august – december 17

1987–2017 Hello, welcome to our new What’s On Guide

We have an exciting programme of events to take you into the winter months, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Paisley Arts Centre.

Paisley Arts Centre has become one Brewband, a music and dance of Scotland’s best loved performance performance which premiered in venues. We are delighted to mark Sadlers Wells and has toured Scotland, this milestone by re-establishing it as following its development supported a production base for original theatre by Renfrewshire Leisure with rehearsal work, through a Creative Scotland space in Johnstone and Renfrew Town funded residency programme starting Halls. Look out for an exciting and in November, to create theatre for different type of experience in children. Operation Paisley–Alien Pursuit, This year also sees the 30th a team challenge which will take you anniversary of the publication of Iain in unexpected and wonderful ways Banks’ Espedair Street, an iconic novel around Paisley. You can bid farewell set partly in Paisley. We celebrate with to the Cassini spacecraft in the an inaugural Banks Night, celebrating atmospheric Coats Observatory, the life and legacy of one of Scotland’s be transported to Mumbai by Paisley most popular writers. We welcome photographer Dougie Wallace’s Road Wallah exhibition, accept a Strange Invitation as Lost Map Records take drama over the Arts Centre or blast off with music the National Theatre of Scotland’s Rocket Post. All this, much more, dance and the Spree, Paisley’s annual festival of music, comedy and arts film from 13-22 October. comedy And don’t forget the most important date in the diary—PACE panto tickets exhibitions go on sale on 28 August! family events Morag Macpherson special events Head of Cultural Services Renfrewshire Leisure guest events regular events listings august–december

drama Page film Page Follow Through 9 Sept 4 Lost in France (15) 15 Oct 12 Stand By 15 Sept 5 Mad to be Normal (15) 17 Oct 12 Mairi Campbell: 5 Oct 9 Pulse comedy Page Damned Rebel 7 Oct 10 Daniel Sloss 16 Sept 6 Bitches A Buddy Good 28 Sept 7, 26 Love Song to 28 Oct 18 Laugh & 17 Dec Lavender Menace

The Sunshine Ghost 28 Oct 19 exhibitions Page Random Selection 6 July– 3 music Page 25 Sept Starman–The David 2 Sept 3 Dougie Wallace: 2 Sept 4 Bowie Story Road Wallah –22 Oct & Harrodsburg Tommy Smith 29 Sept 8 Quartet: Embodying Paisley Art Institute’s 28 Octo 19 the Light Scottish Drawing –25 Nov Competition Jazz Cafe with 29 Sept 8 Evelyn Laurie Paisley Arts Centre: 1 Nov– 20 Poster Exhibition 31 Dec Emma Pollock 15 Oct 12 & RM Hubbert Visible Fictions 1 Nov– 20 Exhibition 31 Dec Strange Invitation 22 Oct 16 Share My Table 2 Nov– 21 Blazin’ Fiddles 16 Nov 22 (Exhibition) 11 Nov Christmas Crooners 22 Dec 26 Paisley Artists 19 Nov– 22 Festive Family 28 Dec 26 9 Dec Ceilidh family events Page dance Page Summer Studio 29 Jun– 2 Brewband 20 Oct 13 25 Sept Without a Hitch 24 Oct 17 The Story of the Little 27 Sept 7 Gentleman

Rocket Post 20 & 21 13 Oct

Gingerbread Man 4 Nov 21 click to book www.renfrewshireleisure.com box office 0300 300 1210

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Farewell Cassini 15 Sept 5 The Jersey Notes 15 Sept 6

Banks Night: 13 Oct 11 80’s Mania 6 Oct 10 Espedair Street Trinity Theatre 6 -11 Nov 21 Operation Paisley – 14 Oct 11 Group: Sleeping Alien Pursuit Beauty

Halloween Ball 27 Oct 17 PACE Pantomime: 25 Nov– 23 International 28 Oct 18 Snowhite 30 Dec Observe The Moon ACCORD Christmas 2 Dec 24 Night Fayre Share My Table 11 Nov 21 Funbox: Santa’s 8 Dec 25 (Workshop) Funtastic Factory

The Hidden 28 & 23 Paisley Philharmonic 10 Dec 25 30 Nov Choir Frank Sinatra 15 Dec 25 Tribute Night Buble’s Christmas 16 Dec 25 Party regular events Page Saturday Art and Creative Art Classes Every Sat (except 23 Sept) from 26 Aug 27 to 30 Sept and 28 Oct to 2 Dec Camcorder Club Every Thursday from 31 Aug- 27 5 Oct, 26 Oct–30 Nov Bookbug Various Dates 27 Tea Dance 20 Sept, 4 Oct, 28 1 Nov, 6 Dec & 28 Dec

Paisley Natural History Society Talks 7 Sept, 5 Oct, 2 Nov & 7 Dec 28

The ideal Christmas gift! Why not book a ticket to see Ballet West who return to Paisley Town Hall in January or watch Strictly Come Dancing star, Pasha Kovalev perform in his ‘The Magic of Hollywood’ show in May? Check out www.renfrewshireleisure.com for more info! Our Booking Fees We charge a £1 transaction fee for all bookings made online. This includes postage if you opt to have your tickets posted out to you. Tickets booked by phone can be held at the Box Office for collection or posted out at a cost of £1. There are no charges for tickets purchased in person.

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family Until 25 September Summer Studio Paisley Museum FREE 2 Creative fun for all of the family. Come along to Paisley Museum’s Maker Space where young people can gather to create, invent and learn. All materials supplied. 0300 300 1210 box office & information september

Starman—The David Bowie Story

exhibitions music 6 July–25 September Sat 2 September Random Selection Starman—The David Paisley Museum Bowie Story FREE Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm Art is highly subjective—everyone £22 (£19 conc) + bkg fee* 3 has their own taste in artworks Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and particular styles of art be it Thin White Duke, Major Tom and landscape or portrait, traditional more. The many personas of David or contemporary, abstract or realism. Bowie have one thing in common.....

Random Selection helps to illustrate all delivered many of the most www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book this by displaying a selection of memorable, inspiring and lasting paintings chosen by staff and songs of a generation. partner organisations of Paisley Songs from all eras of David Bowie’s Museum and asks them to explain celebrated career are performed why they like (or even dislike!) that to perfection in this highly charged particular work of art. Choices will show. The finest musicians and cover everything from fine art to singers combined with an amazing sculpture to contemporary art and performance from theatre stage star include works by the Glasgow Boys, Michael King. Include big screen Scottish Colourists and some rarely audio visual footage plus various seen examples from our collection costume changes and you have and those of the Paisley Art Institute an awesome show taking the collection held by Paisley Museum. audience on a ‘Fantastic Voyage’ of Bowie hits.

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees Dougie Wallace: ‘Harrodsburg’ september

exhibitions 2 Sept–29 Oct Dougie Wallace: ‘Harrodsburg’ and ‘Road Wallah’ Paisley Museum FREE Street Level Photoworks presents two exhibitions from Paisley born photographer Dougie Wallace: Harrodsburg and Road Wallah. drama Hosting its Scottish premiere at Sat 9 September 4 Paisley Museum, Wallace’s latest TRAM Direct Theatre Company Presents body of work: Harrodsburg, Follow Through continues to push the boundaries of the social documentary genre. Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Harrodsburg is an up-close wealth £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* safari exploring the wildlife that Suitable for ages 15+ inhabits the super-rich London It is ten years since the boys were residential and retail district of together “touching cloth” in the Knightsbridge and Chelsea. Glasgow shipyards. Now John, Paul, Road Wallah details the four years George and Shug meet up again Wallace spent photographing the for the funeral of a shipyard worker. now defunct black and yellow For Jean, the barmaid, this is her Premier Padmini cabs of Mumbai, first encounter with the “bampots” 0300 300 1210 famous for their garish, psychedelic as she calls them. Sausage rolls interiors and the elusive charisma and booze form part of the purvey. of the drivers. Road Wallah is a How have the lads progressed? stunning series of the city’s iconic Have their dreams been realised? taxis and the part they played What hasn’t changed is their fast fire in Indian culture. humour, comedy and great one Join Dougie Wallace for a FREE liners. If you laughed at Touching talk about the exhibition on 2 Sept, Cloth then this follow up will not 2pm–3pm at Paisley Museum. disappoint. box office & information september drama Fri 15 September Utter, in association with The Byre Theatre, St Andrews, presents Stand By Paisley Arts Centre 7.30 pm £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 16+ Contains strong language Four Police Officers sit in a riot van. Called out to a domestic dispute, which may turn violent, they are on standby; waiting to enter a flat where a man is wielding a samurai sword. We wait with them, experiencing the relationships forged through the Stand by stress of the job and the turmoil of being caught between following special events orders and protecting themselves. Fri 15 September Written by a former Police Officer, 5 Stand By shows the modern-day Farewell Cassini Police Service laid bare. Coats Observatory 7:30pm–9pm A unique performance, audiences (access via Oakshaw Street West) are asked to wear single-earpiece FREE headphones, as Police Officers do, One of the most successful space www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book to tell this urgent story in a multi- missions of all time draws to a close sensory way. on 15 September when the Cassini spacecraft makes a final plunge through the upper atmosphere of Saturn, bringing to an end a 13 year study of the ringed world and its fascinating moons. To celebrate, Coats Observatory will be open for a special night of Saturn observation, with the observatory telescope focussed on this majestic planet to allow visitors to see the jewel in the solar system at first hand.

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees guest events comedy Fri 15 September Sat 16 September NNE Events presents Live Nation in Association with MZA presents The Jersey Notes Daniel Sloss—NOW

september Paisley Town Hall 7pm Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £12 + bkg fee* £13.50 (£11 conc) + bkg fee* ‘The Jersey Notes’ treat you to Suitable for ages 16+ an evening of nostalgia as they NOW is the stunning new show from magically recreate the style and Scotland’s internationally acclaimed sounds of one of the biggest acts and award-winning stand-up of the twentieth century. These comedian. seasoned performers capture the Star of TV’s ‘Conan’, to-date trademark vocal virtuosity, tight Daniel has performed nine sell-out harmonies and crisp choreography Edinburgh Fringe’s and two solo that made Frankie Valli and the Four off-Broadway sessions. NOW, Seasons one of the greatest vocal what’s next...? groups of all time. ‘Sloss is simply world class… Endearingly unabashed... hilarious… Intelligently and 6 ironically calling out the hypocrisy of human nature’ Herald Sun, Australia

‘Dirty, sweet and clever’ New York Times 0300 300 1210

box office & information Daniel Sloss september The Story of the Little Gentleman

family comedy Wed 27 September Thurs 28 September Catherine Wheels Theatre Company Presents A Buddy Good Laugh 7 The Story of the Little Paisley Arts Centre 8pm Gentleman £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Johnstone Town Hall 1.30 pm £6 for next show if booked after this gig £5 + bkg fee* Paisley’s favourite comedy club Suitable for ages 4+ returns with a top line-up of hilarious www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book Will you be my friend? comedians, brought to you by our All the Little Gentleman wants is a friends at Dead Sheep Comedy. friend. A friend he can sit in the sun We’re looking forward to welcoming with and listen to the birds. A friend Jamie Dalgleish (Scottish Comedian to walk with and share his cookies. of the Year), Rosco McCelland But nobody seems to like the Little (Scottish Comedian of the Year), Gentleman and nobody wants and Scott Gibson (Edinburgh to be his friend. Comedy Award Winner). The Little Gentleman thinks he will Book early to avoid disappointment! live a sad and lonely life forever. Until one day he is woken up by a curious dog who just wants to play. An energetic experience that playfully celebrates friendship and acceptance.

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music Fri 29 September Tommy Smith Quartet: Embodying the Light Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £14 (£12 conc) + bkg fee* music Fri 29 September Internationally acclaimed saxophonist Tommy Smith launches Jazz Cafe with a new band, the Tommy Smith Evelyn Laurie Quartet: Embodying the Light. Paisley Arts Centre cafe 9.15pm On 2nd February, Smith and his approx new quartet went into the studio FREE to record his first acoustic quartet 8 album since 2005. Entitled Make a night of it after Tommy Embodying the Light, the album will Smith’s performance at our Jazz mark Smith’s 50th birthday and the cafe night. Relax, grab a drink and 50th anniversary of the death of listen to some great music from one of his greatest inspirations, Paisley’s own jazz chanteuse John Coltrane. Evelyn Laurie. 0300 300 1210

Tommy Smith Quartet: Embodying the Light box office & information

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees october october drama Thurs 5 October Greengold Projects and Authentic Artists Collective presents Mairi Campbell: Pulse Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* The celebrated musician Mairi Campbell presents her solo theatre show Pulse–the story of her musical homecoming, journey of the heart and quest to find her pulse. Pulse begins with Mairi feeling creatively stultified by her classical training at the Guildhall School of Music in London. She then travels to Mexico and Cape Breton before returning to Scotland to take up her bow in the traditional music scene. Mairi weaves live viola, voice, 9 animation, movement and storytelling with tracks from her latest groundbreaking album Pulse to tell her story.

‘a mesmerising performer... an www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book exhilarating blend of music, movement and animation.’ The Scotsman

Mairi Campbell: Pulse guest events drama Fri 6 October Sat 7 October NNE Events presents Poorboy Presents october 80s Mania Damned Rebel Bitches Paisley Town Hall 7pm Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £18 + bkg fee* £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* Europe’s Official 1980’s Multi-Tribute The thing about getting old is that Concert authentically recreated with everyone who can tell you off has live band and awesome dancers. died. Septuagenarian Scottish sisters Ella and Agnes survived the Clydeside Blitz in 1941 and now, in New York in the teeth of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, they are searching for Ella’s feckless grandson, whose life is in danger. Featuring an international cast aged 30-75; Damned Rebel Bitches celebrates the independent, risk- taking women of the war year’s 10 generation. 0300 300 1210

box office & information Damned Rebel Bitches

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees october special events special events Fri 13 October Sat 14 October In collaboration with Big Telly Theatre Company Presents & hosted by Alan Bissett. Operation Paisley– Banks Night: Alien Pursuit A celebration of Iain Banks Paisley Arts Centre (starting point), and Espedair Street Every 10 mins between 10am and 5pm Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm (excl between 1pm and 2pm) £20 + bkg fee* £3 + bkg fee* Ticket price includes a dram and Suitable for ages 7+ a Banks inspired two course meal. Each team must include one adult. The late Iain Banks was one of the Please arrive 10 mins before your allocated most loved authors of the modern time (latecomers may not be admitted) age, popular across various political Your mission, should you choose and cultural divides, with an output to accept it, involves the protection –including groundbreaking sci-fi, of a town called Paisley in a county classic literary novels and, in his called Renfrewshire, on an island later years, evocative poetry— called Great Britain on a place which touched so many people called Earth. in Scotland and beyond. Expect to encounter a vast array 11 To mark the 30th anniversary of the of challenges which will channel novel Espedair Street, Paisley Town your unique ability and test your Hall marks the inaugural Banks skills to the limit. Choose your team Night with music, words, food and (up to 8 people) carefully. You will whisky—he did, after all, write a be expected to follow leads and book about the stuff—this event read minds. The minds of aliens. www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book celebrates this fascinating, Operation Paisley—Alien Pursuit idiosyncratic and much-missed is an interactive game led by provocateur. actors, traders and volunteers using multiple locations across Paisley. As part of the experience happens outdoors, please bring appropriate footwear/clothing.

Operation Paisley– Alien Pursuit

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees film film Sun 15 October Tues 17 October Lost In France (15) Mad To Be Normal (15) october Paisley Arts Centre 1pm Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £5 (£3 conc) + bkg fee* (film only) £5 (£3 conc) + bkg fee* £16 (£14 conc) + bkg fee* (to see film Mad To Be Normal reveals the story and Emma Pollock and RM Hubbert gig) of R.D. Laing, the famous A documentary by Irish director Niall psychiatrist and one of Scotland’s McCann, Lost In France explores the greatest ever minds. Working out rise of Scotland’s independent of Kingsley Hall in East London music scene in the ‘90s, led by cult during the late 1960s and early label Chemikal Underground. 1970s, Laing was daring in his Featuring The Delgados, Bis, treatment of schizophrenia. His Mogwai, Arab Strap, Franz revolutionary methods caused Ferdinand, and other seminal acts, outrage and controversy in the this is an intimate film exploring medical profession and radically friendship, creativity and music. changed attitudes and perceptions of mental health around the world. Starring David Tennant, Elisabeth 12 Moss & Gabriel Byrne. Followed by a post-show discussion music about the films’ themes. Sun 15 October Emma Pollock & RM Hubbert Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £14 (£12 conc) + bkg fee* (gig only) £16 (£14 conc) + bkg fee* (gig and Lost in France film) Chemikal Underground label mates Emma Pollock, (The Delgados) and

0300 300 1210 one of Scotland’s most creative musicians, RM Hubbert, have joined forces to perform a co-headline show for The Spree festival. box office & information

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees october dance family Fri 20 October Fri 20 & Sat 21 October Marc Brew Company Presents National Theatre of Scotland Presents Brewband Rocket Post Paisley Town Hall 7.30 pm Paisley Arts Centre £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* Friday 2.30pm Saturday 11am & 2.30pm Created by award-winning disabled £6 (£4 conc) + bkg fee* choreographer Marc Brew, this inclusive music and dance Suitable for ages 6+ performance brings together top July, 1934. The Western Isles. Scottish indie rock artists Graeme A small crowd stand on a beach Smillie, Jill O’Sullivan and Peter Kelly and watch in amazement. Eccentric with talented dancer/musicians German scientist Gerhard Zucker Martyn Garside, Marta Masiero tells them he wants to bring the and Alice Sheppard. world together. The future is about The evening melds indie rock music communication. The future is about with Marc’s distinctive choreography, connection. The future is... to create an exciting evening as ROCKETS! much a music gig as it is a dance A fantastically fun new show for performance. everyone aged six or over, Rocket 13 The show will have BSL Post is a raucous mix of songs and and captioning. storytelling. Full of humour, heart and hope for the future, it’s a tale of miscommunication, vaulting ambition and the joyous discoveries

that happen when everything goes www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book wrong. Based on a true story. Check out! The Rocket Post Family Workshops on pg16

Brewband 13–22 October

Paisley’s National FestivalFriday Night Comedy from the Spiegeltent Friday 13 & 20 October / Spiegeltent / £10 In association with Gilded The Musical Tapestry with Balloon, we bring you two nights of guaranteed laughs featuring Ross Ainslie, Blue Rose eight of the best comedians on Code, Angus Lyon and the Scottish circuit—always a good special guests one for a night out with friends! Friday 13 October / Spiegeltent / Americana Night with Yola £12/£10 Carter and Laura Cortese The Spree twins with one of & The Dance Cards India’s most prestigious festivals, the Rajasthan International Folk Saturday 14 October / Festival (RIFF), in a celebration Spiegeltent / £12/£10 of friendship and connections. Two great acts bring a slice of This unique musical collaboration Americana to The Spree…this will weave together traditional will be a great night of soul, music from India and Scotland. gospel, country and a little bit of rock and roll! Festival fun with The Spree The Spree is Paisley’s national arts festival and it’s back from 13–22 October with another packed programme of music, comedy, drama, film … and much, much more. Details of the full festival programme are available at www.thespree.co.uk and you can buy tickets online now! You can also buy tickets in person from Paisley Arts Centre, New Street. or InCube Shop, 9b Gilmour Street

Paisley: The Untold Story Sharon Shannon and Fara with James Grant Sunday 15 October / Saturday 21 October / Paisley Spiegeltent / £14/£12 Abbey / £16/£14 Multiple award-winning Irish artist Sharon Shannon will share a stage In keeping with the friendship with finalists from this year’s BBC theme of this year’s festival, we Radio 2 Folk awards, Fara, who hail have commissioned the renowned from the Orkney isles. singer-songwriter and frontman of Love and Money, James Grant, to Dougie MacLean curate a very special show centred with special guests around Paisley: The Untold Story. De Temps Antan Breabach and Friends with Thursday 19 October / Kris Drever and Talisk Spiegeltent / £16/£14 Spiegeltent / 7pm / £14/£12 In a very special evening, one One of Scotland’s widest travelled of Scotland’s most celebrated folk acts in recent years, the multi- singer-songwriters will share the award winning Breabach head up a Spiegeltent with Quebec-based De triple bill of some of the country’s Temps Antan. finest, world class musicians.

/thespreefestival @spreefestival @spreefestival family music Fri 20 & Sat 21 October Sun 22 October Rocket Post Family Lost Map Records Presents october Workshop Strange Invitation Paisley Arts Centre 12.30–2pm Paisley Arts Centre 5pm Doors FREE £14 (£12 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 6+ LOST MAP is an independent A free Rocket Post workshop will record label and collective, take place before each afternoon established by singer-songwriter performance. Join the Rocketeer Pictish Trail, from his caravan Scientists and help build a new home on the Hebridean Isle of rocket that will take your letters on a Eigg. Unshackled by style or genre, very special journey. These exciting it was formed with a pioneering and creative workshops are great for spirit to reassess how we discover the whole family. Places are limited, and explore music amid the to book your space, please contact disorientating sonic geography the box office on 0300 300 1210. of the 21st century, through physical and digital releases, events, festivals and all destinations in between. 16 Strange Invitation is the gathering together of artists from the roster— a secret brew of musicians, DJs and good pals—for rare stripped back performances, spread across a Sunday afternoon into evening. Come and get lost! 0300 300 1210 box office & information

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Without a Hitch

dance special events Tues 24 October Fri 27 October Room2Manoeuvre Presents Halloween Ball Without a Hitch Paisley Town Hall 8.30pm–1am Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £8 + bkg fee* (includes one free drink £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* on arrival) Suitable for ages 7+ Suitable for ages 18 + ‘Hip hop, ya don’t stop’—but all Get spooked at Paisley Town Halls’ 17 good things must come to an end. freakiest fright night. Join Halloween Without a Hitch follows the revellers for a night of music, downward spiral of a four man haunted performers and ghoulish b-boy crew as ambition, jealousy ghosts. Don your ghastliest costume and frustration manifest in a group and prepare yourself for a night struggling to move in the same of seriously spooky goings-on. www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book direction. Watch out for the Halloween Parade Featuring an international cast from and entertainment in Paisley Town Finland, Sweden and the UK, expect Hall on Sat 28 October. Check out plenty of dark comedy, powerful www.paisley2021.co.uk for more breakdancing and slick production details. from Room 2 Manoeuvre’s new hip hop dance theatre production.

‘a wickedly funny exposé of the internal rivalries and mighty egos behind some very tasty, tight and smoking dance’ The Herald Scotland ****

Co-produced by JoJo Dance Centre—Finland

Supported by Creative Scotland, Dance Base and The Brunton—Edinburgh. october

special events drama Sat 28 October Sat 28 October International Observe Love Song to The Moon Night Lavender Menace Coats Observatory 7.30pm–9pm By James Ley FREE Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm This year Coats Observatory will £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* once again be participating in Suitable for ages 14+ 18 International Observe the Moon It’s 1987 and shop workers Paul Night, an annual worldwide event and David are getting ready for that encourages observation, a celebration of the 5th anniversary appreciation, and understanding of LAVENDER MENACE, Scotland’s of our Moon and its connection foremost lesbian, gay, feminist to planetary science and exploration. bookshop. From its humble The observatory telescopes will beginnings in the cloakroom of an be trained on the Moon and Edinburgh nightclub, this trailblazing observatory staff will be on hand to venture has become the beating answer any lunar-related questions. heart of Edinburgh’s LGBT community. But can it survive in Thatcher’s changing Britain of capitalism and commodification?

0300 300 1210 Love Song to Lavender Menace is a funny and moving testimony to the love and passion it takes to make something happen and the loss that is felt when you have to let it go.

In association with Royal Lyceum Theatre and supported by Red Bridge Arts

An LGBT History Month Scotland Cultural Commission. Funded by Creative Scotland box office & information

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exhibitions drama 28 October–25 November Sat 28 October Paisley Art Institute’s The Sunshine Ghost Scottish Drawing Johnstone Town Hall 7.30pm Competition £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* Paisley Museum A new musical theatre piece FREE from Richard Ferguson and Andy The Scottish Drawing Competition Cannon, directed by Ken Alexander. has been hosted by the Paisley Art The Sunshine Ghost tells the 19 Institute since 1983. The competition wonderfully comic story of the is usually biennial and is open to acquisition of Castle MacKinnon by artists of Scottish connection, by a love-struck billionaire and property birth or residence, and students tycoon for his fiancé, ‘Astrobeth’ attending colleges of art in Scotland. —Hollywood’s favourite astrologer. book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book Past winners have included Frances Brought brick by brick from a remote Walker and Peter Howson. For 2017 rocky outcrop on a small Scottish the Institute, in partnership with an island all the way to Naples, Florida, established sponsor, will offer a first they soon discover that the castle’s prize of £1,000. The final selected previous owner has not quite ‘left’ work from open submissions will the building... create an exhibition showcasing A co-production between Scottish Theatre the talents of Scottish artists. Producers and Festival and King’s Theatres, Downloadable application forms will Edinburgh. be available from the PAI web site www.paisleyartinstitute.com from the first week in September or can be requested by sending an A5 SAE to: PAI Secretary, Box 114, Abbey House, 43 High Street, Paisley, PA1 2AH. november november exhibitions exhibitions 1 November–31 December 1 November–31 December Paisley Arts Centre: Visible Fictions 25th Poster Exhibition Anniversary Exhibition Paisley Arts Centre 10am–4pm Paisley Arts Centre 10am–4pm FREE FREE 20 In January 2017, under the floor Visible Fictions turned 25 this year. boards at Paisley Town Hall amidst Since 1992 the company have the dust and darkness, a caretaker been touring the globe with their found five large leather portfolios. productions, performing on world Inside were posters, some 30 years famous stages, in schools, on- old, of performances from Paisley board boats, in parks, on bikes Arts Centre. and online. They have collaborated As part of the 30th Anniversary with international companies, celebrations, a selection of the creating work for stage, radio, posters and programmes will film and immersive experiences. be exhibited with memories and This exhibition charts the history anecdotes from some of the actors of Visible Fictions, and it all began and companies who walked the here, at Paisley Arts Centre when 0300 300 1210 boards at one of Scotland’s an office space was given to a premier touring venues. group of young theatre makers— they haven’t looked back since. Find out what’s happening next www.visiblefictions.co.uk box office & information

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exhibition guest events 2 November–11 November 8 November–11 November ‘Share My Table’ Trinity Theatre Group presents Exhibition Sleeping Beauty Paisley Museum Paisley Arts Centre 7:30pm (Wed-Fri) FREE 2.30pm (Sat) £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* An exhibition of the works created from the ‘Share My Table’ Come along to see Sleeping Beauty, workshops in Glasgow. with three fairy godmothers, the evil fairy, and bright songs from an enthusiastic cast. family Sat 4 November special events Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre presents Sat 11 November Gingerbread Man ‘Share My Table’ Paisley Arts Centre 2pm Workshop £3 + bkg fee* Paisley Museum 10.30am–2.30pm Suitable for ages 3 + FREE (lunch provided) Having performed in Paisley Art 21 Centre’s opening season in 1987 Renfrewshire Leisure and The we are delighted to welcome back Scottish Refugee Council invite you special guests Clydebuilt Puppet to join this unique one day Share Theatre who have be delighting My Table event, bringing together young audiences in Paisley and people, food and conversation. book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book beyond for the past 30 years. Whether you have lived in Paisley Imagine a world made entirely of your whole life or for just a week biscuits: trees, houses and stars we would love you to be part of this. in the sky. Into this beautiful world This is a great opportunity to meet comes Gingerbread Man, creating new people, learn about cultures havoc wherever he goes. He meets different to your own and feel an a majestic Cow, a stubborn Goat increased sense of solidarity, and an opportunistic Bird. community and acceptance. But, can Gingerbread Man This workshop is a culmination outwit the dastardly fox? of Share My Table a 10-month long project which engaged with refugees, asylum seekers and local people living in Glasgow through a range of workshops, exhibitions and performances. To book a place please call the Box Office on 0300 300 1210. november

Blazin’ Fiddles

music exhibition Thurs 16 November 19 November–9 December Blazin’ Fiddles Paisley Artists Johnstone Town Hall 7.30pm Paisley Museum 22 £14 (£12 conc) + bkg fee* FREE Approaching their 20th year in Local art club Paisley Artists once 2018, Blazin’ Fiddles are one of the again promise a varied and colourful world’s most prolific fiddle groups. display of Renfrewshire’s artistic The band presents the rare talent at their annual exhibition at opportunity to hear regional Paisley Museum. Always a great expressions from Scotland’s success with visitors, the exhibition Highlands and Islands, and the promises a wide diversity of styles, individual style from each fiddler— media and subject matter and most Inverness’s Bruce MacGregor, exhibits are available for purchase. Shetlander Jenna Reid, Nairn’s Rua Macmillan, and Orcadian Kristan Harvey – in a blend of ensemble

0300 300 1210 and solo sets. Fiddles and bows come alight atop guitar and piano from Anna Massie and Angus Lyon, delivering a musically intoxicating evening for all. No other band quite manages to capture the excitement, passion and sensitivity of Scottish music all at once. box office & information november

guest events special events 25 November–30 December Tues 28 & Thurs 30 November (excl. Sundays) Visible Fictions Presents PACE Theatre Company presents The Hidden Snowhite Paisley Central Library 7pm Paisley Arts Centre various times £7 + bkg fee*, £25 + bkg fee* Tickets from £9.50 + bkg fee* for family of 4 Following on from the huge success Suitable for ages 12+ of last year’s sell out production of Someone has gone missing but Aladdin, the 2017 PACE Theatre have they left messages behind? Company’s annual pantomime will Hidden in books, written on index be the enchanting tale of Snowhite. cards, scribbled on the back of an As always we can promise PACE’s old photograph; there is a mystery 23 trademark blend of original music, waiting to be solved. audience participation, hilarious Played out in an atmospheric library comedy, and traditional family fun. setting, your task is to piece the Panto tickets will be on sale on story together using all the clues you 28 August from the Box Office. can find, but don’t get caught by the security guard! www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book The Hidden is a dramatic interactive The Hidden experience for small groups of young people ages 12 and up.

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guest events Sat 2 December ACCORD Christmas Fayre Paisley Town Hall 10am–3pm FREE 0300 300 1210 ACCORD’s annual Christmas event promises something for everyone. decemberAttractions will include a visit from Santa who will be in his grotto all day plus lots of stalls and games. box office & information december guest event Sun 10 December Paisley Philharmonic Choir Paisley Town Hall 7pm £10 Enjoy a wonderful evening of music from the Paisley Philharmonic choir. Concert tickets will be available from choir members and on the door. Visit www.paisleyharmonicchoir. co.uk for more information.

special event Fri 15 December Frank Sinatra Tribute Night guest events Johnstone Town Hall 6pm–11pm Fri 8 December 25 £27 (Save 10% on the advertised ticket Funbox presents price if you book by the 30 Sept) Santa’s Funtastic + bkg fee* Factory Join us for dinner at the award- Johnstone Town Hall winning Johnstone Town Hall to 10am, 1pm and 5pm celebrate the festive season. Your www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts online book All tickets £13 + bkg fee*, ticket includes a glass of bubbly Parent and Babe £15 + bkg fee*, on arrival, a delicious three course Family £48 + bkg fee* meal and live entertainment from Early Bird offer (until 1 Sept) our fantastic Frank Sinatra tribute £10.50 + bkg fee* performance followed by some Ho-ho-ho! Have you written your list music from the Big Band era! for Santa yet? The Funbox team are To ensure you have a relaxing time back for more seasonal fun with our staff are on hand to provide their brand new festive show Santa’s table service for drinks so you don’t Funtastic Factory and are ready even need to leave the comfort of to make all your Christmas wishes your seat. So come along with your come true! family and friends and enjoy a truly memorable evening.

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees special events music Sat 16 December Fri 22 December Bublé’s Christmas Party Christmas Crooners Johnstone Town Hall 7pm ‘til late Paisley Town Hall 7:30pm december £27 (Save 10% on the advertised ticket £17 (£15 conc) + bkg fee* price if you book by the 30 Sept) Now in its tenth record breaking + bkg fee* year, Christmas Crooners is jam Get together with your friends and packed with festive favourites colleagues and celebrate the festive including the Christmas hits season in style in the award-winning of Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole Johnstone Town Hall. Your ticket and Frank Sinatra. includes a glass of bubbly on arrival, This fantastic cast of West-End a delicious three course meal, live Singers, are backed by the superb entertainment from our stunning and talented swing band: The Jazz Michael Bublé tribute act, followed All-Stars, and they perform over by a glittering disco. So come along 30 well known Christmas hits. with your family and friends and kick off the party season with style! music Thurs 28 December 26 comedy Sun 17 December Festive Family Ceilidh A Buddy Good Laugh with Clamjamfrie Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm Paisley Town Hall 8pm £8 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Celebrate the end of 2017 at the Paisley’s favourite comedy club Festive Family Ceilidh with returns with a top line-up of hilarious Clamjamfrie; a traditional evening comedians, brought to you by our of Scottish music and ceilidh friends at Dead Sheep Comedy. dancing for everyone to enjoy. This gig will feature Raymond Early booking is recommended. Mearns plus a host of other guests. 0300 300 1210 box office & information regular events 2727 book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts 2.30pm–4pm

regular Every Thurs from 31 Aug–5 Oct movie making and social history FREE Paisley Museum FREE fun-filled sessionsstories,of Bookbug Sessions are free 8mm to DVD. 8mm DVD. to your holiday video DVD. onto songs andrhymes for you and andyour child enjoy together, to and 26 Oct–30 Nov Various Venues Various Get involved with Renfrewshire’s Check out www.renfrewshirelibraries. We make newWe films and transfer club. Transfer VHS DVD or to get Transfer club. are held regularly in local libraries. information. more for co.uk Camcorder Club Camcorder events Sessions Bookbug 2pm–4pm

for 6 week session for 6 week session Suitable for ages 11–16 ages for Suitable Suitable for ages 7–11 methods print in making, painting new techniques, develop skills or Paisley Museum Paisley Museum project, these teenage art classes £36 (£30 + bkg fee* conc.) £36 (£30 + bkg fee* conc.) tutor will guide you through various Block 2: Block Block 1: Block Block 2: Block Block 1: Block use the studio space work to on a 28 Oct, 4, 11, 18, 25 2 Dec Nov, 18, 28 Oct, 4, 11, 26 Aug, 30 2, Sept 9, 16, 28 Oct, 4, 11, 18, 25 2 Dec Nov, 18, 28 Oct, 4, 11, 26 Aug, 30 2, Sept 9, 16, artist. per class. Places 15 limited to on canvas, design anddrawing. are perfect The for you. experienced art forms and help you explore new creative potential with a series art of classes. Whether you learn want to Creative Art Classes Creative Saturday Art Saturday Class Art classes are run by a professional Join an expert tutor and realise your 10.30am–12.30pm Paisley Natural History Every Tues and Thurs Society Talks 31 October–21 December Paisley Museum 7.30pm Winter Viewing Nights FREE Coats Observatory 6.30pm–9pm (last admission 8.45pm) Hosted by experts in the field, these talks provide an interesting insight (Access via Oakshaw Street West) regular events into various natural history topics. FREE These drop-in talks are open to Throughout the winter months, everyone. Coats Observatory opens to allow Thurs 7 September visitors to view the wonders of the Dragonflies of Central Scotland night sky up close through powerful Daniele Muir (Scotland Officer, British telescopes housed in the building. Dragonfly Society) See the Moon, planets and other Thurs 5 October astronomical wonders as never before. Foraging Ecology and Movement of Herring Gulls Dr. Ruedi Nager (University of Glasgow) special event Thurs 2 November 27 November–2 December Froglife’s Scottish Dragon 28 Book Week Finders Project Scotland 2017 Dr. Victoria Larcombe (Project Manager, Scotland’s Dragon Finder Project) Various venues Thurs 7 December Look out for a programme of author Tag-n-Track events, activities and displays Hayley Douglas (Tag-n-Track Development in all our libraries as part Officer, Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park) of Book Week Scotland 2017. Details will be available on www.renfrewshirelibraries.co.uk Tea Dance Highlights include the launch of the 20 Sept, 1 Nov, 28 Dec National Library of Scotland pop up Paisley Town Hall 1pm–3.30pm exhibition Lifting the Lid 400 years 4 Oct, 1 Nov, 6 Dec of Food and Drink In Scotland which 0300 300 1210 will be touring our libraries until the Johnstone Town Hall 1pm–3.30pm end of January. £2 + bkg fee* There will also be a talk on the Enjoy an afternoon of dancing, theme of history of food and drink music and chatting with friends. by Oliver Geddes curator at the John Findlay will keep you National Library who curated the entertained all afternoon playing exhibition. a series of timeless tunes on the keyboard. box office & information

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees Paisley Museum about us High Street, Paisley PA1 2BA Opening hours: Tues–Sat, 11am–4pm Sun, 2pm–5pm Public Holidays, 11am–4pm Renfrewshire Leisure is a not-for- Coats Observatory profit charitable Trust that Opening hours: manages cultural and sport see Paisley Museum information facilities in Renfrewshire. Public access through Paisley Museum except for winter viewing Venue Hire when entry is via: Renfrewshire Leisure offers venue hire 49 Oakshaw Street West for performances, meetings, conferences Paisley PA1 2DR and weddings at the following locations: Paisley Town Hall Paisley Town Hall Abbey Close, Paisley PA1 1JF Renfrew Town Hall Opening hours: Paisley Arts Centre Mon–Sat, 8.45am–4.45pm Paisley Museum Renfrew Town Hall Renfrew Cross, Renfrew, PA4 8PF Tweedie Hall Opening hours: Johnstone Town Hall Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm All the venues above can be contacted at: Sat, 10am–2pm Tel: 0300 300 1210 Renfrew Museum Email: [email protected] Opening hours: Renfrew Museum Mon–Fri, 9.30am–4.45pm Sat, 10am to 2pm The museum is based on the elements In addition to the above hours, of Earth, Fire, Air & Water. Renfrew Museum will be open during Central Box Office evening lets of Renfrew Town Hall (Mon–Thurs to a maximum of 8pm) Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, Paisley PA1 1EZ Johnstone Town Hall 25 Church Street, Johnstone, PA5 8FA To book tickets, call the Box Office on 0300 300 1210 Opening hours: Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 8.45am to 5.00pm or book tickets online by visiting Tues, Thurs 8.45am to 8.00pm www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts Closed Sundays Opening hours: Tweedie Hall Mon–Sat, 10am–4pm Bridge Street, Linwood, PA3 3DB Extended opening hours on performance Opening hours: nights. Mon–Thurs, 8am–10pm Fri & Sat, 9am–5pm Closed Sundays

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