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Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival COMEDY Glasgow’s comedy fest enters its closing stretch, with Dr Brian Cox and Robin Ince’s Uncaged Monkeys show a particular highlight. See feature, page 26. Various venues, Glasgow, until Sun 10 Apr. Uncaged Monkeys, King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Sun 3 Apr, and EICC, Edinburgh, Sat 14 May. Pandas THEATRE Versatile playwright Rona Munro – who counts both emotive Jim Loach movie Oranges and Sunshine (see review, page 64) and the Survival series of Doctor Who among her writing credits – turns her attention to relationships, both personal and political, displayed within a romantic comedy framework. See preview, page 110. Traverse, Edinburgh, Fri 15 Apr-Sat 7 May.
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Best Coast MUSIC Garage-rock surf-pop from Los Angeles, fronted by kitten- worshipping indie queen Bethany Cosentino, putting a scuzzier lo-fi edge on 1960s girl-group romance. Much beloved by hipster- barometer music blog Pitchfork for Wavves and No Age-affiliated credentials, but don’t hold that against her. See feature, page 79. Arches, Glasgow, Sun 27 Apr. August Sander VISUAL ART The National Galleries’ Artist Rooms series continues with an exhibition of works by portrait photographer Sander, whose images of the German nation before, during, after and in between the wars have brought him recognition as one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. See preview, page 120. Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sat 9 Jul.
The Crimson Petal and the White TV Michel Faber’s critically lauded tale of Victorian prostitution gets the period drama treatment from the BBC, with cast members including Romola Garai, Richard E Grant and Gillian Anderson. See Faber interview, page 24. BBC2, Wed 6 Apr, 9pm. Clockwork KIDS Visible Fictions, Scottish Opera and Philip Pullman combine their talents. See preview, page 74. Tron, Glasgow, Wed 13-Sat 16 Apr; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Mon 9 & Tue 10 May (as part of Imaginate); and on tour.
Passenger Side FILM Blackly comic road movie from Matthew Bissonnette, with an outstanding indie-punk soundtrack and great performances from the two leads. See review, page 64. General release from Fri 1 Apr.
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Croak, the King and a Change in the Weather SUGGESTED BY DONALD SMITH (DIRECTOR OF THE SCOTTISH STORYTELLING CENTRE, EDINBURGH)
‘We’ve got a good cross-cultural event coming up – it’s a contemporary dramatisation of old fables by a group of Palestinian young people who rarely get to go outside the Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut where they live, never mind abroad, so this is a really special occasion, for us as well as them. Newcastle-based writer and director Pete Mortimer created the play when he lived in the camp for two months – it’s about a cruel, dictatorial monarch who’s usurped, so it feels quite timely, what with the recent events in northern Africa. The music is provided by Edinburgh’s Youth Gaitherin’, an organisation aimed at developing traditional Scottish music skills in young people, so there’s a real sense of connections being made between different cultures and traditions, which is really what the Storytelling Centre is all about.’ Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Wed 6 Apr.
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