Heroes is an aerial dance duet that takes a look at who our idols are. The cult of celebrity and the fall from grace, the hidden heroes and who do we really, actually look up to? A light-hearted family show mixing aerial skills with dance theatre, asking universal questions with humour, straight talking and high-quality […]
The last chance to see plan B, Scotland’s finest purveyors of delightful dance theatre, touring their final production. TANTALUS Created and performed by Neil Joseph Price (Herald Culture Award Best Dance Performer 2017). Inspired by the Greek mythological figure, this solo explores the emotional journey for a man pulled in conflicting directions, whilst seeking his own independence […]
Mairi Campbell's five star follow up show to acclaimed Pulse. Mairi Campbell: Auld Lang Syne tells stories of her adventures with Scotland's most famous song - singing for US President Bill Clinton, a starring role in Sex and the City and a reinterpretation of the Robert Burns classic that changed her life. Delivered with trademark […]
The Isle of Love is a bittersweet tale of love, loss, recovery and discovery infused with the quirky lyrical genius of Adam Ross’ music. The play addresses the beauty and restorative qualities of island life and also explores why people choose to visit, to remain, to depart and to return. Inspired by the narrative character of the music produced […]
Simon Thacker has been to Ardross Hall twice now over the past three years, a very accomplished and inventive classical guitarist who blends new world sounds though is quite intense as a performer/musician. This was the first time I was seeing Simon perform with others and it was a sublime show. The women he has teamed up […]
From gigging in village halls and folk clubs to playing the Royal Albert Hall and huge festival stages in the UK and abroad, Reg consistently entrances his audiences with songs of life, love and injustice, soulfully delivered and accompanied by exemplary guitar playing. Reg represents contemporary folk writing at it’s best, his lyrics and music […]
The Busquitos play a very catchy mix of brilliantly played music, sung with an impressive Louis Armstrong like hoarse voice, and dazzling, funny entertainment that will put a smile on everyone’s face! And if the time is right, they will mingle, wireless and play a serenade organize a limbo- or line-dance or get the audience […]
Horizontal Collaboration focuses on the psychology of power in times of war and asks whether women can ever be given the freedom to lead in a different way from men.
Three women, three generations, three agendas, one lapse of concentration, all it takes to reduce a grown AA man to tears!
Claude Bourbon is known throughout Europe and America for amazing guitar performances that take blues, Spanish, Middle Eastern, and Russian stylings into uncharted territories.
The Secret North brings together six world-class musicians from Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia in a cross-cultural celebration of new music that bridges the divide between folk and classical, the traditional and the avant-garde by combining ancient instruments with new composition.
Acoustic American folk music with high energy and an undeniable Joie de Vivre.
A homecoming in viola, voice, movement, animation and storytelling.
After more than a decade of world-wide touring and three album releases, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson have earned a reputation for the quality and authenticity of their songwriting.
With four dynamic dancers and an electronic music score mixed live by Mariam Rezaei, CITIZEN takes us on the journey so many immigrants have made. How far do they integrate in their new community and how much do they save of the culture they left behind?
An unforgettable journey featuring music by Mozart, Handel, Puccini, Gilbert & Sullivan and many more.
In a remote bothy, deep in the heart of a Highland glen, the paths of two men cross. As the bothy fire takes light, with the whisky flowing, they swop stories, sing songs and act out the drama of times past.
Highland Collective present contemporary classical music in ways that give it context and narrative and make the whole experience theatrical and fun.
Celia and Oliver are in the world's most expensive hotel, drunk on the world's most expensive champagne. They have thirty minutes to make up their minds about a risky proposal that could tear their lives apart.
Withering Looks takes an “authentic” look at the lives and works of the Bronte sisters – well, two of them actually, Anne’s just popped out for a cup of sugar.
An almost unabridged journey through Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso in search of Beatrice. Will Mike Maran’s adaptation be as blasphemously offensive as Dante’s sublime poem? Will Mike get Dante’s girl? A mad flight of mesmerising medieval stand-up.’ Written 700 years ago ‘The Divine Comedy’ sits at the pinnacle of Western civilzation, one of the most […]
The Bunsquitos pay a very catchy mix of brilliantly played music, sung with an impressive Louis Armstrong like hoarse voice. and dazzlingly, funny entertainment that will put a smile on everyone's face!
A new play by Scottish playwright Jen McGregor. ‘A flair for irony, subtle provocation, detailed observation and wry wit’.
This is a play about the occultist, mountaineer and poet Aleister Crowley - with a twist or two. The play is a dark portrayal with plenty of humour and was first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010.
And Now... is plan B’s brand new dance theatre production.
This is a bang up to date hilarious double bill of ‘THE QUEEN OF LUCKY PEOPLE’ and ‘ON’, both comedies written and directed by Iain Heggie.
‘a fast-paced comedy... from the dry seed of botanical fraud’ What’s On North
The hugely successful comedy was a Fringe hit, had a phenomenal West End run, won an Olivier Awards for Best New Comedy, and was nominated for three Tony Awards.
This is a new project built around the Kakatsitsi Drummers from Ghana who have played at the Ardross Village Hall on previous tours, namely the Afro-Gaelic Fusion Project featuring the drummers and a group of Gaelic musicians put together by renowned singer, piper and cultural historian Griogair Labhruidh.
Ardross Hall welcomes back Mike Maran, his shows are always wonderful, highly entertaining and informative.
This is a brand new interactive comedy set in Ardross Community Hall.
The Beautiful House is a story of modern mummification and the present day posthumanist crisis in our relationship with death.
Ardross Hall welcomes back Ivan Drever after a very enjoyable concert last year on his present tour of Scotland, promoting his new CD.
Set in the first half of the eighteenth century, The Straw Chair tells the powerful story of seventeen-year-old Isabel and her minister husband's arrival on the remote island of Hirta, also known as St. Kilda. Their encounters with the island's inhabitants, especially the disturbing Rachel of Grange, changes their lives forever in this captivating contemporary classic of […]
Simon Kempston is an Edinburgh, Scotland based singer-songwriter and leading acoustic fingerstyle guitarist performing original and contemporary acoustic folk/blues songs and material. He is an established, well known face on the acoustic, folk and songwriting circuit around the UK and have performed at many of the major venues, folk & blues clubs & festivals there. […]
Waves tells the story of the unofficial history of the invention of the Butterfly stroke. It is a solo theatrework written and performed by Alice Mary Cooper. Combining new writing, highly expressive storytelling, delicate movement and humour.
Iain Heggie’s hilarious, exciting and moving one-man adaptation of Hamlet clears away the fog and brings the great story to vivid, pulsating life.
In the past decade no other band has quite captured Scottish fiddle music’s variety, energy and sensitivity like Blazin’ Fiddles have. Like rare single malts, each member of Blazin’ Fiddles draws the distinct flavour of music from their part of the Highlands and Islands.