Guide Official Your Programme Guide Programme Culture 2014

glasgow2014.com/culture @culture2014 Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games The Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme is a Please check individual project websites for Contents partnership between the Glasgow 2014 dates, venues, and ticketing, and for further Organising Committee, Glasgow Life, and access information. Access options include touch 4 Welcome by Fiona Hyslop MSP Creative Scotland. There are two strands: tours, viewing ramps for outdoor performances, 5 Introduction partner organisations a Scotland wide programme called Culture 2014; large print and Braille publications, and relaxed Chief Executives and a Games Time celebration in Glasgow performances. running alongside the sporting action called 6 The Journey So Far Festival 2014. To receive this Programme Guide in 9 GENERATION alternative formats, email: Activity ranges from the intimate to the epic, 10 Get Scotland Dancing including three groundbreaking projects with a [email protected] 11 Big Big Sing truly national reach: Big Big Sing; Get Scotland or call 0845 603 6000. Dancing; and GENERATION. (Mon – Fri, 10.00 – 12.00 & 14.00 –16.00 13 The Journey to the Games voicemail outwith these hours) 27 During the Games – Festival 2014 This Programme Guide is your introduction to events and exhibitions taking place across 41 The Journey Beyond the Games Scotland, capturing the excitement and scale 46 Appendix / Credits of what’s on offer.

It tells you about the projects and shows you where to go for more details of dates, times and venues. Projects that have also been supported through National Lottery Celebrate funding, Homecoming 2014 funding, or Scottish Government Expo funding are highlighted within this Guide.

Accessible performances, exhibitions, and events, are available throughout Culture 2014. The following symbols are used in this Programme Guide for access information:

Audio described performance BSL / sign language interpretation Captioned performance / film Wheelchair accessible / mobility options 3

All information correct at time of Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Design by Tangent Graphic going to print. Welcome. Fàilte Introduction

This is a great year to be in Scotland. Bliadhna The following pages will help guide you The partnership between the Glasgow 2014 The range of opportunities are not only for air leth a bhith an Alba. through a programme containing more than Organising Committee, Glasgow Life, and the people who attended performances and 200 projects and exhibitions and more than Creative Scotland, as well as hundreds of artists, visited events or galleries, but also for the people It gives me great pleasure to introduce this 1,000 events. In this incredible year for Scotland, cultural organisations and communities across who created and produced the work. Along the guide to the wonderful Culture 2014 – the most don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime cultural Scotland and beyond is something authentic and way unique relationships and networks are being ambitious national cultural celebration that has celebration – share in epic outdoor events, hear very unique. developed which will bring a lasting legacy for ever taken place in Scotland. personal stories, dance, sing, tell your own stories Scotland’s cultural sector and for audiences – and however you choose to join in – please be The aim of the partnership – to develop a looking to engage with exciting creative work. This is the year when Scotland takes centre inspired, enjoy yourself and remember these very programme of accessible and inspirational stage; as well as celebrating the second year of special moments and this very special year. cultural activity that frames and celebrates the We will all have had the chance to be part of Homecoming and hosting the Ryder Cup, we will Games – has also been supported by something very special; Culture 2014 will resonate welcome visitors from across the Commonwealth There is much to enjoy. organisations including BBC Scotland, British throughout Scotland and the Commonwealth and wider world to celebrate great sporting Còrdaidh gu leòr ruibh. Council, Channel 4, EventScotland, Festivals and will live on – not only in our individual and achievement through the XX Commonwealth Edinburgh, and Scottish Government. collective memories and stories – but also Games. As well as celebrating sport and the Fiona Hyslop MSP, through the ways in which we all work together. gathering of many nations, this is a time for Cabinet Secretary for Culture and The summer of 2014 offers a once in a lifetime Scotland and the Commonwealth to reach out External Affairs opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people David Grevemberg, and share our great cultural traditions as well across the country to celebrate Scotland’s hosting Chief Executive Glasgow 2014 as our contemporary creativity. of the XX Commonwealth Games through a programme of extraordinary new work by world Dr Bridget McConnell, Through dance, song, theatre, literature, leading and emerging Scottish and international Chief Executive Glasgow Life music, visual art, comedy and so much more... artists and cultural organisations. in well loved venues, on riverbanks, in community Janet Archer, centres and parks, and art galleries… even in Culture 2014 weaves together vibrant stories Chief Executive Creative Scotland squash courts and an ice cream van… there is an of people and places; it presents spectacular amazing range of activity to choose from – with performances and intimate portraits, puts a genuine treat around every corner of our communities at the heart of the work, through an wonderful country! unprecedented range of ways to take part.

In the pages of this Guide you’ll discover a Where the speed, strength, power, agility programme of activity that is exciting, diverse and and focus of the athletes defines the sporting for us all. Culture 2014 provides a fantastic range programme; the words, movement, song, dance, of ways in which everyone can get involved music, theatre, designs, films, ideas and art of because everyone’s invited. Culture 2014 has Culture 2014 tell a genuine and authentic story begun its journey and it’s beating a rhythm that of our past, our present, our potential and our will resonate through the summer, with hundreds 4 place in the world. 5 of events along the route of the Queen’s Baton Relay when it arrives back in Scotland on 14 June, Culture 2014 is an exhilarating journey. reaching a crescendo during the third week of We hope you will join us on it! July when the eyes of the world turn to Glasgow and the sporting extravaganza begins.

Hundreds more cultural events then animate Glasgow during Games Time as part of Festival 2014.

After the closing ceremony of the Games, Culture 2014 picks up its journey, taking in Edinburgh’s world famous summer festivals, and concluding at the end of August. Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full The Journey So Far Activity that has taken place on the Journey So Far

Most Culture 2014 activity will take place during Tens of thousands of people of all ages the summer months, but the journey has already are taking part – singing through Big Big Sing begun, and there have been some fantastic workshops, dancing through Get Scotland Project title Lead Organisation / Artist performances and events. Here’s just a taste… Dancing free taster classes and the Big Dance A Breath of Fresh Air Forestry Commission Scotland Pledge, and enjoying storytelling in schools, with A Child Like You (Part of New Music Biennial) Andy Scott and Lemn Sissay commissioned by Foden’s Brass Band The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer Imaginate Audiences have been thrilled and moved leading Scottish, UK and Commonwealth authors African Children’s Choir – Scottish Tour African Children’s Choir by brilliant work including choreographer and illustrators broadcast online across the All Sided Games Collective Authors Live Scottish Book Trust Janice Parker’s ‘Glory’ which celebrated Commonwealth through Authors Live events. Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival 2014 Glasgow Life performers, bodies, and the pursuit of excellence BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend BBC in movement; and the National Theatre of There is animation through ‘McLaren 2014’ BBC SSO India BBC BBC Young Musician of the Year BBC Scotland’s re-staging of ‘Glasgow Girls’ the which celebrates the life and work of the The Bell That Never Rang (Part of New Music Biennial) Lau commissioned by Celtic Connections real life story of the political campaign started pioneering, Scottish-born animator and filmmaker, Below Another Sky Scottish Print Network Big Big Sing Glasgow UNESCO City of Music by a group of teenage girls from Drumchapel. Norman McLaren. And the touring project Where Big Dance Pledge Get Scotland Dancing Commissions through the first ever New Music You’re Meant To Be’ sees acclaimed songwriter Blue Block Studio Starcatchers Biennial led by PRS for Music Foundation have and raconteur Aidan Moffat and award winning Boomerang Active Events Bronze and Iron (Part of New Music Biennial) David Sawer commissioned by Onyx Brass seen people enjoy fantastic new work including filmmaker Paul Fegan celebrating the art of Ceilidh Comhla Glasgow Life that by contemporary folk band Lau, and Matheu storytelling and its unique place in Scotland’s Celtic Connections 2014 Glasgow Life The Commonwealth: Gifts to The Queen Royal Collection Trust Watson and Luke Daniels. psyche in locations across the country. Commonwealth Poets United Scottish Poetry Library The Commonwealth Stands Up Glasgow International Comedy Festival In Commonwealth Poets United, the Scottish For the first time, and in celebration of The Dynamics of Perception (Part of New Music Biennial) Akwasi Mensah commissioned by Jazz re:freshed The East End Social Chemikal Underground Poetry Library has overseen an international Glasgow’s hosting of the Games, the BBC Radio 1 From Scotland with Love Faction North poetry exchange resulting in a series of poetry Big Weekend brought this flagship annual GastroFest – Feast of the Commonwealth Edinburgh International Science Festival GENERATION GENERATION readings and schools workshops and establishing event to the city, with tens of thousands of music The Girls Who Wished to Marry Stars (Part of New Music Biennial) Luke Styles commissioned by Juice Vocal Ensemble new relationships across Scotland and the fans revelling in a stellar lineup including Calvin Glasgow Girls National Theatre of Scotland Commonwealth. Harris, Paolo Nutini, and Coldplay. Glasgow International 2014 Glasgow Life Glasgow Mela 2014 Glasgow Life Glasgow Slow Down Jacqueline Donachie The launch of a unique partnership with The trip so far has been incredibly exciting but Glory Janice Parker Going For Gold Children’s Classic Concerts – supported through the Channel 4 and Chunk Digital saw the creation there’s much more to come! Celebrate programme of ‘9.88 Films’ the ultra-short film challenge that Green2014: The Environmental Legacy of the Architecture and Design Scotland enabled us all – professional and amateur – to XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Grind (Part of New Music Biennial) Samuel Bordoli commissioned by Tête à Tête attempt to captivate the Commonwealth in film GRIT – The Martyn Bennett Story Pachamama Productions or animation in the Commonwealth 100m record Hogmanayday Glasgow Life Journeys to Glasgow Janey Godley time of under 10 seconds. McLaren 2014 Centre for Moving image Music in the University University of Glasgow Natural Supernatural (Part of New Music Biennial) Gwilym Simcock commissioned by City of London Sinfonia New world Drovers (Part of New Music Biennial) Luke Daniels & Matheu Watson commissioned by Gael Music PULSE (Part of New Music Biennial) Dobrinka Tabakova commissioned by Royal Philharmonic Society 7 Saltbush – Children’s Cheering Carpet Imaginate Scale Scottish Dance Theatre Sound Carvings, Strange Tryst (Part of New Music Biennial) Piers Hellawell with Bourne Davis Kane commissioned by Moving on Music The Spokesmen Visible Fictions Stars Align (Part of New Music Biennial) Shingai Shoniwa and David Okumu commissioned by Serious Squish Squared Room 2 Manoeuvre Tales from the Commonwealth (Part of New Music Biennial) Stephen Montague commissioned by Red Note Ensemble and Woodend Barn The Tin Forest National Theatre of Scotland Urban Birds (Part of New Music Biennial) Arlene Sierra commissioned by INTER/actions Festival of Interactive Electronic Music Wee Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival for Children and Young People 2014 Glasgow Life / Iron-Oxide Where You’re Meant To Be Aidan Moffat & Paul Fegan White Gold Iron-Oxide Yellow Valley Starcatchers 9.88 Films (9point88.com) Chunk and Channel 4

Bold entries are projects that have more performances and events to come Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full GENERATION

GENERATION is a landmark series of The scale, ambition and geographical reach exhibitions tracing the remarkable development of GENERATION make it the first project of its of contemporary art in Scotland over the last kind. It is one of the most ambitious celebrations 25 years. It brings an ambitious and extensive of contemporary art ever held by a single nation programme of works by over 100 artists to over and seeks to engage local audiences and to 60 galleries, exhibition spaces and venues the reach out to national and international visitors. length and breadth of the nation between All the exhibitions are free and everybody is March – November 2014, with the majority of welcome. Don’t miss this remarkable opportunity exhibitions taking place over the summer of 2014, to experience some of the very best art to have as part of Culture 2014. been made in Scotland by some of the most imaginative artists working in our times. GENERATION is being delivered through a partnership between the National Galleries GENERATION is being enabled to achieve of Scotland and Glasgow Life, supported by its ambitions with the support and assistance Creative Scotland. Together these partners of partners including VisitScotland and have worked with a range of associate venues EventScotland, British Council Scotland, Museums and arts organisations across the country to Galleries Scotland, Education Scotland, Young ensure a truly national reach for the project. Scot, Children in Scotland and the BBC. The programme aims to shine a light on the past 25 years, a period which has seen Scotland generationartscotland.org develop an international reputation as a distinguished centre for contemporary art, produce a disproportionate amount of award- winning artists, host a number of ground- breaking exhibitions and foster an infrastructure which has enabled contemporary art to flourish.

At the heart of GENERATION is a desire to inspire future generations and to bring to life the possibilities that contemporary art offers to engage with the world around us. Extensive education and participation programmes have been designed to fuel the imagination of our children and young people with more information on these being featured throughout the summer on the GENERATION website. 9 Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Get Scotland Dancing Get Dancin’ Dance Trails Big Big Sing

Get Scotland Dancing aims You can dance, yes you can! Dance to interrupt, surprise ‘Really really brilliant’ to get more people dancing Dance is for everyone, no and inspire in real life settings. in Scotland than ever before. matter whether you’ve never Maybe you need to follow clues, ‘Really lively… so inspiring’ The project is a unique tried, are a little rusty or want hunt it out, take a special route partnership of hundreds of to get back into the groove. or it might just creep up on you. Big Big Sing Participants dance organisations and To prove it, you can try a taster Dance Trails take dance On 27 July, Glasgow Green will be host to groups across Scotland class for free at venues around out into streets and unusual Big Big Sing is a UK-wide celebration of singing the Big Big BIG Sing, a unique massed singing who all believe that dance Scotland. If you haven’t danced locations. Expect to find dance produced by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music. event. Whatever your taste in music, there’s is creative, healthy and fun. there before, or not for a few in parks, town squares, shopping Inspiring thousands of people to sign up and something for you – from Pied Pipers to enchant years, then sign up today to centres, graveyards and even get singing in the lead up to and during Games the kids with tuneful tales, to a tea song and Get Dancin’. online. Watch, join in and be Time, Big Big Sing provides a huge range of getscotlanddancing.org dance for those who prefer a more sedate inspired to try for yourself. opportunities to take part. With Big Big Sing Days, workshops, flashmob choirs, brilliant free tempo. The Big Big BIG sing massed voices getdancin.org online resources – including the Big Big (that’s you and a few thousand friends) will get getscotlanddancing.org/trails Commonwealth Songbook – and live Song a massive Glasgow Green groove going, belting The Commonwealth Stages in and around Glasgow during Games out songs from around the Commonwealth in Ceilidh Dance-along Movies Time, there’s every reason to join in, get singing a singing celebration of the Commonwealth With your host and enjoy yourself. Games. The brilliant Big Big Sing Band will be Wherever you are in the world, Chris Stuart-Wilson on stage, but the lead vocalist will be you, a choir the Commonwealth Ceilidh As part of Big Big Sing, Hands up for Trad of thousands, travelling the globe through music on a journey of classic tracks, African grooves begins at 19.30 on Saturday An outdoor screen in a special is coordinating a national song relay, linking and Scottish favourites. Come along and sing up, 21 June, and then follows the location will present your communities across Scotland and creating a the party lasts all day! Everyone is welcome – no time zones to create a 24 hour Dance-along Movie. Everyone network of performances at locations along experience necessary. global ceilidh event to celebrate joins in with a warm-up led by the route of the Queen’s Baton Relay. The the 2014 Commonwealth your host and learns some specially commissioned song ‘Here’s To All Our bigbigsing.org Games. 15 dances, including moves from key moments in the Common Wealth’, written by Phil Cunningham, three specially devised ones, film. The screening begins and Alison Burns and Findlay Napier, will be sung can be enjoyed by everyone you join in at the right points, all over Scotland, passed like a baton between and learned beforehand in a breaking into a huge shakedown choirs along the route, uniting communities and free download. The interval is for the finale. celebrating the excitement of the day. your chance to showcase your Bring a picnic and dress up local or national dance style. in the style of the film if you like.

commonwealthceilidh.org getscotlanddancing.org/movies 11 Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full As the Queen’s Baton Relay arrives back into Scotland on 14 June, and as the baton continues its journey through every local authority in Scotland, performances and celebrations will take place in communities across the land.

Culture 2014 will add to the vibrancy, fun and anticipation, connecting communities and visitors to people, places, and ideas inspired by the Commonwealth.

Stories will be told, performances will enthral, and memories will be made.

Here’s what’s happening near you…

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Games glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Get Scotland Dancing aims The East End Social to get more people dancing Chemikal Underground in Scotland than ever before. For detailed listings including Until 31 August, Glasgow Dance Trails, Dance-along Part music programme, Movies and free Get Dancin’ part community-engagement taster classes visit: project, The East End Social getscotlanddancing.org brings music to locations and venues throughout the east of Big Big Sing is a nationwide Glasgow, from tea dances and celebration of singing. For beat-box workshops to major details of how to take part – outdoor concerts and intimate Big Big Sing Days, workshops, café performances. Libraries, flashmob choirs, live Song care homes, primary schools, Stages and online resources cinemas, parks and community including the Big Big centres all feature in the Commonwealth Songbook visit: programme, taking in areas like Calton, Bridgeton, Easterhouse, bigbigsing.org Dennistoun, Dalmarnock and Rutherglen. Supported by GENERATION is a landmark The Spokesmen Homecoming Scotland 2014. The Tin Forest series of exhibitions tracing Visible Fictions eastendsocial.com National Theatre the remarkable development of Scotland of contemporary art in Until 19 July, across Scotland Scotland over the last 25 years. McLaren 2014 Get on your bike for 7 June – 3 August, Glasgow For details of exhibitions Centre for the a theatre experience with a A celebration of Glasgow’s and events taking place across difference which will celebrate Moving Image industrial past and creative Scotland visit: the great outdoors in your local future, taking place at the South generationartscotland.org park. Performing in green Until September, across Green2014: The Commonwealth: Rotunda, across Glasgow, and spaces across Scotland, this Scotland and the rest of the UK The Environmental Legacy Gifts to The Queen the Commonwealth, based on hilariously heart-warming tale A celebration of the the children’s book of the same will take you on a whirlwind centenary of pioneering of the XX Commonwealth Royal Collection Trust name by Helen Ward. tour of discovery. Scottish artist, filmmaker and Games in Glasgow The Tin Forest has taken musician, Norman McLaren. Until 2 November, Edinburgh Architecture and Design root across four of the city’s Produced by Centre for the A new display at the Palace visiblefictions.co.uk Scotland ex-industrial communities – Moving Image, in partnership of Holyroodhouse marks Springburn, the East End, with the National Film Board The Queen’s role as Head of Govan, and Southwest 14 Until 24 October, Glasgow 15 How Glasgow Flourished of Canada, this programme the Commonwealth through Glasgow – and across the Celebrating and showcasing 1714 – 1837 of events explores McLaren’s gifts presented to Her Majesty Commonwealth. All branches the various sustainability life and work with special by Commonwealth countries lead to the South Rotunda Glasgow Life related projects that are being exhibitions, screenings, around the world. for Festival 2014. Having lain delivered by a diverse range workshops and performances royalcollection.org.uk derelict for 25 years, the iconic Until 17 August, Glasgow of organisations bringing the in Stirling, Glasgow, Edinburgh building will be re-imagined Discover how Glasgow grew Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth and in the rest of the UK. and transformed into a magical into a city of global importance Games to life. It demonstrates Supported by Homecoming puppet labyrinth, a cavernous throughout the 1700’s right up how these projects are Scotland 2014. art and performance space until the start of Queen Victoria’s contributing to the event’s and a home for a ten day reign. An exhibition based on success, while at the same time mclaren2014.com festival of the stories, dreams Glasgow’s civic collections creating a legacy that will and wishes, drawn from and selected loans explores benefit the citizens of Glasgow, Glasgow and around the world. the legacy of Glasgow in the the people of Scotland and Supported by Homecoming 18th century. visitors for years to come. Scotland 2014. glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/ ads.org.uk kelvingrove Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full thetinforest.com Authors Live All Sided Games Gift Scottish Book Trust Collective Jez Colborne commissioned by Until 27 November, Glasgow 14 June, Edinburgh Mind the Gap Scottish Book Trust in Join Collective’s All Sided collaboration with BBC Games as they celebrate the The Marathon Storytelling 14 – 15 June, Bradford Scotland present a programme Queen’s Baton Relay visiting Cycle Challenge of events featuring an exciting Meadowbank Sports Centre. Tam Dean Burn 4 – 6 July, London as part of range of leading Scottish, An exciting opportunity to view New Music Biennial Weekend UK and Commonwealth- Jacob Dahlgren’s ‘no conflict, 14 June – 22 July, across Celebration based authors and illustrators no irony (I love the whole Scotland 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part for children, broadcast live for world), 2013’, a 100 metre Travelling the route of the of New Music Biennial free over the internet to schools banner made in collaboration Queen’s Baton Relay across Weekend Celebration across the Commonwealth. with families from across Scotland by bicycle, Tam Dean A gift arrives. What’s inside? There will also be an Edinburgh at Meadowbank in Burn endeavours to read all Curious? Then follow talented educational programme October 2013, alongside Mitch 195 books and plays, and sing learning-disabled composer Jez working directly with teachers Miller’s two large scale, highly all the published songs written Colborne on a musical odyssey from local authorities across annotated, drawings called Scotland and the by former Children’s Laureate to discover what it means to Scotland. All events are ‘dialectograms’, of Piershill Commonwealth: Julia Donaldson (‘The Gruffalo’). be gifted. Accompany Jez to available to watch again on Community Flat and booksonabike.com the very heart of music-making the Scottish Book Trust website. 400 Years in the Making Meadowbank. Both projects within a shipping container. The Mitchell Library have been realised through scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live A Trojan gift, a makeshift commissions which places The Big Song Relay musical instrument. Guaranteed 13 June – 4 October, Glasgow artists in and around the former Hands up for Trad to make your senses tingle. Message Unknown Guide Gods An exhibition which uses 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Part of New Music Biennial. YDance Claire Cunningham Scotland’s archives to highlight Games venue, Meadowbank 14 June – 22 July, across the nation’s historic links with Sports Centre, Edinburgh. Scotland newmusicbiennial.com 10 – 11 June, Glasgow 12 – 20 June, Glasgow the Commonwealth and to give collectivegallery.net As part of Big Big Sing, Children in Glasgow will Claire is disabled. Is it a snapshot of a history we Hands Up for Trad is create a physical and audio God’s will? Karma? Genetics? share with much of the world. Corroboree coordinating a national song Music in the University message using dance, What do you believe? Using glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/ relay, linking communities University of Glasgow beatboxing and music to dance, live music, humour the-mitchell-library Royal Botanic Garden across Scotland and creating express who they are and and interviews with religious Edinburgh an extensive network of choir 14 – 15 June, Glasgow what being part of the leaders, academics and performances at locations A series of concerts Commonwealth community deaf and disabled people, Squish Squared June, locations across Scotland along the route of the Queen’s celebrating the Games and the means to them. YDance will acclaimed performer Claire Room 2 Manoeuvre Corroboree will animate Baton Relay. values of the Commonwealth work with 120 young people Cunningham goes on a five of Scotland’s botanic A specially commissioned

16 as part of the University of 17 from four primary schools perilous quest to explore 13 – 23 June, across Scotland gardens by celebrating people, song will be sung all over Glasgow’s Music in the across Glasgow supported by a the intricacies of the major Squash merges with dance indigenous culture and Scotland, passed like a baton University programme. Glaswegian beatbox artist and world faiths and their views in Squish Squared, a ecological diversity among between choirs along the route, gla.ac.uk/events/musicintheuniversity arts project based musicians. on deafness and disability in performance and education the Commonwealth of Nations. uniting communities and Each school will develop their this witty and illuminating project which will be presented There will be lots of ways to celebrating the excitement of own short piece of music after new show. in squash courts across participate, with public events, the occasion. ‘Here’s to All Our which they will form a relay and Scotland. This dynamic and demonstrations and workshops. Common Wealth’ is written by share their pieces as they humorous duet will explore the clairecunningham.co.uk Music will be unplugged, food Phil Cunningham, Alison Burns journey to each others schools. competitive streak that lies will be local and healthy, and Findlay Napier with The project will culminate in one within and between individuals, transport will be sustainable translations in Scots and Gaelic. joint performance to mark the and the costs of achieving and the plants and natural return of the Queen’s Baton success in its different forms. features of the garden will projects.scottishcultureonline.com/ Relay to Scotland. Also Audiences will be invited to be a prominent part of the handsupfortrad supported through Celebrate. view the action through glass celebrations. fronted squash courts. ydance.org rbge.org.uk bigbigsing.org r-2-m.net Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Sports Stories from Hot: New Dance Animated in 2014 around the African and Performance Edinburgh International Commonwealth from Australia Film Festival Africa in Motion Tramway The Pokey Hat 18 – 29 June, Edinburgh Animated in 2014 is an Grinagog 14 June – 28 July, across 15 June – 3 July, Glasgow Scotland Hot is a season of some of exciting new project including Theatre Company This touring festival will the most exciting, spectacular, a two day Animation Lab explore African sports and moving and downright clever held during the Edinburgh 14 June – 3 August, across culture through film, taking contemporary dance and International Film Festival, Scotland viewers on a journey through performance from Australia. giving emerging animation The Pokey Hat is a new filmmakers the opportunity the African Commonwealth tramway.org family show, performed outside highlighting triumphs and key to be inspired by and network in an ice cream van, celebrating challenges through sports. with key industry professionals. stories from the East End of The tour will take place right Go Dance 2014 The festival will also showcase a Glasgow. Audiences will be across Scotland and include Ambassadors programme of short animation treated to an ice cream at pop-up screenings through the Theatre Group films from Commonwealth each performance! ‘AiM Shebeen Screen’, bike- countries before travelling internationally around the grinagog.co.uk powered screenings, dine and 17 – 21 June Glasgow Commonwealth. GRIT: view evenings and much more. The 7th annual Go Dance edfilmfest.org.uk The Martyn Bennett Story Scottish PEN africa-in-motion.org.uk festival celebrating excellence Literary Events in community dance, returns Pachamama Productions to the Theatre Royal with an Scottish PEN Welcome: On the Shore of the Mind explosive array of thrilling new Gabriel Jackson 19 June – 22 June, Tobermory, Common Ground work from dance groups across Isle of Mull 14 June – 24 July, across Scottish Refugee Council Scotland. With a different commissioned by An ambitious new cross-form Scotland programme over five nights, Mr McFall’s Chamber Scots-Canadian collaborative A series of readings and 14 – 28 June, across Scotland more than 1,000 dancers of project based on the inspiring literary events at venues across As part of Refugee Week all ages perform a rich mix of 18 June, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis life and music of one of Scotland, along the route of the Scotland’s Community hip-hop to ballet, contemporary 19 June, Brodick, Isle of Arran Scotland’s most innovative, Queen’s Baton Relay. The events Celebrations programme, to jazz. Guaranteed to wow 22 June, Edinburgh pioneering and influential will feature writers, poets and Welcome: Common Ground audiences with energetic and musicians; the tragically late publishers from Scotland and sees the Scottish Refugee inspiring new work – if you love 4 – 6 July, London as part of Martyn Bennett. Directed by across the Commonwealth and Council working in partnership dance, then Go Dance! New Music Biennial Weekend multi-award winning director each will look at a specific Celebration with 12 refugee community atgtickets.com Cora Bissett and written by movement from Commonwealth groups across Scotland to 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part Kieran Hurley, the production

history, with the writers putting 18 19 celebrate the Commonwealth of New Music Biennial features cutting-edge things into context, and reading Games and the eclectic Weekend Celebration choreography from Montreal’s from their work. Also supported diversity of Scotland’s Mr McFall’s Chamber is Dana Gingras, and acrobatic by Celebrate communities. Events will be celebrating historic links by choreography from Andrew scottishpen.org held across Glasgow and in commissioning Bermuda-born Watson (Cirque Du Soleil). Clydebank, Motherwell, composer Gabriel Jackson to Having premiered in Paisley and the Isle of Arran. write a setting of poems about Glasgow at the start of June, Also supported by Celebrate. island life by both Scottish GRIT will be presented at scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk and Caribbean poets. Druimfin on Mull from 20 – 22 Also in the programme will June and will be complemented be chamber music from Cuba by a mini-music festival of and songs by Purcell. Part of artists inspired by Martyn’s New Music Biennial. work, including Lau, Mr McFall’s Chamber and Sorren Maclean newmusicbiennial.com from 19 – 22 June.

corabissett.co.uk/grit Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full In My Fathers Words Commonwealth Ceilidh Sightlines The River Dundee Rep Royal Scottish Country RCAHMS and Scottish Barrowland Ballet Dance Society Documentary Institute 19 June – 26 July, across 28 June, London Scotland 20 – 21 July, Glasgow 21 June, across the Big Big Sing at 23 – 27 June, Tell Me What A ground breaking Commonwealth Edinburgh College of Art This is the story of flow and collaboration between Justin Wherever you are in the Choir of the Year Giving Up Looks Like memories told through dance, 26 July – 1 August, Young and Iain F Macleod world, The Commonwealth Glasgow UNESCO Robert Softley live music and song. The 150 The Briggait, Glasgow about the Scottish emigrant Ceilidh begins at 19.30 on City of Music strong cast take you on an experience in Canada, telling Saturday 21 June, and then 6 August – 14 September, 6 – 9 August, Glasgow emotional journey, the the profoundly moving story excitement of starting a new follows the time zones to create 22 June, Glasgow The Lighthouse, Glasgow One disabled athlete and of a father and son, and the life, tinged with the pain of a 24 hour global ceilidh event Big Big Sing joins forces A new film inspired by one disabled artist – tell you recovery of language and goodbyes. Just as a river to celebrate the Glasgow 2014 with Choir of the Year for a historical aerial photography the stories of how they became identity. Produced by Dundee replenishes itself, so does Commonwealth Games. 90-minute workshop to get of Commonwealth countries the people they are, with the Rep Theatre, with Justin Young the culture of the city built Dancing in the you singing and dancing in the gathered throughout the careers they have. Robert as the primary playwright, alongside it. The River celebrates Commonwealth Ceilidh is an aisles! Discover the music of second half of the twentieth Softley and disabled athlete and Iain F MacLeod as the creation of this vibrant easy, enjoyable and sociable the Commonwealth as century by the Directorate of Joe Brown will put their co-writer and author of the community. Join us as we way to share in the celebrations inspirational choir leaders lead Overseas Survey. The film will ‘sporting’ skills to the test. play’s Gaelic text. journey alongside the Clyde of Scotland’s culture and you through an action-packed be screened on continuous loop Who will win? What does celebrating the River’s stories. heritage. 15 dances, including workshop that reminds us all within a purpose built pavilion winning mean? And tell me dundeerep.co.uk three specially devised ones, how great singing can make us at Edinburgh College of Art, what giving up looks like. barrowlandballet.co.uk can be enjoyed by everyone The Lighthouse and The Briggait feel. Your ticket grants you free and learned beforehand in a as part of The Empire Café. entry to see the UK’s best choirs thearches.co.uk You Run on Tracks, Glasgow East End free download. The interval is compete for the title of Choir rcahms.gov.uk Not Roads Legacy and your chance to showcase your of the Year. local or national dance style. Journeys to Glasgow Niraj Chag commissioned Engagement Events bigbigsing.org The Falkirk Pot Glasgow Life Also supported by Celebrate. Janey Godley by artsdepot commonwealthceilidh.org Falkirk Community Trust Panning for Gold 21 June, Glasgow 28 June, Stranraer 29 June, London 24 June, Falkirk 20 July, Glasgow Alistair Anderson 12 July, Greenock (i)land A traditional music project 4 – 6 July, London as part of A series of one-day festivals commissioned by Sage 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow Marc Brew Company that celebrates Falkirk’s rich New Music Biennial Weekend in the North East of Glasgow. A Commonwealth Gateshead tradition of industry, trade Celebration These events are the culmination celebration of the Glaswegian 21 June – 21 September, and cultural exchange. of years of engagement and art of speaking. Having toured 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part across the UK 22 June, Gateshead Internationally respected legacy activity involving key arts the country gathering people’s of New Music Biennial Three people find musician and composer, organisations in the North East 4 – 6 July, London as part of stories of their journeys to Weekend Celebration

themselves abandoned on a 20 Brian McNeill returns to his 21 of the city, led by Glasgow East New Music Biennial Weekend Glasgow, Janey Godley and In East Africa the building deserted island with only each hometown to work with local Arts Company. The final event Celebration Ashley Storrie return to the city of the rail road by the other for support. As they schools and community groups for Festival 2014 with a series British Empire sent thousands will form part of the Queen’s 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as explore they gradually start to on a creative engagement of stand-up shows and comedy on a journey across continents. Baton Relay celebrations in part of New Music Biennial discover the pieces of a vehicle that will culminate in a bus tours. A dedicated YouTube Niraj will explore his own Glasgow. These are large scale Weekend Celebration – buried in the sand – that can performance at the Helix as channel, sound slides and film cultural heritage from India collaborative events, the scale A unique musical take them off the island. They part of the Queen’s Baton document Janey and Ashely’s through Uganda to the streets and ambition of which is unlike collaboration between one of work together to build the craft, Relay celebrations. own journey across Scotland of the UK, playing with the anything normally undertaken the UK’s most talented Steel Pan only to discover that it won’t falkirkcommunitytrust.org and the stories they heard musical language of three in the area. musicians, the world’s most carry all of them. This new along the way. diverse cultures. Part of New platform-online.co.uk respected English concertina integrated dance performance Music Biennial. explores isolation, humanity, player, a DJ, clog dancer and newmusicbiennial.com ingenuity and invention and youth steel bands from the UK journeystoglasgow.com a big pile of sand! and the West Indies. Part of New Music Biennial.

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Celebration parkour. This new company The Conference performers from across the glasgowconcerthalls.com 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part UK. All 20 commissions will be features specially recruited Call Of The Birds 44 Stories young performers between tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk of New Music Biennial performed at two special Eilidh MacAskill Drew Taylor Weekend Celebration weekend events in the summer 15 and 24 years old, from Aiseag (The Ferryboat) is of 2014. Scotland and Commonwealth Baltic Street Adventure 1 July – 17 August, Glasgow 2 – 5 July, Glasgow connection. A lifelong New Music Biennial is a PRS countries. Having trained for Playground 6 August, Edinburgh Art 70 countries are competing fascination creates a journey for Music Foundation initiative, 9 months, they join the Queen’s Create London Festival, Edinburgh in the 2014 Commonwealth between the Highlands and in partnership with Arts Council Baton Relay celebrations for a 9 – 10, 16 – 17 August, Out of Games. 44 of these countries Canada’s Gaelic diaspora. England, Creative Scotland and number of pop-up performances at locations across Scotland. From July, Glasgow the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh declare homosexuality as Electronica and found sound, the British Council. It is presented Also supported by Celebrate. From July 2014, a new A multi-artform family- illegal; in some places Cape Breton and Scottish in collaboration with BBC Radio 3, adventure playground for friendly project celebrating punishable by death. Collating Highland musicians, a Gaelic NMC Recordings, Southbank brightnightinternational.com children from 6 to 12 years the National Birds of the LGBT stories from these 44 choir and a Glasgow section Centre and Glasgow UNESCO will open in Dalmarnock. It is Commonwealth Nations and countries, this is an athletic, are all aboard with composers City of Music. Scale Territories. Created by Eilidh poetic exploration of visibility Mary Ann Kennedy and Additional support has been free to enter, children are free Scottish Dance Theatre to come and go, and free to MacAskill of Fish & Game it and activism. Love is love. Scott Macmillan, audio given by John S. Cohen play as they choose. Favourite explores ideas of representation drewmakestheatre.com designer Nick Turner and poet, Foundation, Arts Council of 4 – 6 July, Dundee activities include shouting and imagines what would Aonghas MacNeacail. Wales, Arts Council of Northern thearches.co.uk Transforming Dundee into down plastic pipes, mud happen if the birds had been Part of New Music Biennial. Ireland, Incorporated Society of an art canvas, world-renowned fighting and jumping off the invited to the city rather than newmusicbiennial.com Musicians, The Bliss Trust, The artists from the visual arts, tree house! Baltic Street athletes and politicians. Blood Lines Finzi Trust and Hope Scott Trust. music, fashion, film, and dance Adventure Playground is a fishandgame.org.uk newmusicbiennial.com Lou Prendergast unite to play with the city...and VELOCITY project delivered conferencecallofthebirds.co.uk your mind. HUMAN SCALE collaboratively by Assemble 2 – 5 July, Glasgow sees the premiere collaboration and Create London. Initiated by A new play, written, directed between choreographer Fleur Glasgow Life, Creative Sporting Heads and performed by Lou Darkin and designer Alexander Scotland, Glasgow City Council, 22 23 Glasgay! Prendergast, Blood Lines draws Ruth, with original music by The Creative Scotland and Clyde upon the Scots-Caribbean One Ensemble. SCALE: Park Gateway, VELOCITY seeks to 1 July – 31 December, Glasgow experience to raise questions invites everyone aged 0 – 99 reimagine, repair and A photographic exhibition about Scotland’s entanglement to join the party for a one-day reconnect the physical and of LGBT sportspeople who in the slave trade and explore festival in a pop-up park in social fabric of the city, using have recently ‘come out of how the Commonwealth’s Dundee’s city square. the unique context of the the closet’ and announced themes of humanity, equality hosting of the Games their sexuality. This exhibition and destiny interact within the balticstreetadventureplay.co.uk celebrates the increasing contemporary realities of scaledance.com visibility of LGBT people in racism, capitalism, feminism sport. The exhibition will and homophobia. feature, amongst others, Tom thearches.co.uk Daley, Billie Jean King, Justin Fashanu, Matthew Micham, and Gareth Thomas. Funded by the National Lottery through the Celebrate Programme. Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Also supported by Celebrate. glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full glasgay.co.uk Portrait of Home Arpita Shah

18 July – 24 August, Glasgow A series of photographic portraits of families in Scotland Boomerang who are also culturally rooted Below Another Sky Active Events to other Commonwealth Scottish Print Network countries. The work will 17 July, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis explore Scotland’s links to 7 June – 19 July, Edinburgh 23 – 24 July, Glasgow the Commonwealth countries 18 July – 15 August, Glasgow Boomerang is a celebration through intimate family portraits An international residency of the indigenous cultures of that share stories of migration programme to support new Scotland, Australia and New and the meaning of home. work in print by leading Zealand. Premiered at Womad The portraits will celebrate the artists from Scotland and New Zealand, it was performed cultural diversity in Scotland Commonwealth countries. at Sydney Opera House and also visually represent how The 20 participating artists Homeground Festival before migration has shaped the will produce new work with the Commonwealth Assemble: being presented as a highlight culture and national identity Scottish Print Network studios of Scotland. Youth Dance Festival An International Print during Festival 2014. Featuring across Scotland and take part 21 artists including Breabach arpitashah.com in a related programme of YDance Workshop (Scotland), Moana and the public exhibitions, events and Rachel Barron Tribe, and Horomona Horo Home Nations workshops. The Four Seasons 10 – 12 July, Glasgow (New Zealand), Shellie Morris, Glasgow Print Studio will YDance brings together 12 July – 2 August, Wasps Casey Donovan, Aaron Programme present an exhibition of work Aberdeen International 36 of the best youth dance Studios Hanson St., Glasgow Burarrwanga, and Djakapurra Tron Theatre commissioned by all 20 artists Youth Festival, companies from across the 20 July – 9 August Govanhill Munyarryun (Australia) the participating in the programme. Royston Maldoom and Commonwealth for three Baths, Glasgow show features vocalists, 17 July – 2 August, Glasgow belowanothersky.org Tamara McLorg fantastic evenings of dance – the An exhibition and musicians and dancers who Tron Theatre presents a first ever Commonwealth Youth participatory project by artist mix the pipes with Haka dance, celebratory Home Nations 20 July, Aberdeen Dance Festival. Audiences of all Rachel Barron which invites Maori vocals with Step dance Programme curated by Liz Nelson Mandela Marrying the North-East’s ages have the chance to people of all ages, backgrounds and Aboriginal dance with Lochhead. The programme will International Day reputation for ‘four seasons in experience an exciting and and abilities to take part by Gaelic song. A spectacular include dramatic interpretations ACTSA Scotland one day’ with Vivaldi’s most entertaining programme by a printing their own flag. show that fuses traditions and of work from some of the UK famous score, internationally wealth of young dance talent Specially made ink stamps celebrates cultures. and Northern Ireland’s finest 18 July, Glasgow renowned choreographers and including the National Youth and tools will form part of an poets including Dylan Thomas, facebook.com/boomerangprojectxx Supported by Glasgow community dance artists Dance Companies of Scotland, interactive print workshop at Seamus Heaney, Carol-Anne 24 Life, in association with the Royston Maldoom and Tamara 25 England & Wales. Also Wasps Studios, Hanson Street. Duffy and Edwin Morgan. South Africa-United Kingdom McLorg will join young people supported by Celebrate. These individual contributions The HA Orchestra tron.co.uk Seasons 2014 & 2015 and from Aberdeenshire to create tramway.org will gradually assemble to form Pan African Arts Scotland the Connect ZA Season a new dance performance, a large-scale installation at A day of South African The Four Seasons. Our Big Gig Scotland Govanhill Baths. 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow themed community voluntary The HA Orchestra is a getscotlanddancing.org Superact assemble2014.co.uk activity with a cultural melting pot of African music programme at its heart from all the different regions of involving South African and 11 July – 13 July, across Scotland Africa and its diaspora brought Scottish artists to mark Nelson A weekend of live local together by Pan African Arts Mandela’s birth date, music in communities across Scotland which aims to tap into culminating in a late-night Scotland. Our Big Gig a vast unexplored treasure of event at The Arches featuring celebrates local music at musical cultural experiences contemporary music from South community events, showcases and values. African and Scottish musicians. new and existing talent and panafricanartsscotland.org.uk gives people the opportunity to actsascotland.org.uk have a go at making music. Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full ourbiggig.co.uk Festival 2014 will offer amazing experiences for everyone who wants to soak up the atmosphere of the city. There will be site specific surprises which will use Glasgow landmarks and the River Clyde as their stage and spectacular performances at existing cultural venues, including a satire of the Games. The four big festival sites at Glasgow Green Live Zone, Merchant City Festival, Kelvingrove Bandstand and BBC at the Quay will be a great day out for everyone with family friendly activities, big screens, some of the best produce Scotland has to offer and performances from artists from around the world plus some of Glasgow and Scotland’s world renowned talent. During the

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2014 glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Get Scotland Dancing aims Commonwealth Games to get more people dancing Visiting Artist in Scotland than ever before. Roger Palmer For detailed listings including Dance Trails, Dance-along 23 July – 3 August, Nauru Movies and free Get Dancin’ Visual artist Roger Palmer taster classes visit: will be an overseas visiting getscotlanddancing.org artist and correspondent based on Nauru in the South Pacific, Big Big Sing is a nationwide the world’s smallest republic celebration of singing. For with a population of fewer than details of how to take part – 10,000. Phosphates mined from Big Big Sing Days, workshops, seabird guano once provided flashmob choirs, live Song Nauru with one of the world’s Stages and online resources In Common highest standards of living. PERCH Carnival: including the Big Big The island now receives aid Commonwealth Songbook visit: Recoat from Australia in return for A Festival of Flying bigbigsing.org hosting an offshore migrant and Falling 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow detention centre. Athletes from Conflux Recoat will bring five Nauru have won medals at GENERATION is a landmark Internationally renowned artists every Commonwealth Games In partnership with series of exhibitions tracing to Glasgow to paint large-scale since first taking part in 1990. Legs on the Wall (Australia), the remarkable development murals on key sites around rogerpalmer.info LUME Teatro (Brazil) and of contemporary art in Glasgow. The murals will composer Stephen Deazley Scotland over the last 25 years. celebrate the people of the For details of exhibitions Commonwealth by exploring the Mandela Celebration 19 – 20 July, Glasgow and events taking place across theme of ‘identity’. The artists The Hidden Gardens High above the city streets Scotland Can Make It! International Scotland visit: will make works informed by a figure looks down, a set of Panel Artist Initiated generationartscotland.org local community engagement. Event: 19 July, Glasgow magnificent wings upon its David Dale Gallery back. On the ground below recoatdesign.com Time Bank: 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow and Studios 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow a menagerie of strange and Scotland Can Make It! is Following International spectacular creatures call to an independent project to Dancing City 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow Mandela Day (18 July), the figure. Will it fly or will it fall? commisisons six unique souvenirs Working with artist initiated Dance House Glasgow The Hidden Gardens hosts a Welcome to Perch, a carnival responding to Scotland’s organisations from across the vibrant day of community, unity that celebrates our dreams hosting of the Commonwealth six Commonwealth territories, 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow and change in celebration of and fears of flying… and falling. Games in 2014. The souvenirs a series of projects responds Celebrating a city that is the rich cultural heritage and Involving spectacular are designed by leading 28 to the context of the 29 constantly in motion, Dancing traditions of the Commonwealth. aerial sequences and over Scottish artists / designers Commonwealth Games in City will bring together Inspired by the life and work 200 performers, including and produced by Scottish Glasgow and is representative professional artists and of Nelson Mandela, the event Scotland’s leading street and manufacturers. A public or indicative of their country’s communities of people to create shines a light on volunteering circus artists and aerialists, exhibition, film, talks and other contemporary culture through an exciting film and series of in the local community, a mass community choir, events will be delivered as the lens of an artist-led ‘happenings’. It will capture the showcasing the many brilliant emerging and local performers part of Festival 2014. organisation. Taking place over city of Glasgow in motion ways people can contribute to and a live video link-up to multiple venues in Glasgow’s through its infrastructure and its a thriving neighbourhood. Brazil and Australia, Perch is scotlandcanmakeit.com east end International Artist people at work, play and going Featuring food, performances, a once in a lifetime experience. Initiated will incorporate visual about their everyday business. activities and a creative Time The 86-piece Senior Orchestra art exhibitions, public art, The film will be screened Bank, where people can pledge of The National Youth events, and publications as a extensively across Glasgow their time in service to others, Orchestras of Scotland will be celebration of the diversity of during Festival 2014 so look out all offered in the inclusive spirit playing a new score composed self-organised cultural practice for it in unexpected places. of the Gardens. Also supported by Stephen Deazley. internationally. by Celebrate. daviddalegallery.co.uk dancehouse.org thehiddengardens.org.uk perchcarnival.com Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Tomorrow Is A River of Stories Always Too Long Visual Statement The Common Guild 20 July, The Bridge and 19 July, Glasgow Springburn Park, Glasgow A new project by artist Phil Collins conjuring up a 27 – 29 August, Platform distinctive vision of Glasgow Theatre, Glasgow from the perspective of 28 July, Glasgow Green institutions that describe the A River of Stories is a scope of human experience collection of tales and poems and define us as social beings. from across the Commonwealth The film will be presented on Ebb Tide on the theme of water, Songs of Emigration 19 July in Queen’s Park as a Shetland Moving Image celebrating the capacity of and the Goldrush: one-night-only free event. Archive stories to unite and inspire Maryhill’s Trade Legacy Centred around an installation children of different cultures. of multiple LED screens set up in Maryhill Burgh Halls 19 – 25 July, Glasgow Visual Statement accompanied the old rose garden, an open by east end school children In Ebb Tide, film makers 20, 22 July, Glasgow terrace with views over the city will perform ‘The March Of and musicians in Shetland are Working with a local choir and the hillside beyond. The Hermit Crabs In The Rain’ working with the Shetland and schools, traditional song (Bahamas), ‘Rain Maker’ Moving Image Archive to specialist Maeve Mackinnon (Botswana), and ‘Womans thecommonguild.org.uk create new films inspired by the explores, in song, the trade links World’ (Tuvalu). Visual stories, journeys, imagery and between Maryhill, Australia Statement will delight and artefacts of Shetlanders who and Canada. There will be a Salt inspire you by blending the voyaged overseas on ships free outdoor performance at Sophie Cooke and book’s audio track with made on the Clyde. Those films Maryhill Locks on 20 July and traditional Celtic and Gaelic Anne Milne will be toured around Shetland at Maryhill Burgh Halls on melodies. Supported and screened on the Tall Ship in 22 July. Funded by the National by The Commonwealth 19 – 25 July, Glasgow Glasgow in July. Lottery through the Celebrate Education Trust. A long poem in a short film: shetlandmovingimage.co.uk Programme. Also supported Salt will follow Glasgow and vstate.co.uk by Celebrate. the Commonwealth’s journey maryhillburghhalls.org.uk with the river as its guiding light. The Games The film will be shown in Dick Lee Glasgow as part of Ebb Tide at Blue Block Studio the Tall Ship during Festival 19 & 20 July, Open Starcatchers

2014, and at other venues. Rehearsals, Glasgow 30 31 24 July, Glasgow 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow clydefilmpoem.wordpress.com Other dates across Scotland 26 July, 24 August Edinburgh Blue Block Studio is a space A celebration of the specially designed for babies Commonwealth Games through under 24 months. It offers the a fusion of music, poetry and opportunity for adult and baby dance. At the heart of this to interact in a friendly, inspiring exciting event is new music from and beautiful environment. Dick Lee for his group Dr. Lee’s It is a creative space to listen, Prescription, combined with new to explore, to build, to watch, poetry from Edinburgh Makar to lie down, to look and touch (2008 – 2014) Ron Butlin and new for the adult and baby. dance from renowned dancer starcatchers.org.uk and choreographer Alex Rigg. dicklee.org.uk Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Future News 2014 Yellow Valley Endurance News Just In Glasgow Life Starcatchers A Moment’s Peace Random Accomplice

23 July – 3 August, Glasgow 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow 24 – 27 July, Glasgow 24 July – 2 August, Glasgow During the Commonwealth Other dates across Scotland A co-production with A nightly round up of the Games the Mitchell Library A loveable, contemporary, The Women’s Creative Commonwealth Games on all will be the base for a Live musical-storytelling performance, Company and The Arches, things Tom Daley, Tom-Foolery Games Newsroom, which will created especially for children Endurance is a striking new and with the views of Tom, see 40 aspiring journalists from aged two to four years old, theatre production imagining Dick and Harry! Featuring a Glasgow working on Games- inspired by Kenyan children’s and recreating the historical brand new story at every related stories and compiling book ‘Who’s Calling’ by Charity and personal stories of performance, six of Scotland’s and editing reports. Their work Waciuma. Join us as we recreate Commonwealth sportswomen. top comedy actors, a team will be uploaded and accessed this quirky story with live African Performed by over 20 women of award-winning writers, and by young people from across music, electronic vocal effects living in Glasgow, Endurance a script finished only minutes the Commonwealth who will and energetic performances to considers the changing role of before opening, anything can edit, interpret and produce tell the tale of a feisty little girl women in competitive sport, – and probably will – happen! content for their local audiences. Pride House Roots, Shoots and Fruits and her animal friends who strike examining what it takes to be randomaccomplice.com britishcouncil.my/future-news-2014 LEAP Sports Scottish Association of up a disagreement with another, the best and why ‘what’ you cheekier, little girl (and all her represent matters. Also Flower Arrangement Scotch Hoppers 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow animal friends) across the valley. supported by Celebrate. Glasgow’s Wee Doors Societies (SAFAS) Stillmotion A safe and welcoming LGBT starcatchers.org.uk Open Day space (designed by Do 23 – 24 July, Glasgow thearches.co.uk Glasgow Building Architecture) in the Merchant 24 July – 3 August, Glasgow Seventy SAFAS Flower Clubs Hosts and Champions City offering the full Games Come and play! Who? Preservation Trust from all over Scotland are experience of Sport and Glasgow Life in The Empire Café You – little ones, and you, the coming together to depict in big ones with them! 23 July, Glasgow Culture. Also supported association with Collective Architecture flowers the stories of our culture Parnie Street, in the heart A special Doors Open Day by Celebrate. the University of Stirling and Louise Welsh and roots. This Flower Festival, of Glasgow’s Merchant City, to take place during Games leapsports.org/pride-house held in Glasgow Cathedral, and Commonwealth will become an outdoor play Time. Around 20 landmark 24 – 25 July, Glasgow will celebrate our heritage Games Scotland area with totally new games buildings across the city will An exploration of Scotland’s Q Poetics (Roots), where we have gone designed especially for the open their doors for a free relationship with the North out in the world (Shoots) and 24 July – 3 August, Glasgow festival – and for all ages. showcase of their hidden Skye Loneragan Atlantic slave trade through our achievements (Fruits). Celebrating for the first Made by some of the UK’s heritage. Also supported coffee, sugar, tea, cotton, music, safas.org.uk time 80 years of sport from most talented outdoor game by Celebrate. 23 July – 3 August, Glasgow visual art, academic lectures, the Commonwealth Games designers, Scotch Hoppers has Q-POETICS installs the poet poetry, debate, workshops, glasgowdoorsopenday.com Scotland Archive. been inspired by traditional & poetry in places & spaces of The Scokendia Ensemble historical walks, film and waiting – in those lines in which Hosts and Champions street games, and is an exciting

32 literature. The Empire Café 33 Jamie Munn celebrates 80 years of and original re-discovery of we so often lose the will to live. will be based in the Briggait, With so much going on in the participation and achievements what it is really like to play in 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow home of the Merchant’s host city, queues are a sign of by Scotland in the Commonwealth the city, in the Summer… so The Scokendia Ensemble will Steeple, in Glasgow’s Merchant success and Q-POETICS installs Games from its origin in 1930 come with friends, family, or bring together young musicians City and will also present work the artist in these queues during through to the 2010 Games in just you. and composers from Scotland, as 14–18 NOW. Festival 2014. Easing wait-times Delhi. Drawn from the Kenya and India to form a through the arousal of curiosity, Commonwealth Games Scotland unique chamber orchestra stillmotion.co.uk poet and performer Skye Archive held by the University of empire-cafe.org that will connect, collaborate Loneragan joins those lining up Stirling, the exhibition will display and perform during Festival to pay, purchase or pass – for the first time photographs 2014, with performances taking exchanging ideas about winning and artefacts which tell a rich place in an exciting variety of and what we are waiting for, story of Scotland’s involvement spaces, settings and venues sharing performances and in the Games, including as hosts across Glasgow. q-free online poetry pieces. in 1970 and 1986. sportheritage.wordpress.com

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25 – 27 July, Glasgow Classics Marathon Day The Big Big BIG Sing A new family opera based Glasgow Life Glasgow UNESCO on themes of friendship and City of Music the ties that bind people 26 July, Glasgow together, whatever their age Nicola Benedetti leads the 27 July, Glasgow and wherever they make their cream of Scotland’s orchestras, During the Commonwealth home. Anamchara – Songs of classical musicians and Games, Big Big Sing will host Friendship is written by ensembles in one amazing Scotland’s biggest ever singing acclaimed Scottish novelist Year X marathon day of music at the event. And everyone is invited. Alexander McCall Smith and Aidan O’Rourke heart of the Commonwealth Whether you’re new to singing composer Pippa Murphy, and Games, produced by Glasgow or a seasoned pro, you can has a multi-cultural cast of over 25 July, Glasgow UNESCO City of Music. There join a choir of thousands at 120 performers from Scotland, Marking the musical decade has never been a day like this Glasgow Green on 27 July. India, Canada, New Zealand, since Aidan O’Rourke first in Glasgow – it is a feast of With special guests and songs South Africa and Botswana. performed his ambitious debut many flavours: from Baroque from around the Commonwealth, scottishopera.org.uk Sirius as part of Celtic to Tango, Scottish to Indian, this unique performance is a Connections, Year X finds solo to mega-orchestra. Nicola great way to get singing and On Common Ground Aidan revisiting the Scottish Benedetti herself undertakes a be part of Festival 2014. themes and aesthetics of that personal marathon for the day, Citizens Theatre much loved 2004 piece. Year X rehearsing and performing is a musical meditation on the three concerts with different bigbigsing.org 25 – 31 July, Glasgow last ten years spent performing orchestras: a challenge every bit A major outdoor event by and travelling the world. as extreme as running 26 miles. Debajehmujig Storytellers and aidanorourke.net glasgowconcerthalls.com Citizens Theatre, taking place in the Gorbals Rose Garden. First Nation Storytellers from Cargo, Camera... Action! Commonwealth Flotilla Manitoulin Island, Canada, will Glasgow Film Royal Yachting come together with a cast of Association Glaswegians to tell a story of 26 July, Glasgow community, family and the An outdoor celebration of 26 July, Glasgow natural world. moving image and Glasgow’s 250 boats – the largest

34 history. Glasgow Film takes flotilla in the Clyde’s history – 35 oncommonground2014.co.uk over the banks of the River will sail from Greenock to Clyde for a day-long cinematic Glasgow’s Pacific Quay on spectacular by the water, 26 July to mark the created with artists, performers Commonwealth Games. and filmmakers who embody the exciting creative ethos that ryascotland.org.uk underpins Glasgow’s grassroots arts scenes. Cargo Camera... Action! features newly commissioned work by leading filmmakers and artists including 85A, Torsten Lauschmann, Chris Leslie, Eilidh MacAskill, Minty Donald and Nick Millar. glasgowfilm.org Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full WWMirrorball Currents Commonwealth Yann Seznec Poetry Project commissioned by St Mungo’s Mirrorball Edinburgh Art Festival

28 July, Glasgow 31 July – 30 August, Edinburgh 17 poets, 17 poems, 4 – 6 July, London as part of 17 sports. 17 Glasgow poets New Music Biennial Weekend have been commissioned Celebration to respond to each of the sports represented at the 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth of New Music Biennial Games. Poems will be Weekend Celebration displayed in the lead up to the Created from hundreds of Games, during Festival 2014 fans controlled by real-time and in a free pamphlet. Lahore – Ceól Mhór weather data, and drawing stmungosmirrorball.wordpress.com Glasgow Life on wind conditions across the Commonwealth, Seznec’s installation and composition 30 – 31 July, Glasgow Emancipation Acts offers a portrait, at once An International Glasgow Life in accurate and abstract, of the collaboration between three Commonwealth, exploring association with African classical Pakistani musicians, ideas of distance, data, modern Caribbean Cultures Chand and Suraj Khan and convenience and memory. Tabla player Dani ‘Kashif Ali’, Glasgow Currents will be installed in a and award-winning Gaelic police box on Edinburgh’s band, The Mischa McPherson 30 July – 1 August, Glasgow Easter Road throughout August, Trio. The newly created music New World Drovers Cèilidh Còmhla An inaugural Scottish with two performances during will be performed across Luke Daniels and Matheu Glasgow Life celebration of Emancipation Edinburgh Art Festival. Part of Glasgow on 30 and 31 July Watson commissioned Day, with site-specific New Music Biennial. performances in Glasgow’s as part of Festival 2014. by Gael Music 28 July, Glasgow newmusicbiennial.com Cèilidh Còmhla returns Merchant City exploring the mischamacphersontrio.com to the traditions of a Gaelic city’s role in Caribbean slavery 27 – 30 July, Highlands ceilidh: a gathering of friends and the abolition movement. Talking Heads and Islands Directed by Alan McKendrick, with storytelling, song and Glasgay! 4 – 6 July, London as part of dance. Working with a range of inspired by an original idea from African Caribbean

New Music Biennial Weekend artists from different disciplines 36 37 30 July – 2 August, Glasgow Celebration and cultural backgrounds, Cultures Glasgow and historian A rare chance to see four the Cèilidh Còmhla team Stephen Mullen’s book 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of the original Talking Heads re-imagines the traditional ‘It Wisnae Us’. of New Music Biennial – Alan Bennett’s wonderful, ceilidh for new audiences and emancipationacts.com Weekend Celebration legendary 80’s television events. Each Cèilidh Còmhla is Exploring the many drove monologues which held the unique and each encourages roads or tracks set deeply into seeds of discomfort of a Britain new sharings and experiences the Scottish countryside and (and a world) changing beyond for artists and participants the long-vanished trade of recognition. Four individuals alike. A special Cèilidh Còmhla Scottish cattle-droving through trapped behind the net curtains event will be held at Glasgow its hardy highland cattle drovers of a fast disappearing society. Green as part of Festival 2014 and their wider connections to Directed by Liz Carruthers. the New World. Features glasgowlife.org.uk/gaelic-arts/ Funded by the National Lottery musicians Ceri Owen Jones and CeilidhComhlacometogether through the Celebrate Ceri Rhys Matthews. Part of Programme. Also supported New Music Biennial. by Celebrate. newmusicbiennial.com glasgay.co.uk Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Sound to Sea SA Season Cryptic Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society 1 – 2 August, Glasgow Cryptic, in partnership with 1 – 25 August, Edinburgh the Glasgow Science Centre, Assembly present their third presents Sound to Sea, a South African Season as part night-time nautical outdoor of the 2014 Edinburgh Festival extravaganza with live music, Fringe, made up of ‘Silent Voice’ Grind aerial dance, fireworks, From Scotland With Love from the South African State Samuel Bordoli boats and spectacular visuals Theatre, ‘Hayani’ (winner of Faction North culminating at the Canting Best New South African Script commissioned by Basin of the River Clyde. 2013), Durban Playhouse’s Tête à Tête 31 July, Glasgow Offering an unforgettable production of ‘Race’ by David 4 – 6 July, London as part of A documentary film and evening of entertainment, Mamet, the hilarious ‘Sunday New Music Biennial Weekend live music performance with a the event features a diverse Morning and The Zulu’ from Celebration contemporary music score by selection of some of Scotland’s Tony nominee Mbongeni one of Scotland’s leading best loved musical talent: Ngema. In 2014 the Assembly 26 July, Dumbarton musicians, King Creosote a.k.a. Frightened Rabbit, Treacherous Season is part of a wider Kenny Anderson. Produced by Orchestra, Rachel Sermanni, presence of South African work 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part Faction North Ltd, this is a Miaoux Miaoux, Tiger Style, across Edinburgh’s Festivals of New Music Biennial moving, emotional, musical and Bigg Taj, Model Aeroplanes, supported by the Department of Weekend Celebration visual poem from Scotland to NZ Season New Music Biennial 2014 Oliver Coates, Marie Claire Arts and Culture, South Africa. the world. Directed by Virginia Edinburgh Festival Fringe Weekend Celebration – Breen and the Glasgow Activity will also be presented at 2 August, Dumbarton Heath, and constructed from Phoenix Choir. Society PRS for Music Foundation Summerhall, the Edinburgh Blending skateboarding, archive material from the Scottish Set on the dynamic and International Book Festival, and choral singing and the unique Screen Archive. Having toured inspiring waters of the River the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. acoustic of skate parks, 31 July – 25 August, Edinburgh 1 – 2 August, Glasgow across Scotland the completed Clyde, this stunning backdrop is Tête à Tête and composer The NZ at Edinburgh 2014 Royal Concert Hall assemblyfestival.com film will be presented with a live brought to life in a triumphant Samuel Bordoli team up with Fringe season features over 100 An exciting programme of summerhall.co.uk musical performance as part of celebration of Scotland’s talent skaters and community choirs New Zealand artists offering brand new music created by edbookfest.co.uk Festival 2014. and innovation. to make a real noise in London outstanding theatre, music, imaginative composers and edintattoo.co.uk fromscotlandwithlovethefilm.com and Glasgow. Part of New dance, Maori performing performers from across the UK. cryptic.org.uk Music Biennial. artists, comedy and site specific All 20 commissions will be Fèis Rois PRO–AM performances. This is an performed at two special newmusicbiennial.com Paul Towndrow unprecedented opportunity weekend events in the summer Commonwealth Fèis Rois for New Zealand artists to of 2014. New Music Biennial is Carnival Commonwealth SR:D:

38 Glasgow 39 31 July, Glasgow perform on the world stage a PRS for Music Foundation Club Noir Composer and musician, Scotland Re: Designed A musical project exploring and to share the rich stories initiative, in partnership with John Somerville, has written synergy between the and talents of the South Pacific. Arts Council England, Creative 2 August, Glasgow new music inspired by the 2 August, Glasgow professional and amateur Supported by Creative New Scotland and the British Council. Celebrate the Games with journey of The Hector, a ship Scotland Re: Designed worlds. The project combines Zealand, Arts Council of New It is presented in collaboration Club Noir’s Commonwealth that left Ullapool during the (SR:D) presents a bespoke the forces of two Glasgow Zealand. The NZ at Edinburgh with BBC Radio 3, NMC Carnival – fusing Pacific Tiki Highland Clearances. The ship production of leading Scottish based big bands, one 2014 Fringe season is part of Recordings, Southbank Centre style, the Notting Hill Carnival sailed to Nova Scotia where fashion designers and professional and one amateur, a wider presence of NZ work and Glasgow UNESCO City of vibe, Glasgow glamour, vintage many people settled while contemporary and classical in the performance of a across Edinburgh’s Festivals. Music. Additional support has burlesque, African beat and others travelled on to Australia. musical performances. Hosted brand new suite of music by Activity will also be presented been given by John S. Cohen much more. The music will be performed by within the city’s dramatic City saxophonist and composer, at Summerhall, the Edinburgh Foundation, Arts Council of a group of outstanding young Halls, SR:D promises a visually Paul Towndrow. The music International Festival, the Wales, Arts Council of Northern clubnoir.co.uk musicians aged 16 – 25 years. and sonically captivating itself is inspired by sporting Edinburgh International Book Ireland, Incorporated Society of performance blending the greatness, often found in the Festival, and the Edinburgh Musicians, The Bliss Trust, The feisrois.org.uk multitude of creative talent that least likely places. Military Tattoo. Finzi Trust and Hope Scott Trust. Scotland has on offer. glasgowconcerthalls.com summerhall.co.uk newmusicbiennial.com eif.co.uk scotlandredesigned.com edbookfest.co.uk Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full edintattoo.co.uk nzatedinburgh.com As the Games draw to a close and we reflect on the 100 years since WWI began Culture 2014 picks up the final leg of its journey, heading to Edinburgh and the August Festivals, and to a special closing weekend. From the intimacy of ‘Away With The Birds’ on the Isle of Canna to the fantastic final East End Social line up in Glasgow, and the vibrancy of the Edinburgh Mela, the final weekend captures the spirit, excitement and mix of Culture 2014. The Journey

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Games glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Get Scotland Dancing aims Commonwealth Letters Home Where do I end Gathered Together to get more people dancing Jazz Orchestra Grid Iron and Edinburgh and you begin Indepen-dance in Scotland than ever before. Edinburgh Jazz and International Book Edinburgh Art Festival For detailed listings including 27 – 30 August, Glasgow Dance Trails, Dance-along Blues Festival Festival 1 August – 19 October, Indepen-dance will host Movies and free Get Dancin’ Scotland’s first International 26 July, Edinburgh 9 – 25 August, Edinburgh Edinburgh taster classes visit: inclusive Dance Festival. The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues What does home mean to A major international getscotlanddancing.org The festival’s aims include Festival will present the us, especially when we are exhibition of contemporary developing and sharing Commonwealth Jazz Orchestra, away from it? Edinburgh art selected by five curators knowledge and expertise with Big Big Sing is a nationwide where Commonwealth International Book Festival from Commonwealth countries. festival delegates, forging new celebration of singing. musicians will come together team up with award-winning Taking its title from a work artistic partnerships in the For details of how to take part – with Scottish artists to Scottish theatre company by Indian artist Shilpa Gupta, world of dance and disability. Big Big Sing Days, workshops, collaborate. The Edinburgh Grid Iron to bring together the exhibition invites flashmob choirs, live Song Festival Carnival will have a international authors and some perspectives from across the Stages and online resources strong Commonwealth flavour of Scotland’s finest theatre Commonwealth to explore and indepen-dance.org.uk including the Big Big and will feature performers artists to create a verbal, visual interrogate the ideas, ideals Commonwealth Songbook visit: and myths which underpin from around the globe, and musical journey around Air falbh leis na h-eòin | bigbigsing.org including South Africa, Trinidad, Charlotte Square Gardens. notions of community, common- The Bahamas, and Zambia. Supported through Scottish wealth, and the commons. Away with the Birds GENERATION is a landmark Supported through Scottish Government Expo Fund edinburghartfestival.com Hanna Tuulikki Government Expo Fund. series of exhibitions tracing 29 – 30 August, Isle of Canna the remarkable development edinburghjazzfestival.com edbookfest.co.uk World Fringe Congress The Bridge Hanna Tuulikki’s Air falbh of contemporary art in Edinburgh Festival Scotland over the last 25 years. Annie George leis na h-eòin is a body of work For details of exhibitions South African Season Fringe Society exploring the mimesis of birds and events taking place across Edinburgh International 1 – 25 August, Edinburgh in Gaelic song. On 29 and Scotland visit: Festival A new theatrical 15 – 17 August, Edinburgh 30 of August it becomes a sited performance work, blending The World Fringe Congress performance set in the Isle of generationartscotland.org text, sound and visual design, brings together directors Canna’s historic harbour. 9 – 30 August, Edinburgh framed by a remarkable story, and organisers of Fringes Tuulikki’s vocal composition, A season of work celebrating traced back through a family’s from across the globe to Guth an Eòin | Voice of the the 20th anniversary of memories, from present day, share ideas, experiences and Bird is the heart of the project. democracy in South Africa, to a young writer and scholar inspirations. The Congress Written for a female vocal opening with the world premiere in pre-Independence Kerala, fosters international ensemble, it reinterprets of a new ballet, ‘Inala’. Composer India. Defying convention and collaboration and strengthens archival material, fragmenting Ella Spira has collaborated poverty to realise his dreams, the World Fringe community. and re-weaving extracts of with Ladysmith Black Mambazo,

42 the fortunes of the generations The 2014 Congress takes Gaelic songs into an extended 43 whose live performance will that followed are shaped. place in Edinburgh from soundscape. The music create the soundscape for The Bridge considers how 15 – 17 August during the emerges from, and responds dancers from Rambert and our histories are told and who Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the to, island landscapes and lives. The Royal Ballet, choreographed tells them, and the silences in world’s largest arts festival and It explores the delicate by Mark Baldwin. between which gives rise to myth birthplace of the original Fringe. equilibrium of Hebridean life, Brett Bailey’s provocative and or invention. It reflects on identity the co-existence of tradition widely acclaimed live installation worldfringe.com/congress and a sense of belonging, the and innovation, and suggests ‘Exhibit B’ and a remounting of struggle for meaning and the the ever-present inter- Handspring Puppet Company’s power of the pen. relationship between bird, acclaimed ‘Ubu and the Truth human, and ecology. Commission’, based on the text anniegeorge.wordpress.com by Alfred Jarry and edfringe.com transcriptions of South Africa’s awaywiththebirds.co.uk Truth and Reconciliation Committee are also part of the South African Season. eif.co.uk Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Where You’re The Kildas The Comedown, Meant To Be Deirdre Nelson the dream is over Aidan Moffat and now the work begins Paul Fegan October Stephen Hodsden Murray The Kildas highlights the contemporary St Kildans of 31 August, Glasgow 11 October – 1 November, Scotland, New Zealand and In a celebration of Glasgow Australia through a series of Scotland’s musical and oral In the spirit of the crafted awards for individuals traditions, critically acclaimed Commonwealth Games and of merit. During 2014 Deirdre songwriter and raconteur harking back to Greco-Roman Nelson will research the history Aidan Moffat has been busy ideals of sport, competition of all St Kildas, celebrate touring the country with award- and culture, Stephen Hodsden contemporary ‘Saint’ Kildans winning filmmaker Paul Fegan, Murray will build, install and and create a series of crafted an all-star band and a brand manage a sculptural velodrome awards for the people / ‘saints’ new set featuring folk sagas, / amphitheatre, with a twist at she meets along the way. drinking songs, bawdy ballads The Briggait in Glasgow. The work will be presented in and bruised laments. Footage Scotland later in the year. stephenhodsdenmurray.com from the shows, the trips, and the characters they met en route thekildas.com provides the groundwork for Lady Fingers and The King of Ghosts a feature-length film, directed 20 Pianos Empire Biscuits converse Toby Paterson by Fegan, to be premiered in Matthew Herbert Rosana Cade Kate V Robertson Edinburgh Mela Glasgow in late August. commissioned by October – November, Glasgow aidanmoffat.co.uk 23 – 25 October, Glasgow November, Glasgow Toby Paterson will produce 29 August, Edinburgh Third Ear In 1860 the British ruling A series of audio a visual exploration of the 5 September, Glasgow force in India instated the installations in public consisting changing urban environment 6 September, Perth 3, 6 and 36 11 October, Falmouth Indian Penal Code, enforcing of different spoken dialogues, of the City of Glasgow as it 7 September, Inverness Sarah Longfield a unifying law across the whole broadcast from horn speakers prepares for the 2014 A breathtaking cinematic 4 – 6 July, London as part of country for the first time. Section hanging across telegraph Commonwealth Games. The collaboration between Scottish New Music Biennial Weekend October, Glasgow 377 of this stated that carnal wires – echoing the urban resulting series of paintings will Chamber Orchestra, the Celebration An intimate, creative family intercourse against the order gesture of shoes hanging over be exhibited at an exciting and Edinburgh Mela, and rising response to a big awe inspiring 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as of nature was illegal. Since streets. The works will be unconventional venue within the world music star Soumik Datta. event. 3, 6 and 36 is a piece part of New Music Biennial then, this law has been used to scripted from audio recordings heart of the city later this year. The King of Ghosts is a brand of theatre that shares thoughts, Weekend Celebration persecute people who engage taken at events during the new score inspired by the themoderninstitute.com feelings and personal legacy in homosexual acts. In this new games, but will be installed classic Indian art house film of the games coming to town. This piece will tell the stories piece of theatre, Rosana Cade after the Games have finished. ’Gupi Gayen, Baghi Bayen’, by sarahlongfield.co.uk of twenty unique pianos from 44 explores this export of British Installed across various Bystander 45 Oscar-winning director Satyajit around the world – from Victorian ideas about sex and locations, the audio pieces will Stephen Blake Ray. The King Of Ghosts Steinways at famous locations how they have permeated be then be translated into weaves Indian folk, rich to forgotten out-of-tune family through time; the confusion Commonwealth languages and November, Glasgow orchestral textures and funk- pianos. The composition, for between modern and traditional archived in libraries and online. Presentation tipped electronica into a solo pianist, will be played on notions of identity in each A ‘fly-on-the-wall’ gorgeous, atmospheric katevrobertson.com a simple table, turned into a country; and the impact of the observation of the impact the experience, as live scenes from virtual piano through bespoke English language on sexual 2014 Commonwealth Games the film are projected above the soft/hardware created by discourse in India. across the country, before, musicians and the audience is the Radiophonic Workshop. during and after the event, transported into a fairytale. rosanacadedotcom.wordpress.com Part of New Music Biennial. culminating in an album of This tour is the world premiere of newmusicbiennial.com thearches.co.uk new folk music that captures this exciting new piece of work. this. The album will be released Supported through Scottish and performed live in Glasgow Government Expo Fund, and in late November. Homecoming Scotland 2014. stevenblakemusic.com/Bystander edinburgh-mela.co.uk Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture at available listings Full Appendix Club Noir Indepen-dance Edinburgh International Book Festival Jamie Munn Image Credits: Commonwealth Carnival 39 Gathered Togethered 43 Letters Home 42 Scokendia 32 Royal Scottish Country Get Scotland Dancing The Hidden Gardens Stillmotion Sarah Longfield Dance Society Get Dancin’ 10 Mandela Celebrations 28 Scotch Hoppers 33 Air falbh leis na h-eòin | Away with 3, 6 and 36 44 Commonwealth Ceilidh 20 Jez Colbourne commissioned Tam Dean Burn The Mitchell Library the Birds (Photo: Alex Boyd) 3 Matthew Herbert commissioned by Royal Yachting Association by Mind the Gap The Marathon Storytelling Scotland and the Commonwealth: Glasgow Girls Third Ear Commonwealth Flotilla 35 Gift 17 Cycle Challenge 17 400 years in the Making 16 (Photo: Robert Day) 7 20 Pianos 44 Roger Palmer Glasgow Life Centre for Moving Image Panel Drew Taylor Commonwealth Games Glasgow East End Legacy McLaren 2014 14 Scotland Can Make It! 29 Dance Trails 44 Stories 22 Visiting Artist: Nauru. 28 and Engagement Events 20 YDance Scotland Re: Designed 39 (Photo: Nicole Guarino) 10 Visual Statement Royal Collection Trust Glasgow Building Preservation Trust Message Unknown 16 Scottish PEN Big Big Sing A River of Stories 30 The Commonwealth: Glasgow’s Wee Doors Glasgow Music Scottish PEN Literary Events 18 (Photo: Belinda Lawley) 9 Hannah Tuulikki Gifts to The Queen 15 Open Day 32 Music in the University 17 RCAHMS & Scottish Documentary Air falbh leis na h-eòin / Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Ambassadors Theatre Group ACTSA Scotland Institute All Sided Games : Jacob Dahlgren, Away with the Birds 43 Commonwealth Jazz Orchestra 42 Go Dance 2014 18 Nelson Mandela Sightlines 21 No Conflict, No Irony (I love the Mary Ann Kennedy commissioned by Bright Night International Architecture and Design Scotland International Day 25 Maryhill Burgh Halls whole world), Courtesy the artist. Watercolour Music Commonwealth Youth Circus 23 Green2014: The Environmental PRS Foundation Songs of Emigration and the (Upper Right) 16 Aiseag 23 YDance Legacy of the XX Commonwealth New Music Biennial 2014 Goldrush: Maryhill’s Guide Gods Create London / Collective Gallery Commonwealth Youth Games in Glasgow 15 Weekend Celebration Trade Legacy 31 (lower left) (Photo: Eoin 19Carey) 16 All Sided Games 17 Dance Festival 24 Samuel Bordoli commissioned Glasgow 38 Cryptic Scottish Opera Eilidh MacAskill by Tête à Tête PRS Foundation Sound to Sea 39 GRIT Anamchara – The Conference Call Of Grind 39 New Music Biennial 2014 Edinburgh International Festival (Photo: Richard Kellett) 19 Songs of Friendship 34 The Birds 22 Pachamama Productions Weekend Celebration London 23 South Africa Season 42 44 Stories Edinburgh International Film Festival Kate V Robertson GRIT – The Martyn Bennett Luke Daniels & Matheu Watson Visible Fictions (Photo James Wilson) 22 Animated in 2014 19 converse 45 Story 19 commissioned by Gael Music The Spokesmen 14 Rachel Barron Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Claire Cunningham New World Drovers 36 Glasgay! Scale Dance (Courtesy of Scottish Assemble: An International Corroboree 17 Guide Gods 16 Random Accomplice Sporting Heads 22 Dance Theatre) 23 Print Workshop 24 Yann Seznec commissioned by Pan African Arts Scotland News Just In 33 Africa in Motion Boomerang Scottish Book Trust Edinburgh Art Festival The HA Orchestra 24 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Sports Stories from around the (Photo: Toby Mills) 24 Authors Live – Commonwealth 16 Currents 37 Tron Theatre NZ Season 38 African Commonwealth 18 Create London Get Scotland Dancing Home Nations Programme 25 Citizens Theatre Room 2 Manoeuvre Perch Baltic Street Adventure Dance Trails 10 Glasgow Life in association On Common Ground 34 Squish Squared 16 (Photo: Anna Robertson) 29 Playground 22 Get Scotland Dancing with the University of Stirling Gabriel Jackson commissioned Glasgay! Commonwealth Youth Dance Scottish Print Network Dance-along movies 10 and Commonwealth Games by Mr McFall’s Chamber Talking Heads 37 (Photo: YDance/Paul Watt) 31 below another sky 25 Dance House Hosts and Champions 33 On the Shore of the Mind 19 Robert Softley Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Dancing City 28 Glasgow Life Superact Tell Me What Giving Scotch Hoppers The Big Big BIG Sing 35 Chemikal Underground How Glasgow Flourished Our Big Gig Scotland 24 Up Looks Like 21 (Photo: Brian Hartley) 33 Glasgow UNESCO City of Music East End Social 14 1714 – 1837 14 Alistair Anderson commissioned National Theatre of Scotland Skokendia Ensemble Big Big Sing 11 Shetland Moving Image Archive Tramway by Sage Gateshead The Tin Forest 15 (Photo: Julian Njoroge) 33 Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Ebb Tide 30 Hot: New Dance and Panning For Gold 20 Toby Paterson Big Big Sing at Glasgow Life in association Performance from Australia 18 Conflux Toby Paterson 45 On Common Ground Choir or the Year 20 with African Caribbean Glasgow Life Perch Carnival: A Festival The Common Guild (lower left) (Photo: Hands up for Trad Cultures Glasgow How Glasgow Flourished of Flying and Falling 29 Tomorrow is Always Too Long 30 Courtesy of Citizens Theatre) 34 The Big Song Relay 17 Emancipation Acts 37 1714 – 1837 14 Clare McGarry Glasgow Life Ceilidh Comhla Lou Prendergast Collective Architecture Marc Brew Pokey Hat 18 Tramway Australian Season 18 (Photo: Ian Watson) 36 Blood Lines 22 and Louise Welsh (i)land 20 Arpita Shah Scottish Refugee Council Starcatchers Empire Café 33 Recoat Portrait of Home 25 Welcome: Common Ground 18 Club Noir: Blue Block Studio 31 A Moment’s Peace Theatre Company In Common 28 LEAP Sports Edinburgh Art Festival (Photo: Bart Photo) 38 Active Events Endurance 33 Dundee Rep Pride House 32 Where do I end and you begin 43 Gathered Together Boomerang 24 Falkirk community Trust In My Fathers Words 20 Paul Towndrow Aidan Moffat & Paul Fegan (Photo: Brian Hartley) 42 Annie George The Falkirk Pot 21 David Dale Gallery and Studios PRO-AM 38 Where You’re Meant To Be 44 The Bridge 43 Fèis Rois International Artist Initiated 29 Skye Loneragan Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Ubu and the Truth Commission Steven Blake Fèis Rois 39 Laura Macdonald Q Poetics 32 World Fringe Congress 43 (Photo courtesy of Handspring Bystander 45 Aberdeen International Youth International Sextet 22 Barrowland Ballet St Mungo’s Mirrorball Puppet Company) 43 Glasgow Film Festival / Royston Maldoom & Janey Godley The River 21 WWMirrorball Commonwealth Toby Paterson Hypothetical Relief Cargo, Camera... Action! 35 Tamara McLorg Journeys to Glasgow 21 Scottish Association of Flower Poetry Project 37 (Photo: Ruth Clark) 45 Glasgow Life/ Glasgow Arts Four Seasons 25 Deirdre Nelson Arrangement Societies (SAFAS) Aidan O’Rourke Cèilidh Còmhla 36 Faction North The Kildas 44 Roots, Shoots and Fruits 32 Year X 35 Glasgow Life From Scotland with Love 38 Edinburgh Mela Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Starcatchers Classics Marathon Day 35 Glasgow Life The King of Ghosts 44 SA Season 39 Yellow Valley 33 Stephen Hodsden Murray Future News 2014 32 Rosana Cade Sophie Cooke & Anne Milne Niraj Chag commissioned by The Comedown, the dream Dick Lee Lady Fingers and Empire Biscuits 45 Salt 30 Artsdepot is over now the work begins 45 The Games 30 Glasgow Life Scottish Dance Theatre You run on tracks, not roads 21 Lahore – Ceòl Mhór 37 Scale 23 glasgow2014.com/ culture twitter.com/ culture2014