AS Mull Theatre prepares for its final season in Dervaig before a move to a new home next year, theatre critic NEIL COOPER looks at the theatrical developments in Mull and Pitlochry

KENNY MATHIESON catches up with Inverness-born writer ALI SMITH ahead of the premiere of her play The Seer in Inverness

DOGSTAR THEATRE hit the road this month with a new production of writer Ali Smith’s The Seer

IAN STEPHEN reflects on his experience with Dagmar Glausnitzer-Smith and Charles Ryder’s Transit Station.

Evanton-based ARTS IN MOTION kick off Northings new survey of the member companies of the Highlands & Islands Theatre Network

ANN PALMER finds that Theatre Hebrides’ new production of Kevin MacNeil’s ‘youth’ play has much to offer to a wider audience on its current tour.

ARTHUR BROCKLEBANK looks ahead to Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s forthcoming drama season.

STUART BROWNLEE introduces the Highlands & Islands Theatre Network in an overview that launches a new series of profiles of the member groups

MARK FISHER looks at the Highlands and Islands component of HOME, the National Theatre of Scotland’s ambitious launch project taking place in ten locations across Scotland

GEORGE GUNN is a Caithness man born and bred, and the county is never far from the heart of his writing, whether in his poetry or in his theatre work. He began writing as a child, completed his first play for the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and launched Grey Coast Theatre Company in Thurso in 1992. This is part two of George’s interview with KENNY MATHIESON