10am–4pm.

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AROUND TOWN | Museums & Attractions Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon. Free. Another wonderful building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the museum details the history of the country’s education system from the time of Queen Victoria right through to the swinging 60s. The Games We Play An exhibition looking at the culture of game playing across centuries and countries.

£11.30 (£10.30; under 17s £6.80; under 5s free; family £29.40). The official Scottish residence of the Queen, this baroque palace was once home to Mary, Queen of Scots and now houses the great artworks and tapestries of its regal residents. Poetry for the Palace: Poets Laureate from Dryden to Duffy

Until Sun 2 Nov. Exploration of the relationship between the poet and the monarch, with original manuscripts and images of poets including Dryden, Wordsworth, Tennyson and current Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.

■ THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL MUSEUM Hampden Park, 616 6139, scottishfootballmuseum.org.uk Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–5pm. Stadium tour £8 (£3.50); museum entry £7 (£3); combined ticket £11 (£5); under 5s free. Located inside Scotland’s national football stadium a couple of miles south of the city centre, this museum displays all kinds of memorabilia and offers tours of the stadium itself. ■ ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS ART & LIFE 2 Castle Street, 276 1625, glasgowlife. org.uk/museums Tue–Thu & Sat 10am– 5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon. Free. Situated across the road from the Provand’s Lordship, this museum holds artwork and historical artefacts exploring the role of religion in people’s lives, promoting understanding and respect between faiths. In Honour’s Cause: Glasgow’s World War I Memorials Until

Apr 2015. Photographic exhibition documenting the city’s WWI memorials, from plaques to monuments.

■ THE TALL SHIP AT RIVERSIDE 150 Pointhouse Place, 357 3699, thetallship.com Daily 10am–5pm (last entry 4.30pm). Free. Step aboard the Glenlee, one of only five Clyde-built ships still afloat today. Learn about the maritime history of the area through talks, tours and costume days.

EDINBURGH ■ CAMERA OBSCURA & WORLD OF ILLUSIONS Castlehill, 226 3709, camera-obscura. co.uk 9.30am–7pm (8pm on school holidays) £12.95 (£10.95; under 16s £9.50; under 5s free). The ‘camera’ is a giant periscope inside a Victorian rooftop tower on the Royal Mile, giving a spectacular 360° perspective on Edinburgh, plus there’s interactive optical fun galore. ■ DEEP SEA WORLD Battery Quarry, North Queensferry, 01383 411880, deepseaworld.com Mon– Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun 10am–6pm. £13.50 (£11.50; under 13s £9.50; under 3s free; family £40–£44). Home to everything from seals to piranhas, this marine life centre has a petting area and underwater tunnel so you can get to grips with the deep. Approximately a 20-minute drive from Edinburgh. ■ EDINBURGH CASTLE AND NATIONAL WAR MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Castlehill, 225 9846 (info)/ 668 8081 (bookings), edinburghcastle.gov.uk / nms.ac.uk/war Until 30 Sep daily 9.30am–6pm (last entry 5pm); From 1 Oct 9.30am–5pm (last entry 4pm). £16 (£12.80; children £9.60; under 5s free). Perhaps Edinburgh’s most visible landmark, the Castle includes ceremonial rooms, fortifications, dungeons and Scotland’s Honours or crown jewels. Inside, the National War Museum delves into the past 400 years of the country’s military history. Next of Kin Until Mar 2015. A look at Scotland at war, and how people at home deal with the absence or loss of loved ones. ■ THE EDINBURGH DUNGEON 31 Market Street, 240 1001 (info) / 0871 423 2250 (bookings), thedungeons.com 42 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

■ REAL MARY KING’S CLOSE 2 Warriston’s Close, High St, 0845 070 6244, realmarykingsclose.com Daily 10am–9pm. £12.95 (£11.45; children £7.45). Beneath the Royal Mile lies a warren of hidden closes where citizens of Edinburgh lived and died in the 16th and 17th centuries. The underground tours are led by guides in the character of real people who lived in the close.

SCOTTISH BRAVES HARVEST CHILLI FESTIVAL A two-day food fest that warns us to expect nothing but chilli, chilli and more chilli. Returning to Scone Palace, there’ll be local and national dishes to try – think everything from your regular old chilli, to chilli beer, chilli cocktails and chilli cider, plus the chance to really test your taste buds’ mettle with a variety of hot, hot meals. If you’re less interested in getting involved, you can always watch the chilli-eating competition. ■ Scone Palace, Perth, Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sep, 10am–5pm, £6.30 (children £4.40; family £20).

10am–5pm. £10.95–£16.50 (£10.50– 15.60; under 16s £9.50–£12.60; family £39–£49.80). A grizzly look into historical Edinburgh, with actor-led tours and rides, just above Waverley Station. With special opening hours around Hallowe’en. ■ EDINBURGH ZOO Corstorphine Road, 334 9171, edinburghzoo.org.uk Until 30 Sep daily 9am–6pm (last entry 5pm); From 1 Oct 9am–5pm (last entry 4pm). £16.50 (£14; under 16s £12; under 3s free; family £36.45–£62.10). Visitors can see the headline-grabbing giant pandas, the famous Penguin Parade and over 1000 other rare and interesting animals and birds at this site three miles west of the city centre. ■ HOLYROOD PARK Holyrood Park Road, 652 8150, historic-scotland.gov.uk Open at all times; Holyrood Lodge Information Centre daily 9.30am–3pm. Free. The main entrance to this large royal park, east of the city centre, is flanked by the Palace of Holyrood House and the Scottish Parliament Building. Its main feature is Arthur’s Seat, an 823-foot hill which has a number of smaller peaks and ponds surrounding it.

n NATIONAL MINING MUSEUM SCOTLAND Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, 663 7519, scottishminingmuseum.com Daily 10am–5pm. £8.50 (£6.50; children free). Nine miles south of Edinburgh, this museum is one of the best-preserved Victorian collieries in Europe. ■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789, nms. ac.uk Daily 10am–5pm. Free. Renovated in 2011, this national beacon of culture has exhibitions on natural history, science and technology, Scottish history, art and design and world cultures in galleries surrounding a beautiful naturally lit atrium space. Ming: The Golden Empire

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■ MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD 42 High Street, 529 4142, edinburghmuseums.org.uk Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. Free. Kids can learn about the toys, clothes and lifestyles of children of the past in this Royal Mile museum. ■ MUSEUM ON THE MOUND The Mound, 243 5464, museumonthemound.com Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat & Sun 1–5pm; closed Mon. Free. Hosted inside the Bank of Scotland’s head office, this museum is all about money. Learn how money has evolved over the past 4000 years or try cracking a safe.

An overview of the legacy of the Ming Dynasty, which ruled China from 1368 to 1644. See original artefacts from the Nanjing Museum in the only UK showing of this major exhibition. FREE Common Cause:

Commonwealth Scots and the Great War Until

Sun 12 Oct. To commemorate the outbreak of war in 1914, this exhibition looks at the relationship between Scottish identity and the emerging national identities of the former British Empire. ■ OUR DYNAMIC EARTH Holyrood Road, 550 7800, dynamicearth. co.uk Daily 10am–5.30pm (last entry 4.30pm). £11–£12.50 (£9.25–£10.50; under 16s £7.25–£7.95; under 3s free). Take an interactive journey through the history of the earth. Go to the tundra or the bottom of the ocean, never being more than a stone’s throw from the Scottish Parliament and Arthur’s Seat. ■ PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE Royal Mile, 556 5100, royalcollection.org. uk Daily 9.30am–6pm (last entry 4.30pm).

■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH Inverleith Row, 552 7171, rbge.org.uk Until 30 Sep daily 10am–6pm; after 1 Oct 10am–5pm. Free; glasshouse entry £5 (£4; children free). These gardens, founded in the 17th century, cover over 70 acres and are just one mile from the city centre. ■ ROYAL OBSERVATORY VISITOR CENTRE Blackford Hill, 668 8404, roe.ac.uk/ vc Entry by arrangement or at Public Astronomy evenings (weekly, Fri 7.30–9pm). Public Astronomy evenings £4 (£3). See the stars through the research centre’s magnificent copper domes at weekly astronomy evenings. ■ ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA Ocean Terminal, Leith, 555 5566, royalyachtbritannia.co.uk Until 30 Sep daily 9.30am–4.30pm; from 1 Oct 9.30am–4pm. £12.75 (£11.50; under 18s £7.75; under 5s free; family £36.50). Take a guided tour of the ornate floating royal residence (and the naval quarters below) and learn about life aboard the yacht. ■ SCOTCH WHISKY EXPERIENCE 354 Castlehill, 220 0441, scotchwhiskyexperience.co.uk Daily 10am–6pm; entry is as part of a tour. Tours £12.75–£52 (£10.25–£26; under 18s £6.50). Learn more about Scotland’s tastiest export with a tour and tasting session. There is also a bar and restaurant if you need a few more drams to help decide which is your favourite. ■ SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT Horse Wynd, 0800 092 7500, scottish. parliament.uk Opening hours vary according to whether Parliament is in session, see website for details. Free. See Spanish architect Enric Miralles’ magnificent (and controversial) Holyrood building, take a tour of the interior, sit in on a debate or look at the artwork on display. ■ SCOTT MONUMENT Princes Street Gardens East, 529 4068, edinburghmuseums.org.uk Until 30 Sep daily 10am–7pm; from 1 Oct 10am–4pm. £4. Commemorating Sir Walter Scott, this is the largest monument of any writer in the world. Take all 287 steps to the top for a great view of the city, plus occasional exhibitions. ■ SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE AND JOHN KNOX HOUSE 43–45 High Street, 556 9579, scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk Mon–Sat 10am–6pm. Free entry to SSC; John Knox House £5 (£4; children £1; under 7s free). A stylish contemporary building appended to the 15th century home of Protestant reformer John Knox, housing materials relating to Scotland’s rich oral culture.

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Sep, 11am–2pm. £5 (children free). Pollok Country Park, Pollokshaws Road, 410 0102. Help raise funds for the cause on World Alzheimer’s Day on this 3 mile walk, suitable for most ages and abilities. Carrots NightWalk Fri 26 Sep, 7.30pm. £25 (under 12s free). Glasgow Caledonian University, George Moore Building, 70 Cowcaddens Road, 020 7264 3900. Night-time sponsored walk to help raise funds for Fight For Sight who fund research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease. The Great Scottish Run Sun 5 Oct, 9am. £25–£31 (spectators free). George Square, greatscottishrun.com. Your chance to take part in Scotland’s largest mass-participation sporting event – either a 10k or half marathon – and raise money for one of a variety of worthy causes in the process.

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Activities & Events

Fresh 14 Fri 19 Sep. Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. See ✽ preview, page 41.

FREE Glasgow Doors Open Day Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sep, Times vary. Various venues: Glasgow, doorsopendays.org. uk. Free admission to see inside some of Glasgow’s finest buildings. FREE Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking Group Tue 23 Sep, 7pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Queer filmmaking group. Creative Mackintosh Festival Wed 1–15 Oct, Times vary. Prices ✽ vary. Various venues: Glasgow,

glasgowmackintosh.com. Festival celebrating the creative genius of Charles Rennie Mackintosh by allowing everyone to unleash their own creativity through workshops and activities. FREE Specialist Tour: Joy Rides

– A History of Glasgow Museums’ Motorcycles Tue 7 Oct, 2.30–3.30pm.

Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, 200 Woodhead Road, South Nitshill Industrial Estate, 276 9300. Explore Glasgow’s extensive motorcycle collection. The Glasgow Girls of Garnethill Sat 11 Oct, 2–4pm. £10. Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, 550 2267. Walk around Garnethill to learn more about its great women from history. Masked Sat 11 Oct, 7pm. £22.50. O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. Don your feathered mask for a night fusing contemporary circus and masquerade. Unplugged Games Club Sun 12 Oct, 1pm–5pm. £2 suggested donation. Govanhill Baths, Calder Street, 433 2999. Meet-ups for board game enthusiasts.

Exhibitions

FREE World War I in Personal Stories and Documents Mon–Thu 10am–6pm; Fri 10am–4pm. Goethe Institut, 3 Park Circus, 332 2555. Postcards, stamps and other items from WWI. FREE Green2014: The

Environmental Legacy of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun 12–5pm. The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5365. Exhibitions, talks and activities, looking at how the 2014 Commonwealth Games will affect the environment. Part of Glasgow City of Science.

Fairs & Markets

Scotland’s Exclusive Wedding Event Sat 20 Sep, 10am–4.30pm; Sun

21 Sep, 10.30am–4pm. £9.50 in advance; £10.50 on the door; group of four £37 (children free) Hampden Park, Letherby Drive, 0844 481 8898. A wedding fair on a huge scale, with around 130 exhibitors. FREE Sloans Market Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sep, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Sep, 11am– 5pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8886. Outdoor shopping market tucked off Buchanan Street. FREE The Beatroot and Lace Bazaar Sat 20 Sep, 11 Oct, 11am–4pm. The Art School, 20 Scott Street, 07787 404268. A vintage fair with artists and musicians, vintage sellers, artisan makers and more. FREE Afternoon Twee Local Artisan Market Sun 5 Oct, 11am–4pm. Maryhill Burgh Halls, 10–24 Gairbraid Avenue, 0845 860 1891. Scottish handmade, upcycled, repurposed and locally sourced goods. FREE Little Birds Market Sun 12 Oct, 12–4pm. Sloans, 62 Argyll Arcade, 221 8886. Vintage, craft and design vendors.

Alzheimer’s Memory Walk Sun 21

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Talks

FREE The What Now? Brunch Fri 19 Sep, 11am–1pm. The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Enjoy a bacon roll as the Arches artistic team mulls over the referendum result. Tony Visconti And Woody Woodmansey: The Making Of David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold The World Fri 19 Sep, 7.30pm. £6.

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Producer Tony Visconti and musician Woody Woodmansey discuss the creative process of making David Bowie’s seminal album. FREE Glasgow Skeptics Mon 22 Sep, 7–9.30pm. The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. ‘After the Referendum: What Now?’ – A panel discusses the repercussions of the Referendum. Part of Glasgow City of Science. FREE Explorathon Fri 26 Sep, 6–11pm. Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. Celebrate European Researchers’ Night by exploring the work of hundreds of local researchers. Part of Glasgow City of Science. FREE Clydesdale Women’s Heritage Bike Ride Sat 4 Oct, 2–4pm. Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, 550 2267. Learn more about the feminism behind cycling on this guided bike ride. FREE Would You Eat a GM Chicken? Mon 13 Oct, 7.30pm. The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. Professor Helen Sang discusses the genetic modification of animals. Part of Glasgow City of Science.

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Workshops

Glass Jewellery Workshop Sat 20

& Sun 21 Sep, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Sep, 10am–12.30pm. £35 per class. Barras Art & Design Centre, 54 Calton Entry, 07738 511490. Learn how to make glass jewellery, from cutting to fusing, with Kimberley Armstrong.

Beginners Gamelan Classes

Thursdays, 7–9pm. £45 (£25). Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055 Great Western Road, 211 3600. Learn new instruments in the company of others. FREE Dance Workshop Sun 28 Sep, 11am–1pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. A free movement-based workshop with Miss Prissy. Part of ARIKA14 Episode 6. FREE The 50+ Show Thu 9 Oct, 9.30am–4.30pm. SECC, Finnieston Quay, 01372 840954. A day of workshops and activities for the active senior citizen. Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Sun 12 Oct, 1–3pm. £7 (£5). Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Burlesque art class with a relaxed atmosphere, music, drinks and interesting models.

EDINBURGH Activities & Events

FREE SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires Fri 19 Sep, 7–10pm. Patriothall Gallery, WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place, blissfultimes.ca/seep2.htm Visual art, poetry, performance and hair-cutting.

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AROUND TOWN | Events Yes / No Ceilidh Fri 19 Sep, 7.30–

with actor, director and fellow GSA attendee Peter Capaldi. Booking essential.

11.30pm. £10. Southside Community Centre, 117 Nicolson Street, 667 0484. A Yes / No Ceilidh from the Soundhouse Organisation, featuring music from Rachel Newton and the Soundhouse Allstar Ceilidh Band. StockFest Sat 20–Sat 27 Sep, Times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, stockfestedinburgh.com. A week-long community festival around Stockbridge with ceilidhs, workshops, cookery demos and more. FREE Edinburgh Doors Open Day Sat 27 & Sun 28 Sep, Times vary. Various venues, doorsopendays.org.uk Edinburgh Doors Open Day is your annual chance to take a peak behind closed doors of the capital and visit some of the city’s most fascinating buildings of architectural and historic interest in the city. Hispanic Festival Wed 1–15 Oct, Times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, 07813 159823. A month of events showcasing Spanish and Latin American culture, curated by people who are authentically Spanish and Latin American.

Workshops

FREE Easel Sketching in the Gallery Fri 19 Sep, 2–4pm. Scottish

National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. If you feel inspired enough by the masterpieces in the gallery to try your hand at sketching, come along.

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Introduction to Documentary Video Sat 20 Sep, 10am–4pm. £50

Booking required, telephone the education office on 0131 248 2937. (members £45). Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 2909. An introduction to documentary videography with a focus on botanical subjects. The one-day workshop covers composition, storyboarding, audio and subject matter. Chinese Brush Painting Explored: Fruit and Vegetables Sat 20 Sep,

10.30am–4pm. £30 (£25). Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Artist Suzanne Chong leads this class in painting fruit and vegetables using authentic Chinese materials and equipment.

Ugly Animal Preservation Society

Fri 3 Oct, 7–10.30pm. £20. Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Comedy, song and discussion in the search for a suitably ugly animal mascot for Simon Watt’s society.

Flamenco Dance/Percussion Course Saturdays, 3–4pm. £6.50–£8.

The Edinburgh World Justice Festival Sat 4–11 Oct, Times vary.

EDINBURGH WORLD JUSTICE FESTIVAL

Edinburgh International Wedding Exhibition Sat 11 Oct, 11am–4pm.

Set up after the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh during the 2005 G20 meeting, the festival aims to raise the profile of international justice and development issues with a series of talks and events. This year’s programme includes events covering climate change, the economy, health and social justice, human rights and war, and remains good and fair, promoting no particular religious or political ideology. It’s all about justice, peace, democracy and human rights for all. ■ Various venues, Edinburgh, 4–11 Oct, times vary, prices vary.

Prices vary. Various venues, ewjf.org.uk. See preview, right. FREE Sofi’s Pugs in Pubs Sat 4 Oct, 1–5pm. Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. Like a playdate where it’s acceptable for all the parents to drink. All dogs welcome, not just those of the tiny, wrinkly variety. £8.50 (£13.50 Exhibition plus Bridal & Band Showcase; £25.00 VIP Priority Pass). EICC, 150 Morrison Street, 611 0330. A brand new wedding fair on the scene, gathering together over 200 industry experts under one roof.

Exhibitons

FREE Behind the Lines: Personal Stories of the First World War Mon– Fri 10am–8pm; Sat–Sun 10am–5pm. Sun 21, 28 Sep, 5, 12 Oct, 2–5pm. National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3734. Exhibition looking at Scotland’s role in WWI.

Fairs & Markets

FREE Platform 2 Market Fridays, 11am–7pm. Waverley Station, Waverley Bridge, 558 9644. 50 stalls set up in Waverley, offering ethical and local products from fresh produce to crafts. FREE Out of the Blue Flea Market Sat 27 Sep, 10am–3pm. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7100. Bargain buys including furniture, clothes, music, bric-a-brac and more. FREE Quartermile Market Fri 3 Oct, 11am–6pm. Lister Square, Quartermile,

0131 228 1211

0845 000 2525. Monthly market selling products by local designers, makers and artists as well as street food. Live A Better Life Fair Sat 4 Oct, 10am–4pm. £1. Corn Exchange, 11 Newmarket Road, 477 3500. Everything from vegan food and drink to fairtrade clothing at a healthy and ethical living event, which features 150 stalls.

Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) During the First World War Tue 23 Sep,

Sport

Environment – Small Steps = Big Changes Wednesdays, 9.30–11.30am.

ARRG Cannon Belles v Harbor Girls Hamburg Sat 27 Sep, 2–5pm.

£7 in advance; £8 on the door. Meadowbank Sports Centre, 139 London Road, 661 5351. Support the Belles as they try to skate their way to a victory in a home bout against the Harbor Girls Hamburg. FREE Rock’n’Roll Ping Pong Sun 28 Sep, 7–11pm. The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, 558 8844. Free table tennis club with DJs Ding and Dong providing the music.

Talks

FREE Yvonne McEwen: Queen

4–5.30pm. Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus. Yvonne McEwen presents original research into the understudied history of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) during the First World War. FREE Save Money and the

Craigroyston High School, Pennywell Road, 477 7801. Learn more about budgeting your household expenses.

Scottish History through Scottish Novels Wednesdays, 2–4pm. £50 for

11 weeks (£14–£25). Craigroyston High School, Pennywell Road, 477 7801. Delve into 20th- and 21st-century Scottish literature to explore the culture and politics of contemporary Scotland.

The First World War – 100 Years On Thu 25 Sep, 6.30–7.30pm. £6 (£5).

National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Professor Sir Hew Strachan gives this lecture exploring how conflicts and their commemoration have changed over the last century. FREE Teacherbot: Can Robot Teachers do it Better? Fri 26 Sep, 5.30–6.30pm. Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. A discussion on the potential uses of non-human teachers. FREE Volcano Night Fri 26 Sep, 5.30–7pm. Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, 550 7800. Watch Dynamic Earth’s film Supervolcanoes, a planetarium show that looks back at rare classes of eruptions. Volcanologist Charlotte VyeBrown talks about the volcanic hazards that face us today. FREE Onions and the Dark Net Fri 26 Sep, 8.30–9.30pm. Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. Adrian Smales and Bruce Ramsay discuss the state’s interest in our digital lives. John Byrne and Peter Capaldi in Conversation Wed 8 Oct, 6.30–

7.30pm. £15 (£12). Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. Artist and playwright John Byrne in conversation

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Alba Flamenca, 74 East Crosscauseway, 07540 335270. New learners of all ages, genders and levels are welcome to come and learn some flamenco moves. FREE Edible Gardening: Seasonal Advice Mon 22 & Tue 23 Sep, 1–3pm. Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place, 248 2909. A drop-in session on the seasonal aspects of edible gardening. Taiko Drumming Drop-in Taster Night Mon 22 Sep, 6.30–8pm. £15

(£10). St John’s Episcopal Church, Princes Street, 01357 522008. Learn the stance and grip of taiko drumming before having a go at playing. Creative Writing Wednesdays, 7–9pm. £50 for 11 weeks. Craigroyston High School, Pennywell Road, 477 7801. Get guidance in taking your creative writing forward, with focus on character development, plot and sharing aloud.

Make and Mend Upcycling Course

Thursdays, 1.30–3.30pm. £26 for fiveweek term (£14–£15). Craigroyston High School, Pennywell Road, 477 7801. A five-week course that takes discarded materials and turns them into a useful and beautiful object for your home. Short Story Workshop with Sophie Cooke Thu 25 Sep, 6–8.30pm. £45.

Skriva Writing School, 25 Palmerston Place, skrivawriting.com. Write a summer-inspired story. Leather Jewellery Workshop Sun 28 Sep, 2–5pm. £22 (£18). Remade in Edinburgh, 17 Guthrie Street, 261 5904. A workshop in which you punch, stitch and rivet re-purposed leather into wearable art (otherwise known as jewellery). Basic Sewing Machine Skills Class Sat 11 Oct, 10.30am–4pm. £45.

myBearpaw, 50 Lochrin Buildings, Gilmore Place, 228 6377. Learn how to wield the mighty power of your sewing machine. Stories: On and Off the Page Sat 11 Oct, 10.30am–1pm. £15. Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Workshop exploring techniques for learning a story to tell aloud as opposed to reading from a book. Led by storyteller Bea Ferguson.

OUTSIDE THE CITIES The Wheels and Wings Show Sun 21 Sep, 10am–5pm. Prices ✽ vary. National Museum of Flight, North

Berwick, 0300 123 6789. Classic cars and working vehicles show, with more than 200 on display. Midlothian Science Festival Sat 4–Sun 19 Oct, times ✽ vary. Prices vary. Various venues,

midlothiansciencefestival.com. Events for kids and adults. See preview, page 41.

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WIGTOWN BOOK FESTIVAL Scotland’s Book Town hosts its 16th celebration of literature

igtown Book Festival, the ten-day celebration of books in Scotland’s National Book Town, kicks off its 16th edition on 26 September. One of the key 2014 themes is Lowlands, taking Wigtown’s Borders location as inspiration. ‘Scotland’s so often, at least abroad, seen as a Highland country, clans and kilts and the like,’ says festival director Adrian Turpin. ‘With a quarter of our visitors coming from outside Scotland, we wanted to offer a gentle corrective to that. We’re hoping to take visitors down a few byways they might otherwise not explore – from the work of the Victorian Galloway novelist SR Crockett and readings of classic Lowland novels, to the history of the iconic Belted Galloway cow and the tradition of song that goes all the way to the Border Ballads.’ Among the 200 events packing this year’s

programme, there will also be an emphasis on film adaptations: ‘Mainly it’s an opportunity for us to have fun,’ Turpin enthuses. ‘We’re converting a room into a small, 1950s-style cinema, loosely modelled on the late Rex Picturehouse in Wigtown.’ And this year, ticket-buyers get the option of adding a £1 pot-luck ticket to their order, making it that bit easier for visitors to discover brand-new favourite authors. Turpin explains: ‘We had so many volunteers last year telling us that they would never have thought about going to see something they’d loved if they hadn’t been on the door for it. It’s a bit like browsing in a bookshop: half the fun is serendipity.’ (Paul Gallagher) Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Fri 26 Sep–Sun 5 Oct, wigtownbookfestival.com

Aidan Moffat: The Lavender Blue Dress Arab Strap singer Moffat signs copies of his new children’s book, which tells the story of Mabel, a little girl who wants to wear a beautiful dress to a Christmas ball. Waterstones, Edinburgh, Thu 9 Oct; Waterstones, Glasgow, Fri 10 & Sat 11 Oct.

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Neu! Reekie! at The Pleasance Sessions Another stellar spoken wordpoetry-music mash up from Neu! Reekie!. Part of The Pleasance Sessions (see feature, page 21), the lineup features Stanley Odd’s Dave Hook, Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, the Skids’ Richard Jobson, indie poppers TeenCanteen and dance pioneers Fini Tribe. The Pleasance, Edinburgh, Sun 12 Oct.

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BOOKS | Reviews FICTION

KATE MOSSE

The Taxidermist’s Daughter (Orion) ●●●●● The sodden marshes and thunderous skies of the small village of Fishbourne near Chichester – Kate Mosse’s home – provide a suitably gloomy setting for the Labyrinth author’s new Gothic tale of murder and mystery. Mosse pulls that landscape in and manipulates it bit by bit, to create a novel that is subtle and seductive. On the Eve of St Mark, Connie Gifford (the titular taxidermist’s daughter) watches a group of men gather in the local churchyard. By midnight, a woman is dead, silently killed by an unknown assassin. Little does Connie know that this marks the start of a chain of grisly murders that will draw her into a haunting tale of betrayal and revenge. Mosse is fondly known for the historical epics that make up the Languedoc Trilogy: Labyrinth, Sepulchre and Citadel. But The Taxidermist’s Daughter couldn’t be further from those sun-streaked adventures. Laden with life, death and destruction, this novel oozes with a character that shows Mosse’s passion for the place in which she grew up. She excels at horror, using language and imagery to create a truly original page-turner and is at her best when creating character. Connie is a flighty, bird-like creature with an ardent desire to preserve life and the beauty in it; her companion Harry is an accidental hero, but also an artist and observer, and both negotiate the paths between art, life and death. Nestled among the feathers and flesh is a dark and mysterious tale that is also touching and passionate. Mosse strikes a fine balance between character and concept, creating a thriller so unique that her talent is indisputable. (Jen Bowden) ■ Out now.

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Dear Thief (Jonathan Cape) ●●●●●

Station Eleven (Picador) ●●●●●

Five Children on the Western Front (Faber and Faber) ●●●●●

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SAMANTHA HARVEY

The art of letter writing is almost lost, but it’s used by Dear Thief’s narrator as some form of catharsis. ‘In answer to a question you asked a long time ago,’ she begins, moving off on a journey through friendship, love and betrayal. The letter, written over months, is to Nina, nicknamed Butterfly, a sporadic friend over the years who had an affair with the narrator’s husband before disappearing for good. She doesn’t know if Nina’s alive or dead. The novel builds the atmosphere around the whole progression of the affair, before and after, and scrutinises a tarnished friendship. It’s tinged with nostalgia – remembering the good times, unable to forget the bad, even hypothesising the narrator’s own theories on the events, or detailing irrelevant daily titbits. While it’s a letter that traverses the whole spectrum of emotions from rage to love, and it can tug at the heartstrings, it lacks a strong plot. There is definitely a power to the exquisite writing and the poignant story, but Dear Thief fails to be truly exciting. (Heather McDaid) ■ Out Thu 25 Sep. 46 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL When the Georgia Flu hits, the age of electricity comes to an abrupt end. 99% of the world’s population die, taking with them the knowledge mankind used to create everything from aeroplanes to running water. The survivors, have to succumb to a new existence – but what happens when survival is not enough? The basis of Emily St. John Mandel’s fourth novel is relatively familiar: a dystopian future where a major event causes the essence of normality to shift. However, Mandel’s strong storytelling ability sets Station Eleven apart. The central characters are all linked to film star Arthur Leander, who dies of a heart attack early on. Mandel fluidly switches between characters and time periods, telling two tales at once; that of Arthur’s life in the old world, and the survivors’ life in the new one. The result is a provocative tale of societal apocalypse that convincingly creates a disorientated reality, where humanity moves into an uncertain future on a planet littered with reminders of an imperfect past. (Rebecca Monks) ■ Out now.

KATE SAUNDERS

Five Children and It is the first of a much-loved trilogy from writer E Nesbit about five children and the Psammead (sand fairy) who grants wishes. It has since been adapted for TV and film and has inspired various takes on the story including books by Jacqueline Wilson and Helen Creswell. This latest version is set during World War I when most of the children are adults. The core of the novel is the gradual reveal of the Psammead’s mysterious past and the parallels with the war. To take these beloved characters and examine the impact of adulthood and the devastating experience of war has the potential to be a fascinating and emotional journey. Unfortunately, Saunders doesn’t quite manage to retain the childlike sense of wonder, mischief and warmth of the original while exploring these subjects. The Nesbit novels are wonderful, immersive and humorous pieces of storytelling; if this leads readers to her work, that can only be a very good thing. (Ever Dundas) ■ Out Thu 2 Oct.

ADAM ROBERTS Imagine if your food could talk back to you: that’s the extremely high-concept idea much-decorated sci-fi author and academic Adam Roberts plays with in his latest novel. It opens with a bizarre but starkly amusing sequence in which a cow tries to reason with the farmer who’s about to fire a bolt into its head. By page three, he’s already quoting the Smiths’ ‘Meat is Murder’ to him, and the farmer’s almost spurred to fire just for that. The conceit in this instance is that many of the world’s animals have been ‘chipped’ in order to allow them to speak as normal humans do. Roberts’ prose is intricate and rich in scientific language and explanation, but it’s also dryly funny and on-the-nose when it wants to be, making this book about so much more than a quirky sci-fi concept. Like the best speculative work, it unpeels greater themes, from the morality of artificial intelligence to humanity’s relationship with its food sources, and also what the very act of possessing language and expression does to our minds. (David Pollock) ■ Out Thu 25 Sep.

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TINA SUTTON

The Making of Markova (Pegasus) ●●●●● When journalist Tina Sutton was handed the boxed-up archives of prima ballerina Alicia Markova by Boston University, she could scarcely have guessed the treasure trove that lay inside. Decades of letters, diaries, press clippings and theatre programmes poured out about a woman Sutton knew nothing about. Having sifted through each box, and numerous biographies of other major players from 20th century ballet, she emerged knowing Markova considerably better. That intimate knowledge is now passed on to us, through Sutton’s lovingly crafted homage to Britain’s first ballet star. Born in London in 1910, Lily Marks was only sent to ballet classes to cure her knock knees. Within a few years, she was being whisked round the world by impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his famous Ballets Russes. A teenage sensation, Markova (re-named to sound Russian, and therefore more marketable) went on to dance to great acclaim into her early 50s. Markova’s career alone would make compelling reading, credited as she is with helping lay the foundations of British ballet, but with 627 pages to play with, Sutton casts her net much wider. The ground-breaking and influential choreographers, dancers, artists and composers in Markova’s address book reads like a who’s who of 20th century culture. So we not only learn more about Markova but Diaghilev, Frederick Ashton, Anna Pavlova, Igor Stravinsky, Marie Rambert, Ninette de Valois, Henri Matisse, Margot Fonteyn and many more: each name a legend to dance fans, brought vividly back to life by Sutton’s painstaking research and dynamic storytelling. (Kelly Apter) ■ Out now.

FLASH FICTION AIDE MEMOIRE

by Mairi Campbell-Jack It was the third day this Emma – ‘Call me Em,’ – had visited. A whiff of smoke lingered after her in the vast antiseptic cleanliness of the ward, the rudely penetrating smell of bleach only just covering the stench of ill health. Emma always made the skin under his bandages itch, despite the numbness the intravenous drugs swaddled him in. He wondered how his arm would look once the dressings unravel. Would it look smooth like wax dribbled down a candle or furrowed like wet sand as a tide goes out? ‘You have to believe me!’ Emma pleaded yet again. He went inside himself and could find nothing moving in response to her. No quickness of breath, no fast heart, no rise of emotion in his chest. There was no ‘have’ in his mind connected to her. No urgency. He was completely and meditatively still. ‘I know that you are upset,’ he started, trying to carefully choose his words. He didn’t want to hurt this woman’s feelings any more than he had to. ‘But look at it from my point of view. You have no proof.’ ‘All the photos, all the letters from when you were away, they were all destroyed in the fire. Everything was destroyed in the fire,’ Emma replied. ‘But there would be evidence here,’ he countered, jabbing his finger at the blue and white icon on the tablet screen. ‘There are no profiles under our names, let alone a relationship status.’ Emma’s forehead crinkled into ridges of pain. ‘We always agreed that we wanted to live in the real world, not online. We always said we wanted our memories to be real.’ ‘I don’t remember,’ he said. A tear trickled from Emma’s left eye and slowly tracked a path down her cheek. ■ Mairi Campbell-Jack is a writer from Edinburgh. Her poetry is published by Burning Eye Books and she tweets at @lumpinthethroat

Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication by using our ‘Add an Event’ service at list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Rebecca Monks. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry

Thursday 18

Glasgow

Sunday Herald and Bloody Scotland Independence Debate

Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 3.15–4.45pm. £9.50 (£8.50). A panel discuss the referendum result. Bloody Scotland.

Peter May chaired by Alanna Knight Albert Halls, Dumbarton

Road, 01786 473544. 5.30–6.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50). Two giants of the crime genre discuss their work. Bloody Scotland.

FREE TF Muir: The Meating Room Launch Waterstones, 153–157 Sauchiehall Street, 332 9105. 6.30pm. TF Muir launches his latest crime fiction novel The Meating Room.

Kathy Reichs chaired by Ian Rankin Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road,

Edinburgh

of the Year Award Dinner Hotel Colessio, 33 Spittal Street, 01786 448880. 8.30pm. £50. The winner of the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year award 2014 is announced. Bloody Scotland.

Poetry for the Palace: Poets Laureate from Dryden to Duffy

The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 556 5100. 9.30am–6pm. Until Sun 2 Nov. Included in admission. Celebrating the role of the Poet Laureate.

Stirling

Off the Page Stirling Book Festival Various venues: Stirling,

01786 432383. Times vary. Prices vary. Until Sat 20 Sept. Local festival features a wide range of authors and speakers.

Friday 19

Edinburgh

Referendum Poetry Read-Round and Breakfast Scottish Poetry

Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 11am. £3 (£2). Celebrate or commiserate depending on the outcome. Caesura Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 07719 481092. 7.30–10.30pm. £5. Night of poetry, performance and spoken word.

Stirling

Bloody Scotland Various venues:

✽ Stirling, 01786 274000. Times vary. Prices vary. Until Sun 21 Sept. Crime writing festival drawing on Scotland’s love of the literary macabre.

Denise Mina and Christopher Brookmyre Hotel Colessio, 33 Spittal

Street, 01786 448880. 7–8pm. £9.50 (£8.50). Two crime icons kick off Bloody Scotland. Part of Bloody Scotland.

Saturday 20

Edinburgh

Poetry Society Surgeries with John Glenday Scottish Poetry Library,

5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. Times vary. £40. A chance to discuss your work with the poet and tutor. FREE Edinburgh All-Comers Writers Club Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. 7pm. Writers are invited to read their work.

Stirling

David Hewson and Peter Robinson Albert Halls, Dumbarton

Road, info@bloodyscotland.com. 11.45am–12.45pm. £9.50 (£8.50). See the author of The Killing and the creator of the Inspector Banks series in conversation. Bloody Scotland.

Sara Sheridan and James Runcie: The Moral of the Story

Stirling Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, 01786 475444. 11.45am–12.45pm. £7.50 (£6.50). The writers discuss whether or not crime writing can be both good and evil. Bloody Scotland. FREE The Bloody Scotland Football Match Cowane’s Hospital, 49 St John Street, 01786 472247. 1.30– 2.30pm. Scotland v England – crime writer style. Bloody Scotland. MC Beaton and Catriona McPherson Albert Halls, Dumbarton

Road, 01786 473544. 1.30–2.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50). The writers discuss their work and careers. Bloody Scotland.

Alex Gray and Caro Ramsay

Stirling Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, 01786 475444. 3.15–4.45pm. £7.50 (£6.50). Gray and Ramsay discuss their 2014-released novels. Bloody Scotland.

01786 473544. 7.15–8.15pm. £9.50 (£8.50). American crime writer chats to the creator of Rebus. Bloody Scotland.

Deanston Scottish Crime Book

Sunday 21

Stirling

Pitch Perfect Stirling Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, 01786 475444. 11am–noon. £7.50 (£6.50). Crime fiction wannabes can pitch their novel ideas to publishers. Bloody Scotland. Sophie Hannah: Writing Poirot

Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 11am–noon. £9.50 (£8.50). Hannah on continuing the Poirot series. Bloody Scotland. John Gordon Sinclair and Arild Stavrum Stirling Highland Hotel,

Spittal Street, 01786 475444. 2.30– 3.30pm. £7.50 (£6.50). Gregory’s Girl star turned crime writer chats to the ex-Norwegian football player, now also a writer. Bloody Scotland.

Louise Welsh and Megan Abbott: You Give Me Fever Albert Halls,

Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 2.30–3.30pm. £9.50 (£8.50). Two authors talk about and read from their work. Bloody Scotland. Tony Parsons: The Crime Writing

Bag Stirling Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, 01786 475444. 2.30–3.30pm. £7.50 (£6.50). Parsons talks about his crime inspirations. Bloody Scotland. Ian Rankin Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 6–7pm. £9.50 (£8.50). The crime writing maestro discusses his career. Bloody Scotland.

Monday 22

Glasgow

FREE Gaelic Writing Group Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. Workshops for writing in Gaelic or Scots and English. Ages 16+. FREE Jim Carruth: Prodigal CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. The Glasgow Poet Laureate launches his new collection.

Edinburgh

FREE Allan Burnett: First World

War Scottish Tales of Adventure

National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, 623 3734. 6pm. Allan Burnett discusses his collected stories of World War I.

Tuesday 23

Edinburgh

Nothing but the Poem Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 6pm. £5 (£4). This week’s poet is Michael Longley. FREE Edinburgh All-Comers Writers Club Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. 7–10pm. See Sat 20.

Wednesday 24

Glasgow

FREE Glasgoes Poetic Various venues: Glasgow, 07918 601799. Times vary. Until Fri 10 Oct. Written and spoken word festival. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 47

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Tuesday 7

Glasgow

Edinburgh

FREE Sick Sick Sick: The Books of Ornery Women CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 6.30pm. A reading group to get into the nitty gritty of the online Alt-Lit scene.

FREE Edinburgh All-Comers Writers Club Sofi’s, 65 Henderson Street, 555 7019. 7–10pm. See Sat 20.

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Wednesday 8

FREE Be the First to Like This: New Scottish Poetry Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 6.30pm. An anthology of the new generation of poets in Scotland.

Poetry@The Ivory Ivory Hotel, Langside Avenue Shawlands, 636 0223. 7.15–9.30pm. £2–£3. Poetry event with guest readers, some musicians and open mic.

Edinburgh

Friday 26

New Edinburgh Writers

Wigtown

Fountainbridge Library, 137 Dundee St, 529 5616. 6–8pm. £0.50. See Wed 1.

Wigtown Book Festival Various

✽ Venues, 01988 403222. Times vary. Prices vary. Until Sun 5 Oct. See

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Saturday 27

FREE Aidan Moffat: The ✽ Lavender Blue Dress Waterstones West End, 128 Princes Street, 226 2666.

Edinburgh

FREE Kellan MacInnes: Caleb’s List Stockbridge Library, 11 Hamilton Place, 529 5665. 1.30–2.30pm. Meet the author who climbed the 20 mountains visible from Arthur’s Seat. FREE Donald Smith: John Knox’s 500 Years Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 2pm. Donald Smith examines Knox’s legacy 500 years after his birth.

Sunday 28

Edinburgh

FREE Golden Hare Book Group Golden Hare, 102 West Bow, 629 1396. 6.30–8pm. Monthly book group.

Monday 29

Glasgow

FREE Scots / English Writing Group Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. A group offering critique of its members’ submitted works. Ages 16+.

Edinburgh

Stephen Fry Live Edinburgh Festival

Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 7.30pm. £29.50. Stephen Fry launches his new volume of memoirs.

Tuesday 30

Glasgow

In Process with Jackie Kay CCA,

350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7–8.30pm. £6 (£3; swc members free). The writer discusses her writing career.

12.30pm. Moffat signs his new book.

ESTHER FREUD ‘I don’t think I can have a cogent thought without it coming out through my fingers,’ jokes Esther Freud, wrapping said fingers around a cup of herbal tea. The author is in a tent at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, explaining her borderline compulsive desire to create. ‘I always knew I wanted a life where I was making something. It could have been sewing or farming – the important bit was to make something with my hands. Writing is just what I knew. Sometimes I know what I’m saying only when I write it down. So it makes sense to make a book out of all the things that interest me.’ So when Freud heard that the artist and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh once spent a year in the Suffolk village where she now lives, got wrapped up in local rumours, and was eventually wrongly imprisoned for being a German spy, naturally, it blossomed into a novel. ‘I knew he’d spent time there [in Walberswick] – the gift shop is full of postcards by him and his wife Margaret Macdonald. But when I heard he briefly slept in my house, I had to do more research.’ After several trips to Glasgow’s School of Art, House for an Art Lover and ‘every possible building I could find that he was connected with’, Freud, whose previous novels include Hideous Kinky and Lucky Break, became more fascinated by Mackintosh. Her eighth novel, Mr Mac and Me, is ‘part sea story and part ghost story’, based around a fictional friendship she imagines between Mackintosh and a young boy Thomas, who loves watching the artist at work. ‘Watching someone’s artistic manner, in a mystified manner – I guess I do know that. I used to stand and watch dad [the artist Lucian Freud]. Watching in frustration as someone scrubs something out ferociously, or trashes stuff that looked perfectly OK to me – Mackintosh certainly shared that perfectionism.’ (Claire Sawers) ■ Esther Freud’s Mr Mac and Me is out now from Bloomsbury.

Edinburgh

SPL Poetry Workshop Scottish

Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 6pm. £5 (£4). Suitable for writers at any stage. FREE Edinburgh Sci-Fi Book Group Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant, 94 Hanover Street, 225 2131. 7–8pm. Members pick the books up for discussion.

Wednesday 1

Glasgow

FREE Next Generation of Poets Mitchell Library, North Street, 287 2999. 6–7pm. Two of the Next Generation.

Edinburgh

New Edinburgh Writers

Fountainbridge Library, 137 Dundee Street, 529 5616. 6–8pm. £0.50. Complete writing exercises and read new material at this weekly meeting.

Thursday 2

Glasgow

Indoor Poetry Picnic Glasgow

Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, 550 2267. 12.30–2pm. Chow down as you hear some work from female poets.

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Garden – Changelings 5 Launch

Waterstones, 174 Argyle Street, 248 4814. 7–8.30pm. Novel launch. Poetry Showcase CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £5. Alexander Hutchison and Lesley Duncan talk about poetry written during WWI.

Edinburgh

Michael Longley: Remembering War National Library of Scotland,

George IV Bridge, 623 3734. 6.30pm. £7 (£5). Michael Longley and Robyn Marsack read and talk about war poetry. David Nicholls: Us George Square Lecture Theatre, George Square, 0330 333 6898. 7.30–9pm. £12 (£10). The One Day author reads from his brand new book.

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Saturday 4

Edinburgh

FREE Double Bill Anthology Launch Scottish Poetry Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 1pm. Editor Andy Jackson’s sequel to Split Screen is launched.

Friday 10

Glasgow

FREE Aidan Moffat: The ✽ Lavender Blue Dress Waterstones, 174 Argyle Street, 248 4814. 7–8.30pm. See Thu 9.

Saturday 11

Glasgow

FREE Aidan Moffat: The ✽ Lavender Blue Dress Waterstones, 174 Argyle Street, 248 4814. 2–2.30pm. See Thu 9.

Sunday 12

Edinburgh

Luminate Poetry Slam Ghillie Dhu, 2 Rutland Place, 228 1404. 7.30pm–10.30am. £4 (£3). Slam poetry night presented by Inky Fingers and Age Scotland.

The Pleasance Sessions: ✽ Neu! Reekie! Presents . . . The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm.

£6.95–£9.94. Neu! Reekie! presents Dave Hook, Liz Lochhead, Richard Jobson, Teen Canteen and FiniTribe (theatre). Part of Pleasance Sessions.

Monday 13

Glasgow

FREE Scots / English Writing Group Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. See Mon 29.

Edinburgh

Life Lines: Intergenerational LGBT and Storytelling Scottish

FREE Blind Poetics Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 8pm. Free monthly night of spoken word and poetry.

Isle of Islay

Glasgow

Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. 5pm. £3 (£2). Poetry and storytelling from LGBT people. Islay Book Festival Port Ellen Primary School, Lennox Street Port Ellen, islaybookfestival.com Times vary. Prices vary. Runs until Sun 5 Oct. Celebrate Scotland’s love of crime thrillers, quirky and challenging books.

Monday 6

Glasgow

FREE Gaelic Writing Group Scottish Writers’ Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. See Mon 22.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Creative Writers’ Club Monboddo Bar, Point Hotel,

34 Bread Street, 221 5555. 7–9.30pm. A club for creative writers of all shades and stripes.

Tuesday 14 Kirsty Logan and Friends CCA, ✽ 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7pm. £6 (£3). Author Kirsty Logan is

joined by Hal Duncan, Elizabeth Reeder and Katherine McMahon.

Wednesday 15

Edinburgh

New Edinburgh Writers

Fountainbridge Library, 137 Dundee St, 529 5616. 6–8pm. £0.50. See Wed 1.

Thursday 16

Edinburgh

Late Ripeness: Poems about Memory and Ageing Scottish Poetry

Library, 5 Crichton’s Close, Canongate, 557 2876. 6.30pm. £5 (£4). Ken Cockburn and Lorna Irvine present a programme of poets in their older age.

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Philanthrobeats: Leave Your Vote At The Door The charitable clubbing initiative raises money for a project researching the present and future of the Scottish club scene, whether it’s a Yes or a No. Sub Club, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep.

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Nightvision Launch Weekend With Chase & Status on the Friday and Nina Kraviz & DJ Sneak on the Saturday, this is your first taste of what to expect from the brand new club series. City, Edinburgh, Fri 19 Sep; Liquid Room, Edinburgh, Sat 20 Sep.

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Juan Maclean DJ set A DJ set from one half of the DFA house heroes on the heels of their killer third album this summer. Fans of proggy, intergalactic disco house, get on board this spaceship. Berkeley Suite, Glasgow, Sat 20 Sep; Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Sun 21 Sep.

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PHUTURE Founders of acid house bring live set to Glasgow eal artistry just happens – I don’t believe you plan it,’ says DJ Pierre, the man credited as co-inventor of the acid house sound and a member of Phuture. ‘We didn’t realise at the time we were on the verge of creating a new genre. We knew this was new and different and that it could make a dent, but we didn’t foresee how big that dent was. It was an explosion really.’ He’s harking back to 1987, when he (real name Nathaniel Jones) and Spanky (Earl Smith Jr) produced ‘Acid Trax’ in their native Chicago and got it into the hands of Ron Hardy, DJ at the Music Box. Does Pierre believe that ‘Acid Trax’ really was the first ever acid record? ‘History has already stated the fact of the matter,’ he says. ‘Tons of people had the Roland 303, those sounds were there, but no one did with it what we did with it. Acid is the method and

intention you put behind the machine. We were the first to take the 303 and use it in a manner it was not intended to be used in. So, in reality, that’s innovation at its core. I’ll leave it there.’ Since last year, the duo are back on the road again together, following their split in 1990. ‘It seemed as if Phuture had an open conversation that didn’t come to an end,’ says Pierre now, a star by his own name too. ‘Something seemed missing for me. Phuture’s really Spanky and me; we are the heart of the group. We had others substitute over the years and Spank did his version as Phuture 303, but it seemed like a sentence that needed a period. We met about it and we decided to have the conversation.’ (David Pollock) Made in Chicago at SWG3, Glasgow, Fri 10 Oct.

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Phuture See preview, left. SWG3, Glasgow, Fri 10 Oct. Chris Malinchak The NY producer behind So Good To Me makes his Glasgow debut; we’re expecting light-touch house with a soft disco

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Pressure Opening Party Making the onslaught of autumn bearable for 16 years now, it’s the first Pressure of the season (pictured, top). See preview, page 50. The Arches, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep.

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edge. Saint Judes, Glasgow, Sat 11 Oct. LuckyMe x The Art School: Eclair Fifi & Pals See feature, page 20. The Art School, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep.

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GLASGOW

■ I Heart Garage Saturdays at the Garage. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £7 (£5). Expect chart toppers, R&B, hip hop, indie and more.

Events are listed by day of the week then sorted alphabetically. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication by using our ‘Add an Event’ service at list.co.uk Glasgow listings are compiled by Kirstyn Smith. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry

Sunday Glasgow ■ Neighbourhood at Glasgow School of Art. 12 Oct, 8pm. £12.50. Dubstep, garage, 2-step and bass. FREE Noite Tribal at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 10pm–3am. International beats. ■ Zion Train at the Art School. 5 Oct, 10pm–2am. £7 in advance; £10 on the door. Legendary UK dub collective, plus Samson Sounds and Maxi Roots.

Thursday Glasgow ■ Different Drum at Saint Judes. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. A night bringing big guests to Thursdays. ■ Hip Hop Thursdays at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Euan Neilson with classic R&B and hip hop.

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■ Sunday Roaster at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £4. DJs chucks tunes at you in G2 while you dance as wildly as humanly possible.

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■ Jelly Baby and Rubbermensch at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 in advance; £6 on the door. A night for indie, electro and pop lovers. ■ Neverland at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£4). Chart and party sounds from DJ Ross McMillan.

Friday Glasgow ■ A Super Weird Happening with Greg Wilson, Blind Arcade & Howard Marks at SWG3. 26 Sep,

7pm–3am. £12 in advance; £15 on the door. See preview, page 52. ■ Alpha at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm. £5.05. Big Pack Mentality present their alternative club night. ■ La Cheetah Club’s 5th Birthday: Part 2 at La Cheetah. 10 Oct, 10pm– 4am. £13–£15. A six-hour set from Theo Parrish.

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LuckyMe x The Art School: Eclair Fifi & Pals at the Art

School. 19 Sep, 11pm. £5–£6. See feature, page 20. ■ The Hot Club at Nice’n’Sleazy. 26 Sep, 11.30pm. £3. Rafla and Wako play garage, punk, psych and rockabilly. ■ Ivan Smagghe at the Sub Club. 19 Sep, 11pm–3am. £8–£10. French DJ / producer spins electro-house. Juan Maclean at Berkeley Suite. 20 Sep, 7–10pm. £tbc. Proggy disco house from one half of DFA. Chris Malinchak at Saint Judes. 11 Oct, 10pm. £10. NY producer behind ‘So Good to Me’ spins discotinged house. ■ Madchester at the Admiral. 26 Sep, 11pm–3am. £tbc. Madchester plays the best the baggy era had to offer. ■ Make a Way Out of No Way at Stereo. 26 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4. A fourhour set of ballroom house music. Part of ARIKA14 Episode 6 ■ Mark Seven at La Cheetah. 26 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10. Balearic, funk and acid house from Stockholm-based Seven. ■ Missing Persons Club at La Cheetah. 3 Oct, 11pm–3am. £6–£10. Raw house and techno from TVO. Phuture at SWG3. 10 Oct, 9pm– 3am. £12.50–£15. Live set from the founders of acid house. Pressure Opening Party at The Arches. 26 Sep, 10pm–3am. £15–£20. The first of the deep house / techno sessions of the season. ■ Propaganda at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 (£4). The UK’s biggest indie club night. FREE Shake Appeal at Bloc+. 26 Sep, 11pm. Punk, blues, rock and metal. FREE Sugo at Bloc+. 19 Sep, 11pm. Best and worst of vintage Italian music.

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■ Fresh Beats at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). Chart, R&B and hip hop, plus karaoke. ■ Friday Night Lights at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£4). A mash up of chart, R&B, house and electro. ■ Old Skool at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £7 (£6). Funk, soul and disco. 50 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

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PRESSURE: CLR RECORDS PARTY The Arches, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep

Slam’s monthly Pressure parties have been an unshakeable part of the fabric of Glasgow clubbing for many years now, and this autumn’s relaunch in honour of the city’s student contingent returning demonstrates why. The lineup is even more packed with big names than usual, with the back arch playing host to the Visionquest team of Lee Curtiss, Ryan Crosson and Shaun Reeves, and the main area welcoming a party of its own from Chris Liebing’s CLR Records. Liebing and Tommy Four Seven will both be in attendance alongside hosts Slam. ‘I love the energy of Glasgow and of the Arches,’ says Liebing, who’s looking forward to playing alongside Tommy. ‘I’ve always admired him for his production skills, because he has this unconventional way of working. He abuses sounds so badly. If you ever study sound you’ll probably learn that you can’t do those kind of things, but that’s how he created his very own sound and vibe. As a DJ he’s very versatile: he can play house, he can play broken beat and he can play hard.’ CLR’s next couple of releases will be albums by Terence Fixmer and Brian Sanhaji, while there’s also a Planetary Assault Systems project on the cards and Liebing hints that his own follow-up to his classic Evolution album may be in the pipeline. ‘I think the whole techno thing is probably in one of the healthiest places it’s ever been,’ he says. ‘I don’t understand why so many people criticise the EDM movement. It’s music I personally dislike as well, but we need it. We can’t define ourselves if it isn’t for the others around us who do something different, and the more popular something gets, it will also open doors for others.’ (David Pollock)

Saturday Glasgow ■ Absolution at Classic Grand. Weekly . £6. Rock, metal, industrial and punk to liven up your Saturday night. ■ Adventures in Paradise at the Admiral. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. Soul, funk and disco from Big Break Records (BBR) and residents DJs. ■ Code at La Cheetah. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £6–£10. Techno night. FREE DJ Wing Man at Box. Weekly 11pm–3am. Funk, soul, indie and rock. ■ Derrick Carter at the Sub Club. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10. Chicago DJ performs one of his legendary sets. ■ Divine! at the Admiral. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Northern soul, heavyweight funk. ■ La Fleur at La Cheetah. 11 Oct, 11pm–3am. £10. House and techno from the Sweden-based DJ. FREE Funk Carioca at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 11pm–3am. Amba, baile, funk, batucada, Latin house and salsa. ■ The Gatsby Club: Worlds of Tomorrow at Glasgow University Union. 27 Sep, 7.30pm–2am. £14 for the full night; £5 for club night only (11.30pm onwards). The Gatsby-inspired clubnight presents an evening dedicated to the 1920s vision of the future. Think steampunk, fantasy, sci-fi and come dressed appropriately. ■ HausDimension at Nice’n’Sleazy. 27 Sep, 11.30pm. £3. Alternative club night with underground house, left-field disco and lo-fi techno.

■ Hollywood Boulevard at Blackfriars Basement. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5. Boogie on down to soul, electro, funk and celebrate the music. ■ Hot Since ‘82 at the Arches. 11 Oct, 10pm–3am. £12.50–£15. Producer and sometime Fabric DJ Daley Padley. ■ Love Music at O2 ABC. Weekly 11pm. £6.05. Soul, rock’n’roll, indie and electro with Gerry Lyons. ■ Playpiece at McNeill’s. Weekly 7.30pm–midnight. £2. A night with an eclectic, nostalgic playlist, including indie, riot grrrl, punk and disco. FREE The Rock Shop at Maggie May’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. A selection of rock, indie and metal classics. ■ Sin-Sational Saturdays at the Polo Lounge. Weekly 9pm–3am. £6 (£5). Be as bad as you can be at Polo’s thoroughly wicked Saturday night. ■ Strange Paradise at Nice’n’Sleazy. 20 Sep, 11.30pm. £3. David Barbarossa spins ‘drunk disco’ and post-punk. ■ Subculture at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £10. Glasgow’s house institution continues to reign supreme. FREE Teenage Riot at Bloc+. 27 Sep, 11pm. Alternative DJ club night from United Fruit. ■ We Should Hang Out More at Stereo. 20 Sep, 11pm. £5. Expect a night of disco in all forms.

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■ Club O Saturdays at Òran Mór. Weekly 11pm–3am. £8. Bobby Bluebell plays chart, indie, R&B and more.

Monday Glasgow ■ Burn at the Buff Club. Weekly 11pm– 3am. £3 (free with trade wage slip). All the disco songs you’ve forgotten about and the ones you can’t forget. FREE Disco Tropicabana at Boteco do Brasil. Weekly 9pm–3am. Groove vibes, 60s, 70s and 80s, tropicalia, exotica, and breezy lounge pop.

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■ Space Invaders at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£4). Andy R plays requests from all genres plus lasers, retro consoles and DJ David Lo Pan plays 80s/90s/00s.

Tuesday Glasgow ■ I AM at the Sub Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £5–£8. Electronica and bass supplied by Beta & Kappa.

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■ #tag at the Garage. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £6 (£4). Party anthems are the cure to any boring Tuesday night.

Wednesday Glasgow ■ ShangriLa at the Arches. 24 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £5. A student night with entertainment and décor inspired by festivals across the globe soundtracked by some hot DJs. Featuring Bontan. FREE So Weit So Gut at Nice’n’Sleazy. 24 Sep, 11.30pm. All vinyl night of tropicalia and leftfield house.

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■ Disco Riot at the Garage. Weekly 11pm–3am. £6 (£4). DJ Craig Guild plays the best chart, house and R&B.

EDINBURGH Events are listed by day of the week then sorted alphabetically. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication by using our ‘Add an Event’ service at list.co.uk Edinburgh listings are compiled by Kirstyn Smith. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry

Thursday Edinburgh FREE Edinburgh’s Global Party at Cav. Weekly 10pm–3am. £3 (free before midnight). Global night for freshers. FREE Juice at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Trap, dubstep and grime from Floating Boy and Dan Juice. Philanthrobeats: Leave Your ✽ Vote at the Door at Sub Club. 18 Sep, 11pm. £5. Forget the result and

dance to raise cash for the Scottish club scene.

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FREE Hi-Society at the Hive. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Student anthems and regular theme nights.

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Friday Edinburgh ■ Confusion at the Bongo Club. 26 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Featuring Bossy Love and DJ James V. ■ Darren Styles and Mallorca Lee at City Nightclub. 26 Sep, 10pm–3am. £10. Two big dance music names playing their hits, plus CO2 cannons and lasers. ■ DubCombe Records Presents at Boteco do Brasil. 10 Oct, 10pm–3am. £5–£8. The Glasgow-based label presents a live set from one of its artists. ■ Electrikal at the Bongo Club. 3 Oct, 11pm–3am. £10. Funk, reggae and soul, plus dubstep, electro and hip hop. ■ Four Corners at the Bongo Club. 19 Sep, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £5 after. Deep funk and future soul, party hip hop and good-time reggae, nu-Latin breaks and afro beats. ■ Marc Houle at the Caves. 19 Sep, 11pm–3am. £10. Eclectic techno and new wave electronica from Canadian producer Houle (M_Nus). ■ Mjölk at Wee Red Bar. 26 Sep, 11pm– 3am. £3 before 11.30pm, £5 after. The best in Swedish indie pop, 60s and 70s. Nightvision at La Belle Angèle. 19 Sep & 27 Sep, 9pm–3am. 20 Sep, 9pm–4am. £12–£15. House and techno heavyweights Musika have joined with bass titans Xplicit to pave the way for a new era of electronic music. Nightvision at City Nightclub. 19 Sep, 9pm–3am. £12.50–£25. With Skream and Jasper James. The debut night includes a DJ set from Chase & Status, plus Kove and Gotsome. FREE Pandamonium at Opium. Weekly 10pm–3am. Night of pure, unadulterated guitar classics. FREE Planet Earth at Citrus Club. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Punk, new wave, new romantic and electro-pop. ■ Propaganda at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5. The UK’s biggest indie club night. FREE Road Trip at Electric Circus. Weekly 10pm–3am. An AV vacation with the best mixtapes to match. ■ Xplicit at the Bongo Club. 10 Oct, 11pm–3am. £5 before midnight; £7 after. Drum & bass, dubstep and other beats. FREE iKandy and Hip Pop at CC Blooms. Weekly 11pm–3am. Dance tunes from Dejay Bird and DJ Shazza.

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FREE Misfits at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. DIY indie, electro, punk, rock, chart dance, R&B and retro with bargain drinks.

Saturday Edinburgh FREE Anything Disco at Bar Soba. Weekly 8pm–1am. A night playing the best in disco, nu-disco and edits with DJ Babes and special guests. ■ Beep Beep, Yeah! at Electric Circus. 11 Oct, 10.30pm. £5 before midnight; £6 after. A staunchly retro soundtrack of 50s, 60s and 70s. ■ Big’n’Bashy at the Bongo Club. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £4 before midnight; £6 after. Four-deck mix of dubstep, reggae, grime, dancehall and jungle. FREE Bubblegum at the Hive. Weekly 9pm–3am. A student-friendly chewed up, spat out mix of electro, pop, dance, disco, R&B and indie. ■ The Egg at Wee Red Bar. 20 Sep, 11pm. £2 before midnight; £5 after. Indie, 60s garage, electro, northern soul, ska, 70s punk and new wave. ■ Joy at Studio 24. 27 Sep, 10.30pm– 3am. £10 in advance; £15 on the door. Joy celebrates its 21st birthday with Maggie and Alan, Trendy Wendy, Sally F, Brett King and DJ Michelle. ■ Mumbo Jumbo at the Bongo Club. 11 Oct, 11pm–3am. £3 before midnight; £7 after (£5). Funk, electro, house and good time party tunes. Nightvision at The Liquid Room. 20 Sep, 9pm–4am. £12.50–£20. Nina Kraviz, DJ Sneak and Enzo Siragusa for your pleasure.

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INTRODUCING… LA BELLE ANGÈLE

Venues | CLUBS

VENUES Argyle Street, 337 3006.

■ O’Couture 373–377 Sauchiehall Street, 333 3940.

■ The Ferry Anderston Quay, the Broomielaw, 01698 360085.

■ The Old Fruitmarket Candleriggs, 353 8000.

■ Firewater 341 Sauchiehall Street, 354 0350.

■ Òran Mór 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.

■ The Flying Duck 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450.

■ Polo Lounge

the Brunswick Hotel 106–108 Brunswick Street, 552 0001.

■ The Garage 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120.

■ Queen Margaret Union University Gardens, 339 9784.

■ Blackfriars 36 Bell

■ Ivory Blacks 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114.

■ The Shed 26 Langside Avenue, 649 5020.

■ Box 431 Sauchiehall Street, 332 5431.

■ Karbon 4 Buchanan Street, Springfield Court, 221 8099.

■ Stereo 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254.

■ Braehead Arena

GLASGOW

■ Admiral 72 Waterloo Street, 221 7705.

■ The Arches 253

■ Distill 1102–1106

Argyle Street, 565 1000.

■ Arta 62 Albion St, 552 2101.

■ Bamboo 51 West Regent Street, 332 1067/8. ■ Basura Blanca at

Anyone who made a habit of going clubbing in Edinburgh 12 years ago knows where they were in December 2002 on the night of the Cowgate fire. It was a Saturday, and many of them might have been heading to the old building that burned all night, the block connecting South Bridge and the Cowgate that contained one of the city’s most beloved clubs, La Belle Angèle. More than a decade on, the site has finally been rebuilt as a hotel and retail units, and this month La Belle will open where it always was, in a courtyard just off Hastie’s Close. Although the first date scheduled is a Skream-headlined Nightvision event on Sat 27 Sep, the owners haven’t ruled out the possibility of doing something before that. ‘It’s similar to the old space, although it’s been 90% rebuilt,’ says manager Martin Coull, who ran the building between 1992 and 1998 for owner Hafid Mahboubi. ‘It’s a bit squarer than before and we’ve reversed the layout – there’s a raised area with a bar near the entrance and the stage is at the opposite end. The bar also continues down to the dancefloor.’ As well as being a club venue, the 600-capacity building will also play host to live gigs from promoters such as Regular, DF and Synergy once more, says Coull, harking back to previous appearances by Jeff Buckley, Radiohead and Rufus Wainwright. ‘With so many great mid-sized Edinburgh venues such as the Venue and the old Bongo Club disappearing over the last few years, we’re delighted to be bringing one of them back,’ says Coull. ‘Promoters tell us there’s a demand for a venue of our size with the quality of production we’ll provide, and while we’re not as big as the [recently closed] Picture House, we can hopefully fill some of the void left by its demise. Just don’t expect free-entry nights with cheap booze offers: that’s exactly what we’re not about.’ (David Pollock) ■ Skream, Jasper James and Theo Kottis play Nightvision at La Belle Angèle, Edinburgh, Sat 27 Sep. See listings for more opening month events.

Street, 552 5924.

Kings Inch Road, 886 8300.

■ The Buff Club

■ Karibu 95 Hope Street, 221 7002.

142 Bath Lane, 248 1777.

■ Bunker 193–199

■ Kushion 158–166 Bath Street, 0845 166 6031. ■ La Cheetah 72 Queen Mary Street, 221 4851.

■ The Cathouse

■ Maggie May’s

15 Union Street, 248 6606.

50 Trongate, Merchant City, 548 1350.

■ Classic Grand 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820.

■ Milan

■ Club 30 22 Cambridge

42 Queen Street, 548 8002.

■ SWG3 Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. ■ The Tunnel 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. ■ Universal

Street, 332 3437.

■ Common 25 Royal Exchange Square, 0845 166 6003.

■ Corinthian Ingram

■ Nice’n’Sleazy

157 Sauchiehall Lane, 332 8899.

421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900.

■ Viper 500 Great

■ O2 ABC

Western Road, Kelvinbridge, 334 0560.

Street, 552 1101.

300 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232.

■ The Courtyard

■ O2 Academy

84–86 West Nile Street, 352 9977.

121 Eglinton Street, 08744 477 2000.

EDINBURGH

■ Espionage 4 India

■ The Bongo Club 66 Cowgate, 558 7604. ■ Castle Club 3 Queensferry Street Lane, 467 7215.

■ Cav 3 West Toll Cross, 228 3252.

■ Strathclyde Students’ Union University of Strathclyde, Students Association, 90 John Street, 567 5023. ■ Sub Club Jamaica Street, 248 4600.

Bath Street, 229 1427.

■ Carnival Arts Centre 34 Albion Street, 946 6193.

84 Wilson Street, 0845 659 5905.

■ The Winchester Club 49 Bell Street, 552 3586.

Buildings, Victoria Street, 477 7007.

■ GHQ 4 Picardy Place, 0845 166 6024.

■ Henry’s Cellar Bar 8–16a Morrison Street, 629 4101.

■ Potterrow Teviot, Bristo Square, 650 9195. ■ Shanghai Le Monde, 16 George Street, 270 3900.

■ Silk King Stables Road, 229 7986. ■ Sin Wilkie House,

■ Hive 15–17 Niddry

Cowgate, 07788 756258.

Street, 556 0444.

■ The Caves Niddry Street South, 557 8989.

■ CC Blooms 23–24 Greenside Place, 556 9331.

■ The Citrus Club Grindlay Street, 622 7086.

■ City: Edinburgh 1a Market Street, 226 9560. ■ Club Tropicana

■ Sneaky Pete’s

■ The Jazz Bar 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298.

73 Cowgate, 225 1757.

■ Studio 24 Calton Road, 558 3758.

■ The Liquid Room 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564.

■ Third Door 45–47

■ Lulu (under Tiger Lily) 125b George Street, 225 5005.

■ The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register Street, 556 7060.

Lothian Street, 225 6313.

■ Mood Omni, Greenside Place, 550 1640.

23 Lothian Road, 0844 891 0855.

■ Opal Lounge 51 George Street, 226 2275.

■ Electric Circus

■ Opium 71 Cowgate,

36–39 Market Street, 226 4224.

225 8382.

■ The Wee Red Bar Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 14 42. ■ Why Not? 14 George Street, 624 8311.

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A SUPER WEIRD HAPPENING WITH GREG WILSON AND BLIND ARCADE SWG3, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep

Legendary DJ Greg Wilson has embarked on arguably his most adventurous project to date. Inspired by the redemption of former Black Grape rapper, Kermit Leveridge, it started with a handful of demos and the birth of a special mixtape. ‘I wanted to start producing again,’ says Wilson. ‘When Kermit approached me to get involved with Blind Arcade this provided a flagship project for me to work with.’ Having fought personal addiction, which very nearly ended his life, Kermit’s collaboration with EVM128, Blind Arcade, immediately struck a chord with Wilson. ‘I loved the overall positivity emitting from their demos,’ he says, ‘but also the underlying layers of depth.’ Working the demos into a mixtape along with some of his own edits, Wilson was able to present Kermit’s story in his own inimitable way. With the mixtape racking up plays, the idea of multimedia label Super Weird Substance took shape and five ‘Super Weird Happenings’ were organised. Spread over eight hours, featuring a Blind Arcade show as well as live art, photography and conversation, it promises to be a departure from the standard club experience. (Alex Caslano)

Nightvision at La Belle Angèle. FREE Fifty Fifty at the Bongo Club. ✽ 27 Sep, 9pm–3am. £12–£15. Skream Weekly 11pm–3am. The best in disco/nu art loving, comedy laughing, and Jasper James. disco, funk, soul, techno and house. ■ Opal Saturdays at Opal Lounge. ■ Rise at Opal Lounge. Weekly Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5–£10. Resident 10.30pm–3am. £6 (students £4). Johnny attraction visiting, theatre going, DJs Jonny Frenetic and Jez Hill. Frenetic mashes up a unique and ■ Pop Rocks at Electric Circus. 20 energetic three-deck mix. Sep, 10.30pm. £5 before midnight; £6 hill walking, scotland touring, Monday Edinburgh after. Night of 80s classics and 90s pop hits from the Beep Beep, Yeah! DJs. Juan Maclean at Sneaky Pete’s. ■ Soulsville at the Bongo Club. 27 Sep, club dancing, beer swilling, ✽ 11pm–3am. £5. Rapturous soul music. 21 Sep, 11pm, £5. See above. FREE Nu Fire at Sneaky Pete’s. ■ Speaker Bite Me at Electric Circus. 4 Oct, 10.30pm. £5 before midnight; £6 Weekly 11pm–3am. Showcase of sport crazy, film watching, after. The Evol DJs take charge at this underground hip hop, dubstep, drum & alternative disco night. bass, electro and MCs. FREE Tease Age at Citrus Club. FREE Rockeoke at Opium. Weekly music listening, hotel staying Weekly 10.30pm–3am. Everything from 10pm–3am. A metal/rock take on swinging 60s hits to baggy Manchester karaoke. faves all the way along to current NME money spenders? Chart & Party chart botherers.

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■ Teesh at Sneaky Pete’s. 11 Oct, 11pm–3am. £5. A brand-new night from Sneaky’s regular DJ Teesh. ■ VEGAS! at the Voodoo Rooms. 4 Oct, 7.30pm. £6.95. Hipster swing, jump jive, rockin’ R&B, dancefloor jazz, sleazy listening and gangster grooves. ■ Wasabi Disco at Sneaky Pete’s. 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. £5. Disco, new wave, punk and New York grooves. ■ We Own at Sneaky Pete’s. 4 Oct, 11pm–3am. £5. The clothing brand and party starters present their club tour.

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■ Big Night Out at Cav. 11 Oct, 10pm–3am. £6.30. Dance, chart and pop hits, in association with Smirnoff. ■ Magic Nostalgic at Electric Circus. 27 Sep, 10.30pm. £7 before midnight; £8 after. ‘The Wheel’ decides the evening’s playlist.

Sunday Edinburgh FREE Coalition at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. Drum & bass, breaks, dubstep, techno and electro from the resident team every week.

FREE Mixed Up Mondays at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Two rooms of requests be it chart, cheese, indie, rock, pop punk or 90s hits.

Tuesday Edinburgh FREE Hive Tuesdays at the Hive. Weekly 10pm–3am. Rock, emo, punk and metal dispatches. ■ I Love Hip Hop at the Bongo Club. Weekly 11pm–3am. £3. Hip hop classics and brand-new rap tracks.

Wednesday Edinburgh ■ Mansion at Opal Lounge. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £3–£6. Night of house, electro, and dancefloor anthems for your delectation. ■ Tribe at the Liquid Room. Weekly 10.30pm–3am. £5 (students £4). Students’ night for partying. FREE Witness at Sneaky Pete’s. Weekly 11pm–3am. The freshest cuts in bass music, house, garage, funky & grime with residents Ross Blackwax and Fault Lines plus a big guest each and every month.

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HITLIST THE BEST COMEDY EVENTS

Frankie Boyle More work-in-progress doings as the guy who caused a predictable stir at the Edinburgh telly festival makes plans for the future. The Stand, Glasgow, Mon 22, Thu 25–Tue 30 Sep.

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Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate The Edinburgh comedy institution goes west with Fern Brady (pictured), Bob Doolally, Ria Lina and Mark Nelson among this issue’s delights. See 5 Things for Aisling Bea, page 55. Drygate, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep, 3, 10 Oct.

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Ross Noble The first in a series of hitlist folks who appear to be making it up on the spot; except the jovial Geordie gent really is. SECC, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Sep; Perth Concert Hall, Sat 4 Oct.

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BILLY CONNOLLY The Big Yin takes his High Horse on a Scotland-wide trot

hen news of his illnesses broke last year, there was one thing that his legion of fans knew for absolute certain: if he ever managed to get back on the road and tour again, Billy Connolly would be using his own personal crises for material. And sure enough, recent press quotes from his wife Pamela Stephenson suggest that now he’s fit enough to tackle a sold-out Scotlandwide tour, he’s been trying out routines about being diagnosed with Parkinson’s and prostate cancer. While he might be in jovial mood at simply being able to get himself up on the nation’s stages again, you can probably expect some storm or other to envelop him during this tour. In 2012, he was heavily criticised for walking off early during two shows in the north of England, while in 2004, the row went global when he made remarks about the thenhostage Ken Bigley who was subsequently murdered by his Iraqi captors.

But the Big Yin’s overarching influence on modern stand-up cannot be ignored. Within the industry and public at large, polls choosing the top comedians more often than not have him at the number one spot. And on these very pages, our My Comedy Hero column is filled with those who either pick Connolly as their idol or mention him in reference to other nominees. Raymond Mearns, Michael McIntyre, Scott Agnew, Keara Murphy, Jason Cook, Mark Nelson and Jason Manford have all used this platform to eulogise the man. So, be thankful that you have perhaps one last chance to see a true artist of our times hopping on and off his High Horse and delivering thoughtful and thought-provoking stand-up. (Brian Donaldson) Perth Concert Hall, Wed 1 & Thu 2 Oct; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 4, Sun 5, Tue 7 & Wed 8, 15 & Thu 16 Oct; Caird Hall, Dundee, Sat 11 & Sun 12 Oct.

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Billy Connolly See preview, left. Various venues.

Paul Foot Comedy at the Pleasance? It feels like August all over again. Well, almost but not quite, as Paul Foot dips his surrealist toes deep into your water. The Pleasance, Edinburgh, Wed 15 Oct.

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Tony Law And here’s a Foot-like kind of daftness, Canada-style, as we Enter the Tonezone. It’s either not as chilling as it sounds or even more so. The Stand, Edinburgh, Tue 14 Oct; the Stand, Glasgow, Wed 15 Oct.

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Lee Evans A past victor of the Edinburgh Comedy Award when it was sponsored by a fizzy water company, the rubbery one has since achieved quite a bit in the entertainment world. SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Thu 16– Sat 18 Oct.

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Thursday 25

Events are listed by date, then by city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication by using our ‘Add an Event’ service at list. co.uk Listings are compiled by Kirstyn Smith. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry

Glasgow

Frankie Boyle: Work in ✽ Progress The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm.

£10. See Mon 22.

Vespbar Virgins Vespbar, 14 Drury

Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £2. See Thu 18.

Thursday 18

The Thursday Show The Stand,

333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Dougie Dunlop, Howard Read, Barry Dodds and host Susan Morrison. Just Comedy Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge, 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 9–11pm. £5 (£10 with a sharing plate and drink). See Thu 18.

Glasgow

Vespbar Virgins Vespbar, 14 Drury

Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £2. Raw comedy talent from some of the best up-and-comers, hosted by Graham Barrie. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). It’s Raymond Mearns’ turn to host the weekend, and he’s accompanied by Janey Godley, Alex Boardman and Rory O’Hanlon. Just Comedy Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge, 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 9–11pm. £5 (£10 with a sharing plate and drink). Weekly special guests and a fun-lovin’ MC.

Edinburgh

The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Featuring Carey Marx, James Dowdeswell and Stephen Halkett.

Friday 26

Glasgow

✽Gilded Balloon Comedy at

Edinburgh

The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). Vladimir McTavish hosts this weekend, with Trevor Cook and Loretta Maine.

Friday 19

Glasgow

The Friday Show The Stand, 333

Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 18 for line-up.

Jongleurs Comedy Club

Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. Alan Anderson, Susie McCabe, Scott Gibson and Wayne Deakin make you lot laugh.

Edinburgh

The Beehive Comedy Club

Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. Ben Verth presents a weekend packed full of top local and visiting comedians to tickle your funny bone in an entirely appropriate way. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 18 for line-up.

Saturday 20

Glasgow

STAND-UP

DANNY BHOY

Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 21 Sep There’s a lot of crazy surrealist comedy on the go over the next few weeks what with Paul Foot, Tony Law and Ross Noble leaving absurdist footprints all over the country and frenetically chucking tangents around like a No strategist dreaming up lastminute sweeteners. Sometimes, you might just want a bit of solid observational shtick for your evening’s entertainment. In this vein, the lad Connolly looms large over just about everyone this month (and beyond) but few have taken their everyday musings to lands as far and wide in the way that Dumfriesshire comic Danny Bhoy has. Australia, Canada and New Zealand don’t half love the guy with the cute face and the inoffensive patter. ‘The vast majority of people go to comedy once or twice a year and all they want to do is laugh. It’s that simple,’ he pronounces. ‘For me, funny is the theme.’ Please Untick This Box is the name of his latest UK tour which will take him from Salford to Stirling and Aldershot to Aberdeen. One box that would be ticked is the one about a show developing during a period of being on the road. ‘Part of the joy of stand-up is the fairly transient nature of the material. It can be one thing one day, and something else the next.’ We can also pretty much guarantee that Mr Bhoy won’t be wrecking any hotel rooms on his national trek. He might spill hot beverages on his bedsheets though: ‘When I’m not performing, I’m in bed with an Ovaltine and DVD by 9pm.’ (Brian Donaldson)

Jongleurs Comedy Club

Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 19. Comedy @ The State The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9–11.45pm. £9. The granddaddy of Glasgow comedy venues attracts Rory O’Hanlon to its wee basement of joy. With regular MC Chris Broomfield. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 18 for line-up.

Edinburgh

The Beehive Comedy Club

Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 19. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 18 for line-up.

Sunday 21

Glasgow

Danny Bhoy Pavilion Theatre, 121

Renfield Street, 332 1846. 8pm. £15. Observational wit and dry humour from the Dumfriesshire stand-up. See preview, above.

Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands

Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). Redmond’s brand of lo-fi comedy. 54 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Edinburgh

Footlights Comedy Edinburgh

Footlights, 7 Spittal Street, 229 6466. Times tbc. £4. New and experienced comedians for a Sunday night. FREE Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. Regular freestyle comedy wizards Stuart Murphy and Garry Dobson with a slice of improv action.

Monday 22

Glasgow

Frankie Boyle: Work in Progress The Stand, 333

✽ Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm.

£10. A pretty special chance to catch The Boyle in a new work-in-progress show. Bright Club: Glasgow The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £5. Bright Club features its usual intoxicating blend of comedy and academia as lecturers from the city’s universities turn their studies into entertaining stories.

Edinburgh

Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place,

558 7272. 8.30pm. £2. The bright young things of Scotland’s comedy circuit strut their stuff for an entirely reasonable two whole pounds.

Tuesday 23

Glasgow

FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. A free comedy event, hosted by Chris Henry, picking out some of the Scottish comedy scene’s freshest talent. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 22.

Edinburgh

Bright Club: Edinburgh The Stand,

5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5. See Mon 22.

Wednesday 24

Glasgow

New Material Night Vespbar, 14

Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. Julia Sutherland hosts a night for comedians to try out their latest gags. Norman Lovett: Old and New The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £11. Gentle comedy chat from the man who played the deadpan Holly in Red Dwarf. If his previous work is anything to go by, he really does not like Carol Vorderman, so don’t get him started.

Drygate Drygate Brewing Co, 85 Drygate, 212 8815. 7.30–9.30pm & 10pm–midnight. £15 for show only; £30 for show and two-course meal; £33 for show and three-course meal. Tonight’s acts are Aisling Bea (see 5 Things, page 55), Andrea Hubert and Bob Doolally with MC Scott Agnew.

Frankie Boyle: Work in ✽ Progress The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm.

£10. See Mon 22.

Ross Noble: Tangentleman ✽ SECC, Finnieston Quay, 248 3000. 8pm. £25. The wild-haired Geordie,

prone to wondrous tangents and surreal interludes, wanders back out on tour with a brand-new show. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 25 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. With Kane Brown, Ray Bradshaw and Raymond Mearns.

Edinburgh

Predicting Evolution The Stand,

5 York Place, 558 7272. 7.30pm. £5. The Cabaret of Dangerous ideas is back, tonight having a look at Darwin’s theory. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 19. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 25 for line-up.

Saturday 27

Glasgow

Frankie Boyle: Work in ✽ Progress The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm.

£10. See Mon 22.

Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs,

The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 26. Glasgow Gong Show The State Bar, 148 Holland Street, 332 2159. 9–11.45pm. £5. Anyone at all can take to the stage tonight and see if they can go the full five minutes against the vicious red cards given to the audience. Hosted by Graham Mackie. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 25 for line-up.

Edinburgh

Ross Noble: Tangentleman ✽ Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 8pm. £25.

See Fri 26.

The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 19.

COMEDY

list.co.uk/comedy The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York

Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 25 for line-up.

Sunday 28

Glasgow

Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 5 York Place, 558

7272. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 21.

Monday 29

✽ Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm. £10. See

Glasgow

Scottish Comedian of the Year Grand Final O2 Academy Glasgow, 121

Mon 22.

Frankie Boyle: Work in Progress The Stand, 333 Woodlands

Mon 22.

Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £13.50–£24.75. Ten Scottish stand-ups compete for the crown currently sitting atop the head of Larry Dean. Who’s next ...? Tony Jameson: Football Manager Ruined My Life The Stand, 333

Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). If Tony hadn’t spent about 20 years of his life playing Football Manager he’d probably have achieved a lot more. Thankfully he didn’t, otherwise there’d be no show.

Edinburgh

Footlights Comedy Edinburgh

Footlights, 7 Spittal Street, 229 6466. Times tbc. £4. See Sun 21. FREE Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 21.

Ross Noble: Tangentleman ✽ Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. 8pm. £25. See

Fri 26.

Frankie Boyle: Work in ✽ Progress The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm. £10. See RSPB Stands Up for Nature The

Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 331 9805. 7.30–11pm. £8. Fundraising comedy night with tattoo man Billy Kirkwood, Gary Little, ex-Scottish Comedian of the Year Jamie Dalgleish, Zara Gladman and Eleanor Morton, who has just emerged out of her first Fringe solo show with Lollipop.

Edinburgh

Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558

7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 22.

Tuesday 30

Glasgow

Frankie Boyle: Work in Progress The Stand, 333 Woodlands

✽ Road, 0844 335 8879. 6pm. £10. See

Mon 22. FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 23. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See

Tue 23.

Edinburgh

Tony Jameson: Football Manager Ruined My Life The Stand, 5 York

Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). See Sun 28.

Wednesday 1

Glasgow

New Material Night Vespbar, 14

Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 24. Comedian Rap Battles The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£4). The Edinburgh Fringe hit returns, bringing with it that unmissable combination of rap fantasies and big egos. With street cred on the line, who’ll choke and who’ll gain ‘nuff respect?

Perth

Billy Connolly: High Horse Perth ✽ Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See preview,

page 53.

Thursday 2

Glasgow

Best of WEST Brewery Comedy Club WEST Brewery, Building 4

Templeton Building, Glasgow Green, 550 0135. 8–10.30pm. £7. Jamie Dalgleish hosts some of his comedy buddies who’ve impressed at the WEST’s monthly standup gigs. Vespbar Virgins Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £2. See Thu 18. Dead Sheep Comedy Cottier Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 8.30pm. £11 (£9). Comedy club operated by working comedians. With the estimable Gary Little, Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolf III and Joe Heenan. Just Comedy Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge, 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 9–11pm. £5 (£10 with a sharing plate and drink). See Thu 18.

Edinburgh

The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Junior Simpson and Raymond Mearns.

Perth

Billy Connolly: High Horse Perth ✽ Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1.

Friday 3

Glasgow

TV REVIEW

CRACKANORY

Dave, Wed 24 Sep, 10pm ●●●●● When Rik Mayall appeared in a 1986 episode of Jackanory reading George’s Marvellous Medicine, his idiosyncratic take on Roald Dahl’s tale was loved by the kids and, sadly, pooh-poohed by a small number of parents. ‘Dangerous and offensive’ they mewled, seemingly forgetting that stuff such as mass unemployment and leaking nuclear stations might have been more worthy targets for their arch concern at that point. Three decades later and the overriding emotion on the airing of his Crackanory edition will surely be sadness mixed with pleasure that his on-air career was able to go out on a high. He shares the half-hour opening episode of this new set of Crackanories with another once-anarchic comedy hero, Vic Reeves, whose story is about a cleaner who finds herself aboard a spaceship which just so happens to be hurtling towards Mars. Mayall’s tale, ‘The Weatherman’, focuses on a rubbish local TV meteorologist who has a portrait of Michael Fish on his wall and a litany of wrong predictions to his name. But soon, some powers he had no idea were inside him are unleashed, firstly for mischief, but then arguably for more dastardly reasons. As you’d imagine, Mayall throws himself fully into his task, clad in denim jacket and white shorts, with his chair barely being able to contain the energy that he emanated. We can even forgive him a curious double mispronunciation of ‘dreich’ and simply feel glad that this force of nature entertained us for so long. (Brian Donaldson)

Gilded Balloon Comedy at ✽ Drygate Drygate Brewing Co, 85 Drygate, 212 8815. 7.30–9.30pm & 10pm–

midnight. £15 for show only; £30 for show and two-course meal; £33 for show and three-course meal. Tonight’s acts are Dan Nightingale, Fern Brady (see Student Special, page 127) and Edd Hedges with MC Ray Bradshaw. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). With Rudi Lickwood, Paul Myrehaug and host Billy Kirkwood. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. With Patrick Rolink, John Scott and Mark Nelson.

Edinburgh

Stand Up for St Columba’s Hospice Prestonfield, the Stables,

Priestfield Road, 551 1381. 7pm–1am. £95. Des Clarke, Jo Caulfield, Hardeep Singh Kohli and Keir McAllister host this evening of comedy and music in aid of St Columba’s. The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 19. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 2 for line-up.

5 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT . . . AISLING BEA 1 Aisling Bea’s late grandfather Micheál O’Suilleabháin was a Gaelic novelist, her grand-aunt Siobhán Ní Shúilleabháin is a prolific Gaelic writer and dramatist and her mother is a retired professional flat race jockey. 2 She studied French and Philosophy at Trinity College in Dublin and then trained in Classical Acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. While at Trinity she became a member of sketch group HBAM which came to the Edinburgh Fringe on two occasions. The performing bug had clearly bitten. 3 In 2012, Bea became only the second woman to win So You Think You’re Funny, 20 whole years after Rhona Cameron scooped that crown. But when it comes to the Irish winning said prize, well bejesus, she’s surrounded by them, with Dylan Moran, Tommy Tiernan and David O’Doherty among the previous victors. 4 Bea has, inevitably, had her troubles on Twitter when some over-sensitive souls took comments she made about a particular One Direction member just tagging along for the ride a little too seriously. Bea’s bigger mistake was trying to reason with the offended teenager. 5 She believes that 50% of her personality is caffeine and 29% is made up of potato. ‘Nothing chills out the soul like the comfort of tea and a potato’, she has said as some kind of empirical evidence for these stats. (Brian Donaldson) ■ Gilded Ballon Comedy at Drygate, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep.

Saturday 4

Glasgow

Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £16. See Fri 3. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Fri 3 for line-up.

Edinburgh

Billy Connolly: High Horse Usher ✽ Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 55

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Sunday 12

The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 19. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 2 for line-up.

Glasgow

Glasgow Kids Comedy Club The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 3pm. £4. Live comedy for younger fans, particularly those aged 8–12.

Perth

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Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands

Ross Noble: Tangentleman

Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. £25. See Fri 26.

Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 21.

Edinburgh

Sunday 5

Footlights Comedy Edinburgh

Glasgow

Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6 (£5; members £1). See Sun 21.

Footlights, 7 Spittal Street, 229 6466. Times tbc. £4. See Sun 21. FREE Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 21.

Edinburgh

Dundee

Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service The Stand, 333 Woodlands

Footlights Comedy Edinburgh

Footlights, 7 Spittal Street, 229 6466. Times tbc. £4. See Sun 21. FREE Stu and Garry’s Free Improv Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 1.30pm. See Sun 21. Billy Connolly: High Horse Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1.

Billy Connolly: High Horse Caird ✽ Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1.

Tuesday 14

Glasgow

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Monday 6

Glasgow

Improv Wars The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £6. Improvised mayhem with Garry Dobson, Stu Murphy and Billy Kirkwood. Please don’t express your annoyance if they appear to be making it up on the spot. That’s because they are, silly.

Edinburgh

Red Raw The Stand, 5 York Place, 558

7272. 8.30pm. £2. See Mon 22.

Tuesday 7

Glasgow

FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 23. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 23.

Edinburgh

Billy Connolly: High Horse Usher ✽ Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. prices vary. See Wed 1. G Spot The Stand, 5 York Place, 558

7272. 8.30pm. £5. Comedy and cabaret shenanigans with affable host Jojo Sutherland and a selection of different guests each time.

MY COMEDY HERO

BENNETT ARRON

The Stand, Glasgow, Thu 16–Sat 18 Oct Over the years I‘ve had several comedy heroes. My first, and the one who remains the best, is my dad. Although not every joke is a gem, his ability to make light of situations by means of a joke is unequalled. My father introduced me to some other early comedy heroes including the Goons and Laurel and Hardy. I once took my children to the Laurel and Hardy Museum in Ulverston where they showed their films in a small cinema. It was incredible to see yet another generation of Arrons laughing uncontrollably. Like many of today’s older comedians (and yes, it hurts to say that), I grew up laughing at Morecambe and Wise, Tommy Cooper and Dave Allen. These people could tell jokes in such a stylish, conversational manner that you weren’t even aware they were jokes. I then added Monty Python to my list of heroes; school friends and I would learn the words of the sketches and then record them in a blatant act of plagiarism. My last comedy hero is not as well-known as any of the above. Before you Google the name Kelly Monteith, I can tell you he is an American comedian who had an incredibly funny series on the BBC. Although others had broken the Fourth Wall before him, he made it much more part of his persona. My brother and I saw his one-man show in London and it was one of the funniest things I’ve seen. Sadly he’s not the household name he once was. Some people say it’s because he changed his ‘clean’ material and started swearing a lot to keep up with the changing face of comedy. Who knows what the reason is. I just remember seeing him perform, watching the audience laugh and thinking, ‘I wonder what that feels like?’ Maybe one day I’ll find out . . . (As told to Brian Donaldson)

Wednesday 8

Glasgow

New Material Night Vespbar, 14

Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 24.

Edinburgh

Billy Connolly: High Horse Usher

✽ Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1. The Broken Windows Policy The

Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5. Skits and character treats.

Thursday 9

Glasgow

Vespbar Virgins Vespbar, 14 Drury

Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £2. See Thu 18. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Brendon Burns, Wendy Wason and host Joe Heenan. Just Comedy Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge, 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 9–11pm. £5 (£10 with a sharing plate and drink). See Thu 18.

Edinburgh

The Thursday Show The Stand, 5

York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Tanyalee Davis, 56 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Danny Pensive, Tom Toal and host Susan Morrison.

Friday 10

Glasgow

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Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate Drygate Brewing Co, 85

Drygate, 212 8815. 7.30–9.30pm & 10pm– midnight. £15 for show only; £30 for show and two-course meal; £33 for show and three-course meal. Tonight’s acts are Mark Nelson, Ria Lina and Pat Cahill with Scott Agnew on hosting duties. The Friday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 9 for line-up. Jongleurs Comedy Club Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. With John Ryan, former Scottish Comedian of the Year Jamie Dalgleish, Dougie Dunlop and Gary Little.

Edinburgh

The Beehive Comedy Club Beehive

Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 19. The Friday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £12 (£10; members £6). See Thu 9 for line-up.

Saturday 11

Glasgow

Jimeoin: Is It . . . ?! Pavilion

Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17.50. A chatty comic with a delightful sense of the absurd and a uniquely low-key style. Somewhat big in his Northern Irish homeland and just as huge in Australia. Basically, he’s beloved in a number of countries.

Jongleurs Comedy Club

Jongleurs, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 0870 011 1960. 8.30pm. £15. See Fri 10. The Saturday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 9pm. £15. See Thu 9 for line-up.

Edinburgh

The Beehive Comedy Club

Beehive Inn, 18 Grassmarket, 225 7171. 8.30pm. £9. See Fri 19. The Saturday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £15. See Thu 9 for line-up.

Dundee

Billy Connolly: High Horse

✽ Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1.

FREE Pop-Up Comedy The Halt Bar, 160 Woodlands Road, 353 6450. 8.30pm. See Tue 23. Red Raw The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £2. See Tue 23.

Edinburgh

Tony Law: Enter The Tonezone ✽ The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £14 (£12). Daftly surreal and

energetic humour from the Canadian stand-up.

Wednesday 15

Glasgow

New Material Night Vespbar, 14

Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £3. See Wed 24.

Tony Law: Enter The Tonezone ✽ The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £14 (£12). See

Tue 14.

Edinburgh

Billy Connolly: High Horse Usher ✽ Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1. The Pleasance Sessions: Paul ✽ Foot The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £8.94–£13.50. Hovercraft

Symphony in Gammon # Major is the latest unabated nonsense from the surreal and chaotic mind, body and dress sense of Mr Foot. Part of Pleasance Sessions. Melting Pot The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 8.30pm. £5 (£4; members £2.50). Vote for the best new sketches and skits here and revel in the fact that you’ve probably cheered up a writer’s night.

Thursday 16

Glasgow

Lee Evans: Monsters SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 8pm. £30. The manic comedian and actor (remember There’s Something About Mary?) takes his fast-paced gags onto the road again. Vespbar Virgins Vespbar, 14 Drury Street, 204 0060. 8pm. £2. See Thu 18. The Thursday Show The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. 8.30pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Bennett Arron (see My Comedy Hero, above), Johnny Arron, Bruce Fummey and host Bruce Devlin. Just Comedy Wild Cabaret & Wicked Lounge, 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. 9–11pm. £5 (£10 with a sharing plate and drink). See Thu 18.

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Edinburgh

Billy Connolly: High Horse ✽ Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 8pm. SOLD OUT. See Wed 1.

The Thursday Show The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. 9pm. £10 (£7; members £5). With Brendon Burns, Daisy Earl and Jonathan Mayor.

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THE BEST FILM RELEASES & EVENTS

The Riot Club A thinly-veiled satire of the Bullingdon Club from playwright Laura Wade and director Lone Scherfig. See review, page 60. General release from Fri 19 Sep.

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20,000 Days on Earth Nick Cave stars in this partly fictional documentary about the artistic process in general and his own work in particular. See review, page 59. Limited release from Fri 19 Sep.

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Take One Action Film Festival See preview, left. Various venues, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep–Sat 4 Oct.

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Celebrating political cinema across Scotland

What We Did on Our Holiday Highlands-set family comedy refreshingly devoid of mawkishness. Billy Connolly, David Tennant and Rosamund Pike star. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 26 Sep.

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TAKE ONE ACTION / DOCUMENT cotland’s leading political film festival arrives just as engagement with politics is at an all-time high. Take One Action begins the day after the independence referendum, and while the programme doesn’t explicitly deal with the Yes/No vote, its underlying theme of non-violent activism echoes Scotland’s own great experiment with democracy. The fest kicks off with Everyday Rebellion (pictured), a documentary charting peaceful protest movements across the globe, from clowns to pogoing. It’s a theme carried on by Ash & Money, in which Estonia’s Theatre No99 founded their own political party to highlight the country’s issues with corruption; by #chicagoGirl, a documentary exploring the role of social media activism in the Syrian revolution; and by Bidder 70, which tells the story of activist Tim DeChristopher, who disrupted an oil and gas lease auction by successfully bidding on $1.7m worth of land with money he didn’t have. Other films in the festival tackle equality, ecology and the

Middle East among other topics. It’s not the only politically minded programme on the horizon though. Human rights film fest Document picks up the baton almost immediately after Take One Action wraps, exploring themes of women’s and youth issues across one weekend at the CCA. Highlights include award-winning opening film God Loves Uganda, about the African nation's LGBT rights struggle, and closer American Vagabond, a documentary on homosexuality and homelessness in San Francisco. In between, local feminist organisations TYCI and Glasgow Women's Library are involved in a strand that features screenings of Kismet and Man for a Day, while Roma rights doc Judgement in Hungary stays true to the festival’s roots. (Niki Boyle) Take One Action Film Festival, various venues, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep–Sat 4 Oct, takeoneaction.org.uk. Document, CCA, Glasgow, Thu 9–Sun 12 Oct, documentfilmfestival.org.

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Life After Beth Dane DeHaan and Aubrey Plaza star in this dark and hilarious zom-rom-com. See review, page 59 and profile, page 61. General release from Fri 3 Oct. ’71 Troubles-set thriller from Black Watch scribe Gregory Burke, with rising star Jack O’Connell. See review, page 60. General release from Fri 10 Oct.

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Bear-barella Drag superstar Peaches Christ hosts a special screening of camp space opera Barbarella, including the dubioussounding Orgasmatron Challenge. See preview, page 62. Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 10 Oct.

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All Night Horror Madness The nocturnal movie marathon returns for another five-film festival of fear. See preview, page 61. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 11 Oct; Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Sat 18 Oct.

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DRAMA

IDA

(12A) 82min ●●●●●

ROMANTIC COMEDY

MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT (12A) 98min ●●●●●

Woody Allen waves his wand for the 44th time (a figure worthy of a sharp intake of breath), and the result is rather less bewitching than its twinkly title suggests. The promising premise involves one professional swindler attempting to unmask another, but can an ageing, egotistical conjurer really resist the charms of a winsome medium? The year is 1928 and Colin Firth is Stanley Crawford, otherwise known as faux-Chinese magician Wei Ling Soo. As the best trickster in the business, he’s called in by pal Howard (Simon McBurney) to expose the fakery of hokey spiritualist Sophie (Emma Stone). She has implanted herself in the affections of the wealthy Catledge family, particularly the smitten Brice (Hamish Linklater) and his widowed mother Grace (Jacki Weaver), but when it seems like Sophie may be the real deal, Stanley is forced to question his entire ethos. With its moneyed South of France setting and mismatched leads, Magic in the Moonlight channels Hollywood’s golden age. In a pairing that’s pure screwball, it brings together a kook and an uptight cynic, at first for squabbles and then for romance (Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant, of course, did it best). Sadly, some magic is lost in the casting. Firth acts as a lead weight to light comedy and, although Stone fares better, her modern style feels out of sync with the retro material. Meanwhile, sparks between the two are out of the question; thankfully, considering the age chasm. Allen’s script is smart, though it presents bitterness without the accompanying bite. There’s pleasure in the production values while the story is intriguing, if slight. Unfortunately, this aesthetically sunny, romantically drizzly period comedy represents another middling effort from a former movie maestro. (Emma Simmonds) ■ General release from Fri 19 Sep.

Writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski’s career has floundered somewhat since 2004’s My Summer of Love. Ida takes him back to his native Poland for a thoughtful rumination on womanhood, religion and sexual politics. In early 1960s Poland, orphan Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) is a novice nun about to take her vows. A meeting with her habitually booze-soaked aunt Wanda (Agata Kulesza) reveals that Anna was originally named Ida and that she’s Jewish, prompting a search for the truth about her parents who died during the German occupation of Poland. Ida’s stark and striking black-and-white cinematography almost overwhelms the thin narrative in the initial stages, but both the character and film blossom as Ida discovers the joys of nightclubs, John Coltrane and sex. Pawlikowski captures the look of 1960s Polish cinema, while keeping a low-key grip on the lead’s emotional development. While such virtues are to be applauded, Ida is sometimes a challenging watch. It offers pleasures in the form of Trzebuchowska and Kulesza’s performances, but wider resonance or meaning is hard to discern. Ida herself remains largely distant, and her struggle to shake off the burden of her country’s past may be difficult to connect with for non-Polish audiences. (Eddie Harrison) ■ Limited release from Fri 26 Sep.

THRILLER

A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (15) 114min ●●●●●

COMEDY DRAMA

WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (12A) 95min ●●●●●

The creators of TV’s Outnumbered are behind this enjoyable British comedy which takes that show’s winning formula and successfully translates it to the big screen. David Tennant and Rosamund Pike star as Doug and Abi, a recently separated couple. When they head to the Scottish Highlands to attend the birthday of Doug’s father Gordie (Billy Connolly), their three exuberant children (Emilia Jones, Bobby Smalldridge and Harriet Turnbull) are under strict instructions to keep the split under wraps. However, when a crisis occurs, the adults are so preoccupied that the children end up making a very grown-up decision, which impacts on the planned celebrations. Tennant and Pike are excellent as the frazzled parents and there’s terrific support from Connolly, on top twinkly-eyed form. But it’s the children who really steal the show. Writer-directors Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin demonstrate a keen sense of balance and pace; indeed, it’s remarkable how tightly scripted the film feels, considering the degree of improvisation involved. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll probably book a holiday to the beautifully shot Highlands. (Matthew Turner) ■ General release from Fri 26 Sep. 58 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Liam Neeson treads some well-worn ground as yet another ageing badass. This time, he’s unlicensed private investigator Matt Scudder, in writer-director Scott Frank’s adaptation of Lawrence Block’s crime novel. The opener sees Scudder drawn into a Brooklyn bar gun battle in 1991. Fast-forward eight years and he’s still dealing with the ramifications of the shoot-out alongside his alcoholism. When trouble comes a-knocking, Scudder teams up with homeless teen TJ (Astro) to solve the kidnapping of a drug dealer’s wife. A Walk Among the Tombstones is an absurd mix of pofaced thriller and Cop and a Half-style buddy movie, where women exist only as objects to be abused. The dialogue is entertainingly bad, though Neeson’s approach is so halfhearted that corkers such as, ‘caress it, rub it, like it’s part of you’, (Scudder explaining to TJ how to properly use a gun) are delivered without gusto. It’s clear Frank intends Scudder to become a household name but, given this dodgy effort, that may not happen. Still, at least it’s an improvement on 8 Million Ways to Die, Hal Ashby’s 1986 attempt at bringing this character to the big screen. (Katherine McLaughlin) ■ General release from Fri 19 Sep.

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HORROR

DOCUMENTARY

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THE MAZE RUNNER Ever since The Hunger Games became a boxoffice smash, there’s been a trend in Hollywood for adapting teen dystopian fiction. We had Divergent earlier this year and, following those female-fronted movies, it’s the boys’ turn, with newcomer Dylan O’Brien taking the lead in a race against time. Will Poulter joins him in the battle against a behemoth maze, which they believe holds the key to their freedom. Every month a new teenager appears, unable to recall where they're from and why they've been sent to this place, known only as the Glade. The interplay between its cast and the fact that this film rarely speaks down to its audience (save an information dump towards the end) are particular pleasures. Unlike the recent spate of superhero movies, The Maze Runner has the courage of its convictions, allowing key characters to be killed off. Like his protagonist, debut director Wes Ball has been flung in at the deep-end with this adaptation of the first instalment in James Dashner’s trilogy and he rises to the challenge in largely the same manner. The film moves at an enjoyable pace, taking us from CGI-heavy set-piece to set-piece with only the occasional stumble. (Katherine McLaughlin) ■ General release from Fri 10 Oct.

HONEYMOON

20,000 DAYS ON EARTH

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise . . . Debut writer-director Leigh Janiak’s horror is plenty unsettling, though it has the usual genre-associated problems of characters not behaving logically once the spooky stuff kicks in. Rose Leslie and Harry Treadaway play newlyweds Bea and Paul, who visit her family’s isolated cabin for their honeymoon. Stopping for food, Bea runs into her ex, Will (Ben Huber), stirring jealousy in Paul, but the pair continue on their way after Will’s wife (Hanna Brown) appears, acting strangely and warning them to leave. When Bea too starts behaving oddly, Paul investigates. But he isn’t prepared for what he finds. Leslie and Treadaway have convincing chemistry and Janiak goes for the slow-burn approach, saving the biggest, nastiest moments for a chilling finale. Along the way, Janiak and co-writer Phil Graziadei nod to classics of the genre and their script has fun playing around with the theme of how well we really know those we love. That said, some shock value is lost thanks to an early tip of the hand regarding the nature of whatever’s out there, which won’t be missed by genre fans. (Matthew Turner) ■ Limited release from Fri 26 Sep.

20,000 Days on Earth spins the seductive, semitruthful story of Nick Cave. It’s an existentialist pseudo-documentary, taking in love, death and memories as well as the art of songwriting, storytelling and performance with Cave emerging as appealingly mischievous, as well as unashamedly egotistical, prolifically creative and wholly self-aware. Directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard with a script penned in collaboration with the man himself, it begins with the arrival of Cave’s 20,000th day on earth as he emerges drowsily from his slumber. In this wonderfully eclectic offering we have guest appearances from Kylie and Ray Winstone, Cave swapping Nina Simone anecdotes with bandmate Warren Ellis, some studio time with the Bad Seeds, and a session with a chin-stroking psychoanalyst. Forsyth and Pollard create an atmosphere entirely befitting Cave’s unique appeal. With silky cinematography by Erik Wilson, the film is a skilful marriage of wit and wisdom, darkness and light, a fiercely beautiful amalgam which sweeps you up in a thrillingly macabre embrace, before sending you swooning out of the cinema. It’s like waltzing with Count Dracula. (Emma Simmonds) ■ Limited release from Fri 19 Sep.

COMEDY HORROR

LIFE AFTER BETH (15) 89min ●●●●●

‘Imagine The Graduate, but with zombies’. That could well have been debut writer-director Jeff Baena’s pitch for Life After Beth, a ‘rom-zom-com’ which couldn’t be further from the Shaun of the Dead vibe that label suggests. Dane DeHaan is expertly cast as Zach Orfman, a gothier version of Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin Braddock who spends his days moping by the family pool, selecting clothes from an all-black wardrobe and resisting his mother’s attempts to set him up with a nice young woman in the wake of his previous girlfriend’s death. Although, as it turns out, Beth might not be quite as deceased as first thought. Baena collaborated with David O Russell on the screenplay for I Heart Huckabees, where he revealed an appetite for the unpredictable and madcap. Life After Beth’s plot unfolds in such a leftfield manner that it would be a shame to spoil the surprises here, so let’s just say things escalate and leave it at that. Baena has an incredible cast to work with: from DeHaan’s conflicted creep; Cheryl Hines and Paul Reiser as Zach’s overbearing parents; Matthew Gray Gubler as his psychotic brother; Anna Kendrick as the chirpy girl next door; and John C Reilly and Molly Shannon as Beth’s increasingly unhinged parents. Parks and Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza holds back nothing as the titular Beth, locating an incredible emotional range in a role that, on the surface, shouldn’t support it. Baena’s script expertly litters clues and subtle nods to the lessthan-blockbuster budget in order to provide the odd meta-laugh: one particularly incredible-sounding explosion happens entirely off-camera, with only DeHaan’s muted reaction to register it. As such, Life After Beth succeeds in both its low-key premise and extraordinary conclusion. (Niki Boyle) ■ Limited release from Fri 3 Oct. See profile, page 62. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 59

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SATIRE

MAPS TO THE STARS (18) 112min ●●●●●

DRAMA

THE RIOT CLUB (15) 107min ●●●●●

Adapted by Laura Wade from her own play Posh, The Riot Club violently disabuses anyone of the notion that those who rule us might do so from a good place. Wade and director Lone Scherfig (An Education) knock the über-privileged off their pedestal by turning these puffed-up princes into monsters. But by hammering home the invulnerability and continued dominance of a particular breed of upper-class twit and drawing a thick line between us and them, the filmmakers ensure it’s the proletariat audience who suffer, emerging sick and sullied on the other side. The Riot Club of the title is a thinly disguised Bullingdon Club (of which David Cameron, George Osborne and Boris Johnson were famously members), here an exclusive Oxford University society comprising just ten men, selected for their public-school credentials and potential for hang-it-all hedonism. Into this nest of bully boys steps affable undergrad Miles (Max Irons), who is courted by the club alongside the nasty Alistair (Sam Claflin). The film builds to the club’s infamous dinner – held in the back room of a nice country pub – which becomes increasingly, aggressively vile and into which Miles’ girlfriend Lauren (Holliday Grainger) is drawn. The Riot Club wrong-foots us with romance and an irreverent opener before descending into darkness. Claflin stands out as the villainous Alistair, as his personal humiliations accumulate he rises to his full, hideously hateful potential. Scherfig’s eighth feature is an appropriately discomforting, immersive watch, being both gruelling and galling as it illustrates just how dangerously anti-social these young men are. It might at first seem like a comedy but, with its mounting horrors and nod to those currently in charge, it’s depressingly clear that the joke is on us. (Emma Simmonds) ■ General release from Fri 19 Sep.

David Cronenberg arrives about 20 years late to the party with Maps to the Stars, a strained satire of Tinseltown that feels surprisingly old hat. Screenwriter Bruce Wagner’s slice of Hollywood gothic takes lazy pot shots at easy targets from Harvey Weinstein to Scientology, never quite escaping the long shadows of more vivid movie-town nightmares like Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard or Lynch’s Mulholland Drive. Scarred, mystery girl Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) arrives in Hollywood and is soon the latest in a long line of personal assistants to ageing diva Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore). Agatha has a tragic, tangled history that gives her a connection to the movie capital, while her hideously bratty actor brother Benjie (Evan Bird) is a hot teen idol. The starry ensemble sink their teeth into a gallery of extremes, with Olivia Williams tearing into her role of Benjie’s fiercely controlling mother and Moore as fearless as she was in Short Cuts, here playing the YouTube generation’s Norma Desmond. The dialogue bites and scratches, and there is the sting of something like the truth, but as the clunky plot laboriously joins the dots towards a melodramatic finale, it feels desperately obvious and not a little silly. (Allan Hunter) ■ General release from Fri 26 Sep.

COMEDY DRAMA

WISH I WAS HERE (15) 107min ●●●●●

THRILLER

’71

(15) 99min ●●●●● There seems to be no stopping Jack O’Connell right now. His latest turn, in Yann Demange’s debut ’71, reasserts his soon-to-be star status. O’Connell plays Gary Hook, a British soldier fresh out of basic training. On patrol in Belfast at the height of the Troubles, Gary gets caught up in a riot and separated from his fellow soldiers. Lost in the rabbit-warren of Belfast’s side-streets, he desperately tries to find his way back to the barracks. In these scenes, O’Connell is marvellous, so breathless and frightened you can feel virtually every bead of sweat dripping from his brow. Yet, courtesy of Gregory Burke’s lean script, ’71 is more than just a pulsating thriller. Gary gets caught up in a web of relationships and power plays between the IRA, loyalist paramilitaries and the British army (led by a typically robust Sean Harris). If this luckless soldier is a pawn, he’s one who doesn’t even know that he’s in the game. With Blackburn doubling admirably for Belfast, there’s an authenticity here which stretches from the place to performances and politics. Action mingles with tension, while dialogue is sparse. Demange keeps it all flowing, ensuring you're hooked right to the final frame. (James Mottram) ■ General release from Fri 10 Oct. 60 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Like its struggling protagonist, unemployed actor and father Aidan Bloom, writer-director Zach Braff’s follow-up to Garden State comes with considerable baggage. The easy charm and comedic melancholy of Braff’s 2004 debut created a cult following: his fanbase ponied-up over three million dollars to make this film via Kickstarter. Braff plays Aidan, who’s shuffling between his dying father Gabe (Mandy Patinkin), shiftless brother Noah (Josh Gad) and wife Sarah (Kate Hudson), who is frustrated that his dream of becoming an actor has rendered him incapable of being a breadwinner. Braff deserves credit for setting Wish I Was Here in a world of school fees, sexual harassment, expensive healthcare and other recognisably real elements, and some pathos is derived from their honest depiction. But his take on deep subjects is painfully shallow, and the resolution trite. With satire limited to a dig at YouTube videos of kittens, shoehorned-in plugs for Aston Martin and Comic-Con, and poetry readings giving way to mix-tapes of maudlin hipster music, the self-aware humility of Garden State is sadly missing. It aims for originality but much of Braff’s second film plays out as self-pitying Hollywood schmaltz. (Eddie Harrison) ■ Limited release from Fri 19 Sep.

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NEW RELEASES ’71 (15) ●●●●● (Yann Demange, UK, 2014) Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris. 99min. See review, page 58. Selected Release from Fri 10 Oct. 20,000 Days on Earth (15) (Iain Forsyth/Jane Pollard, UK, 2014) Blixa Bargeld, Susie Bick, Arthur Cave. 97min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Annabelle (tbc) (John R Leonetti, US, 2014) Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard. Spin-off horror from 2013’s The Conjuring. General release from Fri 10 Oct. Bang Bang (tbc) (Siddharth Anand, India, 2014) Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan, Ron Smoorenburg. A woman gets mixed up with a spy trying to clear her name. Selected release from Thu 2 Oct. Barbecue (15) (Eric Lavaine, France, 2014) Lambert Wilson, Franck Dubosc, Florence Foresti. 98min. A man who has kept an eye on his weight all his life decides to let loose after suffering a heart attack on his 50th birthday. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Dolphin Tale 2 (U) (Charles Martin Smith, US, 2014) Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble. 107min. The team who saved Winter’s life reassemble after her surrogate mother’s passing to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Dracula Untold (tbc) (Gary Shore, US, 2014) Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Samantha Barks. The origin story of the man who becomes Dracula. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Effie Gray (tbc) (Richard Laxton, UK, 2014) Dakota Fanning, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters. Drama about the relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray. General release from Fri 10 Oct. The Equalizer (15) (Antoine Fuqua, US, 2014) Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz. 131min. McCall (Washington) comes out of retirement to rescue a young girl and gets caught up with Russian gangsters. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Filmed In Supermarionation (PG) (Stephen La Rivière, UK, 2014) Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Jamie Anderson. A documentary detailing how Gerry and Sylvia Anderson pioneered the iconic puppetry technique. Selected release from Fri 10 Oct.

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Giovanni’s Island (Giovanni no Shima) (tbc) (Mizuho Nishikubo, Japan,

2014) Voices of Masachika Ichimura, Polina Ilyushenko, Hiroshi Inuzuka. 102min. Two countries overcome language barriers in the face of disaster. Selected release from Fri 10 Oct. The Giver (12A) ●●●●● (Phillip Noyce, US, 2014) Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep. 97min. In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain or suffering, a boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the ‘real’ world. General release from Fri 19 Sep. Gone Girl (tbc) (David Fincher, US, 2014) Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike. 145min. A woman mysteriously disappears on the day of her wedding anniversary. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Grand Piano (15) ●●●●● (Eugenio Mira, Spain, 2013) Elijah Wood, John Cusack, Kerry Bishé. 90min. A concert

PROFILE JEFF BAENA ALL NIGHT HORROR MADNESS Now in its ninth year, the epic horror binge has a range of gory offerings and 80s black-comedic brilliance to satisfy all horror enthusiasts. This edition’s line-up includes Night of the Creeps, Tourist Trap, David Cronenberg’s The Brood and Flesh for Frankenstein, a warped take on Shelley’s classic. Above all, it’s worth catching the gore of Street Trash (pictured), making its first 35mm screening in the UK. (Laura Cain) ■ Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 11 Oct; Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Sat 18 Oct.

pianist finds a deadly note written on his sheet music moments ahead of his comeback performance. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Honeymoon (15) ●●●●● (Leigh Janiak, US, 2014) Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber. 87min. See review, page 59. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Human Capital (tbc) (Paolo Virzì, Italy/France, 2013) Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Matilde Gioli, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. 109min. Things change for two families on the night before Christmas Eve, after a jeep hits a cyclist. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. I Origins (15) (Mike Cahill, US, 2014) Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid BergèsFrisbey. 106min. A molecular biologist uncovers evidence that may change society as we know it. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Ida (12A) ●●●●● (Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland/Denmark, 2013) Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig. 80min. See review, page 58. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep, incl Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh. The Last Impresario (15) (Gracie Otto, Australia/UK/US/France, 2013) Michael White, Gracie Otto, Naomi Watts. 82min. Intimate portrait of Glasgow-born theatre and film producer Michael White, who impacted upon countless iconic figures over his 60-year career. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Life After Beth (15) ●●●●● (Jeff Baena, US, 2014) Aubrey Plaza, Dane DeHaan, John C Reilly. 91min. See review, page 59, and profile, right. General release from Fri 3 Oct. Magic in the Moonlight (12A) ●●●●● (Woody Allen, US, 2014) Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Hamish Linklater. 97min. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 19 Sep. Maps to the Stars (18) (David Cronenberg, Canada/US/Germany/France, 2014) Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska. 111min. See review, page 60. General release from Fri 26 Sep. The Maze Runner (tbc) ●●●●● (Wes Ball, US, 2014) Dylan O’Brien, Kaya

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Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster. 125min. See review, page 59. General release from Fri 10 Oct. Night Will Fall (15) ●●●●● (Andre Singer, UK, 2014) 75min. A film depicting the horrors of German concentration camps in WWII. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. Project Almanac (tbc) (Dean Israelite, US, 2014) Amy Landecker, Sofia BlackD’Elia, Ginny Gardner. A group of teenagers construct a time machine after discovering secret plans. Selected release from Fri 3 Oct. The Riot Club (15) ●●●●● (Lone Scherfig, UK, 2014) Jessica Brown Findlay, Natalie Dormer, Sam Claflin. 107min. See review, page 60. General release from Fri 19 Sep. Salome and Wilde Salome (15) (Al Pacino, US, 2011/2013) Jessica Chastain, Al Pacino, Kevin Anderson. Back to back screenings of Al Pacino’s films based on Oscar Wilde’s controversial play. Selected release from Sun 21 Sep.

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Soul Boys of the Western World

(12A) (George Hencken, UK, 2014) Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp. 102min. The rise and fall of Spandau Ballet. Selected release from Tue 30 Sep. Think Like a Man Too (12A) ●●●●● (Tim Story, US, 2014) Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union, Wendi McLendonCovey. 106min. The couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas. Selected release from Fri 19 Sep. A Walk Among the Tombstones (15) ●●●●● (Scott Frank, US, 2014) Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour. 113min. See review, page 58. General release from Fri 19 Sep, incl Showcase Cinema Glasgow; Showcase Cinema Paisley. What We Did on Our Holiday

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Tennant, Billy Connolly. 95min. See review, page 58. Selected release from Fri 26 Sep. Wish I Was Here (15) ●●●●● (Zach Braff, US, 2014) Zach Braff, Joey King, Pierce Gagnon. 106min. See review, page

Born Miami, Florida, June 1977 Background Baena’s had a slow-burning career in Hollywood – his sole credit pre-2014 is a scripting job on David O Russell’s (admittedly fantastically scripted) I Heart Huckabees in 2004. What’s next? He’s written and directed romzomcom Life After Beth, in which suburban moper Zach (Dane DeHaan) gets a chance to reunite with recently deceased girlfriend Beth (Parks and Recreation’s Aubrey Plaza). On zombification as metaphor ‘I think if you look at all the zombies in the film, they all are physically intact. I guess my idea would be it’s a slow deterioration, and that the ultimate violence that can be perpetrated on anyone is emotional and spiritual violence. Physical violence you can heal from, but a lot of the time you can’t heal from emotional violence.’ On the film’s smooth jazz soundtrack ‘I read an article about how when you’re in a waiting room in a hospital or a doctor’s office, they play smooth jazz because they’ve done studies and for whatever reason, it’s good for your immune system, and it works on a really basic subliminal level. My logic was, since it works on such a basic human level, and zombies work on such a basic human level, that it would naturally be their favourite kind of music. It would soothe them, calm them down. I just thought it would be funny.’ Interesting fact Plaza is Baena’s real-life girlfriend; they both say that him directing her on-screen kisses with DeHaan wasn’t that awkward, because ‘the movie is just more important than our relationship’. (Niki Boyle) ■ Life After Beth is on general release from Fri 3 Oct. For a longer version of this interview, see list.co.uk. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 61

FILM | Index 60. General release from Fri 19 Sep. You and the Night (18) (Yann Gonzalez, France, 2013) Kate Moran, Niels Schneider, Nicolas Maury. 98min. A young couple, along with their transvestite maid, prepare for an orgy. Selected release from Fri 3 Oct.

STILL SHOWING As Above, So Below (15) ●●●●● (John Erick Dowdle, US, 2014) Ben Feldman, Edwin Hodge, Perdita Weeks. 93min. Pacy and suitably creepy horror. General release. At Berkeley (PG) ●●●●● (Frederick Wiseman, US, 2013) 244min. An absorbing look at the increasing financial pressure on the university and the effect of cuts. Glasgow Film Theatre, Sun 28 & Mon 29 Sep. Attila Marcel (12A) (Sylvain Chomet, France, 2013) Guillaume Gouix, Anne Le Ny, Bernadette Lafont. 106min. Live-action comedy from the director of Belleville Rendez-vous about a mute, sweet-natured man-child. Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 19–Thu 25 Sep. Before I Go To Sleep (15) ●●●●● (Rowan Joffe, US, 2014) Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong. 92min. Stylish but superficial thriller. General release. Bicycle (PG) (Michael B Clifford, UK, 2014) 87min. The story of cycling: its birth, decline and rebirth from Victorian origins to today. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Thu 16 Oct. The Boxtrolls (PG) ●●●●● (Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi, US, 2014) Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Ben Kingsley, Elle Fanning. 97min. Adventurous and sometimes disturbing animated movie, with plenty to keep adults occupied. General release. Boyhood (15) ●●●●● (Richard Linklater, US, 2014) Patricia Arquette, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke. 163min. Made over 12 summers, Linklater’s visionary film follows Mason (Coltrane) from age 5 to 18. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. Chef (15) ●●●●● (Jon Favreau, US, 2014) Jon Favreau, Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson. 115min. A chef starts up a food truck. Cineworld Fountain Park, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep; Cineworld Parkhead, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

(12A) ●●●●● (Matt Reeves, US, 2014) Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis. 130min. A blockbuster for grown-ups. General release. Earth to Echo (PG) ●●●●● (Dave Green, US, 2014) Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig. 89min. An artless and shameless copy of Super 8. Vue Ocean, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. The Expendables 3 (12A) ●●●●● (Patrick Hughes, US, 2014) Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li. 126min. The interplay between the somewhat ageing stars remains the film’s biggest asset, but it’s predictable viewing. Showcase Cinema Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep; Showcase Cinema Paisley, Thu 18 Sep; Vue Ocean, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. Finding Fanny (12A) (Homi Adajania, India, 2014) Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah. 102min. A man embarks on a road trip to find his lost love. Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep; Cineworld Fountain Park, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Guardians of the Galaxy (12A) ●●●●● (James Gunn, US, 2014) Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista. 122min. With a gag-stuffed script and outstanding performances, this adaptation of an obscure Marvel comic is enormous fun. General release. The Guest (15) ●●●●● (Adam Wingard, US, 2014) Dan Stevens, Ethan Embry, Joel David Moore. 99min. A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. General release. The House of Magic (U) ●●●●● 62 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

PEACHES CHRIST’S BEAR-BARELLA You all know (or are at least somewhat aware of) Barbarella, the cult 1968 movie starring Jane Fonda as a sexy space saviour. You’re perhaps less familiar with the work of San Francisco drag queen Peaches Christ, whose own 50-minute live-action parody, Bear-barella, will precede a screening of the movie at the GFT this October, with the assistance of fellow drag artist Lady Bear, plus some very special guests. Ms Christ urges attendees to dress in their best alien attire for the event, lending an immersive Rocky Horror vibe to the proceedings. There’s also talk of ‘public pleasuring’ with the ‘Orgasmatron Challenge’, too. You have been warned. ■ Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 10 Oct.

(Jeremy Degruson/Ben Stassen, Belgium, 2013) Cinda Adams, Edward Asner, Emily Blunt. 85min. An abandoned young cat stumbles into a owned by an old magician. Selected release. How to Train Your Dragon 2 (PG) ●●●●● (Dean DeBlois, US, 2014) Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig. 102min. Sequel to the 2010 hit film with the original cast returning. General release. The Hundred-Foot Journey (PG) ●●●●● (Lasse Hallström, India/United Arab Emirates/USA, 2014) Helen Mirren, Om Puri, Manish Dayal. 122min. Indian patriarch Papa (Puri) opens a restaurant in the French countryside, opposite a Michelin-starred joint run by Madame Mallory (Mirren). General release. If I Stay (12A) ●●●●● (RJ Cutler, US, 2014) Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley. 106min. When young cellist Mia (Moretz) is involved in a car accident, her spirit self wonders whether her life is worth returning to. General release.

In Order of Disappearance (Kraftidioten) (15) ●●●●● (Hans Petter

Moland, Norway, 2014) Stellan Skarsgård, Kristofer Hivju, Bruno Ganz. 116min. A respected citizen goes on a rampage of revenge when his son is murdered. Selected release. The Inbetweeners 2 (15) ●●●●● (Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, UK, 2014) Simon Bird, James Buckley, Joe Thomas. 96min. Eternal teenagers Will, Simon, Neil and Jay head to Australia in pursuit of Jay’s ex. General release. Into the Storm (12A) ●●●●● (Steven Quale, US, 2014) Sarah Wayne Callies, Richard Armitage, Jeremy Sumpter. 89min. Gary (Armitage) is an Oklahoma dad with two estranged sons, one of whom needs rescuing when tornadoes come to town. Empire Clydebank, Thu 18 Sep; Showcase Cinema Paisley, Thu 18 Sep; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

(U) ●●●●● (David Douglas, Canada/ US/Madagascar, 2014) Patricia Wright, Morgan Freeman, Hantanirina Rasamimanana. 39min. A documentary that follows Dr Patricia C Wright’s mission to help lemurs. Cineworld Fountain Park, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep; Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. The Keeper of Lost Causes (15) ●●●●● (Mikkel Nørgaard, Denmark/ Germany/Sweden, 2014) Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter. 97min. This late arrival to the Scandi-noir party is violent and somewhat superficial. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. Let’s Be Cops (15) ●●●●● (Luke Greenfield, US, 2014) Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr, James D’Arcy. 104min. Ryan (Johnson) and Justin (Wayans) are two loser flatmates who decide to pretend to be LAPD officers, only to fall foul of psychopathic criminal Mossi (D’Arcy). General release. Lucy (15) ●●●●● (Luc Besson, US/ France, 2014) Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Analeigh Tipton. 89min. Lucy (Johansson) is forced to be a drug mule, but when the drugs leak into her system, she acquires superhuman powers. General release. Maleficent (PG) (Robert Stromberg, US, 2014) Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley. 97min. Star-spangled adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. Cineworld Fountain Park, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. A Most Wanted Man (15) ●●●●● (Anton Corbijn, Germany/US/UK, 2014) Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman. 121min. A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror. General release. Planes: Fire & Rescue (U) ●●●●● (Roberts Gannaway, US, 2014) Dane Cook, Ed Harris, Julie Bowen. 83min. When perky aeroplane Dusty (Cook) is forced to give up racing, he retrains as a firefighter under crusty-but-fair Blade Ranger (Harris). Selected release.

Pride (15) ●●●●● (Matthew Warchus, UK, 2014) Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Andrew Scott. 120min. During the 1984 UK miners’ strike, a group of lesbian and gay activists travel to Wales to help a mining community in trouble. General release. Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (PG) (Nick Moore, UK, 2014) Olivia Colman, David Walliams, Izzy Meikle-Small. 87min. Heartwarming film about a cheeky stray dog. Vue Glasgow Fort, Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sep; Vue Ocean, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. Sex Tape (15) ●●●●● (Jake Kasdan, US, 2014) Jason Segel, Cameron Diaz, Rob Corddry. 94min. A happily married couple try to spice up their sex life by recording it on an iPad, but an accidental sync sends the film to other devices; charmless slapstick ensues. General release. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (18) ●●●●● (Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, US, 2014) Jessica Alba, Powers Boothe, Josh Brolin. 102min. Rodriguez and Miller’s follow-up to 2005’s Sin City is a visual masterpiece but in narrative terms it’s style over substance. General release. The Nut Job (PG) ●●●●● (Peter Lepeniotis, US, 2014) Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Liam Neeson. 100min. An exiled squirrel finds himself helping his former park brethren raid a nut store – also the front for a human gang’s bank robbery. General release. Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit) (15) ●●●●● (Jean-Pierre

Dardenne/Luc Dardenne, Belgium/Italy/ France, 2014) Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Pili Groyne. 95min. Sandra (Cotillard) is told that unless she can persuade her co-workers to forgo their bonuses, she will be made redundant. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. The Unbeatables (Metegol)

(U) ●●●●● (Juan José Campanella, Argentina/Spain/India/US, 2013) Rupert Grint, Anthony Head, Peter Serafinowicz. 97min. Cheekily inventive 3D animation. Vue Ocean, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep. Walking on Sunshine (12A) (Max Giwa/Dania Pasquini, UK, 2014) Hannah Arterton, Annabel Scholey, Greg Wise. 97min. Musical romance featuring 80s hits. Showcase Cinema, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep; Showcase Cinema, Paisley, Thu 18 Sep; Vue Glasgow Fort, Thu 18 Sep. What If (15) ●●●●● (Michael Dowse, Ireland/Canada, 2013) Daniel Radcliffe, Mackenzie Davis, Zoe Kazan. 102min. A med school dropout (Radcliffe) and an animator (Kazan) struggle to define their close relationship. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep; Vue Ocean, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep.

ONE-OFFS, SEASONS AND FESTIVALS The Adventures Of Prince Achmed

(U) (Lotte Reiniger, Germany, 1926) 65min. The world’s first feature-length animated film takes a story from ‘1001 Arabian Nights’. The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Wed 8 Oct. All Night Horror Madness (18) Back-to-back screenings featuring blood, guts and other nasties. See preview, page 61. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 11 Oct. An American In Paris (U) (Vincente Minnelli, US, 1951) Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. 113min. Romantic musical, with Kelly on top form. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Thu 16 Oct.

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The Battle Wizard (Tian long ba bu) (tbc) (Hsueh Li Pao, Hong Kong,

1977) Danny Lee, Ni Tien, Chen Chi Lin. 77min. Crazed kung-fu action from the Shaw Brothers. The Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh, Wed 24 Sep. Born to Be Wild (U) (David Lickley, US, 2011) Birute Galdikas, Morgan Freeman (voice). 40min. Nature documentary set in Borneo. Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Dirty Harry (18) (Don Siegel, US,

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1971) Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, Harry Guardino. 102min. Brilliantly put-together star vehicle, with Clint in his most legendary form. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 28 Sep. Document 12 Film Festival This dedicated international human rights documentary festival uses international film to raise the profile of human rights and social issues. See preview, page 57. CCA, Glasgow, Fri 10–Sun 12 Oct. Dreams Are Colder than Death

(tbc) (Arthur Jafa, US/Germany, 2014) Fred Moten, Hortense Spillers, Saidiya Hartman. 52min. A poetic and uncompromising examination of what it means to be black in America in the 21st century. Tramway, Glasgow, Sun 28 Sep.

Edinburgh Cine and Video Society

Open night for the cinephile club. Edinburgh Cine & Video Society, Thu 2 Oct. Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival

Film festival for anyone interested in Spanish and Latin American cinema. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 8–Sun 12 Oct; University of Edinburgh, Fri 10 Oct. The Element of Crime

(Forbrydelsens element) (15) (Lars von Trier, Denmark, 1984) Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai. 104min. A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods. Glasgow Film Theatre, Sat 20–Mon 22 Sep. LIVE SCREENING English National Opera Screen: Otello (tbc) (David Alden, UK, 2014) Live performance of Verdi’s tragic Shakespearean opera. Empire Clydebank, Tue 14 Oct; Cineworld Fountain Park, Edinburgh, Tue 14 Oct; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Tue 14 Oct. Free Birds (PG) ●●●●● (Jimmy Hayward, US, 2013) Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler. 91min. Bland animation, a dull script and a wasted cast make this a turkey on every level. Cineworld Parkhead, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Frozen (PG) ●●●●● (Chris Buck, US, 2013) Voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel. 108min. An old-fashioned delight. Paisley Arts Centre, Sat 20 Sep; Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep; Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Ghost In The Shell (15) (Mamoru Oshii, Japan, 1995) Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi. 85min. The most expensive feature-length adaptation of a ‘manga’ comic ever. Selected release from Sat 27 Sep. Gladstone’s Bag Presents: Comedy Cine-Variety (tbc) Two programmes

of silent films with live music. The 2pm programme is Chaplin shorts and the 4pm programme includes Laurel and Hardy’s You’re Darn Tootin’. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, Glasgow, Wed 1 Oct.

The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) (15) ●●●●● (Paolo Sorrentino,

Italy/France, 2013) Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli. 142min. An ageing writer bitterly recollects his passionate, lost youth. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 24 Sep. Homage to Homeboy (15) (Adam Yauch, US) 90min. Videos and short films made by Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch from 1989–2011. Glasgow Film Theatre, Sun 21 Sep. International Ocean Film Festival

Documentaries celebrating the beauty and power of the world’s oceans. The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 25 Sep. Jim Jarmusch A season of films from the idiosyncratic auteur. Featuring Down by Law, Mystery Train, Night on Earth and Year of the Horse. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 5 Oct–Sat 1 Nov. Killer of Sheep (12A) ●●●●● (Charles Burnett, US, 1977) Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy. 80min. Charles Burnett’s seminal 1977 ultra naturalistic portrayal of urban AfricanAmerican life. Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep. The Last House on the Left (18) (Wes Craven, US, 1972) Sandra Peabody, Lucy

Grantham, David Hess. 84min. Nothing ruins your live music experience like getting kidnapped by convicts. Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow, Tue 30 Sep.

The Last Laugh (Der Letzte Mann)

(U) (FW Murnau, Germany, 1924) Emil Jannings. 101min. Classic, deeply moving silent. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Wed 1 Oct. The Lego Movie (U) ●●●●● (Phil Lord/Christopher Miller, US/Australia, 2014) Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks. 100min. Fast, funny, blisteringly paced and hugely inventive, it’s good fun for adults and kids. Paisley Arts Centre, Mon 13 Oct. LIVE SCREENING Mariinsky Ballet on Screen: La Bayadère (tbc) (2014) Screening of a live performance of Minkus’s legendary ballet from St Petersburg. Cineworld Fountain Park, Edinburgh, Tue 23 Sep; Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Tue 23 Sep. LIVE SCREENING Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth (tbc) (US, 2014) New York’s Metropolitan Opera in Verdi’s Shakespearean tragedy, screened live. Cineworld Renfrew Street, Glasgow, Sat 11 Oct. LIVE SCREENING Metropolitan Opera: Macbeth (tbc) (2014) Star soprano Anna Netrebko stars as Lady Macbeth in Adrian Noble’s chilling production of Verdi’s tragedy. Fabio Luisi conducts. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 11–Tue 14 Oct. Microbirth (tbc) (Toni Harman/Alex Wakeford, UK, 2014) 70min. Documentary exploring birth through the lens of a microscope. Summerhall, Edinburgh, Sat 20 Sep. LIVE SCREENING Moulin Rouge: The Ballet (tbc) (Canada, 2014) 130min. This ballet, set in-turn-of-the-century Paris, is all about the high-kicking choreography, love and plenty of heartbreak. Release from Thu 18 Sep. Muppets Most Wanted (U) ●●●●● (James Bobin, US, 2014) Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey. 112min. A tour goes awry when the Muppets find themselves caught up in a jewel heist and Kermit might not be the cuddly green frog we think he is. Odeon Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep; Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. LIVE SCREENING National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire (tbc) (UK, 2014) Gillian

Anderson, Ben Foster, Vanessa Kirby. The heat and passion of Stanley and Stella’s love and the tragedy of poor, fading Blanche DuBois, beamed live from London. General release. LIVE SCREENING National Theatre Live: Medea (tbc) (Carrie Cracknell, 2014) Helen McCrory plays the title role in this live screening of the classic tragedy. Selected release.

One Direction: Where We Are – Live from San Siro Stadium (tbc)

(Paul Dugdale, UK, 2014) The crowd goes wild. Selected release. One Night In Istanbul (12A) (James Marquand, UK, 2014) Steven Waddington, Lucien Laviscount, Paul Barber. 93min. Screen adaptation of the play about a group of Liverpool Football fans at the European Cup final in Istanbul. Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. LIVE SCREENING Opera Australia: La traviata on Sydney Harbour (tbc) (Australia, 2012) 145min. Handa Opera’s spectacular floating production of Verdi’s opera. Odeon Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep; Odeon at the Quay, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. LIVE SCREENING Opera Australia: Madama Butterfly on Sydney Harbour (tbc) (2014) Hiromi Omura.

153min. A performance of Puccini’s 1904 opera, beamed live all the way from Sydney Opera House. Selected release. Peaches Christ’s Bear-barella

50-minute parody performance. See preview, page 62. Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 10 Oct. Peacock King (15) (Ngai Choi Lam, Biao Yuen, Hong Kong/Japan, 1988) Biao Yuen, Hiroshi Mikami, Narumi Yasuda. 86min. Kung-fu monks attempt to keep the gates of hell shut. Banshee Labyrinth, Edinburgh, Wed 24 Sep.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (U) ●●●●● (Peter Lord/Jeff

Newitt, UK/US, 2012) Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven. 88min. There’s much for the whole family to treasure. Preceded by free craft event Pirates Arts and Crafts at 9.30am. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 28 Sep. Polyester (15) (John Waters, US, 1981) Divine, Tab Hunter, David Samson. 86min. Bad-taste comedy starring Divine as a putupon housewife. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Mon 22 Sep. Portobello Film Club (tbc) Film screening followed by a discussion. The Skylark, Edinburgh, Wed 1 Oct. Pulp: A Film about Life, Death and Supermarkets (12) (Florian Habicht,

UK, 2014) 90min. The Britpop band’s story, told through live performance, also starring normal people from Sheffield. The Glad Café, Glasgow, Tue 14 Oct. LIVE SCREENING Royal Opera House: Manon (tbc) (UK, 2014) The Royal Ballet perform Kenneth MacMillan’s tragic ballet. General release. Scotland Loves Anime The latest Japanese animation with behind-thescenes insights. Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 10–Thu 16 Oct. Scottish Mental Health Arts and

Film Festival Annual festival aiming to challenge preconceived ideas about mental health. Featuring Ana Ana, Everybody’s Child, See Me, I’m A Young Carer and many more. See feature, page 25. Various venues in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Paisley, until Tue 14 Oct, mhfestival.com. Screen Debates: Women’s Support Group (tbc) Screenings of documentaries

After Saville: No More Secrets? and Saville: The Power to Abuse. Followed by a panel and audience discussion. Glasgow Film Theatre, Tue 23 Sep. Silent Film Night with Gladstone’s Bag (tbc) Programme of comedy and

drama, with live music and sound effects from Gladstone’s Bag. Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, Glasgow, Wed 1 Oct. Something Different (tbc) (Roy William Neill, US, 1920) Constance Binney, Lucy Fox, Ward Crane. Vintage drama. Glasgow Film Theatre, Sun 28 Sep. A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

(15) (Ben Rivers/Ben Russell) France/ Germany/Estonia, 2013) 98min. Documentary on the existence of spirituality in an increasingly secular world. Glasgow Film Theatre, Fri 26 & Sat 27 Sep. Stem Cell Revolutions (15) (Amy Hardie, UK, 2011) 71min. Documentary examining the history of stem cell research. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Sep. LIVE SCREENING Stephen Fry Live: More Fool Me (tbc) (UK, 2014) Fry launches his new memoir with a live simulcast. Selected release. Stranger Than Paradise (15) (Jim Jarmusch, USA/Germany, 1984) John Lurie, Eszter Balint, Richard Edson. 89min. Low-budget, black-and-white portrait of three young people. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Sun 21 Sep. Superhero Film Weekend (tbc) A selection of modern superhero films. Featuring Spider-Man 2, Man of Steel and The Dark Knight on Saturday, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Iron Man and Avengers Assemble on Sunday. Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 27 & Sun 28 Sep.

✽(18) (Peaches Christ/Roger Vadim, ✽A politically charged film festival, US, 1968) Peaches Christ, Lady Bear, Jane founded on the belief that ‘cinematic Fonda, Anita Pallenberg. 160min. San Franciso drag performer Peaches Christ introduces a screening of cult sci-fi classic Barbarella starring Jane Fonda, preceded by her own immersive and distinctive

Take One Action Film Festival

experiences can inspire lasting change.’ Screenings plus talks, workshops and more. See preview, page 57. Glasgow Film Theatre; Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 19

Sep–Sat 4 Oct, takeoneaction.org.uk. Tarka the Otter (PG) (David Cobham, UK, 1978) Peter Bennett, Edward Underdown, Brenda Cavendish. 91min. Adaptation of Henry Williamson’s famous novel. Glasgow Film Theatre, Sat 20 Sep. Three Monkeys (15) ●●●●● (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/Italy/France, 2008) Yavuz Bingol, Hatice Aslan, Rifat Sungar. 109min. Superbly crafted, contemplative and elliptical film noir. Glasgow Film Theatre, Sat 27–Mon 29 Sep. Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy (U) (Peggy Holmes, US, 2014) Voices of Tom Hiddleston, Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman. 78min. The fifth of DisneyToon Studios’ Tinker Bell films featuring Mad Men’s Joan. Cineworld Parkhead, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. To Catch a Thief (PG) (Alfred Hitchcock, US, 1955) Grace Kelly, Cary Grant. 106min. Alfred Hitchcock directs the story of a retired jewel thief with his main stars in truly suave and elegant form. Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow, Mon 13 Oct; Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 21 Sep. To the Arctic (U) (Greg MacGillivray, US, 2012) Meryl Streep. 40min. A tale of survival all the way up at the top of the world. Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Under the Sea (U) (Howard Hall, UK, 2009) 65min. Jim Carrey narrates an underwater 3D look at the impact of global warming upon coastal regions. Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. Valley Uprising (tbc) (Peter Mortimer/ Nick Rosen/Josh Lowell, US, 2014) Peter Sarsgaard (narrator). The history of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley. The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Wed 15 Oct. The Visitor (R) (Giulio Paradisi, US/ Italy, 1979) Mel Ferrer, Glenn Ford, Lance Henriksen. 90min. The forces of good and evil battle for the soul of a telekinetic girl. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Fri 19 Sep. The Warriors (18) (Walter Hill, US, 1979) Michael Beck, James Remar, Thomas Waites. 94min. Moments of humour and a great soundtrack add to the enjoyment of what is one of Hill’s best achievements. Filmhouse, Edinburgh, Tue 30 Sep. We Shall Overcome (12A) ●●●●● (Niels Arden Oplev, Denmark, 2006) Bent Mejding, Anders W Berthelsen, Jens Jorn Spottag. 109min. It’s 1969 in Denmark and school authority is proving too repressive for Frits. What’s a boy to do but take inspiration from Dr Martin Luther King Jr and make a stand? Glasgow Film Theatre, Sat 27 Sep. LIVE SCREENING West End Theatre: Billy Elliot the Musical

(tbc) (2014) The multi-award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical, beamed live from London. General release. White Settlers (15) ●●●●● (Simeon Halligan, UK, 2014) Pollyanna McIntosh, Lee Williams, Joanne Mitchell. 82min. Typical home-invasion thriller, redeemed by McIntosh’s intelligent performance, but the violence lacks weight and the script isn’t tight or smart enough. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Thu 25 Sep. Wings (PG) ●●●●● (William A Wellman, US, 1927) Buddy Rogers, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow. 144min. Winner of the inaugural Best Picture Oscar in 1929, the flight sequences remain highly impressive today, and the film stands testament to a bygone age’s ability to make powerful art. One of those films that simply has to be experienced on the big screen. Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sun 5 Oct. The Wizard of Oz (U) ●●●●● (Victor Fleming/Norman Taurog/Richard Thorpe, US, 1939) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger. 102min. Classic stuff indeed, just chockful of great songs, characterisation and memorably garish design. Perhaps marginally less enjoyable for the curmudgeonly element rooting for the Wicked Witch of the West, though. Cineworld Fountain Park, Edinburgh, Thu 18 Sep; Cineworld IMAX, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 63

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HITLIST THE BEST KIDS STUFF

Events are listed by city, then by type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to kids@ list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Rowena McIntosh. ✽ Indicates Hitlist entry

GLASGOW Activities & Fun

natural world through creativity, this fun (free) family day features sound art, drawing, dance and more. See preview, right. Tramway, Glasgow, Sun 21 Sep.

FREE Gaelic Rhyme Time Fridays, 10–11am. Hillhead Library, 348 Byres Road, 339 7223. Interactive sessions learning basic Gaelic. For ages 0–3 years. FREE Toddler Time Fridays 11.30am. Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Argyle Street, 276 9599. Songs, stories and fun inspired by the museum. Suitable for under fives. Huff and Puff Fri 19 Sep, Mon 22 Sep–Thu 25 Sep & Tue 30 Sep, 2pm. Sat 20, Sun 21 & Fri 26–Mon 29 Sep 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3pm. Included in admission. Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. Discover exactly what air is and what we are able to use it for. And you can make your very own wind-powered car. Ages 7 and under. Stargazers Fri 19 Sep, Mon 22 Sep–Thu 25 Sep & Tue 30 Sep–Thu 2 Oct 3pm. Sat 20, Sun 21 & Fri 26– Mon 29 Sep 1pm & 3pm. Included in admission. Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, 420 5000. A show in the planetarium exploring the night sky. Best for under 7s. Junior Rugby Tots Saturdays, 9am & 9.35am. £7.25. Partick Trinity Church, 20 Lawrence Street, rugbytots.co.uk Play programme using the multiple skills of rugby to develop basic core motor skills. Ages 2–3.5 years. ARThouse Saturdays, 9.30–10.45am for ages 5–8; 1–2.30pm for ages 9–12. £85. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Fun workshops teaching all aspects of art. 20 Sep to 13 Dec. FREE Scottish Mask and

Little Howard’s Big Show for Kids Comedian Howard Read (aka Big Howard) is joined by his six-year-old animated sidekick, Little Howard, for a show that’s bigger than both of them. Macrobert, Stirling, Sat 27 Sep.

Mask and Puppet Centre, 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Doors open day with puppet shows, workshops and puppet-making demonstrations. Senior Rugby Tots Mondays, 10.10am & 11am. £7.25. Partick Trinity Church, 20 Lawrence Street, rugbytots. co.uk Ages 3.5–5 years. See above.

Dance company ✽Rapunzel balletLORENT take the

popular fairytale and give it an exciting makeover, in this dynamic show for both adults and children. See preview in Theatre, page 90. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Fri 19 & Sat 20 Sep. Mask and ✽Scottish Puppet Centre Doors

Open Day Discover where the magic is made, at this behindthe-scenes day with shows, workshops and puppet-making demonstrations (pictured). Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, Glasgow, Sun 21 Sep. Family Day: ✽Tramway Art Track Exploring the

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Baby Loves Disco & Pop Lock-In Early afternoon dancefloor fun for the tinies, followed by a more ‘grown-up’ clubbing experience for 4–11-year-olds. Hummingbird, Glasgow, Sun 5 Oct.

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Maker Get inspired ✽Art by works on display in the

gallery, then create your own masterpiece at this regular activity afternoon. See review, page 65. Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Sun 5 Oct 64 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

✽ Puppet Centre Doors Open Day Sun 21 Sep, 10am–4pm. Scottish

Buggy Fit Classes Glasgow South

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10–11am. £5. Queens Park Arena, Queens Park, buggyfit.co.uk Weekly outdoor fitness classes suitable for pre and post-natal mums and their babies FREE Bonjour les Petits Tuesdays, 1.30–2pm. Merry-Go-Round, 32–34 Nithsdale Road, Strathbungo, 423 2299. Learn French in a fun way. Ages 2–5. Family Fun with Attitude Sun 5 Oct, 2–4pm. £5–£6 (children £3–£4; under 5s free). La Bodega Tapas Bar, 1120 South Street, 581 3401. A day for the family to learn to dance. Toddler Tuesdays Tue 7 Oct, 10.30–11.15am. £3 per child. The Tall Ship at Riverside, 150 Pointhouse Place, 357 3699. Songs, rhymes, puppets, music and games for ages 1–4.

FREE Half Term Fun at Pollok Country Park Sat 11 Oct–Wed 15 Oct, 11am–3.30pm. Pollok Visitor Centre, Pollokshaws Road, 276 0924. Autumn crafts for young nature lovers. Part of Glasgow City of Science. Tommy’s Baby Race Sun 12 Oct, 10am. £10. Bellahouston Park, Paisley Road West, 427 5454. An 8km route to power walk or run, with or without baby. The race is open to all family members and raises money for the charity Tommy’s. Glasgow Kids Comedy Club Sun 12 Oct, 3pm. £4. The Stand, 333 Woodlands Road, 0844 335 8879. A selection of comedians tweak their material for younger fans aged 8–12. ARTScool Tue 14 & Wed 15 Oct, 9am– 12.30pm for ages 5–8; 1.30–5pm for ages 9–12. £65. House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Three-day course developing a new artwork in the grounds of the Art Park. Ages 5–8.

Books & Storytelling

FREE Kidding On Mondays. 4–6pm. The Village Storytelling Centre, St James’ Parish Church, 183 Meiklerig Crescent, 882 3025. Storytelling club exclusively for kids in Primary 4–7. FREE Imagine Lab Tue 23 Sep, 30 Sep & 7 Oct, 10–11am. The Village Storytelling Centre, St James’ Parish Church, 183 Meiklerig Crescent, 882 3025. Interactive storytelling and play for under 5s and their parents/carers. Family Storytime Fri 26 Sep–Mon 29 Sep, 10.30am, 12.30pm & 3.30pm. £5 (family £15; babies and under 1s free). Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff

Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Interactive storytelling of The Dragon Stoorworm for under 7s. Family Storytime Sat 11 Oct–Tue 14 Oct, 10.30am, 12.30pm and 3.30pm. £5 (family £15; babies and under 1s free). Scottish Youth Theatre, The Old Sheriff Court, 105 Brunswick Street, 552 3988. Interactive storytelling of The Enormous Turnip for under 7s.

Music

Nature Detectives Music and Rhythm Fridays, 11am–noon. £4.50.

Merry-Go-Round, 32–34 Nithsdale Road, Strathbungo, 423 2299. Music and percussion for babies up to 18 months. FREE ABC, Music and Me Mondays, 12–1pm. St Francis Centre, 405 Cumberland Street, 429 0275. Music, dance, movement for kids aged 2–5. FREE Sing Out Children’s Choir Tuesdays, 3.30–5pm. St Margaret’s Scottish Episcopal Church, 353–355 Kilmarnock Road, Newlands, 636 1131. A new choir for kids in P4–7. Tonic Tinies Wednesdays, 10.30– 11.30am. £3. Merry-Go-Round, 32–34 Nithsdale Road, Strathbungo, 423 2299. Play through music and movement. Family Disco Ceilidh Sat 4 Oct, 6.30–9.30pm. £5 (children £2; under 5s free). Hyndland Community Hall, 24 Novar Drive, discoceilidh.net. Traditional ceilidh dancing to pop hits. Baby Loves Disco Sun 5 Oct, 1pm. £8.94. Hummingbird, 186 Bath Street, 07986 527947. Dayclubbing for pre-schoolers and their groovetastic parents, with activities, snacks and even a chill-out room.

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ART ACTIVITY DAY

TRAMWAY FAMILY DAY: ART TRACKS Tramway, Glasgow, Sun 21 Sep

There aren’t many cultural venues where the outside is as filled with potential as the inside. But with its abundance of treasures, Tramway – and the Hidden Gardens behind it – is perfectly placed to help children explore nature creatively. The latest Tramway Family Day does just that, with Art Tracks bringing together artists from a range of disciplines with organisations such as the RSPB. ‘We wanted to collaborate on a Family Day that drew together our shared interests,’ explains Tramway’s Rosemary James, ‘and exploring interactive creative responses to the natural and animal world seemed like a great way to do it. The Art Tracks event will allow children to explore natural materials, animal movement and sound, and to make their own sounds, movement and art works.’ As with previous Family Days, Art Tracks is free and filled with dropin activities and short taster sessions aimed at families with babies, toddlers and children up to primary 7. Some elements have limited capacity, so signing up early is a wise move – especially for workshops like ‘Wild Tracks’, which takes inspiration from birds and animals to help children get creative through dance and drawing. ‘As a venue, we continually play with the potential to work across and between different art forms, especially in our programmes for families and young people,’ says James. ‘Often these moments of exchange offer new opportunities to experiment – this is particularly true of Wild Tracks, with choreographer and visual artist Brian Hartley, singer Judith Williams and dancer Penny Chivas all working together.’ (Kelly Apter)

KIDS

list.co.uk/kids Pop Lock-In Sun 5 Oct, 4pm. £8.94–£11.45. Hummingbird, 186 Bath Street, 0845 166 6039. An afternoon lock-in for 4–11-year-olds with resident DJs spinning chart tunes.

Autumn Bird House Tue 14 Oct, 10.30am–12.30pm. £5. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 228 1155. Create a stylish abode for birds this winter by decorating a wooden birdhouse. Ages 7+.

Theatre & Dance

Hansel and Gretel Sat 20 Sep, 2pm.

Books & Storytelling

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The Story Kist: Inclusive Storytelling Sat 4 Oct, 11am–noon.

FREE Mrs Mash: The Storyteller Cook Mondays, 10.30–11am. The Skylark, 241–243 High Street, 629 3037. Mrs Mash serves up stories and songs for ages 4+.

£6.50 (children £5.95). Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Tip Top Puppets tell the classic fairytale, with the addition of Dennis the Duck. FREE Tramway Family Day: Art Track Sun 21 Sep, 11am–4pm. Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. See preview, left.

£5 (accompanying adults free). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Multi-sensory stories and games for children with additional needs and their families. FREE Blackwell’s Children’s Book Group Mon 6 Oct, 6–8pm. Blackwell’s, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8218. An hour of chat about books for 8-11-year-olds. FREE Blackwell’s Teenage Book Group Tue 14 Oct, 2pm. Blackwell’s, 53–59 South Bridge, 622 8218. Regular book group for teens.

Disney On Ice: 100 Years Of Magic Fri 26 Sep–Sun 5 Oct, Times

vary. £14–£39. Braehead Arena, Kings Inch Road, 0844 499 1700. A colourful ice show, featuring more than 60 Disney characters from across the years.

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Sat 11 Oct & Tue 14, 2pm. £6.50 (children £5.95). Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. A puppet version of the popular tale, featuring live music. Old MacDonald Had A Farm Sun 12 Oct, 11am & 2pm. £5 (family £15). Eastwood Park Theatre, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4956. A mix of live action, puppetry and animation. Goldilocks & the Three Bears Sun 12 Oct, 2pm. £6.50 (children £5.95). Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Miriam Lambert and her puppets tell the story of Goldie and her encounter with a bear family. Big Magic Wand Wed 15 Oct, 2pm. £6.50 (children £5.95). Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre, 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. Alex the Magician presents a fun magic and entertainment show for the whole family.

EDINBURGH Activities & Fun

FREE Family Drop-In Workshops Sat 20 Sep, 1.30–3.30pm. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Create a new identity using paper disguises. Edinburgh Little League Junior Baseball Sun 21 Sep, Sun 28 Sep

& Sun 5 Oct, 12–12.45pm & 1–3pm. £10–£20. Warriston Playing Fields, Warriston Crescent, baseballedinburgh. com Weekly baseball matches and training sessions. Ages 6–13.

Parent and Baby Group Art Classes Tuesdays, 10.30am–12.30pm.

£6.50. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Art activities for mums, dads and the wee ones. Mini French Academy Wednesdays, 9.30–10.10am. £40 for a five-week block. Marchmont St Giles’ Church, 1a Kilgraston Road, 447 4359. Fun French lessons using hands-on activities. Ages 0–4. Junior Rugby Tots Wednesdays 9.35am & 10.10am. £7.25. Craiglockhart Parish Church, Craiglockhart Drive North, rugbytots.co.uk See Glasgow, Activities & Fun. Senior Rugby Tots Wednesdays, 10.45am & 3.15pm. £7.25. Craiglockhart Parish Church, Craiglockhart Drive North, rugbytots.co.uk See Glasgow, Activities & Fun. Disco Duck Wednesdays, 9.45– 10.15am. £2 for first class; £24 for a further 6 weeks. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. A pre-school dance experience designed to increase kids’ self-esteem, coordination and balance while they boogie to catchy tunes. Ages 18 months–4 years old. Disco Duck Thursdays, 11.30am– noon. £2 for first class; £24 for a further 6 weeks. Rosebery Hall, 17 West Terrace, South Queensferry, 331 2113. See above.

Music

ART

ART MAKER

Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, last Sunday of every month ‘What a great place to hold an art workshop,’ said the Canadian man to his young son, as they both looked around the space. The young boy nodded before returning to the task at hand, the serious job of sticking his cabbages in the right place. The pair couldn’t be more right. Sitting on the floor alongside them in the Scottish National Gallery, it’s hard to imagine a more inspirational setting to get creative. Whereas most museums and galleries run their family events tucked away in an education room, Art Maker takes place right in the heart of the art. Upon arrival we’re sent to another part of the gallery to seek out this month’s subject matter (in this case ‘A Hind’s Daughter’ by James Guthrie in the Scottish Colourists section). Then it’s back to the main room, where blue plastic sheets have been laid out and a multitude of materials – pencils, tissue paper and glue – lie waiting to be transformed into a work of art. Guthrie did it his way and we, the encouraging staff tell us, can do likewise. The location serves two purposes. First to fill the young artists (and their grown-ups, most of whom are also getting handy with a pair of scissors or a glue stick) with a sense that we all have the capacity to be creative, whether that’s painting an Old Master or fashioning a leaf out of tissue. Secondly, it’s a nice reminder that this is ‘our gallery’, owned by all of us, and children as much as adults have a right to engage with the space, and its contents, in the most accessible way possible. (Kelly Apter)

FREE Street Arts Thu 25 Sep, 6.40– 8.30pm. WHALE Arts, 30 Westburn Grove, 458 3267. Young people living in Wester Hailes can work with visual artists, musicians, photographers and dancers in the streets. Ages 8–16. Street Arts is at Harvesters Sq at 5pm; Dumbeg at 5.30pm; Hailesland at 6pm; Walkers at 6:30pm and Westburn at 7pm. FREE Meet the Experts Fri 26 Sep, 1–5pm. Our Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, 550 7800. Meet deep sea robots and deep ocean researchers and learn about the cameras that can take pictures of things moving as fast as light. FREE Archaeology Day Sat 27 Sep, 11am–3pm. Holyrood Park, Holyrood, 652 8150. Guided walks and activities on the Iron Age in Holyrood Park. FREE Pirates Arts and Crafts Sun 28 Sep, 9.30am. Filmhouse, 88 Lothian Road, 228 2688. Drop-in arts and crafts event themed around the film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!, a screening of which follows at 11am. FREE Volcano Fun Day Sat 4 Oct, 11am–3pm. Holyrood Park, Holyrood,

652 8150. Family activity day based around volcanoes, with hands-on activities and walks up Arthur’s Seat. FREE Art Maker Sun 5 Oct, 2–4pm. Scottish National Gallery, The Mound, 624 6200. See review, above. Creepy Crawlies Sat 11 Oct–Wed 15 Oct, 9am–4pm. Included in admission. Edinburgh Zoo, Corstorphine Road, 334 9171. Creeping and crawling insects are on display with plenty of handling sessions and crafts for youngsters. FREE Seed Gathering Sunday Sun 12 Oct, 1–4pm. Donations welcome. Gorgie City Farm, 51 Gorgie Road, 337 4202. Learn to identify seedlings and seeds to plant for the future. Japanese Box Gardens Mon 13 Oct, 10.30am–12.30pm. £5. Lauriston Castle, 2a Cramond Road South, 228 1155. Create your own miniature garden design before painting it on silk to make a wall hanging. FREE Family Drop-In Workshops Mon 13 Oct, 1.30–3.30pm. City Art Centre, 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Invent a new flag for an imaginary country.

Happy Ears Sat 20 Sep, 4 Oct & 11 Oct, 10–10.50am. £5. Calton Centre, 121 Montgomery Street, 07778 117333. Live interactive music classes with lots of instruments for ages 0–3 and parents. Sing and Sign Mondays, 10–10.40am. £65 per family for a ten-week block. Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 30–36 Dalmeny Street, Leith, 555 7101. Signing and singing with babies. Tiny Tales Tue 7 Oct, 10–10.40am & 11.30am–12.10pm. £5 (accompanying adult free). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Stories, rhymes and songs for ages 1–3.

Theatre & Dance

balletLORENT: Rapunzel Fri ✽ 19 Sep, 7pm & Sat 20 Sep, 2pm. £20 (£17; students £10; children £16).

Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000. See preview, page 90.

OUTSIDE THE CITIES Activities & Fun

Family Bushcraft Experience Sat 20 Sep, 10am–4pm. £45 for one adult and one child: £15 per additional adult, £8 per additional child. Tir Na Nog, The Stables, Balfunning, Balfron Station, 07540 246081. Create bows and arrows and learn how to light fires. Ages 4–14. Steam Open Day Sun 28 Sep, 11am– 4pm. £5 (£3; family £13; members free). Dunaskin Heritage Centre, Dalmellington Road, Waterside, Patna, 01292 269260. Hop on board a steam locomotive, check out the model railway. Pirate Weekend Sat 11 & Sun 12 Oct, 10am–5.30pm. Included in admission. Scottish Seabird Centre, The Harbour, North Berwick, 01620 890202. Nautical activities with prizes for best-dressed pirate.

Theatre & Dance

Little Howard’s Big Show for ✽ Kids Sat 27 Sep, 2pm. £12.50. macrobert, University of Stirling,

Stirling, 01786 466666. Real human Big Howard and interactive animation Little Howard are putting on the show of their lives. The Singing Kettle: Fantastic Funfair Sat 4 Oct, 2pm. Sun 5 Oct,

noon & 3pm. £12. Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, 01698 403120. The Kettle gang take on the helter skelters of the funfair.

Charlie And Lola’s Extremely New Play Tue 14 & Wed 15 Oct,

11am & 1.30pm. £12.50. Dundee Rep, Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. Everyone’s favourite brother and sister duo are back with a brand-new play about friendship. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 65

LGBT

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GLASGOW Activities & Events

FREE Lock Up Your Daughters Filmmaking Group Tue 23 Sep, 7pm. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A queer filmmaking group, where everyone is invited to gain hands-on experience in making films on a shoestring budget, discuss film scripts and watch a short or two. Ages 14+. The Case Against 8 Wed 1 Oct, 7.50pm. Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, 332 6535. A documentary following the case to over turn the samesex marriage ban in California. Followed by a discussion with Patrick Harvey MSP, Scottish Green Party co-convenor. Part of Take One Action Film Festival.

Arts

Horse Sun 5 Oct, 7.30pm. £18.50. The

Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. Indie, soul and pop by the Fife-born singer-songwriter. See preview, below.

Clubs

TYCI Sat 20 Sep, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after; free all night if you write ‘TYCI’ on your knuckles. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. A Freshers special with a live set from Welsh pop outfit Cut Ribbons (Kissability) plus Future Fight (Glasgow Roller Derby) and Kid Canaveral DJs. Yes! Fri 3 Oct, 8pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after (students £3). The

Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. The emphasis is firmly on music from classic artists such as David Bowie, The Smiths and Blondie and cuttingedge acts like Django Django, Band of Skulls and Grimes. Hot Mess Sat 11 Oct, 10pm–2am. £6. The Poetry Club, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. Gay club night describing itself as ‘an irregular party for irregular folks’, where the focus is on the music, which is a heady mix of disco, hi-NRG, acid house, Italo and electro from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron (Club for Heroes / Devil Disco Club). Pretty Ugly Sat 11 Oct, 11pm–3am. £5–£6. The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. The Pretty Ugly girls play sexy, glamorous indie rock’n’roll, electro beats, 60s soul and experiment with some new artists to get everyone in the mood for dirty dancing.

EDINBURGH Activities & Events

FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in Mondays 22 & 29 Sep, 6 & 13 Oct, 5.30–8pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Informal drop-in service to meet new people, get info and catch up on the latest goss. FREE Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group Wed 24 Sep, 7–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A book club for gents with a lust for reading. FREE Icebreakers Wed 24 Sep, 7.30–9.30pm. The Regent, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. Social group for people who want to make new friends in LGBT company. FREE LGBT Film Nights Fri 26 Sep,

HORSE Fife-born Horse McDonald pitches up in Edinburgh and Glasgow this October with a full band in tow. The acclaimed Scottish singer – who’s toured in the past with Tina Turner, Burt Bacharach and BB King – released her ninth album, Home, in 2013. Now she looks set to fill the Queen’s Hall and Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket with her impressive vocals, which Iain Banks once described as ‘like folds of very rich chocolate’. ■ The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 4 Oct; Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Sun 5 Oct. 66 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

WRITING ANTHOLOGY

OUT THERE

Published by Freight Books on Mon 22 Sep. Months after Scotland made headlines for the gay snog at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, queer Scottish identity is under the spotlight again – this time in Out There, an anthology of poetry and prose edited by author Zoë Strachan. Given the diverse range of LGBT Scottish authors around, it’s surprising that this is only the third anthology of its kind to mine this rich literary seam, and the first in 12 years. Out There features a truly impressive range of authors, including Val McDermid, Damian Barr, Jenni Fagan, Kerry Hudson, Ali Smith and Jackie Kay – such a wealth of talent, in fact, that the need for such an anthology is called into question. The world has certainly moved on from 1999, when critics claimed Carol Ann Duffy – also featured in the anthology – was overlooked for the Poet Laureate job on account of her sexuality. But it would be churlish to argue that a celebration of queer people’s contribution to the Scottish literary scene isn’t needed – the work in this collection from both established and emerging writers is as moving as it is brilliantly written, and the opportunity to have them all in one place is irresistible. LGBT History Month has said that Out There ‘will pose key questions, not just about LGBT writing in Scotland today, but also about the social and sexual landscape of our nation as a whole’. What exactly that nation will look like may be uncertain right now, but the writing in this anthology deserves a place in both LGBT and literary history. Let’s not wait another 12 years for a queer collection of this quality – with the extensive wealth of talent displayed here, surely we have enough writers for a new Out There every year. (Lola Smith)

6.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Screenings of feature-length films, shorts and unusual offerings with an LGBT focus. Meetings Without Masks Sat 27 Sep, 10.30am–6pm. £39–£56. Stockbridge House, Cheyne Street, 07825 603998. Get a bit of coaching on how to make the most of the dating scene. Booking essential. FREE LGBT Swimming Sat 27 Sep & 11 Oct, 2.15–4pm. Glenogle Swim Centre, Glenogle Road Stockbridge, 343 6376. A dedicated pool session just for the LGBT community, with use of the 25-metre pool, as well as the sauna, steam room and gym facilities. FREE The Big LGBT Music Jam Sat 4 Oct, 1–4pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Music-making in a creative and supportive environment. Life Lines: Intergenerational LGBT and Storytelling Sat 4 Oct,

5pm. £3 (£2). Scottish Storytelling Centre, 43–45 High Street, 556 9579. Poetry and storytelling from a diverse range of LGBT+ people across the generations. FREE Trans Women Sat 4 Oct, 7.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health &

Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A monthly group meeting for transgender women. G Spot Tue 7 Oct, 8.30pm. £5. The Stand, 5 York Place, 558 7272. See comedy listings. FREE Just for Men Wed 8 Oct, 6.30–8.30pm. Woodland Creatures, 260–262 Leith Walk, 629 5509. Social group for gay, bisexual and trans men.

Arts

Horse Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm. £18.50. The

Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. See preview, left.

Clubs

Joy Sat 27 Sep, 10.30pm–3am. £10 in

advance; £15 on the door. Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. The club night celebrates its 21st birthday with Maggie and Alan, Trendy Wendy, Sally F, Brett King and DJ Michelle. BearScotFest Fri 3–Sun 5 Oct, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, bearscots.org.uk Those cuddly fellas at the Bear Scots once again welcome ‘bears, cubs, chasers, otters and admirers’ for a weekend of furry fun including multiple parties and club nights, brunches and the crowning of Mr BearScot.

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HITLIST

THE BEST ROCK, POP, JAZZ & FOLK

Moon Hop Raverendum A referendum-night party brought to you by members of Neu! Reekie!, FOUND and the resident Moon Hop DJs – inviting you ‘to dance off the tension to the best record collection in Scotland, possibly even the Union’. Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep.

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LuckyMe x The Art School Very special record label night for GSA’s Freshers’ Week, with Eclair Fifi, the Blessings and S-Type. See feature, page 20. School of Art, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep.

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Speculum Orum Otherworldly operatic requiem for piano and voice from singer, pianist and composer M Lamar, influenced by black American gospel music and negro spirituals. Part of Arika, Episode 6: see preview, page 96. Tramway, Glasgow, Sat 27 Sep.

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Oui Love A French-Mexican answer to AlunaGeorge, singer Andrea Balency joins experimental rockers NLF3 at this French-flavoured night. Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Thu 2 Oct.

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CONQUERING ANIMAL SOUND EP launch from avant-pop experimenters, before a new album next year

iddy, gorgeous, cacophonic, experimental – the music of Conquering Animal Sound is all-over-the-shop pop, in the best way. The Glasgow duo (Anneke Kampman and Jamie Scott, who also perform as solo artists ANAKANAK and MC Almond Milk) return in October with their first new material in a year and a half, the EP Talking Shapes, recorded at Kinning Park Complex in Glasgow. It’s a blissfully wonky, shapeshifting exploration through four new songs of clicks, claps, primary school recorders, harps, abstracted hip hop beats and Kampman’s distinct stop-starty, cooing-thenmechanical vocal. But for all the layers of playfulness and formbending, there is a growing undercurrent of ideas to ponder – this time musical languages, gender, genetic coding and family, feminism, and, er, football.

‘There’s a subtle feminist dimension to this track [‘Puskas’]’ explains Kampman. ‘I used football references as a way of liberating myself from instruction. Football is a game; it has rules. Gender is also a game; it also has rules. I’m eager to break out of patterns that people fall into within music, specifically relating to gender. Women almost always have submissive roles in music practice, especially in the pop music industry. They tend to be passive when it comes to taking control of certain aspects of music creation, and it has always been important to Jamie and me that it’s a conversation, an equal process.’ (Claire Sawers) Stereo, Glasgow, Fri 3 Oct; Summerhall, Edinburgh, Sat 4 Oct. Talking Shapes is out on Chemikal Underground, Mon 6 Oct, conqueringanimalsound.co.uk

FKA Twigs The artist FKA Twigs is now known as a 2014 Mercury prize favourite – see our Exposure of Gloucestershire’s avant-pop diamond, page 71. Òran Mór, Glasgow, Mon 6 Oct.

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Pleasance Sessions A ten-day feast of brewed-in-Scotland beer, music, comedy and spoken word. Remember Remember, the Twilight Sad, LAW and the Phantom Band are all playing, plus there’s The List’s night with Ubre Blanca, Prehistoric Friends, Two Wings and TYCI DJs. See feature, page 21. Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh, Thu 9–Sat 18 Oct.

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Eagulls Post-punk quintet from Leeds with gothy, anguished vibes. See preview, page 16. Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Fri 10 Oct; King Tut’s, Glasgow, Tue 21 Oct.

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MUSIC | Records

ALBUM OF THE ISSUE

SINGER-SONGWRITER SYNTHPOP/ ITALO

HAPPY MEALS

Apéro (NightSchoolRecords)●●●●●

Night School records does it again, with one of the sauciest releases of the year from Glasgow duo Happy Meals. Suzanne Roden and Lewis Cook (aka Mother Ganga, and one quarter of the Cosmic Dead) have entwined minimalist cosmic disco and sultry synthpop with a Gallic twist on their raunchfest of a debut, Apéro. Opening track ‘Crystal Salutations’ swiftly sets the dimmers down low with a synth-lead and slow Italo build up, with reverbed French-Anglo vocals setting the almost horizontal mood for the following five tracks. The highlight has to be ‘Altered Images’ with its silky keyboards and totally girthy bassline, which would give Mtume a run for their money in the smooth department. They may be a little indebted to the revivalist label Italians Do It Better, with their compilation volumes, or perhaps even Not Not Fun at their poppiest. But it’s a refreshing turn for a Glasgow electronic band to delve so head-first into continental balearic style this successfully while retaining a certain weegie toughness. Perhaps it's bred from the taps aff techno heat of the city’s club scene – but with a more elegant and erudite twist. Slow burner ‘Visions of Utopia’ dives straight into hallucinatory sci-fi territory, with its Radioactivity-esque modal keys accompanying Roden’s distant lyrics – making for a brave and oddball departure from the more rhythmic vigour of the rest of the album. This only works as an aphrodisiac before closer ‘Le voyage’ goes drummachine daft with the catchiest chant of ‘Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago’, just to send you on your merry way. Apéro is a fine intro to one of Glasgow’s best-kept secrets. (Nick Herd) ■ Released Mon 3 Nov.

AMBIENT / MODERN COMPOSITION

A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN

VASHTI BUNYAN

Heartleap (Fat Cat) ●●●●● Vashti Bunyan is a voyeuristic pleasure. She sings like she’s murmuring to herself, like you’re overhearing her thinking out loud while she just happens to be in the same room as the music. ‘I sigh with every breath I’m breathing’, she whispers on ‘Holy Smoke’, and it’s this line that sums up Bunyan’s style – wistful, private, reflecting. There’s something eerily present about her – more than once, I found myself trying to enter the conversation Bunyan is having with herself, as though she were sitting just across the kitchen table. And I don’t even own a kitchen table. Her first album in ten years (after 2005’s Lookaftering, and her classic 1970 debut, Just Another Diamond Day) is 100% pure Bunyan – recorded at home and arranged by herself. Bunyan, who can’t play the piano, also accompanies herself with odd notes and fragments that feel like half-finished thoughts. ‘Blue Shed’, the traditional artist’s lament of wanting a space of pure solitude to create, balanced with the fear that everyone you love will drift away, feels like a scribbled diary entry, a musician’s commentary on embarking on such a solitary project. She unfurls, song by song, with stories of lost love, found love, love that should have been avoided at all costs. ‘Gunpowder’, a stand-out song even in an album of staggeringly good quality, is a poetic confession of a mismatched relationship where all the singer can do is make things worse. ‘It seems that I can never learn my words / Watching them turn around, burning / Lighting the gunpowder trails that you lay’. This is poetry against a backdrop of music – ethereal sounds that lull the listener into a false sense of security while she dissects her heart in front of us. This is her last album, she insists. She has finally found that shed – somewhere to ‘Keep my words in the air, padlocked there / For ever and silently out of harm’s way’. (Kaite Welsh) Stream the opening track at soundcloud.com/fatcatrecords/ vashti-bunyan-across-the-water HOUSE / TECHNO

Atomos (Erased Tapes) ●●●●●

HIEROGLYPHIC BEING & THE CONFIGURATIVE OR MODULAR ME TRIO

It’s hard to know where to start with an album like this, one that simply uncurls itself out of the speakers / headphones with a majestic, enveloping and enchanting ease. Right away, it creates this thoroughly immersive and diaphanous state of blissful wonderment that doesn’t feel like it has a beginning or end, but is simply sui generis and of the moment. It’s wonderfully timeless, solitary music, stark yet still comforting, and able to create a unique stillness; a perception that time is not really passing, but paused momentarily so you can engage fully with the strings, the piano figures, the sparse electronics, and whatever is whizzing about your grey matter. A Winged Victory For The Sullen is the project of composer Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie from Stars Of The Lid, another duo who dealt in similarly grand and mellifluous strings / drone ambience. This, their second album, continues their exploration of contemporary classical composition; it’s at times sombre, exultant, elegiac, profound and always beautiful. It’s the kind of slowly insulating sound that has you ponder things differently. It’s grandiose headphones music that makes you feel alone, small, insignificant but simultaneously offers some brief illumination into a world where you are briefly unburdened with trivialities; it creates a Zen-like, transcendental state of becalmed serenity. This 11-track odyssey was crafted at the request of Random Dance Company founder Wayne McGregor who asked the duo if they would score his new work. Given this blank canvas, they have created something fluid, dynamic but also compelling – from the portentous ‘Atomos I’ to the elegance of ‘Atomos II’s celestial climax, to ‘Atomos V’s synth crescendo, there’s mystery and majesty throughout the album. Atomos is deep and reflective, but still easy to engage with and a ready-made soundtrack to moments of sublime inner vision. (Mark Keane)

He hails from Chicago, Illinois, but don’t confuse Jamal Moss with your regular epochal house producer. Despite an early initiation to electronic music – listening to Ron Hardy at the city’s seminal Music Box club, and giving out mixtapes of his own music to clubbers in the small hours – Moss is just as influenced by the freeform space-jazz of Sun Ra and his Arkestra (who he’s collaborating with for an upcoming LP), and it shows in his ferociously diverse productions. This record is a compilation of his back catalogue (he’s recorded for labels like Clone and Klang Elektronik, but most commonly for his own Mathematics Recordings), and it’s the perfect primer for his sound. What’s most surprising about the nine tracks on the record isn’t their wilful diversity, but rather how well the collection hangs together perfectly as a set. It opens on the title track, which begins with a thumping bassline that surely wouldn’t have sounded out of place on the dancefloor at Tresor in the early 90s, but Moss takes it to new and thrilling places with a synthesised wind tunnel effect which gives the track a hypnotic funk. Similarly, ‘How Wet is UR Box’ isn’t as abysmal as the title suggests, but still manages to be a little oppressive in its repetitive crunch. ‘Space is the Place’ calls out Sun Ra itself, a murmuring pocket symphony of glitch electronica, while later tracks like ‘Letters From the Edge’, ‘A Genre Sonique’ and ‘134340 Pluto’ get even deeper into this combination of raw, rhythmic, primal dancefloor afrofuturism and an almost playful experimentation with instrumental melody and jazz structures. The whole hugely distinctive effect serves to play music with an evocative air of techno classicism and the beats to match, yet one whose structures find plenty of space in which listeners away from the dancefloor will find new sounds to explore. (David Pollock)

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The Seer of Cosmic Visions (Planet Mu) ●●●●●

Records | MUSIC

list.co.uk/music PSYCHEDELIC / ELECTRONIC DANCE

TROPICAL POP

Our Love (City Slang) ●●●●●

Apocalypso (Lost Map) ●●●●●

CARIBOU

INSECT HEROES

Dan Snaith’s long journey from master of neo-psychedelic pop eclecticism into a full-blown, wee-small-hours, floor-filling electronic dance artist is complete with his fourth album as Caribou. 2010’s inspired Swim backstroked strongly in that direction, while still retaining an organic thread from 2008’s Polaris Prize-winning Andorra. 2012’s heavily samples-based Jiaolong, released under the moniker Daphni, saw the Canadian display all the dancefloor sensibilities you’d expect of a guy who has become renowned in recent years for his epic extracurricular DJ sets. Our Love is the first Caribou album to likewise feel more apt for a late-night club setting than necessarily a concert venue. While that exploratory feel that characterises so much of Caribou’s best music remains strong, there is a sense of Snaith reaching the edge of the map here, and possibly needing to retrace his steps. He variously does acid house, chillwave, drum & bass and comedown psychedelia every bit as entrancingly as you’d expect. But that spectacular, alchemic coaction he can achieve between sometimes contrasting styles and sounds has been better evidenced on previous Caribou records. The BPM shifts high and low, as Our Love wobbles back and forth somewhere between hands-in-the-air and arms-around-the-toilet-bowl. Where the beatific head-rush of opener ‘I Can’t Do Without You’ and the trippy title track are up-tempo bangers, ‘Dive’ slows things down to zonked half-speed with its queasy-sounding portamento bass line. ‘Mars’ sees Snaith find his flute to create a fluttering counterpoint to a rushing tribal beat. The filmic ‘Back Home’ builds gradually towards a spinetingling drop that’s maybe the record’s standout moment. All are impressive compositions, adding up to an album that strongly demands repeat listening. But how Our Love would benefit from just one song as sure and determined of direction as Swim’s addictive centrepiece ‘Leave House’. (Malcolm Jack)

Mountains have long been a source of inspiration to songwriters and often those songs are visceral, ambitious and as improbably majestic as the subject matter. This is the case with Insect Heroes’ debut Apocalypso, an album that tries to throw everything into the mix and largely succeeds in pulling it off. Hill-loving brothers George and Evan Thomas (born and raised in the Peak District and now living in Scotland) call their sound ‘tropical pop’. Recorded to 16-track analogue tape, Apocalypso is a sonic kaleidoscope of ethereal, slightly chilling vocals drifting in a soup of modular synths, banjo, drums and percussion (Robin Ashton, Adam Campbell and Laurie Pitt complete the lineup) that nods politely in a trippy fashion to influences including Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Super Furry Animals and Joe Meek. Then there are moments when the tempo changes and the mood turns, such as ‘King Fabulous’, as if early Flaming Lips or T-Rex have just crashed the party. It probably helps that they style themselves as ‘British eccentrics and oddballs’, as there is a delightfully shambolic element to their sound that, to quote from one of the tracks, ‘don’t make no sense at all’. Fortunately, it’s also an extremely accessible album with big, memorable songs such as ‘Strobe Lights’, with its layered, ominous harmonies playing off George’s slightly manic falsetto vocal. Meanwhile, the gloriously swirling 1960s pop hook of ‘Beautiful World’ builds into an infectious chorus of ‘I’m so happy, I could die’. The stand-out tracks are ‘These Days’ and ‘Wooden Heart’, which sound like 1960s psych-garage pop and best encapsulate the ‘dark core’ that underpins Insect Heroes’ songwriting style. There’s no question that this band can write a great tune and have cultivated an intriguing sound: it’s all just a question of where they go next. (Rachel Devine) Watch a video for 'King Fabulous' at goldflakepaint.co.uk. Album launch, The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow, Fri 17 Oct, with Monoganon & David MacGregor.

DARK SYNTHPOP

HEAVY METAL

Night Tides (Unknown Pleasures) ●●●●●

Hold It In (Ipecac) ●●●●●

Hausfrau is the alter ego of Glasgow-based artist Claudia Nova, who brings us an absorbing debut in the form of Night Tides. Released on aptly named label Unknown Pleasures (there is at least a thematic connection, if not exactly a direct similarity to Joy Division), Night Tides intends to explore the core ideas of darkness and light in music as well as via its aesthetic. Through eight electronic, synth-driven pieces, it creeps and creaks and often envelops, with a hypnotic tidal rhythm. The collection here compiles five original songs with three reinterpretations. It opens with a stark, sparse version of a traditional folk song with unknown origin, ‘Black is the Colour of My True Love’s Hair’, which sets the throbbing tone with an embedded nod to Donovan’s ‘Colours’ – an artist whom Nova later covers in his own right with a haunting take on ‘Season of the Witch’. Original piece ‘Running’ sees Nova stand in her own light as it bobs and lilts with snaking guitars and soft pulses. The rest of the album takes healthy cues from 80s cinematic and dark pop influences, cemented by the inclusion of a collaboration from Altered Images’ Jim McKinven, as well as the performance of a pivotal piece from David Lynch’s Blue Velvet, ‘Mysteries of Love’. It all culminates in a chilling and brooding piece of work that is as much a headphone experience as it is an entrancing live prospect. Admittedly, Nova’s voice sometimes struggles to strike as powerfully as her music, which can sometimes stem the flow. But it feels like something she’ll surely grow to fit, as the scope is here for her to expand into a lot of interesting territory. Overall, any curious lovers of pulsing electronica with a cinematic scope will enjoy what is altogether a promising and intelligent debut – one that will hopefully set Nova in good stead to further explore her dark side. (Ryan Drever) Listen to / buy Night Tides from hivmusic1.bandcamp.com/album/ night-tides-cd

Now in their fourth decade, change remains the only constant in Casa de las Melvins. Most recent bassist Jared Warren and second drummer Coady Willis are out, at least temporarily, while Jeff Pinkus and Paul Leary (both of the Butthole Surfers) are press-ganged into service on bass and second guitar, respectively. In the grand tradition of portmanteau partnerships, à la Jedward and Brangelina, this iteration shall be known as Buttvins. Or possibly Melholes. Generally speaking, Melvins’ albums fall into two categories: obsessively cohesive tomes and disparate genre-jumping patchworks that sound like a dozen alternate universe versions of Buzz Osborne & co colliding in an interdimensional wormhole. Hold It In is one of the latter. Of course, there are the malevolent juggernauts of caustic bile traditionally associated with this band. But there’s also ‘You Can Make Me Wait’s bubble-soft, melancholy indie-pop or the sleazy glam-punk of ‘Eyes On You’, an addictively fizzy and boisterous lost classic of turquoise eyeshadow and bovver boots. And there’s rollicking rockabilly, a muscular Kiss homage, woozy abstract confusion, and brazen power-pop laced with straightforward-sounding but almost impossibly knotty transitions. It peaks with ‘The Bunk Up’ – twitchy, wild-eyed prog-metal that glides through a surprisingly mellifluous midsection into a vast ritual of riff. Despite the pleasingly wayward diversity on offer, there is a coherent thread running through this album – and it’s Paul Leary. His disorienting psychedelic washes and idiosyncratically wobbly filth are smeared everywhere, bringing a debauched narcotic fluidity to a band that excels at caustic precision. In its breadth and playfulness, Hold It In is a spiritual cousin to Stag, Nude with Boots and even Houdini. Where it ranks in their discography is another matter – suffice to say, it’s an invigorating and surprising regeneration of a band that, even 24 studio albums in (or thereabouts), wasn’t even close to needing it. (Matt Evans)

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JAZZ & WORLD

ALSO RELEASED JAZZ

SUN RA AND HIS ARKESTRA In The Orbit of Ra (Strut) ●●●●●

To listen to Sun Ra’s music is to travel the spaceways, spending Plutonian nights dancing with cosmo-aliens, and tuning into the latest news from Neptune. Sun Ra’s astro-black mythology is science fiction at its most potent, challenging racist American society with the idea of black people reaching for the stars. This vision animates music so innovative it still sounds like the future. Selected by current Arkestra leader Marshall Allen for Sun Ra’s centenary, this magnificent compilation runs the gamut from eccentric big band jazz and space-age exotica to cosmic grooves and astonishing electronic freakouts. Take ‘Astro Black’, where squalling horns, solar flare electronics and thunderous timpani thrust June Tyson’s imperious vocals into the stratosphere. Or the unreleased ‘Trying To Put The Blame On Me’, where Sun Ra sings a poignant Saturnian blues at the piano. There are worlds they have not told you of: Sun Ra takes you there. (Stewart Smith) JAZZ

THE GRIP

Celebrate (Slowfoot) ●●●●●

DAVID THOMAS BROUGHTON & JUICE VOCAL ENSEMBLE Sliding The Same Way (Song, By Toad) ●●●●●

THURSTON MOORE The Best Day (Matador) ●●●●●

The mannered Scott Walkeresque baritone of folk improviser David Thomas Broughton is partnered here with a siren chorus of female singers, cooing exquisitely to bewitching layered effect. Sliding The Same Way draws deep from tradition on the choral delta blues of ‘Oh Nurse Of Mine’ and languorous gospel of ‘Been A While’ yet, like the kindred work of Dirty Projectors, sounds utterly modern and heady. (Fiona Shepherd) ■ davidthomasbroughton.co.uk, soundcloud.com/songbytoad/ david-thomas-broughton-juice-9

Following the disarming folky songwriting of his 2010 acoustic album Demolished Thoughts and his ongoing adventures in experimental noise, Thurston Moore returns to more familiar alternative rock territory. The Best Day is almost comforting in its closeness to the melodic, insistent and low-slung side of Sonic Youth with Moore’s yearning voice as engaging as his hypnotic, extended instrumental passages on 12-string acoustic and electric guitar. (FS) ■ facebook.com/ ThurstonMooreOfficial, matadorrecords.com/thurston_ moore

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The fifth album from this slick Tiree seven-piece explores the transatlantic travels of their folk tradition via the commercial country pop of ‘We Can Run’, breezy Americana inflections of ‘You Don’t Know’ and lonesome ballad ‘You Were My Friend’, on which singer Alec Dalglish can well showcase his soulful tone, before the music ultimately comes to rest back in the smooth Celt pop-rock territory of Runrig and Capercaillie. (FS) ■ skerryvore.com, see list.co.uk for Scottish tour dates in SeptemberOctober.

Masked dubstep producer Aaron Jerome helms a second album of comedown electro ballads, tasteful trip hop vibes and modern soul slow jams in the company of guest vocalists Jessie Ware and Ezra Koenig, plus regular collaborator Sampha. The spare bass funk of ‘NEW DORP. NEW YORK’ and woozy jazzy hip hop atmosphere of ‘Voices In My Head’ stand out in an otherwise predictable serving of hipster electronica. (FS) ■ SBTRKT plays the 02 ABC, Glasgow, Sat 2 Sep, sbtrkt.com

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Wonder Where We Land (Young Turks / XL) ●●●●●

The symbiotic relationship between the bird and the elephant is one of nature’s sweetest. Listening to Celebrate, one can readily imagine Finn Peters’ alto sax as an egret, fluttering around Oren Marshall’s waddling elephant tuba. In this little ecosystem, Tom Skinner’s drums are a thousand chittering insects, dancing micro-rhythms across the great mammal’s leathery hide. Marshall and Skinner are one half of dancehall jazzers Sons of Kemet, and while there are no Caribbean flavours here, the tubaist brings the same agile mix of low-end wobble and melodic flair. Skinner’s lack of showiness belies a subtle inventiveness. On ‘The Grip’ he marches a company of clockwork soldiers around a see-sawing alto theme, while on ‘199 Blues’ he maps lateral paths around Marshall’s gutbucket riff. From the knotty free-bop of ‘Compost Fly’ to the arabesque drones of ‘Saladin’, Celebrate adds further momentum to London’s vibrant contemporary jazz scene. (Stewart Smith) WORLD

FUMAÇA PRETA

Fumaça Preta (Soundway) ●●●●● Hot on the stacked heels of Meridian Brothers, Soundway delivers another cracked vision of South American psychedelia. Fumaça Preta (‘black smoke’) is the studio project of Alex Figueira, a PortugueseVenezuelan producer based in Amsterdam. Stirring a range of Latin American and Afro-Caribbean influences into his psychedelic gumbo, Figueira creates something akin to the wiggier end of Tropicalia without descending into retro pastiche. While determinedly hi-fi, the album has something of the demented pop nous of Ariel Pink’s early releases, with Figueira yelling and cackling through a prism of reverb and echo. Sounds drift in and out of the hallucinatory mix, from tripped-out percussion effects to meaty rock guitars and distorted saxophone. There are nods to psychedelic touchstones like Hendrix and Funkadelic, but ‘Tire sua mascara’ is more acid house than acid rock, with live percussion grooving around a glutinous synth line. (Stewart Smith) WORLD

KING AYISOBA

Wicked Leaders (Makkum Records) ●●●●● You might have caught King Ayisoba on his spring tour, whipping Glasgow’s Platform into a frenzy. He’s a magnificent performer, charging traditional north Ghanian styles with the energy of modern hip-life. Wicked Leaders captures him with the band he was unable to bring to the UK. Less stark than his solo performances, the full acoustic band sound is still plenty fierce, adding colour and weight, without sacrificing vitality. Ayisoba is a compelling vocalist, switching from reflective tones to angry nasal chatter, rising to a full-throated roar as he accompanies himself on the kologo, a traditional stringed instrument. Arnold De Boer of Zea and the Ex appears on ‘Akolbire’, adding punky vocals and guitar jabs to a burning groove. (Stewart Smith) ■ King Ayisoba plays Old St Paul’s Church Hall, Edinburgh, Thu 9 Oct; The Art School, Glasgow, Fri 10 Oct.

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ROZI PLAIN / RACHAEL DADD

Something of a Glasgow rock supergroup with members of Bronto Skylift, Paws and the late Dananananaykroyd in their number, Garden of Elks release an EP which is pleasingly not at all what might be expected from a combination of those three. The lead and title song is a clattering, break-neck rocker all right, but the mood soon switches to no-fi acoustica on ‘Super Glue’ and ghostly, barely-there minimalism amid the sparse piano chords of ‘Asleep on the Stairs’. ‘Cleveland, Ohio’ is a weird and downbeat hip hop riff, a strangely satisfying end to a package which bears a little of Sonic Youth’s early days experimentalism. ■ Garden of Elks play Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow, Thu 18 Sep with John Knox Sex Club.

Sharing the love with Plain’s label ahead of both their new albums, Bristolian friends and modernist folkie compatriots Rozi Plain and Rachael Dadd split a single here for Eigg’s Lost Map. Plain’s ‘Jogalong’ (from forthcoming album Friend) is the more relatively out there of the two, with its reserved pulse of guitar, keyboards and mantra-like vocals, while Dadd’s ‘Strike Our Scythes’ is more traditional, with a vocal echoing Beth Orton and a melody which reminds of Rotary Connection’s ‘I Am the Black Gold of the Sun’. ■ Rozi Plain and Rachael Dadd play Cowane’s Hospital, Stirling, Sat 20 Sep; Glad Café, Glasgow, Sun 21 Sep.

Jogalong / Strike Our Scythes (Lost Map) ●●●●●

BAIO

NIGHT NOISE TEAM

In a career move that surely ranks at least mid-table on the list of oddest musical choices ever, it seems Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio (second cousin to Scott ‘Chachi from Happy Days’ Baio, a fact it’s hard to tire of) has quit New York for London and set up as a club producer under the wing of Modular offshoot Club Mod. This EP isn’t his first release under his own steam, and it’s a mature, melodic collection of house grooves, although perhaps it’s not one to get a dancefloor moving so much as a pleasant stay-at-home listen. Imagine, if you will, Four Tet with finely-chopped Balearic house vocals and a side order of generic disco grooves.

Acting as a preview to Edinburghbased, French-Irish production duo Night Noise Team’s upcoming third album Rever Electrique, ‘Days’ is possibly the first song in living history to borrow lyrically from Philip Larkin (‘Days’, of course) and musically from early-90s New Order / the Smiths offshoot Electronic. It sounds great, a louche, casual swirl of indie-funk and piano house fused together in a manner that wouldn’t have sounded out of place on the Haçienda dancefloor in ’89, and while it overstays its welcome a bit, 12-inch mixes were all the rage back then. ■ Launch gig at Limbo at Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, Sat 20 Sep. (Singles and EPs reviewed by David Pollock)

On&On&On&On / Missive EP (Club Mod) ●●●●●

Days (Permwhale Recordings) ●●●●●

EXPOSURE FKA TWIGS At time of writing, FKA Twigs is getting dangerously close to shedding her title as one of the most interesting new artists working in the orbit of the mainstream today and instead appending the words ‘. . . girlfriend of Twilight star Robert Pattinson’ to her name for the foreseeable future. We can deal with that as long as she keeps making good music, we guess. What’s so interesting about her? Brought up in rural Gloucestershire, Tahliah Barnett’s not a groundbreaker. But she does capture a current mood in music for something that goes beyond the pale of rhythms and sounds we might accept as traditional, and she packages it in such a way as to carry it into view of the mainstream. Her debut album LP1 made it to number 13 in the UK last month. Tell us more. It’s in the voice that the connection’s made. It’s a vulnerable, yearning, soulful thing, but she sets it against cold, glitching cut-up slices of music: see the frosty shimmer of ‘Pendulum’ or the minimal, bloodrushing-to-the-head bass rumble of ‘Two Weeks’ for an idea of what she’s about. Just don’t call her R&B. To Twigs’ mind, what she does is more a kind of modern urban punk. What does her name mean? A dancer (for Kylie Minogue and Ed Sheeran, once upon a time, and extensively in her own shows), she earned the nickname Twigs for the way her joints crack, but had to add the FKA (Formerly Known As, as any Prince fan will tell you) when another artist called Twigs objected to her using it professionally. (David Pollock)

■ FKA Twigs plays Òran Mór, Glasgow, Mon 6 Oct. LP1 is out now on Young Turks. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 71

MUSIC | Previews & Reviews PREVIEW NOISE ROCK

MAGIK MARKERS

Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, Thu 25 Sep; Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep Since forming in 2001, free-rocking Connecticut trio Magik Markers have made an indelible (ahem) impression. Their white noise assault, stream-of-consciousness lyrics (recitations of the periodic table being an early theme) and chaotic live performances place them in a tradition from the Velvets through Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo, which finds no contradiction in combining pop melody with experimental freak-out riffola. Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore has been a consistent champion since inviting them on tour in 2004, releasing their debut album I Trust My Guitar, Etc on his Ecstatic Peace label. His bandmate Lee Ranaldo, meanwhile, produced their subsequent album, Boss. The group remains resolutely independent in approach. Singer / guitarist Elisa Ambrogio and drummer Pete Nolan met while travelling in Europe and ended up sharing a house together back in New England, drafting in Ambrogio’s childhood chum Leah Quimby on bass to perform house concerts and record a steady stream of lo-fi CD-R and tape releases.w Side projects and collaborations abound. Nolan also drums with Jandek and helms another group, Spectre Folk, while Ambrogio has played with Six Organs of Admittance and is poised to release her debut solo album, The Immoralist (see review, next issue). Three became two when Quimby left a few years ago – either to try her hand at a career in ventriloquism or run an apple orchard on Prince Edward Island, according to whichever likely fictitious report you read – but became three again when she returned to the fold just in time for Surrender to the Fantasy. This, their first album in four years, was released late last year and quickly hailed as their most focused effort yet. (Fiona Shepherd) ■ Supported by Shareholder in Edinburgh, and Richard Youngs, Andrew Paine and Chump in Glasgow.

PREVIEW HIGHLIFE

EBO TAYLOR

The Art School, Glasgow, Fri 10 Oct Legendary Ghanaian bandleader Ebo Taylor brings his nine-piece band to the Art School for an unmissable night of West African music. A spry and charismatic 79-year-old, Taylor has been touring and recording with Berlin-based Afrobeat Academy for the past few years, releasing two excellent new albums in the process: 2010’s Love and Death, and 2012’s Appia Kwa Bridge, a resurgence fuelled by the rediscovery of his music via reissues and the sampling of his song ‘Heaven’ on Usher’s ‘She Don’t Know’. Performing since the 1950s, Taylor was a member of major highlife bands (a music genre originating in Ghana), before forming his own group, Black Star Highlife Band. In 1962, Taylor moved to London to study music, where he befriended influential African musicians – including the great Fela Kuti who he credits with giving him the confidence to create his own African music, rather than imitate American jazz. While his music has plenty of American jazz, pop and funk in its DNA, it’s unmistakably African. Characterised by deep rolling grooves and infectious horn riffs, his work is some of the finest to emerge from 1970s Africa. Support comes from contemporary Ghanaian star King Ayisoba, who reduced Glasgow’s Platform to a sweaty, dancing mass back in April. Ayisoba is an electrifying performer, charging traditional influences with the vitality of modern hiplife. The bill is rounded off with a set from local DJ collective Ghana Soundz. (Stewart Smith) REVIEW SPARSE POP

PERFUME GENIUS

CCA, Glasgow, Mon 1 Sep ●●●●● When the Seattle-based songwriter, real name Mike Hadreas, says ‘welcome to my home’ soon after taking the stage, it can almost be seen as an invitation to make yourself comfortable – despite the fact that a lot of his fragile chamber pop tunes, confessional and intimate, touch on a troubled adolescence. However, at no point is it self-indulgent, and the hour-long set exudes a genuine sense of catharsis and liberation from a mixed-up past. His excellent new album Too Bright, the follow-up to 2012's Put Your Back N 2 It and his 2010 debut, Learning, is a lot less self-conscious and introverted than previous efforts and this is reflected, to an extent, in the show. ‘Queen’ is a gem of a pop song about existential gay panic, in which he belts out the rhetorical ‘don’t you know your queen?’ over a thudding distorted bass and a menacing synth line. As a performer, Hadreas is still a bit bashful, and the more emphatic numbers which have been introduced to his set feel a tad restrained. Hard to tell if it’s a by-product of his own fragility, or an affectation, but it’s a minor point which doesn’t detract from the sheer beauty of the tunes themselves. (Colin Robertson) ■ Perfume Genius returns to play the Caves, Edinburgh, Sun 23 Nov. Watch a video for 'Grid', his second single of Too Bright, at po.st/PGGridVideo. 72 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

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■ Luke Sital-Singh The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £9.94. Tremulous folky singer/songwriter, who has been called a British Bon Iver. Moon Hop Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. 8pm– 12.30am. £5. On the night of the Scottish independence referendum, Moon Hop present their Raverendum, featuring MoonHop DJs, a live set from FOUND and poetry from Neu! Reekie!’s Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson. Booking essential. ■ Tagada Jones Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £8. French punk / metal quartet.

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■ We Were Promised Jetpacks Non-Zero’s, 24 Castle Street, 07540 377506. 7pm. £13.50. Breakneck alt.rock with jangling guitars from WWPJ.

Friday 19

Glasgow

■ Davido O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 6pm. £28.12–£45. Rap and R&B singer/producer. ■ The Empathy O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £9.05. Glasgow rockers. ■ Sonic Templars Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7–10.30pm. £5. Alt rockers blending melodic harmonies and blazing guitars. EP Launch ■ The Johnny Cash Story Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17 (£15). Roger Dean sings classics by the Man in Black and tells the story of his life, accompanied by band The Lazy Boys.

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SWEDISH VOODOO PSYCH COLLECTIVE: GOAT The Legend Mysterious masked collective Goat are said to hail from the Arctic Circle settlement of Korpilombolo in northern Sweden. Historically a hotbed of voodoo worship, it was destroyed by Christian crusaders and cursed by its own people, yet endures as an openminded meeting point for musical traditions from all over the world. Goat have existed for many years in many incarnations, playing the Swedish progressive rock handed down by their ancestors. The Facts Based in Gothenburg, Goat were formed by mainman Christian Johansson, and number up to eight musicians, including two female singers who chant cathartically in unison. They first made their mark with debut album World Music in 2012, scared small children and delighted jaded music fans with their funkadelic set at Glastonbury in 2013, and are now back with a second album, Commune, which carries on the shamanic work. The Sound Well, it’s not Ace of Base, that’s for sure. More of a heady stew of various trance traditions, including psychedelia, Afrofunk and Krautrock. From urgent acid-fried dervish dances to hypnotic desert rockers, rhythm is the key. The Look Druid robes for the men, kaftans for the women, elaborate tribal masks for all. The band says it’s all about making a connection to the music, not the individuals making the music, but we like to think it’s because it looks cool and freaky. The Word ‘We often talk about how all music is world music,’ they say. ‘All you can hear is the universal similarity between all music.’ (Fiona Shepherd) ■ SWG3, Glasgow, Sun 28 Sep. Commune is released by Rocket Recordings on Mon 22 Sep.

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■ Alt-J O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £22. Esoteric four-piece from Cambridge touring their new album This Is All Yours. ■ The John Knox Sex Club and Garden of Elks Kinning Park Complex, Cornwall Street, 419 0329. 7–11pm. £8. Rockers with a Calvinist edge. Er, join their club? ■ The Queen Extravaganza O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £22.50. The official Queen tribute act, assembled by Roger Taylor and Brian May. ■ Exit Calm King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8.50. Tipped spacey indie band from Yorkshire, described by Mani as ‘proper fucking music’. FREE Teenage Riot Gig Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Alternative monthly gig night curated by United Fruit members. Featuring Carnivores. ■ The Arches Political Party The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 10pm–3am. £5 (free with Wallace ticket). An evening of live music, artistic interaction and DJs as the results roll in. The night’s soundtrack comes from Errors with VJ Jamie Wardrop, cutting together visual material from the Scottish Screen Archive. Acoustic performances from Carla Easton (Teencanteen) and Eugene Kelly (The Vaselines); jazz vocalist Jude Williams; comedian David Bratchpiece and more.

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■ Antique Pony, Herbert Powell and Black Cop The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8–11pm. £3. Jazzy avant-rock from the multiinstrumentalist trio. Post-referendum meltdown party. ■ DragonForce King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £16. London-based extreme power metal band back with more ridiculously fast, dexterous guitar theatrics.

■ Mark Radcliffe & Foes An Tobar Arts Centre, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). The veteran BBC radio DJ, musician and singer leads his band in folk songs.

Wednesday 24

Glasgow

Edinburgh

■ Ani DiFranco The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £22.50. Indulgently quirky American singer/songwriter. ■ Blank Canvas Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Frantic indie rock/post-punk quartet. Your Sin EP launch. FREE Muzo-Matic Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. Rocky covers, from Kings of Leon to Queen. ■ We Were Promised Jetpacks The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £13.50. See Thu 18. ■ Gerry Jablonski & the Electric Band The Mash House, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7.30pm. £10.11. Classic rock and blues rock influences from this Aberdonian singer / guitarist.

Musselburgh

■ Albert Lee & Hogan’s Heroes The Brunton, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £18 (£16). Guitarist Albert Lee is joined by Gerry Hogan, Pete Wingfield, Brian Hodgson and Peter Baron for an evening of rockabilly /country rock.

Stirling

■ Simply Soweto Encha Cowane’s Hospital, 49 St John Street, 01786 472247. 8.30pm. £8 (£7). A cappella group singing gospel, soul, jazz, doo-wop and other types of music in African and popular styles. Part of Stirling Fringe Festival.

Saturday 20

Glasgow

■ The North, Vida, The Face On the Moon and Mythical Creatures Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7–10.30pm. £5–£7. Indie rock’n’roll foursome from Sheffield who have supported Reverend & The Makers. ■ Tony Visconti, Glenn Gregory, Steve Norman & Woody Woodmansey and Daphne Guinness O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall

Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £22.50. Bowie’s former bandmates perform the classic album The Man Who Sold The World with vocals from Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17) and Holy Holy. ■ Jeye T The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8–11pm. £3–£5. Singer/songwriter tipped for big things. ■ Rae Morris Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £8. Teen singer/songwriter from Blackpool. ■ Ben Montague King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Upcoming mainstream pop singer/songwriter who has supported Stereophonics, The Wanted and Westlife’s Shane Filan.

Edinburgh

■ Colour Trap, The Craklin’ Void, Anton & The Colts and Rebecca Pilcher Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh

College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. ■ MacFloyd The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £15. Internationally acclaimed tribute combo to Pink Floyd, who recreate (on a slightly smaller scale) the stage effects for which the prog rockers were renowned. ■ Tijuana Bibles Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6.95. Brooding indie rock from this

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GREEN DOOR STUDIO FUNDRAISER Not only a killer lineup, but the proceeds go to a good cause too. Ayawara African Drum & Dance Troupe and Whilst (Optimo Music) perform, plus DJ sets by JD Twitch and the excellent Ghanaianonly-music DJ collective, Ghana Soundz (see some of their music collection, above). Cassie and Laurie from Golden Teacher perform too, before getting involved in a recording project with musicians in Ghana and Belize next year. Proceeds go to youth music groups in Ghana and Belize. School of Art, Glasgow, Fri 26 Sep.

Lanarkshire band. ■ Night Noise Team, Book Group and Golden Arm The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £3–£5. Alternative funk and melodic pop from Edinburgh.

Stirling

■ Lost Map Showcase Cowane’s Hospital, 49 St John Street, 01786 472247. 8pm. £9 (£8). Lost Map Records show off the best of their roster with performances from Pictish Trail and more. Part of Stirling Fringe Festival.

Sunday 21

Glasgow

■ Gratefully Not Dead The Ferry, 25 Anderston Quay, 01698 360085. 2–7pm. £8. Blues rock covers. ■ Anathema O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16. Doom / death metal veterans from Liverpool who have toured with the likes of Cannibal Corpse and Paradise Lost. ■ Electric Boys Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £14. Swedish funk-metal quartet. ■ Rachael Dadd and Rozi Plain The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £8 in advance; £10 on the door. Alt folk singer/songwriter. ■ Syd Arthur Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £8. Canterbury four-piece influenced by the Canterbury psych / prog / pastoral scene of the late 60s and early 70s. ■ The Moons King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £8. Indie-rock influenced by 1960s psychedelia from the Midlandsbased five-piece fronted by Paul Weller keyboardist Andy Crofts.

Abington

■ Willy Porter Abington Village Hall, Carlisle Road, 07795 454568. 8–10.30pm. £10. The folk rock singer/ songwriter performs songs from his back catalogue and his new studio album Human Kindness.

Stirling

FREE Fringe Sunday Cowane’s Hospital, 49 St John Street, 01786 472247. 11.30am–4pm. A full day of festivalling, with theatre, music, comedy and kids events, plus street food from around the world. Part of Stirling Fringe.

Monday 22

Glasgow

■ Jesus Loves Amerika & Seraph Sin Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £7. Return of the 90s industrial rockers. FREE The Codeine Club Showcase Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. New live music showcase for Scottish bands and artists. Featuring Stephanie Manns, Ewan Wilson, Ryan Morcombe, Anthony Moore, Joseph Miller and Marie Collins.

Edinburgh

FREE Antihoot Open Stage Henry’s Cellar Bar, 8–16 Morrison Street, 629 4101. 7.30pm. Anti-folk hero Lach hosts this open mic free-for-all featuring music, comedy, poetry, stories, magic and more.

Tuesday 23

Glasgow

■ Christian Bland & the Revelators O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £11.25. Psychedelic rock’n’roll from Texas. ■ Lust for Youth Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £6. Dark, lo-fi Danish electro-pop trio. FREE Campfires in Winter and So Many Animal Calls Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Alternative, indie rock four-piece from Croy. FREE Thomas Truax The Art School, 20 Scott Street, 9pm. New York musician who performs using homemade instruments and sound sculptures and claims to be one of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ illegitimate brood.

■ Quilt Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8am. £9. The psychedelic folk and pop threesome who originate from Boston, Massachusetts. ■ The Ryder Cup Gala Concert The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 6.30pm. £35–£55. Join the Ryder Cup teams at this night of music featuring Jake Bugg, Nile Rodgers, Texas, Eddi Reader, Midge Ure and more, plus Scottish Ballet, RSNO, National Theatre of Scotland and Scottish Opera. ■ The 1975 Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £19. Sweeping indie rock. ■ The Fray O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £20. Commercial piano rockers in a sub-Coldplay style. ■ Ian Hunter The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £22.50. Classic rock by the veteran singer/songwriter, otherwise known as the frontman of Mott the Hoople. ■ King 810 Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £9. Notorious metallers, currently causing a storm with their violent lyrics and brutal live shows. ■ Vance Joy Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £8.50. Australian singer/songwriter giving country and folk a pop twist. ■ Alphabetical Order Orchestra The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £7. Featuring members of My Latest Novel. ■ Darlia King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £8. Grunge-flavoured rock by the threepiece band from Blackpool.

Edinburgh

■ Keston Cobblers Club and Rory Butler Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £7.95. Folk pop five-piece from Kent.

Thursday 25

Glasgow

■ The 1975 Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £19. See Wed 24. ■ Broken Records Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £8. Sweeping indie anthems from the Edinburgh six-piece. ■ Chastity Brown O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £11.25. American singer/songwriter whose music straddles folk, soul, blues, jazz and rock. ■ Elvira Stitt , Inside All, A Reason For This and Release Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7–11pm. £6. Young Glaswegian singer/songwriter. ■ Ryan Adams Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7pm. The impish New York troubadour whose output has spanned straight country, alt.rock and even punk. ■ Woods Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £8.50. See preview, page 78. ■ Cuushe, Jay Rolex and Sham Gate The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £7. Japanese dream pop singer. ■ Brooks Williams Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £10. The Georgia-born singer/songwriter rustles up a bluesinspired Americana style. ■ Jaws King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £8. The Birmingham-based ensemble plays reflective lo-fi alt.pop.

Edinburgh

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Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £8. See Wed 24. ■ Magik Markers Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £10. See preview, page 72. ■ Andy Cairns Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7.30pm. £11. Therapy? frontman goes solo and unplugged. ■ Miracle Glass Company The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30–11pm. £tbc. Austen George (The Set Up), William Douglas (William Douglas & the Wheel), and Andy Duncan (Miyagi, The Black Diamond Express) perform psychedelic rock as Miracle Glass Company.

Dunfermline

■ Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, 01383 740384. 7pm. £22.50. The former Million Dead frontman has moved away from his hardcore roots to embrace rabble-rousing folk punk in a New Model Army style.

Friday 26

Glasgow

■ Angel The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 6–9.30pm. £15. London based singer/songwriter and rapper who has featured with Wiley and Fuse Odg. ■ The Cut Throat Razors Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £7. Eight-piece band playing soul, ska and punky pop. ■ The Horrors O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16. Garage rock and post punk from the English indie rockers as they tour their fourth album Luminous. ■ The Jim Jones Revue Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £14. London-based rock’n’rollers who are ‘here to save your soul’. ■ RÜFÜS Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £8.50. Synth heavy indie pop and Balearic house. ■ Stone Foundation Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £7. Northern soul band from the Midlands, rocking the old school rhythm’n’blues sound on Hammond and horns. ■ The Virginmarys O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Garage rock from Macclesfield influenced by Wolf Mother, Motorhead and Kings of Leon. ■ White Hills Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £9. New York psychedelic rockers, tripping on all sorts of heavy spaced-out sounds. ■ Magik Markers The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8pm. £9.56. See Thu 25. ■ The Seven Song Club Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £7.50. Live acoustic sets. Featuring Sporting Hero/Turning Plates. ■ Green Door Studio Fundraiser The Art School, 20 Scott Street, greendoorstudio.co.uk 10pm–3am.

£4–£5 in advance; £6–£7 on the door. See preview, left. ■ Baby Strange Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 11pm. £5. Glasgow-based trio specialising in energetic lo-fi garage rock.

Edinburgh

FREE Miami Vince Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. American rock from with a late 70s/early 80s vibe. ■ Vigo Thieves Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Blend of alternative rock giving a nod to the likes of The Killers, U2 and Simple Minds. ■ The Jellyman’s Daughter and Cera Impala and The New Prohibition Henderson’s @ St John’s, St John’s Terrace, 3 Lothian Road, 229 0212. 7.30–11.30pm. £7. Edinburgh alternative-acoustic duo featuring vocals, guitar and cello. The duo celebrate their album launch.

Dundee

■ Mari Wilson Dundee Rep, Tay Square, 01382 223530. 7.30pm. £18.50– £21. Pop, soul and jazz vocalist.

Isle of Jura

■ Isle of Jura Music Festival Craighouse, 01496 820362. Times vary. Island festival of Scottish traditional music which encourages local talent with concerts, workshops and sessions.

Stirling

■ John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 6pm. £13 (£11). Droll veteran singer/ songwriter and proud ‘two-hit wonder’ teams up with his old mucker Wild Willy Barrett. Screening of Rock and Roll’s Greatest Failure: Otway the Movie at 6pm followed by the gig at 8pm. Film screening free with a ticket to the gig.

Saturday 27

Glasgow

■ The Roxy 3rd Birthday Part 2 The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 4–11pm. £5. Celebrate the Roxy’s third birthday with this all-day event curated by Poor Things and featuring Algemon Doll, Pinact, The Shithawks, Catholic Action, Das McManus, Lenin Death Mask, Martha Ffion and the Vudu Zoo. ■ Darkest Era Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £8. Celtic metal from Belfast. ■ The Vamps SECC, Finnieston Quay, 248 3000. 6.30pm. Clean-cut, pop-rock act. A boy band who play their own instruments. ■ The Dunwells O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Fraternal duo blending English rock and American roots influences. ■ Flying by Mirrors Queen Margaret Union, 22 University Gardens, 339 9784. 7pm. £8. Scottish alt rock and pop punk

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Edinburgh

■ Angel City Nightclub, 1a Market Street, 226 9560. 6–9.30pm. £15. See Fri 26. ■ Lunar Landing Module Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Droning psych / krautrock. Album launch party. ■ Neon Waltz Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6.50. Indie rock from the Caithness-based band. ■ Spindrift, Delta Mainline and The Last Battle The Bongo Club, 66 Cowgate, 558 8844. 7pm. £8 in advance; £12 on the door. Psychedelic rock courtesy of the American four-piece featuring Frankie ‘Teardrop’ Emerson (The Brian Jonestown Massacre). Ticket includes access to exclusive screening of Spindrift’s Ghost of the West documentary at 6pm. ■ Roughneck Riot Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7.30pm. £tbc. Celtic punk rock from Warrington. FREE Raised by Wolves The Flying Dog, 24 Henderson Street, Leith, 467 7712. 9pm–1am. Electro music event, with tunes from Cat Cat, La Roux, Metronomy, Lana Del Rey and more. FREE Velvet Scooter Blind Poet, 32c West Nicolson Street, 667 4268. 10pm. Classic rock covers, featuring songs by the likes of Steely Dan, Santana and The Doobie Brothers.

Dundee

■ Hordes of Belial V – V is for Vile Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229226. 4.30pm. £10. One-day festival of underground metal and hard rock. The fifth festival features a toal of 15 bands, including (brace yourself for some amazing band names) Threshold Sicks, Agonyst, Party Cannon, Dog Tired, Atragon and Danny, Champion Of Nothing.

Isle of Jura

■ Isle of Jura Music Festival Craighouse, 01496 820362. Times vary. See Fri 26.

Stirling

■ Emma Pollock Cowane’s Hospital, 49 St John Street, 01786 472247. 8pm. £9 (£8). The singer/songwriter performs tracks from her solo and Delgados days. Part of Stirling Fringe.

Sunday 28

Glasgow

■ The Vamps and Plus Special Guests SECC, Finnieston Quay, 248 3000. 6.30pm. See Sat 27. ■ Goat SWG3, Studio Warehouse, 100 Eastvale Place, 357 7246. 7pm. £16.80. Alternative and theatrical rock by the Swedish band (see preview, page 73). ■ Lewis Watson The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £11. Oxford singer/songwriter. ■ Slum Village O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.87. Underground lyrical hip hop trio from Detroit team up with Mick Boogie 76 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

7–11pm. Weekly gig featuring three Glasgow bands who dream of one day getting their guitars on the wall. With The Gothernburg Address, Bellow Below and in:tides ■ Future of the Left Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £12.50. Funky punky garage band formed by McLusky’s Andy Falkous. ■ Max Jury Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8. Des Moines singer/songwriter inspired by the Great American Songbook. FREE The Codeine Club Showcase Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. New live music showcase for Scottish bands and artists. ■ Jimmy Lafave Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. £14.34–£16.87. The Oklahoma/Texas singer/songwriter blends country, blues, folk, and early rock’n’roll in his own compositions and selection of covers. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.

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band influenced by Biffy Clyro and Blink 182. ■ Nimmo Brothers Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £20.25. Glasgow’s top blues brothers whose current album Brother to Brother was recorded in Austin, Texas. ■ SBTRKT O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.50. Aka masked dubstep producer Aaron Jerome and collaborator Sampha. ■ Cosines Bowlers Bar, 100 Tullis Street, Bridgeton, 556 1857. 7.30–11pm. £5. Math-pop quartet from that there London. With No More Tiger and Citizen Bravo. ■ Lola In Slacks The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £7. Singer/songwriter Lou Reid and music composer Brian McFie collaborate on a selection of new ballads.

Thursday 2

Glasgow

THE LIGHTHOUSE LATE James Yorkston and Ella the Bird play the first ever Lighthouse Late at Scotland’s Centre for Design and Architecture, in association with The List. The celebratory night will also feature DJ sets from members of Son & Daughters, Admiral Fallow and The Phantom Band, and there’ll also be a screening of Stuart Murdoch’s debut film God Help the Girl. Ticket holders also get free drinks courtesy of Innis & Gunn and Caorunn Gin. ■ The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Fri 24 Oct.

to deliver the sequel to their acclaimed mixtape, Dirty Slums. ■ T-Pain O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £22.50. Hip hop, soul and rap from T-Pain, touring his new album Epiphany. ■ Wooden Wand Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 7pm. £tbc. Downbeat Americana from James Jackson Toth. ■ The Coal Porters Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £12. Melodic bluegrass originals from this outfit.

Edinburgh

■ Sophie Ellis-Bextor The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £20. The London-based pop singer returns to her first love of music after her stint on Strictly Come Dancing.

Falkirk

■ Michael English Falkirk Town Hall, West Bridge Street, 01324 506850. 7.30pm. £18. Lilting pop and soul by the Irish singer/songwriter and pianist.

Perth

■ Big Country Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. £20– £25. A re-formed configuration of the veteran Scotrockers whose hits include ‘Fields Of Fire’ and ‘A Big Country’.

Monday 29

Glasgow

■ James Taylor The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. 7.30pm. £52.50. The archetypal sensitive singer/ songwriter who’s been pumping out the tunes since the early 70s. ■ Nana Mouskouri Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £45–£50. Greek easylistening songbird, famed for her floaty frocks and cool specs. ■ Allah-Las Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £10.08. Retro Americana and folk-rock by the Californian combo. FREE Blochestra Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Extempore ensemble performing covers of alternative tunes and original compositions.

Edinburgh

■ Bipolar Sunshine Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £10. Genre-bending hip hop, indie and drum & bass from Manchester musician Adio Marchant. ■ The Vaselines The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £12.50. Much loved-Scottish lo-fi grungers.

Tuesday 30

Glasgow

■ Bipolar Sunshine Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. See Mon 29. ■ Harry Bird & the Rubber Wellies The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £6. Travelling troubadours. ■ Dan Sartain Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £9. Stick-thin country bluesman trawls the rock’n’roll gutter in Cash/Cohen style. ■ Graeme Gray Mansion House, The Glasshouse, 20 Glassford Street, 553 4888. 8pm–midnight. £4. Bluesy acoustic sounds. Mansion House Glasgow are hosting their first music event with support from Charly Houston, Robin McKinven, Elena Graham and Missing Focus. ■ Mountains Under Oceans and Halo Tora The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8–10.30pm. £4–£5. Experimental, progressive band from Glasgow. FREE Auxes, Great Cop and Manuscripts Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. German punk rock.

Edinburgh

■ Allah-Las Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £10.08. See Mon 29.

Wednesday 1

Glasgow

■ The Menzingers Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £12. Philadelphia indie punk rock poets signed to Epitaph. FREE #LiveWednesdays Hard Rock Café, 179 Buchanan Street, 353 8790.

■ Atmosphere O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13.50. Old-school hip hop show, featuring Brother Ali and Kidz in the Hall, recreating the golden era of Chicago hip hop. ■ Hopsin The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £tbc. Hip hop and rap from the LA artist. ■ Manchester Orchestra O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15.75. Forming in 2004, the Atlantabased band performs an eclectic mix of indie and rock. ■ XSLF Ivory Blacks, 56 Oswald Street, 248 4114. 7–11pm. £10. Reuniting Henry Cluney and Jim Reilly after more than 30 years, the ex-Still Little Fingers guys play all the punk hits. ■ Lena Martell Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £17.50 (£16). The veteran Scottish vocalist, who has performed on Broadway, the West End and Las Vegas and has recorded more than 30 albums. ■ The Marmozets King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £9. Exhilarating, clattering alternative rock/metal quintet ■ Matt Anderson The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 8pm. £10.51–£12.37. Blistering blues, roots and rock from larger-than-life Canadian soulman Anderson. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.

Edinburgh

■ Mary Chapin Carpenter & London Concert Orchestra Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £27.50–£37.50. US-based Americana and country singer/songwriter. ■ One Night of Queen The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 7.30pm. £18.50. Tribute to Freddie Mercury et al, starring Gary Mullen, winner of ITV’s Stars in Their Eyes. ■ Charity Fundraiser Party The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Charity do with live music to raise funds for a good cause.

Dundee

■ Zion Train The Reading Rooms, Blackscroft, readingroomsdundee. com 11pm–3am. £5 in advance; £8 on the door. Legendary UK dub collective formed in Oxford in 1988 by Neil Perch and Ben Hamilton.

Friday 3

Glasgow

■ Andrew Roachford Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £15. The 80s R&B singer (‘Cuddly Toy’) performs hits from his new album, Heart of the Matter. ■ Attica Rage Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7pm. £10. See Sat 20.

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■ Conquering Animal Sound Stereo, 20–28 Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7pm. £8.50. See preview, page 67. ■ Roxy Magic O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16.87. Tribute to Roxy Music. ■ Apes Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6.50. Catchy garage rock complete with big poppy hooks from the Aussie quartet. ■ Craig Hughes Two, Shambles Miller and Roscoe Wilson The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm–midnight. £4. Alt.blues duo of Hughes on guitar with drummer Ally Tennick. Vagabond Social Club night. ■ Mary Gauthier and Ben Glover St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £14.34–£16.87. Sharp observation leavened with humour from the Louisiana-born songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ The Sunshine Underground King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £13.50. Bouncy indie-pop from Leeds.

Edinburgh

■ Bednarek The Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, 225 2564. 7pm. £23. Reggae and dancehall from Poland. ■ Click Clack Club Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7pm. £5. Funky Beefheart-influenced experimental music club. Featuring Steve Kettley’s Odd Times. ■ Zion Train Studio 24, 24–26 Calton Road, 558 3758. 11pm–3am. £7 in advance; £10 on the door. See Thu 2. Support comes from Capitol 1212 and Escape Roots Sound. ■ Ded Rabbit The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Indie with added sax funk.

Saturday 4

Glasgow

■ Carrie Elkin and Lynne Hanson The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 4pm. £11.47–£13.50. The folky Texas singer/songwriter performs tracks from her new album For Keeps. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Tenement Trail Various venues, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 4.30pm. £14. The likes of Hector Bizerk, Tijuana Bibles, Atom Tree, The Holy Ghosts and Crash Club play this Tenement TV-promoted gig crawl, which takes in Nice’n’Sleazy, ABC2, Broadcast, Flat 0/1 and King Tut’s. ■ Dirtbox Disco, Hateful, Alkotron, Buzzbomb and Shatterhand River, 260 Clyde Street, dirtboxdisco.co.uk 6.30–11.30pm. £7. Rock’n’roll and punk rock spunk. ■ Heights Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 6.30pm. £7.95. Reckless and gnarly, this hardcore quintet continue to make their mark on the metal world. ■ Buzzcocks O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £18.50. Punk veterans who can still pull off those frustrated teenage sentiments and shine with ‘Ever Fallen in Love?’. ■ Tycho The Art School, 20 Scott Street, tychomusic.com 7pm. £14. Ambient electronica artist touring in support of latest album, Awake. ■ Machines in Heaven and Atom Tree The Art School, 20 Scott Street, theartschool.co.uk 7.30pm. £7.50 (£5). Multi-layered electronica. Part of Scottish Mental Health Foundation Festival. ■ The Creative Sessions The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8–10.30pm. £4–£5. Singer/songwriters making their way up in the musical world are the focus of this monthly night, created in conjunction with Creative Records. ■ Post Referendum Celebration The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8–11.30pm. £5.

A post referendum shindig celebrating all things Scottish, regardless of the result, featuring live music from Dumb Instrument and Jesse Rae. ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8.30pm. £9.56–£11.25. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. FREE The Hellfire Club Bon Accord, 153 North Street, 248 4427. 9–11pm. Live music from Glasgow’s alt.country band. Unplugged gig.

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■ Funeral for a Friend Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 247 4704. 7pm. £5. Taking the emotional drive and melodic heart of emo, the gut-driven power of rock and the hardworking ethic of hardcore. Dr Martens #standforsomething show. ■ Little Pebble, Gummi Bako and Road To Tokyo Wee Red Bar, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, 229 1442. 7–10pm. £5–£7 inc 7” Picture Disc. Edinburgh singer/ songwriter Little Pebble is part of the Fence Collective. Bolder album launch, written to raise awareness of Crohn’s and Colitis UK. ■ Horse The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £18.50. Indie, soul and pop by the one and only Fife-born singer and songwriter Horse McDonald. ■ Michelle Shocked The Mash House, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7.30pm. £16.87. Controversial American roots star, whose style encompasses everything from her early campfire folk to full-blooded country swing. ■ A Vision of Elvis The Edinburgh Playhouse, 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. 7.30pm. £20–£22. 2008 European Elvis Tribute Artist Champion Rob Kingsley presents the total Elvis package. ■ Samba Sene & Diwan The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Dancey, jazzy grooves and Afro-beats from Senegal.

Dundee

■ Big Country Buskers, 15 Ward Road, 01382 226451. 8pm. £27. See Sun 28.

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■ Idlewild An Tobar Arts Centre, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 7.30pm. £15. Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones on an acoustic tour.

Kilmarnock

■ Vigo Thieves, Whispery Club, Holy Pistol Club and Delgetti Bakers Nightclub, 4 John Finnie Street, 01563 528337. 7–10.30pm. £7.00. See Fri 26.

Perth

■ Pumajaw Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. £11. Fence Collective-affiliated duo Pumajaw recreate their Fringe show Song Noir.

Stirling

■ Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £16. With a glittering West End and pop career already under her belt, Kiki Dee has for the last decade been collaborating with guitarist and composer Carmelo Luggeri on more experimental material.

Sunday 5

Glasgow

■ Hazy Recollections CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 4pm. £10. The Hazy Recollections team bring the chilled acoustic vibes. Featuring Anthony D’Amato, Findlay Napier, The Chaplins, Jellyman’s Daughter and Genesee. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Black Moth The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £7. Heavy metal and stoner rock outfit.

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MUSIC | Rock & Pop ■ Blitz Kids The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £8. Boisterous emo-tinged rock quintet. ■ Horse The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £18.50. See Sat 4. ■ Ólöf Arnalds Mono, 12 Kings Court, King Street, 553 2400. 7.30pm. £10.50. Icelandic electronica. ■ Gulp Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Guto Pryce of Super Furry Animals and Lindsey Leven create dreamy folk soundscapes. ■ Michelle Shocked Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £15. See Sat 4. ■ Off! King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £12. American punk rock foursome. ■ Zion Train The Art School, 20 Scott Street, theartschool.co.uk 10pm–2am. £7 in advance; £10 on the door. See Thu 3. Plus Samson Sounds and Maxi Roots.

to catch the battle for Britpop between Oasis and Blur then now’s your chance. ■ Croc Roc The Mackintosh Church, Queen’s Cross, 870 Garscube Road, 946 6600. 7–11pm. £10. Classic rock sounds of the 50s to the 70s, from a band composed entirely of retired local government officials. ■ Dancing Queen Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30–10pm. £18–£22. Flamboyant Abba tribute. ■ The Drifters Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £25 (£24). The veteran vocal harmony group celebrate over 60 years of The Drifters. ■ The Reward and Van Impe Cottiers Theatre, 93–95 Hyndland Street, 357 4000. 7.30pm. £1 (free). Celebrating 50 years of jangly indie band Playing Soldiers with a double bill of acts from former members. ■ Max Raptor, Freeze the Atlantic and True Arcadian Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6. Punk rock four piece. ■ The Seven Song Club Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 8.30pm. £7.50. See Fri 26. ■ Revealed Records Party The Arches, 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. 10pm. £20.12. The dance label hosts a party, with Dyro, Thomas Newson, Kill the Buzz and Julian Calor.

Edinburgh

■ Edinburgh School of Music Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 3pm. £3. ESM Director Kira Easson brings in four of her top music students. ■ The Amazing Snakeheads The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. 7pm. £9. Raw garage blues/rock trio from Glasgow, now signed to Domino. FREE Paul Montague and friends Pilgrim, 3 Robertsons Close, Cowgate, 557 3768. 7–9pm. See Sun 21. ■ Freddie Stevenson The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.15pm. £9. Former RADA actor turned country, blues and folk influenced singer/songwriter. ■ Barb Wire Dolls Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7.30pm. £9. The quartet, formed on the Greek island of Crete, performs hard-edge punk-rock.

WOODS

Edinburgh

Brooklyn trio Woods stand out from generic contemporaries, carving out their own multi-instrumental pieces of timeless psych-pop. Latest album With Light And With Love is a carefully layered mesh of percussion, guitar picking, silky smooth transitions and a saloon piano. ‘We’re moving on and on / Are we moving with the rest?’ Jeremy Early croons on ‘Moving To the Left’. Fortunately not: Woods are taking their own path, and it’s what makes them such an infectious listen. ■ Broadcast, Glasgow, Thu 25 Sep.

Isle of Mull

■ Idlewild Duart Castle, Lochdon, 01680 812309. 8pm. £15. See Sat 4.

Selkirk

■ Mary Gauthier and Ben Glover String Jam Club, The Country Hotel, 1-5 High Street, 01750 721 233. 7.30pm. £20. See Fri 3.

Monday 6

Glasgow

■ The Dirty Youth The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £8. Indie. ■ Ella Eyre O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £13. Bold, edgy pop and R&B vocals. ■ Casual Sex, Ubre Blanca and Sluts Of Trust CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 7.30pm. £9.50. Roxyesque sounds from ex-Mother & the Addicts members in Casual Sex. ■ Avi Buffalo Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £11.20. Californian alt rock quartet.

Edinburgh

■ The Burning Hell Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £6.95. Acoustic indie-folk duo Mathias Kom and Ariel Sharratt from Canada. ■ Edinburgh Blues Club The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7–11pm. £13.50. Regular monthly live blues events with touring blues acts and the finest local blues artists.

Tuesday 7

Glasgow

■ The Treatment O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Classic rock with a twist of punk from Cambridge five-piece. ■ Jungle Brothers Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £19.60. American group fusing jazz and soul with hip hop. FREE The Latecomers Avant Garde, 34 King Street, 552 7123. 8–10.30pm. Acoustic set of originals and covers. 78 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Edinburgh

■ Eliza & The Bear and Model Aeroplanes Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £9. The London-based four-piece plays jangly indie-rock and alt.rock. ■ Sam Brookes and Caroline Gilmour Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £7.95. Soulful Wiltshireborn singer/songwriter who trained as a gilder – so whatever he touches could, potentially, turn to gold. ■ Max Jury The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8. See Wed 1.

Dundee

■ The Amazing Snakeheads Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229226. 8pm. £9. See Sun 5.

Paisley

■ Eddi Reader Paisley Town Hall, Abbey Close, 0300 300 1210. 7pm. £22– £25. The popular folk pop chanteuse, known for Fairground Attraction tours her latest album Vagabond.

Wednesday 8

Glasgow

■ Dry the River Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7pm. £10. Post-Mumfords indie/folk. ■ Olive Grove Records Showcase The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7–11pm. £5. The record label flaunts its roster. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. ■ Shiny Darkly Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £7.50. Pop rock and psychedelia from Copenhagen. ■ Eliza & The Bear King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8pm. £8. See Tue 7. ■ Heyrocco Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £7. Alternative pop.

Thursday 9

Glasgow

■ Jake Bugg Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £25–£29.50. Hit singer/ songwriter peddling a folky country indie sound. ■ Kory Clarke The Cathouse, 15 Union Street, 248 6606. 7pm. £11. American rock singer and frontman of the band Warrior Soul. ■ The Lawrence Arms O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £15.75. Gritty Chicago punk trio. ■ The Burning Hell The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 7.30pm. £6. See Mon 6. ■ Tom Vek King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £11. London-based musical auteur.

Edinburgh

■ Curtis Stigers The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £25– £30. An intimate, versatile jazz-infused set from the ever-debonair Stigers. ■ College Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 8pm. £10.11. Aka 80s-influenced French electronica artist David Grellier whose track ‘A Real Hero’ was used in the Drive soundtrack. The Twilight Sad and Hidden Orchestra The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £6.95–£10.95. Melancholic soaring sounds from indie rock band Twilight Sad. Part of The Pleasance Sessions. ■ The Travelling Band and The Holy Ghosts The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £7. Indie folk charmers from Manchester.

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Friday 10

Glasgow

■ Blurd vs Noasis Classic Grand, 18 Jamaica Street, 847 0820. 7–10.30pm. £10. If you weren’t around 20 years ago

Eagulls Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, ✽ 225 1757. 7pm. £7. Indie-rock and punk quintet based in Leeds.

FREE Rear View Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. Six-piece covers band playing big hits from the 60s to current hits. ■ The Wynntown Marshals and The King Lot The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £9. Country rock and Americana with a smattering of indie harmonies. ■ Gallus Cooper Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £7. Alice Cooper tribute. Vic Galloway Presents . . . The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £5.95–£8.94. Galloway presents Casual Sex and LAW plus special guests. Part of The Pleasance Sessions. ■ Federation of the Disco Pimp The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Jazzy funk.

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Dundee

■ Eliza & The Bear Buskers, 15 Ward Road, 01382 226451. 7pm. £8.94. See Tue 7. ■ Jake Bugg Caird Hall, City Square, 01382 434940. 7pm. £25–£29.50. See Thu 9.

Paisley

■ Withered Hand Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 0300 300 1210. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). Edinburgh scene stalwart and master of plaintive, witty outsider folk. Part of The Spree.

Stirling

■ Nik Kershaw Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £15. See Thu 9.

Saturday 11

Glasgow

■ The Amazing Snakeheads The Art School, 20 Scott Street. 7pm. £9.52. See Sun 5. ■ Pete Wylie King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £12.50. Liverpudlian post-punk singer/songwriter who found a bit of fame with The Mighty Wah!.

Edinburgh

■ Danny & the Champions of the World and Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou Sneaky Pete’s, 73 Cowgate, 225 1757. 7pm. £8. See Thu 9. ■ The Ultimate Eagles Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £24. Tribute to the multimillion selling California country rockers.

MUSIC | Rock & Pop ■ Wayne Hussey Electric Circus, 36– 39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £16.87. Wayne Hussey, of The Mission and The Sisters of Mercy fame, plays a solo gig.

8pm. £11.47–£13.50. The Nashvillebased threesome performs old-time string country blues tinged with indie rock. ■ Woman’s Hour King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £9. The London-based fourpiece plays indie-rock.

✽Olive Grove Records Presents

. . . The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £6.95–£10.95. Olive Grove Records Label showcase presents Woodenbox, Skinny Dipper, The Moth & the Mirror, Call to Mind (theatre), plus there’s an after party in the cabaret bar. Part of The Pleasance Sessions. ■ The Blueswater The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). The Edinburgh-based collective performs rhythm’n’blues, funk, soul and rock’n’roll.

Edinburgh

Sunday 12

Glasgow

■ Danny & the Champions of the World Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8pm. £9. See Thu 9. ■ Josh Record Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. £8. Self-penned indie-pop by London-based singer/songwriter. ■ The Neighbourhood The Art School, 20 Scott Street, theartschool. co.uk 8pm. £12.50. American rock band using the British spelling of their name. Good lads. ■ Southern Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £6.50. The two-piece from Belfast performs alternative indie-blues. FREE williwaw The Old Hairdressers, Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. 8–10pm. Amplified ukulele histrionics from Chicago. ■ Wayne Hussey King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 8.30pm. £15. See Sat 11.

Edinburgh

■ Dan Wilson Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £15. Reflective folk-rock from the American singer/songwriter best known as the lead singer of Semisonic. ■ Jake Bugg Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £25–£29.50. See Thu 9. Neu! Reekie! Presents . . .

✽ The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £6.95–£9.94. Neu! Reekie!

presents Dave Hook, Liz Lochhead, Richard Jobson, Teen Canteen and Fini Tribe. Part of The Pleasance Sessions.

Monday 13

Glasgow

■ Clean Bandit O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 7pm. £15. Electro pop outfit with deep house, baroque pop and classical influences. ■ Beerjacket 10th Anniversary The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £5.95–£8.94. One-man alt.folk act Peter Kelly. Part of The Pleasance Sessions.

Tuesday 14

Glasgow

■ Tony Hadley Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 6.30pm. £22.50–£65. The lead singer of Spandau Ballet performs classic hits with a full orchestra. ■ Opeth O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £21.50. Swedish rockers often labelled the ‘heavy metal Pink Floyd’ for their lengthy tracks. ■ Clint Mansell The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £25. Atmospheric film music from the composer, performing with the Sonus Quartet, including the haunting ‘Lux aeterna’ from Requiem for a Dream as well as work from Noah, Black Swan, Moon, The Wrestler and many more. Yes, he was also the guy in Pop Will Eat Itself. See feature, page 22. ■ Patent Pending and People On Vacation King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, 272a St Vincent Street, 221 5279. 80 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

CRAFT BEER RISING FESTIVAL Sample Glasgow’s musical offerings alongside craft beers and street food at this beer and music weekend festival. DJ stalwarts Optimo kick off the first day, while Mia Dora, the Revenge and David Barbarosa complement the EDM vibe with house, experimentalist and obscure disco infusions on Saturday. Reggae giants Mungo’s HiFi bring some dub to Sunday afternoon and former Portishead collaborator DJ Andy Smith, with fellow producer Boca 45, close the shenanigans. ■ Drygate Brewing Co, Glasgow, Fri 19–Sun 21 Sep.

8pm. £9.50. A co-headline tour from Long Island punk band Patent Pending and Texas indie rockers People on Vacation. ■ Rod Picott Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £12. One of Nashville’s best singer / songwriters, Rod Picott performs some laments to lost love and some good old, down-and-dirty rock’n’roll.

Edinburgh

Middle of Nowhere Presents ✽ . . . The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £8.94–£10.95. The Middle of

Nowhere Label showcase features Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire, Pete Roe, Miss Irenie Rose and Colin Mcleod. Part of The Pleasance Sessions.

Paisley

■ Create Paisley Showcase Spiegeltent, County Square. 7.45pm. £3. Create is a creative arts youth initiative based in Paisley, working primarily with young people in music, arts, photography and video. They run local band nights, workshops and the weekly music and arts event Create Cafe. Part of The Spree.

Wednesday 15

Glasgow

■ Nell Bryden Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8am. £14. Modern day Dixie, bluegrass, jazz, soul and blues from this Brooklyn singer / songwriter and Radio 2 favourite. ■ The Hold Steady O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16. Celebratory blue-collar indie rocking gear from this American bar band who don’t half recall the sounds of Bruce ‘The Boss’ Springsteen and Thin Lizzy. ■ Sage Francis Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 7.30pm. £14.30. Intelligent, poetic hip hop from this Rhode Island rapper.

Edinburgh

FREE States & Empires Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. The three-piece indie-rock band formed by ex-members of Attack Attack!. ■ The Smokin Prophets Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 8pm. £tbc. Live performance from the Southampton rock ’n’ rollers.

Dundee

■ Neon Waltz Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, 01382 229226. 7.30pm. £6. See Sat 27.

Paisley

■ The WCS Paisley Music Showcase Spiegeltent, County Square. 7.30pm. £5.95. Showcase of recent graduates from West College Scotland as they start their careers in music. Part of The Spree.

Thursday 16

Glasgow

■ Black Veil Brides Barrowland, 244 Gallowgate, 552 4601. 7pm. £20. Glam metal upstarts from LA. ■ Blackberry Smoke O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £16. The American band plays some Southern rock and country-rock with hints of bluegrass. ■ Jess Glynn O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £10. Jess Glynne features on two number-one hit singles, Clean Bandit’s ‘Rather Be’ and Route 94’s ‘My Love’. Her debut single ‘Right Here’ mixes catchy pop lyrics with R&B backing. ■ Kids In Glass Houses The Garage, 490 Sauchiehall Street, 332 1120. 7pm. £14. Touted emo powerpop quintet from Wales. ■ Coves Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 8pm. £7. London indie duo. ■ The Howlin’ Brothers The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705.

■ Angus Munro Electric Circus, 36–39 Market Street, 226 4224. 7pm. £5. Prolific Scottish pianist and singer/ songwriter. ■ Catfish Keith The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £12. Singer / guitarist delivers foot-stompin’, deep delta blues mayhem. ■ Fatherson Potterrow, Bristo Square, 650 4673. 7.30pm. £10. Indie power pop trio from Kilmarnock. ■ Hanzel Und Gretyl, Deadcell and Metaltech Bannerman’s, 55 Niddry Street, 556 3254. 7.30pm. £11. New York sci-fi industrial metal unit formed by Kaizer Von Loopy and Vas Kallas. ■ Elvis Tribute: Ben Portsmouth The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £17. Tribute to the King who was crowned ‘Worldwide Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist’ in 2012. Don’t knock it, people stil love this kind of thing.

The List Magazine Presents ✽ . . . The Pleasance, 60 Pleasance, 650 4673. 8pm. £5.95–£6.95. The List

presents the like of Prehistoric Friends, Two Wings, Ubre Blanca, plus TYCI DJs and visuals by Adventures in Light. Part of The Pleasance Sessions.

Musselburgh

■ Talon The Brunton, Ladywell Way, 665 2240. 7.30pm. £18 (£16). The Eagles tribute band Talon perform their popular tribute to the beardy country rockers. So, take it easy, ok?

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Thursday 18

Glasgow

■ Natural Child O2 ABC, 330 Sauchiehall Street, 332 2232. 7pm. £145. Nashville trio playing a mix of blues and rock’n’roll. ■ MacNiven/O’Malley Quintet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). Trumpeter Tom McNiven and trombonist Phil O’Malley lead a group playing mostly hard bop with some originals.

Edinburgh

■ Keith Edwards Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Saxophonist Keith Edwards and his band with a mixture of uplifting classics and lesser-known tunes.

Paisley

■ Lorna Reid Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 0300 300 1210. 7.30pm. £10 (£6). Cool and classy local vocalist singing songs from the likes of Rogers & Hart to Gershwin and Cole Porter.

Friday 19

Edinburgh

■ Hispanic Arts Festival Fundraiser The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm–3am. £7 (£5). A fun and vibrant night raising money for this year’s festival. Hispanic fiesta spirit provided by Maria ‘Tote’ Conte, Secreto Tropical, Dave Howells, Freddy Ramirez, Nano Fernandez and more.

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Sunday 5

■ The Rat Pack The Town House, 102 Cadzow Street, 01698 452299. 7.30–9.30pm. £20. An evening of classics celebrating Frank, Sammy and Dean. Accompanied by a full orchestra and Vegas showgirls.

Edinburgh

■ Alex Hahn & The Blue Riders The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Aussie jazz vocalist paying tribute to her idols Janis Joplin, Etta James and Billie Holliay. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8pm. With vocalist Iain Hunter.

Saturday 20

Edinburgh

FREE Matthew Roll The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5.45pm. Solo jazz, pop and swing melodies. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). A different selection of five leading jazz players come together for each session with no rehearsal. ■ King Bee The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Funk-jazz courtesy of the Newcastlebased band.

Paisley

■ Lulo Reinhardt – Latin Swing Project Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 0300 300 1210. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). The gypsy guitar legend comes to the UK with a six-piece band in tow performing music with a flamenco and bossa nova flavour.

Tuesday 7

Edinburgh

Kilmarnock

■ The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show Palace Theatre, 9 Green Street, 01563 554900. 7.30pm. £20. The return of the UK’s finest Rat Pack tribute night.

Sunday 21

Edinburgh

FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8pm. All singers and instrumentalists are welcome at this jazz jam with a different host every week. Joined by Copper Cats led by Scottish Jazz Vocalist of the Year Ali Affleck.

Wednesday 24

THE LIST PRESENTS, AT THE PLEASANCE SESSIONS The List’s very own evening as part of the Pleasance Sessions brings together three talented sets of musicians. Sounding like Jean-Michel Jarre meets Kraftwerk, Ubre Blanca are an exciting electronic duo whose synths and darker reverberations are reminiscent of a bonedeep Mike Oldfield experimentalism. They sound like they’ve stepped straight out of the late 70s, and Glasgow natives Two Wings (pictured) are no different. Hanna Tuulikki’s striking high pitch is reminiscent of your first listen to ‘Wuthering Heights’ and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours. Songs like ‘Peace Fear’ and ‘Eikon’ have satisfying guitar melodies and chunky bluesy rhythms. Prehistoric Friends close the affair, a band with its very own professional violist, evoking acts like Band Of Horses on new single ‘Bermuda Triangle’. ■ The Pleasance, Edinburgh, Thu 16 Oct.

Edinburgh

■ Przemyslaw Straczek Group The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Smooth jazz from the award-winning Polish guitarist.

Thursday 25

Glasgow

FREE Brass Jaw Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Fun, exhilarating saxophone quartet, playing big band, bebop and blues, sans rhythm section. ■ Przemyslaw Straczek Group The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 24. FREE Stretched Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. 9pm. Monthly evening of experimental jazz, rock and electronics. Frank Zappa Special

Friday 26

Edinburgh

■ Red Dawg The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £7 in advance; £8 on the door. The Granite City’s premier blues band. ■ Scottish National Jazz Orchestra with Bob Mintzer The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £18–£20 (£16–£18; snjo youth card £5; under 16s free). SNJO present a programme celebrating the smooth jazz of The Yellowjackets with guest saxophonist Bob Mintzer. ■ Kyle Keddie Sextet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). The leading 80s Scottish jazz group featured the arrangements of trombonist Brian Keddie and the powerful rhythmic thrust of drummer Bill Kyle. ■ The Banjo Lounge Four The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Lounge versions of pop tunes played in redneck jazz style.

Saturday 27

Edinburgh

FREE Daniel Smith The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5.45pm. Boogie woogie bluesy jazzy piano stuff. ■ Jazz Bar Sextet The Jazz Bar, 82 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Great arrangements of jazz standards from this six-piece headed by trombonist Brian Keddie. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Sat 20. ■ The Leonard Jones Potential The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Funk eight-piece guaranteed to get you moving.

Dundee

■ Scottish National Jazz

Orchestra: The Music of Wayne Shorter featuring Branford Marsalis Caird Hall, City Square,

01382 434940. 7.30pm. £20. A tribute to composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter featuring legendary American saxophonist Branford Marsalis.

Sunday 28

Glasgow

■ Kim Churchill The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £tbc. Folk-rock and blues from the Australian singer/songwriter and guitarist.

Edinburgh

■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express and friends. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8pm. Featuring saxophonist John Burgess and guitarist Jim Douglas.

Tuesday 30

Isle of Mull

■ Cat’s Club An Tobar Arts Centre, Argyll Terrace, Tobermory, 01688 302211. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Some of Scotland’s finest jazz musicians, led by vocalist Cathie Rae and featuring Graeme Stephen on guitar, Paul Harrison on piano/organ, Chris Wallace on drums and Mario Caribe on bass.

Wednesday 1

Glasgow

■ Max Jury Nice’n’Sleazy, 421 Sauchiehall Street, 333 0900. 7.30pm. £8. Des Moines singer/songwriter inspired by the Great American Songbook.

Edinburgh

■ Jim Mullen Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Much respected London-based (ex-Glasgow) guitarist Mullen and member of Average White Band. Joined by vocalist Zoe Francis.

Thursday 2

Glasgow

■ Jim Mullen Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 1.

Friday 3

Edinburgh

■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Hard bop and lesser-known standards from the accomplished fivepiece.

Motherwell

■ Tony Jacobs: The Bing Crosby Years Motherwell Concert Hall and Theatre, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, 01698 403120. 7.30pm. £13 (£11). A show celebrating not only Crosby but also other classic singers of his time.

Saturday 4

Edinburgh

FREE Fergus McCreadie The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5.45pm. Young, exceptionally talented jazz pianist. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Sat 20.

■ Max Jury The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £8. See Wed 1.

Wednesday 8

Edinburgh

■ Paul Towndrow Organ Trio The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). The saxophonist lets Pete Johnstone’s organ shine in this funk/ jazz trio.

Thursday 9

Glasgow

■ Paul Towndrow Organ Trio The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 8.

Edinburgh

■ Curtis Stigers The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £25–£30. An intimate, versatile jazzinfused set from the ever-debonair Mr Curtis Stigers. ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Fri 3.

Friday 10

Edinburgh

■ Gypsies Of Bohemia The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Manchester-based outfit take modern pop favourites from Britney Spears to Iron Maiden and give them a gypsy jazz makeover. ■ Lulo Reinhardt – Latin Swing Project The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £16 (£12). See Sun 5.

Saturday 11

Edinburgh

FREE Matthew Roll The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 5.45pm. See Sat 20. ■ World Premiere Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Sat 20. ■ The Blueswater The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). The Edinburgh-based collective performs rhythm’n’blues, funk, soul and rock’n’roll.

Sunday 12

Glasgow

■ Sunday Jazz Tron Theatre, 63 Trongate, 552 4267. 2pm. £7.50. Chilled out melodic jazz for a Sunday afternoon. Featuring Rae, Caribe and Stephen.

Edinburgh

■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Fri 3. FREE The Whighams Jazz Club Whighams Wine Cellars, 13 Hope Street, 225 8674. 8pm. Paul Ellis and Stuart Mitchell guest.

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Greenock

■ Lulo Reinhardt – Latin Swing Project Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, 01475 723723. 7.30pm. £12.00. See Sun 5.

Wednesday 15

Glasgow

■ Nell Bryden Broadcast, 427 Sauchiehall Street, 332 7304. 8am. £14. Modern day Dixie, bluegrass, jazz, soul and blues from this Brooklyn singer/ songwriter and Radio 2 favourite.

Edinburgh

■ Brian Molley Quartet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £7 (£5). Tenor player leads his quartet, featuring Tom Gibbs (piano), Mario Caribé (bass) and Stu Brown (drums).

Thursday 16

Glasgow

■ Brian Molley Quartet The Glasgow Art Club, 185 Bath Street, 248 5210. 7.30pm. £7 (£5). See Wed 15. ■ Lulo Reinhardt St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £20.25. See Sun 5.

Edinburgh

■ Catfish Keith The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £12. Revered singer/guitarist described by critics as the ‘new king of slide guitar’ delivers some foot-stompin’, deep delta blues. ■ Peter Zummo 6tet Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. 7.30–10.30pm. £12 (£10). The Anglo-American ensemble meet then perform improvised experimental music and spoken word pieces on the night. Featuring Peter Zummo, Ernie Brooks, Bill Ruyle, Oliver Coates, JD Twitch and Bass Clef. ■ The Jazz Bar Quintet The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). See Fri 3.

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Thursday 18

Glasgow

■ Dominic Kirwan Pavilion Theatre, 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. 7.30pm. £18.50 (£17.50). An evening of song with one of Ireland’s most popular singers.

Edinburgh

■ Kate Rusby The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £20 (under 16s £15). One of the British folk scene’s best-loved artists and the voice of contemporary English folk music.

Friday 19

Glasgow

■ Rachel Newton The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 7.30pm. £10 (£8). The singer, harpist, fiddler and founding member of The Shee, the Emily Portman Trio and The Furrow Collective takes time away from collaborations to perform solo folk.

Edinburgh

■ Ceilidh Club with Teannaich Roxy Art House, 2 Roxburgh Place, 629 0039. 7.30pm. £9. Join in a lively ceilidh evening where dances are taught on the night, so all abilities are welcome. ■ Hispanic Arts Festival Fundraiser The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm–3am. £7 (£5). A fun and vibrant night raising money for this year’s festival. Hispanic fiesta

spirit provided by Maria ‘Tote’ Conte, Secreto Tropical, Dave Howells, Freddy Ramirez, Nano Fernandez and more.

Saturday 20

Glasgow

■ Jefferson Hamer & Kristin Andreassen The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 8pm. £10.51– £12.37. Guitarist and singer Jefferson Hamer is joined by songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Kristin Andreassen.

Milngavie

■ Robin Williamson Milngavie Folk Club, The Fraser Centre, Douglas Street, 07743 885991. 7.30pm. £12. The Edinburgh-born singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist performs jazzfolk in the style of traditional Eastern European music.

Perth

■ Kate Rusby Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 7.30pm. £20. See Thu 18.

Sunday 21

Stirling

■ Lyy and Jailhoose Trio Cowane’s Hospital, 49 St John Street, 01786 472247. 7.30pm. £8 (£7). The best of Swedish and Scottish traditional music with a contemporary twist. Part of Stirling Fringe Festival.

Monday 22

Edinburgh

■ BIG Project Youth Choir The BIG Project, Broomhouse Primary School, 33–39 Saughton Road, 622 7784. 7pm. £3. Community based youth choir made up of 5–15 year olds. Performing with Scottish songwriter Findlay Napier.

Tuesday 23

Glasgow

■ Dana & Susan Robinson The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 8pm. £9. The North Carolina-based duo performs Americana, folk, country and old time mountain music.

Edinburgh

■ Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £7. Rootsy, bluegrassy six-piece with tweed outfits and fedoras to complete the ye olde country feel. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. 8pm. £6. Ceilidh dancing, furious fiddlers and callers from the Edinburgh Ceilidh Club. Live music from Scott Lesley Ceilidh Band.

Wednesday 24

Glasgow

■ Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £5.50. Tricia Matthews leads these ceilidh dance classes.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. This community-run music festival returns for a second year with folk and classical concerts and workshops. Featuring performances from the Roger Cull Jazz Group, HeriotWatt University’s Excelsior Wind Ensemble, and students from the Royal Conservatoire. Please book using the form on the website. ■ Wizz Jones Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 7.30pm. £10 (£9; members £7). Renowned blues guitarist, known for his folk fusion and influence on Eric Clapton and Ralph McTell.

Thursday 25

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24.

Friday 26

Glasgow

■ The Roxy 3rd Birthday Part 1 The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 7.30pm–11.30am. £4. Celebrate the Roxy’s third birthday with acoustic and folk courtesy of Sophie Rogers, Josephine Sillars, Bruce Nicol, Jemma Kate and Ross Macinnes.

Edinburgh

■ The Jellyman’s Daughter Henderson’s @ St John’s, St John’s Terrace, 3 Lothian Road, 229 0212. 7.30–11.30pm. £7. Edinburgh alternativeacoustic duo featuring vocals, guitar and cello.

Dunbar

FREE Dunbar Traditional Music Festival Various venues: Dunbar, 07764 170399. Times vary. (fish supper: prices vary). The DTMF has a back catalogue filled with some of Scotland’s best loved names, including Phil Cunningham, Aly Bain and Ian Davidson. A range of trad music to suit most tastes, with a family concert on Sunday and workshops for all ages.

Perth

■ The Red Hot Chilli Pipers Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, 01738 621031. 8pm. £19–£24. A unique brand of ‘bag rock’ (that’s bagpipes plus rock, if you were wondering) with stirring tunes and energetic performances.

Stirling

■ Amy Duncan Cowane’s Hospital, 49 St John Street, 01786 472247. 8pm. £9 (£8). Compelling Edinburgh-based acoustic singer/songwriter. Part of Stirling Fringe Festival.

Saturday 27

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £17–£22. Musical double act Phil and Aly bring together a plethora of musical talent and witty banter. ■ Scots Music Group: Fundraising Ceilidh with Heeliegoleerie St Bride’s Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, 228 1155. 8pm–midnight. £8 in advance, £10 on door (£6 in advance, £8 on door). Monthly fundraising ceilidh.

Dunbar

FREE Dunbar Traditional Music Festival Various venues: Dunbar, 07764 170399. Times vary. (fish supper: prices vary). See Fri 26.

Stirling

■ Julie Fowlis Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, 01786 473544. 7.30pm. £16.50–£17.50 (£14.50). Award-winning Gaelic singer/multi-instrumentalist Fowlis in solo set.

Sunday 28

Glasgow

Dunbar

FREE Dunbar Traditional Music Festival Various venues: Dunbar, 07764 170399. Times vary. (fish supper: prices vary). See Fri 26.

Pitlochry

■ Outside Track Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port Na Craig, 01796 484626. 8pm. £16.50. Folk band combining British and Canadian culture, delivering traditional music with a modern twist.

Stirling

■ Deoch’n’Dorus Hotel Colessio, 33 Spittal Street, 01786 448880. 7.30pm. £15. Ceilidh from the young band comprising members from Portree, Jura and Fort William. Part of Stirling Festival Fringe.

Monday 29

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Julie Fowlis The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 8pm. £19.60. See Sat 27.

Tuesday 30

Glasgow

■ Paul McKenna Band St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30–10.30pm. £12 (£10). A blend of Scottish and Irish music with modern rock and contemporary songwriting from this five-piece. ■ Ben Sands The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 8pm. £8. Life, love and the ways of the world from Ben Sands.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Sandy Brechin & Ewan Wilkinson Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £7. Singer/songwriter Ewan joins up with the nimble fingers of Sandy Brechin. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. 8pm. £6. Featuring the John Carmichael Ceilidh Band.

Wednesday 1

Glasgow

■ Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £5.50. See Wed 24. ■ Jimmy Lafave Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. £14.34–£16.87. The Oklahoma/Texas singer/songwriter blends country, blues, folk, and early rock’n’roll. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Himmerland Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8–11pm. £10 (£9; members £7). Roots, folk and world music by Danish band.

Thursday 2

Glasgow

■ The Coal Porters Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £12. Melodic bluegrass from outfit fronted by Sid Griffin.

■ Matt Anderson The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 8pm. £11. Blistering blues, roots and rock from Canadian soulman Anderson. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Roots Showcase The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 8pm. £5 (£4). Roots, R&B and blues from Toby of Black Diamond Express and friends.

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Outside Track The Queen’s Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7pm. £14. See Sun 28. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 83

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■ Russell Watson Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, 25 Nov. ■ Echo & The Bunnymen O2 ABC, Glasgow, 27 Nov.

■ Future of the Left Mono, Glasgow, 1 Oct.

■ The Xcerts Oran Mor, Glasgow, 7 Nov.

■ Kele SWG3, Glasgow, 28 Nov.

■ Hollywood Ending O2 ABC, Glasgow, 21 Oct.

■ Have Mercy Las Vegas Stereo, Glasgow, 8 Nov.

■ Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry SWG3, Glasgow, 29 Nov.

■ Man Made Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh, 21 Oct.

■ Kate Boy Stereo, Glasgow, 9 Nov.

■ Sunset Sons Broadcast, Glasgow, 23 Oct. ■ Scott Matthews Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 23 Oct; Óran Mòr, Glasgow, 24 Oct. ■ Rival State Garage, Glasgow, 25 Oct.

■ Mallory Knox Garage, Glasgow, 10 Nov. ■ Catfish & The Bottlemen Caves, Edinburgh, 12 Nov. ■ Common O2 ABC, Glasgow, 12 Nov. ■ Saint Motel Stereo, Glasgow, 12 Nov.

■ The Vaselines Art School, Glasgow, 28 Nov. ■ Raging Speedhorn Ivory Blacks, Glasgow, 5 Dec. ■ Ben Howard Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 6 Dec. ■ Temples Liquid Room, Edinburgh, 8 Dec; Arches, Glasgow, 10 Dec. ■ Morbid Angel Garage, Glasgow, 9 Dec.

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■ Imelda May Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 10 Dec.

■ Living Colour Garage, Glasgow, 27 Oct.

School, Glasgow, 14 Nov.

■ Bombay Bicycle Club Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 11 Dec.

■ The Datsuns Broadcast, Glasgow, 29 Oct.

■ Volbeat Barrowland, Glasgow, 15 Nov.

■ The Phantom Band Arches, Glasgow, 12 Dec.

■ American Authors King Tut’s, Glasgow, 16 Nov.

■ The Beards Oran Mor, Glasgow, 12 Dec; La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, 13 Dec.

■ Ben Watt Trio Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh, 27 Oct.

■ Raleigh Ritchie Electronic Circus, Edinburgh, 29 Oct. ■ Royal Blood O2 ABC, Glasgow, 30 Oct. ■ Courteeners Barrowland, Glasgow, 31 Oct. ■ Zola Jesus Stereo, Glasgow, 31 Oct. ■ Future Islands O2 ABC, Glasgow, 4 Nov. ■ Terror and

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■ Hozier O2 ABC, Glasgow, 16 Nov. ■ James Bay Art School, Glasgow, 16 Nov. ■ A Day to Remember Corn

Exchange, Edinburgh, 18 Nov.

■ Kina Grannis Oran Mor, Glasgow, 19 Nov.

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■ Drums Art School, Glasgow, 20 Nov.

■ Loveable Rogues O2 ABC, Glasgow, 5 Nov.

■ Jackson Browne Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, 21 Nov.

Garage, Glasgow, 4 Nov.

■ Shabazz Palaces Nice’n’Sleazy, Glasgow, 7 Nov.

■ The Twilight Sad O2 ABC, Glasgow, 19 Dec. ■ Brown Bear Stereo, Glasgow, 20 Dec. ■ Straight No Chaser Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 1 Feb. ■ You Me At Six and All Time Low SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 12 Feb. ■ Don Broco O2 Academy, Glasgow, 16 Feb. ■ The Black Keys SSE Hydro, Glasgow, 1 Mar.

■ Crossfaith Garage, Glasgow, 23 Nov.

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Friday 3

Glasgow

■ Craig Hughes Two The Roxy 171, 171 Great Western Road, 331 1901. 8pm–midnight. £4. Alt.blues duo of Hughes on guitar with drummer Ally Tennick. Vagabond Social Club night. ■ Mary Gauthier and Ben Glover St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £14.34–£16.87. Sharp, often devastating emotional observation leavened with a dose of humour from the Louisiana-born songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Norloch Ceilidh Band Old St Paul’s Church, 39 Jeffrey Street, 556 3332. 7.30pm. £6 (£5; family £15). The Norloch Ceilidh Band provide the live music. ■ Lindsey Black The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 8pm. £4 in advance; £5–£6 on the door. Folk and Celtic music from one of the original Bevvy Sisters.

Dundee

■ Outside Track HM Frigate Unicorn, Victoria Dock, 01382 200900. 7.30pm. £14 (£12). See Sun 28.

Stirling

■ Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, 01786 274000. 8pm. £15 (£13). Instrumental trad and folk from the duo.

Saturday 4

Glasgow

■ Carrie Elkin The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 4pm. £11.47–£13.50. The folky Texan performs tracks from For Keeps. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Adam Holmes & The Embers The Glad Café, 1006a Pollokshaws Road, 636 6119. 8.30pm. £9.56–£11.25. BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Adam Holmes. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Michelle Shocked The Mash House, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 7.30pm. £16.87. US roots star, whose style encompasses early campfire folk to full-blooded country swing. ■ Samba Sene & Diwan The Jazz Bar, 1 Chambers Street, 220 4298. 11.30pm. £5 (£4). Dancey, jazzy grooves and Afro-beats from Senegal.

Sunday 5

Glasgow

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■ Hazy Recollections CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. 4pm. £10. Some chilled acoustic vibes featuring Anthony D’Amato, Findlay Napier, The Chaplins, Jellyman’s Daughter and Genesee. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival. ■ Michelle Shocked Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £15. See Sat 4. ■ Sturgill Simpson Òran Mór, 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200. 8pm. £12.43–£14.62. Nashville based country singer/songwriter. Part of Glasgow Americana Festival.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24.

Monday 6

Glasgow

■ Eric Taylor Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £12. Legendary Texan songwriter.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24.

Tuesday 7

Glasgow

■ Bram Taylor The Admiral, 72a Waterloo Street, 221 7705. 8pm. £8. Lancashire-based singer Bram Taylor performs a collection of traditional and contemporary songs.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Brack’n’File Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £tbc. Folk trio comprising singer Maureen Brack alongside Rankin File bassist Rick Nickerson and guitarist Tony Mitchell. ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. 8pm. £6. Heeliegoleerie guest.

Wednesday 8

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ Mick West Band Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650 2458. 8–11pm. £10 (£9; members £7). Scots singer West is joined by a crew of multi-instrumentalist for this trad show featuring pipes, whistles and bodhran.

Dunfermline

■ Lúnasa Carnegie Hall, East Port, 01383 602302. 7.30pm. £15. Irish folk and traditional Celtic music group.

Thursday 9

Glasgow

■ Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30–10pm. £10–£12. The multiinstrumentalists in concert.

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24.

Friday 10

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24. ■ The Wynntown Marshals The Voodoo Rooms, 19a West Register Street, 556 7060. 7.30pm. £9. Country rock and Americana with a smattering of indie harmonies.

Kelso

■ Kelso Country & Western Festival Springwood Hall, Springwood Park, 01324 871042. Times vary. £21–£26 for a single day ticket; £37–£42 for a two-day ticket; £51–£56 for a threeday ticket (children £8–£15; under 5s free). A Western-themed affair, complete with line dancing tuition, a fast-draw competition, a ladies’ afternoon tea (Western attire compulsory) and of course, live music. Dave Cash is the compere. The October round-up includes John Taylor Band, Next of Kin, City Sinners, Duke Boys, Desert Wind, Roy Orbison Tribute (Steve Place), Blue Horizon, Clearwater, Chasin’ the Wind, Luke & Mel, Paul Jackson, Jim Clark and Dave Cash.

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Paisley

■ Dougie MacLean Spiegeltent, County Square, 0300 300 1210. 9.30pm. £18 (£16). Scotland’s foremost folk/roots troubadour. Part of The Spree.

Saturday 11

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24.

Bathgate

■ Solid Gold Country Legends Regal Community Theatre, 24–34 North Bridge Street, 01506 630085. 7.30pm. £17.50. A must for all straw-chewin’, hoe-downin’ country nuts, with a mix of old and new country hits fro your delectation.

Falkirk

■ Skerryvore Falkirk Town Hall, West Bridge Street, 01324 506850. 8pm. £15. Expect blazing bagpipes, accordion and fiddle mixed with standard rock instruments as the ‘boy band of Scottish traditional music’ play live.

Kelso

■ Kelso Country and Western Festival Springwood Hall, Springwood

Park, 01324 871042. Times vary. £21–£26 for a single day ticket; £37–£42 for a two-day ticket; £51–£56 for a threeday ticket (children £8–£15; under 5s free). See Fri 10.

Paisley

■ Rura Spiegeltent, County Square, 0300 300 1210. 8.30pm. £10 (£8). Energetic contemporary folk from up and coming Scottish musicians. Part of The Spree.

Sunday 12

Edinburgh

■ Balerno Music Festival Various Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. £tbc. See Wed 24.

Kelso

■ Kelso Country and Western Festival Springwood Hall, Springwood

Park, 01324 871042. Times vary. £21–£26 for a single day ticket; £37–£42 for a two-day ticket; £51–£56 for a threeday ticket (children £8–£15; under 5s free). See Fri 10.

Paisley

■ Merrymouth Spiegeltent, County Square, 0300 300 1210. 8.15pm. £12. Three-piece folk outfit featuring Ocean Colour Scene’s vocalist Simon Fowler. Part of The Spree.

Tuesday 14

2458. 8–11pm. £10 (£9; members £7). See Tue 30.

Paisley

■ Rab Noakes: Up Close Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, 0300 300 1210. 7.30pm. £12 (£10). The prolific songwriter steps out without his full band to perform solo folk with just voice and guitar. Part of The Spree.

Thursday 16

Paisley

■ Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson Spiegeltent, County Square, 0300 300 1210. 8pm. £8.94. See Thu 9.

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Thursday 18

Glasgow

Amici Cello Trio Merchants House of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Sonia Cromarty, Fiona Dippie and Helen McVey play music for three cellos.

Edinburgh

FREE Rudsambee Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. 6pm. Choral music from Ieuan Wyn, Tormis, Bartók and Monteverdi.

North Berwick

Tenebrae Gilmerton House,

Athelstaneford, 01620 880342. 7.30pm. £28. Madrigals by Byrd, Gibbons, Morley, Weelkes, Wilbey and others, plus as selection of keyboard music by the likes of Byrd, Purcell, Handel, Blow, Philips and Kinloch. Part of Lammermuir Festival.

Friday 19

East Linton

François Leleux Prestonkirk Church,

Preston Road, francoisleleux.com 7.30pm. £10–£20 (students £5–£15; schoolchildren £5–£10). The master oboist plays works by Poulenc, Vaughan Williams and Dutilleux as well as Mozart’s Quintet K452. Guests are Ben Johnson (tenor), Maximiliano Martín (clarinet), Peter Whelan (bassoon) and Eric Lesage (piano). Lammermuir Festival.

Glasgow

Perth

Edinburgh

01738 633192. 7.30pm. £15.00 (£10.00; children £10.00). The award-winning ensemble performs Handel’s oratorio in its original 1718 version. John Butt directs.

■ Rod Picott Woodend Tennis & Bowling Club, 10 Chamberlain Road, 959 1428. 8pm. £12. One of Nashville’s best singer/songwriters. And no mistakin’. ■ Dallahan Victoria Park Hotel, 221 Ferry Road, 454 2060. 7.30pm. £tbc. Some sweetly fresh arrangements of original music and traditional Celtic song . ■ Ceilidh Club Summerhall, 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. 8pm. £6. The Full Scottish play live.

Wednesday 15

Glasgow

Dunedin Consort: Acis and Galatea St John’s Kirk, St John’s Place,

Saturday 20

Edinburgh

FREE Andrew Caskie Palmerston Place Church, 12 Palmerston Place, 220 1690. 7.30pm. Organ music by Hartmann, Corrette, Carreira, Renzi, Franck, Wammes and Elgar.

Dundee

Scottish Ensemble: Essential Ensemble Caird Hall, City Square,

■ Ceilidh Dance Classes St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 7.30pm. £5.50. See Wed 24.

01382 434940. 7.30pm. £12. Works for strings by Antonin Dvorák and Antonio Vivaldi.

Edinburgh

Haddington

■ Ben Sands Edinburgh Folk Club, Cabaret Bar, 60 The Pleasance, 650

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra St Mary’s Parish Church,

The Sidegate, 01620 829354. 7pm. £15–£25 (students £10–£30; children £7.50–£12.50). Christine Brewer sings Strauss’ Four Last Songs, and Martyn Brabbins conducts Wagner and Elgar. Lammermuir Festival. Bartosz Woroch Holy Trinity Church, 01620 823738. 9.45pm. £12 (students £7; schoolchildren £6). Solo works for violin by Bach, Bartók and Ysaÿe, played by candlelight. Lammermuir Festival.

North Berwick

Steven Osborne plays Messiaen

Abbey Church, High Street, stevenosborne.co.uk 2.30pm. £15 (students £10; schoolchildren £7.50). Steven Osborne plays Messiaen’s Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus. Lammermuir Festival.

Sunday 21

Edinburgh

FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Voiceworks performs choral music by Mozart, Morricone, Sullivan and others.

Stenton

Hebrides Ensemble Stenton Parish Church, Main Street, hebridesensemble. org.uk 3pm. £15. Oliver Knussen’s Cantata Op 15 and Mozart’s Serenade in B flat K361 ‘Gran partita’, with special guest François Leleux. Lammermuir Festival.

Tuesday 23

Edinburgh

FREE Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Quartets by Helen Grime and Shostakovich.

Wednesday 24

Glasgow

Sonic Bothy City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £6. New music from ensemble devoted to including musicians with learning disabilities in the process of creating contemporary music.

Edinburgh

Balerno Music Festival Various

Venues, Balerno, 07710 703372. Times vary. Prices vary. This community-run music festival returns for a second year with folk and classical concerts and workshops. FREE Will Pickvance: Piano Speak St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 12.15pm. Will Pickvance presents improvisations and repartee.

Thursday 25

Glasgow

BBC SSO: Shostakovich 10 City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£24.50. Donald Runnicles conducts Mussorgsky, Scriabin’s Piano Concerto with soloist Barry Douglas, and Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony (see preview, right). Scottish Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth

Eastwood Park Theatre, Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4956. 7.30pm. £14 (under 26s £5). Dominic Hill’s production features David Stephenson, Shuna Scott Sendall and Marie Claire Breen. Emmanuel JoelHornak conducts.

Friday 26

Glasgow

The Beethoven Project: ✽ Early Beethoven City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15.

Llyr Williams (piano) and the Elias String Quartet present early sonatas and quartets by Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Op 2 Nos 1–3 and Quartets Op 18 Nos 2 & 3.

Edinburgh

FREE Tanino Duo Reid Concert Hall,

University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Fernando Sánchez (guitar) and Santiago Álverez (chromatic harmonica) plays Argentinian music.

Saturday 27

Glasgow

The Beethoven Project: ✽ Beethoven’s Circle City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 4pm. £7.50.

Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin/ speaker), Neil Heyde (cello) and Aaron Shorr (piano) play works by Beethoven and his friends Anton Reicha, Andreas & Bernhard Romberg and Ferdinand Ries.

✽ Speculum Orum: Shackled

to the Dead Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. 7–8.15pm. £6 for Saturday pass; £14 for weekend pass. A requiem for piano and voice set in the hold of a slave ship, performed and composed by multi-talented countertenor/artist/pianist M Lamar. Part of ARIKA14 Episode 6: Make a Way Out of No Way.

The Beethoven Project: ✽ Middle Beethoven City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15. Llyr

Williams (piano) and the Elias String Quartet play: Sonata No 12 in A flat, Op 26; Sonatas Op 27 No 1 ‘Moonlight’ and No 2 ‘Quasi una fantasia’; and Quartet No 7 in F, Op 59 No 1.

Sunday 28

Glasgow

The Beethoven Project: Late ✽ Quartets City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 4.30pm. £10. The Elias String

Quartet plays Beethoven’s String Quartet No 12 in E flat Op 127 and No 13 in B flat Op 130.

The Beethoven Project: ✽ Beethoven’s Last Three Sonatas City Halls, Candleriggs,

353 8000. 7.30pm. £10. Llyr Williams (piano) plays Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas.

Edinburgh

BBC SSO: Shostakovich 10 Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 4pm. £11–£27. See Thu 25. FREE St Giles’ at Six St Giles’ Cathedral, Royal Mile, 226 0673. 6pm. Cantica Alba performs music from Britain and the Baltic, by Byrd, MacMillan and Chilcott as well as Mäntyjärvi and Sisask.

Tuesday 30

Glasgow

FREE Choral Contemplations Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 5419. 6–7pm. Cristobal de Morales: Missa Mille Regretz.

Edinburgh

FREE Uli Fenner, Robin Mason, Peter Evans Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Schubert’s Piano Trio in E flat D 898. Alison Balsom Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7pm. £19.50–£32.50. Trumpet virtuoso plays music from Handel to Gershwin, as well as Stravinsky, Piazzolla, Purcell, Cole Porter and Debussy.

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Wednesday 1

Glasgow

sound lab presents Edit-Point City Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £6. New electroacoustic music.

Thursday 2

Glasgow

Athenaeum Winds Merchants House

of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). Wind quintet world première of a piece by Oliver Searle.

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The Cumnock Tryst

Various venues, thecumnocktryst. com Times vary. Prices vary. A music festival launched by eminent composer and local boy James MacMillan, with vioinist Nicola Benedetti as patron. Brass and choral music are reflected in the broad programme, which features numerous brass bands, a Come and Sing Day and choir The Sixteen, as well as Benedetti The Sixteen St John the Evangelist Church, 92 Glaisnock Street, 473 2000. 7.30pm. £16 (under 26s and local residents £10). Harry Christophers directs choral works by John Sheppard, Tonu Korvits, Matthew Martin, James MacMillan and emerging pianist/composer Alissa Firsova. The Cumnock Tryst.

Friday 3

Glasgow

Return from Brazil Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £8.50–£11.00. The Royal Conservatoire student musicians perform some Latin-flavoured pieces. Bright colours are not obligatory but surely welcome.

Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£37 (£6–£18.50). Wagner’s Meistersingers Overture is followed by Christopher Rouse’s moving Flute Concerto, with soloist RSNO principal flute Katherine Bryan. Finally, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Peter Oundjian is on conducting duty.

Balfron

FREE Scottish Chamber Orchestra Cumnock Academy, Ayr Road, 01290 421228. 12.30pm. Paul Rissmann presents Karin Rehnqvist’s Arktis Arktis!, conducted by Geoffrey Paterson. Part of The Cumnock Tryst.

Ian Peaston: Violin Variations

Dumfries Arms, 54 Glaisnock Street, 01290 429230. 8pm. £16 (under 26s and local residents £10). Solo violin played through a sampler. The Cumnock Tryst.

Saturday 4

Glasgow

RSNO: Oundjian Conducts

Scheherazade Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£35 (£6–£18.50). See Fri 3. BBC SSO: Hear and Now 1 – New Icelandic Voices City Halls,

Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. Free but limited to four per application. New works from Icelandic composers. Ilan Volkov conducts, with guest soloist Séverine Ballon (cello).

Edinburgh

RSNO: Oundjian Conducts Scheherazade Usher Hall, Lothian

Kirk, Greyfriars Place, edinburghsingers. org.uk 7.30pm. £tbc. Concert of autumn music, with pieces by Widor, Duruflé, Poulenc and Fauré. FREE Jeremy Cull St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 229 1142. 12.30pm. Organ recital.

FREE John Kitchen Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Organ recital. A selection of works for organ by Bach, Pratetorius, Tomkins, Buxtehude and others.

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Cumnock

The Future of Brass Cumnock Old

Church, The Square, 01290 425003. 7.30pm. £16 (under 26s and local residents £10). The National Youth Brass Band of Scotland, Greenmill Primary School String Orchestra and Cumnock Academy Brass play music by MacMillan, Wagner, Vaughan Williams and others. The Cumnock Tryst.

St Andrews

Hebrides Ensemble and NYOS Futures Younger Hall, North Street,

01334 462226. 7.30pm. £10 (£8; students & members £5). Works by Linda Buckley and Shostakovich.

FREE Festival Mass St John the Evangelist Church, 92 Glaisnock Street, 01290 421031. 11am. Singers from the Sixteen perform Victoria’s motet Sancta Maria succurre miseris. The Cumnock Tryst. Festival Finale Promenade Concerts Dumfries House, Dumfries

House Estate. 3pm and 7.30pm. £25 (under 26s and local residents £15). Three mini-recitals from lutenist Elizabeth Kenny, Nicola Benedetti (violin, duh), The Sixteen and Pure Brass. The Cumnock Tryst.

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Glasgow

Music Co-Operative Scotland St

Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 3pm. £12 (£10; students/under 18s £5). Quintets & Arias with Scottish baritone Andrew McTaggart and music by Handel, Mozart, Barber, Carl Nielsen and Franz Hasenöhrl. Kosmos Ensemble Pollok House, Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 0844 493 2202. 5–7pm. £18 (students £5; members £15). High-energy string and accordion trio do their thing.

Edinburgh

Angela Brownridge The Queen’s

Hall, 87–89 Clerk Street, 668 2019. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Acclaimed classical pianist plays works by Beethoven, Liszt, Debussy, Chopin and Scriabin.

Meadows Chamber Orchestra

St Cuthbert’s Church, 5 Lothian Road, 668 2019 . 7.45pm. £11 (£9; students £5; children £1). David Watkin conducts works by Weber, Haydn and Elgar, and the premiere of Matilda Cubarsi’s Nemini Parco. This evening’s guest soloist is Alexander Janiczek on the violin.

Cumnock

Glasgow

Sunday 5

JOHN WOOD

FREE Yuanfan Yang Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Young Edinburgh-born pianist in recital. Rachmaninov’s Sonata No 2 Op 36.

Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7.50–£9.50. Keyboard department showcase. See Wed 24.

Tuesday 7

Glasgow

FREE Choral Contemplations Glasgow University Memorial Chapel, University Avenue, 330 5419. 6–7pm. Music for the feast of St Francis of Assisi.

Edinburgh

FREE Daklen Difato Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. Young Italian pianist plays a selection of works from Ludwig van Beethoven, Schumann, Schoenberg and Debussy.

Wednesday 8

Glasgow

The Adventures Of Prince Achmed The Old Fruitmarket,

Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £14. The

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world’s first feature-length animated film, with a live soundtrack from the celebrated bass player and composer Renaud Garcia-Fons as well as his merry band. sound lab presents Gregor SAMSA City Halls, Candleriggs,

353 8000. 8pm. £6. A night of progressive new music from Glasgow-based musicians, featuring work from Alexander Horowitz, Euan Ferguson, Matt Zurowski and Thomas K Butler.

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Quartet St Andrew’s and

St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 5.30–6.30pm. £10 (students free; children free; members £9). Mendelssohn’s String Quartet Op 44 No 1 and extracts from J S Bach’s The Art of Fugue.

Thursday 9

Glasgow

FREE The Da Vinci Trio Glasgow University Concert Hall, University

Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10–2pm. Arvo Pärt’s Mozart-Adagio and Beethoven’s Trio Op 97 ‘Archduke’.

BBC SSO: Dvorák’s New World Symphony City Halls, Candleriggs, 353

8000. 7.30pm. £11.50–£24.50. Thomas Dausgaard conducts Nielsen, Magnus Lindberg’s Violin Concerto with soloist Pekka Kuusisto and finally Dvorák’s crowd-pleaser.

Edinburgh

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Ticciati Conducts Mahler Usher

Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £10–£31. The world premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s harp concerto Aelous, featuring Naoko Yoshino, is followed by Mahler’s Symphony No 4 with mezzosoprano Karen Cargill.

Friday 10

Glasgow

Wind Orchestra: Strictly Come Dancing . . . in America Royal

Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £8.50–£11.00.

American music from the wind department.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Ticciati Conducts Mahler City

Halls, Candleriggs, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12.50–£28.50. See Thu 9. Quartetto di Cremona Cairns Church, Milngavie, 942 3102. 7.30pm. £12 (£5–free). A series of string quartets by Boccherini and Beethoven, Shostakovich (Quartet No 10), and Fabio Vacchi. RSNO: Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 228 1155. 7.30pm. £12–£37 (£6–£18.50). Elgar’s popular Concerto features principal cellist Aleksei Kiseliov. There’s also Bruckner’s Symphony No 7 and Mozart’s effervescent Overture to The Marriage of Figaro. Peter Oundjian conducts.

Saturday 11

Glasgow

RSNO: Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £12–£35 (£6–£37.50). See Fri 10.

The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments St Andrew’s

and St George’s Church, 13 George Street, 225 3847. 7.45pm. £18 (£16; students/children/unwaged £5). Elizabethan music and dance this evening. Promoted by the Georgian Concert Society.

Oban

Scottish Opera: Verdi’s Macbeth

Corran Halls, The Esplanade, 01631 567333. 7.30pm. £5–£14. See Thu 25.

Sunday 12

Glasgow

High Heels and Horse Hair: Transplanted Greenbank Garden,

Flenders Road, Clarkston, 08444 932201. 1.30pm & 4pm. £10 (students & children £5). New music by David Fennessy, Martin Kershaw, Stuart MacRae, Eddie McGuire, Chris Stout, Hanna Tuulikki, David Ward and Judith Weir. Merchant Voices Summer Concert City Halls, Candleriggs, 353

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

City Halls, Glasgow, Thu 25 Sep; Aberdeen Music Hall, Fri 26 Sep; Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sun 28 Sep What a title for a concert series: Shostakovich 5, 10, 15. There won’t be a 20 though, as Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his last symphony, No 15, in 1971, just a few years before his death. Taking the symphonies over the course of three stunning concert programmes, the BBC SSO focuses on music written at critical times in the composer’s life. With chief conductor Donald Runnicles, the Tenth Symphony opens the series in the company of fellow Russian composers, Mussorgsky and his popular Night on the Bare Mountain, and the increasingly heard Scriabin, with Irish pianist Barry Douglas appearing as soloist in his Piano Concerto. Intensely exciting, the Tenth Symphony was written in 1953 following the death of Stalin, and has a sense of the freedom and relief that Shostakovich felt as political and artistic oppression was lifted. ‘I think that one of the most unique aspects of the symphonies of Shostakovich is the fact that he was an historical witness to the phenomenal happenings in Russia from the early 20th century through to when he died,’ says Runnicles. The brutality of Stalin’s regime is felt most acutely in the loud and frenzied second movement. Shostakovich, like so many others, lived in fear under the Communist regime. His music didn’t always suit the authorities, and there was the ever-present threat that he would suddenly disappear the same way as other artists as a result. ‘One can see some indication, that doesn’t have to be specific or an event, but of how he related to the world in which he lived,’ says Runnicles. ‘There is a palpable feeling of relief and at the same time, what is going to change? But the symphony certainly ends triumphantly: an era has finally come to an end.’ (Carol Main)

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8000. 7.30pm. £10 (under 12s free). Stephen Langston conducts Poulenc’s Gloria and Constant Lambert’s Rio Grande, with a selection of choral pieces. Featuring guest pianist Gilmour Macleod.

Monday 13

Glasgow

Strings Showcase Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 100 Renfrew Street, 332 5057. 1pm. £7.50–£9.50. This lunchtime, why not enjoy a string department showcase?

Tuesday 14

Glasgow

Clint Mansell The Old Fruitmarket,

Candleriggs, 353 8000. 8pm. £25. Atmospheric film music from the composer, performing with the Sonus Quartet.

Edinburgh

FREE Edinburgh Quartet Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh, Bristo Square, 651 4336. 1.10pm. The Edinburgh Quartet bring us Schumann’s String Quartet Op 41 and excerpts from Bach’s Art of Fugue.

Wednesday 15

Glasgow

Scottish Opera: La ✽ Cenerentola Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.15pm.

£10–£76. Rossini’s take on the Cinderella story. Russian soprano Victoria Yarovaya

Alison Balsom What ✽ is there not to like about Alison Balsom (pictured)? She’s a fabulously virtuosic trumpeter and three-time Classic Brit winner, and her first headline UK tour, The Trumpet Sings, is billed as ‘an unexpected journey through Paris, from spring to autumn’. Sensational stuff. Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Tue 30 Sep. The Beethoven Project Total immersion is an ✽ intoxicating way to listen to and learn about Beethoven’s extraordinary music, especially in the hands of such outstanding performers as Llyr Williams (piano) and the Elias Quartet. For three days, it’s Beethoven bonanza time in Glasgow this month. City Halls, Glasgow, Fri 26–Sun 28 Sep. La Cenerentola Scottish ✽ Opera opens its 2014–15 season with a Rossini favourite, giving a bit of a darker, more psychological twist to the popular Cinderella fairytale, and rather more to think about than the familiar childhood story. Who is Cinderella? What’s her identity and why does she need a new one? Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Wed 15 Oct. is the title character, with Nico Darmanin as Ramiro.

St Andrews

Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Haydn and Mahler Younger Hall,

North Street, 01334 462226. 7.30pm. £13–£22. Hosokawa’s Meditation is followed by Mahler’s Blumine and the great Kindertotenlieder song cycle, featuring Karen Cargill. Plus Haydn’s Symphony No 104. Robin Ticciati conducts.

Thursday 16

Glasgow

Andrew McTaggart Merchants House

of Glasgow, 7 West George Street, 221 1876. 12.45pm. £8 (£7; students & children £4). This emerging baritone performs from A Century of English Song. FREE Edinburgh Quartet Glasgow University Concert Hall, University Avenue, 330 4092. 1.10pm. Schumann’s String Quartet No 3 in A Major, Op 41 and excerpts from Bach’s The Art of Fugue.

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Kill Johnny Glendenning See preview, left. Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, until Sat 11 Oct; Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 22 Oct–Sat 8 Nov.

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balletLORENT: Rapunzel Liv Lorent transforms the classic fairytale, alongside Carol Ann Duffy’s narration, music from Doctor Who’s Murray Gold and costumes by Emmywinning Game of Thrones designer Michele Clapton. See preview, page 90. Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Fri 19 & Sat 20 Sep.

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Hamlet Shakespeare adapted through Dominic Hill’s distinctive style, taking in elements of contemporary and classical theatre (pictured). See preview, page 89. Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep–Sat 11 Oct.

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Two different theatre spaces served well with one play

yrshire playwright DC Jackson returns to Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum following his successful contemporary update of Beaumarchais’ The Marriage of Figaro back in 2012. His return is accompanied by a partnership which the Fringe First-winning writer of My Romantic History believes has worked well for him. ‘I’ve always admired from afar what Mark [Thomson, artistic director] has done with the Lyceum; I think he’s a very smart programmer,’ says Jackson who has recently launched a TV career for himself writing for the third series of C4’s student sitcom Fresh Meat. ‘It must be a difficult building to run and keep everyone happy. Along with the Citizens in Glasgow [co-producers of Kill Johnny Glendenning], it’s the pinnacle of the subsidised sector.’ It seems that this play will straddle the two worlds both theatres need to serve; on the one hand it’s a hard-edged gangster comedy that 88 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

starts on an Ayrshire farm used to dispose of murder victims by way of feeding them to pigs and ends in a plush flat in Glasgow’s West End. Yet at the same time, marked-for-death Ulster paramilitary Johnny Glendenning (David Ireland) and his Glasgow gangster nemesis Andrew MacPherson (Paul Samson, returning to the stage after over a decade in River City) say much more about the west coast’s attitude to glorifying violence, not least through the media. ‘That was definitely what sent me into this territory,’ says Jackson. ‘Although there is a point in storytelling at which you become the thing you want to satirise. Hopefully I’ve stayed on the right side of that.’ (David Pollock) Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, until Sat 11 Oct; Citizens Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 22 Oct–Sat 8 Nov.

The Battle of Calder Street After a long occupation by the community, Glasgow City Council used the police to reclaim Govanhill Baths. This is the story of that day. See column, page 92. Govanhill Baths, Glasgow, Mon 22– Sat 27 Sep.

The Crucible Scottish Ballet take Arthur Miller’s play and add the music from Hitchcock’s Pyscho. See feature, page 29. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 25–Sat 27 Sep; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct.

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Three Sisters John Byrne updates Chekhov’s classic to the 1960s. Andy Arnold directs. See preview, page 89. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 1–Fri 17 Oct.

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Assessment Activist-artist the vacuum cleaner helps the audience find out what is happening in their minds as part of Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival’s theatre programme. See feature, page 25. The Arches, Glasgow Tues 14 & Wed 15 Oct.

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Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 3–Sat 11 Oct

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TOMORROW

Vanishing Point established an international reputation for their intelligent combination of spectacular scenography and thoughtful scripts. Having taken on legal hypocrisy (Beggar’s Opera), violent pornography (Wonderland) and the horror lurking beneath mundane lives (Saturday Night), Tomorrow tackles the onset of old age as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival (see feature, page 25). ‘Tomorrow explores, metaphorically, what it is like to be disorientated by old age and some of the conditions that go with it,’ director Matthew Lenton explains. ‘Like much of our work, it uses an abstract structure, inviting the audience to enter a dreamworld and to make their own connections.’ Tomorrow harks back to the company’s chamber pieces – ‘small and deeply intimate,’ Lenton adds. It explores the emotional consequences of old age, and the painful loneliness: not just the need for care, but the need to care. Lenton’s sure sense of dynamic theatricality has led to Vanishing Point becoming one of Scotland’s top artistic exports: this run at Tramway is the only Scottish chance to see the company known for the large-scale demonstrate attention to small detail. (Gareth K Vile)

ARCHES LIVE!

Arches Live! has become the traditional start of the autumn season in Glasgow. This year kicks off with Rob Jones’ AARG!!!, an interactive mystery in the dark basements that is equal parts immersive theatre and parlour game. Later, there is visual art (Katie Gallagher subverting sexually charged adverts in American Aparel), an intense ‘sensorial experience performed using singing bowls, medicinal noise music, restorative attention and chakra clearing frequencies’ (FK Alexander), a meditation on turning 30 from Amy Conway and the return of live artist Stephanie Elaine Black in a ritual evocation of the marriage ceremony. Thomas Hobbins is also returning after last year’s cycling endurance solo show, with Max Powers Says. ‘It’s an immersive participatory performance,' he says, 'where the audience are welcomed to Powers’ very own self-help seminar workshop. Powers is fun and very persuasive: but a darker undercurrent is at play.’ With both Jack Webb and Louise Ahl in the lineup, as well as the promise of Smashy Smashy from Edinburgh-based poet and activist Harry Giles, Arches Live! is full of its usual verve, vim and vigour, a snapshot of now and a prediction of future glories. (Gareth K Vile)

HAMLET

’As an actor I have done a lot of new writing,’ explains Brian Ferguson. ‘These plays are often about the things that aren’t said, more so than the things that are. Shakespeare’s characters don’t have this problem. They shout and weep and rage and love each other passionately, without apology, and they use a whole world of words and imagery to express themselves.’ Taking on the role of the prince in Hamlet is, as Ferguson admits, ‘the big one indeed!’ Fortunately, far from being intimidated, he is clearly enthusiastic about the challenge, even finding a contemporary relevance. ‘The play is about a time of huge change in the country as one very established order was being threatened by new ways of thinking and being. These new ideas felt exciting and extremely necessary to many people and chaotic and dangerous to many others.’ While he does not make it explicit, Ferguson’s vision of Hamlet could reflect post-referendum society. Directed by Dominic Hill, who has already shown the skill to update the classics, the Citizens’ Hamlet has enough risk, and imagination, to rescue it from the predictable retreads that are so familiar. (Gareth K Vile)

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Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Wed 1–Sat 18 Oct John Byrne’s idiosyncratic vision has always brought mischief to drama, as with perennial favourites The Slab Boys and Tutti Frutti which spoke in a no-nonsense yet nostalgic way of old, tough Glasgow. Following on from his recent, critically acclaimed adaptations of The Cherry Orchard and Uncle Vanya, he now lends his distinctive voice and design to another Chekhov classic, The Three Sisters, by transporting it from Russia at the turn of the 19th century to the not-terribly swinging 60s in a parochial Dunoon. The titular siblings Maria, Irina and Olga thus become Maddy, Renee and Olive (played by Muireann Kelly, Jessica Hardwick and Sally Reid), all waiting for life to begin. It’s a reimagining that works, according to director Andy Arnold. ‘The situation provides parallels,’ he explains, ‘and the narrative of the original is kept very much intact: a comment on the circumstances of a family struggling to survive in very unfamiliar surroundings, and a long way from home.’ He has very much enjoyed the collaborative process with Byrne. ‘John and I have been planning this for the past year or more,’ says Arnold. ‘He has a very visual and theatrical approach which I relate to, and we seemed in tune with each other very quickly. He saw my production of Ulysses last year and really liked it, so it was easy for us to connect with the same theatre language.’ Chekhov’s universality is also something that chimes with Arnold, and he believes this is why the work still resonates with audiences today. ‘The themes – loss, envy, unrequited love, a sense of failure – are common to all civilisations. It is a wonderfully crafted play which combines great tragedy with love and humour.’ (Lorna Irvine) 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 89

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Despite the often brutal content in the original texts, fairytales aren’t known for their adult appeal. But why restrict them to bedtime stories and Disney films, when tales such as those written by the Brothers Grimm have so much to say about life? Revisiting a book from childhood, choreographer Liv Lorent discovered that Rapunzel, in particular, had previously unexplored layers. Inspired by ‘the acute, all-encompassing desire to have a child’, which both Rapunzel’s parents and the witch feel, Lorent has created a brand new version of the fairytale classic aimed at everyone. ‘So many people come to see Rapunzel who don’t have children and I totally get that,’ says Lorent. ‘They come because they love the story, the collaborators and want to switch off, escape and just get enraptured in another world.’ Ah yes, the collaborators. Well, they’re none too shabby. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has written the narration, Doctor Who composer Murray Gold created the score, and double Emmy Award-winning costume designer Michele Clapton (Game of Thrones) made the outfits. In short, balletLORENT has pulled out all the stops to create a production that speaks to both adults and children, fusing an emotive storyline with visual treats such as a high iron tower, knotty hair that keeps on growing, and a prince on a scooter. ‘I love the abundance and richness that the collaborators have given Rapunzel,’ says Lorent. ‘None of the design is just decorative – it’s there profoundly as part of the story. And it motivates the choreography as well, asking a lot of athleticism and bravery from the dancers.’ (Kelly Apter)

CONTEMPORARY DANCE

RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Fri 26 Sep

In the 1960s it was the Beatles, today it’s One Direction – but the idea of women getting hot and bothered about musicians is nothing new, as choreographer Martin Lawrance discovered while researching the music of Franz Liszt. ‘He was a bit of a player,’ says Lawrance of the 19th-century Hungarian pianist and composer. ‘He had an affair with Clara Schumann and lots of other famous people at the time. I’ve been reading stories about “Lisztomania” and women trying to get his cigar stub – if they could have thrown their knickers, they would have.’ At the same time, Lawrance came across Liszt’s Dante Sonata, written in 1849 and inspired by Dante’s poem The Divine Comedy. Dante, it turns out, was also quite the romantic, influencing Lawrance yet further. ‘I found all of that really inspirational and exciting,’ he says, ‘and I thought that, on top of the music, could work really well. I don’t want to tell a story; it’s not a narrative piece – but all of that has been in my head while I’ve been choreographing it.’ When it came to naming his new piece, which will run alongside two of Alston’s works in the company’s Edinburgh show, Lawrance once again drew on Dante and Liszt. ‘I was going to call it Inferno,’ he says, ‘but I thought no, that’s too obvious. So I’ve called it Burning, because in the music there’s this burning passion – and Liszt had a burning desire for his wife, who stood by him even though he had all those affairs. Then all of a sudden she just left him.’ (Kelly Apter) HIP HOP COMPETITION AND SHOW

MAKE OR BREAK

The Studio at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 26 Sep Watching judges preside over dancers is a regular occurrence on TV talent shows these days – but seeing it live, and championing your favourites with some vocal appreciation, is a whole different ball game. With competitors from home and abroad squaring up at the Make or Break event in Edinburgh this month, this is a chance to see b-boys battle it out through qualifying rounds, quarter and semi-finals and a no-doubt exciting final. So, what will the judges be looking for? ‘Each judge has their own criteria,’ explains host Tony Mills (aka Tony Thrills). ‘Often this is about musicality, originality and execution. Then whether or not a dancer repeats some moves, if their dance is not evolving or if they crash out of a move. And then of course there is the overall style, flavour and b-boy attitude.’ With the afternoon competition duly judged, Make or Break moves on to an evening showcase of Scottish hip hop talent – or more specifically, a Glasgow / Edinburgh derby, with crews from both cities showing what they’re made of. ‘The programme will reflect how the genre is developing but also provide some eye candy for the audience,’ says Mills. ‘Hip hop dance by its nature is very dynamic and visually engaging, and I don’t think that aspect ought to be neglected when it comes to putting work on stage.' As Mills says, ‘All in all, not a bad day out if you like it funky fresh.’ (Kelly Apter) 90 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

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GLASGOW ■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Wallace Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm. £10–£12. Theatrical panel debate on Scottish independence as the last lot of people go piling into the polling booths. Workin-development from Rob Bullet Catch Drummond. Assessment Tue 14 & Wed 15 Oct, 7pm. £12 (£10). Straight out of a successful Fringe, The vacuum cleaner invites you to delve into your own mind to be assessed for common mental health conditions. Part of Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival.

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■ BEARDMORE HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTRE Beardmore Street Clydebank, 951 6000. Paula O’Brien: Psychic Medium

Tue 7 Oct, 6.45pm. £20. Rising star in the psychic world tours Scotland.

■ BRAEHEAD ARENA Kings Inch Road, 0844 499 1700.

Disney On Ice: 100 Years Of Magic Fri 26 Sep–Sun 5 Oct. See Kids

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■ BRITANNIA PANOPTICON MUSIC HALL 113–117 Trongate, 553 0840.

Music Hall Memories – The Most Vintage Show in Town Sat 27 Sep,

1.30pm & 3.30pm. Donations welcome. Music hall variety show.

■ CITIZENS THEATRE 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Hamlet Fri 19 Sep–Sat 11 Oct (not Sun & Mon), times vary. £15–£20.50 (students £9; children £9). See preview, page 89. In Time o’ Strife Tue 14–Sat 18 Oct, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £12.50–£15 (£2–£9). National Theatre of Scotland present a re-imagining of this rarely performed classic.

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■ EASTWOOD PARK THEATRE Eastwood Park, Rouken Glen Road, Giffnock, 577 4956. Shang-a-Lang Fri 19 & Sat 20 Sep, 7.30pm. £13 (£11; students £9). Three middle-aged Scottish women relive their youth by going to a 70s-themed weekend. ■ GLASGOW FILM THEATRE 12 Rose Street, 332 6535.

Peaches Christ’s Bear-barella Fri

10 Oct, 8pm. £12 (£10; members £9– £11). Drag superstar and cult filmmaker Peaches Christ presents an immersive and interactive stage show parody. Followed by a screening of the original film.

■ GOVANHILL BATHS 99 Calder Street, 433 2999.

The Battle of Calder Street Mon 22–Sat 27 Sep,7.30pm, £10 ✽ (£8). See column, page 92.

■ KING’S THEATRE 297 Bath Street, 0844 871 7648. Dirty Dancing Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm. Fri 19 Sep, 5pm & 8.30pm. Sat 20 Sep, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £10–£75. See Baby not put in the corner in the musical.

The Full Monty – The Play by Simon Beaufoy Tue 23 Sep–Sat 4 Oct

(not Sun & Mon), 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£39.50. Adaptation based on BAFTA winning screenplay. Whingeing Women Tue 7–Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £15–£36. Four inspirational women share their stories.

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CURTAIN UP THE BATTLE OF CALDER STREET Bruce Downie is directing The Battle of Calder Street, a verbatim theatre piece about the Govanhill Baths protest of 2001. He explains how Govanhill Theatre Group came to become one of Govanhill Bath’s cultural tenants. What inspired the creation of the company? Govanhill Baths is such a beautiful building: I could see the potential right away – I knew we had to start a theatre project here. There are a number of different performance spaces, there’s storage space, workshop space and unexplored space waiting to be adapted. There were creative people already working in the building – upcyclers, costume makers, designers and musicians – a theatre project could bring all these elements together. Does the company have any particular style? We’re still very much in the formative stages: earlier this year, we put on an all-female Hamlet in association with the RSC. Then we had the premiere of a new work, a translation and adaptation of Eminescu’s epic poem Luceafarul which was a way of reaching out to the Romanian community. In July we had a sell-out run of Tony Roper’s The Steamie in the old steamie at the back of the building, the last one standing in all of Glasgow. What is the battle about? The last night of the Govanhill occupation in 2001, police and sheriff officers moved in to reclaim the building and a lot of people were injured that night. The police came in for heavy criticism for their behaviour that night. We’re not quite ready to recreate a pitched street battle, not this time anyway – maybe for the revival. I was also very keen to create a piece of verbatim theatre: it’s really exciting to use words spoken by real people about real events. It’s passionate, poetic, and political. It feels like one of the most important plays I’ve ever brought to the stage – a story that needs and deserves to be told. (Gareth K Vile) ■ Govanhill Baths, Glasgow, Mon 22–Sat 27 Sep. 92 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Carousel Tue 14–Sat 18 Oct, 7.30pm (Wed 2.30pm also). £10–£37. Classic musical presented by Glasgow Light Opera Club.

Kathakali Performance Sat 4 Oct, 7pm. Sun 5 Oct, 5pm. £5. Indian ‘story play’ with drama, dance, music, visual arts and ritual.

■ THE OLD HAIRDRESSERS Opposite Stereo, Renfield Lane, 222 2254. Giving up the Ghost Sun 21 Sep, 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Mon 22 Sep, 7.30pm. £8 (£5). A darkly comic work, tackling life and death from the point of view of the likes of an evangelical exorcist, a rock star zombie and a psychic medium.

■ THE SSE HYDRO Exhibition Way, 248 3000. Still Game Fri 19 Sep–Tue 7 Oct (not Mon), times vary. £45. The stage version of Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill’s TV sitcom of ageing disgracefully. See First & Last, page 136.

■ ÒRAN MÓR 731–735 Great Western Road, 357 6200.

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A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Miss Shamrock’s World of Glamorous Flight Thu 18–Sat 20 Sep, 1pm.

£9.50–£14.06. Swish air hostess Miss Shamrock is reminiscing and preparing to fly to Boston. Little does she know that today will be her last day of glamorous flight.

A Play, a Pie and a Pint: It’s Only Words Mon 22–Sat 27 Sep, 1pm. £8–

£12.50. Trapped in a toilet, Mrs Moore muses on love, libraries and literature. A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Flame Proof Mon 29 Sep–Sat 4 Oct, 1pm.

£9.50–£14.06. Play by Lesley Hart about the travails suffered by Lyssa and Buddy at a wedding. A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Mrs Barbour’s Daughters Mon 6–Sat 11

Oct, 1pm. £9.50–£14.06. In 1915, Mrs Barbour led 20,000 women in the rent strikes. A hundred years later, an 87-yearold woman looks back in time. Written by AJ Taudevin.

A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Squash

Mon 13–Sat 18 Oct, 1pm. £9.50–£14.06. Martin McCormick’s play about bad boy Paul and his antics. United We Stand Tue 14 Oct, 7.30pm. £13.50. A play about the true events that led to the imprisonment of building workers Des Warren and Eric Tomlinson (better known as Ricky Tomlinson from The Royle Family). ■ PAVILION THEATRE 121 Renfield Street, 332 1846. The Dreamboys Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm. £22.50. Some of the best looking boys in an all male glamour extravaganza. Colin Fry & Derek Acorah: Living Spirits Fri 10 Oct, 7.30pm. £20. The

two mediums and TV personalities try to connect with the other side. ■ PLATFORM The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road, Easterhouse, 276 9696. Titus Mon 29 Sep, 1.30pm & 7pm. £3.50–£8. The story of a 10 year-old boy on the edge: literally on the roof of his school, confronted by a situation that seems hopeless. Presented by macrobert. Rules of the Dancefloor Thu 9 & Fri 10 Oct, 7pm. £3.50–£8. Interactive dance performance. Ages 12+. ■ POLLOKSHAWS BURGH HALLS 2025 Pollokshaws Road, 632 5811. The Ivor Novello Story Fri 10 Oct, 7.30pm. £8. A nostalgic journey through the life of composer, actor and musician Ivor Novello. ■ ROOM AT THE TOP 94 West Regent Street, 352 9978. A Silent Shore Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm. £10 including complimentary wine. Estrada Independent Theatre present the story of a young man’s demise as he prepares himself to die. Drama double bill with Ma Baby. ■ SCOTTISH MASK AND PUPPET CENTRE 8–10 Balcarres Avenue, Kelvindale, 339 6185. The Singing Ringing Tree Sat 4 Oct, 2pm. £6.50 (£5.95). Glove-puppet tale of a prince and his quest for the magic tree that will win the heart of the beautiful but vain princess. Ages 3+.

■ SWALLOW HOTEL GLASGOW 517 Paisley Road West, 0141 427 3146. Tue 7 Oct, 6.45pm. £20. See Beardmore Hotel and Conference Centre, Glasgow. ■ THEATRE ROYAL 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. The Mousetrap Thu 18–Sat 20 Sep, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £10–£42. Agatha Christie’s classic whodunnit finally embarking on a UK tour. Ten Poems Thu 25–Sat 27 Sep, 7.30pm. £21. Ten Poems explores themes of lost innocence, childhood nostalgia and death in Dylan Thomas’ poems, read by the late Richard Burton. Double bill with The Crucible. The Crucible Thu 25–Sat 27 Sep, 7.30pm. £21. See feature, page 29. Ha Ha Hood Sun 28 Sep, 7.30pm. £18–£36. The tale of Robin Hood with a comedy twist from writer Ben Langley

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■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501.

Fred Moten and Storyboard P:

Mutual Instruments Sun 28 Sep, 10pm. £6 for Sunday pass; £14 for weekend pass. Poet Fred Moten and dancer Storyboard P collaborate. Part of ARIKA14 Episode 6: Make a Way Out of No Way. Tomorrow Fri 3–Sat 11 Oct (not Sun & Mon), 7.30pm. £15 (£12). A play that explores what it is to grow old and be cared for. See preview, page 89.

■ TRON THEATRE 63 Trongate, 552 4267.

One Day All of This Will Come to Nothing Tue 30 Sep–Sat 4 Oct, 8pm.

£10 (£7.50). Catherine Grosvenor’s dry, deadpan look at living with loss. Presented by Rekindle Theatre. Three Sisters Wed 1–Sat 11 Oct, 7.45pm (Sat 11 Oct 2.30pm also). £8–£16. John Byrne (Tutti Frutti, The Slab Boys) presents new take on Chekhov’s classic. See preview, page 89. Souness (Work-in-Progress) Tue 7 Oct, 8pm. £5. Enter the world of former Liverpool and Rangers legend Graeme Souness as he takes on referees, the authorities, his own players, Perthshire tea-ladies and his inner demons. Linwood No More Thu 9–Sat 11 Oct, 8pm. £10 (£7.50). A homeless alcoholic’s life before and after the Linwood car factory closure. Presented by White Stag Theatre Company.

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King John (Part Rehearsed

Reading) Tue 14 & Wed 15 Oct, 8pm. £3. Stone Soup present the rarely seen King John, charting the reign of the 13th century king. Part staged performance, part rehearsed reading.

New Playwriting: The Progressive Playwright Thu 16 Oct,

8.30pm. £5. An evening of play readings for new and developing playwrights. ■ WILD CABARET & WICKED LOUNGE 18 Candleriggs, 552 6165. The Big Show Fridays & Saturdays 19 Sep–11 Oct, 8pm. Free to all dining guests. An evening of cabaret.

EDINBURGH ■ BALERNO PARISH CHURCH 2 Main Street, Balerno, 449 7245 The Ivor Novello Story Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm. See Pollokshaws Burgh Halls, Glasgow.

■ CAV 3 West Tollcross, 228 3252. The Dreamboys Saturdays 20 Sep–11 Oct, 6.30pm. £25. See Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow. ■ CHURCH HILL THEATRE 33a Morningside Road, 447 7597. The Miracle Worker Fridays & Saturdays 19–27 Sep, 8pm. Sundays 21 & 28 Sep, 2pm. £18 (members £15; students £10). Drama about a blind, deaf and almost feral girl who is taught to engage with the world. The Count of Luxembourg Wed 8– Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm. £12. Franz Lehar’s opera of the Grand Duke Rutzinov and his plan to wed opera singer Angele. ■ CITY NIGHTCLUB 1a Market Street, 226 9560. Flaming Tease Sat 11 Oct, 7pm. £7.50 (in advance £5). Burlesque and cabaret artistes. Strictly ages 18+. ■ THE EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE 18–22 Greenside Place, 0844 871 3014. Putting on the Ritz Thu 18–Sat 20 Sep, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £15– £32.50. Song and dance extravaganza. Calamity Jane Tue 23–Sat 27 Sep, 2.30pm & 7.30pm (Tue & Fri 7.30pm only). £10–£35. Jodie Prenger stars in this Watermill Theatre touring production of the Wild West musical. Stones in His Pockets Sun 28 Sep, 7.30pm. £11–£29.50. The multi-award winning comedy by Marie Jones in which two actors play 15 characters. Ha Ha Hood Mon 29 Sep, 7.30pm. £18–£24. See Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Jersey Boys Wed 8–Thu 16 Oct (not Sun), 7.30pm, times vary. £18–£46. Musical life story of the Four Seasons. ■ EDINBURGH FESTIVAL THEATRE 13–29 Nicolson Street, 529 6000.

balletLORENT: Rapunzel Fri 19 & Sat 20 Sep, 7pm (Fri),2pm (Sat), ✽ £20. See preview, page 90.

Make or Break Fri 26 Sep, 8pm. £8. Performance of heavyweight hip hop action. See preview, page 90. Ten Poems Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm. £20.50. See Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Double bill with The Crucible. The Crucible Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm. £20.50. See Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Double bill with Ten Poems. Sunset Song Tue 7–Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £14–£29.50. Alastair Cording’s faithful adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic story. Top Hat – The Musical Tue 7–Sat 18 Oct (not Sun & Mon), 2.30pm & 7.30pm (Tue & Fri 7.30pm only). £14–£45. Irving Berlin’s tap dancing musical spectacular. Directed by Matthew White. Breathe Fri 10 & Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm. £15. Dance work exploring the remnants of lives and shared history.

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■ KING’S THEATRE 2 Leven Street, 529 6000. Regeneration Tue 30 Sep–Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £14–£29.50. Based on Pat Barker’s 1991 novel about Siegfried Sasson and his fellow officers, and their treatment at Craiglockhart hospital during WWI. ■ THE PLEASANCE 60 Pleasance, 650 4673.

The Pleasance Sessions: Neu! Reekie! Presents . . . Sun 12 Oct,

8pm. £6.95–£9.94. Neu! Reekie! presents Dave Hook, Liz Lochhead, Richard Jobson, Teen Canteen and FiniTribe. Part of Pleasance Sessions.

■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Embrace Wed 8–Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm & 8pm & 8.45pm. £12 (£10). Promenade performance inspired by the Indian legend of Amrita Devi. Ages 8+. Meet at the North Gate entrance on Inverleith Place.

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■ ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE Grindlay Street, 248 4848. Kill Johnny Glendenning Thu 18–Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm (Wed & Sat 2.30pm also). £10. See preview, page 88.

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■ SUMMERHALL 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. FREE Anatomy Minis Sun 5 Oct, 11am. Variety show for families with babies and toddlers ages 0–3. Tragic Fri 10 & Sat 11 Oct, 7.45pm. £12 (£8). Iain Heggie’s one man humorous and moving adaptation of Hamlet. Seven Hungers Thu 16 & Fri 17 Oct, 7.30pm. £10 (£8). A physical theatre performance from Company of Wolves. ■ TRAVERSE THEATRE Cambridge Street, 228 1404. Spoiling Thu 18–Sat 20 Sep, 8pm. £16 (£8–£13). John McCann’s drama set in a newly independent Scotland. Outlying Islands Wed 1–Sat 4 Oct, 8pm (Sat 2.30pm also). £18 (£8–13). In 1939, two Cambridge naturalists are drawn into a primeval world of voyeurism, emotional discovery, sexual passion and murder on a remote Hebridean island. HeLa Fri 3 & Sat 4 Oct, 7.30pm. £16 (£8–£13). Solo work by Adura Onashile, based on the true story of Henrietta Lacks. Lacks died of a cancerous tumour in 1951, samples were taken and the resultant HeLa cell line became one of the most important tools in medicine. A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Flame Proof Tue 7–Sat 11 Oct, 1pm & 7pm.

£12. See Òran Mór, Glasgow. White Rabbit Red Rabbit Thu 9–Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm. £10–£16 (£5–£13). No rehearsals. No director. No set. A different performer reads the script cold for the first time at each performance. A Play, a Pie and a Pint: Mrs Barbour’s Daughters Tue 14–Sat

18 Oct, 1pm & 7pm. £12. See Òran Mór, Glasgow.

HOWLing Thu 16 Oct, 8pm. £16

(£8–£13). Epic poem for post-referendum Scotland, using Allen Ginsberg’s seminal HOWL as a basis.

OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ THE BRUNTON Ladywell Way, Musselburgh, 665 2240. Shang-a-Lang Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm. £12 (£10; under 18 £7). See Eastwood Park Theatre, Glasgow. Derek Acorah: Enlightenment Wed 24 Sep, 7.30pm. £17.50 (£15.50). The Most Haunted medium calls upon the spirits of the dead. The Man Jesus Fri 26 Sep, 7.30pm. £25 (£20). Jesus’ life through the eyes of people who know him. Squish & Box Fresh Fri 10 Oct, 7.30pm. £8–£12.50. Double bill of contemporary dance. ■ DUNDEE REP Tay Square, Dundee, 01382 223530. The Glass Menagerie Thu 18–Sat 20 Sep, times vary. £12–£21 (£16–£18; students £14–£16; children £9–£16). Tennessee Williams’ story of family. The Man Jesus Thu 25 Sep, 7.30pm. £20. See The Brunton, Musselburgh. In Time o’ Strife Tue 7–Fri 10 Oct, 7.30pm (Thu 2.30pm also). £14–21 (£14–18; children £9). See Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. Outlying Islands Thu 16 Oct, 7.30pm. £16 (£14). See Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. ■ MACROBERT University of Stirling, Stirling, 01786 466666. Outlying Islands Thu 18 Sep, 7.30pm. £12 (£10.50; students £5). See Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. White Rabbit Red Rabbit Thu 25 Sep, 7.30pm. £13.50. See Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

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ERROL WHITE COMPANY: BREATHE For years, we watched Errol White dance for Scottish Dance Theatre and Phoenix; Davina Givan for the same, plus Richard Alston Dance Company. But since 2010, the duo have been doing their own thing with their own company, and appear to be loving the challenge. Latest offering, Breathe, is billed as a tender duet that explores shared history, trust and the bonds that remain even during times apart. ■ Studio at Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 10 & Sat 11 Oct.

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Heather Phillipson: sub-fusc lovefeast Music and live interaction make for stimulating environments here (pictured, top). See review at list.co.uk. Dundee Contemporary Arts, until Sun 9 Nov, free.

DUNCAN CAMPBELL, ‘IT FOR OTHERS’, 2013. PHOTOGRAPH BY RUTH CLARK.

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Conor Kelly: Do You Feel Like We Do? Kelly’s new show focuses on the function of painting. See preview, page 96. CCA, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep–Sat 4 Oct.

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Brian Cheeswright: 36 Years of Brain Feed Edinburghbased figurative painter Cheeswright exhibits recent works. See preview, page 96. Interview Room 11, Edinburgh, Fri 19 Sep–Sat 18 Oct.

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Homecoming film exhibition for Turner Prize nominee

ollowing the Common Guild-curated Scottish show at last year’s Venice Biennale, all three featured artists – Corin Sworn, Hayley Tompkins and Duncan Campbell – have solo shows back home in Glasgow as part of GENERATION. Campbell is the last to show to his home crowd, and this work is the most demanding, involving two 90-minute films, shown consecutively. It’s a difficult work to dip in to, a bold step for Venice where the art-viewing public are trying to accomplish something akin to a world tour in a couple of days. But the boldness was repaid by the work’s critical reception, which earned Campbell a place on this year’s Turner Prize shortlist. It’s one of his most complex works to date, beginning as a response to the 1953 essay film Les Statues Meurent Aussi, from Chris Marker and Alain Resnais, which reflects on how artefacts from sub-Saharan Africa have been turned into objets d’art, losing their original meaning in the process. This is shown in full (in French, though an English text is available) in sequence with Campbell’s

own film, It for Others. His piece echoes Les Statues aesthetically in its lingering contemplation of tribal artefacts, as orchestral music plays in the background. But it also broadens the discussion into a wider contemplation of objects and how we apportion them meaning and value, from a plate of steak and chips to an iconic photograph or a tribal mask. Marker and Resnais’ film itself becomes an object being contemplated. Part of the film is a collaboration with dance pioneers Michael Clark Company, in which Campbell shoots the dancers from above, concentrating on abstract shapes their bodies make. How does one put a value on that, he seems to ask? Yet, in an art context, it too becomes objectified. Campbell’s film opens questions within questions, an ambitious meditation on objects, meaning, economic value and, therefore, art itself. (Susan Mansfield) The Common Guild, Glasgow, Sat 20 Sep–Sat 25 Oct.

Gregor Wright: Dinosaur Expert I’m Feeling Lucky Foam figures, sculptures, wall drawings and paintings make up Wright’s solo show. See preview, page 97. CCA, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep–Sun 2 Nov.

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Duncan Campbell See preview, left. The Common Guild, Glasgow, Sat 20 Sep– Sat 25 Oct.

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Arika, Episode 6: Make a Way Out of No Way Three days of film screenings, discussions, performances and workshops that provoke audiences to question established norms and look at the world in a new way. See preview, page 96. Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 26–Sun 28 Sep.

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Michael White 100 portraits sketched on top of job centre correspondence that White collected while unemployed. See preview, page 98. Queens Park Railway Club, Glasgow, Sat 2–Sat 25 Oct.

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ARIKA, EPISODE 6 – MAKE A WAY OUT OF NO WAY Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 26–Sun 28 Sep

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When the Arika organisation took a side-step from curating experimental music festivals, they started to lay the groundwork for their current programme through multidisciplinary events like Instal and Kill Your Timid Notion. The more holistically inclined series of themed Episodes they then embarked on seemed to chime with a renewed hunger for ideas and seditious thought. While Episodes still featured performances and screenings, they were consciously not made the centrepiece of events that involved discussions and debates that questioned the relationship between artist and audience. In Episodes 4 and 5, Arika concentrated on the musical and political liberation expressed by the black community through jazz, and similar transcendence from the queer and trans community through the House Ballroom scene. Episode 6 in part fuses both experiences in Make A Way Out of No Way, which over three days looks beyond the nuclear family conformity of primetime mainstream to the deliberate political and artistic choices required to do something more rebelliously wayward. Artists taking part in Make A Way Out of No Way include radical black poet Fred Moten, queen of black working class dance form, Krump, Miss Prissy, and operatic diva M Lamar’s performance of ‘Speculum Orum: Shackled to the Dead’, a queer black requiem. ‘Race is an invention and a fiction,’ says Barry Esson, who, alongside Bryony McIntyre, has run Arika since the organisation’s inception 13 years ago. ‘Sex is an invention and a fiction. All sorts of these definitions are used to normalise us and control us. This Episode is looking at that, and how different communities come out of that and learn to express themselves within that landscape.’ (Neil Cooper) ■ See Clubs, Music and Theatre listings for further details.

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CCA, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep–Sat 4 Oct

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Interview Room 11, Edinburgh, Fri 19 Sep– Sat 18 Oct

CONOR KELLY: DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE DO? Conor Kelly’s show at CCA’s Intermedia Gallery marks something of a departure from his previous work. Rather than looking at history and historical characters, here Kelly takes apes and monkeys as his subject, using images from the internet and rendering them realistically in paint. These works will be shown alongside a series of abstract paintings. ‘This show is a little bit different,’ the Glasgowbased artist says. ‘It’s less about history and more about the function of painting. I’ve worked a lot with history before but this is more about asking what these paintings are doing right now.’ Central to the exhibition is the way in which people perceive meaning where there is none. Kelly has used extracts from Breakthrough by the psychologist Konstantin Raudive who, in the 1960s, attempted to record the voices of the dead, and instead rediscovered the notion of apophenia, or pareidolia. ‘It’s an example of where you hear what you want to hear. It’s that notion of what exactly is there and what do you just perceive to be there? This show is considering the social aspect of painting and trying to tie in these notions of what’s actually there and what isn’t.’ (Rhona Taylor) 96 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

CLAUDE CLOSKY – 10, 20, 30 AND 40%

They could be pages torn from an art-zine, an architect’s portfolio or a sketchpad given to preschools on a rainy day. Such is the playful but matter-of-fact show-and-don’t-tellness of French avant-savant Claude Closky’s new series of miniatures. Spread across four rooms in ascending or descending numerical order, depending on which way you go at it, a series of black ballpoint-pen lines mark out assorted patterns on white paper sheets that fade into the background of barely-there clipframes or matching white wooden ones. The lines themselves sit side-by-side by Claude Closky, or form squares, curves and triangles that could have been created using an old-school Spirograph set or Etch-A-Sketched into being. The percentages themselves, scrawled at the bottom of each sheet like an exam mark, are a big hint at what’s missing, with either 90, 80, 70 or 60% presumably beyond the frame and occupying somewhere bigger. With brown wrapping paper and green card cut-outs the only colours of the spectrum beyond neutral on show, they’re not the only things here that aren’t black and white. (Neil Cooper)

BRIAN CHEESWRIGHT: 36 YEARS OF BRAIN-FEED

‘I am searching for a certain crudeness or awkwardness in my work,’ says Edinburghbased figurative painter Brian Cheeswright’s artist statement on his website. ‘I like to organise problems into my painting and to leave a sense that they are slightly unresolved. From this I hope the viewer can find a way in to the picture and not find the image is hermetically sealed from dialogue.’ He describes himself as an expressionist painter, yet there’s something about the odd shapes, colours and perspectives he applies to his characters which is almost naive in tone. ‘Basically I’m showing a load of paintings I’ve been making over the last few years that have been stacked up and accumulating dust in my studio,’ he says. ‘This is their opportunity to get some colour in their cheeks while I and those who come to see the show decide if they’re actually any good.’ ‘They’re the manifestation of my practise,’ he adds. ‘I’m taking a risk by not really self-selecting my best pieces but throwing in pictures of various quality, some I may have even grown to detest. It’s a guts and all cross-section of my output, good and bad.’ (David Pollock)

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■ GLUE FACTORY 22 Farnell Street, Garscube Industrial Estate, Maryhill, thegluefactory.org Opening times vary, see individual events for details. NEW Jonathan Meese: Pump

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Up the Vampire, Pump Up the Vampire, Pump Up the Vampire, Smell! Sat 11 Oct–Sun 2 Nov. Wed–Sun

noon–6pm. The debut show in Scotland by this controversial German artist.

GLASGOW

■ BURRELL COLLECTION 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Bellini to Boudin Until Mar 2015. Discover 40 gems from the Burrell’s fine art collection, including works by Degas, Cezanne and Whistler. ■ CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. Galleries Tue–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm; closed Mon, but individual exhibitions may vary. General opening hours Mon–Sat 10am–midnight; Sun noon–midnight. NEW Gregor Wright: Dinosaur Expert I’m Feeling Lucky Sat 20 Sep–Sun 2 Nov. New work from the Glasgow-based artist with an interest in chance processes. See preview, right. NEW Conor Kelly: Do You Feel Like We Do? Sat 20 Sep–Sat 4 Oct. Tue–Sat noon-6pm. New work by the Glasgow-based artist, embracing the enchanted origins of painting. See preview, page 96. NEW Joshua Payne: Out of Body Thu 2–Sat 4 Oct. Thu 8–10pm; Fri 4–9pm; Sat 2–9pm. Immersive installation not suitable for motion sickness sufferers. Limited capacity with visitors admitted every 30 minutes.

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■ THE COMMON GUILD 21 Woodlands Terrace, 428 3022. During exhibitions; Wed & Fri–Sun noon–5pm; Thu noon–7pm; closed Sun, Mon & Tue. Open by appointment at other times. NEW Duncan Campbell Sat 20 Sep–Sat 25 Oct. Films questioning the authority, integrity and intentions behind information. See preview, page 95. Part of Generation.

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■ CYRIL GERBER FINE ART 178 West Regent Street, 221 3095. Mon– Fri 9.30am–5.30pm; Sat 10am–5pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE David McClure RSA (1926–1998) Until Sat 4 Oct. A retrospective exhibition, drawn from the artist’s estate and curated by his son. ■ GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Exchange Square, 287 3050. Mon– Wed & Sat 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–8pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Douglas Gordon:

Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work From About 1992 Until Now Until Sun 28 Sep. An

encyclopaedic retrospective of one of Scotland’s most celebrated contemporary video artists, including the eponymous installation. Generation. Moyna Flannigan: Stare Until Sun 2 Nov. Images of fictional characters, taking inspiration from the story of Adam and Eve. Generation. Nathan Coley: The Lamp of Sacrifice Until Mar 2015. A series of

scale models in cardboard of every place of worship listed in the 2004 Edinburgh telephone directory. Generation.

GREGOR WRIGHT

■ THE ARCHES 253 Argyle Street, 565 1000. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. LAST CHANCE Robert Ormerod: Political Youth Thu 18 & Fri 19 Sep, 11am–11pm. Photographic work exploring how members of the public are expressing their political views.

■ THE HIDDEN GARDENS Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Tue–Sat 10am–8pm (or dusk if earlier); Sun noon–6pm (or dusk if earlier); closed Mon until Tue 30 Sep. From Wed 1 Oct: Tue–Sat 10am–4pm; Sun noon–4pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Mick Peter: Almost Cut My Hair Until Sun 5 Oct. Sculptures for the Hidden Gardens, based on manipulated drawings. Generation. ■ HOUSE FOR AN ART LOVER Bellahouston Park, 10 Dumbreck Road, 353 4776. Art Lovers Cafe and Shop open daily 10am–5pm; House opening times vary, please call to check.

INSTALLATION

GREGOR WRIGHT: DINOSAUR EXPERT I’M FEELING LUCKY CCA, Glasgow, Fri 19 Sep–Sun 2 Nov

For his solo show at CCA, Gregor Wright has been making work in an empty Victorian office complex on Buchanan Street, using a corridor of rooms to create a body of life-sized foam figures, sculptures, wall drawings and paintings. ‘I had the whole floor of 20 rooms to myself, and about 15 of them were completely identical, all off this big, long corridor,’ Wright says. ‘It had a funny kind of vibe to it because it had become a bit shabby. Offices are funny in the first place – they’re unnatural spaces – but when the human presence has gone, they become really eerie and creepy.’ Wright’s work is informed by interests including science fiction, computer games, gambling culture and elements of chance, logic and luck. ‘Luck crosses the boundary between superstition and reality; it’s not real, it doesn’t actually exist, but people project it,’ Wright adds. ‘It’s a human trait of pattern recognition. There’s a human need to read meaning into things in a semi-superstitious way, to imagine that something’s either lucky or it isn’t.’ Luck and chance feed into all aspects of Wright’s thinking and making processes, he says. ‘I openly invite chance into my work. I let things happen and my role becomes about controlling and directing them,’ he adds. ‘I do have a strict framework, but I’m not hell-bent on imposing it on the work. I’m happy to let chance elements come into play, and I steer them.’ The exhibition has a series of related events, including a screening of Bertrand Tavernier’s 1980 sci-fi film Death Watch, which was shot in Glasgow. ‘It shows the decaying grandeur; you get to see Glasgow from then and see what’s changed, and there’s a strange sense that nothing has,’ Wright says. ‘It shows you something you’re very familiar with – normal, rainy Glasgow – and gives it an unusual edge.’ (Rhona Taylor)

LAST CHANCE Sara Barker: For Myself & Strangers Until Sun 5 Oct.

Sculpture from the Glasgow-based artist. Generation.

■ GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO Trongate 103, 552 0704. Gallery: Tue– Sat 10am–5.30pm; Sun noon–5pm; closed Mon. Workshop: Tue–Thu 10am–9pm; Fri & Sat 10am–5.30pm; closed Sun & Mon. LAST CHANCE Ashley Cook: May you live in interesting times Until Sun 28 Sep. Prints using found images and images from the artist’s own archives. LAST CHANCE Elizabeth Blackadder: Etchings and Screenprints Until Sun 5 Oct. Prints

from 30 years of Dame Elizabeth’s work. NEW Gregor Smith Fri 3 Oct–Sun 2 Nov. Prints from the landscape painter. NEW Alasdair Gray Sat 11 Oct–Sun 16 Nov. Screenprints from Glasgow’s much-loved polymath.

NEW Tessa Lynch Fri 10 Oct–Sat 29 Nov. New work from the Glasgowbased artist, created during a Graduate Fellowship at GSS between 2013 and 2014.

Alan Dunlop and Peter Murray: Drawing Counterpoints Until Mon

27 Oct. Drawings and paintings exploring the artists’ contrasting attitudes towards the urban landscape. LAST CHANCE Steven Grainger:

Sometimes I pretend that I am a cowboy Thu 18 Sep, 11am–4pm.

Sculptural landscape created for the artist’s cowboy alter ego.

■ HUNTERIAN MUSEUM & ART GALLERY University of Glasgow, 82 Hillhead Street, 330 4221. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 11am–4pm; closed Mon.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Begonias Until Jan 2015. View one of

Mackintosh’s London still lifes, which draws on his lifelong botanical studies. Lucy Skaer Until Jan 2015. A drawing, a film and two wooden sculptures, influenced by the maverick English surrealist Leonora Carrington. Mackintosh Travel Sketches Until Feb 2015. ‘Bits’ and ‘jottings’ from Mackintosh’s travels around Scotland, England and further afield. William Davidson: Art Collector

Until Jan 2015. Exhibition examining the collection of Davidson, one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s most important patrons and the man responsible for the preservation of the Mackintosh House interior. Mackintosh Architecture Until Jan 2015. £5 (£3). More than 80 drawings, archival material, films and models. ■ KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM Argyle Street, 276 9599. Mon–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm. Alasdair Gray at 80 Until Fri 31 Oct. An exhibition to mark the 80th birthday of one of Scotland’s most revered artists. .

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■ GLASGOW SCULPTURE STUDIOS The Whisky Bond, Dawson Street, 353 3708. Wed–Sat 11am–5pm; closed Mon, Tue & Sun. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 97

VISUAL ART LAST CHANCE Damian Shields: Scotland Through the Keyhole Until Sun 21 Sep. Work by landscape photographer Damian Shields.

Getting Creative with Combat Stress Until Sun 16 Nov. Work by ex-

service men and women who create art as part of a therapeutic process.

Jewel-like Treasures: Dutch and Flemish Paintings on Copper Until

MICHAEL WHITE

Jun 2015. Explore works dating back to the 1600s that eschew canvas or board in favour of copper sheets. Looking at World War I Until Jul 2015. Paintings and sculpture.

PRIVATE VIEW

MICHAEL WHITE

Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art in 2009, Michael White has had solo exhibitions at the Glue Factory, the Collective and the Duchy. His latest show, You’re studying that reality . . . We’ll act again opens at Queens Park Railway Club in October What ideas have particularly stimulated your work recently? I’ve recently been looking at the function of faith or the belief in an ideology and how that permeates everything in society. When you start talking about things in terms of faith it starts illustrating how fictional it is. It’s only made real because we’re embedded in a system that allows the implications of the discussions to be made real because everything’s built around that idea. What work are you showing for your upcoming exhibition? The work is a series of 100 portraits of different philosophers, inventors, science fiction writers, psychologists, politicians etc. I have chosen to portray each figure through my own frame of reference; these are people that I believe have influenced the nature of the social, ideological and political landscape that we live in now. How are you presenting it? It’s not chronological or linear – it’s more of a constellation or a kind of map. The portraits are all sketched on correspondence I had with the job centre while unemployed, so it eludes to issues with the politics of labour, the welfare state and bureaucratic systems that are essentially abstract and the product of a consensually created reality. That reality is made tangible through the production of paper documents which become part of the drawings. They then create a series of loose relationships and potential narrative threads which are left open to the viewer to interpret their own position within that framework. (Interview by Kirsty Neale) ■ Queens Park Railway Club, Glasgow, Thu 2–Sat 25 Oct. 98 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

■ KENDALL KOPPE GALLERY Suite 1–2, 6 Dixon Street, 07969 403472. Wed–Sat 11am–5pm; closed Mon, Tue & Sun. Josh Faught: I know I came into this room for a reason Until Thu 30

Oct. New work from San Francisco artist.

■ LEIPER FINE ART 117 West George Street, 204 2372. Opening times vary, see individual exhibitions for details. LAST CHANCE The Auld Acquaintance Thu 18 & Fri 19 Sep, noon–8pm. Cartoons on the independence referendum. ■ THE LIGHTHOUSE 11 Mitchell Lane, 276 5365. Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE A+DS and RIAS

Scottish Student Awards for Architecture Until Sun 28 Sep.

The best work in various categories by Scotland’s architecture schools students.

City Observatory Installation Until

Sat 20 Dec. Installation by the Institute of Future Cities, showing how city data helps us to understand urban centres.

■ LILLIE ART GALLERY Station Road, Milngavie, 956 5536. Tue–Sat 10am–1pm & 2–5pm; closed Mon & Sun. LAST CHANCE Lys Hansen: Love & War & Paint Until Wed 24 Sep. Work from the 80s to the present day by the distinguished Scottish artist. ■ MARY MARY Suite 2/1, 6 Dixon Street, 226 2257. Tue– Sat noon–6pm; closed Mon & Sun. Aleana Egan: There Are All Sorts of Lives Until Sat 1 Nov. Sculptural,

video and graphic work by Dublin artist.

■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE @ AIRD’S LANE 3–5 Aird’s Lane, 248 3711. Thu–Sat noon–5pm; closed Mon–Wed & Sun. NEW Andrew Kerr Sat 20 Sep–Sat 1 Nov. New work from the Glasgow-based artist. ■ THE MODERN INSTITUTE 14–20 Osborne Street, 248 3711. Mon– Fri 10am–6pm; Sat noon–5pm; closed Sun. Jeremy Deller Until Sat 25 Oct. Work from the English artist, whose English Magic installation was one of the hits of the 2013 Venice Biennale. ■ PEOPLE’S PALACE & WINTER GARDENS Glasgow Green, 276 0788. Palace: Tue–Thu & Sat 10am–5pm; Fri & Sun 11am–5pm; closed Mon; Winter Gardens: daily 10am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Beagles and

Ramsay: Ventriloquist Dummies Double Self-portrait Until Mon 29

Sep. Installation involving ventriloquist dummies.

Fred A Farrell: Glasgow’s War Artist Until Sun 23 Nov. Sketches and

watercolours from the WWI artist.

■ PROJECT ABILITY Trongate 103, 552 2822. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; closed Mon & Sun. Young Talent Until Sat 18 Oct. Art by students aged five–25 who attend Project Ability’s Saturday Visual Arts Classes.

■ RGI KELLY GALLERY 118 Douglas Street, 248 6386. Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; closed Sun & Mon. LAST CHANCE Catherine Cameron Until Sat 27 Sep. Largeformat, black and white photographs by Glasgow School of Art graduate. NEW The Airdrie Boys Sat 4 Oct–Sat 1 Nov. Paintings by Dan Ferguson and John Cunningham.

vary. LAST CHANCE Edges Until Mon 29 Sep. Mon–Wed 10am–8pm; Thu–Sat 10am–5pm. Work by photographers who prefer slow processes to digital imaging.

■ SCOTLANDART.COM 193 Bath Street, 221 4502. Tue–Fri 10.30am–5.30pm; Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE September’s Mixed Artist Exhibition Until Tue 30 Sep. New work from gallery artists.

overview of Scottish art from the 17th century to now, featuring artists from William Allan to Aleksander Zyw. Urban/Suburban Until Sun 19 Oct. A view of architecture and the built environment in recent Scottish art, featuring work by Nathan Coley, Graham Fagan, Carol Rhodes, Toby Paterson, Christine Borland and others. Generation.

■ SMITHY GALLERY 74 Glasgow Road, Blanefield, 01360 770551. Tue–Sat 11am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Joyce Gunn Cairns Until Sun 12 Oct. Work by the celebrated Edinburgh-based artist. ■ STREET LEVEL PHOTOWORKS Trongate 103, 552 2151. Tue–Sat 10am– 5pm; Sun noon–5pm; closed Mon. Common Ground: New Documentary Photography from Scotland and Wales Until Sun

19 Oct. New photographs from two photography collectives: Document Scotland (Colin McPherson, Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert, Sophie Gerrard and Stephen McLean) and A New Beginning (James O Jenkins, Jack Latham, Abbie Trayler-Smith and Gawain Barnard).

■ THE TELFER 3rd Floor, 84 Miller Street, the-telfer.com Thu–Sun noon–5pm. LAST CHANCE Nick Thomas:

Who Built the Access Road?

Until Sun 28 Sep. Installation of a filmic portrait of the Uists and the missile testing site there. ■ TRAMWAY 25 Albert Drive, 0845 330 3501. Building open: Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun noon–6pm; Exhibitions open: Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Cathy Wilkes Until Sun 5 Oct. Work by Belfast-born installation artist whose pieces sometimes draw on her personal history. Generation. NEW Charlotte Prodger:

microsphaeric howard hughes heaven movie Fri 19 Sep,

8.30pm. Installation and performance reconsidering various aspects of the artist’s work and exploring the relationships between language and techniques. Generation. NEW Alan Michael Fri 26 Sep–Sun 26 Oct. Paintings from an artist influenced by pop art and photorealism. Generation. NEW Raydale Dower Fri 10 Oct, 7pm. Mixed-media work from Dower exploring sound as sculpture. ■ VARIOUS VENUES: GLASGOW NEW Creative Mackintosh Festival Fri 10–Sun 26 Oct. Times vary. Prices vary. A festival celebrating the creative genius of Charles Rennie Mackintosh by allowing everyone to unleash their own creativity through workshops and activities.

EDINBURGH ■ BOURNE FINE ART 6 Dundas Street, 557 4050. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 11am–2pm; closed Sun. NEW Sam Bough (1822–1878) Wed 1–Fri 31 Oct. Paintings from the 19thcentury artist who was admired by Robert Louis Stevenson, among others. ■ CENTRAL LIBRARY 7–9 George IV Bridge, 242 8100. Mon– Thu 10am–8pm; Fri 10am–5pm; Sat 9am–1pm, but individual events may

■ CITY ART CENTRE 2 Market Street, 529 3993. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm.

A–Z: An Alphabetical Tour of Scottish Art Until Sun 16 Nov. An

Where Do I End and You Begin

Until Sun 19 Oct. A major exhibition of contemporary art from around the world, selected by five curators from Commonwealth countries and investigating the ideas and myths underpinning the notion of ‘commonwealth’ itself.

■ DOUBTFIRE GALLERY 3 South East Circus Place, 225 6540. Mon–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Land and a Cow Until Tue 30 Sep. Images of crofts from the outer Hebrides, from four artists who live there: Anne Campbell, David Greenall, Ruth O’Dell and Simon Rivett. ■ DOVECOT STUDIOS 10 Infirmary Street, 550 3660. Building: Mon–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun; Viewing Balcony: Mon–Fri noon–3pm, Sat 10.30am–5.30pm, closed Sun; but individual exhibitions may vary. LAST CHANCE Craigie Aitchison:

Paintings, Etchings and Tapestries Until Sat 27 Sep. An

exhibition in association with Timothy Taylor Gallery, London of work from Craigie Aitchison’s estate. LAST CHANCE Current Exchanges: Dovecot and the Australian Tapestry Workshop

Until Sat 27 Sep. A celebration of the links and common philosophies between Dovecot Studios and the Australian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne. NEW Gem: Contemporary

Jewellery and Gemstones from Afghanistan and the UK Fri 3 Oct–

Sun 9 Nov. Jewellery from Kabul-based craft and design organisation Turquoise Mountain, alongside contemporary jewellery by Melanie Eddy, Vicki Sarge and Pippa Small.

■ THE EDINBURGH GALLERY 20a Dundas Street, 557 5002. Mon–Fri 11am–5pm; Sat 10am–1pm; closed Sun. NEW Dance and Cafe Culture Sat 27 Sep–Fri 24 Oct. Work by Andrew Fitzpatrick, Norma Maclean, Peter Nardini, Chris Taylor, Nichola Martin and Maggie Vance. ■ EDINBURGH PRINTMAKERS 23 Union Street, 557 2479. Tue–Sat 10am–6pm; closed Mon & Sun. NEW Nana Shiomi: Reverse: Universe Sat 20 Sep–Sat 1 Nov. Prints and other works exploring the idea of duality, commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers, in the first solo exhibition in Scotland by this Japanese artist. ■ EDS GALLERY 13A Great King Street, 556 0971. Opening times vary; see individual exhibitions for details. NEW Auld Alliance Contemporary Exhibitions Sat 4 Oct–Sat 1 Nov. Tue–Sat 11am–6pm; closed Mon & Sun. A joint exhibition by Scottish and French artists, featuring work by Samantha Boyes, Ross Macrae, Jacob Kerray, Hélène Lhote, Paella, Dix10, Roma Napoli and Black Sifichi. See also Institut

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Français d’Ecosse. ■ EMBASSY 10b Broughton Street Lane, embassygallery.org Thu–Sun noon–6pm; closed Mon–Wed. LAST CHANCE Matt Bainbridge,

Natasha Ferguson, Joe Harvey and Richard Krantz: Mouthfeel

Until Sun 28 Sep. Embassy’s annual group show of selected graduates.

■ FLAUBERT GALLERY 74 St Stephen Street, 225 5007. Tue–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat & Sun 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE Amy Marshall and Tracy Levine: Scene by Two Until Tue 23 Sep. Landscapes of the Western Isles by artists working in the open air. NEW Flaubert in Autumn Fri 26 Sep–Thu 30 Oct. A mixed show. ■ FRUITMARKET GALLERY 45 Market Street, 225 2383. Mon–Sat 11am–6pm; Sun noon–5pm. Jim Lambie Until Sun 19 Oct. A solo exhibition of the artist and sculptor, including his iconic 1999 work ZOBOP. Generation. ■ LA GALERIE 1940 29 Melville Terrace, 668 2220. Daily: 11am–5pm. LAST CHANCE La Galerie 1940 September Exhibition Until Sun 5 Oct. Work by artists from around the UK and Europe. ■ GALLERY TEN 10 Stafford Street, galleryten.co.uk Tue– Sat 10.30am–5.30pm; closed Mon & Sun. LAST CHANCE Graal Press and London Glassblowing Until Sat 4 Oct. Screenprints from the Graal Press and pieces from London Glassblowing. ■ HULA JUICE BAR AND GALLERY

103–105 West Bow, 220 1121. Daily 8am–6pm. Liv Wan Until Wed 5 Nov. Colourful new cookery-inspired work by the Edinburgh-based artist and illustrator of Taiwanese origin. ■ INGLEBY GALLERY 15 Calton Road, 556 4441. Mon–Sat 10am–6pm; closed Sun.

Billboard for Edinburgh: Charles Avery Until Thu 30 Oct. All day. The

Ingleby’s 25th artist to take part in their art-for-all public installation is Charles Avery, with We Don’t Stay Here Because of Gravity. LAST CHANCE Katie Paterson: Ideas Until Sat 27 Sep. Work from Glasgow artist who makes vivid works based on astronomical events and cosmological processes. Generation. NEW Thomas Joshua Cooper:

Scattered Waters – Sources, Streams, Rivers Sat 11 Oct–Sat 29

Nov. Landscape photography by a true master.

■ INSTITUT FRANÇAIS D’ECOSSE 13 Randolph Crescent, 225 5366. Mon– Fri 9.30am–6.30pm; Sat 9.30am–1pm; closed Sun. NEW Auld Alliance Contemporary Exhibitions Fri 3 Oct–Sat 1 Nov. Work by Scottish and French artists, including Rachel Maclean, Samantha Boyes, Jacob Kerray, Black Sifichi, Roma Napoli, Hélène Lhote and Paella. See also EDS Gallery, Great King Street. ■ INTERVIEWROOM 11 Forest Centre +, 38 Castle Terrace, interviewroom11.tumblr.com Wed–Fri 2–7pm; Sat 11am–2pm; closed Sun–Tue, though individual exhibitions may vary. NEW Brian Cheeswright: 36 Years of Brain Feed Sat 20 Sep–Sat 18 Oct. Wed–Fri 4–7pm; Sat

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VISUAL ART 11am–2pm. Paintings from the Londonborn artist. See preview, page 96 . ■ INVERLEITH HOUSE Royal Botanic Garden, Arboretum Place/ Inverleith Row, 248 2971. Until Mon 30 Sep, Tue–Sun 10am–5.30pm; closed Mon. From Tue 1 Oct, Tue–Sun 10am–4.30pm; closed Mon. NEW Isa Genzken: Botanical Garden Until Sun 28 Sep. The first UK exhibition by maverick German artist. ■ LEITH SCHOOL OF ART 25 North Junction Street, 554 5761. Opening times vary, see individual exhibition listings for details. NEW Kenneth Le Riche and

Matthew Storstein: Recent Work

Until Fri 10 Oct. Daily 10am–4pm. Work by two tutors from the school. ■ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND Chambers Street, 0300 123 6789. Daily 10am–5pm.

Danie Mellor: Primordial – SuperNaturalBayiMinyjirral Until

Sun 23 Nov. Work by the acclaimed contemporary Australian artist.

■ OPEN EYE GALLERY 34 Abercromby Place, 557 1020. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Sun. NEW Charles MacQueen RGI RSW Sat 20 Sep–Wed 8 Oct. New paintings inspired by travels in the Middle East. NEW Christine Woodside: From Muchty to Marrakech Sat 20 Sep– Wed 8 Oct. New paintings from the artist’s travels in rural Scotland. ■ PALACE OF HOLYROODHOUSE Royal Mile, 556 5100. Daily 9.30am–6pm. Last admission 1h before closing.

The Commonwealth: Gifts to the Queen Until Sun 2 Nov. Included

in admission. Gifts presented to Queen Elizabeth II during her many voyages.

■ PATRIOTHALL GALLERY WASPS Patriothall Studios, off 48 Hamilton Place. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibitions for details. NEW SEEP II: Mirrors & Mires Sat 20–Mon 29 Sep. Sat, Sun & Mon noon–6pm; Tue–Fri 2pm–8pm. Visual art, poetry, performance and hair-cutting. ■ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN Arboretum Place, 248 2909. Daily 10am–6pm until Tue 30 Sep; from Wed 1 Oct, daily 10am–5pm, but individual events may vary. LAST CHANCE no strangers |

ancient wisdom in a modern world

Until Sun 21 Sep. Thu–Sun 10am–5.45pm. A look at the plight of indigenous people around the world. ■ ROYAL OVERSEAS LEAGUE 100 Princes Street, 225 1501. Opening hours vary, see individual exhibition listings for details.

Liesel Thomas and Tim Le

Breuilly: The Grand Tour Fri 3 Oct– Sun 25 Jan. Daily 10am–6pm. New work surveying built heritage

■ ROYAL SCOTTISH ACADEMY The Mound, 225 6671. Mon–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm. NB certain exhibitions open Mon 10am–5pm only. Resident 14 Until Sun 9 Nov. Group show of work by artists selected from the RSA Residencies programme. Your RSA Paintings: Your Choice

Until Mar 2015. Mon 10am–5pm only. Pictures from the RSA collection, some of which have been chosen by the public. ■ THE SCOTTISH GALLERY 16 Dundas Street, 558 1200. Mon–Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–4pm; closed Sun. LAST CHANCE Embrace Until Wed 1 Oct. Wearable textiles from Jane Keith, James Donald, Wallace & Sewell, Etka Kaul, Sheila Oakeshott and Masako Ban. LAST CHANCE FCB Cadell and SJ Peploe on Iona Until Wed 1 Oct. 100 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Images of the island by two of the Scottish Colourists. LAST CHANCE Geoff Uglow: Next

Year’s Buds, the Last Year’s Seed

Until Wed 1 Oct. Paintings inspired by the artist’s relationship with nature. LAST CHANCE To the Letter Until Wed 1 Oct. Celebrating lettercutting. NEW John Brown: Centro Habana Mon 6–Wed 29 Oct. Paintings inspired by the artist’s travels in Cuba. NEW Professor Dorothy Hogg: Retrospective Mon 6–Wed 29 Oct. An overview of a celebrated jeweller. NEW Rhythms of Land and Sea Mon 6 Oct–Wed 29 Oct. Pictures and objects celebrating Orkney, to mark the 30th anniversary of Wilhelmina BarnsGraham’s trip to the islands. Featured artists include Barns-Graham herself, Stanley Cursiter, Fiaz Elson, Grace Girvan, Diana Leslie, Peter McLaren, Frances Priest and Fred Schley. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART ONE 75 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm.

Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland Until

Sun 2 Nov. Daily 10am–5pm. As part of Generation, National Galleries Scotland mounts an epic two-part exhibition showing work by some of the country’s most vital contemporary artists. Modern One features work by Ross Sinclair, Graham Fagen, Alison Watt, Julie Roberts, Lucy McKenzie and Douglas Gordon’s ‘24 Hour Psycho’. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN ART TWO 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. Daily 10am–5pm.

American Impressionism – A New Vision Until Sun 19 Oct. £8

(£6). Paintings that chart the response of American artists to French Impressionism. Works by Monet, Degas and Berthe Morisot provide context with pieces by Whistler, Sargent and Cassatt, plus less well-known paintings by artists such as Theodore Robinson, Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY The Mound, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri– Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm. LAST CHANCE First Sight:

Recent Acquisitions of Prints and Drawings Until Tue 14 Oct. Recent

additions to the collection, including pieces by Turner, Manet and Cezanne.

Generation: 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland Until

Jan 2015. The Scottish National Gallery features re-creations of work by Stephen Campbell, Martin Boyce, Rosaldin Nashashibi and Christine Borland, as well as new pieces from Karla Black and David Shrigley. Tesco Bank Art Competition Until Wed 29 Oct. Artworks by the winners of the Tesco Bank Art Competition for Schools. The Art of Golf: The Story of Scotland’s National Sport Until Sun

26 Oct.. £8 (£6). An overview of the role of golf in Scotland’s national life. ■ SCOTTISH NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY 1 Queen Street, 624 6200. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 10am–5pm; Thu 10am–7pm.

Blazing with Crimson: Tartan Portraits Until Dec 2015. An

examination of the meanings of tartan.

Citizens of the World: David Hume & Allan Ramsay Until Dec 2015.

Images of the Scottish Enlightenment.

George Jamesone: Scotland’s First Portrait Painter Until May 2015.

Work by the first great native portrait painter in Scotland.

Imagining Power: The Visual Culture of the Jacobite Cause Until

Dec 2015. An exhibition looking at the way the Jacobites presented themselves in portraiture. John Byrne: Sitting Ducks Until Sun

19 Oct. A full-scale overview of the wellloved visual artist.

John Ruskin: Artist and Observer

Until Sun 28 Sep. £8 (£6). Drawings and paintings by Victorian art critic / writer. Making History Until May 2015. Work by sculptor Sandy Stoddart. Minette: The Life and Letters of a Stuart Princess Until May 2015. A

display looking at the short life of Charles II’s younger sister Henrietta Anne.

Out of the Shadow: Women of Nineteenth Century Scotland Until

Mar 2015. A look at how women were depicted in the visual arts between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. Playing for Scotland: The Making of Modern Sport Until May 2015.

Examining how sport was transformed by wider social and infrastructural changes. Reformation to Revolution Until Dec 2016. How Scotland transformed from an independent nation in the beginning of the 16th century, to be part of the Union at the end of the 17th century. Remembering the Great War Until Jul 2015. A major exhibition to mark the centenary of the outbreak of WWI. The Age of Improvement Until Dec 2015. Portraits from the century of Scotland’s great transformation. ■ SLEEPER Reiach and Hall Architects, 6 Darnaway Street, 225 8444. Mon–Fri 2–5pm; closed Sat & Sun. LAST CHANCE Atsuo Hukuda: Colour and / or monochrome Until Wed 24 Sep. Minimalist works. ■ ST MARGARET’S HOUSE 151 London Road, 661 1924. Centre open daily 10am–10pm but individual exhibition times may vary. NEW Black Cube Collective Annual Show Fri 19 Sep–Sun 5 Oct. Annual show by the art collective. ■ STILLS 23 Cockburn Street, 622 6200. Daily 11am–6pm.

The King’s Peace: Realism and War Until Sun 26 Oct. Work by

photographers and filmmakers revitalising strategies to illuminate ties between conflict and peace. Generation.

■ SUMMERHALL 1 Summerhall, 560 1581. Cafe/Bar open Mon–Thu noon–11pm, Fri–Sat noon–1am; exhibitions open daily 11am–6pm. LAST CHANCE Antonio O’Connell: Virus Until Fri 26 Sep. The artist / architect uses recycled and found items to create extensions of buildings. LAST CHANCE Augustin Rebetez: Heart (Meteorite) Until Fri 26 Sep. The artist’s first exhibition in the UK is a discordant, disturbing universe. LAST CHANCE Birgir Andrésson: The Northernmost North Until Fri 26 Sep. Icelandic identity and culture. LAST CHANCE Caroline McNairn: Dreaming of Heroic Days Until Fri 26 Sep. The result of a year spent painting in Russia and the Ukraine, this exhibition looks at cultural interchange. LAST CHANCE Claude Closky: 10, 20, 30 & 40% Until Fri 26 Sep. Installation from French conceptualist. See review, page 96. LAST CHANCE Gary Baseman: Mythical Homeland Until Fri 26 Sep. Drawings, paintings and a short film drawing on the Holocaust. LAST CHANCE Hanne Darboven: Making Time Until Fri 26 Sep. Prints, drawings, audio works, artists books and ephemera covering the artist’s career. LAST CHANCE Ignaz Cassar: 444 Archives Until Fri 26 Sep. An exhibition of 444 photographs of 444 publicly registered repositories. LAST CHANCE Large Things of Different Shapes and Colours Until Fri 26 Sep. Large neon sculptural works by Kevin Harman, Tim Sandys, Louise Gibson and Shane Jezowski. LAST CHANCE Life as a Cheap Suitcase (Pandrogeny & A Search

for a Unified Identity) Until Fri 26 Sep. Genesis and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge’s first UK exhibit in 11 years. LAST CHANCE Lindsay Todd: The Living Mountain Until Fri 26 Sep. In a specially designed record shop, Todd spins his own work and that of others. LAST CHANCE Paul Robertson: Exhibition in a Pocket Until Fri 26 Sep. The distinguished artist / curator presents an exhibition of tiny artworks. LAST CHANCE Richard Demarco Archive Until Fri 26 Sep. Sculptural and other works. LAST CHANCE Susan Hiller: ReSounding Until Fri 26 Sep. Combining sound frequencies and visual patterns translated from cosmic microwave background radiation with eyewitness accounts of extraterrestrial phenomena. LAST CHANCE Tamsyn Challenger: Monoculture Until Fri 26 Sep. Installation that links themes of digital culture with cultural homogenisation. LAST CHANCE The Faile Bast Deluxx Fluxx Arcade Until Mon 29 Sep. An interactive installation by the American artists who are prominent members of the street art scene. LAST CHANCE Wim Delvoye: Sybille II Until Fri 26 Sep. Video art focusing on an abstract concept which attracts and repels simultaneously. LAST CHANCE kennardphillips: Demo Talk Until Fri 26 Sep. Art protesting the invasion of Iraq.

■ SUTTON GALLERY 18a Dundas Street, 07854 972930. Mon– Sat 11am–5pm; Sun noon–4pm. LAST CHANCE Cat Outram: Catching the Light Until Sat 27 Sep. Celebrated Edinburgh printmaker. NEW Roar Kjaernstad Sat 4–Sat 25 Oct. Work by the Norwegian artist. ■ TALBOT RICE GALLERY University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, 650 2210. Opening times vary, see individual events for details. Counterpoint Until Sat 18 Oct. Tue–Fri 10am–5pm; Sat noon–5pm. Non-thematic group show featuring work by Shona Macnaughton, Ross Birrell, Michelle Hannah, Ellie Harrison and Craig Mulholland. Generation. ■ TORRANCE GALLERY 36 Dundas Street, 556 6366. Mon–Fri 11am–6pm; Sat 10.30am–4pm; closed Sun. Dronma Sat 20 Sep–Sat 11 Oct. Landscapes and seascapes in acrylic. ■ UNION GALLERY 45 Broughton Street, 556 7707. Mon–Sat 10.30am–6pm; Sun noon–6pm. LAST CHANCE James Newton Adams Until Wed 1 Oct. Debut solo exhibition of the Skye-based artist. NEW Alison Auldjo Fri 3 Oct–Mon 3 Nov. New work from the gallery owner. ■ URBANE ART GALLERY 25–27 Jeffrey Street, 556 8379. Tue–Sat 10.30am–5.30pm; Sun 11am–4pm; closed Mon. LAST CHANCE Louise Giblin

MRBS: Olympians Go to Commonwealth Games Until Sun

21 Sep. Body cast sculptor showing the torso of Dame Kelly Holmes and new bronze torso Manhattan Skyline.

OUTSIDE THE CITIES ■ DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS 152 Nethergate, Dundee, 01382 909900. Mon–Wed & Fri–Sun 11am–6pm; Thu 11am–8pm. Heather Phillipson: sub-fusc ✽ love feast Until Sun 9 Nov. New work from the London-based artist,

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CONTENTS EVENTS

DATES FOR THE DIARY

EAT & DRINK BUDGET EATS BEST BARS

SHOPPING LOCAL GEMS

GOING OUT BEST C LUB NIGHTS

STAYING IN TV HIGHLIGHTS

MUSIC EMERGING BANDS LIVE MUSIC IN GLASGOW LIVE MUSIC IN EDINBURGH

FILM CINEMA GUIDE 2014-15 FILM CALENDAR

BOOKS A BOOKWORM’S GUIDE

COMEDY FERN BRADY

THEATRE STUDENT DRAMA

LGBT LGBT LIFE

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10 UNMISSAB With even more festivals than there are rainy days, where do you start? Kirstyn Smith

GLASGAY! Europe’s largest LGBT multi-arts festival takes over Glasgow for four fabulous weeks every year. Expect a fantastic programme of comedy, music, film, theatre, visual art, performance art, literature, club nights, educational events and community arts projects that take in a broad spectrum of sexuality and excludes nobody. Glasgow, Oct–Nov.

ST ANDREW’S DAY Scotland’s national day (Rabbie who?) sees celebrations pop up all over the country. The patron saint of Scotland is celebrated with workshops, debates, food and drink events and, of course, a ceilidh or two. Scotland-wide, Nov.

BELTANE FIRE FESTIVAL The infamous night of pagan mayhem and madness is a modern interpretation of the ancient fertility festival, staged on the spectacular setting of Calton Hill. Celebrate the death of winter and birth of summer with drumming, dancing and general debauchery. Edinburgh, Apr. See also: Samhuinn Fire Festival, Edinburgh, Oct.

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EDINBURGH’S HOGMANAY Nobody does Hogmanay like the Scots, and Edinburgh’s celebrations are the most lavish. The Torchlight Procession, the Son et Lumière on Calton Hill, the massive gig (Lily Allen headlines this year) and the world-famous fireworks ensure that New Year is ushered in with a bang. Edinburgh, Dec. See also: Glasgow Loves Hogmanay, Dec.

T IN THE PARK The grandaddy of Scottish music festivals arose from humble beginnings in 1994 to become the sonic behemoth it is now. Over the years and locations, line-ups have been solid, with everyone from Rage Against the Machine to Arctic Monkeys headlining its hallowed stages. Perthshire, Jul.

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picks out the highlights of Scotland’s jam-packed cultural calendar GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL Scotland’s fastestgrowing film festival has taken less than ten years to turn itself into a force to be reckoned with. It features a packed programme of pop-up cinema and special events in unusual venues across the city. Glasgow, Feb–Mar. See also: Edinburgh International Film Festival, Jun.

BEHAVIOUR It’s not just a club, you know: the Arches also hosts its own arts festival, with five weeks of innovative live performance from the most exciting international artists and their Scottish counterparts. The boundary-pushing fest covers theatre, film, live music, art and club nights. Glasgow, Mar–May.

STANZA Scotland’s leading poetry festival brings verse to the fore with worldclass poets in atmospheric venues. As well as taking in how the pros do it, there are readings, open mics and a variety of workshops so you can brush up on your own skills. St Andrews, Mar. See also: Aye Write!, Glasgow, Apr; Edinburgh International Book Festival, Aug.

WICKERMAN An alternative to TITP for those who prefer their music festivals to come with a 40-foot burning man. The eclectic music programme is complemented by a funfair, fire walking, and music and dance workshops, while the campsite hosts a luxury camping field with a handcrafted village of tipis, cloudhouses and yurts. Kirkcudbright, Jul.

EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE It’s the largest arts festival in the world and it’s right on your doorstep. Thousands of performers on multiple stages present shows to suit everyone’s tastes. There’s everything from big names in the world of comedy and theatre to unknown performers forging a career, all over a manic three weeks in August. Edinburgh, Aug. See also: Glasgow International Comedy Festival, Mar.

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BABU BOMBAY STREET KITCHEN 186 West Regent Street, 0141 204 4042, babu-kitchen.com This player in Glasgow’s vibrant pop-up street food scene also has this city centre café-takeaway. Excellent Indian food starts early with breakfast chapati wraps, moving on to delicious curries served with the city’s famous bread rolls, tasty mouthfuls of street snacks and spicy Bombay sandwiches.

THE LITTLE CAFÉ 1361 Argyle Street, 0141 337 2068 This admittedly small but good-looking café is well sited opposite the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, with good-natured staff juggling the demands of sit-in and takeaway diners. Lunchtimes have a soup and panini deal for £4.95, and there are regular offers on their excellent 12-inch pizzas (two for £10), which are among the best in town.

MARTHA’S 42a St Vincent Street, 0141 248 9771, mymarthas.co.uk An environmentally friendly, health-conscious café offering imaginative, locally sourced salads, smoothies and global dishes such as chipotle chicken and red dragon pork, served with rice or in a wrap with slaw. Nutritional info, recycled packaging and cool design make this a top spot for discerning food fans.

THE MOSQUE KITCHEN 31–33 Nicolson Square, 0131 667 4035, mosquekitchen.com Feeling rather like a college canteen overlooking the square, this popular spot for ‘curry in a hurry’ offers several staples from chicken curry to lamb rogan josh, or try the tasty veg offerings. Servings are generous and wonderfully cheap, with not a single frill in sight.

OINK 82 Canongate, 07584 637416, 34 Victoria Street, 07771 968 233, oinkhogroast.co.uk Set up by farmers who know their meat, Oink has been filling rolls with their hog roasts since 2001 at Castle Terrace farmers’ market, and now has two city outlets (Canongate offers indoor seating). The pork is pulled straight from the beast in the window and stuffed into juicy, gigantic, messy sandwiches.

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BOLLYWOOD: THE COFFEE BOX 99a Bruntsfield Place, 07814 603938, facebook.com/BollywoodTheCoffeeBox This old police box is a cheap curry stop and mini arts space where cooked-to-order food is extra impressive given the cramped kitchen conditions. Samosas, rasam soup, and chicken and veggie curries can be enjoyed al fresco at the few seats or, if sunny, as a picnic in nearby Bruntsfield Links. 108 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

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DENNISTOUN BAR-B-QUE 585 Duke Street, 0141 237 7200, jaybes.co As rough and ready as it gets, with its formica tables and chipboard counter, this ‘Texan dive’ is a member of Glasgow’s gourmet burger scene and is the most spartan. On the upside, it’s neighbourly and prices are good for the excellent US-style bbq food. The pulled pit pork and beef brisket are firm favourites, cooked for 18 hours until juicy, smoky and tender.

OLD SALTY’S 1126 Argyle Street, 0141 357 5677, oldsaltys.co.uk Quite possibly the coolest chippie in a city not short of fish suppers, Old Salty’s does the traditional fryings very well. Pies are good too, or alternatively, try ham hough soup, curried scallops or corned beef hash. The original Finnieston venue, open all day and looking as trendy as the hip diners nearby, is joined by a recent sister fryer on Byres Road.

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RICCARDO’S ITALIAN KITCHEN 512 St Vincent Street, 0141 248 9174, riccardoskitchen.com It’s not just retro stylish looks that make this place stand out at the less trendy end of Finnieston, but the excellent-value food. Prices are great all the time, but a lunchtime fiver buys a big bowl of pasta or any pick of pizza or rotolato (rolled pizza), while £8.95 gets two courses for early dinner.

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BIA BISTROT 19 Colinton Road, 0131 452 8453, biabistrot.co.uk The charming, purple-fronted Bia Bistrot, run by a husband and wife team, provides imaginative, goodvalue food using local suppliers. Inventive dishes – think ling fillet with chanterelles or goat’s cheese panacotta – are very reasonably priced, with two courses for £9.50 at lunch and early dinner (Tue–Sat) making it one of the best budget deals around.

ILLEGAL JACK’S 113–117 Lothian Road, 0131 622 7499, illegaljacks.co.uk A popular spot for fast, nicely priced South-West US food featuring four-step guidance on how to construct your burrito, taco or quesadilla with a filling of meat / veg, beans and salsa. Alternatively, tuck into a bowl of chilli or nachos, or sit-in with fajitas and wash it all down with some Scottish brews.

KAMPONG AH LEE MALAYSIA DELIGHT 28 Clerk Street, 0131 662 9050, kampungali.com/ sister-restaurant The kitchen in this family-run Malay diner shows decades of experience in plate after plate of Malaysian, Chinese and Indonesian staples. From satay skewers and ribs to sambals, laksa and addictive buttery rotis, portions are big at not-so-large prices. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 109

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BEST BARS & PUBS Maud Sampson picks the top watering holes in Glasgow and Edinburgh that aren’t going to break the e bank

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Sure, student union bars are cheap, but which are the best ones? Glasgow’s university campuses have some great spots for drinking in. The QMUnion Champions’ Bar shows endless live sport, with comfy sofas, pool tables and cheap beer. Jim’s Bar is where most of the union’s events take place, including gigs, comedy nights, quizzes and Friday night karaoke. Next to Glasgow Uni in the heart of the West End is Vodka Wodka which does cut-price cocktails and has a fun beer garden. And The Art School at Glasgow School of Art Students’ Association combines two world-class exhibition spaces with a café / bar that’s got a welcome student-priced menu. Elsewhere, the newly refurbished Bar Bloc is an independent restaurant, bar and music venue, and a firm local favourite. Check out its packed gig schedule and keep an eye out for free entry before midnight. At the legendary Nice’n’Sleazy, head upstairs to the bar and pick some tracks from the jukebox, or have a dance downstairs. And when it’s time for shots, Tingle Shooter Bar has an array of everything you can down in one, with prices starting from £1.50. Don’t forget about Flat 0/1 either: it bills itself as a recreation of ‘The Party Flat’ without the threat of noise complaints and police shutdowns. Take advantage of the cheap drinks, video games and food delivered by next door’s Lucky7 canteen. There’s even a double bed, so you can really make yourself feel at home.

In the capital, Edinburgh College of Art’s Wee Red Bar is a gem among the city’s student union watering holes. As well as low-priced drinks, look out for upcoming club nights Jackhammer (techno), Mjölk (Swedish indie, see page 115) and longtime indie-kid favourites, The Egg. Edinburgh Uni’s Teviot – the oldest purpose-built student union in the world – is home to several bars. One that stands out is the Library Bar, with its book-lined shelves and snug sofas; plus you can get beer and a burger for £5. Nearby, you’ll find Sandy Bell’s, a renowned folk music venue with live performances every evening (as well as a great whisky selection). On those welcome days when the sun makes an appearance, head to the Pear Tree House’s expansive and leafy beer garden. And on the other side of the Meadows, the Earl of Marchmont is a lively pub that does mean meal deals and delicious ale. For cocktails, the New Town has things sewn up: you might spend more than you’d like at swish 99 Hanover Street and cosy Bramble – both just a short walk from Princes Street – but you’ll be sampling drinks from some of the city’s best mixologists (the Edburgian at 99 Hanover is a particular favourite). Or pop over to Bar Soba, which has venues in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, for a delicious mix of cocktails and pan-Asian street food. As if that wasn’t enough, students get 2-for-1 on all main meals (Mon–Thu, and Fri until 5pm).

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ARTSTORE Load up with oil paints, stationery, sketchbooks and materials for lino prints, screen prints, sculpture and illustration in this Aladdin’s cave of art supplies, which offers 10% off for students. There’s a city centre branch opposite the Gallery of Modern Art, and another one at the Glasgow School of Art. ■ 94 Queen Street, 0141 221 1101; Haldane Building, Rose Street, 0141 225 2650, artstore.co.uk

HERMAN BROWN There’s an abundance of excellent charity shops in town, and the Grassmarket / West Port area remains one of Edinburgh’s best spots for second-hand clothes. And for uncluttered, reasonably priced, hand-picked vintage shoes, jewellery and clothes, Herman Brown (and especially HB Electronics’ rail of 80s and 90s-era gems) is a true treasure trove. ■ 151 West Port, 0131 228 2589, hermanbrown.co.uk

VOLTAIRE AND ROUSSEAU A truly beautiful stash of rare, second-hand books just a few minutes walk away from Glasgow University campus. Science-fiction novels, poetry anthologies, philosophy textbooks, literary criticism primers and antiques are all shelved here from about £2 and beyond. Plus, there’s an online store too for all you stay-at-home shoppers. ■ 12 Otago Lane, 0141 611 8764, voltaire-rousseau.co.uk

REAL FOODS Student life doesn’t have to mean living off beans on toast. Real Foods has two Edinburgh branches and they do a 5% student discount, so you can shop for all the Fairtrade, organic beans and gluten-free bread your heart desires. They’ve also got a range of vegan goodies, ethical beauty supplies and cleaning materials. ■ 37 Broughton Street, 0131 557 1911; 8 Brougham Street, 0131 228 1201, realfoods.co.uk

CIRCA VINTAGE Down the excellent jumble and antiques trail that is Ruthven Lane (just off Byres Road in the West End), Circa Vintage has a small but always interesting collection of secondhand clothes. Their wares range from 90s leather backpacks, 80s sheepskin and leather jackets, 50s curtains, 40s costume jewellery, menswear and plenty more. ■ 37 Ruthven Lane, 0141 334 6660, circavintage.co.uk

OXFAM MUSIC Trawl tapes, records, sheet music, CDs and DVDs on the cheap in this music-only branch of Oxfam in Stockbridge. It’s great for picking up classics and sniffing out occasional rare gems. The volunteer staff are only too happy to help, and there are headphones for listening before you buy. Don’t miss Oxfam Music on Glasgow’s Byres Road (pictured) too. ■ 64 Raeburn Place, 0131 332 7593, oxfam.org.uk

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GLASGOW SHANGRILA The exalted cave-like underground of the Arches hosts some of the biggest names in dance and has the finest deco on the Glasgow club scene. This weekly night offers low-price drinks and an anythinggoes attitude – perfect for channelling the 90s rave spirit. Emerging house star Bontan guest DJs on 24 Sep. The Arches, Wednesdays, £5.

PROPAGANDA Propaganda is a UK-wide affair, and it hits this stellar Glasgow gig venue every Friday night. Though claiming to have an indie focus, it veers slightly towards the commercial side of the scale. But a big dance floor, student-friendly prices and famous guest DJs do make it a great start to the weekend. O2 ABC, Fridays, £4 (£5 non-students).

THE BIG CHEESE A staple of the week for student night life. Spread over two floors of the Edinburgh University student union, cheap drinks abound, as do feelings of 90s nostalgia when S Club 7 hit the speakers. It’s worth staying until the end for the Grease megamix. Get there early to avoid the long queue. Potterow, Saturdays, £4 (£3 before midnight).

I LOVE HIP HOP This Cowgate alternative to the Hive down the road delivers the goods for rap, R&B and hip hop lovers. With a mix of old and new (Beastie Boys flitting between 50 Cent and Kanye West) it caters to fans as well as casual club-goers wanting a good night out. Keep an eye out for the occasional MC performances too. Bongo Club, Tuesdays, £3.

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HIP HOP THURSDAYS With a wealth of music genres throughout the week, the Buff Club have hip hop sealed up on Thursdays. Understated decor, complete with a lone disco ball, make it a popular destination for those seeking a more laid-back feel than is usual on Glasgow’s ambitious club circuit. The low entry fee is also quite welcome. Buff Club, Thursdays, £3.

WITNESS Supposedly named after brown-bagged, prohibitionera liquor bottles, Sneaky Pete’s garage-like facade doesn’t look much from the outside but is frequently packed with music enthusiasts. On Witness Wednesdays, they come to sample the fine range of EDM, with talented DJs specialising in techno, house and grime. Sneaky Pete’s, Wednesdays, price varies.

MJÖLK The Edinburgh College of Art affair that doesn’t take itself all that seriously. Swedish for milk, this alternative to regular indie night The Egg mixes Abba with the Hives, and throws in some Rolling Stones for good measure. It feels like an alternative teenage disco, but in a good way. Wee Red Bar, infrequent (next on Fri 26 Sep), £5 (£3 before 11.30pm).

NEVERLAND A bouncy castle, candy floss and treasure chests are just a few of the novelties on offer to students at this playful and delightfully over-the-top night out. Big and bold, the Garage offers six different rooms depending on your mood. A copious number of top chart tunes usually accompany the big frat party feel that this night has in spades. Garage, Thursdays, £6 / £4.

Not up for a big night out? Brian Donaldson takes a look at some of this term’s TV highlights After resurrecting the Time Lord for a whole new generation, Russell T Davies is returning to his Channel 4 roots for three separate series, linked by a vivid exploration of modern sexual mores. Cucumber is an eight-part series about a gay couple whose settled life together shatters into pieces after one night featuring ‘a death, a threesome, two police cars and Boney M’, while on E4, Banana comprises eight standalone tales covering (and we’re quoting here) ‘50 shades of gay and beyond’. Online at 4oD you’ll find Tofu, a documentary series that tackles the issues raised in those dramas. After all that fruit, veg and bean curd, how about a slice of toast? Steven Toast, to be exact, as the honey-tonsilled Matt Berry returns for a second helping of Toast of London in which the failed ac-tor attempts to rescue his pitiful career. And drawing on the pre-Batman origin story, Channel 5 brings us the US hit Gotham (pictured). It follows the young detective James Gordon (The OC and Southland’s Ben McKenzie) and the recently orphaned Bruce Wayne, as well as introducing us to the folk who would later become the Joker, Catwoman and the Penguin. Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s Eleven, Magic Mike) is joining the ever-increasing wave of big film names heading to TV when he directs Sky Atlantic’s The Knick. Set in early 20th-century New York, it explores the groundbreaking medics at the Knickerbocker Hospital with Clive Owen heading the cast. And over on ITV, it’s US remake time as Broadchurch transmogrifies into Gracepoint. To confuse matters even more, David Tennant reprises his role as the lead cop with Anna Gunn (the terribly popular Skyler from Breaking Bad) in the Olivia Colman part. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 115

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RISING STARS Scotland’s music scene is bursting with talent. Nina Glencross picks out just some of the local artists you should be adding to your playlist

ith the country’s music landscape going from strength to strength, deciding which new releases or local gigs to check out can seem a bit daunting. To ease the pain, here are a few acts to get you started. Exploding onto the scene last year with euphoric single ‘Out of the Blue’, Glasgow synth pop trio Prides recently performed at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony and are showing absolutely no signs of slowing down. Glasgow garage girls Honeyblood have been cruising the scene for a while, building an admirably strong fanbase at home. Now with their long-awaited self-titled debut record out, everyone wants a piece of the noisy duo. Sometimes, however, you just need a good dose of filthy electro thunder. That’s where Roman Nose come in. Like a Caledonian Daft Punk, this masked duo create face-melting techno so intense, only some sweet singer-songwriter can bring you back down to Earth. Ella the Bird may be just that girl. Her enchanting, breathy vocals on acoustic ditties such as ‘All Dressed Up’ and ‘Laugh and Die’ will soothe any blues you didn’t even realise you had.

Possibly one of the finest indie pop bands to come out of Edinburgh in recent years, the Spook School create insanely catchy pop gems. Their lyrical explorations of growing up, relationships and being transgender are engaging and refreshing and their live shows are always a treat. Then there’s TeenCanteen, a band whose sunshine pop is as sweet as their perfectly crafted vocal harmonies. Based in Edinburgh, the allfemale quartet gained a huge following based on their live shows alone. Despite its growing popularity over the past few years, Scottish hip hop still hasn’t fully received the recognition it deserves. For Glasgow duo Hector Bizerk, however, it’s not for lack of trying and their Scottish Album of the Year award nomination was a huge testament to their ongoing hard work. If you fancy more of an 80s post-punk vibe, check out Glasgow’s Casual Sex. As the name suggests, theirs is a sleazy yet sensual sound, incorporating the Eno-esque goodness of Roxy Music with a more angular rock band feel, à la Franz Ferdinand. Finally, never ones for being pigeonholed, Edinburgh duo Birdhead merge new wave, krautrock and techno with garage, punk and blues. It sounds messy in theory but, in practice, it’s a beautiful disaster. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 117

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SECC, Exhibition Way, 0141 248 3000, thessehydro.com With a capacity of 13,000, Glasgow’s newest and biggest live music venue opened in 2013. Officially launched with a Rod Stewart concert, Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus all played here during its first year. If the bands you love have grown arena-big, there are few better places to watch them than in the Hydro’s satisfyingly sightand-sound optimised mega bowl.

244 Gallowgate, 0141 552 4601, glasgow-barrowland.com Simply the best music venue in Scotland and possibly the world. With its sprung dancefloor and dusty old don’t-go-changing demeanour, the famous 2100-capacity Barrowlands is the ultimate place to commune with your favourite bands; just ask some of its famous fans, from Oasis to Metallica. Simply seeing that iconic neon sign glowing into view on a gig night is enough to get you buzzing.

272a St Vincent Street, 0141 221 5279, kingtuts.co.uk Let’s get that little King Tut’s Oasis legend out of the way first, for famously it was here in 1993 that Creation Records’ Alan McGee discovered the Gallaghers, and the rest is history. But this 300-capacity hub of the local scene thrives on much more than past reputation. With a near-constant stream of up-and-coming bands passing through every year, new Tut’s legends are made all the time.

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300 Sauchiehall Street, 0141 332 2232, o2abcglasgow.co.uk St Vincent, Mogwai and Robyn have all had their names appearing on the ABC’s retro marquee overlooking Sauchiehall Street since this old art deco cinema became a music venue in 2005. With two rooms, at 1362 and 350-capacity apiece, it’s Glasgow’s busiest mid-sized venue. In the main ABC1, crowds spectate from beneath Europe’s largest disco ball.

12 King’s Court, 0141 553 2400, monocafebar.com Not just one of Glasgow’s best music venues but also among its best vegan café-bars, and home to a fantastic record store (Monorail) and art gallery (Good Press). Gigs aren’t especially frequent at Mono, but they tend to be discerningly booked from the genuinely independent end of the spectrum. Crystal Stilts, Parquet Courts and Perfect Pussy are just a few among several memorable recent acts here.

22–28 Renfield Lane, 0141 222 2254, stereocafebar.com Part of the same family as Mono, café-bar and gig / club venue Stereo, and bar and gig venue / gallery space The Old Hairdressers sit adjacent to one another on Renfield Lane. Stereo is the bigger of the two, hosting hip touring acts such as Ariel Pink and Black Lips in its industrial-feeling basement. The Old Hairdressers is predominantly a haunt for DIY-minded local artists, of both the audio and visual variety.

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Lothian Road, 0131 228 1155, usherhall.co.uk Magnificent but unfussy, the Usher Hall guarantees a sense of occasion, whether you’re there to see the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (making use of their great £6 student ticket deal) or the likes of Nick Cave, Laura Marling or Efterklang. In typically diverse style, it celebrated its 100th birthday in 2014 with concerts from Mogwai, Rufus Wainwright and the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra.

73 Cowgate, 0131 225 1757, sneakypetes.co.uk A classic tiny sweatbox (holding around 100), Sneaky’s is the place to see touring up-and-comers of all stripes, from alt folk to chillwave and noise rock. More uniquely in Edinburgh, it’s also a stop-off for some of the world’s most exciting DJs and producers: Glasgow’s LuckyMe collective are frequent visitors (see feature, page 20), and Daniel Avery, Erol Alkan and Drums of Death have all dropped in.

9c Victoria Street, 0131 225 2564, liquidroom.com One of the capital’s medium-sized gig venues, the Liquid Room is mainly a rock, pop and indie joint. The more mainstream likes of Kasabian, Vampire Weekend and Deadmau5 have passed through, and there have been appearances in the past couple of years from the hipster-friendly offerings of Shellac, Swans, Simian Mobile Disco and 65daysofstatic. They do cheap and cheerful student indie nights too.

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Summerhall Place, 0131 560 1581, summerhall.co.uk Where once would-be vets dissected small animals, these days you can drink, watch and listen your way through one of the country’s most idiosyncratic arts venues. It’s not just about music: there are art studios, a brewery, tech start-ups and goodness knows what else on site. But it’s definitely your best bet for the outlandish, the experimental and the cross-artform on Edinburgh’s sound scene.

85–89 Clerk Street, 0131 668 2019, thequeenshall.net The Queen’s Hall has a certain grandness – it’s a concert space with a balcony, pillars and a great big stage – but it’s also possessed of a certain cosy, shabby chic. This former church was converted into a music venue in 1979 and its programme mixes rock and pop, classical, folk and jazz. It recently hosted Low and Mark Lanegan and is a favourite venue for feelgood ‘local band made good’ shows.

16 Morrison Street, 0131 629 4101, henryscellarbar.com Another gig-venue-cum-club, Henry’s is the place to go for a taste of Edinburgh’s DIY scene. Big names are fairly rare, but there’s a steady and diverse stream of local and touring acts passing through, handpicked by passionate, small-scale promoters. Local record label and promoter Song, by Toad brought Paws, Adam Stafford and Law here for Fringeantidote Pale Imitation Festival during August 2014.

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SCREEN SAVERS Student cinephiles are spoilt for choice in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Niki Boyle dons a pair of 3D glasses to focus on their options

irst, some bad news: even with student discounts, it still costs between £6–£9 to see a movie in your average multiplex. So it’s worth paying attention to the money-off offers available at the big chains: Vue’s Super Tuesday deal knocks a third off adult tickets (making them cheaper than student tickets). You can even combine them with Vue’s voucher system for bonus discounts to get tickets for as little as £4.70 (off-peak). Odeon don’t provide the voucher thing, but they do run their own Bargain Tuesday deal and there’s a loyalty card system to keep you coming back. Cineworld’s Unlimited Card is more straightforward: you pay a flat rate of £16.40 per month for as many movies as you can handle, with additional discounts for food and drink. It’s worth considering if you’re going to see more than two films a month, especially when you factor in EE (formerly Orange) Wednesdays; this 2-for-1 ticket offer (available at almost all cinemas) can be combined with the Unlimited Card so that both customers get in for ‘free’. Bear in mind, all these prices are subject to supplementary fees for 3D, D-BOX and IMAX screenings. Both Edinburgh’s Fountain Park and Glasgow’s Science Centre are home to IMAX screens, which are worth the extra money when a particularly spectacular blockbuster comes along.

The non-multiplex cinemas have ticket offers of their own, plus student rates that are typically at least a quid or two cheaper than their mainstream counterparts. Edinburgh’s Cameo Cinema offers an annual student membership for just £10, which comes bundled with enough free tickets to make up the cost (plus multiple discounts and exclusive screenings thereafter). Down the road, the Filmhouse has a pricier package at £35 but that includes discounts for the in-house Café Bar and priority booking for the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which is held annually in June. The Dominion in Morningside doesn’t give any special treatment to students, but it does have plush leather sofas and old-school charm. Out west, Glasgow Film Theatre – the hub for February’s annual Glasgow Film Festival – offers a membership package for £32 a year. The Grosvenor in Ashton Lane doesn’t offer much in the way of memberships or discounts (£6–£7 standard student entry), but they do have some decent dinner-and-a-meal deals, plus well-curated special events and screenings. And don’t forget about your local university film societies: Glasgow Uni’s SCREENS, Edinburgh Uni’s FilmSoc and Napier University Film Society all host regular screenings during term-time. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 121

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Two book sensations cross over to the big screen: David Fincher directs Gillian Flynn’s taut thriller Gone Girl (3 Oct), with Ben Affleck in the lead role, while the film of James Dashner’s The Maze Runner (10 Oct, pictured) features British stars Will Poulter (Son of Rambow) and Skins’ Kaya Scodelario.

Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway are space travellers who enter a wormhole in Interstellar (7 Nov), the new film from director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Inception). And The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (21 Nov, pictured) is out this month too.

The three-part adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit finally comes to a close this year with The Battle of the Five Armies (12 Dec, pictured). Elsewhere, the Farrelly Brothers release sequel Dumb and Dumber To (19 Dec), 20 years after the film that made them – and Jim Carrey – famous.

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Channing Tatum and Steve Carell kick-off 2015 with likely Oscar contender Foxcatcher (9 Jan, pictured), a biopic about Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz, while Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, The Master) adapts Thomas Pynchon’s postmodern crime novel Inherent Vice (30 Jan).

In one corner, Jamie Dornan morphs into Christian Grey in the much anticipated – and probably much watered-down – film of EL James’ Fifty Shades of Grey (13 Feb). In the other, it’s Shaun the Sheep in, erm, Shaun the Sheep Movie (6 Feb, pictured) from Aardman Animations. Take your pick.

Shailene Woodley (pictured) and Theo James reemerge in Divergent sequel Insurgent (20 Mar). If you’ve had enough post-apocalyptic drama, there’s a Disney antidote in the form of Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella (27 Mar), with Helena ‘Bellatrix’ Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother.

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Like Pirates of the Caribbean, Tomorrowland (22 May) is another film inspired by a Disney theme park attraction. But check your scepticism: Brad Bird (The Incredibles, Ratatouille) is at the helm, so there’s hope yet. Look out for comedy Spy from Bridesmaids’ Paul Feig too.

Blockbuster season kicks off with Guardians of the Galaxy’s Chris Pratt in Jurassic Park sequel Jurassic World (12 Jun). The Fantastic Four (18 Jun) gets a reboot and cyborg Arnie returns in Terminator: Genisys (26 Jun). Plus, there’s the movie continuation of TV show Entourage (19 Jun). * Release dates may be subject to change.

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hat better way to browse new books or start writing your own novel than over a coffee or cake? Lovely bookshops that also happen to feature delicious snacks and drinks include Edinburgh’s Looking Glass Books just off the Meadows, and Waterstones on Princes Street which happens to boast spectacular views of the castle, should your eyes stray from the page. Elsewhere, Deadhead Comics doesn’t provide snacks, but does have comics galore. In Glasgow, check out second-hand bookshop and provider of treats Café Phoenix. And if you love comics and genre fiction, head along to Geek Retreat on Union Street to discuss the merits of your favourite authors over a coffee or burger. Of course, a café is an added bonus but it isn’t the only sign of a quality bookshop. Bookworms will rejoice in the selection of books and magazines about art and politics in Glasgow’s Aye-Aye Books at the CCA, as well as the delightful Caledonia Books. Just round the corner from the University of Edinburgh, you’ll find Word Power Books, an independent seller stuffed to the rafters with a carefully curated collection and its own Independent Radical Book Fair. Stick around over summer and you can indulge all your literary leanings at the fantastic Edinburgh International Book Festival at Charlotte Square Gardens. However, that isn’t your only chance to enjoy some festival fun: Glasgow’s Aye Write! brings some bookish joy to April. Keep an eye out for Book Week Scotland in November too. The festivities take place across the country but both Edinburgh and Glasgow

are guaranteed to host plenty of exciting events. Likewise, October’s Scottish International Storytelling Festival has a base at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh, but its shows and open mic opportunities aren’t confined to the capital. If you’re looking for an escape from campus libraries, there are some fantastic alternatives. Glasgow’s Mitchell Library has three fabulous floors and Edinburgh’s Central Library and the National Library of Scotland are not only bursting with books and reference materials, but they’re also handily located just across the road from each other on George IV Bridge. Another highlight is the Glasgow Women’s Library, which has an impressive variety of works highlighting women’s achievements. And the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh hosts a particularly healthy programme of events, so you can enjoy your poetry live as well as on the page. Looking for more live literary action? Check out the spoken word events run by Edinburgh’s Illicit Ink and Inky Fingers, or head along to Last Monday at Rio or Fail Better in Glasgow. Neu! Reekie! and Rally & Broad hold exciting nights across both cities too. And if you’re keen to meet other writers, the monthly Literary Salon run by the Edinburgh City of Literature Trust or Glasgow’s Weegie Wednesdays at the CCA are the perfect places to do it. Lynsey May is a recipient of the Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. She tweets at @LynseyMay. 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 125

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SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY . . . Think uni’s the right time to try your hand at stand-up? So did comedian Fern Brady. This is what happened

started comedy in between graduating from Edinburgh University and doing a postgrad in news journalism in Sheffield. I found a furious letter from my journalism tutor at Sheffield University the other week: ‘Throughout this increasingly farcical saga you have failed to come to any classes or cooperate with me in any way.’ I was there on a scholarship for ‘socially diverse’ youths [read: neds] who wanted to be journalists; except I had very quickly become addicted to comedy gigging four times a week. I had been using my scholarship money to fund train journeys across the UK and had stopped showing up to any classes. I’d just got my first paid gigs at the Stand in Edinburgh. My bit about my homemade latex vagina was going really well, I thought. My tutor called me in for an urgent meeting. ‘I am asking you to choose between comedy and the course. You cannot keep doing this many gigs.’ ‘David, I’m just a bit tired at the moment from . . . revising and that.’ ‘Yes, I imagine it’s very tiring talking about your latex vagina. Very tiring indeed.’ He looked smug just because he’d Googled me. Like he was Poirot. I stared at the floor. He didn’t understand my latex vagina joke in the wider sociopolitical context it was intended for. ‘You could be a great journalist, Fern. I really mean that.’ That week I’d written a piece about a crow with its foot stuck in a roof. I wrote it as though the crow

was an angry little man. My tutor had slow-clapped proudly, reading it out to the rest of the class as if it was something revelatory instead of a story about a crow with its foot stuck in a roof. I quietly realised news journalism was nothing like being Lois Lane in Superman and would instead be an endless procession of asinine pish about distressed animals or local council meetings. On the other hand, I’d just done a gong show in Warrington where I was paid with a packet of supermarket own-brand crisps that I had to share with all the other acts. ‘I’ll stay on the course, David.’ As I left his office I remembered with dismay that I’d spent the last of my money on train tickets to perform at the Stand. I desperately needed the cash from the gigs. I was living off food I stole from my amorous Nigerian flatmate, who as a result kept trying to get off with me and leaving little treats around the house and notes that read, ‘You look beautiful this night by the washing machine’. I never went back to university. I spent the next three years crying in Jobcentres or being sacked from jobs after gigging late at night then falling asleep at my desk. This article was supposed to tell you why you should start comedy as a student: DO NOT DO IT.

JUST FOR LAUGHS Our Comedy editor Brian Donaldson reveals Glasgow and Edinburgh’s top comedy clubs It’s almost impossible to even mention the words ‘comedy in Scotland’ and not go into full-blown praise mode about the Stand. The two purposebuilt venues in Glasgow (333 Woodlands Road) and Edinburgh (5 York Place) are not only among the best stand-up spaces in the UK, but are often mentioned in dispatches as being up there in global comedy terms. As well as attracting some of the top touring names in the country, regular evenings include the Red Raw open mic night (Susan Calman and Kevin Bridges are just two RR alumni that have become household names), Bright Club, Michael Redmond’s Sunday Service and Improv Wars. Offering stiff opposition to the Stand on Friday nights in Glasgow is the recently opened Gilded Balloon Comedy at Drygate (85 Drygate). The legendary venue will welcome the likes of Romesh Ranganathan, Felicity Ward and Rob Rouse before the end of the year. If you’re looking for laughs at a lighter price, seek out comedy nights at pubs like Glasgow’s Vespbar (14 Drury Street), State Bar (148 Holland Street), and Halt Bar (160 Woodlands Road), while Edinburgh has the Beehive Inn (18 Grassmarket) and Footlights (7 Spittal Street). The Stand

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IN GOOD COMPANY Theatre critic Lorna Irvine puts student drama in the spotlight

niversity drama groups have always been a great springboard for ‘It’s a student-run organisation dedicated to putting on plays and aspiring actors and writers looking to cut their performance teeth. theatre productions and providing ample opportunity in almost any Bedlam Theatre, a neo-Gothic church in the heart of Edinburgh, theatrical field,’ says STaG president Jack Cameron. ‘We put on over is one of Scoltand’s best-loved venues, with esteemed alumni including 20 shows a year of various sizes and genres and we look for any new or Rev star and stand-up Miles Jupp, plus hit playwrights Lucy Kirkwood old experience in acting, writing, directing, tech and design. We don’t and Ella Hickson. set a programme of events but rather welcome proposals from potential ‘Edinburgh University doesn’t have a drama course,’ says Edinburgh directors or actors. And although we’re based in Glasgow University University Theatre Company president Ailish George, ‘so EUTC we are open to any student body in Glasgow.’ For m is largely made up of university students who are keen to He actively encourages freshers to take up playwriting ore inf pursue theatre alongside their degrees. Our members choose through new showcases. ‘New Talent Nights is our first on sohromation to dedicate their own time to work on productions and keep production of the season, and it’s aimed mainly at freshers. auditiows and the building open. People are welcome to join up at any time Anyone who auditions is guaranteed a part, and so is anyone STUDENT ns, see of the year, but our greatest intake is always during Freshers’ who applies for tech, backstage or design. This year, we ATGLASG THEATRE Week.’ are putting on two productions of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan. BEDLAMOT W.COM & Unusually, for the first eight weeks this year, all of the Because of the popularity of New Talent Nights, we always HEA CO.UK TRE. EUTC shows will be performed in the round. ‘While shows in put on two productions over two nights of the same piece but the round are not out of the norm in Bedlam, this is the first time with different scripts.’ we will have an entire season,’ George adds. ‘The next big thing is Each semester, the group also stages a festival and a mainthe Redevelopment Project which we are all incredibly excited about and stage production. This year, the main-stage piece is Jez Butterworth’s are currently working towards implementing it along with our alumni Jerusalem, and the festival for the first semester is the ever-popular STaG group, Friends of Bedlam, and the university.’ Nights, which run during November. Meanwhile, over in Glasgow, STaG (Student Theatre at Glasgow) has STaG Nights is a celebration of theatre in its many shapes and forms, discovered and nurtured talent including playwrights Rob Jones and taking place over three nights with three 20-minute pieces performed Ann Marie Di Mambro, following in the grand tradition of celebrated each night. The work speaks for itself and the future of Scottish drama is, dramatists like Alasdair Gray and Liz Lochhead. it seems, in very safe hands. 128 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

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LIVING LGBT

Whether you’re just out of the closet, questioning your sexuality or out to everyone you know, university can be a chance to prosper, says our LGBT editor Kaite Welsh

dinburgh and Glasgow have thriving LGBT scenes, and your student union is on hand to offer support if you need it. If you want to check out just how queer-friendly your uni is and what support they provide, Stonewall’s gaybydegree.org.uk has a database of all the UK universities with a relevant checklist, although they currently don’t offer information for trans students. Your first port of call will probably be the university’s LGBT society. They’ll have stalls and events during Freshers’ Week, and you can find more details over on your student union website. In the capital, Edinburgh University has BLOGS, which is open to all LGBT and questioning people, while Heriot Watt, Napier and Queen Margaret universities are all home to LGBT or LGBT+ societies. Glasgow University’s society might have the best name, though: GULGBTQ+. Wherever you are on the sexuality and gender spectrums, you’ll find a place for you there.

While essay deadlines, making friends and living away from home for the first time can all be a bit scary, one thing you shouldn’t have to worry about is being able to have a wee in safety. If you’re trans, you probably know that it’s not always that easy, and if you don’t identify as female or male, you might resent being forced to choose between those two stick figures. Luckily, most universities offer a gender-neutral option so that you can pop to the loo, hassle-free. Contact your student union in confidence if you want to check where they are. If you want to meet people outside of university, there are a variety of things to get involved in around both cities no matter what you’re into. The LGBT Health and Wellbeing centre might sound more like a spa than the hub of gay and trans social life in Edinburgh, but they have a full programme of exciting events like LGBT Film Nights; if you’re fed up with the usual hetero Hollywood fare, head over there for films with a different bent. Over in Glasgow, Lock Up Your Daughters is a monthly filmmaking group

hosted by the CCA, where you can make your own entertainment. Sometimes, though, you just want to hit the dancefloor. Edinburgh’s most infamous gay club CC Blooms has had a bit of a revamp in recent years: what was once the capital’s favourite disco dive is now an altogether classier joint. But don’t worry – at the weekends it reverts to its roots, where you can dance your cares away on a dancefloor sticky with gin, glitter and bad decisions. In Glasgow, the Polo Lounge is worth a visit on any night, and if your tastes run to Morrissey rather than Madonna, Yes! at the Flying Duck is here to meet all of your indie needs. Feminist collective TYCI run queer-friendly nights, while Speakeasy and Delmonicas are firm fixtures on Glasgow’s gay scene for a reason. But if you just want to talk or you’re not ready to come out to anyone, LGBT Helpline Scotland are available to listen every week on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from noon to 9pm on 0300 123 2523.

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SOWING THE SEEDS Our Visual Art editor Rachael Cloughton talks to grassroots collectives that have grown out of Scotland’s art schools

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uite often, as a graduating student, it’s hard to see what lies past graduation,’ explains Max Slaven, discussing the beginnings of the David Dale Gallery and Studios. In 2009, alongside Ellie Royle and Ralph Mackenzie, Slaven founded the gallery: ‘We felt it was important to have an organisation for us to enable the momentum built up in art school to continue.’ Things have developed rapidly since then: in the past five years David Dale has evolved from makeshift studios in a derelict building in Glasgow’s East End, to a prominent contemporary art space. ‘Fairly soon into the project we became more interested in supporting and facilitating exhibitions and other artists’ work rather than our own,’ says Slaven, ‘and have developed this interest into our current programme.’ Slaven, Royle andd Mackenzie met at thee Glasgow School off Art, where they hadd previously workedd together on collaborativee projects as students.. ‘We were involvedd in a project called thee Glasgow Collectivee ,’ while in our final year,’ continues Slaven. ‘Thiss n was instrumental in d showing us that we had the possibility and abilityy d to self-organise and or create opportunities for ourselves.’ as Self-organising st students was the catalyst for the formation of the Glasgow Open House team too. ‘We had a lot of fun working together on group exhibitions as students,’ says Amalie Silvani-Jones, director of the group. ‘One I remember as particularly relevant was held in an empty flat in the West End. Someone was in the middle of moving and still had the keys to a big flat that was lying empty, so invited us to take part in a group show there. It was fantastic!’ The group – all graduates from the GSA – are now working on the second iteration of Glasgow Open House. Their last event showed work in over 36 domestic spaces across the city. 132 THE LIST 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014

Silvani-Jones credits her time at college as being part of the project’s success: ‘You leave with a big, strong network of friends and contemporaries, and the festival wouldn’t have been as successful without the support and involvement of these people.’ The founders of the 2-1-4-1 collective also teamed up while studying. R Rosie Roberts and Frances L Lightbound met on the pa painting and printmaking co course at GSA, while K Kirsty Macleod, who st studied at Gray’s School o Art in Aberdeen, of m met Lightbound when th they were at high s school. Recognising th advantages of their the e exchanges while at d different establishments, 2 2-1-4-1 was created to p provide a platform for d discussion and critique a across the emerging S Scottish art scene. ‘We w wanted a space where g graduates from all the art s schools in Scotland could b begin to see each other’s w work and goings on,’ e explains Roberts. ‘We a partake in curatorial also e endeavours, such as our r recent show Draw In, to t and create a dialogue try between potentially disparate practitioners.’ Over in Edinburgh, Ronald Binnie, Svetlana Kondakova, Leo StarrsCunningham and Piotr Skibinksi met at Edinburgh College of Art and founded the Black Cube Collective in 2012. The group has already made a huge impact on the contemporary arts scene, participating in two European Commission-backed projects. ‘These projects enabled Scottish artists and technologists to collaborate on funded projects,’ explains Binnie, ‘the results of which were then shown both in Scotland and in Brussels, and helped to influence EC policy on art and new technology.’ Binnie is happy to share the secrets of that group’s success: ‘Work with people you trust, know and like. Above all, be prepared to do a lot of work for very little initial return. Like art in general, do it because you’re passionate about it.’

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NATIONAL TREASURES

Rachael Cloughton picks out Scotland’s must-see artworks

CHRIST OF SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS BY SALVADOR DALÍ Salvador Dalí’s iconic painting of the crucifixion presents an image of Christ suspended in mid-air; there are no nails to pin him to the cross and no blood spilled. Yet the scene is no less dramatic for these omissions. The work was purchased for Glasgow Museums in 1952, a year after it was created, and has remained in the city ever since. ■ Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Mon–Thu, Sat, 10am–5pm; Fri, Sun, 11am–5pm, free.

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Many credit the Glasgow Boys for putting their city on the art world’s map, not that the work captures much of Glasgow itself. The pioneering 19th-century painters set up their easels in the countryside, capturing rural scenes in an impressionistic style that deliberately defied the Royal Scottish Academy’s teaching. Kelvingrove features the world’s premier holding of works by the Boys. ■ Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Mon–Thu, Sat, 10am–5pm; Fri, Sun, 11am–5pm, free.

Inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Titian’s painting foretells the grisly fate of the hunter Actaeon, who accidentally stumbled upon the bathing goddess Diana and was turned into a stag, then torn apart by his own dogs. The masterpiece is a highlight in the National Gallery’s collection; when the painting was offered for sale in 2009, £50m was raised to secure the work, which will be displayed alternately between Edinburgh and London on a five-year cycle. ■ Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, daily, 10am–5pm (Thu until 7pm), free.

Punctuating the space between Modern Art One and Two, ‘Landform Ueda’ (2002) serves as a sculpture, a garden, a work of land art and an imaginative viewing platform to admire the collection of other outdoor works held by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. More practically, it was also designed as a sound barrier to shield noise from the road. ■ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, daily, 10am–5pm, free.

CASTS OF THE PARTHENON FRIEZE Many believe that the casts of the Parthenon Frieze at Edinburgh College of Art are more sensitively displayed than the controversial originals in the British Museum. The college’s Sculpture Court is a space specially designed to echo a classical temple and the frieze scales the perimeter at a height, willing audiences to observe it from the angle intended. ■ Edinburgh College of Art, Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm, free.

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HILL HOUSE BY CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH Hill House is one of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s most famous creations. Situated in Helensburgh, the house is poised dramatically on a hill overlooking the Clyde. Mackintosh designed the exterior and interiors, including the textiles and fireplace panel. The house has been faithfully restored, closely resembling what it looked like on completion in 1904. ■ Hill House, Helensburgh, 1 Apr–31 Oct, daily, 1.30–5.30pm, £10 (£7). 18 Sep–16 Oct 2014 THE LIST 133

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TRAVEL

BREAK TIME With terms so short and sweet, a holiday is never far away. Maud Sampson shares some top tips for maximising your time off

TRAVEL

Bus, train, plane: whichever mode of transport you choose to reach your destination, make sure you get the best cut-price deals by checking Skyscanner, STA Travel and StudentUniverse before you leave. If you go by four wheels, Megabus operates in the UK, Europe and North America and offers great value (but often slow) city link services. Or buy an InterRail pass to travel around Europe by train at a cut price. But beware: it doesn’t cover journeys in your country of residence so make sure to factor this in. Rather avoid public transport? Register with car-sharing community BlaBlacar for a legitimised hitchhiking experience. With over 1 million registered users in the UK and Europe, the network connects people to empty seats in vehicles travelling in the same direction, ensuring costs are shared and new acquaintances made. Or for an unconventional way to travel that has an added money-making bonus, become a crew member on a cruise liner and sail around the world: workoncruiseships.com has more details.

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Try renting through Airbnb, which allows you to take a house, room or apartment, often for considerably less per head than staying in a hotel. For those with tighter purse strings, try couchsurfing.org: there, you’ll find free accommodation in someone’s house and a high possibility of meeting some fun and like-minded hosts. Hostels are guaranteed fun, but you may need to bring your own bedding or pay to rent a towel.

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If you’re considering volunteering for a charity during your time off, then do some research. Beware of organisations that ask for a huge lump sum before you’ve even started, always ask for a breakdown of where your money is going and remember that the needs of the project you are involved in come first: you can’t sleep in or take an unscheduled day off because you’re not being paid. Try Raleigh International or National Trust conservation work in the UK.

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Don’t have time or the means to save up for a trip? Then pay as you go by combining work and travel. For the eco-conscious among you, WWOOF (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms) is a non-monetary exchange network connecting volunteers and host farmers across the world. The concept is simple: in return for a few hours work every day, WWOOFers are provided with food and accommodation, and the added bonus of total immersion in a local culture. For a more structured work / holiday experience, try Camp America where you work for two months at a summer camp in the US as a paid mentor or camp assistant, with time for travel after.

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First record you ever bought Ford: ‘Cars’ by Gary Numan. Greg: The Police’s ‘So Lonely’.

FORD KIERNAN AND GREG HEMPHILL

Last extravagant purchase you made Ford: A rowing machine: I’ll never

use it but it looks good. Greg: A flight to California.

The Still Game stars talk Neil Diamond, Farrah Fawcett, rowing machines and a shared love of Italian cooking

First film you saw that really moved you Ford: It’s a Wonderful Life. Greg: The Evil Dead. Last lie you told Ford: ‘No, I don’t have a

hangover.’ Greg: ‘I’ve only had two rums.’ First date movie Ford: Saturday Night Fever

in a Dennistoun fleapit. We were 15 but they let us in as we’d dressed up. Greg:

Octopussy.

First thing you do when you’ve got time off work Ford: Cry! Greg: Go for lunch with my wife. Last great meal you cooked Ford: I do a mean spag bol, a proper

Italian job! Greg: An Italian breaded chicken affair and a radish side salad.

sort of girl-next-door, cutesy 1940s movie star who I watched on TV reruns. Although, when I look at her now I don’t know what I saw in her. Greg: Farrah Fawcett. Last book you read Ford: Blood Whispers by John

Gordon Sinclair: do yourself a favour, it’s brill! Greg: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. First great piece of advice you were given Ford: Never eat the yellow snow! Greg: Take people as they come.

Last time you were starstruck Ford: I once met Scorsese and spent

five minutes talking. One supercool dude! Greg: I went to see Nick Frost in a Q&A. Lovely and hilarious. Until he declared his love for my wife. I wasn’t starstruck. I was ready to strike the star. First thing you’d do if you ran the country Ford: Make chocolate money legal

tender. Greg: Take back Balmoral for Scotland. Last meal on earth Ford: My wee maw’s soup. Greg: A hot curry.

First song you’ll sing at karaoke Ford: ‘Great Balls of Fire’, giving

it laldy! Greg: ‘I Am . . . I Said’ by Neil Diamond, cause you can talk most of it.

Last time you exploited your position to get something Ford: A hotel near Loch Lomond

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First crush Ford: Deanna Durbin: she was a

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GLASGAY! The programme for this year’s celebration of queer culture is a blinder, with a top-notch headline appearance from Hollywood outsider John Waters. Plus there are new theatre commissions by Grant Smeaton and John Byrne and the usual focus on comedy, club nights, visual art, film and music: you can find out all about it in our next issue.

First time you realised you were famous Ford: Are you calling me famous? Greg: The same day I had to move

all the bodies.

Last time someone criticised your work Ford: I never listen to criticism; I’m

too vain. Greg: Daily on Twitter whenever I speak up about the referendum. First three words your friends would use to describe you Ford: ‘Aff his heid.’ Greg: ‘Likes a drink.’ Last time you made an impulse buy and regretted it Ford: It was that bloody rowing

machine! Greg: Two toastie machines for a tenner each. No man needs that many toasties.

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