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Kelburn Garden Party
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A broad-minded boutique festival set in the scenic landscape surrounding Kelburn Castle. Scottish musical acts from all genres play across numerous stages, tents and secret locations, while theatre and art performances hare elbow room with workshops and children's events, all against the psychedelic backdrop of the graffiti'd Castle wall. This year's line-up includes The Phantom Band, Submotion Orchestra, DJ Food (AV set), Washington Irving, Yes Sir Boss, Adam Stearns & The Glass Animals…
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30 Jun1 Jul Times vary Kelburn Castle and Country Centre, Largs
The Joy of Sex
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Interactive exhibition exploring the lighter, funnier side of sex. Leave that po-face at home, and get well and truly stuck into a naked tea party (socks must be left on), performance exhibits themed around tickling and fetish, and plenty of exhibitions of fruity objects and people. God only knows what's in the petting zoo. Part of the Festival of Erotic Arts.
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18 Jun24 Jun Mon–Sun noon–7pm Sapphire Rooms, Edinburgh
Performing Sculpture
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Performances and video work from Calvin Laing, Catrin Jeans, Tessa Lynch, David Sherry and Shelly Nadashi. Booking is essential.
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31 May 7pm Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art One, Edinburgh
Royal Babylon: The Criminal Record of the British Monarchy
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A one-night installation inspired by Heathcote Williams' poem 'Royal Babylon: The Criminal Record of the British Monarchy', with readings and live music imbued with a punk spirit.
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2 Jun 7pm Fleet Collective, Dundee
Sonic-a
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A new project from Theatre Cryptic, Sonic-a promises to 'blur the boundaries of music, theatre, visual and electronic art'. Events planned for 2012 include Collective 33 1/3’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, a digital visualisation of Bartok’s fairytale opera, and the premiere of composer and sound artist Claudia Moliter's intimate 'desk opera'.
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8 Nov18 Nov Times vary Various venues, Glasgow
Flights Of Fancy
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Sculptural installations, paintings, drawings, lens-based media and performances exploring the human desire to fly, by artists including David Cotterrell, Jem Finer, Aura Satz, Hilary Jack, Tessa Farmer, Olivier Grossetete and Juneau Projects.
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15 May30 Sep From May 12, Park Mon–Sun 10am–7pm, Formal Gardens Mon–Sun 10am–6pm, Mansion Tue–Sun 1pm–5pm, last adm 1 hour before closing, ends Sep 30 Park, Mansion & Formal Gardens at National Trust: Tatton Park, Knutsford
Roofless
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An ambitious outdoor arts programme working in partnership with five regions in Scotland, ensuring you'll see Transformers-style musical robots in Shetland, huge toppling sculpture in Ayrshire, an outdoor theatre takeover in Falkirk, a dance cycle in Dumfries and Galloway and a fire festival in Fraserburgh. Community groups work together for each project before a grand finale.
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31 May 201231 May 2013 Times vary Various venues
Alex Hartley: Nowhereisland
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An epic island nation voyaging around the South West coast, which is travelling from the Arctic, featuring a mobile embassy which will host a number of activities, information, artefacts and resources, and is in search of citizens.
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25 Jul2 Aug From Jul 25, Mon–Sun 12noon–5pm, ends Aug 2 Furzy Cliff, Weymouth, Weymouth
4 Aug Aug 4, 12noon–5pm Opposity Exmouth Pavilion at The Pavilion, Exmouth
9 Aug12 Aug Aug 9–12, 12noon–5pm Jennycliff, Plymouth, Plymouth
13 Aug17 Aug Aug 13, 4pm–8pm, Aug 14–17, 12noon–5pm New Pier, Mevagissey, St Austell
23 Aug27 Aug Aug 23–27, 12noon–5pm Kilacourt, Newquay
1 Sep4 Sep Sep 1–4, 12noon–5pm Lantern Hill, Ilfracombe
7 Sep9 Sep Sep 7–9, 12noon–5pm M Shed, Bristol
Anthony Schrag: Tourist in Residence
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Anthony Schrag's work has a subversive wit; an early video, Stairs, features him walking up the underside of a flight of stars in his block of flats, filmed with an upside-down video camera, so that a person walking down the stairs normally appears to be upside-down. Here he runs a series of participatory tours of Edinburgh which encourage you to interact with the city in different ways. Part of Edinburgh Art Festival. Booking is essential.
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4 Aug29 Aug To be confirmed Edinburgh Art Festival Pavilion, Edinburgh
Arches LIVE
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A vibrant programme of new and experimental dance, visual art and theatre events that takes over the myriad nooks and crannies of the Arches. 2011 featured Stef Smith's Jamais Vu, Ross MacKay’s The Medium and a collaboration between Cara Berger and the Flatrate Theatre Company based around the book of Genesis.
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17 Sep29 Sep Times vary The Arches, Glasgow
Ayrshire Burns Brightly
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A series of arty projects taking inspiration from the democratic ideals of the Scottish Enlightenment, and how they inspired Burns. Installation and soundscape experiences take over Ayrshire, and there's also a large cardboard tower that the public are invited to help tear down. Part of Roofless.
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31 May3 Jun Times vary Various Venues, South Ayrshire
Bauhaus: Art As Life
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The most extensive Bauhaus display in the UK in more than 40 years, featuring paintings, sculpture, design, architecture, films, photography, textiles, ceramics, performances and installations by members including Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius and Johannes Itten.
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11 May12 Aug From May 3, Mon & Tue, Fri–Sun 11am–8pm, Wed 11am–6pm, Thu 11am–10pm, ends Aug 12 Barbican Art Gallery at Barbican Centre, London EC2Y
Cabaret Futura
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Richard Strange's weird and wonderful performance art cabaret returns.
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18 Jun Jun 18, 7pm–11.30pm
16 Jul Jul 16, 8.30pm–11.30pm
Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green, London W10
Cryptic Nights: Colour Deaf
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Experience an interactive audio-visual pyramid installation, in which the audience influences its environment through live visual feeds and trigger pads. Presented by Cryptic Nights, the event is the work of musician Kayus Bankole, video artist Sisi Lu and producer/visual artist Steven Morrison – aka Colour Deaf. Thursday's event includes a fashion show (with designs from Ciorstaidh Monk) and audience Q&A, while Friday's is followed by an after party with a DJ set from Dandy Riots.
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7 Jun8 Jun Thu & Fri 9pm CCA, Glasgow
Cutting The Cord
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Performance and art installation company Flying Eye presents a contemporary piece with live music exploring homesickness and the need to belong.
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1 Jun Jun 1, 5pm New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
Electronic Voice Phenomena: New Language Mediums
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Performances influenced by the electronic voice phenomena experiments of the Latvian writer and parapsychologist Konstantin Raudive.
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31 May May 31, 8pm, doors Cafe Oto, London E8
Fish Out of Water
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A large-scale community project bringing 50 Scottish performers to Glasgow, with marine-themed educational theatre and storytelling as a shoal of gigantic fish infiltrates the Merchant City. Part of SURGE Festival.
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28 Jul29 Jul Sat & Sun noon–6pm Merchant City, Glasgow
Gardner Molloy
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Stonemason and lettercutter Molloy attempts to create a life-size figurative sculpture during the 3 Harbours festival. See the work as it takes shape and follow his progress over the week. There's also a lettercutting exhibition and sale of unusual carved items. Part of 3 Harbours Arts Festival.
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2 Jun10 Jun Mon–Sun 11am–5pm Old School House, Prestonpans
Gijs Van Bon: Skyrf
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A celebration of Greenwich's history of literature, this installation will feature words by Charles Dickens, Ted Hughes and artists from the GDIF 2012 festival.
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23 Jun24 Jun Jun 23 & 24, 1pm–3pm & 4pm–6pm St Alfege Park, London SE10
Heather & Ivan Morison, Ben Rivers, David Thorpe
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Sculpture, installations, performances and films exploring the complex relationship between man and nature.
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11 Feb10 Jun From Feb 11, Mon 10am–5pm, during school hols, Tue–Sun, Bank Hols 10am–5pm, ends Jun 10 The Hepworth, Wakefield
Here Alone, Together
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9 Jun Jun 9, 1pm–10pm Zion Arts Centre, Manchester
Hetain Patel: At Home
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Contemporary lens-based media and performances marking a departure from the artist's self-portraiture works.
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8 May14 Jul Mon–Sat 10am–5pm, closed Bank Hols, ends Jul 14 New Art Exchange, Nottingham
Hybridation
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Dialogue piece in which the ground substitutes language, in 'an exchange of earth and fingerprints'. Part of SURGE Festival.
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29 Jul
(Over-18s only) 7.45pm
The Arches, Glasgow
Jerwood Encounters: Assembly
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Multimedia, installations and performances by artists including Kim Coleman and Jenny Hogarth, The Hut Project and Charlie Woolley.
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9 May24 Jun From May 9, Mon–Fri 10am–5pm, Sat & Sun 10am–3pm, ends Jun 24 Jerwood Space, London SE1
The Knowledge Emporium
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Slung Low Theatre trade sweets for knowledge in a contemporary performance piece based on contributions from the general public.
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15 Jun16 Jun Jun 15 & 16, 8pm Studio at Hull Truck Theatre, Hull

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