Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi / France/USA 2007 / 1h36m / English language version / 12A - Contains moderate violence, drugs and one use of strong language.

With the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Sean Penn, Iggy Pop, Gena Rowlands.
Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi has led a fascinating life, which she tells in an original fashion in Persepolis. This animated feature shows the young Marjane growing up in a communist family in Tehran, becoming politicised and rebelling at college in Austria. The predominantly black-and-white animation is used to amusing effect as Satrapi gently pokes fun at her youthful exuberance and innocence, making serious political points easy to swallow. An engaging and accessible story with a marvellously feisty heroine.

Jamie Safiruddin Quartet
A youthful, energetic blend of Jazz, Groove, Funk & Fusion. The four piece band consisting of Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Electric Bass & Drums, plays a mixture of original compositions, jazz standards, and unusually chosen covers played in a unique and refreshing manner.

Joel Sebunjo
Joel Sebunjo is a master multi-instrumentalist and vocalist born in Uganda and raised in Senegal. His music reflects the diversity of his musical journey that saw him come in contact with genres such as Mbalax, Malian Blues, Ndaga, salasa and Rhai .

Ceòl Mòr
Ceol Mor is the Aberdeen International Youth Festival's young traditional big band, made up of some of the most promising young traditional musicians from not only Scotland, Canada and the USA.

Ceol Mor will perform original and innovative arrangements of traditional Scottish songs and music as well as original work exploring the margins between traditional music, jazz and contemporary classical music, including a new piece for voices, as well as reviving ‘The Wife o Kelso’, a piece commissioned by Ceol Mor from Corrina Hewat, which was premiered at last year’s festival, and performed again at Celtic Connections earlier this year.

Qristina & Quinn
This young brother and sister duo from British Columbia deliver a spirited performance on fiddle & guitar. Both incredibly talented instrumentalists their repertoire includes a variety of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, Old-Time, swing, original tunes & more!

African Showtime Dancers
The African Showtime Dancers, from Ghana, bring their thrilling performance to the Festival. Keeping African dance culture alive and celebrating tribal customs with rhythm and drums, the dancers will captivate you with their spellbinding performance.

Jamie Smith, Brian Kelly and Colette O’Leary all come from very different backgrounds but share one wonderful thing in common – their passion for and understanding of traditional celtic music in all its shapes and forms.

Colette moved to London from Ireland in 2001, having toured for several years with the highly successful and vibrant group the Bumblebees. She was closely followed by Jamie, a Scottish fiddler who moved down from Glasgow in 2002 to start a media career that took him from the BBC to Channel 4 News. He’s now been a full-time musician for nearly two years. Brian has lived in London all his life but a childhood spent travelling back and forth from Sligo endowed both his playing and his voice with a distinct Irish twang.

All three musicians have come to know each other through the ever-vibrant and constantly shifting traditional music scene in north London. Ceilidhs, pub gigs, corporate events, and sessions – the music keeps flowing. But, from time to time, musicians must step off the gig treadmill and do something that will last the test of time and capture the mood and excitement that exists when they’re at their best. We hope we’ve captured that moment in this album. Enjoy!

Jamie Smith, Camden Town, 2008

Now recognized as one of Scotland's most creative and innovative musicians, Fraser Fifield first became known in the traditional music scene and by playing with groups like Old Blind Dogs, the Chris Stout Quintet and Salsa Celtica. He leads the Fraser Fifield Band and Trio and also plays with a variety of other musicians, as well as composing and producing music for film and television. His music is jazz-inflected but with a traditional feel. Here, he performs with Aberdeen's finest jazz guitar export, Graeme Stephen. "The overlap between the Scottish folk and jazz scenes has been a rich source of invention in recent years, but even in this context, multi-instrumentalist Fraser Fifield has emerged as one of today's outstanding talents" (Sunday Herald)

http://www.StrathpefferPavilion.org
http://www.fraserfifield.com/
http://www.myspace.com/graemestephensextet

Quantum Theatre presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Join with us to celebrate the refurbishment of The Lodge Gardens in North Berwick with Shakespeare 's most enduringly popular comedy of love, intrigue, magic and celebration.  Bring your picnic and blanket and enjoy open-air theatre in this beautiful and enchanting setting.
 
Set on that most dangerous of nights when fairies are abroad and nothing is as it seems four young, unsuspecting, lovers become entangled in their magical affray and soon no mortals are safe in those bewitched and bewitching woods outside Athens.
 
Come and be enchanted by this exciting, funny and intriguing new production designed to appeal to the whole family. 

The acts featuring in this fast moving fun packed show, are undoubtedly among the finest acts in British Country Music.

With well over 60 years of experience, performing to audiences the length and breadth of Britain & Europe.

For the last five years this show has enjoyed a great deal of success with a fantastic combination of Classic Country greats and solid gold Hits from the sixties.

Songs from an era that bring back wonderful memories, when life seemed a little simpler and much more fun for a huge number of us. Lets face it we were young!

This nostalgic trip down memory lane will spark a little something to remind you of the Good Old Days.