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May 2022
Devised and performed live by musician Jenny Sturgeon, The Living Mountain considers human connections with wild places through lyrical and melodic interpretation of the novel, and interweaves song with visuals from the Cairngorm Mountains National Park; filmed by videographer Robyn Spice, rewilding advocacy group Scotland The Big Picture and with archive imagery from the National Library of Scotland. The meditative qualities of the combined audio and imagery provide a soothing and poignant exploration of what it means to connect with a landscape,…
June 2022
Following the release of her new 2022 album, Universal Hall is honoured to welcome singer Hannah Rarity. She will be joined by Innes White on guitar and John Lowrie on keys. Many of you will have recently seen Hannah perform with Alexander Chapman Campbell. This Scottish folk gem is former winner of BBC Radio Scotland Traditional Musician of the Year for good reason. She is now one of the most prominent vocalists in our wee nation. Her 2018 debut album…
While Tony is known as a soloist, his frequent collaborations with various musicians have always been a significant part of his work. Julia Toaspern is a multi-talented musician from Berlin who combines classical training on violin and voice with a wide interest in genres such as jazz, baroque and traditional music. She has released two albums of original songs and has performed in both classical and singer/songwriter modes on both sides of the Atlantic. On top of all these her…
You’ve made a really bad mistake in life. Is it possible to start over? What if you hurt others in the process? And what happens when your actions finally catch up with you? Salter may be sorry for decisions he has made in his past, but is his remorse enough? It is Salter’s son, Bernard, who must face the consequences of his father’s devastating decisions when he discovers that he is one of “a number” of Bernards whom his father has had cloned. Caryl Churchill’s powerfully disturbing…
This show has been rescheduled from 2020 Hailing from the Highlands of Scotland, Elephant Sessions exploded onto the indie folk scene to unparalleled effect with their last album “All We Have Is Now.” The band have since gone on to be finalists as Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 awards and are already winners of the 2018 Scots Trad Live Act of the Year. A truly great band to see live in an intimate venue like the Universal Hall.…