The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
● EVENTS IN YOUR AREA
Alloa Chicago Alloa Town Hall, Marshill, FK10 1AB, 01259 216904, Fri February 28 and Sat February 29, Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £12 (£10).
Alloa Musical Players stage a production of this famed Broadway musical about jazz, betrayal and a pair of merry murderesses.
Arbroath The Rocket Man The Webster Memorial Theatre, 64 High Street, DD11 1AW, 01241 435800, Thu March 5, 7.30pm, £28.60.
Tribute to the piano rock of Sir Elton John, for those unable to catch the man himself on his current farewell tour.
Scotland’s Gardens Scheme: Snowdrops at Lawton House Lawton House, Inverkeilor, DD11 4RU, 01241 830217, Sunday March 1–Thu March 5, until Sun March 15. Daily 10am–4pm, £3 (children free).
A spring garden with extensive snowdrops, aconites and crocuses in a woodland setting. There is also a walled garden with fruit trees and vegetables. Proceeds go to Julia Thomson Memorial Trust and other Scotland’s Gardens Scheme beneficiaries. www.scotlandsgardens. org Carpenters Gold The Webster Memorial Theatre, 64 High Street, DD11 1AW, 01241 435800, Fri February 28, 7.30pm, £20.50– £22.50.
Tribute show featuring the Carpenters’ greatest hits, recreating the look and sound of their extensive world tours. www.webstertheatre.co. uk Craig Hill: Bottoms Up! The Webster Memorial Theatre, 64 High Street, DD11 1AW, 01241 435800, Sat February 29, 7.30pm, £13.50– £15.50.
More sharp observational jokes from the Scottish comic. www.mrcraighill.com Arbroath Accordion & Fiddle Club Monthly Meeting Arbroath Golf Club, DD11 2PT, 01241 875326, Sun March 1, 7.30pm, £4.50–£5.
Monthly meeting for fans of the accordion and the fiddle with local and visiting musicians playing traditional and sometimes not-so-traditional music. www.boxandfiddle.com/ arbroath
Blairgowrie
Club Bongo presents Hannah Laing The Gig, Perth Road, PH10 6DQ, Fri February 28, 9pm–1am, £6.
House and techno club night featuring Scottish DJ Hannah Laing. www.the-gig.com
Brechin
Lucky Stiff Brechin City Hall, 9 Swan Street, DD9 6EE, 01307 461460, Wed March 4 and Thu March 5, 7.30pm, £9–£12.
Brechin Amateur Operatic Society stage this musical farce by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, based on Michael Butterworth’s 1983 novel The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo. www.brechinamateuroperatic.co.uk
Dundee
Hilary Mantel: The Mirror and the Light – Breakfast Launch Waterstones, 35 Commercial Street, DD1 3DG, 0843 290 8287, Thu March 5, 8.30–10am, free.
Find out if Mantel’s got her Booker hat trick in the bag with the final instalment of her explosive trilogy about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell. Pastries and coffee will be served in-store for those wanting to dig into the pages right away. www.waterstones.co.uk In Conversation: Tom Pigeon V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, Thu March 5, 12–1pm, free.
Kirsty Thomas, designer and co-founder of creative studio Tom Pigeon, discusses their ethos of creating simple crafted objects, Tom Pigeon’s upcoming projects and their work with social project the Make Bank, which helps address issues surrounding creative poverty. www.vam.ac.uk/dundee The Maritime Quarter: Exploring the Ship Model Collection The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, Thu March 5, 1–1.30pm, free.
Learn how the museum’s ship model collection came together and the different historical stories they have to tell about life on the seas. www.mcmanus.co.uk Smile Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, DD1 1PB, 01382 223 530, Fri February 28 and Sat February 29 & Tue March 3–Thu March 5, until Sat March 7. Fri & Tue-Wed 7.30pm; Sat & Thu 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £12 (£10).
A play by writer Philip Differ and director Sally Reid about football legend Jim McLean, whose management of Dundee United helped transform the football club into a European force, but at a cost. www.dundeerep.co.uk The UK Monsters of Rock Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, DD1 5JA, 01382 434940, Fri February 28, 7.30–10pm, £25.
Tribute to the greatest hits of the 80s, featuring songs made famous by Journey, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, Kiss, AC/DC, Van Halen and more. www.dundee.com Children’s Classic Concerts: Tartan Tales Caird Hall, City Square, DD1 3BB, 0141 3348500, Sat February 29, 2.30– 3.30pm, £11 (£7; family £32).
Owen Gunnell and Children’s Classical Concerts’ latest feat of musical storytelling will explore the folk tales and fables of Scotland. Expect to meet Tam O’ Shanter and Nessie along the way. www.cairdhall.co.uk Cyanotype Fabric Printing Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, Sat February 29, 11am–5pm, £45 (£35).
Kit Martin leads this oneday course on transferring images onto fabric using a UV exposure unit. www.dca.org.uk Discovery Bach Cantata Project Dundee West Parish Church, 132 Perth Road, DD9 7PZ, 01382388148, Sat February 29, 1–2pm, free.
Performance of two cantatas from the time of Bach. www.dundee.ac.uk/ music East Fife Male Voice Choir St Mary’s Church, Nethergate, DD1 4DG, Sat February 29, 7pm, £10.
The all-male choir performs a varied programme of music to suit all musical tastes. www.efmvc.org.uk The Monochrome Set
Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, DD1 1PS, 01382 229226, Sat February 29, 8pm, £12.50.
English post-punk band with 15 albums under their belt. www.beatgenerator.co.uk 3D Print Drop-In Day
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, Sun March 1, 1.30pm & 3pm, £5. See the DCA’s 3D printer in action and get an idea of the possibilities it offers. www.dca.org.uk Soup ‘n’ Song
Marryat Hall, City Square, DD1 3BY, 01382 434940, Sun March 1, 1.30–3pm, £5.
Lunchtime Gaelic concerts, with ticket prices including a delicious soup and roll. Today’s performance features Seinneadairean s Dhun De, five soloists and a duo from Dundee Gaelic Choir, performing a repertoire ranging from foot-tapping puirt-a-beul to working songs and sad laments. www.leisureandculturedundee.com In the Evening There is Feeling: Reading Selected Essays by Ursula K Le Guin Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, Mon March 2, 6–7.30pm, free.
Friendly, informal and welcoming reading group that focuses on feminist and queer texts. This session will focus on non-fiction essays on writing and the imagination by seminal sci-fi author Ursula K Le Guin. www.dca.org.uk Remember? Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, DD1 1PB, 01382 223530, Mon March 2, 7–7.45pm, £10.
Devised physical theatre piece about a woman who tries to put the fragments of her memory back together and make sense of her life, by Nunah Theatre Company. www.dundeerep.co.uk Susan Boyle Caird Hall, City Square, DD1 3BB, 01382 434940, Tue March 3, 7.30pm, prices vary.
The singing sensation heads out on tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her stepping out onto the Britain’s Got Talent stage. www.susanboylemusic. com
Dunfermline
Burns, Sex and Religion
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries, Abbot Street, KY12 7NL, 01383 312603, Thu March 5, 5.30pm, £3.
Professor Gerry Carruthers leads this talk on the Ploughman Poet’s attitudes towards the established church and sex. www.onfife.com The Merchant of Venice
Carnegie Hall, East Port, KY12 7JA, 01383 602302, Fri February 28 and Sat February 29, 7.30pm, £9 (£8).
The Dundee Dramatic Society stage Shakespeare’s play about prejudice, justice and mercy, centred around the moneylender Shylock. www.onfife.com Maiden Scotland
PJ Molloys, 7 Canmore Street, KY12 7NU, 01383 729790, Fri February 28, 7pm, £11.25.
Glaswegian tribute band to the British rock legends Iron Maiden. www.pjmolloys.co.uk Brendan Cole: Show Man Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, KY12 7NX, 01383 740384, Sat February 29, 7.30pm, prices vary.
The first-ever winner of Strictly storms the stage with more passionate Latin dance moves. www.brendancolelive. com ONFife Comedy Cafe Carnegie Hall, East Port, KY12 7JA, 01383 602302, Sat February 29, 7.30pm, £10.
Stand-up comedy night featuring Lee Kyle, John Aggasild, Mike Milligan and MC Bill Dewar. www.onfife.com
Glenrothes
ONFife Comedy Cafe Rothes Halls, Kingdom Centre, KY7 5NX, 01592 612121, Sat February 29, 7.30pm, £10.00.
Comedy evening featuring local and national acts. Tonight’s line-up
includes Susan Riddell, Mike Milligan, Ben Verth and Lee Kyle. www.onfife.com/
Kinross
Danny Bryant
The Green Hotel, 2 Muirs, KY13 8AS, 01577 863467, Thu March 5, 8pm, £20.
The blues-rock guitarist performs music from his latest album, Means of Escape. www.dannybryant.com
Kirkcaldy
The Gondoliers
Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy Road, KY1 1ET, 01592 583302, Thu March 5, until Sat March 7. 7.30pm, £15 (£12; children £6).
The Kirkcaldy Gilbert & Sullivan Society stage a production of the topsyturvy comic opera about love and mistaken identities. www.kirkgandss.co.uk ONFife Comedy Cafe
Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy Road, KY1 1ET, 01592 583302, Fri February 28, 7.30pm, £10.
Comedy evening with gags a-plenty from MC Bill Dewar, Mike Milligan, Ben Verth and Lee Kyle. www.onfife.com The Secret Garden
Adam Smith Theatre, Bennochy Road, KY1 1ET, 01592 583302, Sat February 29, 3pm, £10 (£8).
Red Bridge Arts presents an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, which follows a troubled young girl’s discovery of a magical garden on her uncle’s estate. www.onfife.com
Lochgelly
Jennie Lee: Tomorrow is a New Day
Lochgelly Centre, Bank Street, KY5 9RD, 01592 583303, Thu March 5, 7.30pm, £4 (£3).
A script-in-hand rehearsed reading of Matthew Knights’ play about the famous Fifer Jennie Lee, who would become the youngestever female MP for North Lanark, the first-ever Minister of Arts and the founder of the Open University. www.onfife.com Something About Simon
Lochgelly Centre, Bank Street, KY5 9RD, 01592 583303, Sat February 29, 7.30pm, £20.
Gary Edwards pays tribute to the influential American singer-songwriter at this performance, which marks the 50th anniversary of the album Bridge Over Troubled Water. www.onfife.com
Perth
The Importance of Being Earnest
Perth Theatre, Mill Street, PH1 5UW, 01738 621031, Thu March 5, until Sat March 21. 7.30pm, prices vary.
Staging of Oscar Wilde’s beloved farcical comedy about two friends who try to woo their respective lovers under the pseudonym Ernest, with hilarious results. www.horsecross.co.uk Fergusson
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, PH1 5LB, 01738 632488, Fri February 28 and Sat February 29, 10am–5pm, free.
A comprehensive exhibition featuring the works of the iconic artist John Duncan Fergusson, who was part of the group known as the Scottish Colourists. www.culturepk.org.uk Perth Symphony Orchestra: Spring
Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, PH1 5HZ, 01738 621031, Sat February 29, 7.30pm, £13.50 (£11.50).
The Perth Symphony Orchestra, Perth Youth Orchestra and Perth & Kinross Schools’ Chorus perform iconic scores from the stage and screen. www.horsecross.co.uk Capturing Fashion, Glamour and Prestige: Part II (1900–1950)
Perth Theatre, Mill Street, PH1 5UW, 01738 621031, Tue March 3, 6pm, £9.50 (£6).
An illustrated talk about the history of fashion during the two World Wars. www.horsecross.co.uk Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Beethoven Symphonies
Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, PH1 5HZ, 01738 621031, Wed March 4, 7.30–9.30pm, prices vary.
The SCO performs Beethoven’s Symphony no. 6 ‘Pastoral’ and Symphony no. 7 under the baton of Maxim Emelyanychev. www.horsecross.co.uk
St Andrews
Carcanet at Fifty
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A cabinet exhibition showcasing excerpts from Fifty Fifty, a collection of letters from the archives of publishing house Carcanet. www.byretheatre.com Coast Lines
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
Showcase of commissioned poems responding to coastal images taken across Scotland and our relationship to seas and rivers. www.byretheatre.com Dorothy’s Colour
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of poems and paintings by poet Sarah Corbett and visual artist Zoe Benbow, which engages with Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Journals. www.byretheatre.com Expeditions
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of commissioned poems which respond to objects from the museum of the
University of St Andrews, taken from sea and polar expeditions. www.byretheatre.com How to Say ‘I Love You’ in Greenlandic
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of Nancy Campbell’s creative depiction of the Arctic alphabet, accompanied by visual illustrations. www.byretheatre.com The Matchsafe
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
A digital installation of poems by Alycia Pirmohamed, Steve Smart, and Jay G Ying which respond to works of poetry that particularly spoke to them. www.byretheatre.com StAnza’s Listening Booth: Idioma Da Tinta
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. Thu-Sat 10am–10pm, free.
Audio-installation featuring poetry by Galician writer Yolanda Castaño set to music by Isaac Garabatos. www.byretheatre.com StAnza’s Listening Booth: North Uist Sea Poems
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Wed March 4 and Thu March 5, until Sun March 8. 10am–10pm, free.
Listen to Pauline PriorPitt’s poems set to music by poet and musician Catherine Eunson. www.byretheatre.com Border Crossings: Johan Sandberg McGuinne and Gerry Cambridge
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 2.15pm, £4.50 (£3.50).
Readings from Johan Sandberg McGuinne, a Gaelic and SwedishSaami poet, linguist, translator and musician, and Gerry Cambridge, founder of Scotland’s leading poetry journal The Dark Horse. www.byretheatre.com Border Crossings: Shehzar Doja and Tim Turnbull
Parliament Hall, South Street, KY16 9QW, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 11.30am, £4.50 (£3.50).
Readings from emerging poet Shehzar Doja and Tim Turnbull, whose collection Stranded in SubAtomica was shortlisted for the Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection in 2006. www.stanzapoetry.org Five O’Clock Verses: Alec Finlay and Charlotte Van den Broeck
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 5pm, £6.50 (£5).
Readings from the winner of the Herman De Coninck Debut prize and triannual Paul Snoek Prize, Belgian poet Charlotte Van den Broeck, and award-winning Scottish poet and artist Alex Finlay. www.byretheatre.com Meditation and Poetry
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 10.15am, free.
Prepare yourself for a day of poetic works at this session which blends mindfulness, poetry and the imagination, www.byretheatre.com Poetry Café: Angie Strachan and Colin Bramwell
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 1pm, £7 (£5.75).
Funny spoken word performances by Angie Strachan, runner up in the 2019 Scottish Poetry Slam Championship, and Colin Bramwell, who is currently on the UK leg of his international tour of Umbrella Man. www.byretheatre.com Poetry Centre Stage: Anthony Anaxagorou and Jen Hadfield
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 8pm, £10 (£8.50).
Double-bill of readings by contemporary poets Anthony Anaxagorou and Jen Hadfield. Anaxagorou’s second collection, After the Formalities, was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize, and Hadfield’s Nigh-No-Place won the prize in 2008. www.byretheatre.com Poetry at Sunset: Maitreyabandhu on Cézanne
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 7pm, free.
Maitreyabandhu reads from his new collection On Cézanne, which responds to the French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne’s words and works. www.byretheatre.com
Special Past & Present
Napier Room, Martyrs Kirk, North Street, KY16 9AA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 2.15pm, free.
Showcase of rare books and manuscripts from the University of St Andrews Library’s Special Collections, which includes images of Scottish coastlines and early maps of Scotland and Scandinavia. www.stanzapoetry.org The StAnza 2020 Lecture: Mother, Mother Ocean
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Thu March 5, 3.30pm, £4.50 (£3.50).
Matthew Caley leads this talk about how modernist women poets frame images of the sea similarly and differently to their male counterparts, with a particular focus on the works of HD and Marianne Moore. www.byretheatre.com StAnza: Scotland’s Poetry Festival
Various venues: St Andrews, KY16 9EE, Wed March 3 and Thu March 4, until Sun March 8. Times and prices vary.
The cleverly titled StAnza is a literary festival that focuses on verse. Joining the locals for readings, performances, slams, open mics, jazz, films, workshops and poetryrelated art exhibitions, and installations are a host of local and international wordsmiths. www.stanzapoetry.org Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Fri February 28 and Sat February 29, Fri 7.30pm; Sat 2.30pm & 7.30pm, £17.
SAMS present this stage adaptation of the 1988 classic film about two con men in the French Riviera. www.byretheatre.com Great Astrolabe
The Bell Pettigrew Museum, Queen’s Terrace, KY16 9TS, 01334 461663, Tue March 3, 2pm, £7.
Vicki Husband leads this writing workshop centred around navigation and the stars. www.stanzapoetry.org Opening Night Music
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Wed March 4, 8.45pm, free.
Scottish singer-songwriter Alannah Moar performs folk-inflected melodies with catchy pop hooks. www.byretheatre.com ’Conscious’
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Wed March 4, 10.30am, £30 (£25; children £25).
Acclaimed poet Jen Hadfield leads this writing workshop centred around themes of neurodiversity, identity and perception, which asks participants to consider how to remain present in an increasingly virtual world. www.byretheatre.com Coastlines: Sea Poetry from Tentsmuir
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Wed March 4, 2pm, free.
Relaxed poetry reading from Anna Crowe, Jim Crumley and Valerie Gillies which explores coasts, seas and waterways, in celebration of Scotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters. www.byretheatre.com Festival Launch Extravaganza
Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000, Wed March 4, 6.30pm, free.
Opening night launch of StAnza’s 2020 edition, featuring a range of poetry readings, film, art and music. www.byretheatre.com