Shetland Arts in partnership with Room 2 Manoeuvre present Watch iT! and Such a Bloke, a dynamic double bill of dance solos performed by break-dancer and choreographer Tony Mills. The show is coming to the Garrison Theatre on Wednesday 13th October as part of a Scottish wide tour. Tony who originally hails from Orkney has…
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Leading Break-dancer to Perform at the Garrison
Posted by Emily Sharp on September 28th, 2010 No CommentsScreenPlay 2010 evaluation – online survey – win cinema tickets
Posted by Bryan Peterson on September 16th, 2010 No CommentsTo everyone who attended any of the events at this year’s ScreenPlay…
We’d very much like to hear your views in order to help us continue to improve the festival, and would appreciate it if you could take five minutes to complete an online survey. As a thank you, we’ll add your name to a…
Peerie Willie Guitar Season 2010
Posted by Bryan Peterson on September 8th, 2010 No CommentsNext weekend sees the return of Shetland Arts’ Peerie Willie Guitar Festival, and as always has a healthy dose of jazz guitar in the mix.
Now in its seventh year, the festival pays homage to Shetland guitarist Peerie Willie Johnson, whose pioneering use of jazz styles are now widespread in Shetland music.
The full programme …
Screenplay starts at The Garrison
Posted by Kathy Hubbard on August 31st, 2010 No CommentsThe first Garrison screenings for Screenplay get underway today with ‘Young at Heart’ at 2.00pm. A film about an inspirational group of senior citizens, you may find you need your hankie at the end! This evening’s classic film is ‘An American in Paris’ with the sublime Gene Kelly, followed by a series of films about…
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Posted by Kathy Hubbard on August 30th, 2010 No CommentsThe Fetlar audience provided a great start for Screenplay on Saturday night (and looked after our projectionist in a positively royal manner!). Sunday saw us at North Haven Care centre showing ‘Simmer Dim’, a smashing piece of archive film about Shetland made by the Methodist Home Mission in the early 1950′s. Residents, visitors staff and volunteers…
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