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Scotland’s largest re-enactment show
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Picnic boxes from £12 available to take away to picnic in the park
All day breakfast at £8 and kids menu also available
We source responsibly using free range meat and eggs and we recycle all our paper waste, plastic, tin and glass
We make everything on the premises freshly ourselves. Cakes, scones, cupcakes as well as salads, veggie burgers, quiche and lasagne
Hitlisted and specially recommended
for outdoor dinning in The List Eat & Drinking Guide 2011
Kelvingrove Park Glasgow G3 7LH Tel: 0784 646 3614 www.kelvingroveparkcafe.co.uk 4–11 Aug 2011 THE LIST 101
Teenagers and horror. Go together like bread and butter, or tabloids and phone-hacking. To celebrate her 20th year as Scottish Youth Theatre’s artistic director, Mary McCluskey has turned to the dark side for their 2011 Summer Festival. Ghoulish productions include rock musical Prom Night of the Living Dead, Sarah Argent’s play Born Bad? and devised production Zombiism (n). See preview, page 111. Full details at scottishyouththeatre.org ■ Tron Theatre and Scottish Youth Theatre, Mon 1–Sat 6 Aug, times and prices vary through productions.
OUTSIDE THE FESTIVALS Dye a Skein of Yarn Sat 6 Aug, 2–5pm. £30. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. Dye a skein of yarn using this traditional, hands-on method and see what patterns you end up with. Gloves, aprons, materials and tea/coffee included. Old clothes recommended. Booking essential. The Actor’s Bothy Sat 6 Aug, 6pm. £5. CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A weekly Meisner studio for professional actors and students who want to maintain or learn more about this technique. FREE The Pipers Trails Mon 8 Aug–Wed 10 Aug, 10am. George Square, pipinglive.co.uk Join Army pipers and drummers for a come and try session. Part of Piping Live! Crochet a Granny Square Tue 9 Aug, 2–5pm. £25. Make It Glasgow, 3 Osborne Street, 07597 122809. Extend basic crochet techniques and learn to make some simple designs. Materials and tea/coffee included. FREE Adult Art Workshops Wed 10 Aug, 10am–noon. Burrell Collection, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 287 2550. A gallery tour followed by a practical art workshop. Places strictly limited – book early to avoid disappointment. This month’s theme is food art.
OUTSIDE THE CITIES Aberdour Festival Until Sun 7 Aug, times vary. Prices vary. Various venues, Aberdour, 01383 860862. Whether it’s flower arranging, shinty, stand-up comedy or just a picnic in a castle accompanied by swing music you’re
after, it’s probably at this surprisingly busy and diverse festival in the Jewel of Fife. Traquair Fair Sat 6 & Sun 7 Aug, 11am–6pm. £21 (£15; family ticket £48). Traquair House, Innerleithen, 01896 830323. Popular annual family event returns with a fiery theme
and entertainment including fire
breathing, Voodoo Unicyling performance group, stilt act Turbo Jonez and the Temple of Boom, and the Explosive Dholi drummers. There’s also live music, crafts and an array of books, stories, puppets and swing boats for the wee ones. Save money Subscribe
see page 119 for details