Alternative ways to spend Valentine’s Day

This Friday is Valentine’s Day - a signal for loved-up couples to pack into restaurants for candlelit dinners and for men to bulk buy flowers and chocolates.
By The Newsroom
Published 10th Feb 2014, 13:48 BST
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But there are plenty of alternative options for couples - or singletons - who want to go out and have fun, while avoiding the old cliches.

Here we look at five ways you can enjoy a Valentine’s Day with a difference.

A Bottle of Wine and Patsy Cline

Oran Mor, 7.45pm

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This musical tells the fascinating but tragic story of Patsy Cline.

It stars Gail Watson as the doomed singer and was a sell-out success last time it played at the Oran Mor.

The same team have reunited to recreate the magic, with a tipple included in the price of entry,

Go to www.oran-mor.co.uk for tickets.

Kid Canaveral’s Lumber Party

Stereo, 7.30pm

Local indie troubadour Kid Canaveral has got a group of his friends together for a mini music festival.

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Those appearing include hotly tipped collective Randolph’s Leap and former Arab Strap man Malcolm Middleton - a musician not well known for fanciful romantic lyrics.

To book a ticket visit www.stereocafebar.com

The Beat

The Arches, 7pm

Birmingham ska revival band The Beat will offer a toe-tapping remedy to any possible romantic overdose with their Two Tone tunes.

Support comes from Glasgow’s very own ska-mazing nine piece party band Esperanza.

Go to www.thearches.co.uk for tickets.

I Will Survive

Cottiers, 7.30pm

This musical comedy is perfect for any group of girls who want to leave the guys at home and let their hair down for the evening.

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Billed as being ‘Sex and the City with songs’, it features a whole range of well known singalong classics, from the title track to ‘Holding Out For A Hero’ and ‘Rehab’.

Tickets are available from www.cottiers.com.

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

GFT, 11pm

Edgar Wright’s oddly romantic comic strip adaptation has become something of a cult hit after crashing at the box office.

The GFT are holding a late-night screening of the film, in which Scott has to defeat seven evil ex-boyfriends in video-game style battles to win the hand of his beloved.

There’s also free entry into Nice ‘n’ Sleazy afterwards for those who fancy a dance.

To book your seat go to www.glasgowfilm.org.

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