| Event: St Andrews | February 2010 | What’s on in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland updated 6 February 2010 |
1 - 1.30 Gallery Talk Murdo MacDonald will give an informal talk and answer questions about this recently donated collection and Mel Ruth Oakley will explain the importance of these artworks to the University; [link]; Gateway Galleries; Gateway Building, North Haugh [map]; nb69@st-andrews.ac.uk; free.
2 - 5pm Sale of Work Preservation Trust members’ and friends’ work on display and for sale; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map]; 01334 477629.
7 - 9.30pm Community Council Meeting open meeting; Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 01334-475219; free.
2 - 5pm Sale of Work Preservation Trust members’ and friends’ work on display and for sale; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map]; 01334 477629.
7.30pm Introduction to Orchids talk by David Menzies, Glasgow Botanic Garden; Friends of the Botanic Garden; Chemistry Building, North Haugh [map].
7.30pm Graham Spiers in Conversation with Craig Levein for AICR Craig Levein talks about his role as the new Scotland manager with The Times sportswriter and broadcaster, Graham Spiers,; [link]; Association for International Cancer Research; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £10 (£8 Children, Students & Senior Citizens) £25 Corporate ticket includes post show wine & canapes.
1.15 - 1.45pm Lunchtime Concert Aisling Agnew (flute) plays works for solo flute by Bach, Poulenc and Maxwell Davies; Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334 462226; £2.
1.30 - 2.30pm How Cold My Toes takes you on a magical journey through the seasons, ages 2+; [link]; Travelling Light, Bristol Old Vic and Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £8 (£6).
2 - 5pm Sale of Work Preservation Trust members’ and friends’ work on display and for sale; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map]; 01334 477629.
2 - 5pm Sale of Work Preservation Trust members’ and friends’ work on display and for sale; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map]; 01334 477629.
8 - 10pm Carol Kidd & Nigel Clark jazz singer and guitarist; [link] Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12/£10).
2 - 5pm Sale of Work Preservation Trust members’ and friends’ work on display and for sale; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map]; 01334 477629.
7.45 - 9.45pm Colin Steele’s Stramash jazz-folk fusion, Scottish tunes with a ten piece band of leading musicians from the folk, jazz and classical scenes; [link] Fife Jazz Festival Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £12.
8.30 - 9.45pm Fredrik Nordstrom Trio jazz saxophone trio, referencing Joe Henderson and Sonny Rollins and set the standard for a 21st century sound; [link] Fife Jazz Festival Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £10.
9am - 1pm Farmers’ Market features: Arbroath smokies, bacon, baking, beef, buffalo, cheese, eggs, fruit drinks & wine, herbal remedies, jewellery, lamb, pork, poultry, soap, vegetables, venison, etc; Fife Farmers Market; Car Park, Argyle Street [map]; free admission.
2 - 5pm Sale of Work Preservation Trust members’ and friends’ work on display and for sale; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map]; 01334 477629.
6.30 - 8pm Nova Scotia Jazz Band jazz quartet with a fresh take on the classic jazz style of the 1920’s and 30’s; [link] Fife Jazz Festival Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £8.50.
8 - 11pm Ceilidh with Nackytoosh Ceilidh Band features launch of Nackytoosh’s debut CD, ahead of general release; Nackytoosh; St Andrews Golf Hotel, The Scores; 01333 350148; £5.
8.30 - 10.30pm Norrbotten Big Band with Tim Hagans and Peter Erskine plus Arctic Youth Jazz Orchestra one of the world’s leading Big Bands, the musicians from near the arctic circle constantly tour the world; [link] Fife Jazz Festival Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £15.
10pm Late Night Jam Session musicians and singers playing at the Fife Jazz Festival get together with the best local players for an informal session in the bar – musically, anything can happen; Fife Jazz Festival Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; free.
1pm HOTPOT [art, food + people] discussion (with soup) with artist Alex Wilde; Fife Contemporary Art & Craft; St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road [map]; free? - booking required 01334-659380.
2 - 5pm Sale of Work Preservation Trust members’ and friends’ work on display and for sale; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map]; 01334 477629.
8pm The Joy of Politics comedy - “an evening of lies, damn lies and silly Whigs!”; [link]; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12); .
10am St Leonards School Open Morning [link]; St Leonards School, The Pends [map]; 0133-472126.
1.15 - 1.45pm Lunchtime Concert Kilairum, celtic fusion group from St Mary’s Music School, Edinburgh, followed by workshop; Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334-462226; £2.
3 - 5pm History, narratives and genealogies: identity transformation in Baluchistan talk by Vahe Boyadjian, University of St Andrews; [link]; Centre for Amerindian Studies Seminars; Social Anthropology Seminar Room (Room 50, St Salvator’s Building).
6.45 - 8.15pm The IPA Presents: the Head of Swiss Intelligence the Head of Swiss Intelligence, Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud will be speaking on the future of the wars on terror; [link]; International Politics Association; School III, St Salvator’s Quad, North Street [map]; bjsoeiro@gmail.com; £3; XXX.
7.30pm Roslin Glen: local patchwork talk by Neil Grubb; Scottish Ornithologists Club, Fife Branch; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; Rob Armstrong 01334-838279.
1 - 1.30pm Inspired by: Alan Davie talk by Ann Gunn, Honorary Curator of Fine Art, with some fascinating works by Alan Davie; [link]; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; reh2@st-andrews.ac.uk; free.
7.30pm Leschenko Plays Chopin Polina Leschenko (piano), music: Clara Schumann Romance Op 21 [arr. Swensen], Chopin Piano Concerto No 2, Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 ‘Scottish’; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; £10 - £19 (concessions available) from the Byre Theatre box office.
7.30pm Funny: Don’t Make me Laugh play by Tim Nunn; [link]; Reeling & Writhing with Platform; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12, £10); contains strong language that may make it unsuitable for people under 16.
11am - 12.30pm HOTPOT [art, food + people] kids workshop with artist Ruth Archibald-Swaans for age 8-12; Fife Contemporary Art & Craft; St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road [map]; free.
1.30pm - 3pm HOTPOT [art, food + people] workshop with artist Ruth Archibald-Swaans for age 13-16; Fife Contemporary Art & Craft; St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road [map]; free.
8pm That Face play by Polly Stenham: “a topsy-turvy world, in which … children have become parents to their parents”; [link]; Wendybird Production with Mermaids; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £6.
10.30am - 12.30pm Adult print and collage workshop local artist Lisa Gribbon shows how to create a 3-d tactile artwork using print and collage techniques - for young people and adults of all skill levels (16+); [link]; Gateway Building, North Haugh [map]; nb69@st-andrews.ac.uk, 01334-461663; £3 refreshments included; limited places: advance booking required.
1.30pm That Face play by Polly Stenham: “a topsy-turvy world, in which … children have become parents to their parents”; [link]; Wendybird Production with Mermaids; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £6.
2 - 4pm Children’s art workshop using the sea and recycled goods as inspiration artist Lisa Gribbon helps make relief box pictures – for kids 6-11; [link]; Gateway Building, North Haugh [map]; nb69@st-andrews.ac.uk, 01334-461663; £3 refreshments included; limited places: advance booking required.
7.30pm Singin’ I’m no a Billy, he’s a Tim comedy by Des Dillon on sectarianism in west Scotland; NLP Theatre Company; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £14 (£12, £10); strong language: recommended age 16+.
8pm That Face play by Polly Stenham: “a topsy-turvy world, in which … children have become parents to their parents”; [link]; Wendybird Production with Mermaids Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £6.
Dip with a Nip St Valentine’s Day dip for charity; CLIC Sargent; West Sands; text DIP or call 07903-934-928, emma.bashford@clicsargeant.org.uk; £10.
7.30pm Alice through the Looking Glass adapted from the novel by Lewis Carroll – “steps through the looking glass and into a game of chess in a decadent world of Victorian vaudeville and illusion”; [link]; Daysleeper Productions and The Friends Of The Byre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £8 (£6).
1.15 - 1.45pm Lunchtime Concert Matthew McAllister (guitar), music by Bach, Brower and Maxwell Davies; Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334 462226; £2.
3 - 5pm How she don’t know to make cassava bread? Identity Politics of an Amerindian Beauty Queen talk by Stacy Hope, University of St Andrews; [link]; Centre for Amerindian Studies Seminars; Social Anthropology Seminar Room (Room 50, St Salvator’s Building).
5pm Ordinary Beauty in the Middle Ages talk by Professor Mary Carruthers, Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Literature and Professor of English at New York University; [link]; St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies Annual Lecture; Arts Building, The Scores [map]; aw63@st-andrews.ac.uk.
5.15 - 6.30pm Statistics and Geometry: Surprisingly Interesting? inaugural lecture by Professor Peter Jupp, School of Mathematics and Statistics; [link]; University; School III, St Salvator’s Quad, North Street [map]; jmw30@st-andrews.ac.uk.
7.30pm Wonderful Day celebrate the life and music of Doris Day; [link]; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12/£10).
5.15 - 7pm God and the Big Bang talk by Revd. Dr David Wilkinson, Principal of St John’s College and part-time Lecturer in Theology and Science in the Department of Theology at the University of Durham, England; James Gregory Public Lecture; Younger Hall, North Street [map].
7.30pm Promises Promises thriller by Douglas Maxwell set in a London primary school combines a specially composed soundtrack and integrated projection with the performance by Joanna Tope; [link]; Random Accomplice in association with Tron Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12/£10).
7.30pm Such is Life honest, athletic, rhythmical dance all about normal stuff, the happenings of everyday, flipped on its head; [link]; Mobius Dance Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12/£10); suitable for 11+.
7.30pm Ceilidh / Cheese & Wine / Musical Entertainment also features choral music, solo instrumental performances by members of St Salvator’s Chapel Choir and Scottish country dancing display; Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334-462226; £10, £5 (student), £2 (children).
7.30pm Lotty’s War play by by Giuliano Crispini is a "look at the dilemmas faced by British people under [German] occupation in Guernsey"; [link]; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12/£10).
1pm HOTPOT [art, food + people] discussion (with soup) with artist Alex Wilde; Fife Contemporary Art & Craft; St Andrews Museum, Kinburn Park, Doubledykes Road [map]; free? - booking required 01334-659380.
1.15 - 1.45pm Lunchtime Concert Angela Stevenson (cello) and William Stevenson (piano), programme of Dutch music; Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334 462226; £2.
3 - 5pm Debating the worth of biodiversity: ideology and conflict around natural reserves in Peru talk by Patricia Oliart, Newcastle University; [link]; Centre for Amerindian Studies Seminars; Social Anthropology Seminar Room (Room 50, St Salvator’s Building).
7.30pm Guys and Dolls musical by Frank Loesser, performed by St Leonards Sixth Form is “true to the original text with a few original touches”; [link]; St Leonards Sixth Form; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £8 (£6).
1 - 1.30pm Inspired by: the St Leonard’s Bible talk by Elizabeth Henderson, who looks after the University's rare books, about this medieval chained bible; [link]; MUSA; MUSA, 7a The Scores [map]; reh2@st-andrews.ac.uk; free.
5.15 - 6.30pm Sappho and the internalisation of myth and Cesare Pavese’s Poetry: Mythologising Piedmont talks by Stephen Halliwell, Professor of Greek (Sappho), and Rossella Riccobono, Lecturer in Italian (Cesare Pavese); [link]; St Andrews Poetry Forum (SoML); Buchanan Building, Union Street [map]; rmr8@st-andrews.ac.uk.
7pm Police Community Meeting community beat officers will be present to hear concerns and priority issues; Fife Constabulary; Madras College, Kilrymont Road [map]; 0845-600-5702.
7 - 9.30pm Quiz Night [link]; St Andrews Preservation Trust; The New Golf Club, Gibson Place; 01334-477152.
7.30pm Guys and Dolls musical by Frank Loesser, performed by St Leonards Sixth Form is “true to the original text with a few original touches”; [link]; St Leonards Sixth Form; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £8 (£6).
7.30pm Guys and Dolls musical by Frank Loesser, performed by St Leonards Sixth Form is “true to the original text with a few original touches”; [link]; St Leonards Sixth Form; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £8 (£6).
7.30pm Hamlet by William Shakespeare – a celtic take set in the contemporary Glasgow underworld; [link]; Rapture Theatre, in association with Greenwich Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; £14 (£12/£10).
7.30pm One Night Jazz Club returns by popular demand, with The Major Groove, Oenig, Jazz Studio, The Relentless Biscuit; Rotary Club of St Andrews Younger Hall, North Street [map]; £10/students £5 from Byre Theatre, Tourist Office, Music Centre.
8pm Higham Lane Duo (cello and piano) music: Schumann 5 Stücke im Volkston op.102, Britten Sonata in C for cello and piano op.65, Bridge Spring Song and Scherzo, Schumann Kinderszenen op.15 for solo piano, Beethoven Sonata no. 5 in D op.102 no. 2; St Andrews Music Club; St Leonards School Auditorium, The Pends [map]; £10, concessions £9, students £5, junior 1;.