Ullapool, 1-3 May 2004

Inverness Art Gallery and Museum until 22 May 2004

Various venues in Shetland, 29 April-2 May 2004

ALAN WILKINS’ first play, The Nest, explores the characters and interactions between five hill walkers stranded by storm in a remote bothy in the west Highlands. The playwright describes the genesis of the play, which is touring Highland venues in the Traverse Theatre’s production this month.

As Irish band Altan prepare to launch a tour with Cliar on both sides of the Irish Sea, KENNY MATHIESON charts their recovery from the tragic loss of a founder member to remain at the forefront of Irish music

The Arts Journal profiles CLIAR

Venue profile: Pitlochry Festival Theatre

RICHARD FINDLAY is the chairman of the new National Theatre of Scotland, and he is on a mission to hear your views on where the infant organisation needs to go. On the eve of the first of his open sessions in the Highlands and Islands, he tells KENNY MATHIESON why he is coming here.

Town Hall, Dingwall, Saturday 24 April 2004

Catriona Paul at the Movies. WHO IS Scotland’s greatest actor? Sean Connery? Ewan MacGregor? For my money, Peter Mullen, actor and gifted director, is certainly the most interesting. Recently picking up Best Director and Best British Film at the London Film Critic Awards for The Magdalene Sisters, Blinded sees him back in front of the […]