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. National Theatre Live: Othello at GFT
Thursday 23 February, 2023 7pm Filmed live at the National Theatre, this extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy stars Giles Terera (Hamilton) in the title role, and Rosy McEwan (Blue Jean) as Desdemona. Wed in secret, the pair crave a new life together, but as unseen forces conspire against them, they find their […]
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Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Joyland at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 24 – Tuesday 28 February, 2023 Winner of the Jury Prize and Queer Palm at Cannes Film Festival, Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq’s groundbreaking debut feature charts the relationship between a young married cis man and a strong-willed trans woman, whose romance reveals the desire for sexual rebellion within the man’s strict patriarchal family. Buy […]
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Broker at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 24 February – Wednesday 1 March, 2023 AND Monday 13 – Thursday 23 March (after Glasgow Film Festival) Captions available Heartwarming, funny and moving, Broker is the outstanding new film from Hirokazu Kore-eda, the acclaimed director of Shoplifters. An unconventional road movie, the film follows two unofficial baby brokers (including Parasite‘s Song Kang-ho) attempting to […]
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Stitched – Textile Exhibition, ProjectAbility
25th February – 1st April, 2023 Group show Opening times: 11am – 5pm, Wednesday – Saturday Free admission Project Ability Gallery, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD Project Ability presents its first ever Textile Exhibition ‘STITCHED’ For this exhibition a select few artists were invited to make new work. There is a wonderful mix of exhibitors, […]
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Famous Faces Attending Glasgow Film Festival 2023
1 – 12 March, 2023 Highlights Highlights include Kelly Macdonald and Monica Dolan at a special International Women’s Day premiere of Typist Artist Pirate King, double Oscar nominee Emily Watson at the UK premiere of God’s Creatures, top impressionist Alistair McGowan at the UK premiere of My Name is Alfred Hitchcock, Game of Thrones star […]
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Kathrine Sowerby, Creative Conversations
Monday, 27 February, 2023 at 1 p.m. University Memorial Chapel, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, G12 8QQ Free admission – Register at Eventbrite Kathrine Sowerby lives in Glasgow, Scotland. Her poems, stories and translations have been published widely in journals and anthologies and she has taken part in poetry translation projects in Pakistan (Highlight Arts) and […]
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
The Salt of the Earth – oscar nominated documentary
Saturday, 25 February, 2023 Arlington Baths Club, 61 Arlington Street, Glasgow G3 6DT For decades, the award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado has captured moving and illuminating images of humanity, from wars and famine to remote indigenous tribes and stunning landscapes. This Oscar-nominated documentary, created by his son Juliano Salgado and filmmaker Wim Wenders (Buena Vista […]
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Origins – art exhibition Willie Sutherland
4 March until 1 April, 2023 Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, Greenock PA15 1HG – free admission by Willie Sutherland ‘I believe that the act of making is an expression of the self and that each piece if a self portrait, creating is my way of saying “look at me I exist”. I continue trying […]
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LGBT + History Month at GFT
This year marks 20 years since Section 28, the law that banned “promotion of homosexuality” in the UK, was repealed. To mark that anniversary, Glasgow Film Theatre will promote some films that celebrate and explore LGBT+ stories! 3 -12 March, 2023 ay GFT Daniel, based on true events, this intense, emotional drama speaks of a […]
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Saturday, February 18, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers, Glasgow Film Festival 2023, LGBT Glasgow, LGBT History Month, Pat's Home Page Blog
Preview: Subject plus Q & A
Sunday 19 February, 2023 at 16:15 GFT is thrilled to be welcoming Subject co-directors Camilla Hall and Jennifer Tiexiera, as well as Margie Ratliff (a participant/subject of The Staircase) this Sunday for a Q&A following a special preview of this powerful new documentary. By placing some of most successful documentaries of the past three decades — and the […]
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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 17 – Thursday 23 March, 2023 Due to popular demand see four more screenings of Laura Poitras’ Oscar nominated documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed. Deeply personal and urgently political, it follows the past and present lives of artist and activist Nan Goldin, from P.A.I.N.’s actions at renowned art institutions to her legendary […]
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Babylon at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 17 – Thursday 23 February, 2023 Captions and Audio Description available La La Land and Whiplash director Damien Chazelle returns with an outrageous ode to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Featuring a starry ensemble cast led by Margot Robbie, Babylon is a debaucherous comedy drama of epic proportions, bursting with unbridled ego and rivalling glorious decadence with depravity in […]
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Blue Jean at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 10 – Thursday 23 February Captions and Audio Description available Winner of the Audience Award at Venice Film Festival, Georgia Oakley’s outstanding character study follows Jean, a lesbian PE teacher in Newcastle, who is forced to live a double live under Section 28. Featuring stunning photography, pitch-perfect costuming and a standout central performance from Rosy […]
Women Talking at Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 10 – Tuesday 28 February, 2023 Captions and Audio Description available Nominated for Best Picture at the 2023 Academy Awards, Sarah Polley’s riveting drama follows a group of Mennonite women reconciling an epidemic of abuse with their religious faith. Featuring an ensemble cast including Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand, Women Talking […]
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The Whale at Glasgow Film Festival
Friday 3 – Thursday 23 February, 2023 Captions and Audio Description available Brendon Fraser is incredible – and freshly Oscar-nominated – in this adaptation of Samuel D Hunter’s acclaimed play, directed by Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream). Bolstered by exceptional supporting performances by Hong Chau (The Menu) and Sadie Sink (Stranger Things), Aronofsky’s intimate study […]
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Retrospective Films at Glasgow Film Festival 2023
In The Driving Seat The ever-popular retrospective screenings return with an eye on showcasing iconic classics revolving around women taking charge and setting off to forge their own path. Remember these screenings are free. Bonnie and Clyde It Happened One Night Julia The Piano Pierrot Le Fou Roman Holiday The Sugarland Express Thelma & […]
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Friday, February 17, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Glasgow Film Festival 2023, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Still Life Photography Exhibition
Angela Catlin and Henry Bell Wednesday 16th March to Sunday 17th April, 2023 For two years Henry Bell and Angela Catlin documented the pandemic in Glasgow through their poems and photographs. In dialogue with each other and the city around them, they recorded their shared isolation, the panic of the early pandemic, the unease and […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2023 Programme
It’s here, the Glasgow Film Festival 2023 programme! Glasgow Film Festival 1 – 12 March, 2023 One of the UK’s largest film festivals, GFF23 will host 70 UK premieres, 6 World premieres, 16 European/International premieres and 6 Scottish premieres at Glasgow Film Theatre and venues across the city. Festival Opening Gala and Closing Film The […]
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Glasgow Film Festival 2023 – FrightFest
Be prepared to devour a devilish feast of dread-filled delights as the UK’s favourite horror fantasy event returns to the renowned Glasgow Film Festival for an 18th year, from Thurs 9 March to Sat 11 March 2023. This year’s daring line-up, once again housed at the iconic Glasgow Film Theatre, embraces the latest genre discoveries […]
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Until It’s Gone – A Play, A Pie and A Pint
Monday 20 until Saturday 25 February, 2023 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX Until It’s Gone is a new dark comic drama that explores what a dystopian world without women means for the men left behind. By Alison Carr. In a future however many years from now where women are extinct, two men […]
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The End of Sex, Glasgow Film Festival
The End of Sex receives its UK premiere at Glasgow Film Festival 2 and 3 March, 2023 Starring Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek) and Jonas Chernick (Ashgrove), The End of Sex follows Emma and Josh, a couple whose kids are away at camp. With the house empty for a week, the couple embark on a series […]
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Late Night: Dawn of the Dead (2004) at GFT
Friday 17 February, 2023 at 11pm Next up in the late night slot is this high octane zombie remake starring Sarah Polley, screening as part of Cinemasters season on the actor-turned-director. When her husband is attacked by an undead neighbour, Ana (Polley) manages to escape, only to realise her entire town has been infested with zombies. […]
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Amy Laurenson at Tchai Ovna
Tuesday 21 February, 2023 at 7 p.m. Tea and a Tune with Amy Laurenson Amy Laurenson is a pianist from the Shetland Isles, currently based in Glasgow. Rooted in the traditional music of Shetland, Amy explores the music of her homeland alongside traditional and folk music from Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia. Growing up surrounded by […]
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Thursday, February 16, 2023 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Pat's Home Page Blog, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Gray Day 2023 at OranMor
Saturday 25 February, 2023 OranMor, Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX GRAY DAY returns for its third year with a day-long celebration and a live event at Òran Mór, featuring readings, music, film and more celebrating the Scottish artist Alasdair Gray. The annual celebration of the late Alasdair Gray sees writers, artists and readers […]
Yvonne Lyon in Concert at Cottiers
21 April, 2023 at 7.30 p.m. Singer/songwriter Yvonne Lyon presents a stunning collection of songs from her most recent album Growing Wild. Buy tickets Cottiers, 93-95 Hyndland St, Glasgow G11 5PU
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | Filed under: Gig Guide plus Club Events, Music, Music, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Launch of Lost Eden: A Collaborative Quartet of Quartets
21 February, 2023 7 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Scottish Writers Centre, CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3JD This event has been rescheduled from last year. Paid tickets are still valid, but if you booked a free ticket, please do so again. Launch of ‘Lost Eden ’(Zagava Press) a collaborative ‘quartet of quartets’ co-written with Margaret Elphinstone, Mandy Haggith, Douglas Thompson and D.P. Watt. […]
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Monday, February 13, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, Events, Fairs, Festivals and Fundraisers
Ann MacKinnon and Morag Smith, Paisley Book Festival 2023
Friday, 17th February, 12:30 – 1:30 pm Paisley Central Library, 15 Mill St, Paisley PA1 1ND Book Tickets – Pay What You Can Revival and renewal are at the heart of Ann MacKinnon and Morag Smith’s work. In this joint poetry pamphlet launch, Ann will consider how she came to write about the lives and […]
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Paisley Book Festival 2023
16 – 19 February, 2023 Some Highlights Paisley Book Festival has put together a fantastic programme with leading authors from Scotland and the UK descending on Paisley in February 2023. The programme will include author events, workshops and is an opportunity for writers to showcase their work on the main stage. For the first time, […]
Creative Conversations: Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Monday 20 February 2023 – 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. University of Glasgow Chapel, University Avenue, West Quadrangle, Glasgow G12 8QQ G12 Register for event at EventBrite Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir is a poet, visual artist and musician based in Reykjavík. She is widely considered one of the country’s most innovative poetry performers and has read […]
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Sunday, February 12, 2023 | Filed under: Books, Talks, Poetry and Creative Writing Events, What's On Glasgow West End: cinema, clubs, theatre, music, events, festivals, community and more
Valentine Day at Glasgow Film Theatre 2023
Tuesday 14 February, 2023 GFT, 12 Rose Street, Glasgow G3 6RB Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Glasgow Film Theatre showcasing two of GFT’s all-time favourite love stories. Whether you’re a hopeless romantic or looking for an escape, they’ve got you covered with the heartbreakingly beautiful Portrait of a Lady on Fire which will be playing alongside Richard Linklater‘s […]
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Friday, February 10, 2023 | Filed under: Cinema, Valentines Day Glasgow
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