Northings | Rowan Macfie | Friends Activity http://northings.com/members/rowanmacfie/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Rowan Macfie's friends. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 04:04:10 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=2.2.5 en-US 30 hourly 2 651cdf6c09a6b1f8f8bcea96f2fddcfd Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, The End of This Road, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/27/the-end-of-this-road/ Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:41:11 +0000 ThumbnailTHE 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 […]

]]> 0 54991842dd6b203dc18b254ebc086ac8 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Rambert Dance: Labyrinth of Love, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/20/rambert-dance-labyrinth-of-love/ Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:38:19 +0000 ThumbnailEmpire 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 […]

]]> 0 cb66dbc0c0fb099f198fb899e60d5c31 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Upcoming events at Universal Hall, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/07/upcoming-events-at-universal-hall-6/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:12:37 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 1291f146cacd02c6337af36ab81f5e73 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Northings No More, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/03/07/northings-no-more/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:00:43 +0000 ThumbnailRobert 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 […]

]]> 0 b2b35517330cc3b845207ddeb1b2e644 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, BalletBoyz The Talent 2013, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/02/21/balletboyz-the-talent-2013/ Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:57:37 +0000 ThumbnailEmpire 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 […]

]]> 0 9523f71ca7a5f9e5f272d840848f31b9 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Sorren Maclean - new:voices , on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/02/06/sorren-maclean-newvoices/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:44:22 +0000 ThumbnailCeltic 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 […]

]]> 0 98fab637a33eadc1020b36851996c0eb Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Celebrating Natural Scotland, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/02/01/celebrating-natural-scotland/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:13:30 +0000 ThumbnailTHE  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 […]

]]> 0 dedd3f55a295e76ee8255f73c897b5d4 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, A Midsummer Night's Dream, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/01/30/a-midsummer-nights-dream-2/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:20:10 +0000 ThumbnailEmpire 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 […]

]]> 0 c8e7dce11e0f5764a41563886a27f3d9 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Duncan Chisholm's Strathglass Suite, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/01/28/duncan-chisholms-strathglass-suite/ Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:36:12 +0000 ThumbnailCeltic 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 […]

]]> 0 33136428de9daa5be08a0d6ab520e92b Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 40th Anniversary and Students' Concert, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/01/21/sabhal-mor-ostaig-40th-anniversary-and-students-concert/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:08:38 +0000 ThumbnailCeltic 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 […]

]]> 0 b1a41565bee7c06c471bccbabe34b481 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Kilmarnock Edition, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/01/24/kilmarnock-edition/ Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:06:13 +0000 ThumbnailCeltic 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 […]

]]> 0 820c6e536b2915b52eef68ba9c93420b Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Classic Rock Show to visit Aberdeen and Inverness, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/01/23/classic-rock-show-to-visit-aberdeen-and-inverness/ Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:51:57 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 d710446e74fac4afcf2dce985f70266e Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Dreich House, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2013/01/16/dreich-house/ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:38:59 +0000 ThumbnailStrathpeffer 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 […]

]]> 0 a7cb5f94df72212c4f619ef3c175c25a Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, More Pain In Store?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/12/03/more-pain-in-store/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:10:53 +0000 ThumbnailTHE 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 […]

]]> 0 cbe191581de6bf195b88f57743cb0100 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Statement from the Board of Creative Scotland, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/12/07/statement-from-the-board-of-creative-scotland/ Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:55:03 +0000 ThumbnailTHIS 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 […]

]]> 0 3e65c1d6f09b4ca93c5047722ce3aad2 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Cromarty Film Festival 2012, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/12/06/cromarty-film-festival-2012/ Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:50:20 +0000 ThumbnailThe 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 […]

]]> 0 2b74f31aa93a42d73774dd3a832f3e4c Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Karine Polwart, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/11/26/karine-polwart/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:36:42 +0000 ThumbnailOneTouch 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 […]

]]> 0 da49d681cfc90ee998d4c2b6b1270354 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Tommy Smith's Karma, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/11/06/tommy-smiths-karma/ Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:29:12 +0000 ThumbnailQueen’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 […]

]]> 0 23fe7442832b561b10d132b7ebff4208 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Freedom, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/11/04/freedom/ Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:28:23 +0000 ThumbnailEmpire 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 […]

]]> 0 0c4cb35f9474f9aa7071db2832885a9e Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Creative Scotland Still Under Fire, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/11/01/creative-scotland-still-under-fire/ Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:00:11 +0000 ThumbnailTHE 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 […]

]]> 0 f7e60dddb5a9e5dead696e3865719f19 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, LaNua, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/10/23/lanua/ Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:14:43 +0000 ThumbnailArdross 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 […]

]]> 0 3898b59810e289960019cba2ca2bcb94 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Blazin' in Beauly Midweek Concert, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/10/19/blazin-in-beauly-midweek-concert/ Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:10:55 +0000 ThumbnailPhipps 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 […]

]]> 0 486cd30c5c4442a1f0a85cf4a7195cb9 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, ArtsFolk: Ken Ramage, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2003/07/03/artsfolk-ken-ramage/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:29:09 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 a8b9ae625afd6bb5249b21ffbf6b8f27 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Julie Fowlis, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2005/04/13/julie-fowlis-4/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:07:16 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 abcdda156e526d63258003c5f32524ea Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Symon Macintyre, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/07/02/symon-macintyre/ Wed, 17 Oct 2012 09:01:30 +0000 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 […]

]]> 0 90f6955a4e0383ac808a716f225e8e6c Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Scottish Ballet Autumn Season 2012, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/10/10/scottish-ballet-autumn-season-2012/ Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:52:15 +0000 ThumbnailTheatre 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 […]

]]> 0 be449340931d64739d22120875fa0232 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Between Two Worlds, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/11/04/between-two-worlds-2/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:41:58 +0000 Exploring the Night Time Forest
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS will draw on local Cairngorm legends as well as environment in an artistic illumination of a section of Glenmore Forest Park
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS is part of the […]

]]> 0 b40d8dccc8c029b5096f8500d6bb8f75 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Matthew Zajac, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/05/04/matthew-zajac/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:26:13 +0000 Taking the Plunge
MATTHEW ZAJAC is the co-director of Dogstar Theatre, and directs their new production of Caithness-born writer Henry Adam’s latest play, ‘E Polish Quine. Matthew talks to Northings about the new […]

]]> 0 fd4a099048d657f15b4c97ee786c0b98 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Colin Marr, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/11/04/colin-marr-2/ Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:30:30 +0000 The New Eden
COLIN MARR tells Northings what the new Eden Court has to offer
THE REFURBISHMENT of Eden Court Theatre has been a massive undertaking, taking over two years to complete and attracting more than its […]

]]> 0 77ef71703b2ec19ef5c84ca9747d8690 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Mareel launches at a difficult time, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/10/01/mareel-launches-at-a-difficult-time/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:14:32 +0000 ThumbnailSHETLAND ARTS have announced the official launch of the first season of programmes in the new Mareel venue in Lerwick.
THE organisation also responded very promptly to my moan in last month’s editorial about lack […]

]]> 0 5e621238e72c714fbe0cbae7cd065f95 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Scota-Land, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/13/scota-land/ Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:23:00 +0000 ThumbnailGlengarry 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” […]

]]> 0 d702a8e9a33a36f7e0e7f6a7dc7aaa77 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Menage a Trois, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/12/menage-a-trois/ Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:13:18 +0000 ThumbnailOne 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 […]

]]> 0 1967dc7aaac0f7bbd57a387ad8c195ee Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Blas Festival: ‘A’ Bhanais Ghaidhealach/The Highland Wedding, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/10/blas-festival-a-bhanais-ghaidhealachthe-highland-wedding/ Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:14:17 +0000 ThumbnailMagnus 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 […]

]]> 0 8ed012d95c436665ade701f2696fff50 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Aidan O'Rourke Quintet - TAT-1, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/06/aidan-orourke-quintet-tat-1/ Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:23:37 +0000 ThumbnailCorran 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 […]

]]> 0 6f90be5766feea5246791cd0c66ec70e Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Judi Menabney, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/10/01/judi-menabney/ Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:33:14 +0000 When Eight Becomes Three
JUDI MENABNEY accepted Northings’ invitation in last month’s Editorial to explain the current reconstruction of the Education, Culture, and Sport division at Highland Council
NORTHINGS: […]

]]> 0 766a2fd4d8700c1e103823060b275f43 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Allotment, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/06/allotment/ Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:54:12 +0000 ThumbnailGardens, 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 […]

]]> 0 f16bf800bed14197a942bfded9749dce Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Surely Not Already?, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/09/01/surely-not-already/ Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:02:53 +0000 ThumbnailGROWING older brings with it more than just creaking joints and a bus pass.
THE vague conviction that time is speeding up grows ever stronger as each year flashes past seemingly a notch or two faster than the one […]

]]> 0 f29050300c68aafdf9389213a01f00b8 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Malcolm Maclean, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2007/07/01/malcolm-maclean/ Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:01:16 +0000 An Island Tale
MALCOLM MACLEAN is the director of Pròiseact nan Ealan, the Gaelic Arts Agency, and co-executive producer/creative director of this month’s hugely ambitious multi-media extravaganza St Kilda – A […]

]]> 0 df446d3db4bda98772b8712cd42798fc Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Project Y 2012, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/08/13/project-y-2012/ Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:18:12 +0000 ThumbnailEmpire 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 […]

]]> 0 63560d2fee71cf677d57616e6614a20a Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Dannsa with First Harvest, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/06/09/dannsa-with-first-harvest-2/ Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:06:06 +0000 Stepping Out
SANDRA ROBERTSON sets the scene as Dannsa and First Harvest prepare to collaborate on a Scottish Arts Council Tune Up Tour.
DANNSA and First Harvest first got together at the Ceòlas Festival in […]

]]> 0 a4db31fcd04f0392f6efdbcee8463540 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Evi Westmore, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/09/01/evi-westmore/ Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:46:23 +0000 Imagining The City
EVI WESTMORE is the Public Arts Coordinator for Inverness City Partnership, and heads the team which will mount the Public Art Day in the city this month, as well as several other major […]

]]> 0 31f0401aaab4f35e1ef390a1660033f5 Jennie Macfie commented on the post, Inner Sound, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/23/inner-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-4538 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:31:58 +0000 I thought you were making one, very subtly :D)

]]> 76c5a905161d771ca19b5d94957c40a9 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Inner Sound, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/23/inner-sound/ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:12:18 +0000 ThumbnailOneTouch 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 […]

]]> 0 86889435fa09648be9db22360aa68212 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Bucking the Trend, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/08/01/bucking-the-trend/ Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:10:33 +0000 ThumbnailWHILE there is evidence that audiences for many events are being reduced by the current belt-tightening operation most of us are experiencing, it doesn’t seem to be impinging much on the big festivals in the […]

]]> 0 7d458750205859666845298eab725690 Jennie Macfie commented on the post, Inner Sound, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/23/inner-sound/comment-page-1/#comment-4489 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.

]]> cb56c63aaaa18c73d7aa663c790152d6 Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Bodysurf Scotland: “We Think Not", on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/31/bodysurf-scotland-we-think-not/ Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:56:51 +0000 ThumbnailUniversal 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? […]

]]> 0 2157719885dc735df809cbad152dc84b Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Hamish MacDonald, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/10/01/hamish-macdonald/ Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:21:09 +0000 Exploring the Story Nation
HAMISH MACDONALD is the co-founder and joint artistic director of Dogstar Theatre. Originally from Clydebank, he has lived in Inverness since the late 1970s, and has written several […]

]]> 0 a7ecff1d8a83ba2f1cca4b5a5d7265f6 Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Ali Smith, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/05/01/ali-smith/ Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:33:35 +0000 Listening for the Voices
KENNY MATHIESON catches up with Inverness-born writer ALI SMITH ahead of the premiere of her play The Seer in Inverness
ALI SMITH is an award-winning novelist and short-story writer. Now […]

]]> 0 80a53fae67e9262e54ef1eca9d1403af Kenny Mathieson wrote a new post, Julie Fowlis, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2006/07/19/julie-fowlis-3/ Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:04:37 +0000 Eye on the Prize
JULIE FOWLIS has had a bit of a roller-coaster year since we last spoke to her early in 2005. Northings catches up with the Dingwall-based Gaelic singer as she prepares for this month’s Hebridean […]

]]> 0 4cd18e66ee8dcca2355862c90c072f9d Jennie Macfie wrote a new post, Black Isle Fiddle Weekend, on the site Northings http://northings.com/2012/07/09/black-isle-fiddle-weekend/ Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:08:29 +0000 ThumbnailCromarty 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 […]

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