| Event: St Andrews | June 2008 |
What’s on in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland updated 27 June 2008 |
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2pm Garden Walks a conducted tour of the Botanic Gardens, with Dr Edith Cormac and Jim Christie; Friends of the Botanic Gardens; St Andrews Botanic Gardens, Canongate [map].
6.30-7pm Fife Councillors’ Surgeries Cllrs Melville, Sangster, morrison; Fife Council; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 01592-583101.
7pm Community Council Meeting open meeting; Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council; Town Hall, Queens Gardens; 01334-475219; free.
3pm- Guided Tour of the Cathedral Grounds by Alison Sutherland, Historic Scotland; Preservation Trust; meet at the cathedral gate; 01334-477152; £2.50 from the Trust’s office, 4 Queen’s Gardens.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
10-11am MSP Surgery Ted Brocklebank MSP for Mid-Scotland and Fife; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 0131-348-5643 or 01334-659200 for appointment.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
9am-1pm Farmers’ Market features: Arbroath smokies, bacon, baking, beef, buffalo, cards, cheese, eggs, fruit drinks, herbs, jewellery, lamb, pork, poultry, soap, vegetables, venison, woodturning; Fife Farmers Market; Argyle Street Car Park; free.
10am-12pm Coffee Morning usual stalls; Scottish Wildlife Trust; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; £1.50.
10.30am Places of Worship – Fife Pilot Project talk by Edwina Proudfoot, following AGM; St Andrews University Archaeological Society; All Saints Church, North Castle Street [map].
2.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
10.30am-1pm Beach Clean-up community clean-up operation, equipment supplied by Fife Council; Fairmont Hotel; St Andrews beaches; communitybeachclean@fairmont.com refreshments and prize draw afterwards.
12.45-1.15pm Lunchtime Harp Recital performed by early clàrsach specialist Simon Chadwick, using his carved and painted replica of the ‘Queen Mary’ harp; Simon Chadwick; Priors House, St Andrews cathedral ruins; free / ticketed (collect from the cathedral visitor centre).
7.30pm Autumn Bulbs talk by Rod Leeds, Suffolk; Friends of the Botanic Gardens Annual Lecture; Chemistry Building, North Haugh [map]; free.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
2.30pm Food & Flowers for the perfect dinner party – Marjory Laing, former Master Chef winner, hosts proceedings; Friends of the Byre; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £8.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
12.45-1.15pm The Bishop’s Lament harp music: elegaic laments for Bishops of Argyll, performed by early clàrsach specialist Simon Chadwick, using his carved and painted replica of the ‘Queen Mary’ harp with gold and silver strings ; Simon Chadwick; Priors House, St Andrews cathedral ruins; free / ticketed (collect from the cathedral visitor centre).
7pm Feel the Beat annual dance show; Madras Community Dance School; Madras College, Kilrymont Road [map].
7.30-10pm Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s play, staged around a camper van by a small troupe of eight actors; Shakespeare’s Globe; St Andrews Castle, The Scores [map]; The Globe box office: 0207 401 9919, tickets also from the Castle; £15, concessions / kids £10; doors open 6.30pm.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
2-4pm Summer Fete usual stalls: cake & candy, books, goods & chattels, produce, etc, teas, games; St Andrews Episcopal Church; St Andrew’s Church, Queen’s Terrace [map] £1.50, kids 50p.
2.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
7pm Feel the Beat annual dance show; Madras Community Dance School; Madras College, Kilrymont Road [map].
7.30-10pm Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s play, staged around a camper van by a small troupe of eight actors; Shakespeare’s Globe; St Andrews Castle, The Scores [map]; The Globe box office: 0207 401 9919, tickets also from the Castle; £15, concessions / kids £10; doors open 6.30pm.
7.30pm The Deep Blue Sea play by Terence Rattigan, “When Hester leaves her husband for a young man she so passionately loves, things don’t turn out quite as she had hoped”; St Andrews Playclub; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £9 (£8) Matinees £8.
8pm St Andrews Chorus Summer Concert music: Bruckner Locus iste,Gascoigne Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? and Let they merciful ears, Balfour Gardiner Te ante lucis terminum (Evening Hymn), Mendeslssohn Organ sonata, Vivaldi Gloria; St Andrews Chorus; St Andrew’s Church, Queen’s Terrace [map]; admission by donation.
7.30-10pm Romeo & Juliet Shakespeare’s play, staged around a camper van by a small troupe of eight actors; Shakespeare’s Globe; St Andrews Castle, The Scores [map]; The Globe box office: 0207 401 9919, tickets also from the Castle; £15, concessions / kids £10; doors open 6.30pm.
7.30pm Jihad: Inner Struggle a British Asian Ugandan of an Islamic background and an Israeli of Jewish background share a house... ; Insaan & Tramway; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £14 (£10-£8).
2.30pm Yellow Moon follows the fortunes of two teenagers on the run, explores what it means to live in a celebrity-obsessed world and what it is that defines who you are when you’re 17 years old [view]; TAG Citizens Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £14 (£10-£8).
7.30pm Yellow Moon follows the fortunes of two teenagers on the run, explores what it means to live in a celebrity-obsessed world and what it is that defines who you are when you’re 17 years old [view]; TAG Citizens Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £14 (£10-£8).
10am-4pm Trees for the Garden talk by Ian Douglas on selection, care and propagation – open to all ages and suitable for beginners or experts; St Andrews Botanic Garden Education Trust; Botanic Gardens, Canongate [map]; Education Officer 01334-475383; £15.
2.30-3pm Freedom of St Andrews Parade march and fly past by RAF Leuchars; outside Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map].
afternoon Special Showing 3 TV programmes Walking Back to Happiness, The tartan Talies, City out of Time – with a strong St Andrews interest – also featuring Tom Morris, Keeper of the Green; New Picture House, North Street [map]; 01334-472121; £4 in aid of Holy Trinity Church Organ Restoration.
evening RAF Presentation multimedia Q&A to inform the public on the work of today’s RAF; RAF; Old Course Hotel, Old Guardbridge Road [map]; 01494-495727 or rafpresentation@mod.uk.
7.30pm Swindle & Death play by Peter Arnott, ‘“Entertaining Scotland since 1707” – What is the secret behind this most long-lived and ridiculous theatre company?’; Mull Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £14 (£10-£8).
7.30pm Swindle & Death play by Peter Arnott, ‘“Entertaining Scotland since 1707” – What is the secret behind this most long-lived and ridiculous theatre company?’; Mull Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £14 (£10-£8).
moved to 28th
10am-4pm
Book Sale;
hundreds of new books for sale at a fraction of the original price;
Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place;
free admission.
2.30pm Jigsaw Take Ten Bodies present new work, directed by Byre Artist in Residence Al Seed, graduating students from Scotland’s unique Certificate in Physical Theatre Practice offer the discoveries they have made during their journey together; Adam Smith College; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £8 (£6).
7.30pm Coffee Evening and Musical Entertainment with Anstruther Operatic Society; Friends of Rymonth; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; £5, concessions £4, kids £2.50.
7.30pm Jigsaw Take Ten Bodies present new work, directed by Byre Artist in Residence Al Seed, graduating students from Scotland’s unique Certificate in Physical Theatre Practice offer the discoveries they have made during their journey together; Adam Smith College; Byre Theatre, Abbey St [map]; 01334-475000; £8 (£6).
times tba Market Street Redevelopment exhibition of proposals; Fife Council / Ironside Farrar / Fife Enterprise; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map].
times tba Market Street Redevelopment exhibition of proposals; Fife Council / Ironside Farrar / Fife Enterprise; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map].
tba- Bizet’s Carmen concert performance by the St Cecilia Singers; Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map]; £6; in aid of the Vine Trust.
7.30pm Cider with Rosie from Laurie Lee’s novel, adapted for stage by James Roose-Evans; BYT; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8 (£6).
times tba Market Street Redevelopment exhibition of proposals; Fife Council / Ironside Farrar / Fife Enterprise; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map].
6pm Graduation Recital; Music Centre; St Salvator’s Chapel, North Street; 01334-462226; £3.
8.30pm Steven Tom Smith acoustic set; Steven Tom Smith; Beanscene, Bell Street; free entry.
7.30pm My Space double bill of work devised around the theme of My Space; BYT & Toonspeak Young Peoples Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8 (£6).
8pm Edinburgh Quartet: Three Viennese Classics Haydn: Quartet in C, op 64 no 1, Schubert: Quartet in E flat, Beethoven: Quartet in a minor, op 132; The Edinburgh Quartet; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £14 (£10-£8).
11am Songs from the Sea puppetry, music and visual storytelling for ages 3+; Visible Fictions; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8, (£6), Schools £5.
1.30pm Songs from the Sea puppetry, music and visual storytelling for ages 3+; Visible Fictions; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8, (£6), Schools £5.
8pm Rebus McTaggart: Crime Warrior one-man comedy in the world of Ecclefechan’s top policeman; James Seabright in association with New Greenham Arts, Newbury; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £14, (£10 – £8.
Sale of ex-library books adult & childrens book prices from 30p, also music cds, large print and talking books; Fife Council; Town Library, Logies Lane.
10am-4pm Book Sale; hundreds of new books for sale at a fraction of the original price; Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place; free admission.
10am-4pm Antique & Collectors Fair also with live jazz 12-2pm; Town Hall, Queens Gardens [map]; 01334-838217; £1, senior citizens and students 50p, accompanied kids free.
12pm, 2pm, 4pm Tales from the Bottle Dungeon costumed character tells ‘tales from the Bottle Dungeon’; Historic Scotland; St Andrews Castle, The Scores [map]; 01334 477 196; £5.20, kids £2.60, concession £4.20.
1pm, 3pm Life as a Pilgrim costumed character tells of life as a pilgrim; Historic Scotland; St Andrews Cathedral [map]; 01334 472 563; £5.20, kids £2.60, concession £4.20.
2.15 Holy Trinity Guild Summer Fair usual stalls, afternoon tea; Holy Trinity Church Guild; Holy Trinity Church Hall, Queen’s Terrace [map]; £1.50, kids 75p.
8pm Tullamore Mark Clavey, Mary Hanover, and Rachel Gaither have “a contemporary American-folk body with a traditional Celtic soul”; James Seabright in association with New Greenham Arts, Newbury; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £14, (£10 – £8.
11am-5pm Hidden Gardens of St Andrews visit rarely opened gardens around St Andrews; St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum and other locations; 01334-477152; £4, kids free, from Westwoods Newsagent (West Port), St Andrews Garden Centre, Rogers Meal Shop, Elspeth's, Cherries; stalls at Trust Museum, 46 South Street, teas at St Johns.
12pm, 2pm, 4pm Tales from the Bottle Dungeon costumed character tells ‘tales from the Bottle Dungeon’; Historic Scotland; St Andrews Castle, The Scores [map]; 01334 477 196; £5.20, kids £2.60, concession £4.20.
1pm, 3pm Life as a Pilgrim costumed character tells of life as a pilgrim; Historic Scotland; St Andrews Cathedral [map]; 01334 472 563; £5.20, kids £2.60, concession £4.20.
6-6.30pm Fife Councillor’s Surgery Cllr Waterston; Fife Council; Madras College, Kilrymont Road [map]; 01592-583101.