Five things to do in Scotland this week: from Swan Lake to Lulu

As part of its 35th anniversary, Edinburgh Science Festival will stage 150 events across 30 venues, digging deep into topics such as AI and its impact on creative work, alternative ways of dealing with dead bodies, and the future of transport. There’s also a zeitgeisty Traitors-style session that puts visitors to the ultimate test — can you work out whether a robot is lying to you? Children are very well catered for too: buying a day pass for the City Art Centre is a great start (though there’s much more). Book ahead for workshops, which explore gadgets, blood, slime and dinosaurs.
Details Until Apr 14, various venues, Edinburgh; edinburghscience.co.uk

3. James V: Katherine, touring

Katherine Hamilton (played by Catriona Faint) is a respectable married woman whose brother has been executed for preaching ideas forbidden by the Church. In addition to harbouring a secret love, she now finds herself fighting for her life in an Edinburgh courtroom, attended by important figures such as King James V himself. Inspired by real 16th-century events at the start of the Scottish Reformation, this is the latest instalment of Rona Munro’s acclaimed James Plays. Produced by Raw Material and Capital Theatres, it’s directed by Orla O’Loughlin, who brought to life important productions such as Mouthpiece, Enough of Him and What Girls Are Made Of.
Details Apr 10-20, Capital Theatres’ The Studio, Edinburgh; then touring to Glasgow, Aberdeen, Tobermory, Inverness, Dunoon, Dunkeld, St Andrews, Stirling, Peebles and Hawick; rawmaterials.co.uk

Lulu is celebrating 60 years in the limelight

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4. Champagne for Lulu, touring

Well now. Weeeeeeeeell. Lulu Kennedy-Cairns turned 75 last autumn and, to celebrate, she’s embarking upon a Champagne for Lulu UK tour, kicking off with a couple of warm-up concerts in Glenrothes and Aberdeen. The Lennoxtown singer was only 15 when she released Shout, and, gosh, has she amassed some stories in those six decades, from winning Eurovision to singing a Bond theme, featuring in Absolutely Fabulous and scoring a number one with Take That. You can expect a few juicy anecdotes between songs.
Details Apr 6, Glenrothes; Apr 7, Music Hall, Aberdeen; Apr 9, Concert Hall, Glasgow; luluofficial.com

King Creosote is touring his first album in seven years

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5. King Creosote, touring

It’s fitting that King Creosote (aka Kenny Anderson from Crail) has called his new tour Any Port in a Storm. Showcasing songs from I Des, King Creosote’s first album in seven years, the tour will call in at a number of coastal towns and islands around Scotland.

The album hums with the kind of tender, kaleidoscopic sounds — laced with something heavier — that remind us why he’s such an important figure in Scottish music. If you want a taster, look up King Creosote — Live at EartH Hackney, above, which has some interesting snippets from his home town on the East Neuk.
Details Apr 5, Concert Hall, Troon; Apr 6, Queen’s Hall, Dunoon; Apr 12, Ramsay Hall, Islay; Apr 19, Portree Community Centre, Skye; Apr 20, Nevis Centre, Fort William; Apr 26, Tivoli Theatre, Aberdeen; Apr 27, Universal Hall, Forres; Apr 28, Perth Theatre; May 24, Ceilidh Place, Ullapool; May 25, An Lanntair, Stornoway; May 31, Gardyne Theatre, Dundee; Jun 1, Byre Theatre, St Andrews; kingcreosote.com

Young Fathers are curating a day festival at the end of June

And one to book ahead … Young Fathers

The dynamite Edinburgh trio are curating and playing a day festival in Stirling — their biggest headline gig to date. More acts to be announced.
Details Jun 29, Stirling City Park, Stirling; gigsinscotland.com