LGBT
Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to gay@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Suzanne Black. ✽✽ Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 29 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. Compelling collection of black and white prints by the photographer who was repeatedly drawn to the fringes of society.
Friday 30
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29.
Saturday 1 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29.
Sunday 2
Glasgow ■ Saltire Thistle FC Powerleague, Kennedy Street, Townhead. 4pm. £5. Gay-friendly kick-about in a relaxed environment. Email saltirethistlefc@hotmail.co.uk for more info. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. ■ Badminton Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 2–4pm. £3. A fun and easy sport to pick up; these sessions are for all abilities. ■ Taste The GRV, 37 Guthrie Street, 220 2987. 11pm–3am. £6 (£5). Fisher & Price and Miss Chris in the main room playing an eclectic mix of the very best in underground dance music and classics.
Monday 3
Glasgow ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). DJ Shawn Roberts plays chart hits for the gay/mixed crowd. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. A chance to try out the weekly, informal drop-in service to meet new people, get info and catch up on the latest goss.
Tuesday 4
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. ■ Badminton LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. £tbc. Regular sessions with the ShuttleScots.
Wednesday 5
Glasgow ■ Home The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). The Tunnel’s massive midweek gay party night continues. Breeders, so they tell us, are also welcome. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road,
58 THE LIST 29 Apr–13 May 2010
PREVIEW CLUB VELVET RE-LAUNCH PARTY The SpeakEasy, Edinburgh, Sat 8 May
Velvet ladies have more than one reason to celebrate this fortnight. Not only is the much-missed club night for gay and bisexual women and their male LGBTI buddies returning after an absence of two years, it’s all taking place at a fabulous new venue run by women.
The Velvet Re-Launch Party will pitch up at the SpeakEasy on Blair Street, a stone’s throw from the Tron Bar and the City Café – the result of a two-year search for a new home for the not-for-profit,
volunteer-run club after the fire that burned Velvet’s former home Mariners to the ground. ‘Many of our Velvet regulars have had very few
nights out, and some none, since Velvet took time out,’ says club organiser Jean Genie. ‘So we are all very excited about meeting up again to hang out with friends, meet new friends and to dance to fab tunes.’
With DJs Trendy Wendy and Jeremy providing the music alongside the regular Velvet DJs it’s likely to be a night to remember. And there’s more to come, with future Velvet dates already pencilled in for June and July. (Allan Radcliffe) ■ www.myspace.com/velvet
624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. ■ Women’s Football LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–8pm. £3. Kick-around for women of any age and any ability.
Thursday 6 Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29.
Friday 7
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. Saturday 8
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. ■ Loud & Proud Spring Concert George Square Theatre, University of Edinburgh, George Square, 0131 473 2000. 8pm. £9 (£7). A seasonal programme from Edinburgh's LGBT a cappella choir. Numbers by Abba, Diana Ross, Peggy Seeger, Rufus Wainwright and U2 are among the repertoire that will put a spring into your step. See www.loudandproudchoir.org ■ Velvet Cabaret Voltaire, 36–38 Blair Street, 220 6176. 10.30pm–3am. £4 before 11pm; £6 (£5) after. After a lengthy absence the much-missed women’s club night with an inclusive LGBTI policy and some kickin’ tunes returns at a new venue – The Cab’s SpeakEasy – for a re-launch party.
Sunday 9 Glasgow ■ Saltire Thistle FC Powerleague, Kennedy Street, Townhead. 4pm. £5. See Sun 2.
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. ■ Badminton Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 2–4pm. £3. See Sun 2.
Monday 10
Glasgow ■ The History Boys Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.30pm. £12–£30. Alan Bennett’s multi award-winning play of staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence has its first major revival since the massively popular National Theatre production and subsequent film version. ■ Passionality Byblos, Unit Q, Merchant Square, 71 Albion Street, 552 3895. 11.30pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Mon 3. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 5.30–8pm. See Mon 3.
Tuesday 11
Glasgow ■ The History Boys Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.30pm. £12–£30. See Mon 10. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. ■ Badminton LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. £tbc. See Tue 4.
St Andrews ■ Beautiful Thing Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 7.30pm.
£14 (£6–£12). Stage version of Jonathan Harvey’s tender tale about a teenager who falls for his neighbour, Ste.
Wednesday 12
Glasgow ■ The History Boys Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 7.30pm. £12–£30. See Mon 10. ■ Home The Tunnel, 84 Mitchell Street, 204 1000. 11pm–3am. £3 (£2). See Wed 5.
Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29. ■ Women’s Football LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–8pm. £3. See Wed 5. FREE Word LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. 7–9pm. Women’s book group held monthly at the centre. FREE Icebreakers The Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Terrace, 523 1100. 7.30–9.30pm. Social group for people who want to make new friends in LGBT company, now at the lovely and friendly Regent Bar and organised by the LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing. St Andrews ■ Beautiful Thing Byre Theatre, Abbey Street, 01334 475000. 1.30pm & 7.30pm. £14 (£6–£12). See Tue 11.
Thursday 13
Glasgow ■ The History Boys Theatre Royal, 282 Hope Street, 0844 871 7647. 2.30pm & 7.30pm. £12–£30. See Mon 10. Edinburgh FREE ARTIST ROOMS: Diane Arbus Dean Gallery, 73 Belford Road, 624 6200. 10am–5pm. See Thu 29.