🕺 The Glasgow Culture Wrap: 30 April - 7 May 2025
What's happening with Aye Write? Cryptic Nights event announced, Lulu recognised, new Barrowland art gallery, Cuvee & The Caravan Shop to open, gig announcements & more
🕺 Good Afternoon, Glasgow! Welcome to Edition 45 of The Culture Wrap. This newsletter for paid subscribers is the result of a week spent wading through clickbait, ads, social media sludge and confusing event websites to bring you a curation of the top culture news of the week. Consider upgrading your subscription for just £5 to get full access and support The Wrap.
The most-viewed links from the last Glasgow Culture Wrap:
🏠 Inside Interior Design Masters contestant Victoria Scott’s home
🍻 I did the sub crawl and discovered what’s killing our pubs
🎨 Arts & Culture
📖 The return of Aye Write has been pushed back indefinitely despite winning funding from the Scottish Government. - Brian Ferguson has the exclusive for The Herald.
🌊 The first Cryptic Nights event has been announced for 2025 (May 8). - Details
↳ Affairs of the Current is a live audiovisual performance by Glasgow-based artist Laurie O’Dowd that blends sound and visuals inspired by water.
🌟 Popstar Lulu will receive an honorary doctorate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for her “extraordinary” contribution to music. - Ryan McDougall & Fahad Tariq, Glasgow Live.
📙 Irvine Welsh spoke to Brian Ferguson at The Herald about his fears for the country’s cultural identity if River City stays cancelled.
📣 I’ll Scratch Yours, an evening of original new writing and performance, is back at The Old Hairdressers on June 5. - More info.
🎤 Ruchazie bingo caller Vinnie McKee made it to the Britain’s Got Talent Final. - Amy Myles, Glasgow Times.
📽️ OSSIAN’s documentary about Hometown Sound System is screening at The Art School tomorrow from 7pm. - Details.
👩🎨 Check out the latest creative opportunities curated by Off The Record Scotland via Instagram.
🖌️ Miracles Design Futures Exhibition opens at Strange Field this evening from 7pm. - Details.
📖 Southside resident Scott Rule has penned his first novel, The Milk Boys is a gritty coming-of-age tale set in 1970s East Kilbride, where the shadow of a murdered gangster father looms large. As factories close and dreams fade, his son Billy navigates a world of rivalries, violence, punk rock, and secrets—delivering milk by day and uncovering dark truths by night.
🎞️ The wrongful arrest of a man at Glasgow Airport in 2019 will be made into a feature film set to be released next Easter. - Gabriel McKay, The Herald.
👗 Hillhead High student Ella Sharp won Junk Kouture’s London category (which includes Scottish contestants) with a stunning dress made from discarded race paraphernalia such as foil blankets and running vest numbers. - Ann Fotheringham, Glasgow Times.
🩰 Scottish Ballet has collaborated with Rags to Riches on a new project – creating tote bags from costume fabrics. - Scottish Ballet.
🎞️ The Glasgow Film Theatre will celebrate the life of the late Gene Hackman with a season of classics in May. - Mark McDougall, The Herald.
😂 Keir McAllister, marketing manager at The Stand, spoke to Callum McCormack at Glasgow World about plans for the new location.
🧑🎨 Experimental digital arts studio Grpahic Deisgn is launching a new street-level window art gallery in the Barrowlands on Saturday (4-7pm) with music video and short film screening events and a Q&A with animators Ross Hogg and Jessica Ashman. Tickets are available for £6 from TicketTailor. - Thanks Nathan Smith, artist, Grpahic Design for submitting!
🎶 Teddy Jamieson shares his top gig picks for May via The Herald.
⚡ The Skinny’s May round-ups are here:
↳ Theatre Highlights
↳ Comedy Highlights
↳ Live Music Highlights
↳ Clubbing Highlights
🎨 Check out Erin Bradley-Scott’s new mural outside Gallus in Partick! - Video.
🍽 Food & Drink
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