Shetland Arts - What's On

WHAT’S ON... a guide to what’s on during November & beyond.

HIRDA (NOISE OPERA)

• FILM • MUSIC • ART • THEATRE • • CAFÉ BAR • EDUCATION •

• BONHOGA • GARRISON • MAREEL •

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

CONTENTS 16 > Event Listings 17 > Hirda (NOISE Opera) 18 > Blockhead 18 > The Lone Bellow 19 > Film: Action 19 > Film: Live Theatre 20 > Event Listings 21 > Art - Svenska 22 > Shetland Arts Case Study 23 > Cinema Ticket Prices 24 > What’s On at a Glance

03 > Skerryvore 04 > Seckou Keita 05 > Film: Drama 06 > Café Bar Events 07 > Film: Bioppics 08 > Black Grape 08 > Parking Lot In Pittsburgh 09 > Film Wednesdays 10 > Event Listings 11 > Shetland Noir 14 > Scottish Ensemble 15 > Film: Bairns’ 2

> Music

SKERRYVORE FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER, 8pm Mareel  £18 / £16

SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER, 8pm Aith Hall  £18 / £16

‘The best musical ambassadors Scotland could wish for... a living breathing 12 legged party waiting to happen.’

Multi-award winning folk-rock band Skerryvore return to Shetland as part of their 10th Anniversary Tour. Formed on the tiny island of Tiree in 2005, Skerryvore are renowned for their signature sound, blending everything from rock to jazz. Since their early days the band have released several albums, toured the globe, and won a number of awards, including SNMA Record of the Year 2011 and STMA Live Act of the Year 2011. Now in their 10th year, Skerryvore have just released their new album Decades, a collection of live recordings and previously unreleased songs, many of which will feature in their live set.

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> Music

SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 7.30pm

Mareel  £16 / £14 Following the critical acclaim of his award-winning collaborative project with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, the extraordinary Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita comes to Mareel as part of his 2015 UK tour.

Seckou has graced the international stage since 1996, earning worldwide acclaim for his kora playing and appearing with a host of fellow artists including Salif Keita, Yossou N’Dour, Miriam Makeba and Neil Finn.

Variously described as a ‘griot (praise singer), composer, djembe master, virtuoso and pioneer’, Seckou is a rare type of musician, seated in tradition whilst constantly pushing the boundaries of his art.

His last two albums Miro and The Silimbo Passage hit No.1 in the European world music charts, and Clychau Dibon, the fruit of his collaboration with Finch, won fRoots Critics Poll Album of The Year 2013, Songlines Magazine Best Cross Cultural Collaboration 2014, and two BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominations.

A true master of the kora - a 22 stringed West African harp - Seckou, from the Casamance area of Southern Senegal, was a childhood prodigy, born of a line of griots and kings. Cissokho, his mother’s family name, gave life to his talent; Keita, his father’s, gave him royal blood.

Seckou is joined by Gwyneth Glyn as support artist.

Poet, writer and singer of songs, Gwyneth comes from Cricieth in North Wales and explores her own folk heritage in her mother-tongue.

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> Film: Drama

Suffragette (12A)

Miss You Already (12A)

Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter, and Meryl Streep, lead the cast of a powerful drama about the women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality. Wife and working mother Maud’s (Mulligan) life is changed forever when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing suffragette movement, galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst (Streep). When increasingly aggressive police action forces Maud and her dedicated fellow suffragettes underground, they engage in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the authorities, who are shocked as the women’s civil disobedience escalates and sparks debate across the nation.

Milly and Jess have been best friends forever. They’ve shared everything since they were kids - secrets, clothes, laughs, substances, boyfriends... now they are trying to be grown-ups. Milly has a high-flying job and lives in a beautiful townhouse with husband Kit and their two kids. Jess is a town planner and she and her boyfriend Jago live on a bohemian houseboat on a London canal.

Their friendship is as rock solid as ever. That is until Jess struggles to have a much longed-for baby and Milly finds out she has breast cancer. How do you share that?

Crimson Peak (15)

Brooklyn (12A)

From the imagination of director Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) comes a supernatural mystery starring Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers), Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year), Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) and Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim). When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman (Wasikowska) is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red clay: a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak.

Brooklyn tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as a fresh romance sweeps Eilis into the intoxicating charm of love. But soon, her new vivacity is disrupted by her past, and Eilis must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.

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> Café Bar Events

Mareel Film Quiz

Sunday Night Games Night

Tuesday 17 November from 7pm

Sunday 25 Oct & 8 Nov from 6pm

Shetland Singers & Songwriters Night

Knitting Group

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.  £5 per team

Sunday Night is Games night in Mareel Cafe Bar. Come along and choose from a selection of games, including Chess, Cribbage, Scrabble, Cluedo, Catan, Chrononauts.

Bring your friends for a night of fun!  FREE

Thursday 29 October from 2pm

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

Sunday 29 November 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

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

Mixology @ Mareel

The Open Mic Café

Cocktails every Friday, DJs on Friday 6 - 20 November from 7pm

Sunday 1 November 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

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> Film: Biopics

Steve Jobs (15)

Lady in the Van (12A)

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter. With public anticipation running high, Apple Inc. co-founders Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and Steve “Woz” Wozniak get ready to unveil the first Macintosh in 1984. Jobs must also deal with personal issues related to ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan and their young daughter Lisa. Eventually fired, Jobs launches NeXT Inc. and prepares to release a new computer model in 1988. Ten years later, Jobs is back at Apple Inc. and about to revolutionize the industry once again with the iMac.

Miss Shepherd (Maggie Smith) is an eccentric old soul. She spends her time by covering miles in her van, which happens to double up as her home. The neighbourhood are gradually becoming acquainted with her bizarre ways, until eventually one of them – a young writer by the name of Alan Bennett – invites her to park in his driveway, just until she gets something more permanent sorted. Fifteen years later she is still there. Miss Shepherd has become a feature of life in this Camden street, and yet the question remains of whether she will ever move on... Directed by Nicholas Hytner, (The History Boys) this charming and hilarious British film is based on Bennett’s real experiences with the lady who lived in a van on his own driveway.

The Walk (PG)

Black Mass (15)

The true story of a young dreamer, Philippe Petit, and a band of unlikely recruits who together achieve the impossible: an illegal wire walk in the immense void between the World Trade Center towers. With little more than nerve and blind ambition, Petit and his ragtag crew overcome daunting physical obstacles, betrayals, countless close calls and overwhelming odds to beat the system and execute their mad plan.

In 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton) persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger (Johnny Depp) to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.

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> Music A KLUB REVOLUTION 15TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT

A Klub Revolution 15th Anniversary Event… At last! Black Grape, the band formed by Shaun Ryder in 1994 following the demise of the Happy Mondays, come to Mareel, performing the seminal number 1 album It’s Great When You’re Straight….Yeah along with other tracks from throughout Black Grape’s career.

Mareel  £30

SATURDAY 24 OCT 8.30pm > Drama Islesburgh Drama Group Presents...

Parking Lot In Pittsburgh WEDNESDAY 11 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm An appealing mixture of comedy and pathos that straddles continents as well as emotions. Anne Downie’s play is about emigration, independence and coming home. Maggie - a woman in her late 70s returning to Scotland after half a century in the US - ruminates on what it means to be away for most of her life. “Funny, when you look back from over there, it’s kind of on freeze - frame. But everybody else fast forwards. Nothing stays the same”. Maggie’s four terrible sisters fight over the money she has made abroad. Her life in the US has long been a repository for their dreams, a fantastical counterpoint to their own disappointments, she too has only a dream of what life in Scotland might be like. She soon sees that the culture she left behind has moved on without her: when she first arrives she wants to taste Scottish dishes that her young nieces have never heard of, and when the sisters take her on a night out, it is to a local club to line dance.

The Garrison Theatre  £10 / £8

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> Film Wednesdays

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (12A)

Addicted to Sheep (PG) In the North Pennines, tenant farmers Tom and Kay spend their days looking after their flock of prized sheep, and hoping that this will be the year they breed the perfect one. As the seasons change the couple help birth, groom, nurture and sell their sheep – even when the odds often seem stacked against them. A treat for the senses, Addicted to Sheep allows us to experience life on a hill farm – without having to get mucked in ourselves.

Winner of the 2015 Sundance Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer.

Touch of Evil (12A)

The Lobster (15)

A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles). When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies (Joseph Calleia), are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie (Janet Leigh), in jeopardy.

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in fortyfive days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods. This science fiction comedy drama is directed by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and stars Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman, John C. Reilly and Ben Whishaw.

Mia Madre (15)

Brief Encounter (PG)

Italian language film with subtitles. ‘Warm, witty and seductive’ - The Guardian. Nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Moretti’s film sees him return to the themes of family, love and loss that scooped him the same award in 2001 for The Son’s Room. A director, Margherita, juggles the production of her new film alongside the demands of a pushy American actor (Turturro) and the needs of her sick mother in hospital.

Noel Coward’s classic romance. In a café at a railway station, housewife Laura Jesson meets Dr. Alec Harvey.

Although they are already married, they gradually fall in love with each other. They continue to meet every Thursday in the small café, although they know that their love is impossible.

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> Events

Let the Wild Rumpus Start

Variety Concert

FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER, 7pm

FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER, 7pm

A free live performance from the Time to Shine team in a week of music, monsters and mayhem.

The Committee kick off their fundraising for the 2016 Relay For Life with a Variety Concert which will include performances from; Hjaltibonhoga, Julie Thomson & Cheryl Jamieson, Hom Bru, Da Whalsa Weemin and Freda Leask.

Skerryvore

Seckou Keita

FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER, 8pm

SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER, 7.30pm

SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER, 8pm The multi-award winning folk-rock band return to Shetland as part of their 10th Anniversary Tour. (See page 3)

Following the critical acclaim of his award-winning collaborative project with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch, the extraordinary Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita comes to Mareel as part of his 2015 UK tour. Seckou is joined by Gwyneth Glyn as support artist. (See page 4)

Black Grape

Svenska

SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER, 8.30pm

31 OCTOBER - 24 DECEMBER

The Garrison Theatre  FREE Presented by Scottish Youth Theatre

The Garrison Theatre  £10 Presented by CRUK Relay for Life Shetland

Mareel  £18 / £16

Mareel  £16 / £14

Aith Hall  £18 / £16

Mareel  £30 Presented by Klub Revolution

Bonhoga  FREE

Art, craft and design sourced from Sweden. Including work by Swedish based maker Karen Clubb and Shetland artists Mike Finnie and Anne Bain.

(See page 21)

Black Grape, formed by Shaun Ryder in 1994 following the demise of his previous band the Happy Mondays come to Mareel as part of Klub Revolution’s 15th Anniversary.

(See page 8)

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Shetland Arts in association with Iceland Noir and Promote Shetland present

ARNE DAHL HÅKAN NESSER YRSA SIGURÐARDÓTTIR STUART MACBRIDE DENISE MINA ALEX GRAY

13–15 NOVEMBER 2015 SHETLAND’S FIRST CRIME WRITING FESTIVAL 11

> Shetland Noir Shetland’s first ever crime writing festival, on loan for one year from Iceland Noir, aims to celebrate crime writing by bringing writers and readers together for 3 days in Shetland from 13 to 15 November 2015.

Confirmed visiting authors include Yrsa Sigurdadottir, Hakan Nesser, Arne Dahl, Stuart MacBride, Denise Mina and Alex Gray. More information and a provisional schedule available at:

www.shetlandnoir.com Day tickets, providing access to author panel sessions, plus special guest author head to head and Q&A now on sale!

For full details of all Shetland Noir Events pick up your free programme.

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> Shetland Noir

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> Music

Supported by Inksters Solicitors. In partnership with Shetland Arts.

RE-DEFINING THE STRING ORCHESTRA Scottish Ensemble, the UK’s only professional string orchestra, give their first ever concert series in Shetland with three contrasting chamber music concerts. Events include a performance on violin and viola from talented husband-and-wife team Jonathan Morton and Clio Gould, two magnificent quintets from Mozart and Brahms and an evening of cello and violin duos.

> QUINTETS

> CELLO & VIOLIN DUOS

FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2016, 7.30pm

THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2016, 7.30pm

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.

Cellist Alison Lawrance and violinist Cheryl Crockett perform this arrangement of Halvorsen’s Passacaglia for violin and viola.

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> Film: Bairns

Zarafa (PG)

The Big Knights (U)

Under a baobab tree, an old man tells a story to the children around him: the story of the everlasting friendship between Maki, a little boy aged 10, and Zarafa, an orphaned giraffe. Maki manages to escape from the clutches of a slave trader, and finds himself on the road with the baby giraffe. What follows is a larger-than-life voyage from Sudan to Paris, complete with a pirate queen, a hot-air balloon and two flying cows, all beautifully rendered in 2-D animation that often resembles traditional Disney.

From the makers of Peppa Pig. In the far off land of Borovia, where dragons are fierce, witches are wicked, scientists are insane, the economy is bad and television is in black & white, stands Castle Big, home of The Big Knights… Run for your lives! Join us for the adventures of Sir Boris (the finest swordsman in the World), Sir Morris (not the finest swordsman in the World, but the most enthusiastic) and their noble pets, Sir Horace the Dog and Sir Doris the Hamster.

Maya The Bee (U)

The Good Dinosaur (TBC)

Maya is a little bee with a big heart. She dreams of an exciting life of freedom, fun and adventure - the world is simply far too interesting to stay inside a hive!

Her funny attempts to fit in get her into trouble with the Queen’s narrow-minded royal advisor, Buzzlina.

With her best friend Willy, Maya buzzes out into the meadow on an exhilarating adventure of self-discovery.

While most bees believe that other insects should be feared, Maya can’t help but make friends with Flip the charismatic and eccentric grasshopper, Kurt the dung beetle and even Sting, a young hornet. But when the Queen’s royal jelly is stolen, it will take Maya and all of her bug buddies to figure out who did it and how to save the day!

Pixar Animation Studios takes you on an epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where, in an alternate timeline in which Earth was never hit by an asteroid, and dinosaurs never became extinct, a young Apatosaurus named Arlo loses his father in a tragic accident. One day, Arlo falls into a river and gets knocked out by a rock, finding himself far away from his home. While trying to find a way back to the Clawed-Tooth Mountains, he befriends a human caveboy that he names Spot. Traveling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.

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> Events

The Dirty Lemons: Album Launch

Student Music Night WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm

FRIDAY 06 NOVEMBER, 7pm

Mareel  £FREE Presented by Battery Park Records

CD’s and T-shirts available on the night. All ages welcome, followed by Mixology with DJ Lyall.

Students of the NC, HNC, & BA Applied Music courses & the Vocational Pathways courses, delivered by Shetland College UHI & Shetland Arts in Mareel, demonstrate their talents & past year of learning with a fantastic variety concert.

Parking Lot In Pittsburgh

Jonny & Lynette

WED 11, THU 12 & FRI 13 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm

THURSDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm

An appealing mixture of comedy and pathos that straddles continents as well as emotions. Anne Downie’s play is about emigration, independence and coming home.

(See page 8)

Traditional country music by the likes of Hank Williams, Loretta Lynn and George & Tammy which shines through in their shows.

Shetland Noir

The Blockheads

13 - 15 NOVEMBER

SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm

Mareel Café Bar  £FREE

The Garrison Theatre  £10 / £8 Presented by Islesburgh Drama Group

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

Mareel,  £45 / £35 (Day)  £75 / £60 (Weekend) Presented by Shetland Arts in association with Promote Shetland and Iceland Noir.

Mareel  £27 Presented by JAWS

Yes, the mighty Blockheads are coming to Shetland. Not a tribute but the absolute real MaCoy... Oi, oi...!

WWW.THEJAWS.UK (See page 18)

Shetland’s first ever crime writing festival, featuring Arne Dahl, Håkan Nesser, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Stuart Macbride, Denise Mina, Alex Gray and Ann Cleeves. (See page 11)

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> Music

THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 7.30pm

Mareel  £15 / £12

FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 7.30pm

Haroldswick Hall,  £12 / £10

SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 7.30pm

Vidlin Hall,  £12 / £10

SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 3pm Carnegie Hall,  £12 / £10

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> Music Presented by JAWS

Supported by BIG TIME QUELL SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm

This is the band that had all those wonderful hits, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Reasons To Be Cheerful, What A Waste. Words from Ian Dury, the cheeky chappie of British punk rock, for sure, but this is the band that wrote the tunes and made them into incredible hits, a band made up of some of the best British musicians who have jelled into a formidable performing outfit with years of experience behind them.

> Music

THE LONE BELLOW IN-DEMAND southern American, Brooklyn-based rock/soul/indie/folk group The Lone Bellow will kick off their UK tour at Mareel on 21 January 2016.

The singing/songwriting trio of Zach Williams, Brian Elmquist, and Kanene Pipkin, backed by several outstanding musicians, were nominated for best group at this year’s Americana Awards.

This year they have performed at major festivals including Newport Folk Festival, while the band have also featured on BBC’s Later With Jools Holland and prestigious US shows including

THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 2016 7.30pm

The David Letterman Show and Conan O’Brien.

Their self-titled 2013 debut album saw the band open for acts including the Civil Wars, the Avett Brothers and Dwight Yoakam, and established them as “one of the boldest new acts in the Americana movement”. It was followed by Then Came the Morning, produced by Aaron Dessner of The National, creating a sound that “mixes folk sincerity, gospel fervor, even heavy metal thunder, but the heard of the band is harmony: three voices united in a lone bellow”.

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> Film: Action

Spectre (12A)

Sicario (15)

Opening on 26th October with a nationwide screening of the world premiere. The 24th instalment in the James Bond franchise, starring Daniel Craig and directed by Sam Mendes (Skyfall). A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organisation. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE and learns of a chilling connection between himself and the enemy he seeks (Chrisoph Waltz).

In the lawless border area stretching between the U.S. and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) is enlisted by an elite government task force official (Josh Brolin) to aid in the escalating war against drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past (Benicio Del Toro), the team sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate to question everything that she believes in order to survive.

> Film: Live Theatre

Henry V (TBC) Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people. Laying claim to parts of France and following an insult from the French Dauphin, Henry gathers his troops and prepares for a war that he hopes will unite his country. RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran continues his exploration of Shakespeare’s History Plays withHenry V performed in the 600th anniversary year of the Battle of Agincourt. Following his performance as Hal in Henry IV Parts I & II Alex Hassell returns as Henry V.

The Hunger Games Mockingjay - Part 2 (TBC) Katniss returns for her last battle in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2. With Panem at war, the rebels of District 13 launch a desperate attempt to kill President Snow. She has been reunited with her closest friends including Gale, Finnick and Peeta, while the tyrannical Snow grows ever more obsessed with destroying her. In this final confrontation, the dangers that await Katniss are greater than anything she faced in the Hunger Games arena.

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> Events

Hirda (NOISE Opera)

Scottish Ensemble: Quintets

26 - 29 NOVEMBER, 7.30pm

FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2016, 7.30pm

‘’Hirda. Shetlandic. n.chaos, confusion, extreme untidiness.’’ This new opera tells the story of Alastair, a once successful actor who returns to his island home for the wedding of his brother Iain to Mureal, a young archivist working in the local museum. (See page 17)

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.

(See page 14)

The Great Muckle Itchy Coo Storytime

Scottish Ensemble: Cello & Violin Duos

SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER, 11.00am

THURSDAY 21 APRIL 2016, 7.30pm

Storytime extravaganza with Matthew Fitt, with special guests Laureen Johnson & the Gruffalo himself! Organised

by Shetland Library with support from Shetland Arts.

Cellist Alison Lawrance and violinist Cheryl Crockett perform Halvorsen’s Passacaglia. (See page 14)

Mareel, Haroldswick Hall, Vidlin Hall & Carnegie Hall.

Mareel  £15 / £13

Mareel  £FREE

Mareel  £15 / £13

GET READY FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON WITH SHETLAND ARTS! Keep your eyes peeled for our special offers and events including:

The Lone Bellow

POPUP MAKERS MARKETS FESTIVE FILMS, SANTA’S GROTTO WISHING TREE, MUSIC, MINCE PIES & MULLED WINE

THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 2016, 7.30pm Mareel  £22 / £18 Presented by Ragged Wood Promotions

IN-DEMAND southern American, Brooklyn-based rock/ soul/indie/folk group The Lone Bellow will kick off their UK tour in Shetland in early 2016. (See page 18)

And lots, lots more!

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> Art

Svenska Swedish-inspired art, craft & design

31 October – 31 December 2015 Public opening

Friday 30 October 6.00 - 7.30pm Everyone welcome

Late night opening

Thursday 3, 10 & 17 December until 8pm

Closed 25-29 December

Opening hours Low Season

Bonhoga Gallery, Shop & Café

from 28 October

Weisdale, ZE2 9LW

Wed - Fri: 11.00 - 3.00 Sat & Sun: 11.00 - 4.00

 01595 745750  bonhoga@shetlandarts.org

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Shop Sale

30 & 31 December

Christmas decorations and other selected items

> Shetland Arts Case Study

Storyteller in Residence for Shetland Primary Schools In September 2015, Shetland Arts in partnership with SIC Creative Links ran a storytelling Residency in Primary Schools throughout Shetland. The residency was also supported

by The Scottish Book Trust via the Live Literature Funding which they manage.

This year the Storyteller in residence was Renita Boyle who stayed in the Booth in Scalloway and visited eleven schools: Ollaberry, Scalloway, Sound, Skerries, Tingwall, Nesting, Burravoe, Cunningsburgh, Dunrossness, Hamnavoe and Whiteness. She worked with age groups from early years up to primary 7 and delivered 15 sessions, engaging with a total of 714 bairns and 48 staff.

Renita’s sessions involved a mixture of singing and storytelling and a high degree of pupil participation which also included spin off arts and creative writing activities. In preparing for the residency, Renita contacted each school prior to my arrival and asked them how best she could work with them to support or enhance their curriculum. As a result, each school had a truly personalised experience from which to further build on throughout the year. Renita’s work was emphatically successful and met with great enthusiasm by both staff and pupils in every school she visitied. In the words of one tearful teacher, ‘I have never in my life heard anyone [a story teller] tell a story. Thank you for such a great gift.’

This residency was the ninth in a series of annual residencies Shetland Arts have run in partnership with Creative Links, for primary schools in Shetland.

These began in September 2007 with a residency run by Debi Gliori, They have included residencies delivered by poets Adrian Mitchell, Christine De Luca, Chrissie Gittins and Ron Butlin and storytellers Ian Stephen and Ruth Kirkpatrick.

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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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> What’s On at a Glance 23 OCTOBER - 30 OCTOBER > Let the Wild Rumpus Start > Skerryvore > Black Grape > Sunday Night Games Night > Knitting Group FILM: > Spectre    > Pan   > Hotel Transylvania 2 > Paper Planes > Theeb  > National Theatre: Hamlet 3 1 OCTOBER - 5 NOVEMBER > Variety Concert > Seckou Keita > Svenska > The Open Mic Café FILM: > Suffragette    > Crimson Peak > Addicted to Sheep  6 NOVEMBER - 12 NOVEMBER > The Dirty Lemons: Album Launch > Parking Lot In Pittsburgh > Mixology @ Mareel > Sunday Night Games Night FILM:

13 NOVEMBER - 19 NOVEMBER > Shetland Noir > Student Music Night > Jonny & Lynette > Mareel Film Quiz FILM: > Steve Jobs  > Brooklyn   > RSC: Henry V > Maya the Bee  > The Walk > Mia Madre  20 NOVEMBER - 26 NOVEMBER > The Blockheads > Hirda (NOISE Opera) > Mixology @ Mareel FILM: > Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2  > Lady in the Van   > The Big Knights > Me and Earl and the Dying Girl  27 NOVEMBER - 3 DECEMBER > Hirda (NOISE Opera) > The Great Muckle Itchy Coo Storytime > Shetland Singers & Songwriters Night FILM: > The Good Dinosaur    > Black Mass > The Lobster 

> Miss You Already

 Film Wednesdays

 Senior Screenings

> Zarafa

 Babes In Arms

 Autism Friendly

> Sicario

 Subtitled Screenings

 ASN Friendly

> Touch of Evil 

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