June - September Brochure 2016

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WELCOME We are celebrating the arrival of Summer at the Barn with a fresh new look for our brochure and another full and fabulous programme of performances, talks, exhibitions, workshops and community projects to share with you. If you haven’t visited the Barn before, now is the time we can promise you a great day, evening or weekend out!

June gets off to a flying start with National Theatre of Scotland who bring us their much lauded performance of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. Laughter and observational satire are guaranteed courtesy of all-star comedians Fred MacAulay and Seann Walsh, and more fantastic musicians and singers will call our stage home for the night - including the return of Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble, folk giants Blazin’ Fiddles and Talisk, and classical virtuosos the Brodick Quartet.

This summer also sees the launch of SOURCE - a new festival of globally inspired music, film, food and workshops. Headlining the weekend is our cover star and Mercury Music Prize nominee ESKA, who’s lyric and vocal style fuses folk, soul and jazz, winning major music industry fans such as Grace Jones, Gilles Peterson and Jamie Cullum.

Source will also feature the explosive jazzfunk sounds of Sons of Kemet, who join us in Banchory fresh from WOMAD. Make sure you get your tickets now, and make it a summer weekend to remember.

With a new talks programme, exhibitions, workshops, films, dance, live screenings and family events on top of all this, there really is only one place to be this summer.

See you at the Barn!

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Thursday 2 June: Food @ 7pm, Performance @ 8pm ISHBEL MCFARLANE:

PLANNING

The war is over, a future is being built and it is people like you who are going to build it. What will you build first – houses, hospitals or swimming pools?

An interactive show for a playing audience and an observing audience about what we need in the places where we live and how we compromise on utopia. Created by Platform 18 award winning Ishbel McFarlane, and Fringe First winning director Joe Douglas.

Performance time 60 minutes Age 12+ £15, £12 students (performance and light supper) Advance booking is essential

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Saturday 4 June @ 2.30pm PUPPET STATE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS

LEAF BY NIGGLE BY JRR TOLKIEN In 1939 Tolkien was despairing of ever bringing his great work The Lord of the Rings to a conclusion. One morning he woke up with the story Leaf by Niggle complete in his mind and wrote it down. This poignant story, about an artist on a curious journey, is often seen as an allegory of the writer’s own creative process and life. Surrounded by ladders, bicycles, easels and heirlooms, Richard Medrington (Jean from The Man Who Planted Trees) recounts Tolkien’s miniature masterpiece, with soundtrack by Karine Polwart and MJ McCarthy.

Suitable for everyone aged ten and over. With thanks to the Tolkien Trust.

£10, £8 conc, £6 U16 food

Wednesday 8 June @ 7pm ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY:

HAMLET (12A) (LIVE SCREENING)

Hamlet has the world at his feet. He’s young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead.

Returning to Denmark, he finds reality utterly changed, his certainties smashed and his home a foreign land.

Struggling to understand his place in a new world order, he faces a stark choice: submit, or rage against the injustice of his new reality.

Wednesday 1 June @ 7.30pm NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND:

THE STRANGE UNDOING OF PRUDENCIA HART

Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.

Pull up a chair and whet your whistle for an evening of anarchic theatre, live music and strange goings-on…

One wintry morning Prudencia Hart, an uptight academic, sets off to attend a conference in Kelso in the Scottish Borders. As the snow begins to fall, little does she know who or what awaits her there. Inspired by the border ballads - and delivered in a riotous romp of rhyming couplets, devilish encounters and wild karaoke - Prudencia’s dream-like journey of self-discovery unfolds among and around the audience.

Running time 210 minutes including interval £16.50, £14.50 conc, £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc, £6.50 U16 on the door

Age 14+ £13.20, £11 conc.

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Thursday 23 June @ 7.30pm LUKE ROBERTSON:

Tuesday 14 June @ 7pm

ON TOP OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD FROM BRAIN SURGERY TO THE SOUTH POLE

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN:

GOYA: VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD (12A) (RECORDED SCREENING)

Francisco Goya is one of Spain’s most celebrated artists and considered the father of modern art. Not only a brilliant observer of everyday life and Spain’s troubled past, he is a gifted portrait painter and social commentator par excellence. Goya takes the genre of portraiture to new heights and his genius is reappraised in a landmark exhibition at The National Gallery, London. Through a great collection of unique works and Goya’s letters, we reflect upon the man himself and the world he painted. Goya is an artist whose powerful vision and technical prowess makes him one of the most admired icons of the artistic world.

On January 13 2016, Luke Robertson became the first Scot and the youngest Brit to reach the South Pole completely solo and unsupported, raising money for Marie Curie along the way.

Running time: 90 minutes

£12 Proceeds will go towards supporting the charity Marie Curie.

Less than two years after undergoing lifesaving brain surgery and with an artificial pacemaker, Luke battled through 730 miles of ice, wind and snow, skiing for 39 consecutive days.

Come along for an unforgettable, inspiring and enlightening evening with Luke, and hear about overcoming adversity and more.

£13, £11 conc

Monday 27 June @ 7.15pm ROYAL OPERA HOUSE:

WERTHER (12A) (LIVE SCREENING) Wednesday 15 June @ 7.30pm

Wednesday 22 June @ 7.30pm

FILM: IONA (15) (2016)

FILM: HECTOR (15) (2015)

Aberdeen-born Scott Graham’s Iona is the perfect start to our Scotland in Focus Season. It was met with critical acclaim as the Closing Night Film at Edinburgh International Film Festival (2015).

Starring Peter Mullan, Hector looks at a wandering homeless man as he heads south to London from Glasgow for his annual pilgrimage to a Christmas shelter. Along the way, the story of how his comfortable life vanished into vagrancy emerges.

Iona and her son go to a holy island to hide from a violent crime. As her son seeks forgiveness for his crime, Iona comes to terms with her lack of faith. A striking and enthralling drama set against the stunning backdrop of the Inner Hebrides island of Iona.

“The effect is a film that leaves you with a lingering glow about the warmth of human relationships, and their inspiring ability to endure and flourish even under the saddest of circumstances.” - The List

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Based on Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, Massenet’s opera tells the story of the poet Werther’s hopeless love for Charlotte, who is committed to another man. The music is full of lyrical beauty, passion and emotional fervour, - small wonder that Werther is often considered to be the composer’s finest work. The Royal Opera’s Music Director Antonio Pappano returns to conduct film, theatre and opera director Benoît Jacquot’s classic production. Italian tenor Vittorio Grigolo stars as Werther, alongside Joyce DiDonato, who sings her first Charlotte (one of the great French mezzo roles) in this staging.

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Running time 180 minutes including 2 intervals £16.50, £14.50 conc, £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc, £6.50 U16 on the door

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FILM: THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMSON (15) (2015) Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

Rounding off our Scotland in Focus season, it stars Robert Carlyle and a wickedly comic turn from Emma Thompson.

Running time 96 minutes £6, £5 conc

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Friday 8 July @ 7.30pm ROB HEASLIP DANCE:

FREAGRA | A BLURRED EXPANSE

A co-production with Woodend Barn and fresh from the World Premiere at Tramway, leading Edinburgh based dance company Rob Heaslip Dance present an ensemble piece of contemporary dance exploring identity; is one’s identity a choice or a group consensus?

From playful harmony to conflict, the dancers invite you in to explore the cause-and-effect in human collective mentality.

How do our relationships affect the group dynamic, how does our environment affect us as individuals?

Sunday 3 July @ 8pm FRED MACAULAY:

Of previous work: “soars in the memory long after the audience has crashed back to earth.”

LIFE

Fred MacAulay – (Mock the Week, The News Quiz) on his whistle stop tour, ‘Life’ around the Highlands & Islands.

Who/What/Where is LIFE for Fred? It could be philosophical. (Fred likes to probe). It could be medical. (Fred has been probed). It’s likely to be topical, potentially satirical, and it’s bound to be funny.

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‘Rib-achingly funny, one of the funniest men alive.’ - Sunday Times Age 14+ Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult £13.20

KENNETH BRANAGH THEATRE COMPANY:

ROMEO & JULIET (12A) (LIVE SCREENING)

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Thursday 7 July @ 7pm

The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company’s live cinema season continues with a new vision of Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale of forbidden love. Branagh and his creative team present a modern passionate version of the classic tragedy.

A longstanding feud between Verona’s Montague and Capulet families brings about devastating consequences for two young lovers caught in the conflict.

Saturday 9 July @ 8pm

Saturday 23 July @ 10am - 6pm

ROSS WHYTE

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Running time 170 minutes including an interval

“a creator of bewitching electronic soundscapes” (The List), Ross Whyte performs music from his debut album, Kaidan, which has been described as “a thing of great beauty and intrigue which gives you something new on each listen.” - Scots Whay Hae!

£16.50, £14.50 conc, £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc, £6.50 U16 on the door

Ross will also be hosting a post show Q&A with the audience.

Make sure you experience MART, Aberdeenshire’s brand new, affordable art market . A wide range of artists will be selling paintings, prints, photography and sculpture from pop-up stalls in the Barn. With prices ranging from £20 - £1000 there’s sure to be an original artwork here for everyone!

Reuniting the stars of his celebrated film of Cinderella, Kenneth Branagh directs Richard Madden and Lily James as Romeo and Juliet and Sir Derek Jacobi as Mercutio with Meera Syal as the Nurse.

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Thursday 4 August @ 7pm ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL THEATRE DOUBLE BILL:

SOUTH AFRICA E NTLE THEATRE WORKSHOP

South African touring theatre company E NTLE Theatre Workshop present a double bill of their devised plays using song, dance and drama to explore social and cultural themes of the country. In The Calabash, villagers wrestle with the consequences when they discover their precious water source has run dry. The Thoughts is a two- handed play about a woman who finds herself in a man’s body, and then experiences flashbacks of an unsettling journey.

Running time 2 hours plus interval

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Friday 5 August @ 11am

Wednesday 17 August @ 7.30pm

FILM: ZOOTROPOLIS (PG) (2016)

FILM: SPOTLIGHT (15) (2015)

In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a rookie bunny cop and a cynical con artist fox must work together to uncover a conspiracy.

Winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Picture, Spotlight is the true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

The Guardian writes that this latest Disney feature is “...proper family fun with genuine cross-generational appeal”.

Running time 108 minutes £6, £5 conc £15 family ticket (2 adults, 2 children)

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Saturday 20 August @ 8pm

BLAZIN’ FIDDLES Blazin’ Fiddles are one of the world’s most prolific fiddle groups - over the last 17 years, no other band has managed to capture the same excitement, passion and sensitivity of Scottish music. The Blazers present a rare opportunity to hear regional expressions from Scotland’s Highlands and Islands, through the individual style from each fiddlerInverness’ Bruce MacGregor, Shetlander Jenna Reid, Nairn’s Rua Macmillan, and Orcadian Kristan Harvey - in ensemble and solo sets atop guitar and piano from Anna Massie and Angus Lyon.

Stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci and Liev Schreiber.

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A GLOBALLY INSPIRED WEEKENDER OF MUSIC AND FOOD

Saturday 27 August @ 8pm Immerse yourself in a weekend of music influenced by world beats as MOBO Award winners and Mercury Prize nominated artists take to the stage.

We’ll also be hosting industry, professional and creative workshops designed to support the festival.

Keep an eye on our website and festival brochure for more details.

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ESKA

If Grace Jones has called you up and asked if you could write together, then you’d be one of the lucky few who has something in common with 2015 Mercury Prize Nominated ESKA! ESKA, one of music’s best kept secrets, has arisen and taken flight with her own and unique sound.

“I can’t remember when I last heard anything this enchanting or inventive. Her array of reggae, jazz, soul, choral, electronica, folk and classical influences collide to create a sound that is hers alone.” - The Guardian This is a standing performance. £18, £16 conc

Sunday 28 August @ 3pm SOURCE WEEKENDER:

LIZABETT RUSSO

Friday 26 August @ 8pm

Her unique voices marries Western folk music to Eastern European ideas, with a dash of jazz and a tremendous sense of fun.

Sunday 28 August @ 7.30pm

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SONS OF KEMET

FILM: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN (12A) (2012)

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

MOBO award-winners Sons of Kemet - kinetic, earth-shaking and with an electrifying live performance, the band features four of the UK jazz scene’s brightest stars, culminating in a revolutionary mix of music that spans jazz, rock, dub and Caribbean folk.

Running time 86 minutes

The band has since been nominated for a UMA Award and also a Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Awards.

£6, £5 conc

“One of the hippest new UK bands... almost certain to dominate the ‘best of’ lists at the end of the year” - The Guardian “I strongly urge you to go and see this band live” - Gilles Peterson This is a standing performance. £16, £14 conc

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Tuesday 6 September @ 7pm ANTA:

DESIGN ABOUT PEOPLE NOT PAPER

Re-use: finding a new purpose for an existing disused or derelict building.

Friday 2 September: Food @ 7pm, Performance @ 8pm

Restoration: reinhabit, occupy and breathe life into a structure or landscape.

TIN CAN PEOPLE:

REMEMBER ME

To have a sense or memory of place, understanding its history, the local materials and original purpose helps to define and inform the design inside and out. Examples are the rebuilding of Ballone Castle and the conversion of Loch Duich Hotel to apartments.

The smell of Rock & Roll is stained within the denim and thick within the smoke. The music is always loud, the drums, even louder! Rock & Roll will never die and we will be remembered.

We really are rock stars in this theatre piece and what we are presenting is completely ironic. Welcome to our little soirée. Tonight, we will go down in history!

Performance time 60 minutes

A talk with Lachie & Annie Stewart, founders of ANTA - Architectural designers and designers, manufacturers & retailer of pottery, textiles & furniture products.

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Wednesday 7 September @ 7.30pm

FILM: THE PROGRAM (15) (2015)

Inspired by the The Quilter Cheviot Etape Royale, taking place in Aberdeenshire this month, we’re screening a selection of bicycle themed films, starting with The Program. An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances.

“Ben Foster makes a gripping monster in this biopic of the cyclist stripped of his wins – but Frears’s film finally lays blame at all our doors” - The Guardian Running time 103 minutes £6, £5 conc

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Ben Norris and Katrina Lee, violins | Liam Brolly, viola | Alice Allen, cello | with Emilie Renard (mezzo-soprano)

Familiar to many thousands of music fans as the front man in the Scottish rock band Idlewild, Roddy Woomble is also a celebrated solo songwriter & performer and is widely regarded as one of Scotland’s finest songwriters.

BRODICK QUARTET

RODDY WOOMBLE PERFORMING ‘MY SECRET IS MY SILENCE’

The Brodick Quartet is a newly formed string quartet comprising four outstanding young musicians led by Ben Norris (BBC SSO). When not playing together, each of them can be found performing with the UK’s top orchestras and Ensembles, including London Concertante, Scottish Ensemble and Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

In 2016, Roddy will be celebrating the 10 year anniversary of his debut solo album ‘My Secret is My Silence’ with a special UK tour and song book.

Internationally renowned Emilie Renard (mezzo soprano) will join them for Respighi’s Il Tramonto.

Roddy will be joined on tour with his usual solo band.

The programme will also include Mendelssohn’s String Quartet no.2 in A minor and Ravel’s String Quartet in F major.

Age 14+ Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult £15.40

£12, £10 seniors, £5 students, Under 18s and jobseekers

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Saturday 10 September @ 10.30am

Wednesday 14 September @ 7.30pm

ROALD DAHL’S 100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

FILM: JAMES & THE GIANT PEACH (U) (1996) An orphan with terrible aunts for guardians, befriends human like bugs who live inside a giant peach, who take the boy on a journey to New York City.

Running time 79 minutes An outdoor workshop will support the screening. Please check our workshop section for details.

FILM: BICYCLE THIEVES (U) (1948) This wonderful Italian film follows the story of a poor father searching post-World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family.

Saturday 17 September @ 8pm

TALISK

A classic of neo-realist cinema, it regularly features within the best films of world cinema.

Winners of the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award, Talisk are one of the fastest rising bands on the British folk scene. Mohsen Amini (Concertina), Hayley Keenan (Fiddle) and Craig Irving (Guitar) come together to create an energetic and dynamic sound that in a short year, earned them multiple awards and a nomination for Up and Coming Artist of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards.

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Sunday 25 September @ 8pm

SEANN WALSH The Lie-in King, star of BBC2’s Live At The Apollo, E4’s Virtually Famous and the Walsh On Film podcast, returns with this all-new show.

Wednesday 21 September @ 7.30pm

FILM: WADJDA (PG) (2012)

Sunday 11 September @ 7.30pm

The first female Saudi filmmaker, Haifaa al-Mansour, directs this delightful film which is the perfect finish to our tour of bicycle films.

JACK WEBB

THE END

Acclaimed Scottish choreographer Jack Webb and a company of three exceptional dancers confront and explore the dramatic notion of end points, the end of the world, the end of life as we know it, the end of good, bad and all in between. Extraordinary choreographic style and powerful soundscapes combine for a startlingly thoughtful and compelling experience that looks our very existence straight in the eye.

An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school’s Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.

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Within two years of his first comedy performance, Seann was the winner of the Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year. Shortly after other accolades included; Chortle Best Breakthrough Act Nominee 2010, Chortle Best Compere Nominee 2011 and Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee in 2013.

‘Unquestionably the best observational comic of his generation’ - The Guardian Age 14+ Under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult £14.30

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Wednesday 28 September @ 7pm ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY:

CYMBELINE (12A) (LIVE SCREENING)

Cymbeline is a ruler of a divided Britain. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. But a powerful figure behind the throne is plotting to seize power and murder them both. Innogen embarks on a dangerous journey that will reunite Cymbeline with a lost heir and reconcile the young lovers. Melly Still directs Shakespeare’s rarely performed romance.

Join us for this live cinema screening on the 28 September, broadcast live from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Feel part of the action from your seat.

Running time: 210 minutes including interval £16.50, £14.50 conc, £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc, £6.50 U16 on the door

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Friday 30 September @ 7.30pm COMPANY OF WOLVES:

A BRIEF HISTORY OF EVIL

Hilarious and mesmerising, terrifying and absurd, A Brief History of Evil is a duet about lies and where they can lead us.

Who hasn’t embroidered the truth, or pretended to be someone they’re not? When all the lies are stripped away, who is left? When we look in the mirror, who looks back? Which version is really us?

A Brief History of Evil is a white-knuckle ride to an unknown destination: what happens when we listen to the voices inside us? Or don’t?

Age 14+ £8, £5 conc in advance £9, £6 conc on the door

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Saturday 10 - Sunday 18 September

WOODEND BARN GALLERY

This year the Woodend Barn Gallery Committee have selected ceramicist Kevin Andrew Morris and artist Fenneke Wolters-Sinke to show their recent work, and to run workshops and talks throughout the week.

Kevin’s work is based on his own family’s heritage around the River Dee where his grandfather was a ghillie, and Fenneke will be showing mixed media paintings and drawings inspired by the textures of the land.

Saturday 25 June - Wednesday 17 August

Please refer to www.woodendbarn.co.uk/workshops for details of workshops and talks.

Paul Barnes’ unique, illustrative paintings portray imagined creatures possessing human like qualities and identities. Inspired by an array of historical folklore, cultural and natural cues, his work explores the idea of how our surroundings inspire, guide and in some ways determine how we live and interact as part of a community.

Exhibition opening Saturday 10 September 12pm 2pm All welcome

We have invited local school children to study Paul’s work and look at how they can use their imagination as a way of better understanding the world around them through their own stories and art, which will be proudly exhibited alongside Paul’s paintings.

Monday to Friday 10am - 5pm Saturday & Sunday 12pm - 5pm

EXHIBITIONS FOLK TAILS: PAUL BARNES & BANCHORY PRIMARY SCHOOL

Exhibition opening Friday 24 June 6.30pm - 8.30pm All welcome Tuesday to Saturday 12pm – 4pm

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Thursday 23 June @ 7.30pm

Tuesday 6 September @ 7pm

LUKE ROBERTSON:

ANTA:

ON TOP OF THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD - FROM BRAIN SURGERY TO THE SOUTH POLE On January 13 2016, Luke Robertson became the first Scot and the youngest Brit to reach the South Pole completely solo and unsupported, raising money for Marie Curie along the way. £12 Proceeds will go towards supporting the charity Marie Curie.

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TALKS PROGRAMME RESIDENCIES

In addition to our performances, events and learning programme, the Barn supports a variety of national artists to develop new works through our Artist’s Residency programme. We also encourage creative Academic research partnerships, and have a strong working relationship with both the universities in Aberdeen. We are supporting the following artists over the summer months.

DESIGN ABOUT PEOPLE NOT PAPER

A talk with Lachie & Annie Stewart, founders of ANTA Architectural designers and designers, manufacturers & retailer of pottery, textiles & furniture products.

One of our talks this year as part of the Year of Innovation, Architecture & Design 2016. £6, £5 conc

JOHN NEWLING

WWW.JOHN-NEWLING.COM Visual Artist John Newling continues as Associate Artist at the Barn over the next year to develop new work for an exhibition in 2017. Inspired by conversations with soil scientists working at the Hutton Institute and SRUC in Aberdeen, John will also transform the Barn into a soil laboratory for a week this November.

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SHAPER CAPER

WWW.SHAPERCAPER.COM Scottish dance company Shaper/Caper, led by Artistic Director Thomas Small, will be in residence this summer to develop a new piece The Unwanted. Inspired by all the dance pieces Tommy never got the chance to make and the letters of rejection he received from funders he will set out to explore his concepts and bring his previous ideas to life in this new show. Premiering in Autumn 2016.

ROB HEASLIP

Thursday 18 August @ 6.30pm

GRAEME NIXON ON MINDFULNESS Organised by the Friends of Woodend Barn Dr Graeme Nixon is the Director of the Masters Programme in Mindfulness at Aberdeen University. He will discuss developments in Mindfulness Practice and the growing interest in its application within education, medicine, counselling, leadership and the workplace as well as the benefits for individuals within their personal lives. Graeme will include a short mindfulness sitting practice for everyone.

WWW.ROBHEASLIP.COM Choreographer Rob Heaslip will be in residence at the Barn this summer to develop an exciting education offering to accompany his latest work FREAGRA | A Blurred Expanse. During this week he will deliver a dance intensive for young people and offer a workshop for our 50+ audience ahead of his performance at the Barn.

Sunday 19 June | Sunday 17 July | Sunday 21 August | Sunday 18 September

CAFE CONVERSATIONS

COMPANY OF WOLVES

10.15am - 11.45am Buchanan Food Cafe Conversations is an opportunity for an informed conversation exploring Health and Well-being over a cup of wonderful tea or coffee in Buchanans Bistro.

WWW.COMPANYOFWOLVES.ORG.UK This nationally acclaimed physical theatre company will return to the Barn in September for a development residency ahead of their performance of A Brief History of Evil. This new work combines Company of Wolves’ electrifying movement style with the vulnerability, mockery, and satire of clown bafon.

MAJA ZECO

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Bosnian sound and digital artist, Maja will be working in around the Barn, looking at the relationship between Place and Space, between Noise, Sound and Music and temporal aspects of Space and Landscape to create a site specific piece of work to be showcased at this year’s sound festival in October. This project will be run in partnership with Gray’s School of Art and Robert Gordon University.

Contact the Box Office if you’d like to become a member.

Free to Friends of the Barn Non Friends £6, £5 conc

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GARDEN TOTS SUMMER SPECIAL

Friday 22 July

PERFORMANCE TIME:

10am - 11.30am & 1pm - 2.30pm Ages 2-5

Monday 4 - Thursday 7 July, 10am - 3pm Friday 8 July, 7.30pm Ages 13 - 19 As part of his residency at the Barn, professional dancer and choreographer Rob Heaslip is offering a free dance intensive for young people this summer. Over 4 days you will collaborate with Rob and his dancers to create a brand new piece to perform as a curtain raiser for his show FREAGRA | A Blurred Expanse.

Discover nature with your little one in this special early years workshop. Outdoor expert Mandy Tulloch will be on hand to help you play, explore and get messy in our Wild Garden.

Must be accompanied by an adult. £5 per child

Please bring a packed lunch each day Free

MASK MAKING

LEARNING AT THE BARN

18, 19, 20, 21 July 10.30am- 12.30pm

CLASS FEES ARE PER TERM OR PER BLOCK OF CLASSES UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED.

TO ENSURE YOUR PLACE ON OUR WORKSHOP PROGRAMME PLEASE BOOK IN ADVANCE.

Ages 10+ An exciting opportunity to unleash your creative side in this four day mask making workshop with Jenny Johnston. Get messy with clay, paint and Paper Mache to create your own professional mask and bring it to life through performance.

BLOCK BOOKING REGISTRATION ENDS ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THE SESSIONS STARTING.

£35

WORKSHOP COSTS INCLUSIVE OF BOOKING FEE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED. THE BARN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL WORKSHOPS THAT ARE UNDER SUBSCRIBED.

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FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG POEPLE

SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE

REHEARSAL TIME:

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FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Mondays 6, 13, 20, 27 June 9.30am - 1.30pm

Ages 10+ Join Artist and Designer Phil Thomson for this exciting three-day workshop that will combine art, electronics and animation.

Bring your stories and characters to life and create a trailer for one of our film screenings that same week.

Neal returns with another series of workshops for oil painters. Extend your skills in a supportive group atmosphere where Neal will provide expert advice and guidance. Early booking recommended. £120, £100 conc

Back by popular demand, artist Anna Shirron will show you how to master the craft of papercutting in this 4 week course. Suitable for all abilities you will design and create your own unique artwork to take home. All materials and tools provided but buying your own to practice at home is recommended. £70, £65 conc

£40

BEE HUNT

ROALD DAHL DAY:

Ages 5+ Led by scientists, this fun family activity will help you discover why pollinating insects are vital to society.

Grab a Polli:Nation kit and explore the wild garden, discovering the insects that call it home and learn how we can make the surrounding environment more friendly for them.

Saturday 10 September 12.30pm - 2.00pm

Please meet in the Barn foyer.

Please meet in the Barn foyer.

Free but please reserve a space

Must be accompanied by an adult.

Wednesday 3 August 11am and 2pm

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH WORKSHOP FRAME LOOM WEAVING

Ages 5+

Sunday 26 June 10am - 3pm

Join us outdoors in the Wild Garden to see what creepy crawlies you can find and make your own Glow Worm from recycled materials to take home.

Fashion your very own modern woven hanging to adorn the walls of your home. Join maker Stephanie Fradette from Le Petit Moose, and share in the addictive art of frame loom weaving. You’ll learn how to warp your loom, weave, create shapes, add some fringe and finishing techniques. The loom, wool and tools will be yours to keep in order for you to continue your weaving exploration.

£5 per child

LEARNING AT THE BARN

LEARNING AT THE BARN

ANIMATION WORKSHOP

Monday 1 - Wednesday 3 August 9.30am - 12.30pm

PAPER CUTTING

Mondays 30 May, 6, 13, 20 June 6pm - 8.30pm

FOR ADULTS

OIL PAINTING WITH NEAL MACDONALD

£50, £45 conc

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FOR ADULTS

LIFE DRAWING

Mosaic Artist Maggie Patience, recently featured on the Beechgrove Garden, will take you through the process of making a unique outdoor wall hanging on slate using mostly recycled materials. Your simple design will be created from chopped crockery, glass, tiles and beads. Classes are fun and informal. Day 1 is for designing and gluing, Day 2 is for grouting.

Saturday 3 September 10am - 3pm Join us for our Life Drawing day workshop, suitable for beginners, improvers and professional artists alike. Drawing from a posed nude model you will work in a variety of medium looking at form, line and composition. Figurative artist Kelly-Anne Cairns will lead this workshop offering a friendly, relaxed and inspiring experience. A selection of materials and paper will be provided, please feel free to bring your own.

Lunch not included.

Workshops will take place in the Allotment Summer House. £65, £60 for two day workshop

YARN BOMBING

Saturday 2 July 10am - 1pm

As part of our Woollen Woods project, come along and transform the wild garden by yarnbombing some of the key features. Please bring along some knitted squares or any other knitted items you may have to contribute to the display. All welcome.

Free

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ROB HEASLIP

NEOS WORKSHOPS

DANCE WORKSHOP

CREATIVE SKETCHBOOKS WITH FENNEKE WOLTERS - SINKE

Wednesday 6 July 3.30pm - 5.00pm

Wednesday 14 September 10am - 12pm

Ages 50+ Join dancer and choreographer Rob Heaslip for this introduction to contemporary dance technique. Explore the creative process Rob uses to develop work and gain an insight into the inspiration behind his latest work FREAGRA | A Blurred Expanse which he will perform on Friday 8 July at the Barn.

In this workshop you will use various materials and techniques such as painting, printing, stamping and collage to create a unique and personal sketchbook.

Participants should bring a sketchbook (small or large, preferably both!) and/or an old book and any of their own materials like pens, pencils, crayons, inks, scraps of fabric and paper, newspapers, magazines, paintings/drawings which were destined for the bin and a few photos/ pictures to be used as reference for your sketch or to use as collage. Some additional materials will be supplied.

Free to attend but please reserve a space

£20, £15 conc

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RAG AND BONE CHINA WORKSHOP WITH KEVIN ANDREW MORRIS

Monday 12 September 12pm - 2pm

A fun ceramics workshop for all ages with Kevin Andrew Morris, who will be exhibiting at the Barn as part of NEOS. Bring along existing ceramics pieces (an old mug, a vase, a plate) and upcycle them by using a variety of different transfer designs, giving new life to old ceramics. £20, £15 conc. (includes kiln firing) Collection of work Sunday 18 September before 5pm

SINGING FOR JOY

Tuesdays 10am - 11.30am 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!

Term 1 17, 24, 31 May 7, 14 and 21 June (last session will be at Migvie Church) Term 2 23, 30 August 6, 20, 27 September 4 October £20 per term or £5 per session

LEARNING AT THE BARN

LEARNING AT THE BARN

£50, £45 conc

NEOS WORKSHOPS

FOR ADULTS

GARDEN MOSAIC WORKSHOP

Thursday 14 July (10am - 3pm) Friday 15 July (10am - 1pm)

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THIRD STAGE A mix of workshops and occasional talks led by professional artists in a friendly and informal setting.

The programme is devised, organised and run by the committee which is drawn from the members.

Autumn 2016: 7 Sep - 7 Dec (half term break 12 & 19 Oct) Spring 2017: 8 Feb - 5 Apr Summer 2017: 26 April - 14 Jun 10am-12pm. Coffee 9.45am Age 55+ ÂŁ3 per session For more information contact Fiona Smith on 01330 824226

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

THIRD STAGE ALSO RUNS A CHOIR ON MONDAYS The choir will return in October.

WOOLLEN WONDERLAND

Please contact Rita Maclean on 01330 822141 for choir details

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May through Summer

In May our Wild Garden was transformed into a woollen wonderland filled with an array of yarn creations to celebrate Voluntary Arts week. Over 300 school children took part as well as community organisations, craft groups and individuals who donated objects that were lovingly crafted and full of imagination.

Over the next few months we welcome visitors to our display which is nestled behind the Barn in our wild garden.

Our garden is a place filled with beautiful flora, fauna and wildlife and maintained by a dedicated group of volunteer gardeners.

Fun for all the family this summer, you can take part in activities such as a woolly treasure hunt that is downloadable from our website or available from the office.

You can also take part in a yarnbombing day on the 2nd July, where we will grow our woolly garden by adding new items and using knitted squares to bring to life objects in the garden.

Don’t forget to share your photos and connect on Facebook and Twitter using #woollenwoods Visit our website for more details.

CHAIR ART

Wednesday 7 - Saturday 10 September Aberdeen Chair Art is a community art project based on Deeside. We find old chairs and distribute them to anyone who wishes to take part. The idea is to paint or decorate the chairs or make chairs out of other materials. The project is open to all ages and no previous artistic experience is needed. The chairs are exhibited at various venues on Deeside. This year - Cults High Street, Castle Fraser, Woodend Barn and Mains of Drum Garden Centre.

Visit www.aberdeenchairart.org for more details.

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HOW TO BOOK

ONLINE AT WWW.WOODENDBARN.CO.UK

BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES TUESDAY - SATURDAY, 12PM - 4PM TELEPHONE: 01330 825431

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HOW TO FIND US

The Barn is based in refurbished farm buildings, between Crathes Castle and the beautiful Deeside town of Banchory, just 30 minutes from Aberdeen.

TRAVEL Buses run regularly to Banchory from Aberdeen and Braemar.

Information on Stagecoach services 201, 202, 203 can be found on their website www.stagecoachbus.com/about/north-scotland

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ACCESS Extensive Free Parking on site Disabled Parking Spaces at Barn entrance Wheelchair Accessible throughout Induction Loop in main Theatre Please call us prior to your visit to discuss any additional access needs you may have ADVANCE BOOKING RECOMMENDED We encourage advance ticket purchasing to avoid disappointment. If tickets are still available for events they will be sold at the Box Office half an hour before the performance.

REFUNDS & CANCELLATIONS We do not offer refunds unless the event is a sell-out and we are able to re-sell your tickets on to someone on the waiting list. If we manage to re-sell your tickets, you will be refunded the cost of the tickets, minus the booking fee.

Ticket prices include a booking fee where applicable.

In the event of a cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances relating to the venue or artists/performers, all sales will be refunded including the booking fee.

Gift Vouchers are available.

WEDDINGS AT THE BARN

Nestled in a hillside overlooking beautiful Royal Deeside, the Barn is the perfect location for your bespoke, rustic wedding.

Creative Spaces - Award-Winning Food - A Perfect Partnership.

Contact mail@woodendbarn.co.uk or 01330 826520 to discuss your wedding requirements.

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CONCESSIONS Concession means anyone who is claiming benefit or unemployed, in full-time education, senior citizens and disabled (free entry for carer).

Children aged 3 and under go free, except where shows are specifically for younger children.

SEATING Please note that seating is unreserved. To ensure you get your preferred seat, or if you are coming as a large party who wish to be seated together, please arrive in good time.

Doors open half an hour before performances are advertised to start.

We are happy to reserve seats for disabled visitors and carers.

WORKSHOPS The Barn reserves the right to cancel workshops that are under subscribed. To ensure your place on our workshop programme please book in advance. Block booking registration ends one week prior to the sessions starting.

FOOD AND DRINK Buchanan Food serve food and drink before each performance, and during intervals. The Bistro is open 7 days a week, but closes early on Monday evenings.

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Sat 20 August Blazin’ Fiddles Fri 26 August SOURCE Weekender: Sons of Kemet Sat 27 August SOURCE Weekender: ESKA Sun 28 August SOURCE Weekender: Lizabett Russo Sun 4 September Woodend Music Society: Brodick Quartet Thurs 8 September Roddy Woomble Sat 17 September Talisk

FILMS/SCREENINGS Wed 8 June Royal Shakespeare Company: Hamlet (12A) Tues 14 June Exhibition on Screen: Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (12A) Wed 15 June Iona (15) Wed 22 June Hector (15) Mon 27 June Royal Opera House: Werther (12A) Wed 29 June The Legend of Barney Thomson (15) Thurs 7 July

Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo & Juliet (12A)

Fri 5 August Zootropolis (PG) Wed 17 August Spotlight (15) Sun 28 August SOURCE Weekender: Searching for Sugarman (12A) Wed 7 September The Program (15) Sat 10 September James & the Giant Peach (U) Wed 14 September Bicycle Thieves (U)

COMEDY Sun 3 July Fred MacAulay Sun 25 September Seann Walsh

TALKS / OTHER Thurs 23 June Talk: Luke Robertson: On top of the bottom of the world – from brain surgery to the South Pole Sat 23 July MART Thurs 18 August Talk: Graeme Nixon on Mindfulness Tues 6 September Talk: ANTA: Design about people not paper Wed 7 – Sat 10 September Chair Art Sat 7 May – Tues 30 August Woollen Woods

EXHIBITIONS Sat 25 June – Wed 17 August Folk Tails: Paul Barnes & Banchory Primary School Sat 10 – Sun 18 September NEOS

WORKSHOPS CHILDREN 4 - 8 July Summer Dance Intensive 18 - 21 July Mask Making 22 July Garden Tots Summer Special 1 - 3 August Animation Workshop 3 August Bee Hunt 10 September Roald Dahl Day: James and the Giant Peach Workshop ADULTS

Wed 21 September Wadjda (PG)

17 May - 21 June Singing for Joy

Wed 28 September Royal Shakespeare Company: Cymbeline (12A)

30 May - 20 June Paper Cutting

FAMILY Sat 4 June Puppet State Theatre Company: Leaf by Niggle

DANCE / THEATRE Wed 1 June National Theatre of Scotland: The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart Thurs 2 June Curious: Ishbel McFarlane: Planning Fri 8 July Rob Heaslip Dance: FREAGRA | A Blurred Expanse Thurs 4 August AIYF: Theatre Double Bill: South Africa E NTLE Theatre Workshop Fri 2 September Curious: Tin Can People: Remember Me Sun 11 September Jack Webb: THE END Fri 20 September Company of Wolves: A Brief History of Evil

6 - 27 June Oil Painting with Neal MacDonald 26 June Frame Loom Weaving 2 July Yarn Bombing 6 July Dance Workshop 14 - 15 July Garden Mosaic Workshop 23 August - 4 October Singing for Joy 3 September Life Drawing 7 September - 7 December Third Stage Art 12 September NEOS Workshop 14 September NEOS Workshop

QUICKGUIDE

QUICKGUIDE

MUSIC Sat 9 July Ross Whyte

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KRIS DREVER

Sunday 23 October | 8pm Kris Drever launches into 2016 with a brand new studio album If Wishes Were Horses - a collection of semi-biographical songs covering the universal, and not so universal, themes of education, politics, sex, love, ennui, self-employment, social migration and Shetland. Drever’s recent outpouring of songs stems from a move back to the Northern Isles, Shetland this time rather than his native Orkney and the discovery of new lyrical voices to describe his life, times and wild new surroundings.

He will be joined on stage by guitarist Ian Carr. £14.50, £12.50 conc, £5.50 U16s in advance £15.50, £13.50 conc, £6.50 U16s on the door

AUTUMN/WINTER HIGHLIGHTS We’ve lots of exciting events to keep your calendar brimming with creativity. 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.

As part of the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design, we have one of Scotland’s most interesting architects Malcolm Fraser discussing cultural spaces at his talk in November.

The wonderful Mini Fest will be making a welcome return in October expect lots of fun, creativity and capers for young people!

We have an array of musicians visiting the Barn, Beyond Presents will be hosting acoustic, folk, and hip hop musician Lucy Spraggan on 4 October as well as the usual exciting offering of new music from sound.

On top of all of this, we’ll have our usual busy programme of live performances, film screenings and workshops for children and adults.

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