Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Thrusday 5 May 2005

MARK FISHER finds that Benchtour’s production doesn’t quite pull off its promising satirical start.

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

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES may have been published in 1782 but it retains a powerful fascination for modern filmmakers. Six years ago, Cruel Intentions set the story of sexual intrigue and scandal among jaded teenagers in contemporary America.    Two years ago, Scotland provided the setting for a new French television […]

ROBERT LIVINGSTON returned to Forres for a second dose of the Bard, as the Royal Shakespeare Company on Tour turned from Roman Tragedy to the romantic comedy of Two Gentlemen of Verona.

As the current election campaign turns ever nastier, ROBERT LIVINGSTON gets a taste of power politics two thousand years ago in the first of two visiting Royal Shakespeare Company productions at Forres.

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies. SYDNEY POLLACK is a past master of the intelligent mainstream thriller. The veteran Oscar-winner has been responsible for Three Days Of The Condor, Absence Of Malice and The Firm. Now, he boldly goes where even Alfred Hitchcock was denied access with The Interpreter, an absorbing conspiracy thriller set in the […]

GEORGINA COBURN finds the Curve Foundation Dance Company’s Spring Tour offers an exciting opportunity to see dance stripped down to the strength of its bare bones.