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january – april 17
Hello, welcome to our new
What’s On Guide
This is your essential guide to cultural events from Renfrewshire
Leisure! We’ve changed things around a bit so you can see
our whole range of events each month and will be publishing
an extra Summer What’s On Guide so you have a year round
programme of cultural events.
This year is the 30th anniversary of With this in mind, we would love you
Paisley Arts Centre and we are planning to let us know the following:
a programme of events and shows to • What has been your programme/event
mark the occasion. highlights over the past 30 years?
We want to celebrate with everyone who • What does Paisley Arts Centre
has supported Paisley Arts Centre over mean to you?
the past three decades to make this
• What would you like to see in the
a year to remember.
programme as part of the 30th
birthday celebrations?
Email us at PAC30@renfrewshire.gov.uk,
or pop into the arts centre to have a chat
to our staff or fill out a comments card.
As a thank you, we will enter your name
into a prize draw to win free tickets to our
30th Anniversary edition of A Buddy
Good Laugh on 27 April.
drama
music
dance
film
comedy
exhibitions
family events
special events
regular events
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and events for people of all ages, held at the Box Office for collection
launching in January. or posted out at a cost of £1.
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january
image: Mapping the Moon
january
exhibition
Until 25 January
2
Mapping the Moon
Paisley Museum
FREE
Paisley Museum recently received a
donation of Moon maps, created by
NASA in the early 1960s to provide
an accurate depiction of the lunar
surface. These maps, hand drawn
with incredible accuracy and detail,
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were then used to select suitable
sites for the Moon landings.
This display showcases a small
sample from our collection of these
very impressive, highly detailed
and decorative maps.
january
image: Skeleton Dermott Egan image: Recurrance Kevin Egan
exhibition exhibition
14 January–26 February 27 January–18 April 3
Form and Colour: Inspired
a way of being Paisley Museum
in the world FREE
An exhibition from Paisley-born
Inspired is the annual exhibition
artists Kevin and Dermott Egan
of artwork from children and young
Paisley Museum people in schools and nurseries book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
FREE across Renfrewshire.
Paisley-born brothers Kevin and This year, the exhibition will include
Dermott Egan invite you to engage community artworks created in
with some of their recent work workshops facilitated by ‘Ice Cream
which includes paintings, drawings, Architecture’: We Made Paisley City
carvings and sculpture. is an installation of architectural
models based on a fantasy future
Paisley and Our Story is a large multi
media mural.
*see page 1 for details of our booking fees
january
image: Swan Lake
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dance
Sat 28 January
Ballet West Presents
Swan Lake
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Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm
£12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee*
£10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee*
Using Tchaikovsky’s stirring score
and a moving adaptation of the
original choreography, the dancers
of Ballet West will tell the story of the
love of a young man for the cursed
Odette, who is destined to spend
her life as a swan, unless true love
can release her from the spell
of the evil Von Rothbart.
february
image: Die Mommie Die
LGBT History Month
February 2017
exhibition film
31 January–16 February Tues 7 February
Ian Passmore: Outspoken Arts and Paisley Arts Centre presents
Die Mommie Die (18) 5
Five Crossroads
to a Gay Space Paisley Arts Centre 7pm
Paisley Museum FREE
FREE Its 1967, retired singer Angela
Ian Passmore began to explore Arden’s career has hit rock bottom
his own life through art following and she is trapped in a loveless
redundancy shortly before marriage. She gets involved in an
book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
his untimely death in 2000. affair and her husband suddenly
dies. This leads to Angela’s
His work documents his life in daughter plotting a conspiracy
Paisley as a gay man at a time of revenge.
when the expression of
homosexual love was illegal. This hilarious murder mystery
movie is a must see for the stellar
Please note: Some of the language cast, never mind the fab outfits,
and images in this exhibition may psychoactive drugs and 50’s/60’s
cause offence. vibe.
*see page 1 for details of our booking fees
february
LGBT History Month February 2017
film film
Thurs 9 February Wed 15 February
LGBT + (Student Association of University Outspoken Arts and Paisley Arts Centre presents
West of Scotland) and Paisley Arts Centre
presents
Prick Up Your Ears (18)
Paisley Arts Centre 7pm
Rent (PG)
FREE
Paisley Arts Centre 7pm
The story of the spectacular life and
FREE
violent death of British playwright
The film version of the Pulitzer and Joe Orton. In his teens, Orton is
Tony Award-winning musical about befriended by the older, more
Bohemians in the East Village of reserved Kenneth Halliwell. But
New York City struggling with life, Orton’s success takes him farther
love and AIDS, and the impacts from Halliwell, whose response
they have on America. ended both his life and the life
This will be followed by a post of the up-and-coming playwright.
6 show discussion hosted by LGBT+, There will be a post-
exploring the themes raised show discussion around
in the film. domestic violence and
community safety.
image: 1987 Prick up your ears
film
Thurs 16 February
LGBT + (Student Association of University
West of Scotland) and Paisley Arts Centre
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presents
Pride (15)
Paisley Arts Centre 7pm
FREE
U.K. gay activists work to help
miners during their lengthy strike
of the National Union of
Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.
The film will be followed by a post
show discussion hosted by LGBT+,
exploring the themes raised in the film.
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family
Thurs 9 February
Valentine’s Baby Disco
Paisley Museum 10.30am–12pm 7
£2 per adult + bkg fee*
(children go free)
Join in the fun with dancing and
games as well as art activities.
Music will be provided by our own
DJ with a mixture of Disney tunes,
nursery rhymes and pop music.
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special event
Tues 14 February
Valentine’s Night at
Coats Observatory
Coats Observatory 6.30–9pm
(last admission 8.45pm)
Venus and Mars will be in
conjunction on Valentine’s
Night. Why not drop in for a
romantic evening of star-gazing!
*see page 1 for details of our booking fees
february
image: White
family
Fri 24 and Sat 25 February
Catherine Wheels Presents
White
Paisley Arts Centre
8 Fri 24 Nurseries only
10.30am and 1.30pm £3 + bkg fee*
Sat 25 public
11am £5 + bkg fee* film
Suitable for ages 2–4 Tue 28 February
Welcome to the beautifully strange Frame by Frame
world of White. Full of birdsong and
Paisley Arts Centre 7pm–9.30pm
birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles
£2 on the door
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and shines in the night. Two friends
look after the birds and make sure Do you have a film and want to get
the eggs stay safe. We watch, we it screened? Want to meet other
help. The world is bright, ordered filmmakers? Or just see locally
and white. But high up in the trees, produced films? Then Frame
all is not white. Colour appears. by Frame is the place to be!
First red... then yellow... then blue... For more information or to be
White is a playful, highly visual added to the Frame by Frame
new show for very young children mailing list contact
and is a perfect first time theatre richard.weeks@renfrewshire.gov.uk
experience.
*see page 1 for details of our booking feesmarch
march
drama
9
Thurs 2 March
Arts Enigma Presents
Hell’s Hunner Acres
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
£12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee*
Suitable for ages 14+
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Flit back in time as the “Cairns”
family close the door on tenement
strife and catch a ‘lift’ to the heaven
of high rise life at Queen Elizabeth
Square. Live, laugh and cry with
them as new design unravels
a family and its’ community.
The smash hit comedy/drama,
written and directed by Paul Moore,
takes you back to the banter of
Tenement Brick, Beaverbrooks
& The Barrowlands Ballroom.
image: Hells Hunner Acresmarch
image: Breabach
drama
Tues 7 March
Amina–MWRC Presents
If I Had A Girl
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
£10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee*
Suitable for ages 14+
A groundbreaking verbatim
production providing a startling
insight into honour-based violence
in ethnic minority communities
around Scotland.
If I had a girl… speaks for those
whose voices are silenced or stolen.
In their own words, survivors show
us how choices, family, and the
music burden of expectation can shape
Sat 4 March our lives irrevocably.
Breabach There will be a Q&A with the creative
10 team after this performance.
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
£14 (£12 conc) + bkg fee*
Breabach have been voted ‘Best
Live Act 2013’ & ’Best Folk Band
2012‘ at the Scots Trad Music
Awards and twice nominated
‘Best Band’ at the BBC Radio 2
Folk Awards. The Scottish five-piece
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deliver a thrilling and unique brand
of contemporary folk music that
has earned them international
recognition on the world and roots
music scene as one of the UK’s
most dynamic and exciting bands.
Make a night of it after this
performance at our Jazz cafe event;
part of our Paisley Arts Centre 30th
anniversary celebrations. Relax,
grab a drink and listen to some
great music from Paisley’s own
jazz chanteuse Evelyn Laurie.march
special event drama
Wed 8 March Thurs 9 March
Mighty Women Fair Pley Presents
of Science The Cause
Paisley Museum 12.30pm–1.15pm of Thunder
Performed by David Hayman
FREE
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
Celebrate International Women’s
Day and discover the Mighty £12 (£10 conc) +bkg fee*
Women of Science—a journey from A funny thing happened on the way
historical pioneers to contemporary to the pub… Bob Cunningham
ground breaking scientists. From A thought he saw a man ascend into
for Astronaut (Valentina Tereshkova, the sky.
the first woman in space) to Z for Bob has stuff on his mind: whether
Zoologist (the award winning Birute or not to take early retirement;
Galdikas) Mighty Women of Science politics and what to do about the No
is a playful and enlightening look at vote, Brexit, Corbyn… and that weird
some well known–and not so thing about rising into the heavens.
well known–women who have To make matters worse he discovers
changed and continue to change his ex-wife, who he hasn’t seen in
the world of science. 20 years, will be back in town later 11
tonight.
The Cause of Thunder is the sequel
to The Pitiless Storm, which sold out
2 years ago at Paisley Arts Centre.
comedy
Sat 11 March
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A Buddy Good Laugh
McKillop Institute, Lochwinnoch, 7.30pm
£10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee*
Paisley’s favourite comedy club
comes to Lochwinnoch with a top
line-up of comedians.
Renfrewshire Leisure are
working again in partnership
with Lochwinnoch Arts Festival,
a 10 day festival of events and
workshops that this year celebrates
16 years of bringing various art
forms to the area.
*see page 1 for details of our booking feesmarch
image: Expensive S**t
exhibitions drama
12 Mar–29 May Tues 14 March
A Galaxy Far, Far Away Scottish Theatre Producers Presents
Paisley Museum Expensive S**t
FREE Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
12
£10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee*
To complement the May The Toys Be
With You exhibition (page 14) this Suitable for ages 14+
display of astronomical images One toilet attendant. Two sets of
highlights the beauty and diversity toilets. One night. Worlds apart.
of our universe and the wonders The story of a Nigerian nightclub
within. toilet attendant, working in the toilets
There may even be a few of a fictional club based on the
photographs which bear a passing Shimmy Club in Glasgow. Her
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resemblance to some familiar sights conflicted journey is spliced with
from the ‘Star Wars’ universe! flashbacks to the toilets of the
Shrine nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria,
where her younger self dreams
of becoming a dancer in the
revolutionary band of the late
Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti.march
special event
Thurs 16 March
There’s been a Life–
An Evening with Alex
Norton
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
£15 (£13 conc) + bkg fee*
Alex Norton’s career has been
both highly colourful and eventful.
His journey from the streets of
Glasgow’s notorious Gorbals to
blockbuster Hollywood movies
has rarely been smooth. image: Alex Norton
He has worked with Billy Connolly, exhibition
Dudley Moore, Rowan Atkinson,
17 March–18 April
Johnny Depp and Clint Eastwood;
appeared in iconic movies like John Byrne Drawing
Gregory’s Girl, Local Hero and Competition–
Braveheart and made an everlasting Winners Exhibition
mark on British television as DCI 13
Paisley Museum
Matt Burke in Taggart.
Uproariously funny and highly FREE
entertaining, Alex Norton takes us Renowned Paisley artist and
on an irreverent journey behind the playwright, John Byrne, invites
scenes of a showbiz life very well lived. children and young people in
schools across Scotland, from P4 –
S3, to participate in the third annual
John Byrne Drawing Competition. book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
This exhibition will showcase some
of the highlights of this competition,
including the winning submissions.
Organised by Education Scotland
in partnership with Renfrewshire
Leisure.
image: John Byrne *see page 1 for details of our booking feesmarch
exhibition dance
18 March–29 May Tues 21 March
May The Toys Be Plan B Dance presents
With You Citizen
A unique collection Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
14 of Star Wars memorabilia £10 (£6 conc) + bkg fee*
Paisley Museum People leave places, sometimes
FREE by choice, sometimes because
From a galaxy far, far away comes they have to. Where do they go
an absolute must see for fans of Star and how do they fit in?
Wars or cinema history. Citizen is a darkly humorous look
May the Toys Be With You is one at how we bring our identity with
of the country’s finest Star Wars us wherever we go. Created with
collections of memorabilia, toys and four dynamic dancers by Glasgow-
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posters owned by collector Matt Fox. based choreographer Chrissie Ardill
and an electronic music score mixed
The toys and collectables from
live by composer Mariam Rezaei.
this period including X-wings,
lightsabers, posters and figures Includes short pre-show
will all be on display. performance by Right To Dance
There will also be fun activities
and features throughout the
museum for the whole family
to enjoy.
*see page 1 for details of our booking feesmarch
music family
Sun 26 March Tue 28 March
Jabuti Theatre Presents
Foster & Allen
Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm
Moonbeam
on a Cat’s Ear
£20 (£18.50 conc) + bkg fee*
Paisley Arts Centre 2pm
International recording artists
Foster & Allen are bringing their £3 + bkg fee*
40th Anniversary Tour to Paisley. Suitable for ages 3+
Celebrating 40 years together In the middle of the night Rosie,
in the music business they will be Toby Toby the cat and the mouse
performing a string of their hits sneak out to play. When Toby Toby
including Bunch of Thyme, Maggie, steals the moon from the sky they
After All These Years, I Will Love You go on an adventure. But, is it all
All My Life and Old Flames. just a dream?
They will also be playing some of Based on the book by Marie-Louise
their recent recordings as well as Gay, this is a visual journey that
songs from their 40th Anniversary captures the beauty and detail of
Celebration CD. Marie-Louise’s illustrations using
puppetry, physical theatre and
magical light boxes and brings it 15
all to life with a mesmerising original
musical soundscape and score.
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image: Moonbeam on a Cat’s Earmarchh
image: Fraser John Lindsay
special event music
Wed 29 March Fri 31 March
Meeting Ronnie Fraser John Lindsay’s
16
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm Blues Incentive
£12.50 + bkg fee* Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
Suitable for ages 16+ £10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee*
Ronnie Brown, formerly of The The local guitarist from Elderslie
Corries, takes you on an illustrated returns with his latest blues line-up.
journey through his long and varied Now based in Glasgow, Fraser
life. Ronnie will demonstrate to you currently plays with his band,
that there is so much more to the Blues Incentive, who have become
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man than just being a singer. regulars on the Glasgow blues
There will be a post show Q & A scene.
and Ronnie’s book will be on sale
Make a night of it after this
followed by a signing session.
performance at our Jazz cafe event;
part of our Paisley Arts Centre 30th
anniversary celebrations. Relax,
grab a drink and listen to some great
music from Paisley’s own jazz
chanteuse Evelyn Laurie.
*see page 1 for details of our booking feesapril
image: Dinosaur Detectives
april
family
Tues 4 April
Head in the Clouds
17
Paisley Central Library
10.30am and 1.30pm
£3 + bkg fee*
Suitable for ages 0–5
Cirrus the dog has a serious job:
he has to keep watch on the sheep.
What to do when they lose book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
themselves, drifting amongst the
dancing clouds? How can he help
these woolly-headed dreamers get
back down to earth?
Guided by the performers, all
audience members are invited to
help create the atmosphere and
landscape of the story.april
image: Chris Ramsey
family
Thurs 6 April
Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre
Dinosaur Detectives
Paisley Arts Centre 2pm
£4 + bkg fee*
Suitable for ages 5+
The Dinosaur Detectives weave
18 their way through the audience
looking for clues about the past
when they discover a secret
doorway. Inside there are a number
comedy
of cases; cases that contain the
stories of the people who Fri 7 April
discovered dinosaur bones Chris Ramsey:
in Victorian times.
Is That Chris Ramsey?
A performance with rod puppets,
Paisley Town Hall 7.30pm
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shadow play and large-scale
projections shows the fascination, £20 (£18 conc) + bkg fee*
fun and the conflict that surrounds A brand new stand up show for 2017
the search for dinosaurs. from the comedian you’ve seen
Clydebuilt also bring along a on The Royal Variety Performance,
‘Fossil Table’ for the end of the Celebrity Juice, Hebburn, Live At
show where the audience can The Apollo and various newspapers
handle fossils including real bones when he was wrongly arrested
and dinosaur poo! in a hotel in his underpants.
Is that Chris Ramsey? Yes it is.
On his biggest UK tour yet.
Get tickets while you can.april
music image: Jack and the Beans Talk
Sat 8 April
Talisk
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
£10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee*
Winners of the 2015 BBC Radio 2
Young Folk Award, Talisk are one
of the fastest rising bands on
the British folk scene.
Mohsen Amini (concertina), Hayley
Keenan (fiddle) and Craig Irving family
(guitar) create a captivating,
energetic and dynamic sound that, Tue 11 April
in little more than a year, has earned Garlic Theatre Presents
them multiple award wins and Jack and
nationwide media and audience the Beans Talk
attention.
Paisley Arts Centre 2pm 19
“Extraordinary” £4 + bkg fee*
Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
Suitable for ages 3–7
Jack lives on a small farm with his
mum and very little to eat. He likes
to talk to the birds, his cow and
anyone who will listen. Imagine his
surprise when he swops his cow book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
for some magic beans and starts
to hear a whispering in the breeze
and a giant rumble in the sky...
Charming and inventive with plenty
of interaction, an enormous
beanstalk, bags of gold and a
smelly old giant, Jack and the Beans
Talk is a cautionary tale about what
might happen if you throw things
out of the window!
*see page 1 for details of our booking feesapril
image: When Marnie Was There
family film
Wed 12 April Thurs 13 April
Over the Top Puppet Company Presents Studio Ghibli Presents
Willie the When Marnie
Wicked Wolf Was There (PG)
Johnstone Town Hall 2pm Paisley Arts Centre 2pm
20 £4 + bkg fee* £4 (£2 conc) + bkg fee*
Suitable for ages 5+ Based on the novel by Joan G.
Willie is an outrageous but loveable Robinson, this beautiful anime
rogue, whose interests include food, follows Anna Sasaki living with her
motorbikes and rock’n’roll. He plans relatives in a seaside town. Anna
to eat Granny and Red Riding Hood comes across a nearby abandoned
but fails miserably because of his mansion, where she meets Marnie;
unreliable motorbike. Luckily Granny a mysterious girl who asks her to
is a good mechanic. Unluckily she promise to keep their secrets from
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is not a good driver...how will it end? everyone. As the summer
Happily of course, if the audience progresses, Anna spends more
helps! time with Marnie, and eventually
Anna learns the truth about her
The puppets are all hand operated
family and foster care.
within a rickety seaside style puppet
booth, which heaves around
alarmingly throughout the
performance issuing bubbles,
smoke and occasional jets of water!
*see page 1 for details of our booking feesapril
special event music
Wed 19–Sat 22 April Fri 21 April
Paisley Beer Festival Ken Mathieson’s
Paisley Town Hall Classic Jazz Orchestra
£6 (tickets available on the door Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
and includes a free souvenir glass) £12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee*
Wed–5pm to 11pm Thurs–12pm to 11pm The Classic Jazz Orchestra includes
Fri–12pm to 12am Sat–12pm to 9pm
some of Scotland’s finest and
Come along to the 30th edition most versatile jazz talents. The
of one of Scotland’s biggest and combination of expert musicianship
best festivals. Organised by the and the leader’s imaginative
Renfrewshire branch of CAMRA the orchestrations resulted in winning
event will feature 230 different real the Best Band category in the 2009
ales, traditional ciders and perries, Scottish Jazz Awards. It’s music
mead and wine. to gladden the heart and animate
the feet from an era when jazz
family was synonymous with joy.
Make a night of it after this
Thurs 20 April
performance at our Jazz cafe event;
Spring Baby Disco part of our Paisley Arts Centre 30th 21
Paisley Museum 10.30am–12pm anniversary celebrations. Relax,
grab a drink and listen to some
£2 per adult + bkg fee*
great music from Paisley’s own
(children go free)
jazz chanteuse Evelyn Laurie.
Join in the fun with dancing and
games as well as art activities. image: Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra
Music will be provided by our own
DJ with a mixture of Disney tunes, book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
nursery rhymes and pop music.april
music
Sat 22 April
22 Ímar
Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
£12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee*
With a line-up featuring members
of Mànran, RURA, Talisk and Barrule,
Ímar have achieved a heavyweight
collective haul of top prizes–
including the 2016 BBC Radio
Scotland Young Traditional Musician
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of the Year, a BBC Radio 2 Young
Folk Award, nine All-Ireland and
eight All-Britain titles. Ímar’s
image: Imar unmistakable synergy centres on
the overlapping cultural heritage
between Scotland, Ireland and the
Isle of Man.april
comedy
Thurs 27 April
A Buddy Good Laugh and Gilded Balloon presents
Scott Gibson in Life
After Death
Paisley Arts Centre 8pm
£10 (£8 conc) + bkg fee*
Suitable for ages 18 +
To celebrate Paisley Arts Centre’s
30th Anniversary this special edition
of A Buddy Good Laugh will be
headlined by the one and only
Scott Gibson himself.
A story of fear, love, life and
Blackpool....on returning from a stag
weekend, Scott’s brain exploded. image: Horse McDonald
He had suffered a massive brain
drama
haemorrhage, so he did what any
self respecting Glaswegian man Fri 28 April
would do and went back to bed Gilded Balloon presents 23
for 4 days. Horse McDonald in
‘A natural gifted storyteller’
Careful
Frankie Boyle Paisley Arts Centre 7.30pm
£12 (£10 conc) + bkg fee*
Careful is Horse McDonald’s
spellbinding debut play. Horse
takes us on a journey from wearing book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
two-tone velvet loons to being
one of Scotland’s most celebrated
singers, and through those times
when she had to be... Careful.
Join Horse afterwards for a live
audience Q&A with director
Maggie Kinloch, as well as hit
songs from the last two decades
of her illustrious career.
image: Scott Gibson
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from 9 January
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Johnstone Sequence
Dancers
Johnstone Town Hall 1pm–3pm
£2 on the door
Calling all senior citizens! Are you
bored of doing nothing with no-
where to go during the winter
months? Join us in the new
Johnstone Town Hall for two
hours of sequence dancing.
New members welcome.
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Every Tues and Thurs Paisley Natural History
10 January–23 March Society Talks
Winter Viewing Nights Paisley Museum 7.30pm
Coats Observatory 6.30pm–9pm FREE
(last admission 8.45pm)
Hosted by experts in the field, these
FREE talks provide an interesting insight
Throughout the winter months, into various natural history topics.
Coats Observatory opens to allow The talks are open to everyone ad
visitors to view the wonders of the there’s no need to book, just come
night sky up close through powerful along.
telescopes housed in the building. Thurs 12 January
See the Moon, planets and other Entomological Adventures
astronomical wonders as never on Mingulay
before. In the event of poor weather by Jeanne Robinson, Curator of Entomology
planetarium shows will be given (The Hunterian, University of Glasgow)
as an alternative. Thurs 2 February
Blood, sweat and deer(s): using
animal DNA evidence to aid
wildlife crime investigation
by Dr Lucy Webster (Science and Advice
for Scottish Agriculture) 25
Thurs 2 March
Scotland’s Dinosaur Isle
by Dr Neil Clark, Curator of Palaeontology
(The Hunterian, University of Glasgow)
Thursday 6 April
The factors affecting the status
of Bearded Reedling in the Tay book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
reed beds
by Iain Malzerregular events
Every Sat 14 Jan–4 March Every Sat 14 Jan–4 March
Saturday Art Class Creative Art Classes
Paisley Museum Paisley Museum 2pm–4pm
10.30am–12.30pm £36 (£30 conc) + bkg fee*
£36 (£30 conc) + bkg fee* for 6 week session
for 6 week session Suitable for ages 11–16
Suitable for ages 7–11 Join an expert tutor and realise your
Art classes are run by a professional creative potential with a series of art
artist. Places limited to 15 per class. classes. Whether you want to learn
new techniques, develop skills or
use the studio space to work on a
project, these teenage art classes
are perfect for you. The experienced
tutor will guide you through various
art forms and help you explore new
methods in print making, painting
on canvas, design and drawing.
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box office & information 0300 300 1210regular events
Every Wed from 25 Jan Every Wednesday from 8 Feb to 22 Mar
to 15 March (except 15 Feb)
Club Animate
Playdays @ Paisley Museum
the Museum (entry via side door) 6pm–7.45pm
Paisley Museum 1.15pm–2.30pm £30 (£25 conc) for a 6 week session
FREE–tickets can be booked +bkg fee*
in advance to avoid disappointment. Suitable for ages 8–15
Drop in and try free, creative Make a short cartoon. Make a
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sessions for wee ones and adults Lego movie. Take it home on DVD.
to enjoy together. Each session Devise a script, shoot and edit.
includes activities such as singing, Learn to use animation software
music, multi sensory games and and add your own hilarious voices
creative play inspired by Paisley to your finished story.
Museum’s exhibits.
1.15pm–1.45pm
book online www.renfrewshireleisure.com
Wee Playdays suitable for babies
under 13 months (plus their
parents/ carers).
2pm–2.30pm
Mini Playdays suitable for 13
months- 3 years (plus their
parents/ carers).
Please note max capacity
is 15 per session.
*see page 1 for details of our booking feesregular events
Every Thurs from 9 Feb to 23 March 20 Feb, 29 March, 12 April
Camcorder Club Tea Dances
Paisley Museum 2.30pm–4.30pm Paisley Town Hall 1pm–3.30pm
FREE £2 + bkg fee*
Digitise your precious memories Enjoy an afternoon of dancing,
for future generations... music and chatting with friends.
Get involved with Renfrewshire’s John Findlay will keep you
movie making club for older people. entertained all afternoon playing
Transfer VHS to DVD or get your a series of timeless tunes
holiday video onto DVD. We make on the keyboard.
new films and transfer 8mm to DVD.
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*see page 1 for details of our booking feeslistings january–april click to book www.renfrewshireleisure.com box office 0300 300 1210 drama Page Hell’s Hunner Acres 2 March 9 If I Had A Girl 7 March 10 The Cause of Thunder 9 March 11 Expensive S**t 14 March 12 Careful 28 April 23 music Breabach 4 March 10 Foster & Allen 26 March 15 Fraser John Lindsay’s Blues Incentive 31 March 16 Talisk 8 April 19 Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra 21 April 21 Imar 22 April 22 dance Swan Lake 28 Jan 4 Citizen 21 March 14 film Die Mommie Die 7 Feb 5 Rent 9 Feb 6 Prick Up Your Ears 15 Feb 6 Pride 16 Feb 6 Frame by Frame 28 Feb 8 When Marnie Was There 13 April 20 comedy A Buddy Good Laugh 11 March 11 Chris Ramsey 7 April 18 A Buddy Good Laugh: Scott Gibson 27 April 23
exhibitions Mapping the Moon Until 25 Jan 2 Form and Colour 14 Jan–26 Feb 3 Inspired 27 Jan–18 April 3 Five Crossroads to a Gay Space 31 Jan – 16 Feb 5 A Galaxy Far Far Away 12 March–29 May 12 John Byrne Drawing Competition 17 Mar–18 Apr 13 May the Toys Be With You 18 March–29 May 14 family events Valentines Baby Disco 9 Feb 7 White 25 Feb 8 Moonbeam on a Cats Ear 28 March 15 Head In the Clouds 4 April 17 Dinosaur Detectives 6 April 18 Jack and The Beans Talk 11 April 19 Willie the Wicked Wolf 12 April 20 Spring Baby Disco 20 April 21 special events Valentines Night at Coats Observatory 14 February 7 Mighty Women of Science 8 March 11 An Evening With Alex Norton 16 March 13 Meeting Ronnie 29 March 16 Paisley Beer Festival 19 April–22 April 21 regular events Johnstone Sequence Dancers Mon and Wed from 9 Jan 24 Winter Viewing Nights 10 Jan–23 March 25 Paisley Natural History Society Talks 12 Jan–6 April 25 Saturday and Creative Art Classes 14 Jan–4 March 26 Playdays at the Museum 25 Jan–15 March 27 Club Animate 8 Feb–22 March 27 Camcorder Club 9 Feb–23 March 28 Tea Dances 20 Feb–12 April 28
about us Paisley Museum
High Street, Paisley PA1 2BA
Opening hours:
Closed Mondays
Tues–Sat, 11am–4pm
Sun, 2pm–5pm
Public Holidays, 11am–4pm
Renfrewshire Leisure is a not-for- Coats Observatory
profit charitable Trust that Opening hours:
manages all the cultural and see Paisley Museum information
sport facilities in Renfrewshire. Public access through Paisley
Museum except for winter viewing
Venue Hire when entry is via:
Renfrewshire Leisure offers venue hire for 49 Oakshaw Street West,
performances, meetings, conferences Paisley PA1 2DR
and weddings at the following locations:
Paisley Town Hall
Paisley Town Hall
Abbey Close, Paisley PA1 1JF
Renfrew Town Hall
Opening hours:
Paisley Arts Centre Mon–Sat, 8.45am–4.45pm
Paisley Museum
Renfrew Town Hall
Tweedie Hall
& Museum
Johnstone Town Hall Renfrew Cross, Renfrew, PA4 8PF
All Renfrewshire Leisure venues Opening hours:
can be contacted at: Mon–Fri, 9.30am–4.45pm
Tel: 0300 300 1210 Sat, 10am–2pm
Email: eventhires@renfrewshire.gov.uk In addition to the above hours,
Renfrew Museum will be open during
Renfrew Museum evening lets of Renfrew Town Hall
The museum presents the story of the town (Mon–Thurs to a maximum of 8pm)
using objects, pictures, film and personal
accounts from local residents.
Johnstone Town Hall
25 Church Street, Johnstone, PA5 8FA
Central Box Office Opening hours:
Paisley Arts Centre, New Street, Mon, Wed & Fri, 8.45am-5pm
Paisley PA1 1EZ Tues & Thurs, 8.45am-8pm
Sat, 9am-5pm
To book tickets, call the Box Office on
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0300 300 1210
or book tickets online by visiting Tweedie Hall
www.renfrewshireleisure.com/arts Bridge Street, Linwood, PA3 3DB
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