Our guide of the best things to do this week.
The Full Monty His Majesty’s, Aberdeen, Mon to Sat
Simon Beaufoy, Oscar-winning writer of the hit 1997 film, has adapted his script about six out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose for the stage.
With songs from the film by Donna Summer, Hot Chocolate and Tom Jones, this award-winning production is described as one huge package of laughs and emotion and comes to Aberdeen following a successful run in London’s West End.
It stars Gary Lucy, Andrew Dunn, Louis Emerick, Rupert Hill, Martin Miller and Bobby Schofield.
The Ghost Train Dundee Rep, Tues to Thurs
Arnold Ridley’s classic comedy thriller about a group of travellers, including some newlyweds, an estranged couple, a self-indulgent young dandy and an elderly spinster with a parrot.
They’re stranded in the waiting room of an isolated railway station on a dark and stormy night, reacting with various degrees of credulity to the station master’s warning of death to anyone who sets eyes on the ghostly train that haunts the line.
Ridley’s inspiration came after he was stranded overnight at a station in Bristol.
How Now Mrs Brown Cow Hydro, Glasgow, Tues to Sat
Mrs Brown’s Boys’ success doesn’t look like stopping anytime soon.
A host of awards and accolades, a top-rated Christmas TV show, a big screen movie and a 10-week tour of Australia made for a spectacular 2014.
Brendan O’Carroll and the family cast of Mrs Brown’s Boys aren’t slowing down.
Their new live show, How Now Mrs Brown Cow, is appearing in arenas across the UK and comes to Glasgow, the programme’s spiritual home, this week for five nights.
Cirque Eloize: Cirkopolis Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, Wed to Sat
A world class leader and champion of contemporary circus, Cirque loize has been creating innovative and moving productions since 1993.
Combining dance, circus and theatre, Cirkopolis creates a world inspired by the brilliantly lavish classic films, Metropolis and Brazil.
Twelve talented and versatile performers blur the lines between dream and reality, in a show featuring illusions, acrobatics, humour and originality, all played out to a musical score and stunning video projections.
While We’re Young At cinemas from Friday
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts are Josh and Cornelia, happily married middle-aged members of New York’s creative class.
As Josh labours over the edit of his weighty new documentary, it’s clear something is not right.
So when he meets free-spirited young couple Jamie and Darby he doesn’t need much persuading to get out of his editing chair and join them on their adventures.
However, in a twist on many mid-life crisis movies, he’s joined in this pursuit of his lost youth by his wife.
And The Beat Goes On Perth Concert Hall, Thurs to Sat
Peter and Lily love Sonny & Cher and decades after the celebrity couple’s heyday, they’re still listening to the records, lip-syncing to the songs and practising their comedy routines every evening.
But beneath their obsession with sparkle and showmanship is a tragedy. And as dark truths start to pop their bubblegum act, it becomes clear not everything is quite as it seems.
A play from Olivier award-winning playwright Stef Smith, And The Beat Goes On is performed by Julie Brown and Johnny McKnight.
Champions Of Magic Gaiety Theatre, Ayr, Thursday
The UK’s largest touring magic show features five of the world’s finest magicians, including Young & Strange Grand Illusionists, Fay Presto: Queen Of Close-up Magic, Alex McAleer: Master Mind Reader and Edward Hilsum, IBM International Champion Of Stage Magic 2014.
Join this team of tricksters for a spectacular night of mystery that will keep you guessing.
Stunning illusions include teleportation, levitation and a heart-stopping finale that sees one performer walk through the spinning steel blades of a giant industrial fan!
The Wind In The Willows Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Fri and Sat
Immersion Theatre and Cambridge Touring Theatre join forces to present a musical adaptation of the classic tale.
Ratty, Mole, Badger and the irrepressible Toad embark on the adventure of a lifetime, culminating in a colourful battle with a pair of pick-pocketing weasels to save Toad Hall.
Elaborate costumes, toe-tapping music and larger-than-life characters will capture the imagination of the youngest of audience members, while the nostalgic charm of this beloved story will please older generations.
The Water Diviner At cinemas from Friday
Sitting in the director’s chair for the first time, Russell Crowe gives us a surprisingly even-handed account of the human cost of the First World War.
Russell also takes on the lead role in the film, playing a father who, at war’s end, attempts to fulfil a promise made to his wife to find the bodies of their three sons killed at Gallipoli and bring them home to be buried in Australia.
But Russell also takes time to tell the Turkish tale of the conflict in an engrossing story with a couple of very touching moments.
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