South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture

 

Discover the unparalleled charm and comedy of Bruce Fummey, where humour meets Scottish history and insightful storytelling.

Bruce, the comedian behind the 240k subscriber YouTube channel Scotland History Tours, returns to East Kilbride with a new show. Laughs galore and quirky observations as he explains how Scotland Made the World.

His unique style showcases and celebrates Scottish culture and history, in a way that will not only keep you fully engaged but have you rolling with laughter and screaming for more!

Every Saturday morning UK time Bruce tells a story from Scotland’s history. This show will deliver more jokes than you’d get from the YouTube videos, and some might even make you blush, but you’ll still leave having learned about Scotland’s role in the world while laughing along the way.

Nominated for comedy awards in Australia, at home in Scotland and even named Scottish Comedian of the Year, Bruce appeared on ABC series Stuff the British Stole and many UK TV, film and radio shows.

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

Cost: £15.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Now seen by over 350,000 fans live and watched by millions on TV, Europe’s No.1 multi-award-winning hit country show, The Legends of American Country, returns for another fantastic night of toe-tapping Country nostalgia!

The upcoming tour will showcase highly acclaimed tributes to Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Don Williams, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette and Kenny Rogers and new tributes to icons Alan Jackson, Shania Twain, Garth Brooks, The Chicks and the new kid on the block, Luke Combs, with countless other well-known singalong hit songs  in this must-see musical extravaganza.

The show also features three superb singers who are all accompanied by a fantastic live band of musicians. Watch that real authentic Tennessee sound coupled with an authentic stage set and state-of-the-art production that is guaranteed to transport you all the way, hand clapping and toe-tapping, to Nashville and back in one night.

One thing is for sure, if it’s Country music you like then this is the only show in town!

Over 2,000 5-star reviews!

Country Music Northern Ireland “As good as Country show that you will see live anywhere outside Nashville"

CMT “Pure Raw Country at its Best"

Hot Country TV “fantastic show of nostalgic country at its best with superb vocalists and musicians"

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

Cost: £26.50 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

When the RSNO comes to play, everyone is welcome! Join presenter Gillian Moore as she introduces young and old alike to the wonders of classical music with Scotland’s National Orchestra.

Great things come in small packages. Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony is a Cold War thriller in punchy black and white; music so powerful that it’ll have you on the edge of your seat. And Sibelius took the basics of western music and raised them into a towering mountain of sound; a majestic, elemental journey to the top of the world and back. Come and experience it for yourself, with conductor Anna Rakitina and presenter Gillian Moore as your guides.

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

Cost: £16.00, £8.00 concession, £6.00 Universal Credit / under 16 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

It's that time of year again when East Kilbride Young Farmers Club Annual Variety Concert takes to the stage. Come along to our performances to see the cast in action.

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

Cost: £15.00 (subject to £1.50 transaction fee)

 

Still Painting After All These Years

From the artist

My full name is Robert Hair Miller, and I was born in Dalmarnock Road in Bridgeton, Glasgow in 1954. I attended Thomson Street Primary School in Dennistoun then Whitehill Senior Secondary School. I did have the honour of reaching the highest mark in my art higher in the history of the one-hundred-year-old school at the time.

I became a carpet designer at Lyle’s Carpet Factory after leaving school but was made redundant after only two years when the factory was closed. I decided to go to Glasgow School of Art at the age of twenty-one but left there after two and a half years to make my living playing keyboards in various pop bands.

I didn't lift a paint brush for about twenty years.

I decided to paint again when I was forty mainly because it has always been my passion.

This exhibition is really to show I have many interests in the art world although portraiture will always be top of my list.

I have painted many faces through the years but one of my favourite images is of Amy Winehouse. Amy's mum Janis has one of my paintings and I have a treasured photo of Janis holding the painting of her daughter.

I hope this selection of paintings interests the people who take the time to visit, thanks in advance, Robert.

Cost: Free admission