Autumn 2017
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries Rothes Halls Adam Smith Theatre Lochgelly Centre Carnegie Hall Kirkcaldy Galleries Libraries, Museums & Archives
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Exhibitions Until Fri 29 Sept Venue opening times Glenrothes Art Club Annual Exhibition Rothes Halls Until Sun 1 Oct Venue opening times Defend Dunfermline DCL&G 6 Until Sun 5 Nov Venue opening times Glasgow Boys Kirkcaldy Galleries 8 Until Sat 18 Nov Venue opening times A Brush with Colour St Andrews Museum 11 Until Sun 21 - Jan 18 Venue opening times Art In Trust & We Made It DCL&G 5/6 Mon 25 Sept - Sat 11 Nov Venue opening times The Hills The Deer And The Stalker Rothes Halls 13 Tue 3 Oct - Sun 29 Oct Venue opening times Associations Kirkcaldy Galleries 9 Tue 3 Oct – Sat 28 Apr 18 Venue opening times Donaldson’s Sawmills Methil Heritage Centre 12 Sat 7 Oct - Wed 15 Nov Venue opening times Fife Art Exhibition 2017 Lochgelly Centre 13 Mon 9 Oct - Sun 5 Nov Venue opening times Coast Along Photographic Exhibition DCL&G 6 Mon 16 Oct - Sun 22 Oct Venue opening times Remains in the Landscape Rothes Halls 13 Mon 6 Nov - Sun 31 Dec Venue opening times Brothers In Arms & Blood Brothers Kirkcaldy Galleries 9 Sat 18 Nov - Sun 18 Mar 18 Venue opening times Ethics & Aesthetics-Living Welcome in a Material World Kirkcaldy Galleries 9 Sat 18 Nov - Sun 18 Mar 18 Venue opening times The Stirling Tapestries Kirkcaldy Galleries 9 Autumn is upon us and we’ve all been beavering Mon 20 Nov – Fri 22 Dec Venue opening times I was looking to see if you ... Lochgelly Centre 13 away here at ONFife to make sure you have the Mon 20 Nov– Sat 20 Jan 18 Venue opening times Fòcas: Scotland & India Rothes Halls 13 Sat 2 Dec – Sat 3 Mar 18 Venue opening times Archival Enactments: St Andrews Museum 11 very best of entertainment to look forward to. New Constellations
Events The jewel in the crown: Dunfermline’s Over at Lochgelly we are delighted series and bone up on your local Until - Sat 16 Sept 12.30pm -3.30pm Artist Masterclasses with Gemma Kirkcaldy Galleries 9 Carnegie Hall rings in 80 years this to welcome the fabulous Birds of history, or take full advantage of Coyle October so we’ve put together a Paradise with their poignant story our free Bookbug sessions, which Wed 6 Sept & Thu 5 Oct 1.30pm The Glasgow Boys: Curator’s Tours Kirkcaldy Galleries 10 programme of events for the whole Blanche & Butch while in Comedy encourage a love of reading for Fri 8 Sept (Every Fri) 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm Cupar H!story Drop In Cupar Library 16 family – from an exhibit of photographs East Wemyss boy done good Daniel the next generation. Sun 17 Sept 2pm-3pm Bristling With Guns DCL&G 7 and images that chart the venue’s Sloss performs at Adam Smith Tue 26 Sept 2pm-3pm Moments in Time - Sporting Life Kirkcaldy Galleries 10 storied life so far to a night of cinema Theatre with his latest stand-up show. And all of this barely scratches Wed 27 Sept & Wed 25 Oct 1.30pm A Brush with Colour - Curator’s Tours St Andrews 11 which commences with a red carpet the surface of what our theatres, Sun 1 Oct 2pm-3pm Ideas And Fantasies DCL&G 7 screening of The King’s Speech to evoke By December ‘It’s beginning to look libraries, musuems, mobile services Sat 7 Oct & Sun 8 Oc Various Fun Palace DCL&G 14 the spirit of 1937. More on page 28. a lot like Christmas’ which can only and heritage sites have to offer. As mean Panto season! Oh yes it does! ever, you’ll find full show listings on Mon 9 Oct - Sat 14 Oct Various Libraries Week Various 14 We’re otherwise spoiled for highlights Our very magical Tiny Little Christmas our centre pages, which I recommend Mon 9 Oct - Sun 29 Oct Various October Holiday Fun Various 14 this Autumn. Much loved at Adam Festival brings an array of workshops, you pull out and pin up as an at a Wed 11 Oct 11am Martin Stepek DCL&G 7 Smith Theatre, James Yorkston’s Tae family shows and nostalgic films to glance reference. Our website (onfife. Fri 27 Oct 7.30pm Harry Potter Adult Event DCL&G 6 Sup Wi’ A Fifer gig series tips up for Carnegie Hall while at Adam Smith com) is the place to go to book tickets Sun 29 Oct 2pm - 3pm Putting Dunfermline on the map DCL&G 7 another round of carefully crafted Theatre Aladdin swoops into and stay up to date with new additions Tue 31 Oct 2pm - 3pm Moments in Time - Game for a Laugh Kirkcaldy Galleries 10 evenings with Radiohead’s Kirkcaldy on his magic carpet. See to our events guide. If you’re on Tue 7 Nov 2pm - 3.30pm Brothers In Arms & Blood Brothers Talk Kirkcaldy Galleries 10 Philip Selway, Kurt Cobain favourites pages 23 and 32 Book now to avoid Facebook or Twitter, why not check Mon 27 Nov - Sun 3 Dec Various Book Week Scotland Various 15 The Vaselines and the cryptically disappointment as tickets into one of our venues, join the Tue 28 Nov 2pm-3pm Moments in Time Kirkcaldy Galleries 10 monikered Ol’Crabbit John. are already selling quickly! conversation, or post a picture when you attend one of our shows. Still on music, YolanDa Brown brings Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Enjoy a sassy sax with a touch of jazz, soul Galleries opened its doors in May Your gift, their choice! and reggae to Rothes Hall in October with a host of awards and I would while Deacon Blue lynchpin encourage you all to visit and explore Ricky Ross brings 30 years all it has to offer inclusive of its of quality classic Scottish pop song fabulous Heaven Scent café! Be sure GIFT VOUCHERS writing to Carnegie Hall in November. to look for our Sunday Seminars Heather Stuart
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ON your travels Concessions Carnegie Library Visit us at one of our four Theatre Box We offer lower-priced concession tickets Offices or at the event venue. for many of our shows. If you are under 16, & Galleries a Senior Citizen, student in full time education, registered disabled or unemployed, where ONline you see ‘conc.’ you can book at a reduced Book online and choose your own seats price. When collecting concessionary tickets, Exhibition at onfife.com Dunfermline Carnegie Library proof of concession must be provided. & Galleries is not only the town’s ON the phone Babe in Arms newest landmark but also a Call any of our Box Offices directly, the advanced bookings numbers are at the bottom of each page. welcome addition to Scotland’s In order to give parents and carers peace of mind when making advanced booking cultural offering that’s destined Reservation fees: for shows, we have introduced a Babe in to bring new visitors – both young For tickets costing more than £5 there Arms ticket (for suitable performances) for is a reservation fee applied online and only £2. This charge enables us to register and old – to the Kingdom of Fife. on the phone but no charge in person attendance and support parents and The new building links superbly to the world’s first Carnegie at the box office: carers when you are in our venues. Library and provides attractions for everyone to experience • £1 reservation fee per ticket and enjoy, including a new museum, exhibition galleries, (max £5 per transaction). Groups local studies centre, a large modern children’s library and We welcome larger parties and if you have a mezzanine café with stunning views over the landscaped • Reservation fees are not charged for a group of 10+ interested in seeing a show, garden to Dunfermline Abbey and the Heritage Quarter. classes, courses or participatory activities. call any of our Box Offices or our Groups Art In Trust • If you plan to book more than 5 tickets Booking line on 01592 583354, as you may As one of Scotland’s former ancient capitals, Dunfermline Daily until Jan 2018 | FREE across one or more shows, we recommend be able to benefit from a group discount. has both a remarkable royal history and an impressive Highlights from our wonderful paintings booking them all at the same time. industrial heritage. Dunfermline’s past is brought to life collection celebrate the opening of our fantastic in the new museum with fascinating stories retold through The reservation fee is reinvested directly You Tell Us new facility. The exhibition shows the breadth of a series of special films, inspiring interviews, engaging into Fife Cultural Trust, enabling us to Whether you’ve seen a show, had lunch in the collection and there is something for everyone computer games and, of course, our collections. continue to provide high quality cultural one of our cafés or just have a suggestion, to enjoy, from landscapes and portraits to services across Fife. We remain committed we want to hear from you. Log on to seascapes and still lifes. On display are works Heaven Scent’s café offers delicious breakfasts, lunches, to presenting shows and events at youtellus.co.uk or speak to a member by many well-known artists, including William children’s menu, gluten free dishes, barista coffee and affordable prices. of staff. McTaggart, James McIntosh Patrick, Walter home-made cakes. Sickert and L S Lowry. There are also paintings by all four Scottish Colourists – Peploe, Hunter, Data Protection Access Fergusson and Cadell – and Glasgow Boy, Fife Cultural Trust is registered with the Our theatres and museums are fully Venue Hire see www.onfife.com E A Hornel. Data Protection Registrar and is accessible with ramps for easy access, plus Contact the Events Team on [email protected] committed to upholding the Data disabled toilets, induction loops and As well as enjoying a visual feast, visitors or telephone 01592 583255 for further details. Protection Act. Should you wish to be disabled parking. Guide dogs and can also find out how the collection was formed removed from our mailing list, please email hearing dogs are welcome. Fife Cultural and continues to develop today – with recent [email protected] Trust actively supports breastfeeding. You Opening Times acquisitions on show, such as Love’s Whispers Mon 10am – 7pm, Tue 10am – 5pm, Wed 10am – 2pm, are welcome to feed your baby in any of by William McTaggart and Fent by Alison Watt. Thur 10am – 7pm, Fri 10am – 5pm, Sat 10am – 4pm, our public or community venues. Sun 12 noon – 4pm Just ask at Box Office if you’d like this Closed on public holidays (see website for details) brochure in a large print or audio version. 1–7 Abbot Street, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7NL
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4 onfife.com Join us online fb.com/OnatDCLG 5 Exhibition Interactive Talk Harry Potter The Mindful Murder Mystery Way to Fri 27 Oct | £18 £15.50 conc. Handle Life Calling all 21+ Potterholics! We’re sending - with Martin out the owls and calling you to Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries for an evening Stepek of wizarding mystery… Wed 11 Oct | Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Something is amiss at Hogwarts School Galleries | 11am | £4 of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and when someone turns up dead at a school for We all get bumps and magic it takes a lot more than a normal bruises along the way in detective to solve it. It takes someone Sunday Seminars life. Some are inevitable, who really knows a snitch from a niffler! others perhaps a result of We Made It our knee-jerk response to Watch events unfold then have your chance Bristling With Guns: Daily until Jan 2018 | FREE How tanks and artillery came to Fife at the end of WW1 events. Whatever the cause to interrogate each suspect in turn. Bring a By Dr Mike Taylor we could all do with Celebrate the completion of this complex creation team or come on your own! Can YOU catch reclaiming greater control which involved archeology, architecture, the killer? Sun 17 Sept | 2pm-3pm | £2 over how we respond to community, construction and conservation. Enjoy a Harry Potter themed cocktail on To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, Dr Mike Taylor is looking life’s challenges. In this talk With film and audio we present people’s stories arrival as well as some delicious nibbles. at the Home Front from a different perspective; especially all the ordnance which and mindfulness session from the past and present. Over 400 people of accumulated in towns around Scotland after the end of the hostilities. Martin Stepek shows us all ages helped with research, photography how to do just that, by and testing out our ideas. See if you can spot developing our ability to someone you know. observe what’s really going on in our everyday life, and how to take the sting out Exhibition of our most troublesome thoughts and emotional Defend Dunfermline reactions to events. Community Gallery | Until Sun 1 October | FREE Exhibition Honouring both the Home Guard volunteers Ideas And Fantasies: Putting Dunfermline and the Polish Army in Dunfermline, Defend Coast Along The development of Dunfermline through Dunfermline’s exhibition will take you behind the 20th and into the 21st Century on the map: discover Community Gallery the scenes to delve into top secret anti-invasion Sam Foster Mon 9 Oct – Sun 5 Nov | FREE five centuries of defence plans. Sun 1 Oct | 2-3pm | £2 A series of film photographs taken along Scottish mapping. The Fife Coastal Path and displayed Dunfermline, Scotland’s ancient capital, By Laragh Quinney, Maps Reading Room as Japanese scrolls. has long been the subject of ideas and Manager National Library of Scotland fantasies about how it should be laid out With a style that has been described as Sun 29 Oct | 2pm-3pm | £2 and developed. From philanthropically- “poetic”, Scott Hunter’s work pays particular financed studies by Andrew Carnegie’s Looking at the Dunfermline maps in the attention to the sequencing of images as trustees to children-designed models and collection of the National Library and he gently probes themes such as transience, ambitious plans and a whole lot more in Dunfermline Reading Room, Laragh femininity and mortality. between, this Sunday Seminar looks at Quinney will be putting the historical Through combining traditional and how the layout of the town has changed mapping of Fife into its national context contemporary printing practices, over the last 120 years – for better and for these delicate works aim to blur the lines worse. Drawing on rarely seen maps, between analogue and digital photography. sketches, photographs and films, local architect Sam Foster will guide you through some incredible ideas and invite you to think about what you’d like to see changed over the next century.
6 onfife.com 7 Exhibition Exhibition The Stirling Tapestries Craigie Aitchison Sat 18 Nov – Sun 18 Mar 2018
Six large tapestries designed by Exhibition Craigie Aitchison for a competition to decorate The Chapel Royal in Brothers In Arms Stirling Castle. The scheme failed Kirkcaldy Galleries but the designs were produced And Blood Brothers posthumously as a faithful There is so much to see and do when you come Scotland’s War Project (1914-1919) realization of the artist’s intent. Craigie never saw his work woven Mon 6 Nov – Sun 31 Dec to Kirkcaldy Galleries. Our Library has a wide into these superb tapestries but range of books and services for all ages. The Art The Glasgow FREE at Kirkcaldy Galleries you can. Gallery shows temporary and longer term Boys - A Spirit The Canadian Expeditionary Force fought throughout World War One but a particular exhibitions, many of them featuring selections of Rebellion relationship grew up between the soldiers of the from our outstanding Scottish art collection. Until 5 Nov | FREE Canadian First Nations and the Scots. Many of the First Nations people had adopted Linked by friendship and a See highlights from the history of Kirkcaldy in the Scottish surnames and in 1916 their regiments shared desire to rebel against visited Scotland. This exhibition tells the story Moments in Time long term museum display, and the existing art establishment of the visit and how those earlier bonds were in late 19th century Scotland, Exhibition investigate your own history further in our Local strengthened and built on to help make the Glasgow Boys became Scotland ‘a country fit for heroes’ in the and Family History Centre. internationally famous. They years after the war. Ethics & enjoyed critical acclaim and Aesthetics Why not also take time for refreshments commercial success at home See page 10 for an additional Talk and abroad and their on this exhibit. -Living in a in the Café Wemyss with its stunning display determination to break with tradition paved the way for Material World Interactive of pottery? other young Scottish artists. Sat 18 Nov – Sun 18 Mar 2018
A Spirit of Rebellion offers Using objects from our Venue Hire visitors a rare opportunity ethnographic collections, this see www.onfife.com to see many of these lauded exhibition explores the hidden Contact the Events Team on [email protected] paintings brought together meanings behind everyday Exhibition or telephone 01592 583255 for further details. in one venue – 30 paintings objects, such as jewellery, by 17 artists. clothing and domestic items. Associations Opening Times The objects on display span Mon 12 noon to 7pm, Tue 9.30am to 7pm, Wed 9.30am to 5pm, Thur 9.30am Fun for All - Why not plan Tue 3 – Sun 29 Oct both centuries and continents to 7pm, Fri 9.30am to 5pm, Sat 9.30am to 4pm, Sun 12 noon to 4pm a family visit to see The FREE – from South American pottery Closed on public holidays (see website for details) Glasgow Boys? There are a and beaded African jewellery, An exhibition of new work by host of hands-on activities in Artist Master classes War Memorial Gardens, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY1 1YG to Chinese porcelain and ceramic artist Carol Sinclair, the exhibition galleries, and with Gemma Coyle: carved ivory miniatures presented by Fife Contemporary T 01592 583206 E [email protected] Gallery Explorers backpacks from Japan. as part of the Luminate Festival. to borrow - full of fun things landscape painting Events and ticketed exhibitions can be booked online at www.onfife.com Inspired by the experience of being for children to do with their Sat 2 & Sat 16 Sept | 12.30-3.30pm Curated by postgraduate a carer for a family member living family and friends. £15/£12 per workshop Museum & Galleries Studies www.facebook.com/kirkcaldygalleries with dementia, Carol uses gently students at the University Using the Glasgow Boys exhibition as shifting and changing light and of St Andrews The Friends of Kirkcaldy Galleries encourage and promote the inspiration, look at the distinctive Glasgow style shadow between paper thin layers development of the Galleries, in particular the art collection and the of that period, and experiment with composition, of porcelain to echo the fragility museum, and raise funds in support of these aims. The Friends colour and texture within sketchbooks. In the of how memories are built and lost. recently celebrated their 25th anniversary and have raised well over second session, work on a final piece using As part of the project Carol will be £100,000 in funds to support our collections and exhibitions work in complimentary colours and exciting delivering workshops on the theme that time. If you would like to find out about the Friends of Kirkcaldy Image: brush strokes. of The Joy of Clay with Fife Carers’ Galleries, please go to kirkcaldygalleriesfriends.org.uk Please note that participants must book to attend BOTH workshops. Centre. All materials are included in the cost 8 onfife.com 9 Tour Interactive The Glasgow St Andrews Boys: Curator’s Museum Tours Wed 6 Sept and Thur 5 Oct 1.30pm | FREE The town of St Andrews Exhibition Exhibition Moments in Time Join Exhibition Curator, was a major centre of Lesley Lettice, for a closer Kirkcaldy Galleries | 2pm-3pm | FREE look at some of the European pilgrimage in Moments in Time is a series of relaxed sessions specifically paintings in the exhibition. designed to provide those living with dementia an the Middle Ages, with opportunity to revisit a time in their lives. Over a cup thousands of pilgrims of tea and biscuits stories, poems, photographs and music will be used to transport those attending to their own journeying there to see moment in time. The sessions are also a great way for the relics of the apostle those living with dementia and their partners, family and friends to meet others in similar situations to themselves St Andrew in the A Brush with Colour 20th Century Paintings from the in a welcoming atmosphere. Cathedral. Edinburgh School Tue 26 Sept Until Sat 18 Nov | FREE Sporting Life Why not make a trip Following on from the great success of last Tue 31 Oct summer’s Glasgow Boys exhibition, this year Game for a Laugh today to St Andrews the focus moves from the west to the east, Tue 28 Nov Museum to find out with an exhibition of work by artists Handbags and Glad Rags about this and other collectively known as the Edinburgh School. Archival The exhibition will look at both the work of * From Autumn 2017 Moments in Time sessions will be fascinating stories the inter-war generation of artists trained Enactments: starting in the Glenrothes area. from the past? at Edinburgh School of Art, and the next New Talk To find out more about the Glenrothes sessions or generation, who were heavily influenced Our long term display, St Andrews to book your place at Kirkcaldy Galleries either – and taught – by them. Constellations A–Z, includes rare medieval pilgrim e-mail [email protected] or telephone 01592 583204. Kate Scardifeld | Fife Brothers In badges, 4,000 year-old arrowheads, Look out for details of associated events Contemporary | 19th century banners and even an and activities for both adults and children Arms And Sat 2 Dec – Sat 3 Mar 2018 executioner’s axe! Our first floor at www.onfife.com Interactive Blood Brothers gallery hosts temporary exhibitions Celebrating converse, parallel Scotland’s War Project Tour and you can relax in our ever-popular histories, within an exploration 1914-1919 café in the park. A Brush With Colour: Curator’s Tour of under-researched areas Tue 7 Nov | 2 - 3:30pm Wed 27 Sept & 25 Oct | 1:30pm (30mins) of Scotland and Australia’s FREE (Please Book) Opening Times FREE, no booking required social and cultural history, the exhibition and its public Dr Yvonne McEwan, Open Mon – Sat, 10.30am – 4pm, Join Exhibition Curator Janice Crane programme will offer new Director of Scotland’s War Teen Book Café April – September for a closer look at some of the paintings insights into Scotland’s Project (1914-1919), and an Kirkcaldy Galleries | 6pm – 7.30pm | FREE in the exhibition. local museum collections. authority on the Scottish Open Wed – Sat, 10.30am – 4pm, The Teen Book Cafe meets the last Wednesday of every experience in World War October – March Curated by Glasgow-based month. We’ve always got great events planned so if One will be giving a talk on Closed on public holidays Panel as part of a wider you’re aged between 12 and 18 come along and enjoy the exhibition Brothers In (see website for details) partnership with Fife book chats, guest authors, workshops, competitions, Arms and Blood Brothers. Contemporary, Heriot Watt games, mini cons and much more. Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road, University, Live Borders, West There’s no need to book – simply turn up on the night or St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DP Kilbride (Maggie Broadley) contact Kirkcaldy Galleries on 01592 583206 or kirkcaldy. and Falkirk Community Trust. [email protected] or follow us on Facebook and Twitter T 01334 659380 on @KYGalleries for more information. E [email protected]
www.facebook.com/ standrewsmuseum 10 onfife.com 11 FifeSpace Galleries at Lochgelly MAC Fife’s Mobile Museum Centre and Rothes Halls and Exhibition Fotospace Gallery at Rothes Halls WOW Incredible offer visual art and photographic Inventions & exhibitions. Marvellous Opening times Mon to Sat 9am - 5pm Machines (Sat 9am - 2pm at Lochgelly Centre) MAC Fife’s Mobile Museum | Methil Heritage Centre Touring until December 2018 Fife Space Galleries FREE Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Methil Heritage Centre To book MAC call 01592 583204 is a community museum or email [email protected] From the ear trumpet to the flat lying in the heart of screen TV, some fantastic inventions Levenmouth, an area have changed our lives – making things faster, bigger, brighter, and a stretching from Leven lot more fun! Join us on a journey The Hills The Deer to the Wemyss villages, through time and around the home, And The Stalker as we explore how science has taken I was looking to see if James Rafferty | Fotospace Rothes and from Kennoway us from the magic lantern to the Halls | Mon 25 Sept – Sat 11 Nov | you were looking back Raspberry Pi – with only a few minor to the shores of the FREE explosions in between. Fife Art to see if I was looking River Forth. A meditative walk through the Just climb on-board our mobile museum Exhibition back at you… Located in a former Post Office, the centre landscape of the deer and stalker. to find out more about light, sound Celie Byrne, Andrew Parry and Billy Caulfield | hosts a programme of changing exhibitions 2017 The rising before the sun, viewing and movement. Exhibition supported Fifespace Lochgelly Centre | Mon 20 Nov – Fri 22 and events, as well as a tearoom and a Lochgelly Centre | Sat of the landscape, the observation by Museums Galleries Scotland and Dec | FREE shop. The long term display, Levenmouth 7 Oct – Wed 15 Nov | of the flora and fauna, the rituals of the Friends of Kirkcaldy Galleries. Lives, offers a flavour of the rich heritage Exhibition FREE the stalker in the role as one of the Figurative and portrait painting by 3 well of the area. Evidence of life in early times custodians of the land. The images established Fife based artists. Portrait artist, Celie The annual Fife Art can be seen in the Pictish carvings in the are about witnessing the beauty of Byrne, community artists Andrew Parry and Billy Donaldson’s Exhibition, sponsored Wemyss Caves. In more recent times the the landscape, the colours in the sky Caulfield, who is interested in 1950s popular by Shell UK, is always village of Buckhaven had the second Sawmills – and the sun setting after long days culture, make an engaging and accessible show. a lively and diverting largest fishing fleet in Scotland and on the hills. A Cut Above show. The six works Methil was the most important port in picked out by a judging Exhibition Exhibition Scotland for shipping coal that came The Rest panel are purchased from the many mines in Fife. Methil Heritage Centre | by Shell. The winners Tue 3 Oct – Sat 28 Apr receive a Shell award 2018 and the works are Opening Times Successful family bought by the company Open Tue – Thur 11am – 4.30pm, businesses are often to be presented to Fife Sat 1pm – 4.30pm swallowed up by bigger hospitals and health Closed on public holidays companies, but James care facilities. Remains in the (see website for details) Donaldson & Sons Ltd has Fòcas: Scotland & India Look out for Fife Art definitely stood the test of Landscape FotoSpace, Rothes Halls | Mon 20 Nov – Sat 20 The Old Post Office Building, Workshops at Lochgelly time! Over 150 years and Pauline McGee & Clare Yarrington Jan 2018 | FREE 272 High Street, Lower Methil, Centre : printmaking, five generations of the FifeSpace, Rothes Halls | Mon 16 Oct Fife KY8 3EQ ceramics and glass. Organised by Fòcas Scotland, the show family, it has survived – Fri 22 Dec | FREE features ten photographers, selected by Scottish T: 01334 659339 world wars and recessions Pauline and Clare are fascinated by photographer Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert and Devika to emerge as the UK’s E: [email protected] the striking visual remains of man-made Daulet-Singh, gallerist and publisher, New Delhi. leading timber company. structures slowly being reclaimed by the Fòcas Scotland is a new Scottish organisation Come along and discover The Friends of Methil Heritage also natural world and by the formations offering emerging photographers a professional the fascinating story organise events and activities. of nature that are continually being platform for international exchange, exhibition of a Leven institution. Find out more at shaped by the Elements. and training. www.methilheritage.org.uk
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Libraries Feed Your There are 37 ONFife libraries of all Reading Habit shapes and sizes located across Books are great but they can’t talk Fun Palaces back…so join in the chat at one of our Fife, offering everything from Sat 7 & 8 Oct | Various ONFife Venues | FREE welcoming book groups for kids and teens. Checkout RECKLESS READERS bestsellers to free computer access, Join us as we celebrate Fun Palaces in Fife, 2017! Fun Book Week Scotland on Facebook for some online book Palaces is a celebration of community arts and sciences Mon 27 Nov – Sun 3 Dec children’s books to e-books and banter. Lots of groups so take your pick! in Fife Cultural Trust venues. Hosting all manner of Various Events at ONFife Venues more besides. It’s free to become a activities and workshops for families, children and adults. For example Book Week Scotland is coming to libraries, community venues and We’ll be bringing together just some of the fantastic member of the library and make schools near you and this time round the theme is NOURISH. Duloch Library 26th September 4.45pm community and hobby groups in Fife for you to enjoy Join us for a week-long celebration of writers, illustrators, books and for The Need to Read group (Ages 8 – 12) use of the services available. some free workshops. more - for adults, young people, families and children of all ages. & Sat 9th September The Very Hungry To find out more about your local library and the range Book Worms (Ages 4 – 7) 2pm From a colourful ‘Winnie the Witch Extravaganza’ with the charismatic of services available visit www.onfife.com/libraries Korky Paul to ‘Cheese, Wine and Horror’ – the perfect way to spend a dark December Friday night.
Add to the mix some music, drama and a fun-filled family finale for a week that promises to set your literary taste buds alight and stuff Celebrate Activities Try It your imagination to bursting point! Tickets available from 5 October
Stories
Dedicated to Digital Cupar Library Code Club Libraries Week October Holiday Fun Little Ones Love Stories starts Mon 4 Sept, 3.30pm At Cupar Library on Wed 13 Sept - 2pm, Wed 27 Sept - 2pm, At Join us during Libraries Week, Various Events at ONFife Venues (Ages 9-11) for 12 weeks. Dunfermline Carnegie Library and Galleries on Thurs 7 & 14 Sept - 10am Mon 9 Oct – Sat 14 Oct Mon 9 Oct – Sun 29 Oct 2017 FREE £1.50 - £3.50 FREE but please book in advance. The annual showcase of all the creative and diverse Kids can enjoy weekly code clubs at activities that libraries have to offer. Come on in and Get crafty during the October holidays and join us for Bookbug sessions have always been a great way to introduce your Cuper and other libraries to develop discover the range of things you can do at your library, one of our Spooky themed story times and craft events for babies & tots to the delights of stories, songs and rhymes but now you great digital skills and help them get from play and learning for children, to improving your children aged 4+. Come along dressed in your Halloween can keep fit too. Join in one of our cheery chatty buggy walks. Try it, the most from their computer. health. Find out how to access free e-books and costume and be prepared to BE SCARED! Magic fans can you’ll love it! e-magazines or get help finding a job. Get creative also join in our Harry Potter family fun day in Kirkcaldy Kiddies too old for Bookbug? with our 3D-printer or find out about our Moments and Dunfermline. Get ready for bedtime with our new Sensory Bedtime Stories. PJs and In Time or Walk ON sessions. Teddies also welcome for a sleepy story time that dreams are made off. Starts at Kirkcaldy Galleries, 28 Sept, 5.30pm.
14 onfife.com Full individiual event listings at each library can be found at onfife.com 15 Cupar H!story Theatre Drop In Every Friday from Fri 1 Sept 10am-12noon and 2-4pm | FREE
Drop into Cupar Library on Fridays and we can help you start your local history project: find out who lived in your house, what life was like for your Fife ancestors and practically Archives & anything else about the rich and diverse history of north east Fife. Local History Our friendly and knowledgeable staff will help you answer all the local and Adam Smith family history questions that you Everyone has a history – and have. If they can’t help you then we’ve got a bit of yours! Book an they’ll know someone who can. Theatre oppointment with Fife Archives Adam Smith Theatre is a lively venue in the to search the records of Fife heart of Kirkcaldy, located across from Council and it predecessors. Kirkcaldy Galleries and a 5 minute walk We have four Local Studies venues in Fife where you can research your family tree, look back at local newspapers, from the train station. find out the history of your house or research local topics. Neil Laidlaw and Our trained and friendly staff can help you look at a wide Jason Haigh-Ellery present range of books, maps, photographs and reference It offers a superb programme of drama, materials as well as lending collections. dance, music, comedy, film and family shows The Steamie and is also home to many community arts by Tony Roper Cupar Library You can consult Fife Family History Society members groups, classes and Fife Youth Arts. With all Wed 6 – Sat 9 Sept in the library on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday that and a fantastic café with free Wi-Fi, 7.30pm Sat, Mat 2.30pm afternoons. Contact 01334 659367 or email [email protected] come in, take a seat and enjoy! £25 conc. £21.50 (concessions available Wednesday and Saturday matinee only) Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries Contact 01383 602365 ON SCREEN Come and celebrate the 30th Your Cinema in Kirkcaldy email [email protected] anniversary of Scotland’s most £6.50 Conc £5.50 loved play! Adam Smith Theatre offers a full cinema programme throughout the year Kirkcaldy Galleries featuring blockbusters, independents and family films. Look out for our ON It’s Hogmanay in a Glasgow Contact 01592 583206 or email Screen brochure or visit our website for full cinema listings. Sign up online washhouse, and the girls need to get [email protected] to receive our ON Screen brochure direct to your inbox. their washing done before the bells. Join Dolly, Magrit, Doreen and Mrs Methil Library Culfeathers as they laugh and cry Specialising in social history, including Poor Law Venue Hire their way through the last day of the see www.onfife.com magazines and the Proudfoot archive. year – with a little help from the Contact the Events Team on [email protected] Contact 01334 659374 or email [email protected] not-so-handy Andy. or telephone 01592 583255 for further details. Fife Archives Opening Times Contact 01592 583653 NEW Box Office: Open Mon to Sat 10am - 5.30pm & later on performace nights or email [email protected] LOCATION Café Bar: Open Mon to Sat 10am - 3pm and one hour before performances
ON at Fife Collections Centre Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1ET Bankhead Central, Bankhead Park, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 6GH www.facebook.com/AdamSmithTheatre
16 Book Now: onfife.com Adam Smith Theatre | BOX OFFICE: 01592 583302 17 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Music Theatre Dance Stages Dance School Sun 1 Oct | 12pm & 4pm Tae Sup Wi’ A Fifer £10 conc. £8 Under 2s go free but need a ticket The Tae Sup Wi’ A Fifer club began life in 2015, when James Yorkston was Stages has become one of the most well-known invited to curate some nights for the Adam Smith Theatre. Pretty soon the dance schools in Fife. This annual show brings them all together in one spectacular showcase. evening developed a reputation for its quality, diverse line-ups and laid back, For more information on all our classes please Rapture Theatre presents welcoming nature. This autumn and winter series brings a stellar cast. contact Amber on 01592 591244 or 07867 ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ 550887. You can also contact us via our Facebook page ‘Stages Dance School’. Thur 28 Sept | 1.30pm & 7.30pm The Vaselines Philip Selway Ol’ Crabbit John £13 conc. £11 Sat 16 Sept | 8pm | £15 Sat 25 Nov | 8pm | £15 Sat 2 Dec | 8pm | £15 Pre–Theatre Meals £12
Immortalised in the Oscar-winning film starring Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh, the acclaimed Rapture Theatre presents a sultry new production of an iconic theatrical classic.
Fading southern rose Blanche DuBois seeks solace with her sister Stella after her world crumbles, but her downward spiral brings her face-to-face with Stella’s husband: the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski.
Live Screening National Theatre Live: Hamlet (Encore) Thur 5 Oct | 7pm | £12.50 conc. £10 | Cert. 12A www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages Your name against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state. Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, our seat Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.
A great way to ensure your legacy lives on or to honour someone special in your life. Donated£150 for one by… seat £250 A giftfor two for… seats. For In enquiries memory... and further Celebrating… information contact the Partnerships and Creative Development team on 01592 583255 or email [email protected] Naming a Seat is a great way to ensure your legacy lives on or to honour someone special in your18 life. Perhaps it’s for celebrating a new arrival to the family, an anniversaryBook Now: or wedding onfife.com Adam Smith Theatre | BOX OFFICE: 01592 583302 19 gift or giving someone a unique present that cements your love for them and for the Theatre. Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) By naming a seat at £150.00, you can be proud to support the arts and culture scene in Fife knowing that your money is being reinvested into all of our theatres so future generations can enjoy the Theatre just as much and for years to come. For £250.00, we can offer 2 seats side by side so that you are never too far away from your loved one.
For enquiries and further information contact the Partnerships and Creative Development team on 01592 583255 or email [email protected]
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We reserve the right to introduce special offers at any time. All details are correct at time of going to press but we would encourage you to check online or with Box Office for up-to-date information. Page 3 Theatre Family Theatre Blackeyed Theatre, in association The People’s Theatre Company present: with South Hill Park, presents Don’t Dribble on the Dragon By Steven Lee, Directed by Nick Lane The Strange Case of Sun 8 Oct | 2.30pm | £10 conc. £8 2yrs+ Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson My brother has a dragon and he keeps it secretly Adapted for the stage by Nick Lane Within a box beneath his socks. He’s hiding it from me… Thur 26 Oct | 7.30pm | £13 conc. £11 Based on the fabulous new book by Steven Lee and with magic Kirkcaldy Amateur designed by the legendary Paul Daniels. For adults and kids Henry Jekyll is a successful man, a good man. Then he meets a of all ages (not recommended for under 2s) Dramatic Society new friend, the brutal Edward Hyde. Gripping, stylish and thought- provoking, this is unmissable theatre. Go on...treat your dark side! Run time roughly 60 minutes present Pretty Things By Liz Lochhead Recommended for age 11+ Thur 19 Oct – Sat 21 Oct | 7.30pm | £10 Running time: Approx 2 hours (including interval) www.blackeyedtheatre.co.uk Set in a charity shop where suddenly single Susan is a volunteer this is a poignant, hilarious play about finding love the second (or third or fourth) time around.
“Liz Lochhead’s delightful new play is as funny, as touching, and yet as emotionally true as anything this supreme writer has yet produced” – The Times. Comedy Musical
MusicFife Opera presents Carl Hutchinson Live! Thur 9 Nov | 8pm | £10 conc. £8
One of the UK’s most in-demand comics brings his brand new biographical show to Kirkcaldy.
Expect killer gags and highly entertaining stories. From tales of pulling sickies as a teacher to his Kirkcaldy family upbringing and wrestling with Fife Opera his favourite vices, this is the most Amateur Operatic - The Magic Flute brutally honest and hilariously Society – Top Hat self-deprecating outing for this Wed 1 Nov – Sat 4 Nov, 7.15pm & Sat Mat Mon 13 – Sat 18 Nov Geordie comedian. 2.15pm 7.15pm, Sat Mat 2.30pm £16 conc. £14 child £8, Groups 10+ 1 free ticket Ticket prices – Mon & Sat Mat: £14 All other performances: £15 Fife Opera returns to the Adam Smith Theatre with one of the world’s most popular operas, Enjoy this screwball comedy packed Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’. This magical fairy full of Irving Berlin’s greatest hits tale will have you laughing one moment and including, ‘Cheek to Cheek’, ‘Top Hat, captivated by the drama the next. The opera is White Tie & Tails’, ‘Let’s Face the packed full of stunning musical numbers like the Music & Dance’ and ‘Puttin’ on the virtuosic Queen of the Night arias, Papageno’s Ritz’. charming songs, and rousing choruses.
Kirkcaldy born Douglas Nairne directs an exciting new production and promises to take you on a truly magical journey.
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Live Nation in association with MZA presents NOW
NOW is the stunning new show from the Fife raised, internationally acclaimed and award-winning stand-up. Star of TV’s ‘Conan’ (a record seven appearances), NT Live: to-date Daniel has performed nine sell-out Craig Hill – Edinburgh Fringes, two solo off-Broadway Someone’s Gonna Follies seasons, released a DVD, given a ‘TEDx’ Talk (aged 19) and tours extensively to rave Get Kilt! (Encore) reviews throughout Australasia, USA, UK and Fri 26 Jan 2018 | 7.30pm Thur 23 Nov | 7pm | £12.50 Europe. £15.50 conc. £13 (16+) conc. £10 | Cert 12A NOW, what’s next? Weegie believe it? Scotland’s kilted Stephen Sondheim’s comedy treasure is back – and we legendary musical is staged predict a riot a riotous night of for the first time at the comedy! We love his high octane National Theatre and shows and his tours are selling out in broadcast live to cinemas. advance - so book early! New York, 1971. There’s Daily Mirror a party on the stage of Sat 9 Dec - Sat 6 Jan Performances the Weismann Theatre. Following on from last year’s smash hit Cinderella, the Adam Smith DECEMBER Tomorrow the iconic Theatre and Imagine Theatre are one again teaming up to bring you COMING SOON: Sat 9 2pm ● 7pm ● building will be demolished. another spectacular show this Christmas - the magical adventure Sun 10 2pm ● 7pm ● Thirty years after their final pantomime Aladdin. performance, the Follies Milton Jones Tue 12 7pm ● girls gather to have a few is Out There With last year’s Cinderella described as “a big, bold and colourful Wed 13 7pm ● drinks, sing a few songs extravaganza,” (Fife Today) the Adam Smith once again promise a Thu 14 7pm* ● Thur 1 Feb 2018 | 8pm | £26 and lie about themselves. show packed full of spectacular scenery, breath-taking costumes, Fri 15 7pm* ● stunning special effects, fabulous song and dance routines and Sat 16 2pm ● 7pm ● Tracie Bennett, Janie Dee hilarious slap stick comedy. Make everyone’s wishes come true this Sun 17 2pm ● 7pm* ● and Imelda Staunton play Christmas and book your tickets now for this magical family pantomime. Tue 19 7pm ● the magnificent Follies in ● this dazzling new production. Wed 20 7pm* “This is a brilliant, fun and rollicking show that is simply not ● Featuring a cast of 37 and Thu 21 7pm* to be missed.” Fife Today on our 2016 pantomime Cinderella. an orchestra of 21, it’s (BSL Sign Language Performance) Fri 22 2pm* ● 7pm* ● directed by Dominic Cooke “I would urge anyone to go and see the show… something Sat 23 2pm ● 7pm* ● (The Comedy of Errors). to please all ages in this classic panto.” Sun 24 2pm ● 7pm ● Central Fife Times an Advertiser on our 2016 pantomime Cinderella. Mon 25 MERRY CHRISTMAS Tue 26 2pm ● 7pm* ● Wed 27 2pm ● 7pm* ● Tickets Thu 28 2pm ● 7pm* ● STANDARD Adult £18.50 Fri 29 2pm ● 7pm* ● Children & Concessions £15.00 Sat 30 2pm ● 7pm* ● ● ● FAMILY Max 2 Adults & 2 Children Sun 31 1pm 5pm* (available on standard performances only) £62.00 SALE £13.75 JANUARY PREVIEW £12.50 Thu 4 2pm ● 7pm ● PREMIUM £18.50 Fri 5 11am Relaxed 7pm* ● RELAXED Book Via Box Office only £12.50 Sat 6 2pm* ● 7pm* ● GROUPS 20+ only valid on performances marked * £15
22 Book Now: onfife.com Adam Smith Theatre | BOX OFFICE: 01592 583302 23 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) At a Glance: Theatres At a Glance: Theatres Date Time Performance Venue Page Date Time Performance Venue Page Date Time Theatre List Theatre Page September November Wed 6 – Sat 9 7.30pm & Sat Mat 2.30pm The Steamie Adam Smith Theatre 17 Wed 1 - Sat 4 7.15pm & Sat Mat 2.15pm The Magic Flute - Fife Opera Adam Smith Theatre 20 Wed 6 7.30pm Kajaki Screening and Q&A Lochgelly Centre 35 Thu 2 7.30pm And Finally... Phil Collins Carnegie Hall 30 Sat 9 7.30pm Oh! Carol - The Music of Neil Sedaka Rothes Halls 38 Fri 3 7.30pm Simply Rod Stewart Carnegie Hall 31 Sat 16 8pm Tae Sup Wi a Fifer Adam Smith Theatre 18 Fri 3 7.30pm Russian National Ballet - The Nutcracker Rothes Halls 43 Sat 16 7.30pm One Night of Queen with Gary Mullen Rothes Halls 39 Fri 3 & Sat 4 7.30pm & Sat Mat 2.30pm LADC Present Men Should Weep Rothes Halls 43 Thu 21 7.30pm Birds of Paradise - Blanche & Butch Lochgelly Centre 34 Fri 3 & Sat 4 7pm Jenny Malcolm Dance Show Lochgelly Centre 36 Sat 23 1pm & 3.30pm Funbox Underwater Adventure Carnegie Hall 26 Mon 6 7.30pm Raith Rovers Hall of Fame Adam Smith Theatre Sat 23 2pm & 7pm MRB Dance - Into The Woods Lochgelly Centre Thu 9 8pm Carl Hutchinson Adam Smith Theatre 21 Tue 26 - Sat 30 7.30pm & Sat Mat 2.30pm GAMA present Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Rothes Halls 39 Thu 9 - Sat 11 7pm Crossford Scottish Music Group Carnegie Hall Thur 28 1.30pm & 7.30pm Rapture Theatre - A Street Car Named Desire’ Adam Smith Theatre 19 Fri 10 & Sat 11 7pm Zodiac School of Dance Lochgelly Centre Thu 28 - Fri 29 7pm Lochgelly Youth - Hairspray Lochgelly Centre 34 Sat 11 7.30pm Girls Night Oot! Carnegie Hall 31 Fri 29 7.30pm Michael English Carnegie Hall 26 Sat 11 7.30pm Roy Orbison and Friends Rothes Halls 43 Sat 30 9am Fife Brass Band Competition Adam Smith Theatre Sun 12 Siroccco Winds - Dunfermline Music Club Carnegie Hall 27 Sat 30 7.30pm Dirty Dusting Carnegie Hall 27 Sun 12 7.30pm Lulu - All About The Music Rothes Halls 44 Mon 13 - Sat 18 7.15pm & Sat Mat 2.30pm KAOS - Top Hat Adam Smith Theatre 21 October Thu 16 7.30pm A Celebration of John Denver Rothes Halls 44 Sun 1 12pm & 4pm Stages Dance School Adam Smith Theatre 19 Fri 17 7.30pm Live Wire AC/DC Rothes Halls 44 Wed 4 7.30pm Mad About The Musicals Rothes Halls 40 Sat 18 7pm Doors Ricky Ross Plus Support Carnegie Hall 31 Thu 5 7pm NT Live: Hamlet (Encore) Adam Smith Theatre 19 Sat 18 7pm On The Runn Showcase Lochgelly Centre 36 Thu 5 7.30pm Talon - The Best Of The Eagles Carnegie Hall 27 Sat 18 7.30pm Magic of The Beatles Rothes Halls 45 Fri 6 7.30pm Carnegie 80th The Kings Speech Plus Mon 20 10am Into Film Festival Adam Smith Theatre Q&A with Producer Gareth Ellis Unwin Carnegie Hall 28 Thu 23 7pm NT Live: Follies (Encore) Adam Smith Theatre 22 Fri 6 7.30pm The Magic of Motown Rothes Halls 40 Thu 23 7.30pm The Summer Of Love Rothes Halls 45 Sat 7 7.30pm HotScotch Ceilidh Band Ceilidh Night Carnegie Hall 28 Fri 24 Sat 7 7.30pm MacFloyd Lochgelly Centre 35 & Sat 25 6.30pm & Sat Mat 12.30pm Cheryl Crawford Dance School Rothes Halls Sun 8 2.30pm Don’t Dribble On The Dragon Adam Smith Theatre 20 Fri 24 8pm Daniel Sloss Adam Smith Theatre 22 Sun 8 7.30pm Dunfermline Music Club Alison McNeill Fri 24 -Sat 25 7pm Love2dance Annual Show 2017 Lochgelly Centre 36 & Sasha Savaloni Carnegie Hall 27 Sat 25 8pm Tae Sup Wi a Fifer Adam Smith Theatre 18 Wed 11 7.30pm Stars of Irish Country Rothes Halls 40 Sun 26 7.30pm 80’s Mania Rothes Halls 45 Thu 12 7.30pm Ray Mears Born To Go Wild Rothes Halls 41 Thu 30 - Fri 13 – Sat 14 2.30pm & 7pm YMTS - Oklahoma Lochgelly Centre 35 Sun 3 Dec Various Funbox Santa’s Funtastic Factory Rothes Halls 46 Fri 13 7.30pm Kenny Rogers & Neil Diamond Rothes Halls 41 Sat 14 2pm Hairy Maclary & Friends Carnegie Hall 29 December Sat 14 7.30pm YolanDa Brown Rothes Halls 41 Sat 2 8pm Tae Sup Wi a Fifer Adam Smith Theatre 18 Wed 18 7.30pm Joe Longthorne With his Orchestra Carnegie Hall 29 Sat 9 -Sat 23 Various Tiny Little Christmas Carnegie Hall 32 Thu 19 – Sat 21 7.30pm Pretty Things by Liz Lochhead Adam Smith Theatre 20 Wed 6 – Sat 9 7.30pm & Sat Mat 2.15pm C.C.T - Hansel & Gretel Lochgelly Centre 36 Thu 19 7.30pm Front Country Carnegie Hall 29 Sat 9 - Sat 6 Jan Various Aladdin Adam Smith Theatre 23 Fri 20 7.30pm Craig Hill Carnegie Hall 30 Sun 10 7.30pm Enchanté - Dunfermline Music Club Carnegie Hall 27 Fri 20 7.30pm The Del Shannon Show Lochgelly Centre 35 Wed 13 – Sat 16 7.30pm GTC present Ali Baba and the Seven Thieves Rothes Halls 46 Fri 20 7.30pm An Evening with Charlie Landsborough Rothes Halls 42 Wed 13 7.30pm Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Rothes Halls 45 Sat 21 7.30pm HotScotch Ceilidh Band Lochgelly Centre 35 Thu 14 7.30pm Abbamania’s Christmas Show Rothes Halls 46 Sat 21 7.30pm An Evening of Dirty Dancing Rothes Halls 42 Sat 16 7.30pm Counterfeit Sixties Rothes Halls 47 Thu 16 7.30pm The Band Of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Carnegie Hall 30 Sun 17 7.30pm Counterfeit Seventies Lochgelly Centre 37 Thu 26 7.30pm The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adam Smith Theatre 21 Tue 19 - Thu 21 7pm & Wed Mat 2.30pm Lochgelly High School – Cinderella Lochgelly Centre 36 Thu 26 7.30pm World Famous Elvis Show Rothes Halls 42 Wed 20 7.30pm Christmas Crooners Rothes Halls 47 Fri 27 6.00pm WR3 Wrestling Showdown Rothes Halls Sat 23 1pm & 7pm FAPA Christmas Concert - Cinderella Lochgelly Centre
Fri 27 11.30am & 1.30pm Children’s Classic Concerts Lochgelly Centre January 2018 Sat 28 7.30pm Pole O Rama Lochgelly Centre Fri 5 7.30pm Pat Cairns sings Kenny Rogers & Neil Diamond Carnegie Hall 33 Sun 29 12pm -4pm Wedding Fayre Adam Smith Theatre Wed 6 7.30pm Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Viennese Gala Carnegie Hall 33 Mon 30 7pm Doors Newton Faulkner Carnegie Hall 30
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Family Theatre Dunfermline Music Group present
Music Alison McNeill (voice) and Sasha Savaloni (guitar) Sun 8 Oct | 7.30pm | £10 Carnegie Hall Newly commissioned work from Dirty Dusting composer Stuart MacRae on the With a lovely art deco auditorium, theme of ‘pilgrimage’. Carnegie Hall welcomes you in style. Sat 30 Sept | 7.30pm | £21 Funbox - Underwater Three cleaning ladies, (past their sell by date) start up a telephone sex Our packed live music programme Music Adventure line! “The Telephone Belles” – A Dirty Sex Chat Line that really cleans brings you top class acts on stage up! Needless to say… things don’t go entirely according to plan. Sat 23 Sept | 1pm & 3.30pm Siroccco Winds Written by Ed Waugh and Trevor Wood, this production is directed by and more intimate acoustic offerings £14 Family £48/Groups 10+ £11 Sun 12 Nov | 7.30pm | £10 Leah Bell who injects this hilarious play with a fresh and lively approach Babes In Arms +£2 in Tiffany’s restaurant bar. coupled with her own unique style. Matthew Howells/flute, Alice Join Anya, Kevin and Gary on their quest to McArthur/oboe, Thomas Porter/ Starring: find all the lost keys under the sea , while the bassoon, Michael Barr/french horn, Crissy Rock We programme and create inspiring new Funsters discover a barrier reef and Bonzo Charlie Sheppard-Vine, clarinet (Hit TV Series Bendorm and I’m a Celebrity) – the lovable Sea Dog – battles a shark! theatre for children as well as quality The concert will feature works by drama and comedy for adults! Situated Dress up, join in the fun and come dressed as Gershwin, Shostakovich and Piazzolla sea creature, King Neptune or a Mermaid and Music and their own versions of ‘Tea For at the heart of Dunfermline, we’re also have a whale of a time at this interactive show. Two’ and ‘Loch Lomond’. home to many local arts groups
and host classes in the adjacent Music Music Music Institute. Enchanté So come along and get involved, enjoy Sun 10 Dec | 7.30pm | £10 Heidi Innes (voice) and David Vernon the shows, hire the venue or simply eat (accordion)
& drink in stylish surroundings! French cabaret songs in the intimate and atmospheric setting of the Venue Hire Tiffany Lounge. see www.onfife.com Michael English Classically trained singer Heidi and Contact the Events Team on [email protected] Talon – The Best of The Eagles accordion virtuoso David present an or telephone 01592 583255 for further details Fri 29 Sept | 7.30pm | £20 exquisite programme reflecting the (20th Anniversary Tour) exuberance of the Parisian music hall. Michael English has risen to be one of Ireland’s Thur 5 Oct | 7.30pm | £21 conc. £19 Opening Times top Country music stars since forming his own Box Office: Open Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 9am -1pm and band just 2 years ago. Over the last two decades Talon have risen from humble beginnings to one hour before performances. Tiffany’s Bar: Open for all one of the most successful theatre touring shows in the UK. The ‘20th Main Auditorium performances and pre-theatre meals for An accomplished musician & songwriter, the Anniversary Tour’ will once again feature all those classic Eagles selected events. good looking Kildare man is now a big name Greatest Hits from their timeless back catalogue including ‘Hotel on the circuit with his energetic performances California’, ‘Take It Easy’, ‘One Of These Nights’, Take It To The Limit, Carnegie Hall, East Port, Dunfermline, KY12 7JA which leave the crowds wanting more. ‘Desperado’, ‘Lyin’ Eyes’, ‘Life In The Fast Lane’ and many more. www.facebook.com/CarnegieHallFife
26 Book Now: onfife.com Carnegie Hall | BOX OFFICE: 01383 602302 27 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Film Family Hairy Maclary Sat 14 Oct | 2pm | £10 Join us as we celebrate the success of Carnegie Hall over the last 80 years ‘Out of the gate and off for a walk, went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s with a programme of activities that holds something for everyone. Dairy.’
Anyone with young children will Exhibition Gala Event Tour recognise these immortal words instantly as the opening lines of the book ‘Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy’ by Lynley Dodd. Following a sell-out run at the Fringe 2010, a UK Tour in 2011 and the Christmas season at the Sydney Opera House, Hairy Maclary and his 80 Moments Silver Screening friends are springing off the page in Time - Laurel & Hardy once again this summer. Fri 6 Oct – Sat 28 Oct | FREE Carnegie Hall ‘Way Out West’ Theatre Take a stroll with us through the years Tours Sat 14 Oct | 2pm | FREE as we look at the initial plans for the Sat 7/Sat 14 | 11am & 1pm | FREE (places must be booked) Joe Longthorne building, the people behind it and the (places must be booked) Join us as we take a trip down many famous folks who have tread With his This is a fantastic opportunity to get memory lane back to 1937 and watch the boards of this fabulous art deco The King’s Speech Introduced by Oscar Winning a full behind the scenes tour. Take a this popular comedy duo in action. Orchestra theatre. Producer Gareth Ellis Unwin peak in the dressing rooms where the Stan and Ollie head to Brushwood Wed 18 Oct | 7.30pm | £22 conc. £20 likes of Billy Connolly has sat and Gulch on an important mission but Dance Fri 6 Oct | 7.30pm | £10 The TV and recording star returns tread the boards on the stage – as usual things don’t go as planned (includes a glass of fizz) to Carnegie Hall joined by his
perhaps even have a wee dance for our hapless heroes. There Hairywill Maclary A3also LightBlue.indd 2 10/02/2012 15:41 sensational live band and a special Join us as we evoke the spirit of 1937 if you feel the urge. be a photo opportunity with the two guest artist. Come and join Joe as he with the story of King George VI, his characters themselves. takes you on a rollercoaster of songs impromptu ascension to the throne Family and impersonations including Shirley and the speech therapist who helped Family Bassey, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, the unsure monarch become worthy Dean Martin and his incredible of it. Photo opportunity with Gareth Family Fun Day impression of Sammy Davis Jr, all and the Oscar following the Sat 7 Oct | 11am – 2pm | FREE Free Family Films It is the school holidays and what delivered with 100% accuracy! HotScotch Ceilidh screening. Dress up as your favourite film better way to help us celebrate our Band - Ceilidh character and join us for some family 80th birthday than inviting you to Music Night Talk fun including arts & crafts, digital join us for a free family film. animation, face painting and Sat 7 Oct | 7.30pm | £10 Tues 10 Oct | 2pm Front Country balloons all before you sit down From One Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs Thur 19 Oct | 7.30pm | £14 conc. £12 HotScotch Ceilidh Band are a trio to watch the movie (12.30pm) of dynamic musicians who offer an Carnegie Hall that has been chosen by you in Thur 12 Oct | 2pm The International Bluegrass Music exciting blend of traditional and to Another – 80 our competition. Prizes will be Inside Out Association singled out Front contemporary Scottish Ceilidh Music. awarded for the best costume. Country’s lead vocalist Melody Tues 17 Oct | 2pm With a fantastic mix of Accordion, Years of History Walker as an Outstanding Female UP Fiddle and Drums they give just the by Sharron McColl Vocalist of 2016. Those who caught the right atmosphere for a fun night of Thur 19 Oct | 2pm band in action when they first toured Sat 7 Oct | 2.30pm | £2 ceilidh dancing! Their lively style Finding Dory over here were simply blown away. of playing and audience rapport Your chance to hear about the This is no ordinary bluegrass group; will have you on the floor dancing history of the Carnegie Hall and the they play big, brave, invigorating all evening. connections with Andrew Carnegie music that is seldom encountered. himself and the original New York Accordion – Paul Chamberlain “Something special!” Carnegie Hall. Fiddle – Michael Haywood – Mike Morrison, AmericianRootsUK Drums – Jim Walker www.myceilidh.co.uk 28 Book Now: onfife.com Carnegie Hall | BOX OFFICE: 01383 602302 29 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Comedy Music Music Music Craig Hill: Someone’s The Band of Her DF Concerts Present: Gonna Get Kilt Majesty’s Royal Ricky Ross plus Support Fri 20 Oct | 7.30pm | £15.50 conc. £13 (16+) Marines Scotland Sat 18 Nov | Doors 7pm Weegie believe it? Scotland’s kilted comedy Thur 26 Oct, Thur 16 Nov, Thur 15 Feb 2018 £25 (14+ under 16 must be treasure is back – and we predict a night of 7.30pm | £15, conc. £12 accompanied by an adult) riotous comedy. We love his high-octane Pre-Theatre Meals - £12 shows and his tours are selling out well Ricky Ross formed Deacon Blue Each concert will be a wonderfully colourful show in advance – so book early! Simply Rod Stewart over 30 years ago. 2017 see the with 40 Royal Marines Bandsmen including Fri 3 Nov | £15 30th anniversary of the release of Daily Mirror the Corps of Drums. These evenings are hugely their debut album, Raintown, popular, so early booking is recommended. James Frew is in a class of his which coincides with his seventh own when it comes to providing solo album, Short Stories Vol. 1, an excellent tribute evening featuring Ricky at his piano as Rod Stewart. Simply put: supported by sumptuous strings Music If you love Rod Stewart you and a choir. This is a rare will ADORE Simply Rod Stewart. opportunity to hear one of the Newton Faulkner voices of Deacon Blue at close Mon 30 Oct | Doors 7pm | £22 quarters. Comedy Drama Newton Faulkner and his audacious new album, ‘Human Love’, is a colourful statement of intent. His fifth studio collection is an alluring maelstrom of rhythm and harmony. Embracing racing drums, African percussion, chanted choruses, ambient interludes and the most imposing hooks of his career to date, it combines a more forthright writing style with a greater emphasis on beats and texture. Insideout Theatre Productions Ltd present: Girls Night Oot! Written and directed by Paul Harper-Swan
Musical directed by Music Alison Rona Cleland
Sat 11 Nov | 7.30pm | £15 conc. £13 And Finally... Phil (18+)
Collins Join the girls on a hen night that you Thur 2 Nov | 7.30pm | £19.50 conc. £18.50 won’t forget with a smash hit retro soundtrack – songs from 60s, 70s, ‘Talon Music Ltd’ presents 80s, 90s and the present day. The ‘OFFICIAL UK No. 1’ tribute to PHIL COLLINS ‘10th Anniversary Tour 2017’
‘And Finally… Phil Collins’ is recognised throughout the industry as the definitive Phil Collins and Genesis tribute show. Now, celebrating their ‘10th Anniversary’ year together, this truly amazing eleven-piece band faithfully recreate all the classic hits from a timeless back catalogue.
30 Book Now: onfife.com Carnegie Hall | BOX OFFICE: 01383 602302 31 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Music Music Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Christmas Films Viennese Gala Theatre Theatre Theatre Film Sat 6 Jan 2018 | 7.30pm | £24 conc. £21
It wouldn’t be New Year without the music of Vienna’s most famous son Johann Strauss and his friends: let us whirl you away to a world of elegant waltzes, playful polkas and Sat 9 Dec Shhh.. Little Ulla! The Attic good old-fashioned romance from soprano Soraya Mafi. Get your Thu 21 Dec - Sat 23 Dec Tue 12 Dec - Sat 16 Dec Elf The Elves are Shy 2018 off to a glittering start, as the Little Ulla is no ordinary goat, Grandma and Lucy are up in the RSNO and their conductor Holly Thu 7 Dec - Sat 9 Dec Film Pat Cairns she is also the village postie! It’s attic where all the memories are stored. Mathieson sweep you off your feet. The elves are very shy! We’ve found Christmas time and Little Ulla is Sings Kenny Hidden in dusty containers at the top Holly Mathieson Conductor the door to the elves’ tiny house but happily delivering cards and letters of the house, they have been waiting Rogers & Neil Soraya Mafi Soprano they won’t come out to play. We’d to all the villagers. When poor old Mr a long time to come out and play. love to see them and have even Hans the clockmaker doesn’t get any Diamond brought a gift but they’re just not Christmas cards, Little Ulla sets out Come up the stairs, blow away the Fri 5 Jan 2018 | 7.30pm | brave enough to say hello – maybe to give him a Christmas surprise he cobwebs and peek into the boxes. £15 you can help? A new interactive, will never forget. Who knows what might happen One evening. Two music festive experience for under 8s and Sat 16 Dec “An utterly charming, heart-warming when the sleepy attic comes to life. legends. One incredible families from Ipdip Theatre. piece that works its magic on young performer. Pat Cairns Set to a live, original piano score, Home Alone and old” made it all the way to the two characters discover a magical – Mary Brennan, The Herald **** grand final of ITV’s Stars In place filled with hidden treasures. Film Their Eyes with his tribute From the team who brought you Row Little ones (2-5), their parents carers to Kenny Rogers. In recent Your Boat and The Edibles, Little Ulla are invited to watch and then join in years Pat has also is an interactive Christmas show an extravagant tea party under the developed a highly especially designed for young stars. polished tribute to children aged 3-7. another music legend, “Spell-binding fun for little ones” Neil Diamond. – The Herald
Sat 23 Dec Show tickets £5 Film tickets £3 Workshops tickets £2 Festival Ticket £7:50 for a show, a film and a wonderful workshop! It’s a Wonderful Life
Date Shows Times Films Workshop Thurs 7 Dec Shhhh…..The Elves Are Shy 10am 11.30am 1pm 2.30pm Fri 8 Dec Shhhh…..The Elves Are Shy 10am 11.30am 1pm 2.30pm Sat 9 Dec Shhhh…..The Elves Are Shy 10am 11.30am 1pm 2.30pm Elf 2pm Tiny Little Arts Tues 12 Dec The Attic 10am 1.30pm Workshops Wed 13 Dec The Attic 10am 1.30pm Add to your Christmas experience by Thurs 14 Dec The Attic 10am 1.30pm adding on a magical Christmas Arts Fri 15 Dec The Attic 10am 1.30pm workshop to you visit to Carnegie Sat 16 Dec The Attic 11am 2.00pm Home Alone 2pm Hall. Make felt puppets and tiny Thurs 21 Dec Little Ulla 10.30am 1.30pm pompoms with as much sparkle as Fri 22 Dec Little Ulla 10.30am 1.30pm you can handle...... Sat 23 Dec Little Ulla 11.00am 2.00pm It's A Wonderful Life 2pm Various times please see website
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Kajaki screening and Q & A Wed 6 Sept | 7.30pm | £t | 5Cert 15
Kajaki Dam, 2006 – a company Lochgelly of young British soldiers encounter an unexpected, terrifying enemy. MacFloyd A stunning, fully refurbished community hub, A dried-out river bed, and under Sat 7 Oct | 7.30pm | £16 every step the possibility of an MacFloyd, AKA “Scotland’s Pink Floyd”, come to the Lochgelly Centre the Lochgelly Centre is proud to be home to a anti-personnel mine. A mine that with their new show for 2017. theatre, Fifespace gallery, Jennie Lee library, Birds of Paradise could cost you your leg – or your life. Actor David Elliot and veteran This particular concert will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s sports hall, art and meeting rooms, local office Blanche & Butch Stu Pearson, who experienced the ‘Animals’ album. The band will perform this classic album in its entirety Directed by Johnny McKnight services and a popular café. events depicted in the film, will be as well as favourites from ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’, ‘Wish You Were Here’, Thur 21 Sept | 7.30pm | £14 conc. £12 in attendance. ‘The Wall’ and many more. Starring Robert Softley Gale, Garry A welcoming space for all, the centre has a Robson and Kinny Gardner varied programme of classes and activities Tells the witty and poignant story Musical Music Music of the lives, loves and losses of the for all ages as well as its programme of three disabled men who used the family shows, music and community events. sensational ‘Heelz n Wheelz’. There’s not much sensation now…. The Lochgelly Centre also offers a cinema programme with films at bargain prices. Musical
Lily’s Café Bar serves a selection of breakfast Youth Music Theatre treats, light lunches, sandwiches, salads Scotland presents and home baking. Oklahoma Lochgelly Youth The Del Shannon HotScotch Fri 13 Oct 7:00pm Show Ceilidh Band presents: Sat 14 Oct 2:30pm & 7:00pm Venue Hire £12:50/£10:00 Fri 20 Oct | 7.30pm | £15 Sat 21 Oct | 7.30pm | £10 see www.onfife.com Hairspray Contact the Events Team on [email protected] Thur 28 Sept – Fri 29 Sept | 7pm £10 Set in a Western Indian territory just Del Shannon was an American rock HotScotch Ceilidh Band are a trio or telephone 01592 583255 for further details. conc. £8 after the turn of the century, the high- and roll and country musician of dynamic musicians and offer an spirited rivalry between the local famous for his hits Runaway, Hats exciting blend of traditional and We can’t stop the beat so why not Opening Times farmers and cowboys provides the Off To Larry and many more! When contemporary Scottish ceilidh music. bring your dance moves and join us. Box Office: Open Mon to Fri 9am - 9pm; Sat 9am - 2.30pm colorful background against which you were taught guitar by Del With a fantastic mix of Accordion, Lochgelly Youth presents Hairspray and one hour before performances Curly, a handsome cowboy, and himself, appear on stage in Del’s Fiddle and Drums they give just the – this dazzling, classic musical will Café Bar: Open Mon - Fri 10am - 3pm; Sat 9am - 12 noon Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out jewellery and clothes, and have right atmosphere for a fun night of leave you shaking your tush and Library: Open Mon - Sat. times vary their love story. Come join us for this toured with Del’s back up band... ceilidh dancing! wanting more. popular musical outing. you are not just a tribute. James www.myceilidh.co.uk Bank Street, Lochgelly, KY5 9RD Popenhaen steps into the vibe and spirit of Del Shannon and IS endorsed by Del’s family.
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Jenny Malcolm Dance Show 2017 Fri 3 Nov – Sat 4 Nov | 7pm | £12 The Jenny Malcolm dance school present another Cowdenbeath Community fantastic and entertaining show, celebrating their
12th year at Lochgelly. Children from 3-18 years Theatre presents will be performing many dynamics routines. Hansel & Gretel Everyone is welcome to come along along Pantomime by Ron Hall, Producer/Director Lynsey and see the results of all the hard work... Combe, Musical Director Callum Paterson and Choreographed by Stacey Donaldson Wed 6 Dec – Sat 9 Dec 7.30pm Counterfeit Seventies Dance Sat Mat 2.15pm | £12 conc. £10 Sun 17 Dec | 7.30pm | £17.50 conc. £15.50 On The Runn Join us for this family favourite as we follow the Featuring the music of Slade, Sweet, T.Rex, The Bay City Rollers and many, many more, they will take you through a adventures of Hansel & Gretel as they try to find their way rollercoaster ride of the biggest 70s hits. So whether you want to sit back and take a trip down memory lane, or get your Sat 18 Nov | 7pm | £10 conc. £8.50 back home after being left in the woods by their father. glad rags on and boogie on down, this uplifting show has it all. On The Runn are proud to present their latest Who is the mysterious old lady who lives in the gingerbread www.counterfeit70s .com showcase of dance, packed full of energy and house? Will she help them or is all just not quite what it enthusiasm from our dancers aged from 3 – 20 seems? Come along and get into the festive spirit with years. We will entertain you with a range of your annual community panto. fantastic routines, combining music from across Family the decades and encompassing a variety of Coming Soon dance styles. Come and help us celebrate the joy of community dance, bringing together pupils Craig Campbell from across Fife. 19 May | 7:30pm | £15:00
The majestic mountain moose in a tiger striped onesie brings his thrilling new show ‘Easy Tiger’ out Dance of the Fringe jungle and onto the world stage for his 3rd solo tour. Queens and Toms pack some nip Lochgelly High School and prowl on down to screech and howl the night away! Expect a raucous evening of post-scratchin’
presents and kickin’ litter aboot the hoose while Campbell Cinderella tickles chins, keeping purrs and treadles generous throughout! No rabbits, mice or children and Tue 19 Dec – Thur 21 Dec 7pm please be kind to our neighbours by not crapping Wed Mat 2.30pm | £6 conc. £4 in their gardens on the way home! Lochgelly High School is proud to present this year’s 2017 “Loud, beautifully crafted tales of outsider Love2dance Annual production of Cinderella. Following the success of Aladdin adventure” Independent Show 2017 in 2016, the cast return with the most popular pantomime of them all. Fri 24 Nov – Sat 25 Nov | 7pm | £10 conc. £8 Cinderella dreams of escaping her miserable life as a Come along and support the Love2dance dancers in slave to her two ugly step sisters. Thanks to her Fairy their annual performance showcasing many styles Godmother and a chance encounter with Prince Charming, including hip hop, jazz, ballet and cheerleading. she ends up as the stunning mystery guest at the Royal This is a guaranteed evening filled with fun, talent Ball. Join us in celebrating this classic tale and with a and festivities. generous sprinkling of panto magic, help Cinderella’s dream come true. 36 Book Now: onfife.com Lochgelly Centre | BOX OFFICE: 01592 583303 37 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Music Music Musical Oh! Carol - The One Night of Queen Glenrothes Amateur Musical Story performed by Music Assosiation - of Neil Sedaka Gary Mullen Dirty Rotten and Howard Sat 16 Sept | 7.30pm | £21 Scoundrels Greenfield (Groups 10+ £18.90) Tue 26 - Sat 30 Sept 7.30pm Sat Mat 2.30pm Sat 9 Sept | 7.30pm | £18 conc. £16 Tue - Adult £10, Child £6 Join One Night of Queen, as performed by Wed - Adult £13, Conc. £12, Child £6 Gary Mullen and The Works in celebrating their This show is packed full of hits such Thurr & Fri - Adult £13, Child £6 Sat Mat/ 15th anniversary tour. as Calendar Girl, Happy Birthday Evening - Adult £13 Rothes Halls Sweet Sixteen, Breaking Up Is Hard To The show captures the lights, sound, pomp Conc. £12, Child £6 Do, [Is This The Way To] Amarillo, and showmanship, paying tribute to, arguably Based on the 1988 film of the same name, Stupid Cupid and of course Oh! the greatest rock band of all time – QUEEN. This modern and versatile arts and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels centres around two Carol – masterpieces made famous The show does go on! competing con men, Lawrence and Freddie, conference venue hosts a very popular not only by Sedaka but also other living on the French Riviera. Big-time and small well known performers like Connie programme of live music, comedy and time respectively, they unsuccessfully attempt Francis, Tony Christie, Tom Jones to work together to charm rich women out of drama as well as exhibitions, community and LaVern Baker. fortunes, only to find that ‘this town ain’t big classes and the local library. “It’s always flattering when talented enough’ for the two of them. They agree to a performers honor my music.I thank ‘loser leaves’ bet which brings out the best and Based in the Kingdom Centre with free the Oh Carol team for their homage worse in the two with many laughs, witty songs to the work of Sedaka & Greenfield” and an interesting twist at the end. parking and only 5 minutes walk from the – Neil Sedaka. bus station, its flexible seating auditorium seats up to 600 with 1400 standing which enables Fife Cultural Trust to bring large scale productions and major acts to Fife. Our busy café is open early for breakfast and serves delicious meals throughout the day. Venue Hire see www.onfife.com Contact the Events Team on [email protected] or telephone 01592 583255 for further details Opening Times Box Office: Open Mon - Sat 9am - 5pm and 1 hour before performances. Café: Open Mon - Sat 8.30am - 3.30pm Bar open for all performances. Library: Open Mon - Sat. Times vary
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From a very young age, Ray Pat Cairns Sings discovered the joys of exploring Kenny Rogers & the Wilderness, the most intact, undisturbed wild natural areas left Neil Diamond on our planet. His fascination with Fri 13 Oct | 7.30pm | £15 this environment that has not been One evening. Two music legends. modified by civilized human activity, One incredible performer. Pat Cairns has greatly shaped his life. made it all the way to the grand final Mad About The Musicals Stars of Irish Country Ray will take you on a journey of ITV’s Stars In Their Eyes with his Wed 4 Oct | 7.30pm | £24 conc. £22 Wed 11 Oct | 7.30pm | £21.50 that he deeply values for cultural, tribute to Kenny Rogers. In recent spiritual, moral and aesthetic reasons years Pat has also developed a Starring Jai McDowell winner of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Join four of Irelands favourite Country Music Stars all in and explain why he believes these highly polished tribute to another and Michael Courtney, the duo take you on a one super show featuring the popular Mick Flavin, Louise are vital for the human spirit and music legend, Neil Diamond. whistlestop tour from the heart of London’s theatre Morrisey, Stephen Smyth and Frank McCaffrey who creativity. land to the glitz of Broadway, celebrating the very best between them have scored countless accolades, songs from the shows we all know and love. notched up over 30 No 1 songs and have toured all over the world to packed houses.
Music YolanDa Brown Sat 14 Oct | 7.30pm | £18 conc. £17 Music Double MOBO award-winning YolanDa Brown is the premier female The Magic of saxophonist in the UK, known for Motown seamlessly blending jazz, soul and reggae. Fri 6 Oct | 7.30pm | £27 She has toured with The Temptations, Soul fans are invited to the biggest Diana Krall, Courtney Pine and Billy party of the year as the unstoppable Ocean and collaborated with artists Magic of Motown show steams into such as Mica Paris, Matt Cardle, town. It has been seen by over a Reggae Legend Bob Marley’s son. million people all over the world and was recently performed for the Royal Variety Performance 2016. Prepare yourself for 40 back-to-back classic Motown hits, glittering costume changes, dazzling dance moves and outstanding musicianship in this explosive concert experience.
40 Book Now: onfife.com Rothes Hall | BOX OFFICE: 01592 611101 41 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Music Dance An Evening with Russian National Ballet presents: Charlie Landsborough The Nutcracker Fri 3 Nov | 7.30pm | Fri 20 Oct | 7.30pm | £19.50 £19.50 conc. £18 under 16 £16 Charlie is a true and immensely talented star, Russian National Ballet is coming and is well loved for his wonderful voice, but to the UK to delight with this it is in his ability to tell a fine tale that we find beautiful new production of The a hidden gem. It is with this talent for spinning Nutcracker. a yarn that we see him venturing into the realm of comedy, offering a fine complement to the A nutcracker may just be a handsome music and giving the concerts a real sense of prince in disguise. Prepare to enter a intimacy. magical new world, telling the story of Marie, a rather sad little girl, whose godfather Drosselmeier gives her a Nutcracker doll as a present on Christmas Eve, which turns into a prince. Then the magic starts. Music An Evening of Dirty Dancing Sat 21 Oct | 7.30pm | £21 conc. £19
This homage to the fondly remembered, multi- award winning movie soundtrack is the original concert celebration of Dirty Dancing’s iconic music. Includes the classic songs Big Girls Don’t Theatre Music Cry, Hey Baby, Wipeout, Do You Love Me, and many more. Put your dancing shoes on and get ready to have the time of your life.
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• Please note this production is not affiliated with Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage on tour in the UK and worldwide.
Music The World Famous Elvis Leslie Amateur Barry Steele & Friends: Show Dramatic Club Presents: The Roy Orbison Story Sat 11 Nov | 7.30pm | £22 conc. £20 Thur 26 Oct | 7.30pm | £25 Men Should Weep Fri 3 & Sat 4 Nov | 7.30pm & Sat Mat 2.30pm | £10 Barry Steele is widely recognised as one of the world’s You will simply feel that you have been leading vocalists playing homage to the legendary Roy transported back in time, courtesy of vocalist Leslie Amateur Drama Club return to the Rothes Halls with Orbison. Celebrating the musical legacy of Orbison and Chris Connor. If you were not lucky enough Ena Lamond Stewart’s classic tale of the Morrison family’s The Traveling Wilburys, the show also features chart- to see Elvis live, you will walk away from this poverty struck life in the tenements of 1930s Glasgow. At busting hits originally made famous by Jerry lee Lewis, concert feeling that you have! Many Elvis fans times hilariously funny and at others tear-jerkingly grim, Del Shannon & The Spencer Davis Group. It’s all backed are left emotionally moved when they leave the audience is given a graphic insight into the hard life by a big screen and phenomenally talented musicians, the show. the families of the time endured, and yet thrived. culminating in an incredible fusion of ‘60s solid gold classics and ‘80s pop genius all on one stage.
42 Book Now: onfife.com Rothes Hall | BOX OFFICE: 01592 611101 43 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Music Music Music Lulu Buddy Holly & Sun 12 Nov | 7.30pm | £45 The Cricketers The ‘All About The Music Tour’ will see Wed 13 Dec | 7.30pm | £19.50 our national treasure return to Fife as conc. £18.50 part of a 39 date UK tour. Performing Holly At Christmas 2017 hits from a career spanning over Music Music 50-years, fans can expect to hear 25 Years of Rock ’n’ Rolling huge hits such as ‘Shout’, ‘To Sir With The World! Love’, ‘Relight My Fire’ and ‘The Man Yesterday The Summer Buddy Holly and the Cricketers Who Sold The World’, amongst many – The Golden Of Love once again herald in the Yuletide others. Anniversary Tour: Thur 23 Nov | 7.30pm festivities with Holly at Christmas, Magic of The £22 conc. £20 the show that is now as traditional A Celebration Pre-Theatre Meals - £12 as mulled wine and mince pies! Beatles of John Denver Taking you back on a nostalgic Holly’s hits, other contemporary Sat 18 Nov | 7.30pm | £22.50 musical journey to that incredible classics and some Christmas Thur 16 Nov | 7.30pm | £17.50 conc. £16 summer of 1967 – an eclectic crackers are all wrapped up in a This authoritative live concert show A Celebration of John Denver is a highly explosion of flowers, psychedelia, fast, furious and funny feast of celebrates the Golden Anniversary acclaimed tribute to the beloved music freedom, peace and love and, of entertainment to make the perfect of ‘Yesterday’, as 1966 saw Lennon legend himself. Performed by Wayne Denton course, timeless music that inspired show for all the family. and McCartney come of age as and his exceptionally talented musicians this a generation. With original 1960s film songwriters with the song topping the is a must see show for all Denver fans. footage, The Summer Of Love also charts. Journey back to Yesterday features a full live band performing with fantastic costumes, brilliant songs such as ‘California Dreaming’, Music vocals, incredible musicianship ‘San Francisco’, ‘Turn Turn, Turn’, taking you from their mop top roots ’Somebody To Love’, ’Happy Together’, to the psychedelia of ‘Sgt Pepper’ ‘Brown Eyed Girl’, and over 40 more and ‘Love Me Do’ to ‘Let It Be’. classic songs from the summer that changed the world.
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Live Wire: The AC/DC Show Fri 17 Nov | 7.30pm | £20 conc. £18
Live Wire is THE AC/DC Tribute show. The unique six man tribute show to rock music’s greatest band comes complete with cannons, a wall of Marshall stacks and over two hours of high voltage rock ‘n’ roll.
And in this, AC/DC’s fortieth year, the band cover both eras as always with both Bon 80s Mania Scott and ‘Pete’ Brian Johnson present – Sun 26 Nov | 7.30pm | £20 ‘Back in Black’ and leaving fans ‘Thunderstruck’. Time to dig out your 80s fashion and party at this multi-tribute concert featuring over 35 chart topping smash-hits live in concert, with tributes to Duran Duran, The Human League, Kim Wilde, Culture Club, Madonna, Wham!, Dead or Alive, Madness and many many more. See your favourite chart- topping pop icons recreated with live band and excellent dancers.
44 Book Now: onfife.com Rothes Hall | BOX OFFICE: 01592 611101 45 Booking Fees: Plus £1 reservation fee per Ticket (Maximum £5 per transaction) Christmas At Rothes Halls Music Coming Soon Family Music Funbox – Santa’s Funtastic Factory Thur 30 Nov - 10am | Fri 1 Dec- 10am & 5pm | Sat 2 Dec- 11am & 2pm | Sun 3rd Dec - 12noon & 3pm
All tickets - £13 | Family - £48 (2 Counterfeit Sixties adults/2 children or 1 adult/3 children) Sat 16 Dec | 7.30pm | £17.50 conc. £15.50 | Babes in Arms – £2 | Groups of 10+ - Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, as Britain’s No. 1 £10.50 each plus two free tickets for tribute show brings alive the magic of the sixties, with their supervisors tribute to over twenty five bands of that era. The show Gary, Anya and Kevin have been encompasses everything from that period, from the entrusted by the big chap in the red clothes that were worn, to flashbacks from television suit himself to help finish the lists history, for all the boys and girls before Christmas Day, but things aren’t Music Showaddywaddy quite going to plan. Santa’s magic Sat 3 Feb | 7.30pm | £20 machine is playing up creating Christmas chaos, mechanical mayhem and topsy-turvy toys, Music so it’s up to the Funbox gang to save the day.
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Glenrothes Theatre Abbamania’s Christmas Christmas Crooners presents Company presents Show Baby it’s cold outside – Ali Baba and Thur 14 Dec | 7.30pm | £25 A romantic Christmas special the Seven Thieves ABBA are one of the most popular groups in the world Wed 20 Dec | 7.30pm | £17.50 conc. £16 today, from ‘Waterloo’ to ‘Thank You For The Music’ By Ron Nicol Jam packed with festive favourites including the from ‘Dancing Queen’ to ‘Mamma Mia‘. Wed 13 Dec – Sat 16 Dec | 7.30pm | £7 conc. £6 Christmas hits of Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Ol’ Family of 4 £24 Their record breaking songs are timeless and continue Blue Eyes himself – Frank Sinatra. to thrill all generations. Join us for this much-loved tales of The Arabian Nights. Staged in the warm and delightful style of the famous Ali Baba discovers a treasure cave, but the thieves who Join us for a fabulous festive tribute night out Andy Williams Christmas Shows, this brilliant production Jimmy Osmond stole the treasure are now after him. Can Morgiana with dancing in the aisles. comes complete with Christmas Trees, a Rocking Chair Fri 16 Feb | 7.30pm | £30 | VIP £75 save the day? and of course a lovely warm fireplace; just right for roasting those chestnuts and toasting the season! GTC’s pantomimes have been playing to packed houses for eight years – come along and join the fun.
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