Currently in its 10th season, the Acoustic Affair held its first show in February 2002 and has now played host to over 200 well selected artists in over 120 shows in venues throughout Glasgow and Scotland. These locations include the Tron, the Arches, St Andrews in the Square, ABC and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.
Calendar
2016 Fringe award-winner Frances M Lynch returns, celebrating breakthroughs by Scottish women scientists in genetics, geology, computing, engineering, astronomy, marine biology, mobile phones, etc. Musical drama featuring new sounds fashioned from traditional and classical songs by Scottish women composers, some co-created with women scientists for Minerva Scientifica: Patron, Judith Weir, Master of the Queen’s Music. Staged at Valvona & Crolla, Scotland’s oldest Italian deli, featuring a free dedicated app.
Passion, intrigue and murder: Mary, Queen of Scots comes alive in three newly commissioned pieces from top contemporary composers, exploring in her own words, love and betrayal with inspirational nobility. ‘Astounding, amazing, electric. Louise Macdonald at her most glorious’ (Liz Scobie, Chairman, West End Festival, 2015).
Alastair is joined by virtuoso cellist Tom Rathbone for a concert of fiddle music inspired by Scotland and beyond. Featuring music inspired by WWii sites in Northern France alongside classic Scots fiddle repertoire by Niel Gow, Robert MacKintosh and William Marshall.
2016 Fringe award-winner Frances M Lynch returns, celebrating breakthroughs by Scottish women scientists in genetics, geology, computing, engineering, astronomy, marine biology, mobile phones, etc. Musical drama featuring new sounds fashioned from traditional and classical songs by Scottish women composers, some co-created with women scientists for Minerva Scientifica: Patron, Judith Weir, Master of the Queen’s Music. Staged at Valvona & Crolla, Scotland’s oldest Italian deli, featuring a free dedicated app.
Secrets, songs and love lives of five legendary divas in a five-star smash hit from double Scotsman Fringe First winner Morag Fullarton. Three make-up ladies bitch, harmonise and laugh as they entertain us with hilarious, heartbreaking, irreverent tales from the dressing rooms of Doris, Dolly, Judy and Liza: of backstage mammas, absent fathers, gay husbands, flunked auditions, sublime singing and the filthiest Julie Andrews ever to grace the boards. Sold out at its Fringe premiere in 2015, the show has received rave reviews. ‘Genius!’ (Robbie Coltrane). ‘Rapturous, witty, impressive’ (Glasgow Herald).
Passion, intrigue and murder: Mary, Queen of Scots comes alive in three newly commissioned pieces from top contemporary composers, exploring in her own words, love and betrayal with inspirational nobility. ‘Astounding, amazing, electric. Louise Macdonald at her most glorious’ (Liz Scobie, Chairman, West End Festival, 2015).
A series of solo concerts celebrating the magical Scots fiddle tradition by one of the country’s leading exponents. Alastair’s critically acclaimed 2016 album Alone With History features melodies by Niel Gow and James Scott Skinner alongside a unique tribute to Rabbie Burns. The performance represents a heartfelt journey of Scottish history. ‘A must for aficionados, a primer for anyone with a notional interest in Scottish traditional music’ (Keith Bruce, Herald) ‘There is a breathtaking effortlessness to Savage’s musical art: technical and intricate without ever overshadowing the music itself’ (Su O’Brien, BrightYoungFolk.com).
Secrets, songs and love lives of five legendary divas in a five-star smash hit from double Scotsman Fringe First winner Morag Fullarton. Three make-up ladies bitch, harmonise and laugh as they entertain us with hilarious, heartbreaking, irreverent tales from the dressing rooms of Doris, Dolly, Judy and Liza: of backstage mammas, absent fathers, gay husbands, flunked auditions, sublime singing and the filthiest Julie Andrews ever to grace the boards. Sold out at its Fringe premiere in 2015, the show has received rave reviews. ‘Genius!’ (Robbie Coltrane). ‘Rapturous, witty, impressive’ (Glasgow Herald).
Passion, intrigue and murder: Mary, Queen of Scots comes alive in three newly commissioned pieces from top contemporary composers, exploring in her own words, love and betrayal with inspirational nobility. ‘Astounding, amazing, electric. Louise Macdonald at her most glorious’ (Liz Scobie, Chairman, West End Festival, 2015).
A series of solo concerts celebrating the magical Scots fiddle tradition by one of the country’s leading exponents. Alastair’s critically acclaimed 2016 album Alone With History features melodies by Niel Gow and James Scott Skinner alongside a unique tribute to Rabbie Burns. The performance represents a heartfelt journey of Scottish history. ‘A must for aficionados, a primer for anyone with a notional interest in Scottish traditional music’ (Keith Bruce, Herald) ‘There is a breathtaking effortlessness to Savage’s musical art: technical and intricate without ever overshadowing the music itself’ (Su O’Brien, BrightYoungFolk.com).