1 Life in a Cottage Garden
Various venues, Scotland, from today
Join acclaimed plantswoman and bestselling author Carol Klein for an audio-visual stroll through the seasons in her glorious cottage garden. One of the most familiar gardening experts in the media today, Klein is most famous for her role as regular presenter of BBC Gardeners’ World. Her natural, down-to-earth approach has made her a popular and trusted figure. She makes a special journey to Carnegie Hall in Dunfermline (today), Garden Theatre in Dundee (tomorrow), Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh (Saturday) and and Pitlochry Festival Theatre (Sunday) to talk about life in her own beautiful cottage garden in Devon. Includes a Q&A and book signing.
Visit the respective venues’ websites for ticket information.
2 Bruckner Orchester Linz
Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Sunday
The full drama of Mahler’s all-embracing Resurrection Symphony comes to life in performance in a way very few recordings can hope to capture. With enlarged orchestral forces and a 140-strong choir this epic work offers up the composer’s apocalyptic vision of life, death and the hereafter. Bruckner Orchester Linz will be accompanied by the Leeds
and Sheffield Choruses as part of the venue’s Sunday Classics series.
Tickets start from £28, plus booking fee. Buy at usherhall.co.uk.
3 City of Superheroes
Various venues, Edinburgh, tomorrow to Sunday
With the most hotly-anticipated film of the year, Avengers: Infinity War, hitting the big screen, Edinburgh is coming together to welcome fans
of the movie series to enjoy the capital as the best place to see the film when it opens as businesses join forces over opening weekend. Having been filmed in Edinburgh, to honour the city’s role in the blockbuster, local businesses will offer everything from exclusive walking tours
of filming locations and themed cocktails to kilted superheroes on the streets and discounted entry on attractions.
Majority of events are free. Visit edinburgh.org/cityofsuperheroes for more details.
4 Glasgow International 2018
Various venues, Glasgow, until May 7
Renowned as a centre for contemporary art, Scotland’s largest festival for contemporary art draws on the city’s strengths as a vibrant and distinctive centre of artistic production and display. Combining the characteristics of a visual arts biennial with an open submission model for artists and curators based in the city, GI is a truly unique event in the European cultural calendar.
Head to glasgowinternational.org to see the full programme of events.
5 Legally Blonde The Musical
King’s Theatre, Glasgow, until Saturday
This all-singing, all-dancing romantic comedy is a fun-filled, feel-good pink fest. Dumped by her boyfriend for a more serious girlfriend, ditzy Sorority sister Elle Woods puts down the credit cards and picks up the books. Packing up her trusty pooch, Bruiser, she bags herself a place
at the prestigious Harvard Law School to try to win him back. With the support of her new friends, she learns she can be both smart and fashionable.
Tickets start from £15, plus booking fee, from atgtickets.com.
6 Kris Drever
Eastgate Theatre, Peebles, today
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year is touring the UK following the release of his latest studio album, If Wishes Were Horses. The album is a collection of semi-biographical songs covering themes of education, politics, sex, love, social migration and Shetland. Alongside these new songs, Drever will also revisit his back catalogue.
Tickets are £17, with booking fee. Buy from eastgatearts.com. The singer then moves on to The Barn in Banchory (tomorrow) and Milngavie Town Hall (Saturday).
7 Brick Wonders
Arbroath Abbey, from Saturday
These architectural recreations in Lego bricks of amazing
sights from around the world, curated by artist Warren Elsmore, begin with the seven wonders of the ancient world. The exhibition also takes in modern, natural, and historic wonders from all seven continents. Expect
to be taken from an Egyptian pyramid to the natural pyramid of the Matterhorn, the bustle of Old London Bridge to the awesome
natural display of the Aurora Australis, and those everyday marvels we forget to wonder at, such as electricity and the internet.
Included in normal admission price. Exhibition ends on July 8.
8 Passing Places
Dundee Rep Theatre, until May 5
Small-town boys Alex and Brian are desperate to leave their mundane lives and dead-end jobs in Motherwell behind them. Along with a Lada, a surfboard and a crate of Irn-Bru, the pair hit the road to find excitement and pleasure. Prepare to be taken on a wild ride through Scotland on a riotous journey of self-discovery.
Ticket prices start from £12. Buy from dundeerep.co.uk. The production then moves on to the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow from May 8.
9 Dunfermline Gin Fest
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline, Saturday
Showcasing Scottish gins, old and new, stalls will be offering their perfect serves with some creative cocktails thrown in along with plenty
of food. There will be options to sample the brands before buying. Throughout the day, there will be live music and talks from gin industry experts.
Choose to attend from one of two sessions at tickettailor.com. Tickets cost £15, plus booking fee.
10 Duncan Chisholm
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Sunday
The Scottish fiddle player and composer returns to the Empire Theatre to present music from his much-anticipated new album, Sandwood, presenting his live interpretation of what is believed to be one of the earliest inhabited areas of what came to be known as Scotland.
Tickets are £20, with booking fee. Buy at eden-court.co.uk.
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