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HI-Arts Event Reviews archive from July 2007
The Perfect Spot by Cartoon Theatre. Click for full size imageTHE PERFECT SPOT / ILLICIT (Spectrum Centre, Inverness, 25 July, 2007)

JENNIE MACFIE rounds up the Right Lines Productions/Cartoon Theatre double bill at InvernessFest.
26 July 2007


Lau. Click for full size imageLAU (The Bon Vivant Spiegeltent, Falcon Square, 23 July 2007)

JENNIE MACFIE has her spine tingled by this innovative trio.
26 July 2007


Aimee Birnbaum's 'Spirits of the Dance'. Click for full size imageCASTLE GALLERY EXHIBITION (Castle Gallery, Inverness, until 31 August)

GEORGINA COBURN checks out the summer mixed exhibition at the Castle Gallery.
26 July 2007


Off Centre, mixed media, by Gwen Black. Click for full size imageGWEN BLACK, CLARE BLOIS, CHRISTINE OKEEFE (Tore Gallery, Tore, until 31 August 2007)

GEORGINA COBURN reports on the latest mixed summer exhibition at Tore Gallery.
26 July 2007


Art of Being Highland exhibition at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. Click for full size imageTHE ART OF BEING HIGHLAND (Midmills Campus, Inverness College, until 28 July)

GEORGINA COBURN welcomes the work of a new grouping of Highland artists.
25 July 2007


Beth Nestor as Tracy Lord and Rory Murray as Mike Connor (photo -Douglas McBride). Click for full size imageTHE PHILADELPHIA STORY (Pitlochry Festival Theatre, in repertory until October)

MARK FISHER evaluates a new production of a much produced – and filmed – story.
25 July 2007


Julie Fowlis. Click for full size imageJULIE FOWLIS (The Bon Vivant Spiegeltent, Falcon Square, Inverness, 23 July 2007)

JENNIE MACFIE found Julie Fowlis coping with seagulls, pneumatic drills and on-stage nerves to deliver a fine show.
25 July 2007


Martyn James as Binks (photo - Douglas McBride). Click for full size imagePASSING PLACES (Pitlochry Festival Theatre, in repertory until October)

MARK FISHER finds Stephen Greenhorn’s bright, breezy comedy for our times is largely wearing well.
24 July 2007


Portrait of a musician by Andrew Sinclair. Click for full size imageSUMMER EXHIBITION (Lyth Arts Centre, Caithness, until 31 August)

BETTE MCARDLE discovers sound draughtsmanship alive and well in an imaginative show of Highland artists in Caithness.
24 July 2007


Macdara Vallely in Voice of the Sea. Click for full size imageTHE VOICE OF THE SEA (An Lanntair, Stornoway, 21 July 2007)

IAN STEPHEN overcomes Heb Celt fatigue syndrome to enjoy Macdara Vallely’s mythopoeiac evocation of the island clearances in Ireland.
24 July 2007


Adam Sutherland of Skye's Peatbogs Faeries. Click for full size image12th HEBRIDEAN CELTIC FESTIVAL 1 (Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 11-14 July 2007)

SUE WILSON greets old favourites and new discoveries at another successful Heb Celt extravaganza – and argues that the Celtic has to stay!
24 July 2007


Nuala Kennedy. Click for full size image12th HEBRIDEAN CELTIC FESTIVAL 2 (Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 11-14 July 2007)

IAN STEPHEN provides a local perspective on the festival.
24 July 2007


Threshold by Kim Bramley. Click for full size imageFOSGAILTE/EXPOSED ART IN THE OPEN (Armadale Castle & Gardens, Sleat, Isle of Skye, until 31 August 2007)

GEORGINA COBURN admires the range of response to the challenges of an ambitious site-specific show in Sleat.
19 July 2007


Welder, Arnish, 3 plate photopolymer etching, 45cms x 69cmc, 2007. Click for full size imageSUE JANE TAYLOR: BEATRICE FIELD – WORK IN PROGRESS (Dundee Contemporary Arts, until 14 August 2007)

GEORGINA COBURN catches up with Dornoch-based artist Sue Jane Taylor’s latest ongoing project.
17 July 2007


John Byrne RSA 'Self Portrait' (photo - RSA Edinburgh) Click for full size imageAS OTHERS SEE US – PORTRAITS FROM THE HIGHLANDS (Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, until 29 July 2007)

GILES SUTHERLAND discovers both fascinating and banal outcomes in an imaginative portraiture project.
10 July 2007


Tam Dean Burn and Luke Sutherland rehearsing 'Venus As A Boy'. Click for full size imageST MAGNUS FESTIVAL (Orkney, 22-27 June 2007)

CLARE FROY returns to Orkney and immerses herself in the varied fare on offer at the 30th festival.
03 July 2007


 

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