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The Wee Chill
9 CLUBS From Sons & Daughters to Prins Thomas, the horticultural offshoot of the
Big Chill continues in rude health with an utterly splendid line-up. See Clubs, page 38. Queen’s Park Glasshouses, Glasgow, Sat 26 Sep.
Speech Debelle
10 MUSIC The plucky wee Mercury winner (who we were all totally into before she
won the prize, OK?) brings her award-laden sound north. The Arches, Glasgow, Thu 1 Oct.
John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins: Taking Liberties
8 VISUAL ART A wonderful retrospective from the unofficial photo-documenter of 1960s counterculture. See review, page 88. Street Level, Glasgow, until Sat 7 Oct.
Pixies 11
MUSIC Oh yes, yes it is, and they’re playing the whole of Doolittle, all the way
through. See preview, page 67. SECC, Glasgow, Sun 4 Oct.
Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival
12 AROUND TOWN A gigantic programme of theatre, music, dance, movies amd more. See preview, page 29. Various venues across Scotland, Thu 1–Thu 22 Oct.
White Lightnin’ Klaus Weber
13 FILMS The sort of crazy, wonderful, once-in-a- lifetime kinda movie that sweeps you off your feet. And it has Carrie Fisher in it. Bonus. See review, page 47. Selected release from Fri 25 Sep.
14 VISUAL ART Part multimedia exhibition, part epistemological and
political conundrum. With bee defecation. See review, page 88. Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, until Sat 3 Oct.
The House of Bernarda Alba
15 THEATRE The combined might of the National Theatre of Scotland, Lorca, Rona Munro and the country’s best female actors make this a force to be reckoned with. See review, page 84. Citizens Theatre,
Glasgow, until Sat 3 Oct then touring.
24 Sep–8 Oct 2009 THE LIST 5