Reviews

After 10 years of publication, 'Northings' (the monthly arts e-magazine for the Highlands & Islands) closed down in 2013 and is archived here. High Life Highland is pleased to enable this extensive body of work to remain accessible to the public. Please note, though, that material will not be updated or added.

Review by Jennie Macfie

Romeo And Juliet Are Dead

27 Feb 2009 in Dance & Drama, Highland, Reviews

Strathpeffer Pavilion, 25 February 2009

Review by Northings

The Class (15)

27 Feb 2009 in Film, Reviews

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies WHO WOULD want to be a teacher these days? The number of times that question is asked seems to increase in direct proportion to our perception that young people are unruly, unambitious and ungovernable. The Class (Entre Les Murs) is a fascinating blurring of fact and fiction that takes us […]

Review by Robert Livingston

Hebrides Ensemble – On the Brink

27 Feb 2009 in Highland, Music, Reviews

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 26 February 2009

Review by Northings

Reduced Shakespeare Company – The Bible (Abridged)

24 Feb 2009 in Dance & Drama, Highland, Reviews

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 20 February 2009

Review by Ian Stephen

Theatre Hebrides – Kinloch … Somewhere

24 Feb 2009 in Dance & Drama, Outer Hebrides, Reviews

Final run-through, An Lanntair, Stornoway, 19 February 2009

Review by Mark Fisher

Baby Baby

20 Feb 2009 in Dance & Drama, Moray, Reviews, Shetland

North Edinburgh Arts Centre, 19 February 2009, and touring

Review by Jennie Macfie

The Tailor of Inverness

20 Feb 2009 in Dance & Drama, Highland, Reviews

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, 18 February 2009

Review by Northings

Gran Torino (15)

20 Feb 2009 in Film, Reviews

ALLAN HUNTER at the Movies CLINT EASTWOOD has hinted that Gran Torino might be his last film as an actor. He will be 79 this year and there are fewer and fewer scripts that attract his interest. If this is his swansong then it couldn’t be a better one. Gran Torino is a powerful melodrama […]