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Riverside Museum AROUND TOWN After several years in development, Glasgow’s newest museum is ready to open its doors. Replacing the former Transport Museum, the new building will incorporate many of the old exhibits, while putting fresh emphasis on the city’s maritime heritage. See feature, page 62. Riverside Museum, Glasgow, opens Tue 21 Jun. West End Festival AROUND TOWN Over 600 events are scheduled to take place in Glasgow’s biggest arts festival, including a wide variety of gigs, plays, author discussions, dance performances and community gala days. See Festival feature, page 15, and Around Town listings for full rundown of the fun on offer. Various venues, Glasgow, Fri 3–Sun 26 Jun.
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Degree Shows VISUAL ART As Karla Black becomes the latest in a long line of graduates from Glasgow School of Art to be nominated for the Turner Prize, this summer’s degree show season is a great chance to see some the latest talent coming out of Scotland’s art colleges. See feature, page 136. Glasgow School of Art, Sat 11–Sat 18 Jun; Edinburgh College of Art, Sat 11–Sun 19 Jun. Wayne McGregor’s Entity DANCE A blend of technology, light and movement from the Random Dance, set to a soundscape created by composer Joby Talbot (The Divine Comedy) and Jon Hopkins (collaborator with Coldplay and Massive Attack). See preview, page 130. Tramway, Glasgow, Fri 27 & Sat 28 May.
IN Party LAUNCH EVENT We’ve partnered with the Edinburgh International Festival to continue its 'IN' membership scheme for Festival 2011. And to kick it all off, they're having a party. See news story, page 9. Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 2 Jun. Dylan Moran COMEDY The delightfully dour Irish comic performs his show Yeah, Yeah. Those with an aversion to rampant misanthropy, alcohol-soaked rants and laughing til it hurts probably shouldn’t attend. Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, Sat 18 & Sun 19 Jun.
Bard in the Botanics THEATRE Umbrellas ready! Scotland’s leading Shakespeare festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with its most ambitious programme to date. See feature, page 127. Glasgow Botanic Gardens, Wed 22 Jun–Sat 30 Jul.
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Poor Boy Labs: One for Sorrow, Two for Joy SUGGESTED BY ACTOR BRIAN FERGUSON, CURRENTLY APPEARING IN DUNSINANE I’m part of an ensemble company called Poor Boy, and we’re about to start doing these Lab sessions, in which audience feedback is an integral part of the process. The first one’s called ‘One for Sorrow, Two for Joy: A Magpie Story of Stolen Moments’, in which we’ll we take seemingly unconnected snippets from different plays and films and join them together in a wider arch. We’ll have a chat with the audience after, get some feedback from them, and build that into the process. Hopefully, over a period of time, they’ll start seeing that input visibly on stage. It’s a way of inspiring each other, and tapping into a wider subconscious. Poor Boy Labs, Tron, Glasgow, Sun 12 Jun, poorboy.co.uk. Dunsinane, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, until Sat 4 Jun, and Citizens Theare, Glasgow, Tue 7–Sat 11 Jun. See review, page 128.
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