Shetland Arts - What's On

WHAT’S ON

A MEDLEY OF CHINESE OPERA

a guide to what’s on during February & beyond.

• BONHOGA • GARRISON • MAREEL • • FILM • MUSIC • ART • THEATRE • CAFÉ BAR • EDUCATION •

WELCOME Whether it is Film, Music, Art or Theatre this is your guide to Shetland Arts and its venues.

CONTENTS 03 > David Mach: Commando 04 > Fiery Sessions 04 > Stand Up Helly Aa 05 > Film 06 > Event Listings 07 > Beoga 07 > Our Screen 08 > Scottish Ensemble: QUINTETS 09 > Film: Comedy 10 > Event Listings 11 > Life Drawing 11 > Artist Talk: David Mach 12 > Shetland Fiddle Frenzy 12 > Blue Rose Code / Lewis & Leigh 13 > Film 14 > Event Listings 2

15 > Marc Wilson: The Last Stand 15 > Mark Thomas - Trespass 16 > Rich Hall - 3:10 To Humour 16 > James Yorkston / Withered Hand / The Pictish Trail 17 > Film: Family Friendly 18 > Café Bar Events 19 > A Medley Of Chinese Opera 19 > Lucy Spraggan 20 > Gargantua 20 > Film - Jonas Kufmann 21 > Film Wednesdays 22 > Shetland Arts Case Study 22 > Cash For Art: VACA 23 > Cinema Ticket Prices 24 > What’s On at a Glance

> Art

DAVID MACH

RA

Internationally renowned artist & Turner Prize nominee

Commando 16 January - 28 February Talk by the Artist: Thursday 4 February Mareel Auditorium £7 / £5

Lower Gallery: Aald boats & Boannie lanes Avril Thomson Smith

Feature Space - Mareel Aald boats & Boannie lanes Avril Thomson Smith

Opening Hours: Low Season Wed - Fri: 11am - 3pm Sat & Sun: 11am - 4pm

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FIERY SESSIONS

certs at Mareel.

con Shetland Arts’ annual Up Helly Aa day

TUESDAY 26 JANUARY £12 12pm & 3pm  £14/ Shetland Showcasing some of best of traditional music, including:

STAND UP

HELLY AA

MAGGIE ADAMSON & BRIAN NICHOLSON Shetland Arts’ annual stand-up com edy show on IR VA Up Helly Aa night.

HIGH LEVEL TUESDAY 26 JANUARY MUSIC STUDENTS 9pm  £16 Warm up after the procession with a bill

of great comedy, including:

MARJOLEIN ROBERTSON & THE IMPOSTERS (Shetland’s new Improv Gro up)

SANDY NELSON BRUCE FUMMEY (Warning: show may contain adult cont

ent)

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> Films

Dad’s Army (PG)

Room (15)

The classic TV sitcom gets the big screen treatment, in an all-star remake starring Toby Jones, Bill Nighy, Michael Gambon & Tom Courtney. It is 1944 and World War II is reaching its climax. The Allies are poised to invade France and finally defeat the German army. But in Walmingtonon-Sea morale amongst the Home Guard is low. Their new mission then - to patrol the Dover army base - is a great chance to revive spirits and reputation, that is until glamorous journalist Rose Winters arrives to write about their exploits, setting the pulses racing and putting the local women on red alert. But when M15 discover a radio signal sent direct to Berlin from Walmington-on-Sea it becomes clear there’s a spy on the loose. Now the outcome of the war is at stake, and it falls to our unlikely heroes to stand up and be counted.

Bed, Lamp, Skylight, Rug... These are the things that five-year-old Jack’s physical world is comprised of. He may have been trapped in an 11-square-foot room since his birth, but he doesn’t see it that way, as the world outside the room doesn’t exist for him. Ma, for whom their captivity is a very real concept, is absolutely determined to raise him properly, employing all the care and imagination she can muster to keep Jack educated, healthy and happy. But when a window of escape suddenly presents itself, Jack is thrust into an entirely new understanding of the world.

True Romance (18)

Do I Sound Gay (15)

When nerdy comic store clerk Clarence (Christian Slater) meets the lovely Alabama (Patricia Arquette) in a cinema, it’s love at first sight. He doesn’t even mind when he learns that she’s a hooker hired by his boss as a birthday present.

But things start to get complicated very quickly. Clarence becomes involved in a bloody shootout with Alabama’s pimp, Drexl (Gary Oldman), and the couple find themselves on the run with a suitcase full of cocaine. They plan to sell this in LA and start a new life, but reckon without the pursuing mob and cops. Directed by the late Tony Scott and written

by Quentin Tarantino after his breakout success with Reservoir Dogs, the dazzling True Romance is filled with great characters and whip-smart dialogue.

After a break-up with his boyfriend, journalist David Thorpe embarks on a hilarious and touching journey of self-discovery, confronting his anxiety about “sounding gay.” Enlisting acting coaches, linguists, friends, family, total strangers, and celebrities, he quickly learns that many people - both gay and straight - often wish for a different voice.

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> Events

David Mach: Commando

Rich Hall - 3:10 To Humour

16 JANUARY - 28 FEBRUARY

TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY, 8pm Mareel  £16 SOLD OUT Presented by Beyond

Bonhoga  FREE

Work by Internationally renowned artist & Turner Prize nominee David Mach RA.

Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and the king of rapid-fire wit.

Fiery Sessions

James Yorkston / Withered Hand / The Pictish Trail

TUESDAY 26 JANUARY, 12pm & 3pm Mareel  £14 / £12

WEDNESDAY 3 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm Mareel  £18

Come along to Mareel on Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa day for Fiery Sessions, two concerts showcasing some of best of Shetland traditional music.

Three of Scotlands best songwriting talent on-stage together, sharing and joining in on each other’s songs, having a laugh and a blether.

Stand Up Helly Aa

Artist Talk: David Mach

TUESDAY 26 JANUARY, 9pm

THURSDAY 4 FEBRUARY, 7pm

Come along to Mareel on Lerwick’s Up Helly Aa day for Shetland Arts’ annual stand-up comedy show on Up Helly Aa night.

(Warning: show may contain adult content)

Internationally renowned Scottish sculptor and installation artist David Mach will give an illustrated talk about his work.

Mareel  £16

Mareel  £7 / £5

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> Music

SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm Mareel  £18

Valhalla is a new suite of work composed

by Beoga, along with Chris Stout and Catriona McKay. The artists will undertake a five-day residency commissioned by The MAC to jointly create new music. The compositions will marry the links between the music of Shetland and the music of Ireland.

The residency will result in a series of performances to showcase the collaboration in The MAC and other venues across Ireland and Shetland.

Beoga are a leading force on the music scene in Northern Ireland, and are one of the most prolific bands on the touring circuit.

McKay and Stout have performed regularly with Sean Og Graham of Beoga with the group Fiddlers Bid. This led to the idea of a cross national show incorporating new material and trademark compositions.

As well as a 20 minute program of new compositions, the collaboration seeks to explore and develop the music from Seavaigers (featuring the music of Sally Beamish and Chris Stout & Catriona McKay, July 2014) and Beoga’s albums The Incident (Grammy shortlisted album in 2009) and How To Tune A Fish (2012).

PRESENT VALHALLA

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> Music

music for strings by

Mozart & Brahms

Mozart

String Quintet No.4 in G minor, K516

Brahms

String Quintet No.2 in G major, Op.111

Martin Suckling Nocturne

In the key of G, five Scottish Ensemble musicians take you from minor to major with two beautifully crafted quintets by two masters of the form.

COMING UP...

Written in G minor, a key long associated in Mozart’s work with agitation, anguish and desperation, it’s easy to see why this, and Mozart’s five other quintets, are considered so spectacular, and said to pave the way for the romantic model - the model which was perfected and, arguably, transcended by Brahms in his second quintet. In fact, it was intended as his last ever work- in his own words, he had said all he had to say as a composer.

THU 21 APR | VIOLIN & CELLO DUOS Cellist Alison Lawrance and violinist Cheryl Crockett perform this arrangement of Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for violin & viola. Music by Beethoven, Bach, Bartók and more.

JUN 2016 | SE SHETLAND RESIDENCY

Glasgow-born composer Martin Suckling’s Nocturne provides something different altogether: its feather-light, ethereal, lingering slides and tones will stay with you long after the performance ends.

Scottish Ensemble set up on the island for four days of events, from workshops to concerts to pop-up performances.

Supported by Inksters Solicitors. In partnership with Shetland Arts.

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> Film - Comedy

Dirty Grandpa (15)

Zoolander 2 (12A)

Uptight lawyer Jason Kelly (Zac Efron) is one week away from marrying his boss’s controlling daughter, putting him on the fast track for a partnership at his firm. Tricked by his grandfather Dick (Robert De Niro), Jason finds himself driving the foulmouthed old man to Daytona Beach, Fla., for a wild spring break that includes frat parties, bar fights and an epic night of karaoke. While Jason worries about the upcoming wedding, Dick tries to show his grandson how to live life to the fullest.

Dim male model Derek Zoolander is back in Ben Stiller’s side-splitting sequel to his comedy classic. Fifteen years have passed since pouty Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) bestrode the world like a colossus as the world’s greatest male fashion model. Today, Derek and his catwalk rival-turned-friend Hansel (Owen Wilson) find themselves cruelly dismissed as old and irrelevant.

But then someone starts murdering the world’s most beautiful people, who are all found sporting Derek’s iconic Blue Steel look. Baffled Interpol Fashion Division agent Valentina (Penelope Cruz) recruits our heroes to go undercover in the world of high fashion, which is now dominated by plastic surgery enthusiast Alexanya Atoz (Kristen Wiig). Delighted to find themselves back in the game, Derek and Hansel soon find that all roads lead to their old foe, Mugatu (Will Ferrell).

How to Be Single (15)

Daddy’s Home (12A)

Breaking up is never easy – just ask Alice. Having just arrived in New York, she embarks on a failed pick up mission in some of the city’s hottest joints. Feeling like a fish out of water, she is quickly comforted by her bold and brash friend Robin, who sets about showing her how to play the lonely hearts scene like a seasoned professional.Before long, the pair have got male attention coming in from all angles, and Alice realises that being single does indeed have its many pluses. How to be Single stars Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids , Pitch Perfect) and Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey).

Brad Taggart (Will Ferrell) is a kindhearted radio executive who wants to be the best possible stepfather to his wife’s (Linda Cardellini) two children. When her freewheeling ex-husband Dusty (Mark Wahlberg) breezes back into town, Brad’s feeling of insecurity quickly develops into an inferiority complex. As Dusty demonstrates his flair for athletics, home repair and bad-boy charisma, Taggart finds himself in a no-holds-barred battle to one-up his rival and win the approval of his family.

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> Events

Lucy Spraggan

Chinese Opera

THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm

MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm

Mareel  £12 Presented by Beyond

Mareel  £FREE

To celebrate Chinese New Year a group from the Opera House will be touring Scotland. The show is a unique blend of music, song, dance and percussion.

Toe-tapping interpretations of classic sounds and the harmony-heavy ballads that Lucy pulls from modern rhythm and blues, turning the rattle of rap into sing-along folk-style numbers that are hard to forget.

Variety Concert

Neon

THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm

THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY, 8pm

A variety of local talent to entertain you, lots of music, laughter ad happy tears are in store for you all.

A Band from the North of Scotland who are no strangers to Shetland. Join Neon for a weekend of Nostalgia with music from 60s, 70s and some great Country Music.

Beoga with Chris Stout & Catriona McKay

Scottish Ensemble: Quintets

The Garrison Theatre  £10 / £8 Presented by Shetland Country Music Club

The Garrison Theatre  £12 / £10 Presented by Shetland Country Music Club

FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm Mareel  £15 / £13

SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY, 8pm Mareel  £18

Scottish Ensemble, A treat of two halves – five SE musicians perform Mozart’s Quintet in G minor and Brahms’ harmony-rich Quintet in G Major.

Valhalla is a new suite of work composed by Beoga, along with Chris Stout and Catriona McKay.

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> Art

U NTUTO RED CL A SSES MAREEL, WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, 7 - 9pm  £10 An untutored life drawing workshop with a nude model.

These classes are suitable for over 16s of all abilities.

Please bring your own materials, including paper, charcoal, 2B or above pencil and putty rubber.

> Artist Talk:

DAVID MACH THURSDAY 4 FEBRUARY Mareel  £7 / £5

Internationally renowned Scottish sculptor and installation artist David Mach will give an illustrated talk about his work.

Mach is well known for his large-scale public artworks, particularly Big Heids, on the side of the M8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh, paying tribute to the area’s industrial heritage. He also works extensively with collage and recently started using graphics from D.C. Thomson’s comic series Commando War Stories in Pictures to create new stories.

David Mach studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, graduating in 1979, then at the Royal College of Art, London from 1979–82. Following many shows, public works and installations, he was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1988, was elected a member of the Royal Academy in 1998 and in 2000 was appointed Professor of Sculpture.

Commando, David Mach’s exhibition of collage is at Bonhoga Gallery from 16 January – 28 February 2016.

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31 JULY - 7 AUGUST 2016 Shetland Arts’ Annual week-long celebration of the Shetland Fiddle Tradition, curated by Eunice Henderson & Clair White

Full Frenzy - £425 (£325 Concession) Half Frenzy - £350 (£275 Concession) For further info visit:

www.shetlandarts.org/fiddlefrenzy

Ragged Wood Promotions Presents

BLUE ROSE CODE / LEWIS & LEIGH THU 14 APRIL, 7.30pm Mareel  £12 Immensely talented Scottish singer-songwriter Ross Wilson - aka Blue Rose Code - played some spellbinding (mostly solo) concerts in Shetland in the early part of 2015, and is coming back with a full five-piece band to play songs from his wonderful new album And Lo! The Bird Is On The Wing, songs for which he worked on in Culswick earlier this year. Lewis and Leigh - who also went down great at their gigs with Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra in September - are due to release their debut album in the first half of 2016.

The harmonic duo - half American/half Welsh - have been making waves in Americana circles since getting together to write and perform 18 months ago.

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> Film

Bridge of Spies (12A)

The Revenant (15)

Gripping real-life drama set during the Cold War, directed

by Stephen Spielberg. The Soviet Union has captured U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers’ only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan (Tom Hanks), recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release.

Oscar-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu brings us The Revenant, an epic true story of one man’s search for vengeance after being left for dead in a frozen waste.

In 1832, Hugh Glass is mauled and nearly killed by a bear.

John Fitzgerald. one of his companions, murders his son and buries Hugh alive in a shallow grave. But to John’s horror, Hugh digs himself out and comes looking for his enemy, as if he were back from the dead. Based on a haunting true story and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant is an intense, thrilling Western guaranteed to have you on the edge of your seat.

This film contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Triple 9 (15)

Secret in Their Eyes (TBC)

Starring Kate Winslet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Afleck, Aaron Paul and Woody Harrelson. A crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for “officer down”. Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, triggering a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge.

A tight-knit team of rising FBI investigators – Ray (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Jess (Julia Roberts), along with their District Attorney supervisor Claire (Nicole Kidman) - is suddenly torn apart when they discover that Jess’s teenage daughter has been brutally and inexplicably murdered. Now, thirteen years later, after obsessively searching every day for the elusive killer, Ray finally uncovers a new lead that he’s certain can permanently resolve the case, nail the vicious murderer, and bring long-desired closure to his team. No one is prepared, however, for the shocking, unspeakable secret that will reveal the enduring, destructive effects of personal vengeance on the human soul.

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> Events

Gargantua by Carl Grosse

Blue Rose Code / Lewis & Leigh

FRIDAY 11 & SATURDAY 12 MARCH, 7.30pm

THU 14 APRIL, 7.30pm

The world can only watch in horror as hugh embarks on learning how to walk and rampant destruction Who will stop him? Who will decide his fate?

Who will change his nappy?

The harmonic duo - half American/half Welsh - have been making waves in Americana circles since getting together to write and perform 18 months ago.

Mareel  £8 / £6 Presented by Shetland Youth Theatre

Mareel  £12 Presented by Ragged Wood Promotions

Marc Wilson: The Last Stand Scottish Ensemble: 5 MARCH - 17 APRIL Cello & Violin Duos Bonhoga  FREE

THURSDAY 21 APRIL, 7.30pm

Mareel  £15 / £13

These beautiful large-format photographs, often ghostly and melancholic, capture crumbling archaeological relics, resting like classical ruins in the landscape to remind us of the weight of war.

Cellist Alison Lawrance and violinist Cheryl Crockett perform Halvorsen’s Passacaglia.

Shetland 2 - 9Fiddle AUGUSTFrenzy 2015 2016

Mark Thomas - Trespass FRIDAY 25 MARCH, 8pm

SUN 31 JUL - SAT 6 AUG

Mareel  £16

Mareel and Other Venues

Trespass carries on from where Mark’s previous show 100 Acts of Minor Dissent left off. It is his usual odd mix of theatre, stand up, activism, a dash of journalism and dollop of mayhem. No one knows where this show is going to end up.

Shetland Arts’ Annual week-long celebration of the Shetland Fiddle Tradition, curated by Eunice Henderson & Clair White

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MARC WILSON

The Last Stand

5 March - 17 April

Over four years photographer Marc Wilson documented the physical remnants of war in the 20th century in the UK and Northern Europe. By photographing manmade military defence structures imbued with recent history he has created a permanent photographic record of the past.

He travelled over 23,000 miles to 143 locations along the coastlines of Northern & Western France, Denmark, Belgium, Norway and the UK, including Orkney and Shetland.

These beautiful large-format photographs, often ghostly and melancholic, capture crumbling archaeological relics, resting like classical ruins in the landscape to remind us of the weight of war.

MARK THOMAS -

TRESPASS FRIDAY 25 MARCH, 8pm Mareel  £16

Trespass carries on from where Mark’s previous show 100 Acts of Minor Dissent left off. It is his usual odd mix of theatre, stand up, activism, a dash of journalism and dollop of mayhem. Mark asks the question: If the ramblers of the 1930’s were here now what would they do to open up the cities? How do we turn the skyscrapers and corporate squares into our playgrounds? He sets out to try and carve a small space in the urban world where mischief and random chance can lurk. No one knows where this show is going to end up.

Over 16’s only - proof of age must be show if requested

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> Comedy

BEYOND PRESENTS:

RICH HALL 3:10 TO HUMOUR

TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2016, 8pm Mareel  £16 “Now is the time to grab this chance to see the great man at work” - The Guardian “As close as it gets to a guaranteed good show” – Scotland On Sunday “Rich Hall is a comedy phenomenon” - The Sun “Captivating and brilliant… ability to make the room guffaw was worthy of standing applause” Sunday Mirror Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and the king of rapid-fire wit. The award-winning Montana native renowned for his expertly crafted tirades and quick fire banter with audiences and delightful musical sequences saddles up and hitches his wagon to tour the British Isles once again.

| Mareel | Wednesday 3 February | | 7.30pm | tickets £18 | Three of Scotland’s leading singer/songwriters on tour together, on stage together…

For these special performances, all three will be on-stage throughout, sharing and joining in on each other’s songs, having a laugh and a blether.

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> Family Friendly

Capture the Flag (PG)

The Iron Giant: Signature Edition (U)

A surfer kid flies to the moon to defeat a villain and reunite his family in this action-packed animation. Mike Goldwing is a 12-year-old surf-loving kid from Florida who comes from a family of astronauts. Unfortunately, his father Scott and grandfather Frank are no longer on speaking terms. It all dates back to the last Apollo moon mission.

Frank was supposed to be on board, but had to pull out when baby Scott got chickenpox. Now there’s a chance for reconciliation. Evil Texan billionaire Richard Carson has hatched a dastardly plan to fly to the moon, destroy all trace of the landings and pretend they never happened. To thwart him, the US government revives its space programme.

Plucky Mike sneaks aboard, and finds himself blasted off to the moon with grandpa!

In 1950s America, a giant robot arrives on Earth and befriends a young boy who tries to keep its presence secret from his mother and the government. Based on The Iron Man by Ted Hughes, and directed by Brad Bird (Ratatouille,The Incredibles), this modern classic is ripe for rediscovery, and this remastered version includes a couple of brand new scenes.

Goosebumps (PG) Monsters escape from the Goosebumps books in this mayhem-filled family horror-comedy with Jack Black. When his widowed mum Gale gets a new job in the small town of Madison, Delaware, teenager Zach is not exactly overjoyed at having to relocate from New York. But he perks up when he meets his attractive new neighbour, Hannah.

Unfortunately, her father turns out to be wildly overprotective writer R.L. Stine (Black), who lives in seclusion for fear that his spooky Goosebumps characters could be released from the manuscripts in which they’re trapped.

When Zach unlocks one of the books while fooling around, all hell breaks loose. Soon hordes of monsters are on the loose, including an abominable snowman, a werewolf, and a band of evil garden gnomes!

Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (U)

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The latest outing from everyone’s favourite squeaky singing rodents. Alvin, Simon and Theodore are still causing chaos for their long-suffering human companion, Dave. But now he’s got a new girlfriend: a lovely doctor named Samantha. Alas, her teenage son Miles takes an instant dislike to our furry heroes. Fearing that Dave will propose to Samantha during a trip to Miami, which would make them all brothers, Miles and the chipmunks team up for a crazy cross-country road trip to prevent this happening. Following a hilarious incident aboard a plane, they find themselves hotly pursued by a furious Air Marshal.

> Café Bar Events

Mareel Film Quiz

Student Music Night

Mareel’s Monthly Film Quiz is for both film buffs and novices alike! Movie themed prizes are awarded to the teams with the highest and lowest scores, but really it’s all about the glory... Max team size: 6 people.  £8 (team)

Shetland College students studying music at Mareel showcase their live performance skills at an informal event. There will be a wide range of styles on offer reflecting the diverse influences of the multi-talented students.  FREE

March (TBC), from 7pm

Wednesday 23 March, from 7pm

play it. say it. dance it. show it.

The Open Mic Café The Best of 2015 Mixology @ Mareel

Cocktails every Friday, from 7pm DJs on Fridays 5 & 19 February, from 9pm

Sunday 7 February, from 7pm

Fun and informal open mic session in the café bar. Sing a song, play an instrument, recite a poem, tell a joke or even do a dance! No instrument? Don’t worry! You can play on our house guitar. Keep an eye on the Open Mic Café website and Facebook page for details of ‘One Time Only’ collaborative songs.  FREE

Every Friday night in Mareel Café Bar our staff mix up a selection of delicious cocktails and mocktails for you to sample. Come on down and enjoy while listening to some great chilled-out mixes from our house DJs John Collins & DJ Lyall.  FREE

Shetland Singers & Songwriters Night

Knitting Group

Thursdays 28 Jan & 25 Feb, from 2pm

Sunday 21 February, from 7pm

Formed in 2011, Shetland Singers & Songwriters group hold monthly nights in the Auditorium, featuring some of the best of Shetland’s Singing & Songwriting talent. As well as sets from established acts, there is also an Open Mic spot.

To find out more visit the Shetland Singers & Songwriters page on Facebook.  FREE

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Alzheimer Scotland, in collaboration with Shetland Arts, have a monthly Knitting Group, usually on the last Thursday of the month. The group is aimed at all ages and includes people with dementia. This is an activitybased group and aims to assist individuals to regain lost knitting skills and acquire new ones. It is a drop-in activity and individuals can bring their own knitting or use wool provided.  FREE

> Music The Chongqing Sichuan Opera House (CSOH) is one of 100 nationally recognised opera houses in China. In excess of 40 masters and Chinese celebrities have performed for them over the years. To celebrate Chinese New Year a group from the Opera House will be touring Scotland. The show is a unique blend of music, song, dance and percussion. Comprised of 4 performances, the show tells a variety of famous stories and has a strong cast led by national award-winning actress Shen Tiemei and featuring some famous veterans of Chinese opera. The performance will be accompanied by English subtitles on screens for the benefit of the audience.

Chongqing Sichuan Opera House presents

A Medley of Chinese Opera MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 7.30pm Mareel  FREE

> Music

Lucy Spraggan appeared on the X Factor in 2012, since then her audition video has been viewed 35 million times on YouTube. She was also the most Googled musician of 2012, after she came off the show and immediately signed to Columbia Records. Her debut album Join the Club was a top-ten success and Lucy has enjoyed sell-out tours since then.

Her latest record We Are was released on her own label, CTRL Records, after Spraggan opted to take the independent route the second time around. The album just missed out on a top twenty position but has been highly acclaimed as one of the best singer-songwriter albums of 2015.

THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY 7.30pm

Mareel  £12 OVER 14’S ONLY

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> Theatre

After a two and a half year pregnancy, Mini Mungus gives birth to Hugh, a massive baby – one with an accelerated growth rate and an insatiable appetite for anything that moves. When sinister military scientists become intent on cloning an army of giant babies from Hugh, he breaks his chains and escapes.

The world can only watch in horror as embarks on learning how to walk and rampant destruction. Who will stop him? Who will decide his fate? Who will change his nappy?

As part of NT Connections, Shetland Youth Theatre will perform ‘Gargantua’ in March. Rehearsals start in January. New participants(aged 12 – 21) are welcome to join the mayhem.

This piece will be performed in the Mareel Auditorium on 11th nad 12th March and then at Eden Court in Inverness at the beginning of April. This producation will incorporate work from Maddrim Media and music from UHI students.

> Film: Opera

SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY, 1:30pm Mareel, Screen 1  £12 / £10

On the 14th June German tenor Jonas Kaufmann walked onto the stage of La Scala Milan, the home of Italian opera, for one of the most highly anticipated performances of 2015. The concert made national news in Italy and following five encores and 40mins of applause audiences were still left wanting more.

This legendary performance is now the focus of a new concert film directed by Brian Large and produced by Arts Alliance. Cinema audiences worldwide will experience this unforgettable event, and be treated to a revealing introduction to Puccini – the man, the musician, the superstar – narrated

by Jonas and featuring rare archive footage.

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> Film Wednesdays

Hector (15)

Seven Songs for a Long Life (12A)

Peter Mullan delivers a perfectly pitched performance as affable homeless pensioner Hector McAdam, in this captivating study of a man with a tragic past. For years Hector has wandered between motorway service stations, sleeping under bridges, and living on handouts; however, when his past life starts to catch up with him, the reasons for his self-imposed exile become clear.

Documentary by Amy Hardie. Six hospice patients allow us into tender, vulnerable and funny moments of their lives. Singing unlocks the patients’ pasts, guides their dreams and their futures. Encouraged by one nurse who loves to sing, and a collaborative filming process, they wrestle with the new insecurity facing us all: recent advances in biomedicine mean we can now live for years rather than months after a terminal diagnosis.

Sometimes. But not every time. How do we cope with this uncertainty? As they go through the little and big dramas of trying to make a will, medicating pain, finding a guardian for a child and moving house, we see the growing relationship between staff and patient, patient and patient. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community to help face your own mortality, making the process of dying itself safe, individual, and as gentle as possible.

When Harry Met Sally (15) Can Men and Women be friends, or does sex always get in the way? Celebrate Valentine’s Day with this classic romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal.

The film follows would-be lovers Harry (Crystal) and Sally (Ryan) over a decade, but the path to true love never did run smoothly, and they move from suspicion to friendship – and that diner scene – until, inevitably, the ‘sex part’ gets in the way. But will romance win out in the end?

The Assassin (12A) Back with his first film in eight years, legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien wowed this year’s Cannes Film Festival (where he won Best Director) with his awe-inspiring THE ASSASSIN - a wondrous take on the traditional wuxia film. Set in 9th-century China, Nie Yinniang is a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth as an exceptional assassin, with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be.

She must confront her parents, her memories, and her long-repressed feelings in a choice to sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. Rich with shimmering, breathing texture and punctuated by brief but unforgettable bursts of action, THE ASSASSIN is a martial arts film like none made before it.

Tangerine (15) It’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn’t been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

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> Shetland Arts Case Study

The Visual Arts & Crafts Award, delivered by Shetland Arts in partnership by Creative Scotland and SIC Economic Development is open for applications until 5pm on Monday 8th February.

Visual Arts & Crafts Awards

This award supports the development of visual artists and craft practitioners in their creative and professional development and seeks to encourage the exploration of new work and new practices in Visual Art (Digital or New Media; Installation; Sculpture; Painting; Printmaking; Graphic Design; Photography) or Crafts (Furniture/Soft Furnishings; Tableware; Ceramics; Jewellery; Knitting; Mosaics; Glasswork; Textiles; Fashion etc).

Previous recipients include print maker Jono Sandilands, who used the award to develop his work The Arts of Ping Pong, which has now exhibited in Shetland and Bristol: “The Visual Arts & Craft award from Shetland Arts allowed me to develop The Art of Ping Pong from a concept to a reality, I used the award to purchase equipment and software fundamental to the project.

I expanded my skills in programming for interactive artwork. Obtaining funding has opened up opportunities for me, including having my first solo exhibition. The project is still ongoing and has been exhibited outwith Shetland twice. Having received funding makes me more credible for when applying for future funding and residencies, it’s benefits surpass the worth in currency” For any more information on the award or application process, please contact Floortje Robertson, Creative Project Manager – floortje.robertson@shetlandarts.org

The Art of Ping Pong - Jono Sandilands

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> Cinema Ticket Prices Matinees: before 5pm

Prices

Monday to Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £5.50 / £4.50 Saturday, Sunday, Holidays* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7 / £5

Evenings: from 5pm onwards Monday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £7 / £5 Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday . . . . . . . £8 / £6 Friday, Saturday, Holidays* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £9 / £7

Special Screenings:

Our prices vary depending on the day and time of the performance, and the type of screening. When booking you will be asked to choose between two different ticket types: adult or concession. Concessions include children under the age of 16 years old (those aged 16 and above must buy adult tickets), students (must produce valid ID), seniors (aged 60+), and people with disabilities.

Senior Screening (includes refreshment) . . . . . . . . . . . £6

Mareel Opening Hours: Sun - Thu: 10am - 11pm Fri - Sat:

10am - 1am

* Holidays include Bank Holidays, Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, & New Year’s Eve. • 3D screenings cost an extra £1 on top of ticket prices.

• 3D glasses cost an additional £1 and are reusable.

Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded once purchased. Customers are responsible for checking that they have booked the correct tickets at time of purchase as mistakes cannot be rectified at a later date. Only in the event of a screening being cancelled will your ticket be refunded.

Shetland Arts Development Agency manages Bonhoga Gallery, The Garrison Theatre & Mareel. 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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> Shetland Arts: Whats On 29 JANUARY - 4 FEBRUARY

19 - 25 FEBRUARY > Beoga with Chris Stout & Catriona McKay

> David Mach: Commando

> A Medley Of Chinese Opera

> Rich Hall - 3:10 To Humour

> Mixology

> James Yorkston / Withered Hand / The Pictish Trail

> Shetland Singers & Songwriters Night

> Artist Talk: David Mach

FILM:

> Untutored Life Drawing Class

> Triple 9 

FILM:

> Jonas Kaufmann: An Evening with Puccini

> The Revenant 

> Do I Sound Gay

> Room 

> Tangerine 

> The Big Short

> Bridge of Spies  

> Knitting Group

> Hector 

26 FEBRUARY - 3 MARCH

> Sisters > Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2  5 - 11 FEBRUARY

> Scottish Ensemble: Quintets FILM: > Goosebumps 

> Lucy Spraggan

> Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Road Chip 

> Shetland Country Music Club Variety Concert

> Iron Giant: Signature Edition 

> Mixology

> The Assassin 

> The Open Mic Cafe - The Best of 2015

> Secret In Their Eyes 

FILM: > Dad’s Army    > Daddy’s Home > Capture the Flag  

 Film Wednesdays  Babes In Arms  Subtitled Screenings

 Senior Screenings  Autism Friendly  ASN Friendly

films may be added or removed at any time subject to demand.

> When Harry Met Sally   12 - 18 FEBRUARY FILM: > Zoolander 2   > True Romance > Seven Songs  > How To Be Single > Dirty Gandpa 01595 745555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org Mareel & Islesburgh Community Centre

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