As March fades away and April takes a bow, Glasgow welcomes a couple of comics, two differing takes on hip hop culture and an Easter weekend packed full of goodness.
The Absence of War, Citizens Theatre, Tue Mar 31-Sat Apr 4
With the general election looming, Headlong Theatre have made the canny choice to resurrect David Hare’s 1993 play about a hopeful Labour candidate on the eve of his shot at the big time.
Alexis Dubus, The Stand, Wed Apr 1
You may know this stand-up best for his Gallic character creation Marcel Lucont – now he’s back under his own steam, talking about ‘Cars and Girls’.
Stanley Odd, Broadcast, Thu Apr 2
One of Scotland’s most promising hip hop groups is travelling around the country in their appropriately-named ‘Sweatbox Tour’ – if you can find a way to squeeze yourself into the sold out Broadcast on this night, we recommend you do it.
Courtney Barnett, The Art School, Thu Apr 2
Australian singer-songwriter (pictured above) whose deadpan slackerism contains shades of Kim Deal, Patti Smith and Kim Gordon (and who has found kindred spirits in Glasgow crunch-pop duo Honeyblood, with whom she toured last year).
While We’re Young, general release from Fri Apr 3
Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts play a middle-aged couple grappling with their lost youth in this touching dramedy from Noah Baumbach (‘The Squid and the Whale’).
Aisling Bea at Gilded Balloon Drygate, Drygate, Fri Apr 3
One of the fastest rising stars of the Irish comedy scene, Queen Bea comes to the Gilded Balloon’s Drygate residency with a So You Think You're Funny award to her name.
Easter, Fri Apr 3-Mon Apr 6
There’s a whole lot going on across Glasgow during the Easter weekend, including family activities, new film releases and more – navigate your way around it all (plus schedule in a couple of nice places to eat out) with our appropriately-named Easter in Glasgow feature.
Easter clubs, Thu Apr 2-Sun Apr 5
We’d normally file any Easter-related activities under the generic Easter heading above, but a weekend that features both The Arches’ Love Action extravaganza and Pressure and Electric Frog’s Easter Weekender (not to mention Mr Scruff’s all-night slot at Melting Pot) deserves a shout-out of its own.
Inflatable Fun City, Glasgow Green, Fri Apr 4-Sun Apr 19
Conveniently popping up (or should that be blowing up?) for the duration of the Easter break, this settlement of bouncy castles, bungee reruns and gargantuan hamster balls will give your hyperactive wee ones somewhere to hurl their candy floss in safety.
Rick Ross, O2 Academy, Sun Apr 5
A polar opposite to the Stanley Odd 'Sweatbox Tour' mentioned above, the blinged up Floridian rapper who shares a name with a drug dealer brings the game to Glasgow.