Monday night music in Fair City
Lights on the Norie-Miller Walk with Scottish entertainment from 5pm until 10pm with a themed parade through the city centre, pipe bands, Highland dancing, a ceilidh, Scottish poetry and storytelling, food tasting and an address to the haggis - for more information visit www.perthcity.co.uk 30 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenlyon Road 1.15pm for 1.30-3.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake.
FEBRUARY 01 PERTH: Fastlove - A tribute to George Michael, a show is packed with crowd pleasing anthems from the Wham! classics to the charttopping success of the eighties album Faith, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets 01738 621031, www. horsecross.co.uk 01-17 PERTH: Drama - Knives at Hens, a rural thriller based around a love triangle, written by David Harrower, directed by Lu Kemp, Perth Theatre, morning, matinee and evening performances. Tickets £23, concessions 20, £15 and £11.50 from www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031. 01 GLENCARSE: Event - knit and natter at Glendoick Garden Centre from 10am until noon with all levels welcome - bring your project with you and pick up great tips, entry £5 including coffee, tea and a traybake. 03 PITLOCHRY: Festival - Banff Mountain film festival world tour stops off at Pitlochry Festival Theatre with a short film on adrenaline sports with stunning scenery - contact 01796 484626. 03 PERTH: Music - Organ recital at St John’s Kirk by Paul Stubbings, director of music at St Mary’s Music School in Edinburgh at 1pm. 04 PERTH: Music - The Music of Star Wars, John Williams’ scores for the whole spacial saga performed by the full RSNO, Perth concert Hall, 3pm. Various ticket prices, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031. 05 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Blue Rose Code - aka Ross Wilson - and Beth Malcom, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 09 PERTH: Music - Perth St John’s Rotary Concert, St Ninian’s Cathedral, 7pm. 10 PERTH: Drama - Post-show talk on Scottish rural thriller with writer David Harrower and acclaimed poet and playwright George Gunn, Perth Theatre 4pm. Free for ticket holders to any Knives in Hens performance. 10 PERTH: Event - Perthshire Chinese New Year from 5.30pm with a parade down the High Street, with dragons, dancing lions, lanterns and fire crackers, visit www.perthcity.co.uk 12 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Out Lines plus support, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £12.50, concessions £10, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031. 13 PERTH: Talk - Jo Woolf presents a talk on The Great Horizon: Stories of Exploration from RSGS at The Salutation Hotel, 7.30pm. Tickets £10, Tiso members £8, RSGS members, students and under 18s free. 14 PERTH: Children - Sketching buildings, be inspired the brilliant work of JD Fergusson and learn the techniques to sketch buildings in the style of Fergusson, take home your sketches and show off your new skills to your friends. Suitable for children ages 8-12 years, Fergusson Gallery 11am-12.30pm. Entry £8. More information at www.culturepk. org.uk 15 PERTH: Introduction to Cyanotype, make your very own Cyanotype photograms and learn the basic health and safety, equipment and techniques to coat your very own light sensitive paper, suitable for ages 6+, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 1.30pm-3.30pm. Entry £15. More information at www.culturepk.org.uk 15 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members Group, National Trust for Scotland, ‘The restoration of the Mackintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art’ by project manager Sarah Mackinnon, William Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, 2.30pm. P&K members £5, non-members £6. 15 PERTH: Children - Make a carpshaped Japanese wind sock, Fergusson Gallery, 10.30am until 12.30pm. Tickets £10, visit www.cultuerpk.org.uk/whatson 15-18 PITLOCHRY: Festival - Winter Words Festival at Pitlochry Festival Theatre celebrating the written and spoken word with guests including BBC Scotland broadcaster Sally Magnusson. 17 PERTH: Art - Wet plate photography workshop led by Brittonie Fletcher who specialises in historic and alternative styles of photographic technique. The workshop offers an exciting introduction to the magical realm of wet plate collodion. Create your own and take two of your plates home with you, all equipment and materials provided, suitable for ages 16+, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 10.30am-4:30pm. £60pp, more information at www. culturepk.org.uk 18 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music, Ferntower Ensemble, piano quartet Brahms, St John’s Kirk, 3pm. Free, retiring collection. 20 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Steven Carcary and pupils, Salutation Hotel, 8pm-11am. 21 PERTH: Dance - Strictly’s Brendan Cole takes a journey through dance, music, comedy, passion, intimacy and all things ballroom as he is joined on stage by a sensational cast of dancers and a 13-piece band and singers for ‘All Night Long’, Perth Concert Hall. 24 BLAIRGOWRIE: Comedy - RHET fundraising Comedy Night with headliner Phil Differ, the man behind many of Scotland’s best loved comedy shows including Chewin’ the Fat, Still Game and Offside, also featuring local funny farmer, Jim Smith, Blairgowrie Town Hall. Tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ rhet-perth-kinross-comedy-nighttickets 26 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Adam Holmes and the Embers, Perth songwriter Laurie Cameron, soulful roots music, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 27 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, 19 PERTH: Music - The Monday night Thing, Tommy Smith Quartet: Embodying the Light, internationally acclaimed saxophonist Tommy Smith’s new band celebrates jazz legend, John Coltrane, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £17.50, concessions £15, www. horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 20 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Frank Thomson SDB, Salutation Hotel, 8pm-11am. 22 KINROSS: Music - Tribute band The Wall Of Floyd, Backstage at the Green Hotel, 8pm. Tickets £20, www.mundellmusic.com 23 PERTH: Drama - Three Sisters by Lung Ha Theatre Company present Anton Chekov’s classic play in a new version by Adrian Osmond, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 6pm. Tickets £12.50 disabled £7.50 www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 24 PERTH: Drama - Three Sisters by Lung Ha Theatre Company present Anton Chekov’s classic play in a new version by Adrian Osmond, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £12.50 disabled £7.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 26 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Jacqui Dankworth and Charlie Wood, celebrating some of the greatest musical pairings of all time, Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £17.50, concessions £15, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 27 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a frien++dly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenlyon Road 1.15pm for 1.30-3.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake. 30 PERTH: Drama - The Duke, a funny playful piece about a family heirloom, a statue of the Duke of Wellington, juxtaposed with a scriptwiter’s quandary, The Studio, Perth Theare, 6pm. Tickets £5, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 31 PERTH: Drama - Me and Robin Hood, touring play about being friends with the character. The Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £5, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.