Arcadia Scotland

Art and Culture

The Promontory Palace of Caesarea Matitima: 16 April, School of Classics, 4.05pm

Talk by Barbara Burrell (Cincinnati).

Viking Graves in Scotland and Beyond: 17 April, St Salvatore's Quad, 8pm

Talk by Dr Colleen Batey, University of Glasgow.

Three Ages of the Byrne Theatre: Beginning 19 April, Preservation Trust Museum

Easter exhibition.

Easter Exhibition: Throughout the End of April, The Art Club, Argyle Street

Unframed works.

Music, Comedy and Dance

How to Graduate: 16 April, MUSA, 5pm

Local comedians take a humorous look at how (not) to graduate, featuring stories from those who have failed to graduate without a hitch.

A Tale of Three Kings: 21 April, St Leonard's Chapel, 1.10pm

Lecture-recital by Audite Nova the London recorder consort, showcasing music from the reigns of three kings of England: Richard III, Henry VII and George I.

Concert: Benedetti Plays Mozart: 23 April, Younger Hall, 7.30pm

Programme: Beethoven Overture, Egmont, Mozart Violin Concerto Nº 5 in A major, K 219 ‘Turkish’, Beethoven Symphony Nº 4; Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

It'll be Alright on the Night: 25 April, Preservation Trust Museum, 7.30pm

A comedy set backstage and onstage in the 1960s Byre Theatre – missing costumes, lost actors, a fretting director and a stage manager trying to hold it all together ready for a performance of The Open; Red Wine Productions & The St Andrews Play Club.

Music at the Garden: 26 April, St Andrew's Botanic Garden, 7.30pm

The Alleycats, the university’s mixed-voice a capella contemporary singing group.

Lectures, Sports and Local Festivals

Scientific Teaching Tools as Instruments in Victorian Britain: 30 April, MUSA, 5.30pm

Talk by Dr Aileen Fyfe, School of History, on how instruments were used to spectacular effect in popular scientific lectures and how they transformed the nature of science teaching in universities.