a guide to what’s on during February & beyond... • FILM • MUSIC • ART • THEATRE • CAFÉ BAR • EDUCATION •
WELCOME Whether it is Film, Music, Art or Theatre this is your guide to Shetland Arts and its venues.
CONTENTS 03 > Dinh Q. Lê: The Colony 04 > We're here because we're here 05 > Screen Focus: WW1 06 > Northern Flyway 07 > Film 07 > Screen Classics 08 > Event Listings 09 > Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling 09 > Bolshoi: The Lady of the Camellias 10 > Trio HLK 10 > The Furrow Collective 11 > Film 11 > Screen Pride 12 > Scottish Opera Highlights 13 > Film 13 > Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's 14 > Event Listings 14 > Up Helly Aa: Pop-Up Food Market
15 > Fiery Sessions 16 > Wellbeing Choir 16 > Life Drawing 17 > Film 18 > Birds of Chicago 18 > Mareel Student Night 19 > Family Films 20 > Event Listings 21 > Lindsay Lou 21 > Tide Lines 22 > Väsen 22 > Neil Georgeson: Dance Music 23 > Film 24 > The Wallace Collection 24 > Ben Ottewell 25 > Screen Horizons 26 > New Memberships! 27 > Cinema Ticket Prices 28 > What’s On at a Glance 2
BEYOND
BONHOGA
Dinh Q. Lê Chincha Norte Island Production shot of The Colony, 2016 Photo courtesy of the artist
DINH Q. LÊ
THE COLONY
Mareel Auditorium | Daily | 10am - 8pm*
3 February - 9 March The Colony is a film installation by Vietnamese artist and filmmaker Dinh Q. Lê. It immerses the viewer in panoramic scenes of the timeless and desolate Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru, home to an enormous colony of sea birds, gradually revealing a sublime landscape with a complex history. The project was commissioned and is supported in Shetland by Artangel, a charitable organisation pushing the boundaries of contemporary art worldwide.
OPENING EVENT: Saturday 3 February, 6-7:30pm Mareel Auditorium FREE * some dates and times may vary
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© Paul Riddell
We’re here because we’re here
An exhibition telling the story of the contemporary memorial presented by 14-18 NOW and the National Theatre of Great Britain - in association with the National Theatre aof Scotland
20 January - 18 March LOWER GALLERY & CRAFT CABINET: Applied Art & Craft to Go: contemporary work from Shetland and the UK
PUBLIC OPENING: Friday 19 January 5.30 - 7pm everyone welcome
Opening Hours: Wed - Fri: 11am - 3pm Sat & Sun: 11am - 4pm Bonhoga Gallery, Weisdale, ZE2 9LW 01595 745750 www.shetlandarts.org
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SCREENF CUS
WORLD WAR ONE
A season of films set during the First World War, to coincide with the exhibition We’re here because we’re here at Bonhoga Gallery. See all four films in the season for the price of three with our Screen Focus package.
Paths of Glory (PG)
Testament of Youth (12A)
Sunday 21 January, 2pm Introduction by history teacher and WWI scholar Jon Sandison Thursday 25 January, 5.45pm
Sunday 4 February, 2pm Thursday 8 February, 5.45pm A searing story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain which became the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view.
Kirk Douglas gives a searing performance in Stanley Kubrick’s profound and poignant drama. A French assault on a German position during the First World War ends in disaster, but the general in charge refuses to accept the plan was doomed from the start and demands that three men from the ranks be executed as an example to the rest. However, the colonel who led the attack resolves to defend the condemned soldiers.
When war breaks out, Vera is left behind at home while her fiancé Roland and her brother Edward leave for France to fight for their country. Desperate to keep her loved ones safe, she leaves university to become a nurse on the Front.
War Horse (12A)
Journey's End (12A)
Sunday 18 February, 1.45pm Thursday 22 February, 5.15pm
Sunday 4 March, 2pm Thursday 8 March, 5.45pm
Steven Spielberg’s beautifully realised adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s best-selling novel.
A group of men await an attack in the trenches of the First World War in this outstanding new adaption of R C Sherriff’s 1928 play.
A farmer's son forms a close bond with a horse he trains, but is forced to give the animal up when it is sold to the British army during the First World War. The horse passes through various owners on both sides as he travels across the battlefields of France, while the boy refuses to give up on being reunited.
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C Company, led by Captain Stanhope, is about to take its posting on the front line. Intelligence suggests an imminent German attack, and, having been all but abandoned by the commanding Officers, Stanhope knows there is little chance of survival.
> Film
SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm
Mareel £15
Northern Flyway is a newly created performance by Inge Thomson and recently arrived Shetland resident Jenny Sturgeon, exploring the ecology, folklore, symbolism and mythology of birds and birdsong. Drawing on such sources as the extensive field-recordings of musician/composer and birdsong expert Magnus Robb, the duo have worked with singer/multi-instrumentalist Sarah Hayes (Admiral Fallow) and the renowned vocal sculptor Jason Singh to create this brand-new piece. Jenny’s background as a biologist and Inge’s home island of Fair Isle, have contributed to an evocative piece, combining vocal and instrumental composition with sonic experimentation and lush visuals. Northern Flyway will also be performed at the Tron Theatre as part of Celtic Connections 2018. 6
> Film
The Post (12A)
Phantom Thread (15)
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks star in Steven Spielberg’s superb account of a true story of journalistic courage.
Daniel Day Lewis gives a sublime performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s compelling drama. Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister, Cyril, are at the centre of the glamorous world of post-war London fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars and heiresses. Women come and go through Woodcock's life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, and finds his carefully controlled life disrupted by love.
This thrilling drama tells the story of the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post’s Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee, as they risk their careers – and their freedom – to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four US Presidents.
SCREENClassics
The Mercy (12A)
Casablanca (1942) (U)
Colin Firth stars in the incredible true story of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe without stopping. With an unfinished boat and his business and house on the line, Donald leaves his wife and children behind, embarking on what soon becomes an ill-fated adventure.
The timeless romantic drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
The 5.30pm screening on Friday 23 February will be introduced by local sailor Andrew Halcrow.
World War II, Morocco – a viper's nest of corrupt French police, spies, fleeing emigres, gamblers and drinkers. It's the perfect place for weary American expatriate nightclub owner Rick Blaine to hide out. But then Rick's long-lost love, Ilsa, walks in with her resistance leader husband, and Rick is pulled into both a love triangle and a web of political intrigue.
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> Events Wellbeing Choir
Fiery Sessions
TUESDAY EVENINGS
TUESDAY 30 JANUARY, 12pm & 3pm
No need to read music, come along & enjoy a fun evening of song with a chat and cup of tea afterwards. Improve your physical and mental health through music and song!
Join us and get your Up Helly Aa celebrations off to a fine start with some of Shetland’s best trad musicians!
Creativity Club Animation
Life Drawing
SATURDAYS 13 JAN - 10 FEB, 1pm - 3pm
WEDNESDAYS 21 MARCH - 25 APRIL 7pm - 9pm
The sessions will cover drawn, 2D and 3D animation, plus film editing and creating soundtracks, and will culminate in a screening of the films for friends and family.
Shetland Arts’ popular life drawing sessions are back! These informal sessions give artists of all abilities the opportunity to practise using a real life nude model.
We’re Here Because We’re Here
Mixology @ Mareel
Mareel & Lerwick Methodist Church £2
The Garrison Theatre £14 / £12
Mareel £50 / £40 (Sibling discount)
Mareel £10
FRIDAYS 2, 16 FEB & 2 MAR, from 7pm Mareel FREE
20 JANUARY - 18 MARCH Bonhoga Gallery FREE
Enjoy chilled out tunes and a laid-back vibe in Mareel’s Café Bar with Mixology, fortnightly on Friday nights. Try one of our selection of delicious cocktails and get your weekend started with some funk, soul and house from our DJs John Collins and DJ Lyall.
An exhibition telling the story of the contemporary memorial presented by 14-18 NOW & the National Theatre of Great Britain.
Computer Games League: Ultra Street Fighter IV
Dinh Q. Lê: The Colony 3 FEBRUARY - 9 MARCH, 10am - 8pm* Mareel FREE
SATURDAY 27 JANUARY, 6-7pm Mareel £5 / £15
Dinh Q. Lê: The Colony is a film installation commissioned by Artangel. Opening Event on Saturday 3 February at 6pm.
The league will run all winter - the more you come the more points you can build up to become the ultimate Mareel Champion.
* See page 13 for detailed opening times.
Up Helly Aa: Pop-Up Food Market
Northern Flyway SATURDAY 10 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm Mareel £15
MONDAY 29 JANUARY, 4 - 9pm
Mareel FREE
A new body of work by Jenny Sturgeon and Inge Thomson, exploring connections between people and birds, the performance incorporates birdsong, vocal and instrumental mimesis and new lyrical material as well as a lush visual skyscapes.
We'd love you to join us for our first Pop-up Food Market, the day before Up Helly Aa
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> Scottish Ballet
Age guidance: 14+ (Contains adult themes)
Matthew Bourne’s
Highland Fling Saturday 21 April, 7pm & Sunday 22 April, 2pm Clickimin £16 / £14 Highland Fling follows the downfall of James- a young Scot with sex, love and rock and roll on his mind. Recently married to his beloved Effie, his addiction to excess finds him in the company of a wild, gothic fairy. As his love for the strange and beautiful fairy becomes an obsession, James embarks on a fateful journey that takes him from the mean streets and nightclubs of Glasgow into a world beyond reality and reason.
‘This is one of the funniest, funkiest, most irresistibly infectious ballets I have ever had the delight to sit through’ - Daily Mail
> Bolshoi Ballet:
The Lady of the Camellias SUNDAY 11 FEBRUARY, 1pm Alexandre Dumas fils’ novel comes to life on the Bolshoi stage, with prima Svetlana Zakharova as the ailing Marguerite, seeking love and redemption from her life as a courtesan with the young and naïve Armand. The Bolshoi brings choreographer John Neumeier’s work of rare beauty and tragic depth to new emotional heights, accompanied by Chopin’s romantic piano score. Mareel £12 / £10
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> Music
“One of the grooviest, hippest young bands in the city…rhythmically and melodically a great combination of subtlety and strength” - Kevin Le Gendre
TRIO HLK MAREEL - FRIDAY 16 JUNE, 7.30pm
A belief in the high art of improvisation and intrigue with the infinite art and science of rhythm is what brings H, L and K together. They address ambitious improvisational frameworks which often resemble contemporary classical music more than jazz. Their music features dense, complex rhythms and textures, and virtuosic improvisation. Trio HLK’s music sounds genuinely fresh, and genuinely new. £18 / £8
> Music
© Seth Tinsley
BBC RADIO 2 FOLK AWARDS BEST GROUP WINNERS 2017
FURROW COLLECTIVE THE
SATURDAY 10 MARCH, 7.30pm Mareel £20 / £18
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The Furrow Collective is a critically acclaimed English/Scottish quartet consisting of four distinctive and talented performers. The group formed in 2013, drawn together by a shared love of traditional song and balladry and an open, intuitive approach to collaboration. They mostly focus upon material from English and Scottish sources, occasionally turning their attentions further afield in their quest for intriguing songs.
> Film
Mountain (PG) Sunday 28 January, 1.30pm
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (15)
Only three centuries ago, climbing a mountain would have been considered close to lunacy. The idea scarcely existed that wild landscapes might hold any sort of attraction. Peaks were places of peril, not beauty. Why, then, are we now drawn to mountains in our millions? Mountain shows us the spellbinding force of high places – and their ongoing power to shape our lives and our dreams.
It’s been seven months since her daughter was murdered and Mildred Hayes is fed up. Fuelled by grief and outraged that the investigation has gone quiet, she provokes the local police department with a series of messages plastered on three disused billboards outside her home town. So begins a rapidly escalating and very public feud between Mildred and the town’s venerated police chief.
SCREENPRIDE
All the Money in the World (15)
52 Tuesdays (15) Thursday 1 March, 5.45pm Monthly screenings of contemporary and classic films with themes or characters who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex or asexual. This award-winning drama from Australia is an insightful and moving exploration of gender and sexuality with a compelling, time-lapse structure: it was shot chronologically, every Tuesday, over a year. 16-year-old Billie goes to live with her father for a year while her mother transitions from female to male. The pair, who are extremely close, agree to meet every Tuesday during their year apart.
Ridley Scott directs Christopher Plummer and Michelle Williams in this nail-biting true story, now notorious as the film in which Kevin Spacey’s scenes were cut and re-shot at the last minute, following recent allegations against him. When 16-year-old John Paul Getty III is kidnapped, his devoted mother tries to convince his billionaire grandfather to pay the ransom. When Getty Senior refuses, the situation becomes increasingly volatile.
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2017/2018 Classical Season
Scottish Opera Highlights
Wednesday 28 February, 7.30pm Team Opera Highlights is on a mission. Equipped with a suitcase full of music and a sense of adventure, the team are ready for a journey of operatic proportions. Our talented young singers are travelling the length and breadth of the country to bring you an unforgettable night at the opera. Join us for a guaranteed great night of music, laughter and good company. There’s something for everyone – from opera first timers to seasoned fans.
The Garrison Theatre £12 / £5
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> Film
Fifty Shades Freed (Cert TBC)
Insidious: The Last Key (15)
Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs Grey and he relaxes into an unfamiliar stability, new threats could jeopardise their happy ending before it even begins.
The latest chapter in the terrifying series jumps back in time to reveal the origin of an evil force that has followed psychic Elise since childhood. Brilliant parapsychologist Dr Elise Rainier must tackle a haunting in her own family home. To break the curse, she first needs to find out what the monster that’s menacing the house actually is. And to do that, she’ll need to travel deeper into the Further than she’s ever gone before.
Buy a ticket to Fifty Shades Freed and get a small bottle of prosecco, glass of wine or hot drink along with anything from the evening Café Bar menu for £7. (Offer subject to availability. Food must be ordered by 7.30pm)
> Event Cinema
BILL VIOLA THE ROAD TO ST.PAUL’S SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY, 2.30pm A powerful, moving portrait of the world’s most influential video artist and his wife and close collaborator, Kira Perov. The film documents Viola’s 12-year odyssey to create two permanent video installations for St Paul's Cathedral, London: Martyrs (2014) and its companion piece, Mary (2016). It’s the remarkable story of producing, filming and realising the first art commission of its kind to ever be installed in Britain’s most famous religious space.
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> Events Open Mic at Mareel
Lindsay Lou
SUNDAYS 11 & 25 FEBRUARY, 4-6pm
SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY, 8pm
Anyone and everyone is invited to share a song or a tune, a new piece of prose, poetry or stand-up, or whatever you want – the stage is yours! Pop down on a Sunday afternoon for a relaxed vibe and a chance to enjoy some emerging talent.
Presented by Ragged Wood. Outstanding Michigan songbird Lindsay Lou is returning to Shetland with her band and a brand new album to promote. The core three-piece of her band remains the same, with a fourth member introduced on percussion/vocals.
Mareel Film Quiz
Scottish Opera Highlights
TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY, from 7pm
WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm
Mareel’s Monthly Film Quiz is for both film buffs and novices alike! Movie themed prizes are awarded to the teams with the highest and lowest scores, but really it’s all about the glory. Max team size: 6 people.
Join us for a guaranteed great night of music, laughter and good company.
Mareel FREE
Mareel £18 / £14
Mareel £10 (team)
The Garrison Theatre £12 / £5
Computer Games League: FIFA 14 Ben Ottewell SATURDAY 24 FEBRUARY, 6-7pm
SATURDAY 3 MARCH, 8pm
The league will run all winter - the more you come the more points you can build up to become the ultimate Mareel Champion.
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos.
Mareel £5 / £15
Mareel £15 / £10
UP HELLY AA: POP-UP FOOD MARKET Mareel - Mon 29 Jan 2018, 4pm - 9pm
We'd love you to join us for our first Pop-up Food Market, the day before Up Helly Aa Come and meet our producers and members, taste their wonderful produce - and see what's new too - at this free-to-enter market. In attendance will be Viking Mead, Shetland Reel, Mirrie Dancers, Mackenzie's, The V Bird, Thule Ventus, LJs, Aald Harbour Tea Room, and many more. We're expecting a few new products to be launched, too. Looking forward to seeing you at Mareel!
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> Up Helly Aa!
Shetland Arts’ annual Up Helly Aa day concerts at The Garrison Theatre.
TUESDAY 30 JANUARY 12pm & 3pm
Showcasing some of the best Shetland traditional music, FEATURING: Eunice Henderson & The South Mainland Fiddlers Maggie & Brian Ewen & Martha Thomson High Level Hot Club £14 / £12
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Wellbeing
Choir
Tuesday, 7 - 8.30pm Lerwick Methodist Church & Mareel £2 per session - includes light refreshments! 16+ No experience required, no audition process and no need to read music, come along & enjoy a fun evening of music with a chat and cup of tea afterwards. Improve your physical and mental health through music and song!
2018 Dates 9 January
Mareel, Green Room
16 January
Mareel, Green Room
23 January
Mareel, Green Room
6 February
Lerwick Methodist Church
13 February
Lerwick Methodist Church
20 February
Lerwick Methodist Church
27 February
Lerwick Methodist Church
6 March
Lerwick Methodist Church
13 March
Lerwick Methodist Church
20 March
Mareel, Green Room
27 March
Mareel, Green Room
> Workshop
WEDNESDAYS 21 MARCH - 25 APRIL 7pm - 9pm Mareel £10 Shetland Arts’ popular life drawing sessions are back! These informal sessions give artists of all abilities the opportunity to practise using a real life nude model.
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> Film
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (12A) Black Panther (Cert TBC) Rey continues her epic journey with Finn, Poe and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the saga.
Marvel Studios' Black Panther follows T'Challa who, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to take his rightful place as king. But when a powerful old enemy reappears, and he is faced with treachery and danger, T'Challa must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.
Rey finally comes face to face with Luke, but he’s not the man she was expecting to find. The most eagerly anticipated film of the year is here at last! Director Rian Johnson (Looper) has lined up an epic adventure that challenges heroes old and new and delves deep into the mythology of the Force.
Holocaust Memorial Day
The Commuter (15)
Destination Unknown (12A)
A smart and intense action thriller starring Liam Neeson and Vera Farmiga.
Saturday 27 January, 1.30pm
Insurance salesman Michael is contacted by a mysterious stranger on his daily commute home, and challenged to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on his train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realises he is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy, one that carries life and death stakes for himself and his fellow passengers.
This powerful documentary blends intimate testimony with archive footage to bring the stories of twelve Holocaust survivors to the screen. We meet those who survived in hiding, those who fought as partisans, and those who endured camps. Their stories do not end with liberation – we learn how they survived the chaos that came afterwards, and of their attempts to build new lives. For more info on Holocaust Memorial Day go to hmd.org.uk
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> Music
BIRDS OF CHICAGO SUNDAY 20 MAY, 7.30pm - Mareel £20 / £16
The acclaimed husband-and-wife led band are fronted by singer-songwriters JT Nero and Allison Russell, who recently relocated to Nashville, and have been described by No Depression magazine as delivering “near perfect Americana” sounds. Drawing heavily on rock'n'roll and the gospel tradition, in 2016 Birds of Chicago released the Joe Henry-produced album Real Midnight and since forming in late 2012 have toured around 200 nights a year: “Singing for a room full of new people, hearts wide open, keeps off the cold and chases off the shadows.”
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> Music
MAREEL STUDENT NIGHT THURSDAY 29 MARCH, 7.30pm Mareel Free
A great night of live music brought to you by the students on our music courses taught here at Mareel in partnership with Shetland College UHI. Everyone welcome!
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> Family Films
Coco (PG)
Early Man (PG)
The latest brilliantly imaginative animated adventure from Pixar.
The latest hilarious stop-motion adventure from Aardman Animation’s Nick Park, creator of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and The Curse of the WereRabbit.
Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colourful Land of the Dead. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history.
Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of how plucky caveman Dug, along with sidekick Hognob, unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own game.
Tad the Lost Explorer & the The Incredibles (2004) (U) A rare chance to see this classic Pixar animation on Secret of King Midas (U)
the big screen before its sequel is released later this year!
An animated family adventure starring accident-prone explorer Tad.
Once one of the world's top masked crime fighters, Bob Parr and his wife Helen – a famous superhero in her own right – have adopted civilian identities and retreated to the suburbs to live normal lives with their three kids. But then a mysterious communication summons Bob to a remote island for a top-secret assignment…
Tad visits his friend Sara to see her latest discovery: a papyrus that proves the existence of King Midas, who turned everything he touched into gold thanks to the power of a magical necklace. But then Sara is kidnapped and the papyrus stolen by evil Jack Rackham, who will stop at nothing to find this source of infinite wealth...
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> Events The Furrow Collective
Väsen
SATURDAY 10 MARCH, 7.30pm
FRIDAY 20 APRIL, 7.30pm
The Furrow Collective is a critically acclaimed English/ Scottish quartet consisting of four distinctive and talented performers. The group formed in 2013, drawn together by a shared love of traditional song and balladry and an open, intuitive approach to collaboration.
Having last played in Shetland at the Folk Festival in 2010, Väsen are making a welcome return to the Isles with their unique brand of Swedish folk music.
Tide Lines
Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling
Mareel £20 / £18
FRIDAY 16 MARCH, 8pm
Mareel £13 (14+ only, under 18's accompanied by an adult) Tide Lines are a 4 piece band originally from the Highlands of Scotland. Whilst their music is heavily influenced by and rooted in the places they grew up in they produce a highly eclectic sound.
Mareel £18
SATURDAY 21, 7pm & SUNDAY 22 APRIL, 2pm Clickimin £16 / £14
Presented exclusively by Scottish Ballet, Matthew Bourne’s Highland Fling is La Sylphide for the Trainspotting generation.
Mareel Student Night
Birds of Chicago
THURSDAY 29 MARCH, 7.30pm
SUNDAY 20 MAY, 7:30pm
A great night of live music brought to you by the students on our music courses taught here at Mareel in partnership with Shetland College UHI. Everyone welcome!
Birds of Chicago are bringing their brand of soulful Americana to Shetland for a full-band show in support of their new album Love in Wartime in May.
Mareel Free
Mareel £20 / £16
Neil Georgeson: Dance Music The Wallace Collection THURSDAY 22 MARCH, 7.30pm
SATURDAY 9 JUNE, 7.30pm
Neil Georgeson returns with another eclectic yet integrated conceptual programme which focuses this time on dance music.
The Wallace Collection brings together a group of extraordinary musicians, presenting a unique combination of performance, education, innovation, creativity, research and development. Together they embrace the potential of brass music, where anything becomes possible.
Computer Games League: Super Smash Bros Melee
Trio HLK
Mareel £16 / £5
SATURDAY 31 MARCH, 6-7pm Mareel £5 / £15
The league will run all winter - the more you come the more points you can build up to become the ultimate Mareel Champion.
Mareel £16 / £5
FRIDAY 16 JUNE, 7.30pm Mareel £18 / £8
Trio HLK is the union of three distinct, forward thinking musical personalities.
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> Music
LINDSAY LOU SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY, 8pm Mareel £18 / £14
Outstanding Michigan songbird Lindsay Lou is returning to Shetland with her band and a brand new album to promote. The core three-piece of her band remains the same, with a fourth member introduced on percussion/vocals. Having appeared at Shetland Folk Festival in 2015, and other Scottish festivals including HebCelt, Lindsay Lou & co earned rave reviews following their own sold-out headline show at Celtic Connections in 2017. Writing in fRoots magazine, Tim Chipping said: “I’m convinced I have seen the most affectingly expressive singer since Amy Winehouse, backed by the new Punch Brothers.”
> Music
FRIDAY 16 MARCH, 8pm Mareel £13
Tide Lines are a 4 piece band originally from the Highlands of Scotland. Whilst their music is heavily influenced by and rooted in the places they grew up in they produce a highly eclectic sound. Imagine a 70’s Bruce Springsteen but with bagpipes and electronics in the E-Street band and you’re probably just about there! Initially formed by 2 ex-Skipinnish members Robert Robertson (singer) and Ross Wilson (piano) Tide Lines emerged just over a year ago with the addition of Alasdair Turner (guitar &bagpipes) and Fergus Munro (drums). They released their Far Side of the World single in 2016 and its lyrical theme the connection between youth and location formed the basis for their first full length album: Dreams We Never Lost which featured original Waterboy and current Saw Doctor Anthony Thistlewaite was released in June 2017. 14+ only, under 18's must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
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> Music
VÄSEN
FRIDAY 20 APRIL, 7.30pm Mareel £18
Having last played in Shetland at the Folk Festival in 2010, Väsen are making a welcome return to the Isles with their unique brand of Swedish folk music. Inspiring covers by bands like the Punch Brothers and Snarky Puppy, Väsen’s music is deeply rooted in the forests of the Swedish countryside and it's centuries-old tradition of the folk music. It's a tradition spiced with consummate playing skills. But this is more than just a traditional sound.
2017/2018 Classical Season
Neil Georgeson "Dance Music" Thursday 22 March, 7.30 pm
Neil Georgeson returns with another eclectic yet integrated conceptual programme which focuses this time on dance music. Including Johann Strauss' incandescently famous Blue Danube waltz in the form of Schultz-Evler's spectacular and fiendish Fantasy, and Stravinsky's Three Movements from Petrushka, a colourful and exceedingly virtuosic reworking of his famous ballet. Also featuring Grieg's masterful reworkings of Hardanger fiddle tunes, as well as contemporary pieces making innovative use of technology by Johannes Kreidler and Patrick Nunn, and music by Chopin, Haydn and Schubert.
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> Film
Roman J. Israel, Esq. (12A)
Downsizing (15)
Denzel Washington gives a magnetic performance in the title role of this dramatic thriller.
Matt Damon stars in a hilariously entertaining sci-fi/ drama/romcom hybrid from Alexander Payne, director of Sideways and The Descendants.
Once a passionate political activist, socially awkward attorney Roman J Israel is now a defence lawyer representing the down-and-out criminals of Los Angeles. Years of fighting for those who don’t appreciate his efforts has taken a toll on Roman, and, when he suddenly find himself laid off by his firm, he reaches breaking point.
When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to over-population, Paul and his wife Audrey decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community – a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.
> Exhibition on Screen:
Winged Migration (2003) (U)
Cézanne Portraits of a Life (PG)
Saturday 3 February, 2.45pm
Sunday 28 January, 11.30am
This dazzlingly beautiful cinematic documentary literally flies alongside flocks of birds as they migrate across the earth's northern and southern hemispheres. Screening to complement two other bird-related events at Mareel this month: Northern Flyway, a newly created performance by Inge Thomson and Jenny Sturgeon, exploring the ecology, folklore, symbolism and mythology of birds and birdsong; and The Colony, an installation by internationally acclaimed Vietnamese born artist and filmmaker Dinh Q Lê.
Exhibition on Screen presents one of the most talked about exhibitions of the year. Dedicated to the portrait work of Paul Cézanne, the exhibition opens in Paris before traveling to London and Washington. Featuring interviews with curators and experts, and correspondence from the artist himself, the film takes audiences beyond the exhibition to the places Cézanne lived and worked, and sheds light on an artist who is perhaps the least known of all the impressionists - until now.
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2017/2018 Classical Season
The Wallace Collection
Saturday 9 June, 7.30 pm The Wallace Collection brings together a group of extraordinary musicians, presenting a unique combination of performance, education, innovation, creativity, research and development. Together they embrace the potential of brass music, where anything becomes possible.
Mareel £16 / £5
> Music
BEN OTTEWELL
SATURDAY 3 MARCH, 8pm
Mareel £15 / £10
As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar solos. Rolling Stone declared "Gomez's not-so-secret weapon is Ben Ottewell." And as GQ Magazine once wrote and anyone listening can attest "his voice is not of this world". Since his first solo release, Shapes and Shadows (2011), Ottewell has been pleasing audiences with a series of sucessful acoustic tours across the UK, US and Australia. Ben has released 2 further solo albums to widespread acclaim, Rattlebag for 2014 and A Man Apart, which was released earlier this year. Ottewell will re-join his Gomez bandmates in 2018 for a tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their ground-breaking debut album, Bring It On, with most UK dates already sold out.
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> ScreenHorizons
Human Flow (12A) Directed by artist-activist Ai Weiwei and filmed in 40 refugee camps in 23 countries, this stunningly cinematic documentary chronicles the staggering breadth of the global refugee crisis. Today there are more than 65 million displaced individuals looking for a place to call home. To profoundly moving effect, footage of refugee camps is interwoven with personal testimonies from those forced from their native lands due to war, famine and climate change.
Marjorie Prime (12A) Veteran actress Lois Smith and Jon Hamm star in this haunting vision of a future where death has become slightly less final. When her husband Walter dies, 85-year-old Marjorie decides to replace him with a Prime – an artificially intelligent avatar that looks and sounds exactly like Walter did when he was 40. This Prime provides Marjorie with much-needed support and warmth, but for her daughter, it feels like an interloper.
Hostiles (15) Christian Bale, Wes Studi and Rosamund Pike star in this compelling drama of redemption and reconciliation. 1892, New Mexico. Army captain Joseph J Blocker undertakes one final mission before retirement: he must escort Yellow Hawk – a dying Cheyenne war chief – and his family back to their sacred tribal lands. The two great warriors, once rivals across the battlefield, must learn to trust each other and find peace in an unforgiving land.
Menashe (U)
Walk With Me (PG)
A charming, wryly funny trip into Brooklyn’s ultraOrthodox Hasidic community. Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah’s death. Tradition prohibits Menashe from raising his son alone, so Rieven’s strict uncle adopts him, leaving Menashe heartbroken. But when the Rabbi permits father and son to spend a week together, Menashe is finally given an opportunity to prove his worth.
A rare insight into a community of Buddhist monks and nuns who have given up all their possessions and left their homes in order to master the art of mindful living under the guidance of world-renowned Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. With unprecedented access, this intimate and meditative film, narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, touches on the universal themes of belonging, love, loss, hope and death.
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> Cinema Ticket Prices Matinees before 5pm Monday / Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5 Wednesday / Thursday / Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6.50 / £5 Saturday / Sunday / Holidays* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £9 / £7.50 Family Screenings (Sat & Sun mornings) . . . . . . . . . . . £5
Evenings from 5pm onwards Monday / Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5 Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday Sunday / Holidays* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £9 / £7.50 Mon / Tue Wed / Thu / Fri Weekends & Hols
Before 5pm Cheap Day Off Peak Peak
After 5pm Cheap Day Peak Peak
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.
Prices Cheap Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5 (all) Off Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6.50 / £5 Peak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £9 / £7.50 For 3D Add . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £1 Senior Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £6
Mareel Opening Hours: Sun - Thu: 9am - 11pm Fri - Sat: 9am - 1am * •
Holidays include Bank Holidays, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, & New Year’s Eve. 3D screenings cost an extra £1 on top of ticket prices. Glasses cost an additional £1 and are reusable.
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.
Mareel 01595 745500 www.shetlandarts.org
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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> Shetland Arts: Whats On
FEBRUARY
26 JANUARY - 1 FEBRUARY
9 - 15 FEBRUARY
> Fiery Sessions
> Northern Flyway
> Up Helly Aa: Pop-Up Food Market
> Open Mic at Mareel
> We’re Here Because We’re Here
FILM:
> Computer Games League
> Downsizing
> Creativity Club Animation
> Fifty Shades Freed
> Wellbeing Choir
> Bolshoi: The Lady of the Camellias
FILM:
> Casablanca
> Coco
> Human Flow
> The Commuter
16 - 22 FEBRUARY
> Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri > Destination Unknown
> Mareel Film Quiz
> Mountain
FILM:
> Cézanne: Portraits Of A Life
> Phantom Thread
> Marjorie Prime
> Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2 - 8 FEBRUARY
> Mixology @ Mareel
> Insidious: The Last Key
> Mixology @ Mareel
> Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas > Star Wars: The Last Jedi
> Life Drawing
> War Horse
FILM:
> Hostiles
> Dinh Q. Lê: The Colony
> Early Man > The Post > All the Money in the World > Winged Migration > Testament of Youth > Menashe
MAREEL 01595 745500 WWW.SHETLANDARTS.ORG
23 FEBRUARY - 1 MARCH > Scottish Opera Highlights > Lindsay Lou > Computer Games League > Open Mic at Mareel FILM: > Black Panther > The Mercy > 52 Tuesdays > Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul’s > The Incredibles > Walk With Me