Mungo: Legend of Glasgow’s Saint
Following a successful tour in 2018, Mungo: Legends of a Scottish Saint comes to screens for the first time as part of the St Mungo Festival. The play, written by Stephen Callaghan will be shown as part of a Zoom online video event, followed by a Q&A that you can send in questions for throughout the broadcast.
12 January from 6pm. Free, www.eventbrite.co.uk
Print from Home
Take up a new hobby with Print Clan’s four-week introduction to screen printing. Over the course of a month, learn the craft of screen printing through a combination of live weekly workshops and instructional videos and handouts. Print Clan will provide all the materials you need to get going and you don’t need any screen printing experience.
14 & 16 January. £70-£80, see www.printclan.co.uk
Traverse Young Writers’ Scratch Performances
Since late March, the Traverse Young Writers' Group has received weekly tuition from acclaimed playwrights in order to continue the development of their creative writing skills. Traverse presents new, specially created pieces from nine of their young writers. Directed remotely, with performers filming in their own homes under lockdown conditions. The readings are available for free and on-demand until May.
January-May. Free, see www.traverse.co.uk
University of Stirling Art & Design Degree Show
Unconstrained by the bounds of a single exhibition space, this year’s work from Stirling Honours Art & Design Class of 2020 can be viewed online whenever and wherever you are. Celebrating and sharing four years of creative practice and research, viewers are invited to explore and enjoy their latest works.
10-31 January. Free, see www.virtuallyhappening.co.uk
Molendinar Lecture
Another event from the St Mungo Festival, this time in the form of the Molendinar Lecture, which has been a feature of the festival since its inception. This year’s lecture, given by Roderick Macpherson, begins in the early 17th century, and will discuss the minting of coins in Glasgow in the 13th century. The talk will be shown as part of a Zoom event and will be followed by a Q&A which viewers will be able to send in questions for during the event.
13 January from 5.30pm-7pm. Free, see www.eventbrite.co.uk
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