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*Hitlist

Hitlist

27 Mar 2007

Sugababes This is not secret indulgence or guilty pleasure, the greatest hits of Sugababes is one of the truly all-killer-no-filler albums of recent memory and one of the few things that keeps The List’s office manager from shouting at the staff and…

*Hitlist

Hitlist

27 Mar 2007

Futurology Suspect Culture explores our anxieties about the future through the story of a girl from a sinking island who attends a mighty conference about the future, particularly global warming. But it’s not a conventional play, incorporating as it…

5 Reasons To Go See - The Sugarhill Gang

5 Reasons To Go See

27 Mar 2007

1 ‘I said a hip hop . . .’ Yep, that’s right. In 1979 the gang recorded ‘Rapper’s Delight’, the first (okay, second; but the first to hit the mainstream charts in America) rap single, and still one of the very best ever.

Aalst

Tramway, Glasgow and on tour

(4 stars)27 Mar 2007

NEW TRANSLATION If you like your theatre cosy, comfortable and reassuring, don’t go within a mile of Aalst. A collaboration between Pol Heyvaert’s Belgian Victoria company and the National Theatre of Scotland, Aalst is the harrowing true-life tale of…

Activity Sports - Climbing

School of Rock

27 Mar 2007

Kirstin Innes finds herself climbing the walls at Alien Rock

Activity Sports - Falconry

Taking Flight

27 Mar 2007

The very word falconry conjures up images of a more ancient time. Archaeologists have found evidence that it dates back to first century BC; the pastime has strong roots in the Middle East and feudal Japan, and was practiced by the noblemen and women of…

Activity Sports - Mountain Biking

Easy Rider

27 Mar 2007

In Glentress forest, in the Tweed valley, a series of mountain bike runs have been created on Forestry Commission land, just outside Peebles. At the bottom of the hillside, the ‘Hub in the Forest’ is an activity centre that services the needs of the…

Activity Sports - Off Road Driving

Crash Course

27 Mar 2007

Despite getting stuck in a stream, Claire Prentice enjoys a lesson in off road driving

Activity Sports - Power Kiting

Come Fly With Me

27 Mar 2007

Kite flying is far from a breeze, discovers Karin Goodwin

Activity Sports - Shooting

Feat of Clay

27 Mar 2007

Mark Robertson is pleasantly surprised by the transcendental experience of clay shooting

Activity Sports - Snowboarding

Lower Slopes Drifter

27 Mar 2007

David Laing attempts to master one of the fastest growing sports in the world

Activity Sports - Ten...

Ten Energetic Sporting Activities in Scotland

27 Mar 2007

Indoor kart racing at Scotkart, Cambuslang ( www.scotkart. co.uk , 0141 641 0222)

Amy Macdonald

King Tut’s, Glasgow, Tue 13 Mar

(2 stars)27 Mar 2007

ACOUSTIC POP I thought that if you had an acoustic guitar, a wise man once said, then it meant that you were a protest singer. Quite what he’d make of 19-year-old Amy Macdonald is difficult to predict; her lyrical targets include reality TV, ‘the…

Arches Festival of Theatre

Arching Ambition

27 Mar 2007

From the very beginning Andy Arnold’s Arches has actively encouraged young theatre artists, providing a space for experiment and creativity that’s unparalleled in Scotland. But the innovators have come from well beyond our borders, with UK-wide and…

Australian Dance Theatre

Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Fri 30 & Sat 31 Mar

(4 stars)27 Mar 2007

MODERN DANCE The phrase ‘blink and you miss it’, has great resonance in the dance world. Fast-paced leaps and turns can pass before our eyes, without fully registering on the brain. Which is why this full-on journey into the world of dance…

Bis

Back to the Future

27 Mar 2007

From The Sounds to CSS, Patrick Wolf to The Magnificents, We Are The Physics to Help She Can’t Swim and countless more in-between, the influence of Bis is everywhere in modern music; their inventive, good fun and incredibly catchy take on electro punk…

Blurt

Optimo at the Sub Club, Glasgow, Sun 1 Apr

27 Mar 2007

NO WAVE When Blurt play Optimo on April Fool’s Day, it will be vocalist/sax player Ted Milton’s first Glasgow performance since supporting the late Ian Dury at the now demolished Apollo almost 30 years ago. That was in the guise of Mr Pugh’s Velvet…

Bowel Cancer UK

News

27 Mar 2007

Laughter and music are on the bill for a fundraiser in aid of Bowel Cancer UK. Copper Bottom Sunshine, which takes place at the Usher Hall on Sunday 1 April, features appearances by comedians Bill Bailey, Rhona Cameron, Karen Dunbar and Brit…

Christopher Kane

Sexy Boy

27 Mar 2007

Imagine you’re a 23-year-old fashion postgraduate from Motherwell. Your work is featured in Vogue in an article on student designers, and then Anna Wintour herself turns up at your degree show. She recommends that you meet Donatella - yes, Versace - and…

Eat - Spinning Platters

Life & Style

27 Mar 2007

The Meal Glasgow has long trailed Edinburgh when it comes to dedicated vegetarian diners. Some efforts have withered (Indian Asha) while others have adapted to please carnivores (Bay Tree Café). So, in 2007, can the city support ventures that…

Exposure - Sixpeopleaway

Exposure

27 Mar 2007

Despite pressure from various short-sighted industry types to fill out with extra members, Glasgow-based duo Sixpeopleaway have stuck to their guns and rightly so. Forming in the summer of last year and based around the songs of Alistair Merrick…

Festival Fever

News

27 Mar 2007

Early Bird tickets still available for The Outsider

Futurology

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow

27 Mar 2007

CABARET Cabaret isn’t the first form of theatre you’d associate with Suspect Culture. For over a decade this outfit have produced among the most cerebral work seen in this country. But times are changing, and besides, artistic director Graham Eatough…

Henri Oguike

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Sat 31 Mar

27 Mar 2007

CONTEMPORARY DANCE Hearing Henri Oguike talk about music, you could almost forget he’s a choreographer. So passionate is he about sound, movement seems to take a back seat. That is until you see his work. Oguike’s choreography is full of drama…

Kate Nash

King Tut’s, Glasgow, Sat 31 Mar; Henry’s, Edinburg

27 Mar 2007

POP Providing further evidence that amateurism is the new professionalism, 19-year-old singer-songwriter Kate Nash makes music in her bedroom. The story goes that Nash fell down stairs and broke her foot after getting knocked back at an audition to…

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