So much culture, so little time. We boil it down to 20 of the best events
4 AROUND TOWN / KIDS Glasgow Science Festival
5 KIDS Horrible Histories
Making science fun, vital, informative and invigorating is what this festival is all about. This year, there are events on the Zika virus, mental health, space research and drugs in sport while there’s a big birthday science bake-off. See preview, page 77. Various venues, Glasgow, Thu 9–Sun 19 Jun. Those hugely popular books and TV series have made an equally triumphant (if often gut-churning) shift onto the live stage. This time around, we learn all about some Incredible Invaders and Groovy Greeks. See preview, page 76. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Tue 21–Sat 25 Jun.
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6 VISUAL ART Degree Shows
7 BOOKS Rally & Broad
8 COMEDY Eddie Izzard
The hard work of many art students across the central belt is laid out for the public with colleges opening their doors to reveal an array of painting, design and films. See feature at list. co.uk/visual-art. Glasgow School of Art, Sat 18–Sat 25 Jun; Edinburgh College of Art, until Sun 5 Jun. A sad pair of evenings as Lindsay and McCrum bring the curtain down on the Rally & Broad live spoken- word project. There will, of course, be other work coming from them soon. See feature, page 40. Bongo Club, Edinburgh, Fri 17 Jun; Stereo, Glasgow, Sun 19 Jun.
That very clever lad Izzard does three hour-long shows in one evening: so what, you might think. But could you perform the same stand-up show in French, German and English? No, thought not. See Big Picture, page 13. The Stand, Glasgow, Sun 19 Jun.
MUSIC PAWS / Spook School 9 / Adam Stafford Another special Nothing Ever Happens Here with a triple bill headed up by 2015 SAY-shortlisters PAWS (pictured) who are joined by Spook School and the also great Adam Stafford. Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 24 Jun.
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CHOSEN BY LOVE MUSIC COMMUNITY CHOIR CONDUCTER STEPHEN DEAZLEY John Cooper Clarke
I have a bad habit of missing a lot of touring stuff, but I won’t miss John Cooper Clarke [see preview, page 66], the original punk poet, satirist and straight talker. There is no artifice with Cooper Clarke, or bending to the fashionable. He might well have been born wearing shades and rhyming, and will almost certainly leave the same way. Now approaching 70, and one of the few truly deserved of the status ‘living legend’, he’s writing new material, touring hard, and still doing it on his terms. That’s pretty inspirational and a good tip for anyone who wants to stay in the making-art game for the long haul. His words are like a chill wind from the north: funny, fierce and bleak as hell. Love Music Community Choir concert, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Mon 13 Jun; John Cooper Clarke, O2 ABC, Glasgow, Fri 3 Jun; Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Sat 4 Jun.
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