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Edinburgh Zoo Nights

There is no one among us who hasn't wanted to visit the zoo after hours. Just what do all those critters do after dark, anyway? Now's there's a way to find out! The zoo opens its gates for an adults-only extravaganza featuring dancing, music, a champagne and a Pimm's bar, tapas, sushi, BBQ (take a breath) facepainting…

Edinburgh Zoo

Fri 24 May

£20 (Members £17) / 0131 314 0340

  • 18:00 – 22:00

The 39 Steps

  • Directed by: Maria Aitken
  • Written by: Patrick Barlow

Patrick Barlow's ingenious adaptation of John Buchan's spy novel, in which four actors play 139 roles between them. Barlow's adaptation is heavily influenced by Hitchcock's 1935 film version. Directed by Maria Aitken.

Criterion Theatre, London W1J

Fri 24 May

£15–£50 / 0870 060 2313

50 Shades of Maggie

Comedy spoof of 50 Shades of Grey.

Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow

Fri 24 May

£20 (£18) / 0141 332 1846

  • 19:30

Summer(beer)hall

All things beery, yeasty and delicious are packed into Summerhall for one ale-filled weekend. A pop-up bottle shop, live music, brewery tours and talks run alongside a smorgasboard of Barney's Beer (which is brewed onsite), a number of guest beers and, of course, some obligatory bratwurst and pretzels. Prost!

Summerhall, Edinburgh

Fri 24 May

£5–£8 / 0845 874 3000

La Clique

The outrageous, unforgettable, legendary La Clique returns to Brighton with an array of dangerously charismatic characters. A magical show like no other, La Clique was born in 2003 and went on to scoop a host of awards, including an Olivier, before playing to sell-out houses world-wide. Funny, sexy and dangerous, La…

The Spiegeltent, Brighton

Fri 24 May

£20 (£17) / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

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Burns an' a' That! Festival

A whole festival dedicated to Scotland’s internationally acclaimed poet Robert Burns. To celebrate the 2013 Year of Natural Scotland, the festival heads outdoors to Belleisle Park for a programme of live music, and visual and performing arts.

Belleisle Park, Ayr

Fri 24 May

Prices vary / 01292 616143

  • 12:00 – 17:30

Scottish Ballet: Highland Fling

Matthew Bourne's ballet inspired by La Sylphide, first performed in 1994, returns for a new Scottish tour. We follow the misfortunes of James, a young Scotsman whose taste for the wilder side of life brings him into the company of a strange and beautiful gothic fairy.

Edinburgh Festival Theatre

Fri 24 May

£12.50–£42.50 / 0131 529 6000

The Sash

Hector MacMillan's nailbiting story about families pitted against each other due to conflicting beliefs.

King's Theatre, Glasgow

Fri 24 May

£11–£30 / 0844 871 7648

Joan Eardley

An exhibition of work by the late Joan Eardley, showing pieces from the gallery's collection, to mark the 50th anniversary of her death.

Lillie Art Gallery, Glasgow

Fri 24 May

Free / 0141 956 5536

  • 14:00 – 17:00

Garry Fabian Miller: The Middle Place

Early and recent work by renowned fine art photographer.

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh

Fri 24 May

Free / 0131 556 4441

  • 10:00 – 18:00
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NoFit State Circus: Bianco

The latest show from the British modern-circus troupe, featuring circus acts, aerial acrobatics and live music.

NoFit State Big Top, Hove Lawn

Fri 24 May

£18 (£12) / 01273 917272

  • 19:30

PhoneyFest 2013

A three-day event with tribute performances to Amy Winehouse, Elvis, Madness, Michael Jackson, Lady GaGa, Madonna, Tina Turner, Cher, Bryan Adams, Bob Marley, Black Eyed Peas, Thin Lizzy and Rod Stewart.

Concorde Club, Eastleigh

Fri 24 May

£24; £29 ( £17; £22) / 023 8061 3989

  • 19:45

Ed Byrne, Miles Jupp, Danny Bhoy, Justin Moorhouse, Sara Pascoe

A fantastic line-up of comedy talent, all in one huge show. Starring Ed Byrne, Danny Bhoy, Justin Moorhouse, Miles Jupp & Sara Pascoe.

The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon

Fri 24 May

£19.50 / 0844 800 1110

Part of Comedy Hullabaloo.

  • 19:30

BodyWorks

An exhibition all about how your body works, with the chance to perform a virtual autopsy, run in a giant hamster wheel and become a 'snot ninja' (lovely). Compare your physiological stats with other visitors and find out about all the latest scientific research into your very own body.

Glasgow Science Centre

Fri 24 May

Included in admission / 0141 420 5000

  • 10:00 – 17:00

England's Lane Books, London NW3

Fri 24 May

Phone for prices / 020 7596 9764

  • 16:00
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360 Cinema

The Soul Dome, a 360' inflatable cinema dome, has its inaugural appearance at Brighton Fringe. Totally immersive sensory ecstatic shows programmed to suit all age groups, with live and interactive elements. A family friendly event (i.e. suitable for all ages).

Jubilee Square, Brighton

Fri 24 May

£7 (£5) / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

More Than A Game: How Scotland Shaped World Football

It was Bill Shankly, perhaps the greatest football manager ever to come out of Scotland, who summed up the appeal of football to the fan. 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death,' he mused. 'I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' This exhibition looks at the history of football in…

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, Glasgow

Fri 24 May

£5 (£3; under 16s free) / 0141 276 9599

Antigone

Pendle Borderline Theatre Company presents a contemporary re-working of this classical drama, the powerful and moving story of a teenage girl's determination to ensure the proper burial of her brother's body in the face of state opposition, sexual oppression and family tragedy.

The Muni, Colne

Fri 24 May

£7; £5 adv / 01282 661234

  • 19:30

Ghostpoet

Mercury Prize-nominated eclectic rapper/poet from Coventry, now based in London.

Broadcast, Glasgow

Fri 24 May

£10 / 0141 332 7304

  • 20:30

Harsh Tug

'Get drunk and get crunk. Get hip-hopped oot yer nuts and dance like dickheads.' Sold!

The Flying Duck, Glasgow

Fri 24 May

£5 / 0141 564 1450

  • 23:00 – 03:00
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Klashnekoff, Ting & Ra & The Iries, Jonski

London-based rapper and founding member of the Terra Firma Crew, Darren Kandler, performs hip hop.

Club 85, Hitchin

Fri 24 May

Free / 01462 434801

  • 19:45 – 23:45

Peles Empire

A collaboration between Katharina Stoever and Barbara Wolff, borrowing its name from Peleș Castle in Romania, which was built between 1873 and 1914 and which curiously prefigures post-modernist architecture in that each of its great rooms are all designed in a different historical style, so that the castle has no…

Glasgow Sculpture Studios

Fri 24 May

Free / 0141 353 3708

  • 11:00 – 17:00

Village Art Assembly Exhibition

The second exhibition by the Assembly features a special frieze they've been working on which celebrates East Kilbride's 65th anniversary as a new town.

Hunter House Cafe, East Kilbride

Fri 24 May

Free

  • 09:00 – 16:00

The House of Annie Lennox

Exhibition, organised by the Victoria & Albert Museum, of personal effects, music, film, costume, awards and photographs from the career of the Aberdonian musical superstar.

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh

Fri 24 May

Free / 0131 624 6200

  • 10:00 – 17:00

How to Be Rich and Thin

Pauline Curtin believes that Wallis Simpson was right, "You can never be too Rich or too Thin". But instead of a prince Pauline married frogs. The frogs paid alimony, enabling her to travel first class in a fanciful world where 'authentic' is only useful if it describes a fur coat. And lettuce is as 'green' as she'll go.

The Quadrant, Brighton

Fri 24 May

Free / 01273 917272

Part of Brighton Fringe Festival.

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