What's On Events in Inverness April 2014

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Eden Court with its colourful, vibrant and exciting biennial production. This April, the Gang are aiming to hit new every Sun/Mon/Tues & Wed heights as they take to the Empire Hootananny - Scottish Traditional stage. Box Office Tel 01463 234234 Sessions www.eden-court.co.uk 67 Church St Inverness IV1 1ES £15.00 / Reduced Rate £10.00 / FAMJoin us evenings for some Scottish Tra- ILY TICKET £45 (2 ADULTS+ 2 CHILditional Music!

DREN) / Groups 10+ (Get 11 Tickets Featuring a variety of musicians it’s For The Price Of 10) always a great night for locals and visi- Box Office Tel 01463 234234 tors alike! www.eden-court.co.uk Visit our website for further details: http://www.hootananny.co.uk Monday 14th April 7.00pm

Tuesday 15th April 6.30pm Wednesday 16th April 6.30pm NATIONAL THEATRE CONNECTIONS FESTIVAL 2014 Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA ONETOUCH THEATRE Here at Eden Court we’re delighted to host the National Theatre’s Regional Connections Festival and welcome a great mix of youth theatre groups to attend workshops and deliver a public performance of their chosen script. The Youth Theatres taking part are: Aberdeen Arts Centre - ACT Aberdeen Badenoch & Strathspey Youth Theatre Eden Court Young Company Wednesday 9th April untill Satur- Nairn Youth Theatre day 12th April 7.30pm (Sat MatiLochaber Youth Theatre nee 2.30pm) Sgioba Dràma Òigridh Inbhir Nis GANG SHOW 2014 Thurso High School Empire Theatre Eden Court Bishops Perth Youth Theatre Rd Inverness IV3 5SA £6 per evening (sold per night, not per For over 30 years, the Inverness Area performance)£15.00 festival ticket gainGang Show has been raising the roof of ing access to all performances Every Day Exhibition - Castle Gallery43 Castle Street Inverness IV2 3DU There are constantly changing exhibitions featuring contemporary paintings, sculpture, original hand-made prints, crafts and designer jewellery, working closely with artists to ensure the finest possible selection of works from both established artists and emerging talent.

Ceramics, Glass, Jewellery, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Textiles, and Wood.

Open Monday to Saturday 9.00am to 5.00pm Tel: 01463 729512 www.castlegallery.co.uk

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Inverness IV3 5SA ONETOUCH THEATRE The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler is a musical and Tuesday 29th April - Saturday 3rd visual journey based on the songs, May 7.30pm (Matinees 1st and 3rd stories and poems of one of Scotland’s May 1.30pm) most iconic exiles.

PETER PAN ON ICE A true maverick, Ivor Cutler was the Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd only artist to have been played on RaInverness IV3 5SA dio 1, 2, 3 and 4. He was signed by all EMPIRE THEATRE the major record labels, influenced the Ice shows are always magical but this Beatles and was championed by John spectacular adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s Peel. £8.00 Box Office classic tale about the boy who never Tel 01463 234234 grew up, is really something special. www.eden-court.co.uk TUES 29 APRIL ALL TICKETS £16.00 WED 30 APRIL & THURS 01 MAY EVES Friday 4th April 8pm £22.00 / £20.00 / £18.00THURS 01 ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL OR& SAT 03 MAY MATS £26.00 / £23.00 CHESTRA / £21.00FRI 02 & SAT 03 MAY EVES Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd £26.00 / £23.00 / £21.00 Inverness IV3 5SA Box Office Tel 01463 234234 EMPIRE THEATRE www.eden-court.co.uk Nielsen - Helios Overture

Sunday 6th April 7.30pm GAVIN MARWICK’S JOURNEYMAN SPECTACULAR Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA ONETOUCH THEATRE Fiddle player and composer Gavin Marwick’s Journeyman project has received funding from Creative Scotland to produce a music book of his self-penned tunes and a double CD of highlights from the book. There are 13 musicians involved on the album, 10 of whom will be appearing on this tour, including:Gavin Marwick, Ruth Morris, Cameron Robson, Bob Turner, Gregor Lowrey: Fraser Fifield, Jonny Hardie, Davy Cattanach, Aaron Jones, and Claire Mann £16.00 / Reduced Rate £14.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

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Sunday 6th April Sarah Millican - Home Bird Empire Theatre Eden Court Theatre On this, her third national tour, you will learn what to take on a dirty weekend, the easiest way to blend in in posh restaurants and how to teach a pensioner to swear. Join her for some hilarious domestic bliss. £26.00 http://www.eden-court.co.uk/

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Stravinsky - Jeu de cartes Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.5 Jean-Claude Picard - Conductor At the heart of the firestorm of World Every Thursday War II, Ralph Vaughan Williams looked Traditional Scottish folk session around him and saw a vision of peace.

The Waterfront Restaurant & Bar Serene, spiritual and heartbreakingly 70-71 Huntly St, Inverness beautiful, Vaughan Williams’ Fifth is Evening entertainment at the Waterquite simply one of the finest symphofront Restaurant and Bar is provided nies ever composed in Britain. every Thursday night with a traditional Carl Nielsen’s inspiration could barely Scottish folk session performed by have been more different: the gentle Kenny Jamieson (Lead singer Schiehalrise and fall of the sun mirrored in a lion). There is also entertainment one shimmering blue Aegean Sea. Igor Saturday a month in July, August and Stravinsky shuffled a deck of cards September with local Scottish Ceilidh to devise his playful Jeu de cartes. band Schiehallion.

Listen out for the Kings, Queens and Tel: 01463233870 Aces but beware the Joker - he’s wild!

Pre-performance talk 19.15 PRICE: Every Friday & Saturday £27.50/£25.00/£22.00 Box Office Tel 9.30pm to 1am 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk Music Nights The Room 73 Queensgate,Inverness Saturday 5th April 7pm Music Nights, Friday and Saturday HIGHLAND DARTS CHALLENGE @ nights, with top quality bands playThe Ironworks ing covers from 9.30pm to 1am in the 122b Academy St Inverness IV1 morning. ‘Best live covers music in In- 1LX verness’ every Fri and Sat from 10pm, The Highland Darts Challenge returns with tribute bands and contemporary to The Ironworks for 2014 with 2011 Rock Music. Free Internet hotspot.

Premier League Champion Gary AnderTel: 01463 233077 son, Wayne Mardell (Hawaii 511) and ‘The Highlander” John Henderson.

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Wednesday 9th April MORAY PIANO COMPETITION WINNER’S RECITAL Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA Piano Recital by Donata Vaitkut As in past years, Inverness Chamber Music is pleased to welcome the winner of the annual Moray Piano Competition which is held in Elgin every November.

Lithuanian pianist Donata Vaitkut, who is currently studying under Aaron Shorr at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, £13.00 / U18s, Students, Benefit Holders £4.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk Friday 11th April 7pm TWO’S COMPANY - SQA HIGHER DRAMA Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA Enjoy a selection of scenes from classical theatre or contemporary Scottish texts as our talented SQA Higher

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Sunday 13th April 8:00PM Gilded Balloon Comedy Circuit One Touch Theatre Eden Court Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA Let some of the best stand ups on the UK circuit tickle your funny bone at our Saturday 12th April 11am and regular comedy night brought to us by 2.30pm the Gilded Balloon. The line up for the THE SECRET LIFE OF SUITCASES coming months features, in no particuEden Court Theatre Bishops Rd lar order: Scott Agnew , Ashley Storrie, Inverness IV3 5SA Kai Humphries, Ray Bradshaw, Michael ONETOUCH THEATRE Redmond, Rob Deering, JoJo SutherBy Lewis Hetherington and Ailie Cohen land, Wayne Mazadza, and Vladimir Larry works at the Suitcase Station, McTavish. and he likes it very much. Every day he The Gilded Balloon have been at the inspects funnels and fixes pipes. And of cutting edge of comedy talent for over course, he collects and sorts out eve25 years and they’re also the people ryone’s secrets as they arrive from all who bring us the Happyness Festival over the world. There are so many of each May - this year the festival runs them! But he’s very good at his job and from 22nd - 25th May and we can’t manages to keep them all safe. Until wait. The line up’s still being finalised one day, a secret escapes - and Larry but keep an eye on www.happy-ness. has to go on a mission to get it back... co.uk for updates. £5.00 Seat prices:£12.00 Tel: 01463 234234 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 /www.eden-court.co.uk www.eden-court.co.uk Friday 18th April Saturday 12th April Lecture - 1715 three centuries on; MACFLOYD A missed opportunity or forlorn The Ironworks 122b Academy St hope?

Inverness IV1 1LX NTS Visitor Centre Culloden MacFloyd (Scottish Pink Floyd) return Join Historian John Sadler for the anto the Ironworks with a new show look- nual NTS/1745 association lecture. ing back over the career of Pink Floyd- This year we will be exploring the 1715 spanning almost 30 years. The show Jacobite rising. will be a varied mix of Floyd classics The Jacobite rising of 1715 (also recovering this timeless music from 1967 ferred to as The ‘Fifteen or Lord Mar’s to 1994 including material from among Revolt), was the attempt by James others “Wish you were here”, “Animals, Francis Edward Stuart (also called the “The Wall” and “The Division Bell” alOld Pretender) to regain the British bums Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 throne for the exiled House of Stuart. http://www.ironworksvenue.com/ For more information: Call 0844 493 2159 http://www.nts.org.uk/culloden/ Sunday 13th April 7.30pm FOSTER & ALLEN Friday 18th April Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Saturday 19th April 7.30pm Inverness IV3 5SA FACTOR 9 For over three decades Foster and Allen Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd have been entertaining audiences all Inverness IV3 5SA over the world and performing all their ONETOUCH THEATRE hits including A Bunch Of Thyme, Mag- In association with Profilteatern And gie, After All These Years, Old Flames, Umea 2014 European Capital of Culture I Will Love You All My Life and many Set against the backdrop of the tainted more. Their music and easy listening blood products scandal affecting thousound remains as fresh and exciting as sands of haemophiliacs worldwide, Facever and they love performing live. tor 9 is a visceral horror story of human £21.50 / Reduced Rate £19.50 Box Of- survival and a cry for justice in the face fice Tel 01463 234234 of a medical industrial nightmare. www.eden-court.co.uk £14.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk Drama students perform extracts from their acting exams. £3.00 / Reduced Rate £2.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

April 2014 Saturday 19th April 7.30pm BAGS OF ROCK The Ironworks 122b Academy St Inverness IV1 1LX Glasgow’s BAGS OF ROCK fuse cuttingedge heavy rock with The Great Highland Bagpipe. Delivering high energy performances with an infectious conviction to their art, BAGS OF ROCK have created a trail blazing musical combination which takes this new genre to the next level.

Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 www.ironworksvenue.com/ Sunday 20th April 7.00pm IRONWORKS EASTER SHOWCASE The Ironworks 122b Academy St Inverness IV1 1LX The Line up features eight of the best emerging acts in the region and will be delivered in partnership with goNORTH who will programme one of the slots from their showcase list to be announced shortly.

Acts confirmed so far include: Lionel, Schnarff Schnarff, Susanna Wolfe, Paul MacIver & Lauren Mackenzie, Dylan Tierney and Cryptic Keys.

Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 www.ironworksvenue.com/ Tuesday 22nd April 7pm Wednesday 23rd April 10.30am THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA Somewhere near you there is a band of brothers fighting for justice. They are lean, mean, trained justice fighting machines! Armed with whatever comes their way, nothing is as it seems in this Sherwood Forrest, but one thing is for sure…no rogue is safe! Join internationally acclaimed Visible Fictions for a silly and unexpected take on Robin Hood and be prepared to unleash your imagination! £7.00 / SCHOOLS £5.00 ONE TEACHER FREE FOR EVERY 10 PUPILS / GROUPS 4+ £6.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk Wednesday 23rd April 7.30pm RYAN KEEN The Ironworks 122b Academy St Inverness IV1 1LX “I have much to say,” sings Ryan Keen on his track Orelia, and it’s true: he

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does have plenty to communicate, but then, he’s packed quite a lot into his first quarter-century. And now he’s coming to tell you his stories. The singer-songwriter with the warm, breathy voice, technically virtuosic guitar playing style and armful of confessional and/or observational material is about to become your favourite new bard.

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for the SNJO promises to be an exciting and enthralling addition to the jazz repertoire and the ideal complement to Tommy Smith’s proven masterpiece, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. £19.00 / Reduced Rate £17.00 / £5.00 for SNJO Youth Card Holders Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk

Friday 25th April Sat 26th April 8pm Wednesday 23rd April 7.30pm THE CONFESSIONS OF GORDON THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL BROWN STORY Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA Inverness IV3 5SA ONETOUCH THEATRE EMPIRE THEATRE This Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Direct from London’s West End, award London West End smash hit, hilariwinning actor Dean Elliott (Buddy Holly ously exposes the darkest secrets of in Buddy -The Musical) and a full cast being Prime Minister, the stab-in-theof performers tell the compelling story back plottings, the betrayals and most of the greatest music duo of all time in importantly - the hair gel. In a candid this 50th Anniversary celebration. Using portrait of life inside Downing Street both original photos and film footage, Gordon at last reveals what it takes to The Simon and Garfunkel Story also knife your way to the top and rule a features a full live band performing nation. £17.00 / Reduced Rate £15.00 all their hits including Mrs Robinson, Box Office Tel 01463 234234 Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Water, www.eden-court.co.uk Homeward Bound and many more. £18.00 / Reduced Rate £16.00 Saturday 26th April 7.30pm Box Office Tel 01463 234234 ABBAMANIA www.eden-court.co.uk The Ironworks 122b Academy St Inverness IV1 1LX Thursday 24th April 7.30pm If you’re looking for an excuse to party, EDDI READER & SPECIAL GUESTS reminisce or simply be entertained by Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd the best music there has ever been, Inverness IV3 5SA then ABBA MANIA is for you! Join in EMPIRE THEATRE Former vocalist with and enjoy all of your favourites includThe Fairground Attraction and now ing: ‘Mamma Mia’, ‘Voulez Vous’, ‘Danchighly successful singer-songwriter in ing Queen’, ‘Winner Takes, It All’, ‘Super her own right, Eddi combines meltingly Trouper’ and many more. true vocals and towering romanticism Tel: box office on 0871 7894173 with a dynamic on stage presence. www.ironworksvenue.com/ Book now to avoid disappointment! £23.50 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 Saturday 26th April 7.30pm www.eden-court.co.uk INVERNESS CHORAL: MENDELSSOHN -ELIJAH Friday 25th April 7.30pm Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ Inverness IV3 5SA ORCHESTRA FEATURING SPECIAL Elijah has been a favourite oratorio GUEST MAKOTO OZONE with singers and audiences since it Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd was written for and premiered at the Inverness IV3 5SA Birmingham Festival in 1846. The music EMPIRE THEATRE As accomplished reflects Mendelssohn’s love of the choin classical piano as he is in jazz, the ral works of Bach and Handel, and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has work depicts various events in the life invited Makoto Ozone to create a vivid of the Biblical prophet, Elijah. re-imagining of Mozart’s 9th piano con- It is some years since Inverness Choral certo. This newly commissioned work Society last performed Elijah, but, with

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a strong line-up of soloists, a choir of 130 singers, and the support of the Inverness Choral Sinfonia, this is sure to be an evening of great music-making. £16.00 / Students & U16s £8.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk Sunday 27th April 7.30pm I, ELIZABETH Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA Adapted & performed by Rebecca Vaughan Directed by Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson. The year is 1568: At a vital crossroads in history a young Queen steps from the shadows to unburden herself of her many troubles and reveal her innermost thoughts on marriage, succession, religion, war, and the challenges to her throne. But time is against her... £12.50 / Reduced Rate £10.50 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk Monday 28th April 8pm Formby Eden Court Theatre Bishops Rd Inverness IV3 5SA Performed and Written by Ewan Wardrop A funny, touching and thoughtful play of an ordinary man with an extraordinary talent. Featuring many of Formby’s classic hits brilliantly performed live on the Ukulele, including: Blackpool Rock, Leaning On A Lamp-Post, When I’m Cleaning Windows, and many more £16.00 / Reduced Rate £14.00 Box Office Tel 01463 234234 www.eden-court.co.uk