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

An Tobar, Tobermory, Mull, 2006

The Loft Gallery, St Margaret’s Hope, Orkney, until 2 May 2006

Tore Art Gallery, until late May 2006

Spectrum Centre, Inverness, 11 April 2006

JENNA CUMMING has been tipped as a name to watch in Gaelic singing for over a decade now, even though she is still only in her early 20s.

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

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the death of George MacKay Brown. ALISTAIR PEEBLES discusses the poet’s life and work with composer Peter Maxwell Davies.

NICK FEARNE reports from Moray as our ongoing series of articles on the work of the Moray Council’s Arts Development Officers moves into a second cycle.