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HI-Arts Event Reviews archive from March 2008
Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson Click for full size imageREINVENTING THE REEL: LAU & ROSS AINSLIE/JARLATH HENDERSON TRIO (Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh, 27 March 2008, and touring)

SUE WILSON finds two Scottish trios at the top of their game
31 March 2008


Johnson and Boswell: Late But Live! Click for full size imageJOHNSON AND BOSWELL: LATE BUT LIVE (OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 27 March 2008)

JOHN BURNS recommends you hot foot it to Eden Court to catch this show – if you can get a ticket.
28 March 2008


Photograph by Ursula Sokolowska. Click for full size imageRE/TRATO (Travelling Gallery, touring until 6 June 2008)

GEORGINA COBURN finds work of real substance in a small space on the Travelling Gallery.
25 March 2008


Just at the Mirk and Midnight Hour by Jane MacNeill. Click for full size imageALLAN MACDONALD, ALAN MCGOWAN, JANE MACNEILL (Kilmorack Gallery, by Beauly, until 3 May 2008)

GEORGINA COBURN admires a new name at Kilmorack alongside two established exhibitors at the gallery.
25 March 2008


Black Box. Click for full size imageMOVEMENT THROUGH LIGHT AND SPACE (Timespan, Helmsdale, until 14 May 2008)

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes an engrossing mutidisciplinary approach in the refurbished Timespan’s re-opening exhibition.
25 March 2008


Angus Lyon (© Box Club). Click for full size imageBOX CLUB (An Lanntair, Stornoway, 14 March 2008)

IAN STEPHEN loves a good yarn, and reckons he got two gigs for the price of one when Box Club hit town.
25 March 2008


Findlay Napier and the Bar Room Mountaineers (© Findlay Napier). Click for full size imageFINDLAY NAPIER & THE BAR ROOM MOUNTAINEERS (Edinburgh Folk Club, 19 March 2008)

SUE WILSON checks out singer and guitarist Findlay Napier’s new line-up.
25 March 2008


Martyn Bennett. Click for full size imageAYE – AN AFFIRMATION OF MARTYN BENNETT (Phipps Hall, Beauly, 20 March 2008)

GEORGINA COBURN revels in an imaginative tribute to Martyn Bennett from Mr McFalls Chamber.
25 March 2008


Kurt Jackson RWA - Craiggowrie, 91.5x 91.5 cm, Oil and collage on canvas (© Kurt Jackson / Lemon Street Gallery) Click for full size imageKURT JACKSON: BELOW THE CAIRNGORMS (Lemon Street Gallery at Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, until 29 March 2008)

DAVID POLLOCK finds artistry as well as industry in Kurt Jackson’s work in Strathspey.
18 March 2008


Richard Conlon (Pip), Susan Coyle (Estella) in Prime Production's Great Expectations (photo - Marc Marnie). Click for full size imageGREAT EXPECTATIONS (OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, 14 April 2008)

JENNIE MACFIE admires a new production of Jo Clifford’s clever stage adaptation from Dickens’ sprawling novel.
18 March 2008


Rigger by Sue Jane Taylor. Click for full size imageSUE JANE TAYLOR: OILWORK - NORTH SEA DIARIES (Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, until 26 April 2008)

GILES SUTHERLAND reflects on Sue Jane Taylor’s lengthy artistic engagement with the oil industry.
18 March 2008


Caroline Dear - Peal Lines (detail). Click for full size imageWALL WORKS (Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, until 26 May 2008)

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes a further extension of the visual arts potential at Eden Court.
18 March 2008


SDT dancers Michal Zahora and Philippa White in DOG. (Photograph by Ravi Deepres). Click for full size imageSCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE - DEFINED 2008 (OneTouch Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 12 March 2008)

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes more original and creative work from the Dundee-based company.
13 March 2008


Union Dance - Sensing Change. Click for full size imageUNION DANCE – HEAVEN ON EARTH (Universal Hall, Findhorn, 7 March 2008)

JENNIE MACFIE has her emotional withers wrung by the London-based dance company.
11 March 2008


Finn den Hertog (Rab), Sally Reid (Norma) in The Wall by DC Jackson, directed by Gregory Thompson and presented by Borderline in association with Tron Theatre (photo - Douglas Robertson). Click for full size imageTHE WALL (Tron Theatre, Glasgow, 4 March 2008, and touring)

MARK FISHER judges Daniel Jackson’s first full length play a very enjoyable success.
11 March 2008


Sargasso Wave Form by Graham Muir. Click for full size imageJUNE CAREY, GRAHAM MUIR AND MIRANDA SHARPE (Castle Gallery, Inverness, until 22 March 2008)

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes some impressive new work in the latest Castle Gallery show.
06 March 2008


Ansel Adams, Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California ©2008 The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, courtesy of George Eastman House. Click for full size imageANSEL ADAMS: CELEBRATION OF GENIUS (City Art Centre, Edinburgh, until 19 April 2008)

KENNY MATHIESON recommends the trip south to catch a unique opportunity.
05 March 2008


Sara-Maria Barton and Jonathan Barton. Click for full size imageBALLET WEST – COPPÉLIA (Empire Theatre, Eden Court, Inverness, 1 March 2008)

JAMES MUNRO finds Ballet West arguing the case for old-fashioned classical ballet.
04 March 2008


Nedyalko Nedyalkov Quartet Click for full size imageFRASER FIFIELD BAND & NEDYALKO NEDYALKOV QUARTET (An Lanntair, Stornoway, 28 February 2008)

IAN STEPHEN finds the diverse musical combinations are gelling in this Tune Up tour
02 March 2008


 

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