Arcadia Scotland

Art and Culture

Rachel Maclean: I Heart Scotland: 21 April, Forthside Square, 11am-5pm

Rachel MacLean keeps up her dizzying output of recent work with I HEART SCOTLAND, a characteristically absurdist take on Scottish identity and national pride, featuring fried breakfasts, lots of tartan, robots in kilts and the protean artist herself playing every character in a short film, The Lion and the Unicorn.

The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler: 25 April, macrobert, 7.30pm

Vanishing Point and the National Theater of Scotland present the first theatrical presentation exploring the work of the extraordinary artist Ivor Cutler. Cutler was an eccentric who was signed by all the major record labels, who influenced The Beatles and was championed by John Peel.

I, Elizabeth: 26 April, macrobert, 7.30pm

Rebecca Vaughan uses Elizabeth's own words to tell the story of the queen's struggle to reconcile the desires of womanhood with the duties of sovereignty.

Bannockburn 700--Remember Bannockburn!: Throughout the End of April, Smith Art Gallery & Museum

A look at how the battle of Bannockburn has been represented in visual art over the centuries.

A Dream of Stirling: Norman McLaren's Scottish Dawn: Throughout the End of April, Smith Art Gallery & Museum

Exhibition on the life and work of Stirling-born award-winning filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Music, Comedy and Dance

JJ Gilmour: 25 April, Tolbooth, 8pm

The former front-man with the Silencers performs his Celtic rock banter.

The Treacherous Orchestra: 26 April, Tolbooth, 8pm

Scottish folk maestros who use electric mandolins, flutes, pipes and fiddle to create their huge and undeniably danceable sound.

Lectures, Sports and Local Festivals

Scotland's Stories of Home: Writing Workshop: 26 April, Bannockburn Community Library, 11am-1pm

A series of workshops held by Scottish Book Trust in connection with their latest project Scotland's Stories of Home. The workshops are held across the country and allow writers of all levels to work with an established author to develop their ideas on paper. First timers and writers in Scots and Gaelic are welcome.