South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

 

Studio32 Theatre Company present Home, I’m Darling, by Laura Wade.

Judy is perfectly happy. She has the perfect home, a ridiculously happy marriage and only last week picked up the most wonderful frilly apron to match her newly styled kitchenette. She is living the life of a quintessential 1950s housewife, and she couldn’t be more content. But – are things really that perfect? Can you really live the 50s dream in the 21st century?

Studio32 presents what is destined to be the Scottish amateur premiere of Home, I’m Darling by Laura Wade – a stylish, witty romp through gingham, cocktails, and perfectly polished domestic bliss – until the cracks start to show. It’s a sharp, fun twist on 1950s nostalgia where vintage ideals clash with modern life.

From the theatre company who brought you Calendar Girls and Steel Magnolias, don’t delay – snap up your tickets today!

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

Cost: £15.00 / £13.50 concession (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Our hugely popular, long running Tea Dances return on Thursdays on the following dates;

• 15 January
• 19 February
• 19 March
• 16 April
• 21 May
• 25 June

Time: 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Tickets: £2.50

John Findlay provides the live music for our series of Tea Dances with a mixture of sequence and ballroom to suit all tastes.

Tea and biscuits provided.

Book early to avoid disappointment! Call Rutherglen Town Hall on 0141 613 5700.

Cost: £2.50

 

On 23 January 2024 I was diagnosed as being neurodivergent which was kind of a surprise to me, funny enough not to anyone that knows me.

Although surprising this pretty much answered my full life and why I am the way I am.

So come join me in a show where I’ll give you a first-hand insight from my delusional eyes to what goes on in my ever-expanding mind with stories of how I've managed to survive through a life of total confusion to how and why I now prefer to be alone, mostly!

Suitable for ages 16+.

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

Cost: £27.50 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Lanark Amateur Music Society presents We Will Rock You.

Music and lyrics by Queen.
Story and script by Ben Elton.
Original vocal score by Brian May, Roger Taylor and Mike Dixon.

“We Will Rock You” is presented through special arrangement with, and all authorised performance materials are supplied by, Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW). 

www.theatricalrights.co.uk

We Will Rock You is a high-octane, adrenaline-fuelled musical featuring more than 20 iconic Queen hits, including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “We Are the Champions,” “Somebody to Love,” “Don’t Stop Me Now,” and of course, “We Will Rock You”. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where individuality has been outlawed and music is controlled by algorithms, the story follows two young revolutionaries who dare to defy the system to save rock ‘n’ roll.

Lanark! Are you ready to rock?

Available to book online or by calling Lanark Memorial Hall on 01555 673199.

Cost: £18 / £16 conc / £15 group 10+ (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

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”.

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

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