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Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Northings Podcast 3: Highlands and Islands at Edinburgh Fringe, on the site Northings

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:45:07 +0000

MARCUS J WILSON reports on three Highlands and Islands shows at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Dogstar Theatre’s The Tailor of Inverness, The Sorren Maclean Band, and Mull Theatre’s production of Right […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Northings Podcast 15: Moray Art Centre, on the site Northings

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:04:05 +0000

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

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Northings No More, on the site Northings

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:39:01 +0000

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 […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Rambert Dance: Labyrinth of Love, on the site Northings

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:38:19 +0000

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 19 March 2013
COMBINING dance with digital media is often attempted but rarely succeeds as well as it does in Labyrinth of Love, the work which opened Rambert’s welcome […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, BalletBoyz The Talent 2013, on the site Northings

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:57:37 +0000

Empire Theatre. Eden Court, Inverness, 20 February 2013
AN EXCITED buzz filled the Empire Theatre, thronged with an audience which, while still predominantly female, had a healthy leavening of males by comparison […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Inverness College Drama Degree, on the site Northings

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:22:18 +0000

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 […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Sorren Maclean - new:voices , on the site Northings

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:44:22 +0000

Celtic Connections, Mitchell Theatre, Glasgow, 3 February 2013
SORREN Maclean spent much of his childhood in and around An Tobar, Tobermory’s renowned arts centre where his father Gordon is Artistic […]

Bogbain Farm and Barry Gordon are now friends

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:15:41 +0000

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Duncan Chisholm's Strathglass Suite, on the site Northings

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:36:12 +0000

Celtic Connections, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow, 26 January 2013
THE elaborately corniced, portico’d and vaulted hall of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery soars high above row upon row of chairs.

SOLD out for […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 40th Anniversary and Students' Concert, on the site Northings

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:08:38 +0000

Celtic Connections, City Halls and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, 19 January 2013
AT Sabhal Mòr Ostaig’s birthday party the honour of playing the first notes was given to a native of that well-known […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Kilmarnock Edition, on the site Northings

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:06:13 +0000

Celtic Connections, Glasgow Art Club, 23 January 2013
FIRST on stage in the vaulted hall at the Glasgow Art Club was folk singer Ian Smith, originally from Kilmarnock but now resident in Donegal.

One […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, HI-Arts Reflections: Zenwing Puppets, on the site Northings

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:53:03 +0000

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 […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Dreich House, on the site Northings

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:38:59 +0000

Strathpeffer Pavilion, 14 January 2013
ASKED to produce a touring family show – but not a panto – on a limited budget, Wildbird’s Chris Lee has come up with an interesting production which is part film, part […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Cromarty Film Festival 2012, on the site Northings

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:50:20 +0000

The Stables and other venues, Cromarty, 30 November – 2 December 2012
THE FIRST weekend in December starts with mulled wine in a boat store and ends with curry and malt whisky in Resolis.

IN BETWEEN there are […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Wanted: Alive or..., on the site Northings

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:29:57 +0000

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 […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Karine Polwart, on the site Northings

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:36:42 +0000

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 25 November 2012
NO ROOM for a wren in the OneTouch tonight – every seat is full of people who have travelled from far and near to listen to this unassuming woman on […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Freedom, on the site Northings

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:28:23 +0000

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 30 October 2012
FIREFLIES in the rainforest, water flowing, birdsong, and a girl (Julia Robert Pares) sleeping on the leaf-strewn floor; the Jasmin Vardimon Company’s […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, LaNua, on the site Northings

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:14:43 +0000

Ardross Community Hall, 19 October 2012
A LENGTH of white material scattered with pebbles and more fabric scrunched into the shape of a torc form the performance site for the four dancers of Edinburgh-based […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Blazin' in Beauly Midweek Concert, on the site Northings

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:10:55 +0000

Phipps Hall, Beauly, 17 October 2012
AS THE capacity audience files in, an excited buzz of conversation grows louder and louder; it sounds like the start of a rather good party.

THIS IS not entirely […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, How to come third and win, on the site Northings

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:01:43 +0000

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) […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Scottish Ballet Autumn Season 2012, on the site Northings

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:52:15 +0000

Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 4 October 2012, and touring
ALTHOUGH the first work of the evening has already been seen as part of the Cultural Olympiad Dance GB programme in June, this is the first full programme put […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Scota-Land, on the site Northings

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:23:00 +0000

Glengarry Memorial Hall, 12 September 2012, and touring
YOU’LL be a long time looking for the mythical island of Mickle on a map, yet it embodies in its long history, and particularly in the famous “Scota-Land” […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Menage a Trois, on the site Northings

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:13:18 +0000

One Touch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 11 September 2012
IF THE summer of 2012 is remembered for anything other than its dreadful weather, it will be the very un-British outpouring of emotion triggered by the […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Blas Festival: ‘A’ Bhanais Ghaidhealach/The Highland Wedding, on the site Northings

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:14:17 +0000

Magnus House, Aigas Field Centre, 7 September 2012
THIS year’s Blas Festival commission was handed to Lewis-born, Nairn-based Gaelic singer, Margaret Stewart.

FOR the last few years, she has been closely […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Aidan O'Rourke Quintet - TAT-1, on the site Northings

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:23:37 +0000

Corran Halls, Oban, 1 September 2012
THE Corran Halls stand a mere pebble’s throw from the storm-tossed waters of the harbour, making them a perfectly appropriate venue for fiddler Aidan O’Rourke’s latest […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Allotment, on the site Northings

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:54:12 +0000

Gardens, Universal Hall, Findhorn, 2nd September 2012
JULES Horne’s play about two sisters who share a home and an allotment has had its second run this year at the Edinburgh Fringe, having won a Fringe First on […]

Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Andy White, on the site Northings

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:24:59 +0000

ANDY WHITE is a poet and powerbook-toting troubadour. He grew up in Belfast, surrounded by Irish beauty and terrorist violence. His 13th international release, Garageband, is released this month to coincide […]

Marcus J Wilson wrote a new post, Learning Another Life: The Vashti Bunyan Interview, on the site Northings

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 06:06:45 +0000

MARCUS WILSON spoke to singer/songwriter VASHTI BUNYAN about the importance of her journey to the Highlands and Islands four decades ago

In July 1968, Vashti Bunyan had set off by horse and cart for the Isle […]

Bogbain Farm and Eleanor Carlingford are now friends

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:27:44 +0000

Bogbain Farm and Alice Strange are now friends

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:53:30 +0000

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Speakout: Memory and Legacy, on the site Northings

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:44:47 +0000

Engagement from the Inside
ROBERT LIVINGSTON recalls the most important formative experience in his career in the arts at Glasgow’s Third Eye Centre, and ponders the lessons to be learned from its fascinating […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Project Y 2012, on the site Northings

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:18:12 +0000

Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 12 August 2012
THIS was the first time Inverness had seen Scotland’s youth dance company since Anna Kenrick took over from Andy Howitt last year and on one showing, they […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, The Shock of the Neuk, on the site Northings

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:32:13 +0000

Before moving to the Highlands we lived for twelve years in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife. In the mid 90s Anstruther and its smaller neighbour Pittenweem were sad places: empty shops along the harbour […]

Jennie Macfie commented on the post, Inner Sound, on the site Northings

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:31:58 +0000

I thought you were making one, very subtly :D)

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Inner Sound, on the site Northings

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:12:18 +0000

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 21 July 2012
SKYE-BASED Inner Sound Operatic Society represents a labour of love by retired voice teacher Ann Lampard and her collaborators.

SINGERS of all ages spend […]

Jennie Macfie commented on the post, Inner Sound, on the site Northings

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:09:41 +0000

So sorry – I mislaid my programme before writing the review – but it’s good to be able to congratulate you directly, Elizabeth, on some very fine playing.

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Bodysurf Scotland: “We Think Not", on the site Northings

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:56:51 +0000

Universal Hall, Findhorn, 29 July, 2012
THE TITLE of this show seems on the surface very simple but on closer examination it’s a bit of a deep philosophical statement.

DOES it mean a refusal to do something? […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, 'A Great Summer of Art', on the site Northings

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:54:52 +0000

I hate sport. All sport and any sport, from tiddlywinks to Premier League Football. So, this dismal summer has held a particular horror for me, what with Wimbledon, Euro 2012, wall-to-wall golf tournaments, and […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Black Isle Fiddle Weekend, on the site Northings

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:08:29 +0000

Cromarty East Church, 7 July 2012
THE well-preserved but very much alive former county town of Cromarty often feels like the village that time forgot, with its picturesque streets unmarred by the breezeblock […]

Bogbain Farm and Mayanne MacGregor are now friends

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:34:20 +0000

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Dàimh, on the site Northings

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:08:12 +0000

One Touch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 30 June 2012
FOUR Dàimh-ers stroll on stage and, with a lift of fiddler Gabe McVarish’s eyebrow and a nod of guitarist Ross Martin’s head, launch straight into their […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, India Alba, on the site Northings

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:01:05 +0000

Caledonian Hotel, Fort Augustus, 27 June 2012
AS WELL as running their Adult Feis in February, Fèis Gleann Albainn promote occasional concerts during the year and for this one they’ve managed to snaffle something […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, HI~Arts Awards Preview, on the site Northings

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:11:42 +0000

Great Oaks from Little Acorns
Sometimes even a small amount of funding is all that’s needed… Northings asked HI~Arts Director ROBERT LIVINGSTON to introduce their suite of awards schemes for individuals, in […]

Bogbain Farm and Moira Aitken are now friends

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:21:18 +0000

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, on the site Northings

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:38:31 +0000

Glenmoriston Millennium Hall, Invermoriston, 16 June 2012
THE SCO is remarkable for its accuracy and collective intelligence, and an entire programme of Mozart shows off its paces very prettily, as well as being […]

Jennie Macfie commented on the post, Time Gentlemen Please!, on the site Northings

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:24:12 +0000

I forgot to throw a bouquet at the dancers, with an extra one for Didge. Impressed, much.

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Time Gentlemen Please!, on the site Northings

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:46:27 +0000

OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 3 June 2012
MORE tales of the unexpected on Sunday night as Damian Barber’s extraordinary roadshow rolled into Inverness, making their first ever visit to Scotland.

TO […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Northern Roots 2012, on the site Northings

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 08:11:06 +0000

Bogbain Farm, Inverness, 1-2 June 2012
BILLED as the Highland’s answer to Celtic Connections, Northern Roots is considerably smaller, and noticeably quirkier.

EVEN though the Bogbain barn may not be as well […]

Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Michael Clark Company: 'come been and gone', on the site Northings

Mon, 28 May 2012 10:06:21 +0000

Macrobert, Stirling, 23 May 2012, and touring
THE young Aberdeen-born Michael Clark was cutting a swathe through the British dance scene when Swamp was first performed in 1986.

HIS works were set to […]

Robert Livingston wrote a new post, Sausages, trains and Old Spice, on the site Northings

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:48:12 +0000

We’ve been to the lands where everyone eats sausages and drinks beer, where the trains run on time and are spacious and clean, and where culture still seems to be funded—and supported—to a remarkable degree. We’ve […]