Upcoming Mareel Events - March 2013

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SUNDAY 31 MARCH BRASS IN CONCERT

MARCH 2013

Shetland County Drama Festival The Garrison Theatre Tuesday 5 – Thursday 7 March Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

The 63rd Shetland County Drama Festival promises to offer another varied range of entertainment, from Juniors to Adults, in all manner of presentations. This year’s adjudicator is Mr Michael Emans (Glasgow), who is visiting for the first time. He is attached to the Rapture Theatre Group who are a well-known Scottish touring company. £6

DONNIE MUNRO FRIDAY 29 MARCH 2013

SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2013

RODDY WOOMBLE MONDAY 13 MAY 2013

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LIVE @ MAREEL

CAFÉ BAR

At Mareel, we love listening to great live music and the venue has been specifically designed with great acoustics in mind.

At the Café Bar in Mareel we pride ourselves on using fresh, locally sourced ingredients to create delicious, rustic dishes and refreshments - the perfect accompaniment to a day out at Mareel.

Mareel’s Main Auditorium is the perfect space for any kind of concert, from orchestra to rock band. It can be arranged for a standing show, theatre seating, cabaret seating, or bespoke options, and the sound and lighting equipment are state of the art, all of which means that every gig in Mareel is unique and enjoyable for all who attend.

This month and beyond we have a great selection of events lined up in the Auditorium and other spaces in Mareel.

Tickets are available via Shetland Box Office @ Mareel & Islesburgh Community Centre T: 01595 745555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org

We offer a wide selection of teas, coffees, other hot and cold drinks, bar refreshments and light snacks, so come along and enjoy a fabulous view, a comfy seat, and some delicious food and drink.

To find out what bar snacks, tasty breakfasts, brunch, lunch and sweet treats are currently available, please check the board daily or ask our friendly staff.

The Café Bar also plays host to regular events which are free to attend, from live music to DJs, the details of which you can find on page 8 of this booklet.

CAFÉ BAR Opening Hours Sun - Wed 10am - 11pm Thu - Sat 10am - 1am

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Shetland Arts presents

Friday 1 March Doors: 8pm, Start: 8.30pm Mareel Auditorium Dean Owens returns to Shetland to play an amazing set based around his new album, Cash Back (Songs I Learned From Johnny), together with favourites from his previous solo releases and The Felsons’ back catalogue. Join Dean as he takes you through some of his favourite songs by The Man in Black, and some of his own from his critically acclaimed albums.

He will be joined by local guitarist Arthur Nicolson (First Foot Soldiers) and support at Mareel will come from a selection of local singers & songwriters including Sheila Henderson, Freda Leask, Chloe Robertson, Keirynn Topp, Arthur Nicolson and Alice Mullay.

Dean will also be playing at the Mid Yell Hall on Saturday 2 March, with support from local musicians. £12 / £10

DEAN OWENS: CASHBACK

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Shetland Arts presents

Shetland Arts presents

with Kathleen Jamie & Jen Hadfield

Workshop with Jen Hadfield

Two places as One

Poetry Immersion

Friday 1 March Doors: 6.15pm, Start: 6.30pm Mareel Screen 2

Saturday 16 March 10am – 4pm Mareel Green Room

Hear readings by two poets who engage with nature in their work: Jen reads in Shetland and is broadcast to Edinburgh, while Kathleen reads in Edinburgh and is broadcast to Shetland. They’ll discuss whether technology and nature can support one another, how contemporary poetry responds to modern landscapes and link up with live feeds from Scotland’s wilderness.

Full day workshop for adults (16+) that will take you through the life cycle of a poem. Jen will discuss where a poem comes from, what it can be and where it can take you, as you embark on experiments exploring image, idea, sound and performance. Writers of all levels of confidence welcome. The event is joint funded

by Shetland Arts and Creative Scotland’s Live Literature programme.

£7 / £5

SOLD OUT

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Shetland Schools’ Music Festival

Monday 18 – Thursday 21 March Mareel Auditorium The Shetland Schools’ Music Festival will feature a packed programme of adjudicated music classes, performances, workshops and concerts. The Junior and Senior Young Musician of the Year competitions will be held on Wednesday evening in the Mareel Auditorium, with the Gala concert on Thursday evening.

Tickets to go on sale soon.

Bon Accord Silver Band in association with Shetland Arts presents

Brass in Concert Sunday 31 March Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm Mareel Auditorium Come and join the Bon Accord Silver Band - the North of Scotland’s Premier Brass Band - in concert on their 50th anniversary Northern Isles tour. Featuring music to suit all tastes, including the world premiere of Where Seas and Oceans Meet by local composer Peter Jones. Joined by the Lerwick Brass Band. £12 / £10

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Shetland Arts presents

Donnie Munro Friday 29 March Doors: 8pm, Start: 8.30pm Mareel Auditorium

Former Runrig frontman Donnie Munro has enjoyed considerable success as a solo artist and writer and is all set to perform a show in Shetland. Donnie will revisit a wide range of material spanning his career with Runrig and with his own band. He will be joined at Mareel by Eric Cloughley and acclaimed local fiddler Maggie Adamson.

Donnie is currently making plans for a new album in the nature of a musical anthology. His Heart of America album was recently voted Album of the Year at the Scottish Trad Awards, and his concept album and live show An Turas (The Journey) was greeted with great critical acclaim.

Shetland Arts is delighted to welcome such a talented musician to Mareel. ÂŁ18

CAFÉ BAR EVENTS

CAFÉ BAR Opening Hours Sun - Wed 10am - 11pm Thu - Sat 10am - 1am

FREE

Sunday Afternoon Jazz

Traditional Music Sessions

Sundays 2-5pm 10 & 24 March

Thursdays from 7pm 7, 14, & 28 March

Fortnightly live jazz in the Mareel Café Bar with Norman Willmore, Max Tyler & Hayden Hook.

Come along with an instrument and join in, or just sit back and enjoy the tunes.

Mixology@ Mareel

Singers & Songwriters Night

Fridays 8pm-1am 1*, 8, & 22 March *Special rockabilly/Johnny Cash-themed Mixology from 11pm, after Dean Owens: Cash Back Listen to chill-out tunes from our house DJs as you sip on a cocktail.

Sunday 17 March from 7pm Monthly Singers & Songwriters night with an Open Mic session and a performance from Wind Up Projectiles.

upcoming

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The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in association with Shetland Arts presents

Shetland Arts presents

Odyssey

Saturday 6 April Doors: 8pm, Start 8.30pm Mareel Auditorium One of the biggest bands of the 2-Tone movement, The Beat play with the sole aim of connecting with and entertaining their appreciative audience with their relentless energy and world class musicianship. Ska is very popular in Shetland and The Beat are sure to entertain a very happy audience in Mareel. £18

Tuesday 2 April Doors: 7pm, Start 7.30pm Mareel Auditorium The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland presents Odyssey, featuring students of the (BA) Scottish Music course in Glasgow from the length and breadth of Scotland, showcasing some of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians. Combining styles from the Isles of Shetland and Lewis, and the North, East, South and West corners of the mainland, to produce some ritzy, innovative and unique music. Featuring Tunester. £10 / £8

Ragged Wood Promotions in association with Shetland Arts presents

King Creosote

Tuesday 9 April Doors: 7pm, Start 7.30pm Mareel Auditorium Mercury Prize-nominated Fife singer-songwriter King Creosote, aka Kenny Anderson, will perform at Mareel as part of a duo in spring 2013. Anderson has released over forty albums and is also a member of the Scottish-Canadian supergroup The Burns Unit. £12.50

The Beat

Klub Revolution presents

MacFloyd

Saturday 13 April Doors: 7.30pm, Start: 8pm Mareel Auditorium The UK’s number 1 tribute to Pink Floyd play Shetland for the first time as part of a tour celebrating the 40th anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd’s seminal album Dark Side Of The Moon. As well as performing the album in its entirety, MacFloyd will also play many other tracks from Pink Floyd’s back catalogue as part of a stunning 2 hour show. £20 (16+)

Shetland Folk Society presents

Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year

Friday 26 & Saturday 27 April Mareel Auditorium Running since 1982 and open to under 16 year olds from all over Shetland, the list of previous winners of this prestigious competition reads like a who’s who of young (and not so young now!) fiddle excellence.

There are two main categories; ‘Open’ encompassing all styles and ‘Traditional’ focussing on the traditional Shetland style, with the overall winner hailed as “The Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year.”

Shetland Arts presents

Vamm

Sunday 26 May Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm Mareel Auditorium Newly formed in 2012, and featuring Shetland born Catriona Macdonald (formerly of Blazin’ Fiddles), Perthshire’s Patsy Reid (Breabach) and Norwegian Marit Falt, Vamm seamlessly create a dynamic yet intimate sound that will take your breath away. Highly recommended for trad fans! £16

Shetland Arts presents

Roddy Woomble

Monday 13 May Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm Mareel Auditorium Familiar to many thousands of music fans as the frontman in Scottish rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble is also a celebrated songwriter and solo performer. As well as songs from his new album released this month, the live set will feature tunes from both his solo albums and several Idlewild numbers.

Roddy will be accompanied by a four piece band. £16

Shetland Choral Society presents

Shetland Choral Society Spring Concert Friday 17 May Mareel Auditorium

Shetland Arts presents

Shooglenifty

Saturday 1 June Doors: 8pm, Start: 8.30pm Mareel Auditorium Shooglenifty are one of Scotland’s most unique musical exports, playing an infectious blend of Celtic traditional music and dance grooves that band members describe as “hypno-folkadelic ambient trad.” They are sure to provide a night in Mareel to remember - so get your dancing shoes on and come along! £16

Shetland Arts presents

Team Malawi Volunteer Project 2014 presents

Matthew Barley: Around Britten

Inferno to Malawi

Tuesday 4 June Mareel Auditorium Matthew Barley celebrates 100 years of Benjamin Britten with an ambitious national tour. In what promises to be a fascinating and intriguing solo performance, showcasing his ever-growing virtuosity as a world-renowned cellist, Barley places Britten’s powerful Third Cello Suite at the centre of a programme which also includes a suite by J.S. Bach, “Nothing prepares you for the high octane music of the Peatbog Faeries” - The Scotsman. who greatly inspired Britten. The programme also includes solo cello music by Tavener and speciallycommissioned new works by Dai Fujikura, James MacMillan and DJ Jan Bang.

Peatbog Faeries – “where nothing is as it seems and you should always expect the unexpected…. gloriously unpredictable, a band to treasure.” - Froots.

Peatbog Faeries

Friday 14 June Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm Mareel Auditorium Shetland’s Got Talent winners Inferno - along with their two junior groups Peerie Sparks and Ignite - perform together for the first time in their new home at Mareel.

Formed in 2010 under the guidance of Jenny Teale and Mark Wyle, the dance troupe will perform a variety of routines including their award-winning routine and some exciting surprises. This performance is in aid of Team Malawi Volunteer Project 2014 where a group of seven Shetland volunteers will be travelling to Africa in June 2014 to work in schools and help orphans. £8

Shetland Arts presents

Rachel Sermanni

Shetland Arts presents

Peatbog Faeries

Saturday 15 June Mareel Auditorium Peatbog Faeries are a largely instrumental Celtic fusion band featuring Shetland’s own Ross Couper on fiddle.

Their music embodies many styles and influences, including folk, electronica, rock and jazz, but their main influence is traditional celtic music. The band’s www.peatbogfaeries.com www.adastra-music.co.uk unique sound is created through a mix of programmed effects and traditional celtic arrangements, played on bagpipes, fiddles, and whistles. The band have twice won “Live Band of the Year” at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards and were nominated for “Live Band of the Year” at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Wednesday 26 June Mareel Auditorium Rachel Sermanni is a Scottish folk musician from Carrbridge in the Scottish Highlands. Although relatively new to the Scottish folk scene, she has already toured with a number of well-known folk and indie artists.

Rachel has been described as “Scotland’s face of folk” and 2013 promises to be an even bigger year for the stunning singer.

Tally Ho Entertainment in association with Shetland Arts presents

Paul Brady

Friday 12 & Saturday 13 July Doors: 8pm, Start: 8.30pm Mareel Auditorium Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Paul Brady is one of Ireland’s most highly regarded and successful artists. He crosses musical boundaries again and again, incorporating folk, rock, blues, traditional Irish and classic pop styles into his songwriting. His live performances - both solo or with full band - incorporate songs from his extensive back catalogue of 40 years. £18

MARCH at a glance Friday 1

DEAN OWENS: CASH BACK p4

Friday 1

Monday 18 – Thursday 21

Shetland Schools’ Music Festival p6 FRIDAY 29

with Kathleen Jamie & Jen Hadfield p5

Donnie Munro

saturday 16

SUNday 31

Two places as One

Poetry Immersion Workshop with Jen Hadfield p5

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Brass in Concert

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4 - 11 August 2013

p6