Caithness Glass Factory, Wick, 24 February 2006

THE HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS seemed to do particularly well out of the National Theatre of Scotland’s much anticipated launch event, ‘Home’. We carry reviews of all four of the H&I-based shows, and several more from furth of the region.

MARK FISHER looks at the Highlands and Islands component of HOME, the National Theatre of Scotland’s ambitious launch project taking place in ten locations across Scotland

THE ARTS JOURNAL canvassed reactions on the new National Theatre of Scotland from some of the movers and shakers in Highland theatre.

The Commissioning Editor of the Arts Journal invited a number of notable figures on the Highland Theatre scene to respond to two questions about the National Theatre of Scotland. The results of the survey will appear later this month, but GEORGE GUNN, the artistic director of GreyCoast, went above and beyond the call of duty in this characteristically passionate and provocative response.

RICHARD FINDLAY is the chairman of the new National Theatre of Scotland, and he is on a mission to hear your views on where the infant organisation needs to go. On the eve of the first of his open sessions in the Highlands and Islands, he tells KENNY MATHIESON why he is coming here.