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Caithness Arts Drama Festival
Caithness Arts will be presenting a mini 'Festival of Drama' early next month. Grey Coast Theatre Company will be spearheading the festival with a new play from Caithness writer George Gunn.
22/8/2009
Scottish Opera Coming To Wick With Russian Drama
Thursday 1 October, 7.30pm Wick High School Tickets £10, £5 (u26s) Scottish Opera will perform Leoš Janáek's intimate and intense love story, Kátya Kabanová, in 21 venues across Scotland this season. The production will take in Giffnock, Drumnadrochit, Cromarty, Stornonway, Elgin, Aboyne, Lerwick, Kirkwall, Wick, Strontian, Dundee, Fort William, Linlithgow, Glenrothes, Irvine, Helensburgh, Dumfries, Galashiels, Easterhouse, Aberdeen and Inverness.
22/8/2009
Dance To The Swing Era To Help Church Funds
Royal British Legion, Thurso at 8pm on Saturday 29th August If you'd like to dance the night away to the sounds of the swing era, here is your chance! There will be a dance in the Royal British Legion, Thurso at 8pm on Saturday 29th August to the tunes of the Big Band era favourites such as Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, as well as some more contemporary big band music. The night's entertainment will be provided by Caithness Big Band, an 18 piece band of local players reformed back in 2002 after an absence of many years by the late Jim Marshall.
George Gunn Steps Down As Artistic Director of Grey Coast
After 17 years and more than 35 productions, George Gunn is stepping down as Artistic Director of Grey Coast Theatre Company. George founded Grey Coast in 1992 to produce theatre which is relevant to the culture of the North, to promote new writing for the theatre in the North and to bring the culture of the North of Scotland to the rest of the country through locally produced theatre.
21/8/2009
Countdown to Highland Homecoming Begins
The countdown to Highland Homecoming began this week with the launch of the full programme at Eden Court Theatre, Inverness. Over 100 guests gathered at the launch to learn about the programme of more than 100 cultural and heritage events, all taking place around the Highlands between 19 and 31 October 2009.
Dave Gorman At Lyth Arts In September
Dave Gorman SIT DOWN, PEDAL, PEDAL, STOP AND STAND UP Stand-up comedy bike tour of UK DAVE GORMAN is going back on the road. And when we say "on the road" we really mean it.
23/7/2009
Tides of Time - At Alness
Mud flats, sand and gravel - areas of transition between the earth, sea and sky. Rivers meet tides, sand and silt creep seaward, and the finest layer of water on mud reflects the ever changing skies.23/7/2009
Youth Music Initiative - Informal Sector fund
Youth Music Initiative - Informal Sector fund If your project idea is on a smaller scale remember that there are no deadlines for small grant applications up to £5,000: applications can be made at any time until 11 January 2010. Informal sector grants can be used to run music making activities for children and young people up to the age of 25.23/7/2009
Art Workshops
Kyle of Sutherland Heritage Society Programme of Art Workshops 2009 8 Aug Art Workshop - Michael Mulready (Portraits.) W/colour, Acrylic & Pastel, your choice 5 Sept Art Workshop -Stuart Mingham (Abstracts into reality ) 26 Sept Art Workshop - Christine O' Keeffe (Wild Weather) Watercolour Contact Margo Bridge at 01863 766004 Rosehall Community Arts Wednesday 12th August Kira Brown will lead a family Ceramic- painting workshop Rosehall Hall 10.30 am - I pm . £1 to RCA but pottery items cost from £1.50 - £7.50.23/7/2009
Arts Development Posts In Moray
2 ARTS DEVELOPMENT WORKERS (Part Time ) Salary: £20,998 - £22,940 pro rata Location: Forres (18 hours) and Speyside (18 hour) Arts Development in Moray uses the arts to engage with residents, in particular young people, to aid personal development and capacity building through projects and events that place an emphasis on participation. The Moray Council has also hosted two highly successful visits by the Royal Shakespeare Company and two projects with the National Theatre of Scotland.23/7/2009
Creative Cromarty Competition 2009
Creative Cromarty Competition 2009 'fishertown' Applicants from Cromarty and the surrounding area are invited to produce a piece of work suitable for exhibition using the Fishertown as a basis for their entry. The winners will be the person who most eloquently encapsulates the spirit of Fishertown.23/7/2009
European Cultural Fund - Artistic Projects Grant
European Cultural Fund - Artistic Projects Grant deadline: September 2009 (provisional) The European Cultural Fund (ECF) Artistic Project Grants are given to cultural organisations and individual artists. It supports outstanding artistic projects which show vision in illuminating the issues of diversity in Europe.Traditional Scottish Music at the New Mey Hall
North Highland Connections presents Traditional Scottish Music at the New Mey Hall Monday, 3rd August, at the Mey Village Hall Following the formal opening of the fine new Village Hall at Mey by HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, on Sunday, 2nd August, the first public concert will take place on the following day. Scottish Traditional Music will be performed by three gifted young musicians, all alumni of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama.
Oxford Schola Cantorum at Tain
North Highland Connections presents Oxford Schola Cantorum at Tain Friday, 18th September at the Collegiate Church (St. Duthus) in Tain On Friday, 18th September there will be a performance by the celebrated Oxford chamber choir, Schola Cantorum, in the appropriate and inspiring setting of the Collegiate Church (St Duthus) in Tain.
Young Artistes Series at Dornoch and Thurso
Young Artistes Series at Dornoch and Thurso Saturday29th August at Dornoch Cathedral and Sunday, 30th August, at the High School, Thurso Starts 7.30pm On Saturday, 29th August, at Dornoch Cathedral, and Sunday, 30th August, at the High School, Thurso, we present a further concert in our 'Young Artistes' series. Matthew Fields (violin) will perform with his father, Robert Fields (piano).
"The Deep" at Wick and Tain
North Highland Connections presents "The Deep" at Wick and Tain July 31st at Wick and August 1st at Tain - Both at 8.00pm Mackay's Hotel in Wick on the 31st July and at the Collegiate Church in Tain on 1st August. One of Scotland's most outstanding Shakespearean actors is returning to the North at the end of July.
Develop Music Skills With "Variations" at Ullapool
"Variations" at Ullapool At the Macphail Centre, Ullapool 1st - 8th August, at the Macphail Centre, Ullapool, the established VARIATIONS Summer school for amateur chamber musicians. North Highland Connections will this year be partners in this venture.
16/7/2009
Appeal launched to save homes of the early Caithness herring fisherman
The Landmark Trust, a building preservation charity, is appealing for funds to restore The Shore Cottages http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/future_landmarks/ShoreCottages.htm at Berriedale. Without intervention soon these reminders of a past way of Caithness life will be lost forever.
16/7/2009
Ormlie's Got Talent
Earlier this month the Ormlie Drama Group along with some members of Thurso Junior Players staged a very professional show at The Mill Theatre which included elements of comedy, dance, singing and storytelling. The Ormlie group is led by Donna Swanson assisted by Jacqueline Keith who is the Young Peoples Worker for Ormlie Community Association.
14/7/2009
Djúpid (The Deep) by Jon Atli Jonasson
Open Book - Plays By Writers presents Djúpid (The Deep) by Jon Atli Jonasson Translated and directed by Graeme Maley Starring Liam Brennan Mackay's Hotel, Wick - Friday 31st July 8pm Collegiate Church, Tain - 1st August 8pm for tickets contact North Highland Connections 01955 606 695 Djúpid (The Deep) is a world premiere, critically acclaimed new play, by Icelander Jon Atli Jonasson. Jon Atli Jonasson's recent successes include his adaptation of Woychek at the Barbican with a specially commissioned score by Nick Cave.Search Our Site
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