Your Day by Day guide
There will be prayer services prepared by the Christian Women of Slovenia at St Fillans Episcopal on Buckstone Drive, Duddingston Kirk, Morningside Parish Church, Augustine United Reformed Church, St Andrew’s and St George’s West in the morning and a variety of other churches in the afternoon. Details: wdpscotland.org.uk The group are known for their spectacular covers of songs from the world of musical theatre, as well as by popular artists. On their third album, Home, they tackled songs from the likes of Les Miserables and Beauty And The Beast. 2 March £17.00 at Assembly Rooms – 11.30am-8.30pm to book tickets phone: 0131 220 4348 ages 2-5 drop in event at Scottish National Portrait Gallery 2 March, 10:30am & 11:30am – admission free – no tickets, sign-up on the day
Island Verses is a new commission by up and coming, but already critically acclaimed, composer Peter Longworth. The piece is a combination of music and spoken word, featuring texts written by school students from the Scottish Isles exploring island life and sense of place, devised by Ron Butlin. At The Queen’s Hall on 3 March 2019 at 3.00pm.
Jessie Cave brings her tales of her recent break-up and the attempts to get her life back in order to Edinburgh will play Exile for the first time ever in public. The new piece, titled Island Verses, has been written specifically to engage with young people on the Quartet’s tour of some of Scotland’s remotest islands. Through workshops with author Ron Butlin, students across Scotland will develop unique texts exploring their sense of island life and sense of place, which will be woven into the piece and performed, creating a unique performance at every stage of the tour.
The premiere performance will take place at The Queen’s Hall on 3 March 2019 at 3.00pm. Tickets available from the venue, Tour of Scottish National Portrait Gallery – 4 March, 10:15am, 11:00am, 11:30am – admission free
will deliver a lecture on the restoration of Glasgow School of Art building following the second fire there. The AHSS lecture will take place at St Andrew's and St George's West Church, 13 George Street at 6.30pm. Make an Impression – Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Let the Kids go wild at this month’s messy art making mornings in the Farmer Studio for children one to three. Taking along a change of clothes is highly advised. -: Gerda Stevenson 5 March, 12:451:30pm – admission free Tickets cost £13-£38.90 book online at: https://www.atgtickets. com/ or phone: 08448713014 is on at the Royal Highland
Centre on 9 March 2019.
The event will be jam-packed with lots of different shows and demonstrations. Timetables and schedules for the Scottish Stunt Freestyle section of the event is already looking busy for both days so it is sure to keep you entertained.
3.00pm, Sunday 10th March 2019 Stockbridge Church, 7b Saxe Coburg Street, EH5 3BN disabled access day 2019 at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (modern two) on Saturday 16 March, 2pm & 3pm – admission free places are limited, booking essential. To book phone: 0131 624 6428 16 March 2019 7.30pm The eighties icon will be making a stop at The Queen's Hall on his biggest ever UK tour. The Welsh singer will be treating audiences his old hits including ‘This Ole House’ and ‘Green Door’ as well as a few surprises. With 33 hit singles and four UK top hits to his repertoire the performer has plenty older material to delight fans with. Additionally, he will be treating fans to new tracks from ‘Echoes From Our Time’. 16 March 2019, 7.30pm - St Andrew’s & St George’s West Church Theatre of the Ayre Nicholas Mulroy, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass; Elizabeth Kenny, lutes and Alison McGillivray, viola da gamba and lyra viol
A quiet revolution: English vocal music during the interregnum
Tickets £20 (£18) Students £5.00 Tickets - The Queen’s Hall.
Inverleith House Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens
16 March to 27 May, 2019
FREE Admission www.thetapestryprize.org
Dubbed ‘the David Bowie of the fiddle’, Finnish violinist Pekka Kuuisisto will be teaming up with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra taking audiences on a journey through the music of the past four centuries.
With an astrology theme at The Hub in Edinburgh on Friday 22 March 12pm-5pm in support of St Columba’s Hospice - £60 (Table of ten £600) phone 0131 551 1381 Edinburgh on 27 March 2019 – tickets £15 at the Usher Hall 29 March – tickets £27.50 at St Brides Centre in Edinburgh – Matthew MacLennan Ceilidh Band Saturday 30 March from 7.30pm-11.30pm – tickets £9/£7 concession
31 March 2019 7.30pm at
The Grand Synagogue on Salisbury Road. Option to book a pre-concert supper Bookings The Queen’s Hall.