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Remembering Dundee’s Music Halls: Entertaining Dundee from the 1840s to the Great War
Central Library, The Wellgate, Dundee, DD1 1DB, 01382 431500, until Fri May 31. Sat 9.30am-5pm, Mon-tue & Thu-fri 9am-6pm. Wed 10am-6pm, free. From Springthorpe’s to the Gaiety, the People’s Palace to Mcfarland’s Theatre of Varieties, Dundee has a long and rich history of music hall entertainment. This exhibition sheds light on this vibrant aspect of the city’s past and features rare posters from the era. dundeecity.gov.uk
Dundee Preserves with University of Lincoln
The Mcmanus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Fri Jun 28, Mon-sat 10am-5pm. Sun 12.304.30pm, free. Mini exhibition showcasing the decade-long relationship The Mcmanus has held with the University of Lincoln. Students from the university undertaking courses in the conservation of cultural heritage are permitted to work on real museum objects, researching, condition checking, creating a treatment proposal and putting it into action. Exhibited here is a snapshot of the 100+ objects from the museum’s collection that have passed through the hands of these students. mcmanus.co.uk
This Just In: Recent Additions to the Collections
The Mcmanus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum, Albert Square, Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1DA, 01382 307200, until Sun Oct 20, Mon-sat 10am-5pm. Sun 12.30-4.30pm, free. Dundee’s permanent collection was established in 1869 and today it numbers some 150,000 objects that reflect the history of the city and its surroundings, spanning social history, archaeology and natural history. There is a Dundee story for everyone to delve into. mcmanus.co.uk
Guided Tour of Ancient Dundee Howff Cemetery
The Howff, 4 Meadowside, Dundee, DD1 1AA. Sun Apr 28, 2-3.20pm, £10 (£9). Since being gifted to the people of Dundee by Mary Queen of Scots, The Howff has been the burial place of both the rich and poor of the city, with 300 years of tumultuous history written on the stones. Hear all about Dundee ’ s links to the slave trade, the Scottish Witch Trials and more. There is a lot to cover in 80 minutes. dundeewaterfrontwalks.scot
ART
Un-earthed
Lamb Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN, 01382384310, until Sat Apr 27, 11am4pm, 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 thought-provoking 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
Ellen K Levy: Seeing Through
Tower Foyer Gallery, Tower Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, 01382 384310, until Sat Jun 29, MonFri 9.30am-7pm. Sat 11am-4pm, free. Exhibition by multimedia artist Ellen K Levy, reinterpreting the collections of the D’arcy Thompson Zoology Museum. Seeing Through proposes tours of Thompson’s collection visualised as if through the lenses of futurist author JG Ballard and pop-artist Richard Hamilton. We visit the collection through dizzying perspectival renderings of merged organicmachine hybrids, eco-catastrophes and space travel. dundee.ac.uk/locations/ tower-foyer-gallery
Sukaina Kubba: Turn Me Into a Flower
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444, until Sun 4 Aug, Sat-sun & Wed & Fri 11am-6pm. Thu 11am-7pm, free. Sukaina Kubba is an Iraq-born, Torontobased multidisciplinary artist who explores narratives of cultural and material assimilation and appropriation. For this major new solo exhibition, Kubba presents existing works alongside new commissions
created during a month-long residency in DCA Print Studio. These new works range from paper pulp casting, embossing and laser engraving, to screen prints made on DCA’S large-format press. Working on an ambitious scale and largely in monotone, Kubba has created a number of works that will be suspended from the ceiling. dca.org.uk
Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World
V&A Dundee, 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee, DD1 4EZ, 01382 411611, until Sun Oct 27, daily 10am-5pm, free. The invention of photography has transformed the world. Today, photographic images are everywhere and the acts of taking, sharing and responding to them are integral to daily life. The explosion of photographic experimentation in the mid 19th-century coincided with the rapid growth of cities across the globe. This exhibition brings together iconic images from the V&A’S collections, as well as works by contemporary photographers, architects and digital artists to explore how photography and cities have influenced each other. vam.ac.uk/dundee
Photography Forum
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444. Sat Apr 27, 11am-1.30pm, free but booking essential. Popular and friendly monthly meet up for Dundee’s photography community, where you can compare notes, get advice from tutors, meet other photographers, and share images. dca.org.uk
Create Your Own Pinhole Camera
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, 01382 432444. Sun Apr 28, 10.30am-5pm, £120 (£105). Celebrate International Pinhole Camera Day with this fun and practical one-day class. Go back to basics and learn how to construct your own cardboard camera, then take photographs with it. This class will cover the basics of pinhole photography followed by the magical chemical process of developing black and white prints in a darkroom. dca.org.uk
COMEDY
An Audience with Karen Dunbar
Duck Slattery’s Showbar, 25 South Ward Road, Dundee, DD1 1PU, 01382 228181. Sat Apr 27, 9.30pm, £25. Karen Dunbar is a Scottish comedian, actress and writer. Her rise to fame came when she appeared on the BBC series Chewin’ the Fat, and she was subsequently given her own show by the channel, The Karen Dunbar Show. breakneckcomedy.co.uk
Rachel Parris: Poise
Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield Street, Dundee, DD1 5JA, 01382 434940. Fri May 3, 7.30pm, £20. The star of BBC’S The Mash Report discusses love, relationships, big life milestones and the state of the world in her biggest tour yet. whitehalltheatre.com
FAMILY
Create Space
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY, until Tue Apr 30, Sat-sun 11am-6pm. Tue 11.30am-6pm, free, drop-ini DCA Create Space is a flexible e, comfortable and imaginative space - a space in which peopl le of all ages can see, think, mak ke and do. You’ll find art material ls and activities inspired by the exhibitions in DCA galleries. Come in and make your own art to display on the walls or take home with you. You can also relax on comfy sofas with h children’s books that relate to the themes of the exhibition. Unde er 12s must be accompanied by ana adult. dca.org.uk
MUSIC
Tide Lines
Whitehall Theatre, 12 Bellfield d Street, Dundee, DD1 5JA, 01382 434940. Thu May 2, 8pm, £27.50. Influenced by the traditional music of the west Highlands, the Scottish four-piece take their successful, stripped-back k Elements tour back on the road. whitehalltheatre.com
THEATRE
Sunset Song
Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, Dundee, DD1 1PB, 01382 223530, until Sat May 4, 7.30pm. Sat & Thu 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Tue-wed & Fri 7.30pm, £22-£25 (£14£23). One of Scotland’s most loved literary heroines, Chris Guthrie, is brought to theth staget iin thithis ththrilling,illi contemporary t adaptation. Exploring human resilience and the loss of a way of life through a scorching female protagonist, Sunset Song has a profoundly lyrical intensity that echoes throughout the years and still resonates today. dundeerep.co.uk