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4 MUSIC Sound to the Sea
5 BOOKS Haruki Murakami
Another Glasgow 2014 musical highlight, this large-scale outdoor concert will feature over 150 performers (including Miaoux Miaoux, pictured, and Rachel Sermanni), pyrotechnic specialists, aerial artists and the Royal Freaking Navy. See preview, page 30. River Clyde, Glasgow, Fri 1 & Sat 2 Aug. Japan’s finest literary export produces another delicately crafted masterpiece, Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, ahead of his Edinburgh International Book Festival appearances in August. Published by Harvill Secker on Tue 12 Aug.
6 FILM Boyhood
7 DANCE The River
8 CLUBS Theo Parrish
Following his decades-spanning Before trilogy, director Richard Linklater delivers another unique long-form project: a low-key, naturalistic drama charting a boy’s adolescence, filmed over the course of 12 years. See review, page 74. General release from Fri 11 Jul.
Like Sound to the Sea, The River from Barrowland Ballet is another big-scale, Clyde-based, Festival 2014 event, featuring over 150 performers doing site-specific performances along the riverbank. See preview, page 108. The Briggait, Glasgow, Sun 20 & Mon 21 Jul. The Detroit legend makes his first live appearance in Scotland (one of only four across the UK). Expect classics, sounds from Parrish’s Sound Signature label and a Motor City footwork dance crew. See preview, page 65. The Art School, Glasgow, Wed 16 Jul.
9 VISUAL ART Tomorrow Is Always Too Long
Another Festival 2014 spectacular, this one conceived by artist (not singer) Phil Collins and featuring music from Cate Le Bon, Golden Teacher and the RSNO. See preview, page 117. Queens Park, Glasgow, Sat 19 Jul.
CHOSEN BY JUSTINE ATKINSON, PROJECT MANAGER, AFRICA IN MOTION FILM FESTIVAL
10 Nzinga – Warrior Queen
This August, the amazingly talented Scottish / Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies and her company Toto Tales present Nzinga – Warrior Queen, as part of the Just Festival. Through powerful visual imagery, storytelling theatre and live African music, they bring to life the true story of one of the world’s most intriguing yet little-known female rulers. Born into a patriarchal society in Angola in 1583, Nzinga defied tradition to become queen at the age of 50 with the aim of ensuring her people were kept safe from the technologically superior Portuguese and marauding Imbangala slave traders. This true story of unrivalled determination, incredible wit and inspirational resilience examines the challenges Nzinga faced as a woman, questioning femininity, spirituality and the thin line between right and wrong. Nzinga – Warrior Queen, St John’s Hall, Fri 1–Sat 9 Aug. Africa in Motion Film Festival, various venues across Scotland, until Mon 28 Jul, see preview, page 78. 10 Jul–21 Aug 2014 THE LIST 5