Hitlist

List picks: Theatre

4 Sep 2008

Scottish Ballet, Sunset Song, Mother Courage and her Children, Fleeto, Macbeth, Arches Live!, Don Juan

List picks - Music

4 Sep 2008

American Music Club, Silver Apples, Meshuggah, Calexico, Stray Cats, Idlewild, Bon Iver, Islay Jazz Festival

List picks: Books and comics

4 Sep 2008

Christopher Brookmyrem, Ziauddin Sardar, Annie Proulx, Janice Galloway, David Simon, John Wagner, Alan Grant

List picks: Comedy

4 Sep 2008

The Mighty Boosh They're sold out to heck, so if you have a precious ticket, hold it as tightly to you as you would were it the Ruby of Kukundu. That's a Boosh reference right there for you. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 11 & Fri 12 Sep; Pavilion…

List picks: Days out

4 Sep 2008

Licence Pending Reliably good spoken word/ performance/music/live art/cabaret night run by a troupe of young Glasgow-based spoken word artists. This month, Martin O'Connor muses on masculinity, and live art duo Molly & Me make an appearance. Tron…

List picks: Visual art

4 Sep 2008

Arches Live!, Susan Collis, Kate Davis: Outsider, Steven Campbell: Wretched Stars Inflatable Heaven, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, The Lighthouse Architecture Series: Gareth Hoskins Architects, Sister Corita: Power Up

Festival comedy hitlist

14 Aug 2008

Barry & Stuart, Louis CK, Pajama Men, David O'Doherty, JL Roberts & Nadia Kamil, Jon Richardson, John Pinette, Russell Howard

Festival dance hitlist

14 Aug 2008

Bale de Rua, The Vanishing Point, Mortal Engine, Steve Reich Evening, Scottish Dance Theatre, Children of the Khmer, State of Matter

Festival kids' shows hitlist

14 Aug 2008

Potted Pirates, Visualise Reloaded, Cloudcuckooland, Three Billy Goats Gruff & Other Furry Tails, Heartbreak Soup, Painting Music Workshop

Hitlist - Music

14 Aug 2008

Michael Franti and Spearhead He’s been here repeatedly for T on the Fringe and now drops in for the Edge, and with good reason, no one sums up the original politically astute, culturally diverse, socially inclusive spirit of the Fringe as this worldly…

Around town - List picks

17 Jul 2008

Afr-I-Can Workshops , talks and concerts led by artists of African origin. See picture caption, page 28. Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, Sat 19 & Wed 23 Jul. Rat Race Crazed athletic lycra-clad urban adventure happening all across Edinburgh. See…

Comedy List picks

17 Jul 2008

Raymond Mearns Big man Mearns (who you may have seen in Ken Loach’s It’s a Free World last year) crops up for some top notch compering and a bit of sketch stroke stand-up stuff in Dance, Monkey Boy, Dance. The Stand, Edinburgh, Thu 17–Sat 19 Jul; The…

Music - List picks

17 Jul 2008

Jay-Z Sadly not collaborating with the Butthole Surfers across town on the same evening, Jigga man shows us how it’s done after his triumphant Glasto shindig. SECC, Glasgow, Sun 20 Jul. (Rock & Pop) Butthole Surfers and Desalvo Texas’ most wonderfully…

Hitlist - the best events, talks and sport

1 Nov 2007

Bonfire Night Fireworks Displays Come on, who doesn’t love the cheap thrill of banging sparkly things? Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh. Glasgow Green, Glasgow, both Mon 5 Nov from 6.30pm. Glasgow Craft Mafia Massed gathering of emergent Scottish…

Hitlist - the best gigs

Recommended

1 Nov 2007

* Ian Rankin's choice Idlewild and The Twilight Sad Yes, we could have picked a number of other homegrown treats of early November, but instead, we are going for the final night of this tour, a band at the top of their game, joined by arguably the…

Hitlist - The best film & dvd releases

1 Nov 2007

• Lions For Lambs When idealistic professor Dr Malley (Robert Redford) inspires two of his students to join the war in Afghanistan, he is unaware that, in Washington DC, presidential hopeful Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) is about to give a…

Hitlist - The best LGBT events

1 Nov 2007

Scott Capurro’s Premature Gift The San Francisco funnyman is back with a huge comedy gift for Glasgow. The Stand, Glasgow, Sun 11 Nov. Robopop Trendy Wendy and pals visit Edinburgh’s newest gay venue every Thursday with a bag-full of records. GHQ…

Hitlist - the best theatre

1 Nov 2007

*Ian Rankin's picks Tamburlaine Must Die A modern thriller in Elizabethan guise. Louise Welsh’s adaptation of her novel revisits the life, and mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 3–Sun 11 Nov. Whipping It Up…

Hitlist - The best comedy

1 Nov 2007

• Bill Bailey The self-proclaimed hippie materialist part-troll guy worms his way back into our affections with more daft musical musings. SECC, Glasgow, Wed 7–Fri 9 Nov. * Ian Rankin's choice • Mark Watson The most energetic (yet unhealthiest…

Hitlist - The best dancefloor action

1 Nov 2007

• Clutter House Studio 24 celebrate their semi-relaunch with a double bill of quality old school acid and rave featuring 808 State and DMX Krew. Studio 24, Edinburgh, Fri 2 Nov. • Ivy Weekender: Part 1 Boom Monk Ben and Ninja Tune’s Hint get the…

Hitlist - The best theatre & dance

1 Nov 2007

• Tamburlaine Must Die A modern thriller in Elizabethan guise. Louise Welsh’s adaptation of her novel revisits the life, and mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe. Tron Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 3–Sun 11 Nov. *Ian Rankin's choice • Whipping It Up…

Hitlist - the best books

1 Nov 2007

* Ian Rankin's picks *Denise Mina & Leonardo Manco Scotland’s noir dame collaborates for the latest John Constantine adventure with Hellblazer: The Red Right Hand which has demons running amok in Glasgow. Insert own joke here. Vertigo/Titan.

Hitlist - The best exhibition

1 Nov 2007

Keith Farquhar: Remade Farquhar recreates two major works by Matisse and Keith Haring: Matisse’s mural of the ‘Virgin and Child’ from the Chapel of the Rosary and Haring’s illegally painted ‘Crack is Whack’ mural, New York. The Edinburgh-based artist…

Hitlist - The best film & dvd releases

18 Oct 2007

• The Witnesses André Téchiné’s masterful tale of life, love and friendship at the time of the first AIDS epidemic in Paris in 1984. GFT, Glasgow, Fri 19 Oct. • Eastern Promises David Cronenberg returns to London for the first time since 2002’s…

Hitlist - The best books, comics & events

18 Oct 2007

• Gail Porter The Edinburgh-born media star drops by for a book signing as she unveils her autobiography, Laid Bare, which chronicles the many psychological and physical battles she’s endured over the last decade. Waterstone’s, Edinburgh, Thu 25…