Pianist Fergus McCreadie is one of Scotland’s most exciting young talents. His music is an innovative blend of jazz and Scottish traditional music, with compositions designed to take the listener on an auditory journey of Scotland. Depicting scenes from the Western Isles to the East Neuk of Fife, the music evokes the landscapes from which […]
Dance, storytelling, humour, traditional foot-stomping rhythms, tender moments and a good old giggle bring to life a story that resonates across generations and cultures. With collaborating artists, this brand new, heart-warming show by choreographer/dancer Jen Wren integrates traditional Scottish dance and music with Spanish traditional arts and contemporary dance. Slanjayvah Danza celebrates cultural exchange, communication […]
Fresh from Glastonbury, singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg will perform a rare, intimate gig in Ardfern! Billy Bragg has been a fearless recording artist, tireless live performer and peerless political campaigner for over 35 years. Honoured with the PRS Outstanding Contribution to British Music award at the Ivor Novello awards in May 2018, he released […]
Featuring the hits and lesser-known gems of the repertoire - think La Bohème, Faust, Billy Bud, Die Fladermaus, and more - in one fast-paced, heartfelt show. These memorable melodies are mixed into an original story celebrating the grit and glamour of old-fashioned vaudeville, as well as (many!) talents of a brilliant cast of four fingers […]
A wonderful show that weaves together song, stories and personal anecdotes, exploring themes of marine conservation, exploration and the magnitude of the sea. Armed with a guitar and her mesmerising clear voice, Nicolette creates a beautiful seascape of sounds, overlaid with folk songs, her originals and some popular classics. This show gives us the opportunity […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A special winter concert at Craignish Village Hall with BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2018 Hannah Rarity. Noted as ‘One to Watch in 2018’ by The Scotsman her powerful vocals have been well-suited to collaborations and performances with Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC SSO, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Irish-American band Cherish the […]
SONNET YOUTH AND COMPANY MANY present… thick skin, elastic heart is an exciting collection of contemporary spoken word monologues and group poems that give a voice to the generation who are often reduced to a sound-bite by mass media: ineffectual, lazy, oversensitive “snow-flakes”. Performed by the punchy and diverse cast of Cameron Fulton, Danielle Jam, […]
Conducted by Holly Mathieson and Jon Hargreaves, this relentlessly energetic group will give 35 concerts in public spaces and community venues on Barra, Vatersay, Eriskay, South Uist, Benbecula, North Uist, Berneray, Harris, St Kilda, Lewis and Skye, between 19-28 August. As well as the islands, the orchestra will give performances in Garelochhead, Ardfern, Oban, Kyle […]
THE MOIRA MONOLOGUES Meet Moira Bell, cleaner, single mother, and the hardest woman in Falkirk. Whether defending her wee dog Pepe from the local rottweiler, attempting to seduce a teacher, or belting out Diana Ross for the Scotia karaoke night, Moira is hilarious, hypnotic, frightening and heart-warming company. Based on the stories and characters Alan […]
What more can you say about these two stellar musicians, now embarking on their 32nd year of working together. Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham have established themselves as the epitome of excellence in the world of traditional music and have been described by Mike Russell as "probably the best traditional musicians you are ever likely […]
Opera Highlights is back on the road, with a brand new production directed by Sara Brodie. Join four talented singers and a pianist as they travel to 18 venues around Scotland including Craignish Village Hall. The show's expertly curated selection of music celebrates the best of opera, including works from Carmen, Don Giovanni and Die […]
Within This Dust by Shaper/Caper explores the events surrounding 9/11 and is inspired by the iconic series of photographs by Richard Drew that capture a man falling from the World Trade Center during the attacks.Within This Dust combines beautiful filmic moments and striking physicality, balancing sumptuous movement with subtle storytelling and animation. It is performed […]
Nevis Ensemble gives its inaugural tour as part of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships giving 70 performances in two weeks. This is their last stop before their Nevis ascent!
Returning to Craignish after a wonderful concert in 2017, Sophie Ramsay and Sarah Smout are two original and enchanting songwriters and musicians. Sophie combines old and new folk, singing songs from her native Scotland alongside originals with freshly poetic lyrics and European folk influences. Sarah Smout is a cellist, singer and songwriter from Yorkshire who […]
Conan the Dragon A traditional Scottish tale about a young hero called Conan, who against all odds,manages to defeat and banish a dragon terrorizing his remote village, in a far awayforgotten region of ancient Scotland.Told with hand crafted puppets, striking shadow silhouettes and an original musical soundtrack, this heart-warming tale for the whole family is […]
Aberdeenshire folksinger Iona Fyfe has become one of Scotland’s finest young ballad singers, rooted deeply in the singing traditions of the North East of Scotland. At twenty-years-old, Iona has established a strong voicing of place in her repertoire and was nominated as Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards 2017. A […]
“It’s a lump in a bag of lumps. It’s fine.”Tobes is young, free and having a ball. Off. He’s successfully ignored his lump for two years but it’s starting to get in the way - cramping his style and, worse, affecting his sex life. So now there are pants to be dropped, and decisions to […]
In a career spanning four decades, Eduardo has been acclaimed as one of the most potent forces in flamenco jazz fusion today. His highly lyrical style, with explorations into Indian, Arabic and classical music, has resulted in the most electrifying, brilliant and poignantly poetic guitar playing on the world circuit.
With family having worked in Faslane all her life, and with friends protesting at the gates, award winning theatre maker Jenna Watt explores what happens when the personal and political collide.
New and old folksongs about nature, love, loss and home.
Based on the myths and legends of the Scottish Selkie, Yugen Puppet Company tells the comic tale of a lonely fisherman, falling in love with a seal and how in matters of love, things don’t always go according to plan.
Join acclaimed writer/performer Sarah Cameron as she takes you on a journey through a world of extreme compulsion and eye watering complacency, where domestic drudgery happens on an operatic scale and a father’s dereliction of duty reaches epic proportions.
In A Brief History of Evil, two men take us on a hallucinogenic white-knuckle ride to find out what happens when we listen to the voices inside us, or don't.
A supremely dexterous and witty live band, their energetic live performances have kept them in constant demand around the world.
And Now...' is plan B’s debut production of the company’s new permanent ensemble. It will be the first in a series of dance theatre works reflecting on themes of ‘Where we are going?'
An eclectic evening of folk, country, heavyweight dub bass and blues, with live brass.
Jam-packed with hits, Blast from the Past is a fast-paced race through seven decades of the blockbusters and bestsellers we all remember.
Written and conceived by Charlotte Hathaway and Mike Vass.
Brighten up your winter with Opera Highlights!
Fable is a story about the here and now, and about where we dremt we'd be. A story about motorways, nebula and bears wound from spoken word and live music.
High energy, unhinged, and musically extravagant, taking traditional acoustic idioms and delivering with punk abandonment and virtuosic flare.
A 50 minute piece of innovative visual theatre for adults that combines puppetry, film and live sound to create and destroy a world in front of its audience’s eyes.
The Flannagan Collective's new romping stomping folk musical. It's a show about kings and queens and revolutions. It's a show about the things we care about, and the things we should look after and what might happen if we let the special things slip from our grasp.
The Edinburgh Choreographic Project aims to create modern dance that will entice, provoke and inspire to a wide audience.
Ipdip Theatre bring a tactile, interactive performance specially created for the youngest children and their grown-ups. Come and share in this enchanting tale of wandering sheep, wonderful clouds and one worried wee doggie.
Mary Ann Kennedy, Scott MacMillan and Colin Grant create an international dynamic in this small scale version of their epic work, Aiseag.