Media release:
The 2009 Shetland Guitar Festival will take place between Friday 18th and Sunday 20th September with concerts in Unst, Lerwick, Brae and Bigton, educational events in schools throughout Shetland and the Classic Guitar Show and Trade Fair on Sunday 20th in Islesburgh Centre.
Known locally as the “Peerie Willie” Guitar Festival, the Shetland Arts…
Posts Tagged ‘Garrison Theatre’
Chaucer Made Modern – Youth Theatre Summer Production
Posted by John Haswell on August 19th, 2009 No CommentsA version of one of the all time classics of English literature will be presented at the Garrison Theatre next week when Shetland Youth Theatre presents its take on Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
The show, written by Phil Woods is a modern version of the 14th Century original. In Chaucer’s Middle English work, some two…
Creative Connections blog – Monday
Posted by Richard Wemyss on August 4th, 2009 No CommentsCreative Connections got off to a flying start yesterday; visitors, from as far away as Australia, the States and Spain, started gathering in the early afternoon and Islesburgh Community Centre was filled with Shetland fiddle tunes. Our regular Fiddle Frenzy visitors were desperate to fire up a session and for three quarters of an hour…
Read the rest...Fiddle Frenzy 2009 – the first aftenoon
Posted by Bryan Peterson on August 3rd, 2009 No CommentsFiddle Frenzy, part of Creative Connections, started this afternoon (Monday) with students from around the world registering and getting stuck straight into lessons from some of Shetland’s finest musicians.
The day will finish with a family dance, with music from the Jim Halcrow Band, and a late night music session back at the Garrison Theatre…
Read the rest...Creative Connections 2009
Posted by Bryan Peterson on July 28th, 2009 No CommentsMedia release:
Shetland Arts’ Creative Connections is a marathon, seven-day and night festival, celebrating the contemporary creative culture of Shetland, incorporating four summer schools, cultural and creative visits across the islands, showcase concerts and dances, a specially curated exhibition and an artist residency. This event is part of Scotland’s Year of Homecoming and takes place throughout…
