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Byre theatre, St Andrews, Mon (01334 475 000)
Redshift theatre presents a stage adaptation of the brutal tale of gangland Britain in the 1970s.
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TRAINSPOTTING
King’s theatre, Edinburgh, Mon-Sat (0131 529 6000)
Adapted and directed by Harry Gibson from Irvine Welsh’s explosive novel that takes a drug-fuelled rollercoaster ride through Edinburgh’s social underbelly.
THE JUNGLE BOOK
His Majesty’s theatre, Aberdeen, Tue-Sat (01224 641 122)
The West End stage version of Rudyard Kipling’s classic novel about a boy who is raised by wolves, presented by the Birmingham Stage Company.
PRIVATE LIVES
Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Mon-Sat (0141 240 1133)
Belinda Lang and Julian Wadham star in Noel Coward’s comedy about a divorced couple who meet again while honeymooning with their new partners.
CALAMITY JANE
Tramway, Glasgow, Wed-Sat (0845 330 3501)
The Glasgow Schools’ Youth Theatre presents this rousing musical about a tomboy’s attempts to find her way in the Wild West.
TARTUFFE
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, until Feb 11 (0131 248 4848)
The poet Liz Lochhead’s Scots translation of Molière’s Tartuffe is a heady fusion of dark satire and the finer points of the Gaelic language.
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TRANSATLANTIC SESSIONS
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, today (0141 353 8000)
A live concert series inspired by the 1990s television programme the Transatlantic Sessions fosters folk traditions between Scotland, Ireland and North America for Celtic Connections. Tonight’s Scottish hosts Aly Bain, Phil Cunningham, Donald Shaw and Karen Matheson are joined by Alison Brown, Gary West, Russ Barenberg and a few surprise guests.
DRAGONFORCE
Carling Academy, Glasgow, Tue (0870 771 2000)
The bombastic, cod-operatic metal band, much-loved for their bare chests and on-stage snarling, bring their album tour, Inhuman Rampage, to Glasgow.
MIDGE URE
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, Wed (01383 314 000)
An acoustic show combining hits such as Vienna and Dancing With Tears in My Eyes, with favourite songs by other artists including Queen and Travis.
COHEED & CAMBRIA
Barrowland, Glasgow, Wed (0141 204 5151)
Dark, melody-driven rock and catchy riffs with a sci-fi theme.
INME
Garage, Glasgow, Thu (0870 220 1116)
Teen trio of Essex alt-rockers whose sound is hailed as a brash cross between Bush and Nirvana.
QUINN
East Kilbride arts centre, East Kilbride, Fri (01355 261 000)
The rock-jazz-folk-electronica combo perform songs from their new album Luss, preceded by a documentary film about their success in Serbia.
BEN LEE
King Tut’s, Glasgow, Sat (0870 220 1116)
The Australian singer and actor returns to Scotland with more quirky songs about love, life and death.
SIMPLE MINDS
Music Hall, Aberdeen, Fri (01224 641 122)
The band’s tried-and-trusted formula is used to predictable, if rousing effect on the new album, Black and White.
CLOGS & THE BOOKS
Arches, Glasgow, Wed (0870 240 7528)
Clogs are a cult American quartet who fuse together 21st-century chamber music, avant-rock and folk, while the Books create a hypnotic collage of sounds, sampled voices and strings.
ALBAN GERHARDT & STEVEN OSBORNE
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Mon (0131 668 2019)
The British pianist Steven Osborne and German cellist Alban Gerhardt are regular collaborators, and here the programme includes Debussy’s Cello Sonata in D minor and Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G minor.
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Thu (0141 353 8000)
Stéphane Denève conducts Beethoven’s Seventh symphony alongside James MacMillan’s Britannia and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Violin Concerto No 2.
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Thu (0131 668 2019); City Halls, Glasgow, Fri (0141 353 8000)
The Mozart series continues with a concert focusing on the composer’s protégé Johann Nepomuk Hummel who, like his teacher, was a child prodigy. The orchestra and chorus perform his Mass No 1, and the programme opens with two works by Mozart: the Clarinet Concerto in A and ballet music from the opera Idomeneo.
THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA
Byre theatre, St Andrew, Thu (01334 475 000); Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri (0131 668 2019)
A performance of the Kansas City Suite, written in 1960 by Benny Carter for the Count Basie Orchestra.
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, Sat (0141 353 8000)
The BBC SSO performs a concert of contemporary music for Radio Three’s Hear and Now show, featuring Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Blood on the Floor with Peter Erskine on drums, Dave Carpenter on bass, John Paricelli on guitar and Martin Robertson on saxophone.
PARAGON ENSEMBLE
The Gait, Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs, Glasgow, Mon (0141 353 8000); Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, Tue (0131 668 2019)
This 25th anniversary concert features James MacMillan’s Exorcism of Rio Sumpul, about a massacre by El Salvador troops, plus a new work by Scottish composer Oliver Searle and Stepan Rostomyan’s Symphony No 3.
SWAN LAKE
King’s theatre, Glasgow, Mon-Weds (0141 240 1111)
The 70-strong Moscow City Ballet and Orchestra perform Victor Smirnov- Golovanov’s new version of the ballet set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score.
THE X FACTOR DANCE COMPANY
Tron theatre, Glasgow, Fri (0141 552 4267)
The X Factor dance company premieres a double bill of new works by artistic director Alan Greig and guest choreographer Colin Poole.
SCOTTISH OPERA
Edinburgh Festival theatre, Sat (0131 529 6000)
Scottish Opera warms up for its June productions of Don Giovanni and Carmen with a programme of operatic highlights inspired by Spain, including excerpts from The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville and Carmen.
CENDRILLON
Edinburgh Festival theatre, Wed & Fri (0131 529 6000)
The RSAMD opera, the orchestra of Scottish Opera and dancers from Scottish Ballet’s associate programme are joined by singers from the St Petersburg State Conservatory for a performance of Massenet’s Cinderella.
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE BLUE ROOM
The Lighthouse, Glasgow, until Mar 8 (0141 221 6362)
The finalists and winner of the world’s biggest international design award, the Bombay Sapphire prize, awarded to artists, designers and architects working with glass.
MAURICE DOHERTY
Tramway, Glasgow, until Feb 5 (0845 330 3501)
The Northern Irish artist uses a variety of techniques to explore dominant themes in art history. For this new commission for the Tramway, Maurice Doherty has created a contemporary vanitas.
L’ART ELEMENTERRE NORDIQUE
Institut Français d’Ecosse, Edinburgh, until Feb 11 (0131 225 5366)
The French photographer Nicolas Bonneau set out to test his ability to live and work in the harsh elements of Iceland’s northern region. This exhibition tracks his journey across the bleak but beautiful landscape.
ELIZABETH OGILVIE
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, until Feb 12 (01382 909 900)
This new installation by the Scottish artist uses music, video, light and water to create a breathtaking display.
DIGITAL PERCEPTIONS
Collins Gallery, Glasgow, until Feb 18 (0141 548 2558)
Artists including Alison Bell, Philip O’Reilly and Cathy Treadaway exhibit a range of interpretations of digital imagery in textiles and ceramics.
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS
The Atrium Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, until Feb 18 (0141 353 4500)
Third-year textiles students explore the use of pattern, scale, texture and colour for contemporary interiors.
AT THE SAME TIME SOMEWHERE ELSE
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, until Feb 19 (0131 225 2383)
An exhibition by three artists who share a common philosophy about the part research plays in their work.
JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE 2005
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, until Feb 24 (0141 353 4500)
A touring exhibition showcasing 78 selected entries to the largest open drawing prize in the UK.
SELECTIVE MEMORY: VENICE BIENNALE
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, until Mar 5 (0131 624 6200)
Highlights from Scotland’s presentation at the 51st Venice Biennale, including work by Cathy Wilkes and Alex Pollard.
JON SCHUELER: THE SOUND OF SLEAT
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, until Mar 5 (0131 624 6200)
The American abstract expressionist set up a studio in Mallaig on the Sound of Sleat in 1957, and the landscape around the remote fishing village had a powerful influence on his work.
BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2005
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, until Mar 12 (0131 624 6200)
The leading showcase for the UK’s brightest young portraiture artists.
BUNGALOW BLITZ
The Lighthouse, Glasgow, until Mar 26 (0141 221 6362)
An exhibition focusing on the hundreds of self-built properties constructed in rural Ireland during the 1970s.
ARTISTS & CAMOUFLAGE
Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, until Apr 2 (0131 624 6200)
Artists and Camouflage explores the role of fine artists, designers and architects in the production of army camouflage during the second world war and how the idea was taken from observations of the animal world.
RONI HORN
Inverleith House, Edinburgh, until Mar 19 (0131 248 2983)
The New York-born artist presents an exhibition of photographs from Iceland.
GENERATION KKK: PASSING THE TORCH
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow, until April 9 (0141 553 2557)
The photojournalist James Edward Bates devoted seven years to documenting the beliefs, traditions and activities of the Ku Klux Klan.
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH IN FRANCE: LANDSCAPE WATERCOLOURS
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, until Feb 5 (0131 473 2000)
An exhibition of 44 paintings from the artist’s stay in the south of France in his final years, where he devoted himself to painting in watercolour.
ECHOES OF ANTIQUITY: EDUARDO PAOLOZZI AND TRADITIONAL SOURCES
Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, until Mar 12 (0131 624 6200) Sketches and archival material from the gallery’s Paolozzi collection.
JOSEPH CRAWHALL: MOROCCO AND SPAIN
Burrell Collection, Glasgow, until Apr 17 (0141 287 2550)
A selection of 23 paintings by the watercolourist Joseph Crawhall, charting his time in Morocco and Spain in the late 19th century.
REBUS’S SCOTLAND
The Hallion, Edinburgh, until Feb 16 (0131 523 1523)
An insight into the places that inspired Ian Rankin’s detective series, by the Edinburgh-based photographers Tricia Malley and Ross Gillespie. Viewings by prior appointment only.
UNFOLDING PICTURES: FANS IN THE ROYAL COLLECTION
Queen’s Gallery, Edinburgh, until May 29 (0131 556 5100)
The first exhibition of fans from the royal collection, featuring more than 80 exhibits, ranging from the early 1600s to the 1930s.
CUT & DRIED: THE SILHOUETTES OF AUGUSTIN EDOUART & WATERCOLOURS OF HARRY MORE GORDON
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, until Mar 22 (0131 624 6200)
Two complementary displays featuring the work of Harry More Gordon and the French artist Augustin Edouart.
PICTURE THIS
Mitchell Library, Glasgow, until Feb 26 (0141 287 2999)
A celebration of 50 years of Glasgow-based photojournalism.
THE UNDERGROUND PRINCESS
Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre, Glasgow, Sat (0141 339 6185)
The Mousetale Puppets present a tale about a mole prince and his efforts to locate a beautiful mole princess.
CHINESE NEW YEAR 2006
Edinburgh Festival theatre, today (0131 529 6000)
The Edinburgh Chinese School celebrates the Year of the Dog with a programme of Chinese folk dances, lion dances, acrobatics, Chinese music, martial arts and traditional songs.
DEREK ACORAH
Playhouse, Edinburgh, Tue (0870 606 3424)
The excitable Liverpudlian medium, star of cult Living TV series Most Haunted, gets to grips with Edinburgh’s spirit world.