STEVE ROBERTSON looks at what is on offer at this year’s goNORTH festival in Aberdeen

BOB PEGG describes an exciting if speculative project to recreate the kind of ancient music that might have been heard on Orkney prior to its joining Scotland in 1468

PHIL BANCROFT has established himself as one of the leading figures on the Scottish jazz scene since emerging as part of the seminal John Rae Collective in the late 80s. We caught up with the Edinburgh-based saxophonist ahead of a Tune Up tour with his current Quartet

Acclaimed singer and songwriter DOUGIE MACLEAN talks to the Arts Journal about his music, from the appeal of performing solo through to putting together his multimedia creation Rural Image for Celtic Connections earlier this year

MICHAEL EMANS, the Artistic Director of Rapture Theatre, tells the Arts Journal about the company as they prepare to embark on their first Highlands and Islands tour

MICHAEL DUKE is a successful writer and director for the theatre, but his work for the Edinburgh-based benchtours over the years has opened up a different methodology, as he explains ahead of the tour of his newest piece for the company, The Emperor’s Opera.

EILEEN BELL investigates Mull Theatre Company’s search for a new home, and looks ahead to their 2005 season

CAROL DUNBAR reflects on an exhibition of new and recent work by Lorriane Besant, and wider issues in the perception of ‘arts’ and ‘crafts’.

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. TIGHTLY CONTROLLED and astutely observed, Mean Creek is one of those small, unassuming films that haunt the memory long after the blockbusters have been forgotten. A tender portrait of a defining moment in some young lives, it begins like an Enid Blyton adventure and gradually takes on the darker hue […]

Garrison Theatre, Lerwick, Saturday 23 April 2005