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An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

19 Feb 2009

REVIVAL Before Oscar glory reached British director Stephen Daldry, he won plaudits at the English National Theatre in 1992 with a powerful re-imagining of JB Priestley’s An Inspector Calls. The production won four Tony and three Olivier awards, and…

Celtic Connections

News in brief

19 Feb 2009

Organisers at Glasgow’ s Celtic Connections have reported ‘an extremely successful’ year, with ticket sales reportedly on a par with 2008. Festival heads also announced that they had secured sponsorship for another year. The Greek Film Festival…

Tiffin Rooms

Tiffin Rooms

19 Feb 2009

Glasgow’s original curry king, Balbir Singh Sumal opened the Ashoka in 1973, later selling to colleague Charan Gill who went on to build the Harlequin Restaurant Group while crediting Balbir as his mentor. Balbir made a significant return to the scene…

Playdoe at Mixed Bizness

Playdoe at Mixed Bizness

19 Feb 2009

Playdoe: that squidgy stuff you tried to eat when you were a kid, or a fresh new electro rap duo from Johannesburg. Either way, it’s great fun. Former scratch champion Sibot and local rapper Spoek are the sound of modern Africa. A raucous mix of funk…

The Phantom Band

The Phantom Band

19 Feb 2009

The Phantom Band are a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped inside an enigma. OK, they’re not really, they’re just six guys living in Glasgow making music, but as their ephemeral name suggests there is something shadowy and unfathomable about both the…

Lazy Town Live!

LazyTown Live!

19 Feb 2009

If you ever bump into Magnus Scheving in the street, one thing’s for certain – he won’t snub you. As the creator, producer and star of TV sensation, LazyTown, Scheving knows a certain amount of responsibility comes with the territory. He also remembers…

Paris 36

Paris 36

(2 stars)19 Feb 2009

(12) 120min DRAMA Director Christopher Barratier had an enormous hit at the French box office in 2004 with The Chorus, a saccharine tale of an inspirational teacher at a reform school setting up a choir for the boys. Working now on a much bigger…

Baseball

Cool Sports

19 Feb 2009

Baseball It's not just rounders you know. Beyond its similarities, baseball is a game of skill, speed and tactics. Find out how by heading along to the Edinburgh Devils or the Glasgow Baseball Association, where beginners are always welcome. See…

Scottish Opera - Five:15

Scottish Opera - Five:15

19 Feb 2009

As a savvy soul once surmised, ‘the more opera is dead, the more it flourishes.’ Just take the rise and rise of Scottish Opera. While the opera cynic waxed lyrical about the need to redefine the remit for a noughties audience, there they were setting…

Glasgow Roller Girls

Women-only roller derby: Glasgow Roller Girls

19 Feb 2009

Mistress Malicious meets me, as arranged, in the foyer of the sports centre. She’s easy to spot: she’s tall and elegant, with tattoos and bright scarlet hair. Oh, and she’s on rollerskates. I’m here to train with the Glasgow Rollergirls and learn…

Hot chocolate

Taste Test - Hot chocolate

19 Feb 2009

Beanscene Hot Chocolate, Chocolate Soup Hot Chocolate, Green and Black’s Organic Hot Chocolate Drink, Coco Hot Chocolate, Starbucks Classic Hot Chocolate, Options Belgian Choc

John Harris

Noisy Nights

19 Feb 2009

Although it sounds like it’s something to do with closing time at the weekend, Noisy Nights is actually a Monday evening happening all about new music. Taking place in the bar of Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, performances will be of new scores which…

Brodsky Quartet

Hitlist - Classical

19 Feb 2009

● Evening Concert: Brodsky Quartet As part of the ongoing celebrations in honour of the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn’s birth, the award-winning Brodsky Quartet play his second string quartet just a couple of days prior to the actual birthday date.

Fuzzy Felt Folk

Fuzzy Felt Folk & Country Crafting

19 Feb 2009

The award for homeist, cutesy-ist event of the fortnight goes to this new monthly craft session where you can learn cross stitch or to knit your own beard (we didn’t make that up, either – it actually says that right here). All set to a hand picked…

Art Auction

Art Auction

19 Feb 2009

Works by some of Britain’s leading artists will be auctioned off at the Mitchell Library, Glasgow on Thu 19 Feb at 6.45pm with proceeds going to The National Autistic Society, Scotland. Art lovers can bid for over ten pieces. Artists who have donated…

Hot Leg

New Bands: The audacity of hype

19 Feb 2009

It’s not a shock to see a write-up for a new band, barely a handful of singles old, lauded as the best new band this century. But for every Arctic Monkeys there’s scores of Menswears, Towers of Londons and Mumm-Ras. Bands are expected to show up fully…

Colin Steele

Colin Steele - Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

19 Feb 2009

It was one of the most historic recording sessions in jazz. On 2 March 1959, Miles Davis took a group of musicians that included John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, both Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb into Columbia’s 30th…

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

(4 stars)19 Feb 2009

WAR/BIOPIC (15) 127min Che Guevara’s final fatal campaign in Bolivia gets bold and bleak treatment in the second part of Steven Soderbergh’s extraordinary bio-historical epic about the ultimate revolutionary. It’s 1967 and Guevara (Benecio…

Claire Barclay: Openwide

Claire Barclay: Openwide

(4 stars)19 Feb 2009

SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION You would have to be made of stern critical stuff to leave Openwide without being profoundly impressed by Claire Barclay’s work. The artist is known for her installations, which often consist of a supporting structure or frame…

Donnie Darko

Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival and goNORTH

19 Feb 2009

The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival is offering budding filmmakers the chance to have their work screened across the country. The winner will see their work up on the big screen in cinemas across Scotland this October, with entries…

Peter Doherty

Peter Doherty - Grace Wastelands

(3 stars)19 Feb 2009

(Parlophone) INDIE There’s no denying Peter Doherty has talent, The Libertines were a breath of fresh air that gave the indie scene a much needed kick up the arse back in 2002. It’s a story that’s been retold a thousand times from NME to the…

Peter Pan

Hitlist - Kids

19 Feb 2009

Peter Pan - A thrilling new production of the JM Barrie classic, LazyTown Live – The Pirate Adventure Join Sportacus, Baby Loves Disco, That’s Rubbish and Rocking Rascals.

First Aid Kit - Drunken Trees

First Aid Kit - Drunken Trees

(5 stars)19 Feb 2009

(Wichita) ALT.FOLK A curse on all precociously talented youth. With a combined age still several years less than this reviewer’s, the two teenage Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg have produced an astonishing debut, brimming with…

Scottish Music Photograph of the Year

Scottish Music Photograph of the Year

19 Feb 2009

Top Scots music blog The Pop Cop set themselves the task of finding the best music photography of 2008, and after months of scouring the web found a winner, this spectacular shot by John Lewis who caught Sam McTrusty from Twin Atlantic mid-flight. It’s…

Scotland’s next top model?

Scotland’s next top model?

19 Feb 2009

It’s all going a bit Gok Wan this fortnight as Company magazine scours a Glasgow River Island store for young women to appear in their May issue. The Company Casting Call, for women of all shapes and sizes, will be held at the shop’s Argyle Street…

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