SNACK up – What’s on this week in Scotland 14-21st February

While we get the Spring print SNACK mag together, the website [which is where you are] is chocabloc with some particularly interesting pieces including an interview with up-and-coming hip-hop/aftrobeat artist flowkidd, and a disappointed review of Eraserhead Xiu Xiu. Caragh-Rose was similarly but differently disappointed with surprise box-office hit, the game to film adaptation of Iron Lung.

Big thanks for continuing to be our pals and stuff, and supporting us as we continue to cover all the weird and wonderful – and downright normal –things going on across Scotland.

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Enjoy the round-up and we’ll catch you next week!

Zara Grew ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏

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Sweet Home Yama Rama

Place: The Rum Shack, Glasgow
Date: Friday 20th February

Glasgow-based Psych rock band Yama Rama are launching a curated monthly night of music, cleverly/awfully titled Sweet Home Yama Rama, setting up digs at a fav Southside venue The Rum Shack.

They will be taking over The Rum Shack for a community-focused night to promote inclusivity and showcase a variety of grassroots artists and music styles. The upcoming launch night will feature performances by Mist & Wing, Jack Borrill, and of course the residents, Yama Rama.

Tickets are 50p at minimum / pay what you can.

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Head. Heart. Hand.

Traverse, Edinburgh
Thursday 19th till Saturday 21st February

Did you/do you go to QMU? You might know it as the Edinburgh university that’s not really in Edinburgh. Former student and Olivier winner, Stef Smith, has written a bold new play to mark the 150th anniversary of QMU.It tells the story of the students and the significant events which have defined this Scottish University.

It’s got a pretty interesting history; originally a cookery school for women, the institution has developed and evolved, surviving two world wars, student protests and not to mention a global pandemic.

A play about passion, curiosity and care, performed by current QMU acting and performance students.
The performance on  the 20th will be followed by a free post-show discussion with Stef Smith (writer) and Bruce Strachan (director) chaired by Joyce McMillan.

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The Great Wave | Scottish Opera

Theatre Royal, Glasgow: 12th & 14th February

Festival Theatre, Edinburgh: 19th and 21st February

Are you ready for The Great Wave to make a splash? [Sorry, I had to do it]  

The world premier of Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross’s The Great Wave is here. A tale of family, creativity and struggle. This new opera explores the life of the artist Katsushika Hokusai and the creation of the world famous woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa. This large-scale, dynamic, production is an aural and visual delight. Slighly madcap but still grand, it has been a collaboration between Scottish Opera and KAJIMOTO built on centuries of cultural exchange between Scotland and Japan.

A night with Scottish Opera  pretty much guarantees spectacle and scale. If you’ve not been before then maybe you could make this new, modern opera your first? It’s far less stuffy than you might think.

Discounted tickets available for under 26s.

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Waiting for Godot

Place: Citizens Theatre, Glasgow

Date: 20th February till 14th March

The classic play about nothing and everything.
Samuel Beckett’s famous two hander will be tackled by well-known stage and screen actors Michael Hodgson, Matthew Kelly [yes, him] and George Costigan.

At its crux, Waiting for Godot is about two men who wait and wait, but it’s less about who or what they are waiting for and more about what happens in between.

This new interpretation from director Dominic Hill, promises dark comedy, tender moments and big questions, but not always answers, about futility and what it means to be human.

Who’s Godot? How do you pronounce Godot? Will the waiting ever end?

I guess you’ll have to go to the Citz find out.

Access, Gorbals, Under 30s and Low Income passes apply.

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(We indulge in) a bit of roll play | Birds of Paradise

Place: Tramway, Glasgow 

Date: Thursday 19th till Saturday 21st February

A play about sex, disability and making space for your desires. Birds of Paradise, Scotland’s foremost disabled theatre company unashamedly brings all that to the centre of the Tramway stage. Performed by a collective of disabled artists ready to take a fearless look at sex and disability with TV’s Rosie Jones as part of the cast.

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