The 2017 Gathering took place in the lovely village of Boat of Garten, set amongst heather clad hills and native woodland in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park. The main venue was Boat of Garten Community Hall who celebrated its 10th anniversary the same year.
THE PROGRAMME
Thu 9 Mar 12PM
Boat of Garten Community Hall
Welcome & Introductions
GET IN
Where is it getting us?
A presentation and discussion led by our GET IN Youth Promoters.
Just how sustainable is rural touring?
Stand Up for Sustainability
Novelist, playwright & performer, Alan Bissett, takes the floor for something that resembles part stand up, part monologue, and part heated debate.
Guide Gods
Using dance, live music, humour and interviews with religious leaders, academics and deaf and disabled people, acclaimed performer Claire Cunningham goes on a perilous quest to explore how the major world faiths view deafness and disability in this witty and illuminating show.
DINNER
3 course dinner at Anderson’s Restaurant
Fri 10 Mar 10am
Boat of Garten Community Hall
Welcome & Introductions
MORNING SHOWCASES
A Selection of Excerpts from Tour-Ready Performers
Lunch
AFTERNOON SHOWCASES
A Selection of Excerpts from Tour-Ready Performers
Contact Time
Connect with each other and pencil dates.
Dinner
at Boat of Garten Community Hall
GET IN Tour Launch Party
Kathryn Joseph
Drinks to celebrate the opening night of Kathryn Joseph’s Highland & Islands tour, programmed and organised by our GET IN Youth Promoters.
Sat 11 Mar 10am
Boat of Garten Community Hall
Widening Access for Neurodiverse Audiences
A workshop led by Ellie Griffiths from the Upfront Performance Network.
Gathering Round Up & the Year Ahead
A chance to reflect on the 3 days and hear about upcoming opportunities.
Farewell Lunch
SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
MORNING
10:30-10:45 – Let’s Circus
10:50-11:05 – Paines Plough – Growth
11:10-11:25 – Right Lines Productions – The Isle of Love
12:00-12:15 – Gunshow Theatre – The Gamekeeper
12:20-12:35 – Rosalind Masson – Mus Ro Faclan Ann – Before Words
12:40-12:55 – Mary Ann Kennedy & Finlay Wells
AFTERNOON
14:00-14:15 – Indepen-dance – Four Go Wild in Wellies
14:20-14:35 – Rob Heaslip & Laura Murphy – You and Me, and You
14:40-14:55 – Regional Screen Scotland
15:00-15:15 – Iona Fyfe
15:30-17:30 – Contact Time
WHAT PEOPLE SAID
As a participant at the Gatherings, we’ve been able to build relationships with small and medium scale promotors across The Highlands, Hebrides and Northern Isles. These partnerships have lead to some ambitious projects and great audience response. It’s always great to work with a network that does what it should do, and does it really well!
Steve Cousins
Let’s Circus
The Gathering… acted as a brilliant introduction to many of the promoters in the area and made follow up conversations with promoters much easier. The Touring Network were brilliant at establishing relationships with venues and promoters who were not at The Gathering and were on the phone throughout the process to offer advice. With their support, we were able to extend the tour to a greater number of rural venues, which would not have been possible without this additional support!
Kit Denison
Clod Ensemble
Thank you, and The Touring Network team, for a fabulous ‘Gathering’. We have come away with such a lot of helpful information to digest and then act upon, I’m now really excited and enthused about what we can do to further develop our arts programme … lots of plans! I would just like to let you know that we really appreciate the support we have from The Touring Network, in all its forms. So thanks all!
Lucy Walsh
Craignish Village Hall
