15DAYStolive The things to catch this fortnight
Telefunken and Ultragroove
2 CLUBS Two of Edinburgh’s biggest house nights celebrate significant birthdays (fifth and tenth respectively). See preview, page 39. Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Sat 17 Oct; Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Fri 9 Oct & GRV, Edinburgh, Fri 30 Oct.
Hudson Mohawke Album Launch
1 CLUBS Glasgow’s latest favourite producer launches his debut album Butter at Numbers. See interview, page 30. Stereo, Glasgow, Sat 17 Oct.
Scottish Opera — The Italian Girl in Algiers
3 CLASSICAL Kitsch soap opera spectacle meets Rossini in this fresh SO/New Zealand Opera
The Dead Weather
4 MUSIC Jack White and Alison Mosshart form this doom rock boogie band. See
co-production. See preview, page 81. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Wed 21 Oct. Music, page 77. HMV Picture House, Edinburgh, Thu 22 Oct.
Scarce
5 MUSIC Boy meets girl, they form band, boy has aneurysm, band split. Twelve years later
band reform. A rock’n’roll story with true heart. See preview, page 64. Stereo, Glasgow, Thu 15 Oct.
4 THE LIST 8–22 Oct 2009
Scottish Ballet
6 DANCE Scotland’s national ballet company embarks on its 40th anniversary year with a touring programme of well-received works from previous Edinburgh Festivals. See preview, page 84. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Thu 8–Sat 10 Oct; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Thu 15–Sat 17 Oct.
Confessions of a Justified Sinner
7 THEATRE Mark Thomson adapts James Hogg’s classic ecclesiastical thriller for the Royal Lyceum. See preview, page 82. Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Fri 16 Oct–Sat 7 Nov.