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Design for Our Times at V&A Dundee is a design exhibition featuring a variety of installations and objects from seven designers, exploring sustainable solutions to overconsumption and material waste
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Words: Stacey Hunter
New work by seven innovative designers has been brought together in the exhibition Design for Our Times by Design Exhibition Scotland (DES). Open until June 2022, this freeto-attend exhibition at V&A Dundee’s Michelin Design Gallery is a showcase of material innovation that offers inspiring, practical and desirable solutions to issues of re-sourcing, repurposing and reuse.
The selected design initiatives represent distinct practices working today in Scotland in the fields of product design, interior design, environmental design and construction. From established designers to recent graduates, these ingenious projects demonstrate the enormous creativity on our doorstep. Terrace, a sculptural seating installation by Andrew Miller, a Glasgow-based artist, is shown alongside pendant lights made of glass vases found in charity shops. Two stools by Fife-based Chalk Plaster explore the possibilities of gypsum, some of which is culled from waste plasterboard, as a new durable material.
Designs are explored through drawings, prototypes and interviews with the designers, highlighting how these materials present positive changes in how we consume and behave. The exhibition illuminates the design process, from incubating an initial idea, through the trial and error of prototype development, towards production and potential applications in the wider world. Susanna Beaumont, founder of Design Exhibition Scotland and curator of Design for Our Times, said: “We intend this exhibition to stimulate discussion and raise awareness of how adventurously and playfully working with materials has the potential to create a more sustainable world in which we want to live.” Featured materials range from repurposed waste, such as K-Briq, a building brick made from over 90% construction and demolition waste in Edinburgh. K-Briq was developed by Gabriela Medero, Professor in Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering & Head of Geomaterials and Sustainable Building Materials Research Group at Heriot-Watt University. Mirrl present the Dixon drinking fountain, developed in their Glasgow-based studio in 2021 for the London Design Festival. Their exciting new shop has just opened at 20 St Andrew’s Street, in Glasgow’s Saltmarket.
Recent GSA design graduate Catriona Brown presents Shroom, a biodegradable prototype tree shelter made of mycelium, derived from fungus. Draff is an eco-design and production company based in Dundee founded by the French-born Aymeric Renou who has developed a material made of spent grain from local distilleries and breweries. A modular aluminium exhibition design by emerging design practice Future Practical has also been developed to be environmentally sensitive in both process and material selection, as well as reusable and ultimately recyclable.
Francesca Bibby, Assistant Curator at V&A Dundee, said: “It has been great to collaborate with Design Exhibition Scotland to realise this exhibition and we're excited to showcase the huge potential of these seven design practices, all working right on our doorstep. We hope visitors are inspired by the innovative ways in which designers are rethinking waste materials and considering more environmentally sensitive processes.”
Design for Our Times, V&A Dundee, 10am-5pm, Thursday to Monday until 19 Jun
GAGA BAR AND KITCHEN, GLASGOW
The new place from the folks behind Julie's Kopitiam and The Thornwood brings together lovely furnishings, pan-Asian dishes, and some outlandishly good drinks Words: Peter Simpson
Image: courtesy of Gaga
Food
566 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, G11 6RH
Mon-Sun, 12am to midnight
gagaglasgow.com Lev Kuleshov was a Soviet filmmaker, one of the founders of the Moscow Film School, and an early proponent of film theory. One of his biggest contributions was so important they put his name on it – if you show, for example, a plate of sausages, then cut to a happy-looking dog, the viewer connects the two images together in a way that tells a greater story than the shots can manage in isolation. That’s the Kuleshov effect; the way that images in sequence give each other context and meaning. Gaga – just up from Partick station on Dumbarton Road – is the latest venture from the folk behind The Thornwood, the fully glowed-up Edwardian pub around the corner. And amid Gaga’s rattan light shades and extremely tasteful terrazzo tabletops, the bar team have come up with some absolutely incredible drinks. The G and Tea (£7.50) is a classic cooler, with a punchy gunpowder tea and a tartness from a selection of smashedImage: courtesy of Gaga up seasonal berries. The Chumpunker (£8) starts out like a kind of cucumber margarita, before the mint and the anise from the second half of its description start turning up. Refreshing, light, brilliantly balanced, gold stars all round. Yet as good as those two might be, the Tipp Topp (£8.50) is operating on an entirely different plane. It’s a mezcal base with passionfruit, lime, mint and habanero, and comes across like a cross between an alcoholic smoothie and an ice lolly that was melted down by smashing it with a salt block. Sumptuous, spicy, sour, sweet, smokey, and stupendous. That’s right – stupendous. Gaga – just up from Partick station on Dumbarton Road – is also the new place from the team at Julie’s Kopitiam, the brilliantly homespun Malaysian restaurant in Shawlands. The menu is a varied collection of small and larger dishes from across Asia; the tableware is a pleasingly kitsch mismatch of bold patterns and pastel colours; there are enormous house-plants everywhere, and a green velvet chair hanging above the bar. Back at ground level, the prawn toast (£9) is small but well-formed; it’s a crispy, fatty treat strewn with chilli flakes and Japanese mayonnaise. There are nostril-turning levels of fish sauce and umami goodness in the breakfast nasi goreng (£12), shot through with tiny flecks of fried pancetta. The chop suey aubergine (£11.50) doesn’t look like much in its brown cooking broth, but who cares? It tastes fantastic, great texture, brilliant balance of sweet and savoury (plus, it’s always nice to have your expectations of brown food subverted). A couple of dishes don’t quite hit those heights – sweetcorn fritters (£8) offer a good bite but without a whole lot else, and without nearly enough of their tasty tamarind sauce to go around. Meanwhile, in a genuinely surprising twist, the Taiwanese fried chicken (£8.50) is almost too crunchy for its own good, with a batter-to-meat ratio that went a little haywire on our plate. The smacked cucumbers (£4) sit somewhere in the
Image: courtesy of Gaga
middle – we like a firm smack from our cucumber, and these were more of a pantomime slap than the ‘reality show reunion’ level of attack we were hoping for. Approach Gaga as an intriguing, much-hyped restaurant with a great bar selection, and you might come away ever so slightly disappointed as it doesn’t quite reach the Kopitiam’s levels yet. But if you shift your perspective, shuffle things around in your mind’s eye, and see Gaga as an intriguing bar with some incredibly inventive and delicious cocktails and some pretty good food to go with them, you’re in for a treat.
Prawn Toast
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
By Claire Vaye Watkins rrrrr
It starts with a multiple-choice questionnaire. Since my baby was born, it reads, I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things. a) As much as I ever did. b) Not quite as much now. c) Not so much now. d) Not at all. Postpartum depression doesn’t seem like it would be full of laughs, and yet I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness pulls it from its toothy grip (where the teeth are, let’s leave to the imagination). We follow Claire, who leaves behind her husband and baby daughter for a speaking engagement in Reno. What begins as a temporary escape turns to a romp, a dose of freedom and abandon, and in turn veers into a descent into years gone by. In the Mojave Desert, her past waits around every turn, with loss, exes and cults aplenty; unable to change what has been, instead it considers how to move forward. A blurring of the lines of fiction, non-fiction, what we leave behind and what travels with us in these fragments of thought, letters and memoir from a wider cast: there’s a lot within the erratic format to parse. For some this will unfurl thrillingly, elsewhere it may feel disconnected and a bit of work. There’s a palpable suffering and darkness often, a brittleness; there’s also a tenderness, and a lot of laughs to be pulled from its page. A book of bite. [Heather McDaid] In the Seeing Hands of Others
By Nat Ogle rrrrr
Comprised solely of documents from the accuser and the accused, In the Seeing Hands of Others by Nat Ogle is a startlingly original debut whose events unfold around the centrepiece of a rape investigation. Corina is a young nurse working on a renal ward, dealing with her mother’s deteriorating health and her strained relationship with her brother. Cameron is Corina’s ex, a wannabe actor with a complicated past and the man whom she has accused of rape. From emotional blog posts and frustrating police interview transcripts to unintelligible text messages, the events which unfold reveal all the nuanced faces of the two protagonists in a multiviewpoint way that is utterly unique and forces the reader to answer confronting moral questions about empathy and who is deserving of it. While the unusual format takes a while to get used to, this is an extremely compelling and genrebending read that seamlessly blends a thrilling criminal investigation with the delicate, emotional and very human story of recovery and learning to live life again after a traumatic event. In the Seeing Hands of Others is a story of assumed guilt, proclaimed innocence and the murky grey place in between the two. Suspenseful, dramatic but with just the right sprinkling of uplifting moments, this is an inventive debut that is a sure-fire conversation starter. [Kerri Logan]
Quercus, 20 Jan, £14.95 Serpent's Tail, 13 Jan, £9.99 Olga Dies Dreaming
By Xochitl Gonzalez rrrrr
Refractive Africa
By Will Alexander rrrrr
“Everybody’s got a job, everybody’s got a dream,” sings Lin-Manuel Miranda in his scrappy debut musical In the Heights. About this, at least, the cult Puerto Rican-American writer and performer is correct. From undocumented Dreamers to the ever-elusive American Dream, America has always – for better or worse – defined itself through vision. It’s a declaration of optimism, perhaps, but also of fundamental dissonance: a tension between self-image and reality that unsettles everything. The protagonists of Olga Lies Dreaming know this tension well. The children of Puerto Rican immigrants from a rapidly gentrifying area of Brooklyn, the two siblings – Olga, wedding planner to New York’s Successionlike elite and Pietro, an AOC-style Congressman – have won the dreaming lottery. Yet beneath their posterchild lives lie scars: their mother’s abandonment to fight for Puerto Rican independence, their father’s traumatising illness. Taking place in the months surrounding of Hurricane Maria, Xochitl Gonzalez’s exploration of diasporic identity is irresistibly warm yet entirely uncompromising, honing in on the weight of trying to make it in a country that has ravaged your own. The narrative trips along with evocative rhythm, a straight-shooting prose that, like its heroes, hides a tender heart beneath a tough, wryly reflexive exterior. And when Hurricane Maria lands Gonzalez pulls no punches, centuries of oppression contained in devastated infrastructure and two siblings’ unshakeable anger. [Anahit Behrooz]
Fleet, 6 Jan, £16.99 Refractive Africa is a powerful and visionary set of three long poems, revolving around the middle piece, The Congo, which settles and flits across the Congo River, with all its colonial and post-colonial histories. The collection sings from the page; it celebrates, it prophecises, and it revels in the great spirits of Africa’s national heroes and literary giants. Alexander’s writing is awash with innovation, ably straddling a world which is all too familiar, and a sparkling one of imagination. In Alexander’s Preface, he writes that ‘in order to allow African selfenrichment to amplify, I lingually attempt to extend its palpable resistance through language that alters subconscious foreshortening... but language fortified via voice no longer populated by those whose thoughts remain white yet whose skin remains decidedly Black.’ This negotiation sits centrally to the collection; it ruptures through the historical atrocities and claims language, context, and content for the real and imagined Africa which Alexander paints. Even when the poet is charting, he refuses and refutes colonising the page with punctuation, instead leaving the words stark and celebrating against the white. It creates an at once forceful dialogue between page and reader and a soothing, mesmeric dance from the process of reading. Alexander is a critically acclaimed poet, philosopher, and visual artist, with a wealth of prizes under his belt. Refractive Africa is a bold and dazzling culmination of his contemporary thinking. [Beth Cochrane]
Granta, 6 Jan, £10.99
ICYMI
Previous winner of the Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year Award, and a now-familiar face on the Scottish comedy scene, Sam Lake gives us his take on ground-breaking Ellen DeGeneres sitcom, Ellen
Illustration: Juljia Straizyte
Brief caveat: this article isn’t about Ellen’s talk show or her recently discovered toxic behaviour. Yes, she’s problematic. Yes, she wants everyone to be kind to each other but also not make direct eye contact with her. This article is about the 90s sitcom that made Ellen a household name. My only prior knowledge of it was watching a clip of an interview between pre-talk-show Ellen and Oprah after Ellen came out (as lesbian, not talk show host) both in real-life and on her sitcom, which was creatively titled Ellen.
In the Ellen Sitcom Universe, herein known as the ESU, Ellen plays....well, Ellen. Except in the ESU, Ellen is a bookshop owner, living in L.A. with her quirky friends who get up to all kinds of comical escapades. It's not a wild format, but perhaps this was intentional, allowing the focus of the show to be on Ellen and her quintessential Ellen-isms. As far as sitcoms go, it’s genuinely very watchable. Admittedly, season one is a bit of a chore as it finds its feet. Other than that, the writing is sharp, well delivered and the whole cast are giving delicious, characterful performances.
Ellen’s main trait is being nice (foreshadowing much?). She’s always the one trying to do the right thing and to keep everyone happy. Her friends around her are forever getting into crazy situations, and the comedy comes from how Ellen awkwardly tries to make everything right. You watch for her one-liners, her reactions. Her only continuing pursuit is trying to find the right man to settle down with (we’ll get onto why that might prove problematic for her in a moment).
For the first three seasons Ellen doesn't get up to anything too outlandish. Sure, she competes on American Gladiators, gets convinced her new boyfriend is a cocaine dealer, and walks in on her best friend cheating on her fiancé on their wedding day. This is standard ESU. Then season four comes along with a different energy.
We’re drip-fed little clues about Ellen’s sexuality throughout the season. She makes jokes about not needing a husband and hides in a literal closet, then bursts out all “I was in the closet lol.” These teases culminate in The Puppy Episode, which was pretty monumental when it first aired in 1997. In this two-part special, Ellen comes out as lesbian, making her the first primetime sitcom character to be openly gay. Everyone thought this was just terrific and no-one had any issues with it. At all. JUST KIDDING, this was America in the 90s. Tolerance of gay people hadn't been invented yet. That wouldn't come until 2009 when Obama told everyone gays were actually, like, so chill. Ellen didn’t work for three years after the show finished. She was blacklisted in Hollywood, often called 'Ellen Degenerate' in the press. DeGeneres claims there was even a bomb scare on the day they recorded this episode, which just goes to show what attitudes were like.
Public backlash aside, the episode itself is genuinely funny. Ellen meets Susan, a proud lesbian woman who sends Ellen into a spiral of questioning her sexuality, culminating in accidentally announcing she’s gay to an entire airport. (FYI: Ryanair charge a fee if you out yourself on one of their flights). My favourite line comes when Ellen, desperate to appear as straight as possible, tells her friends about a wild night of hotel-room passion, which is so obviously made-up when Ellen utters “God I’m just a sucker for man-woman sex.”
After that historic episode, Ellen lasted one more season, which tackled a lot of queer issues. Many critics said the whole show was “too gay”, which seems unfair. Having said that, there is one episode where Ellen learns to rock climb so she can go on a date with a lesbian spin instructor called Barbara. Fair play, that is textbook (stereotypical) lesbianism. But the same humour that made the first four seasons work hadn’t gone anywhere, just the storylines were about things lots of people didn’t want to hear about at the time.
As a sitcom, Ellen is really enjoyable. It’s witty, it’s quick, it’s funny. It shows why Ellen was so beloved... I’d recommend a watch of at least the coming out episode, combined with the Oprah interview to understand the impact it had. Especially the bit where Oprah goes “Everyone look under your seats, it’s HOMOSEXUALITY!”
Sam Lake brings his latest Work-In-Progress show, Cake, to Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh, 22 Jan, 8pm, £7
Catch Sam's podcast, 'I've had a Rosé, Let's Talk about Feelings', wherever you get your podcasts
Listings
Looking for something to do? Well you’re in the right place! Here's a rundown of what's happening across Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee this month.
To find out how to submit listings, head to theskinny.co.uk/listings
Glasgow Music
Wed 05 Jan
THE CHISEL
THE GARAGE Punk from the UK. BOOK KLUB (POST IRONIC STATE + GOODNIGHT LOUISA + VELVET)
KING TUT'S Post-punk from Glasgow. Part of New Year's Revolution. WOLF ALICE
BARROWLANDS Alt-rock from London. KIRSTEEN HARVEY NICO EV + RAE LENA
THE HUG AND PINT Singer-songwriter from Glasgow. Part of First Footing.
Thu 06 Jan
THE KATUNS (HAZEYDAYS + THE DECANITES + GHOSTWRITER)
KING TUT’S Indie rock from West Lothian. Part of New Year’s Revolution. NEGATIVE HOPE
THE HUG AND PINT Indie record label from Glasgow. Part of First Footing.
Fri 07 Jan
SNASH (DROP THE BABY + WINE MOMS + LO RAYS)
KING TUT’S Punk from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. DOSS
NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY Shoegaze from New York. Part of First Footing. WOLF ALICE
BARROWLANDS Alt-rock from London. DENHOLM PRODUCTIONS
THE HUG AND PINT Indie from Glasgow. Part of First Footing.
Sat 08 Jan
MARTIN KEMP
ORAN MOR 80s pop from London ECHO MACHINE (CUPID’S TOMMY GUN + TALKER _ PRESSURE RETREAT)
KING TUT’S Pop from Dundee. Part of New Year’s Revolution. SULKA (LLOYDS HOUSE + PETER CAT)
NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY Lo-fi from Glasgow. Part of First Footing. WOLF ALICE
BARROWLANDS Alt-rock from London. REBECCA VASMANT
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART DJ from Glasgow. Part of First Footing. LOST MAP SECRET PARTY
THE HUG AND PINT Indie record label from Eigg. Part of First Footing.
Sun 09 Jan
DANCING ON TABLES (WUKASA + LUBANA)
KING TUT’S Pop rock from Fife. Part of New Year’s Revolution. DEADLETTER (GELATINE + THE ABSTRACT DANCERS)
THE HUG AND PINT Post-punk from South London. Part of First Footing.
Mon 10 Jan
AVATAR
SWG3 Heavy metal from Sweden. THE BOTTOM LINE
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Alt-indie from the UK. MIKE MCKENZIE (AMIE HUCKSTEP + PIPPA BLUNDELL + SHORTHOUSE)
THE HUG AND PINT Singer-songwriter from Edinburgh. Part of First Footing.
Tue 11 Jan
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW Post-hardcore from Wales. SHREDD (JUNK PUPS + GLASS RASPBERRY)
THE HUG AND PINT Psychedelic garage from Glasgow. Part of First Footing.
Wed 12 Jan
AFFLECKS PALACE (PASTEL + VEGA RALLY)
KING TUT’S Indie rock from Manchester. SAM RYDER
SWG3 Singer-songwriter from Essex. GRAVEDANCER
BROADCAST Indie from Arkansas. SWISS PORTRAIT (DAISY MILES + DAHLIA + AORTAROTA)
THE HUG AND PINT DIY music from Edinburgh. Part of First Footing.
Thu 13 Jan
BEMZ (WASHINGTON + ID + PSWEATPANTS)
KING TUT’S Rap from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. DINNER NIGHT (ENGLISH TEACHER + HOUND + DRAGGED UP)
THE HUG AND PINT Indie from Scotland. Part of First Footing.
Fri 14 Jan
CARLY CONNOR (PANDAS + LUNA J + JAMIE RAFFERTY)
KING TUT’S Alt-country from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. SUN JUNE + ADA LEA
MONO Indie rock back to back. Part of First Footing. JAY ELECTRONICA
QUEEN MARGARET UNION Rap from the US.
THE SURFING MAGAZINES
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Garage-rock supergroup of The Wave Pictures and Slow Club. MOTHER ALL MIGHTY (ELOISE KRETSCHMER)
THE HUG AND PINT Neo soul from Edinburgh. Part of First Footing.
Sat 15 Jan
GUNZ FOR HIRE
O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW Rawstyle from the Netherlands. CLUB BEIRUT (SILVI + ST CLEMENTS + RYLAH)
KING TUT’S Indie from Scotland. Part of New Year’s Revolution. BIFFY CLYRO
SWG3 Rock from Scotland. VIGILANTI
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Rock from Glasgow. BUFFET LUNCH
BROADCAST Indie pop from Scotland. SACRED PAWS (KAPUTT + THE QUILTER + NEKKURO HANA)
ST LUKE’S Indie rock from Scotland. Part of First Footing. HAPPYTEARS (BIG GIRL’S BLOUSE + CHIZU NNAMDI)
THE HUG AND PINT Indie from Scotland. Part of First Footing.
Sun 16 Jan
GHOSTBABY (ISABELLA STRANGE + FUZZY LOP + THE BLEEDERS)
KING TUT’S Indie from Paisley. Part of New Year’s Revolution. BLUSH CLUB (EADES + SCHOOL OF PARIS)
BROADCAST Indie pop from Glasgow. CORTO.ALTO (NOUSHY 4TET)
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Pseudo-jazz from Glasgow. BRAT COVEN (BRENDA + DUSK AMADEUS)
THE HUG AND PINT Punk from Glasgow. Part of First Footing.
Mon 17 Jan
FICKLE FRIENDS
SWG3 Pop from Brighton. SEGA BODEGA
STEREO Multi-genre from London. KID DAD
THE HUG AND PINT Indie rock from Germany.
Tue 18 Jan
NOAHFINNCE (SOPHIE POWERS + THE OOZES)
KING TUT’S Pop from England. TATE MCRAE
SWG3 Singer-songwriter from Canada.
NECK DEEP
BARROWLANDS Pop punk from Wales. FIGHTMILK (COUNT FLORIDA + LATE FEES)
THE HUG AND PINT Indie rock from London. Part of First Footing.
Wed 19 Jan
KARDO (ALI & THE PARADE + WHITE NOVELS + LAZY MONEY)
KING TUT’S Electronic from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. TREMONTI
SWG3 Heavy metal from the US. DECO
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Pop from London. WAYNE SNOW (SCARLETT RANDLE)
STEREO Future soul from Berlin. Part of First Footing.
Thu 20 Jan
NOISE (CAMEO HABITAT + WAVERLEY + THE NOTIONS)
KING TUT’S Alt-indie from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. OPENING NIGHT: ‘NEATH THE GLOAMIN’ STAR
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Part of Celtic Connections. THE SHIRES
ST LUKE’S Country acoustic from England. AMARA
THE HUG AND PINT Indie from Glasgow. Part of First Footing.
Fri 21 Jan
TEDDY THOMPSON
ORAN MOR Indie from New York. CLAIRO
O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW Singer-songwriter from the US. SHETLAND 550: ROSS & RYAN COUPER + JENNA REID + HARRIS PLAYFAIR
MACKINTOSH CHURCH Fiddle music from Shetland. Part of Celtic Connections. SLIX (SHE + CHERRY + SCUNNURT)
KING TUT’S Indie punk from Inverclyde. Part of New Year’s Revolution. AMYTHYST KIAH
MITCHELL THEATRE Americana from Tennessee. Part of Celtic Connections. THE DRIVER ERA
QUEEN MARGARET UNION Alt-rock from the US. DUCKWRTH
SWG3 Rap from LA. CIARAN RYAN BAND (FOURTH MOON + SUSANNA SEIVANE)
TRAMWAY Trad folk from the UK. Part of Celtic Connections. GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR
BARROWLANDS Post-punk from Montreal.
WATCHHOUSE
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Bluegrass from the US. Part of Celtic Connections. NITEWORKS + ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Trad electronica from Skye. Part of Celtic Connections. THE JEREMIAHS (THE CANNY BAND)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Folk from Dublin. Part of Celtic Connections. INGRID ANDRESS
ST LUKE’S Country from the US. THE BREATH (THE CHLOE BRYCE TRIO)
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Folk from Manchester. Part of Celtic Connections. GERAINT WATKINS BAND (EMMA JANE)
DRYGATE BREWING CO. Americana from Wales. Part of Celtic Connections. ADAM ROSS
THE HUG AND PINT Guitarist from LA. Part of Celtic Connections. KAMORA
ROOM 2 Indie from Glasgow.
Sat 22 Jan
THE MARY WALLOPERS
ORAN MOR Folk from Dundalk. DALLAHAN (STUNDOM)
MACKINTOSH CHURCH World folk from Scotland and Ireland. Part of Celtic Connections. THIS IS THE KIT (RODDY WOOMBLE)
CITY HALLS Folk rock from Winchester. Part of Celtic Connections. EASY DAYS (THE EXHALES + LEMON DRINK + NANI)
KING TUT’S Indie pop from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. THE LONESOME ACE STRINGBAND (THE MAGPIES)
MITCHELL THEATRE Bluegrass from Canada. Part of Celtic Connections. BROKEN WITT REBELS
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Blues rock from Birmingham. LIME CORDIALE
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Pop rock from Sydney. THE ZEBECKS
BROADCAST Indie rock from Elgin. HOMAGE TO HOME: IBRINA
TRAMWAY Singer-songwriter from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. ELEPHANT SESSIONS
BARROWLANDS Indie-folk from the Highlands. LUCERO
STEREO Country rock from Memphis.
DAKHABRAKHA (PROJECT SMOK)
OLD FRUITMARKET GLASGOW Folk from Ukraine. Part of Celtic Connections. THE NEW TRADITION: REJUVENATION
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Trad line-up. Part of Celtic Connections. SHETLAND 550: NORN VOICES
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Trad from Shetland. Part of Celtic Connections. SIERRA FERRELL (ARLO MCKINLEY)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Country folk from West Virginia. MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY (YVONEE LYON)
ST LUKE’S Folk from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. NAAD-HARA WITH KAPIL SESHASAYEE
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Electronica from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. NAKUL KRISHNAMURTHY
THE GLAD CAFE Trad and electronica from India. Part of Celtic Connections. NEAL FRANCIS (UNOMA OKUDO)
DRYGATE BREWING CO. Singer-songwriter from Chicago. Part of Celtic Connections. RHONA STEVENS
THE HUG AND PINT Indie from Glasgow. Part of Celtic Connections.
Sun 23 Jan
KARINE POLWART + DAVE MILLIGAN (DAOIRÃ FARRELL TRIO)
CITY HALLS Folk from the UK. Part of Celtic Connections. RILEY (ANDREW DICKSON + CALUM BOWIE + CORTNE)
KING TUT’S Country pop from Glasgow. Part of New Year’s Revolution. MEGAN HENDERSON (AINSLEY HAMILL)
MITCHELL THEATRE Multi-instrumentalist from the Highlands. Part of Celtic Connections. VEXED
CATHOUSE Alt-metal from the UK. THE KVB (DREAM ENGLISH KID)
STEREO Shoegaze electronic from Manchester. SHETLAND 550: A PEERIE FOY
OLD FRUITMARKET GLASGOW Folk from Shetland. Part of Celtic Connections. MARTIN TAYLOR
OLD FRUITMARKET GLASGOW Folk jazz from the UK. Part of Celtic Connections.
JACK BADCOCK
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL World folk from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. FRANKIE GAVIN + MAIRTIN O’CONNOR (STUNDOM)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Trad from Ireland. Part of Celtic Connections. ROAMING ROOTS REVUE
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Multi-genre line-up. Part of Celtic Connections. BRIAN FINNEGAN (ROSS AINSLIE + TIM EDEY)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Trad from Ireland. Part of Celtic Connections. CHRISTIAN LEE HUTSON (ROSWELL)
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Indie folk from LA. Part of Celtic Connections. SARAH JANE SCOUTEN
THE GLAD CAFE Country folk from Canada. Part of Celtic Connections. VELS TRIO
THE HUG AND PINT Experimental prog from Brighton. Part of Celtic Connections.
Mon 24 Jan
BLOOD RED SHOES
KING TUT’S Indie rock from Brighton. THE GOON SAX
MONO Synth pop from Brisbane. CARIBOU
BARROWLANDS Composer from Canada. JOHANNA WARREN
THE HUG AND PINT Singer-songwriter from the US. Part of Celtic Connections.
Tue 25 Jan
THE SCRATCH
SWG3 Rock from Ireland. STONEBROKEN
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Rock from Walsall. CHRISTONE “KINGFISH” INGRAM (BLUE MILK)
ST LUKE’S Blues from Mississippi. Part of Celtic Connections. CHLOE FOY
THE HUG AND PINT Folk from Manchester. Part of Celtic Connections.
Wed 26 Jan
SPECTOR
ORAN MOR Rock from London. IANN DIOR
O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW Rap from the US. JOSHUA GRANT (PRETTY PREACHERS CLUB + EUAN ALLISON + LINZI CLARK)
KING TUT’S Indie from Scotland. Part of New Year’s Revolution. AOIFE O’DONOVAN (LERA LYNN) BREABACH
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Folk from the Highlands. Part of Celtic Connections. BRUCE MACGREGOR
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Fiddle music from the UK. Part of Celtic Connections. DAVID LATTO
THE GLAD CAFE Folk from Fife. Part of Celtic Connections.
Thu 27 Jan
DEAN WAREHAM
ORAN MOR Rock from the US. BROCKHAMPTON
O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW Hip hop from Texas. FARA (MICHAEL BIGGINS)
MACKINTOSH CHURCH Chamber folk from Orkney. Part of Celtic Connections. INTERCULTURAL YOUTH SCOTLAND 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY
KING TUT’S Hip-hop from Scotland. Part of New Year’s Revolution. HEARTLESS BASTARDS
MONO Space rock from Texas. SAXON
BARROWLANDS Heavy metal from England. EFTERKLANG
OLD FRUITMARKET GLASGOW Experimental electronica from Denmark. Part of Celtic Connections. AK PATTERSON
THE GLAD CAFE Indie folk from Brighton. Part of Celtic Connections. ASTRID (EWAN MACFARLANE)
DRYGATE BREWING CO. Acoustic folk from Orkney. Part of Celtic Connections. ANDO GLASO
THE RUM SHACK Trad Roma music from Scotland. VANITY FAIRY (NU GARCON + ALL CATS ARE BEAUTIFUL + SPEEDBOAT)
THE HUG AND PINT Lo-fi disco from London.
Fri 28 Jan
SPIERS & BODEN
ORAN MOR Folk from England. THE STRANGLERS
O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW Rock from England. HAMISH HAWK (MAGPIE BLUE + DEATHICS)
KING TUT’S Pop from Scotland. Part of New Year’s Revolution. IAIN FRASER (JOSIE DUNCAN)
MITCHELL THEATRE Trad from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. ROSS FROM FRIENDS
SWG3 Producer from Essex. SHAMBOLICS
SWG3 Rock from Fife.
CATHOUSE Deathcore from New Jersey. ROY AYERS UBIQUITY
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Funk and soul from the US. NATION OF LANGUAGE
BROADCAST Indie pop from New York. SOUL II SOUL
BARROWLANDS Neo soul from London. LE VENT DU NORD
OLD FRUITMARKET GLASGOW Folk from Quebec. Part of Celtic Connections. ANOUSHKA SHANKAR + SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Sitar and trad from the UK. Part of Celtic Connections. UAINE (GRAINNE BRADY)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Folk from Ireland. Part of Celtic Connections.
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Folk from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. THE REMEDY CLUB
THE GLAD CAFE Americana and roots from Ireland. Part of Celtic Connections. POLLY PAULUSMA
THE HUG AND PINT Singer-songwriter from England. Part of Celtic Connections.
Sat 29 Jan
MATT CARMICHAEL (SEONAID AITKEN)
MACKINTOSH CHURCH Jazz from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. THE BIG DAY (UNINVITED + THE NOISE CLUB + WRAUCCES)
KING TUT’S Indie from Scotland. Part of New Year’s Revolution.
NICE ‘N’ SLEAZY Rock’n’roll from the UK. KYTES (SPILT MILK SOCIETY)
THE GARAGE GLASGOW Indie pop from Munich. INDOOR FOXES
BROADCAST Indie from Edinburgh. ALOGTE OHO (BEMIS)
TRAMWAY Afro-pop from Ghana. Part of Celtic Connections. TALISK (JIGJAM)
OLD FRUITMARKET GLASGOW Trad folk from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. TINDERBOX COLLECTIVE (KATHRYN JOSEPH)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Folk from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. DEAF SHEPHERD (GROSSE ISLE)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Trad from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections.
ST LUKE’S Trad and pop from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. EVERYDAY PHARAOHS (ATTIC CHOIR + HOG WYLD)
THE OLD HAIRDRESSERS Indie pop from Glasgow. JASON WILSON’S ASHARA
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Folk and reggae from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. ED DOWIE
THE GLAD CAFE Singer-songwriter from Dorset. Part of Celtic Connections. BAB L’BLUZ (SIOMHA)
DRYGATE BREWING CO. Rock from Morocco. Part of Celtic Connections. A.O. GERBER
THE HUG AND PINT Indie from LA. Part of Celtic Connections.
Edinburgh Music
THE QUILTER THE VOODOO ROOMS Indie pop from Glasgow. GRAVEDANCER SNEAKY PETE’S Indie from Arkansas.
Thu 06 Jan
MARTIN KEMP
LIQUID ROOMS 80s pop from London
Sat 08 Jan
THE OUTFIT (MADRE SUN)
BANNERMANS Blues rock from Chicago. SOUTHSIDE OF THE TRACKS
THE QUEEN’S HALL Fiddle music from Scotland.
THE COSMIC TRIP ADVISORS
THE VOODOO ROOMS Rock’n’roll from West Lothian.
Wed 12 Jan
COLLATERAL (REVIVAL BLACK)
BANNERMANS Rock from the UK.
Thu 13 Jan
RHABSTALLION (UNDERVOLT)
BANNERMANS Rock from Halifax.
Fri 14 Jan
SPACE
BANNERMANS Britpop from Liverpool. CHILDCARE
SNEAKY PETE’S Guitar pop from South London.
Sat 15 Jan
THE DERELLAS
BANNERMANS Punk from the UK.
Clubs
Glasgow Clubs
Fri 07 Jan
TEK-NO PRISONERS
THE FLYING DUCK Rave fueled techno.
Sat 08 Jan
LOOSEN UP (FERGUS CLARK + CHARLIE MCCANN + DAVID BARBAROSSA)
THE RUM SHACK
Sat 15 Jan
FLIPSIDE (TALKLESS + DEAN GRAY B2B JACK SCREMIN)
THE FLYING DUCK House and disco.
Sub Club
SATURDAYS
SUBCULTURE Long-running house night with residents Harri & Domenic, oft' joined by a carousel of super fresh guests.
Cathouse
WEDNESDAYS
CATHOUSE WEDNESDAYS DJ Jonny soundtracks your Wednesday with all the best pop-punk, rock and hip-hop. THURSDAYS
UNHOLY Cathouse's Thursday night rock, metal and punk mash-up. FRIDAYS
CATHOUSE FRIDAYS Screamy, shouty, posthardcore madness to help you shake off a week of stress in true punk style. SATURDAYS
CATHOUSE SATURDAYS Or Caturdays, if you will. Two levels of the loudest, maddest music the DJs can muster; metal, rock and alt on floor one, and punky screamo upstairs. SUNDAYS (FIRST OF THE MONTH)
HELLBENT From the fab fierce family that brought you Catty Pride comes Cathouse Rock Club’s new monthly alternative drag show. Regular Glasgow club nights
SUNDAYS (SECOND OF THE MONTH)
FLASHBACK Pop party anthems & classic cheese from DJ Nicola Walker. SUNDAYS (THIRD OF THE MONTH)
CHEERS FOR THIRD SUNDAY DJ Kelmosh takes you through Mid-Southwestern emo, rock, new metal, nostalgia and 90s and 00s tunes. SUNDAYS (LAST OF THE MONTH)
SLIDE IT IN Classic rock through the ages from DJ Nicola Walker.
The Garage Glasgow
MONDAYS
BARE MONDAYS Lasers, bouncy castles and DJ Gav Somerville spinning out teasers and pleasers. Nice way to kick off the week, no? TUESDAYS
#TAG TUESDAYS Indoor hot tubs, inflatables as far as the eye can see and a Twitter feed dedicated to validating your drunk-eyed existence.
WEDNESDAYS
GLITTERED! WEDNESDAYS DJ Garry Garry Garry in G2 with chart remixes, along with beer pong competitions all night. THURSDAYS
ELEMENT Ross MacMillan plays chart, house and anthems with giveaways, bouncy castles and, most importantly, air hockey. FRIDAYS
FRESH BEAT Dance, chart and remixes in the main hall with Craig Guild, while DJ Nicola Walker keeps things nostalgic in G2 with flashback bangervs galore. SATURDAYS
I LOVE GARAGE Garage by name, but not by musical nature. DJ Darren Donnelly carousels through chart, dance and classics, the Desperados bar is filled with funk, G2 keeps things urban and the Attic gets all indie on you. SUNDAYS
SESH Twister, beer pong and DJ Ciar McKinley on the ones and twos, serving up chart and remixes through the night.
THE SURFING MAGAZINES
SNEAKY PETE’S Garage-rock supergroup of The Wave Pictures and Slow Club.
Sun 16 Jan
ABBIE MCCARTHY’S GOOD KARMA CLUB
THE CAVES Multi-genre line-up.
Mon 17 Jan
THE REVIVE LIVE TOUR: THE HOWL & THE HUM + EDIE BENS
SNEAKY PETE’S Singer-songwriters from Yorkshire.
Thu 20 Jan
DEADWING
BANNERMANS Alt-rock from Manchester.
DISCO LOVE
THE BERKELEY SUITE Funk and disco. MOJO WORKIN’
THE RUM SHACK Soul, funk and motown.
Fri 21 Jan
SWAGADELIC
THE FLYING DUCK Fundraiser for Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis.
Sat 22 Jan
KATE BUSH DANCE PARTY
THE FLYING DUCK Synthpop and disco. Sat 29 Jan
RESILIENCE (SIGNUM)
THE FLYING DUCK Trance and synth.
Edinburgh Clubs
Thu 06 Jan
VOLENS CHORUS PRESENTS: CASEMENT
SNEAKY PETE’S Bass and percussion.
Fri 07 Jan
HEADSET
THE BONGO CLUB Garage and jungle. MISS WORLD (APHID + FEENA + ICED GEM)
SNEAKY PETE’S Disco and house. Sat 08 Jan
SOULSVILLE INTERNATIONAL
THE BONGO CLUB Afrobeat and soul. INTERCULTRUAL YOUTH SCOTLAND
SNEAKY PETE’S Upbeat disco.
ANDREW WASYLYK (TWELFTH DAY + ESTHER SWIFT)
MITCHELL THEATRE Jazz from Dundee. Part of Celtic Connections. MOLLY PARDEN
BROADCAST Folk from Georgia. JILL JACKSON (LADY NADE)
OLD FRUITMARKET GLASGOW Americana from Paisley. Part of Celtic Connections. FERGUS MCCREADIE (JUSTYNA JABLONSKA + JYOTSNA SRIKANTH)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Folk and jazz from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections.
FRETS: NORMAN BLAKE + BERNARD BUTLER + JAMES GRANT (MONICA QUEEN + JOHNNY SMILLIE)
ST LUKE’S Pop rock from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections. STINA MARIE CLAIRE
CCA: CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART Indie from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections.
Mon 31 Jan
BOB MOULD
ORAN MOR Singer-songwriter from the US. FRETS: NORMAN BLAKE + BERNARD BUTLER + JAMES GRANT (MONICA QUEEN + JOHNNY SMILLIE)
MACKINTOSH CHURCH Pop rock from Scotland. Part of Celtic Connections.
KING TUT’S Country folk from Canada. LLOYD COLE
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Indie rock from England. Part of Celtic Connections. ANNABELLE CHVOSTEK (ELAINE LENNON)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Folk and swing from Canada. Part of Celtic Connections. THE DISTRICTS
ST LUKE’S Rock from Pennsylvania. DAVID GRUBB
THE HUG AND PINT String composer from Fife. Part of Celtic Connections.
Tue 01 Feb
THE STREETS
O2 ACADEMY GLASGOW Garage rap from Birmingham.
KING TUT’S Hybrid indie from the UK. EVERY TIME I DIE (THE BRONX + JESUS PIECE + SANCTION)
SWG3 Metalcore from New York. THE PARROTS
BROADCAST Rock from Madrid. HIPPO CAMPUS
STEREO Indie from the US. KATE RUSBY
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Folk from Yorkshire. Part of Celtic Connecions. RACHEL BAIMAN (CAHALEN MORRISON)
GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL Singer-songwriter from Nashville. Part of Celtic Connections. NATIVE HARROW (ARNY MARGRET + KIRSTEEN HARVEY)
THE HUG AND PINT Indie from New York.
BROKEN WITT REBELS
THE MASH HOUSE Blues rock from Birmingham.
Fri 21 Jan
SNIDE REMARKS
BANNERMANS Alt-rock from Teeside.
Sat 22 Jan
INDOOR FOXES
SNEAKY PETE’S Indie from Edinburgh.
Sun 23 Jan
SAINT PHNX
THE MASH HOUSE Rock from Glasgow. Wed 26 Jan
DIAMOND HEAD (ROCK GODDESS)
BANNERMANS Heavy metal from Stourbridge.
JORDAN NOCTURNE (FRANKIE ELYSE + CLUB NACHT)
THE MASH HOUSE Trance and synth. Mon 10 Jan
PRONTO
SNEAKY PETE’S House and disco. Fri 14 Jan
OVERGROUND
THE BONGO CLUB Electro rave. HOT MESS
SNEAKY PETE’S Party for queer people and their friends.
Sat 15 Jan
MESSENGER
THE BONGO CLUB Dubstep and drum and bass. CLUB MEDITERRANEO (ANDREA MONTALTO B2B POLY 800)
SNEAKY PETE’S Tropical house, disco and funk.
Mon 17 Jan
HWTS PRESENTS: VITESS (HWTS RESIDENTS)
SNEAKY PETE’S DJ and producer from Paris.
Wed 19 Jan
NIGHT TUBE: ALETHA + JACUZZI GENERAL
THE BONGO CLUB Disco and house. Thu 20 Jan
GREENHOUSE RECORDS
SNEAKY PETE’S Deep dancefloor cuts.
Fri 21 Jan
ELEKTRIKAL
THE BONGO CLUB Garage and drum and bass.
CULTDREAMS
SNEAKY PETE’S Lo-fi from Leeds. Thu 27 Jan
CROW BLACK CHICKEN
BANNERMANS Rock from Tippeary.
Fri 28 Jan
LOGOZ
BANNERMANS Rock from the North. DEAN WAREHAM
THE LIQUID ROOM Rock from the US. Sat 29 Jan
VITA CARTEL
BANNERMANS Rock from Scotland.
SMOOVE AND TURRELL
THE VOODOO ROOMS Soul and funk from Newcastle.
Sun 30 Jan
GIN ANNIE
BANNERMANS Rock from the Black Country. DAVID GRUBB
THE VOODOO ROOMS String composer from Fife. Part of Celtic Connections. ROY AYERS UBIQUITY
THE LIQUID ROOM Funk and soul from the US.
Mon 31 Jan
SAMANTHA FISH
THE QUEEN’S HALL Blues from Kansas City.
Tue 01 Feb
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN
USHER HALL Indie pop from Glasgow.
Dundee Music
Thu 27 Jan
THE RUMJACKS (SHANGHAI TREASON)
CHURCH Rock from Sydney.
Regular Edinburgh club nights
The Bongo Club
TUESDAYS
MIDNIGHT BASS Big basslines and small prices form the ethos behind this weekly Tuesday night, with drum'n'bass, jungle, bassline, grime and garage aplenty.
Sneaky Pete’s
TUESDAYS
POPULAR MUSIC DJs playing music by bands to make you dance: Grace Jones to Neu!, Parquet Courts to Brian Eno, The Clash to Janelle Monáe. WEDNESDAYS
HEATERS Heaters resident C-Shaman presents a month of ambiguous local showdowns, purveying the multifarious mischief that characterises Sneaky’s midweek party haven. SATURDAYS (LAST OF THE MONTH)
SOUL JAM Monthly no holds barred, down and dirty bikram disco. SUNDAYS
POSTAL Multi-genre beats every Sunday at Sneaky Pete's, showcasing the very best of local talent with some extra special guests.
The Liquid Room
SATURDAYS (FIRST OF THE MONTH)
REWIND Monthly party night celebrating the best in soul, disco, rock and pop with music from the 70s, 80s, 90s and current bangers.
The Hive
MONDAYS
MIXED UP MONDAY Monday-brightening mix of hip-hop, R'n'B and chart classics, with requests in the back room. TUESDAYS
TRASH TUESDAY Alternative Tuesday anthems cherry picked from genres of rock, indie, punk, retro and more. WEDNESDAYS
COOKIE WEDNESDAY 90s and 00s cheesy pop and modern chart anthems. THURSDAYS
HI-SOCIETY THURSDAY Student anthems and bangerz. FRIDAYS
FLIP FRIDAY Yer all-new Friday at Hive. Cheap entry, inevitably danceable, and noveltystuffed. Perrrfect. SATURDAYS
BUBBLEGUM Saturday mix of chart and dance, with retro 80s classics thrown in for good measure.
SUNDAYS
SECRET SUNDAY Two rooms of all the chart, cheese and indiepop you can think of/ handle on a Sunday.
Subway Cowgate
MONDAYS
TRACKS Blow the cobwebs off the week with a weekly Monday night party with some of Scotland’s biggest and best drag queens. TUESDAYS
TAMAGOTCHI Throwback Tuesdays with non-stop 80s, 90s, 00s tunes. WEDNESDAYS
XO Hip-hop and R'n'B grooves from regulars DJ Beef and DJ Cherry. THURSDAYS
SLIC More classic Hip-hop and R'n'B dance tunes for the almost end of the week. FRIDAYS
FIT FRIDAYS Chart-topping tunes perfect for an irresistible sing and dance-along. SATURDAYS
SLICE SATURDAY The drinks are easy and the pop is heavy. SUNDAYS
SUNDAY SERVICE Atone for the week before and the week ahead with non-stop dancing.
AQUELARRE (LONELY CARP + PAKO VEGA)
SNEAKY PETE’S Queer industrial experimental noise. REGGAETON PARTY MUTINY: DUBURBAN + JAHGANAUT (SIMPLY DREAD + TONY JUNGLE)
THE MASH HOUSE Jungle and reggae.
Sat 22 Jan
MUMBO JUMBO
THE BONGO CLUB Disco and funk. HEADSET’S GAY GARAGE
LA BELLE ANGELE Nineties and noughties hip hop and R&B. TAIS-TOI: TOMMY HOLOHAN
THE MASH HOUSE Techno and jungle. Thu 27 Jan
EDINBURGH DISCO LOVERS’ ITALO SPACE ODYSSEY II (AMY L’AMOUR + ANN TWEAK + FRANKIE ELYSE)
SNEAKY PETE’S Italo, future disco and new wave.
Fri 28 Jan
SSL
THE BONGO CLUB Bass and dubstep.
SNEAKY PETE’S House and disco. Sat 29 Jan
PULSE
THE BONGO CLUB Techno and house. Mon 31 Jan
TAIS-TOI
SNEAKY PETE’S House and disco.
Dundee Clubs
Fri 28 Jan
LEGLESS: FRAZI.ER
FAT SAM’S Energetic techno.
Theatre
Glasgow Theatre
The King’s Theatre
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
31 JAN-5 FEB 22 It’s time to go to Transylvannia in this thrillingly lascivious musical. 9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL
25 JAN-29 JAN 22 Office sexism is given the boot in this classic Dolly Parton musical. THE BOOK OF MORMON
6 JAN-22 JAN 22 A hit, outrageous musical comedy from the makers of South Park.
Theatre Royal
LOOKING GOOD DEAD
25 JAN-29 JAN 22 Mysteriously vanished USB sticks, murders, and a race against time make up this chilling drama. SCOTTISH BALLET’S THE NUTCRACKER
5 JAN -15 JAN 22, PRICES VARY A lavish production of the beloved Tchaikovsky ballet. GO DANCE
1 FEB-4 FEB 22 A diverse programme of community dance projects.
Edinburgh Theatre
Assembly Roxy
THE GHOSTING OF RABBIE BURNS
29 JAN 22 A hit comedy about love, life, and Scotland’s premiere poet. TAM O’SHANTER AND OTHER TALES
7 JAN-21 JAN 22 A raucous telling of some of Robert Burns’ most beloved and Gothic poems.
Festival Theatre
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
25 JAN-29 JAN 22 Award-winning musical featuring America’s kookiest family. BALLET BLACK
14 JAN 22 A blend of classic and contemporary ballet from world leading choreographers performed by a company of Black and Asian dancers. BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS
19 JAN-23 JAN 22 Magical musical based upon the classic film. BURN THE FLOOR
9 JAN 22 World-leading ballroom show from some of the best on the dance floor.
King’s Theatre Edinburgh
ROUND THE HORNE
29 JAN 22 A one-night revival of the classic radio show. MOTIONHOUSE PRESENTS NOBODY
28 JAN 22 Blending dance, circus, and projections, this innovative show is packed with visual magic.
Summerhall
AFTER METAMORPHOSIS
29 JAN 22 A politically and ecologically instable retelling of Kafka’s Metamorphosis. Part of Manipulate Festival. DINNER WITH...LARDS
29 JAN 22 A dinner and cabaret show featuring tongue-in-cheek performances from LARDS PICK 'N' MIX. Part of Manipulate Festival. BETWEEN EARTH AND MOON
30 JAN 22 Inspired by Italo Calvino's surrealist story examining loneliness and relationships. Part of Manipulate Festival.
30 JAN 22 A shadow puppetry take on the Sandman and the potential of dreams. Part of Manipulate Festival. RULES TO LIVE BY/ EIDOS (DOUBLE BILL)
31 JAN 22 A boldly anarchic double bill exploring how loss and can shape life. Part of Manipulate Festival. THE CHOSEN HARAM
28 JAN 22 Physical theatre and circus exploring queerness and faith. Part of Manipulate Festival. MOC (POWER)
29 JAN-30 JAN 22 A puppet miniature exploring power and manipulation. Part of Manipulate Festival.
The Edinburgh Playhouse
WAITRESS
18 JAN-22 JAN 22 This delicious slice of musical theatre follows a young woman in a smalltown striving to carve out her own happiness. SCHOOL OF ROCK
25 JAN-29 JAN 22 Stick it to the man at this joyful musical based upon the cult classic film of the same name.
The Studio
PUPPET ANIMATION SCOTLAND: BIRDIE
29 JAN 22 A micro-cinema and puppetry exploration of migration and ecology. Part of Manipulate Festival.
Dundee Theatre
Caird Hall
MUGENKYO TAIKO DRUMMERS
28 JAN 22 Powerful drumming and meticulous choreography from Europe’s longestestablished taiko group.
Dundee Rep
SUGGS: WHAT A KING CNUT
30 JAN 22 An exhilirating exploration of fame and Madness.
Art
Glasgow Art
Glasgow Print Studio
5 @ GPS
5-22 JAN 22 A group exhibition of monoprints, etchings, and paintings by five women artists who came together at Glasgow Print Studio to learn new ways of making.
Glasgow Women’s Library
JOAN EARDLEY: A CENTENARY OF LIVES AND LANDSCAPES
5 JAN-12 FEB 22 Exhibition of five paintings celebrating the birth of renowned Scottish artist Joan Eardley. CONSCIOUSLY RISING
5 JAN-5 FEB 22 A series of print works created under lockdown and probing the intersection between the personal and political.
GoMA
DRINK IN THE BEAUTY
5 JAN-23 JAN 22 Inspired by Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental treatise Silent Spring, this exhibition features artists engaging with our connection to the nonhuman, and thinking through the ethics and aesthetics of how we record nature.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
FRANCE-LISE MCGURN: ALOUD
5 JAN-1 JUN 22 Newly commissioned installation draws on her personal experiences of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, creating bewitching, almost sculptural forms that fill the museum’s gallery.
Kendall Koppe
BETH SHAPEERO: TURNED THE WRONG WAY
5 JAN-29 JAN 22 In her first major show in Scotland, Beth Shapeero uses different mediums and techniques to explore the expressive potential of painting.
RGI Kelly Gallery
UNBOXED
5 JAN-15 JAN 22 A Christmas exhibition of RGI members.
South Block
HARRIET SELKA: BONES
5 JAN-8 FEB 22 An autobiographical exhibition exploring experiences of illness and bodily fragility.
Street Level Photoworks
FOREVER CHANGES
5 JAN-30 JAN 22 Contemporary Nordic photography addressing climate change.
Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover
SIMON MCAULEY + CAMERON MORGAN
5 JAN-30 JAN 22 Collaboration between Studio Pavilion and Project Ability.
Tramway
KHVAY SAMNANG: CALLING FOR RAIN
5 JAN-6 MAR 22 Multimedia exhibition by Cambodian artist drawing on folklore to explore our relationship with the Earth. AMARTEY GOLDING: BRING ME TO HEAL
5 JAN-27 FEB 22 Filmmaking, photography and textile exhibition exploring generational trauma and healing in Britain.
Edinburgh Art
&Gallery
ON PAPER
8 JAN-28 JAN 22 A group exhibition featuring some of &Gallery’s most beloved artists.
City Art Centre
REFLECTIONS: THE LIGHT AND LIFE OF JOHN HENRY LORIMER (1856-1936)
5 JAN-20 MAR 22 The first retrospective of Fife painter’s work. TAPESTRY: CHANGING CONCEPTS
5 JAN-13 MAR 22 Group exhibition of 19 contemporary artists associated with the former Tapestry Department at Edinburgh College of Art.
Collective Gallery
JOEY SIMONS: THE FEARFUL PART OF IT WAS THE ABSENCE
4 JAN-13 MAR 22 A multimedia exhibition of poetry, drawing and audio exploring the role of rioting in Glasgow.
Dovecot Studios
MAKING NUNO: JAPANESE TEXTILE INNOVATION FROM SUDŌ REIKO
5 JAN-8 JAN 22 An innovative exhibition examining the life work of renowned Japanese textile artist Sudo Reiko, Making NUNO spotlights her unconventional practice and radical play with materiality. KURT JACKSON: MERMAID’S TEARS
05 JAN-5 FEB 22 A series of paintings exploring the devastating effect of plastic pollution in the oceans.
28 JAN-11 JUN 22 The legacy of the great Victorian designer comes alive in this collection of over 130 pieces of his archived work.
Fruitmarket
JYLL BRADLEY: PARDES
5 JAN-18 APR 22 Exhibition of sculptures paying homage to Fruitmarket’s industrial and agricultural past. HOWARDENA PINDELL: A NEW LANGUAGE
5 JAN-2 MAY 22 Multimedia exhibition spanning the artist’s decades-long career and her anti-racism activism.
Open Eye Gallery
GORDON HUNTER + DON LEDINGHAM: EDINBURGH REVISITED
15 JAN-5 FEB 22 Black and white photography and poetry celebrating the city of Edinburgh. CITY IN CONTRAST
15 JAN-5 FEB 22 A mixed exhibition of largescale paintings act as a love letter to Edinburgh.
Royal Scottish Academy RSA
IRON: TRANSLATING TERRITORIES
8 JAN-13 FEB 22 Seven artists examine iron’s creative and material possibilities. R3SEARCH: AWARDS ARTISTS IN FOCUS
8 JAN-6 FEB 22 An exhibition of work from the 2020 RSA Award winners.
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
RAY HARRYHAUSEN: TITAN OF CINEMA
5 JAN-20 FEB 22 This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition brings together the life work of a giant of cinematic history and the grandfather of modern special effects, showcasing some of his most iconic designs and achievements. JOAN EARDLEY: CATTERLINE
5 JAN-9 JAN 22 Celebrating the life and work of the artist Joan Eardley, this exhibition focuses on her post-war works created in Catterline.
Scottish National
ALISON WATT: A PORTRAIT WITHOUT LIKENESS
5 JAN-8 JAN 22 A body of new work created in response to celebrated eighteenth-century portraitist Allan Ramsay, Alison Watt’s paintings play with detail and ideas of femininity, exploring the art of portraiture beyond the subject. THOMAS JOSHUA COOPER: THE WORLD’S EDGE
5 JAN-22 JAN 22 The only artist to have ever taken photographs of the two poles, Thomas Joshua Cooper is known for working in the extremes, pushing the boundaries of both creative practice and human endurance.
Stills
FUTUREPROOF 2021
5 JAN-5 FEB 22 A cutting edge exhibition of 12 graduates from across Scotland’s photography or fine art degree courses.
Talbot Rice Gallery
ANGELICA MESITI: IN THE ROUND
5 JAN-19 FEB 22 One of Australia’s leading artists explores how performance can be used as a mode of social and political storytelling, examining ideas of colonialism and environmental collapse through dance and sound.
The Scottish Gallery
GEOFF UGLOW: THE PLOUGHMAN
6 JAN-29 JAN 22 Sculptural paintings that take ephemeral moments and impressions as their subject. MODERN MASTERS 180TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
6 JAN-29 JAN 22 A celebration of contemporary art and the role of The Scottish Gallery in nurturing creativity over the years. LINE WEAVING
6 JAN-29 JAN 22 A beautiful exhibition of brightly patterned, handcrafted baskets by the Baba Tree Basket Company in Ghana. RED HOT AND BLUE
6 JAN-29 JAN 22 A dynamic selection of contemporary jewellery using contrasting colours of red and blue to striking effect.
Torrance Gallery
WINTER EXHIBITION
5 JAN-8 JAN 22 Annual winter exhibition featuring a range of artists and media.
15 JAN-5 FEB 22 Large-scale paintings inspired by the Scottish landscape.
Dundee Art
Cooper Gallery
SIT-IN #2: TO BE POTENTIAL
5 JAN-19 FEB 22 This dynamic exhibition by The Ignorant Art School interrogates the institutionalisation of knowledge by examining how artistic practice can challenge, resist, and demand liberation.
DCA: Dundee Contemporary Arts
TAKO TAAL: AT THE SHORE, EVERYTHING TOUCHES
5 JAN-20 MAR 22 Glasgow-based artist brings together film, collage, and painting to explore Black subjectivities. RAE-YEN SONG
5 JAN-20 MAR 22 Multimedia exhibition creating an immersive space to explore ideas of self-mythologisation and identity.
The McManus
A LOVE LETTER TO DUNDEE: JOSEPH MCKENZIE PHOTOGRAPHS 19641987
5 JAN-1 MAR 22 Turning to black and white photography from the 1960s-1980s, this exhibition charts the changing landscape of Dundee’s waterfront and the evolution of the City’s fortunes and its people. THE STREET AT THE MCMANUS
5 JAN-22 OCT 22 Immersive exhibition looking at Dundee’s historical architecture.
V&A Dundee
NIGHT FEVER: DESIGNING CLUB CULTURE
5 JAN-9 JAN 22 The perfect exhibition in the light of the last year, Night Fever explores the relationship between vibrant global club culture and fashion, architecture, and graphic design, giving an intoxicating glimpse into the art that informs our nights out.
The Skinny On... Sacred Paws
Ahead of their show at St Luke’s this month, Eilidh Rodgers and Rachel Aggs from Sacred Paws take on our Q&A where we get let in on a secret involving a fiddle
What’s your favourite place to visit? Eilidh Rodgers: At this point I’d love anywhere that isn’t Glasgow. Rachel Aggs: Category Is Books in Glasgow – I have to be careful not to go too often though because I buy too many books.
What’s your favourite colour? ER: The blue you find in old 60s photos, obviously I wasn’t alive in the 60s but it makes me feel strangely nostalgic. RA: Definitely green... My Telecaster is a really nice sea green and if I find clothes that colour I buy them so I match my guitar.
Who was your hero growing up? ER: The whale from Free Willy. RA: Sun Ra, because he said he was from outer space and I often felt like an alien as a kid… and as an adult too!
Whose work inspires you now? ER: Anyone who did something creative during the pandemic. I especially loved Rachel’s solo tape [// TAPE 1// by R.AAGS]! RA: Beverly Glenn-Copeland, I think his music is totally unique and full of soul.
What’s your favourite meal to cook at home? ER: My partner taught me to make a delicious dhal. It’s perfect comfort food for winter. RA: Peanut and kale curry from Bryant Terry’s Afro-Vegan book – cheap and easy.
Photo: Gaelle Beri What three people would you invite to a dinner party? ER: Someone who can cook and two of my friends. RA: Mavis Staples, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Marshall Allen from Sun Ra Arkestra – I just know there would great stories told and hopefully some singing.
What’s the worst film you’ve ever seen? ER: A Castle for Christmas... I was forced to watch it! RA: I recently saw Black Widow and was amazed by how unimaginative and boring it was. Even Scarlett Johansson looked bored.
What’s your favourite album? ER: Maybe Arthur Russell’s Another Thought because it always feels as beautiful and inspiring as the first time I heard it. RA: The Raincoats self-titled album never fails to inspire me. It sounds like something you would make with your friends, it makes things feel possible.
What are you listening to right now? ER: Some songs from the forthcoming Molly Nilsson record. As always it’s amazing! RA: The album Zöe by Nightshift is a beautiful kaleidoscope of different sounds and feelings, somehow calming and motivating at the same time.
Are there any artists you’re really excited about for 2022? ER: Julie Doiron just released her first record in eight years – I really hope she tours next year! Molly Nilsson’s new record! And the new Big Thief record will be amazing, I’m sure. RA: Glasgow band Comfort have been playing new songs live lately and I’m really excited for their next record.
How have you stayed inspired since the beginning of the pandemic? ER: I really didn’t. I lost months of my life watching Grey’s Anatomy, all 17 seasons. RA: Honestly it’s been a struggle! I have played a lot of video games but also learned how to use various synths and samplers that lend themselves to different ways of writing music.
What book(s) would you read if you had to self-isolate for the next ten days? ER: I’d read Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous for the second time because it’s beautiful. RA: I love comics and at the start of lockdown I got into the Death Note series. I’m only up to book six so I’d probably get a few more of them. Who’s the worst? ER: It feels like there are too many contenders to choose just one. RA: People without empathy for the most vulnerable in our society.
When did you last cry? ER: Post-pandemic I cry at the drop of a hat. [Spoiler alert!] Probably season four of Dexter when his wife is murdered. RA: Today, watching Maid on Netflix. It’s very moving.
What are you most scared of? ER: The Tories, they’re terrifying. RA: I know it doesn’t exist but I hate the concept of a human fused with a bird, like the mythical harpy, like that’s the most horrible scary thing I can imagine.
When did you last vomit? ER: I rarely vomit but I recently got norovirus. It was bleak. RA: A few months ago, I think I had a stomach flu.
Tell us a secret? ER: Rachel plays fiddle in a band with their parents. RA: I play fiddle in a band with my parents.
Which celebrity could you take in a fight? ER: Someone weak. Woody Allen. RA: Honestly, none, I’m very weak.
If you could be reincarnated as an animal which animal would it be? ER: A baby elephant, they’re so cute and clumsy. RA: A sloth because they just seem chill and happy.
What was the best thing that happened to you in 2021? ER: To be honest, it’s been so nice to play shows again. The first one back felt euphoric! Oh and I learned to drive! RA: My partner gave me a kayak and we went out to some lochs and paddled about. Scotland is beautiful and being on the water is so calming and blissful.
Do you have any exciting plans for 2022? ER: Some shows with Fucked Up, which we’re psyched for! And a holiday outside the UK, literally anywhere. RA: Make more music!
Sacred Paws play St Luke’s, Glasgow, 15 Jan as part of 432 Presents’ First Footing series; Sacred Paws support Fucked Up at Stereo, Glasgow, 4 Apr
