january – april 17 Hello, welcome to our new What’s On Guide
This is your essential guide to cultural events from Renfrewshire Leisure! We’ve changed things around a bit so you can see our whole range of events each month and will be publishing an extra Summer What’s On Guide so you have a year round programme of cultural events. This year is the 30th anniversary of With this in mind, we would love you Paisley Arts Centre and we are planning to let us know the following: a programme of events and shows to • What has been your programme/event mark the occasion. highlights over the past 30 years? We want to celebrate with everyone who • What does Paisley Arts Centre has supported Paisley Arts Centre over mean to you? the past three decades to make this • What would you like to see in the a year to remember. programme as part of the 30th birthday celebrations? Email us at [email protected], or pop into the arts centre to have a chat to our staff or fill out a comments card. As a thank you, we will enter your name into a prize draw to win free tickets to our 30th Anniversary edition of A Buddy Good Laugh on 27 April.
drama music dance film comedy exhibitions family events special events regular events Drop in Lunchtime Our Booking Fees Talks and Events We charge a £1 transaction fee for all bookings made online. This includes at Paisley Museum postage if you opt to have your tickets Look out for our brand new programme posted out to you. of free, hands on activities, talks Tickets booked by phone can be and events for people of all ages, held at the Box Office for collection launching in January. or posted out at a cost of £1. There are no charges for tickets purchased in person. Sign up to our monthly Have your say e-newsletter! We love hearing from you, why not let us Don’t miss out on any upcoming know what you think of our events or if you events with our free monthly have a suggestion about what you would 1 e-newsletter. To register, visit our like to see? Facebook page or our website and click the sign up link @RenArtsMuseums www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts. /renfrewshirearts
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exhibition Until 25 January Mapping the Moon 2 Paisley Museum FREE Paisley Museum recently received a donation of Moon maps, created by NASA in the early 1960s to provide an accurate depiction of the lunar surface. These maps, hand drawn
with incredible accuracy and detail, were then used to select suitable sites for the Moon landings. This display showcases a small sample from our collection of these
0300 300 1210 very impressive, highly detailed and decorative maps. box office & information january image: Mapping the Moon image: Skeleton Dermott Egan image: Recurrance Kevin Egan
exhibition exhibition 14 January–26 February 27 January–18 April 3 Form and Colour: Inspired a way of being Paisley Museum in the world FREE An exhibition from Paisley-born Inspired is the annual exhibition artists Kevin and Dermott Egan of artwork from children and young book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book Paisley Museum people in schools and nurseries FREE across Renfrewshire. Paisley-born brothers Kevin and This year, the exhibition will include Dermott Egan invite you to engage community artworks created in with some of their recent work workshops facilitated by ‘Ice Cream which includes paintings, drawings, Architecture’: We Made Paisley City carvings and sculpture. is an installation of architectural models based on a fantasy future Paisley and Our Story is a large multi media mural.
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dance Sat 28 January Ballet West Presents Swan Lake Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* 0300 300 1210 Using Tchaikovsky’s stirring score and a moving adaptation of the original choreography, the dancers of Ballet West will tell the story of the love of a young man for the cursed Odette, who is destined to spend her life as a swan, unless true love can release her from the spell of the evil Von Rothbart. box office & information february image: Die Mommie Die
LGBT History Month February 2017
exhibition film 31 January–16 February Tues 7 February Ian Passmore: Outspoken Arts and Paisley Arts Centre presents Five Crossroads Die Mommie Die (18) 5 to a Gay Space Paisley Arts Centre 7pm Paisley Museum FREE FREE Its 1967, retired singer Angela Ian Passmore began to explore Arden’s career has hit rock bottom his own life through art following and she is trapped in a loveless book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book redundancy shortly before marriage. She gets involved in an his untimely death in 2000. affair and her husband suddenly dies. This leads to Angela’s His work documents his life in daughter plotting a conspiracy Paisley as a gay man at a time of revenge. when the expression of homosexual love was illegal. This hilarious murder mystery movie is a must see for the stellar Please note: Some of the language cast, never mind the fab outfits, and images in this exhibition may psychoactive drugs and 50’s/60’s cause offence. vibe.
*see page 1 for details of our booking fees LGBT History Month February 2017 february film film Thurs 9 February Wed 15 February LGBT + (Student Association of University Outspoken Arts and Paisley Arts Centre presents West of Scotland) and Paisley Arts Centre Prick Up Your Ears (18) presents Rent (PG) Paisley Arts Centre 7pm FREE Paisley Arts Centre 7pm The story of the spectacular life and FREE violent death of British playwright The film version of the Pulitzer and Joe Orton. In his teens, Orton is Tony Award-winning musical about befriended by the older, more Bohemians in the East Village of reserved Kenneth Halliwell. But New York City struggling with life, Orton’s success takes him farther love and AIDS, and the impacts from Halliwell, whose response they have on America. ended both his life and the life This will be followed by a post of the up-and-coming playwright. 6 show discussion hosted by LGBT+, There will be a post- exploring the themes raised show discussion around in the film. domestic violence and community safety.
image: 1987 Prick up your ears film Thurs 16 February LGBT + (Student Association of University
West of Scotland) and Paisley Arts Centre presents Pride (15) Paisley Arts Centre 7pm
0300 300 1210 FREE U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984. The film will be followed by a post show discussion hosted by LGBT+, exploring the themes raised in the film. box office & information february image: Mars, Credit NASA-JPL-Caltech February 2017
february family Thurs 9 February Valentine’s Baby Disco Paisley Museum 10.30am–12pm 7 £2 per adult + bkg fee* (children go free) Join in the fun with dancing and games as well as art activities. Music will be provided by our own DJ with a mixture of Disney tunes, nursery rhymes and pop music. www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book
special event Tues 14 February Valentine’s Night at Coats Observatory Coats Observatory 6.30–9pm (last admission 8.45pm) Venus and Mars will be in conjunction on Valentine’s Night. Why not drop in for a romantic evening of star-gazing!
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family Fri 24 and Sat 25 February Catherine Wheels Presents White Paisley Arts Centre 8 Fri 24 Nurseries only 10.30am and 1.30pm £3 + bkg fee* Sat 25 public 11am £5 + bkg fee* film Suitable for ages 2–4 Tue 28 February Welcome to the beautifully strange Frame by Frame world of White. Full of birdsong and Paisley Arts Centre 7pm–9.30pm
birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends £2 on the door look after the birds and make sure Do you have a film and want to get the eggs stay safe. We watch, we it screened? Want to meet other help. The world is bright, ordered filmmakers? Or just see locally
0300 300 1210 and white. But high up in the trees, produced films? Then Frame all is not white. Colour appears. by Frame is the place to be! First red... then yellow... then blue... For more information or to be White is a playful, highly visual added to the Frame by Frame new show for very young children mailing list contact and is a perfect first time theatre [email protected] experience. box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees march march image: White
drama 9 Thurs 2 March Arts Enigma Presents Hell’s Hunner Acres Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee*
Suitable for ages 14+ www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book Flit back in time as the “Cairns” family close the door on tenement strife and catch a ‘lift’ to the heaven of high rise life at Queen Elizabeth Square. Live, laugh and cry with them as new design unravels a family and its’ community. The smash hit comedy/drama, written and directed by Paul Moore, takes you back to the banter of Tenement Brick, Beaverbrooks & The Barrowlands Ballroom.
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march Amina–MWRC Presents If I Had A Girl Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 14+ A groundbreaking verbatim production providing a startling insight into honour-based violence in ethnic minority communities around Scotland. If I had a girl… speaks for those whose voices are silenced or stolen. In their own words, survivors show us how choices, family, and the music burden of expectation can shape Sat 4 March our lives irrevocably. Breabach There will be a Q&A with the creative 10 team after this performance. Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £14 (£12 conc) + bkg fee* Breabach have been voted ‘Best Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band 2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music Awards and twice nominated ‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2
Folk Awards. The Scottish five-piece deliver a thrilling and unique brand of contemporary folk music that has earned them international recognition on the world and roots
0300 300 1210 music scene as one of the UK’s most dynamic and exciting bands. Make a night of it after this performance at our Jazz cafe event; part of our Paisley Arts Centre 30th anniversary celebrations. Relax, grab a drink and listen to some great music from Paisley’s own jazz chanteuse Evelyn Laurie. box office & information march special event drama Wed 8 March Thurs 9 March
Mighty Women Fair Pley Presents of Science The Cause Paisley Museum 12.30pm–1.15pm of Thunder Performed by David Hayman FREE Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Celebrate International Women’s Day and discover the Mighty £12 (£10 conc) +bkg fee* Women of Science—a journey from A funny thing happened on the way historical pioneers to contemporary to the pub… Bob Cunningham ground breaking scientists. From A thought he saw a man ascend into for Astronaut (Valentina Tereshkova, the sky. the first woman in space) to Z for Bob has stuff on his mind: whether Zoologist (the award winning Birute or not to take early retirement; Galdikas) Mighty Women of Science politics and what to do about the No is a playful and enlightening look at vote, Brexit, Corbyn… and that weird some well known–and not so thing about rising into the heavens. well known–women who have To make matters worse he discovers changed and continue to change his ex-wife, who he hasn’t seen in the world of science. 20 years, will be back in town later 11 tonight. The Cause of Thunder is the sequel to The Pitiless Storm, which sold out 2 years ago at Paisley Arts Centre.
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Sat 11 March www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book A Buddy Good Laugh McKillop Institute, Lochwinnoch, 7.30pm £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Paisley’s favourite comedy club comes to Lochwinnoch with a top line-up of comedians. Renfrewshire Leisure are working again in partnership with Lochwinnoch Arts Festival, a 10 day festival of events and workshops that this year celebrates 16 years of bringing various art forms to the area.
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exhibitions drama 12 Mar–29 May Tues 14 March A Galaxy Far, Far Away Scottish Theatre Producers Presents Paisley Museum Expensive S**t Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm 12 FREE £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* To complement the May The Toys Be With You exhibition (page 14) this Suitable for ages 14+ display of astronomical images One toilet attendant. Two sets of highlights the beauty and diversity toilets. One night. Worlds apart. of our universe and the wonders The story of a Nigerian nightclub within. toilet attendant, working in the toilets There may even be a few of a fictional club based on the photographs which bear a passing Shimmy Club in Glasgow. Her
resemblance to some familiar sights conflicted journey is spliced with from the ‘Star Wars’ universe! flashbacks to the toilets of the Shrine nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria, where her younger self dreams
0300 300 1210 of becoming a dancer in the revolutionary band of the late Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti. box office & information march image: Expensive S**t special event Thurs 16 March
There’s been a Life– An Evening with Alex Norton Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £15 (£13 conc) + bkg fee* Alex Norton’s career has been both highly colourful and eventful. His journey from the streets of Glasgow’s notorious Gorbals to blockbuster Hollywood movies has rarely been smooth. image: Alex Norton He has worked with Billy Connolly, exhibition Dudley Moore, Rowan Atkinson, 17 March–18 April Johnny Depp and Clint Eastwood; appeared in iconic movies like John Byrne Drawing Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero and Competition– Braveheart and made an everlasting Winners Exhibition mark on British television as DCI 13 Paisley Museum Matt Burke in Taggart. Uproariously funny and highly FREE entertaining, Alex Norton takes us Renowned Paisley artist and on an irreverent journey behind the playwright, John Byrne, invites scenes of a showbiz life very well lived. children and young people in schools across Scotland, from P4 –
S3, to participate in the third annual www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book John Byrne Drawing Competition. This exhibition will showcase some of the highlights of this competition, including the winning submissions. Organised by Education Scotland in partnership with Renfrewshire Leisure.
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exhibition dance 18 March–29 May Tues 21 March May The Toys Be Plan B Dance presents With You Citizen A unique collection Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm 14 of Star Wars memorabilia £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee* Paisley Museum People leave places, sometimes FREE by choice, sometimes because From a galaxy far, far away comes they have to. Where do they go an absolute must see for fans of Star and how do they fit in? Wars or cinema history. Citizen is a darkly humorous look May the Toys Be With You is one at how we bring our identity with of the country’s finest Star Wars us wherever we go. Created with
collections of memorabilia, toys and four dynamic dancers by Glasgow- posters owned by collector Matt Fox. based choreographer Chrissie Ardill and an electronic music score mixed The toys and collectables from live by composer Mariam Rezaei. this period including X-wings, Includes short pre-show 0300 300 1210 lightsabers, posters and figures will all be on display. performance by Right To Dance There will also be fun activities and features throughout the museum for the whole family to enjoy. box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees march music family Sun 26 March Tue 28 March
Foster & Allen Jabuti Theatre Presents Moonbeam Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm on a Cat’s Ear £20 (£18.50 conc) + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre 2pm International recording artists Foster & Allen are bringing their £3 + bkg fee* 40th Anniversary Tour to Paisley. Suitable for ages 3+ Celebrating 40 years together In the middle of the night Rosie, in the music business they will be Toby Toby the cat and the mouse performing a string of their hits sneak out to play. When Toby Toby including Bunch of Thyme, Maggie, steals the moon from the sky they After All These Years, I Will Love You go on an adventure. But, is it all All My Life and Old Flames. just a dream? They will also be playing some of Based on the book by Marie-Louise their recent recordings as well as Gay, this is a visual journey that songs from their 40th Anniversary captures the beauty and detail of Celebration CD. Marie-Louise’s illustrations using puppetry, physical theatre and magical light boxes and brings it 15 all to life with a mesmerising original musical soundscape and score. book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book
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special event music Wed 29 March Fri 31 March Meeting Ronnie Fraser John Lindsay’s 16 Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Blues Incentive £12.50 + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Suitable for ages 16+ £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Ronnie Brown, formerly of The The local guitarist from Elderslie Corries, takes you on an illustrated returns with his latest blues line-up. journey through his long and varied Now based in Glasgow, Fraser life. Ronnie will demonstrate to you currently plays with his band, that there is so much more to the Blues Incentive, who have become man than just being a singer. regulars on the Glasgow blues There will be a post show Q & A scene. and Ronnie’s book will be on sale Make a night of it after this followed by a signing session. performance at our Jazz cafe event; 0300 300 1210 part of our Paisley Arts Centre 30th anniversary celebrations. Relax, grab a drink and listen to some great music from Paisley’s own jazz chanteuse Evelyn Laurie. box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees april image: Fraser John Lindsay image: Dinosaur Detectives
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family Tues 4 April Head in the Clouds 17 Paisley Central Library 10.30am and 1.30pm £3 + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 0–5 Cirrus the dog has a serious job: he has to keep watch on the sheep. book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book What to do when they lose themselves, drifting amongst the dancing clouds? How can he help these woolly-headed dreamers get back down to earth? Guided by the performers, all audience members are invited to help create the atmosphere and landscape of the story. image: Chris Ramsey april
family Thurs 6 April Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre Dinosaur Detectives Paisley Arts Centre 2pm £4 + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 5+ The Dinosaur Detectives weave 18 their way through the audience looking for clues about the past when they discover a secret doorway. Inside there are a number comedy of cases; cases that contain the stories of the people who Fri 7 April discovered dinosaur bones Chris Ramsey: in Victorian times. Is That Chris Ramsey?
A performance with rod puppets, Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm shadow play and large-scale projections shows the fascination, £20 (£18 conc) + bkg fee* fun and the conflict that surrounds A brand new stand up show for 2017 the search for dinosaurs. from the comedian you’ve seen 0300 300 1210 Clydebuilt also bring along a on The Royal Variety Performance, ‘Fossil Table’ for the end of the Celebrity Juice, Hebburn, Live At show where the audience can The Apollo and various newspapers handle fossils including real bones when he was wrongly arrested and dinosaur poo! in a hotel in his underpants. Is that Chris Ramsey? Yes it is. On his biggest UK tour yet. Get tickets while you can. box office & information april
music image: Jack and the Beans Talk Sat 8 April Talisk Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Winners of the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, Talisk are one of the fastest rising bands on the British folk scene. Mohsen Amini (concertina), Hayley Keenan (fiddle) and Craig Irving family (guitar) create a captivating, energetic and dynamic sound that, Tue 11 April in little more than a year, has earned Garlic Theatre Presents them multiple award wins and Jack and nationwide media and audience the Beans Talk attention. Paisley Arts Centre 2pm 19 “Extraordinary” £4 + bkg fee* Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2 Suitable for ages 3–7 Jack lives on a small farm with his mum and very little to eat. He likes to talk to the birds, his cow and anyone who will listen. Imagine his book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book surprise when he swops his cow for some magic beans and starts to hear a whispering in the breeze and a giant rumble in the sky... Charming and inventive with plenty of interaction, an enormous beanstalk, bags of gold and a smelly old giant, Jack and the Beans Talk is a cautionary tale about what might happen if you throw things out of the window!
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family film Wed 12 April Thurs 13 April Over the Top Puppet Company Presents Studio Ghibli Presents Willie the When Marnie Wicked Wolf Was There (PG) Johnstone Town Hall 2pm Paisley Arts Centre 2pm 20 £4 + bkg fee* £4 (£2 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 5+ Based on the novel by Joan G. Willie is an outrageous but loveable Robinson, this beautiful anime rogue, whose interests include food, follows Anna Sasaki living with her motorbikes and rock’n’roll. He plans relatives in a seaside town. Anna to eat Granny and Red Riding Hood comes across a nearby abandoned but fails miserably because of his mansion, where she meets Marnie; unreliable motorbike. Luckily Granny a mysterious girl who asks her to
is a good mechanic. Unluckily she promise to keep their secrets from is not a good driver...how will it end? everyone. As the summer Happily of course, if the audience progresses, Anna spends more helps! time with Marnie, and eventually Anna learns the truth about her The puppets are all hand operated
0300 300 1210 family and foster care. within a rickety seaside style puppet booth, which heaves around alarmingly throughout the performance issuing bubbles, smoke and occasional jets of water! box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees april special event music Wed 19–Sat 22 April Fri 21 April
Paisley Beer Festival Ken Mathieson’s Paisley Town Hall Classic Jazz Orchestra £6 (tickets available on the door Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm and includes a free souvenir glass) £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* Wed–5pm to 11pm Thurs–12pm to 11pm The Classic Jazz Orchestra includes Fri–12pm to 12am Sat–12pm to 9pm some of Scotland’s finest and Come along to the 30th edition most versatile jazz talents. The of one of Scotland’s biggest and combination of expert musicianship image: When Marnie Was There best festivals. Organised by the and the leader’s imaginative Renfrewshire branch of CAMRA the orchestrations resulted in winning event will feature 230 different real the Best Band category in the 2009 ales, traditional ciders and perries, Scottish Jazz Awards. It’s music mead and wine. to gladden the heart and animate the feet from an era when jazz family was synonymous with joy. Make a night of it after this Thurs 20 April performance at our Jazz cafe event; Spring Baby Disco part of our Paisley Arts Centre 30th 21 Paisley Museum 10.30am–12pm anniversary celebrations. Relax, grab a drink and listen to some £2 per adult + bkg fee* great music from Paisley’s own (children go free) jazz chanteuse Evelyn Laurie. Join in the fun with dancing and games as well as art activities. image: Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra Music will be provided by our own DJ with a mixture of Disney tunes, www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book nursery rhymes and pop music. april
music Sat 22 April 22 Ímar Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* With a line-up featuring members of Mànran, RURA, Talisk and Barrule, Ímar have achieved a heavyweight collective haul of top prizes– including the 2016 BBC Radio
Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year, a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, nine All-Ireland and eight All-Britain titles. Ímar’s
0300 300 1210 image: Imar unmistakable synergy centres on the overlapping cultural heritage between Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man. box office & information april comedy
Thurs 27 April A Buddy Good Laugh and Gilded Balloon presents Scott Gibson in Life After Death Paisley Arts Centre 8pm £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee* Suitable for ages 18 + To celebrate Paisley Arts Centre’s 30th Anniversary this special edition of A Buddy Good Laugh will be headlined by the one and only Scott Gibson himself. A story of fear, love, life and Blackpool....on returning from a stag weekend, Scott’s brain exploded. image: Horse McDonald He had suffered a massive brain drama haemorrhage, so he did what any self respecting Glaswegian man Fri 28 April would do and went back to bed Gilded Balloon presents 23 for 4 days. Horse McDonald in
‘A natural gifted storyteller’ Careful Frankie Boyle Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee* Careful is Horse McDonald’s
spellbinding debut play. Horse www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book takes us on a journey from wearing two-tone velvet loons to being one of Scotland’s most celebrated singers, and through those times when she had to be... Careful. Join Horse afterwards for a live audience Q&A with director Maggie Kinloch, as well as hit songs from the last two decades of her illustrious career. image: Scott Gibson
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Every Mon and Wed from 9 January
Johnstone Sequence Dancers Johnstone Town Hall 1pm–3pm
0300 300 1210 £2 on the door Calling all senior citizens! Are you bored of doing nothing with no- where to go during the winter months? Join us in the new Johnstone Town Hall for two hours of sequence dancing. New members welcome. box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees regular events regular Every Tues and Thurs Paisley Natural History 10 January–23 March Society Talks Winter Viewing Nights Paisley Museum 7.30pm Coats Observatory 6.30pm–9pm FREE (last admission 8.45pm) Hosted by experts in the field, these FREE talks provide an interesting insight Throughout the winter months, into various natural history topics. Coats Observatory opens to allow The talks are open to everyone ad visitors to view the wonders of the there’s no need to book, just come night sky up close through powerful along. telescopes housed in the building. Thurs 12 January See the Moon, planets and other Entomological Adventures astronomical wonders as never on Mingulay before. In the event of poor weather by Jeanne Robinson, Curator of Entomology regular planetarium shows will be given (The Hunterian, University of Glasgow) as an alternative. Thurs 2 February Blood, sweat and deer(s): using events animal DNA evidence to aid wildlife crime investigation by Dr Lucy Webster (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture) 25 Thurs 2 March Scotland’s Dinosaur Isle by Dr Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology (The Hunterian, University of Glasgow) Thursday 6 April
The factors affecting the status www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book of Bearded Reedling in the Tay reed beds by Iain Malzer Every Sat 14 Jan–4 March Every Sat 14 Jan–4 March Saturday Art Class Creative Art Classes Paisley Museum Paisley Museum 2pm–4pm 10.30am–12.30pm £36 (£30 conc) + bkg fee* £36 (£30 conc) + bkg fee* for 6 week session regular events for 6 week session Suitable for ages 11–16 Suitable for ages 7–11 Join an expert tutor and realise your Art classes are run by a professional creative potential with a series of art artist. Places limited to 15 per class. classes. Whether you want to learn new techniques, develop skills or use the studio space to work on a project, these teenage art classes are perfect for you. The experienced tutor will guide you through various art forms and help you explore new methods in print making, painting on canvas, design and drawing.
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Every Wed from 25 Jan Every Wednesday from 8 Feb to 22 Mar to 15 March (except 15 Feb) Club Animate Playdays @ Paisley Museum the Museum (entry via side door) 6pm–7.45pm Paisley Museum 1.15pm–2.30pm £30 (£25 conc) for a 6 week session FREE–tickets can be booked +bkg fee* in advance to avoid disappointment. Suitable for ages 8–15 Make a short cartoon. Make a Drop in and try free, creative 27 sessions for wee ones and adults Lego movie. Take it home on DVD. to enjoy together. Each session Devise a script, shoot and edit. includes activities such as singing, Learn to use animation software music, multi sensory games and and add your own hilarious voices creative play inspired by Paisley to your finished story. Museum’s exhibits.
1.15pm–1.45pm www.renfrewshireleisure.com online book Wee Playdays suitable for babies under 13 months (plus their parents/ carers). 2pm–2.30pm Mini Playdays suitable for 13 months- 3 years (plus their parents/ carers). Please note max capacity is 15 per session.
*see page 1 for details of our booking fees Every Thurs from 9 Feb to 23 March 20 Feb, 29 March, 12 April Camcorder Club Tea Dances Paisley Museum 2.30pm–4.30pm Paisley Town Hall 1pm–3.30pm regular events FREE £2 + bkg fee* Digitise your precious memories Enjoy an afternoon of dancing, for future generations... music and chatting with friends. Get involved with Renfrewshire’s John Findlay will keep you movie making club for older people. entertained all afternoon playing Transfer VHS to DVD or get your a series of timeless tunes holiday video onto DVD. We make on the keyboard. new films and transfer 8mm to DVD.
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0300 300 1210 box office & information *see page 1 for details of our booking fees listings january–april click to book www.renfrewshireleisure.com box office 0300 300 1210
drama Page Hell’s Hunner Acres 2 March 9 If I Had A Girl 7 March 10 The Cause of Thunder 9 March 11 Expensive S**t 14 March 12 Careful 28 April 23
music Breabach 4 March 10 Foster & Allen 26 March 15 Fraser John Lindsay’s Blues Incentive 31 March 16 Talisk 8 April 19 Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra 21 April 21 Imar 22 April 22
dance Swan Lake 28 Jan 4 Citizen 21 March 14
film Die Mommie Die 7 Feb 5 Rent 9 Feb 6 Prick Up Your Ears 15 Feb 6 Pride 16 Feb 6 Frame by Frame 28 Feb 8 When Marnie Was There 13 April 20
comedy A Buddy Good Laugh 11 March 11 Chris Ramsey 7 April 18 A Buddy Good Laugh: Scott Gibson 27 April 23 exhibitions Mapping the Moon Until 25 Jan 2 Form and Colour 14 Jan–26 Feb 3 Inspired 27 Jan–18 April 3 Five Crossroads to a Gay Space 31 Jan – 16 Feb 5 A Galaxy Far Far Away 12 March–29 May 12 John Byrne Drawing Competition 17 Mar–18 Apr 13 May the Toys Be With You 18 March–29 May 14 family events Valentines Baby Disco 9 Feb 7 White 25 Feb 8 Moonbeam on a Cats Ear 28 March 15 Head In the Clouds 4 April 17 Dinosaur Detectives 6 April 18 Jack and The Beans Talk 11 April 19 Willie the Wicked Wolf 12 April 20 Spring Baby Disco 20 April 21 special events
Valentines Night at Coats Observatory 14 February 7 Mighty Women of Science 8 March 11 An Evening With Alex Norton 16 March 13 Meeting Ronnie 29 March 16 Paisley Beer Festival 19 April–22 April 21 regular events Johnstone Sequence Dancers Mon and Wed from 9 Jan 24 Winter Viewing Nights 10 Jan–23 March 25 Paisley Natural History Society Talks 12 Jan–6 April 25 Saturday and Creative Art Classes 14 Jan–4 March 26 Playdays at the Museum 25 Jan–15 March 27 Club Animate 8 Feb–22 March 27 Camcorder Club 9 Feb–23 March 28 Tea Dances 20 Feb–12 April 28 Paisley Museum about us High Street, Paisley PA1 2BA Opening hours: Closed Mondays 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 all the cultural and see Paisley Museum information sport facilities in Renfrewshire. Public access through Paisley Museum except for winter viewing Venue Hire when entry is via: Renfrewshire Leisure offers venue hire for 49 Oakshaw Street West, 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 Tweedie Hall & Museum Johnstone Town Hall Renfrew Cross, Renfrew, PA4 8PF All Renfrewshire Leisure venues Opening hours: can be contacted at: Mon–Fri, 9.30am–4.45pm Tel: 0300 300 1210 Sat, 10am–2pm Email: [email protected] In addition to the above hours, Renfrew Museum will be open during Renfrew Museum evening lets of Renfrew Town Hall The museum presents the story of the town (Mon–Thurs to a maximum of 8pm) using objects, pictures, film and personal Johnstone Town Hall accounts from local residents. 25 Church Street, Johnstone, PA5 8FA Central Box Office Opening hours: Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, Mon, Wed & Fri, 8.45am-5pm Paisley PA1 1EZ Tues & Thurs, 8.45am-8pm Sat, 9am-5pm To book tickets, call the Box Office on Closed Sundays 0300 300 1210 or book tickets online by visiting Tweedie Hall www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts Bridge Street, Linwood, PA3 3DB Opening hours: Opening hours: Mon–Sat, 10am to 4pm (extended opening Mon–Thurs, 8am–10pm hours on performance nights) Fri & Sat, 9am–5pm Closed Sundays
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A G P O How to find us & parkingR Facilities for customers D N RO T EE TR E P S Anchor Mill N S DO N We regret there is no parking at anyT time withOR disabilities (housing) G D C A N A L T E R R A C E on Abbey Close. L C We welcomeC E R visitors with additional U E A S ST Super S L T E S C D market A U E For info on where to park locally visit support needs.A Facilities andR accessibility S H T S E S R variesA depending onC venue. We therefore www.renfrewshire.gov.uk for full details.T U L STOW STREE C E E C L U P A L A S ask thatC you make us aware of your S E T Paisley O Canal P W Station How to contact usB requirements at the time of booking RA P E email: [email protected] performances or events. A726 To B774 To Barrhead East Kilbride tel: 0300 300 1210 Please note that Shopmobility Paisley & District can also offer additional Preferred format support to customers with limited brochures mobility. For more information, The Guide can be available on request contact Shopmobility on 0141 889 0441 in a number of formats including large Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm and Sat 10am–3pm.
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