Shetland Arts - What's On

Fiddle Frenzy 2015

WHAT'S O

Bonhoga • Garrison • Mareel

FILM MUSIC ART THEATRE CAFE BAR EDUCATION

WELCOME Whether it is Film, Music, Art or Theatre this is your guide to Shetland Arts and its venues.

CONTENTS 03 > Film - August at a Glance 04 > Berenice Carrington: Unearthed 05 > Drawing Workshops / Between Islands 06 > Sci-fi Films 07 > Café Bar Events 08 > Films 09 > Session A9 / Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers 10 > Shetland Fiddle Frenzy 12 > Bairns’ Films / The Merchant of Venice 13 > Shetland Noir / Screenplay 14 > Film Wednesdays 15 > Meaghan Blanchard & Amythyst Kiah 16 > Scottish Ensemble 17 > Hirda (Noise Opera) / KidO 18 > Eye Can Draw (Case Study) 18 > Narrative Non-Fiction Workshop 18 > Stage 1 Children’s Drama Summer School Please note: We like to keep our scheduling flexible to make sure we can show the films you want to see. For this reason films may be added or removed at any time subject to demand.

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Film Wednesdays

Babes In Arms

Subtitled Screenings

Senior Screenings

Autism Friendly Screenings

ASN Friendly Screenings

FILM

AUGUST AT A GLANCE

31 July - 6 August (Tickets on sale: now)

Inside Out (U) 

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Cert: TBC)  

The Long Good Friday (18) 

Clouds of Sils Maria (15)   7 - 13 August (Tickets on sale: 30 July) Ant-Man (12A)   Mommy (15) 

Frozen Sing-Along! (PG) 14 - 20 August (Tickets on sale: 6 August) Trainwreck (12A) 

Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder (PG) 

Fantastic Four (Cert: TBC) 

Mistress America (15)

RSC: Merchant of Venice (PG)

The Priest’s Children (15)  21 - 27 August (Tickets on sale: 13 August)

Paper Towns (Cert: TBC)   Pixels (Cert: TBC)

The Ecstasy of Wilko John (15)

The Third Man (PG)  28 August - 6 September

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ART

Berenice Carrington

Unearthed Ethnography, art and skran from Shetland’s oil era Saturday 25 July - Sunday 6 September Over 35 years ago the construction of the Sullom Voe oil terminal transformed the lives of many Shetlanders. Berenice Carrington presents drawings, lino prints and collages describing how the skran from the accommodation camps at Firth and Toft was saved and incorporated into a more traditional living style. Resulting from her long term research project in Shetland, the work brings together art and ethnography; “I am motivated by stories about the things that we do that enable us to make a place for ourselves. In so doing we discover our selves”.

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The exhibition includes artworks by the Yell Arts and Crafts Group, with whom Berenice has been working to explore the similarities between what is happening in Shetland today and the oil era of the late 1970s.

Public opening

Friday 24 July 6.00pm - 7.30pm Everyone welcome

Informal gallery talk

Bonhoga, Saturday 25 July, 11am – 12 noon

An informal opportunity to hear the artist talk about her work in the gallery spaces at Bonhoga. This event is free and open to everyone of any age.  Free - no booking required

Drawing workshops with Berenice Carrington

all held in the Green Room @ Mareel

3 hours, including a 15 minute break. From ages 10 upwards. Suitable for all levels of experience.

Number of places: 12  £6/workshop or  £15 for all 3, including 10% discount for Bonhoga café & shop.

1. Ethnographic drawing Wed 29 July, 1 - 4pm

An introduction to the method that has been the basis for the drawings in the Unearthed Exhibition. A series of short and simple activities demonstrate how to develop a drawing about the meaning of an object. Please bring an object to the workshop that either has significance for you or that you find intriguing. This workshop will include working with other participants as well as working independently.

2. Discovering a drawing in photographs

Tue 18 August, 10am - 1pm

Photographs can hold much more information than might appear at first glance. Historical photos have been a significant point of reference for the development of some of the drawings in Unearthed. Using tracing, overhead projectors and photocopying, you will visually dissect and reinterpret photographs and then use what you have discovered as the basis for a drawing. Photographs are available to use, alternatively you are welcome to bring your own photographs to work with.

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3. Lino printing Sun 23 August 1 - 4pm

Unearthed includes a suite of six lino prints that each depict the moment when a person showed their oil era skran to the artist. In comparison to putting pencil to paper, lino prints offer a completely different way to develop a drawing.

A lino image is primarily created by juxtaposing areas of ink with areas where the plain paper is exposed.

Moreover, because the drawing is made by cutting into the lino and then printing it onto paper, more than one drawing can be made. This workshop involves the use of sharp hand tools and inks; participants are advised to wear covered shoes, and an old shirt to protect their clothing from staining.

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SCI-FI

Ant-Man (12A) The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats.

Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

FILM

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Fantastic Four (Cert: TBC) A re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team.

Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

Pixels (Cert: TBC) As kids in the 1980s, Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), Will Cooper (Kevin James), Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad), and Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant (Peter Dinklage) saved the world thousands of times - at 25 cents a game in the video arcades.

Now, they’re going to have to do it for real. When intergalactic aliens discover video feeds of classic arcade games and misinterpret them as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the video games as the models for their assaults -- and now-U.S. President Cooper must call on his old-school arcade friends to save the world from being destroyed by PAC-MAN, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Centipede, and Space Invaders. Joining them is Lt. Col. Violet Van Patten (Michelle Monaghan), a specialist supplying the arcaders with unique weapons to fight the aliens.

CAFE BAR EVENTS OPENING HOURS Sun - Thu 10am - 11pm Fri - Sat 10am - 1am

> Mixology @ Mareel

Café Bar, Mareel, Cocktails every Friday, DJ’s on 31 July, 14 & 28 August

Every Friday night in Mareel Café Bar our staff mix up a selection of delicious cocktails and mocktails for you to sample. Come on down and enjoy while listening to some great chilled-out mixes from our house DJs John Collins & DJ Lyall.  FREE

> Knitting Group

Upper Café Bar, Mareel, Thursday 30 July, 2pm

Alzheimer Scotland, in collaboration with Shetland Arts, have a monthly Knitting Group, usually on the last Thursday of the month from 2pm - 4.30pm. The group is aimed at all ages and includes people with dementia. This is an activity-based group and aims to assist individuals to regain lost knitting skills and acquire new ones. It is a drop-in activity and individuals can bring their own knitting or use wool provided.  FREE

> Shetland Singers & Songwriters Mareel Auditorium, Sunday 16 August, 7pm

Shetland Singers and Songwriters was formed back in September 2011. We have monthly nights in the Mareel Auditorium featuring some of our more established acts, but also open the stage for Open Mic spots. Join the Shetland Singers & Songwriters Group on Facebook.  FREE

> SCREENPLAY Film Quiz Mareel Auditorium, Thursday 3 September, 7pm

Mareel’s monthly film quiz gets a special festival makeover, with Screenplay curators Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams in the quizmasters’ seats. We’re hoping to see all our regular teams, plus some new contenders, for an evening that will be both fiendish and fun. Book your table quickly as this is always a popular event – the Quiz Team are promising something extra special and you can be a contender! Bring your wit, your cinema know-how and your imagination.

Max team size: 6 people.  £8 per team

> SCREENPLAY Young Film Quiz Mareel Auditorium, Sunday 6 September, Time TBC

Mareel’s infamous monthly film quiz designed for the young people aged 10 – 16. The usual rules apply – teams of no more than six to a table and book your table in advance. Head-scratching questions and fun activities! Take our advice and make sure your team includes a wide range of members and film interests …. you will need all the help you can get. Daft prizes (it’s the glory that counts) and lots of fun. Why not get a team together from your school, youth club or neighbours? See you there!

Max team size: 6 people. (10 - 16 yrs)  FREE

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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (Cert: TBC) The latest installation in the block buster Mission: Impossible franchise. Ethan and his team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.

Mistress America (15) Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned.

But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) - a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town - she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke’s alluringly mad schemes

The Ecstasy of Wilko John (15)

Trainwreck (12A) From the team that brought you Bridesmaids. Since she was a little girl, it’s been drilled into Amy’s head that monogamy isn’t realistic. Now a magazine writer, Amy lives by that credo-enjoying what she feels is an uninhibited life free from stifling, boring romantic commitment-but in actuality, she’s kind of in a rut. When she finds herself starting to fall for the subject of the new article she’s writing, a charming and successful sports doctor named Aaron Conners, Amy starts to wonder if other grown-ups, including this guy who really seems to like her, might be on to something.

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Paper Towns (Cert: TBC) Adapted from the bestselling novel by author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars), Paper Towns is a coming-of-age story centring on Quentin and his enigmatic neighbour Margo, who loved mysteries so much she became one. After taking him on an all-night adventure through their hometown, Margo suddenly disappears--leaving behind cryptic clues for Quentin to decipher. The search leads Quentin and his quickwitted friends on an exhilarating adventure that is equal parts hilarious and moving.

The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson confronts our worst nightmares of impending death and turns them upside down. It tells the extraordinary, yet universal story of legendary musician Wilko Johnson who, diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given a few months to live, accepted his fate with uplifting positivity and embarked on a farewell tour, capturing the imagination of the world as he went.

But like every good story Wilko’s has a damn fine twist in its tail. Two years later and confounding the odds, Wilko wakes up in a hospital bed, unexpectedly sentenced to live, having now to integrate those enlightened lessons learnt under sentence of death into the unexpected and ongoing future of his life.

SESSION

A9

Mareel Tuesday 8 September, 7.30pm Session A9 come to Mareel as part of their one and only tour of 2015! Hailed by Dougie MacLean as ‘The best band to come out of Scotland in 100 years!’ and by The Proclaimers as ‘tighter than James Brown’ as previous winners of Best Live Act at the Scottish Trad awards, you are guaranteed an evening of outstanding musicianship and entertainment.

Featuring members of Capercallie, Treacherous Orchestra, Fiddlers Bid and many more - including Shetland’s own Kevin Henderson!

 £18

The Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers 20th Anniversary Scotland Tour 2015

Voe Hall Friday 25 September, 7.30pm Mareel Saturday 26 September 7.30pm

Hjaltibonhoga, in conjunction with Shetland Arts are pleased to host the Melbourne Scottish Fiddlers in Shetland as part of their Scotish tour.

The fiddlers will collaborate all weekend in workshops under the tutelage of Ross Couper and Chris Stout, culminating in two public concerts in Voe and Mareel. The Voe concert will be headlined by Ross & Ryan Couper, whilst Chris Stout will headline the event at Mareel on Saturday.

 £16 / £14 (Mareel)  £14 / £12 (Voe Hall)

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2 - 9 AUGUST 2015

SHETLANDARTS.ORG/FIDDLEFRENZY

EVENING CONCERTS AS PART OF FIDDLE FRENZY WE HOST PUBLIC CONCERTS EVERY NIGHT OF FIDDLE FRENZY WEEK, TO SHOWCASE BOTH LOCAL AND VISITING TALENT AS WELL AS LOADS OF TRADITIONAL SHETLAND MUSIC.

SUNDAY 2 AUGUST @ MAREEL, 7.30pm

BRYAN GEAR & VIOLET TULLOCH

WITH TRIG BAG, EWEN & MARTHA THOMSON  £18 / £16

MONDAY 3 AUGUST @ THE GARRISON, 7.30pm

ANGUS LYON & RUARIDH CAMPBELL WITH GEMMA DONALD  £16 / £14

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TUESDAY 4 AUGUST @ AITH HALL, 7.30pm

KRIS DREVER & FRIENDS

WITH ANDREW GIFFORD AND GRANT NICOL  £14 / £12

WEDNESDAY 5 AUGUST @ MAREEL, 7.30pm

SHETLAND SETS

A VARIETY OF SHETLAND TRADITIONAL TALENT  £10 / £8

THURSDAY 6 AUGUST @ MAREEL, 7.30pm

SALTFISHFORTY WITH JASMIN SMITH (TRAD YOUNG FIDDLER OF THE YEAR 2015)  £18 / £16

FRIDAY 7 AUGUST @ CULLIVOE HALL, 7.30pm

JENNY KELDIE & BRIAN CROMARTY

+ IAIN WILLIAMSON & YELL SOUND + DA FUSTRA  £14 / £12

SATURDAY 8 AUGUST @ MAREEL, 7.30pm

MAIREARAD & ANNA

WITH BIRLS ALOUD AND FIDDLE FRENZY STUDENTS  £18 / £16

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Inside Out (U) A brand new original animated tale from Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc). Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco.

Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy (Amy Poehler), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black), Disgust (Mindy Kaling) and Sadness (Phyllis Smith). The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters.

Although Joy, Riley’s main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.

Doctor Proctors Fart Powder (PG) The somewhat insane Doctor Proctor has accidentally invented the world’s most powerful fart powder. When two kids from his neighborhood drop by for an unexpected visit, it becomes the beginning of an unusual friendship and a riotous business project. Well-behaved Lisa with her pigtails and tiny Nilly with his bright red hair decide to help introduce Doctor Proctor’s fart powder to the world. But this turns out to be an adventure fraught with danger, as the wealthy and evil Mr. Thrane and his two creepy sons are willing to do anything to get their hands on the fart powder.

Frozen Sing-Along! (PG) Join us once more and relive the fun-filled journey to banish the freeze in Disney’s magical animation, and this time you can sing along! The sweet and intrepid Anna is desperately searching for her missing sister Elsa, whose icy powers have thrown the kingdom of Arendelle into eternal winter. But as Anna’s quest gradually reveals, Elsa is not really so villainous, and along the way Anna solicits the help of a comic snowman called Olaf, rugged mountain man Kristoff, and a reindeer called Sven.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

The RSC presents William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all, as long as they come prepared to do business and there is profit to be made.

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With the gold flowing all is well, but when a contract between Bassanio and Shylock is broken, simmering racial tensions boil over. A wronged father, and despised outsider, Shylock looks to exact the ultimate price for a deal sealed in blood.

DOCTOR PROCTORS FART POWDER

BAIRNS' FILMS

ARNE DAHL HÅKAN NESSER YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR STUART MACBRIDE DENISE MINA ALEX GRAY

Shetland Arts in association with Iceland Noir & Promote Shetland present

SHETLAND’S FIRST CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL

13–15 NOVEMBER 2015 Shetland’s first ever crime writing festival, on loan for one year from Iceland Noir, aims to celebrate crime writing by bringing writers and readers together for 3 days in Shetland from 13th to 15th November 2015.

Confirmed visiting authors include Yrsa Sigurdadottir, Hakan Nesser, Arne Dahl, Stuart MacBride, Denise Mina and Alex Gray.

More information and a provisional schedule available at:

www.shetlandnoir.com Day tickets, providing access to author panel sessions, plus special guest author reading head to head + Q&A now on sale!  £45 / £35

SCREEN

28 AUGUST - 6 SEPTEMBER

Shetland Arts’ annual film festival, curated by celebrated film critics Linda Ruth Williams and Mark Kermode alongside our own Kathy Hubbard. Featuring a feast of film screenings, lectures and panel discussions from industry professionals as well as the ever popular ‘Home Made in Shetland’ and our legendary film quiz!

GET UNLIMITED ACCESS TO ALL FILMS DURING SCREENPLAY WITH A SCREEN CARD!  £90 Screen Card members will get priority booking to screenplay events, as well as money off purchases of popcorn, tea and filter coffee in Mareel Cafe Bar. In addition to this, Screen Card members will be given exclusive access to the Screenplay guest reception, held on Saturday 5th September; a rare chance to see behind the scenes at Screenplay, and meet with the festival’s visiting artistes.

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FILM WEDNESDAYS

The best of independent & world cinema, classic films & documentaries, for film lovers.

The Priest’s Children (15) The Long Good Friday (18)

Clouds of Sils Maria (15) Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, and Chloë Grace Moretz light up this exhilarating, behind-the-scenes look at art, acting and aging from acclaimed director Olivier Assayas (Carlos). Maria Enders (Binoche) is a renowned actress at the peak of her career. But when she’s cast opposite a young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal (Moretz) in a new production of the play that first made her famous, Maria must come to terms with what it means to be a middle-aged actress in a youthobsessed industry. Retreating high into the mountains with her personal assistant (a revelatory Stewart, first-ever American winner of a César acting award), Maria confronts her personal demons and prepares for the most important role of her life. Set amidst the scenic splendor of the Swiss Alps, Clouds of Sils Maria is propelled by tour-de-force performances from three actresses at the top of their game.

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John Mackenzie’s classic ganster drama featuring standout performances from the late Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirrem. In a gripping and often violent drama about the London underworld and the Irish Republican Army, a leading gangster comes up against more than he can handle. Harold (Bob Hoskins) is a powerful mob boss whose turf covers the London waterfront.

Harold guarantees the security of a major land development project that involves a large investment from U.S. corporations. Just when everything seems to be going as it should, the Easter weekend dawns and Harold’s right-hand men are violently murdered while much of his property is blown up. Completely at a loss to explain these attacks, it takes some digging before he discovers that the government’s urban planning chief and a blackmail scheme have made him a random target of the IRA.

Mommy (15) French with English subtitles. Mommy is a powerful film about the ferocity of a mother’s love. A feisty widowed single mom finds herself burdened with the full-time custody of her unpredictable 15-year-old ADHD son.

As they struggle to make ends meet, Kyla, the peculiar new neighbour across the street, offers her help.

Together, they find a new sense of balance, and hope is regained.

Motivated by desire for demographic renewal, Don Fabijan, a young priest on a Dalmatian island starts secretly puncturing all the packaged condoms before they are sold. He is soon joined in his mission by the local god-fearing newsstand salesman and a mad pharmacist. Between them they succeed in practically abolishing all contraception on the island. However, after initial success, numerous weddings and new births, things start to become complicated. Finally, when the bishop arrives on the island, the situation gets out of control.

The Third Man Classic thriller written by Graham Greene and starring Orson Welles in which a writer sets about investigating the death of a friend in post-World War II Vienna. Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), a pulp Western writer, arrives in the Austrian capital expecting to take up a job with his old acquaintance, Harry Lime (Welles). When he is informed that Lime died a week previously in a car accident, Martins is intrigued by inconsistencies in the accounts of the death and decides that he can’t leave the city without investigating matters further. As a consequence, he finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue and searching for the elusive ‘third man’ who was at the scene of Lime’s death. When the head of the local military police, Major Calloway (Trevor Howard), informs him that Lime was involved in black market drug distribution, the plot thickens even further...

MEAGHAN BLANCHARD & AMYTHYST KIAH Mareel Tuesday 28 July, 7.30pm

Canadian Singer Songwriter Meaghan Blanchard, & American Southern Roots/Alt-Country blues musician Amythyst Kiah bring a flavour of Perth’s Southern Fried Festival to Shetland.

Blanchard’s most recent album She’s Gonna Fly was produced by REM producer John Keane won her her second EMCA award in 214, and picked up two Music PEI awards, She has performed for Prince William and Kate on their honeymoon tour of Canada and has appeared at a number of festivals throughout America and the UK. Kiah fuses traditional roots with a contemporary style that makes for powerful original songs, and transforms traditional songs into powerful, soulful renditions. Recently, she performed on Mountain Stage and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City as a singer and guitarist for the East Tennessee Old Time Pride Band, opened solo for Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA

 £15

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MUSIC RE-DEFINING THE STRING ORCHESTRA Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s only professional string orchestra, give their first ever concert series in Shetland with three contrasting chamber music concerts.

Events include a performance on violin and viola from talented husband-and-wife team Jonathan Morton and Clio Gould, two magnificent quintets from Mozart and Brahms and an evening of cello and violin duos.

Tuesday 29 September 2015

MOZART, MADRIGALS AND MAVERICKS Mareel, 7.30pm  £15 / £13

SE Artistic Director Jonathan Morton is joined by SE Director Emeritus and current leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Clio Gould, for a handpicked selection of violin and viola duos from Mozart to Martinů.

Friday 26 February 2016

QUINTETS

Mareel, 7.30pm  £15 / £13 A treat of two halves – five SE musicians perform Mozart’s Quintet in G minor and Brahms’ harmony-rich Quintet in G Major.

Thursday 21 April 2016

CELLO AND VIOLIN DUOS Mareel, 7.30pm  £15 / £13

Cellist Alison Lawrance and violinist Cheryl Crockett perform this arrangement of Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for Violin and Viola.

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Supported by Inksters Solicitors.

In partnership with Shetland Arts.

HIRDA

(NEW OPERA IN SCOTLAND EVENTS)

‘’Hirda. Shetlandic. n.chaos, confusion, extreme untidiness.’’

Mareel, Thu 26 Nov - 7.30pm  £15 / £12 Haroldswick Hall, Fri 27 Nov - 7.30pm  £12 / £10 Vidlin Hall, Sat 28 Nov - 7.30pm  £12 / £10 Carnegie Hall, Sun 29 Nov - 3pm  £12 / £10

www.noiseopera.com/hirda

Saturday 3 October, 11am & 2pm Mareel A neat and tidy man who likes everything in its place meets a nesting magpie who brings chaos in her wake. Can these two ever learn to live together? It looks unlikely, until a friend scoots in to help the pair live in perfect harmony.

A new opera telling the story of Alastair, a once successful actor who returns to his island home for the wedding of his brother Iain to Mureal, a young archivist working in the local museum. Everyone’s world is turned upside down when Alastair and his sister-in-law find that they have a strong attraction to each other. This contemporary story is woven together with another story about a 19th century woman and her sailor fiancée which is told through the letters they write to each other.

Hirda was commissioned by NOISE, (New Opera In Scotland Events) and is a collaboration between Chris Stout, Shetland fiddler and composer, with Gareth Williams, a contemporary classical composer based in Scotland. The librettist is Siân Evans, a Welsh playwright and linguist. It will be directed by James Robert Carson.

This fantastic show for 3-4 year olds shows that you can make music out of anything – as long as you have a bit of imagination. KidO uses vocal and body percussion tobuild up words, tunes and beats that kids love to join in with. A bowl of fruit, tinklingteacups and a plain old brown cardboard box… KidO takes a load of household objects,adds a healthy dose of fun and a giggle or two, and makes the everyday extraordinary.

 £7 / £5

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Eye Can Draw A Shetland Arts Case Study The current exhibition in the Upper Café Bar at Mareel brings together art and technology with powerful effect. Eye Can Draw features the work of two artists, Jackie Smith and Dawson Murray, who have been using eye-tracking technology as a drawing tool. Both Jackie and Dawson have Multiple Sclerosis resulting in limited mobility and have benefited from the development of this head-mounted equipment as a means to re-engage with drawing.

Narrative Non-Fiction Workshop.

Hosted by local writer Malachy Tallack Mareel Monday 27 July, 6pm

Drawing using the eyetracking device is very different from using pencil on paper, especially as the device uses point-to-point vector lines to construct the images digitally. The process takes a huge amount of concentration and training to restrict the eye’s natural, almost continuous motion.

The computerised drawings are then used to create etching plates, woodblocks and screens from which colourful and multi-layered prints can be made using traditional print methods.

From travel to memoir to nature writing, narrative non-fiction is increasingly popular among readers today. For writers, too, using your own life as material can be hugely rewarding. But it can also be a real challenge. In this workshop, Malachy will share tools and techniques to help you turn your experiences into words, and to produce rich and dynamic writing.

Malachy Tallack is a writer, editor and singer-songwriter from Shetland, currently based in Glasgow. His articles, essays and reviews have been published widely, and he has written on a variety of subjects, including politics, literature, landscape and agriculture. His book, Sixty Degrees North: Around the World in Search of Home, will be published by Polygon in July 2015, and he has recently completed a second book, The Un-discovered Islands.

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The work forms part of a project at Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Studio and is on loan to Shetland Arts for the rest of the year. Links to further information can be found on our website.

Stage 1 Children’s Drama Summer School The Garrison 10-14th August 10am -12.30pm

5 day drama programme for 7- 11 year olds, lead by leading youth theatre practitioner John Haswell.

Workshops will focus on a range of drama skills, building confidence, creativity and having lots of fun.

The week will culminate in a performance in front of family and friends

 £35

Cinema Tickets Matinees:

before 5pm Ticket price

Our prices vary depending on the day and time of the performance, and the type of screening. When booking you will be asked to choose between two different ticket types: adult or concession. Concessions include children under the age of 16 years old (those aged 16 and above must buy adult tickets), students (must produce valid ID), seniors (aged 60+), and people with disabilities.

Monday to Friday

£5.50 / £4.50

Saturday, Sunday, Holidays*

£7 / £5

Evenings:

from 5pm onwards Monday £7 / £5 Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

£8 / £6

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded once purchased. Customers are responsible for checking that they have booked the correct tickets at time of purchase as mistakes cannot be rectified at a later date. Only in the event of a screening being cancelled will your ticket be refunded.

Friday, Saturday, Holidays*

£9 / £7

Opening Hours:

* Holidays include Bank Holidays, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, & New Year’s Eve. • 3D screenings cost an extra £1 on top of ticket prices.

• 3D glasses cost an additional £1 and are reusable.

Sun - Thu: 10am - 11pm Fri - Sat: 10am - 1am

Special Screenings: Senior Screening (includes refreshment )

£6

Shetland Arts Development Agency manages Bonhoga Gallery, the Garrison Theatre & Mareel. We also develop and promote a year round programme of film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts, & dance events.

We do this because we want to see Shetland celebrated as a place where inspiration & innovation are valued; where people want to live, work & study; and we want the full social & economic potential of the islands to be achieved.

Shetland Arts is supported by Creative Scotland and core funded by the Shetland Charitable Trust.

Shetland Arts is a registered charity (SCO37082).

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WHAT’S ON...

ON NOW >

MONDAY 3 AUGUST >

25 & 26 SEPTEMBER >

Eye Can Draw

Punch Brothers

Melbourne Fiddlers

FRIDAY EVENINGS >

SUNDAY 16 AUGUST >

TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER >

Mixology

Shetland Singers & Songwriters

Scottish Ensemble: Mozart, Madrigals and Mavericks

Upper Café Bar, Mareel

Mareel (DJ’s: 31 Jul, 14 & 28 Aug) SUNDAY AFTERNOONS >

Mareel, 8.15pm

Mareel, 7pm

Voe Hall & Mareel, 7.30pm

Mareel, 7.30pm

Gutters Gaet Sessions

TUESDAY 18 AUGUST >

SATURDAY 18 JULY >

Mareel Green Room, 10am - 1pm Mareel, 11am & 2pm

Mareel, 1.30pm

Between Islands

Discovering a drawing SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER > in photographs Kid O

Mareel, 7.30pm

SUNDAY 23 AUGUST >

SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER >

25 JULY - 6 SEPTEMBER >

Lino printing

Mareel Green Room, 1 - 4pm

Seckou Keita

28 AUG - 6 SEP >

13 - 15 NOVEMBER >

ScreenPlay

Shetland Noir

Meaghan Blanchard & Amythyst Kiah

THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER >

26 - 29 NOVEMBER >

Screenplay Film Quiz

Hirda (Noise Opera)

WEDNESDAY 29 JULY >

SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER >

Berenice Carrington: Unearthed Bonhoga

Mareel

TUESDAY 28 JULY >

Mareel, 7.30pm

Mareel, 7pm

Ethnographic drawing Screenplay Young Mareel Green Room, 1 - 4pm Film Quiz THU 30 JULY & 27 AUGUST >

Knitting Group

Mareel, time TBC

TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER >

Session A9

Mareel, 2pm - 4.30pm

Mareel, 7.30pm

2 - 9 AUGUST >

Fiddle Frenzy (see page 10) Mareel + various venues

For tickets and more info about events in this booklet visit: MAREEL & ISLESBURGH COMMUNITY CENTRE

www.shetlandboxoffice.org T: 01595 745555

Mareel

Mareel

26th Mareel, 7.30pm 27th Haroldswick Hall, 7.30pm 28th Vidlin Hall, 7.30pm 29th Carnegie Hall, 7.30pm FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2016 >

Scottish Ensemble: Quintets Mareel, 7.30pm

THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2016 >

Scottish Ensemble: Cello & Violin Duos Mareel, 7.30pm