DUNDEE THEATRE
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
Dundee Rep
Tay Square
John McGarth’s revolutionary play, performed as a Highland ceilidh, tells the history and the tragedy of Scotland through song, humour and drama. It explores the exploitation and economic changes in the Scottish Highlands throughout history from the ruthless evictions of Highland crofters through to the exploitation of resources during the North Sea oil boom of the 1970s. The stories and experiences of Scotland’s land, sea and people across the centuries it contains, make this show absolutely unmissable.
www.dundeerep.co.uk

GLASGOW/TOURING MUSIC
Kathryn Williams and Michele Stodart
Centre for Contemporary Arts
Sauchiehall Street
These two artists are among the highlights of Glasgow Americana festival next month and they’ll be performing songs from their new albums. The latest release from Williams (pictured), Hypoxia, is inspired by Sylvia Plath’s book The Bell Jar and she does full justice to it with a gentle voice loaded with an underlying edge and steeliness. Stodart’s second solo album is a follow-up to her debut album Wide-Eyed Crossing, described by one critic as “a southern-drenched journey into Americana country blues.” Should be a memorable evening.
kathrynwilliams.co.uk

LONDON EXHIBITION
Rothenstein’s Relevance: Sir William Rothenstein and his Circle
Ben Uri Gallery
Boundary Road, NW8
Until January 17
The exhibition examines major themes from William Rothenstein’s career including Jewish subjects, portraiture, figure studies in Paris, London and Gloucestershire and the first and second world wars. They are contextualised by work on similar themes by a number of mostly younger contemporaries including Barnett Freedman, Mark Gertler, Eric Kennington, Jacob Kramer, Albert Rutherston and Alfred Wolmark, who were all either influenced directly by, or worked alongside, Rothenstein. Free.
benuri.org.uk