Programme Highlights

19th-31st October 2009

From 19 to 31 October all attention for Scotland’s
Year of Homecoming will be on the Highlands as
the festival atmosphere moves north.
Expect a warm Highland Homecoming welcome
as locals and visitors enjoy the best of our rich
heritage and culture with a programme of over
100 events including spectacular street theatre,
music, storytelling and of course our world
famous ceilidhs. All of this is happening around
Scotland’s Global Impact Conference which will
explore the theory that our small nation did
indeed change the world!
Enjoy a taste or ‘blas’ of the variety you can
expect from Highland Homecoming in our
Highlights leaflet and check out www.highlande-
ventsandfestivals.com
for full details.

Bhon 19mh gu 31mh Dàmhair, bidh aire dhaoine ann am Bliadhna an Tillidh Dhachaigh a’ tionndadh
chun na Gàidhealtachd agus an Fhèis a’ gluasad gu tuath. Bidh fìor dheagh “bhlas” air gach taobh de
Thilleadh Dhachaigh na Gàidhealtachd. Faicibh www.highlandeventsandfestivals.com airson fios-
rachadh mionaideach, no rannsaich an leabhran a tha a’ mìneachadh clàr nan tachartasan.

We look forward to seeing you in October!

Bidh fàilte chridheil romhaibh anns an Dàmhair!
Watercolour Music presents
Sruth ri Steall
22nd – 27th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: Ullapool, Thurso,
Lochcarron, Fort Augustus, Ardgour,
Inverness

A series of six gigs whirling round the Highlands,

celebrating the legendary recording studios
Watercolour Music as they move to their brand
new home on the shores of Loch Linnhe.
Watercolour bands and likeminded souls
show Highland music at its best, as they play a
musical tag-team across the region with Mary
Ann Kennedy and Na Seóid, Findlay Napier and
the Bar Room Mountaineers, the John Goldie
Band and the Sorren MacLean Band all joining in.

Ticket price / Tigeadan: £7-£15

www.watercolourmusic.com
Teatr Biuoro Podrozy
present Macbeth: Who
is that Bloodied Man?
19th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: Eden Court Theatre,
Inverness

Using their trade-mark stilts, fire and music,
Polish theatre company, Teatr Biuro Podrozy
bring a visually captivating interpretation of
the classic Scottish play.
Based on Shakespeare’s Macbeth it tells of
human fate determined by destiny and inner
necessity. Showing the world during the horror
of war, the world of nightmares, the world in
blood, where it is legal to betray, to intrigue, to
kill, it reminds you of the tragic consequence,
that crime once committed will be continued,
and man’s death is not man’s end – he comes
back as fear, remorse and obsession.
This production is a powerhouse of energy
and menace.
‘It's a production that shows this magnificent
Polish company at its best, and a reminder
that large-scale outdoor theatre really can
be thoughtful, as well as an eyeful.
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
‘An excellent evocative drama’
Irish Examiner
Ticket price / Tigeadan: £13-£15
www.eden-court.co.uk
Big Man Walking
20th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: The streets of Invergordon

10,000 years ago a mythical giant fell from the

sky to become part of our lives. He helped
shape the landscape we live in, and then just
as suddenly, he disappeared. Now… the myth
is about to return. Early morning commuters
will discover a vast seed pod in Linear Park,
as a kilted clan of puppeteers arrive to unseal
and dismantle his cocoon. When everything
is prepared, he will walk around the town and
discover who you are.

Ticket price / Tigeadan: FREE / An asgaidh

www.highlandeventsandfestivals.com

Margaret Bennett
20th, 21st and 29th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: Cromarty, Inverness and Skye

Renowned, award-winning Scottish writer, folk-

lorist, singer, broadcaster, lecturer, ethnologist
and storyteller Dr Margaret Bennett plays a
major role in Highland Homecoming.
Throughout the two week celebration, she’ll
bring her enthusiasm and broad knowledge of
the history and stories of Highland emigrants
to audiences around the Highlands and Islands.

Ticket price / Tigeadan: £8-£10

www.highlandeventsandfestivals.com
The Flight of the Arctic Tern
by Mark Sheridan
19th – 24th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: Caol, Skye, Raasay,
Inverness, Ullapool, Durness

‘The Arctic Tern migrates farther than any other

bird, from the North of Scotland to the southern
pack ice of the Antarctic.’ Alexander Gunn left his
home in Durness in 1853 en route to Australia, Ticket price / Tigeadan: £8-£10
one of the thousands of Scots who left during the www.highlandeventsandfestivals.com
Highland Clearances. The journeys were long
and hazardous. This is the story of Alexander’s
journey, narrated by BBC veteran Iain Anderson,
with historical and environmental commentary
from Michael Russell, MSP and Minister for
Culture. A newly composed musical suite runs
throughout the piece to illustrate and support
the narrative.

Julie Fowlis
28th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: Eden Court, Inverness

The sublimely talented Julie Fowlis is not

just a multi award-winner, but a passionate
torchbearer for the culture of her native
Western Isles. Her quiet determination to cele-
brate the music of the Outer Hebrides
on its own terms, ensures that Gaelic music
is reaching a wider audience than ever before.
Don’t miss the chance to see Scotland’s first
ever Gaelic Ambassador/Tosgaire na Gàidhlig
performing live in front of a sell out crowd.

Ticket price / Tigeadan: £9-£12

www.eden-court.co.uk
An Aifreann Gàidhlig
/ The Gaelic Mass
30th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: St. Columba’s Cathedral,
Oban

An Aifreann Gàidhlig / The Gaelic Mass is a proj-

ect which has interested and fascinated Blair
Douglas for some years, but one which he has
only recently felt equipped, musically and spiri- Ticket price / Tigeadan:
tually, to undertake. His Mass is rooted in the Donations welcome / Tabhartasan a-mhàin
Celtic tradition, but seeks to explore and develop
differing musical themes. It features
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a blend of traditional instruments – clàrsach,
fiddle, flute and pipes, along with string accom-
paniment, organ and keyboards. Combining
both musical styles, a unique
and original work has been created featuring
Gaelic singers Paul MacCallum and Maggie
Macdonald with the Inverness Gaelic Choir.

Exhibition Highlights
Wanderings with a Camera -
the photography of Erskine
Beveridge
5th – 30th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: Eden Court, Inverness

Erskine Beveridge was a talented amateur

photographer who travelled widely around Ticket price / Tigeadan: FREE/ An asgaidh
Scotland in the late 19th and early 20th www.eden-court.co.uk
centuries. Accompanied by his camera, he pho-
tographed the landscapes, communities, har-
bours, archaeological sites and carved stones he Eden Court Box Office 01463 234 234
encountered, and created a stunning visual www.eden-court.co.uk
account of Scotland. This exhibition highlights
the quality and range of Beveridge’s photogra-
phy, and offers a fascinating insight into a
Scotland on the brink of major
social and economic change.
The St Kilda Tapes
by David Allison
28th October / Dàmhair
Location / Àite: Eden Court, Inverness

After selling out at London’s Barbican Cinema,

the Filmhouse Edinburgh and the GFT in
Glasgow and successfully touring Ireland and
Canada, ‘The St Kilda Tapes’ comes to Inverness.
Combining archive film with live music, ‘The St
Ticket price / Tigeadan: £7-£8
Kilda Tapes’ explores the themes of emigration www.eden-court.co.uk
and home through the experiences, thoughts
and voice of Norman Gillies. The audio visual
spectacular features two Scottish Screen
Archive films, as well as some specially created
video and a few other multimedia surprises.

Precious Cargo Leaving Home

Obair-ceàird Alba An-diugh 19th – 31st October / Dàmhair
19th – 31st October / Dàmhair Location / Àite: Inverness Museum & Art
Location / Àite: Eden Court, Inverness Gallery, Inverness

Leaving Home is an exciting, interactive explo-

A celebration of craft for the Year of ration of emigration and immigration from and
Homecoming, the exhibition takes the theme to the Highlands during the late 1800s, after the
of migration, boats and the sea. A series of First World War, in the 1960s, and today.
‘cargo’ boxes, created by Glasstorm of Tain,
each open to reveal a unique ‘souvenir’
evocative of the Highlands – the precious
cargo of the title created by the best of
Highland and Scottish makers. Ticket price / Tigeadan: FREE/ An asgaidh

Ticket price / Tigeadan: FREE/ An asgaidh

Eden Court Box Office 01463 234 234
www.eden-court.co.uk
 Scotland’s Buaidh
Global Chruinneil
Impact na h-Alba
How one small nation Mar a dh’atharraich aon
changed the world! dùthaich bheag an saoghal!
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, Scotland. 22-24 October 2009
This October, more than 30 leading historians
from half-a-dozen countries, will come together
in Inverness to discuss and debate Scotland’s
impact across the globe and to contest that
our small nation did indeed change the world!
Scotland’s Global Impact, to be opened by First
Minister Alex Salmond and chaired by broadcaster
Lesley Riddoch, promises to be exciting, entertain-
ing and educational.
© Scottish Life Archive, National Museums of Scotland

This unprecedented event will reveal much about

© New

the people of Scotland, exploring why they left their

squest

country over many centuries and unravelling the

huge impact this small nation and its people have
(Herald

had on the rest of our planet.

& Time

Conference fees are £50 per day. Discounts are

available for group bookings. Conference delegates
s)

can also enjoy tours of Culloden and Fort George

and receive the special offer of 2 for 1 access
to any Highland Homecoming event between
© Newsquest (Herald & Times)
19 and 31 October.

Further information is available at: www.scotlandsglobalimpact.com

Principal Partners / Prìomh luchd-taice In Kind Partners / Le taic bho

Major Partners / Le taic bho Event Partners / Le taic bho

Design by dynam, Inverness / Poem verse by George Gunn, Caithness / Eadar-th – Uisdean MacIllInnein