| Event: St Andrews | December 2009 | What’s on in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland updated 12 December 2009 |
7.30pm Scotland for Gardeners talk by Kenneth Cox, Glendoick; Friends of the Botanic Garden; Chemistry Building, North Haugh [map].
1.15 - 1.45pm Lunchtime Concert Ensemble 2021, Richard Ingham (director) - Stravinsky Septet and Varèse Octandre; Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334 462226; £2.
7.30pm The Pillowman black comedy by Martin McDonagh; Not Cricket Productions; Barron Theatre, North Street, [map]; 01334-461701; £5, £4.
7.30pm Mother Goose preview performance of the family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £10.
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm The Pillowman black comedy by Martin McDonagh; Not Cricket Productions; Barron Theatre, North Street, [map]; 01334-461701; £5, £4.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
8pm - St Andrews Chamber Orchestra works by Sibelius, Wagner and Beethoven; University Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334-462226; £7, £6, £5,.
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
12 - 4pm Craigtown Development Plans exhibition and public consultation by the developers; Mount Melville Ltd / Macdonald Estates; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map].
2pm - 5pm Christmas Stall St Andrews Preservation Trust; Preservation Trust Museum, North Street [map] 01334 477629.
7.30pm The Pillowman black comedy by Martin McDonagh; Not Cricket Productions; Barron Theatre, North Street, [map]; 01334-461701; £5, £4.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
9am-1pm Farmers’ Market features: Arbroath smokies, bacon, baking, beef, buffalo, cheese, eggs, fruit drinks, herbs, jewellery, lamb, pork, poultry, soap, vegetables, venison; Fife Farmers Market; Argyle Street Car Park; free.
10 - 11.30am Coffee Morning mince pies and coffee - usual stalls, cake & candy, books, bottles, raffle and a Christmas stall; 1st St Andrews Boys Brigade; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; £1.
1 - 3pm Hogmanay Ceilidh - ticket sale Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; £15; also from Tourist Information Office, Market Street later.
2pm Aladdin pantomime; Chaplin's Touring Company; Cosmos Centre, Abbey Walk [map]; 0133-474140; kids £4, adults £7.
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Midwinter Concert of Ancient Scottish and Irish Harp Music Simon Chadwick (early clarsach) plays medieval sacred and secular music, including a piece from St Andrews Cathedral, the unique "Highland Battle" by Fife composer James Oswald will also be performed, presenting a thrilling narrative of combat and defeat through the sound of the harp, then, to highlight the midwinter theme, a selection of Renaissance music from the great houses of East and Central Scotland will follow, including 17th century lute tunes from Wemyss and Balcarres; All Saints Church Hall, North Castle Street [map]; 07792 336804; £5; doors open 7pm.
7.30pm The Pillowman black comedy by Martin McDonagh; Not Cricket Productions; Barron Theatre, North Street, [map]; 01334-461701; £5, £4.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30 Handel’s Messiah performed by St Andrews Chamber Choir; Holy Trinity Church, South Street [map]; £7, £5.
?? - Réfèt Afrique Launch Party Disco Afrique, featuring African music and dancing, a taster for the planned RA fashion show in March 2010; Réfèt Afrique; Old Course Hotel, Old Guardbridge Road [map].
10 - 11am Ted Brocklebank MSP available for consultation with Mid Scotland & Fife constituents; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 01334-659200.
7 - 9.30pm Community Council Meeting open meeting; Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 01334-475219; free.
8pm Alba Quartet music: Schubert Quartettensatz, Ravel Quartet, Schubert: Quartet ‘Death and the Maiden’; St Andrews Music Club; St Leonards School Auditorium, The Pends [map]; £10, concessions £9, students £5, junior 1;.
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7pm ‘Magical’ Christmas Family Show performed by The Magicians of St Andrews; Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place [map]; 01334-828231.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
1.15 - 1.45pm Lunchtime Concert David Nicholson (flute) and Philip Greene (clarinet); Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334 462226; £2.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Scottish Ornithologists Club Meeting members night – pictures and short talks; Scottish Ornithologists Club, NE Fife Branch; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; Paul Taylor 01334-828925.
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2pm Shakespeare & Co do Christmas! alternative pantomime; Byre Youth Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8, (£6).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
8pm Shakespeare & Co do Christmas! alternative pantomime; Byre Youth Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8, (£6).
10am - 12pm Christmas Plant Sale poinsettias, bulbs, cyclamen, etc, and local crafts in the gate house; Friends of the Botanic Gardens; Botanic Gardens, Canongate [map].
10am-4pm Book Sale hundreds of new books at a fraction of the original price; Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place [map]; admission free.
2pm Shakespeare & Co do Christmas! alternative pantomime; Byre Youth Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8, (£6).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm St Andrews Chorus Concert a mixed town-gown choir of 150 singers, music: Vivaldi Magnificat in G minor, Gloria, Handel Let God arise (Chandos Anthem No 11), Let thy hand be strengthened (Coronation Anthem No 4); St Andrews Chorus; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; £9 full, £7 concessions, £3 students.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
8pm Shakespeare & Co do Christmas! alternative pantomime; Byre Youth Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £8, (£6).
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
3.30pm - 8pm Please Give Blood blood donor session; www.scotblood.co.uk; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; 01382-645166; free tea and biscuits!
5.30pm Sodoku and Mathematics talk by Prof Peter Cameron, QMUL; School of Maths & Stats Copson Lecture 2009; Physics & Astronomy Building, North Haugh [map].
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
1.15 - 1.45pm Lunchtime Concert Ben McAteer (baritone); Music Centre; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; 01334 462226; £2.
5.15pm Logic, Physics and Intuition inaugural lecture by Peter Clark, Professor of Philosophy, St Andrews; School of Philosophy, Anthropological and Film Studies; School III, St Salvator’s Quad, North Street [map].
7.30pm Scottish Chamber Orchestra Concert music: Fauré Pelléas et Mélisande, Poulenc Flute Sonata [orch. Berkeley], Fauré Pavane, Haydn Symphony No 101 ‘The Clock’; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Younger Hall, North Street [map]; £10 - £19 (concessions available) from the Byre Theatre box office; pre-concert talk: 6.30pm (free to ticket holders) introducing new principal conductor Robin Ticciati.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
10.30am Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
10am - 12pm Christmas Plant Sale poinsettias, bulbs, cyclamen, etc, and local crafts in the gate house; Friends of the Botanic Gardens; Botanic Gardens, Canongate [map].
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
10am-4pm Book Sale hundreds of new books at a fraction of the original price; Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place [map]; admission free.
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
2.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm Mother Goose family pantomime by Johny McNight; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £15 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed) Friday - Saturday & Christmas Eve - £17.50 Adult (£10 Child under 16, Student, Unemployed).
7.30pm - 1am Bells at the Byre hogmanay diner & ceilidh; Byre Theatre; Byre Theatre, Abbey Street [map]; 01334-475000; £50 (ceilidh-only £35); ceilidh from 9.30pm.
8pm - 12.30am Annual Hogmanay Ceilidh Royal Burgh of St Andrews Comunity Council; Town Hall, Queen’s Gardens [map]; £15 fom the Tourist Information Office, Market Street (01334-472021).
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.
10am - 4pm Book Sale hundreds of new books at a fraction of the original price; Victory Memorial Hall, St Mary’s Place [map]; free admission.