WATCH AGAIN Event Info In the Spring of the year 2020 Samson Sounds were set to head to the Scottish Highlands and Coastlands for their Spring tour. The only thing standing in their way was a Global Pandemic...... Adfern was going to be one of the destinations on the West Coast. We always have such […]
WATCH AGAIN Event Info Strathearn’s first online festival celebrating the extraordinary range and quality of the local arts, music and cultural activity in our area will bring the whole community together for a weekend of fun and entertainment. The event has 3 main aims: Help the local community come together in a celebration of local […]
"Phil + Aly, two of Scotland's most acclaimed traditional musicians have been delighting audiences across Scotland with their masterful, versatile and amusing performances and leading us in the dance on BBC's live Hogmanay show for over two decades. Oct 2013 saw the legendary folk duo receive the The Sunday Mail's-'Lifetime Achievement '-Award in the-Great Scot-category. […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
MORE INFO HERE Curated online performance showcase events broadcast to communities across the Highlands & Islands on the 20th and 27th August. A preview of what could be touring to our community post-COVID! These sessions are being hosted in conjunction with our Keep Rural Arts Live Crowdfund Campaign, which we urge you to support. DONATE NOW The Spotlight Sessions […]
The Corryvreckan whirlpool, off the West Coast of Scotland, is one of the fiercest on the planet. It has churned up many tales, and some have been spun- mythical truths twisted. For Corryvreckan is the Cailleach's pool, and she was once goddess of all, a creator, a force of nature, now scorned. Its time to […]
The Corryvreckan whirlpool, off the West Coast of Scotland, is one of the fiercest on the planet. It has churned up many tales, and some have been spun- mythical truths twisted. For Corryvreckan is the Cailleach's pool, and she was once goddess of all, a creator, a force of nature, now scorned. Its time to […]
"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 […]
Cannibalism, werewolf trials, deceit, and murder… Marie Hassenpflug and the Brothers Grimm are editing the darkness out of old stories. Little by little, the voices of the storytellers who created the tales are eroded away. What will be saved and what will be forgotten? The Grandmothers Grimm explores women’s role in the creation of the Brothers […]
“Ecdysis (In Vivo) is a sculptural happening, durational performance, momentary glimpse, promenade narration, chapters from a life, one moment in a life-time.” - Alex Rigg, Director Exploring transformation, Oceanallover has collaborated with legendary corset maker and iconic socialite Mr. Pearl, whose bespoke craftsmanship will be unveiled through a shedding of costume-skin during performances by singer […]
The oceans are rising, and so is Storm. From the makers of Big Man Walking comes a folklore giant made-real. Storm lives in the waters around Scotland, and in 2021 she will walk on land to tell the story of the oceans in crisis. Towering over her brother Big Man at 10m tall, her eyes […]
Cannibalism, werewolf trials, deceit, and murder… Marie Hassenpflug and the Brothers Grimm are editing the darkness out of old stories. Little by little, the voices of the storytellers who created the tales are eroded away. What will be saved and what will be forgotten? The Grandmothers Grimm explores women’s role in the creation of the Brothers […]
Step off the stage, leave the glamour and the costumes behind, and get to know the person behind the make-up… Lady Christina leaves the stage at the end of another performance in another venue above another pub. She’s tired of metro-sexual audiences looking for something a little risqué to tell their mothers about, she’s tired […]
In the absence, of the full Same Sky 30th anniversary show (rescheduled to spring 2022), Horse has prepared a special ‘trio’ show. She will focus on the songs from this album as well as a selection from the rest of her back catalogue. Horse is accompanied by Gemma Roberts on piano and Lorna Thomas on […]
Common Sound What’s special about live music? Why do we gather together to listen to it? What part does the audience play in a live performance? Why not…just stay at home and stick a recording on? During Common Sound Scottish Ensemble will be exploring these questions through live performance and conversation, guided by BBC 6 […]
In the absence, of the full Same Sky 30th anniversary show (rescheduled to spring 2022), Horse has prepared a special ‘trio’ show. She will focus on the songs from this album as well as a selection from the rest of her back catalogue. Horse is accompanied by Gemma Roberts on piano and Lorna Thomas on […]
The oceans are rising, and so is Storm. From the makers of Big Man Walking comes a folklore giant made-real. Storm lives in the waters around Scotland, and in 2021 she will walk on land to tell the story of the oceans in crisis. Towering over her brother Big Man at 10m tall, her eyes […]
What do you do when the state becomes the oppressor? Would you put your body on the line? A young girl ready to die to defend what she thinks is right. A king determined to impose his will as the rule of law. Antigone, Interrupted re-imagines a classic story for a contemporary world through the body and […]
A fiddle player and singer completing her Masters in Traditional Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Lauren has a particular interest in world music and has travelled extensively playing in Singapore, India Canada and Kenya. She recently performed on Take The Floor and will appear in the current series of HBO/Sony TV show Outlander.
Produced by Vanishing Point, Made by Brite Theater, Concept and text Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir Hey Have you looked in the mirror lately? Go on Do it now Look Keep looking Strike a pose Look again Who are you trying to be? You ordered a performance, we’re here to deliver. A set of instructions straight to […]
As seen on “Limmy’s show” and BBC Scotland’s “Breaking the News”, Raymond Mearns is regarded as one of the very best live stand-up comedians in the country. He’s a regular at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe every year where he combines great story telling with finely crafted gags and razor sharp improvisation, and now he’s coming […]
In the absence, of the full Same Sky 30th anniversary show (rescheduled to spring 2022), Horse has prepared a special ‘trio’ show. She will focus on the songs from this album as well as a selection from the rest of her back catalogue. Horse is accompanied by Gemma Roberts on piano and Lorna Thomas on […]
John Dew on pipes/whistles, Dylan Cairns on Guitar and Eoghainn Beaton on Bodhran play progressive traditional music and good old fashioned tunes. They met in Glasgow whilst studying on the BMus Traditional Performance degree at the Royal Conservatoire of Glasgow and playing at regular Glasgow sessions and RCS gigs. Their debut album ‘Mackerel Sky’ will […]
Suzi Cunningham a Scottish-based live-performance artist who delves into ritualistic responses to the seen and unseen. With each concept, she creates and presents performances that are bespoke and responsive to it’s unique environment, deeply enriched by her sense of design, voice and movement. She is deeply influenced by spending time in the natural world and […]
A nine day multi-artform winter festival bringing big music to small halls around the Isles of Skye and Raasay and Lochalsh with the emphasis on civic celebration – everyone is welcome. SEALL brings some of the nation’s finest traditional musicians to our remote rural townships, using Scotland’s national day – St Andrew’s Day – as […]
Alan Bissett is an award-winning novelist, playwright and performer from Falkirk, who now lives in Renfrewshire. He is most well-known for the novels Boyracers and Death of a Ladies’ Man, and his ‘one-woman show’ The Moira Monologues, in which he played Falkirk’s hardest woman. He entertained himself (and others!) on lockdown with his online Hoose Perties, but now he […]
An Tobar & Mull Theatre presents Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe Directed by Rebecca Atkinson-Lord You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy. You make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for. 1. […]