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6 October 03
LIVING PAINT- Fergusson Gallery Collection Tours
Highlands
 Paintings
by the renowned Scottish artist John Duncan Fergusson, will be touring
Highland Council galleries in Kingussie, Inverness, Wick and Thurso this
autumn and winter Born in Edinburgh in 1874, Fergusson is
increasingly recognised as an artist of both national and international
standing. �Living Paint� is a unique opportunity to see a selection of
landscapes, portraits, still life and nudes, which demonstrate his
experimental and varied output. Fergusson is now best known as one
of the Scottish Colourists, along with SJ Peploe, FCB Cadell and GL Hunter...................
25 September 03
THE SONG OF WICK - Grey Coast Theatre and Wick
Schools - Another Epic
 2nd
October, 7.30p.m - 3rd October, 1.30 p.m and 7.30 p.m - in WICK
HIGH SCHOOL 4 schools 250 children 10 songs 3 performances - BOOK EARLY
Grey Coast Theatre are now well into their second week with the P6's and
P7's from North, South, Hillhead and Pulteneytown Primary schools
rehearsing their ambitious brand new production, The Song Of Wick. 250
pupils are collaborating with Grey Coast's professional team to produce
the show which is an epic ten song cycle charting Wick from its earliest
times when the brochs were being built, through the often violent middle
ages to the boom years of the herring fishing, the Second World War and up
to the present time and beyond............
25 September 03
Assipattle DVD
A recording of Assipattle on DVD is now
available. Anyone wishing a copy should in the first
instance contact Martin Danziger on 01955-603040 or Neil
Macdonald - 01847-896956 or Donald MacKay on 01955-621663.
24 September 03
Gonzo Moose Present "When In Rome"
 This production at
the Mill Theatre in Thurso is a comedy full of intrigue. mureder
and togas
20
September
03
Assipattle Pics
8 September
03
Caithness Arts
Showcase
Friday 12 September
7.30pm
Mackays Hotel, Wick
- Admission Free
3 September
03
 'Thurso
Players Present
An Inspector Calls'
by J. B.
Priestley
11th September - 13th September 2003
The Mill Theatre
It is 1912 in an industrial
city somewhere in Britain - the Dining room of the Birling's
House..............A three act play with intervals.
2 September
03
Richard III by William
Shakespeare
Saturday 6 September 8.00pm -
Ross Institute, Halkirk
Staged by Third Party Productions -
A Lyth Arts Drama In Exile
29 August 03
Assipattle
400 participants from all over the county and much
much more will line the streets of Wick on the 19th September.
Activities at the
Edinburgh Festival may be coming to an end but they are just beginning in
Caithness. Excitement grows as the myth of 'Assipattle' uncovers a piece of
Caithness
history.
27 August 03
When In Rome
Gonzo Moose Theatre Company
Thursday 25th
September
The Mill Theatre
27 August 03
The Birthday Party
TAG Theatre
Company
Wednesday 1st October 2003
The Mill Theatre
27 August 03
Timespan - Latest
12 July 03
A
Pilots Yarn - Uncle Dan, the Pentland Firth Pilot
By David Grant, teacher at Canisbay School
1857-1861
Thanks to Hugo Ross for preparing this poem for the web site. The
poem was once recited at many a Christmas Treat in Caithness.
10 June
excavate : overlay
 excavate
: overlay is an artist-led project taking place in a number of
locations on the east side of Caithness between 25 June and 2 July this
year. It brings art, archaeology and anthropology together through the
investigation of selected archaeological features at the Yarrows and at
Dunbeath.
8 June 03
Artsmith Exhibition,
Private View Night Is A Huge Success
The first night of the Artsmith 'moving
images' exhibition in the Swanson Gallery Thurso, was widely acclaimed as a
resounding success. The appreciative audience was treated to a selection of
strong and colourful paintings as well as a sensitive and moving multi-media
display which brought the whole show to life.......Exhibition
At Swanson Gallery Until 28 June
Out of Freswick: recent
work by artists in Caithness At Timespan in Helmsdale, 7
to 27 June.
 Several artists
who have been working out of Freswick Castle over the past year have come
together to create an extraordinary show at the Timespan Gallery in
Helmsdale this month. Monique Sliedrecht, Trevor Wight, Angela McGahan and
Rob and Marcia Hengeveld contribute recent work made at and inspired by the
castle, supplemented by atmospheric photography by Murray
Watts...............................
3 June 03
Lyth Arts
Centre Presents
Michael Marra in "Silence"
Thursday 12 June 8.00pm - Pipe Band Hall,
Wick
Friday 13 June 8.00pm -
Pentland Hotel, Princes Street, Thurso
We are pleased to welcome Michael
Marra back to the county. he has made a big reputation for himself over the
years as one of Scotland's more individual singer-songwriters.
30 May 03
North Highland College, Thurso - Art Exhibition
3 - 5 June - 9.00am - 9.00pm, Friday 6 June
9.00am - 4.40pm. Saturday 7 June 9.00am - 1.00pm
Artsmith Exhibition 7 - 28 June 2003
24 May
2003
Caithness Society Of Artists
Annual Exhibition 2003
(67th) 5 - 16 August
Artists Are You
Ready To Enter Your Pictures
18 May 03
Wick Players Celebrate 70 Years
The assembly rooms had a big
crowd in for a buffet dinner to celebrate 70 years of entertaining the
people of the county. With a number of readings, monologues, poems and a
number of songs from Les Miserables to prove the wide range of talent they
possess and show why over the years they have won so many competitions up
and won the country.
11
May 03
Skraelings Second Year
Alexandria Patience of Grey coast Theatre will
lead the second year of Skraelings. Anyone over 16 who is interested
in learning more about acting or writing for the theatre is welcome to come
along. The weekly classes are free and there is the opportunity to
create performance works. -
Thurso - Mondays from 12 May 7.30pm BB Hall, Couper Square
Wick - Tuesdays from 20 May 7.30pm Pulteneytown Academy, Wick
More Information from Alex Patience Tel 01847 891422
7 May
2003
Richard Arrowsmith - Another Talent In Caithness
 Richard Arrowsmith is a Caithness
based artist born in Thurso and now living in Wick. He draws and
paints in a variety of mediums and has set himself up in business
with assistance from the Princes Trust. His web site has a growing
number of examples of recent work with several for sale as original
paintings and prints from a growing list. Richard also has
a
web site to show some of his work and make it easier to place orders for
prints of contact him to discuss commissions
30 April
03
"Twist" by Trevor Wight
 
Runs until 10 May 2003 at St
Fergus Gallery, Wick
24 April
03
Thurso Players New Web Site
15 April
03
Neil Gunn Group Up
and Running
14 March
2003
Scottish Community Drama
Association
Highland Divisional Final of ONE ACT PLAYS
Wick Assembly Rooms
Thursday 27 , Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March 2003
Curtain Up 7.00pm
No person admitted during the performance
No Cameras, Videos or Mobile Phones
Tickets �6.50 and �5.50 (concession OAP only)
Season �16 and �15 (concession OAP only)
From Poltney News, Wick MacBeaths Jewellers, Thurso
Thursday - Tain Roayl Academy, Youth Team, Wick Players
Friday - Plckton ADC, Lochcarron ADC, Stornoway Thespians
Saturday - Dingwall Players, Kilmuir DC, Carbost Village DC
2 March
2003
Caithness Arts
A new group aiming to get a new
Arts Centre for Caithness. They are looking for members to support
their work and long term aims. If you would like to support their
drive you can join for just �10 individuals or �50 for organisations.
24
February 2003
OSSIAN COMES HOME TO THE HIGHLANDS
A new partnership between the
National Galleries of Scotland and The Highland Council will be launched in
the Highlands this week when the 'Ossian - Fragments Of Poetry' exhibition
by artist Calum Colvin comes to the Iona Gallery, Kingussie on the first leg
of its Highland tour. After Kingussie the exhibition heads for
Thurso, Portree, Helmsdale,
Wick and finally Inverness
22
February 2003
Scottish Community Drama
Festival of One Act Plays
Saturday 1 March 2003
Assembly Rooms, Wick
Wick and Thurso
Players will compete in this heat with Wick Players performing excerpts from
Enter A Free Man by Tom Stoppard. Thurso Players has two entries with
White Liars by Peter Sheaffer and Just A Song At Twilight by Valerie Maskell.
Tickets from MacBeath's Thurso Polteney News, Wick
�6 �5
5
December 2002
The Skraelings - New
Arts Group
The Skraelings will be a
Caithness and Sutherland based collective open to all ages over the age of
fifteen. This will be a group of multi-generational community members who
are interested in building and sharing multi-disciplinary art making and
presenting techniques. These skills will be used to present performance work
and theatre, but may incorporate visual art, dance/movement, music/voice and
media.......................
13 November 2002
Proposed Neil Gunn
Readers Group
 If you are interested in the
works of Neil Gunn or in beginning to read the books and discuss them from
time to time then get in touch with the organisers of this proposed group.
2 November 2002
New Poetry
Book Launched In Caithness
Angus Calder
launched his latest book of poetry
"Colours Of Grief" in
Caithness
Latest Arts Section
Children's Arts, Music, Drama, Dance Etc.
Let us know about Arts Groups
for children including music, dance, drama, majorettes and other activities
to add to the section to let everyone know what is available
Edinburgh John
O'Groat Literary Society 1959
 This
literary magazine from a few years back has been loaned to us and over the
next few weeks we will publish the full contents. The contents list is
in place to let you see what is coming and the first item
Dunnet
Head is in place. If you have any other copies of the
magazine that could be published here get in touch with
[email protected]
Or if you have details
about the group or its members send us the details.
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