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FILM The Imitation Game
You could argue that Matthew Bourne was born to adapt Tim Burton’s iconic movie for the dance stage. In this first major revival of his version, we head back to the 1950s to meet a boy whose dance moves are almost as sharp as his paws. See preview, page 90. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Wed 19–Sat 22 Nov. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Enigma code-breaker Alan Turing in a performance which has some critics mentioning the ‘O’ word. With Timothy Spall attracting similar plaudits for his role in Mr Turner, it could be a vintage year for British acting. See review, page 59. General release from Fri 14 Nov.
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Book Week Scotland Alan Bissett (pictured), Robert Louis Stevenson and James Robertson appear in flesh or spirit during Book Week Scotland with the sole aim of getting Scots reading even more. See previews, page 46 and 49. Various venues, Scotland, Mon 24– Sun 30 Nov.
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FILM Teknowomen
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VISUAL ART Shot at Dawn
Technological playthings can sometimes be seen as a bunch of boys toys, but this series of films aims to show that strong women and sci-fi are not mutually exclusive. See feature, page 18. Glasgow Film Theatre and Glasgow Women’s Library, Sun 23 Nov–Sat 6 Dec. Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan are back in the chilling Belfast-set serial killer drama in which dark- haired women are bumped off in horrible ways by an apparent model citizen. But is the net finally closing on him? See review, page 33. BBC Two, starts Thu 13 Nov, 9pm.
Between 1914 and 1918, many Allied soldiers were shot for cowardice or desertion. This photographic exhibition by Chloe Dewe Mathews captures the locations where such state-sanctioned executions took place. See feature, page 27. Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, until Sun 25 Jan.
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CHOSEN BY ARTIST AUGUSTUS VEINOGLOU This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds I look up and think that birds are the best practitioners of liberty. The idea makes me question human history and our current ways of existence. I am zooming out to see how the bird surveys the earth and to see myself, battling, trying
to communicate, claiming my place on earth; all very human things to do. The upcoming cross-dialogue exhibition in CCA by Manuel Chavajay and Rebecca Wilcox echoes that battle of human energies invested in language and territorial presence. Their work ought to bridge the ‘there’ and ‘here’ and make us question our own cultural histories and current affairs. Dust and smoke in our horizon: can we offer it sanctuary? Can our cities be a place for hummingbirds? This Might Be a Place for Hummingbirds, CCA, Glasgow, Fri 14 Nov–Sun 18 Jan; Augustus Veinoglou will be exhibiting in Another Athens, a creative writing project between artists in Edinburgh and Athens showing at Interview Room 11, Edinburgh, Wed 26 Nov–Sat 20 Dec. Another Athens will be exhibited at Snehta, Athens, in 2015.
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