15DAYStolive The things to catch this fortnight

Telefunken and Ultragroove

2 CLUBS Two of Edinburgh’s biggest house nights celebrate significant birthdays (fifth and tenth respectively). See preview, page 39. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 17 Oct; Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 9 Oct & GRV, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Oct.

Hudson Mohawke Album Launch

1 CLUBS Glasgow’s latest favourite producer launches his debut album Butter at Numbers. See interview, page 30. Stereo, Glasgow, Sat 17 Oct.

Scottish Opera The Italian Girl in Algiers

3 CLASSICAL Kitsch soap opera spectacle meets Rossini in this fresh SO/New Zealand Opera

The Dead Weather

4 MUSIC Jack White and Alison Mosshart form this doom rock boogie band. See

co-production. See preview, page 81. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Wed 21 Oct. Music, page 77. HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Thu 22 Oct.

Scarce

5 MUSIC Boy meets girl, they form band, boy has aneurysm, band split. Twelve years later

band reform. A rock’n’roll story with true heart. See preview, page 64. Stereo, Glasgow, Thu 15 Oct.

4 THE LIST 8–22 Oct 2009

Scottish Ballet

6 DANCE Scotland’s national ballet company embarks on its 40th anniversary year with a touring programme of well-received works from previous Edinburgh Festivals. See preview, page 84. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 8–Sat 10 Oct; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Thu 15–Sat 17 Oct.

Confessions of a Justified Sinner

7 THEATRE Mark Thomson adapts James Hogg’s classic ecclesiastical thriller for the Royal Lyceum. See preview, page 82. Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 16 Oct–Sat 7 Nov.