Thursday 18 July, 7.30pm

Inner Sound : The Gondoliers

The twelfth collaboration between composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W.S. Gilbert, The Gondoliers (or The King of Barataria) tells the story of two charming Venetian gondoliers, Giuseppe and Marco, who are informed that due to an error of identity when they were young boys, one of them is the heir to the throne of Barataria. Since its premiere in 1889, The Gondoliers has delighted audiences with its memorable score by Sullivan, and its political satire, cleverly tucked into Gilbert’s witty plotline.

Inner Sound is a based on the Isle of Skye and the company is delighted to be returning to Aros Community Theatre to perform.

Performed by Inner Sound, a singing group with members from across Skye and Lochalsh led by singing teacher, Ann Lampard.

Adults £12 ,U16 £6

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Friday   19  July , 7.30pm

Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas

The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly-talented Californian cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one, but the duo’s dazzling teamwork, driving rhythms, and their shared passion for improvising on the melody and the groove of Scottish tunes has helped reconstruct and revive the Scottish tradition of playing dance music on violin and cello. They have toured internationally for over eighteen years, wowing audiences at festivals and concerts worldwide with their unique sound and have released five critically acclaimed and award winning albums along the way.

Adults £14 , Concs £12 , U16 £6

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Orographic_Oceanallover Tour.

Wednesday 24th July  2019

MEET AT PORTREE HARBOUR    JUST TURN UP

5.30PM

£   FREE

Oceanllover in association with Feral presents

Orographic

Spectacular outdoor performance fusing street theatre, live music and

sculptural costume design inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s landscape paintings

and humankind’s relationship to mountains.

Duration: 45mins

Orographic is a new outdoor performance by leading physical theatre performance troupe Oceanallover inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s landscape paintings and humankind’s relationship to mountains. During July the company will be thrilling audiences across Scotland with FREE performances at unique outdoor locations showcasing their unique brand of street theatre combing carnival costume design and live music.

Oceanallover’s Artistic Director, Alex Rigg, has a long time interest in the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and in particular his lesser known landscape paintings.  By the early 1920s, Mackintosh had abandoned his architectural practice entirely and moved to the south of France where he indulged his passion for watercolour landscape painting around the Vermilion coast and river valleys snaking into the high Pyrenees.

Orographic takes direct inspiration from the abstract lines and shapes that Mackintosh used to communicate the mountains and hillsides in his paintings, as well as the spectacular land masses of Scotland. The term itself was coined to describe the study of the formation and geographic features of mountains.  Occeanallover’s music and spectacular costume design was influenced by spectacular land masses in Scotland such as Rackwick, Criffel, Cathkin Braes, Merrick, Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond, Arrochar Alps and the Campsie Fells.  Thematically Orographic will consider the awe we experience when faced with a mountainous structure and the human desire throughout history to conquer such edifices.

Across the tour Oceanallover’s unique brand of pop-up theatre will be performed in locations as diverse as a harbourfronts, a forest, a castle and a mountain range.  Their performance interventions are designed to subvert and surprise for an audience that is a mixture of the unwise, the unwary and the unwitting

Thursday  25 July , 7.30pm

McKerron ,Brechin & O h-Eadhra

Biography

The Scottish trad trio of Charlie McKerron (fiddle), Sandy Brechin (piano accordion) and Brian
Ó hEadhra (guitar & vocals) are three accomplished musician who draw on a wealth of tunes and songs from the Gaelic and Scots traditions. They each are acclaimed composers in their own right. The trio have performed in Scotland and abroad and have wowed audiences with their choice of material and engaging stage performances. Each artist is also known through their work with other acclaimed acts; Charlie performs with Capercaille and Session A9; Sandy with Bùrach and the Sandy Brechin Band; Brian with Cruinn.

“A sparkling array of instrumentals match drive with delicacy, soul with swing and fire with finesse,potently interspersed with the timeless eloquence of Gaelic song.” – Sue Wilson

“

Perfectly pitched mix of lively dance tunes, evocative slow airs and Gaelic songs earned both rapt attention and noisy applause, culminating in a fully fledged cèilidh.

” – The Scotsman *****

Adults £14 , Concs £12 , U16 £6

Book Tickets by phone: 01478 613750