Further Afield: 9 Shows to see across Scotland
Get yourself away from the central belt and out into various parts of Scotland where the cultural landscape is just as rich and varied. Among the upcoming highlights this month are a wild tribute to a classic slice of crime-solving TV, a half-man half-werewolf comedian, and a music festival in the heart of Scotland
Aberdeen
Elevated Dreams
This collection celebrates the creativity of the late Austrian artist Antonia Jabloner who came to the northeast of Scotland as a refugee after the outbreak of the Second World War.
Aberdeen Art Gallery, until Sunday 10 January.
Arbroath
Your Meaning Not Your Materiality
A one-off collaboration between Florence Peake and Scottish Dance Theatre to accompany the former’s exhibition will feature her sculptures being animated. It tackles themes of loss and the human desire to cope in the face of grief.
Hospitalfield House, Saturday 16 August.
Boness
Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote
Games, prizes and a whole heap of audience participation can be expected in this fiesta which celebrates of a specific Murder She Wrote episode in which Angela Lansbury played both Jessica Fletcher and her identical twin cousin…
Hippodrome, Wednesday 5 August.
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Falkirk
Iron And Clay
A selection from an archive of photographs of foundries and brickworks taken by Tom Astbury who worked as the photographer for Falkirk Council’s Museum Service between 1979 and 1983.
Callendar House, until Sunday 16 August.
Hawick
The Real Lady Macbeth
First performed at the 1982 Edinburgh Fringe, writer Stuart Delves has contributed some new sections to bring the script up to date and show that fake news is not exactly a modern concept.
Cornucopia Unit 4, Sunday 19 & Monday 20 July.
Inverness
Stewart Lee
The ever innovative comic once performed in character with streaks of bacon across his face and here he dons a huge werewolf costume for as he shares stage time with a forest-dwelling act who hates humanity.
Eden Court, Friday 17 July.
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Perth
Dunedin Consort
Featuring 300-year-old music, In The Belly Of The Beast combines the beauty and intimacy of the baroque cantata, with bold theatrical storytelling. For this touring show, Dunedin Consort have teamed up with Mahogany Opera and inclusive feminist opera company Hera.
Perth Theatre, Thursday 2 July.
Stirling
Three Rivers Festival
‘Music in the heart of Scotland’ featuring works by Brahms, Rachmaninov and Chopin but also some jazz, ‘The Selkie’s Song’ and musical fun for pre-schoolers.
Various venues, Monday 13–Sunday 19 July.
Thornhill
Majd Abdel Hamid & Katie Schwab
Two exhibitions run side by side through the summer, Palestinian artist Hamid’s Murmuration and Glasgow-based creator Schwab’s The Warp And Woof Of My Self.
Cample Line, until 6 September.