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"TOSG, the Gaelic Drama company, with their new play by Norman Macolm MacDonald, in Gaelic with some lively music."
Theatre Adult
"TOSG, the Gaelic Drama company, with their new play by Norman Macolm MacDonald, in Gaelic with some lively music."
Theatre Adult
"Twenty fifth birthday tour of Steven Greenhorn's new political thriller, exploring the emotions which fuel and surround ambition. The writer of 7:84's acclaimed The Salt Wound, examines the conflict between party-politics and single issue activism."
Theatre Adult
"Twenty fifth birthday tour of Steven Greenhorn's new political thriller, exploring the emotions which fuel and surround ambition. The writer of 7:84's acclaimed The Salt Wound, examines the conflict between party-politics and single issue activism."
Theatre Adult
"Contemporary Scottish Writing at its best. Note the earlier starting time."
Theatre Adult
"Contemporary Scottish Writing at its best. Note the earlier starting time."
Theatre Adult
"Joanna Nicholson and Alan Emslie in a lively concert promoted by Music Live"
Music Classical and Opera
"Joanna Nicholson and Alan Emslie in a lively concert promoted by Music Live"
Music Classical and Opera
"Buddy MacMaster, the fiddler from Cape Breton, is joined by several Scottish fiddlers, such as Karen Steven, Kenny Fraser, and Ronan Martin. Also in the line-up is Allan MacDonald of Glenuig on pipes, Norman Chalmers, and some step-dancing."
Music Traditional
"Buddy MacMaster, the fiddler from Cape Breton, is joined by several Scottish fiddlers, such as Karen Steven, Kenny Fraser, and Ronan Martin. Also in the line-up is Allan MacDonald of Glenuig on pipes, Norman Chalmers, and some step-dancing."
Music Traditional
"The Edinburgh based group of 18 singers take their name from the Gaelic for 'anything at all' which reflects the eclectic programme they present of songs from all over the World and from a wide variety of tastes. Refreshing A Capella singing at its best."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Edinburgh based group of 18 singers take their name from the Gaelic for 'anything at all' which reflects the eclectic programme they present of songs from all over the World and from a wide variety of tastes. Refreshing A Capella singing at its best."
Music Classical and Opera
"Four gangsters arrive in a small hotel south of the USA border. Gradually the realisation that they are part of a 1940s film, which is in the process of breaking down. Live music from sultry sax. Seen by in Eden Court recently and now revamping."
Theatre Adult
"Four gangsters arrive in a small hotel south of the USA border. Gradually the realisation that they are part of a 1940s film, which is in the process of breaking down. Live music from sultry sax. Seen by in Eden Court recently and now revamping."
Theatre Adult
"Bonnie is one of the finest and most fiery Scottish fiddlers: a show-stopper, scholar and three-time US National Scottish Fiddle Champion. She lived at Armadale for a year and has since played all over the World, most recently at a prestigious Edinburgh International Festival concert. She is joined by a large group of highs school students fiddling on cello, violoa, bass guitars and even fiddles! Toe tapping, high energy music in a presentation of the rich American heritage of folk music."
Music Traditional
"Bonnie is one of the finest and most fiery Scottish fiddlers: a show-stopper, scholar and three-time US National Scottish Fiddle Champion. She lived at Armadale for a year and has since played all over the World, most recently at a prestigious Edinburgh International Festival concert. She is joined by a large group of highs school students fiddling on cello, violoa, bass guitars and even fiddles! Toe tapping, high energy music in a presentation of the rich American heritage of folk music."
Music Traditional
"A meal for and by the community of Sleat, with local foods, Gaelic chat and a C\u00e8ilidh atmosphere. Booking essential."
Community
"A meal for and by the community of Sleat, with local foods, Gaelic chat and a C\u00e8ilidh atmosphere. Booking essential."
Community
"A Wild late night dance at the very end of the F\u00e8is. C\u00e8ilidh dance and bop until the small hours. However exhausted you are, just obey those feet and get up and dance!"
Ceilidh
"A Wild late night dance at the very end of the F\u00e8is. C\u00e8ilidh dance and bop until the small hours. However exhausted you are, just obey those feet and get up and dance!"
Ceilidh
"Rod Paterson, Norman Chalmers, Derek Hoy and Ian Hardy form the Bairns, one of the great traditional Scotland folk bands. The night starts with members of 'Cluanas' the new young band from Skye."
Music Traditional
"Rod Paterson, Norman Chalmers, Derek Hoy and Ian Hardy form the Bairns, one of the great traditional Scotland folk bands. The night starts with members of 'Cluanas' the new young band from Skye."
Music Traditional
"Third time at the F\u00e8is, Ben Wyvis crack out an infectious brand of C\u00e8ilidh Dance music on fiddle, harmonica, whistle and pipes, driven by a tight rhythm section and played by some of the best in the business. Fast, furious C\u00e8ilidh dances and a bit of a 'boogie' in between times. They are simply 'the best C\u00e8ilidh band in the business'."
Ceilidh
"Third time at the F\u00e8is, Ben Wyvis crack out an infectious brand of C\u00e8ilidh Dance music on fiddle, harmonica, whistle and pipes, driven by a tight rhythm section and played by some of the best in the business. Fast, furious C\u00e8ilidh dances and a bit of a 'boogie' in between times. They are simply 'the best C\u00e8ilidh band in the business'."
Ceilidh
"Our first Festival Saturday promises to keep the family occupied and the feet tapping all afternoon. The F\u00e8is venue is filled with music, a caf\u00e9, sessions, and workshops in dance, Gaelic singing, harp, and traditional band playing. There will be juggling, photography, crafts, an art exhibition, children's events and the all-Gaelic paper-plane throwing competition!"
Workshop
"Our first Festival Saturday promises to keep the family occupied and the feet tapping all afternoon. The F\u00e8is venue is filled with music, a caf\u00e9, sessions, and workshops in dance, Gaelic singing, harp, and traditional band playing. There will be juggling, photography, crafts, an art exhibition, children's events and the all-Gaelic paper-plane throwing competition!"
Workshop
"A concert for local and young and older talent from Skye, with a bowl of soup or sandwich. Organised by the Skye and Lochalsh Young Music Makers"
Music Classical and Opera
"A concert for local and young and older talent from Skye, with a bowl of soup or sandwich. Organised by the Skye and Lochalsh Young Music Makers"
Music Classical and Opera
"Iain Steven, storyteller, is joined by Mary Smith the Gaelic singer, and poets Susie NicNeil and Meg Bateman. The evening will be largely in English and any Gaelic translated for visitors."
Workshop
"Iain Steven, storyteller, is joined by Mary Smith the Gaelic singer, and poets Susie NicNeil and Meg Bateman. The evening will be largely in English and any Gaelic translated for visitors."
Workshop
"Black Box Puppet Company present their acclaimed theatre show suitable for children up to about 10 years old. With an environmental theme, the play is interactive and a lot of fun."
Theatre Family
"Black Box Puppet Company present their acclaimed theatre show suitable for children up to about 10 years old. With an environmental theme, the play is interactive and a lot of fun."
Theatre Family
"At the end of a disasterous tour of the West Highlands and Islands, Rachel and Murdo are holed up in the Tartan Pagoda Hotel, Uig. They have hit rock bottom. Commissioned by TOSG this is Norman MacLean's first full-length play and is directed by Andi Ross of 'Sgathach' Fame. Gaelic."
Theatre Adult
"At the end of a disasterous tour of the West Highlands and Islands, Rachel and Murdo are holed up in the Tartan Pagoda Hotel, Uig. They have hit rock bottom. Commissioned by TOSG this is Norman MacLean's first full-length play and is directed by Andi Ross of 'Sgathach' Fame. Gaelic."
Theatre Adult
"Mynta have come to be respected in the music world for years - an honest and refreshing fusion of Sweden and India. An exotic orchestra of throaty, lazily grooved jazz-based flute and sax magic set around one of the worlds finest tabla players, Fazal Qureshi, and Shankar Mahadevan, the south-Indian classical vocalist with a magic voice."
Music World
"Mynta have come to be respected in the music world for years - an honest and refreshing fusion of Sweden and India. An exotic orchestra of throaty, lazily grooved jazz-based flute and sax magic set around one of the worlds finest tabla players, Fazal Qureshi, and Shankar Mahadevan, the south-Indian classical vocalist with a magic voice."
Music World
"The UK's leading percussion ensemble - a dynamic groups with an international reputation where African traditional music sits beside contemporary works."
Music Classical and Opera
"The UK's leading percussion ensemble - a dynamic groups with an international reputation where African traditional music sits beside contemporary works."
Music Classical and Opera
"A journey through a thousand years in words and music, from the ealry seafarers to the 20th Century. The title is insipired by the descrption of the bassoon. A solo bassoon concert with clasical and traditional pieces set against the spoken word."
Music Classical and Opera
"A journey through a thousand years in words and music, from the ealry seafarers to the 20th Century. The title is insipired by the descrption of the bassoon. A solo bassoon concert with clasical and traditional pieces set against the spoken word."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Traverse tour the Highlands again with 7 new plays by Scottish playwrites. Some of the best of contemporary Scottish theatre."
Theatre Adult
"The Traverse tour the Highlands again with 7 new plays by Scottish playwrites. Some of the best of contemporary Scottish theatre."
Theatre Adult
"Andy Thorburn and Aonghas MacNeacail's new piece."
Music Traditional
"Andy Thorburn and Aonghas MacNeacail's new piece."
Music Traditional
"'The Bumblebees' (Ireland) and 'Henderson, MacCormack, Martin and Murray' (Scotland) - two fabulous bands and eight lively women. Putting the oomph back into Gaelic singing, with a passionate, sensuous and moving selection of songs and music is the new line-up of Ingrid Henderson, Alyth MacCormack, Anne Martin and Anna Murray. The music of 'The Bumblebees' flows as sweet as honey, with a bit of a sting. Mary Shannon, Liz Doherty, Laoise Kelly and Collette O'Leary, are creating one helluva buzz on the Irish Music Scene."
Music Traditional
"'The Bumblebees' (Ireland) and 'Henderson, MacCormack, Martin and Murray' (Scotland) - two fabulous bands and eight lively women. Putting the oomph back into Gaelic singing, with a passionate, sensuous and moving selection of songs and music is the new line-up of Ingrid Henderson, Alyth MacCormack, Anne Martin and Anna Murray. The music of 'The Bumblebees' flows as sweet as honey, with a bit of a sting. Mary Shannon, Liz Doherty, Laoise Kelly and Collette O'Leary, are creating one helluva buzz on the Irish Music Scene."
Music Traditional
"One of the Poozies in a solo concert, Kate is outrageously talented with a voice like claret."
Music Traditional
"One of the Poozies in a solo concert, Kate is outrageously talented with a voice like claret."
Music Traditional
"Contemporary Dance from Urban Dance Theatre touring as part of the Highland Festival. Informal talk afterwards over tea. Children suitable."
Performance Dance
"Contemporary Dance from Urban Dance Theatre touring as part of the Highland Festival. Informal talk afterwards over tea. Children suitable."
Performance Dance
"Chamber music concert representing the best of Scotland classical performers."
Music Classical and Opera
"Chamber music concert representing the best of Scotland classical performers."
Music Classical and Opera
"F\u00e8is an Eilein opens with an international concert with young local people and led by musicians from Ireland, Belgium, Poland, USA, Sweden, Germany and Britain. All are members of the International Voluntary Service music work-camp, and have been staying in south Skye in the lead up to the F\u00e8is."
Music World
"F\u00e8is an Eilein opens with an international concert with young local people and led by musicians from Ireland, Belgium, Poland, USA, Sweden, Germany and Britain. All are members of the International Voluntary Service music work-camp, and have been staying in south Skye in the lead up to the F\u00e8is."
Music World
"Traditonal street music and song, from the Cuban Band touring as part of the Highland Festival"
Music World
"Traditonal street music and song, from the Cuban Band touring as part of the Highland Festival"
Music World
"Series of workshops over three days run by SLYMM"
Workshop
"Series of workshops over three days run by SLYMM"
Workshop
"Rob Hall, saxophonist, clarinettist and composer tours the Highlands with the outstanding London-based keyboard player Nick Ramm in the inventive new setting 'Seen and Heard'. With original music and some exciting audio-visuals based on the work of Highland based painter James Hawkins."
Music Jazz
"Rob Hall, saxophonist, clarinettist and composer tours the Highlands with the outstanding London-based keyboard player Nick Ramm in the inventive new setting 'Seen and Heard'. With original music and some exciting audio-visuals based on the work of Highland based painter James Hawkins."
Music Jazz
"Alasdair Fraser can lay claim to be a World leader in Scottish fiddle playing. He is back with his talent, charisma and various musical friends. The Scottish Step Dance is a stunning showcase of percussive dance and traditional music that has partly grown out of the College's summer schools. This young and lively line-up rcently starred in the Highland Festival. Part sponsored by 'Bill Simpson, Chartered Architect'"
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser can lay claim to be a World leader in Scottish fiddle playing. He is back with his talent, charisma and various musical friends. The Scottish Step Dance is a stunning showcase of percussive dance and traditional music that has partly grown out of the College's summer schools. This young and lively line-up rcently starred in the Highland Festival. Part sponsored by 'Bill Simpson, Chartered Architect'"
Music Traditional
"The MacNeils come from Cape Breton in Canada but their roots and muisc come from the Outer Hebrides. Playing some of the tightest celtic music, the three brothers and sister have a wonderful understanding of each other and their music. They radiate their distinctive Cape Breton musical style with Gaelic and English songs and some fine music on fiddle, pipes, accordion, guitar and harp."
Music Traditional
"The MacNeils come from Cape Breton in Canada but their roots and muisc come from the Outer Hebrides. Playing some of the tightest celtic music, the three brothers and sister have a wonderful understanding of each other and their music. They radiate their distinctive Cape Breton musical style with Gaelic and English songs and some fine music on fiddle, pipes, accordion, guitar and harp."
Music Traditional
"The Green Lady disappeared one evening into the Black Rock Gorge, a 100 ft deep, dark and overgrown chasm. Years later she was seen by a fisherman retrieving hidden fish . . . 14 young musicians and dancers, 15 adults and professional in a legend told through fiddles, whistles, gaelic song, story, video, dance and theatre. Wirtten by Aonghas MacNeacail and directed by Alpha Munro, Caroline Reagh, Gerda Stevenson and Simon Fraser."
Music Traditional
"The Green Lady disappeared one evening into the Black Rock Gorge, a 100 ft deep, dark and overgrown chasm. Years later she was seen by a fisherman retrieving hidden fish . . . 14 young musicians and dancers, 15 adults and professional in a legend told through fiddles, whistles, gaelic song, story, video, dance and theatre. Wirtten by Aonghas MacNeacail and directed by Alpha Munro, Caroline Reagh, Gerda Stevenson and Simon Fraser."
Music Traditional
"Fiona Knowles with another funny and incredibly moving new one woman play fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe. A FREE minibus will run from Broadford and Breakish Hall to the venue. Ring 01471 844207 for details"
Theatre Adult
"Fiona Knowles with another funny and incredibly moving new one woman play fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe. A FREE minibus will run from Broadford and Breakish Hall to the venue. Ring 01471 844207 for details"
Theatre Adult
"Barrage took the Highlands bystorm in 1998 and are back, an 11 piece music group that features 7 hot fiddle players, a unique high energy show to the UK. Based in Canada, they bring a night of tightly-played fiddle styles including Celtic, Worldbeat, Roots, Latin and Swing."
Music Traditional
"Barrage took the Highlands bystorm in 1998 and are back, an 11 piece music group that features 7 hot fiddle players, a unique high energy show to the UK. Based in Canada, they bring a night of tightly-played fiddle styles including Celtic, Worldbeat, Roots, Latin and Swing."
Music Traditional
"An informal workshop of international folk music from various countries around Europe, as part of the International Voluntary Service Music workcamp."
Workshop
"An informal workshop of international folk music from various countries around Europe, as part of the International Voluntary Service Music workcamp."
Workshop
"Two hours of silly stories, pointless poems and tall tales from tall-tale-teller James Campbell. He makes regular appearances on local and national radio, capturing the minds of thousands of children with his delightful world of walking, talking eggs, nine-headed monsters and frogs who own shops. Suitable for 4 to 10 year olds and their parents."
Talks and Literature
"Two hours of silly stories, pointless poems and tall tales from tall-tale-teller James Campbell. He makes regular appearances on local and national radio, capturing the minds of thousands of children with his delightful world of walking, talking eggs, nine-headed monsters and frogs who own shops. Suitable for 4 to 10 year olds and their parents."
Talks and Literature
"Anne Martin will lead you in some lively Gaelic songs. No previous experience necessary. Then come and hear some of them at tonight's concert."
Workshop
"Anne Martin will lead you in some lively Gaelic songs. No previous experience necessary. Then come and hear some of them at tonight's concert."
Workshop
"A gentle workshop with some lively Gaelic songs. No previous experience necessary. Then come and hear some of them at tonight's concert."
Workshop
"A gentle workshop with some lively Gaelic songs. No previous experience necessary. Then come and hear some of them at tonight's concert."
Workshop
"Look Out Theatre presents the new work 'Home' directed by Nicola McCartney, known for her play-writing skills for the Traverse Theatre."
Theatre Adult
"Look Out Theatre presents the new work 'Home' directed by Nicola McCartney, known for her play-writing skills for the Traverse Theatre."
Theatre Adult
"'Abair Usair' is the local project to encourage spoken Gaelic in the community. Come along and learn a little Gaelic, and hear about the recent resurgence in interest in the area, and the associated culture."
Workshop
"'Abair Usair' is the local project to encourage spoken Gaelic in the community. Come along and learn a little Gaelic, and hear about the recent resurgence in interest in the area, and the associated culture."
Workshop
"'Abair Usair' is the local project to encourage spoken Gaelic in the community. Come along and learn a little Gaelic, and hear about the recent resurgence in interest in the area, and the associated culture."
Workshop
"'Abair Usair' is the local project to encourage spoken Gaelic in the community. Come along and learn a little Gaelic, and hear about the recent resurgence in interest in the area, and the associated culture."
Workshop
"Conrad with a presentation of south American street dance, including performers, musicians and projected images."
Workshop
"Conrad with a presentation of south American street dance, including performers, musicians and projected images."
Workshop
"Highland based theatre company work about the tweed industry. Self booked and self-financed into Arainn Chaluimm Chille, hoping that SEALL can help market and at the door."
Theatre Adult
"Highland based theatre company work about the tweed industry. Self booked and self-financed into Arainn Chaluimm Chille, hoping that SEALL can help market and at the door."
Theatre Adult
"Emerging from the 1999 Highland Festival, via the BBC and a CD, a musical theatre show about the fiddle collections of Capt Fraser, with Johny Hardie, Alyth MacCormack, Brian MacAlpine, Hamish Macdonald and Rory Campbell."
Theatre Adult
"Emerging from the 1999 Highland Festival, via the BBC and a CD, a musical theatre show about the fiddle collections of Capt Fraser, with Johny Hardie, Alyth MacCormack, Brian MacAlpine, Hamish Macdonald and Rory Campbell."
Theatre Adult
"Double Bill: The Real Wild West and complete and utter history of Argyll and the Isles and 'Bairn's Bothers'."
Theatre Adult
"Double Bill: The Real Wild West and complete and utter history of Argyll and the Isles and 'Bairn's Bothers'."
Theatre Adult
"Three or four pieces in the Spring Rep programme of contemporary dance from Scotland leading contemporary dance company."
Performance Dance
"Three or four pieces in the Spring Rep programme of contemporary dance from Scotland leading contemporary dance company."
Performance Dance
"Scotland's leading string quartet."
Music Classical and Opera
"Scotland's leading string quartet."
Music Classical and Opera
"Pilot visit"
Film and Music
"Pilot visit"
Film and Music
"A rare chance to hear a programme from three flutes, piccolos, alto flutes and a fine, large set of percussion, feturing new pieces by Thea Musgrave, Eddie McGuire, Gordon MacPherson and Robert Dick. A tour of only five venues in the Highlands."
Music Classical and Opera
"A rare chance to hear a programme from three flutes, piccolos, alto flutes and a fine, large set of percussion, feturing new pieces by Thea Musgrave, Eddie McGuire, Gordon MacPherson and Robert Dick. A tour of only five venues in the Highlands."
Music Classical and Opera
"Celebrate BBC Music Live with Radio Scotland and 'Iain Anderson's Fine Tunes' live from Sleat, featuring 'Cliar', McFall's Chamber, Angus Peter Campbell and Donnie Munro. Look out for details of tickets"
Music Traditional
"Celebrate BBC Music Live with Radio Scotland and 'Iain Anderson's Fine Tunes' live from Sleat, featuring 'Cliar', McFall's Chamber, Angus Peter Campbell and Donnie Munro. Look out for details of tickets"
Music Traditional
"World Premier of a new venture for the Screen-Machine, the Highlands' own mobile cinema. A Silent Movie with a theme of flight and a newly commissioned live music track from Iain Drever and friends."
Film and Music
"World Premier of a new venture for the Screen-Machine, the Highlands' own mobile cinema. A Silent Movie with a theme of flight and a newly commissioned live music track from Iain Drever and friends."
Film and Music
"Theatre du Risorius and Balinese puppetry."
Theatre Family
"Theatre du Risorius and Balinese puppetry."
Theatre Family
"The Islay Cheese Story"
Theatre Adult
"The Islay Cheese Story"
Theatre Adult
"Russian Musicians and dancers from Moscow"
Music World
"Russian Musicians and dancers from Moscow"
Music World
"One-man showmanship at its glorious best as Ian Frost gives a viruoso perfromance about John Keats, the poet, who was convinced he would never fall in love, until he met the girl next door. This gave the world some of the most beautiful and unguarded love letters ever written. Ian Frost is well known to Audrey Yeardley, SEALL Committee members, with whom he is staying and he is offering his performance as part of his 'working holiday' on Skye."
Theatre Adult
"One-man showmanship at its glorious best as Ian Frost gives a viruoso perfromance about John Keats, the poet, who was convinced he would never fall in love, until he met the girl next door. This gave the world some of the most beautiful and unguarded love letters ever written. Ian Frost is well known to Audrey Yeardley, SEALL Committee members, with whom he is staying and he is offering his performance as part of his 'working holiday' on Skye."
Theatre Adult
"The second week starts with the totally stunning flute-led traditional music foursome 'Flook'. Brian Finnegan's unique style of Irish flute playing bounces off Sarah Allen's sensual earthiness. Add some phenomenal bodhran and fluid guitar and you will see why 'Flook' have taken Highland audiences by storm. "You will need a cold shower to wake up to the phenomenal potential of this music" Irish Music Magazine. 'Cluanas' is Skye's equally lively young band, back by popluar demand after their first appearance here last year."
Music Traditional
"The second week starts with the totally stunning flute-led traditional music foursome 'Flook'. Brian Finnegan's unique style of Irish flute playing bounces off Sarah Allen's sensual earthiness. Add some phenomenal bodhran and fluid guitar and you will see why 'Flook' have taken Highland audiences by storm. "You will need a cold shower to wake up to the phenomenal potential of this music" Irish Music Magazine. 'Cluanas' is Skye's equally lively young band, back by popluar demand after their first appearance here last year."
Music Traditional
"Keeping the emphasis firmly on the Gaelic culture,'D\u00e0imh'' is a young traditional band based in Skye, with musicians from Eire, Scotland, Cape Breton and California. Anne Martin, also from Skye, joins them as guest Gaelic singer. High energy, fast flowing music on Higland Pipes, small pipes, fiddle, banjo and lots more, to start off F\u00e8is an Eilein. 'Se feadhainn de na cluicheadaran as fhe\u00e0rr an taobh an Iar na Gaidhealtachd a th'ann an D\u00e0imh. Tha iad a' cur na f\u00e8ise a' dol le ce\u00f2l ionnstramaid agus le taic bhon t-seinneadair Sgitheanach, Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn."
Music Traditional
"Keeping the emphasis firmly on the Gaelic culture,'D\u00e0imh'' is a young traditional band based in Skye, with musicians from Eire, Scotland, Cape Breton and California. Anne Martin, also from Skye, joins them as guest Gaelic singer. High energy, fast flowing music on Higland Pipes, small pipes, fiddle, banjo and lots more, to start off F\u00e8is an Eilein. 'Se feadhainn de na cluicheadaran as fhe\u00e0rr an taobh an Iar na Gaidhealtachd a th'ann an D\u00e0imh. Tha iad a' cur na f\u00e8ise a' dol le ce\u00f2l ionnstramaid agus le taic bhon t-seinneadair Sgitheanach, Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn."
Music Traditional
"Cathal Bui, the hard-living, hard-drinking,and hard-loving poet prince of Ulster's 18 century is celebrated with music, song and drama in a racy comedy based on his life and times. Presented by 'Ailsing Gh\u00e9ar', the Belfast based Irish language theatre company, with a performance that will overcome any language barriers. Tha an dealbh chluich seo a' cleachdadh ce\u00f2l, \u00f2rain agus dr\u00e0ma gus beatha Cathal Bui a shealltainn, fear a bha na phrionnsa agus na bh\u00e0rd san ochdamh linn deug an Ulaidh, aig an robh beatha l\u00e0n de dh\u2019\u00f2l, l\u00e0n de bhoireanaich is l\u00e0n spors. 'S e an Companaidh Aisling Ghearr a Beal Feirste a tha ga chur air \u00e0rd-\u00f9rlar."
Theatre Adult
"Cathal Bui, the hard-living, hard-drinking,and hard-loving poet prince of Ulster's 18 century is celebrated with music, song and drama in a racy comedy based on his life and times. Presented by 'Ailsing Gh\u00e9ar', the Belfast based Irish language theatre company, with a performance that will overcome any language barriers. Tha an dealbh chluich seo a' cleachdadh ce\u00f2l, \u00f2rain agus dr\u00e0ma gus beatha Cathal Bui a shealltainn, fear a bha na phrionnsa agus na bh\u00e0rd san ochdamh linn deug an Ulaidh, aig an robh beatha l\u00e0n de dh\u2019\u00f2l, l\u00e0n de bhoireanaich is l\u00e0n spors. 'S e an Companaidh Aisling Ghearr a Beal Feirste a tha ga chur air \u00e0rd-\u00f9rlar."
Theatre Adult
"Buddy MacMaster, the renowned Cape Breton fiddle-player is back on Skye for his annual summer school. Margaret Stewart, the well-known Gaelic singer, joins piper Allan Macdonald. The evening's concert will also include Iain Macfarlane, fiddle, and step-dancer Frank McConnell."
Music Traditional
"Buddy MacMaster, the renowned Cape Breton fiddle-player is back on Skye for his annual summer school. Margaret Stewart, the well-known Gaelic singer, joins piper Allan Macdonald. The evening's concert will also include Iain Macfarlane, fiddle, and step-dancer Frank McConnell."
Music Traditional
"A drawing workshop for school children of all ages, inspired by the natural environment around the venue and led by Julie Brook. Limited places so please book beforehand."
Workshop
"A drawing workshop for school children of all ages, inspired by the natural environment around the venue and led by Julie Brook. Limited places so please book beforehand."
Workshop
"Before this evening's concert learn some tunes and techniques on whistle and flute from 'Flook'. Whistles available on loan or to buy."
Workshop
"Before this evening's concert learn some tunes and techniques on whistle and flute from 'Flook'. Whistles available on loan or to buy."
Workshop
"Many Gaelic songs are traditionally sung in groups, so join Mary Anne Kennedy, the well-known Gaelic singer and tutor, from 'Cliar'. To learn and hear a few songs. No knowledge of Gaelic necessary. \n\nThig a-staigh airson \u00f2ran no dh\u00e0 a chluinntinn agus ionnsachadh bho Mairi Anna NicUalraig, seinneadair \u00e0s Lianacro san Eilean Sgitheanach."
Workshop
"Many Gaelic songs are traditionally sung in groups, so join Mary Anne Kennedy, the well-known Gaelic singer and tutor, from 'Cliar'. To learn and hear a few songs. No knowledge of Gaelic necessary. \n\nThig a-staigh airson \u00f2ran no dh\u00e0 a chluinntinn agus ionnsachadh bho Mairi Anna NicUalraig, seinneadair \u00e0s Lianacro san Eilean Sgitheanach."
Workshop
"Ian Stephen will be sailing from Lewis with a wealth of stories about fishermen, the sea and the Western Isles where he lives. He will have his young audience captivated, either in the outside arena or indoors if wet."
Theatre Family
"Ian Stephen will be sailing from Lewis with a wealth of stories about fishermen, the sea and the Western Isles where he lives. He will have his young audience captivated, either in the outside arena or indoors if wet."
Theatre Family
"An informal introduction to C\u00e8ilidh dancing, to prepare for the late night dance to finish the Feis. No previous experience needed, just two lively feet, preferably one on each side."
Workshop
"An informal introduction to C\u00e8ilidh dancing, to prepare for the late night dance to finish the Feis. No previous experience needed, just two lively feet, preferably one on each side."
Workshop
"Traditional and contemporary Gaelic song and Highland music from 'Cliar' the headlining sextet of Gaelic singers and musicians. As a group they provide inspirational sounds, individually they offer virtuoso solo performances. Featured singers are Arther Cormack, Mary Ann Kennedy and Maggie Macdonald, with instrumentals from Ingrid Henderson on clarsach and keyboard, fiddler Bruce MacGregor and guitarist Chaz Stewart. Orain G\u00e0idhlig sean agus \u00f9r agus ce\u00f2l Gaidhealach bho 'Chliar' - sianar de na seinneadairean agus luchd-ci\u00f9il as fhe\u00e0rr sa Gaidhealtachd. Mar chomhlan tha fuaim sgoinneil aca, fa leth tha Artair Carmaig, Mairi Anna NicUalraig agus Magaidh Dhomhallach a' seinn le Ingrid NicEanraig air cl\u00e0rsaich agus meur-chl\u00e0r, Bruce MacGriogair air an fidhill agus Chas Stiubhart air giot\u00e0r."
Music Traditional
"Traditional and contemporary Gaelic song and Highland music from 'Cliar' the headlining sextet of Gaelic singers and musicians. As a group they provide inspirational sounds, individually they offer virtuoso solo performances. Featured singers are Arther Cormack, Mary Ann Kennedy and Maggie Macdonald, with instrumentals from Ingrid Henderson on clarsach and keyboard, fiddler Bruce MacGregor and guitarist Chaz Stewart. Orain G\u00e0idhlig sean agus \u00f9r agus ce\u00f2l Gaidhealach bho 'Chliar' - sianar de na seinneadairean agus luchd-ci\u00f9il as fhe\u00e0rr sa Gaidhealtachd. Mar chomhlan tha fuaim sgoinneil aca, fa leth tha Artair Carmaig, Mairi Anna NicUalraig agus Magaidh Dhomhallach a' seinn le Ingrid NicEanraig air cl\u00e0rsaich agus meur-chl\u00e0r, Bruce MacGriogair air an fidhill agus Chas Stiubhart air giot\u00e0r."
Music Traditional
"An action-packed and musical Festival Saturday. The three-storey venue over-looking the sea will be filled with events for everyone: the all-Gaelic indoor paper-plane competition, a caf\u00e9, music and dance workshops for adults and children, pavement art, local school's art exhibition, exhibition of the Gaelic oral tradition, the 'time-line' frieze, a treasure hunt, C\u00e8ilidh dancing, balloon animals, crafts and children's performers. Outside Shoestring Circus will be teaching circus skills, there will be some Viking re-enactments, Pictish jewellery, and the Heavy Horses and wagon from Raasay will offer rides. Meanwhile John Phillips, the Highland Council Ranger will lead various short 'misguided walks' with a competition. The entry ticket gets you to all events for free."
Community
"An action-packed and musical Festival Saturday. The three-storey venue over-looking the sea will be filled with events for everyone: the all-Gaelic indoor paper-plane competition, a caf\u00e9, music and dance workshops for adults and children, pavement art, local school's art exhibition, exhibition of the Gaelic oral tradition, the 'time-line' frieze, a treasure hunt, C\u00e8ilidh dancing, balloon animals, crafts and children's performers. Outside Shoestring Circus will be teaching circus skills, there will be some Viking re-enactments, Pictish jewellery, and the Heavy Horses and wagon from Raasay will offer rides. Meanwhile John Phillips, the Highland Council Ranger will lead various short 'misguided walks' with a competition. The entry ticket gets you to all events for free."
Community
"A lively and varied C\u00e8ilidh concert with many of the best names on the scene: Allan Henderson and Karen Steven on fiddle, Corrina Hewat on clarsach, and Andy Thorburn on keyboards. They are joined by Colm O'Ruadh on banjo, Norman Chalmers (and a special guest), and Keri of the Scottish Step-dance Company."
Music Traditional
"A lively and varied C\u00e8ilidh concert with many of the best names on the scene: Allan Henderson and Karen Steven on fiddle, Corrina Hewat on clarsach, and Andy Thorburn on keyboards. They are joined by Colm O'Ruadh on banjo, Norman Chalmers (and a special guest), and Keri of the Scottish Step-dance Company."
Music Traditional
"Come on in to our C\u00e8ilidh in the real sense of the word \u2013 songs, stories and music in an informal atmosphere. Anne Martin, Gaelic singer from Trotternish in Skye, presents songs from her new CD with the harpist and keyboard player Ingrid Henderson. Ian Stephen will sail over from Lewis with some vivid English language stories from the Western Isles. \n\nSeo agaibh c\u00e8ilidh ceart \u2013 \u00f2rain, sgeulachdan agus ce\u00f2l ann an suidheachadh mi-fhoirmeil. Bidh Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn \u00e0 Tr\u00f2dairnis a' seinn le taic air a\u2019 chlarsaich agus air meur-chl\u00e0ir bho Ingrid NicEanraig. Bidh Iain Stephen a\u2019 se\u00f2ladh a-nall a Leodhas airson sgeulachdan dr\u00f9idhteach Eileanach innse (sa Bheurla)."
Music Traditional
"Come on in to our C\u00e8ilidh in the real sense of the word \u2013 songs, stories and music in an informal atmosphere. Anne Martin, Gaelic singer from Trotternish in Skye, presents songs from her new CD with the harpist and keyboard player Ingrid Henderson. Ian Stephen will sail over from Lewis with some vivid English language stories from the Western Isles. \n\nSeo agaibh c\u00e8ilidh ceart \u2013 \u00f2rain, sgeulachdan agus ce\u00f2l ann an suidheachadh mi-fhoirmeil. Bidh Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn \u00e0 Tr\u00f2dairnis a' seinn le taic air a\u2019 chlarsaich agus air meur-chl\u00e0ir bho Ingrid NicEanraig. Bidh Iain Stephen a\u2019 se\u00f2ladh a-nall a Leodhas airson sgeulachdan dr\u00f9idhteach Eileanach innse (sa Bheurla)."
Music Traditional
"International guitar virtuoso, Eduardo Niebla, is joined by Giogio Serci, in a shining guitar concert, rooted in flamenco traditions,combining a classical discipline with jazz, latin, Indian and lots more. "A stunning kaleidoscopic array of sonic textures, pasionate and gorgeously ornamented, built around melodies of exquisite melancholy." The Scotsman."
Music World
"International guitar virtuoso, Eduardo Niebla, is joined by Giogio Serci, in a shining guitar concert, rooted in flamenco traditions,combining a classical discipline with jazz, latin, Indian and lots more. "A stunning kaleidoscopic array of sonic textures, pasionate and gorgeously ornamented, built around melodies of exquisite melancholy." The Scotsman."
Music World
"The Feis finishes with an exciting mix of Celtic musicians, melodic and upbeat instrumentals, sweet vocals harmonies and some good banter. Brian O hEadhra, from Dublin, sings, plays acoustic guitar and bodhr\u00e1n. Fiona Mackenzie comes from a family of traditional Gaelic singers from the Isle of Lewis. Fiddler Anna-Wendy from Edinburgh, Scotland, is part of the very musical Stevenson family. Neil Davey will fly up specially from Cornwall to play mandolin and bouzouki. The evening starts with four brilliant youth pipers from Lochalsh: Alasdair Brown and Darach, Strath and Conan Urquhart, who are formidable prizewinners in local and national piping competitions."
Music Traditional
"The Feis finishes with an exciting mix of Celtic musicians, melodic and upbeat instrumentals, sweet vocals harmonies and some good banter. Brian O hEadhra, from Dublin, sings, plays acoustic guitar and bodhr\u00e1n. Fiona Mackenzie comes from a family of traditional Gaelic singers from the Isle of Lewis. Fiddler Anna-Wendy from Edinburgh, Scotland, is part of the very musical Stevenson family. Neil Davey will fly up specially from Cornwall to play mandolin and bouzouki. The evening starts with four brilliant youth pipers from Lochalsh: Alasdair Brown and Darach, Strath and Conan Urquhart, who are formidable prizewinners in local and national piping competitions."
Music Traditional
"Andy Thorburn brings together the best of 'The Hoovers', 'The Johny Scoofer Band' and a touch of Blazin\u2019 Fiddles along with Duncan Chisholm, Bruce Macgregor and Allan Henderson for a night of upbeat, lively, celtic dance music. Let your feet do the talking! Just get up and C\u00e8ilidh dancing into the small hours.\n\nD\u00e8an beagan saor-dhannsadh agus feuch seata no dh\u00e0."
Ceilidh
"Andy Thorburn brings together the best of 'The Hoovers', 'The Johny Scoofer Band' and a touch of Blazin\u2019 Fiddles along with Duncan Chisholm, Bruce Macgregor and Allan Henderson for a night of upbeat, lively, celtic dance music. Let your feet do the talking! Just get up and C\u00e8ilidh dancing into the small hours.\n\nD\u00e8an beagan saor-dhannsadh agus feuch seata no dh\u00e0."
Ceilidh
"An informal introduction and a chance to learn a little Gaelic. While this is designed for total beginners, help will be given for those who have learned a little Gaelic. \n\nCothrom beagan G\u00e0idhlig ionnsachadh ann an suidheachadh comhartail socaireach. 'S ann do luchd-t\u00f2iseachaidh as motha tha seo."
Workshop
"An informal introduction and a chance to learn a little Gaelic. While this is designed for total beginners, help will be given for those who have learned a little Gaelic. \n\nCothrom beagan G\u00e0idhlig ionnsachadh ann an suidheachadh comhartail socaireach. 'S ann do luchd-t\u00f2iseachaidh as motha tha seo."
Workshop
"Many Gaelic songs are traditionally sung in groups, so come along and listen to some and learn from Anne Martin, the well-known Skye-based Gaelic singer and tutor. No knowledge of Gaelic necessary. \n\nThig a-staigh airson \u00f2ran no dh\u00e0 a chluinntinn agus ionnsachadh bho Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn, seinneadair \u00e0s Lianacro san Eilean Sgitheanach."
Workshop
"Many Gaelic songs are traditionally sung in groups, so come along and listen to some and learn from Anne Martin, the well-known Skye-based Gaelic singer and tutor. No knowledge of Gaelic necessary. \n\nThig a-staigh airson \u00f2ran no dh\u00e0 a chluinntinn agus ionnsachadh bho Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn, seinneadair \u00e0s Lianacro san Eilean Sgitheanach."
Workshop
"Many Gaelic songs are traditionally sung in groups, so come along to listen, and learn from Anne Martin, the well-known Skye-based Gaelic singer and tutor. No knowledge of Gaelic necessary. \n\nThig a-staigh airson \u00f2ran no dh\u00e0 a chluinntinn agus ionnsachadh bho Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn, seinneadair \u00e0s Lianacro san Eilean Sgitheanach."
Workshop
"Many Gaelic songs are traditionally sung in groups, so come along to listen, and learn from Anne Martin, the well-known Skye-based Gaelic singer and tutor. No knowledge of Gaelic necessary. \n\nThig a-staigh airson \u00f2ran no dh\u00e0 a chluinntinn agus ionnsachadh bho Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn, seinneadair \u00e0s Lianacro san Eilean Sgitheanach."
Workshop
"Eduardo Niebla will lead an informal guitar workshop and masterclass. While he intends to focus on the flamenco style, he is open to your particular needs. Bring your gut-strung guitar or just come and learn from Eduardo at work before his evening concert."
Workshop
"Eduardo Niebla will lead an informal guitar workshop and masterclass. While he intends to focus on the flamenco style, he is open to your particular needs. Bring your gut-strung guitar or just come and learn from Eduardo at work before his evening concert."
Workshop
"Inventive puppetry, original music and gentle humour, for children, grown-ups and bears! It's bear's birthday tomorrow. His head is full of excitement and he needs stories to get to sleep. Simon Hatfield, actor and puppeteer has a headful of stories and a line full of washing! If you are able, bring along a well behaved teddy bear. "Long may such innovative work thrive and long may our communities have access to it.""
Theatre Family
"Inventive puppetry, original music and gentle humour, for children, grown-ups and bears! It's bear's birthday tomorrow. His head is full of excitement and he needs stories to get to sleep. Simon Hatfield, actor and puppeteer has a headful of stories and a line full of washing! If you are able, bring along a well behaved teddy bear. "Long may such innovative work thrive and long may our communities have access to it.""
Theatre Family
"Dr Martin MacIntyre Talks and Literature about the exciting four year project to preserve and make available around 18,000 hours of Gaelic and Scots sound recordings through modern technology.\n\n'S e moladh airson pr\u00f2seict \u00f9ir inntinnich a th'ann an Tobar an Dualchais. Tha d\u00f9il gu mair e ceithir bliadhna agus 's e an t-amas aige mu 18,000 uair a th\u00ecde de chl\u00e0ir-fhuaim an G\u00e0idhlig is an Albais a dh\u00econ, agus a sgaoileadh tro theicnneolas an latha an-diugh."
Talks and Literature
"Dr Martin MacIntyre Talks and Literature about the exciting four year project to preserve and make available around 18,000 hours of Gaelic and Scots sound recordings through modern technology.\n\n'S e moladh airson pr\u00f2seict \u00f9ir inntinnich a th'ann an Tobar an Dualchais. Tha d\u00f9il gu mair e ceithir bliadhna agus 's e an t-amas aige mu 18,000 uair a th\u00ecde de chl\u00e0ir-fhuaim an G\u00e0idhlig is an Albais a dh\u00econ, agus a sgaoileadh tro theicnneolas an latha an-diugh."
Talks and Literature
"Radio Caithness, Radio Bettyhill and all the agricultural news of northern Scotland hit the airways in this "gentle satire of Highland Rural Life." Colin Campbell, gentleman farmer from Fochabers (and who once worked at Balmacara) regularly parks his tractor to appear on BBC Scotland and to tour his sell-out one man show around the country."
Theatre Adult
"Radio Caithness, Radio Bettyhill and all the agricultural news of northern Scotland hit the airways in this "gentle satire of Highland Rural Life." Colin Campbell, gentleman farmer from Fochabers (and who once worked at Balmacara) regularly parks his tractor to appear on BBC Scotland and to tour his sell-out one man show around the country."
Theatre Adult
"TAG Theatre Company is Scotland's national theatre company for young people. This new adaptation of Sophocles' tragic play 'Antigone' tells about a young woman who takes on the might of the King, explores whether the individual's rights are more or less important than those of the state. The style of the piece will be haunting and visually stunning. As part of the 'Skye and Lochalsh Food Festival', there will be suitable food at the interval."
Theatre Adult
"TAG Theatre Company is Scotland's national theatre company for young people. This new adaptation of Sophocles' tragic play 'Antigone' tells about a young woman who takes on the might of the King, explores whether the individual's rights are more or less important than those of the state. The style of the piece will be haunting and visually stunning. As part of the 'Skye and Lochalsh Food Festival', there will be suitable food at the interval."
Theatre Adult
"Barnaby Brown has been working with singers in the Trotternish community to emancipate Gaelic choirs from the clich\u00e9s of Victoriana and cultural colonialism. The programme includes a bardic contest between Iain Lom and Domhnall Gruamach, a hymn by St Columba, a vocal rendition of Charles MacArthur's "Cumha an Ridire Seumas MacDhomhnuill nan Eilean", and settings of poetry by Maoileas Caimbeul and Catr\u00econa NicDh\u00f2mnaill. This project is part of Scotland's Year of the Artist Residency Programme. The concert will feature a pibroch, newly composed and played by Barnaby Brown."
Music Traditional
"Barnaby Brown has been working with singers in the Trotternish community to emancipate Gaelic choirs from the clich\u00e9s of Victoriana and cultural colonialism. The programme includes a bardic contest between Iain Lom and Domhnall Gruamach, a hymn by St Columba, a vocal rendition of Charles MacArthur's "Cumha an Ridire Seumas MacDhomhnuill nan Eilean", and settings of poetry by Maoileas Caimbeul and Catr\u00econa NicDh\u00f2mnaill. This project is part of Scotland's Year of the Artist Residency Programme. The concert will feature a pibroch, newly composed and played by Barnaby Brown."
Music Traditional
"Scotland's leading theatre group for those with disabilities."
Theatre Adult
"Scotland's leading theatre group for those with disabilities."
Theatre Adult
"Lewis Grassic Gibbon's great work of rural life in Aberdeenshire has been a favourite on the bookshelves for years. This production is touring the Highlands with Prime Productions. The play stars Cora Bisset, who performed (Iand sang) here recently in 'Red'."
Theatre Adult
"Lewis Grassic Gibbon's great work of rural life in Aberdeenshire has been a favourite on the bookshelves for years. This production is touring the Highlands with Prime Productions. The play stars Cora Bisset, who performed (Iand sang) here recently in 'Red'."
Theatre Adult
"A small singing workshop to 7.30pm. No refreshments needed."
Workshop
"A small singing workshop to 7.30pm. No refreshments needed."
Workshop
"King Matt by Stephen Greenhorn follows TAG's well acclaimed 'Antigone' on tour in the Highlands. At the age of 12, Matt inherits his kingdom and initiates a programme of reform to place children in the limelight and adults in their place! Family show for 8 years old upwards."
Theatre Adult
"King Matt by Stephen Greenhorn follows TAG's well acclaimed 'Antigone' on tour in the Highlands. At the age of 12, Matt inherits his kingdom and initiates a programme of reform to place children in the limelight and adults in their place! Family show for 8 years old upwards."
Theatre Adult
"A cup of coffee and some informal poetry readings with a group of local poetry readers. Just come along to listen or bring your own favourite."
Workshop
"A cup of coffee and some informal poetry readings with a group of local poetry readers. Just come along to listen or bring your own favourite."
Workshop
"A cup of coffee and some informal poetry readings with Audrey Yeardley, Joan Macdonald and Gwyneth Steedman from Sleat. Come along to listen or bring your own favourites."
Talks and Literature
"A cup of coffee and some informal poetry readings with Audrey Yeardley, Joan Macdonald and Gwyneth Steedman from Sleat. Come along to listen or bring your own favourites."
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"Highland-based Contemporary Dance Company dance their way through DNA."
Performance Dance
"Highland-based Contemporary Dance Company dance their way through DNA."
Performance Dance
"Traverse Theatre's latest 2 hander by Stephen Greenhorn adapted from the Flemish play."
Theatre Adult
"Traverse Theatre's latest 2 hander by Stephen Greenhorn adapted from the Flemish play."
Theatre Adult
"Frank McConnell, Caroline Reagh, Sandra Robertson and Mats Melin. Plus around 4 singers and musicians."
Performance Dance
"Frank McConnell, Caroline Reagh, Sandra Robertson and Mats Melin. Plus around 4 singers and musicians."
Performance Dance
"Selection from the great Operas, semi-staged with a small group of singers."
Music Classical and Opera
"Selection from the great Operas, semi-staged with a small group of singers."
Music Classical and Opera
"This 20 strong young and lively Chamber Orchestra are touring the Highlands. Booking is essential on 01471 844207"
Music Classical and Opera
"This 20 strong young and lively Chamber Orchestra are touring the Highlands. Booking is essential on 01471 844207"
Music Classical and Opera
"The incredible piper on tour."
Music Traditional
"The incredible piper on tour."
Music Traditional
"10 Scots and Gaelic women singers and 5 musicians - best of Scots and Gaelic songs. A major concert promoted by Celtic Connections, and this is the only small-scale venue."
Music Traditional
"10 Scots and Gaelic women singers and 5 musicians - best of Scots and Gaelic songs. A major concert promoted by Celtic Connections, and this is the only small-scale venue."
Music Traditional
"Composers: Tommy Fowler, Anthea Haddow, Christine McCombe, John Gormley, Rebecca Rowe, Malcolm Lindsay The idea behind the piece came from composer Tommy Fowler, whose 'Lullaby' was performed by Dunedin Consort in December 1999. Tommy suggested the idea of six Scottish-based composers writing one movement each of a Mass. The idea has slowly grown to incorporate the use of children\u2019s choirs and a dancer, as well as interleaving the piece with plainsong and interludes. Each composer has written a movement (unaccompanied vocal sextet) and interlude (for one solo voice and harp) based on the accompanying plainsong for All Saints Day. The plainsong will be performed by children\u2019s choir and Consort. The interludes will be performed by solo voice and harp, and will incorporate a dancer and lighting. These interludes are settings of poetry which each composer has chosen. There will be minimal movement within the complete work involving children and Consort, and the whole performance will be lit and semi-staged. The whole performance will last between 45 minutes and an hour. The project has attracted significant interest from local authority bodies and private funders, as well as a \u00a320,000 National Lottery award."
Music Classical and Opera
"Composers: Tommy Fowler, Anthea Haddow, Christine McCombe, John Gormley, Rebecca Rowe, Malcolm Lindsay The idea behind the piece came from composer Tommy Fowler, whose 'Lullaby' was performed by Dunedin Consort in December 1999. Tommy suggested the idea of six Scottish-based composers writing one movement each of a Mass. The idea has slowly grown to incorporate the use of children\u2019s choirs and a dancer, as well as interleaving the piece with plainsong and interludes. Each composer has written a movement (unaccompanied vocal sextet) and interlude (for one solo voice and harp) based on the accompanying plainsong for All Saints Day. The plainsong will be performed by children\u2019s choir and Consort. The interludes will be performed by solo voice and harp, and will incorporate a dancer and lighting. These interludes are settings of poetry which each composer has chosen. There will be minimal movement within the complete work involving children and Consort, and the whole performance will be lit and semi-staged. The whole performance will last between 45 minutes and an hour. The project has attracted significant interest from local authority bodies and private funders, as well as a \u00a320,000 National Lottery award."
Music Classical and Opera
"Another award-wiinning one-woman show with Fiona Knowles. A brilliant, comic, compassionate catastrophe of family relationships as Marie sets off on a holiday of a lifetime, won on a scratch-card."
Theatre Adult
"Another award-wiinning one-woman show with Fiona Knowles. A brilliant, comic, compassionate catastrophe of family relationships as Marie sets off on a holiday of a lifetime, won on a scratch-card."
Theatre Adult
"A four star one-man, one-skeleton clown show for adults. The ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expedition to the Arctic, a haunting and hilarious portrayal of the British at the ends of the earth and their tether."
Theatre Adult
"A four star one-man, one-skeleton clown show for adults. The ill-fated 1845 Franklin Expedition to the Arctic, a haunting and hilarious portrayal of the British at the ends of the earth and their tether."
Theatre Adult
"Eduardo (Spanish guitar) with acclaimed Spanish musicians Salvador Niebla (drums) and Miguel Moreno (guitar accompaniment). Eduardo toured H and I the other year and all who heard him were impressed."
Music World
"Eduardo (Spanish guitar) with acclaimed Spanish musicians Salvador Niebla (drums) and Miguel Moreno (guitar accompaniment). Eduardo toured H and I the other year and all who heard him were impressed."
Music World
"TAG Theatre's entertaining, thought-provoking, fast-moving version of Bertolt Brecht's classic theatre parable. Classic 20th Century theatre in a contemporary setting, suitable for audiences of 13 years and above."
Theatre Adult
"TAG Theatre's entertaining, thought-provoking, fast-moving version of Bertolt Brecht's classic theatre parable. Classic 20th Century theatre in a contemporary setting, suitable for audiences of 13 years and above."
Theatre Adult
"Two thirty minutes halves with interval of top quality Contemporary Dance. Pieces taken from 'High Land', 'Inside Somewhere', 'Daddy I'm not well', 'Revenge of the Impossible Things'."
Performance Dance
"Two thirty minutes halves with interval of top quality Contemporary Dance. Pieces taken from 'High Land', 'Inside Somewhere', 'Daddy I'm not well', 'Revenge of the Impossible Things'."
Performance Dance
"His style is to lay the guitar flat and play over the top, partly as a percussive instrument, with remarkable musical and visual excitement. Contemporary and some covers. Gone down very well wherever he has appeared."
Music Contemporary
"His style is to lay the guitar flat and play over the top, partly as a percussive instrument, with remarkable musical and visual excitement. Contemporary and some covers. Gone down very well wherever he has appeared."
Music Contemporary
"Club Film and Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig are honoured to receive a visit from David Puttnam, producer of 'Local Hero', the bittersweet fable with Burt Lancaster excellent as a Texan oil magnate falling under the spell of folksy Scottish locals. David Puttnam will ontroduce the film and answer questions about the film afterwards."
Film and Music
"Club Film and Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig are honoured to receive a visit from David Puttnam, producer of 'Local Hero', the bittersweet fable with Burt Lancaster excellent as a Texan oil magnate falling under the spell of folksy Scottish locals. David Puttnam will ontroduce the film and answer questions about the film afterwards."
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Film and Music
"Little John Nee is an unlikely gangster as he makes his entrance in "The Derry Boat". Cued by a dissonant crunchy electric guitar chord, Nee, as Shugie O'Donnell, crashes through the door of a corrugated metal shack in a rumpled black suit and tiny sunglasses, waving a gun and toting a large suitcase. This sets the stage for an unlikely rooler-coaster ride which tells the funny, yet poignant story of that four generations of migration between Ireland and Scotland. The show charts the history of the O'Donnell family, from John, who leaves Donegal penniless at the turn of the century, through to the return of Shughie his grandson, a Glaswegian wide boy with attitude in the summer of '98. The result is a "serious comedy" which presents a wry look at the life of emigrants to "big, sooty, smelly, socialist Glasgow"."
Theatre Adult
"Little John Nee is an unlikely gangster as he makes his entrance in "The Derry Boat". Cued by a dissonant crunchy electric guitar chord, Nee, as Shugie O'Donnell, crashes through the door of a corrugated metal shack in a rumpled black suit and tiny sunglasses, waving a gun and toting a large suitcase. This sets the stage for an unlikely rooler-coaster ride which tells the funny, yet poignant story of that four generations of migration between Ireland and Scotland. The show charts the history of the O'Donnell family, from John, who leaves Donegal penniless at the turn of the century, through to the return of Shughie his grandson, a Glaswegian wide boy with attitude in the summer of '98. The result is a "serious comedy" which presents a wry look at the life of emigrants to "big, sooty, smelly, socialist Glasgow"."
Theatre Adult
"OR FRIDAY 25 at Broadford after 1pm -"
Theatre Adult
"OR FRIDAY 25 at Broadford after 1pm -"
Theatre Adult
"Based on the Don Quixote story, the new show brings together the comic talents of Javier Marzan (from Peepolykus and Told by an Idiot) and the surreal magic of Alison McGowan (Improbable and Theatre Rites) to create a piece tastier than a Spanish tortilla! Building on the company\u2019s excellent reputation to fuse live performance and comedy with puppetry, the world of unfulfilled dreams is brought to a magical reality. Suitable for 8 years and over."
Theatre Family
"Based on the Don Quixote story, the new show brings together the comic talents of Javier Marzan (from Peepolykus and Told by an Idiot) and the surreal magic of Alison McGowan (Improbable and Theatre Rites) to create a piece tastier than a Spanish tortilla! Building on the company\u2019s excellent reputation to fuse live performance and comedy with puppetry, the world of unfulfilled dreams is brought to a magical reality. Suitable for 8 years and over."
Theatre Family
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Film and Music
"Antiphone Music from Inchcolm Island, reworked by four composers plus hand-bells and steel-strung harp. Skye Arts Guild Half of \u00a3625. Judith Kershaw 01470 521288. 25-35 people."
Music Classical and Opera
"Antiphone Music from Inchcolm Island, reworked by four composers plus hand-bells and steel-strung harp. Skye Arts Guild Half of \u00a3625. Judith Kershaw 01470 521288. 25-35 people."
Music Classical and Opera
"Duncan Chisholm, Bruce MacGregor and Iain MacFarlane with Johnnie Hardy O Blind Dogs andBrian MacAlpine keybaord ex Iron Horse. Stires and tunes of Donald Riddle. Door and Accommodation."
Music Traditional
"Duncan Chisholm, Bruce MacGregor and Iain MacFarlane with Johnnie Hardy O Blind Dogs andBrian MacAlpine keybaord ex Iron Horse. Stires and tunes of Donald Riddle. Door and Accommodation."
Music Traditional
"Ed McCabe, Martin Macintyre, Stewart Mercer, Jim Murty, Dougie Watt, M\u00e0iri Sine Campbell"
Talks and Literature
"Ed McCabe, Martin Macintyre, Stewart Mercer, Jim Murty, Dougie Watt, M\u00e0iri Sine Campbell"
Talks and Literature
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Music Jazz
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Music Traditional
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Theatre Family
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Theatre Family
"Vitlay Miranov"
Music Classical and Opera
"Vitlay Miranov"
Music Classical and Opera
"Hamish Macdonald's wonderful journey from past to present, from the cradle to the casket. Featuring actress and Gaelic singer Alyth McCormack, and Matthew Zajac, with music from Jonny Hardie, fiddler with the Old Blind Dogs, and Mary MacMaster, harpist and singer with the Poozies. Originally a highly regarded Highland Festival commission, this is tragedy and comedy combined with poetic myth and the gritty realities of Highland history."
Theatre Adult
"Hamish Macdonald's wonderful journey from past to present, from the cradle to the casket. Featuring actress and Gaelic singer Alyth McCormack, and Matthew Zajac, with music from Jonny Hardie, fiddler with the Old Blind Dogs, and Mary MacMaster, harpist and singer with the Poozies. Originally a highly regarded Highland Festival commission, this is tragedy and comedy combined with poetic myth and the gritty realities of Highland history."
Theatre Adult
"The Dance Theatre is one of the most dynamic companies on the international dance scene. The company will perform two or three full-length pieces. This is a rare opportunity not to be missed. "Bristling, infectious energy . . .silky tenderness . . . A unique repertoire, riding on the crest of a pretty magnificent wave.""
Performance Dance
"The Dance Theatre is one of the most dynamic companies on the international dance scene. The company will perform two or three full-length pieces. This is a rare opportunity not to be missed. "Bristling, infectious energy . . .silky tenderness . . . A unique repertoire, riding on the crest of a pretty magnificent wave.""
Performance Dance
"Romeo and Juliet weaves sword fights and drama with theatre's greatest love scenes and finest poetry. Scenes of love, revenge and reconciliation echo down the ages in Shakespeare's best known play. Prime Productions thrilled audiences on Skye with their sell-out productions of 'Sunset Song' and 'Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off.' Book early! "A first-rate cast and production.""
Theatre Adult
"Romeo and Juliet weaves sword fights and drama with theatre's greatest love scenes and finest poetry. Scenes of love, revenge and reconciliation echo down the ages in Shakespeare's best known play. Prime Productions thrilled audiences on Skye with their sell-out productions of 'Sunset Song' and 'Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off.' Book early! "A first-rate cast and production.""
Theatre Adult
"Like a painted bird in her exotic costume, the magpie lady counts her treasures with a chant like a witches spell. A vivid poetry of shadows, puppetry, live music and visual delights and a welcome return from Collaborators Theatre Company.\n\nMagical theatre for children of 6 and upwards and totally enjoyable by ALL ADULTS."
Theatre Family
"Like a painted bird in her exotic costume, the magpie lady counts her treasures with a chant like a witches spell. A vivid poetry of shadows, puppetry, live music and visual delights and a welcome return from Collaborators Theatre Company.\n\nMagical theatre for children of 6 and upwards and totally enjoyable by ALL ADULTS."
Theatre Family
"Mr McFall's Chamber plays Hendrix to elderly classical audiences, Arvo Part to stoned clubbers, mixes songs by Lowell George and Elvis Costello with new compositions from James MacMillan and Edward McGuire, seeks out music which straddles the divide between classical and other styles - for example, the tango music of Astor Piazzolla, the cartoon swing classics of Raymond Scott or the yippie modernism of Frank Zappa -, makes a string quartet sound like a rock group, using electric instruments, or rock music sound gentle and intimate on natural strings. This tour would feature Phil Bancroft and Chic Lyall, both of whom would be playing their own compositions with us, and would also involve some video projection "We do these things, not to perplex or shock, not to labour a point or idea, but to entertain, move and excite.""
Music Contemporary
"Mr McFall's Chamber plays Hendrix to elderly classical audiences, Arvo Part to stoned clubbers, mixes songs by Lowell George and Elvis Costello with new compositions from James MacMillan and Edward McGuire, seeks out music which straddles the divide between classical and other styles - for example, the tango music of Astor Piazzolla, the cartoon swing classics of Raymond Scott or the yippie modernism of Frank Zappa -, makes a string quartet sound like a rock group, using electric instruments, or rock music sound gentle and intimate on natural strings. This tour would feature Phil Bancroft and Chic Lyall, both of whom would be playing their own compositions with us, and would also involve some video projection "We do these things, not to perplex or shock, not to labour a point or idea, but to entertain, move and excite.""
Music Contemporary
"The Glasgow-based Paragon Ensemble are past masters at the tricky art of bringing ontemporary music to life. The ensemble's recent performances have brought rave reviews and audiences to their feet, up and down the country. This minimalist programme is made up two of their favourite things: John Adams' driving, rhythmic virtuoso work-out Shaker Loops, and Gavin Bryars' heartbreaking Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. This performance will open your ears and eyes. Go contemporary!"
Music Contemporary
"The Glasgow-based Paragon Ensemble are past masters at the tricky art of bringing ontemporary music to life. The ensemble's recent performances have brought rave reviews and audiences to their feet, up and down the country. This minimalist programme is made up two of their favourite things: John Adams' driving, rhythmic virtuoso work-out Shaker Loops, and Gavin Bryars' heartbreaking Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet. This performance will open your ears and eyes. Go contemporary!"
Music Contemporary
"A stunning collaboration of two of the finest female vocal harmony groups, from the worlds of jazz, blues, soul, rock and pop to classical and folk.\n\nFrom England: 'The Passion' with members Jacqueline Dankworth, Sara Colman and Liane Carroll. \n\nFrom Scotland are 'Shine' featuring Corrina Hewat traditional and jazz harpist and singer with Bachue Caf\u00e9 and many others; Alyth McCormack who grew up in the Gaelic tradition, and Mary MacMaster singer and harpist with The Poozies\n\n"six female voices in harmony - a sound made in Heaven""
Music Jazz
"A stunning collaboration of two of the finest female vocal harmony groups, from the worlds of jazz, blues, soul, rock and pop to classical and folk.\n\nFrom England: 'The Passion' with members Jacqueline Dankworth, Sara Colman and Liane Carroll. \n\nFrom Scotland are 'Shine' featuring Corrina Hewat traditional and jazz harpist and singer with Bachue Caf\u00e9 and many others; Alyth McCormack who grew up in the Gaelic tradition, and Mary MacMaster singer and harpist with The Poozies\n\n"six female voices in harmony - a sound made in Heaven""
Music Jazz
"Scottish Dance Theatre lead a movement session with a creative focus for adults of any age or experience. \n\nYou don't need special shoes, just wear loose, comfortable clothing. \n\nBooking is essential, on 01471 844207 or feis@cali.co.uk. \n\nYou will also get a voucher for an exclusive disount on the ticket to the next night's show.\n\n"We wish the lesson had never ended.""
Workshop
"Scottish Dance Theatre lead a movement session with a creative focus for adults of any age or experience. \n\nYou don't need special shoes, just wear loose, comfortable clothing. \n\nBooking is essential, on 01471 844207 or feis@cali.co.uk. \n\nYou will also get a voucher for an exclusive disount on the ticket to the next night's show.\n\n"We wish the lesson had never ended.""
Workshop
"Join members of the 'Mistresses of Harmony' for a lively singing workshop. The venue is to be confirmed so please telephone or email your interest."
Workshop
"Join members of the 'Mistresses of Harmony' for a lively singing workshop. The venue is to be confirmed so please telephone or email your interest."
Workshop
"M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Suilleabh\u00e1in, the Professor of Irish music has successfully bridged the gap between traditional Irish and classical music. After a successful concert in Celtic Connections, he tours the Highlands with a quartet from Scotland's premier chamber orchestra, the Scottish Ensemble, and two Irish traditional musicians, Niall Keegan and Sandra Joyce."
Music Classical and Opera
"M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Suilleabh\u00e1in, the Professor of Irish music has successfully bridged the gap between traditional Irish and classical music. After a successful concert in Celtic Connections, he tours the Highlands with a quartet from Scotland's premier chamber orchestra, the Scottish Ensemble, and two Irish traditional musicians, Niall Keegan and Sandra Joyce."
Music Classical and Opera
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"Clasical Hindustani Vocalist with Tabla Artist Vijay Kangutkar and Sodhi Tabla on harmonium."
Music World
"Clasical Hindustani Vocalist with Tabla Artist Vijay Kangutkar and Sodhi Tabla on harmonium."
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Theatre Adult
"Eilidh Campbell, Kathleen Graham, Ali Hutton, Duncan Lyall, Martin O'Neill, Andy Webster, Sarah Watson"
Music Traditional
"Eilidh Campbell, Kathleen Graham, Ali Hutton, Duncan Lyall, Martin O'Neill, Andy Webster, Sarah Watson"
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Theatre Adult
"Edinburgh based 'Plutot la Vie' Theatre company present an extraordinary show - out of the ordinary things of life - a landscape of brushes which comes to life. With clowning, dance, and visual story-telling, two men survive in an anarchic world of brushes, doing anything but cleaning up! Suitable for family but not children alone. "Household chores will never seem the same again!""
Theatre Adult
"Edinburgh based 'Plutot la Vie' Theatre company present an extraordinary show - out of the ordinary things of life - a landscape of brushes which comes to life. With clowning, dance, and visual story-telling, two men survive in an anarchic world of brushes, doing anything but cleaning up! Suitable for family but not children alone. "Household chores will never seem the same again!""
Theatre Adult
"A story of emigration from the Western Isles in the 1920s, portrayed through theatre, traditional music and multimedia. A major Hebridean production in English and Gaelic by the celebrated Irish writer Dermot Healy. History, humanity, emotions and politics of that last great wave of emigration."
Theatre Adult
"A story of emigration from the Western Isles in the 1920s, portrayed through theatre, traditional music and multimedia. A major Hebridean production in English and Gaelic by the celebrated Irish writer Dermot Healy. History, humanity, emotions and politics of that last great wave of emigration."
Theatre Adult
"A modern stage version of the 19th-century drug-induced split-personality classic. Both a cracking tale of horror and a deeply audacious account of the human psyche, The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde has continued to thrill and fascinate since it was first published in 1886. Stevenson's work explores scientific ethics, the limits of knowledge and the morals of freedom without consequences, but above all it\u2019s a horror story with all the best ingredients - dark nights, fog and a murderer walking the streets... This new play confronts the dark shadows that lie in all our souls."
Theatre Adult
"A modern stage version of the 19th-century drug-induced split-personality classic. Both a cracking tale of horror and a deeply audacious account of the human psyche, The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde has continued to thrill and fascinate since it was first published in 1886. Stevenson's work explores scientific ethics, the limits of knowledge and the morals of freedom without consequences, but above all it\u2019s a horror story with all the best ingredients - dark nights, fog and a murderer walking the streets... This new play confronts the dark shadows that lie in all our souls."
Theatre Adult
"Musafir, "The wanderers", hail from the desert land of Rajasthan, in the North West of India, which was walked upon by emperors, maharajas and their courts. The original land of the gypsies, troubadours and wandering musicians, who entertained those. A land of ancient musical and spiritual tradition. These artists, sacred bearers of various religions, go on pilgrimages to places such as Baba Ramdev's temple, the great Saint of Gypsies, in Runija or at Sufi Gharib Nawaz in Ajmer. The Saints are worshiped by both Hindus and Muslims. All ethnic groups share a common history, yet, their interpretations are very personal. Muslims use traditional and sophisticated themes, drawn from the classical tradition, the gypsies, usaally Hindus, perform interesting music and dances, based on mythological themes. The Sapera, known as the snake charmers, belong to the most ancient Gypsy tradition, live and perform with snakes, the guardian of spiritual truth. We find numerous troubadours, puppeteers, bears trainers and other fakirs entertaining people in the streets and villages with illusion and magic."
Music World
"Musafir, "The wanderers", hail from the desert land of Rajasthan, in the North West of India, which was walked upon by emperors, maharajas and their courts. The original land of the gypsies, troubadours and wandering musicians, who entertained those. A land of ancient musical and spiritual tradition. These artists, sacred bearers of various religions, go on pilgrimages to places such as Baba Ramdev's temple, the great Saint of Gypsies, in Runija or at Sufi Gharib Nawaz in Ajmer. The Saints are worshiped by both Hindus and Muslims. All ethnic groups share a common history, yet, their interpretations are very personal. Muslims use traditional and sophisticated themes, drawn from the classical tradition, the gypsies, usaally Hindus, perform interesting music and dances, based on mythological themes. The Sapera, known as the snake charmers, belong to the most ancient Gypsy tradition, live and perform with snakes, the guardian of spiritual truth. We find numerous troubadours, puppeteers, bears trainers and other fakirs entertaining people in the streets and villages with illusion and magic."
Music World
"* * * * * reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Irish actor Macdara Vallely was a hit of the 2003 Skye Festival. Now he has wowed audiences in this year\u2019s Edinburgh Fringe with \u2018Peacefire\u2019. A teenage boy comes of age in working-class Northern Ireland: drinking with his mates; stealing the odd motor; arranging a wee appointment with the IRA to have his kneecaps blown off. A 70 minutes show performed to an original hip-hop soundtrack. "It is disturbing and moving, and quite possibly the most powerful piece you\u2019ll see this year" The Scotsman "A rattling good yarn . . . Vallely performs exceptionally"The Guardian"
Theatre Adult
"* * * * * reviews from the Edinburgh Fringe Irish actor Macdara Vallely was a hit of the 2003 Skye Festival. Now he has wowed audiences in this year\u2019s Edinburgh Fringe with \u2018Peacefire\u2019. A teenage boy comes of age in working-class Northern Ireland: drinking with his mates; stealing the odd motor; arranging a wee appointment with the IRA to have his kneecaps blown off. A 70 minutes show performed to an original hip-hop soundtrack. "It is disturbing and moving, and quite possibly the most powerful piece you\u2019ll see this year" The Scotsman "A rattling good yarn . . . Vallely performs exceptionally"The Guardian"
Theatre Adult
"Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra leads the line-up for a weekend of great Jazz."
Music Jazz
"Tommy Smith and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra leads the line-up for a weekend of great Jazz."
Music Jazz
"David Hughes of X-factor with a selection of one-man pieces."
Performance Dance
"David Hughes of X-factor with a selection of one-man pieces."
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Music Traditional
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Music World
"Quimantu brings together over 50 instruments and some of the leading folk and world music players from Chile, Ecuador and England to form a virtuoso ensemble that thrills audiences with their passion and energy. \n\nThe group\u2019s Chilean director, is composer and multi-instrumentalist Mauricio Venegas-Astorga (ex-Incantation). Playing a formidable array of instruments Quimantu brings alive the music of South America and give it a sharp contemporary perspective, electro-acoustic violin and bass.\n\n"One of the best around" Sean Rafferty on their recent appearance on BBC Radio 3\u2019s In-Tune."
Music World
"Quimantu brings together over 50 instruments and some of the leading folk and world music players from Chile, Ecuador and England to form a virtuoso ensemble that thrills audiences with their passion and energy. \n\nThe group\u2019s Chilean director, is composer and multi-instrumentalist Mauricio Venegas-Astorga (ex-Incantation). Playing a formidable array of instruments Quimantu brings alive the music of South America and give it a sharp contemporary perspective, electro-acoustic violin and bass.\n\n"One of the best around" Sean Rafferty on their recent appearance on BBC Radio 3\u2019s In-Tune."
Music World
"Granny lives alone with only her cat for company in a little house in the middle of the woods. When Mr Wolf arrives, what will Granny do? Maybe she still has a few tricks up her sleeve. Maybe Mr Wolf is in for an unpleasant surprise! A new full length play of the much loved traditional tale. Guaranteed to delight all audiences from 2 to 102."
Theatre Family
"Granny lives alone with only her cat for company in a little house in the middle of the woods. When Mr Wolf arrives, what will Granny do? Maybe she still has a few tricks up her sleeve. Maybe Mr Wolf is in for an unpleasant surprise! A new full length play of the much loved traditional tale. Guaranteed to delight all audiences from 2 to 102."
Theatre Family
"Quimantu will introduce you to some of their vast selection of instruments and then get your involved. All welcome."
Workshop
"Quimantu will introduce you to some of their vast selection of instruments and then get your involved. All welcome."
Workshop
"An informal workshop of Egyptian Dance with Rebecca Johncocks. Great fun and suitable for everyone."
Workshop
"An informal workshop of Egyptian Dance with Rebecca Johncocks. Great fun and suitable for everyone."
Workshop
"The Spin Cycle Tour 2005 is Phil Bancroft's Scottish Tour. The Quartet is Phil Bancroft from Scotland on saxophones; Steve Watts from England on acoustic bass; Mike Walker from Scotland on electric guitar and Thomas Stonen from Norway, on Drums. With major names like this coming together, they create music of an international standard. "It is creating music in the moment. Even I don't know how any particular number is going to sound - and that's what's so exciting about it." Phil"
Music Jazz
"The Spin Cycle Tour 2005 is Phil Bancroft's Scottish Tour. The Quartet is Phil Bancroft from Scotland on saxophones; Steve Watts from England on acoustic bass; Mike Walker from Scotland on electric guitar and Thomas Stonen from Norway, on Drums. With major names like this coming together, they create music of an international standard. "It is creating music in the moment. Even I don't know how any particular number is going to sound - and that's what's so exciting about it." Phil"
Music Jazz
"A comedy by Michael Duke, set in a dilapidated town on the ragged fringes of the new Europe. It tells the tale of a lie told for the sake of expediency, about an eagerly anticipated new opera. This is a land of farcical circumstances when invention outstrips imagination. "Peter Clarke's whirligig of a production . . . A timely satire on the state's attempt to legistlate and control their vainglorious idea of 'official' art." The Herald With a cast of six and live music. "Groundbreaking" "Unmissable""
Music Classical and Opera
"A comedy by Michael Duke, set in a dilapidated town on the ragged fringes of the new Europe. It tells the tale of a lie told for the sake of expediency, about an eagerly anticipated new opera. This is a land of farcical circumstances when invention outstrips imagination. "Peter Clarke's whirligig of a production . . . A timely satire on the state's attempt to legistlate and control their vainglorious idea of 'official' art." The Herald With a cast of six and live music. "Groundbreaking" "Unmissable""
Music Classical and Opera
"Brilliant and very popular band featuring Malcolm MacFarlane, Ged Brockie, Nigel Clark, Kevin MacKenzie. Their music takes a unique view of many jazz and world styles and combines them with the textures and timbres of the acoustic guitar."
Music Classical and Opera
"Brilliant and very popular band featuring Malcolm MacFarlane, Ged Brockie, Nigel Clark, Kevin MacKenzie. Their music takes a unique view of many jazz and world styles and combines them with the textures and timbres of the acoustic guitar."
Music Classical and Opera
"Celebrated for its recent award-winning Samuel Beckett season, Arches Theatre Company presents two of the playwright\u2019s most provocative and tragicomic monodramas "Rockaby" and "Krapp\u2019s Last Tape" to selected Scottish venues.\n\n"Mesmerising, wonderfully decrepit, a haunting production that dares to hang meaning on to the ultimate nothingness.' Neil Cooper, The Herald"
Theatre Adult
"Celebrated for its recent award-winning Samuel Beckett season, Arches Theatre Company presents two of the playwright\u2019s most provocative and tragicomic monodramas "Rockaby" and "Krapp\u2019s Last Tape" to selected Scottish venues.\n\n"Mesmerising, wonderfully decrepit, a haunting production that dares to hang meaning on to the ultimate nothingness.' Neil Cooper, The Herald"
Theatre Adult
"The Scottish premiere of this multi award- winning play. Christopher is locked up !!! He thinks he is the son of a very important man. His Doctors don\u2019t think so. One Doctor wants to keep him in, fearing the worst - the other wants to let him go. As the two Doctor\u2019s clash becomes more personal, Christopher\u2019s story starts to become unnervingly plausible. Combining drama with moments of comedy, this medical thriller looks at issues of perception about race, mental illness and the NHS. "The production captures every emotional and comic nuance" --- The Scotsman ****"
Theatre Adult
"The Scottish premiere of this multi award- winning play. Christopher is locked up !!! He thinks he is the son of a very important man. His Doctors don\u2019t think so. One Doctor wants to keep him in, fearing the worst - the other wants to let him go. As the two Doctor\u2019s clash becomes more personal, Christopher\u2019s story starts to become unnervingly plausible. Combining drama with moments of comedy, this medical thriller looks at issues of perception about race, mental illness and the NHS. "The production captures every emotional and comic nuance" --- The Scotsman ****"
Theatre Adult
"Members of the Scottish Guitar Quartet will lead a guitar workshop designed for the abilities of those who attend. Bring a guitar along, or insturments availaable if asked for before-hand."
Workshop
"Members of the Scottish Guitar Quartet will lead a guitar workshop designed for the abilities of those who attend. Bring a guitar along, or insturments availaable if asked for before-hand."
Workshop
"Inner Sound with students of the Junior Royal Academy of Music."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound with students of the Junior Royal Academy of Music."
Music Classical and Opera
"The new Highland wide 'Blas Festival' celebrates Highland Music for a week in September. Tonight's concert features 'Meantime' who are building a reputation as a young band with a powerful presence in Gaelic music, both vocal and instrumental. They are joined by 'Sgoil Chiuil na G\u00e0idhealtachd' from the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music in Plockton. The young Skye and Lochalsh 'C\u00e8ilidh Trailers' who were a highlight of the 2005 F\u00e8is an Eilein also perform.."
Music Traditional
"The new Highland wide 'Blas Festival' celebrates Highland Music for a week in September. Tonight's concert features 'Meantime' who are building a reputation as a young band with a powerful presence in Gaelic music, both vocal and instrumental. They are joined by 'Sgoil Chiuil na G\u00e0idhealtachd' from the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music in Plockton. The young Skye and Lochalsh 'C\u00e8ilidh Trailers' who were a highlight of the 2005 F\u00e8is an Eilein also perform.."
Music Traditional
"Julie Fowlis was raised in Uist and was involved in piping, singing and dancing from an early age. She was named Winner of the prestigious Pan-Celtic Sean-N\u00f2s singing competition in 2004. Anna Massie won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Tradtitional Musician of the Year Award in 2003. Both perform tonight with their bands."
Music Traditional
"Julie Fowlis was raised in Uist and was involved in piping, singing and dancing from an early age. She was named Winner of the prestigious Pan-Celtic Sean-N\u00f2s singing competition in 2004. Anna Massie won the BBC Radio Scotland Young Tradtitional Musician of the Year Award in 2003. Both perform tonight with their bands."
Music Traditional
"The ensemble is joined by young Finnish virtuoso Pekka Kuusisto, one of the Orchestra\u2019s most popular guest soloists who directs the SCO Strings for the first time in these concerts. He leads the 25-strong ensemble in a popular programme, including Vivaldi\u2019s The Four Seasons, Grieg\u2019s Holberg Suite and a work by his fellow Finn, Aulis Sallinen."
Music Classical and Opera
"The ensemble is joined by young Finnish virtuoso Pekka Kuusisto, one of the Orchestra\u2019s most popular guest soloists who directs the SCO Strings for the first time in these concerts. He leads the 25-strong ensemble in a popular programme, including Vivaldi\u2019s The Four Seasons, Grieg\u2019s Holberg Suite and a work by his fellow Finn, Aulis Sallinen."
Music Classical and Opera
"SEALL, in conjunction with Eden Court Theatre. 1961. A small community on a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic carries the burden of a terrible secret. When the outside world comes calling, intent on manipulation for political and economic ends, the islanders find their world blown apart from the inside as well as beyond. Further than the Furthest Thing is inspired by events on Tristan da Cunha and evokes the sadness and beauty of a civilisation in crisis. This beautiful play by Edinburgh based Zinnie Harris won a Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2000 and was immediately hailed as one of the finest Scottish plays of recent years. The show contains brief nudity and one instance of strong language. "Harris winningly produces an intimate and poetic as well as political family saga" The Independent"
Theatre Adult
"SEALL, in conjunction with Eden Court Theatre. 1961. A small community on a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic carries the burden of a terrible secret. When the outside world comes calling, intent on manipulation for political and economic ends, the islanders find their world blown apart from the inside as well as beyond. Further than the Furthest Thing is inspired by events on Tristan da Cunha and evokes the sadness and beauty of a civilisation in crisis. This beautiful play by Edinburgh based Zinnie Harris won a Fringe First award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2000 and was immediately hailed as one of the finest Scottish plays of recent years. The show contains brief nudity and one instance of strong language. "Harris winningly produces an intimate and poetic as well as political family saga" The Independent"
Theatre Adult
"The 'Katie Morag' stories by Mairi Hedderwick have delighted adults and children for 21 years. Travel on the ferry to Struay to meet one of the best-loved characters in children\u2019s books - Katie Morag McColl. She may live on a tiny weather-beaten island, but there\u2019s plenty of mischief to get up to, and Katie Morag is always up to something! Meet Eriska the horse and the Struay cats, join in with the treasure trail, stumble across ancient ghosts in spooky places, find out why the American city kids don\u2019t like island life, and help Katie Morag find the answers to the riddles. Katie Morag comes to life in a musical show full of fun for all the family. This first ever stage adaptation of the Katie Morag is presented by Mull Theatre and is designed for adults who heard the stories when young, and are now reading tehm to their children, as well as for children themselves."
Theatre Family
"The 'Katie Morag' stories by Mairi Hedderwick have delighted adults and children for 21 years. Travel on the ferry to Struay to meet one of the best-loved characters in children\u2019s books - Katie Morag McColl. She may live on a tiny weather-beaten island, but there\u2019s plenty of mischief to get up to, and Katie Morag is always up to something! Meet Eriska the horse and the Struay cats, join in with the treasure trail, stumble across ancient ghosts in spooky places, find out why the American city kids don\u2019t like island life, and help Katie Morag find the answers to the riddles. Katie Morag comes to life in a musical show full of fun for all the family. This first ever stage adaptation of the Katie Morag is presented by Mull Theatre and is designed for adults who heard the stories when young, and are now reading tehm to their children, as well as for children themselves."
Theatre Family
"'At First Light' is this year's major Tune-up traditional concert. John McSherry (uillean pipes) and Chris Stout (fiddle) are arguably the two leading musicians of their generations on these instruments in Ireland and Scotland. A concert with either of their bands guarantees a memorable evening of outstanding music at the cutting edge of innovation. \n\nWith John McSherry in At First Light: Donal O'Connor (fiddle\/keyboards); Tony Byrne (guitar\/vocals); Francis McIlduff (uillean pipes\/whistles\/bodhran)\n\nWith Chris Stout: Catriona McKay (clarsach\/piano); Fraser Fifield (saxophone); Malcolm Stitt (guitar); Neil Harland (bass)"
Music Traditional
"'At First Light' is this year's major Tune-up traditional concert. John McSherry (uillean pipes) and Chris Stout (fiddle) are arguably the two leading musicians of their generations on these instruments in Ireland and Scotland. A concert with either of their bands guarantees a memorable evening of outstanding music at the cutting edge of innovation. \n\nWith John McSherry in At First Light: Donal O'Connor (fiddle\/keyboards); Tony Byrne (guitar\/vocals); Francis McIlduff (uillean pipes\/whistles\/bodhran)\n\nWith Chris Stout: Catriona McKay (clarsach\/piano); Fraser Fifield (saxophone); Malcolm Stitt (guitar); Neil Harland (bass)"
Music Traditional
"An introduction to Scottish stepdance with Rae MacColl. No previous knowledge is necessary and if possible wear hard-soled shoes."
Workshop
"An introduction to Scottish stepdance with Rae MacColl. No previous knowledge is necessary and if possible wear hard-soled shoes."
Workshop
"Rick Taylor leads an open workshop of group improvisation. Bring along any instrument."
Workshop
"Rick Taylor leads an open workshop of group improvisation. Bring along any instrument."
Workshop
"Corrina Hewat of 'Bachue' leads an open and informal workshop for those interested in harmony singing. No great experience needed."
Workshop
"Corrina Hewat of 'Bachue' leads an open and informal workshop for those interested in harmony singing. No great experience needed."
Workshop
"See Tuesday 12 July at 2.30pm."
Workshop
"See Tuesday 12 July at 2.30pm."
Workshop
"While 'Waulking the Tweed' to make newly-woven tweed supple, those around the table sing to the thumping rhythm to make the work pass more quickly. Come and join Christina and Alpin Stewart for a fun workshop. No knowledge of Gaelic or waulking songs is needed."
Workshop
"While 'Waulking the Tweed' to make newly-woven tweed supple, those around the table sing to the thumping rhythm to make the work pass more quickly. Come and join Christina and Alpin Stewart for a fun workshop. No knowledge of Gaelic or waulking songs is needed."
Workshop
"Join members of 'Dannsa' for a very special workshop of dance styles that are being re-discovered in the Highlands. They will teach some of the gentle and stylish Quadrilles and other old Scottish and west coast dances."
Workshop
"Join members of 'Dannsa' for a very special workshop of dance styles that are being re-discovered in the Highlands. They will teach some of the gentle and stylish Quadrilles and other old Scottish and west coast dances."
Workshop
"See Friday 15 at 11 am."
Workshop
"See Friday 15 at 11 am."
Workshop
"Barbara Smith will lead an informal workshop in Gaelic Song. No knowledge of Gaelic (or singing!) necessary."
Workshop
"Barbara Smith will lead an informal workshop in Gaelic Song. No knowledge of Gaelic (or singing!) necessary."
Workshop
"'Harem Scarem' is the hugely popular five piece traditional music band with strong Highland and west coast connections. Eilidh Shaw, fiddle, ('The Poozies' and 'Keep It Up'); Sarah McFadyen, fiddle, (\u2018Aberfeldy\u2019); Inge Thomson, accordion and song, (The Karine Polwart Band' and Shetland heroes \u2018Drop the Box\u2019); Nuala Kennedy, flute, (\u2018Anam\u2019 and \u2018Fine Friday\u2019) and Ross Martin, guitar, (\u2018Cliar\u2019 and \u2018D\u00e0imh\u2019) who has moved back to his birthplace of Arisaig. F\u00e8is an Eilein has always had close links with Irish musicians. Tonight the great innovative Irish fiddler Joe O'Donnell is joined by the young Irish dancer Niamh Myers. Both are tutors at this week's music summer school at the College along with Kathleen Graham, one of Skye's young rising stars in Gaelic singing, Griogair Laurie on pipes, and Andy Webster on guitar."
Music Traditional
"'Harem Scarem' is the hugely popular five piece traditional music band with strong Highland and west coast connections. Eilidh Shaw, fiddle, ('The Poozies' and 'Keep It Up'); Sarah McFadyen, fiddle, (\u2018Aberfeldy\u2019); Inge Thomson, accordion and song, (The Karine Polwart Band' and Shetland heroes \u2018Drop the Box\u2019); Nuala Kennedy, flute, (\u2018Anam\u2019 and \u2018Fine Friday\u2019) and Ross Martin, guitar, (\u2018Cliar\u2019 and \u2018D\u00e0imh\u2019) who has moved back to his birthplace of Arisaig. F\u00e8is an Eilein has always had close links with Irish musicians. Tonight the great innovative Irish fiddler Joe O'Donnell is joined by the young Irish dancer Niamh Myers. Both are tutors at this week's music summer school at the College along with Kathleen Graham, one of Skye's young rising stars in Gaelic singing, Griogair Laurie on pipes, and Andy Webster on guitar."
Music Traditional
"Murdo MacRae occupies a Hebrides where colourful and crazy characters abound! Murdo was created by author Iain Crichton Smith and is one of Scotland's best loved literary figures. Splinters Theatre (John Shedden, Anna Heburn and Finlay McLean) present \u2018Scot of the Anarchic\u2019 in which we follow the hilarious antics of MacRae, and are taken on a roller coaster ride through his surreal existence, and his wild and fertile imagination."
Theatre Adult
"Murdo MacRae occupies a Hebrides where colourful and crazy characters abound! Murdo was created by author Iain Crichton Smith and is one of Scotland's best loved literary figures. Splinters Theatre (John Shedden, Anna Heburn and Finlay McLean) present \u2018Scot of the Anarchic\u2019 in which we follow the hilarious antics of MacRae, and are taken on a roller coaster ride through his surreal existence, and his wild and fertile imagination."
Theatre Adult
"Rick Taylor (trombone and voice) lives on Skye and has created an all-star line-up for a magical opening evening of song and music. Rick is known as a jazz and world music player, but has recently collaborated with many of Scotland\u2019s top traditional groups and players. 'The Boys' include Jonny Hardie;Fiddle, Guitar, voice (\u2018Old Blind Dogs\u2019 ); Bruce MacGregor: fiddle (\u2018Blazing Fiddles\u2019); Martin Green: accordion (\u2018Eliza Carthy\u2019); Brian McAlpine: accordion and keyboards (\u2018Unusual Suspects\u2019); Graeme Stafford: Keyboards and percussion (\u2018Big People\u2019). Add to this a line-up of surprise Guests from the UK's Jazz and traditional scene, and the F\u00e8is is in for a great start. The concert will open with 'Fiddle dee fiddle dum', the senior band from Plockton's Traditional Music School of Excellence, which features three local musicians: Fiona MacAskill (Breakish), fiddle; June Naylor (Uig), clarsach; Norrie MacIver (Inverinate), gaelic song & accordion."
Music Jazz
"Rick Taylor (trombone and voice) lives on Skye and has created an all-star line-up for a magical opening evening of song and music. Rick is known as a jazz and world music player, but has recently collaborated with many of Scotland\u2019s top traditional groups and players. 'The Boys' include Jonny Hardie;Fiddle, Guitar, voice (\u2018Old Blind Dogs\u2019 ); Bruce MacGregor: fiddle (\u2018Blazing Fiddles\u2019); Martin Green: accordion (\u2018Eliza Carthy\u2019); Brian McAlpine: accordion and keyboards (\u2018Unusual Suspects\u2019); Graeme Stafford: Keyboards and percussion (\u2018Big People\u2019). Add to this a line-up of surprise Guests from the UK's Jazz and traditional scene, and the F\u00e8is is in for a great start. The concert will open with 'Fiddle dee fiddle dum', the senior band from Plockton's Traditional Music School of Excellence, which features three local musicians: Fiona MacAskill (Breakish), fiddle; June Naylor (Uig), clarsach; Norrie MacIver (Inverinate), gaelic song & accordion."
Music Jazz
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Music World
"Come along to learn and join in some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances, led by Mary Fennell, in preparation for tonight's dance. No previous knowledge is necessary."
Workshop
"Come along to learn and join in some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances, led by Mary Fennell, in preparation for tonight's dance. No previous knowledge is necessary."
Workshop
"Gaelic is enjoying an enormous resurgence in Scotland and has now received official recognition. Come along to learn some basic greetings and how to buy your f\u00e8is event tickets in Gaelic! For all novices."
Workshop
"Gaelic is enjoying an enormous resurgence in Scotland and has now received official recognition. Come along to learn some basic greetings and how to buy your f\u00e8is event tickets in Gaelic! For all novices."
Workshop
"An epic French (subtitled) film evoking the culture of remote comunities in another mountainous part of the world. With the Tibetan way of life totally under threat from Chinese colonial rule, Eric Valli's film may be the last to record the traditional trek across the mountains. From the village of Dolpo, 5000 ft. up, a caravan of yaks sets forth once a year, ladened with sacks of salt to be exchanged in the far off Nepalese valley for enough grain to last them through the winter. The story of this race across the Himalayas, symbolising a clash between the old ways and the new, is exhilarating enough. What lifts the film to a high level is the wonder of the cinematography, the music and the spirit of a unique people."
Film and Music
"An epic French (subtitled) film evoking the culture of remote comunities in another mountainous part of the world. With the Tibetan way of life totally under threat from Chinese colonial rule, Eric Valli's film may be the last to record the traditional trek across the mountains. From the village of Dolpo, 5000 ft. up, a caravan of yaks sets forth once a year, ladened with sacks of salt to be exchanged in the far off Nepalese valley for enough grain to last them through the winter. The story of this race across the Himalayas, symbolising a clash between the old ways and the new, is exhilarating enough. What lifts the film to a high level is the wonder of the cinematography, the music and the spirit of a unique people."
Film and Music
"'King Ethelbert and the Happy Scamp' is a family show performed with traditional Bulgarian puppets. A simple, yet intriguing plot, about the touching fate of a King who was stigmatized as a fool, just because he was different from others. A story told with a great sense of humour, and that will immerse you into the fragile world of the children\u2019s thoughts, senses and fantasies, with the simple moral that everyone has the right to be different."
Theatre Family
"'King Ethelbert and the Happy Scamp' is a family show performed with traditional Bulgarian puppets. A simple, yet intriguing plot, about the touching fate of a King who was stigmatized as a fool, just because he was different from others. A story told with a great sense of humour, and that will immerse you into the fragile world of the children\u2019s thoughts, senses and fantasies, with the simple moral that everyone has the right to be different."
Theatre Family
"A traditional Gaelic singing C\u00e8ilidh with singers from the Highlands who are maintaining the Gaelic tradition. James Graham, Lochinver, won the 'BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award' in 2004. Arthur Cormack, Portree, is an outstanding soloist and also a member of the Gaelic super-group 'Cliar'. Each summer young traditional musicians and singers from the area are brought together to create ' The C\u00e8ilidh Trailers'. Tonight eight 16-25 year olds play a short concert set with remarkable zest and confidence and before them the evening starts with young singers from Bun Sgoile Sleite (Sleat Primary School)."
Music Traditional
"A traditional Gaelic singing C\u00e8ilidh with singers from the Highlands who are maintaining the Gaelic tradition. James Graham, Lochinver, won the 'BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Award' in 2004. Arthur Cormack, Portree, is an outstanding soloist and also a member of the Gaelic super-group 'Cliar'. Each summer young traditional musicians and singers from the area are brought together to create ' The C\u00e8ilidh Trailers'. Tonight eight 16-25 year olds play a short concert set with remarkable zest and confidence and before them the evening starts with young singers from Bun Sgoile Sleite (Sleat Primary School)."
Music Traditional
"There is no need for us to be modest, but the College has gathered, as tutors for the Summer School, some of Scotland's most brilliant musicians, from Scotland's top traditional bands. Iain Macfarlane (Blazin\u2019 Fiddles) on fiddle and button box; Duncan Chisholm (Session A9 and Wolfstone) on fiddle; and Mark Duff (ex-Capercaillie), whistles, are joined by Allan Macdonald, Glenuig, pipes and Gaelic singer. Starting off this remarkable line-up is Murdo MacRae, Nostie on clarsach."
Music Traditional
"There is no need for us to be modest, but the College has gathered, as tutors for the Summer School, some of Scotland's most brilliant musicians, from Scotland's top traditional bands. Iain Macfarlane (Blazin\u2019 Fiddles) on fiddle and button box; Duncan Chisholm (Session A9 and Wolfstone) on fiddle; and Mark Duff (ex-Capercaillie), whistles, are joined by Allan Macdonald, Glenuig, pipes and Gaelic singer. Starting off this remarkable line-up is Murdo MacRae, Nostie on clarsach."
Music Traditional
"'Bachue' - Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan - play duelling harp and piano blended with intense rhythms and luscious textures, and Corrina's unique voice, which adds an extra dimension to an already sensational sound. Bachue's music ranges from dazzling jigs and reels to spine-tingling chill-out, reworkings of ancient Scots and Irish songs to contemporary originals. Scottish harpers Patsy Seddon and Mary MacMaster make a special and rare appearance as 'Sileas'. Their combination of nylon-strung acoustic harp and brass-strung electro-harp create a lively, exciting and contemporary sound. Tonight's young singers are Raonaid and Fiann MacLeod."
Music Traditional
"'Bachue' - Corrina Hewat and Dave Milligan - play duelling harp and piano blended with intense rhythms and luscious textures, and Corrina's unique voice, which adds an extra dimension to an already sensational sound. Bachue's music ranges from dazzling jigs and reels to spine-tingling chill-out, reworkings of ancient Scots and Irish songs to contemporary originals. Scottish harpers Patsy Seddon and Mary MacMaster make a special and rare appearance as 'Sileas'. Their combination of nylon-strung acoustic harp and brass-strung electro-harp create a lively, exciting and contemporary sound. Tonight's young singers are Raonaid and Fiann MacLeod."
Music Traditional
"A celebration of the old and the new traditional dance and music. 'Dannsa' are Caroline Reagh, Sandra Robertson, Mats Melin and Frank McConnell. They have been blazing a trail for traditional dance for five years now and bring their dances alive with musicians Fin Moore, pipes, Mary Ann Kennedy, clarsach and Gaelic song, and Karen Steven, fiddle. "ach d\u00e8an dannsa d\u00e8an dannsa 's e obair th'ann a bhith dannsa." (from a poem by Aonghas Dubh) \u2018Amh\u2019 ('raw' in Gaelic) offer a breath-taking performance. Andrew Robertson and Iseabail MacTaggart (2004 Mod Gold Medal winner) sing Gaelic songs in a unique and contemporary style, with Calum MacCrimmon, piper and musician. Christina and Alpin Stewart will also lead some \u2018waulking songs\u2019."
Music Traditional
"A celebration of the old and the new traditional dance and music. 'Dannsa' are Caroline Reagh, Sandra Robertson, Mats Melin and Frank McConnell. They have been blazing a trail for traditional dance for five years now and bring their dances alive with musicians Fin Moore, pipes, Mary Ann Kennedy, clarsach and Gaelic song, and Karen Steven, fiddle. "ach d\u00e8an dannsa d\u00e8an dannsa 's e obair th'ann a bhith dannsa." (from a poem by Aonghas Dubh) \u2018Amh\u2019 ('raw' in Gaelic) offer a breath-taking performance. Andrew Robertson and Iseabail MacTaggart (2004 Mod Gold Medal winner) sing Gaelic songs in a unique and contemporary style, with Calum MacCrimmon, piper and musician. Christina and Alpin Stewart will also lead some \u2018waulking songs\u2019."
Music Traditional
"Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle, all eaten and spat out by three violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and guitarron. 'The Luminescent Orchestrii' from New York, has a reputation for ecstatic live performances and infectious onstage energy. Sxip Shirey (resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonicas, melodica, vocals) is an international circus composer; Sarah Alden (violin, vocals) is an old time fiddle player; Rima Fand (violin, viola, and vocals) is an experimental theatre composer; Julianne Carney (violin, vocals) is a violin virtuoso turned noise artist, and Aaron Goldsmith (guitarron, vocals) has played in Goth, funk and old world music ensembles. The evening starts with the remarkable young sisters Mairi and Stephanie Campbell. Later on Andy Thorburn (piano) and Keri (stepdance) will provide a moment of calm in the eye of the storm!"
Music World
"Romanian gypsy melodies, punk frenzy, salty tangos, hard rocking klezmer, haunting Balkan harmony, hip-hop beats and Appalachian fiddle, all eaten and spat out by three violins, resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonica and guitarron. 'The Luminescent Orchestrii' from New York, has a reputation for ecstatic live performances and infectious onstage energy. Sxip Shirey (resophonic guitar, bullhorn harmonicas, melodica, vocals) is an international circus composer; Sarah Alden (violin, vocals) is an old time fiddle player; Rima Fand (violin, viola, and vocals) is an experimental theatre composer; Julianne Carney (violin, vocals) is a violin virtuoso turned noise artist, and Aaron Goldsmith (guitarron, vocals) has played in Goth, funk and old world music ensembles. The evening starts with the remarkable young sisters Mairi and Stephanie Campbell. Later on Andy Thorburn (piano) and Keri (stepdance) will provide a moment of calm in the eye of the storm!"
Music World
"A workshop in puppet making and animation for children, led by the Waggish Radish Theatre Company."
Workshop
"A workshop in puppet making and animation for children, led by the Waggish Radish Theatre Company."
Workshop
"See Tuesday 12 July at 2.30 pm."
Workshop
"See Tuesday 12 July at 2.30 pm."
Workshop
"During the week, students at the college have been creating and directing a video film. Here they present and talk about their results. C\u00f9rsa fiolm is ioma-mheadhan airson daoine eadar 16 is 18 bliadhna a dh'aois."
Film and Music
"During the week, students at the college have been creating and directing a video film. Here they present and talk about their results. C\u00f9rsa fiolm is ioma-mheadhan airson daoine eadar 16 is 18 bliadhna a dh'aois."
Film and Music
"Join Professor Seltsan for a 40 minute, manic, pyrotechnically exciting show as he explains life, the universe and everything else. For all adults and children who like science and loud noises. Can he repeat last year's excitement when he set off all the fire alarms?"
Theatre Family
"Join Professor Seltsan for a 40 minute, manic, pyrotechnically exciting show as he explains life, the universe and everything else. For all adults and children who like science and loud noises. Can he repeat last year's excitement when he set off all the fire alarms?"
Theatre Family
"Jamie Laval of Seattle is a young US Scottish Fiddle Champion and a fiddler of subtlety, complexity and passionate intensity. His CD was described as \u2018More than impressive. It stops you dead in your tracks and demands that you listen.\u2019 He is on tour with Hans York, guitar, in the Highlands and should attract all fiddlers and lovers of traditional music."
Music Traditional
"Jamie Laval of Seattle is a young US Scottish Fiddle Champion and a fiddler of subtlety, complexity and passionate intensity. His CD was described as \u2018More than impressive. It stops you dead in your tracks and demands that you listen.\u2019 He is on tour with Hans York, guitar, in the Highlands and should attract all fiddlers and lovers of traditional music."
Music Traditional
"Apart from an extensive contemporary Gaelic library, the College houses a remarkable collection of antiquary material related to Gaelic and Highland social history, notably the MacCormick Collection, and the Celtica Collection from Fort Augustus. The Library is open all day during the week but this is only chance to view items from the special collections."
Workshop
"Apart from an extensive contemporary Gaelic library, the College houses a remarkable collection of antiquary material related to Gaelic and Highland social history, notably the MacCormick Collection, and the Celtica Collection from Fort Augustus. The Library is open all day during the week but this is only chance to view items from the special collections."
Workshop
"'Percussion Unlimited' is an ensemble of 8 young players aged 13 to 17 from schools in Shropshire. The group was set up 15 years ago and has travelled four times to Australia. This is their third visit to the Highlands. Their music, played on over 30 percussion instruments (weighing almost 2 tons!) includes Rossini, The Dawes, Herbie Hancock, the Beatles, Lalo Schiffre and Queen. This will be a lively night to inspire all young musicians, especailly after their afternoon session with Bun Sgoil Shleite."
Music Classical and Opera
"'Percussion Unlimited' is an ensemble of 8 young players aged 13 to 17 from schools in Shropshire. The group was set up 15 years ago and has travelled four times to Australia. This is their third visit to the Highlands. Their music, played on over 30 percussion instruments (weighing almost 2 tons!) includes Rossini, The Dawes, Herbie Hancock, the Beatles, Lalo Schiffre and Queen. This will be a lively night to inspire all young musicians, especailly after their afternoon session with Bun Sgoil Shleite."
Music Classical and Opera
"'I Was a Beautiful Day' is the second full length play for the Traverse by Iain Finlay MacLeod. The touching story of a man, separated from his homeland for decades who keeps its memory alive through creating trinkets and telling stories. Dan Morrison has spent thirty years confined to Dunard mental hospital after suffering shell-shock whilst serving as a soldier in the second world war. Disowned by his family and all but forgotten back home on the Isle of Lewis, he spends his days recounting its old folk stories and creating sculptures of its landmarks from stones, grass and wood. Anne Williams is a cartographer, assigned by Ordnance Survey to map Lewis, and to learn about its history and the origins of its place names. She discovers Dan through his estranged nephew, Donald, and together they begin to recapture some of the island \u2019s history."
Theatre Adult
"'I Was a Beautiful Day' is the second full length play for the Traverse by Iain Finlay MacLeod. The touching story of a man, separated from his homeland for decades who keeps its memory alive through creating trinkets and telling stories. Dan Morrison has spent thirty years confined to Dunard mental hospital after suffering shell-shock whilst serving as a soldier in the second world war. Disowned by his family and all but forgotten back home on the Isle of Lewis, he spends his days recounting its old folk stories and creating sculptures of its landmarks from stones, grass and wood. Anne Williams is a cartographer, assigned by Ordnance Survey to map Lewis, and to learn about its history and the origins of its place names. She discovers Dan through his estranged nephew, Donald, and together they begin to recapture some of the island \u2019s history."
Theatre Adult
"In India, brass bands are the sound of life. No festivity or event, and certainly no wedding, is complete without the sound of trumpets, trombones, clarinets, tubas and marching drums playing in rousing celebration.\n\nThe Jaipur Kawa Brass Band continue this tradition, adding flavours from their own Rajasthani gypsy culture as well as influences picked up in their travels to the style that has developed since brass bands were introduced in India in the mid-eighteenth century.\n\nArtistic director Hameed Khan comes from a long line of folk and classical musicians and has studied western as well as eastern music to give Jaipur Kawa a sound all of its own.\n\nIntricate rhythms, virtuoso improvisations, English brass band roots and Bollywood film music converge in a presentation that also features a spectacular gypsy dancer and sabre-swallowing fakir.\n\nLast year's similar visit from 'Musafir' brought out SEALL's largest ever audience."
Music World
"In India, brass bands are the sound of life. No festivity or event, and certainly no wedding, is complete without the sound of trumpets, trombones, clarinets, tubas and marching drums playing in rousing celebration.\n\nThe Jaipur Kawa Brass Band continue this tradition, adding flavours from their own Rajasthani gypsy culture as well as influences picked up in their travels to the style that has developed since brass bands were introduced in India in the mid-eighteenth century.\n\nArtistic director Hameed Khan comes from a long line of folk and classical musicians and has studied western as well as eastern music to give Jaipur Kawa a sound all of its own.\n\nIntricate rhythms, virtuoso improvisations, English brass band roots and Bollywood film music converge in a presentation that also features a spectacular gypsy dancer and sabre-swallowing fakir.\n\nLast year's similar visit from 'Musafir' brought out SEALL's largest ever audience."
Music World
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Music Classical and Opera
"Alasdair MacLeod, the Canadian author of 'No Great Mischief' visits the Highlands with illustrator Peter Rankin for a four night literary tour of the Highlands. Supported by Highland Council"
Talks and Literature
"Alasdair MacLeod, the Canadian author of 'No Great Mischief' visits the Highlands with illustrator Peter Rankin for a four night literary tour of the Highlands. Supported by Highland Council"
Talks and Literature
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"A special Film and Orchestra night promoted by SEALL arts and Club Film, and presented by the Northern Periphery Programme and the Lochaber Music Partnership.\n\n\u2018The Growth of the Soil\u2019 ~ \u2018Markens gr\u00f8de\u2019 (Norway - 1921) Black and White, Silent 100 mins\n\nThe Growth of the Soil is the first Norwegian feature length film made, based on the Nobel Prize winning book by Knut Hamsun. This screening of the film is accompanied by a 32 piece live orchestra of musicians from Norway and Lochaber.\n\nThe film concerns the tentative growth of a fragile mountain community out of the great tracts of virgin forest in the north of Norway. It was lost until two incolkpmete copies were found in 1971. Both the film and score were reconstructed in 2002 and this is a unique chance to see the original film and hear the original live music."
Film and Music
"A special Film and Orchestra night promoted by SEALL arts and Club Film, and presented by the Northern Periphery Programme and the Lochaber Music Partnership.\n\n\u2018The Growth of the Soil\u2019 ~ \u2018Markens gr\u00f8de\u2019 (Norway - 1921) Black and White, Silent 100 mins\n\nThe Growth of the Soil is the first Norwegian feature length film made, based on the Nobel Prize winning book by Knut Hamsun. This screening of the film is accompanied by a 32 piece live orchestra of musicians from Norway and Lochaber.\n\nThe film concerns the tentative growth of a fragile mountain community out of the great tracts of virgin forest in the north of Norway. It was lost until two incolkpmete copies were found in 1971. Both the film and score were reconstructed in 2002 and this is a unique chance to see the original film and hear the original live music."
Film and Music
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"A truly unique, humorous, inventive, and fast-moving bi-lingual play by Kevin McNeil. With a grat deal of comedy and an amazing soundtrack Kevin wrote the play to get young people of all ages laughing. The play is also sophisticated enough to appeal to all ages. 'The Callanish Stoned' is based around one night's shenanigans during the Sumemr Soltice as a group of three friends gain insights about life and each other as they travel and meet up with some of the eccentric visitors who comprise an annual Callanish Stone Circle sub-culture. Featuring Daibhidh MacLeod and Carina MacLeod, a cast of other young actors, live muisc from Willie Campbell and some multiedia pieces."
Theatre Adult
"A truly unique, humorous, inventive, and fast-moving bi-lingual play by Kevin McNeil. With a grat deal of comedy and an amazing soundtrack Kevin wrote the play to get young people of all ages laughing. The play is also sophisticated enough to appeal to all ages. 'The Callanish Stoned' is based around one night's shenanigans during the Sumemr Soltice as a group of three friends gain insights about life and each other as they travel and meet up with some of the eccentric visitors who comprise an annual Callanish Stone Circle sub-culture. Featuring Daibhidh MacLeod and Carina MacLeod, a cast of other young actors, live muisc from Willie Campbell and some multiedia pieces."
Theatre Adult
"'Songs of the Earth' is an innovative audiovisual synthesis of cutting-edge contemporary music and intensely beautiful natural images from the Isle of Skye. In an intimate collaboration between the Scottish Clarinet Quartet and well-known local photographer, Terry Williams, original music scored for four bass clarinets is performed live against large-screen projection of new photographic collections. Sensuous, dramatic and mesmerising! Full details at www.scq.org.uk. "...this RSAMD-bred chamber group is making its mark as much through the vision of its commissioning as with the singularity of its line-up and the virtuosity of the playing" (The Herald) The Photos "Beautiful use of light and texture.incredible eye for detail. such a musically responsive photographer. the way you've visualised both music and pictures is going to bring out an extra dimension in each when they're put together""
Music Classical and Opera
"'Songs of the Earth' is an innovative audiovisual synthesis of cutting-edge contemporary music and intensely beautiful natural images from the Isle of Skye. In an intimate collaboration between the Scottish Clarinet Quartet and well-known local photographer, Terry Williams, original music scored for four bass clarinets is performed live against large-screen projection of new photographic collections. Sensuous, dramatic and mesmerising! Full details at www.scq.org.uk. "...this RSAMD-bred chamber group is making its mark as much through the vision of its commissioning as with the singularity of its line-up and the virtuosity of the playing" (The Herald) The Photos "Beautiful use of light and texture.incredible eye for detail. such a musically responsive photographer. the way you've visualised both music and pictures is going to bring out an extra dimension in each when they're put together""
Music Classical and Opera
"Neil and Iona are a comfortable couple in their early thirties. Into their lives bursts Kirsty, Iona\u2019s anarchic sister, who immediately disturbs their equilibrium. Iona is delighted by her arrival, Neil feels threatened by it. Half an hour into the play, its established reality, a contemporary living room farce, is transformed by Kirsty\u2019s realisation that they are being watched - by the audience ! Two characters, Sabrina and Janice, intervene from their seats in the auditorium. To Iona and Neil, they appear to have come from nowhere, or through the wall of their front room. To Kirsty, they are visitors from a parallel universe. The Seer by Ali Smith is a contemporary comedy of manners which incorporates a playful deconstruction of the medium of theatre itself, asking the audience to consider just what it is they are seeing. It\u2019s a lively, funny, satirical roller coaster about domestic perfection, free spirits and the new Scotland. "a timely reminder of how much Scottish theatre needs this strand of Highland-made work with all its wild surrealism, structural anarchy, passionate lyricism and spiritual openness". SAC Funded."
Theatre Adult
"Neil and Iona are a comfortable couple in their early thirties. Into their lives bursts Kirsty, Iona\u2019s anarchic sister, who immediately disturbs their equilibrium. Iona is delighted by her arrival, Neil feels threatened by it. Half an hour into the play, its established reality, a contemporary living room farce, is transformed by Kirsty\u2019s realisation that they are being watched - by the audience ! Two characters, Sabrina and Janice, intervene from their seats in the auditorium. To Iona and Neil, they appear to have come from nowhere, or through the wall of their front room. To Kirsty, they are visitors from a parallel universe. The Seer by Ali Smith is a contemporary comedy of manners which incorporates a playful deconstruction of the medium of theatre itself, asking the audience to consider just what it is they are seeing. It\u2019s a lively, funny, satirical roller coaster about domestic perfection, free spirits and the new Scotland. "a timely reminder of how much Scottish theatre needs this strand of Highland-made work with all its wild surrealism, structural anarchy, passionate lyricism and spiritual openness". SAC Funded."
Theatre Adult
"Troy MacGillivray is the brilliant 25-year-old fiddler, pianist and step dancer from Nova Scotia. Be\u00f2lach is one of Cape Breton\u2019s most exciting new bands featuring Wendy MacIssac, Mairi Rankin, Ryan J MacNeil, Mac Morin, and Patrick Gillis with an energetic mix of Cape Breton, Scottish and Irish tunes featuring piano, pipes, whistles, guitar, and two fiddles. Rachel Walker, Kinlochewe, began singing in Gaelic at an early age, studied Gaelic song at the RSAMD and performed throughout Scotland, and Europe.The ever popular C\u00e8ilear are the bright young musicans and singers from Skye and Lochalsh."
Music Traditional
"Troy MacGillivray is the brilliant 25-year-old fiddler, pianist and step dancer from Nova Scotia. Be\u00f2lach is one of Cape Breton\u2019s most exciting new bands featuring Wendy MacIssac, Mairi Rankin, Ryan J MacNeil, Mac Morin, and Patrick Gillis with an energetic mix of Cape Breton, Scottish and Irish tunes featuring piano, pipes, whistles, guitar, and two fiddles. Rachel Walker, Kinlochewe, began singing in Gaelic at an early age, studied Gaelic song at the RSAMD and performed throughout Scotland, and Europe.The ever popular C\u00e8ilear are the bright young musicans and singers from Skye and Lochalsh."
Music Traditional
"Life in the country; work from home, chill out, keep chickens . . . surely every stressed out city person\u2019s dream? For Amy, it\u2019s a nightmare. Bothered by her nosy neighbours and pestered by her pushy Paris client, the Web offers an easy escape. But when her Internet chat mate, Rafi, is due to arrive from New York, a seemingly idyllic life in a Borders farm cottage is put to the test and she finds more companionship and excitement in the virtual world than in the real one. Amy wonders what Rafi will be like, her imagination fuelled by images from films. A suave Clark Gable? A cheery cowboy? Their meeting is played out in increasingly improbable scenarios and as her grasp on reality starts to break up, she is forced to confront a world outside her gorgeous avatar. Another brilliant play, this time by Jules Home, from Traverse Thetare, at the forefront of new Scottish writing."
Theatre Adult
"Life in the country; work from home, chill out, keep chickens . . . surely every stressed out city person\u2019s dream? For Amy, it\u2019s a nightmare. Bothered by her nosy neighbours and pestered by her pushy Paris client, the Web offers an easy escape. But when her Internet chat mate, Rafi, is due to arrive from New York, a seemingly idyllic life in a Borders farm cottage is put to the test and she finds more companionship and excitement in the virtual world than in the real one. Amy wonders what Rafi will be like, her imagination fuelled by images from films. A suave Clark Gable? A cheery cowboy? Their meeting is played out in increasingly improbable scenarios and as her grasp on reality starts to break up, she is forced to confront a world outside her gorgeous avatar. Another brilliant play, this time by Jules Home, from Traverse Thetare, at the forefront of new Scottish writing."
Theatre Adult
"Pat has finally snapped, her husband started to put that new kitchen sink in years ago and she\u2019s had it with washing up in the loo. Plumbing can\u2019t be that difficult. A DIY disaster brings together three very different women (all acted by Fiona Knowles) and unearths more than dry rot under the floorboards.A creative, funny drama and a warning to all DIY enthusiasts."
Theatre Adult
"Pat has finally snapped, her husband started to put that new kitchen sink in years ago and she\u2019s had it with washing up in the loo. Plumbing can\u2019t be that difficult. A DIY disaster brings together three very different women (all acted by Fiona Knowles) and unearths more than dry rot under the floorboards.A creative, funny drama and a warning to all DIY enthusiasts."
Theatre Adult
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"The epic theatre and music production form Sleat Primary school based on a mammoth (and we mean BIG) picture of Sleat."
Performance Dance
"Traditional Japanese Taiko drumming.\n\nExperience the thundering and exhilarating rhythms of Taiko in an intimate and entertaining show, and gain a unique insight into the enthralling world of Taiko drumming. Mugenkyo is based in Scotland and is the first professional touring Taiko group in Europe."
Music World
"Traditional Japanese Taiko drumming.\n\nExperience the thundering and exhilarating rhythms of Taiko in an intimate and entertaining show, and gain a unique insight into the enthralling world of Taiko drumming. Mugenkyo is based in Scotland and is the first professional touring Taiko group in Europe."
Music World
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Music Classical and Opera
"The energetic and original Quebecois traditional music trio 'Genticorum' were a highlight of this year's Celtic Connections. Weaving wooden flute, fiddle, acoustic guitar, jaw harp, bass and some astounding foot percussion, alongside strong vocal harmony, the trio produces a tapestry of musical textures giving them their distinctive sound. Alexanadre de Grosbois-Garand (vocals, wooden flute, electric bass), Yann Falquet (vocals, jaw harp, guitar), Pascal Genne (vocals, feet and fiddle). "Irresistable music that will put ants in your pants" La Presse, Montreal Tonight's young musicians are 'Ceilear' a group of 16-25 year olds from the area brought together by the f\u00e8isean movement. They are Neil Beaton (pipes, whistle, voice), Murdo Cameron (accordion, voice), Ruairidh Graham (percussion, fiddle, voice), Robyn Gray (fiddle, voice), S\u00e9an Gray (guitar, flute\/whistle, voice), Fiona MacAskill (fiddle, whistle, voice, mandolin, accordion), Kirsten MacLeod (accordion, guitar, mandolin, voice), Shona Masson (fiddle, piano, voice), and Deirdre Graham (piano, clarsach, voice)."
Music Traditional
"The energetic and original Quebecois traditional music trio 'Genticorum' were a highlight of this year's Celtic Connections. Weaving wooden flute, fiddle, acoustic guitar, jaw harp, bass and some astounding foot percussion, alongside strong vocal harmony, the trio produces a tapestry of musical textures giving them their distinctive sound. Alexanadre de Grosbois-Garand (vocals, wooden flute, electric bass), Yann Falquet (vocals, jaw harp, guitar), Pascal Genne (vocals, feet and fiddle). "Irresistable music that will put ants in your pants" La Presse, Montreal Tonight's young musicians are 'Ceilear' a group of 16-25 year olds from the area brought together by the f\u00e8isean movement. They are Neil Beaton (pipes, whistle, voice), Murdo Cameron (accordion, voice), Ruairidh Graham (percussion, fiddle, voice), Robyn Gray (fiddle, voice), S\u00e9an Gray (guitar, flute\/whistle, voice), Fiona MacAskill (fiddle, whistle, voice, mandolin, accordion), Kirsten MacLeod (accordion, guitar, mandolin, voice), Shona Masson (fiddle, piano, voice), and Deirdre Graham (piano, clarsach, voice)."
Music Traditional
"Julie Fowlis is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from North Uist who has been described as a 'revelation'. Julie co-hosted BBC's Scotland's Hogmanay programme and brought Gaelic song to the masses. She went on to be awarded 'Best Gaelic Singer' at the Scots Trad Music Awards 2005, and then became the first Gaelic winner of the 2006 BBC Folk Awards 'Horizon' accolade.\n\nJulie's guests are Karen Marshalsey, clarsach, who is teaching at the College this week, and the great Gaelic singer Dr Anne Lorne Gillies.\n\nTonight's young musicians are Ciorstaidh and Ailean Peutan from Kilmuir (clarsach & fiddle)\n\n'Gaelic Whiskies' provide a whisky tasting of quality malts."
Music Traditional
"Julie Fowlis is a singer and multi-instrumentalist from North Uist who has been described as a 'revelation'. Julie co-hosted BBC's Scotland's Hogmanay programme and brought Gaelic song to the masses. She went on to be awarded 'Best Gaelic Singer' at the Scots Trad Music Awards 2005, and then became the first Gaelic winner of the 2006 BBC Folk Awards 'Horizon' accolade.\n\nJulie's guests are Karen Marshalsey, clarsach, who is teaching at the College this week, and the great Gaelic singer Dr Anne Lorne Gillies.\n\nTonight's young musicians are Ciorstaidh and Ailean Peutan from Kilmuir (clarsach & fiddle)\n\n'Gaelic Whiskies' provide a whisky tasting of quality malts."
Music Traditional
"The Ness River Rhythm Kings play regularly in Inverness and make a welcome return after their first visit to Skye for last year's Jazz Festival. \n\nSwing 2006 change their name each year and travel up from the Edinburgh area. They are Dick Lee (clarinets, recorders, saxophones), Roy Percy (double bass), John Russell (rhythm guitar, vocals), Stephen Coutts (guitar).\n\nSwing 2006\u2019s core repertoire is the music of the great jazz composers, especially Django Reinhardt, including Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington, with some original music from Dick Lee.\n\n"Something of an institution in Scottish jazz" - Kenny Mathieson, The Scotsman"
Music Jazz
"The Ness River Rhythm Kings play regularly in Inverness and make a welcome return after their first visit to Skye for last year's Jazz Festival. \n\nSwing 2006 change their name each year and travel up from the Edinburgh area. They are Dick Lee (clarinets, recorders, saxophones), Roy Percy (double bass), John Russell (rhythm guitar, vocals), Stephen Coutts (guitar).\n\nSwing 2006\u2019s core repertoire is the music of the great jazz composers, especially Django Reinhardt, including Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington, with some original music from Dick Lee.\n\n"Something of an institution in Scottish jazz" - Kenny Mathieson, The Scotsman"
Music Jazz
"Twenty-six years after his death John Laurie is still affectionately remembered as Frazer, Dad\u2019s Army's doom-laden Scotsman. Returning to put the record straight, this production reveals what he was really like. This performance by Ian Watt is a fine tribute to John Laurie\u2019s life and true acting talent and is promoted by the Gilded Balloon comedy venue in Edinburgh.\n\n"No Dad\u2019s Army fan should miss this amazing show." Jimmy Perry"
Theatre Adult
"Twenty-six years after his death John Laurie is still affectionately remembered as Frazer, Dad\u2019s Army's doom-laden Scotsman. Returning to put the record straight, this production reveals what he was really like. This performance by Ian Watt is a fine tribute to John Laurie\u2019s life and true acting talent and is promoted by the Gilded Balloon comedy venue in Edinburgh.\n\n"No Dad\u2019s Army fan should miss this amazing show." Jimmy Perry"
Theatre Adult
"The Skye Pipe Band start off the evening with an outdoor performance in the Amphitheatre (moving indoors if wet). At 8pm the concert starts with the three Macdonald brothers from Glenuig, all well known as pipers and musicians - Dr Angus Macdonald, Allan Macdonald and Iain Macdonald. They are joined by young Donald Dewar award winner Angus Nicolson playing a set of Morrison Reel Pipes."
Music Traditional
"The Skye Pipe Band start off the evening with an outdoor performance in the Amphitheatre (moving indoors if wet). At 8pm the concert starts with the three Macdonald brothers from Glenuig, all well known as pipers and musicians - Dr Angus Macdonald, Allan Macdonald and Iain Macdonald. They are joined by young Donald Dewar award winner Angus Nicolson playing a set of Morrison Reel Pipes."
Music Traditional
"The Festival Film Night presents a remarkable short documentary about Highland writer Iain Crichton Smith, made by Don Coutts, the film Director who lives on the Black Isle.\n\n"It was one of the privileges of my life getting to know Iain. He was the most gentle, bright lovely man."\n\n"The Rocket Post", (2002 - 118 mins) is a moving tale of how a remote Scottish community on the Hebridean island of Scarp became enchanted by a dashing German scientist and his plans to link them to the outside world via a rocket postal service during the late 1930s. He struggles to assemble his new invention while the quirky inhabitants look on with a combination of humour, scepticism and distrust. But just when things might come together, the scientist is pressured by his fatherland to assist with its preparation for war. "Beautifully written - breathtaking cinematography.""
Film and Music
"The Festival Film Night presents a remarkable short documentary about Highland writer Iain Crichton Smith, made by Don Coutts, the film Director who lives on the Black Isle.\n\n"It was one of the privileges of my life getting to know Iain. He was the most gentle, bright lovely man."\n\n"The Rocket Post", (2002 - 118 mins) is a moving tale of how a remote Scottish community on the Hebridean island of Scarp became enchanted by a dashing German scientist and his plans to link them to the outside world via a rocket postal service during the late 1930s. He struggles to assemble his new invention while the quirky inhabitants look on with a combination of humour, scepticism and distrust. But just when things might come together, the scientist is pressured by his fatherland to assist with its preparation for war. "Beautifully written - breathtaking cinematography.""
Film and Music
"The trio, led by fiddler and singer Lori Watson, with guitarist brother Innes and accordionist Fiona Young, were among last year's winners on the Danny Kyle Open Stage. They already boast a highly evolved sound, interweaving Scottish, Scandinavian, American and self-penned tunes, together with songs mostly sourced from Watson's native Borders. "Vivacious, cleanly articulated fiddling, complemented by silvery, beautifully poised vocals and a wealth of inventive accompanying colours and rhythms." Tonight's guests include Addie Harper, on acordion, Fergie MacDonald, on button box, Norman Chalmers with 'Wee Donal' - all tutors at the College. Tonight's young musician is Catriona Phillips, clarsach player, from Breakish"
Music Traditional
"The trio, led by fiddler and singer Lori Watson, with guitarist brother Innes and accordionist Fiona Young, were among last year's winners on the Danny Kyle Open Stage. They already boast a highly evolved sound, interweaving Scottish, Scandinavian, American and self-penned tunes, together with songs mostly sourced from Watson's native Borders. "Vivacious, cleanly articulated fiddling, complemented by silvery, beautifully poised vocals and a wealth of inventive accompanying colours and rhythms." Tonight's guests include Addie Harper, on acordion, Fergie MacDonald, on button box, Norman Chalmers with 'Wee Donal' - all tutors at the College. Tonight's young musician is Catriona Phillips, clarsach player, from Breakish"
Music Traditional
"Anne Martin is from Trotternish in north Skye and spent last Autumn singing in all weathers for the extraordinary outdoor midnight event on the Storr. Tonight, along with clarsach player Ingrid Henderson, she presents those songs (inside!) to an audio-visual backdrop of images of the Storr.\n\nRuth Lee Martin is a Scottish-born Australian composer, performer and academic of Scottish folk music. Ruth sings Gaelic mouth music learnt at her grandmother\u2019s knee as well as her versions of Scottish and Irish ballads. She is joined by her band 'Eilean M\u00f2r' with Jo Cresswell, Bill Grose, fiddle player Chris Stone and bass player Bill Williams. \n\nSpecial guest is Christine Primrose, from Lewis who has lived in Sleat for many years while working at the College. \n\nTonight's young musician is Hannah Beaton, Gaelic singer, from Kyle."
Music Traditional
"Anne Martin is from Trotternish in north Skye and spent last Autumn singing in all weathers for the extraordinary outdoor midnight event on the Storr. Tonight, along with clarsach player Ingrid Henderson, she presents those songs (inside!) to an audio-visual backdrop of images of the Storr.\n\nRuth Lee Martin is a Scottish-born Australian composer, performer and academic of Scottish folk music. Ruth sings Gaelic mouth music learnt at her grandmother\u2019s knee as well as her versions of Scottish and Irish ballads. She is joined by her band 'Eilean M\u00f2r' with Jo Cresswell, Bill Grose, fiddle player Chris Stone and bass player Bill Williams. \n\nSpecial guest is Christine Primrose, from Lewis who has lived in Sleat for many years while working at the College. \n\nTonight's young musician is Hannah Beaton, Gaelic singer, from Kyle."
Music Traditional
"Niall Keegan is a brilliant Irish flute player. His playing is fast, light, clear and sprightly. Just come along to wonder at the cascades of notes with never a breath seemingly required. Dazzling C\u00e8ilidh music with jazz and classical undertones.\n\n"Keegan is a consummate virtuoso destined for the big stages." (The Irish Times) \n\nNiall is joined by his wife, singer and bodhran player Sandra Joyce, his sister Niopha Keegan on fiddle and voice, and Innes Watson on guitar and fiddle.\n\nTonight's young musician is Anna MacDonald from Kilmuir (fiddle and gaelic song)."
Music Traditional
"Niall Keegan is a brilliant Irish flute player. His playing is fast, light, clear and sprightly. Just come along to wonder at the cascades of notes with never a breath seemingly required. Dazzling C\u00e8ilidh music with jazz and classical undertones.\n\n"Keegan is a consummate virtuoso destined for the big stages." (The Irish Times) \n\nNiall is joined by his wife, singer and bodhran player Sandra Joyce, his sister Niopha Keegan on fiddle and voice, and Innes Watson on guitar and fiddle.\n\nTonight's young musician is Anna MacDonald from Kilmuir (fiddle and gaelic song)."
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser is recognized throughout the world as one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has ever produced. His name is synonymous with the vibrant cultural renaissance which is transforming the Scottish musical scene. The Skye Festival was an indirect result of Alasdair's early short courses at the College almost 20 years ago. His playing partner is Natalie Haas who can make her cello sound like the drone of a hurdy-gurdy, the jangle of a guitar, or the thump of a string bass, and who can carry the tune of fast jigs and reels as well. Guests tonight include Patsy Reid, fiddle; Louise MacKenzie, fiddle, and Frank McConnell, stepdancer Tonight's young musician is Murdo MacRae from Nostie on clarsach."
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser is recognized throughout the world as one of the finest fiddle players Scotland has ever produced. His name is synonymous with the vibrant cultural renaissance which is transforming the Scottish musical scene. The Skye Festival was an indirect result of Alasdair's early short courses at the College almost 20 years ago. His playing partner is Natalie Haas who can make her cello sound like the drone of a hurdy-gurdy, the jangle of a guitar, or the thump of a string bass, and who can carry the tune of fast jigs and reels as well. Guests tonight include Patsy Reid, fiddle; Louise MacKenzie, fiddle, and Frank McConnell, stepdancer Tonight's young musician is Murdo MacRae from Nostie on clarsach."
Music Traditional
"Easy language workshops for anyone who walks in off the street with no Gaelic. A basic introduction to get your head around some greetings and pronounciation. 'Gaelic 1' and the next stage in 'Gaelic 2' alternate during the festival. Come and give it a try!"
Workshop
"Easy language workshops for anyone who walks in off the street with no Gaelic. A basic introduction to get your head around some greetings and pronounciation. 'Gaelic 1' and the next stage in 'Gaelic 2' alternate during the festival. Come and give it a try!"
Workshop
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Workshop
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Workshop
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Workshop
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Workshop
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Workshop
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Workshop
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Workshop
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Workshop
"Bring along any instrument you fancy playing traditional jazz on for an informal and mixed session with some of tonight's performers. A few spare instruments available - guitar, fiddle, cornet."
Workshop
"Bring along any instrument you fancy playing traditional jazz on for an informal and mixed session with some of tonight's performers. A few spare instruments available - guitar, fiddle, cornet."
Workshop
"Jamie Harris has travelled widely with lots of experience in teaching. Hewill lead a workshop on some rudiments of African percussion before building an ensemble piece. Bring your own drum or home made percussion instrument, the festival will supply a few."
Workshop
"Jamie Harris has travelled widely with lots of experience in teaching. Hewill lead a workshop on some rudiments of African percussion before building an ensemble piece. Bring your own drum or home made percussion instrument, the festival will supply a few."
Workshop
"Come and learn a few traditional songs from Skye's Anne Martin. No previous knowledge of Gaelic is required."
Workshop
"Come and learn a few traditional songs from Skye's Anne Martin. No previous knowledge of Gaelic is required."
Workshop
"An informal session on Irish and English group singing. No previous knowledge of Gaelic is required."
Workshop
"An informal session on Irish and English group singing. No previous knowledge of Gaelic is required."
Workshop
"Learn some Gaelic work songs, those sung while 'waulking the tweed', with one of Skye's most inspirational singers."
Workshop
"Learn some Gaelic work songs, those sung while 'waulking the tweed', with one of Skye's most inspirational singers."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances that will come in handy tonight, led by Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances that will come in handy tonight, led by Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Seikou comes from The Gambia in West Africa and currently lives in Leeds. Come and join Seikou for a family workshop where he will teach children to sing traditional Griot songs accompanied by Kora. \n\n"Seikou brings the warmth of the Gambia with him and magically brings a smile to every child's face!""
Workshop
"Seikou comes from The Gambia in West Africa and currently lives in Leeds. Come and join Seikou for a family workshop where he will teach children to sing traditional Griot songs accompanied by Kora. \n\n"Seikou brings the warmth of the Gambia with him and magically brings a smile to every child's face!""
Workshop
"Seikou Susso was born in 1964 in Sukuta Nanie in The Gambia. He is from a family of Griots known as Jalibas, who tell the History of the Mandingo Ancestry through Music poetry which they express with one of the most authentic African string instrument called The Kora, sometimes known as the African Harp.\n\nHe uses his music to provide the most perfect and authentic music experience of West Africa. Whilst his compositions are inspired by Mandingo culture, they also incorporate everyday situations that any culture can appreciate, such as love, friendship, happiness and faith, and range from African ballads to more uptempo numbers such as " Mama Africa"."
Music World
"Seikou Susso was born in 1964 in Sukuta Nanie in The Gambia. He is from a family of Griots known as Jalibas, who tell the History of the Mandingo Ancestry through Music poetry which they express with one of the most authentic African string instrument called The Kora, sometimes known as the African Harp.\n\nHe uses his music to provide the most perfect and authentic music experience of West Africa. Whilst his compositions are inspired by Mandingo culture, they also incorporate everyday situations that any culture can appreciate, such as love, friendship, happiness and faith, and range from African ballads to more uptempo numbers such as " Mama Africa"."
Music World
"Four our late night relaxing Film Caf\u00e9, with good coffee and a bar, we bring you the winners of Radio 3's World Music award for best newcomer, the Gotan Project is a unique fusion of dance dub, house, jazz beats blended with the core sound of Argentinian Tango. 'Gotan' - a play on tango, are three French DJ and producers and a host of Argentinian musicians including Cristina Vilallonga, Nini Flores and Gustavo Beytelmann.\n\n'La Revancha de Tango' is a total sonic and visual experience. It seduced audiences by projecting images onto an enormous screen veiling the stage infront of the musicians. Midway through the concert the veil drops and the musicians are revealed. The crowd screams as if they had just witnessed the final act of a torrid striptease. A film of the events was the logical next step and was shot in December 2003, during the 'La Revancha del Tango' tour.The exploraiton between the sensual rhythm of Tango and the film images make this much more than a mere concert recordning."
Film and Music
"Four our late night relaxing Film Caf\u00e9, with good coffee and a bar, we bring you the winners of Radio 3's World Music award for best newcomer, the Gotan Project is a unique fusion of dance dub, house, jazz beats blended with the core sound of Argentinian Tango. 'Gotan' - a play on tango, are three French DJ and producers and a host of Argentinian musicians including Cristina Vilallonga, Nini Flores and Gustavo Beytelmann.\n\n'La Revancha de Tango' is a total sonic and visual experience. It seduced audiences by projecting images onto an enormous screen veiling the stage infront of the musicians. Midway through the concert the veil drops and the musicians are revealed. The crowd screams as if they had just witnessed the final act of a torrid striptease. A film of the events was the logical next step and was shot in December 2003, during the 'La Revancha del Tango' tour.The exploraiton between the sensual rhythm of Tango and the film images make this much more than a mere concert recordning."
Film and Music
"See Tuesday 25 for details."
Theatre Family
"See Tuesday 25 for details."
Theatre Family
"See Thursday 27 for details."
Theatre Family
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Theatre Family
"The Ayrshire Fiddle orchestra is one of the largest and most well known fiddle groups in Scotland. They present a refreshing, youthful, creative and enthusiastic approach to Scots Fiddle Music. Although the membership is aorund 200 this tour consists of 35 of the adults members."
Music Traditional
"The Ayrshire Fiddle orchestra is one of the largest and most well known fiddle groups in Scotland. They present a refreshing, youthful, creative and enthusiastic approach to Scots Fiddle Music. Although the membership is aorund 200 this tour consists of 35 of the adults members."
Music Traditional
"\u2018Breabach\u2019 from Scotland are Donal Brown, Patsy Reid, Calum MacCrimmon and Ewan Robertson making them one of the most refreshing acts on the traditional music scene. Full of energy but also known for their heartfelt delivery of traditional songs."
Music Traditional
"\u2018Breabach\u2019 from Scotland are Donal Brown, Patsy Reid, Calum MacCrimmon and Ewan Robertson making them one of the most refreshing acts on the traditional music scene. Full of energy but also known for their heartfelt delivery of traditional songs."
Music Traditional
"See Friday 28 July"
Workshop
"See Friday 28 July"
Workshop
"Niall Keegan is a leading Irish flute player and teacher, Bring your own flute or whistle."
Workshop
"Niall Keegan is a leading Irish flute player and teacher, Bring your own flute or whistle."
Workshop
"Margaret Bennett, leading folklorist and Gaelic singer presents a workshop kindling your passion for collecting folklore. She will look at the importance of folklore fieldwork, a step-by-step guide to collecting and how to share the harvest by exhibiting and disseminating traditional knowledge to enrich our children and future generations."
Workshop
"Margaret Bennett, leading folklorist and Gaelic singer presents a workshop kindling your passion for collecting folklore. She will look at the importance of folklore fieldwork, a step-by-step guide to collecting and how to share the harvest by exhibiting and disseminating traditional knowledge to enrich our children and future generations."
Workshop
"Peter Griggs sets the scene for a 'Tropical Night' with music from South America. Peter is from New York and now lives in Europe. His deep interest in the music of Brazil took him to Rio de Janeiro, where he explored a unique style 'choro' an early 20th C ragtime style of music. To this Peter adds some Bossa Nova, with a touch of jazz, classical, flamenco and blues, taken from his CD 'Children of the Amazon'.\n\n"Stunning in its intensity. Peter will take you on a journey into your own imagination"\n\n \n\nThe Skye Festival then ventures into Bluegrass for the first time in its history. Kathy Chiavola grew up in Kansas City and has an international reputation as one of the most respected vocalists in bluegrass and acoustic music. Kathy is joined by Silvio Ferretti, banjo, and Martino Coppo, mandolin, who are members of the Italian bluegrass group 'Red Wine'. Mike Bub from Nashville has played and recorded Bluegrass Music for voer 25 years and is one of the most awarded bass players in the genre. Singer Vanessa Batts has spent some time at the College on Gaelic courses.\n\n"Mama Mia, they are so good!""
Music World
"Peter Griggs sets the scene for a 'Tropical Night' with music from South America. Peter is from New York and now lives in Europe. His deep interest in the music of Brazil took him to Rio de Janeiro, where he explored a unique style 'choro' an early 20th C ragtime style of music. To this Peter adds some Bossa Nova, with a touch of jazz, classical, flamenco and blues, taken from his CD 'Children of the Amazon'.\n\n"Stunning in its intensity. Peter will take you on a journey into your own imagination"\n\n \n\nThe Skye Festival then ventures into Bluegrass for the first time in its history. Kathy Chiavola grew up in Kansas City and has an international reputation as one of the most respected vocalists in bluegrass and acoustic music. Kathy is joined by Silvio Ferretti, banjo, and Martino Coppo, mandolin, who are members of the Italian bluegrass group 'Red Wine'. Mike Bub from Nashville has played and recorded Bluegrass Music for voer 25 years and is one of the most awarded bass players in the genre. Singer Vanessa Batts has spent some time at the College on Gaelic courses.\n\n"Mama Mia, they are so good!""
Music World
"See Tuesday 25 for details."
Workshop
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Workshop
"Learn the basics of Scottish stepdance, led by Keri. No partner or previous knowledge needed. If possible, wear hard soled comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 & over."
Workshop
"Learn the basics of Scottish stepdance, led by Keri. No partner or previous knowledge needed. If possible, wear hard soled comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 & over."
Workshop
"Prepare your child to hand over their left shoe, and maybe have the chance to win it back - maybe! Phil Kay, usually known for his adult stand-up comedy, makes an excellent children\u2019s entertainer. He brings his guitar, skateboard, toothbrush and baguette to this show. Every child gives up their left shoe. Those who want to are guided into the limelight to perform a skit and win it back. Be foolish, silly, and be seen in this show of shoe-shows within a show. \u2018Gimme Your Left Shoe\u2019 is guaranteed to have your kids rolling around with laughter and shrieking with joy. Limited seating - and aimed at children aged 7 and over.\n\n"Phil Kay - born to work with children." The List"
Theatre Family
"Prepare your child to hand over their left shoe, and maybe have the chance to win it back - maybe! Phil Kay, usually known for his adult stand-up comedy, makes an excellent children\u2019s entertainer. He brings his guitar, skateboard, toothbrush and baguette to this show. Every child gives up their left shoe. Those who want to are guided into the limelight to perform a skit and win it back. Be foolish, silly, and be seen in this show of shoe-shows within a show. \u2018Gimme Your Left Shoe\u2019 is guaranteed to have your kids rolling around with laughter and shrieking with joy. Limited seating - and aimed at children aged 7 and over.\n\n"Phil Kay - born to work with children." The List"
Theatre Family
"Two workshops, on consecutive days, day one creating images from music and dance workshops at the F\u00e8is. On Friday the images will be developed into finished artwork. For adults and children who feel confident and competent in drawing in a public place (rather than shy beginners!). Media: pencil, charcoal, sketching media, watercolours, acrylic - not oils. Bring your own materials for sketching purposes. Some materials available for sale. Quality paper provided for final artwork."
Workshop
"Two workshops, on consecutive days, day one creating images from music and dance workshops at the F\u00e8is. On Friday the images will be developed into finished artwork. For adults and children who feel confident and competent in drawing in a public place (rather than shy beginners!). Media: pencil, charcoal, sketching media, watercolours, acrylic - not oils. Bring your own materials for sketching purposes. Some materials available for sale. Quality paper provided for final artwork."
Workshop
"Day two of Donald's art workshop. See Thursday 27 for details."
Workshop
"Day two of Donald's art workshop. See Thursday 27 for details."
Workshop
"Local school children created, and danced on, an enormous 20 x 10 metre full-colour landscape earlier this year. The smaller charcoal version is on display."
Exhibition
"Local school children created, and danced on, an enormous 20 x 10 metre full-colour landscape earlier this year. The smaller charcoal version is on display."
Exhibition
"A lively, original musical story for children. Gobbo is a goblin who doesn\u2019t like adventures. What Gobbo likes best is sitting in front of his fire eating rhubarb and drinking dandelion ale and farting. A show with live music, lots of dancing, some funny bits and a raffle with good prizes, Devised and created by David Greig and Wils Wilson."
Theatre Adult
"A lively, original musical story for children. Gobbo is a goblin who doesn\u2019t like adventures. What Gobbo likes best is sitting in front of his fire eating rhubarb and drinking dandelion ale and farting. A show with live music, lots of dancing, some funny bits and a raffle with good prizes, Devised and created by David Greig and Wils Wilson."
Theatre Adult
"Paul is trying to grow up. Trying to get his dad off his back and his mum out of his face. Trying to work out what girls are all about. Trying to catch up on the work. Trying to stay out of trouble. But strange things keep happening. Reality seems to be shifting. People are looking at him in a different way. Does Paul really turn into animals, or does he only think he does? By Douglas Maxwell from the book The Flight of the Cassowary by John LeVert. Lasts 1 hour 15 mins"
Theatre Adult
"Paul is trying to grow up. Trying to get his dad off his back and his mum out of his face. Trying to work out what girls are all about. Trying to catch up on the work. Trying to stay out of trouble. But strange things keep happening. Reality seems to be shifting. People are looking at him in a different way. Does Paul really turn into animals, or does he only think he does? By Douglas Maxwell from the book The Flight of the Cassowary by John LeVert. Lasts 1 hour 15 mins"
Theatre Adult
"\u2018Miss Julie\u2019 is Swedish playwright, novelist and painter, August Strindberg\u2019s masterpiece, written at the height of his powers as a dramatist in the late nineteenth century. Zinnie Harris\u2019s new version heightens the social and sexual tension, relocating the play to the central Scotland between the wars. A rare chance to see this touchstone of European theatre adapted and directed by an outstanding Scottish talent. In the oppressive heat of Midsummer\u2019s Eve, Julie, daughter of the Lord, is drawn into a dangerous tryst with her father\u2019s butler, John. As the night wears on, the couple, from opposite ends of the social spectrum, dance, flirt and fight towards an explosive conclusion that will shake the existing order to its core."
Theatre Adult
"\u2018Miss Julie\u2019 is Swedish playwright, novelist and painter, August Strindberg\u2019s masterpiece, written at the height of his powers as a dramatist in the late nineteenth century. Zinnie Harris\u2019s new version heightens the social and sexual tension, relocating the play to the central Scotland between the wars. A rare chance to see this touchstone of European theatre adapted and directed by an outstanding Scottish talent. In the oppressive heat of Midsummer\u2019s Eve, Julie, daughter of the Lord, is drawn into a dangerous tryst with her father\u2019s butler, John. As the night wears on, the couple, from opposite ends of the social spectrum, dance, flirt and fight towards an explosive conclusion that will shake the existing order to its core."
Theatre Adult
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Music Jazz
"Bring the family along for a C\u00e8ilidh Dance with a load of young musicians from the area. Great fun and good exercise! Dances will be explained for those who haven't tried C\u00e8ilidh dancing before."
Ceilidh
"Bring the family along for a C\u00e8ilidh Dance with a load of young musicians from the area. Great fun and good exercise! Dances will be explained for those who haven't tried C\u00e8ilidh dancing before."
Ceilidh
"An informal writing workshop focusing on next week\u2019s \u2018Julie\u2019 led by Zinnie Harris, the palywright. Lasts around 90 minutes. MINIMUM 5 people - please BOOK."
Workshop
"An informal writing workshop focusing on next week\u2019s \u2018Julie\u2019 led by Zinnie Harris, the palywright. Lasts around 90 minutes. MINIMUM 5 people - please BOOK."
Workshop
"D\u00e0 dhealbh-chluich do dh'inbhich.\n\nTwo new plays from the Skye-based Gaelic Theatre Company."
Theatre Adult
"D\u00e0 dhealbh-chluich do dh'inbhich.\n\nTwo new plays from the Skye-based Gaelic Theatre Company."
Theatre Adult
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Theatre Adult
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Theatre Adult
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Music Jazz
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Music Jazz
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Music Jazz
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Music Jazz
"Arias from La Traviata, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marber of Seville, Rigoletto, La Boheme and a few more. Sarah Redgwick - soprano; Katherine Allen - mezzo-soprano; Adriano Graziani - Tenor; Adam Miller - Baritone; Ian Shaw - Piano"
Music Classical and Opera
"Arias from La Traviata, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Marber of Seville, Rigoletto, La Boheme and a few more. Sarah Redgwick - soprano; Katherine Allen - mezzo-soprano; Adriano Graziani - Tenor; Adam Miller - Baritone; Ian Shaw - Piano"
Music Classical and Opera
"Torben Betts\u2019 powerful poetic language, dark humour and provocative ideas build a fast moving story around a fiercely intelligent young girl and her relentless rejection of the establishment. When suddenly a people\u2019s revolution breaks out and a mercenary soldier intrudes into the family home, the conflict between the regime and the unconquered girl explodes."
Theatre Adult
"Torben Betts\u2019 powerful poetic language, dark humour and provocative ideas build a fast moving story around a fiercely intelligent young girl and her relentless rejection of the establishment. When suddenly a people\u2019s revolution breaks out and a mercenary soldier intrudes into the family home, the conflict between the regime and the unconquered girl explodes."
Theatre Adult
"'Touching Zulu' by Janet Smith and 'Luxuria' by Liv Lorent. Two pieces for a full night of the best in contemporary dance."
Performance Dance
"'Touching Zulu' by Janet Smith and 'Luxuria' by Liv Lorent. Two pieces for a full night of the best in contemporary dance."
Performance Dance
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Music Traditional
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Music Traditional
"Premiered in January 2006 at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, 'The Island Tapes' features original live music and five silent films recording life on St Kilda, Harris, Skye, Orkney and Shetland in the 1920s and 30s. Scottish Guitarist David Allison who wrote the music, is joined by Scotland\u2019s foremost classical guitarist Allan Neave, the Berlin-based fingerstyle maestro Ian Melrose and the superb Gaelic singer Alyth McCormack. "It\u2019s amazing seeing faces from so long ago up there on the big screen. The films all have a story to tell, so it\u2019s important to let that come through in the music, but we are where we are now, and this is definitely not simply a nostalgia trip.""
Film and Music
"Premiered in January 2006 at Celtic Connections in Glasgow, 'The Island Tapes' features original live music and five silent films recording life on St Kilda, Harris, Skye, Orkney and Shetland in the 1920s and 30s. Scottish Guitarist David Allison who wrote the music, is joined by Scotland\u2019s foremost classical guitarist Allan Neave, the Berlin-based fingerstyle maestro Ian Melrose and the superb Gaelic singer Alyth McCormack. "It\u2019s amazing seeing faces from so long ago up there on the big screen. The films all have a story to tell, so it\u2019s important to let that come through in the music, but we are where we are now, and this is definitely not simply a nostalgia trip.""
Film and Music
"A cocnert with John Goldie who is without doubt a world class acoustic guitarist, incorporating a wide range of influences including jazz, blues, Celtic and funk. "John Goldie is one of the most talented guitarists to appear on the UK jazz scene in a long time" Martin Taylor"
Music Jazz
"A cocnert with John Goldie who is without doubt a world class acoustic guitarist, incorporating a wide range of influences including jazz, blues, Celtic and funk. "John Goldie is one of the most talented guitarists to appear on the UK jazz scene in a long time" Martin Taylor"
Music Jazz
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Music Classical and Opera
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Music Classical and Opera
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
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Film and Music
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Film and Music
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Film and Music
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Film and Music
"It is a rare treat to have both Cathy Ann and Kathleen on the same stage with their bands.\n\nCathy Ann MacPhee is from Barra and has spent her life as a Gaelic singer and actress, notably as Mairi Mh\u00f2r nan Oran in the BBC film. She now lives in Toronto and teaches Gaelic singing to the Scots in Cape Breton and North Carolina. \n\n"MacPhee\u2019s voice remains as expressive as ever, and her interpretations have grown in authority." Kenny Mathieson, The Scotsman\n\nKathleen MacInnes was born and brought up on South Uist, Western Isles, in a Gaelic-speaking home, and has enjoyed a career in television and the theatre as an actress, presenter and singer. Her debut album "Og Mhadainn Shamhraidh (Summer Dawn)" features some wonderful session musicians and the blending of all these talents and capturing of Kathleen\u2019s beautiful voice has resulted in a very fine Gaelic song album.\n\n"Gaelic Singer of the Year" Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2006\n\nTonight's Young Performers are Mairi, Stephanie and Br\u00ecghde Campbell, three brilliantly musical sisters from Sleat. \n\nAngus Nicolson, pipes, opens the evening"
Music Traditional
"It is a rare treat to have both Cathy Ann and Kathleen on the same stage with their bands.\n\nCathy Ann MacPhee is from Barra and has spent her life as a Gaelic singer and actress, notably as Mairi Mh\u00f2r nan Oran in the BBC film. She now lives in Toronto and teaches Gaelic singing to the Scots in Cape Breton and North Carolina. \n\n"MacPhee\u2019s voice remains as expressive as ever, and her interpretations have grown in authority." Kenny Mathieson, The Scotsman\n\nKathleen MacInnes was born and brought up on South Uist, Western Isles, in a Gaelic-speaking home, and has enjoyed a career in television and the theatre as an actress, presenter and singer. Her debut album "Og Mhadainn Shamhraidh (Summer Dawn)" features some wonderful session musicians and the blending of all these talents and capturing of Kathleen\u2019s beautiful voice has resulted in a very fine Gaelic song album.\n\n"Gaelic Singer of the Year" Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2006\n\nTonight's Young Performers are Mairi, Stephanie and Br\u00ecghde Campbell, three brilliantly musical sisters from Sleat. \n\nAngus Nicolson, pipes, opens the evening"
Music Traditional
"A good bowl of Scotch Broth, a traditional plate of herring - salt and fresh - and potatoes, followed by Cloutie Dumpling and custard. With lots of water, a dram of whisky, music and chat. That will set you up for the night. Vegetarian option? - there is always bread! "A half-barrel of salt herring and the year's crop of tatties was in the barn." Tonight's Young Musician is Chris MacDonald, Sleat on pipes."
Community
"A good bowl of Scotch Broth, a traditional plate of herring - salt and fresh - and potatoes, followed by Cloutie Dumpling and custard. With lots of water, a dram of whisky, music and chat. That will set you up for the night. Vegetarian option? - there is always bread! "A half-barrel of salt herring and the year's crop of tatties was in the barn." Tonight's Young Musician is Chris MacDonald, Sleat on pipes."
Community
"The lives and dreams of a dozen people intersect in this darkly comic ensemble tale built around the Edinburgh festival. Writer-director Annie Griffin's acerbic satire on the frayed edges of the Edinburgh Fringe. A one-woman play about Dorothy Wordsworth, a Canadian performance-art piece in which the audience sniff fresh-cut grass, and a cat fight between mendaciously competitive, unfunny comedians all ring horribly true. A strong ensemble cast, including Green Wing's excellently loathsome Stephen Mangan.\n\n"Festival is an endearing British comedy that captures the vibe and surreal charm of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It\u2019s as cluttered full of crazy characters as the Royal Mile on a Saturday in August." Anna Smith - Empire\n\n'Trout' was directed by Johnny Barrington from Sleat, one of many young people making a career in contrmporary culture and music from Skye. Fish, exploding caravans in the serenity of the Hebridean coast."
Film and Music
"The lives and dreams of a dozen people intersect in this darkly comic ensemble tale built around the Edinburgh festival. Writer-director Annie Griffin's acerbic satire on the frayed edges of the Edinburgh Fringe. A one-woman play about Dorothy Wordsworth, a Canadian performance-art piece in which the audience sniff fresh-cut grass, and a cat fight between mendaciously competitive, unfunny comedians all ring horribly true. A strong ensemble cast, including Green Wing's excellently loathsome Stephen Mangan.\n\n"Festival is an endearing British comedy that captures the vibe and surreal charm of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It\u2019s as cluttered full of crazy characters as the Royal Mile on a Saturday in August." Anna Smith - Empire\n\n'Trout' was directed by Johnny Barrington from Sleat, one of many young people making a career in contrmporary culture and music from Skye. Fish, exploding caravans in the serenity of the Hebridean coast."
Film and Music
"Seikou is the charismatic and amazing Kora (African Harp) player from the Gambia. Coming from a long line of griots - oral historians who have kept and promoted the history of the Mandinka cultures of West Africa - Seikou uses his music to provide the perfect ambience and authenticity of West Africa. His compositions are inspired by Mandinka culture, and his singing and playing style observes the delicacy and poise of the Gambian traditional repertoire. Seikou leads his decidedly funky AllahLake Band into potent and slowly simmering dance grooves.\n\nSeikou was the highly acclaimed guest at the Skye World Music weekend in 2005.\n\n\n\nTonight's Young Musician is Ruby Partridge, Breakish."
Music World
"Seikou is the charismatic and amazing Kora (African Harp) player from the Gambia. Coming from a long line of griots - oral historians who have kept and promoted the history of the Mandinka cultures of West Africa - Seikou uses his music to provide the perfect ambience and authenticity of West Africa. His compositions are inspired by Mandinka culture, and his singing and playing style observes the delicacy and poise of the Gambian traditional repertoire. Seikou leads his decidedly funky AllahLake Band into potent and slowly simmering dance grooves.\n\nSeikou was the highly acclaimed guest at the Skye World Music weekend in 2005.\n\n\n\nTonight's Young Musician is Ruby Partridge, Breakish."
Music World
"Shepheard, Spiers & Watson are 'purveyors of Scottish traditional song' that is whaling songs, farming songs from the east coast of Scotland. With melodeon, fiddle and whistle - and all three sing, gloriously! They just make original and fine folk music from Scotland - and were nominated as Scots Folk Band of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards 2006. "This is folk music for grownups!" 'Le Vent du Nord' are from Quebec. Talent and experience on fiddle and hurdy-gurdy come together in a joyous musical family reunion of Quebec and Brittany ... a sound that swings, reels, jigs and sings with centuries of joie de vivre dancing toward a new horizon. "Arrangements simples et harmonies magiques. Une belle brise fraiche et novatrice dans le paysage trad qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois" Trad magazine Tonight Young Performers are Eilidh Robertson and Islay Nicolson who live in Sleat and attend Portree High School"
Music Traditional
"Shepheard, Spiers & Watson are 'purveyors of Scottish traditional song' that is whaling songs, farming songs from the east coast of Scotland. With melodeon, fiddle and whistle - and all three sing, gloriously! They just make original and fine folk music from Scotland - and were nominated as Scots Folk Band of the Year in the Scots Trad Music Awards 2006. "This is folk music for grownups!" 'Le Vent du Nord' are from Quebec. Talent and experience on fiddle and hurdy-gurdy come together in a joyous musical family reunion of Quebec and Brittany ... a sound that swings, reels, jigs and sings with centuries of joie de vivre dancing toward a new horizon. "Arrangements simples et harmonies magiques. Une belle brise fraiche et novatrice dans le paysage trad qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois" Trad magazine Tonight Young Performers are Eilidh Robertson and Islay Nicolson who live in Sleat and attend Portree High School"
Music Traditional
"The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III - a marvellous character act based on a disgraced Southern bible-belt preacher. The Rev will be familiar to viewers of BBC Scotland\u2019s Live Floor Show and is a stalwart of the comedy circuit. Tony Carter, the 'new deal' comedian. Another excellent character act from Geordieland, Tony is on a new deal scheme to become a comedian with hilarious results. Gary Little, a larger than life comedy explosion from Glasgow who has been packing out clubs the length and breadth of the country. Kevin Bridges, the new kid on the comedy block. Still just 20 but already a seasoned performer, Kevin offers a simple and delightfully comic insight into life in Scotland today. "One of the most criminally underrated acts of the Edinburgh Fringe" Metro " a Hysterical routine . . . Hugely talented" The Scotsman This is an adult show with explicit content."
Comedy
"The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III - a marvellous character act based on a disgraced Southern bible-belt preacher. The Rev will be familiar to viewers of BBC Scotland\u2019s Live Floor Show and is a stalwart of the comedy circuit. Tony Carter, the 'new deal' comedian. Another excellent character act from Geordieland, Tony is on a new deal scheme to become a comedian with hilarious results. Gary Little, a larger than life comedy explosion from Glasgow who has been packing out clubs the length and breadth of the country. Kevin Bridges, the new kid on the comedy block. Still just 20 but already a seasoned performer, Kevin offers a simple and delightfully comic insight into life in Scotland today. "One of the most criminally underrated acts of the Edinburgh Fringe" Metro " a Hysterical routine . . . Hugely talented" The Scotsman This is an adult show with explicit content."
Comedy
"In a prominent position on the cliff-edge in front of Sabhal M\u00f2r is 'Crannghal' the sculpture designed by artists Arthur Watson and Will MacLean. It was inspired by the framework of an early sea-going boat. Arthur Watson will introduce the work and talk about its creation."
Exhibition
"In a prominent position on the cliff-edge in front of Sabhal M\u00f2r is 'Crannghal' the sculpture designed by artists Arthur Watson and Will MacLean. It was inspired by the framework of an early sea-going boat. Arthur Watson will introduce the work and talk about its creation."
Exhibition
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"Peter Shepheard, Tom Spiers & Arthur Watson give an insight into the wealth of songs and ballads that have been maintained as a living tradition by the Scottish traveller community and sing a selection of their favourites."
Workshop
"Peter Shepheard, Tom Spiers & Arthur Watson give an insight into the wealth of songs and ballads that have been maintained as a living tradition by the Scottish traveller community and sing a selection of their favourites."
Workshop
"Images relating to the festival are on display in the reception area at Sabhal Mor Ostaig."
Exhibition
"Images relating to the festival are on display in the reception area at Sabhal Mor Ostaig."
Exhibition
"Taoist Tai Chi is a form of Tai Chi specifically aimed at cultivating health and vitality. Young and old and all in between are are welcome to watch or join a short demonstration session. This will be followed by a 30 minute workshop for the opening moves."
Workshop
"Taoist Tai Chi is a form of Tai Chi specifically aimed at cultivating health and vitality. Young and old and all in between are are welcome to watch or join a short demonstration session. This will be followed by a 30 minute workshop for the opening moves."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. |no previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. |no previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Come and learn a few traditional songs from one of Scotland's leading singers. No previous knowledge of Gaelic is necessary."
Workshop
"Come and learn a few traditional songs from one of Scotland's leading singers. No previous knowledge of Gaelic is necessary."
Workshop
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald"
Workshop
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald"
Workshop
"With Rachel Unthank"
Workshop
"With Rachel Unthank"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"Easy language workshops for anyone with very little or no Gaelic. Get your head around some greetings and pronunciation. Come and give it a try!"
Workshop
"Easy language workshops for anyone with very little or no Gaelic. Get your head around some greetings and pronunciation. Come and give it a try!"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"See Tuesday 17th July"
Workshop
"Directed by Danny Boyle, The UK is about to switch from Pounds to Euros. A gang rob the train loaded with money on its way to incineration. But one of the big bags falls literally from the sky onto Damian's playhouse. He is a 5-year old given to talking to Saints. \n\nA fun, masterly-written, directed and acted, film.\n\nWith 'Foighdinn', the Gaelic short aboaut a small boy and his grandfather."
Film and Music
"Directed by Danny Boyle, The UK is about to switch from Pounds to Euros. A gang rob the train loaded with money on its way to incineration. But one of the big bags falls literally from the sky onto Damian's playhouse. He is a 5-year old given to talking to Saints. \n\nA fun, masterly-written, directed and acted, film.\n\nWith 'Foighdinn', the Gaelic short aboaut a small boy and his grandfather."
Film and Music
"The debut album from a brilliant new young band who came together at the Irish Music School in Limerick from Scotland, England, Canada and Ireland. Ailie Robertson (clarsach and electroharp); Norah Rendell (flute & lead vocals); Fiona Black (accordion); Tricia Clark (fiddle, bouzouki and harmony vocals); Alan Jordan (guitar, harmony vocals & lead Gaelic vocals). Traditional and contemporary songs and tunes from Ireland, Scotland and beyond with a bit of a kick."
Music Traditional
"The debut album from a brilliant new young band who came together at the Irish Music School in Limerick from Scotland, England, Canada and Ireland. Ailie Robertson (clarsach and electroharp); Norah Rendell (flute & lead vocals); Fiona Black (accordion); Tricia Clark (fiddle, bouzouki and harmony vocals); Alan Jordan (guitar, harmony vocals & lead Gaelic vocals). Traditional and contemporary songs and tunes from Ireland, Scotland and beyond with a bit of a kick."
Music Traditional
"Molly Sweeney has been unable to see since she was a child. Her lack of sight has never lessened her sheer joy at everyday life. As a girl, her father taught her to recognise by touch every flower, shrub and tree in their walled garden to make her at ease with her world. Following a critically-acclaimed run at the Citizens\u2019 Theatre, Glasgow in 2005, the National Theatre of Scotland presents Molly Sweeney in a nationwide tour this autumn. Created by Brian Friel, one of Ireland\u2019s foremost playwrights, Molly\u2019s emotional journey is at the heart of one of our most thought-provoking modern dramas. When Molly marries the unemployed Frank, they embark on a relentless campaign to restore her sight. Packing an enormous dramatic and emotional punch, their journey results in them paying a wonderful, terrible price. Imaginatively staged, Molly Sweeney brings audiences into a touchingly intimate relationship with the play\u2019s unfolding events."
Theatre Adult
"Molly Sweeney has been unable to see since she was a child. Her lack of sight has never lessened her sheer joy at everyday life. As a girl, her father taught her to recognise by touch every flower, shrub and tree in their walled garden to make her at ease with her world. Following a critically-acclaimed run at the Citizens\u2019 Theatre, Glasgow in 2005, the National Theatre of Scotland presents Molly Sweeney in a nationwide tour this autumn. Created by Brian Friel, one of Ireland\u2019s foremost playwrights, Molly\u2019s emotional journey is at the heart of one of our most thought-provoking modern dramas. When Molly marries the unemployed Frank, they embark on a relentless campaign to restore her sight. Packing an enormous dramatic and emotional punch, their journey results in them paying a wonderful, terrible price. Imaginatively staged, Molly Sweeney brings audiences into a touchingly intimate relationship with the play\u2019s unfolding events."
Theatre Adult
"Skye the sheep is used to being different. She never knew her mother and was brought up in a B&B, not a farm. She longs to discover the place where someone like her, a sheep who doesn't feel . . . well . . . sheepish, really belongs. As part of this quest, she decides to turn herself into a tourist attraction selling scarves and tea-towels in windy car parks - and business isn\u2019t baaad at all. Featuring live music and puppets animated and created by acclaimed puppeteer Ailie Cohen, this funny and original story has been adapted by the National Theatre of Scotland into a wonderful piece of family theatre. A Sheep Called Skye will appeal to anyone who has an ear for the bleat of a special sheep, an eye for the beauty of the Scottish countryside and a place in their hearts for a sheep called Skye. You\u2019d be maaad to miss it. Recommended for children aged 5 years+"
Theatre Family
"Skye the sheep is used to being different. She never knew her mother and was brought up in a B&B, not a farm. She longs to discover the place where someone like her, a sheep who doesn't feel . . . well . . . sheepish, really belongs. As part of this quest, she decides to turn herself into a tourist attraction selling scarves and tea-towels in windy car parks - and business isn\u2019t baaad at all. Featuring live music and puppets animated and created by acclaimed puppeteer Ailie Cohen, this funny and original story has been adapted by the National Theatre of Scotland into a wonderful piece of family theatre. A Sheep Called Skye will appeal to anyone who has an ear for the bleat of a special sheep, an eye for the beauty of the Scottish countryside and a place in their hearts for a sheep called Skye. You\u2019d be maaad to miss it. Recommended for children aged 5 years+"
Theatre Family
"Skye the sheep is used to being different. She never knew her mother and was brought up in a B&B, not a farm. She longs to discover the place where someone like her, a sheep who doesn't feel . . . well . . . sheepish, really belongs. As part of this quest, she decides to turn herself into a tourist attraction selling scarves and tea-towels in windy car parks - and business isn\u2019t baaad at all. Featuring live music and puppets animated and created by acclaimed puppeteer Ailie Cohen, this funny and original story has been adapted by the National Theatre of Scotland into a wonderful piece of family theatre. A Sheep Called Skye will appeal to anyone who has an ear for the bleat of a special sheep, an eye for the beauty of the Scottish countryside and a place in their hearts for a sheep called Skye. You\u2019d be maaad to miss it. Recommended for children aged 5 years+"
Theatre Family
"Skye the sheep is used to being different. She never knew her mother and was brought up in a B&B, not a farm. She longs to discover the place where someone like her, a sheep who doesn't feel . . . well . . . sheepish, really belongs. As part of this quest, she decides to turn herself into a tourist attraction selling scarves and tea-towels in windy car parks - and business isn\u2019t baaad at all. Featuring live music and puppets animated and created by acclaimed puppeteer Ailie Cohen, this funny and original story has been adapted by the National Theatre of Scotland into a wonderful piece of family theatre. A Sheep Called Skye will appeal to anyone who has an ear for the bleat of a special sheep, an eye for the beauty of the Scottish countryside and a place in their hearts for a sheep called Skye. You\u2019d be maaad to miss it. Recommended for children aged 5 years+"
Theatre Family
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald."
Workshop
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald."
Workshop
"Marie-Louise is a singer and harper from Strathspey, whose repertoire includes Scottish, Irish and English folk songs and melodies."
Workshop
"Marie-Louise is a singer and harper from Strathspey, whose repertoire includes Scottish, Irish and English folk songs and melodies."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish Ceiloidh dances with Mary fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish Ceiloidh dances with Mary fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"As a World-class Sarod player, Diptesh Bhattacharya is a rising star in the galaxy of Indian Classical Music, known for his personal style and unique tonal quality. He received classical vocal training from the age of 3, and has been playing the sarod since age 10. He lives in West Bengal, and has performed world-wide. He played at the Skye Festival in 2006 where he totally delighted his audience. He is joined by Udit Pankhania, who lives in London, and who is one of the most sought after and busiest professional classical Tabla players in the UK and Europe today. As a complete contrast we open tonight's concert with a set of music and songs from Sleat's brilliant young Campbell sisters, two of whom study music at St Mary's School, Edinburgh."
Music World
"As a World-class Sarod player, Diptesh Bhattacharya is a rising star in the galaxy of Indian Classical Music, known for his personal style and unique tonal quality. He received classical vocal training from the age of 3, and has been playing the sarod since age 10. He lives in West Bengal, and has performed world-wide. He played at the Skye Festival in 2006 where he totally delighted his audience. He is joined by Udit Pankhania, who lives in London, and who is one of the most sought after and busiest professional classical Tabla players in the UK and Europe today. As a complete contrast we open tonight's concert with a set of music and songs from Sleat's brilliant young Campbell sisters, two of whom study music at St Mary's School, Edinburgh."
Music World
"Learn the basic of Scottish stepdance. No partner nor previous knowledge needed. If possible wear hard-soled, comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 and over."
Workshop
"Learn the basic of Scottish stepdance. No partner nor previous knowledge needed. If possible wear hard-soled, comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 and over."
Workshop
"Adapted by Jo Clifford; Directed by Ben Twist; Sound Design by David Fennessy; Designed by Monika Nesbit Charles Dickens\u2019 classic story of love and mystery makes terrific theatre. Pip longs to be a gentleman, but he is haunted by the memory of the mysterious Magwitch. Caught in the web of the reclusive Miss Havisham\u2019s desire for revenge against all men, Pip\u2019s love for the beautiful Estelle seems to be just another dream. Jo Clifford\u2019s beautiful adaptation uses Dickens\u2019 own words to create a classic work of modern British theatre. The production will feature a live soundscape from one of Scotland\u2019s finest young composers, Dave Fennessy, an outstanding cast and all the theatricality audiences have come to expect from the company that brought you Sunset Song and Further Than the Furthest Thing. \u2018Prime Productions has come up Trumps again...\u2019"
Theatre Adult
"Adapted by Jo Clifford; Directed by Ben Twist; Sound Design by David Fennessy; Designed by Monika Nesbit Charles Dickens\u2019 classic story of love and mystery makes terrific theatre. Pip longs to be a gentleman, but he is haunted by the memory of the mysterious Magwitch. Caught in the web of the reclusive Miss Havisham\u2019s desire for revenge against all men, Pip\u2019s love for the beautiful Estelle seems to be just another dream. Jo Clifford\u2019s beautiful adaptation uses Dickens\u2019 own words to create a classic work of modern British theatre. The production will feature a live soundscape from one of Scotland\u2019s finest young composers, Dave Fennessy, an outstanding cast and all the theatricality audiences have come to expect from the company that brought you Sunset Song and Further Than the Furthest Thing. \u2018Prime Productions has come up Trumps again...\u2019"
Theatre Adult
"The first festival family day for babies, toddlers, children and adults. One ticket allows access to all events. Any events involving Gaelic will be bilungual - come and learn a few words! This is not meant to be a baby-sitting service, so all children must be accompanied. The full programme will be published nearer the day but will include: 'Dandling songs' for babes and parents Playground songs for children 'Waulking' songs 'Yogabug ' yoga for children 'Tai Chi' for families. 'A Few Words of Gaelic' for children Cartoons Magic with String. Mike teaches the less complicated string games and tricks, step-by-step, and presents some of the more complex and intricate figures. Step-dance Environmental Arts - create some big willow and tissue paper butterflies 'The Dr Knickerbocker Show' Mike Jackson is one of Australia's favourite live children's entertainers. A joyous collection of funny songs, action games, magical string figures, truckload of instruments, hilarious antics and juggling. African story-telling with Seikou Susso from the Gambia The International All-Gaelic Paper-Plane Throwing competition Fergie's Family C\u00e8ilidh"
Community
"The first festival family day for babies, toddlers, children and adults. One ticket allows access to all events. Any events involving Gaelic will be bilungual - come and learn a few words! This is not meant to be a baby-sitting service, so all children must be accompanied. The full programme will be published nearer the day but will include: 'Dandling songs' for babes and parents Playground songs for children 'Waulking' songs 'Yogabug ' yoga for children 'Tai Chi' for families. 'A Few Words of Gaelic' for children Cartoons Magic with String. Mike teaches the less complicated string games and tricks, step-by-step, and presents some of the more complex and intricate figures. Step-dance Environmental Arts - create some big willow and tissue paper butterflies 'The Dr Knickerbocker Show' Mike Jackson is one of Australia's favourite live children's entertainers. A joyous collection of funny songs, action games, magical string figures, truckload of instruments, hilarious antics and juggling. African story-telling with Seikou Susso from the Gambia The International All-Gaelic Paper-Plane Throwing competition Fergie's Family C\u00e8ilidh"
Community
"Tobar an Dualchais is the project which is conserving, cataloguing and digitising 12,000 hours of Gaelic and Scots sound recordings, to be made available online. This online archive will include songs, tunes, folklore, local history, anecdotes and remedies, some of which were recorded on the Isle of Skye. Come and fina out more about this exciting and essential work."
Talks and Literature
"Tobar an Dualchais is the project which is conserving, cataloguing and digitising 12,000 hours of Gaelic and Scots sound recordings, to be made available online. This online archive will include songs, tunes, folklore, local history, anecdotes and remedies, some of which were recorded on the Isle of Skye. Come and fina out more about this exciting and essential work."
Talks and Literature
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Exhibition
"Based on the life and writings of one of the most extraordinary Scots of recent times, the naturalist and explorer, Gavin Maxwell: social renegade, basking shark hunter, racing driver, wartime secret agent and poet and one of the most popular authors of wildlife books this century. In Ring of Bright Water (1959), his depiction of the West Highlands captivated the world, but his success came, eventually, to haunt him. Now it\u2019s time for a new generation to discover him and his work, which epitomises a wide range of ecological, bio diversity, sustainable development and conservation issues. Maxwell\u2019s constant battle with the elements, and the wildlife - including the otters - contrast with the idealised picture that the film drew. Together with his failed relationships, lack of money and the eventual destruction of his - absolute paradise -, it makes a fascinating tale."
Theatre Adult
"Based on the life and writings of one of the most extraordinary Scots of recent times, the naturalist and explorer, Gavin Maxwell: social renegade, basking shark hunter, racing driver, wartime secret agent and poet and one of the most popular authors of wildlife books this century. In Ring of Bright Water (1959), his depiction of the West Highlands captivated the world, but his success came, eventually, to haunt him. Now it\u2019s time for a new generation to discover him and his work, which epitomises a wide range of ecological, bio diversity, sustainable development and conservation issues. Maxwell\u2019s constant battle with the elements, and the wildlife - including the otters - contrast with the idealised picture that the film drew. Together with his failed relationships, lack of money and the eventual destruction of his - absolute paradise -, it makes a fascinating tale."
Theatre Adult
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
"Benchtours are getting their latest show quite literally on the road as 'The Psychic Detective (and those disappeared)' sets out on tour in its own 44ft articulated stagetruck. Step inside this unusual and intimate performance space, and be absorbed by the film-noir world of The Psychic Detective. Transformed by Laura Hopkins (NTS Blackwatch), this massive industrial truck becomes a sumptuous miniature auditorium. The space was purpose built to house this darkly comic thriller, which unfolds with a wealth of theatrical tricks from minute models to multimedia illusions making this major drama on a small scale! Only 20 seats per show, which lasts just less than 1 hour - book early!"
Theatre Adult
"Another play by Lewis writer Iain Finlay MacLeod. It is 1948 in the North West Highlands. Jess has a fiery temper and a devil-may-care attitude that don\u2019t make fitting in easy, so it\u2019s no surprise she finds herself attracted to Ali, a travelling pearl-fisher and fellow outsider. But the jealousy and avarice of some of the village sets a dark series of events in motion. Nearly sixty years later, eighteen-year-old Jessie finds life just as hard. With a work-shy husband and a child on the way, she takes to the river, searching for pearls to try and make ends meet with the old way. The arrangement she strikes up with a local asylum seeker, however, makes waves in both their worlds. The friendships both women strike up with those on the edge of their experience create ripples in their worlds which have implications for them far beyond their present. Asylum and acceptance, longing and belonging \u2013 The Pearlfisher weaves these themes into a play with beautiful poetics, striking imagery and a story both wistful and warming. The Pearlfisher is the third full length play for the Traverse by Iain Finlay MacLeod. His plays 'I Was a Beautiful Day' and 'Homers' were very well received in previous SEALL promotions of Traverse Theatre."
Theatre Adult
"Another play by Lewis writer Iain Finlay MacLeod. It is 1948 in the North West Highlands. Jess has a fiery temper and a devil-may-care attitude that don\u2019t make fitting in easy, so it\u2019s no surprise she finds herself attracted to Ali, a travelling pearl-fisher and fellow outsider. But the jealousy and avarice of some of the village sets a dark series of events in motion. Nearly sixty years later, eighteen-year-old Jessie finds life just as hard. With a work-shy husband and a child on the way, she takes to the river, searching for pearls to try and make ends meet with the old way. The arrangement she strikes up with a local asylum seeker, however, makes waves in both their worlds. The friendships both women strike up with those on the edge of their experience create ripples in their worlds which have implications for them far beyond their present. Asylum and acceptance, longing and belonging \u2013 The Pearlfisher weaves these themes into a play with beautiful poetics, striking imagery and a story both wistful and warming. The Pearlfisher is the third full length play for the Traverse by Iain Finlay MacLeod. His plays 'I Was a Beautiful Day' and 'Homers' were very well received in previous SEALL promotions of Traverse Theatre."
Theatre Adult
"230 years after they made their journey, Boswell hosts a book launch, interviewing Johnson, discussing Scotland ancient and modern, and taking questions from the audience. Haggis is eaten. Pipes are played. And sacred highland cattle are ritually slaughtered. This is an hilarious new play which has Johnson and Boswell take a quantum leap into 21st century Scotland. Their wit and invective are rapier sharp and able to focus on a range of contemporary targets as they ponder the changes and achievements of the \u2018Scotchmen\u2019 in the intervening period. The performance includes a section of material specially written for each town and city they pass through on the tour. An hilrious new comedy from Stewart Lee, starring Simon Munnery and Miles Jupp from StandOut Comedy."
Comedy
"230 years after they made their journey, Boswell hosts a book launch, interviewing Johnson, discussing Scotland ancient and modern, and taking questions from the audience. Haggis is eaten. Pipes are played. And sacred highland cattle are ritually slaughtered. This is an hilarious new play which has Johnson and Boswell take a quantum leap into 21st century Scotland. Their wit and invective are rapier sharp and able to focus on a range of contemporary targets as they ponder the changes and achievements of the \u2018Scotchmen\u2019 in the intervening period. The performance includes a section of material specially written for each town and city they pass through on the tour. An hilrious new comedy from Stewart Lee, starring Simon Munnery and Miles Jupp from StandOut Comedy."
Comedy
"In 1991 one of the very first SEALL events was a remarkable visit from the Kathakali company - a memory which has stayed with those who attended. One of the world\u2019s foremost Indian dance companies embracing drama, dance, music, visual arts and ritual to create one of the world\u2019s most exotic, visually exciting, and powerful forms of theatre. Colourful costumes and elaborate three dimensional make-up magically transform the actors into gods, kings, devils and princesses, allowing them to tell universal stories of the struggle between good and evil through gesture, emotion and expression. The show starts with an opening ceremony performed amongst the audience as they arrive and creating the dramatic atmosphere of an Indian village before the procession into the hall."
Music World
"In 1991 one of the very first SEALL events was a remarkable visit from the Kathakali company - a memory which has stayed with those who attended. One of the world\u2019s foremost Indian dance companies embracing drama, dance, music, visual arts and ritual to create one of the world\u2019s most exotic, visually exciting, and powerful forms of theatre. Colourful costumes and elaborate three dimensional make-up magically transform the actors into gods, kings, devils and princesses, allowing them to tell universal stories of the struggle between good and evil through gesture, emotion and expression. The show starts with an opening ceremony performed amongst the audience as they arrive and creating the dramatic atmosphere of an Indian village before the procession into the hall."
Music World
"A concert with John Kenny: alto, tenor and bass trombones; Catriona McKay: harp; and the Edinburgh String Quartet. The Edinburgh based trombonist John Kenny is internationally recognised as one of the world\u2019s leading exponents of contemporary music, but he is also well known in Scotland as the man who plays the carnyx, Scotland\u2019s 2000 year old Celtic war horn. He is the only trombonist to have developed a repertoire with string quartet! Now working with the internationally acclaimed Scottish harpist Catriona McKay and the Edinburgh Quartet, an entirely new repertoire for string quartet, harp and trombone has been commissioned. It is a combination of extraordinary subtlety and beauty, which has never been heard before \u2013 five composers of very different character and background, from Scotland, France, England, and Bulgaria. Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Classical and Opera
"A concert with John Kenny: alto, tenor and bass trombones; Catriona McKay: harp; and the Edinburgh String Quartet. The Edinburgh based trombonist John Kenny is internationally recognised as one of the world\u2019s leading exponents of contemporary music, but he is also well known in Scotland as the man who plays the carnyx, Scotland\u2019s 2000 year old Celtic war horn. He is the only trombonist to have developed a repertoire with string quartet! Now working with the internationally acclaimed Scottish harpist Catriona McKay and the Edinburgh Quartet, an entirely new repertoire for string quartet, harp and trombone has been commissioned. It is a combination of extraordinary subtlety and beauty, which has never been heard before \u2013 five composers of very different character and background, from Scotland, France, England, and Bulgaria. Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Classical and Opera
"A range of congs and choral msuic from the community group in south Skye."
Music Classical and Opera
"A range of congs and choral msuic from the community group in south Skye."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound Theatre company present the well known play on which the film was based. Inner Sound Theatre is the semi-professional theatre company based in Broadford. Tickets at the door."
Theatre Adult
"Inner Sound Theatre company present the well known play on which the film was based. Inner Sound Theatre is the semi-professional theatre company based in Broadford. Tickets at the door."
Theatre Adult
"The evening starts with a short talk about the works at 7.30pm.\n\n Fresh, real, relevant, engaging and ever-evolving...this is SDT 'defined'.\n\nDon\u2019t miss Scottish Dance Theatre\u2019s new season of stunning, original dance theatre - created especially for the company by some of today\u2019s most exciting and innovative dance-makers.\n\nCreated by the award-winning Liv Lorent (Luxuria), the exhilarating Tenderhook takes you on a rollercoaster ride through a loving relationship.Choreographic (and real-life) partners Johan Greben and Uri Ivgi have created a duet that looks at relationships that constrict and confine people. The piece is performed in a 3 metre square of light on stage.\n\nHonest and raw, witty and sophisticated, rising star Hofesh Shechter has an exhilarating work for SDT audiences - DOG. Hofesh has just been nominated for a South Bank Award for dance for 2007\u2019s sell-out show In Your Rooms. His work features cinematic soundtracks, rich physical language and engaging atmospheres and concepts - perfect for dance, music and adventurous theatre audiences."
Performance Dance
"The evening starts with a short talk about the works at 7.30pm.\n\n Fresh, real, relevant, engaging and ever-evolving...this is SDT 'defined'.\n\nDon\u2019t miss Scottish Dance Theatre\u2019s new season of stunning, original dance theatre - created especially for the company by some of today\u2019s most exciting and innovative dance-makers.\n\nCreated by the award-winning Liv Lorent (Luxuria), the exhilarating Tenderhook takes you on a rollercoaster ride through a loving relationship.Choreographic (and real-life) partners Johan Greben and Uri Ivgi have created a duet that looks at relationships that constrict and confine people. The piece is performed in a 3 metre square of light on stage.\n\nHonest and raw, witty and sophisticated, rising star Hofesh Shechter has an exhilarating work for SDT audiences - DOG. Hofesh has just been nominated for a South Bank Award for dance for 2007\u2019s sell-out show In Your Rooms. His work features cinematic soundtracks, rich physical language and engaging atmospheres and concepts - perfect for dance, music and adventurous theatre audiences."
Performance Dance
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Music Classical and Opera
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Music Classical and Opera
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Music Jazz
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Music Jazz
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Music Jazz
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Music Jazz
"Two of Scotland\u2019s most loved traditional musicians, Aly Bain - a stunning fiddle player from Shetland, and Phil Cunningham - a virtuoso accordion player and a terrible line in jokes! 'Simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear.' Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"Two of Scotland\u2019s most loved traditional musicians, Aly Bain - a stunning fiddle player from Shetland, and Phil Cunningham - a virtuoso accordion player and a terrible line in jokes! 'Simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear.' Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"The Opening concert of this year's Blas Festival, bringing together one of Scotland\u2019s finest young fiddle players along with two of the country\u2019s most talented cl\u00e0rsach players. Jenna Reid released her debut solo CD in 2005 to critical acclaim and performs with the group D\u00f2chas. The Duplets are Freya Thomsen and Gillian Fleetwood with a dynamic and innovative style. The programme is completed with lively songs and tunes from the young 2008 F\u00e8is an Earraich C\u00e8ilidh Trail crew. 'flying the flag for modern Scottish harp music.' Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"The Opening concert of this year's Blas Festival, bringing together one of Scotland\u2019s finest young fiddle players along with two of the country\u2019s most talented cl\u00e0rsach players. Jenna Reid released her debut solo CD in 2005 to critical acclaim and performs with the group D\u00f2chas. The Duplets are Freya Thomsen and Gillian Fleetwood with a dynamic and innovative style. The programme is completed with lively songs and tunes from the young 2008 F\u00e8is an Earraich C\u00e8ilidh Trail crew. 'flying the flag for modern Scottish harp music.' Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"We gather all of our Cape Breton guests to Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig for a final stramash, featuring duo Andrea Beaton and Kimberley Fraser, Gaelic singer Lewis MacKinnon plus the duo of Chrissy Crowley and Jason Roach on fiddle and piano. Skye\u2019s very own Cara Maclean will join in on the step dancing. Their music, song and dance is infectious and will leave the audience calling for more! Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"We gather all of our Cape Breton guests to Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig for a final stramash, featuring duo Andrea Beaton and Kimberley Fraser, Gaelic singer Lewis MacKinnon plus the duo of Chrissy Crowley and Jason Roach on fiddle and piano. Skye\u2019s very own Cara Maclean will join in on the step dancing. Their music, song and dance is infectious and will leave the audience calling for more! Tickets also on www.thebooth.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"I come from the Soviets and the Nazis. I come from a farm, from the forests and fields of green Ukraine, from the ruins of Germany, from the beaches of the Adriatic, from the grimy streets of Glasgow and the cool air of Inverness. Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. Performed by one of Scotland\u2019s leading actors, two of Scotland\u2019s best traditional musicians - Gavin Marwick and Jonny Hardie on fiddles - and directed by the acclaimed Ben Harrison of Grid Iron. A chance to see one of the outstanding productions from the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe; winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Theatre Award, Adelaide, Australia and Stage Award for Best Solo Performer. \u2018a beautifully realized tale of the reality of survival in war-torn Eastern Europe\u2026Matthew Zajac\u2019s moving performance is a triumph of evocative staging and storytelling\u2019 Katie Toms, The Observer \u2018in Ben Harrison\u2019s graceful production, the telling of the tale is both strongly theatrical and visually compelling, with subtle use of light and sound, video and still images, and the wonderful live fiddle music of Gavin Marwick\u2019 Joyce McMillan The Scotsman"
Theatre Adult
"I come from the Soviets and the Nazis. I come from a farm, from the forests and fields of green Ukraine, from the ruins of Germany, from the beaches of the Adriatic, from the grimy streets of Glasgow and the cool air of Inverness. Words, music, dance and video combine to tell the moving story of this ordinary man caught by the murderous tides of the Second World War. Performed by one of Scotland\u2019s leading actors, two of Scotland\u2019s best traditional musicians - Gavin Marwick and Jonny Hardie on fiddles - and directed by the acclaimed Ben Harrison of Grid Iron. A chance to see one of the outstanding productions from the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe; winner Scotsman Fringe First; Holden Theatre Award, Adelaide, Australia and Stage Award for Best Solo Performer. \u2018a beautifully realized tale of the reality of survival in war-torn Eastern Europe\u2026Matthew Zajac\u2019s moving performance is a triumph of evocative staging and storytelling\u2019 Katie Toms, The Observer \u2018in Ben Harrison\u2019s graceful production, the telling of the tale is both strongly theatrical and visually compelling, with subtle use of light and sound, video and still images, and the wonderful live fiddle music of Gavin Marwick\u2019 Joyce McMillan The Scotsman"
Theatre Adult
"The vibrant, young duo HOOT was formed in 2005 when Helen MacLeod (from Inverinate) and Emma Wilkins were reunited at a charity concert in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. One year later, during the same festival, they made their debut performance with Mozart\u2019s Concerto for Flute and Harp. Both are very much in demand as orchestral and chamber musicians having worked with several distinguished groups ranging from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia and the Halle. As versatile musicians, they have performed at many prestigious venues including the beautiful Edinburgh and Stirling Castles, The Scottish Parliament, The Royal Albert Hall and even Edinburgh Zoo! Renowned for their professionalism HOOT\u2019s sensitive and enchanting playing will create the ideal atmosphere for any event."
Music Classical and Opera
"The vibrant, young duo HOOT was formed in 2005 when Helen MacLeod (from Inverinate) and Emma Wilkins were reunited at a charity concert in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. One year later, during the same festival, they made their debut performance with Mozart\u2019s Concerto for Flute and Harp. Both are very much in demand as orchestral and chamber musicians having worked with several distinguished groups ranging from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, the Northern Sinfonia and the Halle. As versatile musicians, they have performed at many prestigious venues including the beautiful Edinburgh and Stirling Castles, The Scottish Parliament, The Royal Albert Hall and even Edinburgh Zoo! Renowned for their professionalism HOOT\u2019s sensitive and enchanting playing will create the ideal atmosphere for any event."
Music Classical and Opera
"2006. Fr. Dir Michel Ocelot, 99min\n\nArabian Knights\n\nAward Winning French animation, about two little boys who grow up to become kings. Gorgeously painted frames around fantastic Arabic tales. \n\nAn International children\u2019s hit."
Film and Music
"2006. Fr. Dir Michel Ocelot, 99min\n\nArabian Knights\n\nAward Winning French animation, about two little boys who grow up to become kings. Gorgeously painted frames around fantastic Arabic tales. \n\nAn International children\u2019s hit."
Film and Music
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Music Classical and Opera
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Music Classical and Opera
"The opening concert introduces the music of Erik Chisholm - compositions inspired by piobaireachd and 18th century music from the Gaidhealtachd, played by internationally acclaimed Scottish pianist, Murray McLachlan; renowned American Scots fiddler Bonnie Rideout and piper Decker Forrest, leader of the new Gaelic and Traditional Music course at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. Rideout and Forrest will play the original pieces and McLachlan will follow with Chisholm\u2019s fascinating interpretations, including brief discussions of the music. In the second half, the programme looks briefly at piobaireachd, and explores, with readings, how the mythical work of James MacPherson\u2019s \u2018Ossian\u2019 inspired Chisholm\u2019s stunningly virtuosic \u2018Night Song of the Bards\u2019. Chisholm was the leading Scottish modernist composer, and McLachlan is one of his foremost advocates. Rideout has recorded many of the Patrick MacDonald Airs, and Forrest has an intimate understanding of the piobaireachd, which inspired Chisholm. "Murray McLachlan is a pianist with a virtuoso technique and a sure sense of line. His timing and phrasing are impeccable, and his tone - full but unforced in the powerful passages, gentle and restrained in the more lyrical - is a perpetual delight" BBC Music Magazine Tonight's event is sponsored by the Erik Chisholm Trust."
Music Traditional
"The opening concert introduces the music of Erik Chisholm - compositions inspired by piobaireachd and 18th century music from the Gaidhealtachd, played by internationally acclaimed Scottish pianist, Murray McLachlan; renowned American Scots fiddler Bonnie Rideout and piper Decker Forrest, leader of the new Gaelic and Traditional Music course at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. Rideout and Forrest will play the original pieces and McLachlan will follow with Chisholm\u2019s fascinating interpretations, including brief discussions of the music. In the second half, the programme looks briefly at piobaireachd, and explores, with readings, how the mythical work of James MacPherson\u2019s \u2018Ossian\u2019 inspired Chisholm\u2019s stunningly virtuosic \u2018Night Song of the Bards\u2019. Chisholm was the leading Scottish modernist composer, and McLachlan is one of his foremost advocates. Rideout has recorded many of the Patrick MacDonald Airs, and Forrest has an intimate understanding of the piobaireachd, which inspired Chisholm. "Murray McLachlan is a pianist with a virtuoso technique and a sure sense of line. His timing and phrasing are impeccable, and his tone - full but unforced in the powerful passages, gentle and restrained in the more lyrical - is a perpetual delight" BBC Music Magazine Tonight's event is sponsored by the Erik Chisholm Trust."
Music Traditional
"Bonnie Prince Charlie, Charles Edward Stuart, is still regarded today in Scotland and beyond as a romantic hero. Few are aware of the darker side of his nature, which ultimately contributed to both his own downfall and that of the Jacobite cause. The play raises many issues that are highly relevant today; sectarianism, the appalling treatment of women, death and destruction as a result of war, the identity of Scotland as a nation, and the power of the monarchy. Three actors and three musicians dramatically portray his eventful life. The actors are, Robert Howat, Paul Kozinski and Janis Marshall. Musicians are Alan Reid, on keyboards, guitar, accordion and voice; Wendy Weatherby, on cello and voice; and Rob van Sante, guitar and voice. The musical director is Alan Reid, of the internationally acclaimed Battlefield Band. The Play is written and narrated by Dave Dewar."
Music Classical and Opera
"Bonnie Prince Charlie, Charles Edward Stuart, is still regarded today in Scotland and beyond as a romantic hero. Few are aware of the darker side of his nature, which ultimately contributed to both his own downfall and that of the Jacobite cause. The play raises many issues that are highly relevant today; sectarianism, the appalling treatment of women, death and destruction as a result of war, the identity of Scotland as a nation, and the power of the monarchy. Three actors and three musicians dramatically portray his eventful life. The actors are, Robert Howat, Paul Kozinski and Janis Marshall. Musicians are Alan Reid, on keyboards, guitar, accordion and voice; Wendy Weatherby, on cello and voice; and Rob van Sante, guitar and voice. The musical director is Alan Reid, of the internationally acclaimed Battlefield Band. The Play is written and narrated by Dave Dewar."
Music Classical and Opera
"Aos D\u00e0na, the Book Festival ends - and the performance programme of F\u00e8is an Eilein, the Skye Festival, opens - with a concert of contemporary traditional Gaelic and Scottish music with John Purser as Fear-an-taighe. This brings John\u2019s \u2018Scotland\u2019s Music\u2019 up to date and showcases musicians and singers who have been instrumental in bringing Scotland\u2019s music into the 21st Century. Tonight\u2019s musicians also have connections with Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig and its development of a new academic course in traditional music. Christine Primrose, the renowned Gaelic singer from Lewis has worked and now is undertaking research at SMO. Donnie Munro, well-known Gaelic singer was lead singer with Runrig and is now Director of Development at SMO. John Wallace, Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, is an international virtuoso trumpeter, and one of the finest Scottish musicians of his generation. John Purser will also talk to the performers about the place of Scottish and Gaelic music in the 21st Century. The concert will start with a set of tunes from 'Ceilear', representing the young generation of musicians in Skye and Lochalsh. The concert is sponsored by Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. Come along early for a whisky tasting from the Gaelic Whiskies before the concert and during the interval."
Music Traditional
"Aos D\u00e0na, the Book Festival ends - and the performance programme of F\u00e8is an Eilein, the Skye Festival, opens - with a concert of contemporary traditional Gaelic and Scottish music with John Purser as Fear-an-taighe. This brings John\u2019s \u2018Scotland\u2019s Music\u2019 up to date and showcases musicians and singers who have been instrumental in bringing Scotland\u2019s music into the 21st Century. Tonight\u2019s musicians also have connections with Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig and its development of a new academic course in traditional music. Christine Primrose, the renowned Gaelic singer from Lewis has worked and now is undertaking research at SMO. Donnie Munro, well-known Gaelic singer was lead singer with Runrig and is now Director of Development at SMO. John Wallace, Principal of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, is an international virtuoso trumpeter, and one of the finest Scottish musicians of his generation. John Purser will also talk to the performers about the place of Scottish and Gaelic music in the 21st Century. The concert will start with a set of tunes from 'Ceilear', representing the young generation of musicians in Skye and Lochalsh. The concert is sponsored by Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. Come along early for a whisky tasting from the Gaelic Whiskies before the concert and during the interval."
Music Traditional
"\u2018In Praise of Ben Doran\u2019, reaches back to the 18th century, the golden age of Gaelic poetry. Duncan B\u00e0n MacIntyre,1724-1812 (Donnchadh B\u00e0n Mac an t-Saoir) is best known for his praise of Ben Doran, Moladh Beinn D\u00f2bhrainn. Renowned piper Allan MacDonald and singer and folklorist Margaret Bennett join John Purser for a concert and discussion centred on Duncan B\u00e0n's work, and including fairy songs and music. An t-urram thar gach beinn Aig Beinn D\u00f2bhrain; De na chunnaic mi fon ghr\u00e8in, 'S i bu bh\u00f2idhche leam. Honour beyond each ben for Ben Doran; Of all I have seen beneath the sun, the most glorious. "Allan's voice is rich and resonant with bowed bass sonority . . . his pipe music has an awesome rugged finesse that is unsurpassed in contemporary piping." The Living Tradition. This will be a fully bilingual evening. Supported by the Royal Celtic Society (www.royalcelticsociety.org.uk) and Comhairle nan Leabhraichean"
Music Traditional
"\u2018In Praise of Ben Doran\u2019, reaches back to the 18th century, the golden age of Gaelic poetry. Duncan B\u00e0n MacIntyre,1724-1812 (Donnchadh B\u00e0n Mac an t-Saoir) is best known for his praise of Ben Doran, Moladh Beinn D\u00f2bhrainn. Renowned piper Allan MacDonald and singer and folklorist Margaret Bennett join John Purser for a concert and discussion centred on Duncan B\u00e0n's work, and including fairy songs and music. An t-urram thar gach beinn Aig Beinn D\u00f2bhrain; De na chunnaic mi fon ghr\u00e8in, 'S i bu bh\u00f2idhche leam. Honour beyond each ben for Ben Doran; Of all I have seen beneath the sun, the most glorious. "Allan's voice is rich and resonant with bowed bass sonority . . . his pipe music has an awesome rugged finesse that is unsurpassed in contemporary piping." The Living Tradition. This will be a fully bilingual evening. Supported by the Royal Celtic Society (www.royalcelticsociety.org.uk) and Comhairle nan Leabhraichean"
Music Traditional
"Original, Traditional, Moving, Uplifting, The Poozies are a band to suit all moods. Seventeen years down the line The Poozies seem to have found the secret of eternal youth. Still with three original members, Sally, Patsy and Mary, they have been energised by the perfectly compatible additions of Eilidh and Mairearad, and remain as fresh and delightful as ever. Eilidh Shaw: guitar, fiddle, percussion, vocals; Mary Macmaster, electro-harp, metal-strung harp, percussion, vocals; Patsy Seddon, electro-harp, gut-strung harp, fiddle, percussion, vocals; Mairearad Green, piano accordion, pipes, vocals; Sally Barker, guitars, percussion, vocals. With Angus Nicolson, pipes "In a world wrapped in grey, the Poozies are a giant splash of colour" Richard Penguin Come along early for a whisky tasting from the Gaelic Whiskies before the concert and during the interval."
Music Traditional
"Original, Traditional, Moving, Uplifting, The Poozies are a band to suit all moods. Seventeen years down the line The Poozies seem to have found the secret of eternal youth. Still with three original members, Sally, Patsy and Mary, they have been energised by the perfectly compatible additions of Eilidh and Mairearad, and remain as fresh and delightful as ever. Eilidh Shaw: guitar, fiddle, percussion, vocals; Mary Macmaster, electro-harp, metal-strung harp, percussion, vocals; Patsy Seddon, electro-harp, gut-strung harp, fiddle, percussion, vocals; Mairearad Green, piano accordion, pipes, vocals; Sally Barker, guitars, percussion, vocals. With Angus Nicolson, pipes "In a world wrapped in grey, the Poozies are a giant splash of colour" Richard Penguin Come along early for a whisky tasting from the Gaelic Whiskies before the concert and during the interval."
Music Traditional
"This year Aos D\u00e0na concentrates entirely on just one book, Dr. Purser's long awaited second edition of his seminal 'Scotland's Music' outlining the immense musical traditions of the country. Over four days we follow the story in a series of Talks and Literature and concerts that bring the book to life, featuring many of Scotland's leading musicians.\n\nPurser is a prominent Skye-based writer and musicologist and in 2007 concluded his 50-part BBC Radio Scotland series (also called 'Scotland\u2019s Music'), to rave reviews. John Purser was awarded the Services to Industry Award for his Radio Series, at the 2007 Traditional Music Awards.\n\nThe Aos D\u00e0na festival explores many aspects of this fascinating adventure in words and music from the Stone Age to the present day, and those attending will discover the distinctive music that emerged as Scottish society evolved over the centuries and which contributes to our sense of nationhood today.\n\nThroughout the Festival John Purser will be signing copies of his book, price \u00a330.\n\n"Nothing like this cornucopia of discovery, this magisterial survey of the nation\u2019s musical heritage . . . has been attempted, let alone achieved with such distinction and authority." Scotland on Sunday"
Talks and Literature
"This year Aos D\u00e0na concentrates entirely on just one book, Dr. Purser's long awaited second edition of his seminal 'Scotland's Music' outlining the immense musical traditions of the country. Over four days we follow the story in a series of Talks and Literature and concerts that bring the book to life, featuring many of Scotland's leading musicians.\n\nPurser is a prominent Skye-based writer and musicologist and in 2007 concluded his 50-part BBC Radio Scotland series (also called 'Scotland\u2019s Music'), to rave reviews. John Purser was awarded the Services to Industry Award for his Radio Series, at the 2007 Traditional Music Awards.\n\nThe Aos D\u00e0na festival explores many aspects of this fascinating adventure in words and music from the Stone Age to the present day, and those attending will discover the distinctive music that emerged as Scottish society evolved over the centuries and which contributes to our sense of nationhood today.\n\nThroughout the Festival John Purser will be signing copies of his book, price \u00a330.\n\n"Nothing like this cornucopia of discovery, this magisterial survey of the nation\u2019s musical heritage . . . has been attempted, let alone achieved with such distinction and authority." Scotland on Sunday"
Talks and Literature
"John Purser and Bonnie Rideout present thousand year old tales and tunes illustrating the connections between landscape and Gaelic music and song, with live performances, images and recordings. Included in the programme is the performance of a complete 18th-century fiddle piobaireachd and a reading of an Ossianic tale accompanied by a tune to which it used to be recited. Rideout recorded extensively for the \u2018Scotland's Music' radio series: "Her exceptional control when bowing, her ornamentation and her marvellously rich double-stopped drones produce an authentically moving, almost keening, sound." The Scotsman"
Talks and Literature
"John Purser and Bonnie Rideout present thousand year old tales and tunes illustrating the connections between landscape and Gaelic music and song, with live performances, images and recordings. Included in the programme is the performance of a complete 18th-century fiddle piobaireachd and a reading of an Ossianic tale accompanied by a tune to which it used to be recited. Rideout recorded extensively for the \u2018Scotland's Music' radio series: "Her exceptional control when bowing, her ornamentation and her marvellously rich double-stopped drones produce an authentically moving, almost keening, sound." The Scotsman"
Talks and Literature
"Music and poetry are inextricably intertwined in the Gaelic tradition. In the last decade, there has been an immense interest in modern Gaelic poetry and literature. Tonight\u2019s programme highlights the resurgence of Gaelic poetry and literature. Purser provides a musical accompaniment to the poetry of Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig's Writer-in-Residence, Maoilios Caimbeul. They are joined by Skye-based poets Meg Bateman and Aonghas P\u00e0draig Caimbeul. Purser also offers some of his own poems relating to Crofting and music. Aonghas P\u00e0draig Caimbeul is a Gaelic Poet who is currently translating 65 of his Gaelic poems into 65 languages from around the World, some of which he will present this evening. He appeared in the Gaelic feature film \u2018Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle\u2019, in a role for which he was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA award. Meg Bateman is an outstanding poet and lecturer at SMO. There will be simultaneous translation provided from Gaelic to English during the evening."
Talks and Literature
"Music and poetry are inextricably intertwined in the Gaelic tradition. In the last decade, there has been an immense interest in modern Gaelic poetry and literature. Tonight\u2019s programme highlights the resurgence of Gaelic poetry and literature. Purser provides a musical accompaniment to the poetry of Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig's Writer-in-Residence, Maoilios Caimbeul. They are joined by Skye-based poets Meg Bateman and Aonghas P\u00e0draig Caimbeul. Purser also offers some of his own poems relating to Crofting and music. Aonghas P\u00e0draig Caimbeul is a Gaelic Poet who is currently translating 65 of his Gaelic poems into 65 languages from around the World, some of which he will present this evening. He appeared in the Gaelic feature film \u2018Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle\u2019, in a role for which he was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA award. Meg Bateman is an outstanding poet and lecturer at SMO. There will be simultaneous translation provided from Gaelic to English during the evening."
Talks and Literature
"An interesting twist on the classic road movie formula, this follows two brothers as they journey across Scotland to collect the inheritance left to them by their father. This film is concerned with story and character as opposed to dazzling effects, and in all honesty the Scottish countryside provides all the aesthetic wonder a film needs. The inheritance succeeds in creating scenes of heightened tension and drama by drawing the viewer right inside the car with the brothers. Written in 2 months, and filmed over 11 days on a budget of \u00a35000, The Inheritance is a dark, touching look at brotherhood, identity and the stereotype of the Scotsman's inability to express his feelings. David (Tim Barrow) and Fraser (Fraser Sivewright) are two brothers who haven't seen each other for years thanks to Fraser staying in Scotland and his sibling moving down to London. But their lives intersect once more when their father (Tom Hardy) dies and they both attend the funeral. Later, they reluctantly discuss what to do with their inheritance, which seems to be various belongings, a house and their father's workshop. David doesn't want any part of it and can't wait to leave, but Fraser finds a letter and a key; the letter tells them to head off to the Isle of Skye to win their true inheritance - but it doesn't mean the brothers are going to get on during the journey... "Essentially a two-hander, this is a film of astonishing conviction." Q and A session with producer Tim Barrow"
Film and Music
"An interesting twist on the classic road movie formula, this follows two brothers as they journey across Scotland to collect the inheritance left to them by their father. This film is concerned with story and character as opposed to dazzling effects, and in all honesty the Scottish countryside provides all the aesthetic wonder a film needs. The inheritance succeeds in creating scenes of heightened tension and drama by drawing the viewer right inside the car with the brothers. Written in 2 months, and filmed over 11 days on a budget of \u00a35000, The Inheritance is a dark, touching look at brotherhood, identity and the stereotype of the Scotsman's inability to express his feelings. David (Tim Barrow) and Fraser (Fraser Sivewright) are two brothers who haven't seen each other for years thanks to Fraser staying in Scotland and his sibling moving down to London. But their lives intersect once more when their father (Tom Hardy) dies and they both attend the funeral. Later, they reluctantly discuss what to do with their inheritance, which seems to be various belongings, a house and their father's workshop. David doesn't want any part of it and can't wait to leave, but Fraser finds a letter and a key; the letter tells them to head off to the Isle of Skye to win their true inheritance - but it doesn't mean the brothers are going to get on during the journey... "Essentially a two-hander, this is a film of astonishing conviction." Q and A session with producer Tim Barrow"
Film and Music
"Britten's 'Albert Herring' is a comic opera set in the imaginary East Suffolk town of Loxford at the turn of the 20th century. The score contains some of Britten\u2019s wittiest musical invention and his gifts for parody and caricature are given full rein. Young Opera is a company run by Sara Reynolds who is Head of Voice at the Junior Royal Academy of Music, London. The young singers are either JRAM students or Sara's private pupils and the group prides itself on presenting standards of a professsional level whilst remaining well within the compass and capabilities of the youthful voices involved. This year's team includes many faces familiar to the Isle of Skye, who have been involved in the locally based Inner Sound company as both chorus members and soloists and who are thrilled to be back after the success of 'The Marriage of Figaro' last year. Three of the singers have been awarded major vocal scholarships to music conservatoires throughout the country and have given recitals around the country and on BBC radio. In ten years time, these teenagers will begin their careers in earnest and you'll be glad you saw them here first!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Britten's 'Albert Herring' is a comic opera set in the imaginary East Suffolk town of Loxford at the turn of the 20th century. The score contains some of Britten\u2019s wittiest musical invention and his gifts for parody and caricature are given full rein. Young Opera is a company run by Sara Reynolds who is Head of Voice at the Junior Royal Academy of Music, London. The young singers are either JRAM students or Sara's private pupils and the group prides itself on presenting standards of a professsional level whilst remaining well within the compass and capabilities of the youthful voices involved. This year's team includes many faces familiar to the Isle of Skye, who have been involved in the locally based Inner Sound company as both chorus members and soloists and who are thrilled to be back after the success of 'The Marriage of Figaro' last year. Three of the singers have been awarded major vocal scholarships to music conservatoires throughout the country and have given recitals around the country and on BBC radio. In ten years time, these teenagers will begin their careers in earnest and you'll be glad you saw them here first!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Alasdair Fraser has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 18 years. Traditional music has always been a connective tissue between cultures, communities, and generations, witness the duo of Scottish fiddle star Fraser and cello prodigy Haas. Alasdair is from Clackmannan and has lived in California for many years, Natalie is from California. When they met, he was teacher, and she was student, and yet you would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly., then she opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions."
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 18 years. Traditional music has always been a connective tissue between cultures, communities, and generations, witness the duo of Scottish fiddle star Fraser and cello prodigy Haas. Alasdair is from Clackmannan and has lived in California for many years, Natalie is from California. When they met, he was teacher, and she was student, and yet you would think they'd been playing together for centuries. While his fiddle dances, her cello throbs darkly or plucks puckishly., then she opens her cello's throat, joining Fraser in soaring sustains, windswept refrains, and sudden, jazzy explosions."
Music Traditional
"An enchanting production for everyone aged three and over. A spellbinding blend of puppetry, music and visual storytelling, Song from the Sea tells the story of Josh, a little boy who lives in a noisy house with a busy family. One day, through the household din, he hears a faint yet beautiful sound calling out to him. So begins Josh\u2019s incredible aquatic adventure as the story behind the song reveals a wonderful and moving tale full of hope. "has humour, pace and touching insights into a child\u2019s view of the everyday world. It\u2019s absolutely spellbinding" - The Herald The show lasts 45 Minutes."
Theatre Family
"An enchanting production for everyone aged three and over. A spellbinding blend of puppetry, music and visual storytelling, Song from the Sea tells the story of Josh, a little boy who lives in a noisy house with a busy family. One day, through the household din, he hears a faint yet beautiful sound calling out to him. So begins Josh\u2019s incredible aquatic adventure as the story behind the song reveals a wonderful and moving tale full of hope. "has humour, pace and touching insights into a child\u2019s view of the everyday world. It\u2019s absolutely spellbinding" - The Herald The show lasts 45 Minutes."
Theatre Family
"Inner Sound's presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan has become an annual and highly sort-after event! A mixture of young operatic talent and young and not-so-young talent from Skye and Lochalsh. Booking is essential!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound's presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan has become an annual and highly sort-after event! A mixture of young operatic talent and young and not-so-young talent from Skye and Lochalsh. Booking is essential!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Blast off from the Big Bang, travel alongside our ancestors through time and space as they try to solve the mysteries of the Universe, land on the Moon and take that one small step toward making one giant leap. How do we know that the Earth is round? How do we know that our sun is only one of over a hundred billion stars in our galaxy and that the Milky Way is only one of over a hundred billion galaxies in the Universe? Where is the evidence? The truth is out there, it always was, we just couldn\u2019t see it. From the creators of the multi-award winning 'Arthur' - Andy Cannon, Iain Johnstone and David Trouton. "A deep thinking show with universal appeal for all adults and children over 10.""
Theatre Family
"Blast off from the Big Bang, travel alongside our ancestors through time and space as they try to solve the mysteries of the Universe, land on the Moon and take that one small step toward making one giant leap. How do we know that the Earth is round? How do we know that our sun is only one of over a hundred billion stars in our galaxy and that the Milky Way is only one of over a hundred billion galaxies in the Universe? Where is the evidence? The truth is out there, it always was, we just couldn\u2019t see it. From the creators of the multi-award winning 'Arthur' - Andy Cannon, Iain Johnstone and David Trouton. "A deep thinking show with universal appeal for all adults and children over 10.""
Theatre Family
"Mike Jackson is one of Australia's favourite live children's entertainers. This is a joyous collection of funny songs, action games and magical string figures, with a truckload of instruments, hilarious antics and juggling.\n\nThis event is in partnership with the Cultural Co-ordinator in Schools and Highland Council."
Theatre Family
"Mike Jackson is one of Australia's favourite live children's entertainers. This is a joyous collection of funny songs, action games and magical string figures, with a truckload of instruments, hilarious antics and juggling.\n\nThis event is in partnership with the Cultural Co-ordinator in Schools and Highland Council."
Theatre Family
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald."
Workshop
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald."
Workshop
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald."
Workshop
"Yoga workshop led by Susanne MacDonald."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner or family group."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner or family group."
Workshop
"Learn the basic of Scottish stepdance from Keri, a well known step-dancer and juggler. No partner nor previous knowledge needed. If possible wear hard-soled, comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 and over."
Workshop
"Learn the basic of Scottish stepdance from Keri, a well known step-dancer and juggler. No partner nor previous knowledge needed. If possible wear hard-soled, comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 and over."
Workshop
"A good bowl of Scotch Broth, a traditional plate of Herring - salt and fresh - and potatoes, followed by Cloutie Dumpling and custard, with lots of water, a dram of whisky, music and chat. That will set you up for the night! Vegetarian option? - there is always bread! "A half-barrel of salt herring and the year's crop of tatties was in the barn." Music from tonight's young performers 'Na Sl\u00e8itich' - Fiann MacLeod, guitar, Seamus Boyle, fiddle, Crisdean Macdonald, pipes and Eilidh Robertson, Gaelic song."
Community
"A good bowl of Scotch Broth, a traditional plate of Herring - salt and fresh - and potatoes, followed by Cloutie Dumpling and custard, with lots of water, a dram of whisky, music and chat. That will set you up for the night! Vegetarian option? - there is always bread! "A half-barrel of salt herring and the year's crop of tatties was in the barn." Music from tonight's young performers 'Na Sl\u00e8itich' - Fiann MacLeod, guitar, Seamus Boyle, fiddle, Crisdean Macdonald, pipes and Eilidh Robertson, Gaelic song."
Community
"The festival family day for babies, toddlers, children and adults. One ticket allows access to all events. However, this is not a baby-sitting service, so all children must be accompanied. The full programme will be published nearer the day but will include: Dr Knickerbocker Music Show - Mike Jackson is one of Australia's favourite live children's entertainers. This is a joyous collection of funny songs, action games and magical string figures, with a truckload of instruments, hilarious antics and juggling. This event is in partnership with the Cultural Coordinator in Schools and Highland Council. Juggling; 'Dandling songs' for babes and parents; Playground songs for children; 'Waulking' songs 'Yogabug ' yoga for children; 'A Few Words of Gaelic' for children Short Films from local schools. String games and tricks; Face Painting; Step-dance Music session with 'Ceilear' Environmental Arts - create some big willow and tissue paper butterflies with Highland Council Ranger Service The International All-Gaelic Paper-Plane Throwing competition"
Community
"The festival family day for babies, toddlers, children and adults. One ticket allows access to all events. However, this is not a baby-sitting service, so all children must be accompanied. The full programme will be published nearer the day but will include: Dr Knickerbocker Music Show - Mike Jackson is one of Australia's favourite live children's entertainers. This is a joyous collection of funny songs, action games and magical string figures, with a truckload of instruments, hilarious antics and juggling. This event is in partnership with the Cultural Coordinator in Schools and Highland Council. Juggling; 'Dandling songs' for babes and parents; Playground songs for children; 'Waulking' songs 'Yogabug ' yoga for children; 'A Few Words of Gaelic' for children Short Films from local schools. String games and tricks; Face Painting; Step-dance Music session with 'Ceilear' Environmental Arts - create some big willow and tissue paper butterflies with Highland Council Ranger Service The International All-Gaelic Paper-Plane Throwing competition"
Community
"Taoist Tai Chi is a form of Tai Chi specifically aimed at cultivating health and vitality. Young and old and all in between are welcome to watch or join a short demonstration session. This will be followed by a 30 minute workshop for the opening moves."
Workshop
"Taoist Tai Chi is a form of Tai Chi specifically aimed at cultivating health and vitality. Young and old and all in between are welcome to watch or join a short demonstration session. This will be followed by a 30 minute workshop for the opening moves."
Workshop
"The College houses a remarkable collection of Gaelic and Highland social history, including the MacCormick Collection and the Celtica Collection from Fort Augustus. The Librarian will be happy to show you around."
Workshop
"The College houses a remarkable collection of Gaelic and Highland social history, including the MacCormick Collection and the Celtica Collection from Fort Augustus. The Librarian will be happy to show you around."
Workshop
"A masterclass about the melody and rhythm aspects of Sarod and Tabla music and an excellent opportunity to further understand and enjoy tonight's performance. Diptesh and Udit will also demonstrate different styles and traditional schools of sarod and tabla playing."
Workshop
"A masterclass about the melody and rhythm aspects of Sarod and Tabla music and an excellent opportunity to further understand and enjoy tonight's performance. Diptesh and Udit will also demonstrate different styles and traditional schools of sarod and tabla playing."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"Learn some simple and fun Scottish C\u00e8ilidh dances with Mary Fennell. No previous knowledge needed. Come by yourself or with a partner."
Workshop
"An informal 90 minute song workshop. Come and join her for an informal song session. You don't need to know Gaelic - just enjoy singing!"
Workshop
"An informal 90 minute song workshop. Come and join her for an informal song session. You don't need to know Gaelic - just enjoy singing!"
Workshop
"Join Michelle Cotter in creating a large Collage to display during the rest of the Festival. Bring ideas for an 'underwater' theme. \n\nSpace is limited to 10 children between 7 and 12 years old - so booking is essential."
Workshop
"Join Michelle Cotter in creating a large Collage to display during the rest of the Festival. Bring ideas for an 'underwater' theme. \n\nSpace is limited to 10 children between 7 and 12 years old - so booking is essential."
Workshop
"Learn the basic of Scottish stepdance. No partner nor previous knowledge needed. If possible wear hard-soled, comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 and over."
Workshop
"Learn the basic of Scottish stepdance. No partner nor previous knowledge needed. If possible wear hard-soled, comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 and over."
Workshop
"Learn some Gaelic work songs, those sung while 'waulking the tweed', with an inspirational Gaelic singer."
Workshop
"Learn some Gaelic work songs, those sung while 'waulking the tweed', with an inspirational Gaelic singer."
Workshop
"The Highland-based Woodland Orchestra started as an idea to enhance the collective celebration of our native woodlands. The first steps were taken by carving out drums, making a 'marimba' and other percussion-instruments. It grew out of Woodland Arts and Crafts working with native woodlands in an endeavour to bring woodland crafts into the 21st century. The group grows trees, plant them and use them. In this workshop come along and play some Woodland instruments and explore rhythmic paths. Organised by C\u00f9rsaichean Goirid, the Short Courses at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig."
Workshop
"The Highland-based Woodland Orchestra started as an idea to enhance the collective celebration of our native woodlands. The first steps were taken by carving out drums, making a 'marimba' and other percussion-instruments. It grew out of Woodland Arts and Crafts working with native woodlands in an endeavour to bring woodland crafts into the 21st century. The group grows trees, plant them and use them. In this workshop come along and play some Woodland instruments and explore rhythmic paths. Organised by C\u00f9rsaichean Goirid, the Short Courses at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig."
Workshop
"An informal session with one of Scotland's leading innovative jazz clarinet players. Bring along any instrument you wish for some group music, or just come and listen to Dick explaining various techniques."
Workshop
"An informal session with one of Scotland's leading innovative jazz clarinet players. Bring along any instrument you wish for some group music, or just come and listen to Dick explaining various techniques."
Workshop
"'An Sg\u00e0ilean \u00d9r' is a remarkable first project involving local schools. B\u00f2b am B\u00f2can: Bob the Ghost (Sleat School ), Robo-sgoil: Robot School (Plockton High School ) and Am Poca Guail: The Bag of Coal (Portree High School ) are all five-minute films, in Gaelic with English sub-titles. Each took just three days to produce. The pupils were supported by a small team of professionals, but took responsibility for every aspect of film-making: storyboarding, scripting, casting, acting, filming, directing, editing and even composing and performing their own sound-tracks.\n\nInterspersed with these, will be a selection from another story-telling cartoon project from local and international schools.\n\nFinally, the programme will include some little seen Wallace and Gromit shorts.\n\nThese films will delight adults and children alike.\n\nAlso - Meet the 'FilmG' team and find out what Scotland's Gaelic short film competition is all about!"
Film and Music
"'An Sg\u00e0ilean \u00d9r' is a remarkable first project involving local schools. B\u00f2b am B\u00f2can: Bob the Ghost (Sleat School ), Robo-sgoil: Robot School (Plockton High School ) and Am Poca Guail: The Bag of Coal (Portree High School ) are all five-minute films, in Gaelic with English sub-titles. Each took just three days to produce. The pupils were supported by a small team of professionals, but took responsibility for every aspect of film-making: storyboarding, scripting, casting, acting, filming, directing, editing and even composing and performing their own sound-tracks.\n\nInterspersed with these, will be a selection from another story-telling cartoon project from local and international schools.\n\nFinally, the programme will include some little seen Wallace and Gromit shorts.\n\nThese films will delight adults and children alike.\n\nAlso - Meet the 'FilmG' team and find out what Scotland's Gaelic short film competition is all about!"
Film and Music
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Film and Music
"Ishbel Murray, Susan MacColl and Karin Mackinnon are all graduates of the Glasgow School of Art. Alison Purssell has, for several years, been a student of Ishbel's on the Painting Short Course at Sabhal Mor Ostaig.\n\nThe title of this show, 'Tarraing an \u00ccar - Draw of the West', reflects how they feel about Scotland's west coast and islands. They have all produced work in and around Sleat and are delighted to have been invited to be part of F\u00e8is an Eilein.\n\nExpect to see landscapes, seascapes, felt 'paintings', stunning watercolours and pastels\n\nFree entry."
Workshop
"Ishbel Murray, Susan MacColl and Karin Mackinnon are all graduates of the Glasgow School of Art. Alison Purssell has, for several years, been a student of Ishbel's on the Painting Short Course at Sabhal Mor Ostaig.\n\nThe title of this show, 'Tarraing an \u00ccar - Draw of the West', reflects how they feel about Scotland's west coast and islands. They have all produced work in and around Sleat and are delighted to have been invited to be part of F\u00e8is an Eilein.\n\nExpect to see landscapes, seascapes, felt 'paintings', stunning watercolours and pastels\n\nFree entry."
Workshop
"Christine, from Lewis, has lived and worked in Sleat for many years, and is well known as a leading Gaelic singer. Come and join her for an informal song session. You don't need to know Gaelic - just enjoy singing!"
Workshop
"Christine, from Lewis, has lived and worked in Sleat for many years, and is well known as a leading Gaelic singer. Come and join her for an informal song session. You don't need to know Gaelic - just enjoy singing!"
Workshop
"See Thursday 17 July"
Workshop
"See Thursday 17 July"
Workshop
"Michelle Cotter leads an active art workshop to create a Festival Collage to display for the rest of the Festival. Limited to 10 children aged 8 to 12 or so. Bookings essential."
Workshop
"Michelle Cotter leads an active art workshop to create a Festival Collage to display for the rest of the Festival. Limited to 10 children aged 8 to 12 or so. Bookings essential."
Workshop
"Step Dance workshop for all ages with Kimberley Fraser and Andrea Beaton. Just trun up on your own or with friends for this happy session! 12 noon for Beginners 1.30 pm for Intermediate"
Workshop
"Step Dance workshop for all ages with Kimberley Fraser and Andrea Beaton. Just trun up on your own or with friends for this happy session! 12 noon for Beginners 1.30 pm for Intermediate"
Workshop
"A return visit and a concert-set from this rip-roaring, foot-stomping, jazz-inflected klezmer and Balkan music from some of Scotland\u2019s finest musicians. An intoxicating, life-affirming mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances. 'Bagel' includes some of the best instrumentalists that Scotland has to offer - from Salsa Celtica, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Celtic Feet, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Greg Lawson - violin; Phil Alexander - piano; Pete Garnett - accordion; Mario Caribe - double bass; Guy Nicholson - percussion "exhilarating, full-flavoured stuff, often breath-takingly intricate but played with jubilation \u2026 the Bagel acquires the momentum of an express train" The Herald."
Music World
"A return visit and a concert-set from this rip-roaring, foot-stomping, jazz-inflected klezmer and Balkan music from some of Scotland\u2019s finest musicians. An intoxicating, life-affirming mix of Eastern European dance music, Middle Eastern rhythms and virtuoso performances. 'Bagel' includes some of the best instrumentalists that Scotland has to offer - from Salsa Celtica, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Celtic Feet, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Greg Lawson - violin; Phil Alexander - piano; Pete Garnett - accordion; Mario Caribe - double bass; Guy Nicholson - percussion "exhilarating, full-flavoured stuff, often breath-takingly intricate but played with jubilation \u2026 the Bagel acquires the momentum of an express train" The Herald."
Music World
"The Russian choir 'Voskresenije' or 'Resurrection' consists of 9 professional female and male vocalists. All have studied at the conservatory of St.Petersburg, Russia and perform regualrly throughout Europe, often in churches. The repertoire includes Russian Sacred Music as well as folkloristic music. Their tour of the Highlands last year truly astounded audiences with the quality and intensity opf their singing."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Russian choir 'Voskresenije' or 'Resurrection' consists of 9 professional female and male vocalists. All have studied at the conservatory of St.Petersburg, Russia and perform regualrly throughout Europe, often in churches. The repertoire includes Russian Sacred Music as well as folkloristic music. Their tour of the Highlands last year truly astounded audiences with the quality and intensity opf their singing."
Music Classical and Opera
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Theatre Adult
"Seven of the greatest musicians from both sides of the Atlantic come together to celebrate and explore the music which travelled with the emigrants from Scotland and Ireland to America - and back again. Featuring: Kris Drever (Orkney), Sarah Mcfadyen (Orkney), Eamonn Coyne (Ireland), Tim Matthew (Scotland), Betse Ellis (Missouri) Wilders, Caleb Klauder (Oregon), Sammy Lind (Oregon) Fog Horn String Band Old tunes mingle with the best of the new from both sides of the Atlantic as "Going Across the Sea" celebrates an extraordinary musical interchange An SAC Tune-up Tour."
Music Traditional
"Seven of the greatest musicians from both sides of the Atlantic come together to celebrate and explore the music which travelled with the emigrants from Scotland and Ireland to America - and back again. Featuring: Kris Drever (Orkney), Sarah Mcfadyen (Orkney), Eamonn Coyne (Ireland), Tim Matthew (Scotland), Betse Ellis (Missouri) Wilders, Caleb Klauder (Oregon), Sammy Lind (Oregon) Fog Horn String Band Old tunes mingle with the best of the new from both sides of the Atlantic as "Going Across the Sea" celebrates an extraordinary musical interchange An SAC Tune-up Tour."
Music Traditional
"Once, not so very long ago, there were two terrible twins called Holly and Sean and they got up to all kinds of mischief. In fact, they were so badly behaved at school that the Head Teacher, Mrs Spike, had a nervous breakdown. Now, the twins thought this was very funny indeed and were extremely pleased with themselves. That is, until Mrs Spike\u2019s replacement arrived. For you see, the new Head Teacher was a Troll. Yes, that\u2019s right, a Troll. With green scaly skin, sharp gnarly fangs and a spiky tail."
Theatre Family
"Once, not so very long ago, there were two terrible twins called Holly and Sean and they got up to all kinds of mischief. In fact, they were so badly behaved at school that the Head Teacher, Mrs Spike, had a nervous breakdown. Now, the twins thought this was very funny indeed and were extremely pleased with themselves. That is, until Mrs Spike\u2019s replacement arrived. For you see, the new Head Teacher was a Troll. Yes, that\u2019s right, a Troll. With green scaly skin, sharp gnarly fangs and a spiky tail."
Theatre Family
"\u2018Once upon a time, there were twa queens on the wan green island, and the wan green island was split inty twa kingdoms.\u2019 First performed in 1987, Liz Lochhead\u2019s play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is widely acknowledged as a modern Scottish classic. Feisty, fast-moving, peppered with live music, wit, and cheek, this vigorous ensemble production is presented by the National Theatre of Scotland and directed by the outstanding Alison Peebles who appeared in the original production as Elizabeth. So La Corbie, the trickster prophet turns the wheel of fortune and plunges us into the \u2018whispers rumours, souchs and chatters\u2019 at the heart of this story of two of history\u2019s most intriguing women \u2013 Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England. Mary and Elizabeth, two women with much in common, but more that set them apart. Following the death of her husband, the Dauphin of France, the beautiful, and staunchly Catholic Mary Stuart has returned from France to rule Scotland, a country she neither knows nor understands. Ill prepared to rule in her own right, Mary has failed to learn what her protestant cousin Elizabeth Tudor knows only too well, that a queen must rule with her head, not her heart. While Mary\u2019s return to Scotland is little cause for celebration among her own people, it is even less welcome at her cousin\u2019s glittering, highly politicised court. Elizabeth is well versed in the ruthlessness required of an absolute monarch and this is unleashed with bloody consequences when Mary re-marries and gives birth to a son. For her heir has a strong claim to the throne of both Scotland and England. All too soon the stage is set for a deadly end game in which there can only be one winner and one queen on the one green island. Suggested Age 14+"
Theatre Adult
"\u2018Once upon a time, there were twa queens on the wan green island, and the wan green island was split inty twa kingdoms.\u2019 First performed in 1987, Liz Lochhead\u2019s play Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is widely acknowledged as a modern Scottish classic. Feisty, fast-moving, peppered with live music, wit, and cheek, this vigorous ensemble production is presented by the National Theatre of Scotland and directed by the outstanding Alison Peebles who appeared in the original production as Elizabeth. So La Corbie, the trickster prophet turns the wheel of fortune and plunges us into the \u2018whispers rumours, souchs and chatters\u2019 at the heart of this story of two of history\u2019s most intriguing women \u2013 Mary, Queen of Scots, and her cousin and fellow ruler, Elizabeth I of England. Mary and Elizabeth, two women with much in common, but more that set them apart. Following the death of her husband, the Dauphin of France, the beautiful, and staunchly Catholic Mary Stuart has returned from France to rule Scotland, a country she neither knows nor understands. Ill prepared to rule in her own right, Mary has failed to learn what her protestant cousin Elizabeth Tudor knows only too well, that a queen must rule with her head, not her heart. While Mary\u2019s return to Scotland is little cause for celebration among her own people, it is even less welcome at her cousin\u2019s glittering, highly politicised court. Elizabeth is well versed in the ruthlessness required of an absolute monarch and this is unleashed with bloody consequences when Mary re-marries and gives birth to a son. For her heir has a strong claim to the throne of both Scotland and England. All too soon the stage is set for a deadly end game in which there can only be one winner and one queen on the one green island. Suggested Age 14+"
Theatre Adult
"Europe 1930s on the brink of war. Great music not only survived but thrived. Composed and performed in the worst of circumstances, offering solace, hope and joy. Works by Hans Krasa, Gideon Klein and Bela Bartok, set against a backdrop of striking visuals.\n\nAn SAC Tune-Up Tour."
Music Classical and Opera
"Europe 1930s on the brink of war. Great music not only survived but thrived. Composed and performed in the worst of circumstances, offering solace, hope and joy. Works by Hans Krasa, Gideon Klein and Bela Bartok, set against a backdrop of striking visuals.\n\nAn SAC Tune-Up Tour."
Music Classical and Opera
"Scotland\u2019s award winning group, Blazin' Fiddles, draws the distinct flavour of fiddle music from various regions of the highlands and islands. From solo to ensemble sets, they all come together in a fiery blend that raises the roof. Fiddlers Catriona Macdonald, Bruce Macgregor, Allan Henderson, Iain Macfarlane and Aidan O'Rourke are joined by Marc Clement on guitar and Andy Thorburn on keyboard to form one of the best live acts today. 'Cherry on the Cream' are lead by Skye-based piper, Angus Nicolson."
Music Traditional
"Scotland\u2019s award winning group, Blazin' Fiddles, draws the distinct flavour of fiddle music from various regions of the highlands and islands. From solo to ensemble sets, they all come together in a fiery blend that raises the roof. Fiddlers Catriona Macdonald, Bruce Macgregor, Allan Henderson, Iain Macfarlane and Aidan O'Rourke are joined by Marc Clement on guitar and Andy Thorburn on keyboard to form one of the best live acts today. 'Cherry on the Cream' are lead by Skye-based piper, Angus Nicolson."
Music Traditional
"Nola Rae is an artist of international standing and is one of the most unique performers in modern British Theatre. Her style, using a mix of mime, dance, comedy and puppetry, bound by a razor sharp wit, reaches out and touches an audience at all levels. Few can hold a stage with such absolute ease and without a word spoken. Nola Rae ( London Mime Theatre) and Lasse \u00c5kerlund (Teater Alllena, Sweden) join forces to perform an evening of choice Shakespearean morsels. 'Macbeth' - A mad version of Shakespeare's murderous Scotttsh Play by Lasse \u00c5kerlund set on a table and played by his lunch. 'The Tragedy of Handlet' Nola Rae's famous version of Shakespear'e Hamlet for two gloved hands.' Romeo and Juliet' Shakespeare's bitter sweet Italian Play where two tragic lovers are found discarded in separate dustbins and animated by two rival clowns who like to rummage. Nola Rae and Lasse \u00c5kerflund are very experienced storytellers whose art takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of the imagination, in which Macbeth can be played convincingly by a tomato, Ophelia can be wrung out after drowning, before being buried in cat litter and Romeo can, and is - played by a brown paper bag!"
Theatre Adult
"Nola Rae is an artist of international standing and is one of the most unique performers in modern British Theatre. Her style, using a mix of mime, dance, comedy and puppetry, bound by a razor sharp wit, reaches out and touches an audience at all levels. Few can hold a stage with such absolute ease and without a word spoken. Nola Rae ( London Mime Theatre) and Lasse \u00c5kerlund (Teater Alllena, Sweden) join forces to perform an evening of choice Shakespearean morsels. 'Macbeth' - A mad version of Shakespeare's murderous Scotttsh Play by Lasse \u00c5kerlund set on a table and played by his lunch. 'The Tragedy of Handlet' Nola Rae's famous version of Shakespear'e Hamlet for two gloved hands.' Romeo and Juliet' Shakespeare's bitter sweet Italian Play where two tragic lovers are found discarded in separate dustbins and animated by two rival clowns who like to rummage. Nola Rae and Lasse \u00c5kerflund are very experienced storytellers whose art takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of the imagination, in which Macbeth can be played convincingly by a tomato, Ophelia can be wrung out after drowning, before being buried in cat litter and Romeo can, and is - played by a brown paper bag!"
Theatre Adult
"A family oriented night specially for the Family week at the Short Courses at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig"
Music Traditional
"A family oriented night specially for the Family week at the Short Courses at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig"
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser, a Scot living in California, has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 19 years. Natalie Haas is from California and is re-discovering the cello\u2019s place in Scottish traditonal music. They are joined by guest artists from the annual fiddle summer school on Skye. "The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing""
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser, a Scot living in California, has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 19 years. Natalie Haas is from California and is re-discovering the cello\u2019s place in Scottish traditonal music. They are joined by guest artists from the annual fiddle summer school on Skye. "The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing""
Music Traditional
"Rachel Walker was brought up south of the border until the age of eight, when a move to Kinlochewe in Wester Ross changed the course of her life. Now a solo Gaelic performer, Rachel released her debut album to critical acclaim in June 2004. She now tours with : Ewen Robertson, guitarist and singer from Carrbridge in Strathspey; Jenna Reid, one of the leading Shetland fiddlers of her generation and one of the brightest young talents on the Scottish traditional music scene, and Angus MacKenzie of 'D\u00e0imh' on pies and whistles. "beautifully honest music, exquisitely and gracefully performed by a musician who clearly adores what she is doing.""
Music Traditional
"Rachel Walker was brought up south of the border until the age of eight, when a move to Kinlochewe in Wester Ross changed the course of her life. Now a solo Gaelic performer, Rachel released her debut album to critical acclaim in June 2004. She now tours with : Ewen Robertson, guitarist and singer from Carrbridge in Strathspey; Jenna Reid, one of the leading Shetland fiddlers of her generation and one of the brightest young talents on the Scottish traditional music scene, and Angus MacKenzie of 'D\u00e0imh' on pies and whistles. "beautifully honest music, exquisitely and gracefully performed by a musician who clearly adores what she is doing.""
Music Traditional
"Everyone\u2019s on board the ferry, on their way back for the big dance, but there\u2019s a strong north-easterly and they can\u2019t get into the pier. So with the boat and the passengers going roon\u2019 and roon\u2019, all you need is a well stocked bar and \u201conce-famous\u201d Highland entertainer Calum MacAskill to get a good c\u00e8ilidh going. Comedy, adventure, poetry and song. Live music, a bit of a c\u00e8ilidh dance and scenes from Para Handy, Whisky Galore, Kidnapped and Katie Morag, this is a trip round the islands like no other!"
Theatre Adult
"Everyone\u2019s on board the ferry, on their way back for the big dance, but there\u2019s a strong north-easterly and they can\u2019t get into the pier. So with the boat and the passengers going roon\u2019 and roon\u2019, all you need is a well stocked bar and \u201conce-famous\u201d Highland entertainer Calum MacAskill to get a good c\u00e8ilidh going. Comedy, adventure, poetry and song. Live music, a bit of a c\u00e8ilidh dance and scenes from Para Handy, Whisky Galore, Kidnapped and Katie Morag, this is a trip round the islands like no other!"
Theatre Adult
"Anna Massie was the winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2003 Award. A talented multi-instrumentalist, she excels in playing the fiddle, mandolin and tenor banjo. Though perhaps most impressive is her guitar playing - equally at home either accompanying in her unique rhythmic style or flatpicking tunes, Massie\u2019s dexterity shines through. Traditional Scottish tunes, Cape Breton reels, freshly-written tunes in traditional mode, and a great bluesy number too. Anna plays with pals Jenn Butterworth on guitar and vocals and Mairearad Green on accordion and bagpipes slipping in and out to great effect. Celtic culture in sparkling form."
Music Traditional
"Anna Massie was the winner of the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2003 Award. A talented multi-instrumentalist, she excels in playing the fiddle, mandolin and tenor banjo. Though perhaps most impressive is her guitar playing - equally at home either accompanying in her unique rhythmic style or flatpicking tunes, Massie\u2019s dexterity shines through. Traditional Scottish tunes, Cape Breton reels, freshly-written tunes in traditional mode, and a great bluesy number too. Anna plays with pals Jenn Butterworth on guitar and vocals and Mairearad Green on accordion and bagpipes slipping in and out to great effect. Celtic culture in sparkling form."
Music Traditional
"'Trial by Jury' is a comic opera in one act, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. This is a return performance by the south Skye group who sold out in the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, last year with their previous G and S production."
Music Classical and Opera
"'Trial by Jury' is a comic opera in one act, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. This is a return performance by the south Skye group who sold out in the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, last year with their previous G and S production."
Music Classical and Opera
"Liz Niven is an award-winning writer and poet, who writes in English and Scots: She has been awarded two Scottish Arts Council Writers' Bursaries and a Year of the Artist award for engaging with land users in south west Scotland. In 2006, Liz Niven was an award winner for the third time in the Glasgow University McCash Scots Poetry prize. She has twice received a TES\/Saltire award for co-authoring and editing books for education; The Kist\/A Chiste and Turnstones. Her stories and poems have been widely published in newspapers, anthologies and magazines and broadcast on radio BBC Scotland, Four, Ulster & World Service and Chinese Radio International."
Talks and Literature
"Liz Niven is an award-winning writer and poet, who writes in English and Scots: She has been awarded two Scottish Arts Council Writers' Bursaries and a Year of the Artist award for engaging with land users in south west Scotland. In 2006, Liz Niven was an award winner for the third time in the Glasgow University McCash Scots Poetry prize. She has twice received a TES\/Saltire award for co-authoring and editing books for education; The Kist\/A Chiste and Turnstones. Her stories and poems have been widely published in newspapers, anthologies and magazines and broadcast on radio BBC Scotland, Four, Ulster & World Service and Chinese Radio International."
Talks and Literature
"India Alba fuses many genres of music, predominantly Indian Classical and Scottish Folk, and explores the similarities and differences between them. Starting with 'Reels and Ragas' they have developed, over the past few years, a sound which reflects the broad common ground between their traditions. Many raga gats (themes), particularly those from the borders of the Himalayas, have close relatives in the melodies of the Scottish highlands and islands, and for both of them the drone sounds of the bagpipes or the tampura play an important part in the music. India Alba are Sharat Srivastava, Violin; Ross Ainslie, Border Pipes, Whistles, Cittern; Nigel Richard Cittern; and Gyan Singh Tablas, Frame drum, Shakers."
Music World
"India Alba fuses many genres of music, predominantly Indian Classical and Scottish Folk, and explores the similarities and differences between them. Starting with 'Reels and Ragas' they have developed, over the past few years, a sound which reflects the broad common ground between their traditions. Many raga gats (themes), particularly those from the borders of the Himalayas, have close relatives in the melodies of the Scottish highlands and islands, and for both of them the drone sounds of the bagpipes or the tampura play an important part in the music. India Alba are Sharat Srivastava, Violin; Ross Ainslie, Border Pipes, Whistles, Cittern; Nigel Richard Cittern; and Gyan Singh Tablas, Frame drum, Shakers."
Music World
"Session A9 was formed by Charlie McKerron (Capercaillie) who brought together a group of stellar traditional musicians who have been thrilling audiences throughout the UK as a top tunes band. Adam Sutherland, Charlie McKerron, Gordon Gunn and Kevin Henderson on fiddles; Tim Edey on melodeon\/guitar; Brian McAlpine on keyboards and David Roberston on percussion. "resulting in brilliantly sophisticated arrangements of tunes old and new, brimming with brio and simply oozing class." The Sunday Herald."
Music Traditional
"Session A9 was formed by Charlie McKerron (Capercaillie) who brought together a group of stellar traditional musicians who have been thrilling audiences throughout the UK as a top tunes band. Adam Sutherland, Charlie McKerron, Gordon Gunn and Kevin Henderson on fiddles; Tim Edey on melodeon\/guitar; Brian McAlpine on keyboards and David Roberston on percussion. "resulting in brilliantly sophisticated arrangements of tunes old and new, brimming with brio and simply oozing class." The Sunday Herald."
Music Traditional
"Returning to Glasgow Frankie knocks on a door to find no one home. With time on his hands he wanders the streets of his past and is swept up in the ensuing roller coaster of memories and emotions. Twenty-one years after this gem of a show first played to full-houses and immense public acclaim, plan B have reunited the original creative team to bring 'A Wee Home From Home' to a new generation. Performed by Michael Marra and Frank McConnell, the duo create a double act full of warmth and charm with undertones of menace. Using an eclectic mix of raw live music, inspired, high-octane choreography and powerful theatricality, the show opens Scotland to its own wounds while celebrating a vibrant and indomitable spirit with pathos and a huge dose of humour. Directed by Gerry Mulgrew. 1 hr 15 no interval.\n\n"a satirical but affectionate portrait of Glasgow which is vivid and telling and quite brilliantly performed" The Scotsman"
Performance Dance
"Returning to Glasgow Frankie knocks on a door to find no one home. With time on his hands he wanders the streets of his past and is swept up in the ensuing roller coaster of memories and emotions. Twenty-one years after this gem of a show first played to full-houses and immense public acclaim, plan B have reunited the original creative team to bring 'A Wee Home From Home' to a new generation. Performed by Michael Marra and Frank McConnell, the duo create a double act full of warmth and charm with undertones of menace. Using an eclectic mix of raw live music, inspired, high-octane choreography and powerful theatricality, the show opens Scotland to its own wounds while celebrating a vibrant and indomitable spirit with pathos and a huge dose of humour. Directed by Gerry Mulgrew. 1 hr 15 no interval.\n\n"a satirical but affectionate portrait of Glasgow which is vivid and telling and quite brilliantly performed" The Scotsman"
Performance Dance
"A welcome third return visit to Skye of this 10-strong choir of young students, and older more established singers from St Petersburg, with a selection of Russian Church and traditional songs performed in their inimitable style."
Music Classical and Opera
"A welcome third return visit to Skye of this 10-strong choir of young students, and older more established singers from St Petersburg, with a selection of Russian Church and traditional songs performed in their inimitable style."
Music Classical and Opera
"It's 1961 and Chet Baker is in jail in Lucca. The life and music of the iconic American jazz trumpeter, Chet Baker, is told by Mike Maran, with Colin Steele on trumpet and Dave Milligan on piano. In Italy Chet had been voted the best rumpet player in the world - now he's doing time in an Itlaian jail for drug offences. Italians strolling around the town walls stop and listen to the sound of Chet's golden trumpet wafting through the prison bars. Chet shared his prison cell with a story-teller. Only he knows the whole story - and now he's telling it. "Beautifully conceived and executed: Colin Steele's music has instant appeal; Mike Maran is a mesmeric story-teller; Dave Milligan is a pianist of astonishing verve and subtlety""
Music Jazz
"It's 1961 and Chet Baker is in jail in Lucca. The life and music of the iconic American jazz trumpeter, Chet Baker, is told by Mike Maran, with Colin Steele on trumpet and Dave Milligan on piano. In Italy Chet had been voted the best rumpet player in the world - now he's doing time in an Itlaian jail for drug offences. Italians strolling around the town walls stop and listen to the sound of Chet's golden trumpet wafting through the prison bars. Chet shared his prison cell with a story-teller. Only he knows the whole story - and now he's telling it. "Beautifully conceived and executed: Colin Steele's music has instant appeal; Mike Maran is a mesmeric story-teller; Dave Milligan is a pianist of astonishing verve and subtlety""
Music Jazz
"Jean Epstein's classic black and white documentary of 1929 is set on a remote Atlantic island outcrop. A dramatic human story unfolds againstthe stark beauty of the Brittany landscape. The 5-piece Southwell Collective perform a new and highly acclaimed score live beneath a large-screen presentation of this silent movie. Finis Terrae is 88 mins long.\n\n'St Kilda, Britain's Loneliest Isle' was a short film commissioned in the 1920s by the steamship company that ran a service between Glasgow, the west coast of Scotland and the island of St Kilda.\n\nAfter two highly successful tours of England and Wales the Southwell Collective bring the film and their music to Scotland for the first time. Supported by Regional Scottish Screen.\n\n"The best silent film event we have ever presented" National Msueum of Film, Bradford."
Film and Music
"Jean Epstein's classic black and white documentary of 1929 is set on a remote Atlantic island outcrop. A dramatic human story unfolds againstthe stark beauty of the Brittany landscape. The 5-piece Southwell Collective perform a new and highly acclaimed score live beneath a large-screen presentation of this silent movie. Finis Terrae is 88 mins long.\n\n'St Kilda, Britain's Loneliest Isle' was a short film commissioned in the 1920s by the steamship company that ran a service between Glasgow, the west coast of Scotland and the island of St Kilda.\n\nAfter two highly successful tours of England and Wales the Southwell Collective bring the film and their music to Scotland for the first time. Supported by Regional Scottish Screen.\n\n"The best silent film event we have ever presented" National Msueum of Film, Bradford."
Film and Music
"Scottish Opera hits the road once more, travelling to theatres, village halls and community centres across Scotland with a selection of opera highlights from around the world. Four fantastic young singers and a pianist perform excerpts from a variety of opera favourites along with some interesting surprises from lesser-known works. Director David Hunter \u2018Scottish Opera has an absolute winner on its hands. The show exudes confidence, style and panache. Not to be missed\u2019 The Herald \u2018The best \u00a310 I've spent in a long while\u2019 \u2018Magic! No frills, just great singers with a real connection to the audience. More please!\u2019 \u2018It was a delight to hear some old favourites and a pleasure to be introduced to some new items, all expertly performed and acted.\u2019 \u2018I had to drag my husband along as he said he did not enjoy opera. Essential Scottish Opera has got him hooked and he is asking when can we expect your return. Thank you for converting him!\u2019"
Music Classical and Opera
"Scottish Opera hits the road once more, travelling to theatres, village halls and community centres across Scotland with a selection of opera highlights from around the world. Four fantastic young singers and a pianist perform excerpts from a variety of opera favourites along with some interesting surprises from lesser-known works. Director David Hunter \u2018Scottish Opera has an absolute winner on its hands. The show exudes confidence, style and panache. Not to be missed\u2019 The Herald \u2018The best \u00a310 I've spent in a long while\u2019 \u2018Magic! No frills, just great singers with a real connection to the audience. More please!\u2019 \u2018It was a delight to hear some old favourites and a pleasure to be introduced to some new items, all expertly performed and acted.\u2019 \u2018I had to drag my husband along as he said he did not enjoy opera. Essential Scottish Opera has got him hooked and he is asking when can we expect your return. Thank you for converting him!\u2019"
Music Classical and Opera
"Energy and innovation from both sides of the Atlantic as Scotland's favourite dance group joins forces with one of Cape Breton's super-groups to produce a scintillating evening of traditional music and dance. Beguiling audiences with their own sets before coming together to perform an exciting newly choreographed piece, Dannsa and Beolach are sure to impress. Be\u00f2lach is one of Cape Breton's most exciting young bands. Wendy MacIsaac, Mairi Rankin, Mac Morin and Patrick Gillis perform an energetic mix of tunes featuring piano, pipes, guitar, and fiddles. They have recorded two albums featuring the groups unique dynamic arrangements of their favourite tunes. Be\u00f2lach has thrilled audiences with energetic performances and their versatility as step dancers. Dannsa are an innovate dance group who create new dances drawing from the many rich and varied traditions throughout Scotland. From Highland to Step Dance, C\u00e8ilidh and Old Scotch Reels they will always bring something fresh to their dances. Caroline Reagh, Sandra Robertson and John Sikorski have been at the forefront of dancing in Scotland for a number of years and will be joined by some of Scotland\u2019s best musicians, including Fin Moore (pipes with Slainte Mhath, Back of the Moon and others), Gabe McVarish (fiddler with D\u00e0imh, Cliar and 6ft Ginger) Ewan MacPherson (guitar, tenor banjo and mandola with Trechorous Orchestra and Malinky) and Gilliebride MacMillian (vocals)."
Performance Dance
"Energy and innovation from both sides of the Atlantic as Scotland's favourite dance group joins forces with one of Cape Breton's super-groups to produce a scintillating evening of traditional music and dance. Beguiling audiences with their own sets before coming together to perform an exciting newly choreographed piece, Dannsa and Beolach are sure to impress. Be\u00f2lach is one of Cape Breton's most exciting young bands. Wendy MacIsaac, Mairi Rankin, Mac Morin and Patrick Gillis perform an energetic mix of tunes featuring piano, pipes, guitar, and fiddles. They have recorded two albums featuring the groups unique dynamic arrangements of their favourite tunes. Be\u00f2lach has thrilled audiences with energetic performances and their versatility as step dancers. Dannsa are an innovate dance group who create new dances drawing from the many rich and varied traditions throughout Scotland. From Highland to Step Dance, C\u00e8ilidh and Old Scotch Reels they will always bring something fresh to their dances. Caroline Reagh, Sandra Robertson and John Sikorski have been at the forefront of dancing in Scotland for a number of years and will be joined by some of Scotland\u2019s best musicians, including Fin Moore (pipes with Slainte Mhath, Back of the Moon and others), Gabe McVarish (fiddler with D\u00e0imh, Cliar and 6ft Ginger) Ewan MacPherson (guitar, tenor banjo and mandola with Trechorous Orchestra and Malinky) and Gilliebride MacMillian (vocals)."
Performance Dance
"Scottish Dance Theatre is Scotland\u2019s national contemporary dance company. Starting with a talk at 7.30pm for the show at 8.15pm. The Long and the Short of It choreographed by Caroline Bowditch and Tom Pritchard (3 mins) A short duet featuring SDT's Dance Agent for Change and our tallest dancer Joan Clevill\u00e9. Unpacking some big ideas, the work explores proportion. "It is a simple yet bold piece, and it sets the audience thinking about the perception of disability, proving that dance is able to address complex issues in a direct, forthright manner" The Skinny "Funny and touching, and overturning our perconceptions" The Times Drift choreographed by James Wilton (11 mins) Pushing the dancer\u2019s to their physical limits, this powerful duet choreographed by James Wilton explores loneliness and closeness, absolute commitment and high risk trust. Sometimes the people we care about the most are the people we hurt the most. "Threads choreographed by James Wilton left the audience breathless as the couple literary threw themselves at each other in a long series of acrobatic jumps"Sunday Times, Malta on James Wilton\u2019s Threads In the Middle of the Moment choreographed by Uri Ivgi and Johan Greben (17 mins) A duet about the physical restraints of a relationship, performed within a 3m metre square of light to hauntingly atmospheric classical music by Arvo P\u00e4rt and Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g. \u2018totally beguiling\u2019 ballet.co.uk \u2018A quiet and ultimately devastating portrait of isolation\u2019 The Guardian The Life and Times of Girl A choreographed by Ben Duke (34 mins) Lost Dog\u2019s award winning Ben Duke brings his \u2018highly theatrical and subversively humorous style\u2019 (Metro) to create a new work for SDT. A woman is trying to tell us something important about what is happening now. What she needs is a film crew and a financier, what she's got is a stage and some dancers. A piece about moments of crisis both emotional and financial, when all we need is to use less to say more."
Performance Dance
"Scottish Dance Theatre is Scotland\u2019s national contemporary dance company. Starting with a talk at 7.30pm for the show at 8.15pm. The Long and the Short of It choreographed by Caroline Bowditch and Tom Pritchard (3 mins) A short duet featuring SDT's Dance Agent for Change and our tallest dancer Joan Clevill\u00e9. Unpacking some big ideas, the work explores proportion. "It is a simple yet bold piece, and it sets the audience thinking about the perception of disability, proving that dance is able to address complex issues in a direct, forthright manner" The Skinny "Funny and touching, and overturning our perconceptions" The Times Drift choreographed by James Wilton (11 mins) Pushing the dancer\u2019s to their physical limits, this powerful duet choreographed by James Wilton explores loneliness and closeness, absolute commitment and high risk trust. Sometimes the people we care about the most are the people we hurt the most. "Threads choreographed by James Wilton left the audience breathless as the couple literary threw themselves at each other in a long series of acrobatic jumps"Sunday Times, Malta on James Wilton\u2019s Threads In the Middle of the Moment choreographed by Uri Ivgi and Johan Greben (17 mins) A duet about the physical restraints of a relationship, performed within a 3m metre square of light to hauntingly atmospheric classical music by Arvo P\u00e4rt and Gy\u00f6rgy Kurt\u00e1g. \u2018totally beguiling\u2019 ballet.co.uk \u2018A quiet and ultimately devastating portrait of isolation\u2019 The Guardian The Life and Times of Girl A choreographed by Ben Duke (34 mins) Lost Dog\u2019s award winning Ben Duke brings his \u2018highly theatrical and subversively humorous style\u2019 (Metro) to create a new work for SDT. A woman is trying to tell us something important about what is happening now. What she needs is a film crew and a financier, what she's got is a stage and some dancers. A piece about moments of crisis both emotional and financial, when all we need is to use less to say more."
Performance Dance
"An evening of solos and ensembles ranging from Bach to Britten, Gershwin to Gilbert & Sullivan, performed by students studying with Sara Reynolds, Head of Voice, The Junior Royal Academy of Music, London"
Music Classical and Opera
"An evening of solos and ensembles ranging from Bach to Britten, Gershwin to Gilbert & Sullivan, performed by students studying with Sara Reynolds, Head of Voice, The Junior Royal Academy of Music, London"
Music Classical and Opera
"'Roghainn nan Daoine' is a project that reflects how love divides and was inspired by the social and political background of the emergence of the Free Church in Lewis in the 1840\u2019s. Two powerful stories are intertwined in Na Da\u00f2ine. The first is based on the true story of a young island woman\u2019s life, which begins with the excitement of her engagement followed closely with the devastation of her fianc\u00e9 being called to armed service. Her emotional journey continues with elation of having him return, only to be heartbroken again to find that events have led him to another life that doesn\u2019t include her. The second storyline encompasses the desperate social and political circumstances that provoked the emergence of a new spirituality based belief system in the 1840\u2019s. Na Da\u00f2ine is inspired by this time period and depicts how a people oppressed by landlords, compulsory army subscription and poor economy, rebelled and placed their allegiance in God."
Theatre Adult
"'Roghainn nan Daoine' is a project that reflects how love divides and was inspired by the social and political background of the emergence of the Free Church in Lewis in the 1840\u2019s. Two powerful stories are intertwined in Na Da\u00f2ine. The first is based on the true story of a young island woman\u2019s life, which begins with the excitement of her engagement followed closely with the devastation of her fianc\u00e9 being called to armed service. Her emotional journey continues with elation of having him return, only to be heartbroken again to find that events have led him to another life that doesn\u2019t include her. The second storyline encompasses the desperate social and political circumstances that provoked the emergence of a new spirituality based belief system in the 1840\u2019s. Na Da\u00f2ine is inspired by this time period and depicts how a people oppressed by landlords, compulsory army subscription and poor economy, rebelled and placed their allegiance in God."
Theatre Adult
"Passing Places, written for Celtic Connections 2009, takes the form of a musical and filmic journey through the spectacular scenery and cultural riches of the Coigach peninsula, in her native Wester Ross. Also reflecting 2009\u2019s celebration of homecoming, the music\u2019s recurrent motifs and changing themes unfold against a visual backdrop created by Magnus Graham. Green will lead an eight-piece ensemble including Anna Massie (guitar), Peter Tickell (fiddle), Adam Sutherland (fiddle), Adam Bulley (mandolin\/banjo), Duncan Lyall (Double Bass), Hamish Napier (piano) and Donald Hay (percussion). "The commission had it all: memorable tunes and exquisite playing, capped off with a wonderfully executed visual backdrop synced perfectly to the music." Barry Gordon, The Scotsman."
Music Traditional
"Passing Places, written for Celtic Connections 2009, takes the form of a musical and filmic journey through the spectacular scenery and cultural riches of the Coigach peninsula, in her native Wester Ross. Also reflecting 2009\u2019s celebration of homecoming, the music\u2019s recurrent motifs and changing themes unfold against a visual backdrop created by Magnus Graham. Green will lead an eight-piece ensemble including Anna Massie (guitar), Peter Tickell (fiddle), Adam Sutherland (fiddle), Adam Bulley (mandolin\/banjo), Duncan Lyall (Double Bass), Hamish Napier (piano) and Donald Hay (percussion). "The commission had it all: memorable tunes and exquisite playing, capped off with a wonderfully executed visual backdrop synced perfectly to the music." Barry Gordon, The Scotsman."
Music Traditional
"The Arctic Tern migrates farther than any other bird, leaving its breeding grounds in October to migrate to the other end of the world - to the southern pack ice of Antarctica and as far as Australia Alexander Gunn left his home in Durness in 1853 and found himself en route to Australia, one of the many tens of thousands of Scots who left these shores during the Highland Clearances. These journeys were long and hazardous and often ended in tragedy. 155 years later a letter turns up in Durness addressed to his family descendant, Iain Anderson, postmarked - Bendigo, Australia. This is the story of Alexander's journey narrated by Iain Anderson - with historical and environmental commentary from Michael Russell, MSP and Minister for Culture and Gaelic introductions from Hugh-Dan MacLennan. The piece also analogises the journey of the Arctic Terns from Scotland to the Antarctic and ultimately, Australia. The story maps their journey and highlights the decline in their status in the face of climate and environmental changes. A newly composed musical suite runs throughout the piece to illustrate and support the narrative. Written, composed and directed by Scottish composer and academic Mark Sheridan."
Music Contemporary
"The Arctic Tern migrates farther than any other bird, leaving its breeding grounds in October to migrate to the other end of the world - to the southern pack ice of Antarctica and as far as Australia Alexander Gunn left his home in Durness in 1853 and found himself en route to Australia, one of the many tens of thousands of Scots who left these shores during the Highland Clearances. These journeys were long and hazardous and often ended in tragedy. 155 years later a letter turns up in Durness addressed to his family descendant, Iain Anderson, postmarked - Bendigo, Australia. This is the story of Alexander's journey narrated by Iain Anderson - with historical and environmental commentary from Michael Russell, MSP and Minister for Culture and Gaelic introductions from Hugh-Dan MacLennan. The piece also analogises the journey of the Arctic Terns from Scotland to the Antarctic and ultimately, Australia. The story maps their journey and highlights the decline in their status in the face of climate and environmental changes. A newly composed musical suite runs throughout the piece to illustrate and support the narrative. Written, composed and directed by Scottish composer and academic Mark Sheridan."
Music Contemporary
"Tom and Rhona Colwell, young singers living in Skye, sing Mozart arias and duets, taken from 'The Marriage of Figaro', 'Don Giovanni', 'Cosi Fan Tutte' and the 'Magic Flute'."
Music Classical and Opera
"Tom and Rhona Colwell, young singers living in Skye, sing Mozart arias and duets, taken from 'The Marriage of Figaro', 'Don Giovanni', 'Cosi Fan Tutte' and the 'Magic Flute'."
Music Classical and Opera
"Glasgow-based Alasdair Roberts has now released 5 albums of tender yet driving folk music, since his \u2018discovery\u2019 via Will \u2018Bonnie Prince Billy\u2019 Oldham. Roberts\u2019 repertoire is made up of his own compositions and jewels from the treasure trove of timeless Scottish folk songs he regularly plunders, delivering songs with his own deftly intricate guitar playing and a voice both bold and subject to fragility.\n\nThis will be the first ever UK tour by Kiila, a collective based in Turku, Finland. Kiila typify the exciting new wave of music coming out of Finland in recent years, typified by the output of the label Fonal. When this sextet take the stage, you may be taken aback by the driving rhythms, sublime vocal harmonies and casually virtuous multi-instrumentalism. An SAC Tune up Tour."
Music World
"Glasgow-based Alasdair Roberts has now released 5 albums of tender yet driving folk music, since his \u2018discovery\u2019 via Will \u2018Bonnie Prince Billy\u2019 Oldham. Roberts\u2019 repertoire is made up of his own compositions and jewels from the treasure trove of timeless Scottish folk songs he regularly plunders, delivering songs with his own deftly intricate guitar playing and a voice both bold and subject to fragility.\n\nThis will be the first ever UK tour by Kiila, a collective based in Turku, Finland. Kiila typify the exciting new wave of music coming out of Finland in recent years, typified by the output of the label Fonal. When this sextet take the stage, you may be taken aback by the driving rhythms, sublime vocal harmonies and casually virtuous multi-instrumentalism. An SAC Tune up Tour."
Music World
"To celebrate the release of his new album, \u2018The Poet and The Maiden\u2019, Rick Taylor and 'One Heck of a band!'. Joining Rick on stage will be a couple of Peatbog Faeries, an Old Blind Dog, a local choir, an infamous \u2018Moothie\u2019 player and the entire Angus Nicolson Trio to name but a few."
Music Jazz
"To celebrate the release of his new album, \u2018The Poet and The Maiden\u2019, Rick Taylor and 'One Heck of a band!'. Joining Rick on stage will be a couple of Peatbog Faeries, an Old Blind Dog, a local choir, an infamous \u2018Moothie\u2019 player and the entire Angus Nicolson Trio to name but a few."
Music Jazz
"She\u2019Koyokh is London\u2019s award-winning klezmer ensemble. This popular band is at the forefront of the revival of Eastern European roots music in the UK, bringing a fresh, energy to an extensive repertoire ranging from exhilarating Bulgarian and Turkish music to soulful Ashkenazi melodies from the villages in Poland, Romania and the Ukraine. "The most cracking klezmer this side of Krakow." "The band\u2019s personality shines through in the sophisticated arrangements, interplay and solos." An SAC Tune up Tour."
Music World
"She\u2019Koyokh is London\u2019s award-winning klezmer ensemble. This popular band is at the forefront of the revival of Eastern European roots music in the UK, bringing a fresh, energy to an extensive repertoire ranging from exhilarating Bulgarian and Turkish music to soulful Ashkenazi melodies from the villages in Poland, Romania and the Ukraine. "The most cracking klezmer this side of Krakow." "The band\u2019s personality shines through in the sophisticated arrangements, interplay and solos." An SAC Tune up Tour."
Music World
"The Highland Chamber Orchestra makes its first visit to Skye. The orchestra is delighted to welcome the young harpist, Hannah Phillips as soloist in Debussys' 'Danses Sacr\u00e9e et Profane. The programme includes Mozart's Overture 'Don Giovanni', the Czech Suite by Dvorak, Honegger's Pastorale d'\u00e9t\u00e9 and finishes with Mozart's Symphony No 31 (Paris)."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Highland Chamber Orchestra makes its first visit to Skye. The orchestra is delighted to welcome the young harpist, Hannah Phillips as soloist in Debussys' 'Danses Sacr\u00e9e et Profane. The programme includes Mozart's Overture 'Don Giovanni', the Czech Suite by Dvorak, Honegger's Pastorale d'\u00e9t\u00e9 and finishes with Mozart's Symphony No 31 (Paris)."
Music Classical and Opera
"Hugh MacDiarmid\u2019s poem, with its infamously thrawn narrator, is set to music of huge imagination and vibrancy by Glasgow composer Bill Sweeney and performed by one of Scotland\u2019s finest contemporary music ensembles, Red Note. This is a night of humour, inebriation, beauty, politically charged comment and wild musical and literary invention. Glasgow composer Bill Sweeney sets Hugh MacDiarmid's great poem to music of great imagination and vibrancy, to be performed by one of Scotland's finest contemporary music ensembles, Red Note. Written by MacDiarmid in 1926, the poem, with its infamously thrawn narrator, explores the state of Scotland, taking in politically charged comment, wild literary invention, humour, inebriation and lyrical beauty. With his background in the European avant-garde, and a love of traditional Scottish folk music and jazz, Sweeney is an ideal candidate to capture the many sides of MacDiarmid: modernist and traditionalist, nationalist and internationalist. An SAC Tune up Tour."
Music Contemporary
"Hugh MacDiarmid\u2019s poem, with its infamously thrawn narrator, is set to music of huge imagination and vibrancy by Glasgow composer Bill Sweeney and performed by one of Scotland\u2019s finest contemporary music ensembles, Red Note. This is a night of humour, inebriation, beauty, politically charged comment and wild musical and literary invention. Glasgow composer Bill Sweeney sets Hugh MacDiarmid's great poem to music of great imagination and vibrancy, to be performed by one of Scotland's finest contemporary music ensembles, Red Note. Written by MacDiarmid in 1926, the poem, with its infamously thrawn narrator, explores the state of Scotland, taking in politically charged comment, wild literary invention, humour, inebriation and lyrical beauty. With his background in the European avant-garde, and a love of traditional Scottish folk music and jazz, Sweeney is an ideal candidate to capture the many sides of MacDiarmid: modernist and traditionalist, nationalist and internationalist. An SAC Tune up Tour."
Music Contemporary
"Our F\u00e8is season starts with a great concert with some of our young, and often award-winning, local performers. You will be astonished by the quality."
Music Traditional
"Our F\u00e8is season starts with a great concert with some of our young, and often award-winning, local performers. You will be astonished by the quality."
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser, a Scot living in California, has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 19 years. Natalie Haas is from California and is re-discovering the cello\u2019s place in Scottish traditonal music. They are joined by guest artists from the annual fiddle summer school on Skye. "The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing""
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser, a Scot living in California, has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 19 years. Natalie Haas is from California and is re-discovering the cello\u2019s place in Scottish traditonal music. They are joined by guest artists from the annual fiddle summer school on Skye. "The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing""
Music Traditional
"Pete Challoner and Tim Dalling (from the Old Rope String Band) join with old-time musicians Jock Tyldesley and Vera van Heeringen.They sing, dance and play their little hearts out on fiddles, guitar, piano accordion, mandolin and anything else that comes to hand. But people just laugh at them! Audiences have been known to say, "What the hell was that?" or "It's folk music" or "It's cabaret" or even, "They are ploughing the lonely furrow of cutting-edge music hall!" Then, when they struggle to adequately describe the New Rope experience, they drag their friends along to the next gig so that they too can witness the strange spectacle. Most people actually enjoy it. A lot. And that is why it is still going strong."
Music Traditional
"Pete Challoner and Tim Dalling (from the Old Rope String Band) join with old-time musicians Jock Tyldesley and Vera van Heeringen.They sing, dance and play their little hearts out on fiddles, guitar, piano accordion, mandolin and anything else that comes to hand. But people just laugh at them! Audiences have been known to say, "What the hell was that?" or "It's folk music" or "It's cabaret" or even, "They are ploughing the lonely furrow of cutting-edge music hall!" Then, when they struggle to adequately describe the New Rope experience, they drag their friends along to the next gig so that they too can witness the strange spectacle. Most people actually enjoy it. A lot. And that is why it is still going strong."
Music Traditional
"Accomplished Glenfinnan musician and Blazin Fiddler, Iain MacFarlane has created a humorous yet informative look into the world of our national drink. Musicians\/singers Ingrid Henderson and Ewan Robertson and his father, Charlie MacFarlane join Iain with music, song, humorous anecdotes and visuals to celebrate our most famous export, Uisge Beatha - the water of life. 'The String Contingent.' opening set combines the clarity and precision of baroque chamber music with the raw excitement and intensity of Scottish fiddle and Bluegrass. Whisky Tasting with the great Balvenie Whisky"
Music Traditional
"Accomplished Glenfinnan musician and Blazin Fiddler, Iain MacFarlane has created a humorous yet informative look into the world of our national drink. Musicians\/singers Ingrid Henderson and Ewan Robertson and his father, Charlie MacFarlane join Iain with music, song, humorous anecdotes and visuals to celebrate our most famous export, Uisge Beatha - the water of life. 'The String Contingent.' opening set combines the clarity and precision of baroque chamber music with the raw excitement and intensity of Scottish fiddle and Bluegrass. Whisky Tasting with the great Balvenie Whisky"
Music Traditional
"Patrick Molard was born in 1951 in St Malo, Brittany. He started with the Scottish Highland Bagpipe in 1965 with the Bagad Quic en Groigne (St Malo) and the An Ere Bagad from Rennes, where he met Jakez Pincet, his first pipe master, who enabled him to go on to study with the two great Scottish pipers Robert Brown & Robert Nicol, both Queen Elizabeth' personal pipers. Patrick will be joined by some of the great names in Highland Bag-pipe playing."
Music Traditional
"Patrick Molard was born in 1951 in St Malo, Brittany. He started with the Scottish Highland Bagpipe in 1965 with the Bagad Quic en Groigne (St Malo) and the An Ere Bagad from Rennes, where he met Jakez Pincet, his first pipe master, who enabled him to go on to study with the two great Scottish pipers Robert Brown & Robert Nicol, both Queen Elizabeth' personal pipers. Patrick will be joined by some of the great names in Highland Bag-pipe playing."
Music Traditional
"On Friday 21 August 2009 Mhairi Hall Trio launched their traditional music album \u2018Cairngorm\u2019 at the top of Cairngorm Mountain. They transported a grand piano up the mountain during the day and that evening performed their album to a full Ptarmigan venue and a reindeer or two! Mhairi, pianist and composer is joined by exceptional drummer and percussionist Fraser Stone and wonderful guitarist Michael Bryan. Anna Bhan Macdonald, singer song-writer from Tarskavaig opens the evening."
Music Traditional
"On Friday 21 August 2009 Mhairi Hall Trio launched their traditional music album \u2018Cairngorm\u2019 at the top of Cairngorm Mountain. They transported a grand piano up the mountain during the day and that evening performed their album to a full Ptarmigan venue and a reindeer or two! Mhairi, pianist and composer is joined by exceptional drummer and percussionist Fraser Stone and wonderful guitarist Michael Bryan. Anna Bhan Macdonald, singer song-writer from Tarskavaig opens the evening."
Music Traditional
"Captain Corcoran cordially invites you to the poop deck for a tot of delicious musical \u2018grog\u2019. Set in the roaring 20\u2019s, this is a fully staged performance of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan opera, starring young Skye based singers and with a sparkling chorus of burly sailors and delightful flapper girls!\n\nDirected by Ann Lampard and Tom Colwell, join the cast and crew for a jolly and rollicking voyage. It\u2019s all aboard the HMS Pinafore for an evening of nautical fun, vocal distinction and delectable costumes.\n\nAhoy there me hearties!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Captain Corcoran cordially invites you to the poop deck for a tot of delicious musical \u2018grog\u2019. Set in the roaring 20\u2019s, this is a fully staged performance of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan opera, starring young Skye based singers and with a sparkling chorus of burly sailors and delightful flapper girls!\n\nDirected by Ann Lampard and Tom Colwell, join the cast and crew for a jolly and rollicking voyage. It\u2019s all aboard the HMS Pinafore for an evening of nautical fun, vocal distinction and delectable costumes.\n\nAhoy there me hearties!"
Music Classical and Opera
"'Saoghal Sona' or 'Wonderful World' is a new commission by the accomplished Black Isle based b\u00e0rd Eilidh Mackenzie, Saoghal Sona is a show of new songs written about news events over the past year. The only thing that is instead of the usual doom and gloom which we normally get from our media, all the songs tell a story of joy! With performances from some of our top news readers, musicians and singers, this show will definitely leave a smile on your face. The show is opened by the up and coming young band Kilairum. Winners of Danny Kyle's Open Stage 2010, Kilairum are a contemporary folk-fusion band, incorporating both jazz and traditional styles into their music. They inlcude Mairi Caimbeul of Sleat."
Music Traditional
"'Saoghal Sona' or 'Wonderful World' is a new commission by the accomplished Black Isle based b\u00e0rd Eilidh Mackenzie, Saoghal Sona is a show of new songs written about news events over the past year. The only thing that is instead of the usual doom and gloom which we normally get from our media, all the songs tell a story of joy! With performances from some of our top news readers, musicians and singers, this show will definitely leave a smile on your face. The show is opened by the up and coming young band Kilairum. Winners of Danny Kyle's Open Stage 2010, Kilairum are a contemporary folk-fusion band, incorporating both jazz and traditional styles into their music. They inlcude Mairi Caimbeul of Sleat."
Music Traditional
"Written by Henry Adam and directed by Matthew Zajac\n\nA new comedy by Henry Adam from the makers of the international hit The Tailor of Inverness. Jacobite Country is a scintillating new comedy about fame, vanity and mental illness by one of Scotland\u2019s outstanding playwrights. Selling his soul and his roots, Haggis McSporran has become King of Comedy in the fleshpots of London. He returns home to the Highlands in search of new material. His old pal Craitur Face, now a renegade DJ on Jacobite Radio might help. Along the way they meet the Loch Ness Monster and prevent Uncle Angus from invading England (again).\n\n"a timely reminder of how much Scottish theatre needs this strand of Highland-made work with all its wild surrealism, structural anarchy, passionate lyricism and spiritual openness"\n\nThe Scotsman on Seven Ages\n\n"The all-female cast are charismatic and mad for it, and Haggis, as played by an on-form Sarah Haworth, is a worthy successor to the Big Yin." \n\nWith live music and tremendous craic from Sarah Haworth, Fiona Morrison, Annie Grace and Mairi Morrison"
Theatre Adult
"Written by Henry Adam and directed by Matthew Zajac\n\nA new comedy by Henry Adam from the makers of the international hit The Tailor of Inverness. Jacobite Country is a scintillating new comedy about fame, vanity and mental illness by one of Scotland\u2019s outstanding playwrights. Selling his soul and his roots, Haggis McSporran has become King of Comedy in the fleshpots of London. He returns home to the Highlands in search of new material. His old pal Craitur Face, now a renegade DJ on Jacobite Radio might help. Along the way they meet the Loch Ness Monster and prevent Uncle Angus from invading England (again).\n\n"a timely reminder of how much Scottish theatre needs this strand of Highland-made work with all its wild surrealism, structural anarchy, passionate lyricism and spiritual openness"\n\nThe Scotsman on Seven Ages\n\n"The all-female cast are charismatic and mad for it, and Haggis, as played by an on-form Sarah Haworth, is a worthy successor to the Big Yin." \n\nWith live music and tremendous craic from Sarah Haworth, Fiona Morrison, Annie Grace and Mairi Morrison"
Theatre Adult
"an incredible journey told through a combination of slapstick, mime and music. As the play opens we realise that Phileas has recently passed on and his friends decide it is only appropriate to mourn their friend with a celebration of his greatest adventures- and the audience is a welcome participant in this breathless ride. The stage is transformed into an emporium of exotic instruments; marimbas, banjos and washboards to name but a few, and the interplay between the musicians and actors is a treat to behold, the simple structure of mimed sketches accompanied by dynamic multi-instrumentalists creates the atmosphere of the various locations brilliantly- with the need for only minimal dialogue. Phileas P. Souper is a must see performance full of wit, energy and technical skill. "Edinburgh Fringe street theatre meets a traveling circus band; Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin meet Spike Jones\u2019 City Slickers. If you enjoy great comedy and equally great music then this show\u2019s for you!""
Theatre Adult
"an incredible journey told through a combination of slapstick, mime and music. As the play opens we realise that Phileas has recently passed on and his friends decide it is only appropriate to mourn their friend with a celebration of his greatest adventures- and the audience is a welcome participant in this breathless ride. The stage is transformed into an emporium of exotic instruments; marimbas, banjos and washboards to name but a few, and the interplay between the musicians and actors is a treat to behold, the simple structure of mimed sketches accompanied by dynamic multi-instrumentalists creates the atmosphere of the various locations brilliantly- with the need for only minimal dialogue. Phileas P. Souper is a must see performance full of wit, energy and technical skill. "Edinburgh Fringe street theatre meets a traveling circus band; Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin meet Spike Jones\u2019 City Slickers. If you enjoy great comedy and equally great music then this show\u2019s for you!""
Theatre Adult
"Aaron Jones from Old Blind Dogs on lead vocals, bouzouki, guitar; and Claire Mann on flute, fiddle, vocals; play longside their German friends Gudrun Walther on lead vocals, fiddle, accordion; and Juergen Treyz on guitar, dobro, vocals. High energy dualling fiddles with flute and accordion - tunes and songs from the Celtic and German traditions. "The spectacular \u20182Duos\u2019, whose superb musicianship, wonderful tunes and songs and great stage presence made them one of the hits of the weekend. An inspired combination!""
Music Traditional
"Aaron Jones from Old Blind Dogs on lead vocals, bouzouki, guitar; and Claire Mann on flute, fiddle, vocals; play longside their German friends Gudrun Walther on lead vocals, fiddle, accordion; and Juergen Treyz on guitar, dobro, vocals. High energy dualling fiddles with flute and accordion - tunes and songs from the Celtic and German traditions. "The spectacular \u20182Duos\u2019, whose superb musicianship, wonderful tunes and songs and great stage presence made them one of the hits of the weekend. An inspired combination!""
Music Traditional
"Music from the great Astor Piazzolla along with a selection of tango classics like Gallo Ciego, Recuerdo, el Choclo and La cumparista y Quejas de bandone\u00f3n. Carlos Bec\u00fa was born in Argentina during 1979 and his father lives in Broadford, Skye. During 1995 he started studying at Music University, Rosario In 2000 he left for Europe visiting the Scottish Highlands, Hamburg and Germany where he remained until 2004. His love for the great Astor Piazzolla\u2019s music and then for the traditional tango composers, such as Troilo, Pugliese and Di Sarli made him go back home to Argentina to learn the main tango instrument, the mighty Bandoneon. The bandone\u00f3n is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta tipica, the tango orchestra. In 2008, Carlos recorded his first solo album, BANDONEON SOLO, which includes some of the great classics e.g. Sur, Adios Nonino and Che Bandone\u00f3n, all interpreted with both feeling and technique. Carlos is joined by Martin Espindola (Buenos Aires) & Linda Nichols. Martin's passion of tango music and his endless enthusiasm of exploring the mechanics of the body's movement, along with his experience of contemporary dance, allows him to show the endless possibilities of free expression into the dance. There will be a maximum of 15 couples for each workshop. Dancers can book as an individual or as a couple. Please wear suitable shoes (no trainers)."
Music World
"Music from the great Astor Piazzolla along with a selection of tango classics like Gallo Ciego, Recuerdo, el Choclo and La cumparista y Quejas de bandone\u00f3n. Carlos Bec\u00fa was born in Argentina during 1979 and his father lives in Broadford, Skye. During 1995 he started studying at Music University, Rosario In 2000 he left for Europe visiting the Scottish Highlands, Hamburg and Germany where he remained until 2004. His love for the great Astor Piazzolla\u2019s music and then for the traditional tango composers, such as Troilo, Pugliese and Di Sarli made him go back home to Argentina to learn the main tango instrument, the mighty Bandoneon. The bandone\u00f3n is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta tipica, the tango orchestra. In 2008, Carlos recorded his first solo album, BANDONEON SOLO, which includes some of the great classics e.g. Sur, Adios Nonino and Che Bandone\u00f3n, all interpreted with both feeling and technique. Carlos is joined by Martin Espindola (Buenos Aires) & Linda Nichols. Martin's passion of tango music and his endless enthusiasm of exploring the mechanics of the body's movement, along with his experience of contemporary dance, allows him to show the endless possibilities of free expression into the dance. There will be a maximum of 15 couples for each workshop. Dancers can book as an individual or as a couple. Please wear suitable shoes (no trainers)."
Music World
"The Young Trad Tour 2010 is a showcase for the cream of the new generation of Scottish musicians and as well as being highly talented solo performers, the sound they create as a band is energetic, dynamic and full of promise for the tradition they carry. There\u2019s a real powerhouse of Scottish fiddling in this band led by this year\u2019s winner Daniel Thorpe, who, along with last year\u2019s winner, Ruairidh MacMillan create an unforgettable twin fiddle sound. Beautiful Gaelic airs and clarsach tunes from Mairi Chaimbeul from Skye and Hannah Phillips from Glasgow. From the Irish tradition comes Paddy Callaghan on accordion and harp (Glasgow) And not forgetting the big sound of the Highland pipes played in his inimitable style by Lorne MacDougall from Argyll joined this year by fellow piper, Kyle Warren from Helensburgh."
Music Traditional
"The Young Trad Tour 2010 is a showcase for the cream of the new generation of Scottish musicians and as well as being highly talented solo performers, the sound they create as a band is energetic, dynamic and full of promise for the tradition they carry. There\u2019s a real powerhouse of Scottish fiddling in this band led by this year\u2019s winner Daniel Thorpe, who, along with last year\u2019s winner, Ruairidh MacMillan create an unforgettable twin fiddle sound. Beautiful Gaelic airs and clarsach tunes from Mairi Chaimbeul from Skye and Hannah Phillips from Glasgow. From the Irish tradition comes Paddy Callaghan on accordion and harp (Glasgow) And not forgetting the big sound of the Highland pipes played in his inimitable style by Lorne MacDougall from Argyll joined this year by fellow piper, Kyle Warren from Helensburgh."
Music Traditional
"Come along before tonight's concert for a 90 minutes Tango workshop with Martin Espindola & Linda Nichols, two professional dancers. Then stay and dance the night away."
Workshop
"Come along before tonight's concert for a 90 minutes Tango workshop with Martin Espindola & Linda Nichols, two professional dancers. Then stay and dance the night away."
Workshop
"'Gaelic Voices' ~ 'Guthan G\u00e0idhlig' is a collaboration between Gaelic and English speaking poets and contemporary and traditional musicians from across Scotland. Combining the visuals of drama and the choral aspects of song and live music to create a hybrid of performance poetry inspired by Gaelic myths and legends. Performed by Bafta award winner Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul (Angus Peter Campbell), Alasdair Taylor, Ashby McGowan, Tracey Patrick and Wendy Miller with music from Noel Bridgeman and Luke Taylor."
Music Traditional
"'Gaelic Voices' ~ 'Guthan G\u00e0idhlig' is a collaboration between Gaelic and English speaking poets and contemporary and traditional musicians from across Scotland. Combining the visuals of drama and the choral aspects of song and live music to create a hybrid of performance poetry inspired by Gaelic myths and legends. Performed by Bafta award winner Aonghas Padraig Caimbeul (Angus Peter Campbell), Alasdair Taylor, Ashby McGowan, Tracey Patrick and Wendy Miller with music from Noel Bridgeman and Luke Taylor."
Music Traditional
"Strega Nona is renowned for her handy magic remedies, and the townspeople of Plain are eager for her love potions and remedies but they definitely don't approve of her 'fancy' cooking. One by one they come to Strega Nona for a bit of magic, and it's only polite to accept a taste of whatever she is making or baking that day. They are amazed to find themselves seduced by her sauces and salads and delicious dishes, but they keep this to themselves and continue to scorn all things 'fancy'. Big Tony refuses all her tasty offers and is adamant he will only ever eat plain spaghetti. He spies Strega Nona activating her magic pasta pot (to produce endless spaghetti) and determines to find a chance to master it himself. His moment comes and Tony is a hero, until he discovers he can't stop the pot, and the town is swamped by spaghetti! Strega Nona comes to his rescue in the nick of time, but Big Tony has to right his wrong by eating his way out of trouble. He vows he will never eat spaghetti again, but what will he eat instead? Mmmmm! Strega Nona is cooking.............!"
Theatre Family
"Strega Nona is renowned for her handy magic remedies, and the townspeople of Plain are eager for her love potions and remedies but they definitely don't approve of her 'fancy' cooking. One by one they come to Strega Nona for a bit of magic, and it's only polite to accept a taste of whatever she is making or baking that day. They are amazed to find themselves seduced by her sauces and salads and delicious dishes, but they keep this to themselves and continue to scorn all things 'fancy'. Big Tony refuses all her tasty offers and is adamant he will only ever eat plain spaghetti. He spies Strega Nona activating her magic pasta pot (to produce endless spaghetti) and determines to find a chance to master it himself. His moment comes and Tony is a hero, until he discovers he can't stop the pot, and the town is swamped by spaghetti! Strega Nona comes to his rescue in the nick of time, but Big Tony has to right his wrong by eating his way out of trouble. He vows he will never eat spaghetti again, but what will he eat instead? Mmmmm! Strega Nona is cooking.............!"
Theatre Family
"Celebrated local piper Angus Nicolson launches his astonishing CD \u2018Lasses That Baffle Us\u2019 with an extraordinary collection of whalers, blazin\u2019 fiddlers, wayward boys, faeries and members fo the Royal Saasaig Trombone Appreciation Society. Angus is joined by Murdo Cameron, Andrew MacPherson, Iain Macdonald, Fiona MacAskill, Laura Sillitoe, Rick Taylor, Michael Owers, Innis Hutton and Graeme Stafford on more instruments and with more talent that ever seen before on our Festival stage.\n\nThe Angus Nicolson Trio\n\nLaunch their debut album\n\n\u2018Lasses That Baffle Us\u2019\n\n17th August, 8pm at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, Sleat.\n\n""This release of music fronted by the 'Reel' pipes and 'Big Whistle' is\n\nteeming with precision of playing and tasteful rhythm with a backing\n\nthat surprises and puts a smile on your face because it hits the right\n\ntempo with the right rhythm. That is when you know....'\n\nAllan MacDonald\n\nThe Angus Nicolson Trio will be joined on stage by\n\nIain MacDonald, Fiona MacAskill, Rick Taylor,\n\nMichael Ouers, Innes Hutton, Graeme Stafford\n\nand Laura Sillitoe."
Music Traditional
"Celebrated local piper Angus Nicolson launches his astonishing CD \u2018Lasses That Baffle Us\u2019 with an extraordinary collection of whalers, blazin\u2019 fiddlers, wayward boys, faeries and members fo the Royal Saasaig Trombone Appreciation Society. Angus is joined by Murdo Cameron, Andrew MacPherson, Iain Macdonald, Fiona MacAskill, Laura Sillitoe, Rick Taylor, Michael Owers, Innis Hutton and Graeme Stafford on more instruments and with more talent that ever seen before on our Festival stage.\n\nThe Angus Nicolson Trio\n\nLaunch their debut album\n\n\u2018Lasses That Baffle Us\u2019\n\n17th August, 8pm at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, Sleat.\n\n""This release of music fronted by the 'Reel' pipes and 'Big Whistle' is\n\nteeming with precision of playing and tasteful rhythm with a backing\n\nthat surprises and puts a smile on your face because it hits the right\n\ntempo with the right rhythm. That is when you know....'\n\nAllan MacDonald\n\nThe Angus Nicolson Trio will be joined on stage by\n\nIain MacDonald, Fiona MacAskill, Rick Taylor,\n\nMichael Ouers, Innes Hutton, Graeme Stafford\n\nand Laura Sillitoe."
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Music Contemporary
"Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig are hosting a major conference '\u00d2ran 2010' of Gaelic and Scots song with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama."
Music Traditional
"Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig are hosting a major conference '\u00d2ran 2010' of Gaelic and Scots song with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama."
Music Traditional
"In a small bar in rural Ireland, four men vie for the attention of Valerie, a pretty young woman from Dublin who has just rented an old house in the area. After a few drinks, they tell stories of spooky local folklore. But Valerie\u2019s tale, of why she left Dublin, is melancholy and true - and far more shocking than anything made up . . . One of the most praised and successful plays of the last 15 years, The Weir uncovers moving themes of loss, abandonment, loneliness and regret for the road not taken. Contains strong language. "A spellbinder that transfixes you. No praise in fact is too high" Guardian"
Theatre Adult
"In a small bar in rural Ireland, four men vie for the attention of Valerie, a pretty young woman from Dublin who has just rented an old house in the area. After a few drinks, they tell stories of spooky local folklore. But Valerie\u2019s tale, of why she left Dublin, is melancholy and true - and far more shocking than anything made up . . . One of the most praised and successful plays of the last 15 years, The Weir uncovers moving themes of loss, abandonment, loneliness and regret for the road not taken. Contains strong language. "A spellbinder that transfixes you. No praise in fact is too high" Guardian"
Theatre Adult
"Sweetness is adapted by Kevin MacNeil from Torgny Lindgren's novel 'Hummelhonung'. Two brothers Archie and Murdo, live in the far north on opposite sides of a field. One brother is shrivelling away. The other is eating himself to death on a diet of macaroons dipped in jam These misfit siblings haven\u2019t spoken for years - but they do share a cat. Kate, a writer who has come to lecture in a nearby village, is snowed up with Archie after he puts her up for the night. In the days that follow Kate is drawn in to the tissue of lies and self deception that keep the brothers alive in a bond of mutual loathing, leading them to their fate with profound, funny and touching results. Directed and aplyed by Matthew Zajac, with Lynne Verrall and Sean Hay. Music and sound are by the renowned musician Johnny Hardie, and the set design is by Peggy Jones, from Skye who went to Portree High School."
Theatre Adult
"Sweetness is adapted by Kevin MacNeil from Torgny Lindgren's novel 'Hummelhonung'. Two brothers Archie and Murdo, live in the far north on opposite sides of a field. One brother is shrivelling away. The other is eating himself to death on a diet of macaroons dipped in jam These misfit siblings haven\u2019t spoken for years - but they do share a cat. Kate, a writer who has come to lecture in a nearby village, is snowed up with Archie after he puts her up for the night. In the days that follow Kate is drawn in to the tissue of lies and self deception that keep the brothers alive in a bond of mutual loathing, leading them to their fate with profound, funny and touching results. Directed and aplyed by Matthew Zajac, with Lynne Verrall and Sean Hay. Music and sound are by the renowned musician Johnny Hardie, and the set design is by Peggy Jones, from Skye who went to Portree High School."
Theatre Adult
"Humanimalia is an extraordinary new work by Janis Claxton Dance, with a unique sound score composed by Philip Pinsky (Grid Iron, Royal Lyceum Theatre). This thought provoking work portrays universal themes that are inherent in all primates through a revealing journey of submission, dominance, repression and revelation. \n\n"Notions of who is the audience and who is the performer are playfully reversed. What provokes the most disruptive thoughts is our reaction - bold, brilliant. Go! The Herald \n\nHumanimalia challenges our perceptions of who\u2019s watching who in performance and exposes us to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. With a sublime cast of international dancers Janis Claxton Dance present this poignant work, poetically revealing innate qualities and behaviours of the human animal in an unforgettable and moving performance.\n\nSuitable for 12+ (contains some partial nudity).\n\nThe show runs for 75 minutes with no interval\n\n"Arguably, one of the most innovative and thought-provoking shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe." Scotsman"
Performance Dance
"Humanimalia is an extraordinary new work by Janis Claxton Dance, with a unique sound score composed by Philip Pinsky (Grid Iron, Royal Lyceum Theatre). This thought provoking work portrays universal themes that are inherent in all primates through a revealing journey of submission, dominance, repression and revelation. \n\n"Notions of who is the audience and who is the performer are playfully reversed. What provokes the most disruptive thoughts is our reaction - bold, brilliant. Go! The Herald \n\nHumanimalia challenges our perceptions of who\u2019s watching who in performance and exposes us to the intrinsic evolutionary complicity between humans and animals. With a sublime cast of international dancers Janis Claxton Dance present this poignant work, poetically revealing innate qualities and behaviours of the human animal in an unforgettable and moving performance.\n\nSuitable for 12+ (contains some partial nudity).\n\nThe show runs for 75 minutes with no interval\n\n"Arguably, one of the most innovative and thought-provoking shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe." Scotsman"
Performance Dance
"Scotland\u2019s award winning group, Blazin' Fiddles, draws the distinct flavour of fiddle music from various regions of the highlands and islands. From solo to ensemble sets, they all come together in a fiery blend that raises the roof. Fiddlers Bruce Macgregor, Allan Henderson, Jenna Reid and Iain Macfarlane are joined by Anna Massie on guitar\/fiddle and Andy Thorburn on keyboard to form one of the best live acts today."
Music Traditional
"Scotland\u2019s award winning group, Blazin' Fiddles, draws the distinct flavour of fiddle music from various regions of the highlands and islands. From solo to ensemble sets, they all come together in a fiery blend that raises the roof. Fiddlers Bruce Macgregor, Allan Henderson, Jenna Reid and Iain Macfarlane are joined by Anna Massie on guitar\/fiddle and Andy Thorburn on keyboard to form one of the best live acts today."
Music Traditional
"The second of our two String Orchestra concerts."
Music Classical and Opera
"The second of our two String Orchestra concerts."
Music Classical and Opera
"Alasdair Fraser, a Scot living in California, has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 19 years. Natalie Haas is from California and is re-discovering the cello\u2019s place in Scottish traditonal music. They are joined by guest artists from the annual fiddle summer school on Skye. "The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing""
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser, a Scot living in California, has been teaching fiddle at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Short Courses for 19 years. Natalie Haas is from California and is re-discovering the cello\u2019s place in Scottish traditonal music. They are joined by guest artists from the annual fiddle summer school on Skye. "The musical chemistry between Scottish fiddle legend Alasdair Fraser and young cello ace Natalie Haas is a rare, felicitous thing""
Music Traditional
"In this modern staging of Shakespeare's classic Scottish play, Macbeth is trapped by his paranoia as his family, his friends and fate itself turn against him. Set around a dinner table placing the banquet at the centre of the action and the audience as guests, combining theatre and magic. Two actors play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth with three others all the other characters. Set in one room, the play will emphasise the claustrophobia and increasing paranoia of Macbeth as his friends, family and fate itself close in on him. A highlight of this production will be the \u2018banquet\u2019 scene, which will take place at the interval. The audience will be Macbeth\u2019s guests at the banquet and will be served a dram and oatcakes, tea or coffee and shortbread."
Theatre Adult
"In this modern staging of Shakespeare's classic Scottish play, Macbeth is trapped by his paranoia as his family, his friends and fate itself turn against him. Set around a dinner table placing the banquet at the centre of the action and the audience as guests, combining theatre and magic. Two actors play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth with three others all the other characters. Set in one room, the play will emphasise the claustrophobia and increasing paranoia of Macbeth as his friends, family and fate itself close in on him. A highlight of this production will be the \u2018banquet\u2019 scene, which will take place at the interval. The audience will be Macbeth\u2019s guests at the banquet and will be served a dram and oatcakes, tea or coffee and shortbread."
Theatre Adult
"All tickets from Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Reception only - on 01471 888000\n\nSEALL is pleased to support this event to raise funds for Budhm\u00f2r Skye and other projects."
Music Traditional
"All tickets from Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Reception only - on 01471 888000\n\nSEALL is pleased to support this event to raise funds for Budhm\u00f2r Skye and other projects."
Music Traditional
"Tchaikovsky: Gavotte from Suite no.1\n\nMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition excerpts\n\nFaur\u00e9: Berceuse in Dolly Suite\n\nMendelssohn: Hebrides Overture\n\nGreig: Peer Gynt Suite excerpts\n\nMancini: The Pink Panther\n\n"Over the years, the SLO have been gaining in confidence and competence. Prepared to tackle the biggest guns in the musical armoury they emerge with flying colours. West Highland Free Press\n\nwww.slo-skye.org.uk Family ticket \u00a312"
Music Classical and Opera
"Tchaikovsky: Gavotte from Suite no.1\n\nMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition excerpts\n\nFaur\u00e9: Berceuse in Dolly Suite\n\nMendelssohn: Hebrides Overture\n\nGreig: Peer Gynt Suite excerpts\n\nMancini: The Pink Panther\n\n"Over the years, the SLO have been gaining in confidence and competence. Prepared to tackle the biggest guns in the musical armoury they emerge with flying colours. West Highland Free Press\n\nwww.slo-skye.org.uk Family ticket \u00a312"
Music Classical and Opera
"A showcase of young vocal talent from Durham University, who, under Miranda's tutelage pursue a career in classical singing. A night of classical composers alongside lighter numbers by Rodgers and Hammerstein.Miranda Wright began her studies with Ann Lampard (now living on Skye) at the Junior Royal Academy of Music and later at the Royal Northern College of Music, before singing professionally various operatic roles."
Music Classical and Opera
"A showcase of young vocal talent from Durham University, who, under Miranda's tutelage pursue a career in classical singing. A night of classical composers alongside lighter numbers by Rodgers and Hammerstein.Miranda Wright began her studies with Ann Lampard (now living on Skye) at the Junior Royal Academy of Music and later at the Royal Northern College of Music, before singing professionally various operatic roles."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inspired by his appearances at the Jaipur Festival India, the Cultural Heritage Centre Abu Dhabi, and his adopted Yorkshire homeland Eduardo brings a concert ofintricate, passionate flamenco fused with a myriad of Eastern colours and a Gypsy-jazz edge."
Music World
"Inspired by his appearances at the Jaipur Festival India, the Cultural Heritage Centre Abu Dhabi, and his adopted Yorkshire homeland Eduardo brings a concert ofintricate, passionate flamenco fused with a myriad of Eastern colours and a Gypsy-jazz edge."
Music World
"Versatile, enterprising and ambitious, the Scottish Ensemble is a tight-knit band of outstanding string players from around Europe who perform regularly together under Artistic Director, Jonathan Morton. The Ensemlbe were regular visitors to Skye in the early days of SEALL and F\u00e8is an Eilein. We are delighted to welcome them back with a programme of: Mozart, Adagio and Fugue; John Woolrich, Ulysses; Wolf, Italian Songs; John Woolrich, Capriccio; Schubert\/Mahler, Death and the Maiden."
Music Classical and Opera
"Versatile, enterprising and ambitious, the Scottish Ensemble is a tight-knit band of outstanding string players from around Europe who perform regularly together under Artistic Director, Jonathan Morton. The Ensemlbe were regular visitors to Skye in the early days of SEALL and F\u00e8is an Eilein. We are delighted to welcome them back with a programme of: Mozart, Adagio and Fugue; John Woolrich, Ulysses; Wolf, Italian Songs; John Woolrich, Capriccio; Schubert\/Mahler, Death and the Maiden."
Music Classical and Opera
"Skye own lively group of singers present an early summer concert"
Music Classical and Opera
"Skye own lively group of singers present an early summer concert"
Music Classical and Opera
"Joy Dunlop was last year's Royal National Mod Gold medal winner and an ex-student of Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. She is joined by Paul Tracey, a truly talented jazz guitarist, and Susan Appleby, a cellist who is known for her uniquely funky style of playing."
Music Traditional
"Joy Dunlop was last year's Royal National Mod Gold medal winner and an ex-student of Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. She is joined by Paul Tracey, a truly talented jazz guitarist, and Susan Appleby, a cellist who is known for her uniquely funky style of playing."
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Music Traditional
"All or Nothing crosses the boundaries between the floor, the air and the space in between, merging aerial skills with dance theatre, creating exciting and challenging performance. Exhilarating aerial acrobatics, highly athletic dance, breathtaking physical theatre and visually stunning effects that thrill audiences in all kinds of environments. The show starts with solo performer on a rope hung down through the three open floors of the venue and then moves to the main space for a longer ensemble piece. 'Breathtakingly beautiful'"
Performance Dance
"All or Nothing crosses the boundaries between the floor, the air and the space in between, merging aerial skills with dance theatre, creating exciting and challenging performance. Exhilarating aerial acrobatics, highly athletic dance, breathtaking physical theatre and visually stunning effects that thrill audiences in all kinds of environments. The show starts with solo performer on a rope hung down through the three open floors of the venue and then moves to the main space for a longer ensemble piece. 'Breathtakingly beautiful'"
Performance Dance
"Puppet Animation Scotland presents its first bi-annual Animated Islands Festival, on Bute, Islay, Mull, Skye, Lewis, and many other Isles in between...\n\nWe will present a rich and varied programme of animated films and shorts from all over the world for children, for family audiences and for adults. The work on offer will range from main-stream box office successes to the most innovative and challenging of contemporary animation. Common to everything we show will be a deep respect and a vivid excitement for this most versatile and beautiful of visual art forms."
Film and Music
"Puppet Animation Scotland presents its first bi-annual Animated Islands Festival, on Bute, Islay, Mull, Skye, Lewis, and many other Isles in between...\n\nWe will present a rich and varied programme of animated films and shorts from all over the world for children, for family audiences and for adults. The work on offer will range from main-stream box office successes to the most innovative and challenging of contemporary animation. Common to everything we show will be a deep respect and a vivid excitement for this most versatile and beautiful of visual art forms."
Film and Music
"Bruce Molsky is a singer, a fiddle player par excellence, a banjo player and a guitarist. In the last ten years, Bruce has gained an ever greater profile as a result of his solo tours, his work with Andy Irvine\u2019s Mozaik, his regular appearances at the Celtic Connections Festival, his TV appearances, recordings and last year\u2019s tour, all badged as The Transatlantic Sessions. While most identified with traditional American old-time music, Molsky\u2019s influences range from the Appalachian soul of Tommy Jarrell to Delta blues; from the haunting modal strains of Irish music to the rhythmically nimble music of Eastern Europe. He is reckoned to be the premier old-time fiddler in the world, the defining virtuoso of Appalachia's timeless folk music traditions."
Music World
"Bruce Molsky is a singer, a fiddle player par excellence, a banjo player and a guitarist. In the last ten years, Bruce has gained an ever greater profile as a result of his solo tours, his work with Andy Irvine\u2019s Mozaik, his regular appearances at the Celtic Connections Festival, his TV appearances, recordings and last year\u2019s tour, all badged as The Transatlantic Sessions. While most identified with traditional American old-time music, Molsky\u2019s influences range from the Appalachian soul of Tommy Jarrell to Delta blues; from the haunting modal strains of Irish music to the rhythmically nimble music of Eastern Europe. He is reckoned to be the premier old-time fiddler in the world, the defining virtuoso of Appalachia's timeless folk music traditions."
Music World
"Highly acclaimed dance company, plan B, invite you to join them for an explosive, toe-tapping, foot stomping night out! Featuring the highly infectious and energetic live music of Shooglenifty, the evening brings together these two dynamic forces in a meeting of music, dance, performance and a joint passion for really getting people moving.Part gig, part show, part C\u00e8ilidh, plan B and Shooglenifty will reinvent themeaning of a good night through this high-octane blend of the Shoogle\u2019s renowned celtic-acid-croft music and plan B\u2019s unique choreographic style. Brighten up these dark winter nights with a healthy dose of the plan B Shoogle!"
Performance Dance
"Highly acclaimed dance company, plan B, invite you to join them for an explosive, toe-tapping, foot stomping night out! Featuring the highly infectious and energetic live music of Shooglenifty, the evening brings together these two dynamic forces in a meeting of music, dance, performance and a joint passion for really getting people moving.Part gig, part show, part C\u00e8ilidh, plan B and Shooglenifty will reinvent themeaning of a good night through this high-octane blend of the Shoogle\u2019s renowned celtic-acid-croft music and plan B\u2019s unique choreographic style. Brighten up these dark winter nights with a healthy dose of the plan B Shoogle!"
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"15 year old Ruby is unceremoniously dumped at Dreich House, on a wintry Scottish night, for an 'Adventure activity holiday for children that nobody loves'. She finds 5 other younger children and a baby in the hands of the wicked Lord Boltfast. But the children gang together with their considerable talents to outwit the house owner and stop a major crime. The children are all on film, the story-teller is on stage. A dark and fascinating show suitable for older primary school children and over. Adults will enjoy it!. Lasts around 75 minutes with an interval. www.dreichhouse.com"
Theatre Family
"15 year old Ruby is unceremoniously dumped at Dreich House, on a wintry Scottish night, for an 'Adventure activity holiday for children that nobody loves'. She finds 5 other younger children and a baby in the hands of the wicked Lord Boltfast. But the children gang together with their considerable talents to outwit the house owner and stop a major crime. The children are all on film, the story-teller is on stage. A dark and fascinating show suitable for older primary school children and over. Adults will enjoy it!. Lasts around 75 minutes with an interval. www.dreichhouse.com"
Theatre Family
"* * * * "A inspiring one-woman solo play about a journey, short, vivid and utterly memorable." image Rachel CorrieA journey from the quiet town in Washington State where Rachel Corrie was born in 1979 \u2013 and raised to become the fiery and gifted young writer, student and peace activist she became - to the streets of Rafa City in Gaza, where she died on 16 March 2003, crushed under the blade of an Israeli bulldozer destroying Palestinian homes. This intense and radiant performance is a beautifully-shaped drama about a young woman, full of humanity and compassion, trying to make sense of what appears to her to be a senseless situation. The show is suitable for age 14+ Adult \u00a39, Student \u00a34. Book HERE or on 01471 844207 www.seall.co.uk"
Theatre Adult
"* * * * "A inspiring one-woman solo play about a journey, short, vivid and utterly memorable." image Rachel CorrieA journey from the quiet town in Washington State where Rachel Corrie was born in 1979 \u2013 and raised to become the fiery and gifted young writer, student and peace activist she became - to the streets of Rafa City in Gaza, where she died on 16 March 2003, crushed under the blade of an Israeli bulldozer destroying Palestinian homes. This intense and radiant performance is a beautifully-shaped drama about a young woman, full of humanity and compassion, trying to make sense of what appears to her to be a senseless situation. The show is suitable for age 14+ Adult \u00a39, Student \u00a34. Book HERE or on 01471 844207 www.seall.co.uk"
Theatre Adult
"Meena Arts of Skye presents the Bollywood-inspired night of beautiful dancing, rhythmic beats, Indian music and gorgeous colourful costumes. During the interval there will be an opportunity to take part in a short informal Bollywood Dance taster session.\n\nSo get out those bright Indian clothes, dress up in Bollywood style if you wish, and feel part of the colourful atmosphere!"
Music World
"Meena Arts of Skye presents the Bollywood-inspired night of beautiful dancing, rhythmic beats, Indian music and gorgeous colourful costumes. During the interval there will be an opportunity to take part in a short informal Bollywood Dance taster session.\n\nSo get out those bright Indian clothes, dress up in Bollywood style if you wish, and feel part of the colourful atmosphere!"
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Performance Dance
"Taking samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material, Public Service Broadcasting\u2019s unique AV show seeks to inform, educate and entertain audiences around the nation and, hopefully, world in a bid to "teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future".\n\nThe two members of Public Service Broadcasting sound like twirly-moustached types straight out of the second world war. They are a London-based duo whose main ingredients are: 1) J. Willgoose, Esq. on guitars, banjos, other stringed instruments, samplings, electronic things; 2) Wrigglesworth on drums, pianos and other electronic things.\n\n"Absolutely, sensationally brilliant" Tom Robinson, 6 Music \n\npublicservicebroadcasting.net."
Music Contemporary
"Taking samples from old public information films, archive footage and propaganda material, Public Service Broadcasting\u2019s unique AV show seeks to inform, educate and entertain audiences around the nation and, hopefully, world in a bid to "teach the lessons of the past through the music of the future".\n\nThe two members of Public Service Broadcasting sound like twirly-moustached types straight out of the second world war. They are a London-based duo whose main ingredients are: 1) J. Willgoose, Esq. on guitars, banjos, other stringed instruments, samplings, electronic things; 2) Wrigglesworth on drums, pianos and other electronic things.\n\n"Absolutely, sensationally brilliant" Tom Robinson, 6 Music \n\npublicservicebroadcasting.net."
Music Contemporary
"After winning a Fringe First in Edinburgh in 2012, students from Pepperdine University return to Scotland to tell the story of the 19332 march, when 25,000 unemployed First World War veterans occupied Washington DC to peacefully petition the government for promised relief. Hoover\u2019s response? To drive them out with bayonets, bullets, poison gas and fire. Featuring the music of Woody Guthrie and his contemporaries, this is stylistic tribute to the Scottish Political Theatre tradition, a true story for here and now is told in the words and songs of those who were there. Supported by 'The Touring Network' for the Highlands and Islands."
Theatre Adult
"After winning a Fringe First in Edinburgh in 2012, students from Pepperdine University return to Scotland to tell the story of the 19332 march, when 25,000 unemployed First World War veterans occupied Washington DC to peacefully petition the government for promised relief. Hoover\u2019s response? To drive them out with bayonets, bullets, poison gas and fire. Featuring the music of Woody Guthrie and his contemporaries, this is stylistic tribute to the Scottish Political Theatre tradition, a true story for here and now is told in the words and songs of those who were there. Supported by 'The Touring Network' for the Highlands and Islands."
Theatre Adult
"Calum's Road has become the stuff of modern folklore. It is the remarkable true story of one man's single-minded determination to challenge the powers-that-be. Calum MacLeod, having battled the inaction of authorities on Raasay for years, sets off alone with a pick, a shovel and a wheelbarrow to build a road. He wants to turn the tide of neglect and indifference and keep his family, and community, together. His unpaid labour of love was to dominate the last 20 years of Calum\u2019s life and leave behind a legacy, both practical and poetic, carved into the landscape he loved. Adapted by David Harrower from the book by Roger Hutchinson. Directed by Gerry Mulgrew of Communicado Theatre. With Angela Hardie (Young Julia), Lewis Howden (Iain), Ceit Kearney (Julia), Iain Macrae (Calum) and Ben Winger (Alex)."
Theatre Adult
"Calum's Road has become the stuff of modern folklore. It is the remarkable true story of one man's single-minded determination to challenge the powers-that-be. Calum MacLeod, having battled the inaction of authorities on Raasay for years, sets off alone with a pick, a shovel and a wheelbarrow to build a road. He wants to turn the tide of neglect and indifference and keep his family, and community, together. His unpaid labour of love was to dominate the last 20 years of Calum\u2019s life and leave behind a legacy, both practical and poetic, carved into the landscape he loved. Adapted by David Harrower from the book by Roger Hutchinson. Directed by Gerry Mulgrew of Communicado Theatre. With Angela Hardie (Young Julia), Lewis Howden (Iain), Ceit Kearney (Julia), Iain Macrae (Calum) and Ben Winger (Alex)."
Theatre Adult
"The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland (NYJOS) is one of Scotland\u2019s foremost youth jazz ensembles. Under the direction of Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, NYJOS provides students with the opportunity to study and perform jazz at the highest possible level, with respected professional musicians from the UK and beyond. Tonight The Big Sound Jazz Band, with guest vocalist Lianne Carroll, launches the Summer 2013 Scottish Tour."
Music Jazz
"The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland (NYJOS) is one of Scotland\u2019s foremost youth jazz ensembles. Under the direction of Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, NYJOS provides students with the opportunity to study and perform jazz at the highest possible level, with respected professional musicians from the UK and beyond. Tonight The Big Sound Jazz Band, with guest vocalist Lianne Carroll, launches the Summer 2013 Scottish Tour."
Music Jazz
"Charlie Mckerron has been working in the traditional music scene since the early 1980\u2019s and is best known for his work with Capercaillie and Session A9. Charlie was brought up with the Northeast fiddle tradition, learning from his father and great uncle. Tonight he'll be joined by various other musicians for a great traditional concert."
Music Traditional
"Charlie Mckerron has been working in the traditional music scene since the early 1980\u2019s and is best known for his work with Capercaillie and Session A9. Charlie was brought up with the Northeast fiddle tradition, learning from his father and great uncle. Tonight he'll be joined by various other musicians for a great traditional concert."
Music Traditional
"From remote village halls to the BBC Proms, Blazin' Fiddles have delighted audiences with their Highlands and Islands tunes and tales. The audience has a rare opportunity to hear pieces featuring the regional styles of each fiddler in for a wonderful explosion of music. A welcome return to the SEALL stage. www.blazin-fiddles.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"From remote village halls to the BBC Proms, Blazin' Fiddles have delighted audiences with their Highlands and Islands tunes and tales. The audience has a rare opportunity to hear pieces featuring the regional styles of each fiddler in for a wonderful explosion of music. A welcome return to the SEALL stage. www.blazin-fiddles.co.uk"
Music Traditional
"A celebration of the priceless archival material collated by the \u2018Tobar an Dualchais\u2019 or \u2018Kist o Riches\u2019 project. Gaelic singers Margaret Stewart and Gillebr\u00ecde MacMillan and accomplished Scots musician Steve Byrne all worked as song specialists on Tobar an Dualchais. They will be joined by acclaimed Skye singer Anne Martin and by award-winning piper Decker Forrest. Tha Blasad bhon Tobar\/Water from the Well a\u2019 comharrachadh nan cl\u00e0ran phr\u00ecseil a gheibhear air l\u00e0rach-l\u00ecn Tobar an Dualchais www.tobarandualchais.co.uk Bha na seinneadairean ainmeil Maighread Sti\u00f9bhart agus Gillebr\u00ecde MacIllemhaoil agus an neach-ci\u00f9il sgileil Steve Byrne uile ag obair mar e\u00f2laichean-\u00f2rain air a\u2019 phr\u00f2iseact. C\u00f2mhla riutha bidh an seinneadair cli\u00f9iteach Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn \u00e0s an Eilean Sgitheanach agus s\u00e0r-ph\u00ecobaire Decker Forrest. And launching, for the first time, both a Gaelic and Scots version of a Tintin comic. \u2018An t-Eilean Dubh\u2019 was translated by Gillebr\u00ecde MacIllemhaoil."
Talks and Literature
"A celebration of the priceless archival material collated by the \u2018Tobar an Dualchais\u2019 or \u2018Kist o Riches\u2019 project. Gaelic singers Margaret Stewart and Gillebr\u00ecde MacMillan and accomplished Scots musician Steve Byrne all worked as song specialists on Tobar an Dualchais. They will be joined by acclaimed Skye singer Anne Martin and by award-winning piper Decker Forrest. Tha Blasad bhon Tobar\/Water from the Well a\u2019 comharrachadh nan cl\u00e0ran phr\u00ecseil a gheibhear air l\u00e0rach-l\u00ecn Tobar an Dualchais www.tobarandualchais.co.uk Bha na seinneadairean ainmeil Maighread Sti\u00f9bhart agus Gillebr\u00ecde MacIllemhaoil agus an neach-ci\u00f9il sgileil Steve Byrne uile ag obair mar e\u00f2laichean-\u00f2rain air a\u2019 phr\u00f2iseact. C\u00f2mhla riutha bidh an seinneadair cli\u00f9iteach Anna Mh\u00e0rtainn \u00e0s an Eilean Sgitheanach agus s\u00e0r-ph\u00ecobaire Decker Forrest. And launching, for the first time, both a Gaelic and Scots version of a Tintin comic. \u2018An t-Eilean Dubh\u2019 was translated by Gillebr\u00ecde MacIllemhaoil."
Talks and Literature
"The Skye-based Gilbert and Sullivan company present another lively and local night of music and mayhem. After sell-out shows in previous years in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, they return for their first two night stand with SEALL. 'Pirates' is one of the most frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas and includes the much-loved and much-parodied Major-General's Song. Starring Lorayne McLucas as Mabel and Tom Colwell as the Pirate King."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Skye-based Gilbert and Sullivan company present another lively and local night of music and mayhem. After sell-out shows in previous years in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, they return for their first two night stand with SEALL. 'Pirates' is one of the most frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas and includes the much-loved and much-parodied Major-General's Song. Starring Lorayne McLucas as Mabel and Tom Colwell as the Pirate King."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Skye-based Gilbert and Sullivan company present another lively and local night of music and mayhem. After sell-out shows in previous years in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, they return for their first two night stand with SEALL. 'Pirates' is one of the most frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas and includes the much-loved and much-parodied Major-General's Song. Starring Lorayne McLucas as Mabel and Tom Colwell as the Pirate King."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Skye-based Gilbert and Sullivan company present another lively and local night of music and mayhem. After sell-out shows in previous years in Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, they return for their first two night stand with SEALL. 'Pirates' is one of the most frequently performed Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas and includes the much-loved and much-parodied Major-General's Song. Starring Lorayne McLucas as Mabel and Tom Colwell as the Pirate King."
Music Classical and Opera
"Duncan Chisholm, fiddle with Marc Clements and Brian MacAlpine in a concert commissioned for the Blas Festival. \u2018Kin\u2019 celebrates the landscape, language, tradition, community and family, young and old: those things which are fundamental to the Highland psyche, \u201cto our place in the world and to the inspiration of our people\u201d. Duncan was nominated as 'Musician of the Year' in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013."
Music Traditional
"Duncan Chisholm, fiddle with Marc Clements and Brian MacAlpine in a concert commissioned for the Blas Festival. \u2018Kin\u2019 celebrates the landscape, language, tradition, community and family, young and old: those things which are fundamental to the Highland psyche, \u201cto our place in the world and to the inspiration of our people\u201d. Duncan was nominated as 'Musician of the Year' in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2013."
Music Traditional
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Comedy
"Scottish Dance Theatre return with a new work specifically designed for young people aged 5 +. Combining dance theatre and animation What on Earth!? takes you on a curious nocturnal journey full of surprise encounters with strange flora and fauna. This dynamic and playful adventure, with generous helpings of music, dance and animated worlds, creates a brilliant experience for all the family. We invite you into a world of dreams about planet earth, where friendships are made and battles are won and lost. The 2pm show is for local primary schools and the later show for everyone including adults. "Quickly had the young audience in fits of laughter. The multicultural soundtrack alone is a pure joy" The Scotsman More information on http:\/\/www.scottishdancetheatre.com\/index.php?pid=2&subid=52 and http:\/\/vimeo.com\/40581033"
Performance Dance
"Scottish Dance Theatre return with a new work specifically designed for young people aged 5 +. Combining dance theatre and animation What on Earth!? takes you on a curious nocturnal journey full of surprise encounters with strange flora and fauna. This dynamic and playful adventure, with generous helpings of music, dance and animated worlds, creates a brilliant experience for all the family. We invite you into a world of dreams about planet earth, where friendships are made and battles are won and lost. The 2pm show is for local primary schools and the later show for everyone including adults. "Quickly had the young audience in fits of laughter. The multicultural soundtrack alone is a pure joy" The Scotsman More information on http:\/\/www.scottishdancetheatre.com\/index.php?pid=2&subid=52 and http:\/\/vimeo.com\/40581033"
Performance Dance
"Scottish opera is celebrating Opera Highlights\u2019 20th anniversary. They will be packing their van full of props and costumes to bring you a fun-filled evening of music and good company. Whether you\u2019re new to opera or a seasoned fan, there\u2019s sure to be something for you, be it a tune you\u2019re discovering for the first time or an old favourite you\u2019ll be humming all the way home. This year\u2019s singers are mezzo-soprano M\u00e1ire Flavin (Orpheus in the Underworld, 2011), tenor Paul Curievici (In the Locked Room, 2012), and two of our 2013\/14 Emerging Artists \u2013 soprano Sarah Power and baritone Andrew McTaggart."
Music Classical and Opera
"Scottish opera is celebrating Opera Highlights\u2019 20th anniversary. They will be packing their van full of props and costumes to bring you a fun-filled evening of music and good company. Whether you\u2019re new to opera or a seasoned fan, there\u2019s sure to be something for you, be it a tune you\u2019re discovering for the first time or an old favourite you\u2019ll be humming all the way home. This year\u2019s singers are mezzo-soprano M\u00e1ire Flavin (Orpheus in the Underworld, 2011), tenor Paul Curievici (In the Locked Room, 2012), and two of our 2013\/14 Emerging Artists \u2013 soprano Sarah Power and baritone Andrew McTaggart."
Music Classical and Opera
"The area's orchestra and schools' orchestra is growing and finding a new and exciting voice under the baton of inspirational teacher and ensemble leader Rick Taylor. \n\nwww.slo-skye.org.uk"
Music Classical and Opera
"The area's orchestra and schools' orchestra is growing and finding a new and exciting voice under the baton of inspirational teacher and ensemble leader Rick Taylor. \n\nwww.slo-skye.org.uk"
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Music Traditional
"A reflective and breathtaking piece, exploring how the natural wonders above dictate our moods, thoughts and actions. Performers Chrissie Ardill, Lucy Boyes and Emma Snellgrove, are accompanied by Christine Hanson, cello. With a 13 minute dance film \u2018Away From Here\u2019, set in the Highlands."
Performance Dance
"A reflective and breathtaking piece, exploring how the natural wonders above dictate our moods, thoughts and actions. Performers Chrissie Ardill, Lucy Boyes and Emma Snellgrove, are accompanied by Christine Hanson, cello. With a 13 minute dance film \u2018Away From Here\u2019, set in the Highlands."
Performance Dance
"A delightful, funny and bittersweet tale set in Canada in 1972. A young actor arrives on a small farm to research a role and finds himself embroiled in complex and intricate personal histories. This award-winning, and warm-hearted play won huge acclaim when it opened in Canada. \u201cmystery, guilt, romance, humour and a petrified cow named Daisy\u2026life on the farm is far from simple\u2026\u201d The Skinny."
Theatre Adult
"A delightful, funny and bittersweet tale set in Canada in 1972. A young actor arrives on a small farm to research a role and finds himself embroiled in complex and intricate personal histories. This award-winning, and warm-hearted play won huge acclaim when it opened in Canada. \u201cmystery, guilt, romance, humour and a petrified cow named Daisy\u2026life on the farm is far from simple\u2026\u201d The Skinny."
Theatre Adult
"Anne Lorne Gillies is a Scottish singer, songwriter, broadcaster, author and academic. Born in Stirling, she now lives in Ayrshire. Raised on a croft in Argyll, she began singing in early childhood and won the M\u00f2d Gold Medal when she was only seventeen - the day before she left home to study Celtic and English at Edinburgh University. Along with some musical friends, Anne help raise funds for this important and worthwhile charity."
Music Traditional
"Anne Lorne Gillies is a Scottish singer, songwriter, broadcaster, author and academic. Born in Stirling, she now lives in Ayrshire. Raised on a croft in Argyll, she began singing in early childhood and won the M\u00f2d Gold Medal when she was only seventeen - the day before she left home to study Celtic and English at Edinburgh University. Along with some musical friends, Anne help raise funds for this important and worthwhile charity."
Music Traditional
"The Stu Brown Sextet celebrates band leader, composer and inventor, Raymond Scott, whose wacky, hyper-animated, eyeball-popping \u2018cartoon jazz\u2019 is most widely recognisable for its use in the Looney Tunes cartoons and the antics of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and the rest. \u201cWittily daft, exotic and swinging\u2026 Brilliant resurrection of 1940\u2019s crackpot jazz\u201d Mojo Magazine Followed by the Festival Club in Talla Mh\u00f2r."
Music Jazz
"The Stu Brown Sextet celebrates band leader, composer and inventor, Raymond Scott, whose wacky, hyper-animated, eyeball-popping \u2018cartoon jazz\u2019 is most widely recognisable for its use in the Looney Tunes cartoons and the antics of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and the rest. \u201cWittily daft, exotic and swinging\u2026 Brilliant resurrection of 1940\u2019s crackpot jazz\u201d Mojo Magazine Followed by the Festival Club in Talla Mh\u00f2r."
Music Jazz
"''Dorus D\u00f9inte'' by Catriona Lexy Campbell Alone on a stormy night in an isolated house, Lydia Ross awaits her new lodger, but Lindsay Guthrie turns out not to be quite what she had in mind\u2026 This thriller looks at the toxicity of co-dependent relationships and just how far people will go to get what they want. A contemporary new G\u00e0idhlig drama with English subtitles, animation and haunting soundscape. Directed by Muireann Kelly. In Gaelic with English subtitles. 'Rough Island' by Nicola McCartney 13th July 1985, the day of Live Aid. Today will change the world. Everyone wants to be at Wembley. But not everyone is. On a beach on a tidal island, four young friends have a party and tune in to the greatest gig on earth. Then the tide comes in. Only three of them will come back. Nearly thirty years later, three friends stand on that same beach and search for the answer to what happened. In English. Directed by Alasdair McCrone. Both suitable for age 11+"
Theatre Adult
"''Dorus D\u00f9inte'' by Catriona Lexy Campbell Alone on a stormy night in an isolated house, Lydia Ross awaits her new lodger, but Lindsay Guthrie turns out not to be quite what she had in mind\u2026 This thriller looks at the toxicity of co-dependent relationships and just how far people will go to get what they want. A contemporary new G\u00e0idhlig drama with English subtitles, animation and haunting soundscape. Directed by Muireann Kelly. In Gaelic with English subtitles. 'Rough Island' by Nicola McCartney 13th July 1985, the day of Live Aid. Today will change the world. Everyone wants to be at Wembley. But not everyone is. On a beach on a tidal island, four young friends have a party and tune in to the greatest gig on earth. Then the tide comes in. Only three of them will come back. Nearly thirty years later, three friends stand on that same beach and search for the answer to what happened. In English. Directed by Alasdair McCrone. Both suitable for age 11+"
Theatre Adult
"After their summer sell-out performances of \u2018The Pirates of Penzance\u2019, the Skye-based \u2018Inner Sound\u2019 group of singers present an evening of Gershwin, Opera extracts and lots in between. Come and support your local quality talent!"
Music Classical and Opera
"After their summer sell-out performances of \u2018The Pirates of Penzance\u2019, the Skye-based \u2018Inner Sound\u2019 group of singers present an evening of Gershwin, Opera extracts and lots in between. Come and support your local quality talent!"
Music Classical and Opera
"In My Father\u2019s Words is a beautiful play about identity \u2013 national and personal \u2013 and language, and the utter indivisibility between the two. In an old wooden house by the shore of Lake Ontario in Canada, Louis battles with his elderly father, Don, whose decline into dementia is gradually robbing him of the ability to speak. Louis\u2019 professional success as a university teacher of Classics belies an emotional inarticulacy which matches his father\u2019s inability to express himself in words. And then into their lives comes Flora, the carer that Louis employs to look after Don. Flora is of Scottish heritage and a good listener, and she understands that the \u2018nonsense\u2019 which Don speaks is fragmented Gaelic, opening up an ocean of revelations and buried family history spanning the Atlantic. The play is written by Justin Young with Gaelic by Iain F MacLeod. The actors are Angus Peter Cambell, Muireann Kelly, both with connections with the Gaelic college in Sleat, and Lewis Howden. The production is 2 hours long and includes a pioneering British Sign Language interpretation played on a screen as part of the production."
Performance Dance
"In My Father\u2019s Words is a beautiful play about identity \u2013 national and personal \u2013 and language, and the utter indivisibility between the two. In an old wooden house by the shore of Lake Ontario in Canada, Louis battles with his elderly father, Don, whose decline into dementia is gradually robbing him of the ability to speak. Louis\u2019 professional success as a university teacher of Classics belies an emotional inarticulacy which matches his father\u2019s inability to express himself in words. And then into their lives comes Flora, the carer that Louis employs to look after Don. Flora is of Scottish heritage and a good listener, and she understands that the \u2018nonsense\u2019 which Don speaks is fragmented Gaelic, opening up an ocean of revelations and buried family history spanning the Atlantic. The play is written by Justin Young with Gaelic by Iain F MacLeod. The actors are Angus Peter Cambell, Muireann Kelly, both with connections with the Gaelic college in Sleat, and Lewis Howden. The production is 2 hours long and includes a pioneering British Sign Language interpretation played on a screen as part of the production."
Performance Dance
"Larry works at the Suitcase Factory and he likes it very much. Every day he inspects funnels and fixes pipes. And of course, he collects and sorts out everyone's secrerts as they arrive from all over the world. There are so many of them! But he is very good at his job and manages to keep them all safe. Until, one day, a secret escapes - and Larry has to go on a mission to get it back . . . This magical and wondrous show is a new collaboration with Unicorn Theatre, the UK's leading theatre for young audiences."
Theatre Family
"Larry works at the Suitcase Factory and he likes it very much. Every day he inspects funnels and fixes pipes. And of course, he collects and sorts out everyone's secrerts as they arrive from all over the world. There are so many of them! But he is very good at his job and manages to keep them all safe. Until, one day, a secret escapes - and Larry has to go on a mission to get it back . . . This magical and wondrous show is a new collaboration with Unicorn Theatre, the UK's leading theatre for young audiences."
Theatre Family
"The tunes of Gavin Marwick, fiddle, have been acclaimed by critics, requested by students, applauded by concert goers, danced to, played in sessions and on stages by other musicians and bands and in several cases recorded by them (including Old Blind Dogs, Marie Fielding, Unusual Suspects, Arz Nevez, Dochas). There are dance tunes, descriptive pieces; historic and contemporary influences; genre-specific and broad geographic influences; delight and sadness; moments of peculiar strangeness; airs, jigs, reels, marches, waltzes, strathspeys, elegies and . . . The concert will feature 5 bands: Aaron Jones and Claire Mann; Bellevue Rendezvous (trio); Up in the Air (trio); The Old Blind Dogs Allstars (4 players) and finally everyone together as the 10-piece Journeyman."
Music Traditional
"The tunes of Gavin Marwick, fiddle, have been acclaimed by critics, requested by students, applauded by concert goers, danced to, played in sessions and on stages by other musicians and bands and in several cases recorded by them (including Old Blind Dogs, Marie Fielding, Unusual Suspects, Arz Nevez, Dochas). There are dance tunes, descriptive pieces; historic and contemporary influences; genre-specific and broad geographic influences; delight and sadness; moments of peculiar strangeness; airs, jigs, reels, marches, waltzes, strathspeys, elegies and . . . The concert will feature 5 bands: Aaron Jones and Claire Mann; Bellevue Rendezvous (trio); Up in the Air (trio); The Old Blind Dogs Allstars (4 players) and finally everyone together as the 10-piece Journeyman."
Music Traditional
"Based in Broadford on the Isle of Skye, SLO is one of only three Scottish island-based orchestras. In spite of drawing from a population of just 12,500, covering an area of over 1000 sq. miles, we have most of the instruments required for a small classical orchestra so are able to perform a wide variety of music, from baroque to modern. Tonight's concert is conducted by Iain Roden and features Laurence Perkins, bassoon solo. Laurence is a frequent visitor to the adjacent Isle of Raasay and is principal bassoon player with the Manchester Camerata."
Music Classical and Opera
"Based in Broadford on the Isle of Skye, SLO is one of only three Scottish island-based orchestras. In spite of drawing from a population of just 12,500, covering an area of over 1000 sq. miles, we have most of the instruments required for a small classical orchestra so are able to perform a wide variety of music, from baroque to modern. Tonight's concert is conducted by Iain Roden and features Laurence Perkins, bassoon solo. Laurence is a frequent visitor to the adjacent Isle of Raasay and is principal bassoon player with the Manchester Camerata."
Music Classical and Opera
"NYJOS, directed by Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, and featuring soloist Gordon McNeil on saxophone, will recreate the magic of Brecker, from moving ballads to upbeat fusion. The groundbreaking repertoire will offer performers and audiences alike an insight into one of the true greats of the jazz world. Widely considered as one of the most influential tenor saxophonists of all time, multi Grammy award winner Michael Brecker has inspired jazz musicians in a way like few others. Since early beginnings in a musical home, Brecker went on to enjoy an illustrious international career as a soloist, sideman and composer. His innovative and evolutionary style covered a wide range of genres, including jazz, R&B, funk, rock and pop, and led him to form numerous partnerships with many world-renowned musicians."
Music Jazz
"NYJOS, directed by Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain, and featuring soloist Gordon McNeil on saxophone, will recreate the magic of Brecker, from moving ballads to upbeat fusion. The groundbreaking repertoire will offer performers and audiences alike an insight into one of the true greats of the jazz world. Widely considered as one of the most influential tenor saxophonists of all time, multi Grammy award winner Michael Brecker has inspired jazz musicians in a way like few others. Since early beginnings in a musical home, Brecker went on to enjoy an illustrious international career as a soloist, sideman and composer. His innovative and evolutionary style covered a wide range of genres, including jazz, R&B, funk, rock and pop, and led him to form numerous partnerships with many world-renowned musicians."
Music Jazz
"Starring Miss Lorayne McLucas, Miss Morag Miller and Mr Tom Colwel. Inner Sound is a singing group on the Isle of Skye, founded by Ann Lampard in 2003. Starring young singers, some of whom might well go on to become professionals, and older singers who have rediscovered the joys of singing, Inner Sound presents choral concerts and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in Highland venues every summer."
Music Classical and Opera
"Starring Miss Lorayne McLucas, Miss Morag Miller and Mr Tom Colwel. Inner Sound is a singing group on the Isle of Skye, founded by Ann Lampard in 2003. Starring young singers, some of whom might well go on to become professionals, and older singers who have rediscovered the joys of singing, Inner Sound presents choral concerts and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in Highland venues every summer."
Music Classical and Opera
"Starring Miss Lorayne McLucas, Miss Morag Miller and Mr Tom Colwel. Inner Sound is a singing group on the Isle of Skye, founded by Ann Lampard in 2003. Starring young singers, some of whom might well go on to become professionals, and older singers who have rediscovered the joys of singing, Inner Sound presents choral concerts and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in Highland venues every summer."
Music Classical and Opera
"Starring Miss Lorayne McLucas, Miss Morag Miller and Mr Tom Colwel. Inner Sound is a singing group on the Isle of Skye, founded by Ann Lampard in 2003. Starring young singers, some of whom might well go on to become professionals, and older singers who have rediscovered the joys of singing, Inner Sound presents choral concerts and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in Highland venues every summer."
Music Classical and Opera
"Based in Michigan, USA, Alma College has very strong Music Department and long historical links with Scotland - they run their own Pipe Band. This student choir is visiting the Highlands to sing a wide variety of songs -- sacred, classical, Spirituals and American and Scottish folk songs and brush up their Gaelic for this event!."
Music Classical and Opera
"Based in Michigan, USA, Alma College has very strong Music Department and long historical links with Scotland - they run their own Pipe Band. This student choir is visiting the Highlands to sing a wide variety of songs -- sacred, classical, Spirituals and American and Scottish folk songs and brush up their Gaelic for this event!."
Music Classical and Opera
"A man is found dead in a barn with a walking pole in his forehead. Enter Inspector Sandra Larsson in her authentic, rustic knitwear. With her own personal life unravelling before our eyes, she follows the pattern of a mystery with many holes. Featuring a knitted set, a seventies pop band and drunken moose, LipService theatre present a comedy thriller, a Nordic Noir murder mystery with a difference, the set is knitted! Take a look at our knitting film to see how Inspector Norse involves local communities in the production. www.lipservicetheatre.co.uk \u201cThe surreal, the witty and the absurd sit alongside the unabashedly silly\u201d Drama Queen\u2019s Review"
Theatre Adult
"A man is found dead in a barn with a walking pole in his forehead. Enter Inspector Sandra Larsson in her authentic, rustic knitwear. With her own personal life unravelling before our eyes, she follows the pattern of a mystery with many holes. Featuring a knitted set, a seventies pop band and drunken moose, LipService theatre present a comedy thriller, a Nordic Noir murder mystery with a difference, the set is knitted! Take a look at our knitting film to see how Inspector Norse involves local communities in the production. www.lipservicetheatre.co.uk \u201cThe surreal, the witty and the absurd sit alongside the unabashedly silly\u201d Drama Queen\u2019s Review"
Theatre Adult
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Music Contemporary
"Robert Hicks"
Music Contemporary
"Images and newly commissioned music celebrate the wealth of Highland natural history seen through some epic Gaelic poetry. With Iain MacFarlane, Ewan Robertson, Hamish Napier and Ewen Henderson."
Music Traditional
"Images and newly commissioned music celebrate the wealth of Highland natural history seen through some epic Gaelic poetry. With Iain MacFarlane, Ewan Robertson, Hamish Napier and Ewen Henderson."
Music Traditional
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Music Traditional
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Music Traditional
"Over 50 musicians and singers come together to present \u2018Aiseag\u2019 a new music piece commissioned from a team led by Scottish musician Mary Ann Kennedy. A lifetime fascination with ferryboats and their role in connecting people and communities has produced a Scottish-Canadian collaboration for Inverness Gaelic choir, the Scottish Festival Orchestra strings, traditional musicians, electronic and real-world sound, celebrating the ferry in the Scottish Highlands and Islands of Scotland and in Gaelic Nova Scotia, Canada. Co-creators are Canadian composer Scott Macmillan, Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail and Lochaber-based Watercolour Music audio designer and producer, Nick Turner. We are delighted to present this World Premier before 'Aiseag' moves on to the London South bank Centre, Inverness, the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a BBC 3 radio broadcast on 3 August. Supported by the touring Network and the Commonwealth Games Culture programme."
Music Traditional
"Over 50 musicians and singers come together to present \u2018Aiseag\u2019 a new music piece commissioned from a team led by Scottish musician Mary Ann Kennedy. A lifetime fascination with ferryboats and their role in connecting people and communities has produced a Scottish-Canadian collaboration for Inverness Gaelic choir, the Scottish Festival Orchestra strings, traditional musicians, electronic and real-world sound, celebrating the ferry in the Scottish Highlands and Islands of Scotland and in Gaelic Nova Scotia, Canada. Co-creators are Canadian composer Scott Macmillan, Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail and Lochaber-based Watercolour Music audio designer and producer, Nick Turner. We are delighted to present this World Premier before 'Aiseag' moves on to the London South bank Centre, Inverness, the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a BBC 3 radio broadcast on 3 August. Supported by the touring Network and the Commonwealth Games Culture programme."
Music Traditional
"A family full of extraordinary eccentricities, delusions and behaviours which must be kept private at all costs. Unmentionable things and secrets (mum has lost her job, dad has replaced himself with a professional actor while he lives it up in Barbados) pale into insignificance when, in the middle of one stormy night a sixteenth century Spanish galleon complete with conquistador crashes into the side of their house. Everyone is hell bent on getting the boat ready to relaunch. By 5am bilges have been pumped, sails sewn, rigging rerigged and they\u2019re ready to launch but it just won\u2019t budge. The family sneak outside cannot believe their eyes. There is no back of the boat. The house looks totally normal. How will they break it to the conquistador? 'Melmoth' at Edinburgh Fringe 2013: \u201cone of the best things I\u2019ve seen at the Fringe\u201d... \u201cfive-star show\u201d... \u201cAmbitious, joyfully messy, never at less than full-throttle, Melmoth is the Fringe at its best.\u201d"
Theatre Family
"A family full of extraordinary eccentricities, delusions and behaviours which must be kept private at all costs. Unmentionable things and secrets (mum has lost her job, dad has replaced himself with a professional actor while he lives it up in Barbados) pale into insignificance when, in the middle of one stormy night a sixteenth century Spanish galleon complete with conquistador crashes into the side of their house. Everyone is hell bent on getting the boat ready to relaunch. By 5am bilges have been pumped, sails sewn, rigging rerigged and they\u2019re ready to launch but it just won\u2019t budge. The family sneak outside cannot believe their eyes. There is no back of the boat. The house looks totally normal. How will they break it to the conquistador? 'Melmoth' at Edinburgh Fringe 2013: \u201cone of the best things I\u2019ve seen at the Fringe\u201d... \u201cfive-star show\u201d... \u201cAmbitious, joyfully messy, never at less than full-throttle, Melmoth is the Fringe at its best.\u201d"
Theatre Family
"With something for all from Mozart to Gershwin and much more\u2026\n\n\n\nUnder the tutalage of Ann Lampard, young and older singers from Skye and Lochalsh present a late winter concert. This is high quality talent from those who also bring us our regular fix of Gilbert and Sullivan each summer."
Music Classical and Opera
"With something for all from Mozart to Gershwin and much more\u2026\n\n\n\nUnder the tutalage of Ann Lampard, young and older singers from Skye and Lochalsh present a late winter concert. This is high quality talent from those who also bring us our regular fix of Gilbert and Sullivan each summer."
Music Classical and Opera
"Aubrey lives at 34 Mimosa Crescent with his sister, Sheila, and his niece, Roxie. Even though Aubrey has never been to Africa, he knows everything there is to know about animals, especially the huge, lumbering beasts who can hear with their feet and communicate with their stomachs. Today he is preparing biscuits whilst Roxie makes tea and sings the occasional song. Because today is the day that some things will change. Designed for 8 years and over. \u201c\u2026we couldn\u2019t get the audience out of the building. Come back soon.\u201d Helen Munro, Promoter, Portsoy Church Hall"
Theatre Adult
"Aubrey lives at 34 Mimosa Crescent with his sister, Sheila, and his niece, Roxie. Even though Aubrey has never been to Africa, he knows everything there is to know about animals, especially the huge, lumbering beasts who can hear with their feet and communicate with their stomachs. Today he is preparing biscuits whilst Roxie makes tea and sings the occasional song. Because today is the day that some things will change. Designed for 8 years and over. \u201c\u2026we couldn\u2019t get the audience out of the building. Come back soon.\u201d Helen Munro, Promoter, Portsoy Church Hall"
Theatre Adult
"Prior to its launch at Glasgow's Celtic Connections, the Skye audience gets a chance to see this feature-length screening of An Drochaid\/The Bridge Rising, a lively documentary account of the ten-year battle against the Skye Bridge tolls.\n\nA Scottish\/Canadian co-production previously broadcast in shorter form on BBC Alba, with the full cinematic story supported by Creative Scotland, it follows the many twists and turns of events through the words of the protagonists themselves, from protesters to prosecutors, engineers to financiers, politicians to police officers, uncovering several surprises in the telling.\n\nThe film's score, by leading Cape Breton composer and guitarist Scott MacMillan, features his fiddle-wielding compatriot Colin Grant with Scotland's Angus MacDonald, Arthur Cormack, and Mary-Ann Kennedy, as well as MacMillan himself."
Film and Music
"Prior to its launch at Glasgow's Celtic Connections, the Skye audience gets a chance to see this feature-length screening of An Drochaid\/The Bridge Rising, a lively documentary account of the ten-year battle against the Skye Bridge tolls.\n\nA Scottish\/Canadian co-production previously broadcast in shorter form on BBC Alba, with the full cinematic story supported by Creative Scotland, it follows the many twists and turns of events through the words of the protagonists themselves, from protesters to prosecutors, engineers to financiers, politicians to police officers, uncovering several surprises in the telling.\n\nThe film's score, by leading Cape Breton composer and guitarist Scott MacMillan, features his fiddle-wielding compatriot Colin Grant with Scotland's Angus MacDonald, Arthur Cormack, and Mary-Ann Kennedy, as well as MacMillan himself."
Film and Music
"The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland\u2019s five National Performing Arts Companies, and is internationally recognised as one of the finest chamber orchestras.\n\nThe SCO Strings present a wonderful summer evening of musical entertainment under the direction of SCO Associate Artist and internationally acclaimed violinist Alexander Janicizek and the SCO Principal Horn Alec Frank-Gemmill.\n\nGRIEG Holberg Suite\n\nSCHOECK Horn Concerto with Alec Frank-Gemmill \u2013 Horn\n\nGRIEG Two Elegaic Melodies op 34\n\nTCHAIKOVSKY Serenade\n\nAlexander Janiczek \u2013 Director\/Violin\n\nTickets ~ \u00a312.50 advance, \u00a314.00 on the door, \u00a35.00 concessions (disabled\/student\/unemployed\/child)"
Music Classical and Opera
"The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland\u2019s five National Performing Arts Companies, and is internationally recognised as one of the finest chamber orchestras.\n\nThe SCO Strings present a wonderful summer evening of musical entertainment under the direction of SCO Associate Artist and internationally acclaimed violinist Alexander Janicizek and the SCO Principal Horn Alec Frank-Gemmill.\n\nGRIEG Holberg Suite\n\nSCHOECK Horn Concerto with Alec Frank-Gemmill \u2013 Horn\n\nGRIEG Two Elegaic Melodies op 34\n\nTCHAIKOVSKY Serenade\n\nAlexander Janiczek \u2013 Director\/Violin\n\nTickets ~ \u00a312.50 advance, \u00a314.00 on the door, \u00a35.00 concessions (disabled\/student\/unemployed\/child)"
Music Classical and Opera
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Film and Music
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Film and Music
"This feature-length film is a lively and often humerous documentary account of the ten-year battle against the Skye Bridge tolls. Using current interviews and archive media footage it follows the many twists and turns of events through the words of the protagonists themselves, from protesters to prosecutors, engineers to financiers, politicians to police officers, uncovering several surprises in the telling. The film's score is by leading Cape Breton composer and guitarist Scott MacMillan, features his fiddle-wielding compatriot Colin Grant, with Scotland's Angus MacDonald, Arthur Cormack, and Mary-Ann Kennedy."
Film and Music
"This feature-length film is a lively and often humerous documentary account of the ten-year battle against the Skye Bridge tolls. Using current interviews and archive media footage it follows the many twists and turns of events through the words of the protagonists themselves, from protesters to prosecutors, engineers to financiers, politicians to police officers, uncovering several surprises in the telling. The film's score is by leading Cape Breton composer and guitarist Scott MacMillan, features his fiddle-wielding compatriot Colin Grant, with Scotland's Angus MacDonald, Arthur Cormack, and Mary-Ann Kennedy."
Film and Music
"Alasdair Fraser of Scotland and California has been coming to Sleat each summer for 25 years to lead his internationally famous Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Fiddle Summer Schools. Tonight well over 100 fiddlers cram on the stage to entertain as many audience memvbrs as we can squeeze in."
Music Traditional
"Alasdair Fraser of Scotland and California has been coming to Sleat each summer for 25 years to lead his internationally famous Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Fiddle Summer Schools. Tonight well over 100 fiddlers cram on the stage to entertain as many audience memvbrs as we can squeeze in."
Music Traditional
"Khotso! 'Sotho Sounds' are shepherd musicians from the Kingdom of Lesotho, southern Africa They make pure, raw organic roots music, on instruments made from throwaway junk: wood, wire, tin cans, metal. The songs are the heartbeat of their land. They have made SOMETHING from nothing. They are proud. They are strong. They are on a journey in life, and want to share their music with you. Visiting the Highland's as part of Glasgow 2014's cultural programme with the Commonwealth Games. Come along and make your own junk instruments during the day. Supported by the Touring Network and the Commonwealth Games Culture programme."
Music World
"Khotso! 'Sotho Sounds' are shepherd musicians from the Kingdom of Lesotho, southern Africa They make pure, raw organic roots music, on instruments made from throwaway junk: wood, wire, tin cans, metal. The songs are the heartbeat of their land. They have made SOMETHING from nothing. They are proud. They are strong. They are on a journey in life, and want to share their music with you. Visiting the Highland's as part of Glasgow 2014's cultural programme with the Commonwealth Games. Come along and make your own junk instruments during the day. Supported by the Touring Network and the Commonwealth Games Culture programme."
Music World
"Africa in Motion (AiM) comes to Skye withAfrican Film Fest 350 its touring film festival \u2018Sports Stories from around the African Commonwealth\u2019, as part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme.\n\n\u201cOn foot\u201d two films focused on running, in the \u2018Shebeen Screen\u2019\n\nIn South Africa, \u2018shebeen\u2019 describes an informal drinking place in a township, and in Scotland it also refers to an unlicensed bar or pub. TheAiM Shebeen Screenwill replicate the way Africans watch films through an African-decorated mobile cinema. The AiM Shebeen Screen will travel to Dundee, Isle of Skye, Cromarty, Inverness, Coll and Dunoon, in addition to pop-up screenings in Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\n\u201cSabbat El Aid\u201d ~ \u201cMy Shoes\u201d\n\nAnis Lassoued | Tunisia 2012 | 30 mins | Tunisian dialect with English subtitles | Short\n\nNine-year-old Nader loves to run, Africa in Motion Nader Tlili in My Shoes by Anis Lassoued 350as if he wants to defy gravity. We follow him as he journeys through his village, down winding paths bordered with lush green forests, greeting each neighbour as he passes, until he climbs up a large mountain to the tallest point where he looks down over his small village with a sense of awe and freedom. While shopping for Eid clothes with his parents, he sets his heart on a pair of expensive shoes beyond what his father can afford. From this moment on it is as if nothing else matters, he prays for the shoes, dreams about the shoes, he can\u2019t eat or sleep. The film then captures this emotion by transporting the audience into his dream through the magic of animation.\n\n\n\n\u201cTown of Runners\u201d\n\nJerry Rothwell | UK\/Ethiopia 2011 | 52 mins | (15) | Documentary\n\nTown Of Runners is a feature documentary about Africa in Motion Town of Runners 350young people from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji, whose runners have won 8 Olympic Gold medals, 32 World Championships and broken 10 world records in the last 20 years. The film follows two girls as they strive to emulate their local heroes, making the journey from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood. Their mentor is a former PE Teacher who has discovered and trained many of the world\u2019s leading long distance runners including Tirunesh and Genzebe Dibaba, Kenenisa Bekele and Deratu Tulu.\n\nAdults \u00a36, Students and young people \u00a35 at the door.\n\nFind out more at: http:\/\/www.africa-in-motion.org.uk\/"
Film and Music
"Africa in Motion (AiM) comes to Skye withAfrican Film Fest 350 its touring film festival \u2018Sports Stories from around the African Commonwealth\u2019, as part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme.\n\n\u201cOn foot\u201d two films focused on running, in the \u2018Shebeen Screen\u2019\n\nIn South Africa, \u2018shebeen\u2019 describes an informal drinking place in a township, and in Scotland it also refers to an unlicensed bar or pub. TheAiM Shebeen Screenwill replicate the way Africans watch films through an African-decorated mobile cinema. The AiM Shebeen Screen will travel to Dundee, Isle of Skye, Cromarty, Inverness, Coll and Dunoon, in addition to pop-up screenings in Glasgow and Edinburgh.\n\n\u201cSabbat El Aid\u201d ~ \u201cMy Shoes\u201d\n\nAnis Lassoued | Tunisia 2012 | 30 mins | Tunisian dialect with English subtitles | Short\n\nNine-year-old Nader loves to run, Africa in Motion Nader Tlili in My Shoes by Anis Lassoued 350as if he wants to defy gravity. We follow him as he journeys through his village, down winding paths bordered with lush green forests, greeting each neighbour as he passes, until he climbs up a large mountain to the tallest point where he looks down over his small village with a sense of awe and freedom. While shopping for Eid clothes with his parents, he sets his heart on a pair of expensive shoes beyond what his father can afford. From this moment on it is as if nothing else matters, he prays for the shoes, dreams about the shoes, he can\u2019t eat or sleep. The film then captures this emotion by transporting the audience into his dream through the magic of animation.\n\n\n\n\u201cTown of Runners\u201d\n\nJerry Rothwell | UK\/Ethiopia 2011 | 52 mins | (15) | Documentary\n\nTown Of Runners is a feature documentary about Africa in Motion Town of Runners 350young people from the Ethiopian rural town of Bekoji, whose runners have won 8 Olympic Gold medals, 32 World Championships and broken 10 world records in the last 20 years. The film follows two girls as they strive to emulate their local heroes, making the journey from school track to national competition and from childhood to adulthood. Their mentor is a former PE Teacher who has discovered and trained many of the world\u2019s leading long distance runners including Tirunesh and Genzebe Dibaba, Kenenisa Bekele and Deratu Tulu.\n\nAdults \u00a36, Students and young people \u00a35 at the door.\n\nFind out more at: http:\/\/www.africa-in-motion.org.uk\/"
Film and Music
"Summer 2014 has seen renowned Scottish fiddler and composer Mike Vass undertake a mirror voyage of writer Neil Gunn\u2019s 1937 adventure round the west coast of Scotland, performing community concerts along the way featuring stories, music and local history. In 1937 Neil Gunn sold his house, quit his job and went off in an old converted lifeboat for a summer to inspire his writing; voyaging around the west coast of Scotland. He wrote about the various communities on the way, and went on to become one of Scotland\u2019s most prolific and creative fiction writers. This May Mike Vass will sail Gunn\u2019s route, finding inspiration for his own composing and re-visiting the communities Neil Gunn wrote about; performing celebratory concerts there. He wants to inspire communities with Gunn\u2019s stories about them, inviting them to explore the changes that have taken place since the writer\u2019s initial visit. The end result will be a new suite of music to be toured around Scotland. Mike will be joined by special guest musicians along the journey (including Jennifer Port, Hamish Napier and Innes Watson) who will perform as part of the community concerts; sharing musical ideas as they sail and in on-board sessions at port."
Music Traditional
"Summer 2014 has seen renowned Scottish fiddler and composer Mike Vass undertake a mirror voyage of writer Neil Gunn\u2019s 1937 adventure round the west coast of Scotland, performing community concerts along the way featuring stories, music and local history. In 1937 Neil Gunn sold his house, quit his job and went off in an old converted lifeboat for a summer to inspire his writing; voyaging around the west coast of Scotland. He wrote about the various communities on the way, and went on to become one of Scotland\u2019s most prolific and creative fiction writers. This May Mike Vass will sail Gunn\u2019s route, finding inspiration for his own composing and re-visiting the communities Neil Gunn wrote about; performing celebratory concerts there. He wants to inspire communities with Gunn\u2019s stories about them, inviting them to explore the changes that have taken place since the writer\u2019s initial visit. The end result will be a new suite of music to be toured around Scotland. Mike will be joined by special guest musicians along the journey (including Jennifer Port, Hamish Napier and Innes Watson) who will perform as part of the community concerts; sharing musical ideas as they sail and in on-board sessions at port."
Music Traditional
"Back by popular demand with a brand new project The Stu Brown Septet SSJF Stu Brown 02 350SSJF Stu Brown 01 350 Drummer Stu Brown premiered a brand new set of music celebrating the work of the great cartoon composers of the 20th Century in Glasgow this Summer. Stu\u2019s critically acclaimed sextet album, Twisted Toons \u2013 The Music of Raymond Scott, was one of Mojo Magazines top 10 jazz releases of 2009 and he now returns with scores by Carl Stalling (Looney Tunes), Scott Bradley (Tom & Jerry\/Tex Avery), and Scott. Many tunes have never been performed live since they were originally recorded in the 40\u2019s and 50\u2019s, so this is a rare opportunity to experience it up close and in person in all its madcap glory. Stu Brown \u2013 drums\/percussion Daniel Paterson \u2013 violin Brian Molley \u2013 woodwinds Martin Kershaw \u2013 woodwinds Tom MacNiven \u2013 trumpet Paul Harrison- piano\/synth Mario Caribe \u2013 bass * * * * \u201cZany melodies, striking harmonies, breakneck rhythms and a kaleidoscope of styles\u2026 a major achievement\u201dKENNY MATHIESON (THE SCOTSMAN) This is a joint FOTS record \/ SEALL production, following the remarkable success of the first Skye Swing Jazz Festival in 2013"
Music Jazz
"Back by popular demand with a brand new project The Stu Brown Septet SSJF Stu Brown 02 350SSJF Stu Brown 01 350 Drummer Stu Brown premiered a brand new set of music celebrating the work of the great cartoon composers of the 20th Century in Glasgow this Summer. Stu\u2019s critically acclaimed sextet album, Twisted Toons \u2013 The Music of Raymond Scott, was one of Mojo Magazines top 10 jazz releases of 2009 and he now returns with scores by Carl Stalling (Looney Tunes), Scott Bradley (Tom & Jerry\/Tex Avery), and Scott. Many tunes have never been performed live since they were originally recorded in the 40\u2019s and 50\u2019s, so this is a rare opportunity to experience it up close and in person in all its madcap glory. Stu Brown \u2013 drums\/percussion Daniel Paterson \u2013 violin Brian Molley \u2013 woodwinds Martin Kershaw \u2013 woodwinds Tom MacNiven \u2013 trumpet Paul Harrison- piano\/synth Mario Caribe \u2013 bass * * * * \u201cZany melodies, striking harmonies, breakneck rhythms and a kaleidoscope of styles\u2026 a major achievement\u201dKENNY MATHIESON (THE SCOTSMAN) This is a joint FOTS record \/ SEALL production, following the remarkable success of the first Skye Swing Jazz Festival in 2013"
Music Jazz
"A Luminate Festival event. A tender and unique exploration on the impact of Alzheimer\u2019s on family relations. Julie McNamara has recorded her mother\u2019s songs and stories, filmed and photographed her in all her glory, over many years. The result is a compelling piece of theatre, an extraordinary love letter, straight from the heart, welded with a wicked underlying humour.\n\nA celebration of life and love as seen through the eyes of Shirley McNamara, Queen of the Mersey. Alzheimer\u2019s does not have to be a tragic and apologetic withdrawal from life. Think of it as a shedding of all care, with two fingers up at the world and a constant sense of glee. It\u2019s a lifestyle choice for some\u2026\n\nThe show lasts 50 minutes."
Theatre Adult
"A Luminate Festival event. A tender and unique exploration on the impact of Alzheimer\u2019s on family relations. Julie McNamara has recorded her mother\u2019s songs and stories, filmed and photographed her in all her glory, over many years. The result is a compelling piece of theatre, an extraordinary love letter, straight from the heart, welded with a wicked underlying humour.\n\nA celebration of life and love as seen through the eyes of Shirley McNamara, Queen of the Mersey. Alzheimer\u2019s does not have to be a tragic and apologetic withdrawal from life. Think of it as a shedding of all care, with two fingers up at the world and a constant sense of glee. It\u2019s a lifestyle choice for some\u2026\n\nThe show lasts 50 minutes."
Theatre Adult
"Solos and group song from the classical singing group Inner Sound. With something for all from Mozrt to Gershwin and much, much more."
Music Classical and Opera
"Solos and group song from the classical singing group Inner Sound. With something for all from Mozrt to Gershwin and much, much more."
Music Classical and Opera
"Set in Lesotho, Southern Africa"
Film and Music
"Set in Lesotho, Southern Africa"
Film and Music
"with MG Alba"
Film and Music
"with MG Alba"
Film and Music
"Sue Glover\u2019s internationally renowned play of profound power, about liberty and love, both lost and discovered, in the unlikeliest of 18th century settings. Seventeen-year-old Isabel and her minister husband Aneas arrive from Edinburgh onto the remote island of Hirta (St. Kilda) to spread the gospel in the Gaelic speaking North. Their stormy start to marriage worsens as they encounter the extraordinary Lady Grange, a true historical figure named Rachel Chiesley, who\u2019s tortured by a life of abduction and banishment. While Lady Grange tragically clings to her old straw chair, Isabel uncovers alarming similarities to her own situation as she battles between a desire for youthful exhilaration and the danger of being too troublesome a wife. When their intended short stay soon becomes as indefinite as that of Lady Grange, will they all ever return to civilisation? \u201cA beguiling combination of things, starting with the incredible story of Lady Grange, banished by her husband to the remoteness of St Kilda. Hung around this framework is an evocation, as light and sharp as spindrift, of the strange life on the island.\u201d - Scotland on Sunday \u201cHer wonderful ear for Scottish cadence allows us to enter fully into the world she creates.\u201d - Time Out Read more about Borderline Theatre, which celebrates 40 years in 2015, on http:\/\/www.borderlinetheatre.co.uk\/ With Selina Boyack, Pamela Reid, Ceit Kearney and Martin McBride Making Connections: 'The Straw Chair' is directed by award-winning Scottish Theatre Director Liz Carruthers, who recently spent a year at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig as a mature student."
Theatre Adult
"Sue Glover\u2019s internationally renowned play of profound power, about liberty and love, both lost and discovered, in the unlikeliest of 18th century settings. Seventeen-year-old Isabel and her minister husband Aneas arrive from Edinburgh onto the remote island of Hirta (St. Kilda) to spread the gospel in the Gaelic speaking North. Their stormy start to marriage worsens as they encounter the extraordinary Lady Grange, a true historical figure named Rachel Chiesley, who\u2019s tortured by a life of abduction and banishment. While Lady Grange tragically clings to her old straw chair, Isabel uncovers alarming similarities to her own situation as she battles between a desire for youthful exhilaration and the danger of being too troublesome a wife. When their intended short stay soon becomes as indefinite as that of Lady Grange, will they all ever return to civilisation? \u201cA beguiling combination of things, starting with the incredible story of Lady Grange, banished by her husband to the remoteness of St Kilda. Hung around this framework is an evocation, as light and sharp as spindrift, of the strange life on the island.\u201d - Scotland on Sunday \u201cHer wonderful ear for Scottish cadence allows us to enter fully into the world she creates.\u201d - Time Out Read more about Borderline Theatre, which celebrates 40 years in 2015, on http:\/\/www.borderlinetheatre.co.uk\/ With Selina Boyack, Pamela Reid, Ceit Kearney and Martin McBride Making Connections: 'The Straw Chair' is directed by award-winning Scottish Theatre Director Liz Carruthers, who recently spent a year at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig as a mature student."
Theatre Adult
"As one of Scotland's foremost youth jazz ensembles, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland represents the wealth of innovation and skill possessed by Scotland's talented young jazz musicians. Iain Bellamy was a key member of 'Loose Tubes' in the 80s and has enjoyed a diverse and stellar rise to be amongst the world's finest creative musicians. NYJOS has held a Summer Music School at Sabhal M\u00f2r for the last three years, bringing us a unique chance to hear quality jazz on a large scale."
Music Jazz
"As one of Scotland's foremost youth jazz ensembles, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland represents the wealth of innovation and skill possessed by Scotland's talented young jazz musicians. Iain Bellamy was a key member of 'Loose Tubes' in the 80s and has enjoyed a diverse and stellar rise to be amongst the world's finest creative musicians. NYJOS has held a Summer Music School at Sabhal M\u00f2r for the last three years, bringing us a unique chance to hear quality jazz on a large scale."
Music Jazz
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring back their acclaimed production of 'The Gondoliers', last seen in 2008. With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of locals, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring back their acclaimed production of 'The Gondoliers', last seen in 2008. With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of locals, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring back their acclaimed production of 'The Gondoliers' last seen in 2008.With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of locals, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring back their acclaimed production of 'The Gondoliers' last seen in 2008.With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of locals, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland."
Music Classical and Opera
"\u2018Las\u2019 (meaning to ignite), explores the cultural links between Scotland and Ireland through some exciting music, song, language and dance collaborations. Their musical and vocal prowess, combined with an innate understanding of the traditionally rooted core of the music they perform, makes them a new force worth experiencing.\n\nJoy Dunlop (Scotland), multi-award winning Gaelic singer and Scottish step-dancer; Edel N\u00ed Churraoin (Ireland) from the vibrant Connemara music and dance tradition; Cl\u00edodhna Begley (Ireland): Dancer and fiddle\/viola player from west of Dingle in Co. Kerry; Suzanne Houston (Scotland): Plockton and RSAMD graduate pianist, whistle player and singer; Catherine Sullivan (Ireland): champion Sean n\u00f2s dancer from Co. Meath."
Music Traditional
"\u2018Las\u2019 (meaning to ignite), explores the cultural links between Scotland and Ireland through some exciting music, song, language and dance collaborations. Their musical and vocal prowess, combined with an innate understanding of the traditionally rooted core of the music they perform, makes them a new force worth experiencing.\n\nJoy Dunlop (Scotland), multi-award winning Gaelic singer and Scottish step-dancer; Edel N\u00ed Churraoin (Ireland) from the vibrant Connemara music and dance tradition; Cl\u00edodhna Begley (Ireland): Dancer and fiddle\/viola player from west of Dingle in Co. Kerry; Suzanne Houston (Scotland): Plockton and RSAMD graduate pianist, whistle player and singer; Catherine Sullivan (Ireland): champion Sean n\u00f2s dancer from Co. Meath."
Music Traditional
"LMPA Musical theatre pupils present their Winter Show 2014. The performances will include songs and dances from much loved shows and films such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Beauty and the Beast. A great treat to get you in the holiday spirit and be wowed by the young talent of Skye and Lochalsh."
Performance Dance
"LMPA Musical theatre pupils present their Winter Show 2014. The performances will include songs and dances from much loved shows and films such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Beauty and the Beast. A great treat to get you in the holiday spirit and be wowed by the young talent of Skye and Lochalsh."
Performance Dance
"Playing part of Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite'; 'The Blue Danube' by J Strauss; Handel's 'Water Music'; 2 Dances from 'The Bartered Bride' by Smetena,; Four\u00e9's 'Pavane' Op 50, and Haydn's 'Surprise Symphony'.\n\nSLO is an amateur orchestra, conducted by Iain Roden, the members of which reside on the Isle of Skye and its mainland neighbour, Lochalsh, a locale covering some 1000 sq. miles and with a population of about 12,500.\n\nRehearsals are approximately fortnightly in term time and are held mainly in Broadford, which is the most central location. It gives concerts around the region, though mainly in Broadford and Sabhal Mor Ostaig, in Sleat, in the spring and just before Christmas.\n\nThere is also a Skye & Lochalsh Schools' Orchestra the members of which are drawn from the area's primary and secondary schools, and some of these talented young players also play in the main orchestra. \n\nFind out more about the Orchestra on http:\/\/www.slo-skye.org.uk\/\n\nMaking Connections: SLO is now a regular feature in SEALL's calendar"
Music Classical and Opera
"Playing part of Stravinsky's 'Firebird Suite'; 'The Blue Danube' by J Strauss; Handel's 'Water Music'; 2 Dances from 'The Bartered Bride' by Smetena,; Four\u00e9's 'Pavane' Op 50, and Haydn's 'Surprise Symphony'.\n\nSLO is an amateur orchestra, conducted by Iain Roden, the members of which reside on the Isle of Skye and its mainland neighbour, Lochalsh, a locale covering some 1000 sq. miles and with a population of about 12,500.\n\nRehearsals are approximately fortnightly in term time and are held mainly in Broadford, which is the most central location. It gives concerts around the region, though mainly in Broadford and Sabhal Mor Ostaig, in Sleat, in the spring and just before Christmas.\n\nThere is also a Skye & Lochalsh Schools' Orchestra the members of which are drawn from the area's primary and secondary schools, and some of these talented young players also play in the main orchestra. \n\nFind out more about the Orchestra on http:\/\/www.slo-skye.org.uk\/\n\nMaking Connections: SLO is now a regular feature in SEALL's calendar"
Music Classical and Opera
"Winner of the Barclays Stage Award for Best Show, 'Lifeboat' tells the tale of two 15-year-old evacuees who spent 19 terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat. On Friday 13 September 1940, 'The City of Benares' set sail from Liverpool for Canada. On board were 90 evacuees escaping the seemingly unyielding bombing and the never-ending rationing and other repercussions of war-torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed by the Nazis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and sunk. Only 11 of the evacuees survived, among them were Bess Walder and Beth Cumming, willing each other to survive in a force-eight gale until help arrived. Director and founder of Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Gill Robertson, first came across the remarkable story of Bess and Beth in a magazine article: "I immediately thought that this was a fantastic story that had to be told, but I also thought it was near enough impossible to stage. I spoke to scriptwriter Nicola McCartney about the story and it really captured her imagination too, so we set about working out how we could bring it alive for young audiences.". They were both lucky enough to then visit Bess at home and hear her story. "A wonderful, affectionate portrait of wartime family life, with a powerful feeling for the popular music and culture ... there's the sheer passion and spirit of two brilliant actors who bring the story alive, so much so, that at the end the audience wiped the tears from their eyes and rose to give them a standing ovation." (The Scotsman Critic's Choice) "Every child in the UK should see this show" (2013 - audience) "Enjoyable and moving - brought to life wartime experiences that history books cannot" (2013 - audience) Read more about Bess and Beth at http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/bess-cummings-one-of-the-last-survivors-of-the-sinking-of-the-ss-city-of-benares-in-1940-2082612.html"
Theatre Family
"Winner of the Barclays Stage Award for Best Show, 'Lifeboat' tells the tale of two 15-year-old evacuees who spent 19 terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat. On Friday 13 September 1940, 'The City of Benares' set sail from Liverpool for Canada. On board were 90 evacuees escaping the seemingly unyielding bombing and the never-ending rationing and other repercussions of war-torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed by the Nazis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and sunk. Only 11 of the evacuees survived, among them were Bess Walder and Beth Cumming, willing each other to survive in a force-eight gale until help arrived. Director and founder of Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Gill Robertson, first came across the remarkable story of Bess and Beth in a magazine article: "I immediately thought that this was a fantastic story that had to be told, but I also thought it was near enough impossible to stage. I spoke to scriptwriter Nicola McCartney about the story and it really captured her imagination too, so we set about working out how we could bring it alive for young audiences.". They were both lucky enough to then visit Bess at home and hear her story. "A wonderful, affectionate portrait of wartime family life, with a powerful feeling for the popular music and culture ... there's the sheer passion and spirit of two brilliant actors who bring the story alive, so much so, that at the end the audience wiped the tears from their eyes and rose to give them a standing ovation." (The Scotsman Critic's Choice) "Every child in the UK should see this show" (2013 - audience) "Enjoyable and moving - brought to life wartime experiences that history books cannot" (2013 - audience) Read more about Bess and Beth at http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/bess-cummings-one-of-the-last-survivors-of-the-sinking-of-the-ss-city-of-benares-in-1940-2082612.html"
Theatre Family
"An evil prince is ruining the kingdom. He taxes the people something rotten! What\u2019s even worse, a plague of monsters has descended on his poor, unhappy subjects. Something has to be done! It falls to Quentin to track and slay the Jabberwock. A dangerous job, if only he had heeded his father\u2019s warnings. But then Quentin is doing it all to win his beloved Cynthia. However the evil prince has designs of his own on the beautiful Cynthia\u2026 Will Quentin survive his quest? Will the evil prince marry Cynthia? Or will the fearsome Jabberwock eat the whole kingdom? With this riotous romp of a show, based on the classic poem by Lewis Carroll from Alice through the Looking Glass, Folding Theatre has now been presenting its work at the Puppet Animation Festival for more than fifteen years. "An engaging storyteller ably assisted by a cast of beautifully-made puppets" The Scotsman Ages: 5+ and all adults who won't be scared. The Puppet Animation Festival is the UK's largest performing arts event for children. Held in venues across Scotland in April, it offers children and their families opportunities to be transported to magical worlds of make-believe. Find out more on http:\/\/www.puppetanimationfestival.org\/ Making Connections: 2015 is the first year SEALL has worked with the Festival. This is one of around 5 free children theatre events we will bring to Skye this year."
Theatre Family
"An evil prince is ruining the kingdom. He taxes the people something rotten! What\u2019s even worse, a plague of monsters has descended on his poor, unhappy subjects. Something has to be done! It falls to Quentin to track and slay the Jabberwock. A dangerous job, if only he had heeded his father\u2019s warnings. But then Quentin is doing it all to win his beloved Cynthia. However the evil prince has designs of his own on the beautiful Cynthia\u2026 Will Quentin survive his quest? Will the evil prince marry Cynthia? Or will the fearsome Jabberwock eat the whole kingdom? With this riotous romp of a show, based on the classic poem by Lewis Carroll from Alice through the Looking Glass, Folding Theatre has now been presenting its work at the Puppet Animation Festival for more than fifteen years. "An engaging storyteller ably assisted by a cast of beautifully-made puppets" The Scotsman Ages: 5+ and all adults who won't be scared. The Puppet Animation Festival is the UK's largest performing arts event for children. Held in venues across Scotland in April, it offers children and their families opportunities to be transported to magical worlds of make-believe. Find out more on http:\/\/www.puppetanimationfestival.org\/ Making Connections: 2015 is the first year SEALL has worked with the Festival. This is one of around 5 free children theatre events we will bring to Skye this year."
Theatre Family
"Semi famous puppeteer Frank Stein is busy rehearsing his new show \u201cGeorge the Dragon Slayer\u201d when he\u2019s had enough with his badly made puppets. He\u2019ll never be really famous because his puppets keep falling apart! Taking inspiration from the scientist Doctor Frankenstein, and with the help of the audience he creates a new real live puppet that is destined to change his life forever! Creature George emerges from the laboratory, innocent and willing to learn, but Frank is so intent on the planned rehearsal that he neglects to look after his new child. A gentle horror for little horrors! A treat not to be missed! Little Frankenstein will tickle the imagination of everyone from 5 to 105 years old. The Puppet Animation Festival is the UK's largest performing arts event for children. Held in venues across Scotland in April, it offers children and their families opportunities to be transported to magical worlds of make-believe. Find out more on http:\/\/www.puppetanimationfestival.org\/ Making Connections: 2015 is the first year SEALL has worked with the Festival. This is one of around 5 events we plan this year, bringing good quality children's theatre, free to our young audiences."
Theatre Family
"Semi famous puppeteer Frank Stein is busy rehearsing his new show \u201cGeorge the Dragon Slayer\u201d when he\u2019s had enough with his badly made puppets. He\u2019ll never be really famous because his puppets keep falling apart! Taking inspiration from the scientist Doctor Frankenstein, and with the help of the audience he creates a new real live puppet that is destined to change his life forever! Creature George emerges from the laboratory, innocent and willing to learn, but Frank is so intent on the planned rehearsal that he neglects to look after his new child. A gentle horror for little horrors! A treat not to be missed! Little Frankenstein will tickle the imagination of everyone from 5 to 105 years old. The Puppet Animation Festival is the UK's largest performing arts event for children. Held in venues across Scotland in April, it offers children and their families opportunities to be transported to magical worlds of make-believe. Find out more on http:\/\/www.puppetanimationfestival.org\/ Making Connections: 2015 is the first year SEALL has worked with the Festival. This is one of around 5 events we plan this year, bringing good quality children's theatre, free to our young audiences."
Theatre Family
"Forsaken is the story of an island set at the moment of depopulation, of a struggle for survival and a struggle with the past. Sandy is the last inhabitant of this small island. He is old and barely able to fend for himself, yet is steadfast in his refusal to be moved. In this extreme isolation, memory and myth become inseparable while sound, image and speech become fragmented. The island, it seems, is what Sandy lives for. Until, from nowhere, a young woman arrives, shattering the fragile world he has created for himself and forcing him to confront his own demise. As these two characters try to piece together scraps of tradition and fleeting images from the island\u2019s dark past, Sandy\u2019s story is overshadowed by his own erratic behaviour. This is a 60 minute long provocative new piece of theatre that merges physical performance and multimedia to explore the gap between what is real and not real, what is seen and half seen. A Touring Network Tour. See the Theatre at work HERE http:\/\/www.spindriftproject.co.uk\/forsaken\/"
Theatre Adult
"Forsaken is the story of an island set at the moment of depopulation, of a struggle for survival and a struggle with the past. Sandy is the last inhabitant of this small island. He is old and barely able to fend for himself, yet is steadfast in his refusal to be moved. In this extreme isolation, memory and myth become inseparable while sound, image and speech become fragmented. The island, it seems, is what Sandy lives for. Until, from nowhere, a young woman arrives, shattering the fragile world he has created for himself and forcing him to confront his own demise. As these two characters try to piece together scraps of tradition and fleeting images from the island\u2019s dark past, Sandy\u2019s story is overshadowed by his own erratic behaviour. This is a 60 minute long provocative new piece of theatre that merges physical performance and multimedia to explore the gap between what is real and not real, what is seen and half seen. A Touring Network Tour. See the Theatre at work HERE http:\/\/www.spindriftproject.co.uk\/forsaken\/"
Theatre Adult
"A beautiful fun, poetic show for 3-11 year olds Welcome to a tale of squabbles, scuffles\u2026and buttons! George grows grapes. Bessie grows cabbages. One loves the sun. One loves the rain. A petty squabble grows and grows and grows into\u2026the war of the buttons! In a silly and wonderful tale, buttons and friendships are lost and won, games are played, and audiences young and old can rediscover their inner child! Told through an energetic mix of music, puppetry, clowning, movement and sign language, The War of the Buttons distinctive non-verbal vocabulary creates a show accessible to deaf, hearing and international audiences. 50 mins age 3 -11 but suitable for all. A Touring Network Tour \u201cA wonderful hour with which to indulge and enjoy theatre that truly promotes inclusion and breaks down barriers \u201c (Review, April 2013)"
Theatre Family
"A beautiful fun, poetic show for 3-11 year olds Welcome to a tale of squabbles, scuffles\u2026and buttons! George grows grapes. Bessie grows cabbages. One loves the sun. One loves the rain. A petty squabble grows and grows and grows into\u2026the war of the buttons! In a silly and wonderful tale, buttons and friendships are lost and won, games are played, and audiences young and old can rediscover their inner child! Told through an energetic mix of music, puppetry, clowning, movement and sign language, The War of the Buttons distinctive non-verbal vocabulary creates a show accessible to deaf, hearing and international audiences. 50 mins age 3 -11 but suitable for all. A Touring Network Tour \u201cA wonderful hour with which to indulge and enjoy theatre that truly promotes inclusion and breaks down barriers \u201c (Review, April 2013)"
Theatre Family
"LMPA Musical theatre pupils present their Winter Show 2014. The performances will include songs and dances from much loved shows and films such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Beauty and the Beast. A great treat to get you in the holiday spirit and be wowed by the young talent of Skye and Lochalsh."
Performance Dance
"LMPA Musical theatre pupils present their Winter Show 2014. The performances will include songs and dances from much loved shows and films such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Beauty and the Beast. A great treat to get you in the holiday spirit and be wowed by the young talent of Skye and Lochalsh."
Performance Dance
"Winner of the Barclays Stage Award for Best Show, Lifeboat tells the tale of two 15-year-old evacuees who spent 19 terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat. On Friday 13 September 1940, 'The City of Benares' set sail from Liverpool for Canada. On board were 90 evacuees escaping the seemingly unyielding bombing and the never-ending rationing and other repercussions of war-torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed by the Nazis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and sunk. Only 11 of the evacuees survived, among them were Bess Walder and Beth Cumming, willing each other to survive in a force-eight gale until help arrived. Director and founder of Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Gill Robertson, first came across the remarkable story of Bess and Beth in a magazine article: "I immediately thought that this was a fantastic story that had to be told, but I also thought it was near enough impossible to stage. I spoke to scriptwriter Nicola McCartney about the story and it really captured her imagination too, so we set about working out how we could bring it alive for young audiences.". They were both lucky enough to then visit Bess at home and hear her story. "A wonderful, affectionate portrait of wartime family life, with a powerful feeling for the popular music and culture ... there's the sheer passion and spirit of two brilliant actors who bring the story alive, so much so, that at the end the audience wiped the tears from their eyes and rose to give them a standing ovation." (The Scotsman Critic's Choice) "Every child in the UK should see this show" (2013 - audience) "Enjoyable and moving - brought to life wartime experiences that history books cannot" (2013 - audience) Read more about Bess and Beth at http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/bess-cummings-one-of-the-last-survivors-of-the-sinking-of-the-ss-city-of-benares-in-1940-2082612.html"
Theatre Family
"Winner of the Barclays Stage Award for Best Show, Lifeboat tells the tale of two 15-year-old evacuees who spent 19 terrifying hours in the water on an upturned lifeboat. On Friday 13 September 1940, 'The City of Benares' set sail from Liverpool for Canada. On board were 90 evacuees escaping the seemingly unyielding bombing and the never-ending rationing and other repercussions of war-torn Britain. Four days into the crossing, the ship was torpedoed by the Nazis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and sunk. Only 11 of the evacuees survived, among them were Bess Walder and Beth Cumming, willing each other to survive in a force-eight gale until help arrived. Director and founder of Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Gill Robertson, first came across the remarkable story of Bess and Beth in a magazine article: "I immediately thought that this was a fantastic story that had to be told, but I also thought it was near enough impossible to stage. I spoke to scriptwriter Nicola McCartney about the story and it really captured her imagination too, so we set about working out how we could bring it alive for young audiences.". They were both lucky enough to then visit Bess at home and hear her story. "A wonderful, affectionate portrait of wartime family life, with a powerful feeling for the popular music and culture ... there's the sheer passion and spirit of two brilliant actors who bring the story alive, so much so, that at the end the audience wiped the tears from their eyes and rose to give them a standing ovation." (The Scotsman Critic's Choice) "Every child in the UK should see this show" (2013 - audience) "Enjoyable and moving - brought to life wartime experiences that history books cannot" (2013 - audience) Read more about Bess and Beth at http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/bess-cummings-one-of-the-last-survivors-of-the-sinking-of-the-ss-city-of-benares-in-1940-2082612.html"
Theatre Family
"Phil and Aly, two of Scotland\u2019s most acclaimed traditional musicians have been delighting audiences across Scotland with their masterful, versatile and amusing performances and leading us in the dance on BBC\u2019s live Hogmanay show for over two decades. Oct 2013 saw the legendary folk duo receive The Sunday Mail Great Scot Award\u2019s \u2018Lifetime Achievement\u201d Award. They have become a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. A quarter of a century of well-honed skills and hilarious banter delights audiences everywhere."
Music Traditional
"Phil and Aly, two of Scotland\u2019s most acclaimed traditional musicians have been delighting audiences across Scotland with their masterful, versatile and amusing performances and leading us in the dance on BBC\u2019s live Hogmanay show for over two decades. Oct 2013 saw the legendary folk duo receive The Sunday Mail Great Scot Award\u2019s \u2018Lifetime Achievement\u201d Award. They have become a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. A quarter of a century of well-honed skills and hilarious banter delights audiences everywhere."
Music Traditional
"Rhona was brought up on the Isle of Skye where her initial experience in singing came from performing traditional Gaelic songs. In 1997, she won a singing competition at the National Gaelic Mod. This led to Rhona taking private singing lessons with Ann Lampard, who was then Head of Voice at the Junior Academy of Music in London and who has since moved to Skye, where she has established 'Inner Sound'. \n\n\n\nRhona and her husband Tom Colwell have moved from Skye to Wales so that Rhona can study at the RWCMA. Tonight she is joined by 9 other student singers and a pianist, who will perform a variety of opera\/musical theatre, solo and group items, from their German, Italian and French and British song repertoire.\n\n\n\nFind out more about the RWCMD on www. Rwcmd.co.uk\n\n\n\nMaking Connections: Rhona is one of many of our young talented residents whom SEALL helped to give a stage for at an early age, and who have now gone on to enjoy music as a profession.\n\n\n\nClassical music"
Music Classical and Opera
"Rhona was brought up on the Isle of Skye where her initial experience in singing came from performing traditional Gaelic songs. In 1997, she won a singing competition at the National Gaelic Mod. This led to Rhona taking private singing lessons with Ann Lampard, who was then Head of Voice at the Junior Academy of Music in London and who has since moved to Skye, where she has established 'Inner Sound'. \n\n\n\nRhona and her husband Tom Colwell have moved from Skye to Wales so that Rhona can study at the RWCMA. Tonight she is joined by 9 other student singers and a pianist, who will perform a variety of opera\/musical theatre, solo and group items, from their German, Italian and French and British song repertoire.\n\n\n\nFind out more about the RWCMD on www. Rwcmd.co.uk\n\n\n\nMaking Connections: Rhona is one of many of our young talented residents whom SEALL helped to give a stage for at an early age, and who have now gone on to enjoy music as a profession.\n\n\n\nClassical music"
Music Classical and Opera
"Sequamur a multimedia Gaelic language play by DS Murray reflecting on the life of Lewis educationalist William Gibson and his inspirational leadership which led many young Hebridean men to leave the classroom and go to war in 1914. The play is based on factual material and integrates a new music and soundscape commission with experimental film projections evoking battlescenes and the reflections of the soldiers as their stories are brought back to Gibson their teacher. A localised WWI commemorative roll of honour with the names of the fallen soldiers from each region the play visits will be screened following the performance. Writer: Donald S Murray Director: Iain Macrae Actors: Daibhidh Walker, Artair Donald, Iain Beggs, Sean Macleod and Donna Morrison. Music: Calum Martin and Andrew Yearly with Angus Nicolson, Pipes. Sequamur is performed in Gaelic with live simultaneous translation to English via headphones."
Theatre Adult
"Sequamur a multimedia Gaelic language play by DS Murray reflecting on the life of Lewis educationalist William Gibson and his inspirational leadership which led many young Hebridean men to leave the classroom and go to war in 1914. The play is based on factual material and integrates a new music and soundscape commission with experimental film projections evoking battlescenes and the reflections of the soldiers as their stories are brought back to Gibson their teacher. A localised WWI commemorative roll of honour with the names of the fallen soldiers from each region the play visits will be screened following the performance. Writer: Donald S Murray Director: Iain Macrae Actors: Daibhidh Walker, Artair Donald, Iain Beggs, Sean Macleod and Donna Morrison. Music: Calum Martin and Andrew Yearly with Angus Nicolson, Pipes. Sequamur is performed in Gaelic with live simultaneous translation to English via headphones."
Theatre Adult
"The 10th Blas Festival takes place in venues across the Highlands in early September. Book early for this and many other events Session A9 are Adam Sutherland, Brian Mcalpine, Charlie McKerron, David \u201cchimp\u201d Robertson, Gordon Gunn, Kevin Henderson and Marc Clement. Over the years Session A9 have been described as a \u201cScottish super group\u201d, \u201cThe best band to have come out of Scotland in 100 years\u201d, \u201cTighter than James Brown\u201d and an \u201cAmazing Festival band\u201d, great praise indeed for a band formed through informal music sessions up and down the arterial Scottish road, the A9, culminating in their first ever tour in 2001. The evening starts with a Short FilmG film. Come along a little early to sample various Highland Cheeses, Oatcakes and Chutneys from the Award-winning Skye Farm Shop. The Bar and food sampling is open from 7pm and during the interval Tha an S\u00e0r-bhuidheann Albannach Seisean A9 air an d\u00f2igh glan a bhith a\u2019 cluiche aig Blas mar ph\u00e0irt den chuairt aca ann an 2015. Is iomadh duais a tha an luchd-ci\u00f9il fa leth air a chosnadh agus mar sin tha deagh oidhche de che\u00f2l is cur-seachad sgoinneil air a ghealltainn dhuibh. A r\u00e8ir Dhougie MhicIlleathain is iad \u201cAn c\u00f2mhlan as fhe\u00e0rr a th\u00e0inig a-mach \u00e0s Alba ann an 100 bliadhna!\u201d Moladh m\u00f2r gu dearbh airson c\u00f2mhlan a chaidh a chur air bhonn tro sheiseanan ci\u00f9il neo-fhoirmeil suas is s\u00ecos Pr\u00ecomh Rathad an A9. "The best band to come out of Scotland in 100 years" - Dougie MacLean \u201cResulting in brilliantly sophisticated arrangements of tunes new and old, brimming with brio and simply oozing class\u201d - The Sunday Herald The Skye Farm Shop will offer a display of Highland cheeses, oatcakes and chutneys."
Music Traditional
"The 10th Blas Festival takes place in venues across the Highlands in early September. Book early for this and many other events Session A9 are Adam Sutherland, Brian Mcalpine, Charlie McKerron, David \u201cchimp\u201d Robertson, Gordon Gunn, Kevin Henderson and Marc Clement. Over the years Session A9 have been described as a \u201cScottish super group\u201d, \u201cThe best band to have come out of Scotland in 100 years\u201d, \u201cTighter than James Brown\u201d and an \u201cAmazing Festival band\u201d, great praise indeed for a band formed through informal music sessions up and down the arterial Scottish road, the A9, culminating in their first ever tour in 2001. The evening starts with a Short FilmG film. Come along a little early to sample various Highland Cheeses, Oatcakes and Chutneys from the Award-winning Skye Farm Shop. The Bar and food sampling is open from 7pm and during the interval Tha an S\u00e0r-bhuidheann Albannach Seisean A9 air an d\u00f2igh glan a bhith a\u2019 cluiche aig Blas mar ph\u00e0irt den chuairt aca ann an 2015. Is iomadh duais a tha an luchd-ci\u00f9il fa leth air a chosnadh agus mar sin tha deagh oidhche de che\u00f2l is cur-seachad sgoinneil air a ghealltainn dhuibh. A r\u00e8ir Dhougie MhicIlleathain is iad \u201cAn c\u00f2mhlan as fhe\u00e0rr a th\u00e0inig a-mach \u00e0s Alba ann an 100 bliadhna!\u201d Moladh m\u00f2r gu dearbh airson c\u00f2mhlan a chaidh a chur air bhonn tro sheiseanan ci\u00f9il neo-fhoirmeil suas is s\u00ecos Pr\u00ecomh Rathad an A9. "The best band to come out of Scotland in 100 years" - Dougie MacLean \u201cResulting in brilliantly sophisticated arrangements of tunes new and old, brimming with brio and simply oozing class\u201d - The Sunday Herald The Skye Farm Shop will offer a display of Highland cheeses, oatcakes and chutneys."
Music Traditional
"The Scottish Stepdance Company showcases traditional percussive dance from the Highlands, accompanying the intricate rhythms of the steps with tunes old and new. First formed in 1998, the group was revived in 2013 after a break of almost a decade with the new show Galloway to Gaidhealtachd, a sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Distilling centuries of tradition, they share stories, get your feet tapping, and stir the emotions with a unique blend of music, dance and song.\n\nWith this show, they team up with Jed Milroy and Jo Jeffries to explore the links between the Scottish and old-time American traditions. Jed Milroy is a multi-instrumental performer, singer, songwriter and community musician. He has performed in a wide variety of bands including Bluegrass C\u00e8ilidh specialists \u2018The Homecoming String Band\u2019 and psychedelic rockers \u2018The Aliens\u2019. Edinburgh born Jo Jeffries sings and plays fiddle. Her musicality is shaped by her 10 years of experience as a contemporary dancer and choreographer. Jo and Jed play together as a duo and are also members of adventure folk pioneers, the \u2018Whisky River Boat Band\u2019. \n\nThis collaboration marries Scottish stepdance, American flatfooting and songs and tunes of all kinds. It all unites in a vibrant show encapsulating the cream of several traditions and showcasing these talented musicians and dancers at their best."
Music Traditional
"The Scottish Stepdance Company showcases traditional percussive dance from the Highlands, accompanying the intricate rhythms of the steps with tunes old and new. First formed in 1998, the group was revived in 2013 after a break of almost a decade with the new show Galloway to Gaidhealtachd, a sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Distilling centuries of tradition, they share stories, get your feet tapping, and stir the emotions with a unique blend of music, dance and song.\n\nWith this show, they team up with Jed Milroy and Jo Jeffries to explore the links between the Scottish and old-time American traditions. Jed Milroy is a multi-instrumental performer, singer, songwriter and community musician. He has performed in a wide variety of bands including Bluegrass C\u00e8ilidh specialists \u2018The Homecoming String Band\u2019 and psychedelic rockers \u2018The Aliens\u2019. Edinburgh born Jo Jeffries sings and plays fiddle. Her musicality is shaped by her 10 years of experience as a contemporary dancer and choreographer. Jo and Jed play together as a duo and are also members of adventure folk pioneers, the \u2018Whisky River Boat Band\u2019. \n\nThis collaboration marries Scottish stepdance, American flatfooting and songs and tunes of all kinds. It all unites in a vibrant show encapsulating the cream of several traditions and showcasing these talented musicians and dancers at their best."
Music Traditional
"Based on the story of a crofter\u2019s son who became a Knight of the Realm and Queen Victoria\u2019s favourite, this drama shines new light on the Scottish legend, Sir Hector MacDonald - a fallen hero. \u201cA brilliant polemic against our cruel desire to prejudge sexual scandals. A tragic thriller full of contemporary resonances.\u201d The Spectator \u2018Fighting Mac\u2019 was an Edwardian celebrity. His stern, resolute features were distributed on cigarette cards and Empire tea caddies around the globe. He was then disgraced, court-martialed and became headline news overnight, before taking his life. 30,000 people turned out to pay their respects. Today, in Scotland, he is still considered a hero. Was he guilty? Or was he the victim of a plot fabricated by an English Establishment to remove a Gaelic-speaking upstart who got above himself? An Eden Court, Comar and Ed Littlewood Productions co-production with Steven Duffy as Hector. Suitable for 14+"
Theatre Adult
"Based on the story of a crofter\u2019s son who became a Knight of the Realm and Queen Victoria\u2019s favourite, this drama shines new light on the Scottish legend, Sir Hector MacDonald - a fallen hero. \u201cA brilliant polemic against our cruel desire to prejudge sexual scandals. A tragic thriller full of contemporary resonances.\u201d The Spectator \u2018Fighting Mac\u2019 was an Edwardian celebrity. His stern, resolute features were distributed on cigarette cards and Empire tea caddies around the globe. He was then disgraced, court-martialed and became headline news overnight, before taking his life. 30,000 people turned out to pay their respects. Today, in Scotland, he is still considered a hero. Was he guilty? Or was he the victim of a plot fabricated by an English Establishment to remove a Gaelic-speaking upstart who got above himself? An Eden Court, Comar and Ed Littlewood Productions co-production with Steven Duffy as Hector. Suitable for 14+"
Theatre Adult
"Join us for a night of poetry, music, film and whisky from some of Scotland\u2019s finest artists. A literary salon from this year\u2019s Edinburgh Festival, under the directorship of poets\/writers Michael Pederson and Kevin Williamson. \n\nWith Bill Ryder-Jones, a founding member of The Coral and a Mercury Music Prize nominee; \n\nCarla Easton of TeenCanteen, a descendant of Mary Ross of Skye, currently investigating old songs from the Island; \n\nLomond Campbell, BAFTA winning singer\/songwriter and artist, with Fence Records and Chemikal Underground; \n\nAlan Bissett, international prize-winning author, playwright and performer. \n\nWith some tasting of some rare single malt whiskies provided by Dewars, Aberfeldy. \n\nSuitable for 12+"
Talks and Literature
"Join us for a night of poetry, music, film and whisky from some of Scotland\u2019s finest artists. A literary salon from this year\u2019s Edinburgh Festival, under the directorship of poets\/writers Michael Pederson and Kevin Williamson. \n\nWith Bill Ryder-Jones, a founding member of The Coral and a Mercury Music Prize nominee; \n\nCarla Easton of TeenCanteen, a descendant of Mary Ross of Skye, currently investigating old songs from the Island; \n\nLomond Campbell, BAFTA winning singer\/songwriter and artist, with Fence Records and Chemikal Underground; \n\nAlan Bissett, international prize-winning author, playwright and performer. \n\nWith some tasting of some rare single malt whiskies provided by Dewars, Aberfeldy. \n\nSuitable for 12+"
Talks and Literature
"A concert set from Moishe\u2019s Bagel followed by the film screening after the interval. \n\nMoishe\u2019s Bagel are Phil Alexander, keyboards; Greg Lawson, violin; Mario Caribe, bass; Pete Garnett, accordion; and Guy Nicolson, percussion. \n\n\u2018Salt for Svanetia\u2019 (1930, USSR, 55 mins, b & w, PG) is the last great documentary of the Silent Era from Director Mikhail Kalatozov. the band bring their exhilarating blend of jazz inflected Eastern European and klezmer music to create a new score for Mikhail Kalatozov\u2019s remarkable Soviet film.\n\nKalatozov\u2019s visually striking and at times disturbing film originally promoted Soviet measures to modernise the isolated Svan people of the Caucasus Mountains in north-west Georgia and is a dramatic combination of ethnographic history and socialist realism.\n\n\u2018Exhilarating, full-flavoured stuff, often breathtakingly intricate but played with jubilation \u2026 the Bagels acquire the momentum of an express train\u2019 The Herald\n\nPlease note that the film contains scenes depicting animal cruelty and slaughter which some viewers may find upsetting."
Film and Music
"A concert set from Moishe\u2019s Bagel followed by the film screening after the interval. \n\nMoishe\u2019s Bagel are Phil Alexander, keyboards; Greg Lawson, violin; Mario Caribe, bass; Pete Garnett, accordion; and Guy Nicolson, percussion. \n\n\u2018Salt for Svanetia\u2019 (1930, USSR, 55 mins, b & w, PG) is the last great documentary of the Silent Era from Director Mikhail Kalatozov. the band bring their exhilarating blend of jazz inflected Eastern European and klezmer music to create a new score for Mikhail Kalatozov\u2019s remarkable Soviet film.\n\nKalatozov\u2019s visually striking and at times disturbing film originally promoted Soviet measures to modernise the isolated Svan people of the Caucasus Mountains in north-west Georgia and is a dramatic combination of ethnographic history and socialist realism.\n\n\u2018Exhilarating, full-flavoured stuff, often breathtakingly intricate but played with jubilation \u2026 the Bagels acquire the momentum of an express train\u2019 The Herald\n\nPlease note that the film contains scenes depicting animal cruelty and slaughter which some viewers may find upsetting."
Film and Music
"\u2018The Dead Stations\u2019 concert ~ \u201cNo, the train never stops at any of the Dead Stations. They just chug past the window.\u201d The Dead Stations is a story told through original music and animation which combines live performance, recorded actors and projections. \u201cA great ear for atmosphere and a knack for writing tunes that lilt and yearn\u201d (The Guardian) Mairi Campbell, singer, is turning heads and hearts with her music. Drawing on her native traditional background, a long and fruitful songwriting collaboration with David Francis and her natural ability to improvise she draws in listeners with stories of ancestry, hope, love and passion. Mairi was voted Instrumentalist of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015. \u201dHer voice can stop the clock\u201d (The Scotsman) Mike Vass, fiddle, guitar and previous Composer of the Year, performed his acclaimed \u2018In the Wake of Neil Gunn\u2019 on Skye and supported our 1000th event in May 2014. Written by Charlotte Hathaway with music and lyrics by Mike Vass, the live score is performed by Mike Vass, Mairi Campbell and Yoann Mylonakis with animation created by Nica Harrison and Atikah Zailani."
Music Traditional
"\u2018The Dead Stations\u2019 concert ~ \u201cNo, the train never stops at any of the Dead Stations. They just chug past the window.\u201d The Dead Stations is a story told through original music and animation which combines live performance, recorded actors and projections. \u201cA great ear for atmosphere and a knack for writing tunes that lilt and yearn\u201d (The Guardian) Mairi Campbell, singer, is turning heads and hearts with her music. Drawing on her native traditional background, a long and fruitful songwriting collaboration with David Francis and her natural ability to improvise she draws in listeners with stories of ancestry, hope, love and passion. Mairi was voted Instrumentalist of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2015. \u201dHer voice can stop the clock\u201d (The Scotsman) Mike Vass, fiddle, guitar and previous Composer of the Year, performed his acclaimed \u2018In the Wake of Neil Gunn\u2019 on Skye and supported our 1000th event in May 2014. Written by Charlotte Hathaway with music and lyrics by Mike Vass, the live score is performed by Mike Vass, Mairi Campbell and Yoann Mylonakis with animation created by Nica Harrison and Atikah Zailani."
Music Traditional
"Join Island Opera in our musical adventure as we journey to \u2018 The Magic Island\u2019 where the story of Queen Rhiannon unfolds before our eyes. This family friendly musical, inspired by Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019, is full of heartache, mystery and magic and takes us to a magical island where anything is possible and even the monkeys sing... Performed by recent graduates and students from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, including Skye Soprano Rhona Coogan, this original production is not one to be missed!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Join Island Opera in our musical adventure as we journey to \u2018 The Magic Island\u2019 where the story of Queen Rhiannon unfolds before our eyes. This family friendly musical, inspired by Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019, is full of heartache, mystery and magic and takes us to a magical island where anything is possible and even the monkeys sing... Performed by recent graduates and students from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, including Skye Soprano Rhona Coogan, this original production is not one to be missed!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Pioneers of Performance is a day long festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created by independent artists working in Scotland. The shows have been chosen based on their outstanding quality and broad appeal - this really is the best work of its kind.\n\nThere\u2019s something for all age groups, with a show for young children before lunch, older children in the afternoon, and two shows for adults in the evening. Make the most of it by taking the kids along by day and returning at night with a friend. Enjoy!\n\nCome along between 6pm and 6.30pm for an informal discussion about dance and its development in the area. Refreshments wil be provided.\n\nWe start the main evening at 6.50 with an introduction from the dance Director. This is followed by 2 pieces:\n\n7 pm Robbie Synge: 'Douglas'\n\n45mins | Age guide: suitable for all\n\nDouglas is a solo performance that stems from actions imagined by Robbie Synge while working and performing various daily tasks, indoors and outdoors, at home in The Highlands.\n\nOne man interacts, through movement, with a roomful of everyday objects, and a kind of human, environmental and psychological ecology emerges. Can body become thing and thing become body? Sharing the spotlight with inanimate materials, this is a world of the untypically grand and the beautifully unspectacular.\n\nDouglas is curious, committed and absorbed in his activity. He seeks connections and feedback from his surroundings - conversations that go nowhere and everywhere.\n\n\u2018edges from bravura tricksiness to something unexpectedly affecting, bordering on the cataclysmic even.\u2019 HERALD\n\n\u2018Excellent... humorous, engaging\u2019 EXAMINER\n\n7.45 interval and films\n\n8.30pm Anna Krzystek: 'Face One'\n\n60mins | Age guide: 16+\n\nIn this multimedia piece, a lone figure is waiting. At once both immediate and distant, she appears in relation to the time, space, sounds, objects & filmed images that surround her.\n\nA vivid soundscore, minimal monochrome video and choreographed motifs all juxtapose with each other, inviting the viewer to experience a sublime state of intimacy as the figure connects to the sequence of changing situations.\n\n\u2018Krzystek\u2019s total immersion in the physicality and intention of every nuance is like a magnet... The wonderment at her technical prowess and the scope of the material kicks in afterwards \u2013 and, believe me, that impact doesn\u2019t fade with the years.\u2019\n\nHERALD\n\n\u2018exceptional, radical talent... No-one in Scotland, or the UK for that matter, originates work like this\u2019 HERALD on Trilogy\n\nWatch some of their work on https:\/\/vimeo.com\/137472855"
Performance Dance
"Pioneers of Performance is a day long festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created by independent artists working in Scotland. The shows have been chosen based on their outstanding quality and broad appeal - this really is the best work of its kind.\n\nThere\u2019s something for all age groups, with a show for young children before lunch, older children in the afternoon, and two shows for adults in the evening. Make the most of it by taking the kids along by day and returning at night with a friend. Enjoy!\n\nCome along between 6pm and 6.30pm for an informal discussion about dance and its development in the area. Refreshments wil be provided.\n\nWe start the main evening at 6.50 with an introduction from the dance Director. This is followed by 2 pieces:\n\n7 pm Robbie Synge: 'Douglas'\n\n45mins | Age guide: suitable for all\n\nDouglas is a solo performance that stems from actions imagined by Robbie Synge while working and performing various daily tasks, indoors and outdoors, at home in The Highlands.\n\nOne man interacts, through movement, with a roomful of everyday objects, and a kind of human, environmental and psychological ecology emerges. Can body become thing and thing become body? Sharing the spotlight with inanimate materials, this is a world of the untypically grand and the beautifully unspectacular.\n\nDouglas is curious, committed and absorbed in his activity. He seeks connections and feedback from his surroundings - conversations that go nowhere and everywhere.\n\n\u2018edges from bravura tricksiness to something unexpectedly affecting, bordering on the cataclysmic even.\u2019 HERALD\n\n\u2018Excellent... humorous, engaging\u2019 EXAMINER\n\n7.45 interval and films\n\n8.30pm Anna Krzystek: 'Face One'\n\n60mins | Age guide: 16+\n\nIn this multimedia piece, a lone figure is waiting. At once both immediate and distant, she appears in relation to the time, space, sounds, objects & filmed images that surround her.\n\nA vivid soundscore, minimal monochrome video and choreographed motifs all juxtapose with each other, inviting the viewer to experience a sublime state of intimacy as the figure connects to the sequence of changing situations.\n\n\u2018Krzystek\u2019s total immersion in the physicality and intention of every nuance is like a magnet... The wonderment at her technical prowess and the scope of the material kicks in afterwards \u2013 and, believe me, that impact doesn\u2019t fade with the years.\u2019\n\nHERALD\n\n\u2018exceptional, radical talent... No-one in Scotland, or the UK for that matter, originates work like this\u2019 HERALD on Trilogy\n\nWatch some of their work on https:\/\/vimeo.com\/137472855"
Performance Dance
"Join Island Opera in our musical adventure as we journey to \u2018 The Magic Island\u2019 where the story of Queen Rhiannon unfolds before our eyes. This family friendly musical, inspired by Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019, is full of heartache, mystery and magic and takes us to a magical island where anything is possible and even the monkeys sing... \n\nPerformed by recent graduates and students from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, including Skye Soprano Rhona Coogan, this original production is not one to be missed!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Join Island Opera in our musical adventure as we journey to \u2018 The Magic Island\u2019 where the story of Queen Rhiannon unfolds before our eyes. This family friendly musical, inspired by Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019, is full of heartache, mystery and magic and takes us to a magical island where anything is possible and even the monkeys sing... \n\nPerformed by recent graduates and students from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, including Skye Soprano Rhona Coogan, this original production is not one to be missed!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Join Seasaidh Lexy in her hit theatre show \u2013 Gaol \u2019s G\u00e0ire \/ Love & Laughter for a high-energy evening of comedy, music and dance taking the audience on a riotous romp through her life. Also appearing are singer Calum MacInnes and actors David Walker and Seonag Monk with Calum MacKinnon.\n\nTha Seasaidh Lexy gar fiathachadh gu tachartas t\u00e8atar air leth \u2013 Gaol \u2019s G\u00e0ire \/ Love & Laughter. Oidhche loma-l\u00e0n comadaidh, ce\u00f2l \u2019s dannsa gus barrachd e\u00f2lais fhaighinn air a bhean-uasail. Cuideachd air ard \u00f9rlar tha seinneadair Calum MacAonghais, agus cleasaichean Dabhaidh Walker \u2019s Seonag Monk, le Calum MacKinnon.\n\nMore Blas Festival events on www.blas-festival.com"
Theatre Adult
"Join Seasaidh Lexy in her hit theatre show \u2013 Gaol \u2019s G\u00e0ire \/ Love & Laughter for a high-energy evening of comedy, music and dance taking the audience on a riotous romp through her life. Also appearing are singer Calum MacInnes and actors David Walker and Seonag Monk with Calum MacKinnon.\n\nTha Seasaidh Lexy gar fiathachadh gu tachartas t\u00e8atar air leth \u2013 Gaol \u2019s G\u00e0ire \/ Love & Laughter. Oidhche loma-l\u00e0n comadaidh, ce\u00f2l \u2019s dannsa gus barrachd e\u00f2lais fhaighinn air a bhean-uasail. Cuideachd air ard \u00f9rlar tha seinneadair Calum MacAonghais, agus cleasaichean Dabhaidh Walker \u2019s Seonag Monk, le Calum MacKinnon.\n\nMore Blas Festival events on www.blas-festival.com"
Theatre Adult
"Join Island Opera in our musical adventure as we journey to \u2018 The Magic Island\u2019 where the story of Queen Rhiannon unfolds before our eyes. This family friendly musical, inspired by Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019, is full of heartache, mystery and magic and takes us to a magical island where anything is possible and even the monkeys sing... \n\nPerformed by recent graduates and students from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, including Skye Soprano Rhona Coogan, this original production is not one to be missed!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Join Island Opera in our musical adventure as we journey to \u2018 The Magic Island\u2019 where the story of Queen Rhiannon unfolds before our eyes. This family friendly musical, inspired by Shakespeare\u2019s \u2018The Tempest\u2019, is full of heartache, mystery and magic and takes us to a magical island where anything is possible and even the monkeys sing... \n\nPerformed by recent graduates and students from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, including Skye Soprano Rhona Coogan, this original production is not one to be missed!"
Music Classical and Opera
"Leighton Jones, Skye composer and pianist, launches his debut EP with a World Premier.\n\nfeaturing Reece MacKay, Crisdean MacDonald, Eilidh McFadyen and Amina Davidson\n\n Nighidh mi m\u2019aodann san uisg\u2019 I\u2019ll wash my face in the rain\n\n Nighidh mi mo chasan sa chuan I\u2019ll wash my feet in the waves\n\n An cois a\u2019 chuain gheibh mi misneachd Find the courage at the waters edge \n\n An saoghal seo fh\u00e0gail\u2019s falbh dhachaigh. To leave this world for home again\n\nAll the Way Home is a tale of being lost by the sea, found by the sea and brought home by the sea.\n\nLimited edition copies of the EP will be available after the performance. Original EP artwork by Jane McKenna. Funded by Creative Scotland as part of the Skye and Lochalsh Talent Development Initiative."
Music Contemporary
"Leighton Jones, Skye composer and pianist, launches his debut EP with a World Premier.\n\nfeaturing Reece MacKay, Crisdean MacDonald, Eilidh McFadyen and Amina Davidson\n\n Nighidh mi m\u2019aodann san uisg\u2019 I\u2019ll wash my face in the rain\n\n Nighidh mi mo chasan sa chuan I\u2019ll wash my feet in the waves\n\n An cois a\u2019 chuain gheibh mi misneachd Find the courage at the waters edge \n\n An saoghal seo fh\u00e0gail\u2019s falbh dhachaigh. To leave this world for home again\n\nAll the Way Home is a tale of being lost by the sea, found by the sea and brought home by the sea.\n\nLimited edition copies of the EP will be available after the performance. Original EP artwork by Jane McKenna. Funded by Creative Scotland as part of the Skye and Lochalsh Talent Development Initiative."
Music Contemporary
"In 1917, at the height of the First World War, the poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon was admitted to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, officially for treatment for shell-shock, but in truth because he had published his \u2018Soldier\u2019s Declaration\u2019, denouncing the conduct of the war by the British establishment. There he met the severely shell-shocked Wilfred Owen, already making his first tentative steps as a poet. By the time Owen was killed in action, a year later, he had written what is now considered to be the finest poetry of the Great War. This 1982 play examines how the two poets\u2019 friendship unlocked Owen\u2019s genius. A profoundly moving piece about the nature of friendship, love and the art of war. \u2018Not About Heroes\u2019 is written by Stephen Macdonald and features two talented young, recently graduated, Highland based actors and is directed by Philip Howard, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep. It is suitable for 12+."
Theatre Adult
"In 1917, at the height of the First World War, the poet and soldier Siegfried Sassoon was admitted to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, officially for treatment for shell-shock, but in truth because he had published his \u2018Soldier\u2019s Declaration\u2019, denouncing the conduct of the war by the British establishment. There he met the severely shell-shocked Wilfred Owen, already making his first tentative steps as a poet. By the time Owen was killed in action, a year later, he had written what is now considered to be the finest poetry of the Great War. This 1982 play examines how the two poets\u2019 friendship unlocked Owen\u2019s genius. A profoundly moving piece about the nature of friendship, love and the art of war. \u2018Not About Heroes\u2019 is written by Stephen Macdonald and features two talented young, recently graduated, Highland based actors and is directed by Philip Howard, Artistic Director of Dundee Rep. It is suitable for 12+."
Theatre Adult
"An authentic insight into the lives and works of those three Bronte sisters (well, two of them actually, Anne's just popped out for a cup of sugar). Who is the Brontes' mysterious neighbour, Mr. Moorcock of Ravaged Heath House, and what does the maniacal laughter coming from his attic mean? Do unfulfilled souls really wander over the wild and heather-clad moors? Who should Cathy marry, Heathcliff or David Niven? Peopled with some of the great characters from the Bronte canon \u2013 and some, quite frankly that LipService have made up - Withering Looks is an irreverent and hilarious theatre event to savour. Directed by Noreen Kershaw Designed by Kevin Wrench and Andrew Franks Music by Ian Heywood From the Fabulous Lip Service Theatre who brought us Inspector Norse"
Theatre Adult
"An authentic insight into the lives and works of those three Bronte sisters (well, two of them actually, Anne's just popped out for a cup of sugar). Who is the Brontes' mysterious neighbour, Mr. Moorcock of Ravaged Heath House, and what does the maniacal laughter coming from his attic mean? Do unfulfilled souls really wander over the wild and heather-clad moors? Who should Cathy marry, Heathcliff or David Niven? Peopled with some of the great characters from the Bronte canon \u2013 and some, quite frankly that LipService have made up - Withering Looks is an irreverent and hilarious theatre event to savour. Directed by Noreen Kershaw Designed by Kevin Wrench and Andrew Franks Music by Ian Heywood From the Fabulous Lip Service Theatre who brought us Inspector Norse"
Theatre Adult
"In the middle of the night Rosie, Toby Toby, the cat and the mouse sneak out to play in the shadow of the apple tree. When Toby Toby steals the moon from the sky they go on an adventure across the stars and the sea. But, is it all just a dream? Based on the book by author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay, written in French and English. Jabuti Theatre\u2019s adaptation uses puppetry, physical theatre, toy theatre and video and brings it all to life with an original musical score. Lasts for 45 minutes and suitable for 3-5 year olds (plus, of course, all adults)"
Theatre Family
"In the middle of the night Rosie, Toby Toby, the cat and the mouse sneak out to play in the shadow of the apple tree. When Toby Toby steals the moon from the sky they go on an adventure across the stars and the sea. But, is it all just a dream? Based on the book by author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay, written in French and English. Jabuti Theatre\u2019s adaptation uses puppetry, physical theatre, toy theatre and video and brings it all to life with an original musical score. Lasts for 45 minutes and suitable for 3-5 year olds (plus, of course, all adults)"
Theatre Family
"This summer we are excited to welcome back two of our most celebrated guest artists, Iain Ballamy and Liane Carroll. Saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy performs compositions from his extensive back catalogue, including All Men Amen and Floater. Pianist and vocalist Liane Carroll joins the Orchestra to perform a series of arrangements by Malcolm Edmonstone, including songs made popular by Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Carole King and others. Liane has led a vocal combo as part of the NYOS Jazz Summer School for the past two years, and this year for the first time, a jazz choir performs with Liane and the Orchestra on tour."
Music Jazz
"This summer we are excited to welcome back two of our most celebrated guest artists, Iain Ballamy and Liane Carroll. Saxophonist and composer Iain Ballamy performs compositions from his extensive back catalogue, including All Men Amen and Floater. Pianist and vocalist Liane Carroll joins the Orchestra to perform a series of arrangements by Malcolm Edmonstone, including songs made popular by Frank Sinatra, the Beatles, Carole King and others. Liane has led a vocal combo as part of the NYOS Jazz Summer School for the past two years, and this year for the first time, a jazz choir performs with Liane and the Orchestra on tour."
Music Jazz
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring their acclaimed production of 'Iolanthe'. With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of young and older local residents, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland. Iolanthe - the story of the fairy Iolanthe banished from the fairy kingdom for 25 years for marrying a mortal. In true Gilbert and Sullivan fashion, a tangled plot develops and then unravels . . . But with good music and good humour, all ends well."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring their acclaimed production of 'Iolanthe'. With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of young and older local residents, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland. Iolanthe - the story of the fairy Iolanthe banished from the fairy kingdom for 25 years for marrying a mortal. In true Gilbert and Sullivan fashion, a tangled plot develops and then unravels . . . But with good music and good humour, all ends well."
Music Classical and Opera
"Charlie Mckerron, fiddle, is joined by Marc Clements, guitar, and step-dancer Sophie Stevenson, along with some of last night's North Shore Celtic Ensemble.\n\nCharlie has no difficulty filling major music venues so we are delighted and privileged to have him on stage this week while he tutors fiddle classes at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. \n\nHe has been working in the traditional music scene since the early 1980s and is best known for his work with Capercaillie and Session A9. Charlie was brought up with the Northeast fiddle tradition, learning from his father and great uncle. Tonight he'll be joined by various other musicians for a great traditional concert."
Music Traditional
"Charlie Mckerron, fiddle, is joined by Marc Clements, guitar, and step-dancer Sophie Stevenson, along with some of last night's North Shore Celtic Ensemble.\n\nCharlie has no difficulty filling major music venues so we are delighted and privileged to have him on stage this week while he tutors fiddle classes at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig. \n\nHe has been working in the traditional music scene since the early 1980s and is best known for his work with Capercaillie and Session A9. Charlie was brought up with the Northeast fiddle tradition, learning from his father and great uncle. Tonight he'll be joined by various other musicians for a great traditional concert."
Music Traditional
"The dark skies of the Highlands celebrated through Gaelic culture, global history and 21st Century science! Mary Ann Kennedy & Nick Turner and friends from Watercolour Music take you on a surround-sound musical Dusk to Dawn experience travelling through the heavens - passing through constellations and their stories, traditions connected to the sun, moon and stars, and some of the great experiences of the Scottish skies, including the fir chlis, the dancing figures of the aurora borealis. Set alongside world events and cutting-edge science, retro-astro-nostalgia and exquisite Gaelic music and song. Bring your telescopes and viewmasters! Nick Turner and Mary Ann are joined by guitarist Finlay Wells, singer Ruth Keggin and drummer Calum Turner. Beul na h-Oidhche gu Camhanaich Iarmailtean dorcha na G\u00e0idhealtachd air an comharrachadh tro chultar G\u00e0idhlig, eachdraidh na cruinne agus saidheans na 21mh Linn! Bidh M\u00e0iri Anna NicUalraig agus Nick Turner agus caraidean bho Watercolour Music gur toirt air turas fuaim-chuairteach bho Bheul na h-Oidhche gu Camhanaich, a\u2019 siubhal tro na speuran \u2013 a\u2019 dol tro reul-bhadan is na sgeulachdan a tha air an c\u00f9l, seanchasan co-cheangailte ris a\u2019 ghr\u00e8in, ris a\u2019 ghealaich agus ris na rionnagan, agus cuid de mh\u00ecorbhailean iarmailtean na h-Alba, a\u2019 gabhail a-steach na fir chlis no an aurora borealis. Suidhichte ri taobh tachartasan an t-saoghail agus saidheans, cianalas reul-dhraoidheach agus ce\u00f2l is \u00f2rain eireachdail Gh\u00e0idhlig. Thoiribh leibh ur prosbaigean agus ur maighstirean-amhairc!"
Music Traditional
"The dark skies of the Highlands celebrated through Gaelic culture, global history and 21st Century science! Mary Ann Kennedy & Nick Turner and friends from Watercolour Music take you on a surround-sound musical Dusk to Dawn experience travelling through the heavens - passing through constellations and their stories, traditions connected to the sun, moon and stars, and some of the great experiences of the Scottish skies, including the fir chlis, the dancing figures of the aurora borealis. Set alongside world events and cutting-edge science, retro-astro-nostalgia and exquisite Gaelic music and song. Bring your telescopes and viewmasters! Nick Turner and Mary Ann are joined by guitarist Finlay Wells, singer Ruth Keggin and drummer Calum Turner. Beul na h-Oidhche gu Camhanaich Iarmailtean dorcha na G\u00e0idhealtachd air an comharrachadh tro chultar G\u00e0idhlig, eachdraidh na cruinne agus saidheans na 21mh Linn! Bidh M\u00e0iri Anna NicUalraig agus Nick Turner agus caraidean bho Watercolour Music gur toirt air turas fuaim-chuairteach bho Bheul na h-Oidhche gu Camhanaich, a\u2019 siubhal tro na speuran \u2013 a\u2019 dol tro reul-bhadan is na sgeulachdan a tha air an c\u00f9l, seanchasan co-cheangailte ris a\u2019 ghr\u00e8in, ris a\u2019 ghealaich agus ris na rionnagan, agus cuid de mh\u00ecorbhailean iarmailtean na h-Alba, a\u2019 gabhail a-steach na fir chlis no an aurora borealis. Suidhichte ri taobh tachartasan an t-saoghail agus saidheans, cianalas reul-dhraoidheach agus ce\u00f2l is \u00f2rain eireachdail Gh\u00e0idhlig. Thoiribh leibh ur prosbaigean agus ur maighstirean-amhairc!"
Music Traditional
"Inner Sound is the area's chamber and light opera group who so successfully produce a Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta each summer. Tonight's concert features young and older singers, all under the guidance of Ann Lampard MBE, with a selection of solos, choral work from light opera, religious and secular music."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound is the area's chamber and light opera group who so successfully produce a Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta each summer. Tonight's concert features young and older singers, all under the guidance of Ann Lampard MBE, with a selection of solos, choral work from light opera, religious and secular music."
Music Classical and Opera
"The first of two nights of good local chamber music and singing. Under the tutalage of Ann Lampard, MBE, 'Inner Sound' presents young and older singers from Skye and Lochalsh in their Spring concert. This is high quality talent from those who also bring us our regular fix of Gilbert and Sullivan each summer, with something for all, from Mozart to Gershwin and much more\u2026 Reserve a ticket for tonight's and tomorrow's concert and get \u00a32 off."
Music Classical and Opera
"The first of two nights of good local chamber music and singing. Under the tutalage of Ann Lampard, MBE, 'Inner Sound' presents young and older singers from Skye and Lochalsh in their Spring concert. This is high quality talent from those who also bring us our regular fix of Gilbert and Sullivan each summer, with something for all, from Mozart to Gershwin and much more\u2026 Reserve a ticket for tonight's and tomorrow's concert and get \u00a32 off."
Music Classical and Opera
"Adapted by Catriona Lexy Chaimbeul from Tormod Caimbeul's, (Tormod a' Bhocsair) seminal Gaelic novel, with animation, subtitles, live music and with anarchic humour. 'Shrapnel' is for Gaelic and non-Gaelic audiences alike. Set in the darkest depths of Leith, we follow a man on the run for a crime he did not commit, as he meets an array of extraordinary misfits, with the psychopathic former detective, Walter Shrapnel, never far behind. Ath-sgr\u00ecobhadh den nobhail leis an s\u00e0r sgr\u00ecobhaiche, Tormod Caimbeul, le dealbhachadh, fo-thiotalan agus ce\u00f2l, tha Shrapnel freagarrach airson f\u00ecleantaich agus luchd-ionnsachaidh air fad. Air a\u2019 st\u00e8idheachadh ann an dorchadas L\u00ecte, tha sinn a' leantainn aithrisear \u2019s e a' siubhail air feadh a' bhaile a\u2019 coinneachadh ri iomadach charactar annasach agus a\u2019 seachnadh a' phoileis bhr\u00f9ideil, Walter Shrapnel. \u201cSet in Edinburgh, in areas not unlike those featured in Irvine Welsh\u2019s Trainspotting...retains our attention right to the end of this astonishing story\u201d Aonghas MacNeacail & Scottish review of books, 2009 Directed by Muireann Kelly, the cast includes many well know faces from Gaelic drama- Iain Macrae, Mairi Morrison, Artair Donald, Iain Beggs, Catriona Lexy Chaimbeul and Calum MacDonald In gaelic with english subtitles Suitable for 14+. The play last 1 hour 45 mins, including an interval. There will be a short Q&A after the show. The play will be available to buy at the venue in both English and G\u00e0idhlig - published by Leabhraichean Beaga."
Theatre Adult
"Adapted by Catriona Lexy Chaimbeul from Tormod Caimbeul's, (Tormod a' Bhocsair) seminal Gaelic novel, with animation, subtitles, live music and with anarchic humour. 'Shrapnel' is for Gaelic and non-Gaelic audiences alike. Set in the darkest depths of Leith, we follow a man on the run for a crime he did not commit, as he meets an array of extraordinary misfits, with the psychopathic former detective, Walter Shrapnel, never far behind. Ath-sgr\u00ecobhadh den nobhail leis an s\u00e0r sgr\u00ecobhaiche, Tormod Caimbeul, le dealbhachadh, fo-thiotalan agus ce\u00f2l, tha Shrapnel freagarrach airson f\u00ecleantaich agus luchd-ionnsachaidh air fad. Air a\u2019 st\u00e8idheachadh ann an dorchadas L\u00ecte, tha sinn a' leantainn aithrisear \u2019s e a' siubhail air feadh a' bhaile a\u2019 coinneachadh ri iomadach charactar annasach agus a\u2019 seachnadh a' phoileis bhr\u00f9ideil, Walter Shrapnel. \u201cSet in Edinburgh, in areas not unlike those featured in Irvine Welsh\u2019s Trainspotting...retains our attention right to the end of this astonishing story\u201d Aonghas MacNeacail & Scottish review of books, 2009 Directed by Muireann Kelly, the cast includes many well know faces from Gaelic drama- Iain Macrae, Mairi Morrison, Artair Donald, Iain Beggs, Catriona Lexy Chaimbeul and Calum MacDonald In gaelic with english subtitles Suitable for 14+. The play last 1 hour 45 mins, including an interval. There will be a short Q&A after the show. The play will be available to buy at the venue in both English and G\u00e0idhlig - published by Leabhraichean Beaga."
Theatre Adult
"A touring, one day festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created in response to two things the Director kept hearing as she travelled around Scotland meeting audiences and artists: that people were up for seeing the kind of exciting performance that Scottish artists are renowned for internationally, and that communities wanted to experience a festival atmosphere in venues, with artists from all over Scotland coming together to present great work. \n\nPioneers of Performance is a day long festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created by independent artists working in Scotland. The shows have been chosen based on their outstanding quality and broad appeal - this really is the best work of its kind.\n\nThere\u2019s something for all age groups, with a show for young children before lunch, older children in the afternoon, and two shows for adults in the evening. Make the most of it by taking the kids along by day and returning at night with a friend. Enjoy!\n\nColette Sadler 'We Are The Monsters'\n\n35mins Age guide: 4-9\n\nNo two people - or monsters - are exactly the same! Come along and meet some scratchy, shimmering creatures and multi-coloured mini monsters, playing and interacting with one another, their arms and legs moving in strange and impossible ways. We Are the Monsters is a humorous dance performance for children, that seeks to portray and discover the monster hiding in all of us, using movement, live music, images and props to explore what makes us all different.\n\nThe show is for children from Bun Sgoil Shl\u00e8ite but parents, friends and everyone else is invited to attend"
Performance Dance
"A touring, one day festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created in response to two things the Director kept hearing as she travelled around Scotland meeting audiences and artists: that people were up for seeing the kind of exciting performance that Scottish artists are renowned for internationally, and that communities wanted to experience a festival atmosphere in venues, with artists from all over Scotland coming together to present great work. \n\nPioneers of Performance is a day long festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created by independent artists working in Scotland. The shows have been chosen based on their outstanding quality and broad appeal - this really is the best work of its kind.\n\nThere\u2019s something for all age groups, with a show for young children before lunch, older children in the afternoon, and two shows for adults in the evening. Make the most of it by taking the kids along by day and returning at night with a friend. Enjoy!\n\nColette Sadler 'We Are The Monsters'\n\n35mins Age guide: 4-9\n\nNo two people - or monsters - are exactly the same! Come along and meet some scratchy, shimmering creatures and multi-coloured mini monsters, playing and interacting with one another, their arms and legs moving in strange and impossible ways. We Are the Monsters is a humorous dance performance for children, that seeks to portray and discover the monster hiding in all of us, using movement, live music, images and props to explore what makes us all different.\n\nThe show is for children from Bun Sgoil Shl\u00e8ite but parents, friends and everyone else is invited to attend"
Performance Dance
"Pioneers of Performance is a day long festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created by independent artists working in Scotland. The shows have been chosen based on their outstanding quality and broad appeal - this really is the best work of its kind.\n\nThere\u2019s something for all age groups, with a show for young children before lunch, older children in the afternoon, and two shows for adults in the evening. Make the most of it by taking the kids along by day and returning at night with a friend. Enjoy!\n\n12.50 Curious Seed ~ 'Chalk About'\n\n50mins | Age guide: 8+\n\nChalk About is a playful, funny and sometimes moving look at how we see ourselves and others, featuring dance, chalk, chat and one perfect scene containing everything you could wish for.\n\nJoin Christine and Niels on their journey as they ask some BIG questions about identity and the meaning of life. What makes us who we are? Is it where we are from? Or how we talk? Or is it about the way we dance?\n\nThe show is for children from Bun Sgoil Shl\u00e8ite but parents, friends and everyone else is invited to attend"
Performance Dance
"Pioneers of Performance is a day long festival of thought-provoking, lively and fun performance and dance theatre, created by independent artists working in Scotland. The shows have been chosen based on their outstanding quality and broad appeal - this really is the best work of its kind.\n\nThere\u2019s something for all age groups, with a show for young children before lunch, older children in the afternoon, and two shows for adults in the evening. Make the most of it by taking the kids along by day and returning at night with a friend. Enjoy!\n\n12.50 Curious Seed ~ 'Chalk About'\n\n50mins | Age guide: 8+\n\nChalk About is a playful, funny and sometimes moving look at how we see ourselves and others, featuring dance, chalk, chat and one perfect scene containing everything you could wish for.\n\nJoin Christine and Niels on their journey as they ask some BIG questions about identity and the meaning of life. What makes us who we are? Is it where we are from? Or how we talk? Or is it about the way we dance?\n\nThe show is for children from Bun Sgoil Shl\u00e8ite but parents, friends and everyone else is invited to attend"
Performance Dance
"The Skye and Lochalsh Orchestra,under the baton of Iain Roden, present an evening of wonderful music from the great composers of the Romantic era, including Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Richard Strauss and concluding with Schubert's masterpiece, the haunting, beautiful and unforgettable Unfinished Symphony. Reserve a ticket for last night's and tonight's concert and get \u00a32 off."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Skye and Lochalsh Orchestra,under the baton of Iain Roden, present an evening of wonderful music from the great composers of the Romantic era, including Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Richard Strauss and concluding with Schubert's masterpiece, the haunting, beautiful and unforgettable Unfinished Symphony. Reserve a ticket for last night's and tonight's concert and get \u00a32 off."
Music Classical and Opera
"Lorayne McLucas presents another varied and colourful afternoon of song and dance from her Mini, Pre Junior and Junior Performers aged 3 - 12 classes around skye and lochalsh. More information and ticket prices coming soon."
Performance Dance
"Lorayne McLucas presents another varied and colourful afternoon of song and dance from her Mini, Pre Junior and Junior Performers aged 3 - 12 classes around skye and lochalsh. More information and ticket prices coming soon."
Performance Dance
"Lorayne McLucas presents an evening of song and dance with her junior and senior Musical theatre and Jazz classes from around Skye and Lochalsh More information and ticket prices will be available soon."
Performance Dance
"Lorayne McLucas presents an evening of song and dance with her junior and senior Musical theatre and Jazz classes from around Skye and Lochalsh More information and ticket prices will be available soon."
Performance Dance
"A very welcome return from one of Scotland's leading Children's Theatre companies. For Primary 1-3 The little gentleman is sad. The little gentleman is lonely. The little gentleman wants to find a friend\u2026but nobody seems to like him. What can the little gentleman do? Just as he thinks his heart may break of loneliness, the little gentleman finds a wonderful friend who changes his life forever. Adapted from the much-loved Swedish children's book by Barbro Lindgren, this production is a moving and humorous story about loneliness and the power of friendship. \u201chas children captivated and amused.. If only more work for adults was so universally accomplished\u201d Mark Brown, Scotland on Sunday \u201csilly, loveable moments between man and mutt that are funny and charming and quietly wise in what they depict about loneliness, friendship and the special relationship that can exist between people and pets.\u201d Mary Brennan, The Herald This show is promoted as a Sleat Primary School\/Bunsgoil Shl\u00e8ite event - but is open to everyone."
Theatre Family
"A very welcome return from one of Scotland's leading Children's Theatre companies. For Primary 1-3 The little gentleman is sad. The little gentleman is lonely. The little gentleman wants to find a friend\u2026but nobody seems to like him. What can the little gentleman do? Just as he thinks his heart may break of loneliness, the little gentleman finds a wonderful friend who changes his life forever. Adapted from the much-loved Swedish children's book by Barbro Lindgren, this production is a moving and humorous story about loneliness and the power of friendship. \u201chas children captivated and amused.. If only more work for adults was so universally accomplished\u201d Mark Brown, Scotland on Sunday \u201csilly, loveable moments between man and mutt that are funny and charming and quietly wise in what they depict about loneliness, friendship and the special relationship that can exist between people and pets.\u201d Mary Brennan, The Herald This show is promoted as a Sleat Primary School\/Bunsgoil Shl\u00e8ite event - but is open to everyone."
Theatre Family
"A Sottish-Indian fusion of love songs, dance music and a hint of Bollywood. Scotlands contemporary string Trio, Rednote Ensemble, Robert Irvine, Cello; Jackie Shave, Violin; and Simon Tandree, Viola), are joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for some new and traditional tunes many you will recognise immediately even in their new guise."
Music World
"A Sottish-Indian fusion of love songs, dance music and a hint of Bollywood. Scotlands contemporary string Trio, Rednote Ensemble, Robert Irvine, Cello; Jackie Shave, Violin; and Simon Tandree, Viola), are joined by the superb tabla player Kuljit Bhamra and piper-and-multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield for some new and traditional tunes many you will recognise immediately even in their new guise."
Music World
"Based on the myths and legends of the Scottish Selkie, Yugen Puppet Company tells the comic tale of a lonely fisherman, falling in love with a seal and how in matters of love, things don\u2019t always go according to plan. Using hand crafted puppets and striking shadow silhouettes, with music from the past, Yugen puppet Company puts its own twist on this, usually tragic, Scottish fairy tale. Yugen Puppet Company was set up to re-tell Scottish fairytales. Alison Monaghan has over twenty years of puppetry experience and also freelances as a performer, puppeteer, puppet designer, puppet maker, director and illustrator. This show is promoted as a Sleat Primary School\/Bunsgoil Shl\u00e8ite event - but is open to everyone. Lasts for 45 minutes and suitable for 5 years +."
Theatre Family
"Based on the myths and legends of the Scottish Selkie, Yugen Puppet Company tells the comic tale of a lonely fisherman, falling in love with a seal and how in matters of love, things don\u2019t always go according to plan. Using hand crafted puppets and striking shadow silhouettes, with music from the past, Yugen puppet Company puts its own twist on this, usually tragic, Scottish fairy tale. Yugen Puppet Company was set up to re-tell Scottish fairytales. Alison Monaghan has over twenty years of puppetry experience and also freelances as a performer, puppeteer, puppet designer, puppet maker, director and illustrator. This show is promoted as a Sleat Primary School\/Bunsgoil Shl\u00e8ite event - but is open to everyone. Lasts for 45 minutes and suitable for 5 years +."
Theatre Family
"Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight when the headline act fails to turn up. What follows is an hilarious journey of highly crafted, nuanced and heart-felt silent comedy, as Jango dances, juggles and magics his way to realize his dreams and transform into a Starr! Jango Starr's unique style of silent physical theatre includes contemporary circus clowning, slapstick comedy, puppetry, juggling and absurd magic. A truly unique performer with more than 25 years of international experience, his gift lies in his ability to bring laughter and joy to all ages, touching the child in everyone's heart. Performed by Jango Starr, directed by Gerry Mulgrew, designed by Becky Minto with original music by Philip Pinsky. "The real joy of this show lies in the physical fun, comic humour, sheer energy and enthusiasm plus circus skills - balancing, juggling, pratfalls - turning all his effort into ease and laughter. A new force has entered Scottish theatre!" Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre Lasts for 50 minutes and is suitable for 5 - 11 years and families * * * * Review http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/arts_ents\/14281195.Theatre_review__One_Man_Shoe_at_Macrobert_Arts_Centre__Stirling\/?ref=rss"
Theatre Family
"Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight when the headline act fails to turn up. What follows is an hilarious journey of highly crafted, nuanced and heart-felt silent comedy, as Jango dances, juggles and magics his way to realize his dreams and transform into a Starr! Jango Starr's unique style of silent physical theatre includes contemporary circus clowning, slapstick comedy, puppetry, juggling and absurd magic. A truly unique performer with more than 25 years of international experience, his gift lies in his ability to bring laughter and joy to all ages, touching the child in everyone's heart. Performed by Jango Starr, directed by Gerry Mulgrew, designed by Becky Minto with original music by Philip Pinsky. "The real joy of this show lies in the physical fun, comic humour, sheer energy and enthusiasm plus circus skills - balancing, juggling, pratfalls - turning all his effort into ease and laughter. A new force has entered Scottish theatre!" Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre Lasts for 50 minutes and is suitable for 5 - 11 years and families * * * * Review http:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/arts_ents\/14281195.Theatre_review__One_Man_Shoe_at_Macrobert_Arts_Centre__Stirling\/?ref=rss"
Theatre Family
"Mungo Park : travels in the Interior of Africamungo park Travelling to Africa in 1795, Scottish doctor and Enlightenment figure Mungo Park became the first European to reach the central portion of the Niger and determine in which direction it flowed. He was also the first to reach the legendary trading city of Timbuktu. According to the Scottish-Danish team behind this production, Park\u2019s account of his travels reads like a Hollywood blockbuster \u2013 so they set out to build an epic theatrical experience out of it. And within the confines of a Fringe theatre, boy, do they succeed. A rip-roaring entertainment and a salutary story. ~ 4**** With Matthew Zajac as Mungo Park Directed by Martin Lyngbo Written by Martin Lyngbo and Thor Bjorn Krebs \u201cMatthew Zajac\u2026cementing himself as one of my favourite contemporary stage actors\u2026Anders Christensen and Kingsley Amadi, both great actors. The trio have a fantastic stage chemistry\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026a breakneck, rollercoater ride\u2026with plenty of laughs\u2026(and) plenty of depth.\u201d Edinburgh Festival Magazine **** (edfestmag.com) \u201cThe visuals\u2026are amazing\u2026the lighting and sound are truly spectacular\u2026A triumph of political theatre, Mungo Park will not disappoint.\u201d"
Theatre Adult
"Mungo Park : travels in the Interior of Africamungo park Travelling to Africa in 1795, Scottish doctor and Enlightenment figure Mungo Park became the first European to reach the central portion of the Niger and determine in which direction it flowed. He was also the first to reach the legendary trading city of Timbuktu. According to the Scottish-Danish team behind this production, Park\u2019s account of his travels reads like a Hollywood blockbuster \u2013 so they set out to build an epic theatrical experience out of it. And within the confines of a Fringe theatre, boy, do they succeed. A rip-roaring entertainment and a salutary story. ~ 4**** With Matthew Zajac as Mungo Park Directed by Martin Lyngbo Written by Martin Lyngbo and Thor Bjorn Krebs \u201cMatthew Zajac\u2026cementing himself as one of my favourite contemporary stage actors\u2026Anders Christensen and Kingsley Amadi, both great actors. The trio have a fantastic stage chemistry\u2026\u201d \u201c\u2026a breakneck, rollercoater ride\u2026with plenty of laughs\u2026(and) plenty of depth.\u201d Edinburgh Festival Magazine **** (edfestmag.com) \u201cThe visuals\u2026are amazing\u2026the lighting and sound are truly spectacular\u2026A triumph of political theatre, Mungo Park will not disappoint.\u201d"
Theatre Adult
"5 short 15 minutes plays at an evening theatrical gathering. Expect a smorgasbord of theatrical delights. \n\nThe 5 short plays in the evening are indoors. Tickets available below.\n\n7:30pm welcome\n\n7:45 The 'Kyleakin' play\n\n8:15 The 'Raasay' play\n\n8:45 The 'Fairy Bridge' play\n\n9:15 The 'Dunvegan' play\n\n\n\nDuring the day, the Wee Theatre Festival is an exciting site-specific theatre event, taking place across locations on the Isle of Skye in partnership with SEALL. Each 15 minute play is specially written by Highland playwrights for the specific site. \n\n\n\n10 am and 5 pm - Skaebost Island, Tote\n\n11 am and 2.30 pm - Fairy Bridge, Waternish\n\n1.30 pm - the Lump, Kyleakin\n\n1 pm and 3 pm - Raasay Ferry Terminal, Sconser\n\n2 pm and 4 pm - Dunvegan Castle\n\n9:45 The 'Tote' play\n\n10:15pm end\n\n\n\nThese daytime shows have very limited capacity and tickets at \u00a35 each are only available in advance from www.ticketsource.co.uk\/playpieces\n\nPlease wear appropriate clothing for this outdoor experience.\n\n\n\nSee the plays from the Wee Festival 2015 on http:\/\/www.playpieces.co.uk\/the-wee-theatre-festival-2015.html"
Theatre Adult
"5 short 15 minutes plays at an evening theatrical gathering. Expect a smorgasbord of theatrical delights. \n\nThe 5 short plays in the evening are indoors. Tickets available below.\n\n7:30pm welcome\n\n7:45 The 'Kyleakin' play\n\n8:15 The 'Raasay' play\n\n8:45 The 'Fairy Bridge' play\n\n9:15 The 'Dunvegan' play\n\n\n\nDuring the day, the Wee Theatre Festival is an exciting site-specific theatre event, taking place across locations on the Isle of Skye in partnership with SEALL. Each 15 minute play is specially written by Highland playwrights for the specific site. \n\n\n\n10 am and 5 pm - Skaebost Island, Tote\n\n11 am and 2.30 pm - Fairy Bridge, Waternish\n\n1.30 pm - the Lump, Kyleakin\n\n1 pm and 3 pm - Raasay Ferry Terminal, Sconser\n\n2 pm and 4 pm - Dunvegan Castle\n\n9:45 The 'Tote' play\n\n10:15pm end\n\n\n\nThese daytime shows have very limited capacity and tickets at \u00a35 each are only available in advance from www.ticketsource.co.uk\/playpieces\n\nPlease wear appropriate clothing for this outdoor experience.\n\n\n\nSee the plays from the Wee Festival 2015 on http:\/\/www.playpieces.co.uk\/the-wee-theatre-festival-2015.html"
Theatre Adult
"Get your glad-rags on for this Cabaret Night \u2018Best Jazz Vocalist in Scotland 2013\/14\u2019 Ali Affleck presents her newest Hot Jazz and Blues quartet \u2018Bedlam Swing\u2019, and four professional swing jazz dancers to lead the dancing. Come along early for some free swing dance lessons. A hearty mix of lively, unpretentious vintage jazz from the 1920s through to 1940s, with a sprinkling of Great American Songbook standards. The band\u2019s speciality lies with the rare old forgotten gems, delightful songs that have somehow been passed over for decades. with Roy Percy, double bass Ross Milligan, guitar and banjo Chris Grieve, trombone Dick Lee, clarinet and saxophone."
Music Jazz
"Get your glad-rags on for this Cabaret Night \u2018Best Jazz Vocalist in Scotland 2013\/14\u2019 Ali Affleck presents her newest Hot Jazz and Blues quartet \u2018Bedlam Swing\u2019, and four professional swing jazz dancers to lead the dancing. Come along early for some free swing dance lessons. A hearty mix of lively, unpretentious vintage jazz from the 1920s through to 1940s, with a sprinkling of Great American Songbook standards. The band\u2019s speciality lies with the rare old forgotten gems, delightful songs that have somehow been passed over for decades. with Roy Percy, double bass Ross Milligan, guitar and banjo Chris Grieve, trombone Dick Lee, clarinet and saxophone."
Music Jazz
"A night of button box and accordion music celebrating the esteemed Fergie MacDonald of Acharacle, who has entertined dance halls and C\u00e8ilidh for 60 years. He is joined by Addie Harper Jr and other guests."
Music Traditional
"A night of button box and accordion music celebrating the esteemed Fergie MacDonald of Acharacle, who has entertined dance halls and C\u00e8ilidh for 60 years. He is joined by Addie Harper Jr and other guests."
Music Traditional
"Scotland's leading chamber orchestra sets out of their summer tour of the Highlands. Tonight the 24-strong string section returns to the Skye Festival with a programme including: Bart\u00f3k - Rumanian Dances Greig - Two Elegaic Melodies, op 34 Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Dvorak - Serenade with Stephanie Gonley Director\/Violin Join us as we journey through Europe, taking in the traditional tunes of the Romanian hills, set to music by Bartok, and the stunning Norwegian landscapes depicted in Grieg\u2019s Elegaic Melodies. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak\u2019s sunny Serenade presents one gorgeous tune after another, filler with all the warmth and generosity for which this composer is so treasured. We end our journey with a homecoming to the emotional music of Benjamin Britten. Whether it\u2019s the soaring melodies in these works or the flying bows, energy and commitment of the SCO Strings, there\u2019s something to enjoy here for everyone."
Music Classical and Opera
"Scotland's leading chamber orchestra sets out of their summer tour of the Highlands. Tonight the 24-strong string section returns to the Skye Festival with a programme including: Bart\u00f3k - Rumanian Dances Greig - Two Elegaic Melodies, op 34 Britten - Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Dvorak - Serenade with Stephanie Gonley Director\/Violin Join us as we journey through Europe, taking in the traditional tunes of the Romanian hills, set to music by Bartok, and the stunning Norwegian landscapes depicted in Grieg\u2019s Elegaic Melodies. Czech composer Antonin Dvorak\u2019s sunny Serenade presents one gorgeous tune after another, filler with all the warmth and generosity for which this composer is so treasured. We end our journey with a homecoming to the emotional music of Benjamin Britten. Whether it\u2019s the soaring melodies in these works or the flying bows, energy and commitment of the SCO Strings, there\u2019s something to enjoy here for everyone."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring their acclaimed production of 'Iolanthe'. With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of young and older local residents, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland. Iolanthe - the story of the fairy Iolanthe banished from the fairy kingdom for 25 years for marrying a mortal. In true Gilbert and Sullivan fashion, a tangled plot develops and then unravels . . . But with good msuic and good humour, all ends well."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound, the area's legendary Gilbert and Sullivan opera company, bring their acclaimed production of 'Iolanthe'. With some young semi-professional singers and a highly trained chorus of young and older local residents, Inner Sound is the only group regularly bringing quality G and S shows to the north of Scotland. Iolanthe - the story of the fairy Iolanthe banished from the fairy kingdom for 25 years for marrying a mortal. In true Gilbert and Sullivan fashion, a tangled plot develops and then unravels . . . But with good msuic and good humour, all ends well."
Music Classical and Opera
"SEALL celebrates 25 years of top quality events in south Skye. Our first event was on 11 May 1991 but we have chosen tonight for the official party! So we are delighted to welcome back the award winning Blazin\u2019 Fiddles - some of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, with wonderfully sympathetic piano and guitar arrangements. And they are Blazin\u2019 ! - in the past decade no other band has quite captured Scottish fiddle music\u2019s variety, energy and sensitivity. Like rare single malts, each member of Blazin\u2019 Fiddles draws the distinct flavour of music from their part of the Highlands and Islands. Fiddlers Jenna Reid, Bruce MacGregor, Rua Macmillan and Kristan Harvey are joined by Anna Massie, guitar\/fiddle and Angus Lyon, piano."
Music Traditional
"SEALL celebrates 25 years of top quality events in south Skye. Our first event was on 11 May 1991 but we have chosen tonight for the official party! So we are delighted to welcome back the award winning Blazin\u2019 Fiddles - some of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, with wonderfully sympathetic piano and guitar arrangements. And they are Blazin\u2019 ! - in the past decade no other band has quite captured Scottish fiddle music\u2019s variety, energy and sensitivity. Like rare single malts, each member of Blazin\u2019 Fiddles draws the distinct flavour of music from their part of the Highlands and Islands. Fiddlers Jenna Reid, Bruce MacGregor, Rua Macmillan and Kristan Harvey are joined by Anna Massie, guitar\/fiddle and Angus Lyon, piano."
Music Traditional
"41 young players - Young Sinfonia is the prestigious regional youth orchestra based at Sage Gateshead made up of around 40 players and trained by visiting conductors and members of Royal Northern Sinfonia. Young Sinfonia brings together outstanding young string, wind, brass and percussion players from the North of England. Members are aged 13-19 and play at the standard of grade 7\/8 and above. Over the past few years the orchestra has been conducted by international figures such as Garry Walker, Ainars Rubikis, Nicholas Kraemer and Jurjen Hempel and been joined by distinguished soloists such as Howard Shelley, and Mark Simpson, as well as providing concerto opportunities for its members. Young Sinfonia perform concerts in venues across the Northeast and also far and wide on international tours. In 2014 they formed a partnership with the Solingen Youth Orchestra who visited the North East before Young Sinfonia spent a week in Germany playing repertoire by Dvorak and Mendelssohn. Programme choices reflect their close partnership with Royal Northern Sinfonia, covering 350 years of classical music from Bach to Butterworth. Young Sinfonia are delighted to spend this year\u2019s Easter residency with conductor Justin Doyle on the Isle of Skye and perform Beethoven\u2019s third symphony at the Sabhal Mor Ostaig. Entry by donation in aid of Skye and Lochalsh young Carers"
Music Classical and Opera
"41 young players - Young Sinfonia is the prestigious regional youth orchestra based at Sage Gateshead made up of around 40 players and trained by visiting conductors and members of Royal Northern Sinfonia. Young Sinfonia brings together outstanding young string, wind, brass and percussion players from the North of England. Members are aged 13-19 and play at the standard of grade 7\/8 and above. Over the past few years the orchestra has been conducted by international figures such as Garry Walker, Ainars Rubikis, Nicholas Kraemer and Jurjen Hempel and been joined by distinguished soloists such as Howard Shelley, and Mark Simpson, as well as providing concerto opportunities for its members. Young Sinfonia perform concerts in venues across the Northeast and also far and wide on international tours. In 2014 they formed a partnership with the Solingen Youth Orchestra who visited the North East before Young Sinfonia spent a week in Germany playing repertoire by Dvorak and Mendelssohn. Programme choices reflect their close partnership with Royal Northern Sinfonia, covering 350 years of classical music from Bach to Butterworth. Young Sinfonia are delighted to spend this year\u2019s Easter residency with conductor Justin Doyle on the Isle of Skye and perform Beethoven\u2019s third symphony at the Sabhal Mor Ostaig. Entry by donation in aid of Skye and Lochalsh young Carers"
Music Classical and Opera
"Hailing from Vancouver, Canada the North Shore Celtic Ensemble is a one-off, experimental youth ensemble. With a unique style and repertoire drawing on- Celtic, jazz, classical, folk, French Canadian and more- making for a spirited no-boundaries experience for both player and audience. Led by Canadian artists Claude Gigu\u00e8re and Jay Knutson, over the past 30 years they\u2019ve worked to craft NSCE into an ensemble which both nurtures young celtic and folk talent whilst encouraging experimental and innovative ways of approaching the genre. One of Canada\u2019s most renowned youth music organisations, NSCE has toured extensively across North America and Europe and arrive in Skye fresh from a residency at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival. \u201cWith strings, percussion and wind instruments, Canada\u2019s North Shore Celtic Ensemble capped off the evening in grand fashion, bringing the audience to their feet with their spirited new takes on tradition\u201d- Glasgow Herald"
Music World
"Hailing from Vancouver, Canada the North Shore Celtic Ensemble is a one-off, experimental youth ensemble. With a unique style and repertoire drawing on- Celtic, jazz, classical, folk, French Canadian and more- making for a spirited no-boundaries experience for both player and audience. Led by Canadian artists Claude Gigu\u00e8re and Jay Knutson, over the past 30 years they\u2019ve worked to craft NSCE into an ensemble which both nurtures young celtic and folk talent whilst encouraging experimental and innovative ways of approaching the genre. One of Canada\u2019s most renowned youth music organisations, NSCE has toured extensively across North America and Europe and arrive in Skye fresh from a residency at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival. \u201cWith strings, percussion and wind instruments, Canada\u2019s North Shore Celtic Ensemble capped off the evening in grand fashion, bringing the audience to their feet with their spirited new takes on tradition\u201d- Glasgow Herald"
Music World
"Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra in the afternoon for a family-friendly hands on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas, and demystifying some of the myths surrounding Indian drumming! There are limited places available - reservations are essential."
Workshop
"Join internationally-renowned tabla player Kuljit Bhamra in the afternoon for a family-friendly hands on Indian drumming workshop, introducing some of the rhythms and musical ideas that drive Reels to Ragas, and demystifying some of the myths surrounding Indian drumming! There are limited places available - reservations are essential."
Workshop
"A Gala Concert from the Classics to Scots songs and Music from the Shows. The Glasgow Phoenix Choir is delighted to be performing a concert in Sabhal Mor Ostaig as part of our Highland Tour. The Glasgow Phoenix Choir rose out of the ashes of the world famous Glasgow Orpheus Choir and this year celebrates 116 years of choral excellence \u2013 66 years as the Glasgow Phoenix Choir and 50 years as the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. The choir flourishes under the guidance of our conductor Marilyn J Smith MBE and Cameron Murdoch, accompanist and depute conductor. The choir performs over 20 concerts per year, taking its special blend of choral music on tour, both in the UK and in Europe. The choir\u2019s reputation continues to grow as it performs traditional choral pieces from sacred to modern. Conductor - Marilyn J Smith MBE Accompanist & Deputy Conductor - Cameron Murdoch with some tea and cake at the end. Sponsorship by The CO-OPERATIVE FUNERALCARE allows the Choir to take on more fund-raising concerts for many worthy causes such as this and to travel further afield. Our most recent tour allowed us to take part in concerts to raise funds for local charities in Thurso, and to support the Italian Chapel and St Magnus Cathedral, in the Orkney Islands. The choir has itself raised over \u00a31.5M for many charities in the 66 years of its existence \u2013 which resulted in the award of the Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International."
Music Classical and Opera
"A Gala Concert from the Classics to Scots songs and Music from the Shows. The Glasgow Phoenix Choir is delighted to be performing a concert in Sabhal Mor Ostaig as part of our Highland Tour. The Glasgow Phoenix Choir rose out of the ashes of the world famous Glasgow Orpheus Choir and this year celebrates 116 years of choral excellence \u2013 66 years as the Glasgow Phoenix Choir and 50 years as the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. The choir flourishes under the guidance of our conductor Marilyn J Smith MBE and Cameron Murdoch, accompanist and depute conductor. The choir performs over 20 concerts per year, taking its special blend of choral music on tour, both in the UK and in Europe. The choir\u2019s reputation continues to grow as it performs traditional choral pieces from sacred to modern. Conductor - Marilyn J Smith MBE Accompanist & Deputy Conductor - Cameron Murdoch with some tea and cake at the end. Sponsorship by The CO-OPERATIVE FUNERALCARE allows the Choir to take on more fund-raising concerts for many worthy causes such as this and to travel further afield. Our most recent tour allowed us to take part in concerts to raise funds for local charities in Thurso, and to support the Italian Chapel and St Magnus Cathedral, in the Orkney Islands. The choir has itself raised over \u00a31.5M for many charities in the 66 years of its existence \u2013 which resulted in the award of the Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International."
Music Classical and Opera
"Gaelic, Scots songs and music from Skye's new 'Gaelic super-group'. Individually they are all well known as Mod Gold Medallists and members of well known bands, and together they bring together a great night of Gaelic and Scots song, music and good craic. Christine Primrose, Gaelic song; Billy Ross, Gaelic and Scots song; Arthur Cormack, Gaelic song; Decker Forrest, pipes; Iain Smith, guitar; and Blair Douglas, keyboards and accordian."
Music Traditional
"Gaelic, Scots songs and music from Skye's new 'Gaelic super-group'. Individually they are all well known as Mod Gold Medallists and members of well known bands, and together they bring together a great night of Gaelic and Scots song, music and good craic. Christine Primrose, Gaelic song; Billy Ross, Gaelic and Scots song; Arthur Cormack, Gaelic song; Decker Forrest, pipes; Iain Smith, guitar; and Blair Douglas, keyboards and accordian."
Music Traditional
"Bruce Ncube is a drum, music, dance and mbira teacher from Bulawayo, who returns to the UK for the summer to lead workshops teaching us dance and traditional songs from Zimbabwe. Come along to this very family friendly workshop in African dance. If you remember visits in recent years from Black Umfolozi, the joy of African miners gum-boot dancers will have stuck with you. Wear your welly-boots and join in the fun. Have'not got them with you - don't let that stop you! Suitable for everyone. 90 minutes long."
Workshop
"Bruce Ncube is a drum, music, dance and mbira teacher from Bulawayo, who returns to the UK for the summer to lead workshops teaching us dance and traditional songs from Zimbabwe. Come along to this very family friendly workshop in African dance. If you remember visits in recent years from Black Umfolozi, the joy of African miners gum-boot dancers will have stuck with you. Wear your welly-boots and join in the fun. Have'not got them with you - don't let that stop you! Suitable for everyone. 90 minutes long."
Workshop
"A great night of Gaelic song and music with Kenna Campbell, Kirsteen Grant, Calum Ross, Seumas Campbell, Arthur Cormack, Donald Murray, Iain MacLean, Ruairidh Cormack, Kirsteen Graham and Decker Forrest."
Music Traditional
"A great night of Gaelic song and music with Kenna Campbell, Kirsteen Grant, Calum Ross, Seumas Campbell, Arthur Cormack, Donald Murray, Iain MacLean, Ruairidh Cormack, Kirsteen Graham and Decker Forrest."
Music Traditional
"Bruce Ncube is a drum, music, dance and mbira teacher from Bulawayo, who returns to the UK for the summer to lead workshops teaching us dance and traditional songs from Zimbabwe. After his visit to Kyle last year, we are delighted to invite Bruce onto Skye. His singing workshops are inclusive, emotionally charged and uplifting. Every participant is invited to open their hearts and lungs wide, and enjoy singing beautiful, traditional songs in Zimbabwean languages, such as Shona and Ndebele. Suitable for everyone who just loves singing in groups. 2 hours."
Workshop
"Bruce Ncube is a drum, music, dance and mbira teacher from Bulawayo, who returns to the UK for the summer to lead workshops teaching us dance and traditional songs from Zimbabwe. After his visit to Kyle last year, we are delighted to invite Bruce onto Skye. His singing workshops are inclusive, emotionally charged and uplifting. Every participant is invited to open their hearts and lungs wide, and enjoy singing beautiful, traditional songs in Zimbabwean languages, such as Shona and Ndebele. Suitable for everyone who just loves singing in groups. 2 hours."
Workshop
"A piano concert of Scottish composers and music, with a lot of folk music and a particular emphasis on the work of the late, great Ronald Stevenson.\n\nBorn in Scotland in 1986, Christopher Guild studied piano and violin locally before entering St Mary\u2019s Music School, Edinburgh aged 13. He took top honours in the Moray Piano Competition 2001 - he remains the youngest winner to this day.\n\nChristopher entered the Royal College of Music in 2005 as a Foundation Scholar and studied for six years with Andrew Ball, gaining a First Class BMus (Hons), and the MMus and Artist Diploma with Distinction. He went on to be the Richard Carne Junior Fellowship in Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 2012-13. Christopher now combines performing and recording with extensive teaching commitments, at Junior Trinity in London and the Godolphin School in Salisbury.\n\n\u201cA naturally creative and innovatory musician ... Such pianists are rare ... He is a wonderful advocate for new music.\u201d - Royal College of Music, London\n\nTonight\u2019s concert is made possible by an anonymous sponsor for the hire of the piano."
Music Classical and Opera
"A piano concert of Scottish composers and music, with a lot of folk music and a particular emphasis on the work of the late, great Ronald Stevenson.\n\nBorn in Scotland in 1986, Christopher Guild studied piano and violin locally before entering St Mary\u2019s Music School, Edinburgh aged 13. He took top honours in the Moray Piano Competition 2001 - he remains the youngest winner to this day.\n\nChristopher entered the Royal College of Music in 2005 as a Foundation Scholar and studied for six years with Andrew Ball, gaining a First Class BMus (Hons), and the MMus and Artist Diploma with Distinction. He went on to be the Richard Carne Junior Fellowship in Performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance 2012-13. Christopher now combines performing and recording with extensive teaching commitments, at Junior Trinity in London and the Godolphin School in Salisbury.\n\n\u201cA naturally creative and innovatory musician ... Such pianists are rare ... He is a wonderful advocate for new music.\u201d - Royal College of Music, London\n\nTonight\u2019s concert is made possible by an anonymous sponsor for the hire of the piano."
Music Classical and Opera
"When picasso comes to stay, anything can happen. . . The story, based on a real-life incident involving the son of the photographer Lee Miller, is a sweet little tale about a sulky schoolboy who bonds with a Clouseau-ish, beret-wearing, bull-obsessed painter, spouting French and Spanish but very little English. What makes the show, however, are the regular pauses in which to let the kids get on with mask-making, collages, and drawing \u2013 all of which pertain brilliantly to the story, and subliminally allow them to absorb some of Picasso\u2019s artistic ideas. At one point, the children are encouraged to inolve the parents and adults. "The childllike joy of Picasso's painting is brilliantly conveyed, and kids, like mine, will come out learning that art is fun." SEALL has already seen the play and particularly encouraged the company to come north. Like all good children's theatre is is totally brilliant for adults (in fact they MUST be there, see above!) as well, and, in this case, great anyone with who paints or has children who love painting and colours. The play lasts 70 minutes. "Channels the spirit of the artists . . . a sweet little tale." The Guardian. https:\/\/youtu.be\/RldDU6kTPIE"
Theatre Family
"When picasso comes to stay, anything can happen. . . The story, based on a real-life incident involving the son of the photographer Lee Miller, is a sweet little tale about a sulky schoolboy who bonds with a Clouseau-ish, beret-wearing, bull-obsessed painter, spouting French and Spanish but very little English. What makes the show, however, are the regular pauses in which to let the kids get on with mask-making, collages, and drawing \u2013 all of which pertain brilliantly to the story, and subliminally allow them to absorb some of Picasso\u2019s artistic ideas. At one point, the children are encouraged to inolve the parents and adults. "The childllike joy of Picasso's painting is brilliantly conveyed, and kids, like mine, will come out learning that art is fun." SEALL has already seen the play and particularly encouraged the company to come north. Like all good children's theatre is is totally brilliant for adults (in fact they MUST be there, see above!) as well, and, in this case, great anyone with who paints or has children who love painting and colours. The play lasts 70 minutes. "Channels the spirit of the artists . . . a sweet little tale." The Guardian. https:\/\/youtu.be\/RldDU6kTPIE"
Theatre Family
"We are delighted to welcome back the award winning Blazin\u2019 Fiddles - some of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, with wonderfully sympathetic piano and guitar arrangements. And they are Blazin\u2019 ! - in the past decade no other band has quite captured Scottish fiddle music\u2019s variety, energy and sensitivity. Like rare single malts, each member of Blazin\u2019 Fiddles draws the distinct flavour of music from their part of the Highlands and Islands. Fiddlers Jenna Reid, Bruce MacGregor, Rua Macmillan and Kristan Harvey are joined by Anna Massie, guitar\/fiddle and Angus Lyon, piano."
Music Traditional
"We are delighted to welcome back the award winning Blazin\u2019 Fiddles - some of the hottest contemporary fiddle players from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, with wonderfully sympathetic piano and guitar arrangements. And they are Blazin\u2019 ! - in the past decade no other band has quite captured Scottish fiddle music\u2019s variety, energy and sensitivity. Like rare single malts, each member of Blazin\u2019 Fiddles draws the distinct flavour of music from their part of the Highlands and Islands. Fiddlers Jenna Reid, Bruce MacGregor, Rua Macmillan and Kristan Harvey are joined by Anna Massie, guitar\/fiddle and Angus Lyon, piano."
Music Traditional
"Edinburgh's leading independent cinema, Filmhouse is delighted to work with SEALL to present a Scottish tyour of one of cinema's earliest animated features 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed', with a specially musical score performed live by acoustic trio 'Sink'. Widely considered to be the first full-length animated feature in the history of cinema, 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed' is a beautifully crafted piece of storytelling based loosely on the Arabian Nights. The film is an exciting tale of sword fights, genies and adventure told using a silhouette animation technique pioneered by director Lotte Reiniger. Filmhouse Edinburgh have commissioned acoustic trio Sink to bring their live sounds to this very special animated feature as part of a Scotland-wide tour. Reaching beyond their usual instrumentation of violin, accordion and saxophone to create a score that is in part conjured, Sink set the quiet air into magical vibration. "mysterious and beautiful" Brian Morton of The Wire (Germany 1926, Dir. Lotte Reiniger, U, 1h 5m) with a free glass of wine."
Film and Music
"Edinburgh's leading independent cinema, Filmhouse is delighted to work with SEALL to present a Scottish tyour of one of cinema's earliest animated features 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed', with a specially musical score performed live by acoustic trio 'Sink'. Widely considered to be the first full-length animated feature in the history of cinema, 'The Adventures of Prince Achmed' is a beautifully crafted piece of storytelling based loosely on the Arabian Nights. The film is an exciting tale of sword fights, genies and adventure told using a silhouette animation technique pioneered by director Lotte Reiniger. Filmhouse Edinburgh have commissioned acoustic trio Sink to bring their live sounds to this very special animated feature as part of a Scotland-wide tour. Reaching beyond their usual instrumentation of violin, accordion and saxophone to create a score that is in part conjured, Sink set the quiet air into magical vibration. "mysterious and beautiful" Brian Morton of The Wire (Germany 1926, Dir. Lotte Reiniger, U, 1h 5m) with a free glass of wine."
Film and Music
"Catherine Wheels Theatre Company is one of Scotland's leading Theatre Companies for young people. Today they present 'Martha', a warm and funny show about a stubborn and eccentric woman who lives on her own by the sea and doesn\u2019t want any friends. But one day a mischievous goose turns up and Martha\u2019s life is never the same again. 'Martha' has been performed nearly 300 times since 2001 in Canada, USA (New York), Scotland, England, The Netherlands, China, Singapore and Australia. It was written by Andy Manley, Gill Robertson and Annie Wood. It is part of the new Imaginate and National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Starcatchers and Visible Fictions, who have launched 'Theatre in Schools Scotland', an exciting new initiative for theatre in Scotland\u2019s schools. Imaginate and National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Starcatchers and Visible Fictions, have launched Theatre in Schools Scotland; an exciting new initiative for theatre in Scotland\u2019s schools. Like all good children's theatre this will be particualrly enjoyed by adults as well."
Theatre Family
"Catherine Wheels Theatre Company is one of Scotland's leading Theatre Companies for young people. Today they present 'Martha', a warm and funny show about a stubborn and eccentric woman who lives on her own by the sea and doesn\u2019t want any friends. But one day a mischievous goose turns up and Martha\u2019s life is never the same again. 'Martha' has been performed nearly 300 times since 2001 in Canada, USA (New York), Scotland, England, The Netherlands, China, Singapore and Australia. It was written by Andy Manley, Gill Robertson and Annie Wood. It is part of the new Imaginate and National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Starcatchers and Visible Fictions, who have launched 'Theatre in Schools Scotland', an exciting new initiative for theatre in Scotland\u2019s schools. Imaginate and National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Starcatchers and Visible Fictions, have launched Theatre in Schools Scotland; an exciting new initiative for theatre in Scotland\u2019s schools. Like all good children's theatre this will be particualrly enjoyed by adults as well."
Theatre Family
"When Picasso comes to stay, anything can happen. . . The story, based on a real-life incident involving the son of the photographer Lee Miller, is a sweet little tale about a sulky schoolboy who bonds with a Clouseau-ish, beret-wearing, bull-obsessed painter, spouting French and Spanish but very little English. What makes the show, however, are the regular pauses in which to let the kids get on with mask-making, collages, and drawing \u2013 all of which pertain brilliantly to the story, and subliminally allow them to absorb some of Picasso\u2019s artistic ideas. At one point, the children are encouraged to inolve the parents and adults. "The childllike joy of Picasso's painting is brilliantly conveyed, and kids, like mine, will come out learning that art is fun." SEALL has already seen the play and particularly encouraged the company to come north. Like all good children's theatre is is totally brilliant for adults (in fact they MUST be there, see above!) as well, and, in this case, great anyone with who paints or has children who love painting and colours. The play lasts 70 minutes. "Channels the spirit of the artists . . . a sweet little tale." The Guardian. https:\/\/youtu.be\/RldDU6kTPIE"
Theatre Family
"When Picasso comes to stay, anything can happen. . . The story, based on a real-life incident involving the son of the photographer Lee Miller, is a sweet little tale about a sulky schoolboy who bonds with a Clouseau-ish, beret-wearing, bull-obsessed painter, spouting French and Spanish but very little English. What makes the show, however, are the regular pauses in which to let the kids get on with mask-making, collages, and drawing \u2013 all of which pertain brilliantly to the story, and subliminally allow them to absorb some of Picasso\u2019s artistic ideas. At one point, the children are encouraged to inolve the parents and adults. "The childllike joy of Picasso's painting is brilliantly conveyed, and kids, like mine, will come out learning that art is fun." SEALL has already seen the play and particularly encouraged the company to come north. Like all good children's theatre is is totally brilliant for adults (in fact they MUST be there, see above!) as well, and, in this case, great anyone with who paints or has children who love painting and colours. The play lasts 70 minutes. "Channels the spirit of the artists . . . a sweet little tale." The Guardian. https:\/\/youtu.be\/RldDU6kTPIE"
Theatre Family
"A children's opera in one act for all the family. It lasts for 1 hour with no interval.\n\nInner Sound is a group of enthusiastic and energetic folk who love getting together to indulge in their passion for singing. Most of our members come from Skye and Lochalsh, although there are a few who travel from as far as Inverness to join in the fun.\n\nInner Sound would not exist without our founder, and we are grateful to Ann Lampard for her boundless energy, knowledge and enthusiasm. In her many years of successful teaching, particularly at the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London, she gained invaluable experience at getting the best out of each one of her students, and making it fun in the process! In recognition for her services to music Ann was awarded an MBE in 2015. We are delighted to have her at the helm of our own happy band of singers, and grateful for her dedication to the continuing success of Inner Sound.\n\nThis is the first production with the cast drawn entirely from our younger members.\n\n\n\nBenjamin Britten wrote 'The Little Sweep' , a one act Opera, for seven teenaged voices and three adult voices. It is perfect Britten Opera in miniature, with great bouncing tunes and witty ensembles and choruses. It is set in the 19th century in a large country house in Suffolk where Juliet Brook and her sisters Sophie and Gay live. The Crome cousins, Hughie and Jonny, accompanied by their nurserymaid Rowan, are visiting the family in the school holidays and are horrified by the poor little sweep boy, who has been sold by his father to the wicked sweeps, Black Bob and Clem. The horrid housekeeper, Miss Baggot and the evil sweeps are continuously duped by the children who eventually manage to set the young sweep free with a couple of silver crowns in his pocket !\n\nIt is based upon a story supposedly told by a housekeeper in a large country house in Suffolk, where Britten lived. This lady narrated the story as it had been told to her by her grandmother. It is also a sad social comment on the abuse and exploitation of poor children in the Victorian era.\n\nAnn says what a joy and privilege it is to be able to produce and direct this challenging work using ten of the most talented young singers she has taught, and everyone of them living in Skye and Lochalsh !\n\nLasts 1 Hour with no interval\n\nTickets - \u00a310 and \u00a35 for under 16s."
Music Classical and Opera
"A children's opera in one act for all the family. It lasts for 1 hour with no interval.\n\nInner Sound is a group of enthusiastic and energetic folk who love getting together to indulge in their passion for singing. Most of our members come from Skye and Lochalsh, although there are a few who travel from as far as Inverness to join in the fun.\n\nInner Sound would not exist without our founder, and we are grateful to Ann Lampard for her boundless energy, knowledge and enthusiasm. In her many years of successful teaching, particularly at the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London, she gained invaluable experience at getting the best out of each one of her students, and making it fun in the process! In recognition for her services to music Ann was awarded an MBE in 2015. We are delighted to have her at the helm of our own happy band of singers, and grateful for her dedication to the continuing success of Inner Sound.\n\nThis is the first production with the cast drawn entirely from our younger members.\n\n\n\nBenjamin Britten wrote 'The Little Sweep' , a one act Opera, for seven teenaged voices and three adult voices. It is perfect Britten Opera in miniature, with great bouncing tunes and witty ensembles and choruses. It is set in the 19th century in a large country house in Suffolk where Juliet Brook and her sisters Sophie and Gay live. The Crome cousins, Hughie and Jonny, accompanied by their nurserymaid Rowan, are visiting the family in the school holidays and are horrified by the poor little sweep boy, who has been sold by his father to the wicked sweeps, Black Bob and Clem. The horrid housekeeper, Miss Baggot and the evil sweeps are continuously duped by the children who eventually manage to set the young sweep free with a couple of silver crowns in his pocket !\n\nIt is based upon a story supposedly told by a housekeeper in a large country house in Suffolk, where Britten lived. This lady narrated the story as it had been told to her by her grandmother. It is also a sad social comment on the abuse and exploitation of poor children in the Victorian era.\n\nAnn says what a joy and privilege it is to be able to produce and direct this challenging work using ten of the most talented young singers she has taught, and everyone of them living in Skye and Lochalsh !\n\nLasts 1 Hour with no interval\n\nTickets - \u00a310 and \u00a35 for under 16s."
Music Classical and Opera
"A children's opera in one act for all the family. It lasts for 1 hour with no interval.\n\nInner Sound is a group of enthusiastic and energetic folk who love getting together to indulge in their passion for singing. Most of our members come from Skye and Lochalsh, although there are a few who travel from as far as Inverness to join in the fun.\n\nInner Sound would not exist without our founder, and we are grateful to Ann Lampard for her boundless energy, knowledge and enthusiasm. In her many years of successful teaching, particularly at the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London, she gained invaluable experience at getting the best out of each one of her students, and making it fun in the process! In recognition for her services to music Ann was awarded an MBE in 2015. We are delighted to have her at the helm of our own happy band of singers, and grateful for her dedication to the continuing success of Inner Sound.\n\nThis is the first production with the cast drawn entirely from our younger members.\n\n\n\nBenjamin Britten wrote 'The Little Sweep' , a one act Opera, for seven teenaged voices and three adult voices. It is perfect Britten Opera in miniature, with great bouncing tunes and witty ensembles and choruses. It is set in the 19th century in a large country house in Suffolk where Juliet Brook and her sisters Sophie and Gay live. The Crome cousins, Hughie and Jonny, accompanied by their nurserymaid Rowan, are visiting the family in the school holidays and are horrified by the poor little sweep boy, who has been sold by his father to the wicked sweeps, Black Bob and Clem. The horrid housekeeper, Miss Baggot and the evil sweeps are continuously duped by the children who eventually manage to set the young sweep free with a couple of silver crowns in his pocket !\n\nIt is based upon a story supposedly told by a housekeeper in a large country house in Suffolk, where Britten lived. This lady narrated the story as it had been told to her by her grandmother. It is also a sad social comment on the abuse and exploitation of poor children in the Victorian era.\n\nAnn says what a joy and privilege it is to be able to produce and direct this challenging work using ten of the most talented young singers she has taught, and everyone of them living in Skye and Lochalsh !\n\nTickets - \u00a310 and \u00a35 for under 16s."
Music Classical and Opera
"A children's opera in one act for all the family. It lasts for 1 hour with no interval.\n\nInner Sound is a group of enthusiastic and energetic folk who love getting together to indulge in their passion for singing. Most of our members come from Skye and Lochalsh, although there are a few who travel from as far as Inverness to join in the fun.\n\nInner Sound would not exist without our founder, and we are grateful to Ann Lampard for her boundless energy, knowledge and enthusiasm. In her many years of successful teaching, particularly at the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London, she gained invaluable experience at getting the best out of each one of her students, and making it fun in the process! In recognition for her services to music Ann was awarded an MBE in 2015. We are delighted to have her at the helm of our own happy band of singers, and grateful for her dedication to the continuing success of Inner Sound.\n\nThis is the first production with the cast drawn entirely from our younger members.\n\n\n\nBenjamin Britten wrote 'The Little Sweep' , a one act Opera, for seven teenaged voices and three adult voices. It is perfect Britten Opera in miniature, with great bouncing tunes and witty ensembles and choruses. It is set in the 19th century in a large country house in Suffolk where Juliet Brook and her sisters Sophie and Gay live. The Crome cousins, Hughie and Jonny, accompanied by their nurserymaid Rowan, are visiting the family in the school holidays and are horrified by the poor little sweep boy, who has been sold by his father to the wicked sweeps, Black Bob and Clem. The horrid housekeeper, Miss Baggot and the evil sweeps are continuously duped by the children who eventually manage to set the young sweep free with a couple of silver crowns in his pocket !\n\nIt is based upon a story supposedly told by a housekeeper in a large country house in Suffolk, where Britten lived. This lady narrated the story as it had been told to her by her grandmother. It is also a sad social comment on the abuse and exploitation of poor children in the Victorian era.\n\nAnn says what a joy and privilege it is to be able to produce and direct this challenging work using ten of the most talented young singers she has taught, and everyone of them living in Skye and Lochalsh !\n\nTickets - \u00a310 and \u00a35 for under 16s."
Music Classical and Opera
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Music Classical and Opera
"The Kelvin Ensemble was founded in 1991 by a group of students at Glasgow University. This provided musicians from across the University with the opportunity to perform classical music concerts under the direction of professional conductors. Hebrides Overture - Mendelssohn Symphony no 8 - Schubert Barber of Seville Overture - Rossini Symphony no 6 - Beethoven In its first 10 years the Ensemble specialised in chamber music and was recognised as one of Scotland's leading non-professional chamber orchestras. Due to a size increase of over three times, the Ensemble now performs symphonic works rather than chamber music, but has continued to have the goal of allowing as many university students as possible the opportunity to perform orchestral music."
Music Classical and Opera
"The Kelvin Ensemble was founded in 1991 by a group of students at Glasgow University. This provided musicians from across the University with the opportunity to perform classical music concerts under the direction of professional conductors. Hebrides Overture - Mendelssohn Symphony no 8 - Schubert Barber of Seville Overture - Rossini Symphony no 6 - Beethoven In its first 10 years the Ensemble specialised in chamber music and was recognised as one of Scotland's leading non-professional chamber orchestras. Due to a size increase of over three times, the Ensemble now performs symphonic works rather than chamber music, but has continued to have the goal of allowing as many university students as possible the opportunity to perform orchestral music."
Music Classical and Opera
"Based in Broadford on the Isle of Skye, SLO is one of only three Scottish island-based orchestras. In spite of drawing from a population of just 12,500, covering an area of over 1000 sq. miles, we have most of the instruments required for a small classical orchestra so are able to perform a wide variety of music, from baroque to modern."
Music Classical and Opera
"Based in Broadford on the Isle of Skye, SLO is one of only three Scottish island-based orchestras. In spite of drawing from a population of just 12,500, covering an area of over 1000 sq. miles, we have most of the instruments required for a small classical orchestra so are able to perform a wide variety of music, from baroque to modern."
Music Classical and Opera
"Plan B is one of Scotland\u2019s leading dance companies, based in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands. Created by Glasgow-based Irish-born choreographer Chrissie Ardill and composer Mariam Rezaei, Citizen is a darkly humorous look at how we bring our identity with us where ever we go. With 4 dancers and live music mixed by Mariam Citizen takes us on the journey so many immigrants have made. This new production is an exploration of global migration and what happens when we arrive in new destinations. People leave places, sometimes by choice, sometimes because they have to. Where do they go and how do they fit in? What are the barriers and who put them there? What happens when cultures collide? Does anybody listen? Is it easier to hide away? How far do they integrate in their new community and how much do they save of the culture they left behind? Vibrant movement with music and song, laced with humour, combine in this hour-long production for audiences of all ages."
Performance Dance
"Plan B is one of Scotland\u2019s leading dance companies, based in Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands. Created by Glasgow-based Irish-born choreographer Chrissie Ardill and composer Mariam Rezaei, Citizen is a darkly humorous look at how we bring our identity with us where ever we go. With 4 dancers and live music mixed by Mariam Citizen takes us on the journey so many immigrants have made. This new production is an exploration of global migration and what happens when we arrive in new destinations. People leave places, sometimes by choice, sometimes because they have to. Where do they go and how do they fit in? What are the barriers and who put them there? What happens when cultures collide? Does anybody listen? Is it easier to hide away? How far do they integrate in their new community and how much do they save of the culture they left behind? Vibrant movement with music and song, laced with humour, combine in this hour-long production for audiences of all ages."
Performance Dance
"Fingal is seeking his fortune when his tired old horse is replaced by a magic one. The magic horse takes him on an adventure to meet a Prince who then sends Fingal on a number of quests to win the heart of a Princess. But who will win her love in the end? And what will become of the magic horse? In this story telling show with audience involvement, performed in a vivid and colourful cloth setting of patchwork trees, fields and sky, children become courtiers, mountains and magnificent castles. Puppets move through human forests and snapping crocodile waters on an ever changing shadow back drop. Based on a Scottish fairy tale. Suitable for 3yrs+ 45mins"
Theatre Family
"Fingal is seeking his fortune when his tired old horse is replaced by a magic one. The magic horse takes him on an adventure to meet a Prince who then sends Fingal on a number of quests to win the heart of a Princess. But who will win her love in the end? And what will become of the magic horse? In this story telling show with audience involvement, performed in a vivid and colourful cloth setting of patchwork trees, fields and sky, children become courtiers, mountains and magnificent castles. Puppets move through human forests and snapping crocodile waters on an ever changing shadow back drop. Based on a Scottish fairy tale. Suitable for 3yrs+ 45mins"
Theatre Family
"Dallahan are one of the fastest rising forces on the international folk circuit; heavily rooted in traditional Irish music, but with hugely diverse backgrounds and influences. They call on their mixed Irish, Scottish and Hungarian heritage to create a unique and seamless musical montage, drawing in influences from jazz, funk, pop and classical music. Dallahan will push and pull you along on a musical journey, artistically transcending from tender and delicate songs from Transylvania, to relentlessly punchy Irish dance tunes littered with funk grooves and everything in between.\n\n\n\nDallahan's new release, 'Matter Of Time' showcases the sound that they have developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have expanded and developed their ideas, exploring more ambitious and artful musical avenues whilst maintaining the same open minded approach to traditional music.\n\n\n\nHamish Napier\n\nHamish is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Scottish Highlands, working in Glasgow's vibrant music scene.\n\n\n\nHe has worked with Capercaillie\u2019s Karen Matheson, Phil Cunningham, Martyn Bennett, Treacherous Orchestra and Eddi Reader. He has toured internationally with award-winning folk quartet Back of the Moon, and now more recently in 'Nae Plans' with Adam Sutherland."
Music Traditional
"Dallahan are one of the fastest rising forces on the international folk circuit; heavily rooted in traditional Irish music, but with hugely diverse backgrounds and influences. They call on their mixed Irish, Scottish and Hungarian heritage to create a unique and seamless musical montage, drawing in influences from jazz, funk, pop and classical music. Dallahan will push and pull you along on a musical journey, artistically transcending from tender and delicate songs from Transylvania, to relentlessly punchy Irish dance tunes littered with funk grooves and everything in between.\n\n\n\nDallahan's new release, 'Matter Of Time' showcases the sound that they have developed since their debut album's release. Having found their feet musically when conceiving the first album's material, they have expanded and developed their ideas, exploring more ambitious and artful musical avenues whilst maintaining the same open minded approach to traditional music.\n\n\n\nHamish Napier\n\nHamish is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Scottish Highlands, working in Glasgow's vibrant music scene.\n\n\n\nHe has worked with Capercaillie\u2019s Karen Matheson, Phil Cunningham, Martyn Bennett, Treacherous Orchestra and Eddi Reader. He has toured internationally with award-winning folk quartet Back of the Moon, and now more recently in 'Nae Plans' with Adam Sutherland."
Music Traditional
"There are many reasons to be excited about new Glasgow-based five-piece \u00cdmar \u2013 not least a line-up featuring current and former members of M\u00e0nran, RURA, Talisk, Barrule, Cara, Mabon and The Lowground, whose collectively crammed trophy-cabinet includes a BBC Young Folk Award and several All-Britain\/All-Ireland titles. By far the best and biggest reason, however, is how excited the band are themselves. \u201cAs soon as we all sat down to play together properly, it just worked,\u201d says bodhr\u00e1n player Adam Brown (RURA), originally from Suffolk. \u201cWe were a bit stunned, to be honest; all looking round at everyone else, thinking, \u2018Is it just me, or was that really good?\u2019\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s definitely more of a pure-drop trad sound than most of the other bands we\u2019re involved in,\u201d adds Cork-born uilleann piper, flautist and whistle player Ryan Murphy (M\u00e0nran), \u201cbut I think that\u2019s partly why it feels so natural. We\u2019re going back to the music we started out playing \u2013 which is ultimately the reason why we\u2019re all here as musicians.\u201d \u00cdmar\u2019s formation also embodies a more personal reconnection with its members\u2019 formative years, dating back long before their recent camaraderie around Glasgow\u2019s justly celebrated session scene. All five of them \u2013 also including fiddler Tom\u00e1s Callister and bouzouki ace Adam Rhodes (Barrule\/Mabon), both from the Isle of Man, plus Glasgow native Mohsen Amini (Talisk) on concertina \u2013 originally met as teenagers through Comhaltas Ceolt\u00f3ir\u00ed \u00c9ireann, the Irish traditional music network that tutors budding players throughout the British Isles and beyond, and stages the annual schedule of Fleadh competitions. Mairead Stewart was born and raised in the village of Upper Coll on the Isle of Lewis, where song and poetry surrounded her as a child. This fostered her great love of Gaelic song and she later went on to win the coveted Gold Medal at the Royal National Mod in Airdrie in 1993. Since then her reputation as a singer has spread far and wide. Ewen Henderson hails from the Scottish West Highland town of Fort William and has been naturally steeped in the traditional music and Gaelic culture of the area from an early age. Now in his twenties, Ewen started learning the fiddle at five years of age and since then has mastered an impressive array of instruments, having had the privilege of learning from many of the true masters of West Highland traditional music such as Aonghas Grant Snr. on fiddle and Angus MacColl on bagpipes, whilst also being influenced by his strong family musical heritage. Over the years, Ewen has been fortunate enough to play all over the world from Shanghai to the Isle of Skye with a host of top Scottish and global cross-genre bands including the world-renowned Battlefield Band, with whom he toured for several years."
Music Traditional
"There are many reasons to be excited about new Glasgow-based five-piece \u00cdmar \u2013 not least a line-up featuring current and former members of M\u00e0nran, RURA, Talisk, Barrule, Cara, Mabon and The Lowground, whose collectively crammed trophy-cabinet includes a BBC Young Folk Award and several All-Britain\/All-Ireland titles. By far the best and biggest reason, however, is how excited the band are themselves. \u201cAs soon as we all sat down to play together properly, it just worked,\u201d says bodhr\u00e1n player Adam Brown (RURA), originally from Suffolk. \u201cWe were a bit stunned, to be honest; all looking round at everyone else, thinking, \u2018Is it just me, or was that really good?\u2019\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s definitely more of a pure-drop trad sound than most of the other bands we\u2019re involved in,\u201d adds Cork-born uilleann piper, flautist and whistle player Ryan Murphy (M\u00e0nran), \u201cbut I think that\u2019s partly why it feels so natural. We\u2019re going back to the music we started out playing \u2013 which is ultimately the reason why we\u2019re all here as musicians.\u201d \u00cdmar\u2019s formation also embodies a more personal reconnection with its members\u2019 formative years, dating back long before their recent camaraderie around Glasgow\u2019s justly celebrated session scene. All five of them \u2013 also including fiddler Tom\u00e1s Callister and bouzouki ace Adam Rhodes (Barrule\/Mabon), both from the Isle of Man, plus Glasgow native Mohsen Amini (Talisk) on concertina \u2013 originally met as teenagers through Comhaltas Ceolt\u00f3ir\u00ed \u00c9ireann, the Irish traditional music network that tutors budding players throughout the British Isles and beyond, and stages the annual schedule of Fleadh competitions. Mairead Stewart was born and raised in the village of Upper Coll on the Isle of Lewis, where song and poetry surrounded her as a child. This fostered her great love of Gaelic song and she later went on to win the coveted Gold Medal at the Royal National Mod in Airdrie in 1993. Since then her reputation as a singer has spread far and wide. Ewen Henderson hails from the Scottish West Highland town of Fort William and has been naturally steeped in the traditional music and Gaelic culture of the area from an early age. Now in his twenties, Ewen started learning the fiddle at five years of age and since then has mastered an impressive array of instruments, having had the privilege of learning from many of the true masters of West Highland traditional music such as Aonghas Grant Snr. on fiddle and Angus MacColl on bagpipes, whilst also being influenced by his strong family musical heritage. Over the years, Ewen has been fortunate enough to play all over the world from Shanghai to the Isle of Skye with a host of top Scottish and global cross-genre bands including the world-renowned Battlefield Band, with whom he toured for several years."
Music Traditional
"Fresh from its launch in Hull's City of Culture programme and on its way to London's Southbank, tonight's show is a remarkable coup for SEALL with which to launch the Skye Festival.\n\nAnne Martin, Gaelic singer, was born and brought up in Trotternish on the Isle of Skye. She learned her tradition from older neighbours and relatives and has been singing and researching Gaelic song since childhood. \n\nShe recently received a PRS biennial award to produce the short piece 'Ceumannan' (steps, strides) working with vocal sculptor Jason Singh, for the Hull City of Culture programme. Then as part of an ATLAS Arts project on Skye, Anne and Jason visited India, researching Jason's background, to complement Anne's understanding of her own roots. They created a layering of contemporary music for Anne's traditional Gaelic song and collaborated with well known Indian musicians Sharat Chandra Srivastava and Gyan Singh.\n\nOut of this has grown 'Routes' which tonight receives its World Premier on Skye"
Music World
"Fresh from its launch in Hull's City of Culture programme and on its way to London's Southbank, tonight's show is a remarkable coup for SEALL with which to launch the Skye Festival.\n\nAnne Martin, Gaelic singer, was born and brought up in Trotternish on the Isle of Skye. She learned her tradition from older neighbours and relatives and has been singing and researching Gaelic song since childhood. \n\nShe recently received a PRS biennial award to produce the short piece 'Ceumannan' (steps, strides) working with vocal sculptor Jason Singh, for the Hull City of Culture programme. Then as part of an ATLAS Arts project on Skye, Anne and Jason visited India, researching Jason's background, to complement Anne's understanding of her own roots. They created a layering of contemporary music for Anne's traditional Gaelic song and collaborated with well known Indian musicians Sharat Chandra Srivastava and Gyan Singh.\n\nOut of this has grown 'Routes' which tonight receives its World Premier on Skye"
Music World
"The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland, led by Music director Malcolm Edmonstone and Principal Conductor Andrew Bain, brings together around 30 of Scotland's best young performers for a Summer School on Skye. With some seriously funky music, revisiting Donald Fagan\u2019s seminal solo debut Nightfly, these concerts will involve a vocal jazz ensemble, one of the Jazz programme\u2019s most exciting recent developments. The concert opens with the NYOS Jazz Access project, with a range of big band repertoire. The featured guest artist is the amazing Scottish guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane."
Music Jazz
"The National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland, led by Music director Malcolm Edmonstone and Principal Conductor Andrew Bain, brings together around 30 of Scotland's best young performers for a Summer School on Skye. With some seriously funky music, revisiting Donald Fagan\u2019s seminal solo debut Nightfly, these concerts will involve a vocal jazz ensemble, one of the Jazz programme\u2019s most exciting recent developments. The concert opens with the NYOS Jazz Access project, with a range of big band repertoire. The featured guest artist is the amazing Scottish guitarist Malcolm MacFarlane."
Music Jazz
"Gilbert and Sullivan's sixth collaboration was "Patience", or "Bunthorne's Bride". Patience satirises the "aesthetic craze" of the 1870s and '80s, when the output of poets, composers, painters and designers of all kinds was prolific.\n\nInner Sound is possibly Scotland's leading amateur G and S producers. Anne Lampard MBE has for years been training young and older singers, some of whom are now working in the professional operatic circuit. \n\nFor one night only at the Skye Festival - reservations are essential for this sell-out show."
Music Classical and Opera
"Gilbert and Sullivan's sixth collaboration was "Patience", or "Bunthorne's Bride". Patience satirises the "aesthetic craze" of the 1870s and '80s, when the output of poets, composers, painters and designers of all kinds was prolific.\n\nInner Sound is possibly Scotland's leading amateur G and S producers. Anne Lampard MBE has for years been training young and older singers, some of whom are now working in the professional operatic circuit. \n\nFor one night only at the Skye Festival - reservations are essential for this sell-out show."
Music Classical and Opera
"One of Scotland\u2019s finest fiddle players, Charlie McKerron won the Daily Record Golden Fiddle Award. He first joined Capercaillie in 1985 and has toured extensively throughout the world with the band. An accomplished composer Charlie\u2019s music has been widely recorded and he has contributed to the film \u201cRob Roy\u201d and more recently \u201cFour Men and a Malt\u201d and \u201cGruth is Uachdar\u201d (Crowdie and Cream) which he co-wrote with Donald Shaw for which they received 2 RTS awards.\n\n\n\nFee Charlie - \u00a3400.00\n\nFee Marc Clements - \u00a3450.00"
Music Traditional
"One of Scotland\u2019s finest fiddle players, Charlie McKerron won the Daily Record Golden Fiddle Award. He first joined Capercaillie in 1985 and has toured extensively throughout the world with the band. An accomplished composer Charlie\u2019s music has been widely recorded and he has contributed to the film \u201cRob Roy\u201d and more recently \u201cFour Men and a Malt\u201d and \u201cGruth is Uachdar\u201d (Crowdie and Cream) which he co-wrote with Donald Shaw for which they received 2 RTS awards.\n\n\n\nFee Charlie - \u00a3400.00\n\nFee Marc Clements - \u00a3450.00"
Music Traditional
"Four well-known faces on the Scottish traditional music scene come together, a night of slow airs, fast paced tunes and possibly some bizarre musical interludes.\n\nAdam, from Errogie on the south shores of Loch Ness, is one of Scotland\u2019s most exciting fiddle players, leading a fiddle camp here at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig this week. He is joined by Hamish Napier, flute and whistle player. They both play in other bands, but together are known as 'Nae Plans', and with certainly 'nae plan' tonight they will present a very diverse, spontaneous and exciting set-list.\n\nMairearad Green is one of Scotland\u2019s top traditional music composers, from the Coigach peninsula of the Highlands. Renowned for her deft and lyrical accordion style, as well as her dextrous piping, Mairearad is in great demand as a performer and composer. She is joined by Anna Massie, guitar, who is also one of the 'Blazin Fiddles'."
Music Traditional
"Four well-known faces on the Scottish traditional music scene come together, a night of slow airs, fast paced tunes and possibly some bizarre musical interludes.\n\nAdam, from Errogie on the south shores of Loch Ness, is one of Scotland\u2019s most exciting fiddle players, leading a fiddle camp here at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig this week. He is joined by Hamish Napier, flute and whistle player. They both play in other bands, but together are known as 'Nae Plans', and with certainly 'nae plan' tonight they will present a very diverse, spontaneous and exciting set-list.\n\nMairearad Green is one of Scotland\u2019s top traditional music composers, from the Coigach peninsula of the Highlands. Renowned for her deft and lyrical accordion style, as well as her dextrous piping, Mairearad is in great demand as a performer and composer. She is joined by Anna Massie, guitar, who is also one of the 'Blazin Fiddles'."
Music Traditional
"Star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre\u2019s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Have I Got News for You and Q.I, Shappi Khorsandi is back with a brand new show for 2017. \n\nShappi is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of her arrival in Britain. She's reclaiming patriotism, sending a love letter to her adopted land. Please don\u2019t come if you\u2019re a skinhead (though naturally bald folk are welcome).\n\n\u2018She has plenty to say, and says it with pointedness and potency.\u2019 The Guardian\n\nShappi has whip-crack jokes and is effortlessly funny as she handles every subject with a razor sharp wit, softened only by her deliciously mischievous delivery and endless charm.\n\nShe is also the best selling author of \u2018A Beginners Guide to Acting English\u2019 and her debut novel \u2018Nina is not OK\u2019 is published by Ebury in July 2016. Shappi was also recently elected president of the British Humanist society.\n\n'seriously funny and suprisingly filthy' The New Statesman\n\n'makes live comedy thrilling' London Evening Standard\n\nSuitable for audiences 16+"
Comedy
"Star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre\u2019s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Have I Got News for You and Q.I, Shappi Khorsandi is back with a brand new show for 2017. \n\nShappi is celebrating the fortieth anniversary of her arrival in Britain. She's reclaiming patriotism, sending a love letter to her adopted land. Please don\u2019t come if you\u2019re a skinhead (though naturally bald folk are welcome).\n\n\u2018She has plenty to say, and says it with pointedness and potency.\u2019 The Guardian\n\nShappi has whip-crack jokes and is effortlessly funny as she handles every subject with a razor sharp wit, softened only by her deliciously mischievous delivery and endless charm.\n\nShe is also the best selling author of \u2018A Beginners Guide to Acting English\u2019 and her debut novel \u2018Nina is not OK\u2019 is published by Ebury in July 2016. Shappi was also recently elected president of the British Humanist society.\n\n'seriously funny and suprisingly filthy' The New Statesman\n\n'makes live comedy thrilling' London Evening Standard\n\nSuitable for audiences 16+"
Comedy
"M\u00e0iri Chaimbeul, on harp, from Skye and Jenna Moynihan, on fiddle, from Lakewood, NY, play contemporary music rooted in traditional Scottish and Appalachian Old-Time music. Jenna and M\u00e0iri have developed a sound which celebrates and explores beautiful melodies. They met whilst studying at Berklee College of Music and are a product of the thriving and rich Boston music community. Jenna and M\u00e0iri have both been heavily steeped in tradition, but their music breathes new life into old tunes and merges their wide-ranging influences into a sound that is at once grounded and adventurous. They are joined by M\u00e0iri's sister Br\u00ecghde who is the current Radio 2 Young Folk Musician of the Year. The evening opens with musicians from 'The Young Entertainer' a Speyfest project to encourage and give young trad musicians an opportunity to perform. The finalists are out on tour of the Highlands with clarsach, fiddles, whistles\/small pipes, scots song and creative dance."
Music Traditional
"M\u00e0iri Chaimbeul, on harp, from Skye and Jenna Moynihan, on fiddle, from Lakewood, NY, play contemporary music rooted in traditional Scottish and Appalachian Old-Time music. Jenna and M\u00e0iri have developed a sound which celebrates and explores beautiful melodies. They met whilst studying at Berklee College of Music and are a product of the thriving and rich Boston music community. Jenna and M\u00e0iri have both been heavily steeped in tradition, but their music breathes new life into old tunes and merges their wide-ranging influences into a sound that is at once grounded and adventurous. They are joined by M\u00e0iri's sister Br\u00ecghde who is the current Radio 2 Young Folk Musician of the Year. The evening opens with musicians from 'The Young Entertainer' a Speyfest project to encourage and give young trad musicians an opportunity to perform. The finalists are out on tour of the Highlands with clarsach, fiddles, whistles\/small pipes, scots song and creative dance."
Music Traditional
"Lakin McCarthy presents GEORGE EGG - Anarchist Cook SELL OUT \u2013 Edinburgh Fringe 2015 & 2016 Winner \u2013 Spirit of The Fringe Award 2015 If you like food and cooking then you\u2019ll like this. A cocktail of stand-up comedy, striking innovation and extreme multi-tasking. George Egg spends a lot of time staying in hotels and some years ago, unimpressed with room service, he took matters into his own hands. Whilst performing a mind-bendingly original show of comedy-cum-illustrated-lecture George prepares a three-course meal on the equipment hotels unwittingly provide (iron, kettle, trouser press\u2026), and if you want to, you can taste it at the end. George is touring the show in 2016\/2017, a tour that has taken him to Estonia, Norway, The Netherlands, New Zealand and extensively throughout the United Kingdom. " a genius\u2026 He is the friendly face of anarchy, the anarchic face of food and the foodie face of comedy" SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY " A hilarious show, with surprisingly good food" THE TIMES " It is refreshing to encounter a performer who really is unique" THE TELEGRAPH " My find of the Fringe" THE INDEPENDENT " George\u2019s show Anarchist Cook is absolutely glorious" THE SCOTSMAN Video Reel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ye7XscJCkG4 George\u2019s Website: www.anarchistcook.info"
Comedy
"Lakin McCarthy presents GEORGE EGG - Anarchist Cook SELL OUT \u2013 Edinburgh Fringe 2015 & 2016 Winner \u2013 Spirit of The Fringe Award 2015 If you like food and cooking then you\u2019ll like this. A cocktail of stand-up comedy, striking innovation and extreme multi-tasking. George Egg spends a lot of time staying in hotels and some years ago, unimpressed with room service, he took matters into his own hands. Whilst performing a mind-bendingly original show of comedy-cum-illustrated-lecture George prepares a three-course meal on the equipment hotels unwittingly provide (iron, kettle, trouser press\u2026), and if you want to, you can taste it at the end. George is touring the show in 2016\/2017, a tour that has taken him to Estonia, Norway, The Netherlands, New Zealand and extensively throughout the United Kingdom. " a genius\u2026 He is the friendly face of anarchy, the anarchic face of food and the foodie face of comedy" SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY " A hilarious show, with surprisingly good food" THE TIMES " It is refreshing to encounter a performer who really is unique" THE TELEGRAPH " My find of the Fringe" THE INDEPENDENT " George\u2019s show Anarchist Cook is absolutely glorious" THE SCOTSMAN Video Reel: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ye7XscJCkG4 George\u2019s Website: www.anarchistcook.info"
Comedy
"Margaret Stewart was born and raised in the village of Upper Coll on the Isle of Lewis, where song and poetry surrounded her as a child. This fostered her great love of Gaelic song and she later went on to win the coveted Gold Medal at the Royal National Mod in Airdrie in 1993. \n\nIngrid Henderson is the clarsach-playing member of the extensive Henderson family of Fort William, and a music tutor at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig.\n\nThey will be joined by various guest performers.\n\n\n\nThis is a 'Pay What You Like' event\n\n\n\n\u00a3200 to Margaret Stewart\n\n\u00a3200 to Ingrid Hendrson\n\n\u00a350 to Malin Lewis\n\n\u00a350 to Hector MacInnes + \u00a350 travel"
Music Traditional
"Margaret Stewart was born and raised in the village of Upper Coll on the Isle of Lewis, where song and poetry surrounded her as a child. This fostered her great love of Gaelic song and she later went on to win the coveted Gold Medal at the Royal National Mod in Airdrie in 1993. \n\nIngrid Henderson is the clarsach-playing member of the extensive Henderson family of Fort William, and a music tutor at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig.\n\nThey will be joined by various guest performers.\n\n\n\nThis is a 'Pay What You Like' event\n\n\n\n\u00a3200 to Margaret Stewart\n\n\u00a3200 to Ingrid Hendrson\n\n\u00a350 to Malin Lewis\n\n\u00a350 to Hector MacInnes + \u00a350 travel"
Music Traditional
"There will be dancing - so come dressed in your '70s best! A nostalgic musical homage to one of the best-selling jazz groups of all time. Beginning life in the early \u201950s, The Crusaders, in their various forms, produced over 40 albums and fired some of R&B\u2019s best-loved artists, such as Randy Crawford, Wayne Henderson, Hubert Laws and Bill Withers, into immediate stardom. The Crusaders Time Machine are Gordon McNeil, tenor sax; Rick Taylor, trombone; Malcolm MacFarlane, guitar; Paul Harrison, piano and electric piano; Mario Caribe, double bass, electric bass and arrangements; Stuart Brown, drums. With tunes from the hard-bop era, followed by hits from the groovy period, this is a time travel through the history of this great band."
Music Jazz
"There will be dancing - so come dressed in your '70s best! A nostalgic musical homage to one of the best-selling jazz groups of all time. Beginning life in the early \u201950s, The Crusaders, in their various forms, produced over 40 albums and fired some of R&B\u2019s best-loved artists, such as Randy Crawford, Wayne Henderson, Hubert Laws and Bill Withers, into immediate stardom. The Crusaders Time Machine are Gordon McNeil, tenor sax; Rick Taylor, trombone; Malcolm MacFarlane, guitar; Paul Harrison, piano and electric piano; Mario Caribe, double bass, electric bass and arrangements; Stuart Brown, drums. With tunes from the hard-bop era, followed by hits from the groovy period, this is a time travel through the history of this great band."
Music Jazz
"A co-production between Scottish Theatre Producers and Festival and King\u2019s Theatres, Edinburgh A new musical from Andy Cannon and Richard Ferguson, directed by Ken Alexander The Sunshine Ghost tells the wonderfully comic story of the acquisition of Castle MacKinnon by a love-struck billionaire and property tycoon for his fianc\u00e9, \u2018Astrobeth\u2019 - Hollywood\u2019s favourite astrologer. Brought brick by brick from a remote rocky outcrop on a small Scottish Island all the way to Naples, Florida, they soon discover that the castle's previous owner has not quite \u2018left\u2019 the building\u2026"
Theatre Adult
"A co-production between Scottish Theatre Producers and Festival and King\u2019s Theatres, Edinburgh A new musical from Andy Cannon and Richard Ferguson, directed by Ken Alexander The Sunshine Ghost tells the wonderfully comic story of the acquisition of Castle MacKinnon by a love-struck billionaire and property tycoon for his fianc\u00e9, \u2018Astrobeth\u2019 - Hollywood\u2019s favourite astrologer. Brought brick by brick from a remote rocky outcrop on a small Scottish Island all the way to Naples, Florida, they soon discover that the castle's previous owner has not quite \u2018left\u2019 the building\u2026"
Theatre Adult
"Fergie Macdonald, Robert Nairn and Addie Harper Jr are running this week's accordion and button box Summer School and present a concert of lively c\u00e8ilidh music and good craic with various other guests.\n\nAs the C\u00e8ilidh King, button-box player Fergie MacDonald took the authentic, raw and right c\u00e8ilidh dance band style to village halls across the length and breadth of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Fergie and his band were stars. Wherever c\u00e8ilidh music is being played, Fergie\u2019s masterful musicianship and infectious style remain the benchmark, and Fergie will forever be known as the man who gave c\u00e8ilidh music to the world.\n\n\n\nGrace Stewart will be busking beforehand."
Music Traditional
"Fergie Macdonald, Robert Nairn and Addie Harper Jr are running this week's accordion and button box Summer School and present a concert of lively c\u00e8ilidh music and good craic with various other guests.\n\nAs the C\u00e8ilidh King, button-box player Fergie MacDonald took the authentic, raw and right c\u00e8ilidh dance band style to village halls across the length and breadth of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Fergie and his band were stars. Wherever c\u00e8ilidh music is being played, Fergie\u2019s masterful musicianship and infectious style remain the benchmark, and Fergie will forever be known as the man who gave c\u00e8ilidh music to the world.\n\n\n\nGrace Stewart will be busking beforehand."
Music Traditional
"Director and Cinematographer Lou McLoughlan will cycle to Skye to introduce her film and field some questions. '16 Years Till Summer' (Scotland, Iceland, 2105, 87 mins) is directed & Filmed by Lou McLoughlan and developed with assistance from Scottish Documentary Institute\n\nWhen Uisdean returns home to nurse his dying father, after spending 16 years in prison, he attempts to re-build a normal life in his home village. Set in the healing and beautiful landscape of the Scottish Highlands, the film inevitably explores themes of redemption but the director\u2019s main focus is on the trusting relationships Uisdean builds with his father and girlfriend; both of whom are inspired by the \u2018new start\u2019 he promises to share with them. But is Uisdean able to change his destructive ways?\n\n\u201cIt manages to gracefully explore the effects of isolation and the justice system on the individuals affected before building to a quietly devastating climax. A simple but powerful film.\u201d \u2013 The Skinny"
Film and Music
"Director and Cinematographer Lou McLoughlan will cycle to Skye to introduce her film and field some questions. '16 Years Till Summer' (Scotland, Iceland, 2105, 87 mins) is directed & Filmed by Lou McLoughlan and developed with assistance from Scottish Documentary Institute\n\nWhen Uisdean returns home to nurse his dying father, after spending 16 years in prison, he attempts to re-build a normal life in his home village. Set in the healing and beautiful landscape of the Scottish Highlands, the film inevitably explores themes of redemption but the director\u2019s main focus is on the trusting relationships Uisdean builds with his father and girlfriend; both of whom are inspired by the \u2018new start\u2019 he promises to share with them. But is Uisdean able to change his destructive ways?\n\n\u201cIt manages to gracefully explore the effects of isolation and the justice system on the individuals affected before building to a quietly devastating climax. A simple but powerful film.\u201d \u2013 The Skinny"
Film and Music
"Young People's Theatre for Bunsgoil Shl\u00e8ite but everyone welcome - remarkably good for adults as well! Jango Starr returns to Sleat with his delightful show for children and families. When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on an hilarious journey of highly crafted and heart-felt silent comedy, as he magically finds his way to realise his dream of transforming into a star. Jango Starr\u2019s unique style of silent physical theatre includes contemporary circus clowning, slapstick comedy, puppetry, juggling and absurd magic, bringing laughter and joy to all ages. Performed by Jango Starr, directed by Gerry Mulgrew, designed by Becky Minto with original music by Philip Pinsky. "The real joy of this show lies in the physical fun, comic humour, sheer energy and enthusiasm plus circus skills - balancing, juggling, pratfalls - turning all his effort into ease and laughter. A new force has entered Scottish theatre!" Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre Lasts for 50 minutes and is suitable for 5 - 11 years and families * * * * Review"
Theatre Family
"Young People's Theatre for Bunsgoil Shl\u00e8ite but everyone welcome - remarkably good for adults as well! Jango Starr returns to Sleat with his delightful show for children and families. When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on an hilarious journey of highly crafted and heart-felt silent comedy, as he magically finds his way to realise his dream of transforming into a star. Jango Starr\u2019s unique style of silent physical theatre includes contemporary circus clowning, slapstick comedy, puppetry, juggling and absurd magic, bringing laughter and joy to all ages. Performed by Jango Starr, directed by Gerry Mulgrew, designed by Becky Minto with original music by Philip Pinsky. "The real joy of this show lies in the physical fun, comic humour, sheer energy and enthusiasm plus circus skills - balancing, juggling, pratfalls - turning all his effort into ease and laughter. A new force has entered Scottish theatre!" Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre Lasts for 50 minutes and is suitable for 5 - 11 years and families * * * * Review"
Theatre Family
""She threw a stone at the sun...everything went dark." A Stone\u2019s Throw is a modern day fairytale about a girl who throws a stone at the sun and knocks it down. Exploring environmental issues, overcoming our fears and notions of self worth, A Stone\u2019s Throw blends shadow puppetry, live music, innovative movement and storytelling with Giddy Aunt\u2019s trademark witty style and dark humour. Meet the legendary Bird King, West Coast\u2019s terrifying Lighthouse Lady and the wise Giant Sloth, as we journey across the planet on a quest to piece the sun back together again before the earth is changed forever. 60 minutes long and suitable for 5+"
Theatre Family
""She threw a stone at the sun...everything went dark." A Stone\u2019s Throw is a modern day fairytale about a girl who throws a stone at the sun and knocks it down. Exploring environmental issues, overcoming our fears and notions of self worth, A Stone\u2019s Throw blends shadow puppetry, live music, innovative movement and storytelling with Giddy Aunt\u2019s trademark witty style and dark humour. Meet the legendary Bird King, West Coast\u2019s terrifying Lighthouse Lady and the wise Giant Sloth, as we journey across the planet on a quest to piece the sun back together again before the earth is changed forever. 60 minutes long and suitable for 5+"
Theatre Family
"First established in 2003, the first Skyedance showcase was performed in June 2004 and was a sell-out hit, confirming the appetite and passion for dance on the Island. Performed by dancers from Skye and Lochalsh, the annual showcase continues to highlight the diversity and quality of instruction available. It brings together dancers from the regular Skyedance classes as well as providing a platform for all dancers and teachers of dance in the area. It has become a highlight for both the dancers and the wider public."
Performance Dance
"First established in 2003, the first Skyedance showcase was performed in June 2004 and was a sell-out hit, confirming the appetite and passion for dance on the Island. Performed by dancers from Skye and Lochalsh, the annual showcase continues to highlight the diversity and quality of instruction available. It brings together dancers from the regular Skyedance classes as well as providing a platform for all dancers and teachers of dance in the area. It has become a highlight for both the dancers and the wider public."
Performance Dance
"The opening concert of the 2017 F\u00e8is an Eilein takes place during the family Gaelic week at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, when parents of children who attend Gaelic medium primary schools get together to develop their language and cultural skills. Joy Dunlop, Gaelic singer and stepdancer will be joined by various guests, young an old, for a family orientated night of song, dance and music. You do not need to be a Gaelic speaker to enjoy this evening! Eleanor Wood MC Sandy Cameron, Finly cameron, Ruairidh Buxton - Pipes - refused a fee! Rodachan MacKinnon \u00a310 y Angus MacKinnon \u00a310 y Emily MacDonald \u00a310 y Eva Mahon \u00a310 y Oisin ? - visitor n Sleat Dancers x3 \u00a330 y Joy Dunlop \u00a340 y Loudon MacAoidh \u00a3100 y Seamus Boyle \u00a340 y Ciaran Whittle \u00a340 n ***** Dancings"
Music Traditional
"The opening concert of the 2017 F\u00e8is an Eilein takes place during the family Gaelic week at Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, when parents of children who attend Gaelic medium primary schools get together to develop their language and cultural skills. Joy Dunlop, Gaelic singer and stepdancer will be joined by various guests, young an old, for a family orientated night of song, dance and music. You do not need to be a Gaelic speaker to enjoy this evening! Eleanor Wood MC Sandy Cameron, Finly cameron, Ruairidh Buxton - Pipes - refused a fee! Rodachan MacKinnon \u00a310 y Angus MacKinnon \u00a310 y Emily MacDonald \u00a310 y Eva Mahon \u00a310 y Oisin ? - visitor n Sleat Dancers x3 \u00a330 y Joy Dunlop \u00a340 y Loudon MacAoidh \u00a3100 y Seamus Boyle \u00a340 y Ciaran Whittle \u00a340 n ***** Dancings"
Music Traditional
"'Midsummer Night Dream' performed as a one man show in Gaelic, A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream: Magic, mischief, trickery and love with the help of an old boot, a plastic bag and a brick! The wonderful ad hoc talents of Daibhidh Walker is a unique experience in Gaelic theatre. Coming from the critically acclaimed team who brought Mac Beatha to the Edinburgh Festival stage, this play mixes the rich poetic language of Shakespeare with some perfectly scripted contemporary belly laughs. 45 minutes. Suitable for all ages and families. Aisling oidhche Meadhan Samhraidh: Far comhair riochdaichear draoidheachd, m\u00ec-mhodh, cleasan is gaol le cuideachadh o sheann bhr\u00f2ig, pocan plastaig agus breige! Cuir an cois sin gi\u00f9lan iongantach is comasach Dhaibhidh Walker san dealbh, is chan eil a leithid ri fhaighinn ann an dr\u00e0ma Gh\u00e0idhlig. Tha an dealbh-chluich seo ga cur air adhart leis an sgioba a fhuair moladh o sgr\u00f9dairean airson Mac Beatha air \u00e0rd-\u00f9rlar F\u00e8is Dh\u00f9n \u00c8ideann, agus tha measgachadh innte de chainnt bheairteach bh\u00e0rdail Shakespeare is de sgr\u00ecobhadh eagnaidh on l\u00e0 an diugh a bheir f\u00ecor lasgan air luchd-\u00e8isteachd. And at 9pm - 'Building a Nation' performed in English, Scots and Gaelic. A spoken word and sound performance by poet and Gaelic learner Martin O\u2019Connor and performed by him and Nicoal Scrutton. Steeped in the industrial voice of his own Glaswegian Scots, he explores the personal relationship with voice, accent and dialect and unearths the words we lose when we leave the land for the city, the words we lose when a place is swept by deindustrialization, and the words we lose when we are disconnected from our cultural identity. The piece challenges perceptions of the Scottish cringe and the voice as class indicator and asks if Gaelic accents carry the same bias or marginalisation. Does coming from Uist, Lewis, Mull or Skye have the same provocation as coming from Pollok or Bearsden? And what does the Glaswegian Gael sound like? Suitable for adults - contains strong language. Togail N\u00e0isean: Tha b\u00e0rd a dh\u2019ionnsaich a\u2019 Gh\u00e0idhlig, Martin O\u2019Connor, a\u2019 cur Building a Nation air \u00e0rd-\u00f9rlar le cainnt is fuaim. Tha dualchas Albais gn\u00ecomhachais Ghlaschu gu domhainn ann fh\u00e8in, is tha e a\u2019 rannsachadh a dh\u00e0imh phearsanta ris a\u2019 ghuth, ri blas is ri dualchainnt, is a\u2019 r\u00f9rach airson nam faclan a chailleas sinn nuair a th\u00e8id sinn on fhearann chun a\u2019 bhaile mh\u00f2ir, na faclan a chailleas sinn nuair a sguabar gn\u00ecomhachas air falbh \u00e0 \u00e0ite, is na faclan a chailleas sinn nuair a th\u00e8id air sgaradh o ar n ionannachd chultarach fh\u00e8in. Bheir an obair seo an aghaidh air seallaidhean a thaobh cringe na h-Alba is a thaobh a\u2019 ghuth mar chomharra air inbhe, agus faighnichidh i a bheil an aon chlaonadh is an aon iomallachadh ann a thaobh dhualchainntean G\u00e0idhlig. A bheil an aon bhuaidh aig a bhith \u00e0 Uibhist, Le\u00f2dhas, Muile no \u00e0s an Eilean Sgitheanach \u2019s a th\u2019 aig a bhith \u00e0 Pollok no Bearsden? Agus d\u00e8 am blas a th\u2019 aig G\u00e0idheil Ghlaschu?"
Theatre Adult
"'Midsummer Night Dream' performed as a one man show in Gaelic, A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream: Magic, mischief, trickery and love with the help of an old boot, a plastic bag and a brick! The wonderful ad hoc talents of Daibhidh Walker is a unique experience in Gaelic theatre. Coming from the critically acclaimed team who brought Mac Beatha to the Edinburgh Festival stage, this play mixes the rich poetic language of Shakespeare with some perfectly scripted contemporary belly laughs. 45 minutes. Suitable for all ages and families. Aisling oidhche Meadhan Samhraidh: Far comhair riochdaichear draoidheachd, m\u00ec-mhodh, cleasan is gaol le cuideachadh o sheann bhr\u00f2ig, pocan plastaig agus breige! Cuir an cois sin gi\u00f9lan iongantach is comasach Dhaibhidh Walker san dealbh, is chan eil a leithid ri fhaighinn ann an dr\u00e0ma Gh\u00e0idhlig. Tha an dealbh-chluich seo ga cur air adhart leis an sgioba a fhuair moladh o sgr\u00f9dairean airson Mac Beatha air \u00e0rd-\u00f9rlar F\u00e8is Dh\u00f9n \u00c8ideann, agus tha measgachadh innte de chainnt bheairteach bh\u00e0rdail Shakespeare is de sgr\u00ecobhadh eagnaidh on l\u00e0 an diugh a bheir f\u00ecor lasgan air luchd-\u00e8isteachd. And at 9pm - 'Building a Nation' performed in English, Scots and Gaelic. A spoken word and sound performance by poet and Gaelic learner Martin O\u2019Connor and performed by him and Nicoal Scrutton. Steeped in the industrial voice of his own Glaswegian Scots, he explores the personal relationship with voice, accent and dialect and unearths the words we lose when we leave the land for the city, the words we lose when a place is swept by deindustrialization, and the words we lose when we are disconnected from our cultural identity. The piece challenges perceptions of the Scottish cringe and the voice as class indicator and asks if Gaelic accents carry the same bias or marginalisation. Does coming from Uist, Lewis, Mull or Skye have the same provocation as coming from Pollok or Bearsden? And what does the Glaswegian Gael sound like? Suitable for adults - contains strong language. Togail N\u00e0isean: Tha b\u00e0rd a dh\u2019ionnsaich a\u2019 Gh\u00e0idhlig, Martin O\u2019Connor, a\u2019 cur Building a Nation air \u00e0rd-\u00f9rlar le cainnt is fuaim. Tha dualchas Albais gn\u00ecomhachais Ghlaschu gu domhainn ann fh\u00e8in, is tha e a\u2019 rannsachadh a dh\u00e0imh phearsanta ris a\u2019 ghuth, ri blas is ri dualchainnt, is a\u2019 r\u00f9rach airson nam faclan a chailleas sinn nuair a th\u00e8id sinn on fhearann chun a\u2019 bhaile mh\u00f2ir, na faclan a chailleas sinn nuair a sguabar gn\u00ecomhachas air falbh \u00e0 \u00e0ite, is na faclan a chailleas sinn nuair a th\u00e8id air sgaradh o ar n ionannachd chultarach fh\u00e8in. Bheir an obair seo an aghaidh air seallaidhean a thaobh cringe na h-Alba is a thaobh a\u2019 ghuth mar chomharra air inbhe, agus faighnichidh i a bheil an aon chlaonadh is an aon iomallachadh ann a thaobh dhualchainntean G\u00e0idhlig. A bheil an aon bhuaidh aig a bhith \u00e0 Uibhist, Le\u00f2dhas, Muile no \u00e0s an Eilean Sgitheanach \u2019s a th\u2019 aig a bhith \u00e0 Pollok no Bearsden? Agus d\u00e8 am blas a th\u2019 aig G\u00e0idheil Ghlaschu?"
Theatre Adult
"Last Year Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts students produced two sold out shows in June and December as well as performing at Eden Court as part of the Highland-wide Big Dance Performance. Lorayne\u2019s dancers come from all over Skye and Lochalsh to present some lively performances with her junior and senior Musical Theatre and Jazz classes.\n\n\n\n14 June - Marie spoke to Lorayne and agreed \u00a3500.00 fee for the 3 events to SEALL. If she makes a large profit she will spilt on top of the \u00a3500.00."
Performance Dance
"Last Year Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts students produced two sold out shows in June and December as well as performing at Eden Court as part of the Highland-wide Big Dance Performance. Lorayne\u2019s dancers come from all over Skye and Lochalsh to present some lively performances with her junior and senior Musical Theatre and Jazz classes.\n\n\n\n14 June - Marie spoke to Lorayne and agreed \u00a3500.00 fee for the 3 events to SEALL. If she makes a large profit she will spilt on top of the \u00a3500.00."
Performance Dance
"Last Year Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts students produced two sold out shows in June and December as well as performing at Eden Court as part of the Highland-wide Big Dance Performance. Lorayne\u2019s dancers come from all over Skye and Lochalsh to present some lively performances with her junior and senior Musical Theatre and Jazz classes.\n\n\n\n14 June - Marie spoke to Lorayne and agreed \u00a3500.00 fee for the 3 events to SEALL. If she makes a large profit she will spilt on top of the \u00a3500.00."
Performance Dance
"Last Year Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts students produced two sold out shows in June and December as well as performing at Eden Court as part of the Highland-wide Big Dance Performance. Lorayne\u2019s dancers come from all over Skye and Lochalsh to present some lively performances with her junior and senior Musical Theatre and Jazz classes.\n\n\n\n14 June - Marie spoke to Lorayne and agreed \u00a3500.00 fee for the 3 events to SEALL. If she makes a large profit she will spilt on top of the \u00a3500.00."
Performance Dance
"ELIZA ROSS\u2019 RAASAY\n\nWorkshops and performance\n\n\n\nA symposium and recital celebrating the music of Elizabeth Ross\u2019s Original Highland Airs (1812). Sabhal Mor Ostaig and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland staff, students and guests recreate the early 19th century drawing room of Raasay House through workshops and performances of music and song from Ross\u2019 collection, in association with the Musica Scotica Trust \u2013 an event not to be missed! Please check our website for times and details.\n\n\n\nGAELIC Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, the Gaelic college on Skye and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland come together for two days of academic collaboration and concerts. This evening\u2019s event includes pipers Decker Forrest from SMO and Josh Dickson from the RCS, playing on Highland pipes and Border pipes.\n\n\n\nAdults \u00a314, Students\/Members \u00a312, Young People \u00a37, Under 10s\/Season Tickets \u00a30"
Music Traditional
"ELIZA ROSS\u2019 RAASAY\n\nWorkshops and performance\n\n\n\nA symposium and recital celebrating the music of Elizabeth Ross\u2019s Original Highland Airs (1812). Sabhal Mor Ostaig and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland staff, students and guests recreate the early 19th century drawing room of Raasay House through workshops and performances of music and song from Ross\u2019 collection, in association with the Musica Scotica Trust \u2013 an event not to be missed! Please check our website for times and details.\n\n\n\nGAELIC Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig, the Gaelic college on Skye and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland come together for two days of academic collaboration and concerts. This evening\u2019s event includes pipers Decker Forrest from SMO and Josh Dickson from the RCS, playing on Highland pipes and Border pipes.\n\n\n\nAdults \u00a314, Students\/Members \u00a312, Young People \u00a37, Under 10s\/Season Tickets \u00a30"
Music Traditional
"Last Year Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts students produced two sold out shows in June and December as well as performing at Eden Court as part of the Highland-wide Big Dance Performance. Lorayne\u2019s dancers come from all over Skye and Lochalsh to present some lively performances with her junior and senior Musical Theatre and Jazz classes.\n\n\n\n14 June - Marie spoke to Lorayne and agreed \u00a3500.00 fee for the 3 events to SEALL. If she makes a large profit she will spilt on top of the \u00a3500.00."
Performance Dance
"Last Year Lorayne McLucas Performing Arts students produced two sold out shows in June and December as well as performing at Eden Court as part of the Highland-wide Big Dance Performance. Lorayne\u2019s dancers come from all over Skye and Lochalsh to present some lively performances with her junior and senior Musical Theatre and Jazz classes.\n\n\n\n14 June - Marie spoke to Lorayne and agreed \u00a3500.00 fee for the 3 events to SEALL. If she makes a large profit she will spilt on top of the \u00a3500.00."
Performance Dance
"One of Scotland\u2019s all-time great fiddle players, Duncan Chisholm, comes to Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig as part of this year\u2019s Blas Festival. He will be accompanied by two of the country\u2019s most celebrated pipers, Jarlath Henderson and Ali Hutton. Support on the night is from Hebridean musician Mischa MacPherson who will be joined by two of Scotland\u2019s most accomplished and empathetic musicians \u2013 guitarist Innes White and fiddle player Megan Henderson of Breabach.\n\nDuncan Chisholm\n\nB\u2019 fhada on bha Donnchadh Siosalach air a mheas mar fhear de phr\u00ecomh fh\u00ecdhlearan na h-Alba is bidh e gu tric a\u2019 cluich air feadh na Roinn E\u00f2rpa agus nan St\u00e0itean Aonaichte. B\u2019 e Donnchadh fear de na cluicheadairean a b\u2019 fhe\u00e0rr a ch\u00f2rd ri daoine aig Celtic Connections na bliadhna-sa agus tha e gu h-\u00e0raid aithnichte aig Blas ri linn an taisbeanaidh \u2018Kin\u2019, a choisinn cli\u00f9 do Dhonnchadh. Tha e a\u2019 tilleadh gu Blas 2017 a chluich ann an tr\u00ec \u00e0itean s\u00f2nraichte.\n\nTha cruth-t\u00ecre na G\u00e0idhealtachd agus an saoghal mu thimcheall air buaidh mh\u00f2r a thoirt air Donnchadh agus air a che\u00f2l, agus \u2019s e dealbh ce\u00f2lmhor den Gh\u00e0idhealtachd a bheir e seachad aig Blas, le ce\u00f2l on t-sreath ainmeil \u2018Strathglass Trilogy\u2019 na l\u00f9ib.\n\nTha ce\u00f2l Dhonnchaidh toinnte, \u00e0lainn agus tlachdmhor. Tha \u00e0ite, cruth-t\u00ecre agus eachdraidh ri chluinntinn is ri fhaireachdainn na che\u00f2l.\n\nBidh Jarlath MacEanraig agus Ali Hutton a\u2019 cluich c\u00f2mhla ri Donnchadh.\n\nLong revered as one of Scotland\u2019s all-time great fiddle players, Duncan Chisholm has toured extensively throughout Europe and the USA. Hailed as \u201cone of the hottest tickets\u201d of this year\u2019s Celtic Connections Festival and perhaps best known at the Blas Festival for his ground-breaking and award winning multi-media production Kin, Duncan Chisholm will return to perform at three fantastic Highland venues during Blas 2017. \n\nInspired deeply by the Highland landscape and natural world around him, Duncan will perform his musical representation of the Highlands of Scotland, including some highlights from his acclaimed Strathglass Trilogy. \n\nDuncan\u2019s music is sophisticated, exhilarating and meltingly beautiful. There is a great sense of place, landscape and history weaving through his tunes. \n\nDuncan will be accompanied by Jarlath Henderson and Ali Hutton.\n\nMischa MacPherson\n\nLe bhith air a togail ann an cultar nan Eilean Siar, bha Mischa Nic a\u2019 Phearsain gu math \u00f2g nuair a nochd i \u00f9idh ann an ce\u00f2l agus sa Gh\u00e0idhlig. Tha i air grunn dhuaisean n\u00e0iseanta a bhuannachadh: Seinneadair G\u00e0idhlig na Bliadhna aig Na Trads agus Seinneadair Ce\u00f2l D\u00f9thchais aig R\u00e8idio 2 \u2013 teisteanas air cho l\u00e0n de dh\u2019fhaireachdainn agus beatha \u2019s a tha a cuid seinn. Tha i air seinn aig iomadh tachartas, aig an taigh agus thall thairis, le c\u00f2mhlan fh\u00e8in agus le iomadh pr\u00f2iseact eile, a leithid Martyn Bennett\u2019s GRIT Orchestra (2016) agus The Unusual Suspects of Celtic Colours (2017).\n\nBheir dithis sh\u00e0r-chluicheadairean na h-Alba, Innes MacIlleBh\u00e0in (giot\u00e0r) agus Megan NicEanraig (fidheall), taic do Mischa ann an Sl\u00e8ite. Ann an Loch an Inbhir agus Ge\u00e0rrloch, cluichidh Alasdair Iain MacPh\u00e0draig am pi\u00e0na agus harmonium c\u00f2mhla riutha.\n\nHaving grown up immersed in the distinctive culture of the Outer Hebrides, Mischa Macpherson unearthed her love for music and Gaelic at a very early age. She has gone on to scoop several major UK folk awards in recent years \u2013 a fitting testament to her music\u2019s pure-distilled expressiveness and radiant vitality. Named Gaelic Singer of the Year at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music awards and BBC Radio 2\u2019s Young Folk Award Winner she now performs extensively, both at home and abroad, with her own band and a long list of other projects including Martyn Bennett\u2019s GRIT Orchestra (2016) and The Unusual Suspects of Celtic Colours (2017).\n\nMischa will be joined in Sleat by two of Scotland\u2019s most accomplished and empathetic musicians \u2013 guitarist Innes White and fiddle player Megan Henderson (Breabach). And in Lochinver & Gairloch Alistair Iain Paterson will also add piano and harmonium to the mix.\n\n\u201cEvocative and stirring, it is true Gaelic soul music.\u201d"
Music Traditional
"One of Scotland\u2019s all-time great fiddle players, Duncan Chisholm, comes to Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig as part of this year\u2019s Blas Festival. He will be accompanied by two of the country\u2019s most celebrated pipers, Jarlath Henderson and Ali Hutton. Support on the night is from Hebridean musician Mischa MacPherson who will be joined by two of Scotland\u2019s most accomplished and empathetic musicians \u2013 guitarist Innes White and fiddle player Megan Henderson of Breabach.\n\nDuncan Chisholm\n\nB\u2019 fhada on bha Donnchadh Siosalach air a mheas mar fhear de phr\u00ecomh fh\u00ecdhlearan na h-Alba is bidh e gu tric a\u2019 cluich air feadh na Roinn E\u00f2rpa agus nan St\u00e0itean Aonaichte. B\u2019 e Donnchadh fear de na cluicheadairean a b\u2019 fhe\u00e0rr a ch\u00f2rd ri daoine aig Celtic Connections na bliadhna-sa agus tha e gu h-\u00e0raid aithnichte aig Blas ri linn an taisbeanaidh \u2018Kin\u2019, a choisinn cli\u00f9 do Dhonnchadh. Tha e a\u2019 tilleadh gu Blas 2017 a chluich ann an tr\u00ec \u00e0itean s\u00f2nraichte.\n\nTha cruth-t\u00ecre na G\u00e0idhealtachd agus an saoghal mu thimcheall air buaidh mh\u00f2r a thoirt air Donnchadh agus air a che\u00f2l, agus \u2019s e dealbh ce\u00f2lmhor den Gh\u00e0idhealtachd a bheir e seachad aig Blas, le ce\u00f2l on t-sreath ainmeil \u2018Strathglass Trilogy\u2019 na l\u00f9ib.\n\nTha ce\u00f2l Dhonnchaidh toinnte, \u00e0lainn agus tlachdmhor. Tha \u00e0ite, cruth-t\u00ecre agus eachdraidh ri chluinntinn is ri fhaireachdainn na che\u00f2l.\n\nBidh Jarlath MacEanraig agus Ali Hutton a\u2019 cluich c\u00f2mhla ri Donnchadh.\n\nLong revered as one of Scotland\u2019s all-time great fiddle players, Duncan Chisholm has toured extensively throughout Europe and the USA. Hailed as \u201cone of the hottest tickets\u201d of this year\u2019s Celtic Connections Festival and perhaps best known at the Blas Festival for his ground-breaking and award winning multi-media production Kin, Duncan Chisholm will return to perform at three fantastic Highland venues during Blas 2017. \n\nInspired deeply by the Highland landscape and natural world around him, Duncan will perform his musical representation of the Highlands of Scotland, including some highlights from his acclaimed Strathglass Trilogy. \n\nDuncan\u2019s music is sophisticated, exhilarating and meltingly beautiful. There is a great sense of place, landscape and history weaving through his tunes. \n\nDuncan will be accompanied by Jarlath Henderson and Ali Hutton.\n\nMischa MacPherson\n\nLe bhith air a togail ann an cultar nan Eilean Siar, bha Mischa Nic a\u2019 Phearsain gu math \u00f2g nuair a nochd i \u00f9idh ann an ce\u00f2l agus sa Gh\u00e0idhlig. Tha i air grunn dhuaisean n\u00e0iseanta a bhuannachadh: Seinneadair G\u00e0idhlig na Bliadhna aig Na Trads agus Seinneadair Ce\u00f2l D\u00f9thchais aig R\u00e8idio 2 \u2013 teisteanas air cho l\u00e0n de dh\u2019fhaireachdainn agus beatha \u2019s a tha a cuid seinn. Tha i air seinn aig iomadh tachartas, aig an taigh agus thall thairis, le c\u00f2mhlan fh\u00e8in agus le iomadh pr\u00f2iseact eile, a leithid Martyn Bennett\u2019s GRIT Orchestra (2016) agus The Unusual Suspects of Celtic Colours (2017).\n\nBheir dithis sh\u00e0r-chluicheadairean na h-Alba, Innes MacIlleBh\u00e0in (giot\u00e0r) agus Megan NicEanraig (fidheall), taic do Mischa ann an Sl\u00e8ite. Ann an Loch an Inbhir agus Ge\u00e0rrloch, cluichidh Alasdair Iain MacPh\u00e0draig am pi\u00e0na agus harmonium c\u00f2mhla riutha.\n\nHaving grown up immersed in the distinctive culture of the Outer Hebrides, Mischa Macpherson unearthed her love for music and Gaelic at a very early age. She has gone on to scoop several major UK folk awards in recent years \u2013 a fitting testament to her music\u2019s pure-distilled expressiveness and radiant vitality. Named Gaelic Singer of the Year at the MG Alba Scots Trad Music awards and BBC Radio 2\u2019s Young Folk Award Winner she now performs extensively, both at home and abroad, with her own band and a long list of other projects including Martyn Bennett\u2019s GRIT Orchestra (2016) and The Unusual Suspects of Celtic Colours (2017).\n\nMischa will be joined in Sleat by two of Scotland\u2019s most accomplished and empathetic musicians \u2013 guitarist Innes White and fiddle player Megan Henderson (Breabach). And in Lochinver & Gairloch Alistair Iain Paterson will also add piano and harmonium to the mix.\n\n\u201cEvocative and stirring, it is true Gaelic soul music.\u201d"
Music Traditional
"Dealbh-chluich \u00f9r, \u00e8ibhinn agus os-n\u00e0darra bho Catriona Lexy Chaimbeul (Theatre Gu Le\u00f2r) agus F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal. Tha Coinneach a-riamh air saoilsinn gum bu ch\u00f2ir dhan d\u00e0 shealladh a bhith aige ach chan eil e a' tighinn thuige. Nuair a tha e a' lorg Clach na Nathair, ge t\u00e0, tha e a' faighinn cumhachd iongantach is soirbheachas air leth. Ach le s\u00e0r chumhachd, thig s\u00e0r thrioblaidean agus feumaidh Coinneach taghadh eadar a' chomasan \u00f9r is gaol m\u00f2r a' chridhe. A newly written, funny and supernatural play from Catriona Lexy Campbell (Theatre Gu Le\u00f2r) and F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal. Coinneach has always felt that he should have the second sight but it doesn\u2019t come to him. When he finds the Adder\u2019s Stone he discovers new powers and amazing success. With great power comes great trouble and Coinneach must choose between his newly found talents or the love of his life. David MacKenzie, Amina Davidson, Josie Campbell and Tormod MacLeod. The play is 50 minutes long Lunches are available at the Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Cafeteria from 12 noon"
Theatre Adult
"Dealbh-chluich \u00f9r, \u00e8ibhinn agus os-n\u00e0darra bho Catriona Lexy Chaimbeul (Theatre Gu Le\u00f2r) agus F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal. Tha Coinneach a-riamh air saoilsinn gum bu ch\u00f2ir dhan d\u00e0 shealladh a bhith aige ach chan eil e a' tighinn thuige. Nuair a tha e a' lorg Clach na Nathair, ge t\u00e0, tha e a' faighinn cumhachd iongantach is soirbheachas air leth. Ach le s\u00e0r chumhachd, thig s\u00e0r thrioblaidean agus feumaidh Coinneach taghadh eadar a' chomasan \u00f9r is gaol m\u00f2r a' chridhe. A newly written, funny and supernatural play from Catriona Lexy Campbell (Theatre Gu Le\u00f2r) and F\u00e8isean nan G\u00e0idheal. Coinneach has always felt that he should have the second sight but it doesn\u2019t come to him. When he finds the Adder\u2019s Stone he discovers new powers and amazing success. With great power comes great trouble and Coinneach must choose between his newly found talents or the love of his life. David MacKenzie, Amina Davidson, Josie Campbell and Tormod MacLeod. The play is 50 minutes long Lunches are available at the Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig Cafeteria from 12 noon"
Theatre Adult
"Circus artist, musician, theatre maker and entertainer Phil Hardie delivers an immersive solo exploration of Frankenstein told via circus, physical and traditional theatre and words. Based on Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein the show explores themes of social conformity, isolation, prejudice and abandonment. \u201cWhat an extraordinary moving and intensely physical performance, the physicality of the theatre and the depth of understanding of the characters was spellbinding \u2013 mesmerising.\u201d \u201cHeart in mouth stuff as well as tears in eyes. Stunning marvellous and truly original. Thank you.\u201d The show is 40 mins long"
Performance Dance
"Circus artist, musician, theatre maker and entertainer Phil Hardie delivers an immersive solo exploration of Frankenstein told via circus, physical and traditional theatre and words. Based on Mary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein the show explores themes of social conformity, isolation, prejudice and abandonment. \u201cWhat an extraordinary moving and intensely physical performance, the physicality of the theatre and the depth of understanding of the characters was spellbinding \u2013 mesmerising.\u201d \u201cHeart in mouth stuff as well as tears in eyes. Stunning marvellous and truly original. Thank you.\u201d The show is 40 mins long"
Performance Dance
"Inner Sound, under the direction of Anne Lampard MBE has brought together and trained many younger and odler singers in Skye and the Western Highlands. In the summer she direct them in their annual Gilbert and Sutherland tour of the Highlands. Tonight various individuals and groups sing their favourite arias, excerpts from light opera and other pieces, in a concert that presents the area's young potential opera talent and the skills of those who have taken up singing later in life."
Music Classical and Opera
"Inner Sound, under the direction of Anne Lampard MBE has brought together and trained many younger and odler singers in Skye and the Western Highlands. In the summer she direct them in their annual Gilbert and Sutherland tour of the Highlands. Tonight various individuals and groups sing their favourite arias, excerpts from light opera and other pieces, in a concert that presents the area's young potential opera talent and the skills of those who have taken up singing later in life."
Music Classical and Opera
"Songs of the Roma is a new Romani musical journey, with Simon Thacker on classical guitar, Polish cellist Justyna Jablonska and one of the world's leading Roma exponents, Polish singer\/violinist Masha Natanson. We contrast vivid re-imaginings of songs from the gypsy tradition in Romani, Romanian, Serbian and Russian with virtuoso new instrumental music drawing on European, Indian and Balkan folk forms, and of course flamenco in a programme full of spiritual intensity, catharsis and joy."
Music World
"Songs of the Roma is a new Romani musical journey, with Simon Thacker on classical guitar, Polish cellist Justyna Jablonska and one of the world's leading Roma exponents, Polish singer\/violinist Masha Natanson. We contrast vivid re-imaginings of songs from the gypsy tradition in Romani, Romanian, Serbian and Russian with virtuoso new instrumental music drawing on European, Indian and Balkan folk forms, and of course flamenco in a programme full of spiritual intensity, catharsis and joy."
Music World
"The lights come up on five performers, a bench and a cluster of balloons, suspended above the space. The Blurred Expanse is where the inhabitants conjure their play of cause and effect. They seek the new, toying with unfamiliar until it becomes familiar, and then discard it. Their play is not always playful when the test their environment and the capabilities of their comrades.\n\nA playful, colourful performance of contemporary dance, suitable for all ages, with universal themes of community, conflict and harmony. Performed by five exceptional dancers, accompanied by an original music score and breath-taking lighting and costume design.\n\n\u201c\u2026 by the end of the 50-minute piece, it has become increasingly hard to resist becoming caught up in its every nuance\u201d THE TIMES \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\n\nThe show last 50 minutes with some conversation afterwards. \n\nSuitable for adults and secondary school ages."
Performance Dance
"The lights come up on five performers, a bench and a cluster of balloons, suspended above the space. The Blurred Expanse is where the inhabitants conjure their play of cause and effect. They seek the new, toying with unfamiliar until it becomes familiar, and then discard it. Their play is not always playful when the test their environment and the capabilities of their comrades.\n\nA playful, colourful performance of contemporary dance, suitable for all ages, with universal themes of community, conflict and harmony. Performed by five exceptional dancers, accompanied by an original music score and breath-taking lighting and costume design.\n\n\u201c\u2026 by the end of the 50-minute piece, it has become increasingly hard to resist becoming caught up in its every nuance\u201d THE TIMES \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\n\nThe show last 50 minutes with some conversation afterwards. \n\nSuitable for adults and secondary school ages."
Performance Dance
"Colin Steele\u2019s music is a joyous celebration of Scottish melody and rhythm, liberated and enhanced by the spirit and sophistication of jazz. His recordings and concerts are warm, life affirming, and thrilling in their effect, the beauty of his music speaks strongly to audiences of all musical tastes.\n\nHe is joined here with his quintet of Konrad Wiszniewski, saxophones; Dave Milligan, piano; Calum Gourlay, bass; and Stu Ritchie, drums.\n\n\u201cTrumpeter Colin Steele\u2019s quintet is a dream of a band: a kind of Scottish supergroup whose individual stars remain at the service of compelling tunes, sophisticated arrangements and a swinging and sensitive ensemble feel.\u201d Independent On Sunday\n\n\u201cThis is effusive, vital, lovely jazz.\u201d Jazz UK\n\n\u201cBeautifully conceived and executed, mellow and melodic, Steele\u2019s music has instant appeal.\u201d The Observer"
Music Jazz
"Colin Steele\u2019s music is a joyous celebration of Scottish melody and rhythm, liberated and enhanced by the spirit and sophistication of jazz. His recordings and concerts are warm, life affirming, and thrilling in their effect, the beauty of his music speaks strongly to audiences of all musical tastes.\n\nHe is joined here with his quintet of Konrad Wiszniewski, saxophones; Dave Milligan, piano; Calum Gourlay, bass; and Stu Ritchie, drums.\n\n\u201cTrumpeter Colin Steele\u2019s quintet is a dream of a band: a kind of Scottish supergroup whose individual stars remain at the service of compelling tunes, sophisticated arrangements and a swinging and sensitive ensemble feel.\u201d Independent On Sunday\n\n\u201cThis is effusive, vital, lovely jazz.\u201d Jazz UK\n\n\u201cBeautifully conceived and executed, mellow and melodic, Steele\u2019s music has instant appeal.\u201d The Observer"
Music Jazz
"Fiadhaich, brais agus air a tiodhlaigeadh air a beul-fodha sna Hearadh, tha a' bhana-bh\u00e0rd M\u00e0iri Ruadh air \u00e8irigh \u00e0s an uaigh le d\u00ecreach aon oidhche gus ciall sh\u00f2nraichte na c\u00e8ilidh ath-bhe\u00f2thachadh. Dealasach agus l\u00e0n spionnaidh, tha i deimhinne nach bi a guth air a chasg a-rithist. Tha an dealbh-chluich \u00f9r seo l\u00e0n ce\u00f2l be\u00f2, \u00f2rain agus sgeulachdan le fo-thiotalan. Bidh e freagarrach do dhuine sam bith, G\u00e0idhlig ann no \u00e0s, fhad 's gu bheil iad deiseil airson c\u00e8ilidh gun choimeas! Wild, outspoken and buried face down on the Isle of Harris, poet M\u00e0iri Ruadh is back from beyond the grave, with one last night to resurrect the true meaning of the c\u00e8ilidh. She has fire in her belly and is determined never to be silenced again. C\u00e8ilidh is a new play full of live music, songs and stories. It is subtitled and suitable for anyone with or without Gaelic, but only those ready for a c\u00e8ilidh like no other!"
Theatre Adult
"Fiadhaich, brais agus air a tiodhlaigeadh air a beul-fodha sna Hearadh, tha a' bhana-bh\u00e0rd M\u00e0iri Ruadh air \u00e8irigh \u00e0s an uaigh le d\u00ecreach aon oidhche gus ciall sh\u00f2nraichte na c\u00e8ilidh ath-bhe\u00f2thachadh. Dealasach agus l\u00e0n spionnaidh, tha i deimhinne nach bi a guth air a chasg a-rithist. Tha an dealbh-chluich \u00f9r seo l\u00e0n ce\u00f2l be\u00f2, \u00f2rain agus sgeulachdan le fo-thiotalan. Bidh e freagarrach do dhuine sam bith, G\u00e0idhlig ann no \u00e0s, fhad 's gu bheil iad deiseil airson c\u00e8ilidh gun choimeas! Wild, outspoken and buried face down on the Isle of Harris, poet M\u00e0iri Ruadh is back from beyond the grave, with one last night to resurrect the true meaning of the c\u00e8ilidh. She has fire in her belly and is determined never to be silenced again. C\u00e8ilidh is a new play full of live music, songs and stories. It is subtitled and suitable for anyone with or without Gaelic, but only those ready for a c\u00e8ilidh like no other!"
Theatre Adult
"Based in Broadford on the Isle of Skye, SLO is one of only three Scottish island-based orchestras. In spite of drawing from a population of just 12,500, covering an area of over 1000 sq. miles, we have most of the instruments required for a small classical orchestra so are able to perform a wide variety of music, from baroque to modern, Under the baton of Iain Roden. The programme includes works by Haydn, Schumann, Berlioz, Vaughan William and Vivaldi - with a piano concerto performed by Chris Watkiss."
Music Classical and Opera
"Based in Broadford on the Isle of Skye, SLO is one of only three Scottish island-based orchestras. In spite of drawing from a population of just 12,500, covering an area of over 1000 sq. miles, we have most of the instruments required for a small classical orchestra so are able to perform a wide variety of music, from baroque to modern, Under the baton of Iain Roden. The programme includes works by Haydn, Schumann, Berlioz, Vaughan William and Vivaldi - with a piano concerto performed by Chris Watkiss."
Music Classical and Opera
"A show for children of Bun-sgoil Shl\u00e8ite. Inside a replica of a Bedouin tent in the Pulteneytown People\u2019s Project, the audience sits on pillows and cushions. Around the top of the tent above a panoramic screen for projections, a starlit sky is visible. From one constellation, a small, energetic flicker of light falls from the sky to investigate the world below and, meeting a small boy and his father, the story begins\u2026 Little Light tells the story of a small, energetic flicker of light that falls from the sky to investigate the world, where it meets a lonely boy and his father. Using shadow puppetry, table-top puppets, object theatre, dance, music and animation, this new multi-media production from one of Scotland\u2019s leading puppetry companies tells the story of a lonely boy who discovers companionship and trust through the curiosity of a mischievous star and the devotion of a faithful dog. For this production, Vision Mechanic\u2019s Artistic Directors Symon Macintyre and Kim Bergsagel have collaborated with performers from the Haya Cultural Centre, Amman, renowned for its work engaging with children in Jordan through the arts. Little Light is highly visual and contains only a few words in Arabic."
Theatre Family
"A show for children of Bun-sgoil Shl\u00e8ite. Inside a replica of a Bedouin tent in the Pulteneytown People\u2019s Project, the audience sits on pillows and cushions. Around the top of the tent above a panoramic screen for projections, a starlit sky is visible. From one constellation, a small, energetic flicker of light falls from the sky to investigate the world below and, meeting a small boy and his father, the story begins\u2026 Little Light tells the story of a small, energetic flicker of light that falls from the sky to investigate the world, where it meets a lonely boy and his father. Using shadow puppetry, table-top puppets, object theatre, dance, music and animation, this new multi-media production from one of Scotland\u2019s leading puppetry companies tells the story of a lonely boy who discovers companionship and trust through the curiosity of a mischievous star and the devotion of a faithful dog. For this production, Vision Mechanic\u2019s Artistic Directors Symon Macintyre and Kim Bergsagel have collaborated with performers from the Haya Cultural Centre, Amman, renowned for its work engaging with children in Jordan through the arts. Little Light is highly visual and contains only a few words in Arabic."
Theatre Family
"In 2014 SEALL hosted a visit from the Alma College Choir, Michigan USA. The music department there has a long historical links with Scotland \u2013 they even run their own Pipe Band. We and they enjoyed the visit so much they are returning for another night of great singing.\n\nThe choir\u2019s reputation for excellence, its many traditions and its ambitious performing, touring and recording schedule attract a group of talented students for whom choral singing is an important part of their lives. About 20% of Alma Choir members are preparing for careers as professional musicians. The other singers are preparing for careers in fields from the sciences to business to education to the ministry. The thread that binds these students is the joy found in singing together."
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"In 2014 SEALL hosted a visit from the Alma College Choir, Michigan USA. The music department there has a long historical links with Scotland \u2013 they even run their own Pipe Band. We and they enjoyed the visit so much they are returning for another night of great singing.\n\nThe choir\u2019s reputation for excellence, its many traditions and its ambitious performing, touring and recording schedule attract a group of talented students for whom choral singing is an important part of their lives. About 20% of Alma Choir members are preparing for careers as professional musicians. The other singers are preparing for careers in fields from the sciences to business to education to the ministry. The thread that binds these students is the joy found in singing together."
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"Each Easter Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig runs two weeks of Short Courses, mostly in Gaelic.\n\nBut this week music is also on the menu, with Hamish Napier, converting the world to flute and whistle, Patsy Reid, on fiddle, and John Somerville, accordion.\n\nOther musicans, notably Stevie Fivey, on drums, and Ewan MacPherson on guitar and mandolin, will also come along. Together they make up the world-famous \u2018The Cask Strength Ceilidh Band\u2019 so later on the floor will be cleared and there will be dancing!"
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"Each Easter Sabhal M\u00f2r Ostaig runs two weeks of Short Courses, mostly in Gaelic.\n\nBut this week music is also on the menu, with Hamish Napier, converting the world to flute and whistle, Patsy Reid, on fiddle, and John Somerville, accordion.\n\nOther musicans, notably Stevie Fivey, on drums, and Ewan MacPherson on guitar and mandolin, will also come along. Together they make up the world-famous \u2018The Cask Strength Ceilidh Band\u2019 so later on the floor will be cleared and there will be dancing!"
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"Fantom - a story of Mac an t-Sronaich the notorious Lewis serial killer - had a very successful run at the Citizens Theatre with excellent audience response. Iain MacRae has written Am Fear Bochd, a contrasting comedy, to make this a full evening's entertainment. \n\nDriected by Iain MacRae, well know Gaelic theatre face and Liz Carruthers, recently of SMO."
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"Fantom - a story of Mac an t-Sronaich the notorious Lewis serial killer - had a very successful run at the Citizens Theatre with excellent audience response. Iain MacRae has written Am Fear Bochd, a contrasting comedy, to make this a full evening's entertainment. \n\nDriected by Iain MacRae, well know Gaelic theatre face and Liz Carruthers, recently of SMO."
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"Fundraising concert by Plockton Music School for Skye & Lochalsh Young Carers"
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"Since forming in the early 1990\u2019s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland\u2019s roots revival. The band has developed its own trademark style with an energetic mix of songs and tunes. Dynamic percussion, polished vocals, soaring fiddle and stirring pipes fuel the delicately phrased melodies and traditional songs.\n\nAaron Jones, Bouzouki, Vocals, Guitar and one of the most sought after accompanists on the traditional music scene today.\n\nJonny Hardie, fiddles and vocals, who co-founded Old Blind Dogs in 1929, or thereabouts.\n\nAli Hutton, Pipes, Whistles, Guitar, from Perthshire, was inspired at the age of 7 to take up the bagpipes and rose through the ranks of the world famous Vale of Atholl Pipe Band.\n\nDonald Hay, Percussion, Vocals, a drummer\/percussionist with an exceptional ability to play with power, empathy, delicacy and drama.\n\nThe evening will open with a set from \u2018The Northenders\u2018, who, suprisingly, come from the north end of Skye."
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"Since forming in the early 1990\u2019s, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting edge of Scotland\u2019s roots revival. The band has developed its own trademark style with an energetic mix of songs and tunes. Dynamic percussion, polished vocals, soaring fiddle and stirring pipes fuel the delicately phrased melodies and traditional songs.\n\nAaron Jones, Bouzouki, Vocals, Guitar and one of the most sought after accompanists on the traditional music scene today.\n\nJonny Hardie, fiddles and vocals, who co-founded Old Blind Dogs in 1929, or thereabouts.\n\nAli Hutton, Pipes, Whistles, Guitar, from Perthshire, was inspired at the age of 7 to take up the bagpipes and rose through the ranks of the world famous Vale of Atholl Pipe Band.\n\nDonald Hay, Percussion, Vocals, a drummer\/percussionist with an exceptional ability to play with power, empathy, delicacy and drama.\n\nThe evening will open with a set from \u2018The Northenders\u2018, who, suprisingly, come from the north end of Skye."
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"The Edinburgh University Music Society is widely regarded as one of Scotland\u2019s leading student music organisations, not only for its standard of performance but also its involvement within the wider community through education projects and fundraising concerts.\n\nTonight a group of 50 orchestra members and singers make their first visit to Skye.\n\nThe music society of the University of Edinburgh was founded in 1867 by Sir Herbert Oakeley. Throughout the twentieth century the Society took part in larger and more extravagant performances, and this tradition has certainly not waned. The 25th of November 2017 saw all three of the Society\u2019s ensembles perform at the prestigious Usher Hall to celebrate 150 years of EUMS."
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"The Edinburgh University Music Society is widely regarded as one of Scotland\u2019s leading student music organisations, not only for its standard of performance but also its involvement within the wider community through education projects and fundraising concerts.\n\nTonight a group of 50 orchestra members and singers make their first visit to Skye.\n\nThe music society of the University of Edinburgh was founded in 1867 by Sir Herbert Oakeley. Throughout the twentieth century the Society took part in larger and more extravagant performances, and this tradition has certainly not waned. The 25th of November 2017 saw all three of the Society\u2019s ensembles perform at the prestigious Usher Hall to celebrate 150 years of EUMS."
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"June 1816 \u2013 the \u2018Year without a summer\u2019: On yet another sun-less day at their holiday villa in Switzerland, Lord Byron challenges his guests Percy and Mary Shelley to \u2018each write a ghost story\u2019. Two days later Mary, 18 years old and having recently watched her premature baby die, has a \u2018waking dream\u2019 and begins to write a story that will haunt and define her for the rest of her life. \u2018So this is why you created me? Not to scare your readers. Not to scare yourself. But to scare away the things that really frightened you? So that you can sleep at night?\u2019 The Monster and Mary Shelley is an atmospheric, moving, and at times darkly comic exploration of \u2018fear\u2019. Incorporating elements of music hall, melodrama, horror and teenage rebellion with a pulsing cinematic score, The Monster\u2026 explores the world of Mary Shelley \u2013 the Gothic Girl who electrified the world. The most enduring of all horror stories. A haunting exploration of the life of Mary Shelley, of her monster\u2026 and fear."
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"June 1816 \u2013 the \u2018Year without a summer\u2019: On yet another sun-less day at their holiday villa in Switzerland, Lord Byron challenges his guests Percy and Mary Shelley to \u2018each write a ghost story\u2019. Two days later Mary, 18 years old and having recently watched her premature baby die, has a \u2018waking dream\u2019 and begins to write a story that will haunt and define her for the rest of her life. \u2018So this is why you created me? Not to scare your readers. Not to scare yourself. But to scare away the things that really frightened you? So that you can sleep at night?\u2019 The Monster and Mary Shelley is an atmospheric, moving, and at times darkly comic exploration of \u2018fear\u2019. Incorporating elements of music hall, melodrama, horror and teenage rebellion with a pulsing cinematic score, The Monster\u2026 explores the world of Mary Shelley \u2013 the Gothic Girl who electrified the world. The most enduring of all horror stories. A haunting exploration of the life of Mary Shelley, of her monster\u2026 and fear."
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""Simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear" Mike Russell, Glasgow Herald\n\n\nIn 1988, two members from two of Scotland\u2019s leading bands, The Boys of The Lough and Silly Wizard, came together to work on a television series.\u00a0\n\nYou could say the rest is history.\u00a0\n\nAly Bain and Phil Cunningham enjoyed performing together so much that they decided to have a small tour that year. That was beginning of a remarkable working relationship and friendship that has endured and continued to thrive taking them all over the world.\n\n\n\nThirty years on, they are filling not only small village halls, but all of our major performance venues. In these years their dedication to their music has earned them both the title of Doctor and an MBE.\n\n\n\nAly and Phil are a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. \n\nIndividually they pursue other ventures in performance, television and education but it is when they tour together that they truly shine with over quarter of a century of well honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences everywhere.\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome them back to SEALL."
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""Simply the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear" Mike Russell, Glasgow Herald\n\n\nIn 1988, two members from two of Scotland\u2019s leading bands, The Boys of The Lough and Silly Wizard, came together to work on a television series.\u00a0\n\nYou could say the rest is history.\u00a0\n\nAly Bain and Phil Cunningham enjoyed performing together so much that they decided to have a small tour that year. That was beginning of a remarkable working relationship and friendship that has endured and continued to thrive taking them all over the world.\n\n\n\nThirty years on, they are filling not only small village halls, but all of our major performance venues. In these years their dedication to their music has earned them both the title of Doctor and an MBE.\n\n\n\nAly and Phil are a national institution with their incomparable mastery of fiddle and accordion, bringing excellence in traditional music to venues across the country. \n\nIndividually they pursue other ventures in performance, television and education but it is when they tour together that they truly shine with over quarter of a century of well honed skills and hilarious banter delighting audiences everywhere.\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to welcome them back to SEALL."
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"An extraordinary new play celebrating the life and heroism of Frances Cluett, VAD. Fanny was born and lived in Belleoram, Newfoundland. In 1916, she joined the Volunteer Aid Detachment and was shipped overseas to London, ultimately serving for four years at the 10th General Hospital in Rouen, France. The play is inspired by her many letters to home, detailing the horrors and heartbreak she witnessed, and revealing how her humor and resilience captured the love and loyalty of all she encountered.\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/KFUgNAaJR5g"
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"An extraordinary new play celebrating the life and heroism of Frances Cluett, VAD. Fanny was born and lived in Belleoram, Newfoundland. In 1916, she joined the Volunteer Aid Detachment and was shipped overseas to London, ultimately serving for four years at the 10th General Hospital in Rouen, France. The play is inspired by her many letters to home, detailing the horrors and heartbreak she witnessed, and revealing how her humor and resilience captured the love and loyalty of all she encountered.\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/KFUgNAaJR5g"
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"Puffin by Snap Elastic Why do clouds multiply in inexplicable ways? Why do sand eels just disappear from the sea? In an uncertain world, a girl meets a puffin and a puffin meets a girl. This is the story of a girl and her friendship with a puffin. Through their friendship they learn how to deal with change, even climate change. Using music and movement Puffin explores our relationships with and our responsibilities to each other, wildlife and the world around us. A classic \u2018girl meets puffin\u2019 story for everyone 7+ Snap Elastic is a new, artist-led collaborative ensemble made up of theatre makers Alice Mary Cooper, Eszter Marsalk\u00f3 and Claire Willoughby. Working across art-forms we create work that makes a real connection between the art and its audience as well as between audience members \u2013 sparking a healthy debate between peers, teachers, children and families. We aim to make our audience feel connected, present and important. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HMO4GL_USPw&t=38s"
Theatre Family
"Puffin by Snap Elastic Why do clouds multiply in inexplicable ways? Why do sand eels just disappear from the sea? In an uncertain world, a girl meets a puffin and a puffin meets a girl. This is the story of a girl and her friendship with a puffin. Through their friendship they learn how to deal with change, even climate change. Using music and movement Puffin explores our relationships with and our responsibilities to each other, wildlife and the world around us. A classic \u2018girl meets puffin\u2019 story for everyone 7+ Snap Elastic is a new, artist-led collaborative ensemble made up of theatre makers Alice Mary Cooper, Eszter Marsalk\u00f3 and Claire Willoughby. Working across art-forms we create work that makes a real connection between the art and its audience as well as between audience members \u2013 sparking a healthy debate between peers, teachers, children and families. We aim to make our audience feel connected, present and important. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HMO4GL_USPw&t=38s"
Theatre Family
"Energetic writing with dynamic physical theatre - an up to the minute shapshot of Britain as it teeters on the millennial tightrope. Using the skills of a circus performer and trapeze artist this should be an interesting use of Sabhal Mor Ostaig, TDC!"
Theatre Adult
"Energetic writing with dynamic physical theatre - an up to the minute shapshot of Britain as it teeters on the millennial tightrope. Using the skills of a circus performer and trapeze artist this should be an interesting use of Sabhal Mor Ostaig, TDC!"
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"Learn the basic of Scottish stepdance. No partner nor previous knowledge needed. If possible wear hard-soled, comfortable shoes. Suitable for ages 9 and over."
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"King Creosote, one of our most beloved voices, returns for a 13 night solo Scottish tour with support from Hamish Hawk in March. Otherwise known as Kenny Anderson, Fife based electronic\/acoustic folk demon King Creosote started his career as a musician as the singer\/songwriter with Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khartoum Heroes. If you build a fence then you have to treat it, as any DIY buff will tell you. You have to make it durable; to help it help us weather storms. Fife's Kenny Anderson realised this when forming micro-label, Fence, in 1994 \u2013 and so he treated it, then treated us, with an alt-pop alter-ego: King Creosote. Anderson has become of Scotland's most acclaimed and prolific, singer-songwriters: a squeezebox Casanova with a cosmic wordplay fetish, whose voice leaves gentle devastation in its wake. He was short-listed for 2011's Mercury Prize thanks to Diamond Mine, his sublime collaboration with Jon Hopkins. Other key LPs in the KC canon include Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides (2003), Rocket DIY (2005), KC Rules OK (2005) Bombshell (2007), Flick the Vs (2009) and his live-only album, My Nth Bit of Strange. In 2014, Anderson completed his first-ever film soundtrack for From Scotland With Love. The film weaves Scottish archive film footage with KC compositions. Creatively King Creosote continues to thrive and the Domino Recording Co released Kenny\u2019s latest album - Astronaut Meets Appleman in September of 2016."
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"King Creosote, one of our most beloved voices, returns for a 13 night solo Scottish tour with support from Hamish Hawk in March. Otherwise known as Kenny Anderson, Fife based electronic\/acoustic folk demon King Creosote started his career as a musician as the singer\/songwriter with Skuobhie Dubh Orchestra and Khartoum Heroes. If you build a fence then you have to treat it, as any DIY buff will tell you. You have to make it durable; to help it help us weather storms. Fife's Kenny Anderson realised this when forming micro-label, Fence, in 1994 \u2013 and so he treated it, then treated us, with an alt-pop alter-ego: King Creosote. Anderson has become of Scotland's most acclaimed and prolific, singer-songwriters: a squeezebox Casanova with a cosmic wordplay fetish, whose voice leaves gentle devastation in its wake. He was short-listed for 2011's Mercury Prize thanks to Diamond Mine, his sublime collaboration with Jon Hopkins. Other key LPs in the KC canon include Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides (2003), Rocket DIY (2005), KC Rules OK (2005) Bombshell (2007), Flick the Vs (2009) and his live-only album, My Nth Bit of Strange. In 2014, Anderson completed his first-ever film soundtrack for From Scotland With Love. The film weaves Scottish archive film footage with KC compositions. Creatively King Creosote continues to thrive and the Domino Recording Co released Kenny\u2019s latest album - Astronaut Meets Appleman in September of 2016."
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"The live screening of 'The Island and the Whales' starts at 7pm and is followed at 8.30pm by a live Q and A session from Picturehouse Central in London where Channel 4's Jon Snow will be joined by director Mike Day and special guests from across the environmental community to discuss the film and its wider global implications. Bring your mobile phone so you can contribute to the conversation with questions and comments.\n\nSmall fishing communities of the Faroe Islands, an isolated Nordic archipelago in the North Atlantic, endure an uneasy period of transition as disparate global pressures\u2014including animal rights activism, plummeting wildlife populations and mercury crawling up the ocean food chain\u2014threaten traditional hunting and fishing practices. Graphic hunting scenes in this vivid documentary are interspersed with portraits of irascible community members who are resistant to change, all amid a landscape of eerie, solitary beauty.\n\nThe film was funded by Creative Scotland and comes from the same house as 'The Bridge Rising' about the Skye Bridge that we presented in 2016.\n\nPresented in conjunction with Sleat Community Trust Environmental Group."
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"The live screening of 'The Island and the Whales' starts at 7pm and is followed at 8.30pm by a live Q and A session from Picturehouse Central in London where Channel 4's Jon Snow will be joined by director Mike Day and special guests from across the environmental community to discuss the film and its wider global implications. Bring your mobile phone so you can contribute to the conversation with questions and comments.\n\nSmall fishing communities of the Faroe Islands, an isolated Nordic archipelago in the North Atlantic, endure an uneasy period of transition as disparate global pressures\u2014including animal rights activism, plummeting wildlife populations and mercury crawling up the ocean food chain\u2014threaten traditional hunting and fishing practices. Graphic hunting scenes in this vivid documentary are interspersed with portraits of irascible community members who are resistant to change, all amid a landscape of eerie, solitary beauty.\n\nThe film was funded by Creative Scotland and comes from the same house as 'The Bridge Rising' about the Skye Bridge that we presented in 2016.\n\nPresented in conjunction with Sleat Community Trust Environmental Group."
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"All the way from southern Kenya, songs and dance troupe The Osiligi Maasai Warriors perform authentic and exciting Maasai tribal song and dance plus the world-famous Maasai jumping. The shows have been received with great acclaim in schools, churches and theatres from the south coast of England to the Isle of Skye in the north west of Scotland, and abroad.\n\n\n\nSince 2010, the group has worked in close association with a small UK charity - Osiligi Charity Projects - to support infrastructural improvements in their local community. \n\n\n\nMoney from their tours help to benefit their families and the wider community in their village of Kisamis, situated approximately 30 miles southwest of Nairobi. \n\n\n\n"The tour is for our families, the charity for our community." Tajeu Minisa, leader, The Osiligi Maasai Warriors."
Music World
"All the way from southern Kenya, songs and dance troupe The Osiligi Maasai Warriors perform authentic and exciting Maasai tribal song and dance plus the world-famous Maasai jumping. The shows have been received with great acclaim in schools, churches and theatres from the south coast of England to the Isle of Skye in the north west of Scotland, and abroad.\n\n\n\nSince 2010, the group has worked in close association with a small UK charity - Osiligi Charity Projects - to support infrastructural improvements in their local community. \n\n\n\nMoney from their tours help to benefit their families and the wider community in their village of Kisamis, situated approximately 30 miles southwest of Nairobi. \n\n\n\n"The tour is for our families, the charity for our community." Tajeu Minisa, leader, The Osiligi Maasai Warriors."
Music World
""Stockholm is up in flames and the temperature is getting higher" (Song lyric from Let's Inherit The Earth) With wildfires across Europe and the plastic disaster highlighted by The Blue Planet earlier this year, Dogstar's new co-production with Profilteatern of Sweden is even more prescient than we anticipated. You might not think comedy was the best way to approach climate change, but that's what we've done and we hope you'll like the result. Morna Pearson has written a darkly funny and surreal play with accompanying punky songs from Jonny Hardie, sung by a great cast of Swedes and Turnips! 80 minutes no interval"
Theatre Adult
""Stockholm is up in flames and the temperature is getting higher" (Song lyric from Let's Inherit The Earth) With wildfires across Europe and the plastic disaster highlighted by The Blue Planet earlier this year, Dogstar's new co-production with Profilteatern of Sweden is even more prescient than we anticipated. You might not think comedy was the best way to approach climate change, but that's what we've done and we hope you'll like the result. Morna Pearson has written a darkly funny and surreal play with accompanying punky songs from Jonny Hardie, sung by a great cast of Swedes and Turnips! 80 minutes no interval"
Theatre Adult
"Join CCC presenter Owen Gunnell and the award-winning Maxwell Quartet for a brand new family concert featuring jaw-dropping virtuoso performances and well known classics. Violins meet vibraphones as Fiddlesticks explores the wonderful world of the strings and the acrobatic possibilities of percussion in an interactive hour-long concert. For twenty-one years Children's Classic Concerts have been delighting children, their families and teachers with their fun-filled introduction to live orchestral music. Over the years our concerts have featured not just classical music but jazz, traditional Celtic and world music in a lively mix of entertainment and education that regularly sells out at concert halls in Scotland. For the last seven years, artistic consultants and concert hosts Owen Gunnell and Oliver Cox have wowed our audiences with their virtuoso percussion skills and madcap, energetic presenting style. They actively encourage audience participation and provide simple, amusing explanations of each piece, making the music more accessible and adding to the relaxed and inclusive experience that CCC aims to provide for each audience member. We have worked with many professional musicians and artists including the Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Scottish percussionists Albannach, renowned harpist and composer Savourna Stevenson and actor James Mackenzie, who played CBBC's Raven. We are currently working in partnership with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra."
Music Classical and Opera
"Join CCC presenter Owen Gunnell and the award-winning Maxwell Quartet for a brand new family concert featuring jaw-dropping virtuoso performances and well known classics. Violins meet vibraphones as Fiddlesticks explores the wonderful world of the strings and the acrobatic possibilities of percussion in an interactive hour-long concert. For twenty-one years Children's Classic Concerts have been delighting children, their families and teachers with their fun-filled introduction to live orchestral music. Over the years our concerts have featured not just classical music but jazz, traditional Celtic and world music in a lively mix of entertainment and education that regularly sells out at concert halls in Scotland. For the last seven years, artistic consultants and concert hosts Owen Gunnell and Oliver Cox have wowed our audiences with their virtuoso percussion skills and madcap, energetic presenting style. They actively encourage audience participation and provide simple, amusing explanations of each piece, making the music more accessible and adding to the relaxed and inclusive experience that CCC aims to provide for each audience member. We have worked with many professional musicians and artists including the Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers, Scottish percussionists Albannach, renowned harpist and composer Savourna Stevenson and actor James Mackenzie, who played CBBC's Raven. We are currently working in partnership with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra."
Music Classical and Opera
"Anda means blood brother or sister in Mongolian and is more important than a sibling because you choose a person to become a life-long Anda. Anda Union is a kinship of Andas. Anda Union\u2019s thoroughly addictive and accessible fusion of Mongolian musical styles draws directly from the band\u2019s roots in the differing ethnic nomadic cultures. The band\u2019s nine members are keenly aware of the threat climate change and modernity is posing to their grasslands habitat and ancient Mongolian culture. Formed in 2000 Anda Union all trained in traditional Mongolian music from a young age, many coming from musical families. They are leaders in a musical movement finding inspiration in the old music. Driven to preserve an endangered way of life by keeping their music alive, as a group they hold on to the essence of Mongolian music whilst creating a form of music that is new. They have influenced a generation of young Mongolians in Inner Mongolia as traditional music flourishes in the capital, Hohhot."
Music World
"Anda means blood brother or sister in Mongolian and is more important than a sibling because you choose a person to become a life-long Anda. Anda Union is a kinship of Andas. Anda Union\u2019s thoroughly addictive and accessible fusion of Mongolian musical styles draws directly from the band\u2019s roots in the differing ethnic nomadic cultures. The band\u2019s nine members are keenly aware of the threat climate change and modernity is posing to their grasslands habitat and ancient Mongolian culture. Formed in 2000 Anda Union all trained in traditional Mongolian music from a young age, many coming from musical families. They are leaders in a musical movement finding inspiration in the old music. Driven to preserve an endangered way of life by keeping their music alive, as a group they hold on to the essence of Mongolian music whilst creating a form of music that is new. They have influenced a generation of young Mongolians in Inner Mongolia as traditional music flourishes in the capital, Hohhot."
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