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Events are listed by city, then by type. Submit listings at least 14 days before publication to lgbt@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Kirstyn Smith.
GLASGOW
Activities & Events FREE Ron Athey in Conversation Thu 13 Nov, 7.30pm. Gilmorehill Centre, 9 University Avenue, University of Glasgow, 330 2892. Athey talks about the performances he’s put on in relation to AIDS and explores the precarity of the human body. Part of Glasgay!. John Waters: This Filthy World Vol 2 Fri 14 Nov, 7pm. £25. O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. A celebration of the joyously appalling taste of America’s most notorious filmmaker John Waters. Glasgay!.
Arts Slope Thu 13–Sat 15 Nov & Tue 18–Fri 21 Nov, 7.30pm. Sat 22 Nov 2.30 & 7.30pm. £12 (£2–£8.50). Citizens Theatre, 119 Gorbals Street, 429 0022. Untitled Projects reconceive their 2006 production of Pamela Carter’s Slope. See feature, page 28. Glasgay!. Josh Armstrong: These Delicate Things Thu 13–Sat 15 Nov, 8pm. £10 (£8). CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, 352 4900. A two-act performance piece exploring the life of photographer Francesca Woodman. Glasgay!. Lady Gaga’s artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball Sun 16 Nov, 7.30pm. £35–£90. The SSE Hydro, Exhibition Way, 248 3000. Big electro tunes and even bigger costumes from poker-faced Gaga. Erasure Fri 21 Nov, 7pm. £35. O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton Street, 0844 477 2000. 80s electro-pop darlings Vince Clarke and Andy Bell. Clubs Mouse & Reservoir Ducks Fri 14 Nov, 11pm–3am. £7 (£5). The Art School, 20 Scott Street, theartschool.co.uk DJ Hush and Casey O’Connell present this queer club night with physical performer / erotic star Mouse, plus Reservoir Ducks – Anna Frisch’s performance about ducks who discover gender power. Glasgay!. TYCI Sat 15 Nov, 11pm–3am. Free before midnight; £2 after; free all night if you write ‘TYCI’ on your knuckles. Bloc+, 117 Bath Street, 574 6066. TYCI is two years old this month and, to celebrate, they have Girlpool playing live and Grainne Braithwaite on the decks. Yes! Fri 5 Dec, 8pm–3am. Free before midnight; £5 after. The Flying Duck, 142 Renfield Street, 564 1450. Gay night that plays indie and guitar bands, with the emphasis firmly on music from classic artists and cutting edge acts. FREE Bears in the West Fri 5 Dec, 9pm–1am. Underground Glasgow, 6a John Street, 553 2456. A wee festive special with DJ Corkie providing the sounds and plenty of sweets to go round.
EDINBURGH
Activities & Events FREE Rubyfruits Sundays, 2pm. The 68 THE LIST 13 Nov–11 Dec 2014
Regent, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. Social evenings for lesbian and bisexual ladies. FREE LGBT Centre Drop-in Mondays, 5.30–8pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Drop-in service to meet new people, get info and catch up on the latest goss. FREE Bi & Beyond Wed 19 Nov & 3 Dec, 7–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Space for bisexual (and beyond) people to get together. FREE Rubyfruits Wednesdays, 7.30pm. Woodland Creatures, 260–262 Leith Walk, 629 5509. See Edinburgh, Activities & Events. FREE LGBT Swimming Sat 22 Nov & 6 Dec, 2.15–4pm. Glenogle Swim Centre, Glenogle Road Stockbridge, 343 6376. A dedicated pool session just for the LGBT community. FREE Community Discussion: The Future of LGBT Equality in Scotland Wed 26 Nov, 6.30–9.30pm. Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road, 447 4520. A panel discussion to explore what LGBT people and their allies hope for the future. FREE Edinburgh Gay Men’s Book Group Wed 26 Nov, 7–9pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Book club for gents with a lust for reading. FREE Icebreakers Wed 26 Nov, 7.30–9.30pm. The Regent, 2 Montrose Terrace, 661 8198. A chance to make new friends in LGBT company. FREE The Big LGBT Music Jam Sat 6 Dec, 1–4pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. Music-making in a creative and supportive environment. FREE Trans Women Sat 6 Dec, 7.30–9.30pm. LGBT Centre for Health & Wellbeing, 9 Howe Street, 523 1100. A monthly group meeting for transgender women. FREE Just for Men Wed 10 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm. Woodland Creatures, 260–262 Leith Walk, 629 5509. Social meet up for gay, bisexual and transgender men.
Arts Erasure Thu 20 Nov, 7pm. £35. Corn Exchange, 11 Newmarket Road, 477 3500. See Glasgow, Arts. Slope Wed 26–Sat 29 Nov, 8pm. £16 (£8–£13). Traverse Theatre, Cambridge Street, 228 1404. See Glasgow, Arts. Edinburgh Gay Men’s Chorus: Elements Sat 29 Nov, 8pm. £9.50 (£6.50). Church Hill Theatre, 33 Morningside Road, 447 7597. A blend of music inspired by earth, wind, water and fire from EGMC. Clubs Torture Garden Sat 15 Nov, 9pm– 3am. £18. The Caves, Niddry Street South, 557 8989. The world’s leading body art, fetish and twisted burlesque club with a hard house, electro, dubstep, rock’n’roll and mash-up playlist. Hot Mess Fri 28 Nov, 11pm–3am. £4 before 11.30pm; £6 after. The Annexe at the Liquid Room, 9c Victoria Street, Entrance via Cowgate, 225 2564. Queer dance party with pop classics, obscure synthwave, house, techno and disco from the safe hands of DJ Simonotron.
UNFETTERED DEBAUCHERY DIVE PRESENTS UNTAMED Summerhall, Edinburgh, Fri 21 Nov
Everyone’s favourite offbeat venue Summerhall plays host to ‘an alternative performance party for curious creatures’ when popular Sunday night queer disco DIVE debuts Untamed, its quirky new Friday night event that is unlike anything you’ve seen before. In a night that sounds as though it could have been curated by Rocky
Horror’s Doctor Frank-N-Furter, the abandoned Small Animal Hospital in the labyrinthine old vet college is a suitably unsettling setting for a caged bar, an operating theatre-cum-dancefloor and live art, performance and film installations. ‘Experimentalist and general weirdo’ Miss Annabel Sings will be
compering an evening of music and mayhem, with performances from Le Pustra (‘vaudeville’s darkest muse’) who doesn’t just make art: he is art. Joining them will be DIVE regular Ste McCabe (pictured) with tunes from his new album, Brains of Britain, which have been described as ‘political pop songs from a gay punk council flat dungeon’, and the gorgeous Taylor Huxley, a Marilyn Monroe-esque diva who gives new meaning to the usually disappointing roles of model-slash-actor.
Plus, there’s international duo Modifier peddling their particular brand of transglobal electronica; Sean Kerwin and Chris Shelswell live on opposite sides of the world (Kerwin in Glasgow and Shelswell in New Zealand), but they combine their talents online to create a vibrant collaboration.
DIVE has a reputation for giving punters the ultimate in quirky queer disco, and Untamed promises to be a night of dark decadence with music, drag, live art and performance. There’s something for everyone, provided you like old school glamour with a perverted twist; if you don’t, Untamed might just be the initiation ceremony you need. Despite the setting, no animals will be harmed in the making of this event: except for the consenting human variety, of course. (Kaite Welsh)