The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
AROUND TOWN
Angus Year Of Stories Festival
Various venues, Angus, until Sun July 31, various times and prices, with many events free. With a variety of great events on offer, from storytelling and tours to walks and talks, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. visitangus.com
GWCT Scottish Game Fair
Scone Palace, Scone, Perth, PH2 6BD, 01738 554826, until Sun July 3, Fri-Sun 9am-5pm, from £20 (children £6). Three days of country sport, competitions and main ring events at this family friendly fair. There’s falconry, gun dogs, pipe bands, cookery demonstrations, shooting and trade stalls as the event celebrates conservation and the countryside. scottishfair.com
The 1953 Coronation Medal: Soldier Stories
The Black Watch Castle and Museum, Balhousie Castle, Hay Street, Perth, PH1 5HR, 01738 638152, until Fri September 30, Daily 9.30am-4.30pm, included in £10 admission price (£7.50 concessions, £4.25 children). This exhibition explores the stories behind the Black Watch soldiers to whom 1953 Coronation Medals were awarded. theblackwatch.co.uk
Guided Walks Of The Old Course
St Andrews Links Clubhouse, West Sands Road, St Andrews, KY16 9XL, until Sun October 30, Daily 11am & 2pm, £0-19. Join an expert guide for a tour of the world’s most famous golf course. You will walk in the footsteps of icons of the game and experience a player’s eye view of the fabled links. standrews.com
St Andrews Town Walking Tour
Martyr’s Memorial, The Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9AT, 01414740746, until Mon December 19, Daily 11am and 5pm, £12 per person. A 1.5-hour tour taking in the sights with an expert guide. walkingtoursin. com/standrews
The Street At The McManus
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun January 8, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 12.30-4.30pm, free. Take a walk down memory lane in this exhibition which uses the city’s collections to immerse you in the past. mcmanus.co.uk/exhibitions
Tower Tours
The Signal Tower Museum, Ladyloan, Arbroath, DD11 1PU, 01241 435329.
Fri July 1. Sat July 2, 12pm, 1pm, £3 (£2). Climb the dramatic spiral staircase and visit the tower room with this guided tour of the Signal Tower. Find out how lightkeepers at the shore station communicated with the Bell Rock lighthouse before radio. Booking is required. angusalive.scot
Game For Girls
Montrose Museum, Panmure Place, Montrose, DD10 8HE, 01674 662660. Sat July 2 until Sat September 24, Tue-Sat, 10am-4pm, free. This exhibition charts the history of women’s association football from the first match in 1881, its popularity during the Great War and struggles afterwards. angusalive.scot
Guided Dundee History On The Historic Waterfront And Around The Museum Quarter
Discovery Point, Discovery Quay, Dundee, DD1 4XA, 01382 309060.
Sat 2 & Sun 3 July, 2.303.45pm, £10 (£8; family £28). Captain Scott’s RRS Discovery was launched in Dundee in 1901. The ship’s story, from its voyage with Scott to Antarctica to its homecoming and location at Discovery Point, is one of the main themes of a tour which also looks at Dundee’s wider history. rrsdiscovery.com
Guided Tour Of Ancient Dundee Howff Cemetery Howff Graveyard, 9a Ward Road, Dundee, DD1 1LP. Sat 2 & Sun 3 July, 11am, £10 (£8; family £28). Since being given to the people of Dundee by Mary Queen of Scots, The Howff has been the burial place of the city’s rich and poor. dundeewaterfrontwalks.scot
McRae Rally Challenge Knockhill Racing Circuit, Dunfermline, KY12 9TF, 01383 723337.
Sat 2 & Sun 3 July, 8am5pm, £10-£45. Combining static displays with dramatic on-stage rally action. World champions will be present and competing, with cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, six-time Olympic gold medallist making his rally debut. knockhill.com
Monifieth Food Fest
Community Cabin, South Union Street, Monifieth, DD5 4JG.
Sun July 3, 12-4pm, free. Foodie delights from Angus and further afield, including pies, honey, cakes and traybakes. Donations for Dundee and Angus Foodbank will be accepted. visitscotland.com
Walk With Our Garden Team
St Andrews Botanic Gardens, 22 Canongate, St Andrews, KY16 8RT, 01334 477178.
Wed July 6, 11.30am12.15pm, £6 (£5) - free with garden entry. Join Beccy, the curator of St Andrews Botanical Garden, to find out more about the benefits of meadow creation and what the garden is doing to help people and pollinators. standrewsbotanic.org
Kenmore Highland Games
Kenmore Sports Field, Kenmore, PH15 2HL. Wed July 6, 5.30pm, £7.50 (children free). Events include Highland dancing, Vale of Atholl pipe band, heavy weight events, children’s and adult races. kenmorehighlandgames.com
StoryTrails: Dundee
Central Library, The Wellgate, Dundee, DD1 1DB, 01382 431500.
Thu 7 July, 11am-7pm, free. The mobile app and local performers will guide you through an immersive tour of Dundee. story-trails.com
ART Broughty Ferry Art Society’s 42nd Annual Summer Exhibition
New Scout Halls, David Street, Broughty Ferry, DD5 2BU, until Sun 10 July, Mon-Fri 11am-5pm.
Sat & Sun 10am-6pm free. View and buy artworks which the society members have been creating through the year. broughtyferrycreatives.art
World View: Travelling The Globe Through Art & Design Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University Of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN, 01382 384310, until Fri July 22, Mon-Fri 9.30am-7pm, free. See the world remotely through the creative eyes of previous travellers over the past 200 years. dundee. ac.uk/museum
Maclauchlan Milne Art Exhibition
Roseangle Art Gallery, Roseangle, Dundee, DD1 4LR, until Sat July 23, Daily (not Mon) 10am-4pm, free. John Maclauchlan Milne (1885-1957) lived in Dundee for about 30 years and is sometimes referred to as ‘The Fifth Colourist’. This will be the largest exhibition of his work held in Scotland. dundeeartsociety.co.uk
Douglas Gordon: k.364
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, until Sun August 7.
Tue & Wed, Fri-Sun, 11am6pm (Thu 11am-7pm), free. The Turner Prizewinner returns to film installation for his latest meditative work, as he follows two Israeli musicians of Polish descent as they travel from Germany to Poland by train. dca.org.uk
The British Museum Spotlight Loan: Troy Beauty And Heroism
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun August 14, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm; Sun 12.30-4.30pm, free. Key objects illuminate significant moments from the lives of central characters in the story of the Trojan War, Helen and Achilles, through the themes of beauty and heroism. mcmanus.co.uk
A Love Letter To Dundee: Photographs By Joseph McKenzie 1964-1987
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun September 4, Daily 10am5pm, free. Black and white photography by Joseph McKenzie, documenting the changing fortunes of Dundee’s waterfront and its people. mcmanus.co.uk
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, until Sun September 4, Daily 10am-5pm, £6-£12. An immersive experience exploring dance, design, art, fashion and music. It is the first major exhibition on Michael Clark, curated and organised by Barbican London. vam.ac.uk/dundee
Brushstrokes
Kirkcaldy Galleries, War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1YG, 01592 583206, until Sun October 23, MonWed & Fri 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-7pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 12pm-4pm free. Art by William McTaggart, Elizabeth Blackadder, John Bellany and all four Scottish Colourists, as well as many other gems just waiting to be discovered. onfife.com
Jack Vettriano: The Early Years
Kirkcaldy Galleries, War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1YG, 01592 583206, until Sun 23 October, various time slots, £10 (children free). A celebration of Jack Vettriano’s extraordinary career. onfife.com
Migrations: A Field Study Of Adversity
Meffan Museum and Art Gallery, 20 West High Street, Forfar, DD8 1BB, 01307 491771, until Sat October 29, Tue-Sat 10am-4pm, free. Artist Derek Robertson is a renowned wildlife artist and contributor to bird research in Scotland. His paintings bring together the issues of climate change and refugee crises. angusalive.scot
Artist And Exhibitions: Rembrandt, Gossaert, And Emin With Dr Joost Joustra
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 78 George Street, Perth, PH1 5LB, 01738 632488. Fri July 1, 1-2pm, £5. Join Dr Joost Joustra, a Research Curator at the National Gallery, London, as he opens the Perth Museum and Art Gallery’s summer events programme with a lecture on the ever-changing and often ambiguous representation of sin. culturepk.org.uk
Andy Warhol Class Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444. Sat July 2, 10am-6pm, £75 (£55). Learn how to make prints using the same process as Warhol’s iconic pop art. Bring along photos to work from. dca.org.uk
Etching For Beginners Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, from Tue July 5, 6-8.30pm, £115 (£95) for a six-week course. A six-week course teaching you how to create prints using metal plates, to produce finely drawn and richly textured images. dca.org.uk
BOOKS
In Their Own Words Angus Archives, Restenneth Priory, Forfar, DD8 2SZ, 01307 468644, until Sat July 30, Tue-Sat 10am-4pm, free. Celebrating Scotland’s Year Of Stories, a display of archival collections documenting some of Angus’s literary figures including Violet Jacob, JM Barrie, and others. angus. gov.uk/history/archives
Open Book – Writing Group With Ross MacKay AK Bell Library, 2-4 York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP, 01738 444949.
Wed July 6, 10.30am12.30pm, free drop-in event. Join local author Ross MacKay as he uses existing poems and stories to help develop your own writing skills. culturepk.org.uk
COMEDY
Carl Hutchinson: Live The Webster Memorial Theatre, 64 High Street, Arbroath, DD11 1AW, 01241 435800.
Fri July 1, 7.30pm, £15. New show from the rising Geordie comedy star. carlhutchinson.net
Sarah Millican: Bobby Dazzler
Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7NX, 01383 740384.
Fri July 1, 7.30pm, £27.50. Learn what happens when your mouth seals shut, how to throw poo over a wall, a surprisingly funny smear test, and how truly awful a floatation tank can actually be. sarahmillican.co.uk
Stand-Up Comedy Ft. Dana Alexander & Raymond Mearns Number 57, 57-58 Dock Street, Dundee, DD1 3DU, 01382 200387.
Fri July 1, 7-10.30pm, £10-£11.37. It’s another Friday night of stand-up fun with Comedy Dundee. dundeecity.gov.uk
Fred MacAulay – What (Ever) Next??!!
The Webster Memorial Theatre, 64 High Street, Arbroath, DD11 1AW, 01241 435800. Sun July 3, 8pm, £15 (£13); Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000. Thu July 7, 7.30-8.50pm, Pay What You Can, £16/£18/£20. Expect to hear tales of lockdown, weddings, nuisance phone calls and impending grandparenthood. fredmacaulay.com
DANCE
Anton And Giovanni: Him & Me
Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7NX, 01383 740384.
Sat July 2, 7.30pm, from £32. Strictly Come Dancing professionals Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice join forces for their first ever tour together, involving dance, song and light-hearted fun. alhambradunfermline.com
MOVE
East Sands Beach, St Andrews, KY16 8LA. Sat 2 & Sun 3 July, 121pm, Pay What You
Can £6-£10. Inspired by ancient keening rituals and staged in a unique open-air performance at East Sands beach, MOVE is about migration, loss and communal healing. Created by Julia Taudevin. events. st-andrews.ac.uk
Strictly Presents: Keeeep Dancing!
Caird Hall, City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BB, 01382 434940.
Sun July 3, 7.30pm, £33.00£48.50. Brand new show featuring Strictly 2020 finalist and EastEnders star Maisie Smith, together with Strictly 2021 semifinalist and CBBC presenter Rhys Stephenson. They will be joined by Strictly’s
professional dancers Neil Jones, Cameron Lombard, Jowita Przystal and Nancy Xu. dundeebox.co.uk
FAMILY
D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum Summer Openings
D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, Carnelley Building, University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN, 01382 384310.
Fri July 1, 2-4.30pm, free. Come along to see an amazing variety of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, insects and more. dundee. ac.uk/museum/collections/ zoology
Saturday Stars
Mills Observatory, Balgay Park, Glamis Road, Dundee, DD2 2UB, 01382 435967. Sat 2 July, 1pm-2pm & 2.30-3.30pm, free. Come along and get hands-on with some cool family friendly astronomy themed craft activities. Booking required. leisureandculturedundee. com
Awful Auntie
St Leonards School, The Pends, St Andrews, KY16 9QJ, 01334 472126.
Sun July 3, 5-7pm, £18 (£13; children £13; family £55).
By David Walliams, adapted for the outdoor stage by Heartbreak Productions, this is a truly thrilling tale. Owls, ghosts, chases, escapes, motorcycle rides, and tiddlywinks all fill young orphan Stella’s days as she evades her menacing Aunt and saves the family home. heartbreakproductions.co.uk
Around The World With The Black Watch | North America: Dream Catchers The Black Watch Castle and Museum, Balhousie Castle, Hay Street, Perth, PH1 5HR, 01738 638152.
Tue July 5, 11am-12pm, 1pm-2pm, £3.50. The Black Watch were in North America at the time of the
earliest settlers and met different Native American tribes. Make your own dreamcatcher to hang beside your bed. All children to be accompanied by an adult. theblackwatch.co.uk
Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever
Alhambra Theatre, 35 Canmore Street, Dunfermline, KY12 7NX, 01383 740384.
Wed 6 July, 1pm & 4pm. Thu 7 Jul, 1pm & 4pm, £17 (£15). Get ready for a road-trip full of adventures. peppapig.co.uk
Under The Sea Art At HMS Unicorn
HMS Unicorn, South Victoria Dock Road, Victoria Dock, Dundee, DD1 3BP, 01382 200900.
Wed July 6, 11am-12pm, free. Want to find out about creatures that live under the sea? Fancy making a shark that actually snaps its teeth? Can you design an under the sea scene? Then come to HMS Unicorn and get creative. hmsunicorn. org.uk
Magic Gareth’s Magic Eye Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, St Andrews, KY16 9LA, 01334 475000.
Thu July 7, 2.30-3.25pm, Pay What You Can, £6/£8/£10. Expect some eye-bending magic, a whole load of nonsense and balloons. byretheatre.com
MUSIC The Angus Accordion And Fiddle Festival
Various venues, Arbroath, DD11, until Sun July 3, FriSun, time and prices vary. Includes pub sessions, a Sunday ceilidh, concert and dances. aaff.co.uk
East Neuk Festival
Various venues, East Neuk, KY10, 0131 473 2000, until Sun July 3, Fri-Sun, times and prices vary. Musical surprises, international authors and imaginative artworks, all in quirky venues. eastneukfestival. com
Aspire Vox Summer Showcase
Space Theatre, Dundee and Angus College, Old Glamis Road, Dundee, DD3 8LE, 0300 123 1010.
Fri July 1, 7pm, £19.50 (£17.50). Soloists, duets, the AVPopStars and the Aspire Divas will take to the stage for an evening of musical entertainment brought to you by Aspire Vox. visitscotland.com
Desperados – Eagles Tribute Show Blairgowrie Town Hall, Brown Street, Blairgowrie, PH10 6EX.
Fri July 1, 7.30pm, £14. desperadoeagles.co.uk
Fife Opera Presents: A Little Light Music
The Old Kirk, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1EH.
Fri July 1, 7.30pm, £12 (children £6). An evening of songs from well-known musicals and operetta. fifeopera.org
Wrest
The Vic, 1 St Mary’s Place, St Andrews, KY16 9UY, 01334 467964.
Fri July 1, 8-11pm, £7. Scottish indie rock. wrest.band
THEATRE
Sunshine On Leith Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR, 01796 484626, until Sat October 1.
Sat & Mon 8pm, £16-£45. Set to the songs of the much-loved Proclaimers. pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers Story
Caird Hall, City Square, Dundee, DD1 3BB, 01382 434940.
Sat July 2, 7.30pm, £25 (£23.50). A musical about the rise, fall and reunion of the successful duo. dundeebox.co.uk