Spamalot, Spy and Carousel: great events in Scotland this week: May 31 to June 7

The biggest and best things to do in Scotland this week.

Monty Python’s Spamalot King’s Theatre, Glasgow, Monday to Saturday

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot is a kind-of musical with a book by Eric Idle and score by Idle and John Du Prez.

Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The show features tunes including Always Look On The Bright Side of Life from The Life Of Brian.

The latest tour stars comedian and presenter Joe Pasquale and his son, Joe Tracini, who has starred in Hollyoaks and as a qualified magician.

Sounds of the Glenn Miller Era Gaiety Theatre, Ayr, Saturday

Recapture the sounds of the 1940s as the Nick Ross Orchestra presents an evening of music and song the classic big band sound.

Nick Ross first fell in love with the big band style when he was in his early teens and saw the Syd Lawrence Orchestra for the first time.

After studying piano he joined a band before leading his own for the summer season, hotel and cruise markets, which eventually became the Nick Ross Orchestra 30 years ago.

Expects hits not just from Glenn Miller but Tommy Dorsey, Count Basie and Artie Shaw.

Great Expectations Dundee Rep Theatre, Thursday until June 20

Jo Clifford’s adaptation uses Dickens’ own words from his devastating and darkly beautiful novel to create a piece of modern British theatre.

As Pip journeys from boy to man he yearns for a family and a place to belong, but above all he craves the love of one woman.

Estella is raised to be admired, to be gawped at, smelled and pawed. She’s trained to hurt…and expects only to be hurt in return.

This production is part of Dundee Rep’s revenge season, which also includes Blood Wedding and Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus.

Carousel Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Tuesday to Saturday

Dazzling lights and swinging songs bring this production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic to life.

Opposites attract when Julie Jordan falls in love with the rebellious carnival barker Billy Bigelow. Billy is given a chance to make good, but is it too little too late, or will a lucky star save him and those he loves?

Voted best musical of the 20th Century by Time magazine, Carousel features hit songs including You’ll Never Walk Alone and If I Loved You.

Spy At cinemas from Friday

The name’s Cooper, Susan Cooper.

Cinema’s latest superspy comes in an unlikely shape as Melissa McCarthy plays an unassuming, deskbound CIA analyst, sent out into the field when the rest of the agency is compromised by a leak.

Her hilarious mission is to infiltrate the inner circle of a deadly arms dealer, and prevent a global crisis while keeping up the cover that she’s a spinster who likes cats.

Jude Law, Jason Statham and Miranda Hart all add to the laughs.

Shooting for Socrates At selected cinemas from Friday

In a Northern Ireland divided on religious lines, nine-year-old Tommy learns to make sense of his world through his passion for football and his father’s love of Greek philosophy.

The two collide when Northern Ireland are pitted against Brazil at the 1986 World Cup. The South Americans are led by the remarkable Socrates de Souza, who plays by the mantra that “victory is secondary, what matters is joy”.

John Hannah (as Northern Ireland boss Billy Bingham) plus Game of Thrones actors Conleth Hill and Richard Dormer star in this comedy.

Ricky Warwick and Damon Johnson Bannerman’s, Edinburgh, Sunday May 31

More used to playing arenas and festivals as part of Thin Lizzy and its offspring, Black Star Riders, this promises to be a special night as vocalist Ricky Warwick and guitarist Damon Johnson perform an intimate show.

The show covers all aspects of their careers. For Warwick, brought up in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, that includes The Almighty and his extensive solo material, while Johnson has been part of Alice Cooper’s band and written for Stevie Nicks and Carlos Santana.

Lord of the Dance Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Friday to Sunday June 7

Michael Flatley’s Dangerous Games is a spectacular new staging of his traditional masterpiece.

With all the thrills of the original, Dangerous Games features new staging, costumes and choreography.

With 40 of the world’s most outstanding young performers directed by Michael Flatley, and new music by composer Gerard Fahy, this latest incarnation of the show combines the best of tradition with all the excitement of new music and dance.

Calamity Jane His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, Tuesday to Saturday

The popular Jodie Prenger stars as Calamity Jane alongside Tom Lister from Emmerdale in this new production of the classic musical.

The Oscar-nominated score includes The Black Hills of Dakota, The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), Just Blew In From The Windy City and Secret Love.

Calamity Jane can outshoot any man. She travels to Chicago on the Deadwood Stage to recruit a star, Adelaid Adams. But things don’t go smoothly and it takes Wild Bill Hickok to make her see sense.