January – July 19 Hello, Welcome to Our New What’S on Guide

january – july 19 Hello, welcome to our new What’s On Guide

I’m delighted to introduce a rich mix of performances, exhibitions and events for Spring and Summer 2019. Our programme is all about experiencing the best in theatre, music and comedy, as well as supporting the creation of new and original work. We’re excited to bring you some of the experts together for workshops best in touring theatre, including an and seminars with aspiring musicians. electrifying international performance Synaesthesia in May by Paisley at the intersection of puppetry, video YMCA will turn the Arts Centre into projections and physical theatre by a virtual reality, 3D playground. Livsmedlet Theatre from Finland as The Renfrewshire Youth Mental part of the Manipulate festival. Health Arts festival also sees work We also have a fantastic series of programmed by young people for workshops to support theatre making, young people around this year’s including workshops on incorporating theme of ‘Connected’. music into plays; creating character In traditional music, we are delighted to with voice; and self-producing and welcome the Unthanks for what will be setting up a theatre company. a very special performance, and to We have two amazing takeovers of bring together a unique collaboration Paisley Arts Centre—the SAMA festival between Mary Anne Kennedy and in March showcases the best in musicians of Feis Phaislig. emerging music and brings industry Watch out for the programme popping up at other venues—the Inspired exhibition of children’s art will be at the drama Tannahill Centre, The Wild West Show for families will be at Johnstone Town music Hall and Oskar’s Amazing Adventure, part of the Puppet Animation Festival dance heads to Foxbar Community Centre. comedy Morag Macpherson Head of Cultural Services exhibitions Renfrewshire Leisure family special events regular events talks and classes Hear from us! Out of Place Don’t miss out on any upcoming As we enter a phase of some of our events. To register to receive venues closing for complete communications from Renfrewshire redevelopment, watch out for our Out Leisure, click the sign up link on our of Place programme. Paisley Town website www.renfrewshireleisure.com Hall and Paisley Museum are now closed, to be dramatically transformed in 2021 and 2022 respectively. Have your say In the meantime, everything will be out We love hearing from you, why not let us of place. In association with Take Me know what you think of our events or if you Somewhere, we are developing a have a suggestion about what you would festival of innovative artworks in like to see? unconventional spaces, taking place from 8th to the 19th May 2019. @RenArtsMuseums We will be developing relationships with artists and performers who take 1 /renfrewshirearts their work outside traditional arts spaces and into streets, cafes, pubs, libraries, parks, kitchens, living-rooms [email protected] and wild spaces. Keep an eye on www.renfrewshireleisure.com Temporary Library for more info. The library left its former home next to Paisley Museum in September 2018, when the building closed for a £42m revamp to Our Booking Fees turn the museum into an international-class We charge a £1 transaction fee for all destination. Paisley Central Library will bookings made online. This includes eventually move to a new location at 22 postage if you opt to have your tickets High Street. Until this is complete in 2021, posted out to you. a temporary library will be provided next Tickets booked by phone can be to the Lagoon Leisure Centre. held at the Box Office at Paisley Arts Centre for collection or posted out at a cost of £1. There are no charges for tickets purchased in person. february february

music Fri 1 February Acoustic Beatles and Acoustic Eagles Paisley Arts Centre Studio 7.30pm £10 + bkg fee*

Two Edinburgh Fringe award winning shows in one two hour concert. Acoustic Eagles: Emulating the sound of the early Eagles songs, 0300 300 1210 their stripped-back approach give the songs a fresh, inspired and exciting edge. One guitar, two voices, totally live. Acoustic Beatles: Expect a wonderful trip down memory lane with classic songs such as ‘Strawberry Fields’, ‘Let it be’, image: Jock Tamson’s Bairns ‘All you need is love’ and ‘Yesterday’. box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees february drama drama Sat 2 February Thurs 7 February Civil Disobedience Presents Livsmedlet Theatre Presents

Jock Tamson’s Bairns Invisible Lands— Paisley Arts Centre 8pm UK Premiere £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Suitable for ages 12+ £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* You go to a club to watch Suitable for ages 12+ some drag. The music is great. Experience a unique meeting The performances are on point. between puppetry, physicality, The booze is flowing freely and choreography and video projections the room is filled with laughter. in Livsmedlet Theatre’s Invisible Someone says something stupid. Lands. Lines of people struggle up Possibly homophobic. Possibly the hill of a bent back, a make-shift sexist. Do you challenge them? boat and people in the water drift on Part drag, part cabaret and part a sea-blue painted belly. We look theatre, Jock Tamson’s Bairns is an through binoculars across a border immersive show where the audience zone. We witness the chaos-filled is transported to an afterhours gay journeys into exile of displaced bar and invited to speak their mind. people all trying to save their skins. 3 No topic is taboo, but a respect for This innovative production has been your fellow humans is compulsory. highly acclaimed and reminds us, that our opinion of refugees is largely a matter of choosing our point of view. www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on

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image: Graham Rorie and Aidan Moodie LMN

special events special events Tues 12 February Sun 17 February Plays with songs— Wedding Fayre a practical workshop Johnstone Town Hall 11am–3pm 4 for writers and actors FREE with Allie Butler This event will host a wide variety & David Higham of local wedding suppliers, from Part of CRAFT Programme photographers to kilt makers and by In Motion Theatre. florists to bridal wear. There will Paisley Arts Centre Studio 6pm–9pm also be the opportunity to view a wedding set up in the main hall so £10 + bkg fee* that visitors can see just what this This workshop will be led by director

award-winning venue has to offer. Allie Winton Butler and Musical Visitors to the fayre will also Director David Higham and will receive a complimentary drink, explore ways of how music and a goody bag, and a range of lyrics can be incorporated into plays special offers and discounts. opening up new possibilities for 0300 300 1210 storytelling. Previous musical experience is not necessary— this workshop is suitable for actors, writers and directors. A Culture Heritage and Events Funded Project

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music special events Wed 20 February Tues 26 February Live Music Now Presents Developing new Aidan Moodie writing with actor and Graham Rorie Beth Morton 5 A dementia friendly concert Part of CRAFT Programme Paisley Arts Centre 11am by In Motion Theatre £5 (includes tea + coffee) + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre Studio 6pm Orcadians Graham Rorie and £10 + bkg fee* Aidan Moodie will feature an eclectic New plays will always go through mix of traditional and self penned a process of textual discovery tunes and songs from across and reworking between writer and www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Scotland and beyond. director, but what crucial role can actors play in this process? How do we discover what really works or what might work better? Beth Morton leads a practical workshop giving insight into how she navigates the rehearsal process and her approach to working collaboratively with actors on brand new writing. A Culture Heritage and Events Funded Project image: Little Gift 3 (credit Lewis Wileman) march march

family Fri 1 & Sat 2 March 6 M6 Theatre Company in collaboration with Andy Manley Presents Little Gift Paisley Arts Centre Fri 1 March 10.30am and 1.30pm Sat 2 March 2pm £5 + bkg fee*

Suitable for ages 3+ An old soul lives alone. He likes it that way. It’s quieter and safer. 0300 300 1210 One day, a surprise visitor plants a little seed of hope and turns this lonely life upside down. Told by a very special performer, with a playful mix of puppetry, original music and song, Little Gift is a brand-new story from multi award-winners M6 Theatre and Andy Manley. box office & information image: Little Gift 3 (credit Lewis Wileman) march

exhibitions image: The Electrifying Mr Johnston Fri 1 March–Mon 15 April Inspired The Tannahill Centre, 76 Blackstoun Rd, Paisley PA3 1NT FREE Inspired is the annual exhibition of artwork from children and young people in schools and nurseries across Renfrewshire. The exhibition aims to showcase the development of children’s art and design from the 7 early works of 3 and 4 year olds through to the sophisticated and talented pieces which form Fifth or Sixth Year pupil’s folio for national qualifications.

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Fri 8 March www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Reproduction of the Tom Johnston Mull Theatre Presents portrait by kind permission of Scottish The Electrifying Friendly Assurance. Mr Johnston Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Plus BITE-SIZE £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* An informal programme of script-in- A new play about one of Scotland’s hand play readings of new plays great unsung heroes, Tom Johnston, and works-in-progress. Performed once described by Churchill as the after The Electrifying Mr Johnston. ‘King of Scotland’, focusing on his Readings, questions & answers struggles to bring ‘light to the glens.’ and feedback offer audiences A story of power and the struggle the chance to be part of and enjoy for it. the fun of the creative process. *see page 1 for details of our booking fees march

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comedy special events 8 Sat 9 March Mon 11 & Tues 12 March The Scottish Comedy Agency Presents Take it to the Stage Jamie MacDonald: with vocal coach Designated Driver Michael Hill Paisley Arts Centre 8pm Paisley Arts Centre Studio 5pm £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* £20 + bkg fee* (total cost for both Suitable for ages 16+ workshops)

Foot to the floor comedy courtesy A fun, dynamic 2 day workshop of that funny blind guy. ‘Gifted story covering all the sounds the human telling’ (List) from the comedian voice can make, in a healthy way. you don’t want to drive you home. Whether you wish to nail those high It’s charming, disarming, eye- notes of a song, better project and

0300 300 1210 opening comedy brought to you by protect your voice, deliver a more the critically acclaimed Glaswegian. compelling vocal delivery in a monologue, or even do heavy rock ‘One of the funniest Scots screams, this workshop will help on the circuit.’ you achieve your goals. Sunday Herald A Culture Heritage and Events Funded Project box office & information march music Wed 13 March

Live Music Now Presents MK Duo, Roberto Kuhn and Callum Morton-Teng A dementia friendly concert Paisley Arts Centre 1.30pm £5 (includes tea + coffee) + bkg fee* Chilean-Scottish duo Roberto and Callum will give a relaxing, entertaining and vibrant performance of some of the best guitar music in the repertoire.

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comedy music Fri 15 March Fri 15 & Sat 16 March 9 A Buddy Good Laugh SAMA’s Paisley McKillop Institute, Lochwinnoch Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Fri 6pm £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Sat 12pm Paisley’s favourite comedy club £10 + bkg fee*

returns, with headliner Gary Little The Scottish Alternative Music www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on and featuring Gareth Mutch and Awards (SAMA’s) Paisley Takeover Anna Devitt. Brought to you by our 2019 is a new music festival friends at Dead Sheep Comedy, as featuring live showcases, music part of Lochwinnoch Arts Festival. industry seminars, workshops, spoken word and more. For more ticket information visit officialsama.co.uk

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special events Fri 15 and Sat 16 March Arts and Crafts Fayre Johnstone Town Hall 11am–4pm Free Come along to our arts & crafts fayre featuring stalls with a variety of unique handmade gifts and treats.

image: Super Human Heroes family 10 special events Fri 22 March Letter J Presents Tues 26 March Super Human Heroes The Art of Voice! Commissioned by Imaginate, A practical workshop in association with for actors with radio Paisley Arts Centre and theatre director Schools Only David Ian Neville

Paisley Arts Centre Part of CRAFT Programme 10.30am and 1.30pm by In Motion Theatre £4 + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre Studio 6pm Super Human Heroes have bad £10 + bkg fee* 0300 300 1210 days too—Captain Sunshine is Radio producer and theatre director not living up to his name! David Ian Neville hosts a practical Super Human Heroes will be a workshop for actors, exploring how comic and musical dance with we create character through voice. darkness. An exploration into Acting for radio, theatre, tv and film the ways we are, fail and try and voice-overs all demand different to be super human heroes. voice qualities from a performer. Supported by the Scottish A Culture Heritage and Events Government’s Festivals Expo Fund Funded Project box office & information march

exhibitions Wed 27 March–Mon 15 April

John Byrne Drawing Competition Tannahill Centre, 76 Blackstoun Rd, Paisley PA3 1NT FREE music Renowned Paisley artist and Thurs 28 March playwright, John Byrne, invites Ross Ainslie and Ali children and young people in Hutton’s Symbiosis schools across Scotland, from P4–S3, to participate in the fourth Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm annual John Byrne Drawing £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* Competition. Ross and Ali, two of Scotland’s most This exhibition will showcase some prominent musicians, bring together of the highlights of this competition, original compositions from their including the winning submissions. highly acclaimed albums, Symbiosis Organised by Education Scotland I and II, ranging from high octane image: Super Human Heroes in partnership with Renfrewshire jigs and reels to beautifully melodic Leisure. slow airs. 11 www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on

image: Ross Ainslie and Ali Hutton

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees comedy dance Fri 29 March Sat 30 March

march DH promotions Presents All Or Nothing & Room 2 Manoeuvre Presents Gary Meikle— Heroes the i-Brow guy Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Paisley Arts Centre 8pm £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 7+ Suitable for ages 16+ A light-hearted family show, Heroes Scottish comedy award winner mixes aerial skills with dance theatre and viral sensation Gary Meikle and contemporary circus. Asking has recently supported huge universal questions with humour, names such as Jason Manford, straight talking and lots of moving, Tom Stade and Milton Jones and we follow the journey of the two now he’s bringing his own show, performers as they navigate their the i-Brow guy, to the people as way through the world of idolising part of his semi-permanent tour! and being idolised. Gary will lay before you his Featuring a short performance remarkable life story and give an from Right2Dance. insight into the workings of his mind, 12 his thoughts, and his opinions, image: Gary Meikle of which he dare not verbalise until now!

‘Wonderfully real and raw’ The Herald

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family family Tues 2 April Thurs 4 April Norwich Puppet Theatre Presents MEI Presents 13 Pied Piper Twirlywoos LIVE Paisley Arts Centre 2pm Johnstone Town Hall £4 + bkg fee* 1pm and 3.30pm When the Pied Piper plays his flute £12 (Group of 4 £44) + bkg fee* the rats run, the greedy mayor rubs Recommended for ages 1+ his hands and the children dance… From the producers of ‘The Very Norwich Puppet Theatre’s Hungry Caterpillar Show’ and ‘Sarah www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on new humorous and irresistible and Duck Live on Stage’ comes one-person show, Pied Piper, another enchanting show for young combines a skilful mix of puppetry, audiences. The Twirlywoos are foot-tapping music and storytelling setting sail around the UK to which will entrance audiences welcome young fans along for a young and old. theatrical adventure. Expect mischief, music and plenty of ‘Fantastic! An example of surprises as they share the delight excellent touring puppet of discovery. With beautifully theatre.’ inventive puppetry, the show The Guardian promises a cast full of all your favourite characters from the hit TV show. family family

april Sat 6 April Tues 9 and Wed 10 April The Little Prince (PG) Theatre Fideri Fidera Presents Paisley Arts Centre 2pm Oskars Amazing Adventure £2 + bkg fee* Foxbar Community Centre Tues 11am The first full-length animated feature film of the well-known Tweedie Hall Wed 11am book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. £3 + bkg fee* An ambitious young mother Suitable for ages 2-8 imposes a complete life-plan on Fun-loving puppy Oskar leaves the her daughter, which leaves no time snowbound little house on top of for fun or play. The girl, however, the Swiss mountain where he lives becomes distracted by an elderly to try to find a friendly animal to play retired neighbour, an aviator who with. But where are all the animals? intrigues her with the story And why does Oskar have to wait of a ‘Little Prince’. until spring to play his favourite Starring the voices of Jeff Bridges, game again? Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard This original play for young children and Benicio Del Toro, with a musical uses a rich mix of storytelling, score by Hans Zimmer, this award- 14 physical theatre, clowning, puppetry, winning film is one of the most music and song to tell the tale of successful animated feature films a puppy’s search for friendship of the past decade. in the wilderness of the Alps.

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family dance Fri 12 April Wed 17 April Visible Fictions Presents Company of Wolves Presents A Ladder To The Stars Achilles 15 Paisley Arts Centre 1.30pm Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £4 + bkg fee* £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 3+ Suitable for ages 12+ Way up in the deep blue night sky, Glasgow’s acclaimed Company a twinkling star hears a little girl’s of Wolves re-imagines the myth birthday wish. She wishes she could of Achilles in a heart-stopping solo

dance with the stars. Wanting to performance by Ewan Downie. www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on image: Oskars Amazing Adventure make this wish come true, the star In a fusion of storytelling, dance and tells the moon, the moon tells the song, Achilles tells the story of the sun, the sun tells the wind and the greatest hero of the Greeks during rain, and together they dream up the Trojan War: how his best friend a wonderful plan. Told through a is killed by the champion of the magical mix of puppetry, music, Trojans, his desperate grief, light and imagination, this is a and his terrible vengeance. heartfelt and humorous story of what can happen when the universe ‘a thrilling experience’ hears your dreams. The Scotsman

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music special events 16 Thurs 18 April Tues 23 April SOS, Ewan Macintyre Band and Re-Write—Short Play Broken Car Records Presents Performances Ewan Macintyre Band Part of CRAFT Programme Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm by In Motion Theatre £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre Studio 7.30pm An international music project, £7.50 + bkg fee*

pushing the boundaries of ReWrite is a script development contemporary folk. Led by programme where for new short puppeteer, musician and ex-lead scripts will be performed at the singer songwriter of the award- Arts Centre in response to the winning Edinburgh collective theme of ‘Paisley’. 0300 300 1210 ‘Southern Tenant Folk Union’, Ewan Macintyre. ‘Road Junkie’ Join us to support our selected is a genre smashing album that playwrights and see their takes inspiration from 2 years of scripts performed by a cast of intensive touring across Canada professional actors, directed by and Europe. Sonically compared Allie Winton Butler. to the likes of Jeff Buckley, Joe A Culture Heritage and Events Cocker, Goat Rodeo Sessions Funded Project. and the Beach Boys. box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees april drama Wed 24 April

Mull Theatre Presents Unspotted Snow Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Based on the ill-fated 1845 Sir John Franklin’s expedition to discover the North-West passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific and its extraordinary 170-year legacy. Set partly on the barren ice floes of the Arctic and partly in the drawing room of Lady Jane Franklin, Unspotted Snow is a ‘ripping yarn’—a bold and adventurous tale of tragedy, mishap, folly, arrogance, madness and betrayal, special events Victorian heroism, and ruthless Tues 30 April news management. Self-producing 17 and setting up a music theatre company Sat 27 April with Lisa Nicoll and Mary Ann Kennedy Corinne Salisbury Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Part of CRAFT Programme by In Motion Theatre £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee*

Paisley Arts Centre Studio 6pm–9pm www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Brought up in Glasgow, Mary Ann Kennedy is widely known for her £10 + bkg fee* outstanding collaborations and Creative Director of In Motion broadcasting career. Her new album Theatre Company Lisa Nicoll has ‘Glaschu’, is a celebration of songs, successfully secured funding over spirit, feelings and laughter. It tells the last ten years and self produced the story of growing up as an urban her own work and that of others. Gael and revels in the wit and vivid Join her and producer Corinne song writing of some of the great Salisbury for insights into how things Glaswegian Gaels. can be achieved and how to plan Joined on stage by singers and get your own work out there— from Fèis Phàislig in a unique from funding, to casting. collaboration, this show promises A Culture Heritage and Events to be a highlight. Funded Project may may

drama Wed 1 May Surrogate Productions Presents The Guitar Man by Jon Fosse translated by Louis Muinzer Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm

18 £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* A man makes his living singing the same songs day after day on the edge of town. He plays to an audience that is always passing him by. Searching for answers to his past, present and future, he reaches a decision: to stop playing.

In a world made up of winners and losers, The Guitar Man asks what is left when we reject the role we are expected to play?

0300 300 1210 Weaving text, song and silence, this tender study of a so-called ‘outsider’ traces the delicate balance between loneliness and longing, loss and salvation. box office & information image:The Guitar Man (credit Mihaela Bodlovic) may

drama special events image: User Not Found Promo Wed 8 May Thurs 9 May Dante Or Die Presents Wedding Open User Not Found Evening Paisley Arts Centre Café Johnstone Town Hall 6pm and 8.30pm 6.30pm–9.30pm £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* FREE Suitable for ages 16+ All couples searching for their 19 It’s the moment of your death. perfect wedding venue are invited There’s a magic button. to join us to view our award winning Do you delete your entire venue dressed for full day weddings online legacy? and evening receptions. Or do you keep it—and leave the Take advantage of special offers choice for someone else? and chat to our experienced wedding coordinators about what User Not Found is about our digital www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Johnstone Town Hall has to offer. identities after we die. The show is performed in local cafes—audience members receive a Smartphone and a pair of headphones and are immersed in one man’s story as he’s faced with keeping or deleting his partner’s online existence.

‘A tender, intimate story of love and letting go.’ The Guardian may family Fri 10 & Sat 11 May Starcatchers and SUPERFAN Present Little Top Johnstone Town Hall music Fri 10 May 1.30pm Fri 10 May Sat 11 May 10.30am & 1.30pm The Unthanks— £10 for an adult and baby (£5 for any Unacompanied, additional adults/children) + bkg fee* As We Are Welcome to Little Top, a magical first Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm circus experience for babies aged 0-18 months and their adults. £20 (£18 conc) + bkg fee* At a time in their development when Suitable for ages 14+ young children are discovering their The Unthanks move on from their own physicality, and the pleasures recent orchestral explorations by and perils of gravity, Little Top invites 20 going back to doing what they babies to experience all the fun of know and do best—singing in the circus. Roll up for a gently unaccompanied harmony—joined thrilling performance which includes on this tour by Unthanks member spectacular balances, astonishing Niopha Keegan to make a vocal trio. tumbles and inventive juggling.

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family Sun 12 May Funbox Present The Wild West Show Johnstone Town Hall 1pm and 3.30pm £14 Parents and baby under 12 months £16 Family £50 (2 adults & 2 children or 1 adult & 3 children) Groups of 10 £12 each + bkg fee* 21 Yeee haaaa! Saddle up partners as FUNBOX head out on the prairie for music their brand new spectacular for 2019; The Wild West Show. Tues 14 May Get your cowboy or cowgirl boots Fred Morrison and spurs on and join us for a rootin’ Paisley Arts Centre 7.30 pm tootin’ hoedown with Anya, Kevin, £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Gary and Bonzo (formerly of The Singing Kettle). Although Morrison was born Jam packed with singalong and raised near Glasgow, it’s the favourites like ‘Skip To Ma Lou’, celebrated Gaelic piping tradition ‘Oh My Darling Clementine’, as well of his father’s native South Uist that as brand new songs, The Wild West forms the bedrock of his intensely Show is a right-rollicking rodeo ride expressive, uniquely adventurous for all the family. style. Although his first-love instrument remains the great Remember to come dressed for Highland bagpipes, over the years the wild west—big people too! his mastery has expanded to ‘…it’s the best family show we’ve encompass whistles, Scottish seen. Brilliant fun’ smallpipes, or reelpipes and John McCusker Irish uilleann pipes. image: Dark Carnival: Unplugged may

drama Fri 17 May Vanishing Point and A New International Present The Dark Carnival: Unplugged Paisley Arts Centre grounds 7.30pm £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* With songs, spoken word and a free (though not compulsory!) glass of whisky for everyone, The Dark Carnival: Unplugged tells the story of newcomers to the afterlife who are surprised to discover that death is not actually the end. 22 They form their own necropolitan community where every night is party night. But a mysterious event throws the lives of the dead into uncertainty. When news reaches the cemetery, an underground revolution begins, led by the stoical Mrs Mark and her band

of necropolitans. Sponsored by The Famous Grouse 0300 300 1210 box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees image: Dark Carnival: Unplugged may drama special events

Tues 21 May Sat 25 and Sun 26 May Imaginate & Stellar Quines Presents Renfrewshire This Girl Laughs, Youth Mental Health This Girl Cries, This Arts Festival Girl Does Nothing Renfrewshire’s Youth Mental Health Schools only Arts Festival is back again for a Paisley Arts Centre 1.30pm jam-packed weekend of all things creative—this year’s theme is £4 ‘Connected’. Programmed by young Suitable for ages 7+ people for young people and the What happens when your world is wider community using the arts to turned upside down and you have explore themes around wellbeing to find your own way? When triplet and mental health. The debut sisters are abandoned in a forest festival in 2018 included a film by their father, three resolutions are competition, showcase event, digital made—one walks one way to find workshops, marketplace and much purpose, another the opposite way more. Keep in touch with CREATE to find adventure and the third stays Paisley on social and through our right where she is. The sisters, now website to find out more details. 23 women, meet back in the forest www.createpaisley.org.uk where it all started. A contemporary fairytale about determination and friendship that will encourage us to follow our dreams.

‘Bursting with wit, intelligence and energy, Stellar Quines brings new vigour to www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Scottish theatre.’ The Scotsman

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing image: Raymond Mearns comedy

may Fri 31 May Raymond Mearns— Confessions Of A Control Freak Paisley Arts Centre 8pm £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 18+ Nobody really wants to see a film or a play or read a book about a person who had a great life, was successful in their career and lucky in love. It’s far more interesting to hear about somebody who has made a rip-roaring fool of themselves and mucked everything up! You may have seen him in ‘Limmy’s show’ or heard him on BBC Radio 24 Scotland’s ‘Breaking the News’ but what you might not know is that Raymond Mearns has been one of Scotland’s top live stand-up comedians for the past 15 years!

‘I loved watching him’ Kevin Bridges

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drama Sat 1 June 25 Glasgow Arts Presents Low Pay? Don’t Pay! Paisley Arts Centre 2pm and 7.30 pm £10 (conc £6) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 12+

Amidst the current political climate www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on and a consumer backlash, it feels like the right time for a revival of Dario Fo’s hilarious 80s farce, ‘Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!’ The classic special events satire sees one group of women lose Fri 7 and Sat 8 June patience with low pay and rising prices, and take direct action—and Arts and Crafts Fayre in this new version by comedy Johnstone Town Hall genius Johnny McKnight, the action 11am–4pm moves to Glasgow and examines where we are now in Scotland. FREE A new production from Come along to our arts & crafts Glasgow Arts supported by fayre featuring stalls with a variety of Creative Scotland. unique handmade gifts and treats. june

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26 music Wed 12 June Live Music Now Paisley Presents Voice and Verse, Laura McFall and Kristine Donnan A dementia friendly concert

Paisley Arts Centre 11am £5 (includes tea and coffee) + bkg fee* Soprano Laura McFall and pianist Kristine Donnan, with their relaxed

0300 300 1210 and infectious style, will perform a programme of their favourite pieces including Mozart arias, German lieder, songs from the shows and folk songs, including their own arrangements of Irish favourites. box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees june special events special events

Mon 17 June–Sat 17 August Sat 29 June Summer Reading Paisley YMCA Presents Challenge Synaesthesia FREE Paisley Arts Centre Join in on a voyage of discovery to Paisley YMCA invite you to an celebrate the 50th anniversary of the audio-visual dream like state, as moon landings by visiting your local we take over the Paisley Art Centre library and taking part in the Space and remake it into a virtual reality, Chase Summer Reading Challenge 3D playground. 2019. You can sign up at the library Relax on oversized beanbags as or on the Skoobmobile from June you listen to the siren song of living and throughout the summer plant life. Touch the walls and see holidays. There will be out of this how they react. Listen to code world activities, free gifts and prizes based music mixed with live DJ and best of all an amazing selection performances with spectacular of books for you to read over the visual projections, and take part in summer! Find out more at one of our DIY digital music making www.renfrewshirelibraries.co.uk. and art workshops from our award winning makerspace. Enchant your 27 comedy senses with our groundbreaking use of technology that will alter the Fri 21 & Sat 22 June way that you think about digital arts MZA Sneaky Fringe and culture. Previews Paisley Arts Centre Workshop 7.30pm www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Friday £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Saturday £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 18+ Don’t miss this hilarious all-star Edinburgh Fringe Previews with Craig Hill, Mickey Bartlett, Gareth Waugh and Mark Nelson. The shows will contain some adult humour and rude (but hilarious) jokes. Please note that these shows are a ‘work in progress’.

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family Sat 13 July Family Fun Day Paisley Arts Centre FREE 0300 300 1210 Come along to Paisley Arts Centre for our special summer family fun day with lots of free activities and entertainment in and around the grounds of the arts centre. Save the date and keep an eye out for our full programme for the day nearer the time. box office & information regular events regular regular events

Mon: 28 January, 25 Febuary, 29 25 March, 29 April & 20 May Monthly actor craft sessions led by Daniel Cameron Part of CRAFT Programme by In Motion Theatre

Paisley Arts Centre Studio 6pm www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on £10 per session or book all 5 for £35 + bkg fee* CRAFT is a series of monthly sessions dedicated to the development of acting in a new writing context. The 3 hour sessions will consist of warm-up, skills-based workshops, discussions and practical work revolving around the actor’s craft and new writing text work between actors and a director. A Culture Heritage and Events Funded Project

*see page 1 for details of our booking fees Write Lines Tea Dance with Lisa Nicoll £2 + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre Studio Johnstone Town Hall 1pm–3.30pm Mon: 4 Febuary, 18 Febuary, Mondays 4 March, Tue 5 March February 18, 25 6pm

regular events March 4, 11 Tue 5 March April 1, 15 rehearsal 10am–6pm May 13 performance 7.30pm June 17 £50 + bkg fee* (for block of 4 sessions) £5 + bkg fee* for performance Enjoy an afternoon of dancing, music and chatting with friends. John Work with producer and playwright Findlay will keep you entertained all Lisa Nicoll over the course of a afternoon playing a series of timeless month to create a new 10 minute tunes on the keyboard. play or the beginning of a larger piece of work. This concludes in a development reading with professional actors to an audience which will be directed 30 by Beth Morton. A Culture Heritage and Events Funded Project

0300 300 1210 box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees talks and classes and talks

Paisley Philosophical Talks University West of Scotland, Opposite Paisley Museum 7.30pm FREE Thurs 10 January Professor Gayle McPherson (UWS) The legacy benefits of Paisley’s bid for UK city of culture: International perspectives 31 Thurs 24 January John Phelan (Director, Scottish Archive Council) Why Archives Matter Thurs 14 February Nina Baker (Engineering Historian) The Pullingers, Arrol Johnstons

and the Paisley connection www.renfrewshireleisure.com/whats-on Thurs 28 February Kirsten Kininmonth talks and classes (University of Glasgow) TBC Thurs 14 March Andy Campbell (Paisley Community Trust) Baker Street Thurs 28 March Dr Valerie Wright (research associate, University of Glasgow) The Linwood Line: working life in a car factory in post-war Scotland talks and classes

Paisley Camcorder Club On Thursday afternoons February 14, 21, 28 March 7, 14, 21 April 18, 25 32 Paisley Natural History Society Talks May 2, 9, 16, 23 The Secret Collection The Wynd Centre, 9 High Street, Paisley 3pm–4.30pm 6 School Wynd Paisley 7.30pm Free FREE Transfer your old films to digital, Thurs 10 January brush up all your filmmaking skills, Dr Scott Shanks (Conservation Officer, and get involved with film projects Buglife Scotland)

at this popular class. Winners and Losers: the effects of climate change on our Scottish insects Bookbug Sessions Thurs 7 February Various Venues

0300 300 1210 David Nairn (Clyde Porpoise C.I.C) FREE Cetaceans in the Clyde Bookbug sessions are free, Thurs 7 March fun-filled sessions of stories, Angus Hogg songs and rhymes for you and Birds of Southern Spain your child to enjoy together. Thurs 4 April These are held regularly in local Jackie Clark libraries and Lagoon Leisure Centre. Procession of the Pine Marten More information can be found at in Scotland renfrewshirelibraries.co.uk box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees listings january–july

drama Page dance Page Jock Tamsons Bairns 2 February 3 Heroes 30 March 12

Invisible Lands 7 February 3 Achilles 17 April 15

The Electrifying 8 March 7 Mr Johnston/Bite Size comedy Page

Unspotted Snow 24 April 17 Jamie Macdonald 9 March 8

The Guitar Man 1 May 18 A Buddy Good Laugh 15 March 9

User Not Found 8 May 19 Gary Meikle 29 March 12

The Dark Carnival 17 May 22 Raymond Mearns 31 May 24 Unplugged Sneaky Previews 21 and 22 June 27 This Girl Laughs, 21 May 23 This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing exhibitions Page (Schools only) Inspired 1 March– 7 Low Pay? Don’t Pay 1 June 25 15 April

John Byrne Drawing 27 March– 11 music Page Competition 15 April Acoustic Eagles/ 1 February 2 Beatles family Page Aidan Moodie and 20 February 5 Little Gift 1 and 2 March 6 Graham Rorie Super Human Heroes 22 March 10 MK Duo, 13 March 9 (Schools only) Roberto Kuhn and Callum Morton Teng Pied Piper 2 April 13 Twirly Woos 4 April 13 SAMA’s Paisley 15 and 9 16 March The Little Prince 6 April 14 Ross Ainslie and 28 March 11 Oskar’s Amazing 9 and 10 April 14 Ali Hutton Adventure Ewan Macintyre 18 April 16 A Ladder To The Stars 12 April 15 Band Little Top 10 and 11 May 20 Mary Ann Kennedy 27 April 17 Funbox presents 12 May 21 The Unthanks 10 May 20 The Wild West Show Fred Morrison 14 May 21 Family Fun Day 13 July 28 Voice and Verse, 12 June 26 Laura McFall and Kristine Donnan click to book www.renfrewshireleisure.com box office 0300 300 1210

special events Page regular events Page Plays with songs— 12 February 4 Monthly actor craft 28 January 29 a practical workshop sessions led by 25 February for writers and actors Daniel Cameron 25 March with Allie Butler & 29 April David Higham 20 May Wedding Fayre 17 February 4 Write Lines with 4 February 30 Developing new 26 February 5 Lisa Nicoll 18 February writing with actor 4 March Beth Morton 5 March

Take it to the Stage 11 and 12 8 Tea Dance 18 February 30 with vocal coach March 25 February Michael Hill 4 March Arts and Crafts Fayre 15 and 16 10 11 March March 1 April The Art of Voice!—a 26 March 10 15 April practical workshop 13 May for actors with radio 17 June and theatre director David Ian Neville talks and classes Page Re-Write—Short Play 23 April 16 Performances Paisley Philosophical 10 January 31 Society 24 January Self-producing and 30 April 17 14 February setting up a theatre 28 February company with Lisa Nicoll and Corinne 14 March Salisbury 28 March

Wedding Open 9 May 19 Paisley Natural 10 January 32 Evening History Society 7 February 7 March Renfrewshire Youth 25 and 26 May 23 4 April Mental Health Arts Festival Paisley Camcorder 14 February 32 Club 21 February Arts and Crafts Fayre 7 and 8 June 25 28 February Summer Reading 17 June – 27 7 March Challenge 17 August 14 March 21 March Synaethesia 29 June 27 18 April 25 April 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May about us

Renfrewshire Leisure is a Renfrew Town Hall not-for-profit charitable trust that Renfrew Cross, Renfrew, PA4 8PF manages cultural and sporting Opening hours: facilities in Renfrewshire. Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm Sat, 10am–2pm Venue Hire Renfrew Museum Renfrewshire Leisure offers venue hire Opening hours: for performances, meetings, conferences Mon–Fri, 9.30am–4.45pm and weddings at the following locations: Sat, 10am to 2pm Renfrew Town Hall In addition to the above hours, Paisley Arts Centre Renfrew Museum will be open during Tweedie Hall evening lets of Renfrew Town Hall (Mon–Thurs to a maximum of 8pm) Johnstone Town Hall All the venues above can be contacted at: Johnstone Town Hall 25 Church Street, Johnstone, PA5 8FA Tel: 0300 300 1210 Opening hours: Email: [email protected] Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat 8.45am to 5.00pm Renfrew Museum Tues, Thurs 8.45am to 8.00pm Closed Sundays The museum is based on the elements of Earth, Fire, Air & Water. Tweedie Hall Bridge Street, Linwood, PA3 3DB Central Box Office Opening hours: Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, Mon–Thurs, 8am–10pm Paisley PA1 1EZ Fri & Sat, 9am–5pm Closed Sundays To book tickets, call the Box Office on 0300 300 1210 or book tickets online by visiting www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts Opening hours: Mon–Sat, 10am–4pm Extended opening hours on performance nights.

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