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4 COMEDY Miranda Hart
5 FILM Dragnet Girl
The endearingly funny star of television’s Miranda visits the Hydro on her debut UK arena tour, as part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival. See feature, page 18, which also covers several of the GCF’s other highlights. The Hydro, Glasgow, Mon 17 & Tue 18 Mar. Yasujirö Ozu’s 1933 gangster film is screening as part of the Bo’ness Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema, a four-day celebration of the silent movie genre. See festival preview, page 53. Hippodrome Cinema, Bo’ness, Sat 15 Mar.
6 THEATRE Dark Vanilla Jungle
7 BOOKS / KIDS Wee Write Family Day
8 TECH Titanfall
Game of Thrones star Gemma Whelan was rightly praised for her role as an abused schoolgirl in this one-hander at last year’s Fringe. Now it’s back for a UK tour. See preview, page 89, and original review on list.co.uk. Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, Thu 27 Feb–Sat 1 Mar. The junior wing of Glasgow’s Aye Write! literary festival hosts a fun- packed day of events, including sessions dedicated to What’s the Time, Mr Wolf? and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. See preview, page 62. Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Sat 8 Mar.
This much-hyped, online-only videogame looks set to transform the first-person shooter genre, especially with Call of Duty developers Jason West and Vince Zampella taking the reins. See feature, page 26. PC / Xbox 360 / Xbox One, Fri 14 Mar.
9 VISUAL ART Tania Kovats: Oceans Participants across the globe have contributed to this exhibition by environmental artist Kovats, sending samples of bottled water from all the oceans and seas on Earth. See preview, page 102. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 15 Mar–Sun 25 May.
10 CHOSEN BY ARTIST THOMAS ANDERSON All Night Horror Madness
On Saturday 8 March, old Edinburgh favourite the Cameo will once again be rounding up the best (or worst, depending on how you look at it) horror films it can find for the eighth in its ongoing series of ever-popular All Night Horror Madness events. Set in the authentic atmosphere of the 100-year-old Cameo Cinema, the marathon event kicks off at 11pm and runs for a full 500 minutes through the night. No doubt the screening will be full of all things that go bump in the night, so don’t bet on getting any shut eye this weekend! All Night Horror Madness, Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh, Sat 8 Mar; Grosvenor Cinema, Glasgow, Sat 15 Mar – see film.list.co.uk for film line-ups on both nights. Thomas Anderson’s new exhibition, Rest Assured, is at Summerhall, Edinburgh, until Sat 22 Mar.
20 Feb–20 Mar 2014 THE LIST 5