So much culture, so little time. We boil it down to 20 of the best events
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FILM Moonlight
Anna Sewell’s classic tale is brought to vivid life by the Andys, Manley and Cannon, as they play the McCuddy brothers who are seriously down on their luck. But hope raises its head when they discover their mother’s copy of the titular book. See review at list.co.uk. Touring until Sun 19 Feb. The Oscars have been dubbed as a fight between La La Land and Moonlight. And with good reason too – this is an unmissable film about a young black man growing up, with stunning turns from its superior cast and astute direction from Barry Jenkins. See review, page 59. General release from Fri 17 Feb.
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MUSIC Pet Shop Boys
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VISUAL ART Alan Kitching
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MUSIC Conor Oberst
Now that they’ve made lots of money, the West End boys can focus on wild live shows. A top evening is assured for fans seeing the Super tour. It would be a sin to miss it etc. See preview, page 69. Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, Tue 21 Feb; Edinburgh Playhouse, Wed 22 Feb. A Life in Letterpress provides a major retrospective of this radical printmaker’s work covering the ways in which the Darlington-born Kitching blazed a quiet trail across six decades of typographical mastery. See review, page 92. The Lighthouse, Glasgow, until Sun 5 Mar.
Named in 2016 as one of the country’s most innovative social enterprises, the Edinburgh Student Arts Festival returns, with performance, music, film, visual art and workshops all in this year’s mix. See feature, page 36. Various venues, Edinburgh, Thu 9 Feb–Fri 3 Mar. The Nebraskan singer-songwriter, lead singer of Bright Eyes and Monsters of Folk member, brings an intimate performance of the complex angst-folk he’s been laying on the world since 1993. See Highlights, page 80. Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, Fri 3 Feb.
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CHOSEN BY ARTIST CHRIS LESLIE Shipbuilding
Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert’s Shipbuilding captures a moment in history at the Kvaerner shipyards in Govan. The photographs were taken in the early 1990s when the Clyde was still well- known for building ships and it still had its huge cranes dominating the Glasgow skyline (sadly the cranes were demolished in 2014). Jeremy’s photographs offer an insight into the monumentality of this industry and the people who drove it. Shipbuilding is still very much a part of Govan today – the yard is still there, under a different name and company and it still employs a few thousand people – but nothing on the scale and physicality that these photographs document. The Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock is a hidden gem of a venue, with spectacular views over the Firth of Clyde. It’s a breath of fresh air to get out of the city sometimes and clear the head. And, of course, it’s the perfect place to view Jeremy’s photographs. Chris Leslie: Disappearing Glasgow, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, until Sun 19 Feb; Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert: Shipbuilding, Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock, until Sun 19 Feb.
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