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Just Checking charts bride-to-be whose OCD is getting the better of her

Just Checking charts bride-to-be whose OCD is getting the better of her

Very physical piece from Taggart actor

16 Feb 2011

For an actor, no job is for life. Not even when you’re the star of Britain’s longest running cop show. So when Blythe Duff (aka DI Jackie Reid) found herself in between series of Taggart in 2009, she thought it would be prudent to have another string to…

Efterklang - Film screening and live show

Efterklang set for Glasgow show and screening of film An Island

Danish band screen Vincent Moon documentary on UK tour

11 Feb 2011

Efterklang are back, as you’ve never seen them before. Although the delicate and atmospheric soundscapes of the Danish quartet will be familiar to Glasgow’s live concert-goers, this latest show will be enhanced by a pre-gig screening of An Island, their…

Maximilian Zentz Zlomovitz: Rape Me

Maximilian Zentz Zlomovitz: Rape Me

The new exhibition from Berlin-born artist’s exposes instinctive nature of work

11 Feb 2011

The work of German artist Maximilian Zentz Zlomovitz, says the press release accompanying his latest show in Glasgow, concerns itself at least partially with ‘the aesthetics of destruction’. It’s hard to ascertain from the limited contact The List has…

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice set for Dundee Rep

Classic Ugly Duckling story of a young person overcoming life’s obstacles

11 Feb 2011

It was good news for Helen Darbyshire when she checked in with the voice doctor. Before committing to the part of Little Voice in Jim Cartwright’s play, she wanted to be sure her vocal chords were up to the task. This is a character whose pathological…

Janelle Monae

Janelle Monae brings high-concept pop statement ArchAndroid to UK

Soul fused with elements of cabaret, movie scores, psychedelia and English folk

11 Feb 2011

The immaculate pop offspring of Little Richard, Annie Lennox and David Bowie, Janelle Monáe is the most exciting figure to enjoy – and court – mainstream exposure since the entrance of a certain bad romancer. But whereas Gaga often relies on well worn…

Ailey 2

Ailey 2 company carries an explosive amount of youthful vigour

American dance company set for King's Theatre, Glasgow

11 Feb 2011

When Alvin Ailey died in 1989, he left behind an incredible legacy. Not only had he created a remarkable body of works, and a company – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – to perform them, but he had also looked to the future. As dancers mature and…

Penetrator

Anthony Neilson’s Penetrator set for Glasgow performances

New group Boxman Theatre tackle bold work at Tramway

11 Feb 2011

Since its 1993 Traverse debut, Anthony Neilson’s Penetrator has been held up as one of the Scottish playwright’s best works, its aggressive and unsettling atmosphere making it an early classic of what’s become known as ‘in-yer-face theatre’. It’s a bold…

Chilly Gonzales tours Boyz Noise collaboration Ivory Tower to UK

Chilly Gonzales tours Boyz Noise collaboration Ivory Tower to UK

'Jools Holland should shut up – pianistically speaking. We are in the post-Boogie era.’

8 Feb 2011

Look out Muse and look out Jools: Chilly Gonzales is coming to get you. Following his infamous 2009 victory over Andrew WK in a New York piano battle, the man who is known as Chilly, Gonzales and Jason Charles Beck (he suggests we just call him…

Paragon ensemble mark 30th anniversary by showcasing recent collaborations

Paragon ensemble mark 30th anniversary by showcasing recent collaborations

Glasgow-based group's birthday features Heather Corbett and a Bhangra remix.

8 Feb 2011

Happy Birthday to Paragon! For the past thirty years, the Glasgow-based ensemble has been making music, much of it commissioned from Scottish based composers, and encouraging people from all walks of life to enjoy it. For their special 30th birthday…

Aidan Moffat takes Bill Wells collaboration album Everything’s Getting Older on tour

Aidan Moffat takes Bill Wells collaboration album Everything’s Getting Older on tour

Falkirk poet and ex Arab Strap member set for Oran Mor show

8 Feb 2011

‘Yeah. I might have personality issues,’ Aidan Moffat deadpans, while sipping on a tea. He’s explaining his knack for writing equally candid lyrics about ‘unemotional, nasty shaggers’, ‘lonely sollipsists’, sixty-year-old women, squaddie-shagging girls…

Jazz musician Zoe Rahman's exploration of Bengali music

Jazz musician Zoe Rahman's exploration of Bengali music

Mercury Prize nominated pianist set for St Andrews and Dunfermline shows

8 Feb 2011

Zoe Rahman is classically-trained and has explored the music of her father’s Bengali culture, although her own upbringing in Chichester was very English. Despite her wide-ranging musical interests, she has no doubt where her primary loyalty…

Why Conor Oberst's return to Bright Eyes is to be celebrated

Why Conor Oberst's return to Bright Eyes is to be celebrated

Ryan Drever welcomes back a different and more left-field Bright Eyes

28 Jan 2011

Even if you’ve never warmed to the shaky timbre of Conor Oberst’s emotionally-wrought vocals, related to his often intensely personal lyrics or felt a kinship with the causes he so vehemently confronts and supports with his music, there is one thing you…

Conquering Animal Sound launch debut album of ethereal electronica

Conquering Animal Sound launch debut album of ethereal electronica

Edinburgh duo combine hushed looped vocals and understated electronics

28 Jan 2011

The first time you chance upon a Conquering Animal Sound live affair, you might well be forgiven for tip-toeing back outside again. As the Edinburgh sired duo’s just released debut album, Kammerspiel should indicate at its Edinburgh launch, the CAS…

Edinburgh club Fuse host Congorock at farewell party

Edinburgh club Fuse host Congorock at farewell party

Italian producer specialising in hard frenzied beats and squealing acid

28 Jan 2011

Fuse continue in their dedicated search for the best in underground dance beats as they welcome Congorock for his Edinburgh debut. ‘I was attracted by loud music in general. Punk, hardcore, Detroit techno, I liked every kind of aggressive style of…

Edinburgh psychedelic ensemble Delta Mainline hit their groove

Edinburgh psychedelic ensemble Delta Mainline hit their stride

Success with second EP sparks plans to record album

26 Jan 2011

They’ve got eight years of history behind them, but only now do Delta Mainline feel as if they’re hitting their groove. Formed in Musselburgh by childhood friends David McLachlan (singer and guitarist) and Gavin King (bass player), they’ve since grown…

Rob Drummond: Wrestling fuses pro wrestling, short film and theatre

Rob Drummond: Wrestling fuses pro wrestling, short film and theatre

Playwright, actor and director's play about a pacifist who decides to ‘man up’

26 Jan 2011

Those unfamiliar with choke slams and half nelsons may only associate wrestling with spandex, muscly men and the career salvation of Mickey Rourke. Yet playwright, actor and director Rob Drummond hopes to change that with his latest, and most ambitious…

Random Accomplice's Smalltown offers three plays by leading Scottish playwrights

Random Accomplice's Smalltown offers three plays by leading Scottish playwrights

New works by Douglas Maxwell, DC Jackson and Johnny McKnight

26 Jan 2011

Typical. You wait ages for a great new play to arrive and then three come along at once. As luck would have it the trio of plays that make up Random Accomplice’s latest production, Smalltown, have been crafted by three of Scotland’s leading young…

Rambert Dance Company comes to Edinburgh

Rambert Dance Company comes to Edinburgh

Industry leading London troupe to serve up another triple bill this winter

26 Jan 2011

For many dance companies, the triple-bill is almost a guilty pleasure. Brought out once a year, it can’t hope to compete with the pulling power of a full-length narrative. Yet, throughout its history, Rambert Dance Company has served up triple bills as…

The Company Will Overlook a Moment of Madness

The Company Will Overlook a Moment of Madness

Adaptation of Rodolfo Santana's breakthrough play

26 Jan 2011

This Spring’s A Play, A Pie and A Pint season features a cross-city collaboration between Glasgow’s Oran Mor and the National Theatre of Scotland’s Reveal season at the Traverse in Edinburgh. Featuring five new adaptations of Latin American plays, it…

The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart gives a voice to the Borders

The Strange Undoing Of Prudencia Hart gives a voice to the Borders

The National Theatre of Scotland focuses on traditional Scottish pieces this season

26 Jan 2011

The National Theatre of Scotland’s just-announced season feels even more particularly Scottish than usual this year, with a number of pieces tapping into old traditions. Alongside the exciting looking revivals of classics like Knives in Hens and Men…

Musician James Yorkston publishes tour diaries

Musician James Yorkston publishes tour diaries

Domino Records and Faber publish Scottish singer-songwriter's book It’s Lovely to Be Here

14 Jan 2011

Not content with forging a career as one of Scotland’s best loved singer-songwriters, James Yorkston has just foisted himself upon literature in a most alluring fashion. As befits a troubadour whose talent is rivalled only by his modesty, Yorkston’s…

Rosemarie Trockel exhibition set for Edinburgh's Talbot Rice gallery

Rosemarie Trockel exhibition set for Edinburgh's Talbot Rice gallery

Major show from influential German contemporary of Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger and Cindy Sherman

14 Jan 2011

Rosemarie Trockel’s creative output is as diverse as it is prolific. She is a highly regarded visual artist whose work has been showcased around the globe. In earlier years she teamed up with fellow feminist voices in Cologne to establish a…

The Beckett Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable

The Beckett Trilogy: Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable

The Gare St Lazare Players perform trilogy as 3-hour solo performance

14 Jan 2011

Samuel Beckett may be better-known for iconic plays like Waiting for Godot and Endgame but Irish theatre outfit Gare St Lazare Players have proved over the last 14 years that his lesser-known prose works have as much to offer when performed on stage.

Scottish Opera and the RSAMD stage production of The Cunning Little Vixen

Scottish Opera and the RSAMD stage production of The Cunning Little Vixen

Janácek’s opera filled with perpetual themes of life, death and love

14 Jan 2011

Building on collaborative achievements of the past few years, Scottish Opera and the RSAMD now turn to Janácek’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen. Set in a forest, its characters are both animal and human. Inspired by a comic strip from a newspaper, it’s…

Exposure: Allo Darlin’

Exposure: Allo Darlin’

The London indie-pop quartet in thrall to the wistful sounds of Magnetic Fields and Camera

14 Jan 2011

Since forming in 2009, London indie-pop quartet Allo Darlin’ have had a ‘seat of our pants’ couple of years, between making their self-titled debut album for Fortuna Pop! and touring the US and Europe. Australian vocalist Elizabeth Morris describes…

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