Hotting up

Until June 3 PERTH: Exhibition – Muse, on the three women who artistically inspired JD Fergusson’s output of colourful paintings, Fergusson Gallery, 10am-5pm closed Mondays. Free.

Until June 24 PERTH: Exhibition Playing with Dinosaurs, fun games and activities uncovering fossils, bones and clues, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 10am-5pm, closed Mondays. Free.

Until June 24 PERTH: Exhibition – Bones is an exploration of the composition and complexity of bones and the skeletons of creatures, how they provide the structure and supporting frame to the living creatures that they once belonged to. Perth Museum & Art Gallery. 10am-5pm, closed Mondays. Free.

27 PERTH: Music - Funk sessions with Bohemian Monk Machine. Funk musicians will be welcomed to jam on stage, The Green Room from 8pm. Entry free.

27 PERTH: Music - Squeeze songwriting legend Chris Difford is joined by special guest Boo Hewardine, Inchyra Arts Club, 8pm. Tickets £20 plus booking fee, under-18s must be accompanied by an adult.

27 PERTH: Event - Perth Burns Club president’s night, featured speaker Estelle Nicol, Salutation Hotel, 7.30pm. Non-members may attend.

27 PERTH : Event - Tea dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenbruar Crescent, 1.15pm for 1.303.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake.

29 CRIEFF: Children’s show - So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs stars dinosaur aficionado Ben Garrod. Pitting the knowledge of unwitting parents against their allknowing kids, Dr Ben presents an interactive, educational and entertaining show using footage from the BBC’s ‘Planet Dinosaur’. Strathearn Community Campus, 7-8.45pm. Tickets £5.90 (including booking fee). 01764 657700 or www. culturepk.org.uk

29 PERTH: Music - Perth Songwriters Festival. Showcasing some of Perth’s finest young songwriters alongside Scottish Album of the Year winning artists, RM Hubbert. St Mathew’s Church, 6-10pm. Tickets £5 plus booking fee, 01738 626828 or www. culturepk.org.uk

30 PERTH: Drama - The Duke, a funny, playful piece about a family heirloom, a statue of the Duke of Wellington, juxtaposed with a scriptwriter’s quandary, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 6pm. Tickets £5, www. horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.

30 COUPAR ANGUS: Dance - Supper dance for the British Heart Foundation, The Red House Hotel, doors 7pm for 7.30pm. Tickets £10, contact 07709215526 or 07749339554.

30 PERTH: Music - Switch Bones, Slow Light, Draws Creature Mask and Esperi play The Green Room, promising a night of different musical styles. Music from 9pm, entry is free. Over-18s only.

APRIL Perth College art tutor Frank To has a show of his unique pictures made using gunpowder at Perth Museum and Art Gallery as part of the Platform Festival running until March 31. The large new drawings are titled‘Encounters of the Other Kind’.

31 PERTH: Drama - Me and Robin Hood, touring play about being friends with the character of English legend, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Tickets £5, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031.

31 DUNKELD: Event - Easter artists and makers market, hosted by the Dunkeld Craft Collective, loads of stalls with arts, crafts and handmade delights, with the majority of traders living and working in the Dunkeld area, Taybank Inn, 11am-4pm. Free.

31 PERTH: Music - Blues boys Wolftrain play The Green Room. Music starts at 9pm, entry is free.

01 PITLOCHRY: Children - ‘One Man Shoe’ part of the Puppet Animation

02 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Graeme Stephen and Lizabeth Russo: Enchanted Tales, a film blending classic silent movies with fairy tales from the 1920s, with a new score performed by Russo and guitarist and composer Stephen, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £12.50, concessions £10, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031.

02 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, young singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland, Anthony Toner, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Members £6, non-members £9.

04 PERTH, ABERFELDY: Film/Music Live broadcast of Verdi’s opera, based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, conducted by Antonio Pappano, Anna Netrebko as Lady Macbeth, Perth Playhouse and the Birks Cinema, 7.15pm.

05 PERTH: Music - Nathan Carter performs an array of original songs and covers that reveal what being Irish means to him, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £27.50, no concessions, 01738 621031 or www. horsecross.co.uk

05, 06, 07 CRIEFF: Drama Crieff Drama Group’s production of Blithe Spirit, Morrison’s Academy Hall, doors and wine bar open at 7pm, show at 7.30pm. Tickets £6 from Carnelian Crafts in Comrie Street, Crieff or by phoning 01764 656375.

06-08 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, 40th Glenfarg Folk Feast, guest artistes include The Boys of the Lough, John Doyle, Mairearad and Anna, Richard Digance, The James Brothers and Emily Smith, Pauline and Sandy, The Jimi Shandrix Experience, Tich Frier, Charlie Stewart, and The Farg Folk. Backstage Bar, Green Hotel.

07 PERTH: Music - young musicians from across Perth and Kinross will be performing at Perth Concert Hall following their annual music camp. Music starts at 7.30pm, tickets £5 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.

07, 08 DUNKELD: Market - The Dunkeld and Birnam Spring Art and Crafts Fair, demonstrations, traditional skills, innovative designs and new techniques, the Drill Hall, the Cross, 10am-5pm. Free entry.

08 PERTH: Music - young musicians from Perth Youth Orchestra will be performing at Perth Concert Hall following their annual music camp. Music starts at 7.30pm tickets £11.50 from Horsecross box office on 01738 621031.

09 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Irish singer Mary Coughlan, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets

10 PERTH: Art - the Art of War printmaking class, have a go at block printing and design your own artwork with inspiration from the galleries of the museum, The Black Watch Castle and Museum from 11am until 3pm. Suggested donation of £3, all ages welcome.

12 PERTH: Comedy - Russell Brand performs his new show ‘Re:Birth’, Perth Concert Hall, 8pm. Tickets £30, contact Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Over-16s only.

13 PITLOCHRY: Music - Celtic folk rockers Skippnish, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 8pm. Tickets 01796 484626 or www.PitlochryfestivalTheatre. com

16 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Harpist Catriona McKay and fiddler Chris Stout play traditional Scottish tunes, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.

16 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Gnoss young four-piece, comprising fiddle, flute, guitar and percussion, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel. Entry for members is £6, nonmembers pay £9.

17-22 PERTH: Drama - Wind Resistance by Karine Polwart, a fable for the modern world, written and performed by the singer-songwriter, directed by Wils Wilson, The Studio, Perth Theatre, evening and matinee. Tickets £23, concessions £20, £15 and £11.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.

19 PERTH:Talk - Perth and Kinross Members’ Group, National Trust for Scotland, talk on Robert Smail’s printing works (NTS) by Gen Harrison, NTS compositor. AGM 7.30pm William Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library. Guests £6.

19 PERTH: Music - Perth and District Accordion and Fiddle Club, Billy Anderson SDB, Salutation Hotel, 8pm-11am.

21 PERTH: Event - City of Perth Classic Car Parade, watch 150 classic cars as they drive through Perth city centre, where they will be welcomed to the city at the Horsecross Plaza by various bands. Cars will then depart for Scone Palace, heading over the Smeatons Bridge. Free to watch.

23 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton, merging trad musicians, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031.

23 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, singaround, “house/home” is the theme, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel. All £2.

24 PERTH : Event - Tea Dance, step out in a friendly setting with live music, Moncreiffe Church Hall, Glenbruar Crescent 1.15pm for 1.303.30pm. Entry £2, including coffee and cake.