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1 COMEDY Glasgow International Comedy Festival A truly excellent line-up has been gathered for this year’s GICF with a typically diverse range of local, national and international funny folk. Among the talents appearing are Romesh Ranganathan (pictured), Frankie Boyle, Ardal O’Hanlon, Jenny Éclair and Richard Herring plus a whole host of people who have appeared in Scot Squad. See feature, page 27 and previews, page 54. Various venues, Glasgow, Thu 10–Sun 27 Mar.
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Once again, Scotland’s poetry festival pulls together another very fine array of verse experts such as Lemn Sissay (pictured), Christine De Luca, Don Paterson, Rebecca Sharp and Thomas Lynch. But it’s not all about the poetry as there’s a programme of visual art, architecture, music and film events too. See preview, page 51. Various venues, St Andrews, Wed 2–Sun 6 Mar. Dubbed ‘Scotland’s greatest modernist ruin’, St Peter’s Seminary is transformed into a light and sound spectacular by those clever NVA public art folks. A very fitting space to launch the country’s year-long Festival of Architecture. See feature, page 36. St Peter’s Seminary, Cardross, Fri 18–Sun 27 Mar.
6 THE LIST 4 Feb–7 Apr 2016