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You shall go to the ball! Our pick of the week’s most magical cultural events

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Glasgow Film Theatre, Wednesday, 8.30pm Yes, yes, yes, It’s A Wonderful Life is on. But of all the GFT’s Christmas treats this December this is the one we’re most looking forward to. Jacques Demy’s 1964 musical romance – all chocolate box colours and young love – is one of French cinema’s most joyous confections. Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo sing the lines. Michel Legrand provides the soundtrack – “Music is what life would have been like if Michel Legrand had been God”, the film critic David Thomson once suggested – and Demy provides the imagination. A jewel box of a movie.

'I’m something of a traditionalist' - Kathryn Rooney, the power behind King's panto

Dames, divas and just a wee whiff of Hanky McPanky

REVIEW Elaine C Smith does a wonderful line in rising exasperation in Snow White

Louise McCarthy is a Glesca’ Grinch who snarls ‘Bah, humbug!’ to Christmas

REVIEW 'Like a Dickensian tale, with all the same social hardships but with no happy ending'

Crypto and Christmas under fire in 'anarchic satire' show

Scottish theatre company opens new creative hub in former city office block

WHAT'S ON Five things to do in Scotland this week from rock to comics to classical

OBITUARY 'An always defiant iconoclast. The legacy John Byrne leaves is quite outstanding'

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John Byrne — The Slab Boy outsider who didn't fit the mould

Updated John Byrne, acclaimed Scots playwright and artist, dies aged 83

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John Byrne on his "convoluted" TV series, Your Cheatin' Heart

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'Morning TV is now too shouty and angry. Bring back the Big Breakfast'

'These dancers are amazing': Grado and co on what makes a great Scottish panto

England is a nation that is devouring itself, says comic Mark Thomas

Herald View: Remembering John Byrne and Alistair Darling

PANTO REVIEW It’s not Peter Pan as we know it but it’s big and brash and it’s eager to win us over

'A glorious show' - A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep, Five stars

BEST OF SCOTLAND Radio legend Ken Bruce on why Scotland is still the 'biggest part of him'

Review, The Snow Queen: 'A script steeped in Scotland’s fantastical mythology'

Review, Sunshine on Leith: 'As joyous and as heartbreaking as it ever was'

WHAT'S ON What's on: A winter wonderland of events, from carol-singing to festive markets

It's panto season. There’s nothing like a dame if you try a little tenderness

How is Greenock’s Beacon Arts Centre faring in this former hub of heavy industry?

‘I’m going for the miserable Glesga wummin as Scrooge,’ says panto actor

Celebrated Scots author to have work adapted for stage for first time

Christmas events in Scotland, from meeting reindeer to drive-in movies

Edinburgh Festival announces 2024 theme with more opera

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'I was ready to get a new liver' – Love Island celeb brings Pretty Woman to Glasgow

Sunshine on Leith theatre preview: Of lost loves and community

RAB'S SCOTTISH ICONS God bless the late Queens of Coatbridge who always sang in perfect kitsch

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Man who caused accidental evacuation of Usher Hall praised as 'star' for his honesty

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Exclusive Concert-goer 'feels terrible' after accidentally causing evacuation of Usher Hall

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10 Christmas theatre shows, pantos and concerts to get tickets for now

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Scottish arts titans join forces to discover next generation of talented singers

Can Boy George be panto’s baddest baddie? Oh yes he can

THEATRE REVIEW How much has life really changed since the 1980s?

When word spread like wildfire that Charlie Chaplin was in Aberdeen

On the radar: From comedy and music to theatre and festivals

Theatre of dreams: the amazing collection of variety theatre memorabilia now online

Forbes Masson to play Royal Lyceum in new version of Jekyll and Hyde

Theatre: The playwright who found a ghost in the gaming machine

Scottish Opera reveals new plans to transform area of Glasgow into cultural quarter

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Theatre review: A gallus Pip exceeds Expectations at the Tron

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Scottish Opera's Barber of Seville: Sensational Rosina steals the show

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'Vic Reeves’ Big Night Out changed my life' says Pictish Trail's Johnny Lynch

Dirty Dancing makes triumphant leap from film to Scottish stage

'A devastating rendering of how we live now' - Theatre review

Nicola Benedetti to receive 2023 Edinburgh Award for role as festival director

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Julian Clary on his new role as a glamorous, super-sleazy King Herod

What's on in Scotland: Jenny Eclair and Lau kick off the cultural week

Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake set for the stage

'A dramatic meditation on the need for solitude': Woman Walking - Theatre review