The collaboration between bassist Arild Andersen, drummer Paolo Vinaccia and saxophonist Tommy Smith has been winning rave reviews ("my jazz album of the year," said this paper's critic Kenny Mathieson), so this tour is much anticipated. Catch them i
n Aberdeen tomorrow night.
• The Lot, Edinburgh, 8:30pm, 0131-225 9922
THEATRE: WHITE MAGIC
This year, among the Christmas stalls and funfair rides that fill Princes Street Gardens, there is a beautiful Belgian Spiegeltent. Inside, the spirit of the Edinburgh Fringe is alive and well in the shape of this cabaret show, starring Aussie drag act Drags Aloud, Edinburgh street dance duo Etch n Sketch, the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, magician Kevin McMahon, mime artist Clive Nicholas Andrews and more.
• Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, 9pm, 0131-622 6552
THEATRE: CINDERELLA
First night of Random Accomplice's modern and very Scottish take on Cinderella, now at the Byre for Christmas. In this version, Ella dreams of dancing with Prince Fraser Campbell Wright, but is stuck looking after sisters FiFi and FouFou's "Dame Academy".
• Byre Theatre, St Andrews, 7:30pm, 01334 475000
MUSIC: GASLIGHT ANTHEM
As featured on these pages on Monday, the Gaslight Anthem are a New Jersey band keeping blue-collar rock alive, with their heartfelt paeans to the small-town working stiff who's living for the weekend, yearning for a girl called Maria, or a decent automobile. Listen out for the anthemic Blue Jeans and White T-shirts.
• The Garage, Glasgow, 7pm, 0141-332 1120
MUSIC: RUNRIG
The veteran folk-rock band continue their winter tour. Two dates at Glasgow Barrowland follow on Thursday and Friday (the first of which is sold out). Tickets are also on sale now for the band's celebratory concert at Scone Palace next August, part of the Year of Homecoming celebrations.
• Perth Concert Hall, 7:30pm, 01738 621 031
FILM: BODY OF LIES
Ridley Scott's latest film manages to say a few things about the world "war on terror" without compromising the excitement. It's a taut, hi-tech thriller starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio as CIA agents who are working at opposite ends of the spectrum to snare an al-Qaeda operative.
• Cinemas nationwide. Listings, p50
THEATRE: BABES IN THE WOOD
A panto, a pie and a pint as Oran Mor hands over its lunchtime slot to Dave Anderson and David MacLennan, who will bring 30 years of theatre experience to this affectionate send-up of Christmas shows, which continues throughout December.
• Oran Mor, Glasgow, 1pm, 0141-357 6200
MUSIC: CHRISTMAS WITH THE RAT PACK
Screw up your eyes a little bit and pretend it's really Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr up there, as impersonators croon their way through seasonal favourites such as Baby It's Cold Outside and White Christmas.
• Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 7:30pm, 0141-353 8000
THEATRE: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Dundee Rep's production of Proclaimers musical Sunshine on Leith is now on tour, freeing up the venue for this new family Christmas show. Jemima Levick directs a production that promises lavish costumes, lots of songs and a fresh take on a traditional yet subversive tale.
• Dundee Rep, 7:15pm, 01382 223530
MUSIC: REMEMBER REMEMBER
After playing in various bands on the Glasgow indie scene for years, guitarist Graeme Ronald has been getting rave reviews this year for his instrumental solo project, Remember Remember, which has echoes of everything from Steve Reich to Sonic Youth.
• Mono, Glasgow, 7:30pm, 0141-553 2400
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