SCOTLAND’S WINTER FESTIVALS Scotland Sings
Winter is Scotland is all about getting cosy with the most delectable comfort foods and good old knees-up to celebrate our most important cultural celebrations - St Andrew’s Day, Christmas, Hogmanay and Burns Night. Scotland’s Winter Festivals’ vibrant event
programme brings together people from all over the world to celebrate Scotland’s modern culture and traditions through the best of Scottish music, arts, food and drink, innovation and entertainment. Kicking off with St Andrews celebrations at the
end of November when many of the country’s top visitor attractions will open to the public for free over the weekend of 1-2 December. Look out for details on Historic Scotland’s popular ticket giveaway at over 40 winter properties. Emergency Exits Arts, one of the UK’s leading
participatory arts companies, have created a show especially for St Andrews celebrations that promises an amazing Scottish carnival of contemporary dance, a fantastic light show, dazzling fi reworks and a unique twist on the sound of pipes and drums performed on the Edinburgh castle esplanade on the evening of 30 November. Party in Glasgow from 30 November through to 2 December beginning with a packed evening of traditional ceilidh music fused with modern rock. Keep the cold at bay with a wee jig and hot toddies at the ready!
Over the same weekend choirs will be popping up as part of Scotland Sings, from Gaelic choirs in Paisley to a Singing Trail in Perth, make sure you join in and sing from the rooftops! Out in East Lothian, The Saltire (24 Nov-2 Dec) celebrates the history of our national fl ag while Fife devotes a whole festival in celebration of our patron saint, St Andrews Festival takes place from 23 Nov-2 Dec.
For more information on what’s happening over winter including Hogmanay and Burns Night events visit scotland.org/winter.
year olds. With year olds. With a very special mountain goat at the a very special mountain goat at the centre, the production uses interaction, puppets, centre the production uses interaction puppets music and song to keep the kids entertained (28 Nov-23 Dec). scottishopera.org.uk
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA Running with the theme of the fantastic, the Royal National Orchestra performs Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique as part of the company’s Naked Classics season. Uncover an electrifying story borne from the unrequited love of its master and performed by a 100-strong and performed by a 100-strong
Scottish Opera’s The Magic Flute
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Celebrate the festive season and keep the kids entertained with our National Orchestra’s Children’s Classic Concerts: It’s Snowtime! (8 & 9 Dec) and one for the whole family to join in, The RSNO Christmas Concert (22 & 23 Dec). rsno.org.uk
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Be carried away by contrast of the Choral Romance (29 & 30 Nov), from the whimsical notes of Brahms’ Liebeslieder Walzer to Schumann’s extroverted Overture, Scherzo and Finale. extroverted Overture, Sche The juxtaposition of composers results in a The juxtaposition of compo
thought-provoking performance. sco.org.uk NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND The National Theatre of Scotland are keeping busy touring their productions internationally, but i you can still catch y performances of Jump, a p fusion of physical theatre, fu storytelling and parkour, s at Platform in Glasgow at (22 & 23 Nov) and Rothes (2 Hall, Glenrothes (28 & 29 Ha Nov). No nat nationaltheatrescotland. com com
Scottish Ballet - The Nutcracker
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