It’s all lights on the night in Perth

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, 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/whats-on 15 PITLOCHRY: Winter Words Festival at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Kenneth Steven 10am, Mona McLeod 11.30am, Struan Stevenson 12.45, Alistair Moffat 3pm, Peter Arnott 4.30pm, Short play award performances 7.30pm (bar), Paul Murton 7.30pm. Tickets 01796 484626 or www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 16 PITLOCHRY: Winter Words Festival at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Kids movement workshop with Alex Sanders under 3 at 10.15am, 3-5 at 11am, Robbie Nicol 10am, Brian Johnstone 11.30am, Jo Woolf 12.45pm, Art of Comic Books 2.30pm for 11-18 years, Stuart Kelly 2.30pm, Ian Sykes 4pm, Impro and dialogue with Gemma Fairlie 6.30pm, Graeme Obree 6.30pm, Cameron McNeish 8pm, Fearie Tales 8.30pm. Tickets 01796 484626 or www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 16, 17 PERTH: Drama - Curious Seed and Tramway in association with Perth Theatre present Teenage Trilogy, a show for teenagers and anyone who has ever been one, Perth Theatre, 7pm. Tickets from 01738 621031 or online at www.horsecross.co.uk 16 PERTH: Music - Craig Weir and Cabalistic Cavalry, the new folk music project will perform ahead of releasing their debut single, The Green Room from 9.30pm. Entry free. 17 PITLOCHRY: Winter Words Festival at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Sandy Allan 10am, Storytelling with Lindsey Gibb 10.15am, Zoe Strachan and Rosemary Goring 11.30am, Alan Taylor 12.45pm, Frankenstein Poetry Please (bar) 1.15pm, Fear500 creative writing workshop 3pm, winning entries 6pm, Val McDermid 3pm, Sally Magnusson 4.30pm, Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers 7.30pm. Tickets 01796 484626 or www. PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 17 KINROSS: Music - Dona Oxford and her band, a passionate collection of songs influences by 70s soul, funky blues, gospel and boogiewoogie, Backstage at the Green Hotel from 9pm. Tickets £18 from www.mundellmusic.com 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 PITLOCHRY: Winter Words Festival at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Jim Crumley 10am, Storytelling with Lindsey Gibb 10.15am, Angus Roxburgh 11.30am, Mary Contini 12.45pm, James Robertson and Jamie Crawford 3pm, Janet Morgan 4.30pm, Michael Marra’s life with Alice Marra, Christopher Marra and James Robertson 7.30pm. Tickets 01796 484626 or www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 18 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music, Ferntower Ensemble, piano quartet Brahms, St John’s Kirk, 3pm. Free, retiring collec14 tion. 19 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Singaround: love has to be the theme, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry all £2. Monday 19th Feb All £2. 20 PERTH: Music - Jazz sessions with some of Perth’s finest jazz musicians performing, with players welcomed on stage, The Green Room from 8pm. Free. 20 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Steven Carcary and pupils, Salutation Hotel, 8pm-11am. 21 PERTH: Dance - Former Strictly star 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. 23 PERTH: Music - Rock bands The Riot Vans, The Rivers and The Sandemans play The Green Room, music starts at 9pm. Entry free. 23 PERTH: Music - Stop The Rain with support from Mara play The Gig Room, Shore Road, Doors 7pm. Tickets £5 from www.stoptherainmusic.com or £7.50 on the door. 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-perthkinross-comedy-night-tickets 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. 26 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club presents Fara, four Scots women who have been friends since childhood, special guests for the club’s 40th year celebrations, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry members £6, non-members £10. 05 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club presents Auld Hat - New Heids, four of Scotland’s top folk singers and musicians re-create the fabulous fun days of the 60s and 70s, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry members £6, non-members £9. 06 PERTH: Film - Perth Film Society and Perth Theatre/Horsecross present ‘The Eagle Huntress’ (U rated), Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre, 7.45pm. Tickets £6, seniors/ unwaged/students £5, pre booking from www.horsecross.co.uk not essential, but preferable. 08 PITLOCHRY: Music -Scottish Opera brings Opera Highlights, favourites from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 7.30pm. Tickets www. PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com or 01796 484626. 12 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, guitar master Martin Simpson mixes American old-time music, traditional ballads and his own creations, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 12 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Singaround: “Songs from Our Own Past”, whether Dylan, Paxton or even traditional fare will be the theme, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry all £2. 13 PERTH: Music - Blues fusion session led by Pete Caban with blues music in modern and postmodern styling. Skilled musicians welcomed on stage to jam, The Green Room from 8pm. Entry free. 14 PERTH: Comedy - Stewart Lee’s brand new full-length show ‘Content Provider’ at Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm, tickets £24.50, contact Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Over 16s only. 15 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members Group, National Trust for Scotland, ‘History of Livestock Marketing and Auction Markets’ by David Leggat MBE, FIA (Scot), Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, 7.30pm. Perth and Kinross members £5, nonmembers £6. 16-18 DUNKELD: The Niel Gow Festival, concerts, jamming, walks and talks in Dunkeld and Birnam. Tickets from Birnam Arts 01350 727674.