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VISUAL ART Plant Scenery of the World
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COMEDY Nick Helm
Inspired by the half-century anniversary of the modernist glasshouse in the nearby Botanics, archive material is placed alongside freshly commissioned work by new artists. See Highlights, page 91, and review at list.co.uk/visual art. Inverleith House, Edinburgh, until Sun 29 Oct. He might be promising a little more sitting down than usual, but with There Is Nothing You Can Do to Me That I Haven’t Already Done to Myself, you can expect some intimate and sweat-fuelled music, poems and interaction. See feature, page 27. Òran Mór, Glasgow, Fri 13 Oct.
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4 Scottish Ballet: Stravinsky Scottish Ballet’s Stravinsky season lays on The Fairy’s Kiss (inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ice Maiden) and The Rite of Spring. See feature, page 20. Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Fri 6 & Sat 7 Oct; Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Wed 11–Fri 13 Oct.
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FILM Call Me By Your Name
A big hit in Sundance at the start of the year, this 1980s-set Italian love story and coming of age drama, about an academic and a young man, is directed by Luca Guadagnino who made 2015’s A Bigger Splash and the upcoming Suspiria remake. See review, page 56. Released Fri 27 Oct.
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KIDS Music, The Universe and Everything
Blue Peter’s ‘Science Guy’, Greg Foot, joins forces with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for an afternoon in which you’ll find out how sound waves work and what exactly is going on in your ears. See preview, page 61. City Halls, Glasgow, Sun 8 Oct.
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FILM Thor: Ragnorok
More 80s-based business as Thor, Hulk, Loki and Valkyrie team up to take on the Goddess of Death (aka Cate Blanchett). A sharp detour in pace and style from New Zealand director Taika Waititi whose last movie was Hunt for the Wilderpeople. See Highlights, page 58. Released Fri 27 Oct.
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CHOSEN BY LITERARY DUNDEE DIRECTOR PEGGY HUGHES Luminate
Ageing: we’re all doing it. And yet it’s not something people are comfortable talking about, let alone celebrating. Luminate, Scotland’s festival of creative ageing, came along six years ago to address that, and this year presents its latest festival, with a wide range of creative events and activities organised with, by and for older people across Scotland. I love Luminate because the programme is diverse and full of surprises, both celebrating creativity in older people and showcasing it. The programme isn’t out yet but in festivals past I’ve attended a tea dance, a spoken-word slam, and a gig, all starring fabulous older people, some living with dementia. With dance, drama, music, visual arts, storytelling, photography and craft all over the country, Luminate shows us that creativity has no age, and that age is just a number. Dundee Literary Festival, various venues, Wed 18–Sun 22 Oct; Luminate, various venues across Scotland, Sun 1–Tue 31 Oct.
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