The top events and shows that you do not want to miss.
Pasha Kovalev: Life Through Dance Aberdeen Music Hall, Falkirk Town Hall, Gaiety Theatre, Ayr, Tuesday to Thursday
The current Strictly Come Dancing champ performs his own show, as he and his dancers transport the audience into the world of ballroom and Latin dance.
Life Through Dance is a non-stop journey through life and love, expressed by dance. The production features breath-taking choreography, sensational music and amazing costumes.
A Little Chaos Out Friday
Alan Rickman directs Kate Winslet in this lavish romantic drama set in 17th Century France.
Sabine (Winslet) is a strong-willed landscape designer who challenges sexual and class barriers when she is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis XIV’s new palace at Versailles.
Her appointment leads her to become professionally and amorously entangled with the court’s renowned landscape architect. Historically suspect, perhaps, but ce n’est pas un probleme as they say in Paris.
Sister Act King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Tuesday to Saturday
Presented by the Pantheon company and based on the popular Whoopi Goldberg movie, Sister Act is a feel-good musical comedy featuring original music by Tony and Oscar winner Alan Menken.
After witnessing a murder, disco star Deloris Van Cartier has to go into protective custody and ends up in the place where she’s least likely to be found a convent!
Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own.
Mother Of All The Peoples: The Life And Work Of Mary Slessor Dundee Rep Theatre, Wednesday to Friday
Born in Aberdeen and raised in Dundee, Mary Slessor would follow in the footsteps of missionary and explorer David Livingstone and embark on a journey that changed many, many lives.
This play takes the audience back in time with Mary as she reflects on her inauspicious beginnings and unlikely journey to Africa.
RSNO: The Golden Age Of Film Music Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Saturday
Glamorous stars, spectacular sets and epic adventures, but none of it would have had the same impact were it not for the fantastic music.
One of the most in-demand conductors in the world, Richard Kaufman joins the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to sweep the audience through some of the most passionate soundtracks of Hollywood’s Golden Age, including music from Spartacus, North by Northwest, The Magnificent Seven and Gone with the Wind.
Child 44 Out Friday
As a Soviet military police officer during the Stalinist era, Leo Demidov (Tom Hardy) never questions his paymasters or his patriotic duty.
But when his beloved wife is accused of being a traitor and Leo refuses to denounce her, he loses favour and is posted to a remote work camp as punishment.
Once there he stumbles across a series of child murders that match the unsolved death of a close friend’s son. Investigating further, he makes a connection that puts his own life in danger. Gary Oldman also stars.
The Woman In Black Tuesday to Saturday, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
A gripping theatrical exploration of terror, thrilling audiences of all ages with its unique blend of suspense, drama and bold stagecraft.
Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, Eel Marsh House’s sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets that lie hidden behind the shuttered windows.
The Woman in Black has enthralled over seven million people since its original debut.
Whisky Galore Oran Mor, Glasgow, Monday to Saturday
Presented by The National Theatre of Scotland, Robhanis and A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Iain Finlay MacLeod’s adaptation is set on the present day island of Todday and is a modern re-telling of the charming comedy, made famous by the 1949 Ealing film.
This adaption of Compton Mackenzie’s popular novel marks a key moment in the evolution of Gaelic drama within the National Theatre of Scotland’s programme, as the company’s most fully-realised Gaelic language theatre production to date.
Alan Carr: Yap, Yap, Yap Edinburgh Playhouse, Friday and Saturday
With a hit Channel 4 talk show and a bestselling book under his belt, as well as being the former host of a ratings-winning BBC Radio 2 programme, 38-year-old Alan Carr is no stranger to a good old natter.
Now the BAFTA and British Comedy Award-winning comedian from Weymouth in Dorset returns to his stand-up comedy roots with his hilarious take on life in the appropriately-titled show, Yap, Yap, Yap!
It’s sure to be a chatty, cheeky, charming delight!
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