Culture 2014 Programme Guide

Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games

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Culture 2014 Programme Guide

The Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme is a partnership between the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee, Glasgow Life, and Creative Scotland. There are two strands: a Scotland wide programme called Culture 2014; and a Games Time celebration in Glasgow running alongside the sporting action called Festival 2014.

Activity ranges from the intimate to the epic, including three groundbreaking projects with a truly national reach: Big Big Sing; Get Scotland Dancing; and GENERATION. This Programme Guide is your introduction to events and exhibitions taking place across Scotland, capturing the excitement and scale of what’s on offer.

Contents

Please check individual project websites for dates, venues, and ticketing, and for further access information. Access options include touch tours, viewing ramps for outdoor performances, large print and Braille publications, and relaxed performances.

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Welcome by Fiona Hyslop MSP

5 Introduction partner organisations Chief Executives

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The Journey So Far

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GENERATION

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Get Scotland Dancing

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Big Big Sing

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The Journey to the Games

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During the Games – Festival 2014

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The Journey Beyond the Games

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Appendix / Credits

It tells you about the projects and shows you where to go for more details of dates, times and venues. Projects that have also been supported through National Lottery Celebrate funding, Homecoming 2014 funding, or Scottish Government Expo funding are highlighted within this Guide.

Audio described performance

BSL / sign language interpretation

Captioned performance / film

Wheelchair accessible / mobility options

All information correct at time of going to print.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

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Accessible performances, exhibitions, and events, are available throughout Culture 2014.

The following symbols are used in this Programme Guide for access information:

It gives me great pleasure to introduce this guide to the wonderful Culture 2014 – the most ambitious national cultural celebration that has ever taken place in Scotland.

This is the year when Scotland takes centre stage; as well as celebrating the second year of Homecoming and hosting the Ryder Cup, we will welcome visitors from across the Commonwealth and wider world to celebrate great sporting achievement through the XX Commonwealth Games. As well as celebrating sport and the gathering of many nations, this is a time for Scotland and the Commonwealth to reach out and share our great cultural traditions as well as our contemporary creativity.

The partnership between the Glasgow 2014 Organising Committee, Glasgow Life, and Creative Scotland, as well as hundreds of artists, cultural organisations and communities across Scotland and beyond is something authentic and very unique.

The following pages will help guide you through a programme containing more than 200 projects and exhibitions and more than 1,000 events. In this incredible year for Scotland, don’t miss out on this once in a lifetime cultural celebration – share in epic outdoor events, hear personal stories, dance, sing, tell your own stories – and however you choose to join in – please be inspired, enjoy yourself and remember these very special moments and this very special year.

The aim of the partnership – to develop a programme of accessible and inspirational cultural activity that frames and celebrates the Games – has also been supported by organisations including BBC Scotland, British Council, Channel 4, EventScotland, Festivals Edinburgh, and Scottish Government.

There is much to enjoy.

Còrdaidh gu leòr ruibh.

Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs

The summer of 2014 offers a once in a lifetime opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people across the country to celebrate Scotland’s hosting of the XX Commonwealth Games through a programme of extraordinary new work by world leading and emerging Scottish and international artists and cultural organisations.

Through dance, song, theatre, literature, music, visual art, comedy and so much more... in well loved venues, on riverbanks, in community centres and parks, and art galleries… even in squash courts and an ice cream van… there is an amazing range of activity to choose from – with a genuine treat around every corner of our wonderful country!

Hundreds more cultural events then animate Glasgow during Games Time as part of Festival 2014.

After the closing ceremony of the Games, Culture 2014 picks up its journey, taking in Edinburgh’s world famous summer festivals, and concluding at the end of August.

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Where the speed, strength, power, agility and focus of the athletes defines the sporting programme; the words, movement, song, dance, music, theatre, designs, films, ideas and art of Culture 2014 tell a genuine and authentic story of our past, our present, our potential and our place in the world.

We will all have had the chance to be part of something very special; Culture 2014 will resonate throughout Scotland and the Commonwealth and will live on – not only in our individual and collective memories and stories – but also through the ways in which we all work together.

David Grevemberg, Chief Executive Glasgow 2014

Dr Bridget McConnell, Chief Executive Glasgow Life Janet Archer, Chief Executive Creative Scotland

Culture 2014 is an exhilarating journey.

We hope you will join us on it!

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

In the pages of this Guide you’ll discover a programme of activity that is exciting, diverse and for us all. Culture 2014 provides a fantastic range of ways in which everyone can get involved because everyone’s invited. Culture 2014 has begun its journey and it’s beating a rhythm that will resonate through the summer, with hundreds of events along the route of the Queen’s Baton Relay when it arrives back in Scotland on 14 June, reaching a crescendo during the third week of July when the eyes of the world turn to Glasgow and the sporting extravaganza begins.

Culture 2014 weaves together vibrant stories of people and places; it presents spectacular performances and intimate portraits, puts communities at the heart of the work, through an unprecedented range of ways to take part.

The range of opportunities are not only for the people who attended performances and visited events or galleries, but also for the people who created and produced the work. Along the way unique relationships and networks are being developed which will bring a lasting legacy for Scotland’s cultural sector and for audiences looking to engage with exciting creative work.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

This is a great year to be in Scotland. Bliadhna air leth a bhith an Alba.

Introduction

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Welcome. Fàilte

Audiences have been thrilled and moved by brilliant work including choreographer Janice Parker’s ‘Glory’ which celebrated performers, bodies, and the pursuit of excellence in movement; and the National Theatre of Scotland’s re-staging of ‘Glasgow Girls’ the real life story of the political campaign started by a group of teenage girls from Drumchapel.

Commissions through the first ever New Music Biennial led by PRS for Music Foundation have seen people enjoy fantastic new work including that by contemporary folk band Lau, and Matheu Watson and Luke Daniels.

Tens of thousands of people of all ages are taking part – singing through Big Big Sing workshops, dancing through Get Scotland Dancing free taster classes and the Big Dance Pledge, and enjoying storytelling in schools, with leading Scottish, UK and Commonwealth authors and illustrators broadcast online across the Commonwealth through Authors Live events.

There is animation through ‘McLaren 2014’ which celebrates the life and work of the pioneering, Scottish-born animator and filmmaker, Norman McLaren. And the touring project Where You’re Meant To Be’ sees acclaimed songwriter and raconteur Aidan Moffat and award winning filmmaker Paul Fegan celebrating the art of storytelling and its unique place in Scotland’s psyche in locations across the country.

In Commonwealth Poets United, the Scottish Poetry Library has overseen an international poetry exchange resulting in a series of poetry readings and schools workshops and establishing new relationships across Scotland and the Commonwealth.

For the first time, and in celebration of Glasgow’s hosting of the Games, the BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend brought this flagship annual event to the city, with tens of thousands of music fans revelling in a stellar lineup including Calvin Harris, Paolo Nutini, and Coldplay.

The launch of a unique partnership with Channel 4 and Chunk Digital saw the creation of ‘9.88 Films’ the ultra-short film challenge that enabled us all – professional and amateur – to attempt to captivate the Commonwealth in film or animation in the Commonwealth 100m record time of under 10 seconds.

The trip so far has been incredibly exciting but there’s much more to come!

Project title A Breath of Fresh Air A Child Like You (Part of New Music Biennial) The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer African Children’s Choir – Scottish Tour All Sided Games Authors Live Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival 2014 BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend BBC SSO India BBC Young Musician of the Year The Bell That Never Rang (Part of New Music Biennial) Below Another Sky Big Big Sing Big Dance Pledge Blue Block Studio Boomerang Bronze and Iron (Part of New Music Biennial) Ceilidh Comhla Celtic Connections 2014 The Commonwealth: Gifts to The Queen Commonwealth Poets United The Commonwealth Stands Up The Dynamics of Perception (Part of New Music Biennial) The East End Social From Scotland with Love GastroFest – Feast of the Commonwealth GENERATION The Girls Who Wished to Marry Stars (Part of New Music Biennial) Glasgow Girls Glasgow International 2014 Glasgow Mela 2014 Glasgow Slow Down Glory Going For Gold Green2014: The Environmental Legacy of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Grind (Part of New Music Biennial) GRIT – The Martyn Bennett Story Hogmanayday Journeys to Glasgow McLaren 2014 Music in the University Natural Supernatural (Part of New Music Biennial) New world Drovers (Part of New Music Biennial) PULSE (Part of New Music Biennial) Saltbush – Children’s Cheering Carpet Scale Sound Carvings, Strange Tryst (Part of New Music Biennial) The Spokesmen Stars Align (Part of New Music Biennial) Squish Squared Tales from the Commonwealth (Part of New Music Biennial) The Tin Forest Urban Birds (Part of New Music Biennial) Wee Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival for Children and Young People 2014 Where You’re Meant To Be White Gold Yellow Valley 9.88 Films (9point88.com)

Lead Organisation / Artist Forestry Commission Scotland Andy Scott and Lemn Sissay commissioned by Foden’s Brass Band Imaginate African Children’s Choir Collective Scottish Book Trust Glasgow Life BBC BBC BBC Lau commissioned by Celtic Connections Scottish Print Network Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Get Scotland Dancing Starcatchers Active Events David Sawer commissioned by Onyx Brass Glasgow Life Glasgow Life Royal Collection Trust Scottish Poetry Library Glasgow International Comedy Festival Akwasi Mensah commissioned by Jazz re:freshed Chemikal Underground Faction North Edinburgh International Science Festival GENERATION Luke Styles commissioned by Juice Vocal Ensemble National Theatre of Scotland Glasgow Life Glasgow Life Jacqueline Donachie Janice Parker Children’s Classic Concerts – supported through the Celebrate programme Architecture and Design Scotland Samuel Bordoli commissioned by Tête à Tête Pachamama Productions Glasgow Life Janey Godley Centre for Moving image University of Glasgow Gwilym Simcock commissioned by City of London Sinfonia Luke Daniels & Matheu Watson commissioned by Gael Music Dobrinka Tabakova commissioned by Royal Philharmonic Society Imaginate Scottish Dance Theatre Piers Hellawell with Bourne Davis Kane commissioned by Moving on Music Visible Fictions Shingai Shoniwa and David Okumu commissioned by Serious Room 2 Manoeuvre Stephen Montague commissioned by Red Note Ensemble and Woodend Barn National Theatre of Scotland Arlene Sierra commissioned by INTER/actions Festival of Interactive Electronic Music Glasgow Life / Iron-Oxide Aidan Moffat & Paul Fegan Iron-Oxide Starcatchers Chunk and Channel 4 Bold entries are projects that have more performances and events to come

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Most Culture 2014 activity will take place during the summer months, but the journey has already begun, and there have been some fantastic performances and events. Here’s just a taste…

Activity that has taken place on the Journey So Far

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

The Journey So Far

GENERATION

At the heart of GENERATION is a desire to inspire future generations and to bring to life the possibilities that contemporary art offers to engage with the world around us. Extensive education and participation programmes have been designed to fuel the imagination of our children and young people with more information on these being featured throughout the summer on the GENERATION website.

GENERATION is being enabled to achieve its ambitions with the support and assistance of partners including VisitScotland and EventScotland, British Council Scotland, Museums Galleries Scotland, Education Scotland, Young Scot, Children in Scotland and the BBC. generationartscotland.org

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GENERATION is being delivered through a partnership between the National Galleries of Scotland and Glasgow Life, supported by Creative Scotland. Together these partners have worked with a range of associate venues and arts organisations across the country to ensure a truly national reach for the project.

The programme aims to shine a light on the past 25 years, a period which has seen Scotland develop an international reputation as a distinguished centre for contemporary art, produce a disproportionate amount of awardwinning artists, host a number of groundbreaking exhibitions and foster an infrastructure which has enabled contemporary art to flourish.

The scale, ambition and geographical reach of GENERATION make it the first project of its kind. It is one of the most ambitious celebrations of contemporary art ever held by a single nation and seeks to engage local audiences and to reach out to national and international visitors.

All the exhibitions are free and everybody is welcome. Don’t miss this remarkable opportunity to experience some of the very best art to have been made in Scotland by some of the most imaginative artists working in our times.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

GENERATION is a landmark series of exhibitions tracing the remarkable development of contemporary art in Scotland over the last 25 years. It brings an ambitious and extensive programme of works by over 100 artists to over 60 galleries, exhibition spaces and venues the length and breadth of the nation between March – November 2014, with the majority of exhibitions taking place over the summer of 2014, as part of Culture 2014.

Get Scotland Dancing

Get Dancin’

Dance Trails

Big Big Sing

Get Scotland Dancing aims to get more people dancing in Scotland than ever before.

The project is a unique partnership of hundreds of dance organisations and groups across Scotland who all believe that dance is creative, healthy and fun.

You can dance, yes you can!

Dance is for everyone, no matter whether you’ve never tried, are a little rusty or want to get back into the groove.

To prove it, you can try a taster class for free at venues around Scotland. If you haven’t danced there before, or not for a few years, then sign up today to Get Dancin’.

Dance to interrupt, surprise and inspire in real life settings.

Maybe you need to follow clues, hunt it out, take a special route or it might just creep up on you.

Dance Trails take dance out into streets and unusual locations. Expect to find dance in parks, town squares, shopping centres, graveyards and even online. Watch, join in and be inspired to try for yourself.

‘Really really brilliant’ ‘Really lively… so inspiring’

getdancin.org getscotlanddancing.org/trails

The Commonwealth Ceilidh Wherever you are in the world, the Commonwealth Ceilidh begins at 19.30 on Saturday 21 June, and then follows the time zones to create a 24 hour global ceilidh event to celebrate the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 15 dances, including three specially devised ones, can be enjoyed by everyone and learned beforehand in a free download. The interval is your chance to showcase your local or national dance style.

Dance-along Movies With your host Chris Stuart-Wilson An outdoor screen in a special location will present your Dance-along Movie. Everyone joins in with a warm-up led by your host and learns some moves from key moments in the film. The screening begins and you join in at the right points, breaking into a huge shakedown for the finale.

Bring a picnic and dress up in the style of the film if you like.

Big Big Sing is a UK-wide celebration of singing produced by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Inspiring thousands of people to sign up and get singing in the lead up to and during Games Time, Big Big Sing provides a huge range of opportunities to take part. With Big Big Sing Days, workshops, flashmob choirs, brilliant free online resources – including the Big Big Commonwealth Songbook – and live Song Stages in and around Glasgow during Games Time, there’s every reason to join in, get singing and enjoy yourself.

As part of Big Big Sing, Hands up for Trad is coordinating a national song relay, linking communities across Scotland and creating a network of performances at locations along the route of the Queen’s Baton Relay. The specially commissioned song ‘Here’s To All Our Common Wealth’, written by Phil Cunningham, Alison Burns and Findlay Napier, will be sung all over Scotland, passed like a baton between choirs along the route, uniting communities and celebrating the excitement of the day.

On 27 July, Glasgow Green will be host to the Big Big BIG Sing, a unique massed singing event. Whatever your taste in music, there’s something for you – from Pied Pipers to enchant the kids with tuneful tales, to a tea song and dance for those who prefer a more sedate tempo. The Big Big BIG sing massed voices (that’s you and a few thousand friends) will get a massive Glasgow Green groove going, belting out songs from around the Commonwealth in a singing celebration of the Commonwealth Games. The brilliant Big Big Sing Band will be on stage, but the lead vocalist will be you, a choir of thousands, travelling the globe through music on a journey of classic tracks, African grooves and Scottish favourites. Come along and sing up, the party lasts all day! Everyone is welcome – no experience necessary. bigbigsing.org

getscotlanddancing.org/movies

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commonwealthceilidh.org

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

getscotlanddancing.org

Big Big Sing Participants

As the Queen’s Baton Relay arrives back into Scotland on 14 June, and as the baton continues its journey through every local authority in Scotland, performances and celebrations will take place in communities across the land.

Culture 2014 will add to the vibrancy, fun and anticipation, connecting communities and visitors to people, places, and ideas inspired by the Commonwealth.

Stories will be told, performances will enthral, and memories will be made.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

The Journey to the Games

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Here’s what’s happening near you…

The East End Social Chemikal Underground

GENERATION is a landmark series of exhibitions tracing the remarkable development of contemporary art in Scotland over the last 25 years.

For details of exhibitions and events taking place across Scotland visit: generationartscotland.org

The Spokesmen Visible Fictions Until 19 July, across Scotland Get on your bike for a theatre experience with a difference which will celebrate the great outdoors in your local park. Performing in green spaces across Scotland, this hilariously heart-warming tale will take you on a whirlwind tour of discovery.

visiblefictions.co.uk

How Glasgow Flourished 1714 – 1837 Glasgow Life Until 17 August, Glasgow Discover how Glasgow grew into a city of global importance throughout the 1700’s right up until the start of Queen Victoria’s reign. An exhibition based on Glasgow’s civic collections and selected loans explores the legacy of Glasgow in the 18th century. glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/ kelvingrove

The Tin Forest National Theatre of Scotland

eastendsocial.com

McLaren 2014 Centre for the Moving Image Until September, across Scotland and the rest of the UK A celebration of the centenary of pioneering Scottish artist, filmmaker and musician, Norman McLaren.

Produced by Centre for the Moving Image, in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada, this programme of events explores McLaren’s life and work with special exhibitions, screenings, workshops and performances in Stirling, Glasgow, Edinburgh and in the rest of the UK. Supported by Homecoming Scotland 2014.

mclaren2014.com

Green2014: The Environmental Legacy of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow Architecture and Design Scotland Until 24 October, Glasgow Celebrating and showcasing the various sustainability related projects that are being delivered by a diverse range of organisations bringing the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games to life. It demonstrates how these projects are contributing to the event’s success, while at the same time creating a legacy that will benefit the citizens of Glasgow, the people of Scotland and visitors for years to come. ads.org.uk

The Commonwealth: Gifts to The Queen Royal Collection Trust Until 2 November, Edinburgh A new display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse marks The Queen’s role as Head of the Commonwealth through gifts presented to Her Majesty

by Commonwealth countries around the world. royalcollection.org.uk

7 June – 3 August, Glasgow A celebration of Glasgow’s industrial past and creative future, taking place at the South Rotunda, across Glasgow, and the Commonwealth, based on the children’s book of the same name by Helen Ward.

The Tin Forest has taken root across four of the city’s ex-industrial communities – Springburn, the East End, Govan, and Southwest Glasgow – and across the Commonwealth. All branches lead to the South Rotunda for Festival 2014. Having lain derelict for 25 years, the iconic building will be re-imagined and transformed into a magical puppet labyrinth, a cavernous art and performance space and a home for a ten day festival of the stories, dreams and wishes, drawn from Glasgow and around the world.

Supported by Homecoming Scotland 2014.

thetinforest.com

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bigbigsing.org

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

Big Big Sing is a nationwide celebration of singing. For details of how to take part – Big Big Sing Days, workshops, flashmob choirs, live Song Stages and online resources including the Big Big Commonwealth Songbook visit:

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getscotlanddancing.org

Until 31 August, Glasgow Part music programme, part community-engagement project, The East End Social brings music to locations and venues throughout the east of Glasgow, from tea dances and beat-box workshops to major outdoor concerts and intimate café performances. Libraries, care homes, primary schools, cinemas, parks and community centres all feature in the programme, taking in areas like Calton, Bridgeton, Easterhouse, Dennistoun, Dalmarnock and Rutherglen. Supported by Homecoming Scotland 2014.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

Get Scotland Dancing aims to get more people dancing in Scotland than ever before.

For detailed listings including Dance Trails, Dance-along Movies and free Get Dancin’ taster classes visit:

Until 27 November, Glasgow Scottish Book Trust in collaboration with BBC Scotland present a programme of events featuring an exciting range of leading Scottish, UK and Commonwealthbased authors and illustrators for children, broadcast live for free over the internet to schools across the Commonwealth.

There will also be an educational programme working directly with teachers from local authorities across Scotland. All events are available to watch again on the Scottish Book Trust website.

Scotland and the Commonwealth: 400 Years in the Making The Mitchell Library Guide Gods Claire Cunningham

10 – 11 June, Glasgow Children in Glasgow will create a physical and audio message using dance, beatboxing and music to express who they are and what being part of the Commonwealth community means to them. YDance will work with 120 young people from four primary schools across Glasgow supported by a Glaswegian beatbox artist and arts project based musicians.

Each school will develop their own short piece of music after which they will form a relay and share their pieces as they journey to each others schools.

The project will culminate in one joint performance to mark the return of the Queen’s Baton Relay to Scotland. Also supported through Celebrate.

12 – 20 June, Glasgow Claire is disabled. Is it God’s will? Karma? Genetics?

What do you believe? Using dance, live music, humour and interviews with religious leaders, academics and deaf and disabled people, acclaimed performer Claire Cunningham goes on a perilous quest to explore the intricacies of the major world faiths and their views on deafness and disability in this witty and illuminating new show.

clairecunningham.co.uk

13 June – 4 October, Glasgow An exhibition which uses Scotland’s archives to highlight the nation’s historic links with the Commonwealth and to give a snapshot of a history we share with much of the world.

collectivegallery.net

Corroboree Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/ the-mitchell-library

Squish Squared Room 2 Manoeuvre 13 – 23 June, across Scotland Squash merges with dance in Squish Squared, a performance and education project which will be presented in squash courts across Scotland. This dynamic and humorous duet will explore the competitive streak that lies within and between individuals, and the costs of achieving success in its different forms.

Audiences will be invited to view the action through glass fronted squash courts. r-2-m.net

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Message Unknown YDance

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

scottishbooktrust.com/authors-live

ydance.org

14 June, Edinburgh Join Collective’s All Sided Games as they celebrate the Queen’s Baton Relay visiting Meadowbank Sports Centre.

An exciting opportunity to view Jacob Dahlgren’s ‘no conflict, no irony (I love the whole world), 2013’, a 100 metre banner made in collaboration with families from across Edinburgh at Meadowbank in October 2013, alongside Mitch Miller’s two large scale, highly annotated, drawings called ‘dialectograms’, of Piershill Community Flat and Meadowbank. Both projects have been realised through commissions which places artists in and around the former 1970 and 1986 Commonwealth Games venue, Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh.

June, locations across Scotland Corroboree will animate five of Scotland’s botanic gardens by celebrating people, indigenous culture and ecological diversity among the Commonwealth of Nations.

There will be lots of ways to participate, with public events, demonstrations and workshops.

Music will be unplugged, food will be local and healthy, transport will be sustainable and the plants and natural features of the garden will be a prominent part of the celebrations. rbge.org.uk

Gift Jez Colborne commissioned by Mind the Gap The Marathon Storytelling Cycle Challenge Tam Dean Burn 14 June – 22 July, across Scotland Travelling the route of the Queen’s Baton Relay across Scotland by bicycle, Tam Dean Burn endeavours to read all 195 books and plays, and sing all the published songs written by former Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson (‘The Gruffalo’). booksonabike.com

The Big Song Relay Hands up for Trad 14 June – 22 July, across Scotland As part of Big Big Sing, Hands Up for Trad is coordinating a national song relay, linking communities across Scotland and creating an extensive network of choir performances at locations along the route of the Queen’s Baton Relay.

A specially commissioned song will be sung all over Scotland, passed like a baton between choirs along the route, uniting communities and celebrating the excitement of the occasion. ‘Here’s to All Our Common Wealth’ is written by Phil Cunningham, Alison Burns and Findlay Napier with translations in Scots and Gaelic.

projects.scottishcultureonline.com/ handsupfortrad bigbigsing.org

14 – 15 June, Bradford 4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration A gift arrives. What’s inside?

Curious? Then follow talented learning-disabled composer Jez Colborne on a musical odyssey to discover what it means to be gifted. Accompany Jez to the very heart of music-making within a shipping container.

A Trojan gift, a makeshift musical instrument. Guaranteed to make your senses tingle.

Part of New Music Biennial.

newmusicbiennial.com

Music in the University University of Glasgow 14 – 15 June, Glasgow A series of concerts celebrating the Games and the values of the Commonwealth as part of the University of Glasgow’s Music in the University programme.

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All Sided Games Collective

gla.ac.uk/events/musicintheuniversity

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

Authors Live Scottish Book Trust

14 June – 24 July, across Scotland A series of readings and literary events at venues across Scotland, along the route of the Queen’s Baton Relay. The events will feature writers, poets and publishers from Scotland and across the Commonwealth and each will look at a specific movement from Commonwealth history, with the writers putting things into context, and reading from their work. Also supported

by Celebrate scottishpen.org

africa-in-motion.org.uk

Welcome: Common Ground Scottish Refugee Council 14 – 28 June, across Scotland As part of Refugee Week Scotland’s Community Celebrations programme, Welcome: Common Ground sees the Scottish Refugee Council working in partnership with 12 refugee community groups across Scotland to celebrate the Commonwealth Games and the eclectic diversity of Scotland’s communities. Events will be held across Glasgow and in Clydebank, Motherwell, Paisley and the Isle of Arran.

Also supported by Celebrate. scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk

15 June – 3 July, Glasgow Hot is a season of some of the most exciting, spectacular, moving and downright clever contemporary dance and performance from Australia. tramway.org

Go Dance 2014 Ambassadors Theatre Group 17 – 21 June Glasgow The 7th annual Go Dance festival celebrating excellence in community dance, returns to the Theatre Royal with an explosive array of thrilling new work from dance groups across Scotland. With a different programme over five nights, more than 1,000 dancers of all ages perform a rich mix of hip-hop to ballet, contemporary to jazz. Guaranteed to wow audiences with energetic and inspiring new work – if you love dance, then Go Dance!

edfilmfest.org.uk

On the Shore of the Mind Gabriel Jackson commissioned by Mr McFall’s Chamber 18 June, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis 19 June, Brodick, Isle of Arran 22 June, Edinburgh 4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration

atgtickets.com

1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration Mr McFall’s Chamber is celebrating historic links by commissioning Bermuda-born composer Gabriel Jackson to write a setting of poems about island life by both Scottish and Caribbean poets.

Also in the programme will be chamber music from Cuba and songs by Purcell. Part of New Music Biennial. newmusicbiennial.com

GRIT: The Martyn Bennett Story Pachamama Productions 19 June – 22 June, Tobermory, Isle of Mull An ambitious new cross-form Scots-Canadian collaborative project based on the inspiring life and music of one of Scotland’s most innovative, pioneering and influential musicians; the tragically late Martyn Bennett. Directed by multi-award winning director Cora Bissett and written by Kieran Hurley, the production features cutting-edge choreography from Montreal’s Dana Gingras, and acrobatic choreography from Andrew Watson (Cirque Du Soleil).

Having premiered in Glasgow at the start of June, GRIT will be presented at Druimfin on Mull from 20 – 22 June and will be complemented by a mini-music festival of artists inspired by Martyn’s work, including Lau, Mr McFall’s Chamber and Sorren Maclean from 19 – 22 June.

corabissett.co.uk/grit

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Scottish PEN Literary Events Scottish PEN

18 – 29 June, Edinburgh Animated in 2014 is an exciting new project including a two day Animation Lab held during the Edinburgh International Film Festival, giving emerging animation filmmakers the opportunity to be inspired by and network with key industry professionals.

The festival will also showcase a programme of short animation films from Commonwealth countries before travelling internationally around the Commonwealth.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

14 June – 28 July, across Scotland This touring festival will explore African sports and 14 June – 3 August, across culture through film, taking Scotland viewers on a journey through The Pokey Hat is a new the African Commonwealth family show, performed outside highlighting triumphs and key in an ice cream van, celebrating challenges through sports. stories from the East End of The tour will take place right Glasgow. Audiences will be across Scotland and include treated to an ice cream at pop-up screenings through the each performance!

‘AiM Shebeen Screen’, bikegrinagog.co.uk powered screenings, dine and view evenings and much more.

Animated in 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival

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The Pokey Hat Grinagog Theatre Company

Hot: New Dance and Performance from Australia Tramway

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

Sports Stories from around the African Commonwealth Africa in Motion

Glasgow East End Legacy and Engagement Events Glasgow Life 21 June, Glasgow 20 July, Glasgow A series of one-day festivals in the North East of Glasgow.

These events are the culmination of years of engagement and legacy activity involving key arts organisations in the North East of the city, led by Glasgow East Arts Company. The final event will form part of the Queen’s Baton Relay celebrations in Glasgow. These are large scale collaborative events, the scale and ambition of which is unlike anything normally undertaken in the area. platform-online.co.uk

commonwealthceilidh.org

(i)land Marc Brew Company 21 June – 21 September, across the UK Three people find themselves abandoned on a deserted island with only each other for support. As they explore they gradually start to discover the pieces of a vehicle – buried in the sand – that can take them off the island. They work together to build the craft, only to discover that it won’t carry all of them. This new integrated dance performance explores isolation, humanity, ingenuity and invention and a big pile of sand!

marcbrew.com

26 July – 1 August, The Briggait, Glasgow

6 – 9 August, Glasgow 6 August – 14 September, One disabled athlete and The Lighthouse, Glasgow one disabled artist – tell you A new film inspired by the stories of how they became historical aerial photography the people they are, with the of Commonwealth countries careers they have. Robert gathered throughout the Softley and disabled athlete second half of the twentieth Joe Brown will put their century by the Directorate of ‘sporting’ skills to the test.

Overseas Survey. The film will be screened on continuous loop Who will win? What does within a purpose built pavilion winning mean? And tell me at Edinburgh College of Art, what giving up looks like.

The Lighthouse and The Briggait

as part of The Empire Café.

22 June, Glasgow Big Big Sing joins forces with Choir of the Year for a 90-minute workshop to get you singing and dancing in the aisles! Discover the music of the Commonwealth as inspirational choir leaders lead you through an action-packed workshop that reminds us all how great singing can make us feel. Your ticket grants you free entry to see the UK’s best choirs compete for the title of Choir of the Year.

thearches.co.uk

rcahms.gov.uk

The Falkirk Pot Falkirk Community Trust

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Panning for Gold Alistair Anderson commissioned by Sage Gateshead 22 June, Gateshead 4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration A unique musical collaboration between one of the UK’s most talented Steel Pan musicians, the world’s most respected English concertina player, a DJ, clog dancer and youth steel bands from the UK and the West Indies. Part of New Music Biennial. newmusicbiennial.com

Tell Me What Giving Up Looks Like Robert Softley

24 June, Falkirk A traditional music project that celebrates Falkirk’s rich tradition of industry, trade and cultural exchange.

Internationally respected musician and composer, Brian McNeill returns to his hometown to work with local schools and community groups on a creative engagement that will culminate in a performance at the Helix as part of the Queen’s Baton Relay celebrations. falkirkcommunitytrust.org

Journeys to Glasgow Janey Godley 28 June, Stranraer 12 July, Greenock 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow A Commonwealth celebration of the Glaswegian art of speaking. Having toured the country gathering people’s stories of their journeys to Glasgow, Janey Godley and Ashley Storrie return to the city for Festival 2014 with a series of stand-up shows and comedy bus tours. A dedicated YouTube channel, sound slides and film document Janey and Ashely’s own journey across Scotland and the stories they heard along the way. journeystoglasgow.com

28 June, London 20 – 21 July, Glasgow This is the story of flow and memories told through dance, live music and song. The 150 strong cast take you on an emotional journey, the excitement of starting a new life, tinged with the pain of goodbyes. Just as a river replenishes itself, so does the culture of the city built alongside it. The River celebrates the creation of this vibrant community. Join us as we journey alongside the Clyde celebrating the River’s stories. barrowlandballet.co.uk

You Run on Tracks, Not Roads Niraj Chag commissioned by artsdepot 29 June, London 4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration In East Africa the building of the rail road by the British Empire sent thousands on a journey across continents.

Niraj will explore his own cultural heritage from India through Uganda to the streets of the UK, playing with the musical language of three diverse cultures. Part of New Music Biennial. newmusicbiennial.com

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23 – 27 June, Edinburgh College of Art

Big Big Sing at Choir of the Year Glasgow UNESCO City of Music

The River Barrowland Ballet

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21 June, across the Commonwealth Wherever you are in the world, The Commonwealth Ceilidh begins at 19.30 on Saturday 21 June, and then follows the time zones to create a 24 hour global ceilidh event to celebrate the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Dancing in the Commonwealth Ceilidh is an easy, enjoyable and sociable way to share in the celebrations of Scotland’s culture and heritage. 15 dances, including three specially devised ones, can be enjoyed by everyone and learned beforehand in a free download. The interval is your chance to showcase your local or national dance style.

Also supported by Celebrate.

Sightlines RCAHMS and Scottish Documentary Institute

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19 June – 26 July, across Scotland A ground breaking collaboration between Justin Young and Iain F Macleod about the Scottish emigrant experience in Canada, telling the profoundly moving story of a father and son, and the recovery of language and identity. Produced by Dundee Rep Theatre, with Justin Young as the primary playwright, and Iain F MacLeod as co-writer and author of the play’s Gaelic text.

Commonwealth Ceilidh Royal Scottish Country Dance Society

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In My Fathers Words Dundee Rep

Baltic Street Adventure Playground Create London From July, Glasgow From July 2014, a new adventure playground for children from 6 to 12 years will open in Dalmarnock. It is free to enter, children are free to come and go, and free to play as they choose. Favourite activities include shouting down plastic pipes, mud fighting and jumping off the tree house! Baltic Street Adventure Playground is a VELOCITY project delivered collaboratively by Assemble and Create London. Initiated by Glasgow Life, Creative Scotland, Glasgow City Council, Creative Scotland and Clyde Gateway, VELOCITY seeks to reimagine, repair and reconnect the physical and social fabric of the city, using the unique context of the hosting of the Games balticstreetadventureplay.co.uk

1 July – 17 August, Glasgow 6 August, Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh 9 – 10, 16 – 17 August, Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh A multi-artform familyfriendly project celebrating the National Birds of the Commonwealth Nations and Territories. Created by Eilidh MacAskill of Fish & Game it explores ideas of representation and imagines what would happen if the birds had been invited to the city rather than athletes and politicians. fishandgame.org.uk conferencecallofthebirds.co.uk

Sporting Heads Glasgay!

1 July – 31 December, Glasgow A photographic exhibition of LGBT sportspeople who have recently ‘come out of the closet’ and announced their sexuality. This exhibition celebrates the increasing visibility of LGBT people in sport. The exhibition will feature, amongst others, Tom Daley, Billie Jean King, Justin Fashanu, Matthew Micham, and Gareth Thomas. Funded by the National Lottery through the Celebrate Programme.

Also supported by Celebrate. glasgay.co.uk

3 July, Isle of Skye 1 August, Inverness

4 – 6 July, London Southbank Centre An exciting programme of brand new music created by imaginative composers and performers from across the UK. All 20 commissions will be performed at two special weekend events in the summer of 2014.

New Music Biennial is a PRS for Music Foundation initiative, in partnership with Arts Council England, Creative Scotland and the British Council. It is presented in collaboration with BBC Radio 3, NMC Recordings, Southbank Centre and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music.

Additional support has been given by John S. Cohen Foundation, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Incorporated Society of Musicians, The Bliss Trust, The Finzi Trust and Hope Scott Trust.

1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration Aiseag (The Ferryboat) is connection. A lifelong fascination creates a journey between the Highlands and Canada’s Gaelic diaspora.

Electronica and found sound, Cape Breton and Scottish Highland musicians, a Gaelic choir and a Glasgow section are all aboard with composers Mary Ann Kennedy and Scott Macmillan, audio designer Nick Turner and poet, Aonghas MacNeacail.

Part of New Music Biennial.

44 Stories Drew Taylor 2 – 5 July, Glasgow 70 countries are competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 44 of these countries declare homosexuality as illegal; in some places punishable by death. Collating LGBT stories from these 44 countries, this is an athletic, poetic exploration of visibility and activism. Love is love. drewmakestheatre.com thearches.co.uk

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Blood Lines Lou Prendergast 2 – 5 July, Glasgow A new play, written, directed and performed by Lou Prendergast, Blood Lines draws upon the Scots-Caribbean experience to raise questions about Scotland’s entanglement in the slave trade and explore how the Commonwealth’s themes of humanity, equality and destiny interact within the contemporary realities of racism, capitalism, feminism and homophobia. thearches.co.uk

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4 – 23 July, across Scotland High octane, spectacular performances showcase contemporary circus, including the specialist artforms of stiltacrobalance and acrobatic parkour. This new company features specially recruited young performers between 15 and 24 years old, from Scotland and Commonwealth countries. Having trained for 9 months, they join the Queen’s Baton Relay celebrations for a number of pop-up performances at locations across Scotland.

Also supported by Celebrate. brightnightinternational.com

Scale Scottish Dance Theatre 4 – 6 July, Dundee Transforming Dundee into an art canvas, world-renowned artists from the visual arts, music, fashion, film, and dance unite to play with the city...and your mind. HUMAN SCALE sees the premiere collaboration between choreographer Fleur Darkin and designer Alexander Ruth, with original music by The One Ensemble. SCALE: Park invites everyone aged 0 – 99 to join the party for a one-day festival in a pop-up park in Dundee’s city square.

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The Conference Call Of The Birds Eilidh MacAskill

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New Music Biennial Commonwealth Weekend Celebration Youth Circus – London Bright Night International PRS for Music Foundation

4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

29 June, Glasgow 30 June, Stirling A 90 minute world premier of an international sextet featuring musicians from the Commonwealth inspired by traditional folk melodies of Commonwealth countries.

Aiseag Mary Ann Kennedy commissioned by Watercolour Music

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International Sextet Laura Macdonald

Portrait of Home Arpita Shah

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Our Big Gig Scotland Superact 11 July – 13 July, across Scotland A weekend of live local music in communities across Scotland. Our Big Gig celebrates local music at community events, showcases new and existing talent and gives people the opportunity to have a go at making music. ourbiggig.co.uk

12 July – 2 August, Wasps Studios Hanson St., Glasgow 20 July – 9 August Govanhill Baths, Glasgow An exhibition and participatory project by artist Rachel Barron which invites people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to take part by printing their own flag.

Specially made ink stamps and tools will form part of an interactive print workshop at Wasps Studios, Hanson Street.

These individual contributions will gradually assemble to form a large-scale installation at Govanhill Baths. assemble2014.co.uk

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Home Nations Programme Tron Theatre

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10 – 12 July, Glasgow YDance brings together 36 of the best youth dance companies from across the Commonwealth for three fantastic evenings of dance – the first ever Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival. Audiences of all ages have the chance to experience an exciting and entertaining programme by a wealth of young dance talent including the National Youth Dance Companies of Scotland, England & Wales. Also supported by Celebrate.

Assemble: An International Print Workshop Rachel Barron

The HA Orchestra Pan African Arts Scotland 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow The HA Orchestra is a melting pot of African music from all the different regions of Africa and its diaspora brought together by Pan African Arts Scotland which aims to tap into a vast unexplored treasure of musical cultural experiences and values. panafricanartsscotland.org.uk

17 July – 2 August, Glasgow Tron Theatre presents a celebratory Home Nations Programme curated by Liz Lochhead. The programme will include dramatic interpretations of work from some of the UK and Northern Ireland’s finest poets including Dylan Thomas, Seamus Heaney, Carol-Anne Duffy and Edwin Morgan. tron.co.uk

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival YDance

17 July, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis 23 – 24 July, Glasgow Boomerang is a celebration of the indigenous cultures of Scotland, Australia and New Zealand. Premiered at Womad New Zealand, it was performed at Sydney Opera House Homeground Festival before being presented as a highlight during Festival 2014. Featuring 21 artists including Breabach (Scotland), Moana and the Tribe, and Horomona Horo (New Zealand), Shellie Morris, Casey Donovan, Aaron Burarrwanga, and Djakapurra Munyarryun (Australia) the show features vocalists, musicians and dancers who mix the pipes with Haka dance, Maori vocals with Step dance and Aboriginal dance with Gaelic song. A spectacular show that fuses traditions and celebrates cultures.

Below Another Sky Scottish Print Network 7 June – 19 July, Edinburgh 18 July – 15 August, Glasgow An international residency programme to support new work in print by leading artists from Scotland and Commonwealth countries.

The 20 participating artists will produce new work with the Scottish Print Network studios across Scotland and take part in a related programme of public exhibitions, events and workshops.

Glasgow Print Studio will present an exhibition of work commissioned by all 20 artists participating in the programme. belowanothersky.org

Nelson Mandela International Day ACTSA Scotland 18 July, Glasgow Supported by Glasgow Life, in association with the South Africa-United Kingdom Seasons 2014 & 2015 and the Connect ZA Season A day of South African themed community voluntary activity with a cultural programme at its heart involving South African and Scottish artists to mark Nelson Mandela’s birth date, culminating in a late-night event at The Arches featuring contemporary music from South African and Scottish musicians. actsascotland.org.uk

The Four Seasons Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Royston Maldoom and Tamara McLorg 20 July, Aberdeen Marrying the North-East’s reputation for ‘four seasons in one day’ with Vivaldi’s most famous score, internationally renowned choreographers and community dance artists Royston Maldoom and Tamara McLorg will join young people from Aberdeenshire to create a new dance performance, The Four Seasons.

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18 July – 24 August, Glasgow A series of photographic portraits of families in Scotland who are also culturally rooted to other Commonwealth countries. The work will explore Scotland’s links to the Commonwealth countries through intimate family portraits that share stories of migration and the meaning of home.

The portraits will celebrate the cultural diversity in Scotland and also visually represent how migration has shaped the culture and national identity of Scotland.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

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Festival 2014 will offer amazing experiences for everyone who wants to soak up the atmosphere of the city. There will be site specific surprises which will use Glasgow landmarks and the River Clyde as their stage and spectacular performances at existing cultural venues, including a satire of the Games. The four big festival sites at Glasgow Green Live Zone, Merchant City Festival, Kelvingrove Bandstand and BBC at the Quay will be a great day out for everyone with family friendly activities, big screens, some of the best produce Scotland has to offer and performances from artists from around the world plus some of Glasgow and Scotland’s world renowned talent.

Commonwealth Games Visiting Artist Roger Palmer

GENERATION is a landmark series of exhibitions tracing the remarkable development of contemporary art in Scotland over the last 25 years.

For details of exhibitions and events taking place across Scotland visit: generationartscotland.org

19 July – 3 August, Glasgow Recoat will bring five Internationally renowned artists to Glasgow to paint large-scale murals on key sites around Glasgow. The murals will celebrate the people of the Commonwealth by exploring the theme of ‘identity’. The artists will make works informed by local community engagement. recoatdesign.com

Dancing City Dance House Glasgow 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow Celebrating a city that is constantly in motion, Dancing City will bring together professional artists and communities of people to create an exciting film and series of ‘happenings’. It will capture the city of Glasgow in motion through its infrastructure and its people at work, play and going about their everyday business.

The film will be screened extensively across Glasgow during Festival 2014 so look out for it in unexpected places.

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PERCH Carnival: A Festival of Flying and Falling Conflux In partnership with Legs on the Wall (Australia), LUME Teatro (Brazil) and composer Stephen Deazley

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Mandela Celebration The Hidden Gardens Event: 19 July, Glasgow Time Bank: 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow Following International Mandela Day (18 July), The Hidden Gardens hosts a vibrant day of community, unity and change in celebration of the rich cultural heritage and traditions of the Commonwealth.

Inspired by the life and work of Nelson Mandela, the event shines a light on volunteering in the local community, showcasing the many brilliant ways people can contribute to a thriving neighbourhood.

Featuring food, performances, activities and a creative Time Bank, where people can pledge their time in service to others, all offered in the inclusive spirit of the Gardens. Also supported

by Celebrate. thehiddengardens.org.uk

19 – 20 July, Glasgow High above the city streets a figure looks down, a set of magnificent wings upon its back. On the ground below a menagerie of strange and spectacular creatures call to the figure. Will it fly or will it fall?

Welcome to Perch, a carnival that celebrates our dreams and fears of flying… and falling.

Involving spectacular aerial sequences and over 200 performers, including Scotland’s leading street and circus artists and aerialists, a mass community choir, emerging and local performers and a live video link-up to Brazil and Australia, Perch is a once in a lifetime experience.

The 86-piece Senior Orchestra of The National Youth Orchestras of Scotland will be playing a new score composed

by Stephen Deazley.

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Scotland Can Make It! Panel 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow Scotland Can Make It! is an independent project to commisisons six unique souvenirs responding to Scotland’s hosting of the Commonwealth Games in 2014. The souvenirs are designed by leading Scottish artists / designers and produced by Scottish manufacturers. A public exhibition, film, talks and other events will be delivered as part of Festival 2014.

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International Artist Initiated David Dale Gallery and Studios 19 July – 3 August, Glasgow Working with artist initiated organisations from across the six Commonwealth territories, a series of projects responds to the context of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and is representative or indicative of their country’s contemporary culture through the lens of an artist-led organisation. Taking place over multiple venues in Glasgow’s east end International Artist Initiated will incorporate visual art exhibitions, public art, events, and publications as a celebration of the diversity of self-organised cultural practice internationally. daviddalegallery.co.uk

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In Common Recoat

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Big Big Sing is a nationwide celebration of singing. For details of how to take part – Big Big Sing Days, workshops, flashmob choirs, live Song Stages and online resources including the Big Big Commonwealth Songbook visit:

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23 July – 3 August, Nauru Visual artist Roger Palmer will be an overseas visiting artist and correspondent based on Nauru in the South Pacific, the world’s smallest republic with a population of fewer than 10,000. Phosphates mined from seabird guano once provided Nauru with one of the world’s highest standards of living.

The island now receives aid from Australia in return for hosting an offshore migrant detention centre. Athletes from Nauru have won medals at every Commonwealth Games since first taking part in 1990.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

Get Scotland Dancing aims to get more people dancing in Scotland than ever before.

For detailed listings including Dance Trails, Dance-along Movies and free Get Dancin’ taster classes visit:

Tomorrow Is Always Too Long The Common Guild

Salt Sophie Cooke and Anne Milne 19 – 25 July, Glasgow A long poem in a short film: Salt will follow Glasgow and the Commonwealth’s journey with the river as its guiding light.

The film will be shown in Glasgow as part of Ebb Tide at the Tall Ship during Festival 2014, and at other venues.

Ebb Tide Shetland Moving Image Archive 19 – 25 July, Glasgow In Ebb Tide, film makers and musicians in Shetland are working with the Shetland Moving Image Archive to create new films inspired by the stories, journeys, imagery and artefacts of Shetlanders who voyaged overseas on ships made on the Clyde. Those films will be toured around Shetland and screened on the Tall Ship in Glasgow in July. shetlandmovingimage.co.uk

28 July, Glasgow Green A River of Stories is a collection of tales and poems from across the Commonwealth on the theme of water, celebrating the capacity of stories to unite and inspire children of different cultures.

Visual Statement accompanied by east end school children will perform ‘The March Of The Hermit Crabs In The Rain’ (Bahamas), ‘Rain Maker’ (Botswana), and ‘Womans World’ (Tuvalu). Visual Statement will delight and inspire you by blending the book’s audio track with traditional Celtic and Gaelic melodies. Supported

by The Commonwealth Education Trust.

Songs of Emigration and the Goldrush: Maryhill’s Trade Legacy Maryhill Burgh Halls 20, 22 July, Glasgow Working with a local choir and schools, traditional song specialist Maeve Mackinnon explores, in song, the trade links between Maryhill, Australia and Canada. There will be a free outdoor performance at Maryhill Locks on 20 July and at Maryhill Burgh Halls on 22 July. Funded by the National Lottery through the Celebrate Programme. Also supported

by Celebrate.

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The Games Dick Lee 19 & 20 July, Open Rehearsals, Glasgow

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26 July, 24 August Edinburgh A celebration of the Commonwealth Games through a fusion of music, poetry and dance. At the heart of this exciting event is new music from Dick Lee for his group Dr. Lee’s Prescription, combined with new poetry from Edinburgh Makar (2008 – 2014) Ron Butlin and new dance from renowned dancer and choreographer Alex Rigg. dicklee.org.uk

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

24 July, Glasgow

Blue Block Studio Starcatchers 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow Other dates across Scotland Blue Block Studio is a space specially designed for babies under 24 months. It offers the opportunity for adult and baby to interact in a friendly, inspiring and beautiful environment.

It is a creative space to listen, to explore, to build, to watch, to lie down, to look and touch for the adult and baby. starcatchers.org.uk

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27 – 29 August, Platform Theatre, Glasgow

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20 July, The Bridge and Springburn Park, Glasgow

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19 July, Glasgow A new project by artist Phil Collins conjuring up a distinctive vision of Glasgow from the perspective of institutions that describe the scope of human experience and define us as social beings.

The film will be presented on 19 July in Queen’s Park as a one-night-only free event.

Centred around an installation of multiple LED screens set up in the old rose garden, an open terrace with views over the city and the hillside beyond.

A River of Stories Visual Statement

Future News 2014 Glasgow Life

Yellow Valley Starcatchers

Endurance A Moment’s Peace

News Just In Random Accomplice

23 July – 3 August, Glasgow During the Commonwealth Games the Mitchell Library will be the base for a Live Games Newsroom, which will see 40 aspiring journalists from Glasgow working on Gamesrelated stories and compiling and editing reports. Their work will be uploaded and accessed by young people from across the Commonwealth who will edit, interpret and produce content for their local audiences.

23 July – 2 August, Glasgow Other dates across Scotland A loveable, contemporary, musical-storytelling performance, created especially for children aged two to four years old, inspired by Kenyan children’s book ‘Who’s Calling’ by Charity Waciuma. Join us as we recreate this quirky story with live African music, electronic vocal effects and energetic performances to tell the tale of a feisty little girl and her animal friends who strike up a disagreement with another, cheekier, little girl (and all her animal friends) across the valley.

24 – 27 July, Glasgow A co-production with The Women’s Creative Company and The Arches, Endurance is a striking new theatre production imagining and recreating the historical and personal stories of Commonwealth sportswomen.

Performed by over 20 women living in Glasgow, Endurance considers the changing role of women in competitive sport, examining what it takes to be the best and why ‘what’ you represent matters. Also supported by Celebrate.

24 July – 2 August, Glasgow A nightly round up of the Commonwealth Games on all things Tom Daley, Tom-Foolery and with the views of Tom, Dick and Harry! Featuring a brand new story at every performance, six of Scotland’s top comedy actors, a team of award-winning writers, and a script finished only minutes before opening, anything can – and probably will – happen!

Q Poetics Skye Loneragan 23 July – 3 August, Glasgow Q-POETICS installs the poet & poetry in places & spaces of waiting – in those lines in which we so often lose the will to live.

With so much going on in the host city, queues are a sign of success and Q-POETICS installs the artist in these queues during Festival 2014. Easing wait-times through the arousal of curiosity, poet and performer Skye Loneragan joins those lining up to pay, purchase or pass – exchanging ideas about winning and what we are waiting for, sharing performances and q-free online poetry pieces.

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23 – 24 July, Glasgow Seventy SAFAS Flower Clubs from all over Scotland are coming together to depict in flowers the stories of our culture and roots. This Flower Festival, held in Glasgow Cathedral, will celebrate our heritage (Roots), where we have gone out in the world (Shoots) and our achievements (Fruits).

Hosts and Champions Glasgow Life in association with the University of Stirling and Commonwealth Games Scotland

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The Scokendia Ensemble Jamie Munn 23 July – 2 August, Glasgow The Scokendia Ensemble will bring together young musicians and composers from Scotland, Kenya and India to form a unique chamber orchestra that will connect, collaborate and perform during Festival 2014, with performances taking place in an exciting variety of spaces, settings and venues across Glasgow.

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24 July – 3 August, Glasgow Celebrating for the first time 80 years of sport from the Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive.

Hosts and Champions celebrates 80 years of participation and achievements

by Scotland in the Commonwealth Games from its origin in 1930 through to the 2010 Games in Delhi. Drawn from the Commonwealth Games Scotland Archive held by the University of Stirling, the exhibition will display for the first time photographs and artefacts which tell a rich story of Scotland’s involvement in the Games, including as hosts in 1970 and 1986. sportheritage.wordpress.com

The Empire Café Collective Architecture and Louise Welsh 24 – 25 July, Glasgow An exploration of Scotland’s relationship with the North Atlantic slave trade through coffee, sugar, tea, cotton, music, visual art, academic lectures, poetry, debate, workshops, historical walks, film and literature. The Empire Café will be based in the Briggait, home of the Merchant’s Steeple, in Glasgow’s Merchant City and will also present work as 14–18 NOW.

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Scotch Hoppers Stillmotion 24 July – 3 August, Glasgow Come and play! Who? You – little ones, and you, the big ones with them!

Parnie Street, in the heart of Glasgow’s Merchant City, will become an outdoor play area with totally new games designed especially for the festival – and for all ages.

Made by some of the UK’s most talented outdoor game designers, Scotch Hoppers has been inspired by traditional street games, and is an exciting and original re-discovery of what it is really like to play in the city, in the Summer… so come with friends, family, or just you.

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23 July, Glasgow A special Doors Open Day to take place during Games Time. Around 20 landmark buildings across the city will open their doors for a free showcase of their hidden heritage. Also supported

by Celebrate.

23 July – 2 August, Glasgow A safe and welcoming LGBT space (designed by Do Architecture) in the Merchant City offering the full Games experience of Sport and Culture. Also supported

by Celebrate.

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Glasgow’s Wee Doors Open Day Glasgow Building Preservation Trust

Roots, Shoots and Fruits Scottish Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (SAFAS)

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Anamchara – Songs of Friendship Scottish Opera Classics Marathon Day Glasgow Life

25 July, Glasgow Marking the musical decade since Aidan O’Rourke first performed his ambitious debut Sirius as part of Celtic Connections, Year X finds Aidan revisiting the Scottish themes and aesthetics of that much loved 2004 piece. Year X is a musical meditation on the last ten years spent performing and travelling the world.

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On Common Ground Citizens Theatre 25 – 31 July, Glasgow A major outdoor event by Debajehmujig Storytellers and Citizens Theatre, taking place in the Gorbals Rose Garden.

First Nation Storytellers from Manitoulin Island, Canada, will come together with a cast of Glaswegians to tell a story of community, family and the natural world.

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26 July, Glasgow An outdoor celebration of moving image and Glasgow’s history. Glasgow Film takes over the banks of the River Clyde for a day-long cinematic spectacular by the water, created with artists, performers and filmmakers who embody the exciting creative ethos that underpins Glasgow’s grassroots arts scenes. Cargo Camera...

Action! features newly commissioned work by leading filmmakers and artists including 85A, Torsten Lauschmann, Chris Leslie, Eilidh MacAskill, Minty Donald and Nick Millar. glasgowfilm.org

27 July, Glasgow During the Commonwealth Games, Big Big Sing will host Scotland’s biggest ever singing event. And everyone is invited.

Whether you’re new to singing or a seasoned pro, you can join a choir of thousands at Glasgow Green on 27 July.

With special guests and songs from around the Commonwealth, this unique performance is a great way to get singing and be part of Festival 2014.

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Commonwealth Flotilla Royal Yachting Association 26 July, Glasgow 250 boats – the largest flotilla in the Clyde’s history – will sail from Greenock to Glasgow’s Pacific Quay on 26 July to mark the Commonwealth Games. ryascotland.org.uk

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Year X Aidan O’Rourke

26 July, Glasgow Nicola Benedetti leads the cream of Scotland’s orchestras, classical musicians and ensembles in one amazing marathon day of music at the heart of the Commonwealth Games, produced by Glasgow UNESCO City of Music. There has never been a day like this in Glasgow – it is a feast of many flavours: from Baroque to Tango, Scottish to Indian, solo to mega-orchestra. Nicola Benedetti herself undertakes a personal marathon for the day, rehearsing and performing three concerts with different orchestras: a challenge every bit as extreme as running 26 miles.

The Big Big BIG Sing Glasgow UNESCO City of Music

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25 – 27 July, Glasgow A new family opera based on themes of friendship and the ties that bind people together, whatever their age and wherever they make their home. Anamchara – Songs of Friendship is written by acclaimed Scottish novelist Alexander McCall Smith and composer Pippa Murphy, and has a multi-cultural cast of over 120 performers from Scotland, India, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and Botswana.

WWMirrorball Commonwealth Poetry Project St Mungo’s Mirrorball

Currents Yann Seznec commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival

28 July, Glasgow 17 poets, 17 poems, 17 sports. 17 Glasgow poets have been commissioned to respond to each of the sports represented at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Poems will be displayed in the lead up to the Games, during Festival 2014 and in a free pamphlet.

31 July – 30 August, Edinburgh

4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration Exploring the many drove roads or tracks set deeply into the Scottish countryside and the long-vanished trade of Scottish cattle-droving through its hardy highland cattle drovers and their wider connections to the New World. Features musicians Ceri Owen Jones and Ceri Rhys Matthews. Part of New Music Biennial. newmusicbiennial.com

to the traditions of a Gaelic ceilidh: a gathering of friends with storytelling, song and dance. Working with a range of artists from different disciplines and cultural backgrounds, the Cèilidh Còmhla team re-imagines the traditional ceilidh for new audiences and events. Each Cèilidh Còmhla is unique and each encourages new sharings and experiences for artists and participants alike. A special Cèilidh Còmhla event will be held at Glasgow Green as part of Festival 2014 glasgowlife.org.uk/gaelic-arts/ CeilidhComhlacometogether

30 July – 1 August, Glasgow An inaugural Scottish celebration of Emancipation Day, with site-specific performances in Glasgow’s Merchant City exploring the city’s role in Caribbean slavery and the abolition movement.

Directed by Alan McKendrick, inspired by an original idea from African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow and historian Stephen Mullen’s book ‘It Wisnae Us’. emancipationacts.com

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New World Drovers Cèilidh Còmhla Luke Daniels and Matheu Glasgow Life Watson commissioned 28 July, Glasgow

by Gael Music Cèilidh Còmhla returns

30 – 31 July, Glasgow An International collaboration between three classical Pakistani musicians, Chand and Suraj Khan and Tabla player Dani ‘Kashif Ali’, and award-winning Gaelic band, The Mischa McPherson Trio. The newly created music will be performed across Glasgow on 30 and 31 July as part of Festival 2014. mischamacphersontrio.com

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Talking Heads Glasgay!

30 July – 2 August, Glasgow A rare chance to see four of the original Talking Heads – Alan Bennett’s wonderful, legendary 80’s television monologues which held the seeds of discomfort of a Britain (and a world) changing beyond recognition. Four individuals trapped behind the net curtains of a fast disappearing society.

Directed by Liz Carruthers.

Funded by the National Lottery through the Celebrate Programme. Also supported

by Celebrate. glasgay.co.uk

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Emancipation Acts Glasgow Life in association with African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow

Lahore – Ceól Mhór Glasgow Life

1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration Created from hundreds of fans controlled by real-time weather data, and drawing on wind conditions across the Commonwealth, Seznec’s installation and composition offers a portrait, at once accurate and abstract, of the Commonwealth, exploring ideas of distance, data, modern convenience and memory.

Currents will be installed in a police box on Edinburgh’s Easter Road throughout August, with two performances during Edinburgh Art Festival. Part of New Music Biennial.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

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4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration

From Scotland With Love Faction North

PRO–AM Paul Towndrow 31 July, Glasgow A musical project exploring synergy between the professional and amateur worlds. The project combines the forces of two Glasgow based big bands, one professional and one amateur, in the performance of a brand new suite of music by saxophonist and composer, Paul Towndrow. The music itself is inspired by sporting greatness, often found in the least likely places. glasgowconcerthalls.com

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31 July – 25 August, Edinburgh The NZ at Edinburgh 2014 Fringe season features over 100 New Zealand artists offering outstanding theatre, music, dance, Maori performing artists, comedy and site specific performances. This is an unprecedented opportunity for New Zealand artists to perform on the world stage and to share the rich stories and talents of the South Pacific.

Supported by Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand. The NZ at Edinburgh 2014 Fringe season is part of a wider presence of NZ work across Edinburgh’s Festivals.

Activity will also be presented at Summerhall, the Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

1 – 2 August, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall An exciting programme of brand new music created by imaginative composers and performers from across the UK. All 20 commissions will be performed at two special weekend events in the summer of 2014. New Music Biennial is a PRS for Music Foundation initiative, in partnership with Arts Council England, Creative Scotland and the British Council.

It is presented in collaboration with BBC Radio 3, NMC Recordings, Southbank Centre and Glasgow UNESCO City of Music. Additional support has been given by John S. Cohen Foundation, Arts Council of Wales, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Incorporated Society of Musicians, The Bliss Trust, The Finzi Trust and Hope Scott Trust.

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NZ Season Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

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31 July, Glasgow A documentary film and live music performance with a contemporary music score by one of Scotland’s leading musicians, King Creosote a.k.a.

Kenny Anderson. Produced by Faction North Ltd, this is a moving, emotional, musical and visual poem from Scotland to the world. Directed by Virginia Heath, and constructed from archive material from the Scottish Screen Archive. Having toured across Scotland the completed film will be presented with a live musical performance as part of Festival 2014.

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Commonwealth Carnival Club Noir 2 August, Glasgow Celebrate the Games with Club Noir’s Commonwealth Carnival – fusing Pacific Tiki style, the Notting Hill Carnival vibe, Glasgow glamour, vintage burlesque, African beat and much more. clubnoir.co.uk

1 – 25 August, Edinburgh Assembly present their third South African Season as part of the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, made up of ‘Silent Voice’ from the South African State Theatre, ‘Hayani’ (winner of Best New South African Script 2013), Durban Playhouse’s production of ‘Race’ by David Mamet, the hilarious ‘Sunday Morning and The Zulu’ from Tony nominee Mbongeni Ngema. In 2014 the Assembly Season is part of a wider presence of South African work across Edinburgh’s Festivals supported by the Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa.

Activity will also be presented at Summerhall, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. assemblyfestival.com summerhall.co.uk edbookfest.co.uk edintattoo.co.uk

Fèis Rois Fèis Rois Glasgow Composer and musician, John Somerville, has written new music inspired by the journey of The Hector, a ship that left Ullapool during the Highland Clearances. The ship sailed to Nova Scotia where many people settled while others travelled on to Australia.

The music will be performed by a group of outstanding young musicians aged 16 – 25 years. feisrois.org.uk

Grind Samuel Bordoli commissioned by Tête à Tête 4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration 26 July, Dumbarton 1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration 2 August, Dumbarton Blending skateboarding, choral singing and the unique acoustic of skate parks, Tête à Tête and composer Samuel Bordoli team up with skaters and community choirs to make a real noise in London and Glasgow. Part of New Music Biennial. newmusicbiennial.com

Commonwealth SR:D: Scotland Re: Designed 2 August, Glasgow Scotland Re: Designed (SR:D) presents a bespoke production of leading Scottish fashion designers and contemporary and classical musical performances. Hosted within the city’s dramatic City Halls, SR:D promises a visually and sonically captivating performance blending the multitude of creative talent that Scotland has on offer. scotlandredesigned.com

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1 – 2 August, Glasgow Cryptic, in partnership with the Glasgow Science Centre, presents Sound to Sea, a night-time nautical outdoor extravaganza with live music, aerial dance, fireworks, boats and spectacular visuals culminating at the Canting Basin of the River Clyde.

Offering an unforgettable evening of entertainment, the event features a diverse selection of some of Scotland’s best loved musical talent: Frightened Rabbit, Treacherous Orchestra, Rachel Sermanni, Miaoux Miaoux, Tiger Style, Bigg Taj, Model Aeroplanes, Oliver Coates, Marie Claire Breen and the Glasgow Phoenix Choir.

Set on the dynamic and inspiring waters of the River Clyde, this stunning backdrop is brought to life in a triumphant celebration of Scotland’s talent and innovation.

SA Season Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

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Sound to Sea Cryptic

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As the Games draw to a close and we reflect on the 100 years since WWI began Culture 2014 picks up the final leg of its journey, heading to Edinburgh and the August Festivals, and to a special closing weekend. From the intimacy of ‘Away With The Birds’ on the Isle of Canna to the fantastic final East End Social line up in Glasgow, and the vibrancy of the Edinburgh Mela, the final weekend captures the spirit, excitement and mix of Culture 2014.

Big Big Sing is a nationwide celebration of singing.

For details of how to take part – Big Big Sing Days, workshops, flashmob choirs, live Song Stages and online resources including the Big Big Commonwealth Songbook visit: bigbigsing.org

GENERATION is a landmark series of exhibitions tracing the remarkable development of contemporary art in Scotland over the last 25 years.

For details of exhibitions and events taking place across Scotland visit:

Letters Home Grid Iron and Edinburgh International Book Festival

26 July, Edinburgh The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival will present the Commonwealth Jazz Orchestra, where Commonwealth musicians will come together with Scottish artists to collaborate. The Edinburgh Festival Carnival will have a strong Commonwealth flavour and will feature performers from around the globe, including South Africa, Trinidad, The Bahamas, and Zambia.

Supported through Scottish Government Expo Fund.

9 – 25 August, Edinburgh What does home mean to us, especially when we are away from it? Edinburgh International Book Festival team up with award-winning Scottish theatre company Grid Iron to bring together international authors and some of Scotland’s finest theatre artists to create a verbal, visual and musical journey around Charlotte Square Gardens.

Supported through Scottish Government Expo Fund

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Where do I end and you begin Edinburgh Art Festival 1 August – 19 October, Edinburgh A major international exhibition of contemporary art selected by five curators from Commonwealth countries.

Taking its title from a work

by Indian artist Shilpa Gupta, the exhibition invites perspectives from across the Commonwealth to explore and interrogate the ideas, ideals and myths which underpin notions of community, commonwealth, and the commons. edinburghartfestival.com

The Bridge Annie George

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South African Season Edinburgh International Festival

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9 – 30 August, Edinburgh A season of work celebrating the 20th anniversary of democracy in South Africa, opening with the world premiere of a new ballet, ‘Inala’. Composer Ella Spira has collaborated with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose live performance will create the soundscape for dancers from Rambert and The Royal Ballet, choreographed

by Mark Baldwin.

Brett Bailey’s provocative and widely acclaimed live installation ‘Exhibit B’ and a remounting of Handspring Puppet Company’s acclaimed ‘Ubu and the Truth Commission’, based on the text

by Alfred Jarry and transcriptions of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee are also part of the South African Season.

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1 – 25 August, Edinburgh A new theatrical performance work, blending text, sound and visual design, framed by a remarkable story, traced back through a family’s memories, from present day, to a young writer and scholar in pre-Independence Kerala, India. Defying convention and poverty to realise his dreams, the fortunes of the generations that followed are shaped.

The Bridge considers how our histories are told and who tells them, and the silences in between which gives rise to myth or invention. It reflects on identity and a sense of belonging, the struggle for meaning and the power of the pen. anniegeorge.wordpress.com edfringe.com

World Fringe Congress Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society 15 – 17 August, Edinburgh The World Fringe Congress brings together directors and organisers of Fringes from across the globe to share ideas, experiences and inspirations. The Congress fosters international collaboration and strengthens the World Fringe community.

The 2014 Congress takes place in Edinburgh from 15 – 17 August during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world’s largest arts festival and birthplace of the original Fringe. worldfringe.com/congress

Gathered Together Indepen-dance 27 – 30 August, Glasgow Indepen-dance will host Scotland’s first International inclusive Dance Festival.

The festival’s aims include developing and sharing knowledge and expertise with festival delegates, forging new artistic partnerships in the world of dance and disability.

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Air falbh leis na h-eòin | Away with the Birds Hanna Tuulikki 29 – 30 August, Isle of Canna Hanna Tuulikki’s Air falbh leis na h-eòin is a body of work exploring the mimesis of birds in Gaelic song. On 29 and 30 of August it becomes a sited performance set in the Isle of Canna’s historic harbour.

Tuulikki’s vocal composition, Guth an Eòin | Voice of the Bird is the heart of the project.

Written for a female vocal ensemble, it reinterprets archival material, fragmenting and re-weaving extracts of Gaelic songs into an extended soundscape. The music emerges from, and responds to, island landscapes and lives.

It explores the delicate equilibrium of Hebridean life, the co-existence of tradition and innovation, and suggests the ever-present interrelationship between bird, human, and ecology.

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Commonwealth Jazz Orchestra Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

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Get Scotland Dancing aims to get more people dancing in Scotland than ever before.

For detailed listings including Dance Trails, Dance-along Movies and free Get Dancin’ taster classes visit:

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October The Kildas highlights the contemporary St Kildans of Scotland, New Zealand and Australia through a series of crafted awards for individuals of merit. During 2014 Deirdre Nelson will research the history of all St Kildas, celebrate contemporary ‘Saint’ Kildans and create a series of crafted awards for the people / ‘saints’ she meets along the way.

The work will be presented in Scotland later in the year.

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Lady Fingers and Empire Biscuits Rosana Cade

20 Pianos Matthew Herbert commissioned by Third Ear 11 October, Falmouth

October, Glasgow An intimate, creative family response to a big awe inspiring event. 3, 6 and 36 is a piece of theatre that shares thoughts, feelings and personal legacy of the games coming to town.

1 – 2 August, Glasgow as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration

4 – 6 July, London as part of New Music Biennial Weekend Celebration

This piece will tell the stories of twenty unique pianos from around the world – from Steinways at famous locations to forgotten out-of-tune family pianos. The composition, for solo pianist, will be played on a simple table, turned into a virtual piano through bespoke soft/hardware created by the Radiophonic Workshop.

Part of New Music Biennial. newmusicbiennial.com

23 – 25 October, Glasgow In 1860 the British ruling force in India instated the Indian Penal Code, enforcing a unifying law across the whole country for the first time. Section 377 of this stated that carnal intercourse against the order of nature was illegal. Since then, this law has been used to persecute people who engage in homosexual acts. In this new piece of theatre, Rosana Cade explores this export of British Victorian ideas about sex and how they have permeated through time; the confusion between modern and traditional notions of identity in each country; and the impact of the English language on sexual discourse in India. rosanacadedotcom.wordpress.com thearches.co.uk

converse Kate V Robertson November, Glasgow A series of audio installations in public consisting of different spoken dialogues, broadcast from horn speakers hanging across telegraph wires – echoing the urban gesture of shoes hanging over streets. The works will be scripted from audio recordings taken at events during the games, but will be installed after the Games have finished.

Installed across various locations, the audio pieces will be then be translated into Commonwealth languages and archived in libraries and online. katevrobertson.com

Toby Paterson October – November, Glasgow Toby Paterson will produce a visual exploration of the changing urban environment of the City of Glasgow as it prepares for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The resulting series of paintings will be exhibited at an exciting and unconventional venue within the heart of the city later this year. themoderninstitute.com

Bystander Stephen Blake November, Glasgow Presentation A ‘fly-on-the-wall’ observation of the impact the 2014 Commonwealth Games across the country, before, during and after the event, culminating in an album of new folk music that captures this. The album will be released and performed live in Glasgow in late November. stevenblakemusic.com/Bystander

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3, 6 and 36 Sarah Longfield

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11 October – 1 November, Glasgow In the spirit of the Commonwealth Games and harking back to Greco-Roman ideals of sport, competition and culture, Stephen Hodsden Murray will build, install and manage a sculptural velodrome / amphitheatre, with a twist at The Briggait in Glasgow.

Full listings available at glasgow2014.com/culture

29 August, Edinburgh 5 September, Glasgow 6 September, Perth 7 September, Inverness A breathtaking cinematic collaboration between Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the Edinburgh Mela, and rising world music star Soumik Datta.

The King of Ghosts is a brand new score inspired by the classic Indian art house film ’Gupi Gayen, Baghi Bayen’, by Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray. The King Of Ghosts weaves Indian folk, rich orchestral textures and funktipped electronica into a gorgeous, atmospheric experience, as live scenes from the film are projected above the musicians and the audience is transported into a fairytale.

This tour is the world premiere of this exciting new piece of work.

Supported through Scottish Government Expo Fund, and Homecoming Scotland 2014.

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The Comedown, the dream is over now the work begins Stephen Hodsden Murray

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The King of Ghosts Edinburgh Mela

31 August, Glasgow In a celebration of Scotland’s musical and oral traditions, critically acclaimed songwriter and raconteur Aidan Moffat has been busy touring the country with awardwinning filmmaker Paul Fegan, an all-star band and a brand new set featuring folk sagas, drinking songs, bawdy ballads and bruised laments. Footage from the shows, the trips, and the characters they met en route provides the groundwork for a feature-length film, directed

by Fegan, to be premiered in Glasgow in late August.

The Kildas Deirdre Nelson

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Where You’re Meant To Be Aidan Moffat and Paul Fegan

Appendix Sarah Longfield 3, 6 and 36 44 Matthew Herbert commissioned by Third Ear 20 Pianos 44 Drew Taylor 44 Stories 22 Visual Statement A River of Stories 30 Hannah Tuulikki Air falbh leis na h-eòin / Away with the Birds 43 Mary Ann Kennedy commissioned by Watercolour Music Aiseag 23 Create London / Collective Gallery All Sided Games 17 Scottish Opera Anamchara – Songs of Friendship 34 Edinburgh International Film Festival Animated in 2014 19 Rachel Barron Assemble: An International Print Workshop 24 Scottish Book Trust Authors Live – Commonwealth 16 Create London Baltic Street Adventure Playground 22 Scottish Print Network below another sky 25 Glasgow UNESCO City of Music The Big Big BIG Sing 35 Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Big Big Sing 11 Glasgow UNESCO City of Music Big Big Sing at Choir or the Year 20 Hands up for Trad The Big Song Relay 17 Lou Prendergast Blood Lines 22 Starcatchers Blue Block Studio 31 Active Events Boomerang 24 Annie George The Bridge 43 Steven Blake Bystander 45 Glasgow Film Cargo, Camera... Action!

35 Glasgow Life/ Glasgow Arts Cèilidh Còmhla 36 Glasgow Life Classics Marathon Day 35 Stephen Hodsden Murray The Comedown, the dream is over now the work begins 45

Club Noir Commonwealth Carnival 39 Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Commonwealth Ceilidh 20 Royal Yachting Association Commonwealth Flotilla 35 Roger Palmer Commonwealth Games Visiting Artist: Nauru.

28 Royal Collection Trust The Commonwealth: Gifts to The Queen 15 Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival Commonwealth Jazz Orchestra 42 Bright Night International Commonwealth Youth Circus 23 YDance Commonwealth Youth Dance Festival 24 Eilidh MacAskill The Conference Call Of The Birds 22 Kate V Robertson converse 45 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Corroboree 17 Yann Seznec commissioned by Edinburgh Art Festival Currents 37 Get Scotland Dancing Dance Trails 10 Get Scotland Dancing Dance-along movies 10 Dance House Dancing City 28 Chemikal Underground East End Social 14 Shetland Moving Image Archive Ebb Tide 30 Glasgow Life in association with African Caribbean Cultures Glasgow Emancipation Acts 37 Collective Architecture and Louise Welsh Empire Café 33 A Moment’s Peace Theatre Company Endurance 33 Falkirk community Trust The Falkirk Pot 21 Fèis Rois Fèis Rois 39 Aberdeen International Youth Festival / Royston Maldoom & Tamara McLorg Four Seasons 25 Faction North From Scotland with Love 38 Glasgow Life Future News 2014 32 Dick Lee The Games 30

Indepen-dance Gathered Togethered 43 Get Scotland Dancing Get Dancin’ 10 Jez Colbourne commissioned

by Mind the Gap Gift 17 Glasgow Life Glasgow East End Legacy and Engagement Events 20 Glasgow Building Preservation Trust Glasgow’s Wee Doors Open Day 32 Ambassadors Theatre Group Go Dance 2014 18 Architecture and Design Scotland Green2014: The Environmental Legacy of the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 15 Samuel Bordoli commissioned

by Tête à Tête Grind 39 Pachamama Productions GRIT – The Martyn Bennett Story 19 Claire Cunningham Guide Gods 16 Pan African Arts Scotland The HA Orchestra 24 Tron Theatre Home Nations Programme 25 Glasgow Life in association with the University of Stirling and Commonwealth Games Hosts and Champions 33 Glasgow Life How Glasgow Flourished 1714 – 1837 14 Tramway Hot: New Dance and Performance from Australia 18 Glasgow Life How Glasgow Flourished 1714 – 1837 14 Marc Brew (i)land 20 Recoat In Common 28 Dundee Rep In My Fathers Words 20 David Dale Gallery and Studios International Artist Initiated 29 Laura Macdonald International Sextet 22 Janey Godley Journeys to Glasgow 21 Deirdre Nelson The Kildas 44 Edinburgh Mela The King of Ghosts 44 Rosana Cade Lady Fingers and Empire Biscuits 45 Glasgow Life Lahore – Ceòl Mhór 37

Edinburgh International Book Festival Letters Home 42 The Hidden Gardens Mandela Celebrations 28 Tam Dean Burn The Marathon Storytelling Cycle Challenge 17 Centre for Moving Image McLaren 2014 14 YDance Message Unknown 16 Glasgow Music Music in the University 17 ACTSA Scotland Nelson Mandela International Day 25 PRS Foundation New Music Biennial 2014 Weekend Celebration Glasgow 38 PRS Foundation New Music Biennial 2014 Weekend Celebration London 23 Luke Daniels & Matheu Watson commissioned by Gael Music New World Drovers 36 Random Accomplice News Just In 33 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society NZ Season 38 Citizens Theatre On Common Ground 34 Gabriel Jackson commissioned

by Mr McFall’s Chamber On the Shore of the Mind 19 Superact Our Big Gig Scotland 24 Alistair Anderson commissioned

by Sage Gateshead Panning For Gold 20 Conflux Perch Carnival: A Festival of Flying and Falling 29 Clare McGarry Pokey Hat 18 Arpita Shah Portrait of Home 25 LEAP Sports Pride House 32 Paul Towndrow PRO-AM 38 Skye Loneragan Q Poetics 32 Barrowland Ballet The River 21 Scottish Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (SAFAS) Roots, Shoots and Fruits 32 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society SA Season 39 Sophie Cooke & Anne Milne Salt 30 Scottish Dance Theatre Scale 23

Jamie Munn Scokendia 32 Stillmotion Scotch Hoppers 33 The Mitchell Library Scotland and the Commonwealth: 400 years in the Making 16 Panel Scotland Can Make It! 29 Scotland Re: Designed 39 Scottish PEN Scottish PEN Literary Events 18 RCAHMS & Scottish Documentary Institute Sightlines 21 Maryhill Burgh Halls Songs of Emigration and the Goldrush: Maryhill’s Trade Legacy 31 Cryptic Sound to Sea 39 Edinburgh International Festival South Africa Season 42 Visible Fictions The Spokesmen 14 Glasgay!

Sporting Heads 22 Africa in Motion Sports Stories from around the African Commonwealth 18 Room 2 Manoeuvre Squish Squared 16 Glasgay!

Talking Heads 37 Robert Softley Tell Me What Giving Up Looks Like 21 National Theatre of Scotland The Tin Forest 15 Toby Paterson Toby Paterson 45 The Common Guild Tomorrow is Always Too Long 30 Glasgow Life Tramway Australian Season 18 Scottish Refugee Council Welcome: Common Ground 18 Edinburgh Art Festival Where do I end and you begin 43 Aidan Moffat & Paul Fegan Where You’re Meant To Be 44 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society World Fringe Congress 43 St Mungo’s Mirrorball WWMirrorball Commonwealth Poetry Project 37 Aidan O’Rourke Year X 35 Starcatchers Yellow Valley 33 Niraj Chag commissioned by Artsdepot You run on tracks, not roads 21

Image Credits: ir falbh leis na h-eòin | Away with A the Birds (Photo: Alex Boyd) 3 Glasgow Girls (Photo: Robert Day)

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Dance Trails (Photo: Nicole Guarino)

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Big Big Sing (Photo: Belinda Lawley)

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All Sided Games : Jacob Dahlgren, No Conflict, No Irony (I love the whole world), Courtesy the artist.

(Upper Right) 16 Guide Gods (lower left) (Photo: Eoin 19Carey)

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GRIT (Photo: Richard Kellett)

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44 Stories (Photo James Wilson)

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Scale Dance (Courtesy of Scottish Dance Theatre) 23 Boomerang (Photo: Toby Mills)

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Perch (Photo: Anna Robertson)

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Commonwealth Youth Dance (Photo: YDance/Paul Watt)

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Scotch Hoppers (Photo: Brian Hartley)

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Skokendia Ensemble (Photo: Julian Njoroge)

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On Common Ground (lower left) (Photo: Courtesy of Citizens Theatre)

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Ceilidh Comhla (Photo: Ian Watson)

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Club Noir: (Photo: Bart Photo)

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Gathered Together (Photo: Brian Hartley)

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Ubu and the Truth Commission (Photo courtesy of Handspring Puppet Company)

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Toby Paterson Hypothetical Relief (Photo: Ruth Clark)

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