Sustaining Creativity in the North-East of Scotland June to September 2015
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Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
Liz Lochhead & Steve Kettley
Falling in Love with Frida
Liminal Dance: Red and the Wolf
What We Did on our Holiday
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Welcome
River of Fish
We’ve got your summer covered, with new family ceilidhs, holiday workshops for the kids and visits from a host of talented performers including Red Note String Quartet, Scotland’s amazing Makar Liz Lochead, plus live screenings from the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Royal Ballet.
We are also excited to be launching a brand new creative partnership with sound, NEAT and Buchanan Food, called Curious, where on the first Friday of the month we extend an invitation to share great performances, food, and conversation in the company of contemporary artists at the Barn.
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Our curatorial themes explore the Scottish landscape, water, and gardens, with the chance to see new dance, theatre, film and visual art that connect with these ideas. These include the premiere of a new suite of paintings by international artist John Newling, entitled The Map Room of the Last Islands, which feature his ongoing interest in the Moringa Oleifera tree (also known as the Famine tree), and our outreach partnerships with the River of Fish project and the Banchory River Festival.
Please note that our Box Office opening hours have changed, moving to 12noon-4pm Tues to Sat, to allow us to welcome weekend visitors. Outwith the staffed box office times, tickets can be purchased anytime online, 24/7.
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So come on everyone, let’s get booking! Lorraine Grant Director
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Wednesday 3 June 7.30pm Film: Beyond (15) (2014) We start our Scotland in Focus Season with Scottishset sci-fi Beyond. This will be followed with a Q&A from producer Elizabeth Brown, who has strong family ties with Banchory. Amidst the chaos of the ensuing global catastrophe one young couple searching for their infant daughter, their lost relationship and the hope of salvation embark on a perilous journey across a beautiful but treacherous landscape. Running time: 83 minutes
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Thursday 4 June 8pm Northern Soul: Poetry Reading Inspired by our What Seas, What Shores exhibition, come and enjoy the sounds of Shetland. Poets Jim Mainland and Christine De Luca will read their own work which is quirky, serious, light-hearted, thoughtprovoking, inspiring and touching. The readings will follow a poetry workshop, Transformation, which will take place at 6.30pm. For more details, visit our workshop section.
£6.00, £5.00 conc. Free Entry for those booked on the workshop
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Friday 5 June 7pm Curious: Matthew Whiteside – Strings, Wires, Threads and Guts The concert features Matthew’s new work for viola d’amore and live electronics, alongside the Prologue by Gerard Grisey and Ghosts by Ed Bennett. Performed by Emma Lloyd and Matthew Whiteside. Prologue by Gerard Grisey for viola and electronics Solo for Viola D’amore and Electronics by Matthew Whiteside Ghosts by Ed Bennett for amplified viola d’amore Ulation for viola and electronics Running time: 70 minutes plus interval
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£12, £8 students, £43 Season Ticket for 4 performances June to Sept. See p20 for more details on Curious.
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Saturday 6 June 8pm Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented young Californian cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one, but the duo’s dazzling teamwork, driving, dancing rhythms, and their shared passion for improvising on the melody and the groove of Scottish tunes has helped reconstruct and revive the Scottish tradition of playing dance music on violin and cello.
£14.50, £12.50 conc. £5.50 U16 in advance £15.50, £13.50 conc. £6.50 U16 on the door
Wednesday 10 June 7pm Film: Whistle My Lad (12A) (2014) In late summer 1911, Agnes West the daughter of a successful fisherman from the isolated village of Pennan in the North East of Scotland, falls in love with Fraser the son of a rival skipper. When Fraser’s father discovers his son has been seeing his rival’s daughter their tryst must cease. With defiance and unerring love, they decide to run away from their repressive village life. Aberdeenshire producers Richard Burke, Brodie Marno, Chris Robb along with BAFTA Nominated Frances Collier (Costumier) will be available for a Q&A Session after the screening. Running time: 105 minutes
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Saturday 13 June 7pm Barn Birls @ Banchory River Festival Banchory Scout Hut Hehir, Jones & MacCallum Part of the Banchory River Festival, this is a family Ceilidh event with highly accomplished local band Hehir, Jones and MacCallum. They will provide an evening of lively traditional music and entertainment to set your feet tapping and to get you onto the dance floor. All dances will be called so even if you are new to ceilidhs come along and give it a try. Supported by Woodend Barn as part of our Beyond the Barn outreach programme. £10.00 adult, £5.00 children & concession Family ticket £25.00 (2 adults 2 children)
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Wednesday 17 June 7.30pm Film: From Scotland with Love (U) (2014) Made entirely of Scottish film archive, From Scotland With Love is by award-winning Director Virginia Heath with a transcendent score by Scottish musician and composer King Creosote. A journey into our collective past, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role. Running time: 78 minutes
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Thursday 18 June 8pm Somethings Old, Somethings New with Liz Lochhead and Steve Kettley From the bittersweet to the rude and raunchy, Scotland’s Makar, Liz Lochhead, weaves a spellbinding and beguiling show, mixing poems, monologues and music. Accompanied by the soulful sax of Steve Kettley she presents an intoxicating mix of some of her best work over the past 45 years. ‘Brilliant, raucous and scabrously funny’ Sunday Times Ages: 14+ £14.50, £12.50 conc. in advance £15.50, £13.50 conc. on the door
Friday 19 June 6-8pm River of Fish: Exhibition Opening A celebratory exhibition showcasing and documenting the work of artists Mel Shand, Hilary Duncan and Helen Jackson, and the hundreds of local people who have been involved in their River of Fish project this year. The resulting installation comprises over 150 salmon, including a ‘whopper’ made from willow and adorned with ceramic scales, which is on display outside Buchanan Food for a period of the exhibition. Exhibition continues until Thursday 16 July Tuesday to Saturday 12pm-4pm Supported by Woodend Barn as part of our Beyond the Barn outreach programme. Free Entry
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Sunday 21 June 3pm Globe on Screen: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Recorded Screening) To mark the Summer Solstice, we’re screening A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Hermia loves Lysander and Helena loves Demetrius – but Demetrius is supposed to be marrying Hermia… When the Duke of Athens tries to enforce the marriage, the lovers take refuge in the woods and wander into the midst of a dispute between the king and queen of the fairies. The production’s stellar cast comprises Michelle Terry (Tribes, Before The Party) as Titania/Hippolyta, and Pearce Quigley as Bottom. Running time:182 minutes including interval
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Wednesday 24 June 7.30pm Film: The Illusionist (PG) (2010) Continuing our Scotland in Focus Season is The Illusionist. A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever. Jonathan Meville of The Scotsman wrote: ‘Edinburgh’s skyline has never looked so good, and if the city didn’t exist it would be hard to believe somewhere so beautiful was real.’ Running time: 76 minutes
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Thursday 25 June 8pm Red Note String Quartet Red Note String Quartet perform an exciting programme of 20th century masterworks interspersed with quartet transcriptions of Bach’s iconic ‘Goldberg Variations’. The Bach fragments frame the sumptuous delicacy of Webern’s 5 Movements, Lutoslawski’s seminal Quartet and the virtuosic passion of one of the greatest works ever written for quartet, Bartok’s amazing second quartet.
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£12.00, £10.00 conc. £5.50 U16
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Saturday 27 June 11am DinoDay – Frozen Charlotte: How to Grow a Dinosaur Inspired by the release of the latest Jurassic Park, we’re having a day of dinosaurs! Meet Professor Heather Fulton and Professor David Rankine. They are leading scientists in Transmogriphication – the exciting process of turning one thing into a completely different thing! Come and join them on this interactive workshop adventure session concocting 5ml of science, 10ml of live music, 50ml of imagination and 100ml of fun. Who knows what might grow out of it… Ages: 3-6 yrs Running time: 90 minutes £7.00 Limited spaces so book early to avoid disappointment
Saturday 27 June 2pm DinoDay – Film: The Land Before Time (U) (1988) What DinoDay would be complete without a screening of The Land Before Time? Produced by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, this is a timeless classic enjoyed by young and old. An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley – a land of lush vegetation where the dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each one a different species, and they encounter several obstacles as they learn to work together in order to survive. Running time: 67 minutes £6.00, £5.00 conc.
Wednesday 1 July 7.30pm Film: What We Did on our Holiday (12A) (2014) How better to finish our Scotland in Focus Season than with Billy Connolly? Doug (David Tennant) and Abi (Rosamund Pike) and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug’s father Gordie’s (Billy Connolly) birthday party. It’s soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability... Running time: 93 minutes
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Friday 3 July 7pm Curious: Ruth Mills – Self Determination Choreographer Ruth explores the arena of self agency through the eyes of a woman facing marriage on the day after Scotland’s independence referendum. A new musical score by Gerry Campbell deftly weaves musical motifs with spoken word. Age: 14+ Running time: 40 minutes Please note that this performance includes a small amount of flashing strobe effect. a partnership between:
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£12, £8 students, £43 Season Ticket for 4 performances June to Sept. See p20 for more details on Curious.
Saturday 4 July & Sunday 5 July Made to Measure 4 July: Woodend Barn Show 1.30pm | Workshop 2.45pm 5 July: Aboyne Theatre Show 1pm | Workshop 2.15pm Made to Measure is a family show exploring the concepts of size, shape and measurement using everyday household objects and various body parts, with hilarious and intriguing results! Finishes with a workshop session guaranteed to get everyone moving. Ages: 4-10 yrs Show: 60 minutes Workshop: 45 minutes £8.00 for kids £5.00 for accompanying adults
Wednesday 8 July 7.30pm Film: Kiss the Water (PG) (2013) Kiss The Water – a poetic portrait of the world’s most celebrated maker of salmon fishing flies, Megan Boyd – will start our Water Season. Everyone agrees Boyd’s were not only objects of incredible precision and beauty but the most successful flies ever made. Boyd received an OBE from Prince Charles for her services to Fly Fishing as well as international recognition from within her sport. Running time: 79 minutes
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Wednesday 15 July 2.30pm Children’s Film: The Little Mermaid (U) (1989) With favourite songs Under the Sea and Kiss the Girl, The Little Mermaid will have everyone singing along. Ariel, a mermaid princess, makes a Faustian bargain with an unscrupulous sea-witch in order to meet a human prince on land. Did you know that The Little Mermaid was the last Disney feature film to use the traditional hand-painted cel method of animation? Running time: 79 minutes
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Wednesday 15 July 7.30pm Film: Jaws (12A) (1975) We couldn’t let our Water Season pass without screening Spielberg classic, Jaws. The ultimate Summer Blockbuster, it became the highest-grossing film in history at the time, a distinction it held until the release of Star Wars. Whether you want to watch this on the big screen again or introduce it to the kids for the first time, then this summer screening is the perfect chance to make everyone jump. Did you see something move in the water? Queue music… Running time: 119 minutes
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Sunday 19 July 7.30pm Alice Neary (cello), Ryan Drucker (piano) A return visit by international superstar Alice Neary. Winner of the 1998 Pierre Fournier Award and of prizes in the 2001 Leonard Rose Competition and 1997 Adam International Cello Competition in New Zealand, Alice will present a wonderful evening of varied and fascinating music including works by Bach, Britten, Fanny Mendelssohn and Debussy. Part of the Aboyne Cello Festival.
£12.00, £10.00 conc. £5.50 U16 in advance
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Wednesday 22 July 7pm RSC: The Merchant of Venice (Live Screening) In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all, as long as they come prepared to do business and there is profit to be made. With the gold flowing all is well, but when a contract between Bassanio and Shylock is broken, simmering racial tensions boil over. Shylock looks to exact the ultimate price for a deal sealed in blood. Makram J Khoury, one of the most celebrated actors in Israel, makes his RSC debut to play Shylock in Polly Findlay’s production. Running time: 180 minutes including interval
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Friday 24 July 7.30pm Liminal Dance Company: Red and the Wolf Red and the Wolf is an immersive theatre performance working with a locally based community cast of young people aged 8-16 in partnership with AIYF, Woodend Barn and Citymoves. Inspired by Little Red Riding Hood, the work explores movement and dance and will take the audience on an ever-changing journey.
Photo: Richie Bisset
£16.50, £14.50 conc. £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc. £6.50 U16 on the door
The performance follows a week of workshops here at the Barn. For more details visit the workshop section. Ages 7+ Running time: 60 minutes £8.00, £5.00 conc. in advance £9.00, £6.00 conc. on the door
Saturday 25 July 7.30pm Barn Birls: Danse McCabre Ceilidh Band A great night out for all ages, come and enjoy our summer ceilidh. No prior experience necessary as the band will walk and talk you through the dances, and demonstrate some of them too! Danse McCabre has built an enviable reputation as ‘the’ all-girl ceilidh band in the North of Scotland and beyond, having performed recently in Norway, Poland, Slovenia and the Netherlands.
£10.00 adult, £5.00 children & concession Family ticket £25.00 (2 adults 2 children)
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Sunday 26 July 7.30pm An evening of Dance with Kresala Dance Company from the Basque Country (Spain) & Edge ‘n’ Pointe Dance Company (Hong Kong) Kresala Dance Company perform traditional Basque Region dances. Formed in 1968, the company adapt their traditional choreography to include contemporary influences. Edge ‘n’ Pointe Dance Company aim to provide talented young performers with the opportunity to express their creativity through dance. This trip marks their debut performance outside Asia. Running time: 90 minutes including interval £6.00
Monday 27 July 7.30pm Black & White by ACDA Theatre Group (Morocco) Moroccan theatre group ACDA (The Dramatic Association for Artistic Creation) began in 2007, and is made up of young people aged 18 to 24 who all express an interest in theatrical production and performance. They are presenting at AIYF their thought provoking production Black & White that explores conflict, friendship and resolution. The ensemble group have travelled extensively around both Europe and North Africa, and strive to combine their talents in theatre with singing, dancing, technical skills and even filmmaking. Running time: 60 minutes £6.00
Friday 31 July 7.30pm Scottish Chamber Orchestra World-renowned Dutch violinist Isabelle van Keulen directs the Scottish Chamber Orchestra string players from the violin in this programme, which includes Mendelssohn’s youthful Symphony No 9 ‘Swiss’. Mendelssohn wrote the work when he was just fourteen years old following a family sightseeing trip to Lucerne, inspired by his beloved alpine landscape. Van Keulen steps up as soloist for Taktakishvili’s Concerto No 2 for Violin and Strings, and closes the concert with Tchaikovsky’s lively Souvenir de Florence, which he wrote in the last sunny spell of his life.
£15.00, £13.00 conc. £5 U26 U16 free when accompanied with a full paying adult
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Wednesday 5 August 7.30pm Film: The Water Diviner TBC (15) (2015) Russell Crowe’s directorial debut continues our Water Season. In 1919, four years after the devastating Battle of Gallipoli, a father (Crowe) embarks on a journey from Australia to Turkey to discover the fate of his sons who have been reported missing in action. Running time: 111 minutes
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Friday 7 August 7pm Curious: Tom Pritchard – Mouths of the Masses Mouths of the Masses considers our relationship to trust, wisdom and ageing. In whose voice do we place our trust and who is willing and able to carry this responsibility? Who do we elevate prematurely and damage through our hopeful attention? This one man performance aims to create a conversation into where the wisdom is in our modern society.
Photo: Maria Falconer
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This work will be presented as a rehearsed reading, followed by a discussion around the work’s themes with writer and performer Tom Pritchard. Running time: 30 minutes
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£12, £8 students, £43 Season Ticket for 4 performances June to Sept. See p20 for more details on Curious.
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Wednesday 12 August 2.30pm Children’s Film: The Secret Garden (U) (1993) Adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic fairy tale, The Secret Garden. Mary Lennox (Kate Maberly) is an orphan sent to live with her uncle at his mansion that is full of secrets. She discovers a crippled cousin she never knew she had and a neglected garden she is determined to bring back to life. Delightful and charming, this film is being screened under our next curated season of films inspired by gardens and land. Running time: 99 minutes £6.00, £5.00 conc.
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Wednesday 12 August 7.30pm Film: A Hijacking (15) (2012) The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen. Writer of The Hunt and acclaimed Danish television series Borgen, Tobias Lindholm turns his hand to directing. The Independent noted ‘the genius of the film is that only half of it takes place at sea, while the rest plays out in the swanky head office of the shipping company, thousands of miles away in Denmark.’ Running time: 101 minutes
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Sunday 16 August 3pm Township Voices: Dloko High School Choir The Dloko High School Choir from Umlazi Township, South Africa return to Banchory after their popular performance last year. As the choir give themselves to the music with complete openness, their unshakeable commitment to creating music, their astonishingly powerful, soul-soaring melodies and their infectious energy will leave you thoughtful and elated. Money raised from the choir’s tour will be ploughed back into projects that will improve the choir’s school and their local community.
£10.00, £8.00 conc.
Wednesday 19 August 7.30pm Film: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (15) (2004) With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical shark that killed his partner, oceanographer Steve Zissou rallies a crew that includes his estranged wife, a journalist, and a man who may or may not be his son. Tonight’s film, screened under our Water Season, comes from the director of Fantastic Mr Fox and The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson. Running time: 114 minutes
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Saturday 22 August 7.30pm Artist’s Talk: John Newling Join Nottingham-based artist John Newling as he discusses The Map Room of the Last Islands – the title of his ongoing works that form a major installation of paintings and associated objects, some of which are being exhibited for the first time. Since 2009, Newling has been creating art works that are constructed through growing, observing and preserving Moringa Oleifera trees. Referred to as the Miracle Tree, gram for gram, Moringa leaves contain: seven times the vitamin C in oranges and four times the calcium in milk. Exploring issues of nature, science, ecology and value, this talk promises to offer a fascinating insight into the work of one of the country’s most interesting artists. Exhibition continues until Wednesday 23 September Tuesday to Saturday 12pm-4pm Free
Wednesday 26 August 7pm RSC: Othello (Live Screening) Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice. But he is also an outsider whose victories have created enemies. As they plot in the shadows, Othello realises too late that the greatest danger lies not in the hatred of others, but his own fragile and destructive pride. Hugh Quarshie and Lucian Msamati return to the RSC to play Othello and Iago in Iqbal Khan’s production. Joining them in the role of Desdemona is Joanna Vanderham, who makes her RSC debut. Running time: 210 minutes including interval
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Saturday 29 August 7.30pm Barn Birls: Clatterin Kist Clatterin Kist are a traditional ceilidh band consisting of fiddle and accordion. Performing as a duo for over 10 years, Davie Martin and Ruth Hardie both work in the music industry. With a mix of continental and transatlantic tunes, as well as Scottish and Irish music, Clatterin Kist will entertain first time ceilidh goers to experienced Scottish Country Dancers. This promises to be a great night for all the family.
£10.00 adult, £5.00 children & concession Family ticket £25.00 (2 adults 2 children)
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Wednesday 2 September 7.30pm Film: Food Inc (PG) (2008) How much do we know about the food we buy at our local supermarkets and serve to our families? Though our food appears the same – a tomato still looks like a tomato – it has been radically transformed. In Food, Inc., producer-director Robert Kenner and investigative authors Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan lift the veil on the food industry – an industry that has often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihoods of farmers, the safety of workers and our own environment. A thought provoking start to our Garden and Land Season. Running time: 94 minutes
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Friday 4 September 7pm Curious: Caroline Bowditch – Falling in Love with Frida Caroline Bowditch presents her intimate and enticing show exploring the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), exposing little-known facts about the infamous woman, remembered for her art. A reclaiming of a disabled artist, a love like obsession, an enquiry into how we shape what we are remembered for. Affinities and parallels are drawn and the tale of ‘the great concealer’ is skillfully revealed through powerful yet fragile bodies. Age: 16+ Running time: 55 minutes
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£12, £8 students, £43 Season Ticket for 4 performances June to Sept. See p20 for more details on Curious.
Saturday 5 September 8pm Gili-Romani Hot Jazz Cats Crathes Hall Trumpeter/singer Ricard Gili (La Locomotora Negra) and clarinetist Oriol Romaní (Barcelona Swing Serenaders) are two of the outstanding classical jazz musicians of today. They join with the greatly experienced pianist Alain Guiu and bassist Queralt Camps at Crathes Hall. Hot Jazz is that kind of warm swinging music that makes everybody move and dance. Their repertoire is based on jazz tunes made popular in the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s in New Orleans and Chicago. Supported by Woodend Barn as part of our Beyond the Barn outreach programme. £12.00, £10.00 conc. £5 U16 in advance £13.00, £11.00 conc. £6 U16 on the door
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Wednesday 9 September 7.30pm Film: Artist’s Choice: Bal (PG) (2010) Chosen by our artist in residence Tom Pritchard who notes “For me, Bal was one of those filmic experiences that shifted my viewing of the outside world. It created spaces between spaces, reminding us that what affects another may pass us by seemingly without comment. A beautiful piece very much related to a way of living with nature, this film has always stayed with me and I’m delighted to offer the experience to some others!” Bal follows the quiet life of a boy as his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest. Running time: 102 minutes
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Friday 11 September 7.30pm Tom Pritchard: “it” “it” asks us to consider what is “it” that remains unspoken in our society. Spoken from a young male perspective we will refocus on gender inequality and question whether there may be more to be understood in making this conversation accessible and encouraged within ‘male’ culture.
Photo: Brian Hartley
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This work is a co-production with Birds of Paradise Theatre Company and includes an innovative approach to working with BSL. Generously supported by Creative Scotland, Woodend Barn and The Work Room. Age: 14+ Running time: 45-60 minutes £12.00, £10.00 conc. £5.50 U16 in advance £13.00, £11.00 conc. £6.50 U16 on the door
Saturday 12 September 7.30pm Woodend Music Society: Julija Sadaunykaite Julija is an outstanding Lithuanian pianist, winner of international competitions and a Masters student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. During last season she won the Grand Prix at the Valletta international piano competition in Malta and the Ramsay Calder Debussy prize. Julija has given concerts in Lithuania, Austria, Poland, Italy, Sweden, Malta and the UK. Her programme will include Beethoven Sonata Op.110, Chopin Ballades No.2 Op.38 and No.4 Op.52, Rachmaninoff Sonata No.2 as well as short pieces by Ravel and Albeniz. £12.00, £10.00 seniors, £5 students, U18 and jobseekers
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Monday 14 September 2pm & Tuesday 15 September 11am & 2pm Scottish Opera: KidO After the sell-out success of the Spring tour, our new show for 3-4 year olds and their carers returns this Autumn. Encouraging play and make-believe, the show features a mix of live singing and opera, using vocal and body percussion to create exciting rhythms and words. Directed by acclaimed children’s theatre director Lu Kemp, with music by Katy Lavinia Cooper, KidO tells the story of two very different characters who find it difficult to share a space. Can they find a way to live together with a little help from their friends? Ages: 3-4 year olds plus accompanying adults Running time: 45 minutes £5.00 for kids, £7.00 for accompanying adults
Wednesday 16 September 7.30pm Film: The Draughtsman’s Contract (15) (1982) Mr. Neville (Anthony Higgins), a brash young draftsman, is hired to make 12 landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr. Herbert (Dave Hill) and his wife (Janet Suzman). Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Mrs. Herbert while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr. Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville’s drawings point to the identity of the killer. Running time: 103 minutes
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Thursday 17 September 7.30pm Stoirm Òg in co-production with Cumbernauld Theatre: ‘SpectreTown’ Acclaimed director Matthew Lenton and playwright Elspeth Turner invite you into a world of restless echoes, dark secrets, Doric, and bothy songs. Wrestling with tradition, power, and loneliness, this courageous new play explores the fraying edges of time and place. Running time: 95 minutes Ages: 14+
£12.00, £10.00 conc, £5.50 students in advance £13.00, £11.00 conc, £6.50 students on the door
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Tuesday 22 September 7.15pm The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (Live Screening) Kenneth MacMillan’s famous version of Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy set to Prokofiev’s magnificent score returns to open the 2015/16 Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season. This Romeo and Juliet is rich in the swaggering colour of Verona street life and in sword fights and celebrations, but MacMillan’s focus is always on the complex emotions of the young lovers – especially on Juliet as she experiences the delirious happiness of first love to a shocked, adult perception of her fate. Running time: Est. 3 hours including 2 intervals
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Wednesday 30 September 7.30pm Film: The Constant Gardener (15) (2005) Concluding our Garden and Land Season is The Constant Gardener. Assigned to a new post, British diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes) relocates to Kenya with his wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), an activist for social justice. When Tessa is found murdered out in the wilderness, circumstances point to her friend, Dr. Arnold Bluhm (Hubert Koundé), but it is soon clear that he’s not the killer. Justin sets out to uncover the truth behind Tessa’s murder – and in the process, he unearths some disturbing revelations. Running time: 123 minutes
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Pre-film Fast Forward supper deal @ Buchanan Food
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A curated season of contemporary music and performance. Matthew Whiteside: Strings, Wires, Threads and Guts
Join us on the first Friday of every month for Curious. Discover new works, chat with the artists and enjoy a hearty bowl of food served up by award-winning Buchanan Food. This first season includes cutting edge dance, music and physical theatre.
June 5 Matthew Whiteside: Strings, Wires, Threads and Guts July 3 Ruth Mills: Self Determination
Ruth Mills: Self Determination
August 7 Tom Pritchard: Mouths of the Masses September 4 Caroline Bowditch: Falling in Love with Frida Tickets: £12.00, £8.00 students includes a simple bowl of something hearty and delicious served in the Barn. Food is served from 7pm, followed by the performance and conversation.
Tom Pritchard: Mouths of the Masses
Season Ticket: £43.00 for 4 performances June to September For more information about the artists and their work please visit our website feature on the Curious programme.
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Woodend Barn Gallery in the Lang Byre GALLERY OPENING HOURS: Tue to Sat 12pm-4pm (Also open by appointment – Call 01330 826520 for details)
River of Fish Saturday 20 June to Thursday 16 July A celebratory exhibition showcasing and documenting the work of artists Mel Shand, Hilary Duncan and Helen Jackson, and the hundreds of local people who have been involved in their River of Fish project this year. Mel, Hilary and Helen have been working with the River Dee Trust to bring their educational programme into schools and groups across the community. They have held workshops to make life-sized ceramic salmon at different stages of their development, raising awareness of the challenges this important local species faces. The resulting installation comprises over 150 salmon, including a ‘whopper’ made from willow and adorned with ceramic scales, which is on display outside Buchanan Food for a period of the exhibition. Come along and see if you can spot your scale, parr or smolt or simply to enjoy a great arts project that is making a difference in our community. The artists will host an auction of specially commissioned salmon at Woodend Barn in October, which aims to raise money for the River Dee Trust and Banchory Sport Village. Tuesday to Saturday 12pm-4pm Opening Event: Friday 19 June 6pm-8pm
John Newling: The Map Room of the Last Islands Saturday 22 August to Wednesday 23 September This major exhibition of previously unseen work is a powerful, and visually beautiful, illustration of the ways in which artist John Newling explores the relationships between the natural world and systems of value within society. Since 2009, Newling has been creating art works that are constructed, primarily, through the growing, observing and preserving of Moringa Oleifera trees. Often referred to as the Miracle Tree or Famine Tree, gram for gram, the Moringa leaves contain: seven times the vitamin C in oranges, four times the calcium in milk, four times the vitamin A in carrots, two times the protein in milk and three times the potassium in bananas. It is for this and other extraordinary properties of this tree that it has been referred to as the world’s most generous tree. The paintings are maps of a kind, into and through which Newling explores his relationship to the trees and to wider ecology. They are a truly beautiful cartography of language, colour and shape; islands that Newling hopes may never be lost. Tuesday to Saturday 12pm-4pm Opening Event: Saturday 22 August 12.30pm-2pm Artist’s Talk: Saturday 22 August 7.30pm
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Woodend Barn Workshops be inspired, have fun, learn, explore, take risks and unleash your creative imagination. Workshop costs inclusive of booking fee unless otherwise stated. Class fees are per term or per block of classes unless otherwise stated. Please contact mail@woodendbarn.co.uk for further information.
WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Drawing from Nature
Barn Youth Theatre
Tuesday 14 to Wednesday 15 July 10am-12pm (Ages 5+) Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult
Barn Youth Theatre 1 Tuesdays 4.30pm-6pm (8-11yrs)
Lead by artist Sarah Jamieson, this workshop looks at drawing from nature, looking at the tone, shapes, negative spaces and patterns. Using found items from nature such as leaves and twigs you will look closer at the light and shadows created by them. This workshop is aimed at children/families or anyone wishing to take a moment to get drawing. £22.00 per family (1 adult, 2 children) £10.00 per adult, £8.00 per child
Solar Flower Garden Friday 14th August 10am-12 noon & 2pm-4pm (8-16 yrs) Help make a garden of solar flowers for Woodend Barn, under the expert guidance of artist and designer Monica Wisniewski. You’ll work together to create a miniinstallation and get to take a flower home too! Materials will be supplied. Cost £12.00 per session 22
Come along to the Barn Youth Theatre and let your imagination run wild! Working with drama artist Claire Nicholson the group will explore and learn exciting ways to create theatre and tell stories in a thousand different ways, some new and some old! So come down to the Barn on a Tuesday evening 4.30-6.00pm to kick start your creativity and ignite your imagination. For summer times and dates please visit our website www.woodenbarn.co.uk or call the Box Office on 01330 825431.
Keep checking our website www.woodendbarn.co.uk for new workshops and further information.
Blooming Tales and Travelling Tunes Monday 10 August 11.30am & 2pm (3-10 yrs plus accompanying adults) Storyteller and herbalist Amanda Edmiston and musician Louise Cairns take you on a fantastic interactive musical storytelling journey through the wild garden. You’ll be making simple instruments, learning a song or two and bringing them together as the plant inspired story trail winds it way to the amphitheatre. You’ll learn all about the gardens inhabitants and their uses before finishing with a flourish as you help us weave it all together into a story at the end! £5.00
Art On Your Sleeve – Fashion Upcycling with Jill Skulina Thursday 13 August 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm (Ages 8+) Calling all budding designers! Bring along an item of clothing and Jill will guide you through fun design options and techniques for applying embellishment to personalise old or new wardrobe favourites. Decorative materials will be supplied. Cost £10.00 per session
Cool Art for Kids Life Drawing with Kelly-Anne Cairns 14 September to 5 October Mondays 4pm-5.30pm (8-12 yrs) Explore a variety of ways to draw the human figure. Working from a posed model you will be encouraged to experiment with different mediums and learn ways to look at the model and create a range of figure drawings. £45.00 (inc materials)
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Woodend Barn Workshops be inspired, have fun, learn, explore, take risks and unleash your creative imagination.
Liminal Dance Company: Red and the Wolf Monday 20 to Friday 24 July 9.45am-5pm (8-16 yrs) Lead by Gemma Williams from Liminal Dance Company, participants will explore movement, dance, storytelling and perform with professional artists. During the week participants will work from 10am-5pm culminating with an open public performance on Friday. The project will create opportunities for participants to explore their creativity and imagination, using the skills learnt during the rehearsal process and to have fun as we work together. Participants will create their own unique performance as they help shape the piece. Weather permitting, workshop sessions will take place in the gardens around Woodend Barn as well as in the Barn theatre space. This project is open to anyone who wants to be involved, no experience necessary. Please bring your own packed lunch and snacks. £60 for the week, £100 for 2 children for the week
Barn Art for Teenagers Life Drawing with Kelly-Anne Cairns 14 September to 5 October Mondays 6pm-8pm (13-18yrs) Drawing from life is a wonderful way of developing your observational and drawing skills, so these classes are ideal for all those working on a portfolio, or wanting to improve their drawing. Working from a posed model you will be encouraged to experiment with different mediums and learn ways to look at the model and create a range of figure drawings. £45.00 (inc materials) 24
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WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS Oil Painting with Neal MacDonald Mondays 8 to 29 June 9.30am-1.30pm Neal returns to run a series of oil painting workshops for experienced artists. Please bring your own materials. These workshops are always popular so book early! £120.00, £100.00 conc.
Transformation Poetry Workshop Life Drawing with Kelly-Anne Cairns Mondays 14 September to 5 October 9.30am-1.30pm Kelly-Anne Cairns studied painting at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen. After graduating in 1999 with a BA (Hons) she was awarded the John Kinross Travel Scholarship to Florence. She was accepted for the BP Portrait Award exhibition in 1999 and has continued to paint with much success ever since. She exhibits regularly in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow selling her work worldwide. The author J.K.Rowling is among her many private buyers. Working from a nude life model you will get the opportunity to try out a variety of approaches and techniques to create a range of life drawings.
Thursday 4 June 6pm-7.30pm Seamus Heaney memorably said that in James Joyce’s Ulysses ‘the language opens like a pack of cards in the hands of a magician.’ In this workshop, led by Christine De Luca and Jim Mainland, writers will be encouraged to explore the transforming power of language in their own poems. Jim has recently retired as Head of English at Brae High School and is well known as an inspirational teacher. Christine is the current Edinburgh Makar. Those booked on the workshop will get free entry to the Poetry Reading at 8pm. £6.00, £5.00 conc.
All abilities welcome. £150.00, £130.00 conc.
Working with Colour Friday 12 June, Thursday 9 July & Thursday 17 September 10am-12pm Evelyn Farquharson will lead a morning full of colour, inspired by Monet, Matisse and Gaugin, for those with Alzheimers and their carers. Free 25
Woodend Barn Workshops be inspired, have fun, learn, explore, take risks and unleash your creative imagination.
Furniture Upcycling with Nina Eggens
Singing for Joy
Saturday 8 August 10am-4pm Spend a creative day with vintage furniture specialist Nina Eggens, painting and reupholstering a piece of your old furniture and upcycling it into something new. Decorating materials will be provided but please bring your own chair or stool to transform.
22 & 29 September, 6 October 3, 10 & 17 November Tuesdays 10am-11.30am
Lunch not provided
Have you always wanted to sing and not had the confidence? Led by Fiona and Mark Hope, come and discover your own voice by singing songs from all over the world with this friendly group of new and old singers. We don’t do concerts we just have fun. We learn all the music by ear and everyone is welcome!
£65.00
£20.00 per term or £5.00 per session
thirdstage
Are you over 55, interested in the arts and free on Wednesday mornings? Why not join us at Third Stage? We enjoy a mix of workshops and occasional talks led by professional artists in a friendly and informal setting. Current session continues until 17 June. Autumn Term begins 2 September. 10am-12pm. Coffee 9.45am. For more info contact Fiona Smith on 01330 824226 Third Stage also runs a choir on Mondays. Autumn Term: 28 September, 5 October, 9, 16, 23 & 30 November. Please contact Rita Maclean on 01330 822141 for choir details
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Friends’ Coffee Morning Friday 10 July 10am-11.30am Woodend Barn Gallery Bar The Friends of Woodend Barn invite you to come along for tea, coffee, cake and chat at the first of the Friends’ coffee mornings. A great chance to meet new friends and find out more about what goes on all year round at Woodend Barn. All welcome Free 27
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Quickguide JUNE
AUGUST
WED 3
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FILM: BEYOND
WED 5
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FILM: THE WATER DIVINER (TBC)
THU 4
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NORTHERN SOUL
FRI 7
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CURIOUS: TOM PRITCHARD
FRI 5
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CURIOUS: STRINGS, WIRES, THREADS AND GUTS
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FILM: THE SECRET GARDEN
SAT 6
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ALASDAIR FRASER AND NATALIE HAAS
WED 12 ■
FILM: A HIJACKING
WED 10 ■
FILM: WHISTLE MY LAD
SUN 16
SAT 13 ■
BARN BIRLS @ BANCHORY RIVER FESTIVAL
WED 17 ■
FILM: FROM SCOTLAND WITH LOVE
SAT 22
THU 18
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LIZ LOCHHEAD & STEVE KETTLEY
WED 26 ■
FRI 19
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EXHIBITION OPENING: RIVER OF FISH
SAT 29
SUN 21
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GOS: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
WED 24 ■
FILM: THE ILLUSIONIST
THU 25
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RED NOTE STRING QUARTET
SAT 27
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HOW TO GROW A DINOSAUR
SAT 27
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FILM: THE LAND BEFORE TIME
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DLOKO HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FILM: THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU EXHIBITION OPENING & ARTIST’S TALK: JOHN NEWLING RSC: OTHELLO BARN BIRLS WITH CLATTERIN’ KIST
SEPTEMBER
JULY
WED 2
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FILM: FOOD INC.
FRI 4
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CURIOUS: FALLING IN LOVE WITH FRIDA
SAT 5
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GILI-ROMANI HOT JAZZ CATS
WED 9
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FILM: BAL
FRI 11
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TOM PRITCHARD: “IT”
SAT 12
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WMS: JULIJA SADAUNYKAITE
WED 1
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FILM: WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY
FRI 3
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CURIOUS: SELF DETERMINATION
SAT 4
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MADE TO MEASURE
SUN 5
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MADE TO MEASURE
WED 8
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FILM: KISS THE WATER
THU 17
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SPECTRETOWN
FRI 10
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FRIENDS’ COFFEE MORNING
TUE 22
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THE ROYAL BALLET: ROMEO & JULIET
WED 15 ■
FILM: LITTLE MERMAID
WED 30 ■
WED 15 ■
FILM: JAWS
SUN 19
ALICE NEARY WITH RYAN DRUCKER ON PIANO
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AT
WED 22 ■
RSC: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
FRI 24
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LIMINAL: RED & THE WOLF
SAT 25
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BARN BIRLS WITH DANSE MCCABRE CEILIDH BAND
SUN 26 ■
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SCOTTISH OPERA: KIDO
WED 16 ■
FILM: THE DRAUGHTSMAN’S CONTRACT
FILM: THE CONSTANT GARDENER
WORKSHOPS 3 – 17 JUN ■ THIRD STAGE ART 4 JUN ■ TRANSFORMATION (POETRY)
AIYF: DANCE WITH KRESALA DANCE COMPANY FROM THE BASQUE COUNTRY (SPAIN) & EDGE ‘N’ POINTE DANCE COMPANY (HONG KONG)
MON 27 ■ AIYF: BLACK & WHITE BY ACDA THEATRE GROUP (MOROCCO) FRI 31
MON 14- ■ TUES 15
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SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
8 – 29 JUN ■ OIL PAINTING WITH NEAL MACDONALD 12 JUN ■ WORKING WITH COLOUR 9 JUL ■ WORKING WITH COLOUR 14 – 15 JUL ■ DRAWING FROM NATURE 20 – 24 JUL ■ RED AND THE WOLF 8 AUG ■ FURNITURE UPCYCLING WITH NINA EGGENS 10 AUG ■ BLOOMING TALES AND TRAVELLING TUNES
■ MUSIC
■ WORKSHOP
BSH BANCHORY SCOUT HUT
■ THEATRE
■ EXHIBITION
AT ABOYNE THEATRE
■ DANCE
■ SCREENING
CH CRATHES HALL
■ FILM
■ POETRY
■ COMEDY
■ OTHER
■ FAMILY
13 AUG ■ ART ON YOUR SLEEVE – GARMENT EMBELLISHMENT 14 AUG ■ SOLAR FLOWER GARDEN 2 SEP ■ THIRD STAGE ART 14 SEP – 5 OCT
■ COOL ART FOR KIDS
14 SEP – 5 OCT
■ BARN ART FOR TEENAGERS
14 SEP – 5 OCT ■ LIFE DRAWING WITH KELLY-ANNE CAIRNS 17 SEP ■ WORKING WITH COLOUR 22 SEP – 17 NOV ■ SINGING FOR JOY 28 SEP – 30 NOV ■ THIRD STAGE CHOIR
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Autumn Highlights We’ve lots of exciting events to keep you busy in the colder months. Make sure you sign up to our mailing list or become a Friend of the Barn to be the first to hear about all our performances, workshops, exhibitions and activities. We’re delighted to have the new season of live screenings from The Royal Ballet and Royal Opera House including Le nozze di Figaro and The Nutcracker. Running until 27 June 2016, keep an eye on our website for more information as it becomes available. We’ve teamed up with The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival who have selected a season of films to screen including Still Alice. Aiming to support the arts and challenge preconceived ideas about mental health, the annual festival takes place in venues across Scotland throughout October and explores the relationship between creativity and the mind. In October we’re pleased to be partnering with sound – an innovative festival of new music. From contemporary classical to electro-acoustic, improvised, experimental and jazz music, the festival brings together a wide range of musical styles in a variety of concerts, workshops, installations and talks across North East Scotland. sound encourages audiences to discover new sounds and expect the unexpected. The festival will run between 22 October – 9 November. November sees the return of Flock, our Contemporary Christmas Craft & Design Fair. With over 2,000 people through the door last year, make sure you come along to source the best of Scottish Craft and Design in time for those special festive gifts.