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Local events A GUIDE TO YOUR
AROUND TOWN Dundee Women’s Festival
Various venues, Dundee and Angus, 07874 885486, until Sun March 17, various times and prices. Two weeks of events, performances, discussions and workshops in venues across Dundee, Angus and online, all centred around International Women’s Day. dundeewomensfestival.org.uk
Grow How
Dobbies Dundee, Ethiebeaton Park, Monifieth, Dundee, DD5 4HB, 01382 530333. Sat March 2, 10.30am, free. Learn from horticultural experts and finesse your gardening skills in these free in-store demonstrations. These sessions will cover sustainability, growing your own, working with the seasons to maximise your outdoor space, and include a chance to ask the expert’. dobbies.com/grow-how
The Yard Market Dundee
The Old Steeple Church, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DG, 07841 887825.
Sat March 2, 11am-4pm, £2 (children free). Market featuring independent makers and creatives from across Scotland, alongside guest street food businesses and stalls from local community groups / charities. Dog and kid friendly. theyardevents.co.uk
ART
Michelle Williams Gamaker: Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, until Sun March 24, Fri-Wed (not Mon) 11am-6pm. Thu 11am-7pm, free, drop-in. Through her practice, British-Sri
The Yard Market Dundee
Lankan artist Michelle Williams Gamaker explores race, identity, her love of cinema and the power of storytelling. Her new solo exhibition, Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass, draws on and celebrates the classic movies she watched growing up and includes her new film work, Thieves, which is a fantasy adventure retelling of The Thief of Bagdad, a silent, black-and-white film from 1924, remade in colour in 1940. dca.org.uk
Un-Earthed
Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN, 01382384310, until Sat April 27, Mon-Fri 9.30am-7pm. Sat 11am-4pm, free. As human beings we are all dependent on the land and the resources it provides.
Yet we are increasingly becoming disconnected from the natural world and our overexploitation of the land is causing an environmental crisis. This thoughtprovoking exhibition explores ways in which we have explored, recorded and exploited the land, and how artists in Scotland have responded to these themes over the years. dundee.ac.uk/locations/ lamb-gallery
Mokulito: Japanese Wood Lithography
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, until Sun March 3, Sat-Sun, 10.30am-5.30pm, £170 (£155). Mokulito is a form of lithography developed in Japan in the 1970s, which replaces the stone matrix surface with wood. Join artist Susannah Oliver to learn how to make prints using this wonderful process, that infuses the unique grain of the wood matrix along with hand painted marks and incisions of the artist. dca.org.uk
Screen Printing (Intermediate)
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, from Wed March 6, 6-8.30pm, £170 (£155). A four-week course helping develop your skills, using photographic techniques and power-assisted screen printing tables. Suitable for those who have already completed the beginners’ class, it covers how to construct a screen print using images from photo stencils. In the first week, you’ll learn basic drawing and block-printing techniques, which can then be used in your designs. dca.org.uk
Adobe Illustrator
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Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, from Wed March 6, 6-8.30pm, £170 (£155). Used by creatives right across the art and design industries, Illustrator is one of the most adaptable and useful Adobe software tools to have in your skill set. In this four-week course, you will be taught by an experienced graphic designer how to create designs for either print or screen, using the many applications Illustrator has to offer. dca.org.uk
COMEDY Craig Hill: This Gets Harder Every Year!
Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, Dundee, DD1 1PB, 01382 223530.
Sat March 2, 7.30pm, £18.50. Scotland’s much-loved kilty pleasure unleashes his new show, which should make for a fun evening of uproarious stand-up. Known for his energy, razor-sharp wit and audience rapport, Craig has toured all over Scotland, Europe and Australia, and has even performed a season of solo shows in a historic off-Broadway theatre in New York. dundeerep.co.uk
Reverend Richard Coles: Borderline National Trinket
Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, Dundee, DD1 5JA, 01382 434940.
Mon March 4, 7.30pm, £23. Reverend Richard Coles is the only British vicar to have had a number one hit single and to have appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing - a claim which seems unlikely to be matched any time soon. He is also a Sunday Times bestselling author, Twitter phenomenon and beloved broadcaster. Sex, drugs, pop stardom, religious epiphany, love, a dream job, and the madness of grief: some or all of this may come out, as Richard lifts the lid on a life truly and truthfully lived. whitehalltheatre.com
Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!
Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, Dundee, DD1 5JA, 01382 434940.
Thu March 7, 8pm, £26.50. Jerry Sadowitz returns to amuse, offend, baffle and upset you, while parting you from your hard-earned cash. Strictly over 18s only contains very strong language and themes. whitehalltheatre.com
Stand-Up Comedy Featuring Scott Agnew & Rob Kane
Number 57, 57-58 Dock Street, Dundee, DD1 3DU, 01382 200387. Fri March 8,
8pm, £10-£13.70. Scott Agnew heads a talented line-up at Number 57, which also includes the star of Britain’s Got Talent, the blind comic Cubby, and rising star Hannah Campbell, plus hosting from comedy scene veteran Rob Kane. dundeecity.gov.uk
MUSIC Bdrmm
Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, DD1 1PS, 01382 229226. Thu March 7, 7pm, £12. Four-piece British shoegaze band from Hull led by vocalist Ryan Smith. Expect tracks from their two studio albums Bedroom, and last year’s I Don’t Know. beatgenerator.co.uk
The Zutons
Fat Sam’s, 31 South Ward Road, Dundee, DD1 1PU, 01382 228496. Thu March 7, 7pm, £27.50. Quirky Liverpudlian indie hobos who have somehow struck a mainstream chord. The band are currently comprised of singer, songwriter and guitarist Dave McCabe, drummer Sean Payne and saxophonist Abi Harding. Their fourth album, The Big Decider, is due later this year. duckslatterys.com
London Calling: A Tribute to the Clash
Beat Generator Live, 70 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, DD1 1PS, 01382 229226. Fri March 8, 7pm, £22. London Calling are one of the world’s premiere tributes to The Clash. They’ll be playing the band’s acclaimed second album, Give Em Enough Rope, in its entirety and in sequence. They will also play the best of the rest, including hits like
Should I Stay or Should I Go’, Rock the Casbah’, I Fought the Law’ and, of course, London Calling’ itself. beatgenerator.co.uk
THEATRE Circus of Horrors: Dr Haze’s Cabaret of Curiosities
Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, Dundee, DD1 5JA, 01749 672243. Wed March 6, 8pm, £25 (£20). This fangtastic new show from Circus of Horrors will blow your mind with its amazing set, dazzling lights, beautifully bizarre circus acts, sinister story and dark magic - all accompanied by an original rock score. Not suitable for children. circusofhorrors.co.uk
A Giant on the Bridge
Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, Dundee,
DD1 1PB, 01382 223530.
Thu March 7, 7.30pm, £18 (£10-£16). Every year in Scotland 10,000 people return home from prison to an uncertain future. A Giant on the Bridge reveals the intimate human experiences behind the prisonhomecoming journey, in a compelling narrative-gig which fuses acoustic songwriting, Scottish hip hop and original storytelling. dundeerep.co.uk