Times Out

• I'm more best mate than leading man, says Derek

  DEREK RIDDELL is delighted to be starring in Frankie, BBC1's drama featuring the hugely excitable Bristol nurse, with the Glasgow-born actor playing her colleague and close pal.

• MUSIC: Will Eurovision prove pointless for Bonnie?

  SHE'S the raspy-voiced Welsh singer behind the multi-platinum-selling Eighties power ballad Total Eclipse Of The Heart, who has fans in France, Belgium and Germany.

• Paul Greenwood's movie reviews - The Great Gatsby, Fast & Furious 6, The Liability

  Fast & Furious 6 (12A, 130 mins)

• Clubbing - Haggis and hardcore

  HAGGIS, neeps and hardcore techno.

• Dinertec @ Carrick Lodge, Ayr

  THE Moll scrunched the towel into a tiny ball then hurled it furiously into the sink.

• Nightmoves - Cashmere Cat @ Make Do

  CATS and Cashmere Cat: just two feline-related internet sensations that have taken the web by storm of late.

• Music - Fans' chance to film Woodenbox

  SCOTTISH band Woodenbox are gearing up to release their second album – but they are already looking beyond it.

• THEATRE – Controversial stage classic The Sash comes to The King's

  STEWART PORTER offers a wry smile as he reveals that queues of men have been lining up to deface a giant poster featuring his face.

• MUSIC - Catch Fish at O2 ABC

  SCOTTISH rocker Fish is delighted to be going back on the road - with one exception.

• MUSIC: Stuart hopes his new record label will be a Twin-ner!

  A STRING of mundane jobs and the prospect of becoming a father inspired a local student to start his own record label.

• MUSIC: Then Jerico are back touring after 23 years

  FOR Then Jerico singer Mark Shaw, playing in Glasgow always feels a little bit like home.

• Clubs: Back to back Beck

  Slam's Subbie residency this month features the indefatigable techno newcomer Gary Beck.

• Dinertec @ Kelvingrove Cafe, Argyle Street

  THE Moll had spent the afternoon watching her favourite Cary Grant movies.

• Night Moves: Boom time as Shimmy shakes

  Common is dead.

• Paul Greenwood's movie reviews... Star Trek: In to Darkness, A Hijacking, Deadfall, Mud

  Star Trek Into Darkness (12A, 132 mins)

• MUSIC: Fatherson all set for Festival

  SCOTTISH rockers Fatherson are on the up and up - and are increasing in number.

• TV: Hayley cops a beat role

  Five years is a long time in the life of an ambitious actress.

• Movies: Acting's no joke for Bana

  Eric Bana's big break was interesting.

• THEATRE: Swap shop deserves a gold star

  IF YOU are going to stage a theatre show which takes children on a journey – an actual, physical walkabout – you need to be able to think on your feet.

• THEATRE – Oran Mor has China on its hands

  SIGNING up to Glasgow's award-winning series of lunchtime plays is like the theatrical equivalent of a bootcamp, with a manic two-week rehearsal period typically followed by a week-long run at Oran Mor.