What's On Scotland 17-24 March: Bonobo

Each week The Skinny team hand pick a selection of events from the Scottish cultural calendar to provide you with this guide to the most exciting goings on in the week ahead. From gigs, plays and exhibitions to spoken word and pop up cake shops, we give you the insider's guide to things to do in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee every Thursday morning.

Bonobo + George Fitzgerald
SWG3, Glasgow. 19 Mar, 9pm

Electric Frog's got quite the treat lined up for post work-week party seekers on Saturday with Bonobo (AKA Simon Green) and George Fitzgerald pitching up camp in the SWG3 booth. Bonobo's fresh from a streak of sell out shows and festival headline slots, so inevitably ready to groove you into your early Sunday with auditory aplomb. Get your serving of his eclectic, wholesome electronica while you can. Photo: Nick Bojdo

Science Festival Lates
City Art Centre, Edinburgh. 24 Mar 7.30pm

Gird your geeky loins for the Science Festival (26 Mar-10 Apr); the next week is thriving with terrifically nerdy activities. Recommendation #1: Science Festival Lates at the City Art Centre, an opening event in which the flagship family venue’s child orientated exhibits are open to the Peter Pans of the Scottish public. Illustration: Kyle Smart

Neu! Reekie! Double Heider
Art School, Glasgow. 18 Mar, 7pm
Mitchell Library, Glasgow. 19 Mar, 7.30pm

Behold; a N!R! double whammy! On 18 Mar they'll pull down the projector screen to unveil their tour documentary Anywhere But The Cities with GSFF, before sweetening up your Saturday with an Aye Write! showcase featuring animation from BAFTA award winner Ross Hogg and dreamy chord'n'word weaving from RM Hubbert (and barrels more beyond). Courtesy of the Reekie ragamuffins themselves we've got three tickets to the entire weekend-full up fer grabs. Send an email to zap@theskinny.co.uk for the chance to land tickets for yourself and two musketeers to both events – first come, first serve though, so get a shimmy on.

Daniel Sloss
Garage, Glasgow. 19 Mar, 8pm

We're not going to tell you you've been sitting under a rock since 2008 if you haven't yet heard of Daniel Sloss. It'll be difficult, but we won't. We will, however, direct you to our website where you can purchase tickets to see his latest show at Garage, Glasgow. Go and do some belly chuckles, you deserve that much. Photo: Gavin Evans

I Am Thomas
The Lyceum, Edinburgh. 23 Mar-9 Apr, times and prices vary

Theatre with music isn't always jazz hands and tired smiles. In fact, more often than not, new musical theatre stretches far beyond. Exhibit A: I Am Thomas, a Brecht-Weill style brutal comedy about Thomas Aikenhead, an Edinburgh medic (and total smart-arse) who was the last man to be executed for blasphemy in Britain after mouthing off in the pub. Finally! A musical about unjust death sentences and gruesome hangings. Truly refreshing.

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Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema: Peter Pan
Hippodrome Cinema, Bo'ness. 20 Mar, 1.30pm

Bo'ness's Hippodrome Cinema is not only thought to be a ruby in Scotland's filmhouse crown, it's also one of the oldest purpose built cinemas in the country. That in mind, the idea of a silent movie festival taking place under its domed roof sounds really quite divine. It's worth checking out the fest's Peter Pan screening, complete with a live score performed by renowned silent film harpist Elizabeth-Jane Baldry. Read our Film section's picks of the festival here.

Rally & Broad: First Editions
Bongo, Edinburgh. 18 Mar 7.30pm
Stereo, Glasgow. 20 Mar, 2.30pm

Rally & Broad have yet another stunner planned, this time an eve of musical and poetic sessions orbiting the theme of newness. First Editions will feature songwriter Amy Duncan, raconteur Hannah McGill, poet Ellen Renton, a performance from the award winning Ross Sutherland and music from ULTRAS. Catch an equally wicked line-up on Sunday at Stereo, too.

Village Storytelling Festival
22-26 March, times and venues vary

The Storytelling Centre marks fifteen years of fizzing, altruistic and artistic activity, helping children, vulnerable adults, and isolated people to tell the tales of their 'village'. Their storytelling festival will offer up performances, screenings, symposiums and workshops galore between 22-26 March. Look out for The Old Woman, The Buffalo and the Lion of Manding; a tale of a royal family torn apart told atop a soundscape of dodo bow, djembe, flute and kalimba.

Adam Stafford
The Hug & Pint, Glasgow. 20 Mar, 7.30pm

Former Y’all Is Fantasy Island main man Adam Stafford plays a gig at the H&P following the release of his first album in three years, Taser Revelations. He'll be playing a set full’a alt-pop goodness, catchy melodies and the occasional ‘samuri-guitar attack’ to mark the occasion. Support comes from the likes of Robbie Lesiuk and Wolf. Photo: Iona Spence

Puppet Animation Festival
19 Mar-15 Apr, various dates and times in venues across Scotland

Know what you need in your life? Puppets, that's what. Look at this friendly wee chap, rejuvenating your soul with his yellow raincoat and pet seal. Now we've whetted your appetite, we'll point you in the direction of Puppet Animation Festival, Britain's biggest children's performing arts festival. It's taking place in venues all over Scotland, so take your brood (or borrow a child from an exhausted relative) and go get caught up in the magic and puppet strings.

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