CERAMICS DISPLAY IN INVERNESS

This year is a leap year, so ceramic artist Julia Smith has chosen to explore February’s rich folk history for her exhibition of illustrated functional tableware on display at the Castle Gallery, Inverness.

‘Februa’, for February, means cleansing or purification*, and reflects the rituals undertaken before Spring.

Stories, traditions and customs around food, the weather, flowers and bird love are just some of the images featured on Julia’s handmade ceramics.

Big broth bowls, candlesticks, cake stands, snowdrop cups and other pots will be created using a variety of dark rustic clays, experimental glazed surfaces and illustration all feature in the display.

● The gallery on Castle Street is open Monday to Saturday, from 9am-5pm and Julia’s ceramics can be seen until February 29.

HM Theatre, Aberdeen. Dial M for Murder. Tom Chambers stars as the charismatic and manipulative Tony Wendice, a jaded ex-tennis pro who has given it all up for his wife Margot. When he discovers she has been unfaithful his mind turns to revenge and the pursuit of the ‘perfect crime’, 2pm and 7.30pm.

Frankenstein, 7.30pm; National Theatre Live: James McAvoy returns to the stage in an inventive new adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, broadcast live to cinemas, 7pm. Aberdeen Arts Centre. Phoenix Theatre and Phoenix Youth Theatre present The Greatest Show. An exciting musical revue, in support of Grampian Women’s Aid, 7.30pm.

Armadale Castle Gardens, Sleat, Skye. traditional resources to dig deep into your family and local history (phone 01224 652500 or email LibraryEvents@aberdeencity.gov.uk to book), 2-3.30pm.

Tullynessle Hall, near Alford. Film Club: Capernaum (Cert. 15, with subtitles). After running away from his negligent parents, committing a violent crime and being sentenced to five years in jail, a hardened, streetwise 12-year-old Lebanese boy sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him, 7.30pm.

Experience a guided tour of 200 years of extraordinary courage and gallantry (www. gordonhighlanders.com for further details), 10am-4.30pm.

The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, Fraserburgh. Visit http://lighthousemuseum. org.uk/ for further details and to book tours, 10am-4.30pm.

Embroiderer’s Guild exhibition, featuring more than 100 pieces of beautifully stitched memories of “Home” in a variety of mediums, 11am-4pm.

Tyrannosaurs. Meet the most feared and revered of all dinosaurs in this cutting-edge exhibition (https:// www.nms.ac.uk/tyrannosaurs? for further details and to book), 10am-5pm.

Dial M For Murder, starring Tom Chambers and Sally Bretton, 7.30pm.

Eden Court, Inverness. Frankenstein, 7.30pm. Aberdeen Arts Centre. Phoenix Theatre and Phoenix Youth Theatre present The Greatest Show, 7.30pm.

Circus of Horrors 25th Anniversary Tour, featuring an amazing amalgamation of acts, driven by a rock n roll sound scape, 7.30pm.

In Conversation with Karen Dunbar. Playwright Johnny McKnight and Karen talk comedy, how it works on the page and on the stage!, 6pm.

The Lion King, 7.30pm. I Think We Are Alone, starring Chizzy Akudolu, Charlotte Bate, Polly Frame, Caleb Roberts, Simone Saunders and Andrew Turner, 7.30pm.

7.30pm.

Wired for Sound – The Greatest Hits Of Cliff And The Shadows. Jimmy Jemain celebrates six decades of hit singles by Sir Cliff Richard, 7.30pm.

At One With Music: Adam Brown (solo guitar) – a musical exploration of the cultures of Latin America, 1pm.

Thank You For The Music – the ultimate concert tribute to ABBA,7pm. The Boys Are Back! 5ive, A1, Damage and 911, with a hi-packed show of pop classics. Doors, 6.30pm.

Ferning, Foaming, Bloom. A cocommission with Spectra, Scotland’s Festival of Light, new work by multi-disciplinary artist Amy Gear, is a response to the theme of coasts and waters, 11am-5pm.

Februa – Ceramics by Julia Smith. Illustrated functional tableware exploring the month of February’s rich folk history, 9am-5pm.

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Turn And Run, The Monkeys Ride. Paintings, by award-winning Gray’s School of Art graduate Jean Firth, based on a selection of photographs from 2003 – birthdays, Christmas, and one of many family camping trips to the Allan Water (Roxburghshire), The Small Gallery; Co-Factors, by John Walter. A series of paintings, each measuring five metres wide, from within the larger CAPSID project, addressing a crisis of representation surrounding viruses such as HIV by bringing new scientific knowledge about viral capsids to the attention of the wider public, The Suttie Arts Space, open 24 hours.

Paintings, textiles, glass, wood, and much more, inspired by and connected to the theme of Inspired By Gin, 10am-5pm.

The Lion King. Set against the majesty of the Serengeti Plains and to the evocative rhythms of Africa, Disney’s multi awardwinning musical, 7.30pm. I Think We Are Alone, starring Chizzy Akudolu, Charlotte Bate, Polly Frame, Caleb Roberts, Simone Saunders and Andrew Turner. Two sisters are estranged and bicker over text. Their brittle and aggressive language is pushing them further apart when what they really want is to meet, clear the air and talk about the events that happened when they were young girls and haunt them still, 7.30pm. The Woman In Black. A lawyer engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul. It all begins innocently enough, but as they reach further into his darkest memories the borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep..., 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Theatre Royal, Glasgow. Scottish Opera present Nixon In China. Inspired by the much-publicised visit to China in 1972, this ground-breaking piece explores the reality behind the hype, 7.15pm.