OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 16 April, 2009

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies ARMANDO Iannucci has been the driving force behind some of the funniest shows on British television, from I’m Alan Partridge to The Thick Of It. The Glasgow-born comedy guru has nurtured a life-long ambition to direct a hit British film and now achieves that with some style in the merciless […]

After being overwhelmed by SOFA on Wednesday evening it was great to return yesterday and actually meet some of the makers and talk to people involved. We still came to the conclusion that the European and Japanese work stands out and when I discussed this with Americans later they said they reckon it is because we have much more support for our makers – the Arts and Crafts Councils, Art schools and generally much more respect for Craft as an art form.

Before I went on my travels, my son took it upon himself to organise my MP3 player – alphabetically, by genre and with a special section of music for New York! The one song that keeps playing through my head so far is Leonard Cohen’s ‘First we take Manhattan’… So – we are doing just that!

MARK FISHER hears how JOHN CAIRNS hopes to kick start the stalled theatre touring circuit in the Highlands & Islands.

After all the preparation and planning we have finally arrived in New York after an early start, straightforward flight and taxi to the hotel. ‘We’ are a group of twelve Craft curators/officers who are here to be immersed in the American craft scene, carry out individual research and promote what we do to professionals and makers in the USA.

Aros Centre, Portree, Isle of Skye, 10 April 2009

Oran Mor, Glasgow, 13 April 2009, and touring

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, 12 April 2009

FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING (15) EVENTS IN Northern Ireland continue to exposed the fragility of the peace process. Film and television productions seem intent on creating a body of work reflecting the complexities of what really happened during the Troubles of the past forty years. Hot on the heels of Hunger and the recent television […]