I have a Jaunt round the Glasgow West End notice boards to see what’s going on in the centre of the universe but I also rely on mailing lists and you getting in touch with your events. The listings are free for charitable organisations – small charge for profit making events. Kingpin: Cinema Parod-iso The Seaborne Neighbourhood Centre, Glasgow
25 January, 2019 – 7 p.m. Cinema Padod-Iso concludes with Kingpin, the underdog tale of Roy Munson, a professional bowler cut down in his prime. Until he meets the prodigal Ishmael, an Amish man who dreams of a life in the lanes. But do they have what it takes to beat superstar Ernie McCracken? BBFC […]
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Thursday, January 17, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Naomi’s Journey, GFT
Wednesday 23 January, 2019 After the murder of her sister Mariella, 20-year-old Peruvian Naomi travels to Germany with her mother to engage in the murder trial. Sitting in the court Naomi and her mother are getting a deep and painful insight of the world Mariella was living in. The dream of establishing a better life […]
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Visible Cinema: Colette GFT
22 January, 2019 – 17.40 p.m. Visible Cinema is a D/deaf and Hard of Hearing friendly film programme: a captioned or subtitled screening is followed by a post-film discussion with integrated BSL and Speech To Text Service. FAQs here. This exhilarating dramatisation of the life of groundbreaking French novelist Colette is the exact opposite of the average biopic: it’s fast-moving, […]
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Rosa Luxemburg, GFT
21 – 22 January, 2019 Rosa Luxemburg is Margarethe von Trotta’s remarkable biopic of one of the most fascinating figures in modern European political history. Having fought for women’s rights and to revolutionise the state in early 20th century Poland and Germany, the Marxist revolutionary Luxemburg (1871-1919) formed the famous Spartacist League, later the Communist Party […]
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World Without Walls with musician and songwriter Brian McFall
Tuesday 26 February, 2019, 7 p.m. Glasgow Literary Lounge The Calton Bar, 415 London Road, Glasgow G40 1AG A WORLD WITHOUT WALLS: Featuring ‘The Life of Brian’ with Musician and Songwriter Brian McFall Calling all poets, warriors, misfits, dancers, writers, film makers, mystics, artists, troubadours, flaneurs, sole adventurers, and musicians. Cheeky Besom Productions in partnership with […]
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Stan and Ollie, GFT
12 – 24 January, 2-19 Peek behind the scenes at two of cinema’s most enduring icons in this delightful and touching comedy. Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly give spot-on performances as Laurel and Hardy, with equally impressive support from Shirley Henderson and Nina Arianda as their chalk and cheese wives. The film follows the […]
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Sophie Rocks, Harpist – ‘Notes from Shetland to Shanghai’
1 February, 2019 – 7:30pm Partickhill Bowling Club, 46 Partickhill Road, Glasgow, G11 5BY ‘If you think harps are only played by angels or elderly ladies in ballgowns, think again!’ – Edinburgh Reporter Harpist, Sophie Rocks, brings her 5 star Edinburgh Fringe performance to Glasgow Exploring contemporary, classical and traditional harp music form all over […]
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| Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Glasgow Girls, Kings Theatre review Pat Byrne
Kings Theatre Glasgow 15 – 19 January, 2019 Presented by Raw Material in association with Regular Music Conceived for the stage and directed by Cora Bissett Book by David Greig Original Musical Arrangements by Hilary Brooks Glasgow Girls the Musical is based on the true story of seven teenage pupils attending Drumchapel High School. The […]
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019 | Filed under: What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Be My Galentine – Dinner for the Ladies in Your Life, The Project Cafe
11 February, 2019 – 6.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. The Project Cafe, 134 Renfrew Street, G3 6ST Galentines Day is about rejoicing in our female friendships and celebrating all the wonderful women in our lifes! * Expect a warm welcome, hot drink and a wee Galentines Day surprise gift on arrival * We will enjoy […]
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| Filed under: Eating and drinking Glasgow West End, Valentines Day Glasgow
Novelist Sarah Moss Creative Conversations
Monday 21 January 2019, 1 p.m. Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Sarah Moss writes on the history and literature of food and travel. She co-edits, with Nicola Humble, the Food series at Manchester University Press, and has a BA, M.St. […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events
Free Online Course, University of Glasgow: Robert Burns: Poems, Songs and Legacy
Celebrate Robert Burns with this free online course. This free course from the Centre for Robert Burns Studies, University of Glasgow, will introduce you to the life, works and global celebrity of Robert Burns. You’ll examine poems, songs, manuscripts, and objects used to commemorate the poet. You’ll also develop your understanding of Robert Burns’s posthumous reputation – […]
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 | Filed under: Burns Events, Courses
Burns Night, Inn Deep
25 January, 2019 7.30 p.m. Inn Deep and That’s Yer Dinner present…………. Burns!!!! Join us for a 5 course experience as our host Sa MSmall takes us on a poetic journey through the works of the bard. Each course will be paired to one of his poems and will aim to give you a […]
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| Filed under: Burns Events, Eating and drinking Glasgow West End
Nichol Wheatley’s art depicting the tale of Tam O’Shanter at OranMor
Yesterday, 14 January, 2019, Nichol Wheatley‘s ten wonderful bespoke canvases depicting the tale of Burns’ Tam O’Shanter were on display at Òran Mór in Glasgow’s West End. The paintings will hang in the Victorian and Whisky Bar and will migrate back to the Auditorium each year when Burns events are celebrated. Nichol worked closely with […]
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The Enduring Appeal of Mary Queen of Scots – University of Glasgow Research
(The Abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots by Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798)held in The Hunterian’s Collection) New Research Project by Glasgow University Dr Steven Reid, a Scottish Historian based at the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts, and Anne Dulau-Beveridge, a curator at The Hunterian have been awarded funding for a two-year research network project on […]
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Monday, January 14, 2019 | Filed under: Art, Photography, Exhibitions what's on-glasgow
Curtain Set to Rise on Celtic Connections 2019
17 January – 3 February, 2019 The world-leading annual music festival Celtic Connections begins Thursday (17 January) with around 100 young musicians from across Scotland and Showcase Scotland partner-country Galicia taking to the stage of the Main Auditorium at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, alongside some of the most well-respected Scottish musicians to have emerged since […]
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Glasgow Girls Kings Theatre
15 – 19 January, 2019 The life-affirming, song-and-dance-filled, Scottish musical drama, based on the true story of seven feisty Glaswegian teenagers, whose lives change forever when their school friend and her asylum-seeking family are forcibly taken from their home to be deported. They are galvanised to fight for her rights, inspiring a whole community to […]
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Sunday, January 13, 2019 | Filed under: What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more, What's on in Glasgow: Theatre and Comedy
Blueprint: Theorum CCA
Sat 19 January — Sun 20 January 2019 Blueprint – Scottish Independent Cinema presents Theorem; a free, pop up feature film festival celebrating Scotland’s truly independent cinema. Solution orientated, with a punk rock attitude, these filmmakers will write their own pages in the future history of Scottishcinema. Related CCA Events Blueprint: Theorem presents Cleek Fri 19 January […]
Collette, GFT
12 – 24 January, 2019 This exhilarating dramatisation of the life of groundbreaking French novelist Colette is the exact opposite of the average biopic: it’s fast-moving, funny and thrillingly relevant. Keira Knightley impresses in a wide-ranging role as Colette, who we meet in 1892 as a young wife who “just wants to be part of […]
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Saturday, January 12, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Coach to Vienna + Fruit of Paradise | Ester Krumbachová Film Programme
Wed 16 January 2019 CCA, Glasgow 6pm + 7:20pm, Free but ticketed, Cinema 15+ Coach to Vienna Book: Coach to Vienna Karel Kachyňa Costume design: EsterKrumbachová One of the roles of Iva Janžurová’s life was as the heroine in Kočár do Vídně (Coach to Vienna), a psychological drama by director Karel Kachyňa and screenwriter Jana […]
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Conny Plank The Potential of Noise
Wednesday 16 January, 2019 Konrad “Conny” Plank is undoubtedly one of the most innovative sound designers of his time. The recordings realized in his sound studio near Cologne between the ‘60s and ‘80s revolutionised the music world. He was the pioneer of “Kraut-rock”, “Neue Deutsche Welle” and paved the way for the revolutions of electronic […]
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NT Live The Tragedy of King Richard II
15 January, 2019 Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the Almeida Theatre in London to cinemas. This visceral new production about the limits of power will be directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, whose previous plays include Little Revolution at the Almeida and Absolute Hell at the National Theatre. Richard II, King of England, […]
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The Favourite, GFT
30 December, 2018 2 – 17 January, 2019 Living up to its name, this dark and riotously entertaining period drama is currently the movie to beat as we enter awards season. Featuring three phenomenal performances from Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, it centres on the grotesque goings-on of the 18th Century court of Queen Anne (Colman). The capricious and highly unpredictable […]
CANCELLED She’s En Scene Women’s Screening: The Surprise Film CCA
Monday 14 January 2019 7pm, £4.00 (£3.00) + £1 booking fee, Cinema 15+ / F-rated Book Online / 0141 352 4900 She’s En Scene is a Glasgow community cinema screening films made by women. We are a not-for-profit cinema with social aims. We host film screenings, discussions, workshops and events which aim to empower, encourage film discussion, creation […]
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Friday, January 11, 2019 | Filed under: Cinema
Tell It Slant Express Yourself on Burns Night
25 January, 2019 – 7 p.m. What’s this, Tell it slant are hosting a Burns Night, complete with haggis, neeps and tatties. Aye. Veggie Haggis cos The Project Cafe is veggie. Fantastic array of poets wanting to share poetry with everyone. It’s BYOB (wine & beer only) and as always a raffle with poetry prizes. […]
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| Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Burns Events
UK Jewish Film Zuzana: Music Is Life CCA
Sunday 13 January, 2018 2:45pm, £8 + £1 booking fee, Cinema 12+ / F-rated 0141 352 4900 Zuzana Ruzickova, who passed away in 2017 aged 90, survived three concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and decades-long oppression and harassment under the totalitarian regime in her native Czech Republic to become a world-famous harpsichordist and the only musician to […]
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Shoot the Craw, Farewell Gig
Saturday, 2 February, 2018, 5 p.m. *** FAREWELL GIG ANNOUNCEMENT *** The Clutha Bar , 167 Stockwell Street, Glasgow G1 4SP ‘It is with much sadness to have to announce our last ever show. We’ve done so much in the 7.5 years we’ve been together since that first gig on 9th September 2011. We hope […]
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Thursday, January 10, 2019 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events
Fiskur and Lizzie Reid, King Tuts
Saturday Feb 2 2019, 8:30 PM King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut 272A St Vincent StreetGlasgow G2 5RL £11.00 – Buy tickets Ages 18+ Fiskur on Facebook ‘We are getting ready to play a super cool full band show at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut on Feb 2nd! We don’t always do this so it will be a treat […]
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Wednesday, January 9, 2019 | Filed under: Celtic Connections 2019, Gig Guide plus Club Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Rachael Allen, Creative Conversations
Monday 14 January, 2019 1 p.m. Poet Rachael Allen Free & Open to the Public University Chapel, West Quadrangle, Main Building Gilmorehill Campus, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Rachael Allen was born in Cornwall and studied English Literature at Goldsmiths College. She is the poetry editor at Granta, co-editor at the poetry press Clinic […]
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My Life In London, ProjectAbility
12 January – 27 February, 2019 ProjectAbility is delighted to be hosting My Life in London by ActionSpace artists Thompson Hall and Ian Wornast as their first exhibition of 2019! My Life in London is the culmination of a year of creative explorations by ActionSpace artists Thompson Hall and Ian Wornast, funded by an Unlimited […]
Three Leaps of the Gazelle, Playwrights Studio
By Jack Dickson – Rehearsed Reading 17 January, 2019 CCA Email hayley@playwrightsstudio.co.uk to reserve your seat. ‘That’s why we do this job, Jo-Jo. That’s why we’re here. To help people. Cos if we’re not helping, what the fuck are we doing?” (Lance Corporal Christine McGuire) In an increasingly uncertain world, opinions polarise. We cling to […]
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