ROBERT LIVINGSTON speaks to Founder and Director of the Moray Art Centre, RANDY KLINGER.

THE DEMISE of Northings is, I believe, a severe blow to the arts community in the Highlands & Islands.
AS THE only editor of the journal since its inception ten years ago, I would say that, wouldn’t […]

Robert Livingston explains why Northings cannot continue
BACK at the turn of the Millennium, I was keen to set up an online journal that would properly represent the dynamism and diversity of the arts and culture […]

Fri 15th March, 7:30pm

One The Road (Film)

Based on the classic Jack Kerouac novel, On The Road is the story of Sal Paradise, an aspiring New York writer, and Dean Moriarty, a charming ex-con, married to the […]

Robert Livingston explains why Northings cannot continue
BACK at the turn of the Millennium, I was keen to set up an online journal that would properly represent the dynamism and diversity of the arts and culture […]

Robert Livingston welcomes the opportunities to be offered by the new Drama Degree in development at Inverness College
IT’S not easy making theatre in the Highlands.

EVEN though a full house in a village hall […]

THE  latest flagship pseudo-festival from the Scottish Government and Creative Scotland is upon us.
THE Year of Natural Scotland 2013 event launched with the opening performances of Infinite Scotland at Eden […]

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 29 January 2013
THIS contribution to the Britten centenary celebrations may have been only a semi-staged performance of the opera, but it was a memorable one.

THE latest […]

After the success of their critically acclaimed 2012 UK tour and as a testimony to the immense popularity of classic rock music, The Classic Rock Show is back – bigger and even better!

Featuring the music […]

Ross-shire-based Zenwing Puppets may have started small, but with the launch of Creativity in Care this month their work takes an exciting new direction. Robert Livingston talked to Karrie Marshall about Zenwing’s […]

THE NEWS that Newcastle Council have opted to drop their entire budget allocation for the arts sends a warning that the pain of spending cuts is far from over, and may just be beginning.
THE draconian measures […]

THIS statement details the commitments for change as agreed by the Creative Scotland Board at the meeting on the 5th and 6th December.
THE statement follows earlier announcements and the work carried out by the […]

At a recent meeting of members of the Highlands and Islands Theatre Network, a colleague from the Edinburgh-based company Stellar Quines gave a fascinating presentation on the company’s experiments with live […]

Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 1 November 2012, and touring
HARD on the heels of a notably successful tour leading the SNJO in a programme of music by Duke Ellington (see review), saxophonist Tommy Smith revealed a […]

THE PROTEST over the way in which Creative Scotland is working with its clients continues to gain momentum.
FOLLOWING a fair bit of recent criticism in the press, last month saw an escalation in opposition with […]

KENNY MATHIESON looks at the work of KEN RAMAGE in establishing the Nairn International Jazz Festival.
LONG BEFORE I ever actually attended a concert in the Nairn International Jazz Festival, I had been regaled […]

Tuning Up for the Road
JULIE FOWLIS has been very busy of late, what with her own debut solo album, a new disc from Dòchas, and lots of touring and gigging. We caught up with her on an increasingly rare return to […]

A Modern Twist on Puppetry
SYMON MACINTYRE and his colleagues at the Leith-based Puppet Lab have three major projects coming up in the Inverness area, beginning with performances of Beauty and the Beast this […]

We are binary creatures, cursed by our bilateral symmetry to think in terms of pairings and oppositions: black and white, right and wrong, formal and informal, incomer and native. We are (no pun intended) […]