AROUND TOWN

If you’re into nature recovery or would like to know more then The Big Picture Conference: Scotland’s Rewilding Event (Saturday 14 September) combines inspiring, informative presentations, learning opportunities and rewilding chat. Check it out at Perth Concert Hall.

The Edinburgh Multicultural Festival (Sunday 15 September) is back, bringing a fun, eclectic mix of music, dance, poetry and theatre to Lauriston Castle in celebration of the diverse range of talent that enriches and entertains the city.

Billed as a ‘festival of creativity and curious happenings’, Vogrie Pogrie (Friday 13 – Saturday 15 September) is set in the stunning surroundings of Vogrie Country Park. Open to both campers and day visitors, it blends theatre, live music, jam sessions, circus, comedy, kids’ stuff and more.

MUSIC

Mercury nominated singer-songwriter and founder member of Lamb, Lou Rhodes, and Urban Cookie Collective’s acclaimed songwriter and keyboardist, Rohan Heath, have joined forces for new project Kiiōtō (Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 September). Hear tracks from their debut, As Dust We Rise, at Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms and Glasgow’s Mono this weekend.

Throw some shapes to some classic retro tracks as 90s festival Save The Rave (Saturday 14 September) hits Perth’s Scone Palace. Expect acid house anthems aplenty, alongside street food, performers and giveaways.

Best known for ‘How Long’, Paul Carrack (Saturday 15 September) was the frontman for Ace and also worked with Squeeze and Mike + The Mechanics, as well as enjoying a solo career. Join him at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall as he celebrates 50 years since his most famous hit.

STAGE

Fans of Ian Rankin’s iconic bobby are in for a treat with Rebus: A Game Called Malice (until Saturday 14 September), a mystery created specifically for the stage. Now showing at Festival Theatre Edinburgh, it sees the inspector get stuck into a murder mystery game which proves very revealing.

There’s even more intrigue in store in Snake In The Grass at Dundee Rep (until Saturday 5 October). It’s an adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn’s play in which two sisters return to their childhood home following the death of their father, before digging up some family secrets.

Rising star of Scottish stand-up and co-host of the popular Here Comes The Guillotine podcast, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd (Saturday 14 September) is a Glaswegian comic who will be making ‘em laugh in his latest show. Catch it at Stirling’s Tolbooth.

SCREEN

Scotland’s favourite screen psycho James McAvoy gets stuck into some more menacing in Speak No Evil, a remake of the 2022 Danish horror, from director James Watkins (Eden Lake, The Woman In Black). Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi and Scoot McNairy co-star.

Kate Winslet plays the great American photographer Lee Miller in Ellen Kuras’s biopic Lee, showing how she went from a career as a model to chronicling the events of World War II as Vogue’s war correspondent.

Speaking of the iconic fashion mag, new Disney+ series In Vogue: The 90s tells the story of the fashion industry during the titular decade, through the eyes of Vogue’s editors, and features contributions from the likes of Naomi Campbell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss and Jean Paul Gaultier.

PODCASTS

The Good Fight actress goes back to the beginning with a host of celebrity guests in Origins With Cush Jumbo, learning about their background, childhood and early inspirations. Listen to her chats with Poppy Delevingne, Golda Rosheuvel, and more.

Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club is back with comedians Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd reopening their space for lonely outsiders to feel accepted and appreciated, as they recommend some unusual titles.

Also returning is Uncharted With Hannah Fry in which the popular mathematician shares ten tales of data and discovery, taking in love, life-saving cures, corporate scandals, earthquakes and mysterious sea sounds.

VISUAL ART

If you haven’t caught it yet, then now might be the time to check out Kimono: Kyoto To Catwalk (until Sunday 5 January), V&A Dundee’s fascinating exhibition revealing the story of this icon of fashion, tracing its evolution from 17th century Japan to cutting-edge couture, Jedi knights and rock stars.

Meanwhile, Edinburgh Printmakers are playing host to Stories Of The Unseen: Tayo Adekunle (until Sunday 10 November), a presentation of the photographer and visual artist’s work which explores issues surrounding race, gender and sexuality, as well as racial and colonial history.

And finally, Scott Myles – Head In A Bell (until Sunday 23 February) at the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art brings together painting, sculpture, print, moving image and sound by the artist in question. At the centre of it all is synthesizer sculpture ‘Instrument For The People Of Glasgow’. 

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