South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

Location: East Kilbride Arts Centre

Time: 18:00

Cost: £6.00 / £4.00 concession (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

Frankenweenie 30 October 2026 6:00pm £6.00 / £4.00 concession (subject to £1.50 transaction fee) East Kilbride Arts Centre

 

After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor’s fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new “leash on life” can be monstrous.

Directed by Tim Burton

Runtime: 86 minutes

Rating: PG

Available to book online or by calling East Kilbride Arts Centre on 01355 261000.

Location: Library events

Time:

Cost: various

Library events

Library events, such as Bookbug etc, are booked through the library management system (Spydus).

Please click here to view and book library events.

Location: The Town House Hamilton

Time: 19:30

Cost: £30.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

Barbara Dickson 30 October 2026 7:30pm £30.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee) The Town House Hamilton

 

In this special semi-acoustic performance, Barbara Dickson and her pianist Nick Holland explore her catalogue of songs at an intimate level. Barbara lets the words and melodies take ‘centre stage’ as she performs a wonderful range of material drawing on her folk roots, contemporary greats, and some of her classic hits.

Emerging from the Scottish folk scene of the late 1960’s Barbara enjoyed mainstream chart successes with hits including ‘Answer Me’, ‘Another Suitcase in Another Hall’, ‘Caravan’ and the million-selling number one single, ‘I Know Him So Well’.

As Scotland’s best-selling female album artist, she has earned 6 platinum, 11 gold and 7 silver albums and cemented her status as one of the UK’s best-loved performers. Nick Holland joined Barbara’s touring band in the mid 2000’s and has remained with her ever since, playing keyboards and producing her recent albums.

Special guest will be Anthony Toner, an artist acclaimed as much for his insightful and poetic lyrics as for his mastery of fingerstyle guitar and engaging onstage patter. He has shared the stage with everyone from folk legends Barbara Dickson and Frances Black to country music heroes Guy Clark and Nanci Griffith and blues/jazz superstar Van Morrison.

Available to book online or by calling The Town House Hamilton on 01698 452299.

Location: Rutherglen Town Hall

Time: 19:30

Cost: £24.00 / group 10+ 10% discount (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

Rottenrow - Ra Musical 30 October 2026 7:30pm £24.00 / group 10+ 10% discount (subject to £1.50 transaction fee) Rutherglen Town Hall

 

Written and directed by Paul Moore.

From here to maternity…

And for every pregnant mother climbing that hill to Rottenrow, it took an eternity!

It’s a cold night in May 2001…Big Andy and his sidekick in security, Slim Si are watching over the decrepit wards of the iconic Rottenrow Maternity Hospital, the night before it feels the pain of the wrecking ball and is razed to the ground, with no epidural to numb the pain. The end of an epidural era! On their midnight “tour of duty”, our two hapless Security Guards wander through the wards and stumble upon an old box…containing patient files, cod liver oil and a lot of vodka…

And as the vodka kicks in…he reminisces with Slim Si about how him and his siblings were all birthed in the Rooms of Rottenrow…and thousands of others. The Birth of a Nation!  

Before long, it’s drams and prams, pains and weans, distractions and contractions….as The Wummin on The Wards emerge to give birth to their stories (and their weans) in full thrust Glasgow style. Literally all the belly aching hilarity…and a few hysterectomies too. A show that will have you in stitches!!

From the writer of the smash hit musical comedies “The Provy Wummin” and “Meet Me at Boots Corner” – with the pulsating patter of big toe tapping musical numbers-from Bassey to The Beatles and Boney M…and so many more!!

Not to be missed. Grab a seat and pay a visit with your Lucozade and grapes and reminisce about “Rottenrow”

Age restriction 16+

Adult humour and subject to strong language

Available to book online or by calling Rutherglen Town Hall on 0141 613 5700.

Location: East Kilbride Arts Centre

Time: 10:00 - 16:00

Cost: Free admission

Neil Smith: From Lens to Line 7 October - 1 November 2026 10:00am - 4:00pm Free admission East Kilbride Arts Centre

 

From Lens to Line is a celebration of creativity across different mediums, showcasing a collection of new and previously unseen work.

View a selection of photographic highlights, capturing moments, places, and perspectives that inspire my creative process. Explore palette knife paintings filled with texture, movement, and bold colour.

In the Cafe, you will see a range of illustrations from my imaginative books, Arttoons and Afterthoughts, where ideas, observations, and storytelling come together on the page

Together, these works reflect an ongoing exploration of creativity, capturing the way I see and interpret the world through both lens and line."