Scottish arts news bulletin March 2010

Kate Nash has been added to the T in the Park bill. Photo: Eve Barlow.

Books

Photographer Rankin is to pay homage to the Scottish Highlands in upcoming book Rankin: A Photographic Essay of The Macallan Estate (£40) to be published in May this year. Rankin was commissioned in 2008 by the folks at Macallan to create a limited edition series of photographs for the first year of their series, The Macallan Masters of Photography.

Comedy

Funny lady Ruby Wax is set to appear in Glasgow with musician Judith Owen as part of new show Ruby Wax: Losing It. Check her out at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow on Wed 19 May.

Film

Following this year’s Film Festival, Glasgow Film Theatre continue their NT Live series, showcasing live plays filmed at the National Theatre in London and broadcast live by satellite to 230 cinema screens in the UK and worldwide. The Habit of Art, a new play by Alan Bennett, which imagines a meeting between Benjamin Britten and W. H. Auden, will screen on 22 Apr. While down the road at the CCA, three new film strands have been introduced: Distant Voices, Beta Movement and Reflections on Black. Look out for a screening of Scottish classic, I Know Where I’m Going, as well as Aurélien Froment’s Théâtre de poche (Pocket Theatre).

Music

Groove Armada, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Shed Seven, Kate Nash, We Are Scientists, The Black Keys, DJ Yoda and Adam Beyer are joining the bill for TiTP. Elsewhere, the first acts for this year’s Wickerman Festival, (Fri 21–Sat 22 Jul), have been announced with Ocean Colour Scene, Futureheads, Sons and Daughters and Codeine Velvet Club all making an appearance. Lastly, 11 years after the band’s Bowlie Weekender launched the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, Belle & Sebastian are to curate the ATP event in December, at Butlin’s, Minehead. ‘Bowlie 2’ will round off a year of ATP tenth anniversary celebrations.

Theatre

National Library of Scotland have launched their latest roster of free events. The programme, which begins on Thu 15 Apr, launches with Dramatic Developments: Scottish Theatre From the Seventies to the Nineties, a lecture exploring the roots and nature of theatre in Scotland and its lasting trends. See www.nls.uk/events/booking for more.

Visual art

And finally, check out Air Iomlaid [On Exchange], which runs at the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh from 10 Apr–9 May and shows the culmination of an 18-month long project, funded through the Scottish Arts Council, linking children from Tollcross Primary School in Edinburgh with children from Bun-sgoil Shleite on the Isle of Skye. The exhibition will show the children’s sketchbooks and drawings, as well as large-scale artworks in which the landscapes of Skye and Edinburgh are interpreted from the perspective of both residents and visitors.

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The Habit of Art

Date	Location
A new play by Alan Bennett, which imagines a meeting between WH Auden and Benjamin Britten. View full details
23 Nov–27 Nov 7.30; Thu & Sat 2.30 & 7.30	Theatre Royal, Glasgow

The Habit Of Art

Date	Location
Alan Bennett's new play is as much about the theatre as it is about poetry or music. It looks at the unsettling desires of two difficult men, and at the ethics of biography. It reflects on growing old, on creativity and inspiration, and on persisting when all passion's spent: ultimately, on the habit of art. Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death In Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, WH Auden. During this imagined meeting… View full details
17 Sep–21 Sep Sep 17 & 18, 20 & 21, 7.30pm, mats Sep 18, 21, 2.15pm, Sep 19, 3pm, ends Sep 21	National Theatre: Lyttelton, London
28 Sep–2 Oct Sep 28, 7pm, Sep 29 & 30, Oct 1 & 2, 7.30pm, mat Sep 30, 2pm, Oct 2, 2pm Captioned Performance	Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
5 Oct–9 Oct Oct 5–9, 7.30pm, mats Oct 6, 9, 2pm	The Lowry, Salford
12 Oct–16 Oct Oct 12–16, 7.30pm, mats Oct 13, 16, 2pm	Venue Cymru, Llandudno
19 Oct–23 Oct Oct 19–23, 7.30pm, mats Oct 20, 23, 2.30pm	Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes
26 Oct–30 Oct Tue–Sat 7.45pm, mat Thu 2pm, Sat 2.30pm	Grand Opera House, Belfast
9 Nov–13 Nov Nov 9–13, 7.30pm, mat Nov 11, 13, 2.30pm	The Grand Theatre & Opera House, Leeds
16 Nov–20 Nov Nov 16–20, 7.30pm, mat Nov 18, 2pm, Nov 20, 2.30pm	Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne

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