AROUND TOWN

Now extended until this weekend, the Olivier Award-winning La Clique (until Sunday 31 August) are continuing their run at The Famous Spiegeltent, as they mark their 21st anniversary by bringing their uniquely entertaining mix of cabaret and circus to Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square Gardens.

Promising ten days of mixology magic, the Glasgow Cocktail Festival (Friday 29 August – Sunday 7 September) is a city-wide cocktail and mocktail extravaganza. Grab your wristband and head to some of Glasgow’s buzziest bars, from the West End to Merchant City.

Meanwhile, foodies in and around Edinburgh will want to check out Portobello Food Market (Sunday 31 August), which will be setting out its stalls in the historic Portobello Town Hall. Featuring food and drink producers from across the country and a variety of international street food options.

MUSIC

Glasgow’s legendary Barrowland Ballroom will be playing host to US indie crooner Father John Misty (Thursday 28 & Friday 29 August). Expect tracks from his most recent studio album, Mahashmashana, and some older favourites.

Indie four-piece Seneka (Friday 29 August) are coming back together for their ten-year reunion gig, A Decade Of Devotion, at Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms. They’ll be performing their 2014 album, Man Made Earthquake, in its entirety and maybe throwing in a few covers.

Bringing shedloads of desi energy to Glasgow City Halls this weekend will be Arif Lohar, The Lohar Boys And Roach Killa (Sunday 31 August), as they swing by Scotland for the final show of their global tour.

STAGE

Spooky stage phenomenon 2:22 A Ghost Story (until Saturday 30 August) has been scaring up a storm at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre this week, with real-life couple Kevin Clifton and Stacey Dooley joined by Grant Kilburn and Shvorne Marks in the cast.

Or if you’re looking to entertain the wee ones then In The Night Garden Live (Wednesday 3 September) is sure to deliver. Join all your CBeebies favourites as the gang gather on stage for new live show Igglepiggle’s Busy Day.

Meanwhile, if you’re not all laughed out from the Fringe, Stu & Garry’s Improv Show (Tuesday 2 September) at Edinburgh’s The Stand will be keeping the gags coming. This long-running show sees the titular residents take your suggestions and spin them into comedy gold.

SCREEN

Streaming on Netflix from today, fans of Richard Osman’s cosy crime fiction will be able to see their favourite characters hit the small screen in Chris Columbus’s take on The Thursday Murder Club. Helen Mirren, Celia Imrie, Ben Kingsley and Pierce Brosnan play the crime-solving quartet.

And just when you thought it was safe to go back into the cinema, the original summer blockbuster Jaws (Saturday 30 August & Sunday 31 August) is back for its 50th anniversary, with Edinburgh’s Scotsman Picturehouse amongst those putting on screenings.

While over at the city’s Filmhouse, alongside their own screenings of Jaws, they have a 4K restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville’s classic 1967 thriller Le Samouraï (Saturday 30 August), starring Alain Delon as a hitman trying to discover who hired him for a job and then tried to kill him.

PODCASTS

In Shadow World: The People Vs McDonalds comedian Mark Steel tells the story of two activists who came up against the world’s biggest fast-food company during the longest trial in English history.

The Evil Genius podcast becomes Evil Animals as host Russell Kane, accompanied by comedy pals and animal experts, puts some infamous creatures on trial. Kicking off with hamsters, the series will also cover vampire bats, domestic cats and maggots.

In brand-new podcast Lunchbox Envy QI researchers Jack Chambers and Manu Henriot are joined by chef and food writer Rosie MacKean to geek out about food, with the trio taking a deep dive into different foodstuffs in each tastebud-tingling episode.

VISUAL ART

Jamaican Journeys: Identity, Place And Conversations Through Art (until Friday 24 October) at Dundee’s Lamb Gallery brings together paintings, sculpture, photography and printmaking to celebrate the diverse and vibrant visual culture that has emerged from Jamaica since its independence.

Edinburgh Printmakers are the hosts of Aqsa Arif: Raindrops Of Rani (until Sunday 2 November), an exhibition of new work from the interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker that was nominated for Best Rising Scottish Artist at this year’s List Festival Awards. Featuring a short film and digital and screen-printed textiles which draw from Arif’s family’s experience within the UK asylum system.

And finally, one of Scotland’s largest open-entry art exhibitions, the Big Art Show (Saturday 30 August – Saturday 15 November) opens this weekend at The Art Department in Paisley. Expect more than 1000 artworks, with prizes awarded and the majority of pieces available to buy.