Programme June-September 2017

JUNE-SEPTEMBER 2017

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WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE!

www.thebarnarts.co.uk This summer we are delighted to share the final part of the Barn’s brand new look with you - a wonderful new website full of images and accessible information about our work, projects and resident artists, which make the Barn, and Banchory, such a vibrant place to be. I hope you enjoy using the new site and, of course, booking tickets for many of the exciting events you’ll find inside this brochure.

We couldn’t have achieved these developments without the generous support of our business sponsors OpenBoxDesign, who created our striking new logo, and Hampton Associates who have worked closely with us to produce a new image-rich website that will help build the Barn’s online audiences. A special thanks also to our long-standing sponsor (and neighbour!) BuchananFood, whose in-kind support underpins our annual programme of Barn fundraising events. Remember to check out their pre-show food offers which are the perfect start to a great night out at the Barn.

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Tuesday 6 June @ 11.30am and 2.30pm

STARCATCHERS: MAMABABAME

PERFORMANCES & SCREENINGS

Every new relationship is a journey – it can be tender, competitive, challenging, joyful. But where does that begin? Join us at the ringside of our mini arena for MamaBabaMe to witness this exciting new dance, theatre and live music experience made especially for infants and their grown ups. Through playful movement, dance and sound, MamaBabaMe explores these profound new relationships and how this eternal bond evolves and grows.

Age 18 months - 3 years Adults £5, children £5

Thursday 8 June @ 7.30pm AN EVENING WITH

ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH

An evening with Alexander McCall Smith is an evening of sheer delight. Join the worldwide bestselling author as he discusses the eagerly anticipated new Isabel Dalhousie novel, A Distant View of Everything, catch up with little Bertie and the cast of 44 Scotland Street in The Bertie Project and much more.

Doors open 6.45pm 7.30pm. Talk + Q&A 8.30pm onwards. Book signing £15, £12 for Friends of the Barn, £5 for students. £1 for under-18s.

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Friday 9 June @ 7.30pm RECORDED SCREENING

GLYNDEBOURNE - LA TRAVIATA (12A)

Violetta gives up every hope of happiness in this heart-wrenching love story. With its world-famous arias, La traviata is the perfect introduction to Glyndebourne. Russian soprano Venera Gimadieva portrays the iconic role of Violetta, alongside American tenor Michael Fabiano as Alfredo. The visual beauty of Tom Cairns’s opulent production aptly echoes the irresistible allure of this beloved opera.

Running time: 180 mins £16.50, £14.50 conc, £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc, £6.50 U16 on the door

Tuesday 13 June @ 7pm EXHIBITION ON SCREEN:

MICHELANGELO. LOVE AND DEATH (12A)

To coincide with a glorious new exhibition at the National Gallery of London, this film offers a full and fresh biography of Michelangelo who, with Leonardo, is considered one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance – and perhaps of all time. This film explores his relationship with his contemporaries and his immense artistic practice which included painting, sculpture and architecture.

Running time 90 minutes £13, £11 conc Wednesday 14 June @ 1pm & 7.30pm

FILM: NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (15) (2016)

Sunday 11 June @ 2pm

WAVES

Running time 114 minutes

AT BANCHORY LODGE HOTEL

Baby Friendly Screening @ 1pm This screening welcomes parents and carers and their babies under 18 months so there’s no need to worry about disturbing other guests while your film’s playing.

A delight for audiences from 8 to 80.

Waves is the story of Elizabeth Moncello: of her youth growing up on a small Australian island in the 1930’s and how she came to be the unofficial inventor of the butterfly stroke. An intimate theatrical event combining highly expressive storytelling, delicate movement and splashes of humour to tell Elizabeth’s amazing tale of a life fully lived.

A Beyond the Barn outreach performance as part of Banchory River Festival 2017

£5 Evening Screening (open to all) @ 7.30pm £6, £5 conc, £4.50 Friends

Running time 50 minutes £5 per person, £10 including cream tea at 3pm

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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice International Film Festival.

From writer/director Tom Ford comes a haunting romantic thriller of shocking intimacy and gripping tension that explores the thin lines between love and cruelty, and revenge and redemption.

Academy Award nominees Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star as a divorced couple discovering dark truths about each other and themselves.

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Sunday 25 June @ 8pm

FRED MACAULAY LIVE

Fred is back on the road again this summer with his live stand-up show.

Wednesday 21 June @ 8pm

“The world is in an awful mess.” So says Donald Trump and he’s the man to fix it.

Really? That’s like finding that you’ve got a bit of a problem with your wallpaper and deciding to knock the wall down.”

YOLA CARTER

Yola Carter is a rising country-soul singer/ songwriter from Bristol, whose recent successes include being voted ‘UK Artist of the Year’ at the AMA UK Awards, a muchhyped performance at AmericanaFest in Nashville and embarking on her first headline UK tour, described by The Times as “spectacular”.

Add Brexit and Indyref 2 to the mix and it’s clear that we all need a laugh. £14, £12 conc Age 14+ Under 16s need to be accompanied by an adult.

Please note that there will be no support act. £12, £10 conc Seated

//midsummer music// Tuesday 27 June @ 7.30pm 10FT TALL THEATRE

VIDEOTAPE BY OLIVER EMANUEL

On the day one half of a couple decide they are leaving, a thriller and a chase unravel; unsettling truths emerge, obstacles at every corner. This intimate, funny and heartbreaking play unfolds through the poignant storytelling of two actors by Aberdeen - based theatre company 10ft Tall.

Thursday 22 June @ 8pm

LAU

Lau continue to effortlessly bridge the seemingly diametrically opposed worlds of acoustic folk tradition, classical composition, pop song and electronica. Celebrating the launch of their latest album ‘Decade’, they will be playing two unique live sets, featuring all their greatest material from the past ten years.

Please note that there will be no support act.

“Emanuel writes sharply, eloquently” “Brilliantly interweaves the everyday with the extraordinary ” The Scotsman Running time 60 minutes £10, £8 conc Age 14+

£16 Seated

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Thursday 6 July @ 6pm LIVE SCREENING Wednesday 28 June @ 8pm

SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WIND SOLOISTS

A delightful programme of music chosen and played by the acclaimed SCO Wind Soloists.

Programme FRANÇAIX Quatuor MOZART Serenade in C minor K388 BEAMISH The Naming of Birds RAFF Sinfonietta £15, £13 conc, £6 under 26 Under 18 Free (when accompanied by a paying adult)

GLYNDEBOURNE: HAMLET (12A)

Brett Dean’s colourful, energetic, witty and richly lyrical music expertly captures the modernity of this timeless tale, while Matthew Jocelyn’s libretto is pure Shakespeare. British tenor and Glyndebourne favourite Allan Clayton will play Hamlet. British mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly will play Gertrude and Canadian soprano Barbara Hannigan will make her Glyndebourne debut as Ophelia. Legendary British bass John Tomlinson plays The Ghost of Old Hamlet. Hamlet will be conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, Glyndebourne’s former Music Director.

Running time 180 min £16.50, £14.50 conc, £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc, £6.50 U16 on the door

Monday 24 July @ 8pm BEYOND PRESENTS

PHIL JUPITUS: JUPLICITY

Wednesday 5 July @ 7.30pm

FILM: WITHNAIL AND I 30 YEARS OLD SEASON (15) (1987)

Two out-of-work actors - the anxious, luckless Marwood (Paul McGann) and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail (Richard E. Grant) - spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday “by mistake” at the country house of Withnail’s flamboyantly gay uncle, Monty (Richard Griffiths), they encounter the unpleasant side of the English countryside: tedium, terrifying locals and torrential rain.

Join stand-up comedian, poet, improviser, and TV stalwart Phil Jupitus for over an hour of tales, laughs and diversions. Watch in delight and/or horror as this experienced funnyman smashes laughs out of the chaos of his own life and the uncertain world that surrounds it. Adult themes and situations, but delivered childishly. £17.60 Age 14+ Under 16s need to be accompanied by an adult

Running time 148 minutes £6, £5 conc, £4.50 Friends

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Wednesday 26 July @ 7.30pm WOODEND MUSIC SOCIETY

ABOYNE CELLO FESTIVAL

A sparkling evening’s entertainment from three fabulous cellists, Philip Higham , Rebecca Gilliver and James Halsey. The programme will include music from Bach to Brahms and a selection of fabulous trios from opera arranged for three cellos and piano by the late Gwyn Seymour. This concert is the third of six in The Aboyne Cello Festival 2017.

For information about the others please visit www.aboynecellos.co.uk £10, £5 conc

Thursday 3 August @ 6pm LIVE SCREENING

GLYNDEBOURNE: LA CLEMENZA DI TITO (12A)

Spurned by Tito, Vitellia seeks revenge.

Besotted Sesto agrees to avenge her as a token of his love, but all does not go to plan. A brand new production of one of Mozart’s final works.

Conducted by Robin Ticciati and directed by Claus Guth, Mozart’s opera delivers all of the sublime musical beauty and heart-tugging humanity we expect of him with performances from Steve Davislim as Tito, Alice Coote as Vitellia and Kate Lindsey as Sesto.

Running time 180mins £16.50, £14.50 conc, £5.50 U16 in advance £17.50, £15.50 conc, £6.50 U16 in advance

Tuesday 1 August @ 7pm

ABERDEEN INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FESTIVAL

An international theatre double bill

Black & White by DAAC, Morocco & Jamaican Drum by the Jamaican Youth Theatre.

The Dramatic Troop for Artistic Creation from Tiznit, Morocco brings a new play, exploring the different types of conflict in the world represented by a fiercely competitive fight for the love of a mysterious woman by the two suitors Black & White. Jamaican Youth Theatre have devised a brand new piece for the festival called Jamaica Drum which chronicles the movement of the drum through the history of Jamaica. £10, £8 conc

Wednesday 9 August @ 7pm LIVE SCREENING ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

TITUS ANDRONICUS (12A)

The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeare’s most bloody play. Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss, who relinquishes power but leaves Rome in disorder. Rape, cannibalism and severed body parts fill the moral void at the heart of this corrupt society. Blanche McIntyre returns to the RSC to direct Shakespeare’s brutal revenge tragedy after her debut directing The Two Noble Kinsmen (2016). Starring David Troughton as Titus, Stephan Adegbola as Aaron & Nia Gwynne as Tamora. £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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Two performance dates

Saturday 19 August @ 8pm

FILM: HIDDEN FIGURES (PG) (2016)

KATHRYN JOSEPH WITH MILLICENT

Three brilliant African-American women at NASA - Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) - serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history; the launch of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell) into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race and galvanised the world.

Running time 127 minutes

Wednesday 16 August @ 2.30pm & 7.30pm

FILM: THE PRINCESS BRIDE 30 YEARS OLD SEASON (PG) (1987)

Buttercup (Robin Wright) loves Westley (Cary Elwes), a poor stable boy. But when he’s captured by pirates, she’s chosen by evil Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) to be his princess bride . Along the way, she gets kidnapped, he gets killed... While home sick in bed, a young boy’s grandfather (Peter Falk) reads him a story called The Princess Bride. A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, the Princess Bride is still winning hearts of all ages 30 years on.

Baby Friendly Screening Wednesday 16 August @ 10.30am This screening welcomes parents and carers and their babies under 18 months so there’s no need to worry about disturbing other guests while your film’s playing. £5 Wednesday 6 September (open to all) @ 7.30pm £6, £5 conc, £4.50 Friends

Kathryn Joseph’s debut album – Bones You Have Thrown Me and Blood I’ve Spilled – carried her from being one of Scotland’s best-kept secrets to winner of Scottish Album of the Year Award. An ethereal experience, her music is lyrically compelling, sonically vivid and constantly moving.

MILLICENT is an Aberdeen-based soul singer, songwriter and blogger. Her music is inspired by her gospel background, and the works of legendary soul singers such as Whitney Houston, Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, Corinne Bailey Rae, and Sade. With a voice described as incredibly versatile, she transitions effortlessly from a striking high pitch to deep resonating sounds bringing a depth of feeling to every performance. £10, £8 conc Seated

Thursday 14 September @ 8pm

THE LITTLE UNSAID

Recent winners of the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award for boundary-pushing new music creators, The Little Unsaid leave audiences emotionally rapt with a live show that’s been described as ‘a thumping depth of passion, recalling the intensity and melancholic overtones of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen’.

With songwriting that embraces elements of electronica, folk, jazz and alt-rock, the 2017 album Imagined Hymns & Chaingang Mantras is fresh, vibrant and elegantly crafted... a thing of beauty. £10, £8 conc seated

Running Time 138 minutes £6, £5 conc, £4.50 Friends

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Sunday 17 September @ 3pm WOODEND MUSIC SOCIETY

LEWIS DUNSMORE (GUITAR)

RCS graduate Lewis Dunsmore has performed in venues and festivals throughout Britain including Glasgow Minimal, where he played Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint in the presence of the composer. He has also performed with the Red Note Ensemble and the BBC SSO.

Thursday 28 September @ 7.30pm BIRDS OF PARADISE THEATRE COMPANY

For full programme please check the website. £12, £10 senior citizens, £5 students in full time education, under 18 and Jobseekers

BLANCHE & BUTCH

Blanche & Butch are backstage in a mist of hairspray and sequins as they reminisce about life as a troupe of disabled drag queens. Butch sings touching ballads - he’s all about reflection. Blanche, all camp, lip-syncs - well, tries to - his “unique speech pattern” means nothing ever syncs.

The award-winning Birds of Paradise Theatre Company with Tron Theatre bring you a dazzling new production directed and designed by Kenny Miller. £12, £10 conc Age 14+ Under 16s need to be accompanied by an adult

FILM: RAISING ARIZONA - 30 YEARS OLD SEASON - (12) (1987)

A terrifically original, eccentric screwball comedy, Raising Arizona is one the Coen brothers’ most entertaining films. Ex-cop (Holly Hunter) and an ex-con (Nicolas Cage) meet, marry and long for a child of their own. When it is discovered that they are unable to have children they decide to snatch a baby. Trying to keep their crime a secret, while friends, co-workers and a bounty hunter look to use the child for their own purposes.

Running Time 134 minutes Baby Friendly Screening @ 1pm This screening welcomes parents and carers and their babies under 18 months. £5 Evening Screening (open to all) @ 7.30pm £6, £5 conc, £4.50 Friends

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EVENTS

FAMILY FUN DAY

FAMILY FUN DAY

Wednesday 5 July

STORIES! Join us for our family fun day based on stories and words. Wee Tales and our Film Screening are bookable and we have free drop-in craft. Fun for the whole Family.

11am 10FT TALL

WEE TALES: CHILDREN (AND EVEN THOSE YOUNG AT HEART)

Aberdeen based Theatre Company 10ft Tall return to the Barn with a new selection of well loved children’s stories, read by professional actors. Children (even those young at heart) can fully immerse themselves in the world of their favourite books, as well as discovering some hidden gems.

Saturday 16 September 10am - 4pm

EUREKA!

TechFest is coming to the Barn! Join TechFest and the learning team at the Barn for a funfilled day full of STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics as part of the TechFest Science Festival’s Eureka Series, sponsored by Chevron.

With hands-on activities and workshops, this interactive experience which combines science and art, will have the whole family engaged and learning in fun and entertaining ways.

For ticket prices and more details about the events please visit our website.

Age 4+ Running time: 50 minutes £4 per person 12.15 - 2.45pm

DROP IN: MAKE & BELIEVE

Put pen to paper and create your own magical characters and stories, in our craft room using the materials provided.

Free drop in.

3pm

FILM: MATILDA (PG) (1996)

Roald Dahl’s much loved story follows Matilda, a child with an incredible talent for learning.

Despite being hampered by unscrupulous, uncaring parents who care neither for their daughter or for education, she excels intellectually and even discovers a rather unique, magical talent.

Running time 142 minutes £2.50 per person or £9 for a family of four (2 adults, 2 children)

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Saturday 10 June 10am - 4pm

BANCHORY RIVER FESTIVAL

BELLFIELD PARK

Join us at Banchory River Festival, find out what’s going on at the Barn and take part in the Flourish Labyrinth from 12pm and free drop in creative activities.

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29 May - 4 June

FRIENDS PLANT SALE

Our popular Friends of the Barn Plant Sale returns this June, offering a selection of affordable plants and shrubs that have been donated by the local community to raise funds for the Barn’s education programme. Come along and browse our display, which will be located outside the front of the Barn all week.

Every purchase or donation you make helps us fund an art workshop for children, so everyone benefits!

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FLOURISH: CONNECT AND CREATE

Thursday 15 June, 10am - 4pm Thursday 31 August, 10am - 4pm Explore mindfulness and other techniques during this one-day workshop led by Leonie Gordon, designed to enable you to tap into your curiosity and creativity. You will be cutting, pasting, sticking, creating, using magazines objects, photos and inspiring images and quotes to tune into your core desires and create vision boards. Materials provided but any old magazines or particular images you connect to are very welcome.

Free but must be booked – limited places.

FLOURISH: MEET OUR WRITER

Tuesday 20 June, 11am - 2pm Tuesday 15 August, 1 - 4pm Come to the Wild Garden and hear from Barn writer-in-residence Elaine Reid about her writing inspired by spending time in the beautiful surroundings. Why not try your hand at writing something of your own to take away on the day?

Free, drop in anytime Do you enjoy being outdoors? Do you enjoy spending time on creative activities? Would you like to meet new people and learn a new skill in a beautiful environment? Then come and take part in FLOURISH! FLOURISH is the Barn’s year-round community project, with many exciting workshops and other activities you can get involved in. FLOURISH offers purposeful creative activity that develops connected communities, improves well-being and encourages environmental engagement.

FLOURISH: GROUP POETRY WORKSHOP

Thursday 21 September, 10am - 3pm Explore the Wild Garden and learn how to create Haiku poetry – a short, traditional Japanese form and come together as a group to create a Renga, a form of collaborative poetry. No previous writing experience necessary, just a love of nature and words and a willingness to have a go. Led by Elaine Reid.

Free but spaces must be booked

FLOURISH : WILD WORDS

FLOURISH: EXPLORER PACKS

Block 1: 5, 12, 19, 26 June, 10am - 12.30pm Block 2: 21, 28 August 4, 11 September, 10am - 12.30pm Join Elaine Reid in the Wild Garden and explore your creativity through writing and enjoy the beautiful surroundings. This course is about writing for the self rather than an audience, using the technique of Free Writing. A supportive group approach will be employed to encourage play and experimentation. Suitable for all, 18 and over, with no previous writing experience.

Free but must be booked – limited places.

This summer discover our Wild Garden and get creative using our Explorer packs available to collect from the box office. Packs include writing , nature and craft activities that are free for the whole community to use throughout summer.

For more information and updates please have a look on our dedicated FLOURISH page on the website.

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WEAVING WITH NATURE

LEARNING AT THE BARN

WORKSHOP COSTS INCLUSIVE OF BOOKING FEE UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Please bring your own lunch, refreshments provided. £25, £23 conc

MACRAME GARLAND

20 June, 29 August, 26 September 1.30 – 3pm A mixture of contemporary dance techniques, improvisation and creative tasks led by professional dancer Mhairi Allan. No previous dance experience is necessary, just an enthusiasm to move and experience the joy and freedom of dance.

Friday 15 September 10am-2pm Join us for a modern take on the ancient art of macrame. Fibre artist, Stephanie Fradette will teach you a series of different knots using thick, natural cotton rope to create a contemporary knotted garland. Perfect to bring a fresh twist to your home this summer.

£5.00 Per session

Please bring your own lunch, refreshments provided. £25, £23 conc

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WORKSHOPS

Monday 17 July 10am-3pm with lunch break Come and create a woven wall hanging inspired by nature. Stephanie Fradette from Le Petit Moose guides you in making a unique weaving project, by incorporating greenery, grass, flowers and natural yarns, found in the Barn’s Wild Garden.

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FOR ADULTS

Get in touch or visit our website for more details. £8.50 a session or book the whole week for the discounted price of £38.00

PAPERCUTTING

Friday 29 September 10am - 3pm A one day creative workshop with artist Anna Shirron exploring some of the ideas and skills of paper cutting. Over the course of the day you will design and create a cut-out to be taken home at the end of the workshop to be framed.

SINGING FOR JOY

THIRD STAGE

GARDEN TOTS SUMMER SPECIAL

FRESH ART

Tuesdays 22, 29 August, 5, 12, 19, 26 September, 3, 10 October 10 - 11.30am Have you always wanted to sing and not had the confidence? Led by Fiona and Mark Hope and Lynne Burns, 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!

6 September - 6 December Half term 18 and 25 October 10am - 12pm Coffee 9.45am

Friday 21 July 10 - 11am, 11.45am - 12.45pm, 1.30 - 2.30pm Ages 2 - 5

Mondays 4 September - 2 October 4.45 - 6.15pm Ages 9 - 12

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

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.

Take part in this fun after school art club where you will work both indoors and outdoors using the Wild Garden as inspiration to create your own unique artwork. Explore different techniques and mediums such as printmaking and collage. Not to be missed!

£30.00 per block or £5 per session.

Please contact Rita Maclean on 01330 822141 for choir details

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Age 55+ £4 per session

Places are limited, to book a place contact Fiona Smith on 01330 824226

Early Booking Recommended. £5 per child

Third Stage also runs a choir on Mondays.

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FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

BIG BARN TAKEOVER

Monday 10 July - Friday 14 July Morning (10am - 12pm) : Ages 5 - 7 Afternoon (1 - 3pm ) : Ages 8 - 13 Join us this Summer for the Big Barn Take-over, try out a different creative activity each day - sign up for the whole week or just the ones you like.

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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 next few months.

ELAINE REID // WWW.ELAINEREIDWRITING.CO.UK

During her FLOURISH residency, Writer and Artist Elaine Reid will be writing in response to the Wild Garden at The Barn and the wider local environment, looking at the ways in which we benefit from the experience of being in nature and in community with one another. She will also explore issues around the use of boundaries and the creation of sacred space for ourselves and the communities we live in – and how these can help us to flourish more fully. She will be combining this writing with the visual elements of her practice to create a new series of visual poems.

ANNA PORUBCANSKY // WWW.COMPANYOFWOLVES.ORG.UK

Anna Porubcansky is a musician and performer whose training includes classical, traditional and choral singing, natural voice and vocal anatomy (Kristin Linklater, Roy Hart Theatre, Alexander Technique). She is co-artistic director of Company of Wolves, and works as a music director, live sound designer, and voice coach, where her primary focus is on the relationship between voice, breath, movement and body.

Anna’s residency at the Barn is part of a larger project about a woman’s relationship with herself – a cracked mirror of archetypes that somehow make a whole being. Mother, lover, daughter, whore.

Who is she really? Which shadows dominate, which submit? And how do they manifest themselves, in body, word and mind? During Anna’s time at the Barn, she will begin to dig into these questions by using and integrating live music composition, confession, dystopian fiction, poetry, fairy tales, pornography, and traditional songs written by women. Supported by Creative Scotland.

NEWTON HARRISON // WWW.THEHARRISONSTUDIO.NET

During 2017 we are excited to be collaborating with artist Newton Harrison, who, along with partner Helen Mayer, has been working at the forefront of global Arts & Ecology programmes since the 1960’s. Based at the Centre for the Study of the Force Majeure in Santa Cruz, USA, Newton will be visiting Aberdeenshire in June 2017 to begin research into the local impacts of global climate change. This work will form the centre of the Barn’s Arts & Ecology programme over the next three years.

JOHN NEWLING // WWW.JOHN-NEWLING.COM

Over his 3yr residency with us at the Barn, John Newling has produced an astonishing suite of public and gallery-based works. For information on the full range of John’s projects please visit our website.

In early May, John returned to the Barn to present 3 sign-based works which he carried along paths and roadsides in Banchory. The large steel signs carry the phrases: Be kind Be needed Be loved Newling stopped at various points on his walk to give the sign and the contextual situation of where he has stopped a chance to talk with each other; another kind of letter.

“It seems like a self-evident truth that we live in unsettled and bewilderingly complex times. It feels like there is a building up of anger and frustration in many places.

I wanted to make a work that seeks to momentarily deflate and re-enter this sense. I wondered how it may be to see a large sign that read “Be Kind” or “Be Needed” or “Be Loved”, being moved and positioned in the streets of a town where I have experienced these essential humans traits.

My hope is that the fleeting glance of someone carrying or positioning one of the three signs, will momentarily cause a quiet fracture in their thinking; folding their day to day anxieties within an essential refection and thought.”

John Newling, May 2017 “Be Kind, Be Needed, Be Loved” can be viewed in the Barn Gallery over the summer months before being permanently installed outside the Barn.

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the Barn + Buchanan Bistro

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 ACCESS Extensive free parking on site Disabled parking spaces at Barn entrance

Ceramics

THE BARN | BURN O’ BENNIE | BANCHORY | AB31 5QA

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.

We will not accept returned tickets for performances on the door.

Gift Vouchers are available.

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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.

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.

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.

Buchanans have several food offers on before events, check their website for more information. www.buchananfood.com tel. 01330 826530 THE BARN BURN O’ BENNIE BANCHORY AB31 5QA GENERAL ENQUIRIES 01330 826520

MUSIC Wednesday 21 June Yola Carter

Tuesday 6 June Starcatchers: MamaBabaMe Sunday 11 June Waves at Banchory Lodge Hotel

Wednesday 28 June Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Tuesday 27 June 10ft Tall - Videotape

Wednesday 26 July Woodend Music Society: Aboyne Cello Festival

Wednesday 5 July 10ft Tall - Wee Tales

Saturday 19 August Kathryn Joseph with Millicent

Tuesday 1 August AIYF: DAAC and Jamaican Youth Theatre

Thursday 14 September The Little Unsaid COMEDY

Thursday 28 September Birds of Paradise: Blanche + Butch TALKS / EVENTS

Sunday 25 June Fred MacAulay Live

Thursday 8 June An evening with Alexander McCall Smith

Monday 24 July Phil Jupitus: Juplicity

29 May - 4 June Friends Plant Sale

FILMS/SCREENINGS Friday 9 June Glyndebourne - La Traviata (12A) (Live Screening) Tuesday 13 June EOS: Michelangelo. Love and Death (12A) Wednesday 14 June Nocturnal Animals (15) (+Baby Friendly Screening) Wednesday 5 July Matilda (PG) Wednesday 5 July Withnail and I (15) Thursday 6 July Glyndebourne - Hamlet (12A) (Live Screening) Thursday 3 August Glyndebourne - La Clemenza Di Tito (Live Screening) (12A) Wednesday 9 August RSC: Titus Andronicus (12A) (Live Screening) Wednesday 16 August Hidden Figures (PG) (+Baby Friendly Screening) Wednesday 16 August The Princess Bride (PG) (+Matinee) Wednesday 6 September Hidden Figures (PG) Wednesday 20 September Raising Arizona (12) (+Baby Friendly Screening) FAMILY Wednesday 5 July Family Fun Day Saturday 16 September Family Fun Day - Eureka Weekend

Tuesday 20 June Meet writer Elaine Reid Tuesday 15 August Meet writer Elaine Reid WORKSHOPS CHILDREN Monday 10 - Friday 14 July Big Barn Week Friday 21 July Garden Tots Summer Special Monday 4 September - Fresh Art Monday 2 October ADULTS Monday 5 - 26 June FLOURISH. Wild Words block 1 Tuesday 20 June Dance 50+ Thursday 15 June FLOURISH. Connect and Create Monday 17 July Weaving with nature 21 August - 11 September FLOURISH. Wild Words block 2 Tuesdays 22 August - Singing for Joy 10 October Tuesday 29 August Dance 50+ Thursday 31 August FLOURISH. Connect and Create Friday 15 September Macrame Garland Thursday 21 September FLOURISH. Group Poetry Workshop

QUICKGUIDE

QUICKGUIDE

Thursday 22 June LAU

(U) DANCE / THEATRE

Tuesday 26 September Dance 50+ Friday 29 September Papercutting

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JOIN THE FRIENDS AT THE BOX OFFICE ON 01330 825431 OR ONLINE AT WWW.THEBARNARTS.CO.UK *for all membership rates and benefits please visit the website

31 October @ 7.30pm MARTIN TAYLOR AND ALISON BURNS

100 YEARS OF ELLA FITZGERALD

Multi-award winning guitarist Martin Taylor and ScottishCanadian jazz singer Alison Burns will be touring the UK for a series of concerts highlighting the Grammy-award winning collaboration between Ella and jazz guitarist Joe Pass. £18.50

THE BARN BURN O’ BENNIE, BANCHORY. AB31 5QA TEL. 01330 826520 WWW.THEBARNARTS.CO.UK