What's On @ Mareel in Spring 2014

FRIDAY 23 MAY

MARTIN SIMPSON

SPRING 2014 @ MAREEL & ISLESBURGH COMMUNITY CENTRE T: 01595 745555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org

LIVE @ MAREEL

CAFÉ BAR

In this booklet you can find out more about the all the great upcoming events at Mareel this season and beyond.

At the Café Bar in Mareel we pride ourselves on using fresh, locally sourced ingredients to create delicious, rustic dishes and refreshments - the perfect accompaniment to a day out at Mareel.

Please be aware that, due to the flexible nature of event programming, some details may be subject to change.

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Shetland Forwirds presents

Shetland Arts presents

THE GARRISON THEATRE SHETLAND FORWIRDS ANNUAL CONCERT Tuesday 13 May Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm A gadderi o da best performers in Shetland dialect: song, verse, storytellin, drama, & music. £7 / £5 Shetland Arts in association with the Kirkwall Amateur Operatic Society present

CATS

Fri 11 - Sun 13 July Visit Shetland Box Office for details & times. £15 / £10

BONHOGA GALLERY THE SHETLAND OPEN, HOME Open exhibition on the theme of ‘Home.’

PUBLIC OPENING Saturday 26 April, 11am – 1pm EXHIBITION Saturday 26 April – Sunday 1 June Shetland Arts presents

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

by Bill Brown

Exhibition showcasing the artist’s diversity of skill in ceramics.

PUBLIC OPENING Saturday 7 June, 11am – 1pm EXHIBITION Saturday 7 June – Sunday 20 July

Shetland Arts Development Agency manages Mareel, the Garrison Theatre & Bonhoga Gallery. 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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CAFÉ BAR EVENTS CAFÉ BAR OPENING HOURS

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

MIXOLOGY@ MAREEL

COCKTAILS EVERY FRIDAY EVENING + LIVE DJS ON 1ST & 3RD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH*

Enjoy cocktails & mocktails while listening to some great mixes of chill-out tunes from our House DJs John Collins & DJ Lyall. *There will be no live DJs in May due to conflicting events in the Main Auditorium, but cocktails will be served as usual. Our House DJs will return in June.

FILM QUIZ

TUESDAYS 13 MAY, & 17 JUNE, FROM 7.30pm

For film buffs and novices alike. A small prize will be awarded to the teams with the highest and lowest scores. Max team size: 6 people. Quiz takes place in the Main Auditorium via Café Bar entrance. £5 per table to enter, must be pre-booked via Shetland Box Office.

SINGERS & SONGWRITERS NIGHT SUNDAYS 18 MAY, 22 JUNE, & 20 JULY, FROM 7pm

With performances from great local acts plus an open mic session. Takes place in the Main Auditorium via Café Bar entrance. For regular updates on the Singers & Songwriters Nights, join the Shetland Singers and Songwriters Group on Facebook.

EATING & DRINKING

Every penny you spend in Mareel helps Shetland Arts generate income to invest in our venues, events, exhibitions, and arts development in Shetland. So when you buy something to eat or drink from us you don’t just get refreshed - you feed the hunger for great arts venues and activity in Shetland.

THANK YOU!

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34TH SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL

SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS

TRADITIONAL DANCE SHOWCASE THURSDAY 1 MAY

DOORS: 7PM, START: 7.30PM

SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS

MADISON VIOLET, ADAM HOLMES & THE EMBERS, & THE SOJOURNERS

T U O D L SO FOY T U O D L SO SUNDAY 4 MAY

DOORS: 1PM, START: 1.30PM

SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS

SUNDAY 4 MAY

DOORS: 6.30PM, START: 7PM

For details of all other events taking place as part of the Shetland Folk Festival and to book tickets, visit: WWW.SHETLANDFOLKFESTIVAL.COM

Battery Park Records Presents...

“The Denied EP”

By Lisa Johnson

New direction for local singer, with songs

by Joe Watt. Contemporary pop with cutting edge production.

EP Launch on Fri 16 May Doors: 7.30pm, Start: 8pm

Support from Vair + Matthew Adam, Sarah Thomson & Magnus Stout

Tickets £10

Shetland Arts presents

LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOPS

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Sunday 11 May, 10am – 12pm Thursday 29 May, 7 – 9pm Mareel Green Room

At these untutored life drawing workshops, you get to spend 2 hours drawing a female nude model in a relaxing setting. Artists of all abilities are welcome and you must bring your own materials and paper.

£10. Ages 16+ only.

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Do you love to sing?

In the shower? In a choir?

In your head so no-one can hear?

Then the Big Big Sing is for you! Join us for afternoon of song and fun with lively workshops with inspirational choir leaders Eugene Skeef and Lucy Griffiths who will have you singing Commonwealth style. All ages & abilities welcome.

Love to sing?

Join in an afternoon of song and fun with inspirational Big Big Sing is a UK-wide singing project which aims to inspire thousands of choirleaders who will have you singing Commonwealth style people to join in the celebrations for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games brilliant sounds from Africa and the Caribbean .... Everyone through singing. welcome – no previous singing experience required.

Big Big Sing is supported by Glasgow 2014, Spirit of 2012 Trust, Creative

12noon - 5pm. TICKET £5 /Scotland Concessions Free (booking mayofapply) and Glasgow UNESCOfeeCity Music.

Box Office: 01595 745555 / www.shetlandboxoffi ce.org £5 / Free (includes t-shirt and song-sheets)

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MARTIN SIMPSON

Martin Simpson Supported by

Arthur Nicholson

FRIDAY 23 MAY Live DOORS: 7PM

at Mareel START: 7:30PM Supported by Arthur Nicholson

Friday 23rd May 2014

Acknowledged as one of the finest acoustic and slide guitar players in the world, Martin has been a professional musician 35 years.

He has been nominated an Doors 7pm,forshow starts 7.30pm astounding 26 times in theTickets 12 years£16 of the(£14 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. He has twice concessions) won musician of the year, and also won two awards for 2008 album Prodigal Son.

Tickets: £16 / £14

VARIOUS ARTISTS PRESENT

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DA FISHING HANDS

A new body of music by Inge Thomson Featuring lyrics by Lise Sinclair Support: HANSEL

“We come and go like a breath that flickers, for a moment on the ocean’s face…” HANDS DA FISHING

SUNDAY 25 MAY

DOORS: 7PM

START: 7:30PM

Da Fishing Hands is a collection of songs and instrumental pieces commissioned by Fair Isle Marine Environment and Tourism Initiative (FIMETI) highlighting the influence of our marine heritage and to raise awareness of the significance of the sea in the survival of an island community.

£16 / £12 Other performances include:

Fair Isle - Friday 23 May Hillswick - Saturday 24 May

With Special Guest Martin Simpson w w w.ingethomson.com

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Shetland Jazz Club presents

SHETLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL 2014

30 MAY – 1 JUNE

Concerts in Mareel include…

Shetland Jazz Club in association with Shetland Arts present

SHETLAND JAZZ & LITERATURE SHOWCASE FRIDAY 30 MAY DOORS: 7pm, START: 7.30pm

The cream of Shetland’s jazz community perform their own brand of Shetland Jazz.

Starring: Alan McKay & Robert Bennet, Mahogany, Full Swing, Jane McLaren & Norman Willmore,Shetland Improvisers Orchestra,School Staff Stormers, & Shetland Community School of Ballet. Plus readings of Shetland literature by Laureen Johnson & other Shetland writers.

£15 / £12 Shetland Jazz Club in association with Shetland Arts present

MUSIC & LITERATURE OF THE JAZZ AGE SUNDAY 1 JUNE DOORS: 7pm, START: 7.30pm

World music genius Gilad Atzmon on kletzmer clarinet and soprano sax leads an all-star band with Brian Kellock on piano, Ronnie Rae on bass and Tom Bancroft on drums, playing music of an age when jazz first came into the public consciousness.

Plus readings from the greatest Jazz Age writers by Irving Rappaport and Izzy Swanson. A night of Gatsby-style indulgence, not to be missed!

£20 / 18 + More great jazz events! For full details see

SHETLANDJAZZCLUB.ORG

SUMMER AT A GLANCE

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Shetland Arts presents

MR MCFALL’S CHAMBER Thursday 5 June Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Mr McFall’s Chamber has been described as “potentially the most important single development on the Scottish music scene for a long time” (The Herald).

The ensemble plays a range of music from tango through jazz and rock to contemporary classical. It consists of string quartet, bass, piano, percussion and sometimes vocals. The programme they will perform at Mareel is entitled ‘Dancing Under The Shadows’ and features tango numbers by Artur Gold, Jerzy Petersburski, Fanny Gordon, Zygmunt Wiehler, Wiktor Krupinski and Stanislaw Ferszko. £18.50

Shetland Arts presents

YVES LAMBERT TRIO Wednesday 11 June Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

After 26 years as a member of La Bottine souriante, and having created the Bébert Orchestra in 2004, Yves Lambert, with his partners Olivier Rondeau and Tommy Gauthier, has since 2010 presented a trio with a new sound that offers unusual brilliance and a distinctive personality. The Yves Lambert Trio shows how traditional local music continually reinvents itself in the modern context. Music lovers curious to take a listen will discover the work of master craftsmen who make traditional music accessible to the wider public. £18 / £16

Shetland Arts presents

BARBARA DICKSON & RAB NOAKES Sunday 8 June Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Playing a wonderful blend of folk songs, classic pop influences and self written favourites, Barbara and Rab recall their early years playing in Scottish folk clubs and concert halls. Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes have been friends since they were teenagers, singing and playing in venues around Scotland. Both have diverse careers and have won awards and praise for their solo work in many fields. Now, they’ve reunited to perform a wonderful blend of folk songs, classic pop influences and self written favourites. Rab’s continuing reputation as one of Scotland’s finest singer-songwriters and Barbara’s skills as an interpreter of new and traditional songs provide an enviable platform for this unique show. £22

Klub Revolution presents

THE VIEW

With support by The Holy Ghosts & The Last Saturday 21 June Doors: 7.30pm, Start: 8pm The View, one of Scotland’s biggest bands of the past decade, return Shetland after a blistering live show in 2012. £23. Over 14’s only. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

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Beyond Promotions in association with Atlantic Edge Music Services present

LEO & ANTO – OF THE SAW DOCTORS Thursday 26 June Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Shetland Nature Festival in association with Shetland Arts presents

Fans of the the Saw Doctors have been lamenting the fact that the band have been taking a break, but now to temporarily fill that gap, two of the band members, vocalist Leo Moran and bassist/saxophonist Anthony Thistlethwaite, have struck out on their own as a duo. £15

AS PART OF SHETLAND NATURE FESTIVAL 2014 Friday 11 July 10am – 5pm Meet at Mareel

ARTIST STUDIO & NATURE TRAIL

Join a minibus tour visiting artists who are inspired by the natural heritage of Shetland. There will also be short nature walks so please wear clothing and footwear. £20. Ages 16+ only.

Shetland Arts presents

JENNA REID

– LIVE ALBUM RECORDING with Bethany Reid, Kevin Mackenzie, & Harris Playfair Saturday 28 June Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm Award winning Shetland fiddler Jenna Reid returns home to Shetland to perform a special concert in Mareel which will be recorded to produce a live album.

Accompanied by guitarist Kevin Mackenzie, pianist Harris Playfair and sister Bethany, Jenna welcomes you to join her as she plays in three special duos showcasing her work as a soloist. Since releasing her debut solo album and being awarded ‘Best Up and Coming Artist’ and nominated as ‘Best Instrumentalist’ at the Scots Trad Music Awards, Jenna Reid has undoubtedly remained one of the brightest talents ever to grace the traditional music scene and remains in high demand as a performer and tutor. This special concert will showcase her touring duo line ups. Jenna is also a member of both Blazin’ Fiddles and RANT. £16 / £14

Shetland Arts presents

EDDI READER

Tuesday 15 July Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm From the traditional to the contemporary, Eddi brings joyous life to all forms of song. Whilst the perfection of her technique is widely acknowledged, what sets her apart is the depth and quality of the emotional performance; her ability not only to move the listener but to connect her experience to that of her audience. Her rare blend of meltingly true vocals and towering romanticism combine with an astute and pragmatic nature to make her a unique and powerful figure in contemporary British music. £22

“Songs that are as rich as dark chocolate melting into your brain” - The Irish Times

A WEEK-LONG 11 FIDDLE SCHOOL AND CELEBRATION OF TRADITIONAL SHETL MUSICAL CULTURE.

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Ragged Wood Promotions in association with Shetland Arts present

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DECLAN O’ROURKE Friday 25 July Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

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Classy contemporary Dublin singer-songwriter Declan Support from Adam Guest & Chloe Robertson O’Rourke is to perform a solo show at Mareel later this year. His honey-deep vocals25th were previously heard in Friday July 2014 BOOK YOUR FIDDLE FRENZY PACKAGE NOW! show starts 7.30pm the isles as part Doors of the7pm, 2012 Transatlantic Sessions £16 (£14 concessions) THE FULL FRENZY THE HALF FRENZY show. O’Rourke Tickets will draw on material from his three solo INCLUDES ALL CLASSES INCLUDES ALL CLASSES records, Since Kyabram, Big Bad Beautiful World and SIGHT-SEEING TOURS SIGHT-SEEING TOURS Mag Pai Zai. The latter was BBC Radio Scotland’s album CONCERT TICKETS £400has been £300 covered £325 £250 of the week. The 37-year-old’s work by a host of big name acts including Paul Weller, who QUESTIONS? KEEP UP TO DATE described the song Galileo (Someone Like You) WWW.SHETLANDARTS.ORG/FIDDLEFRENZY as WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FIDDLEFRENZY “possibly the greatest song written in the last 30 years.” £16 / £14 +44 (0) 1595 745555

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Ragged Wood Promotions in association with Shetland Arts present

JASON ISBELL

Tuesday 5 August Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm Outstanding Alabama alternative country singer Jason Isbell, performing with his wife Amanda Shires, will play a special acoustic show. Isbell, who spent six years playing in American southern rockers the DriveBy Truckers before striking out on his own, won an Americana Music Award for his song Alabama Pines in 2012. £14 / £12

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Shetland Arts presents

ROSS NOBLE - TANGENTLEMAN Thursday 11 September Doors: 7.30pm, Start: 8pm

Noble is back doing what he does best; spinning forth hilarious nonsense for your amusement.

SOLD OUT

SPRING AT A GLANCE THURSDAY 1 - SUNDAY 4 MAY

SHETLAND FOLK FESTIVAL p4

SUNDAY 11 MAY

LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOP

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FRIDAY 16 MAY

“THE DENIED EP” LAUNCH

BY LISA JOHNSON

SATURDAY 17 MAY

BIG BIG SING

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FRIDAY 30 MAY

SHETLAND JAZZ & LITERATURE SHOWCASE

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SUNDAY 1 JUNE

SHETLAND JAZZ & LITERATURE MUSIC OF THE JAZZ AGE p8

SPRING

CAFÉ BAR EVENTS

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29 AUGUST – 7 SEPTEMBER 2014 FRIDAY 23 MAY

MARTIN SIMPSON

SHETLAND’S 8TH ANNUAL FILM FESTIVAL

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FILMS WANTED

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:

31 JULY 2014

SUNDAY 25 MAY

DA FISHING HANDS

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For an entry form and more details contact : screenplay@shetlandarts.org

THURSDAY 29 MAY

LIFE DRAWING WORKSHOP

Shetland’s Film Festival is calling for submissions from Shetland film makers of any age.

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