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CALUM’S ROADAdapted by David Harrower, from

the book by Roger HutchinsonDirected by Gerry Mulgrew

CALLING ALL BUDDING SONGWRITERS...

Nairn Book & Arts Festival seeks entries for a songwriting competition to be judged by two of Scotland’s premier w r i t e r / m u s i c i a n s , Findlay Napier & Gillian Frame.

Cash prizes & the chance to perform live at the Festival in September!

For more info on how to enter visit: www.nairnfestival.co.uk

Nairn Book & Arts Festival 3rd – 8th September 2013

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CALUM’S ROADAdapted by David Harrower, from

the book by Roger HutchinsonDirected by Gerry Mulgrew

CALLING ALL BUDDING SONGWRITERS...

Nairn Book & Arts Festival seeks entries for a songwriting competition to be judged by two of Scotland’s premier w r i t e r / m u s i c i a n s , Findlay Napier & Gillian Frame.

Cash prizes & the chance to perform live at the Festival in September!

For more info on how to enter visit: www.nairnfestival.co.uk

Nairn Book & Arts Festival 3rd – 8th September 2013

Registered Charity SC037105.

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Make Fun Not War…Hola amigos. Hope all is good in your respective ‘hoods. We’re all fi ne, thanks for asking. A little peturbed, as you, by recent events in France. I believe all publishers should feel able to print this. I wish they would all print it and we all display them. And not just out of solidarity with those who died in France.––––––––––BUT––––––––––We couldn’t help noticing a certain lack of clarity in the media about whether printing more covers and cartoons was a good idea or just likely to cause more trouble.––––––––––AND–––––––––We think it is as clear and

simple as this: If some fanatics’ violent actions result in ANY reduction of things they want to eradicate, that will only encourage them to take MORE violent action against other things they seek to change. On the other hand, if their actions result in a massive escalation of the those things, then they LOSE. So the media - and all of us - have to stand together with total conviction and confront fear. There is no doubt, no ambiguity. NOUS SOMMES TOUS CHARLIE. /////////////////////////////////////////////////// [Graham; publisher] Inside issue 150 – ART: Trio of new IG:LU shows | FILM: From the Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’ to the ‘2nd Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ | KIDS: It’s Inverness Music Festival time again | MUSIC: Tributes Vs Folk Vs Prides | SPECIALS: David Haye talks… | SPORT: Skimo’s back! | THEATRE: Dance shows a-plenty, Alan Carr, and Blood Brothers with Marti Pellow & Maureen Nolan. The cold never bothered us anyway. Keep warm at: whatsonhighlands.com

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CONTENTS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>ART ...............................................................P08FILM ............................................................P10KIDS .............................................................P12MUSIC ........................................................ P14SPECIALS .................................................P20 SPORT ........................................................P28

THEATRE .................................................P30MTMOY: HEALTH .............................P35EATING OUT ..........................................P36INTERIORS/PROPERTY ............... P40WIN TICKETS FOR FREE !* ............P46KEN KELMAN ...returns next month

Make Fun Not War…Hola amigos. Hope all is good in your respective ‘hoods. We’re all fi ne, thanks for asking. A little peturbed, as you, by recent events in France. I believe all publishers should feel able to print this. I wish they would all print it and we all display them. And not just out of solidarity with those who died in France.––––––––––BUT––––––––––We couldn’t help noticing a certain lack of clarity in the media about whether printing more covers and cartoons was a good idea or just likely to cause more trouble.––––––––––AND–––––––––We think it is as clear and

simple as this: If some fanatics’ violent actions result in ANY reduction of things they want to eradicate, that will only encourage them to take MORE violent action against other things they seek to change. On the other hand, if their actions result in a massive escalation of the those things, then they LOSE. So the media - and all of us - have to stand together with total conviction and confront fear. There is no doubt, no ambiguity. NOUS SOMMES TOUS CHARLIE. /////////////////////////////////////////////////// [Graham; publisher] Inside issue 150 – ART: Trio of new IG:LU shows | FILM: From the Wachowski’s ‘Jupiter Ascending’ to the ‘2nd Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ | KIDS: It’s Inverness Music Festival time again | MUSIC: Tributes Vs Folk Vs Prides | SPECIALS: David Haye talks… | SPORT: Skimo’s back! | THEATRE: Dance shows a-plenty, Alan Carr, and Blood Brothers with Marti Pellow & Maureen Nolan. The cold never bothered us anyway. Keep warm at: whatsonhighlands.com

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As 2015 begins, it’s no surprise to see that IG:LU in CHURCH ST is once again fl ying the fl ag for interesting new artists, just as it has done since it fi rst opened. And this month there’s a trio of exciting shows demonstrating a diversity of styles. If you’re quick you can still catch ‘CREATING WAVES AND MAKING BEAUTIFUL MARKS’ [1] by PAULINE BURNSIDE which runs until 30 JAN and which fi nds the artist using a quote from Hunter S Thompson as the title for an exhibition featuring some splendid pieces drawing on infl uences as diverse as Aubrey Beardsley, sixties psychedelia and comic book illustration. It’s impressive stuff.

More abstract, but just as powerful is the work of JULIA JOHAM, whose ‘MIRACLES OF LOVE 2010’ [2] runs from 09–22 FEB. Ostensibly looking at how love affects us in many different ways, the works will resonate with fans of Jasper Johns, Rothko and the like.

Finally, from 27 FEB–13 MAR, it’s the turn of GARETH GITTINS [3], with a solo show that builds on his degree work at Moray School Of Arts. His artist’s statement says, “my works are non-subjective, an exploration into the possibilities of both the application and removal of paint, and how through this visceral process my mind is taken away from the everyday frameworks of life and helps me to understand one’s own personal circumstances.” To be honest it’s the kind of buzzword-packed statement that’s rather too prevalent from art school graduates these days, but thankfully his work is strong enough to transcend such rote philosophising. He looks like a real talent for the future.

More burgeoning talent at THE SHED in EVANTON on 07 FEB when the excellent PLAN B collective present SHUFFLE, subtitled “a shedful of makars, movers and makers”. Celebrating the work of established and emerging Highland talent, there’s music, dance, spoken word, fi lm, theatre, comedy and visual art, all curated by Frank McConnell and John McGeoch. More details at planbcreative.org

more features at: whatsonhighlands.com

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BEAULY GALLERY MIXED EXHIBITION, FebA wonderfully cheery exhibition featuring the watercolour originals of MIRIAM SMITH along with a selection of her art cards. You can also view a small selection of originals in oil by acclaimed Scottish artist DAVY BROWN. Black Isle artist JANIS MENNIE, will be exhibiting a large selection of her popular framed prints. beaulygallery.co.uk

CASTLE GALLERY MIXED EXHIBITION Thru Feb featuring Jewellery for Valentines by ISOBEL LINDSAYcastlegallery.co.uk

EDEN COURT GALLERYTHE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND 2014/15 TOURING EXHIB’N, to 30 Jan Prints from 3 Highland Region photographers: ALASTAIR COCHRANE ARPS, LYNDA COCHRANE LRPS & MIKE TIBBS LRPS from the Inverness Camera Club, and LESLEY SIMPSON ARPS and JOHN SIMPSON from the Dingwall Camera Club. HIGHLAND LGBT LIVESfrom 01 Feb, LGBT people at home, in love, through time…and more. Opening ‘BUBBLY’ event at 6pm, on 1 Feb. Movie HOCKNEY at 8pm eden-court.co.uk

IG:LUEVENT #98: ‘CREATING WAVES AND MAKING BEAUTIFUL MARKS’ BY PAULINE BURNSIDE to 30 Jan Pauline’s ‘Indigo Child’ artworks are vivid and psychedelic and she hopes they ‘create waves of inspiration and leave marks that will last a lifetime’. The title of the show is inspired by a Hunter S Thompson quote about the music and art of the seventies.Her work also helps to raise funds for The Teapot Trust - which provides professional art therapy in a medical environment to children coping with chronic illness, working in groups and one to one.

EVENT#99: ‘MIRACLES OF LOVE 2010’ by JULIA JOHAM09–22 Feb

Oil, acrylics and ink on canvas, reflecting on the many varieties of love given to us and how life affects us in different ways.

EVENT #100: GARETH GITTINGS, 27 Feb–13 Mar Gareth is a process artist and abstract painter who’s art works in series - each one informing the last.

www.theIG.LU

IMAGMODERN MASTERS IN PRINT: MATISSE, PICASSO, DALI & WARHOL to 28 Feb

Four of the 20th century’s greatest artists – Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol – were also accomplished printmakers. Drawn from the V&A’s outstanding collections of prints, posters and artists’ books, Modern Masters showcases their work in print.

REALISING POTENTIAL, to 7 Mar

This is a multi-media exhibition of insightful and inspiring art works created by prisoners participating in the Fife College Learning Programmes. It includes ceramics made following a series of workshops, exploring and interpreting the past through Scottish artefacts in the museum’s collections. inverness.highland.museum

INCHMORE GALLERYSPRING EXHIBITION, 8 Feb to 25 Apr, New artists and new works of original art to choose from along side ceramics, glass, jewellery, paintings, textiles and wood. inchmoregallery.co.uk

KILMORACK GALLERY WINTER EXHIBITION, to 14 Mar This year’s new exhibitors include four artists from the Shetland Islands and a kinetic artist from Fife. For opening times visit: kilmorackgallery.co.uk

RIVERSIDE GALLERYMIXED EXHIBITION, Feb Varied works from contemporary artists in the Highlands. 11 Bank St.

SCOTTISH FLAIRMIXED EXHIBITION, FebArt from the vintage/antique era of Scottish art. 11 Bank St. scottishfl air.com

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As 2015 begins, it’s no surprise to see that IG:LU in CHURCH ST is once again fl ying the fl ag for interesting new artists, just as it has done since it fi rst opened. And this month there’s a trio of exciting shows demonstrating a diversity of styles. If you’re quick you can still catch ‘CREATING WAVES AND MAKING BEAUTIFUL MARKS’ [1] by PAULINE BURNSIDE which runs until 30 JAN and which fi nds the artist using a quote from Hunter S Thompson as the title for an exhibition featuring some splendid pieces drawing on infl uences as diverse as Aubrey Beardsley, sixties psychedelia and comic book illustration. It’s impressive stuff.

More abstract, but just as powerful is the work of JULIA JOHAM, whose ‘MIRACLES OF LOVE 2010’ [2] runs from 09–22 FEB. Ostensibly looking at how love affects us in many different ways, the works will resonate with fans of Jasper Johns, Rothko and the like.

Finally, from 27 FEB–13 MAR, it’s the turn of GARETH GITTINS [3], with a solo show that builds on his degree work at Moray School Of Arts. His artist’s statement says, “my works are non-subjective, an exploration into the possibilities of both the application and removal of paint, and how through this visceral process my mind is taken away from the everyday frameworks of life and helps me to understand one’s own personal circumstances.” To be honest it’s the kind of buzzword-packed statement that’s rather too prevalent from art school graduates these days, but thankfully his work is strong enough to transcend such rote philosophising. He looks like a real talent for the future.

More burgeoning talent at THE SHED in EVANTON on 07 FEB when the excellent PLAN B collective present SHUFFLE, subtitled “a shedful of makars, movers and makers”. Celebrating the work of established and emerging Highland talent, there’s music, dance, spoken word, fi lm, theatre, comedy and visual art, all curated by Frank McConnell and John McGeoch. More details at planbcreative.org

more features at: whatsonhighlands.com

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FILMRom-coms, Sci-fi & more…

DOCUMENTARYCOMEDY DRAMA FAMILY ROMANCE

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There’s only one fi lm that’ll be getting all the critical attention this month and that’s…the SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE [1] (06 FEB). Oh would that it were so, since the full-length version of the spin off from Wallace and Gromit, with voicing from OMID DJALILI and JOHN SPARKES among others, looks far worthier of column inches than the fl ick that’s sadly going to get them, the “long awaited” movie of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY [2] (13 FEB). After his creepily charismatic turn in The Fall, JAMIE DORNAN takes on the role of Mr Grey, but word has it that the whole thing is even less daring than the porn-for-people-who-don’t-like-porn book. File it alongside the month’s other rom-coms, THE WEDDING RINGER (20 FEB) and FOCUS (27 FEB), the latter featuring the excellent MARGOT ROBBIE and the never knowingly out of work WILL SMITH. And, of course, there’s always Queen Of The Romcom, JENNIFER ANNISTON, whose CAKE [3] is out on 20 FEB, though this is far bleaker than her usual frothy fare, involving visions of a widower’s dead wife, suicide and the like. Nice to see her showing what a good actress she can be when she gets the right script.

Much more interesting is JUPITER ASCENDING [4] (06 FEB), the new Wachowksi’s movie with current Hollywood Golden Boy EDDIE REDMAYNE alongside CHANNING TATUM and MILA KUNIS – who plays the Jupiter of the title, teaming up with Tatum’s interplanetary warrior to change the Earth’s destiny. Makes a fi ne companion to two other time/space warping releases this month, PROJECT ALMANAC (13 FEB) and PREDESTINATION [5] (20 FEB). The former is a found-footage time machine adventure, while the latter is an Aussie yarn starring ETHAN HAWKE and based on an excellent book, All You Zombies. The plot uses the tried-and-trusted trope of pursuing a criminal through time, but has been well received. Two other critically acclaimed dramas that might make Inverness are Brit drama DUKE OF BURGUNDY (20 FEB) and IT FOLLOWS [6] (27 FEB), the latter a horror fl ick with simple old-fashioned scares.

You’ll be hearing lots about SELMA [7] (06 FEB), which picked up a Golden Globe and will be in the running at the Oscars. A chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965, it stars DAVID OYELOWO as M.L.K. and also sees the welcome return to the big screen of TIM ROTH.

Rather more sedate is THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL [8] (26 FEB), the sequel to 2012’s ‘Best Exotic…’, starring Judi Dench and Bill Nighy, while at the other end of the Brit spectrum is CATCH ME DADDY (27 FEB) a bleak affair featuring non-pro actors all about honour killing. Don’t expect many laughs.

We told you last month about the excellent A MOST VIOLENT YEAR, set in 80s New York – you can still catch it at EDEN COURT in Feb, along with the also recommended INHERENT VICE from Paul Thomas Anderson. Watch out at EC too for Korean drama A HARD DAY (07 FEB), another Golden Globe winner, WHIPLASH (20–26 FEB) and the LGBT HISTORY MONTH featuring the excellent HOCKNEY documentary (01 FEB) and MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (15 FEB).

And for fi lm reviews and latest screening times, visit whatonhighlands.com

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FILMRom-coms, Sci-fi & more…

DOCUMENTARYCOMEDY DRAMA FAMILY ROMANCE

10

There’s only one fi lm that’ll be getting all the critical attention this month and that’s…the SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE [1] (06 FEB). Oh would that it were so, since the full-length version of the spin off from Wallace and Gromit, with voicing from OMID DJALILI and JOHN SPARKES among others, looks far worthier of column inches than the fl ick that’s sadly going to get them, the “long awaited” movie of FIFTY SHADES OF GREY [2] (13 FEB). After his creepily charismatic turn in The Fall, JAMIE DORNAN takes on the role of Mr Grey, but word has it that the whole thing is even less daring than the porn-for-people-who-don’t-like-porn book. File it alongside the month’s other rom-coms, THE WEDDING RINGER (20 FEB) and FOCUS (27 FEB), the latter featuring the excellent MARGOT ROBBIE and the never knowingly out of work WILL SMITH. And, of course, there’s always Queen Of The Romcom, JENNIFER ANNISTON, whose CAKE [3] is out on 20 FEB, though this is far bleaker than her usual frothy fare, involving visions of a widower’s dead wife, suicide and the like. Nice to see her showing what a good actress she can be when she gets the right script.

Much more interesting is JUPITER ASCENDING [4] (06 FEB), the new Wachowksi’s movie with current Hollywood Golden Boy EDDIE REDMAYNE alongside CHANNING TATUM and MILA KUNIS – who plays the Jupiter of the title, teaming up with Tatum’s interplanetary warrior to change the Earth’s destiny. Makes a fi ne companion to two other time/space warping releases this month, PROJECT ALMANAC (13 FEB) and PREDESTINATION [5] (20 FEB). The former is a found-footage time machine adventure, while the latter is an Aussie yarn starring ETHAN HAWKE and based on an excellent book, All You Zombies. The plot uses the tried-and-trusted trope of pursuing a criminal through time, but has been well received. Two other critically acclaimed dramas that might make Inverness are Brit drama DUKE OF BURGUNDY (20 FEB) and IT FOLLOWS [6] (27 FEB), the latter a horror fl ick with simple old-fashioned scares.

You’ll be hearing lots about SELMA [7] (06 FEB), which picked up a Golden Globe and will be in the running at the Oscars. A chronicle of Martin Luther King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965, it stars DAVID OYELOWO as M.L.K. and also sees the welcome return to the big screen of TIM ROTH.

Rather more sedate is THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL [8] (26 FEB), the sequel to 2012’s ‘Best Exotic…’, starring Judi Dench and Bill Nighy, while at the other end of the Brit spectrum is CATCH ME DADDY (27 FEB) a bleak affair featuring non-pro actors all about honour killing. Don’t expect many laughs.

We told you last month about the excellent A MOST VIOLENT YEAR, set in 80s New York – you can still catch it at EDEN COURT in Feb, along with the also recommended INHERENT VICE from Paul Thomas Anderson. Watch out at EC too for Korean drama A HARD DAY (07 FEB), another Golden Globe winner, WHIPLASH (20–26 FEB) and the LGBT HISTORY MONTH featuring the excellent HOCKNEY documentary (01 FEB) and MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (15 FEB).

And for fi lm reviews and latest screening times, visit whatonhighlands.com

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FROM MON 26 JAN ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL @ EC 8.15pm * BIRDMAN @ EC MELODY @ EC 6pm JUBILEE @ EC 8.45pm

FROM TUE 27 JAN SPEED WALKING @ EC 6pm ADAM’S RIB @ EC 7.15pm

WED 28 JAN THE ANGELIC CONVERSATION @ EC 6.15pm SEBASTIANE @ EC 8.30pm

THU 29 JAN ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: ANDRE CHÉNIER @ EC 7.15pm

FROM FRI 30 JAN < * INHERENT VICE @ EC Ace Joaqin Phoenix flick. * FOXCATCHER @ EC Weirdly compelling / compellingly weird. BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL @ Nairn CC, 7.30pm cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk TESTAMENT OF YOUTH @ Eden Court

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KISS THE WATER @ Iona Gallery Kingussie, 7pm O pening night.

FROM FRI 06 FEB < * JUPITER ASCENDING @ Vue Latest outing from Andy & Lana Wachowski - futuristic fun sci-fi with a pointy-eared CHANNING TATUM, awards-nom EDDIE REDMAYNE and MILA KUNIS.* THE INTERVIEW @ VueThe publicitymungus

controversymeister finally gets full release - provided N.Korea hasn’t nuked Sony by now… < * SELMA @ Vue See feat << < * SHAUN THE SHEEP @ Vue WOLF OF ‘WALLS’ STREET – and RATATOUILLE @ Kingussie High School * ROMANTICS ANONYMOUS @ Silverfjord Hotel

SAT 07 FEB * * THE LUNCH BOX @ Talla Nan Ros THE JOY LUCK CLUB @ Silverfjord Hotel

SUN 08 FEB MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING @ Duke of Gordon Hotel, CHEF! @ Silverfjord Hotel

WED 11 FEB * RSC: LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST @ EC 7pm

FROM THU 12 FEB BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ EC 7.30pm

FROM FRI 13 FEB < PROJECT ALMANAC @ Vue Found-footage time-travel sci-fi. < FIFTY SHADES OF GREY @ VueThat book comes to the screen. Fair to say it’s not so hotly anticipated as once it was. Will a badly written book become a badly made film? TWO NIGHT STAND @ Vue Unremarkable rom-com with MILES ‘Whiplash’ TELLER.

FROM WED 18 FEB NT LIVE: TREASURE ISLAND @ EC 2pm

THU 19 FEB EUROPEAN OUTDOOR FILM TOUR @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm mountainfestival.co.uk

FRI 20 FEB BLACKHAT @ VueMichael Mann directs CHRIS ‘Thor’ HEMSWORTH

< * CAKE @ Vue JENNIFER ANISTON gains award noms in this moving drama. < * PREDESTINATION @ Vue Aussie time travel sci-fi based on the book All You Zombies - with ETHAN HAWKE and loads of weirdness. Worth a punt. < THE WEDDING RINGER @ VueRomcom/buddy comedy with KEVIN HART and JOSH GAD.

SUN 22 FEB BEST OF BANFF NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm

TUE 24 FEB * ROYAL OPERA HOUSE LIVE: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER @ EC 7.15pm

THU 26 FEB < * THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL @ Eden Court & VueAll star ‘senior’ Brit cast return for a second jaunt with Sonny’s ventures.JUDI DENCH, MAGGIE SMITH, BILL NIGHY, CELIA IMRIE, PENELOPE WILTON, RONALD PICKUP and DEV PATEL are this time joined by, erm,RICHARD GERE…DIGICULT PROGRAMME 2 @ EC 6.15pm

FROM FRI 27 FEB THE BOY NEXT DOOR @ VuePsychological thriller with, wait for it… J-LO! < * CATCH ME DADDY @ Vue

Bleak British honour killing road movie with many non-pro actors and very good reviews.

* A DARK REFLECTION @ ?IF it comes to Inverness, then a worthwhile watch. Brit drama based on real events and hoping to expose the issue of Toxic Cabin Air in planes. Yes, we’re all at even more risk from flying than you thought! < FOCUS @ VueHas WILL SMITH gone box-office toxic or can he reclaim his former crown? The Rom of the Com is with MARGOT ROBBIE… < * IT FOLLOWS @ Vue New and well-regarded horror from David Robert Mitchell.MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT @ VueTHE SIGNAL @ Vue Sci-fi future thriller pitches logic V emotion… LOVE IS STRANGE @ EC * STILL LIFE @ EC* NIGHT OF THE HUNTER @ Nairn Comm Ctr, 7.30pm cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk

FROM SUN 01 MAR RSC: LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST @ EC 4pm

EDEN COURT FILM GUIDE >>> P31–34* = ICA recommended< = see main feature*NB: All Vue shows are TBCEC = Eden Court

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The INVERNESS MUSIC FESTIVAL, which takes place at EDEN COURT from 23 FEB-04 MAR is actually something of a misnomer since it covers a wide range of disciplines with not only choral, vocal and instrumental music, but also dancing and speech & drama.

There has been a Music Festival in Inverness since 1922. This started as a few classes in one venue on one day, but now into the 21st Century, there can be over 1,100 entries representing more than 4,000 participants. This increase has mainly been in the last decade where entries have trebled. Per head of population, this has to make it one of the biggest festivals of its kind in the U.K.

There are eighty three trophies, shields and cups awarded at various classes, as well as six levels of certifi cate. The competitive element of the Festival culminates with the prestigious Curtis Craig Competition, the winner of which receives the Curtis Craig Trophy; all other performers receive a commemorative medal. Covering a wide range of age groups from young children to the retired, it’s always popular, so make sure to get your tickets early..

KIDSFILMART MUSIC SPORT SPECIALS THEATRE

More Than Music

KIDS

EVERY THU ( TERMTIME ] CLUICH: GAELIC PARENT AND TODDLER GROUP @ James Cameron Centre, 10am. A group to provide increased access to the Gaelic language, for toddlers and parents in the surrounding area.

SAT 31 JAN FAMILY MUSIC FUN WITH FÈIS FARR @ Farr Community Hall, 2pm Family music afternoon with a range of music, art and sports workshops for over 8s and a special Fèis

Bheag or ‘wee fèis’ for younger children. More information is available at feisean.

org and from Rachel at 01463 225559 or [email protected]

SAT 07 FEB BRING YOUR BEAR! @Badenoch Ctr, Kingussie

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SAT 28 FEB BABY & CHILDREN’S MARKET

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It’s all going tribute-tastic this month, with acts seemingly clambering over each other to impersonate their idols, many of them rock acts from days long gone. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing, especially since it keeps many of our young folk from joining the ever-growing cult of winsome-yet-perky singer/songwriterdom. Listen kids, the world doesn’t need any more Ed Sheerans. One’s more than enough.

The most prestigious of the tribute acts are RUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC who play EDEN COURT on 19 FEB. They’re arguably even more successful than the (recently reformed) real thing and if you’ve seen them up here in the past you’ll know they nail the band’s back catalogue, though without the messy domestic onstage travails. Big things are expected too from LIVEWIRE AC/DC (IRONWORKS, 21 FEB) and HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN (EDEN COURT, 01 MAR), while even Dire Straits tribute combo MONEY FOR NOTHING (IRONWORKS, 14 FEB) ought to provide pleasure for them that love the whole Knopfl er thing. Meanwhile SCOOTY & THE SKYHOOKS (IRONWORKS, 27 & 28 FEB) are almost a tribute to themselves these days having gone from party band of days of yore to hugely popular purveyors of pop/R’nB/soul classics. Best of all the retro stuff might be THE SIMON & GARFUNKEL STORY [1] at EDEN COURT on 22 FEB as original fi lm footage and a full live band straight from the West End combine to run through a quite extraordinary back catalogue, commemorating fi fty years since the duo fi rst started.

If it’s traditional music you’re after then there are a couple of ace gigs in store in the form of DUNCAN CHISHOLM: THE GATHERING [2] at EDEN COURT on 14 FEB and the marvellous trio of MICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER AND JOHN DOYLE [3] at the same venue on 17 FEB. Presumably they, along with most of the audience will be fresh from January’s Celtic Connections, so expect the fi res still to be burning in their performances.

PRIDES [4] (IRONWORKS, 05 FEB), were very much darlings of the music press as well as playing the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, but such is the ephemerality of such things that their star had begun to wane somewhat in the intervening months. More recently however the Glasgow synthpoppers have again found themselves attracting critical plaudits, being XFM ‘Great Xpectations’ artist a couple of days back and playing the Club NME New Year’s Eve Ball at Londons über-cool KOKO (before hotfooting it to spend New Year in Aviemore). Hopefully this gig will mark the beginning of an exciting year for them. Get along and be a part of it.

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CLASSICAL THU 29 JANMARAIKE BRÜNING @ Inverness Town House, 1pm.

FRI 20 FEBLANA TROTOVSEK AND YOKO MISUMI @ Inverness Town House, 1pm.Violinist Lana Trotovsek and pianist Yoko Misumi perform Ravel’s Sonatine with its early jazz influences, followed by G minor Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini, known as The Devil’s Trill Sonata and end with Igor Frolov’s fantasy arrangement of tunes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

PASSACAGLIA @ Nairn Comm Centre, 7pm. After a very popular previous visit to Nairn, Passacaglia return with another eclectic programme of Baroque music. musicnairn.org.uk, 01667 455701

BBC SSO @ Eden Court, 8pm.“I believe in civilisation” said Jean Sibelius, and amidst the turmoil and uncertainty of the early 20th century, he created a final symphony of monumental grandeur and elemental strength. Sibelius’ Seventh Symphony might just be the greatest since Beethoven; what’s certain is that few composers share such a profound kinship. Alina Pogostkina finds the strength and calm at the heart of Beethoven’s lyrical Violin Concerto, and Donald Runnicles, the BBC SSO’s Chief Conductor, frames symphony and concerto alike in two stirring hymns to freedom: two supreme masters, separated by a century but both set alight by the unbreakable power of the human spirit.

SUN 22 FEBSAX SERENADE WITH AMY DICKSON (SAXOPHONE) @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Amy Dickson, the young Classical Brit-winning, chart-topping saxophonist, joins the Scottish Ensemble in two powerful pieces for classical sax: Glazunov’s warmly lyrical yet sparklingly virtuosic Saxophone Concerto, and the profound spirituality of Georgian composer Giya Kancheli’s captivating Night Prayers. There’s a journey from darkness to light: Shostakovich’s deeply personal Chamber Symphony

is his dramatic response to the Second World War, while Tchaikovsky’s radiant Serenade for Strings brims over with expressive melody.

WED 25 FEBTHE PIATTI STRING QUARTET @ Inverness Town House, 7.30pm.The Piattis are amongst the UK’s foremost young string quartets, with a host of awards and a critically-acclaimed recording to their name. They have performed in all the major venues around the country including a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast from the Wigmore Hall; the Quartet has also appeared in Australia, Spain, Austria, Ireland, France, Switzerland and Holland.

CLUBBINGFRI 30 JANSPICE @ Vinyl, 9pm.Every Friday the NO1 Hen and Party Venue and the Highlands only retro club.Playing 70’s 80’s and a touch of 90’s. Every Friday.

FRIENDZY FRIDAYS @ G’s, 9pm.Admission £2 before 12 £4 after. Every Friday.

SAT 31 JANFRANKIE SAY VINYL @ Vinyl, 9pm.Everybodys fave Saturday at the NO1 Hen and Party Venue and the Highlands only retro club. Playing 70’s 80’s singalong hits all night long. Strictly Over 21. Free before midnight. Every Saturday.

THE NO1 SATURDAY IN INVERNESS @ G’s, 10pm.Regular Chart Pas DJs and Appearances.Over 18’s with ID Chart Dance and absolute anthems.£6 all night. gsinverness.comEvery Saturday

SAT 14 FEBADDICTION WHITE @ The Ironworks, 11pm. With: Scott Bond (UK), Mario Piu (It), Aka Dj Arabesque Bxr Classics Set, Signum (Nl), Armada Music / A State Of Trance, Jay Makanoize & Davie G (Sco), Andy Stephenson,Addiction/Pearshaped, House Classics Set, Acutek, Tlf/Justice Never Sleeps, Techno Set, Lee Thornton, Scope/Addiction, Electro Classics Set.

FOLKMON 26 JANTHE DUBLIN LEGENDS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

TUE 27 JANKATHRYN JOSEPH @ The Bothy @ Hootananny’s, 9pm.

FRI 30 JANSANDRA MACBETH AND FRIENDS @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 31 JANBURNS NIGHT FUNDRAISER @ The Ironworks, 7pm. Raising funds for SNP Inverness branch.

FRI 06 FEBSCHIEHALLION @ Hootananny, 9pm.

SAT 07 FEBSUPER CEILIDH @ Hootananny, 2.30pm.Every Saturday afternoon with Fraser & Erik. 2.30pm-4.30pm

JAMIE MARSHALL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

CAMAN @ Hootananny, 10pm.

FRI 13 FEBNORTH SEA GAS @ Hootananny, 9pm.Popular and hard working local act playing bluesy tunes.

SAT 14 FEBDUNCAN CHISHOLM : THE GATHERING @ Eden Court, 8pm.Steeped within a stunning catalogue of tracks comprising his acclaimed Strathglass Trilogy, you will find Duncan Chisholm’s distinctive sound of Scottish traditional fiddle music. Highly rhythmical and powerfully personal, The Gathering combines traditional and contemporary tunes, gripping stories of Scotland’s ancient Chisholm clan lands and irrepressible humour. Duncan has worked hard to preserve his extended musical heritage in delivering his representation of colourful soundscapes to complement the majestic Glens of Strathglass in the Highlands of Scotland.

NORTH SEA GAS @ Hootananny, 9pm.

TUE 17 FEBMICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER AND JOHN DOYLE @ Eden Court, 8pm. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle three members of the BBC acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions play Eden Court.

FRI 20 FEBKRIS DREVER @ Resolis Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. Kris Drever’s voice and guitar forms part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene. Widely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, he is a phenomenal and prolific artist.

COLIN DONALDSON BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Ceilidh sounds.

SAT 21 FEBINVERNESS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 @ Various - Inverness.Entering it’s 92nd year, the 12-day festival plays host to talent from across the country. (Runs 21 Feb - 4 March).invernessmusicfestival.org

SUPER CEILIDH @ Hootananny, 2.30pm.

INVERNESS FIDDLER’S RALLY @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Once again the Fiddlers will be joined by fellow enthusiasts from all over Scotland to form an orchestra of around 100 players performing a varied program of traditional music from Scotland and beyond. The Fiddlers’ Rally provides both a visual and a musical spectacle.

COLIN DONALDSON BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

FRI 27 FEBBRIAN O HEADHRA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Traditional sounds.

SAT 28 FEBSUPER CEILIDH @ Hootananny, 2.30pm.

THE BRANDON MCPHEE SHOW @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Traditional Scottish music from one of Scotland’s leading entertainers. Brandon has won almost every competition in the Scottish calendar and at the age of 17 is one of Scotland’s youngest ever accordion champions.

THE LOWGROUND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

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CLASSICAL THU 29 JANMARAIKE BRÜNING @ Inverness Town House, 1pm.

FRI 20 FEBLANA TROTOVSEK AND YOKO MISUMI @ Inverness Town House, 1pm.Violinist Lana Trotovsek and pianist Yoko Misumi perform Ravel’s Sonatine with its early jazz influences, followed by G minor Sonata by Giuseppe Tartini, known as The Devil’s Trill Sonata and end with Igor Frolov’s fantasy arrangement of tunes from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

PASSACAGLIA @ Nairn Comm Centre, 7pm. After a very popular previous visit to Nairn, Passacaglia return with another eclectic programme of Baroque music. musicnairn.org.uk, 01667 455701

BBC SSO @ Eden Court, 8pm.“I believe in civilisation” said Jean Sibelius, and amidst the turmoil and uncertainty of the early 20th century, he created a final symphony of monumental grandeur and elemental strength. Sibelius’ Seventh Symphony might just be the greatest since Beethoven; what’s certain is that few composers share such a profound kinship. Alina Pogostkina finds the strength and calm at the heart of Beethoven’s lyrical Violin Concerto, and Donald Runnicles, the BBC SSO’s Chief Conductor, frames symphony and concerto alike in two stirring hymns to freedom: two supreme masters, separated by a century but both set alight by the unbreakable power of the human spirit.

SUN 22 FEBSAX SERENADE WITH AMY DICKSON (SAXOPHONE) @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Amy Dickson, the young Classical Brit-winning, chart-topping saxophonist, joins the Scottish Ensemble in two powerful pieces for classical sax: Glazunov’s warmly lyrical yet sparklingly virtuosic Saxophone Concerto, and the profound spirituality of Georgian composer Giya Kancheli’s captivating Night Prayers. There’s a journey from darkness to light: Shostakovich’s deeply personal Chamber Symphony

is his dramatic response to the Second World War, while Tchaikovsky’s radiant Serenade for Strings brims over with expressive melody.

WED 25 FEBTHE PIATTI STRING QUARTET @ Inverness Town House, 7.30pm.The Piattis are amongst the UK’s foremost young string quartets, with a host of awards and a critically-acclaimed recording to their name. They have performed in all the major venues around the country including a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast from the Wigmore Hall; the Quartet has also appeared in Australia, Spain, Austria, Ireland, France, Switzerland and Holland.

CLUBBINGFRI 30 JANSPICE @ Vinyl, 9pm.Every Friday the NO1 Hen and Party Venue and the Highlands only retro club.Playing 70’s 80’s and a touch of 90’s. Every Friday.

FRIENDZY FRIDAYS @ G’s, 9pm.Admission £2 before 12 £4 after. Every Friday.

SAT 31 JANFRANKIE SAY VINYL @ Vinyl, 9pm.Everybodys fave Saturday at the NO1 Hen and Party Venue and the Highlands only retro club. Playing 70’s 80’s singalong hits all night long. Strictly Over 21. Free before midnight. Every Saturday.

THE NO1 SATURDAY IN INVERNESS @ G’s, 10pm.Regular Chart Pas DJs and Appearances.Over 18’s with ID Chart Dance and absolute anthems.£6 all night. gsinverness.comEvery Saturday

SAT 14 FEBADDICTION WHITE @ The Ironworks, 11pm. With: Scott Bond (UK), Mario Piu (It), Aka Dj Arabesque Bxr Classics Set, Signum (Nl), Armada Music / A State Of Trance, Jay Makanoize & Davie G (Sco), Andy Stephenson,Addiction/Pearshaped, House Classics Set, Acutek, Tlf/Justice Never Sleeps, Techno Set, Lee Thornton, Scope/Addiction, Electro Classics Set.

FOLKMON 26 JANTHE DUBLIN LEGENDS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

TUE 27 JANKATHRYN JOSEPH @ The Bothy @ Hootananny’s, 9pm.

FRI 30 JANSANDRA MACBETH AND FRIENDS @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 31 JANBURNS NIGHT FUNDRAISER @ The Ironworks, 7pm. Raising funds for SNP Inverness branch.

FRI 06 FEBSCHIEHALLION @ Hootananny, 9pm.

SAT 07 FEBSUPER CEILIDH @ Hootananny, 2.30pm.Every Saturday afternoon with Fraser & Erik. 2.30pm-4.30pm

JAMIE MARSHALL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

CAMAN @ Hootananny, 10pm.

FRI 13 FEBNORTH SEA GAS @ Hootananny, 9pm.Popular and hard working local act playing bluesy tunes.

SAT 14 FEBDUNCAN CHISHOLM : THE GATHERING @ Eden Court, 8pm.Steeped within a stunning catalogue of tracks comprising his acclaimed Strathglass Trilogy, you will find Duncan Chisholm’s distinctive sound of Scottish traditional fiddle music. Highly rhythmical and powerfully personal, The Gathering combines traditional and contemporary tunes, gripping stories of Scotland’s ancient Chisholm clan lands and irrepressible humour. Duncan has worked hard to preserve his extended musical heritage in delivering his representation of colourful soundscapes to complement the majestic Glens of Strathglass in the Highlands of Scotland.

NORTH SEA GAS @ Hootananny, 9pm.

TUE 17 FEBMICHAEL MCGOLDRICK, JOHN MCCUSKER AND JOHN DOYLE @ Eden Court, 8pm. Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle three members of the BBC acclaimed Transatlantic Sessions play Eden Court.

FRI 20 FEBKRIS DREVER @ Resolis Memorial Hall, 7.30pm. Kris Drever’s voice and guitar forms part of the backbone of today’s contemporary roots scene. Widely admired as a solo artist, collaborator, and member of folk superstars Lau, he is a phenomenal and prolific artist.

COLIN DONALDSON BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Ceilidh sounds.

SAT 21 FEBINVERNESS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 @ Various - Inverness.Entering it’s 92nd year, the 12-day festival plays host to talent from across the country. (Runs 21 Feb - 4 March).invernessmusicfestival.org

SUPER CEILIDH @ Hootananny, 2.30pm.

INVERNESS FIDDLER’S RALLY @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Once again the Fiddlers will be joined by fellow enthusiasts from all over Scotland to form an orchestra of around 100 players performing a varied program of traditional music from Scotland and beyond. The Fiddlers’ Rally provides both a visual and a musical spectacle.

COLIN DONALDSON BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

FRI 27 FEBBRIAN O HEADHRA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Traditional sounds.

SAT 28 FEBSUPER CEILIDH @ Hootananny, 2.30pm.

THE BRANDON MCPHEE SHOW @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Traditional Scottish music from one of Scotland’s leading entertainers. Brandon has won almost every competition in the Scottish calendar and at the age of 17 is one of Scotland’s youngest ever accordion champions.

THE LOWGROUND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.


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FRI 20 FEBTHE TOM GREEN SEPTET @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Winner of the 2013 Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition and mentioned three times as Jazzwise magazine’s One to Watch 2014, Tom Green is one of the most exciting young trombonists and composers currently active in the UK.

ROCKTHU 29 JAN‘MOTOWN’S GREATEST HITS - HOW SWEET IT IS’’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.Featuring The Formations, this ultimate celebration of the sweet sound of MOTOWN is back!

ROBIN, BILLS AND DEREK @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

FRI 30 JANHIGHLAND BATTLE OF THE BANDS @ The Eagle Bar, 8pm.

HOTEL MOSKVA/ SWAMP RADIO @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

THE GALIPAYGOS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 31 JANHIGHLAND BATTLE OF THE BANDS @ The Eagle Bar, 8pm.

ANDY GUNN BAND @ Raigmore Motel, 9pm.

LONEHEAD/WOODENTOOTH @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SUN 01 FEBBEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

MON 02 FEBROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

TUE 03 FEBJAMES MACKENZIE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

WED 04 FEBFERGUS AND GREG @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 05 FEBPRIDES @ The Ironworks, 7pm. Glasgow synthpop chaps managed by Ally Macrae visit Ironworks. Yay.

ALTEREDSKY @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.


FRI 06 FEBNEON KNIGHTS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

JUNEBUG @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SAT 07 FEBSTETSONHEAD @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SUN 08 FEBKEITH JACK - A LITTLE BIT MORE OF ME @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Scottish-born musical theatre star, Keith Jack returns to his roots with a new musical show for 2015.

BEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



WED 11 FEBSTEVE EAGLESHAM @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 12 FEBROBIN, BILLS AND DEREK @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

FRI 13 FEBSILVER COAST @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 14 FEBMONEY FOR NOTHING @ The Ironworks, Tribute to Dire Straits.

THE BRASS MONKEES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

STETSONHEAD @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



TUE 17 FEBBEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm.


THU 19 FEBRUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC UK 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.


FRI 20 FEBSEARCHING FOR DONKEYS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 21 FEBLIVEWIRE : ACDC @ The Ironworks, 7.30pm. ‘Six man tribute to rock’s greatest band AC/DC, complete with trademark cannons, a wall of Marshalls and the power of High Voltage Rock and Roll!’

MIR @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

AMBER ROAD @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

BREAKING BANDS @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.Presented by 2010 events and Reloaded. Live music from Red Kites, Glass Caves, Joe Dolmans and more TBC. £4 from: scottish.ticketsource.co.uk and Eden Court Box office.

SUN 22 FEBTHE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY @ Eden Court, 8pm. Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th Anniversary Celebration also features a full live band performing all the hits.


TUE 24 FEBANDY DUNCAN @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

WED 25 FEBCAROLINE TRUSTLOVE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 26 FEBTIJUANA BIBLES/ BEAR JACKET/ MEGAN BLYTH @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.Tickets £6 from scottish.ticketsource.co.uk and Eden Court Box office.


FRI 27 FEBSCOOTY AND THE SKYHOOKS @ The Ironworks, 7.30pm.The legendary 12 piece make a welcome return to The Ironworks.

MAD HATTERS LIVE @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. Hosted by Sara Bills and The Has-Beens (headline set and DJ set). Support from The Travels.


SAT 28 FEBSCBUSTOCK BENEFIT GIG @ Spectrum Centre, In aid of the Special Care Baby Unit at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, Rock n roll and Funk n Soul is on the bill with bands including Willie and Tabs MacAskill, The Whiskys, Iain McLaughlin and The Outsiders, Little Mill of Happiness and The Leonard Jones Potential performing. Tickets £10, all proceeds to SCBU and available from Union Vinyl and Inverness Tattoo Centre.

SCOOTY AND THE SKYHOOKS @ The Ironworks, 7.30pm.As Fri 27 Feb.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.Local band.


SUN 01 MARHATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. ‘A stunning tribute to the greatest rock band ever.’

FRI 06 MAR‘PETER FRENCH SINGS HARRY NILSSON AND THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.


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FRI 20 FEBTHE TOM GREEN SEPTET @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Winner of the 2013 Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition and mentioned three times as Jazzwise magazine’s One to Watch 2014, Tom Green is one of the most exciting young trombonists and composers currently active in the UK.

ROCKTHU 29 JAN‘MOTOWN’S GREATEST HITS - HOW SWEET IT IS’’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.Featuring The Formations, this ultimate celebration of the sweet sound of MOTOWN is back!


FRI 30 JANHIGHLAND BATTLE OF THE BANDS @ The Eagle Bar, 8pm.

HOTEL MOSKVA/ SWAMP RADIO @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.


SAT 31 JANHIGHLAND BATTLE OF THE BANDS @ The Eagle Bar, 8pm.

ANDY GUNN BAND @ Raigmore Motel, 9pm.

LONEHEAD/WOODENTOOTH @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.






THU 05 FEBPRIDES @ The Ironworks, 7pm. Glasgow synthpop chaps managed by Ally Macrae visit Ironworks. Yay.

ALTEREDSKY @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.


FRI 06 FEBNEON KNIGHTS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

JUNEBUG @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SAT 07 FEBSTETSONHEAD @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SUN 08 FEBKEITH JACK - A LITTLE BIT MORE OF ME @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Scottish-born musical theatre star, Keith Jack returns to his roots with a new musical show for 2015.

BEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



WED 11 FEBSTEVE EAGLESHAM @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 12 FEBROBIN, BILLS AND DEREK @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

FRI 13 FEBSILVER COAST @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 14 FEBMONEY FOR NOTHING @ The Ironworks, Tribute to Dire Straits.

THE BRASS MONKEES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

STETSONHEAD @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



TUE 17 FEBBEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm.


THU 19 FEBRUMOURS OF FLEETWOOD MAC UK 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.


FRI 20 FEBSEARCHING FOR DONKEYS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 21 FEBLIVEWIRE : ACDC @ The Ironworks, 7.30pm. ‘Six man tribute to rock’s greatest band AC/DC, complete with trademark cannons, a wall of Marshalls and the power of High Voltage Rock and Roll!’

MIR @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

AMBER ROAD @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

BREAKING BANDS @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.Presented by 2010 events and Reloaded. Live music from Red Kites, Glass Caves, Joe Dolmans and more TBC. £4 from: scottish.ticketsource.co.uk and Eden Court Box office.

SUN 22 FEBTHE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL STORY @ Eden Court, 8pm. Using huge projection photos and original film footage, this 50th Anniversary Celebration also features a full live band performing all the hits.


TUE 24 FEBANDY DUNCAN @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

WED 25 FEBCAROLINE TRUSTLOVE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 26 FEBTIJUANA BIBLES/ BEAR JACKET/ MEGAN BLYTH @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.Tickets £6 from scottish.ticketsource.co.uk and Eden Court Box office.


FRI 27 FEBSCOOTY AND THE SKYHOOKS @ The Ironworks, 7.30pm.The legendary 12 piece make a welcome return to The Ironworks.

MAD HATTERS LIVE @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. Hosted by Sara Bills and The Has-Beens (headline set and DJ set). Support from The Travels.


SAT 28 FEBSCBUSTOCK BENEFIT GIG @ Spectrum Centre, In aid of the Special Care Baby Unit at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, Rock n roll and Funk n Soul is on the bill with bands including Willie and Tabs MacAskill, The Whiskys, Iain McLaughlin and The Outsiders, Little Mill of Happiness and The Leonard Jones Potential performing. Tickets £10, all proceeds to SCBU and available from Union Vinyl and Inverness Tattoo Centre.

SCOOTY AND THE SKYHOOKS @ The Ironworks, 7.30pm.As Fri 27 Feb.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.Local band.


SUN 01 MARHATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. ‘A stunning tribute to the greatest rock band ever.’

FRI 06 MAR‘PETER FRENCH SINGS HARRY NILSSON AND THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.


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In the past couple of years Inverness has established itself as the location for some of the best quality amateur boxing in Scotland, but this month sees the visit of a bona fi de professional pugilist in the form of DAVID HAYE [1], who is fronting AN EVENING WITH… at KINGSMILLS HOTEL on FRI 06 FEB. Former unifi ed cruiserweight and WBA heavyweight champion, The Hayemaker, has not fought since stopping Derek Chisora in July 2012, and has endured a frustrating period of injuries and cancellations since, most notably two proposed dates with Tyson Fury, due to a cut in sparring, followed by a shoulder injury, but word among the boxing fraternity is that he hasn’t given up on the prospect of trying for another world title. No doubt he’ll reveal more on the night, along with tales from in and out of the ring. Plus there’s a three course meal and your chance to get your photo taken with him. Call 01294 214277 to order tickets.

Grub is also a backdrop to the FOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL in Kingussie from 05–08 FEB. Back for the eighth year, this looks like being the best yet. Kicking off with a screening of Kiss The Water (produced by local Kate Swann), other fi lms on show include The Joy Luck Club [2], Chef [3] and My Big Fat Greek Wedding [4] as well as the (very, very excellent) Bollywood hit The Lunch Box [5].

One evening will be brought to you by the Creative Media Students of Kingussie High School who’ll be screening a selection of shorts they’ve made including The Wolf Of Walls Street, a take on Scorsese’s hit which is hopefully a little less frisky (and substance-fuelled!) than the original.

On top of all that there are cooking demonstrations, a bread making competition, art exhibitions and more. Full details at kingussiefoodonfi lm.co.uk

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TUE 27 JANHIGHLAND LITERARY SALON BURNS NIGHT @ Glen Mhor Hotel, 7.30pm.See highlandlitsalon.com to buy tickets.

WED 28 JANINVERNESS COLLEGE UHI OPEN DAY @ Inverness College Longman Road, 5pm.

THU 29 JANILLUMINATING INVERNESS @ Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, 12pm. Half-day workshop. Booking essential. 01463 237114. £3.50.

BEAUTIES OF THE BLACK ISLE @ Fraser Park Bowling Club, 7.30pm. RSPB talk.

LAGGAN HERITAGE TALK @ Laggan Village Hall, 7.30pm.

FRI 30 JANTHE WOMEN WHO WENT TO WAR @ IMAG, 1pm.Free talk. Booking essential. 01463 237114

SAT 31 JANRSPC TRIP: NORTH KESSOCK TO TOLLIE @ Highland Council Car Park, 9.30am.

TUE 03 FEBSOLAR SYSTEM TOPIC @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. Highland Astronomical Society talk by Michael Marett-Crosby.spacegazer.com

THU 05 FEBMINDFULNESS MBSR @ Mackenzie Centre, Eight week course begins. Registration required. Email: [email protected]

FOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. An exciting line up of foodie films, creative events and the return of the now infamous Food Hall – stocked full of artisan food producers displaying their fine creations.kingussiefoodonfilm.co.uk

A HISTORY OF MUNRO’S SAWMILL @ Dingwall Town Hall , 7.30pm. Talk by Henry Blake Organised by Dingwall History Society. Visitors £1.50

FRI 06 FEBWE WANT YOUR LOAF @ Star Hotel, Kingussie. Food on Film Festival event. A bread making competition for non-professional bakers. Full info: kingussiefoodonfilm.co.uk

FOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. As Thu 05 Feb.

AN AUDIENCE WITH DAVID HAYE @ Kingsmills Hotel, Meet one of the greatest British boxers ever. anaudiencewithdavidhaye.com

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL @ Birnie Village Hall, 7.30pm.Sigma talk discussing Scottish mathematical physicist, James Clerk Maxwell, who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation.sigma-astro.co.uk

MOVING OUT AND MOVING ON? @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm.Nairn Literary Institute Talk. Scottish Emigrants’ Experiences in the 20th Century. nairnliterary.org.uk

SAT 07 FEBFOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. As Thu 05 Feb.

NON-CLUNKY NON-FICTION WITH DAVID ROBINSON @ Moniack Mhor Writer’s Centre, 7.30pm. David Robinson will reveal what Looking for Truman Capote taught him about literary style, confidence – and deceit. £15, Book:moniackmhor.org.uk

SUN 08 FEBFOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. As Thu 05 Feb.

MON 09 FEBROSEMARKIE PEOPLE @ Seaforth Lodge, 7.30pm. Talk by Freda Bassindale. .

1ST ASCENT OF THE MAZENO RIDGE OF NANGA PARBAT @ Boat Of Garten Comm Hall, 7.30pm. Talk by international Mountain guide Sandy Allan. £5.

CONSERVING MEDICINAL PLANTS OF NEPAL @ Highland Council Chamber, 7.30pm. Talk by Dr Deborah Long.

TUE 10 FEBWHAT IS ART FOR? @ Riverside Lounge, Glen Mhor Hotel, 7.30pm. Pink castle philosophy club meeting. pinkcastle.eu

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION @ Chapel, RNI, Inverness, 7pm. Six week introductory

course with follow-on options. For info/ booking email:[email protected]

URBAN BOTANY @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm.Inverness Botany Group Talk by John Grace.invernessbotanygroup.com

WED 11 FEBSNOWDROPS AND SPRING FLOWERS @ Nairn Comm Centre, 7.30pm. Highland Rock Garden Club illustrated talk by Kevin Ball (Head Gardener, Inverewe). For info call John: 01320 366246.

THU 12 FEBEDOUARD MANET – THE REBEL IN A FROCK COAT @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 2pm. NADFAS Art lecture by Jullian Halsby. New members welcome: 07595 219308. Full details hdfas.org.uk

SAT 14 FEBWHAT’S LEFT TO FIGHT FOR? @ The Bike Shed, 1pm. Discussion. Part of a series of events for LGBT history month.

WED 18 FEBFORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL LAUNCH NIGHT @ Nevis Range, mountainfestival.co.uk

THU 19 FEBA SAFE PLACE FOR CROMARTY’S POOR @ Cromarty West Church Hall, 7.30pm. Talk by Dr. Jenny Fyfe.

TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY @ Dingwall Town Hall , 7.30pm.DIngwall Field Club talk by Janette Steele.

FRI 20 FEBPADDLE NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm. Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

SPINKS AND SPAN… LET’S GO WILD! @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm. Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

SIR HECTOR MUNRO OF NOVAR @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm. Nairn Literary Institute talk by Dr Andrew MacKillop.nairnliterary.org.uk

SAT 21 FEBCLIMBING NIGHT - MARTIN BOYSEN AND INES PAPERT @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm.With Martin Boysen and Ines Papert. Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

BIKE NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm.Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

MON 23 FEBTHE WILDLIFE OF SPEYSIDE @ Boat Of Garten Community Hall, 7.30pm. £5.

THU 26 FEB40 YEARS OF BIRD RINGING IN THE HIGHLANDS-WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT? @ Fraser Park Bowling Club, 7.30pm.An illustrated RSPB talk by Simon Foster - Highland Ringing Group. Group members £3 Visitors £4

SAT 28 FEBRSPB OUTING- LOCH FLEMINGTON TO NAIRN @ Highland Council Car Park, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness , 9.30am.01463 237836

LOCH FLEMINGTON TO NAIRN @ Depart Highland Council car park , 9.30am.RSPB Field trip to the Moray coast.

CAKE WALK AND STORY - MEALL FUAR-MHONAIDH, DRUMNADROCHIT @ Meet - Highland Council Car Park, 10am.5 mile walk. Info: 07724 992790 or visit guyandjocelyn.org

TUE 03 MAR2020 VISION: THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. Highland Astronomical Society talk by Martin Hendry, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow.

THU 05 MARSABA DOUGLAS-HAMILTON A LIFE WITH ELEPHANTS @ Eden Court, 7pm. Join Saba Douglas-Hamilton, the highly acclaimed elephant conservationist and wildlife TV presenter of This Wild Life and Big Cat Diaries for an evening of exciting animal stories and intimate behind the scenes tales.

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A MOST VIOLENT YEAR (15) FRI 13 – THU 19 FEBDREAM & SCREAM SCREENING WED 18 FEB 11.00

Director J.C. Chandor I Starring Oscar Issac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo

USA I 2014 I 125 mins I amostviolentyear.com Set in 1980’s New York during the winter of one of the most violent years in the city’s history. This grittythriller follows the lives of a young immigrant business man and his family as they strive to fulfil theAmerican Dream. But when their crooked competitors launch a campaign of intimidation against them,the rampant violence, decay and corruption of the day threatens to destroy all they have built.

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY (CERT TBC)FRI 13 – THU 26 FEBSUBTITLED SCREENING TUE 17 FEB 18.00

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson I Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle

USA I 2014 I TBC mins I fiftyshades-movie.co.uk The hotly anticipated film adaptation of the global phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey. When innocent youngstudent Anastasia Steele goes to interview the wealthy, charismatic entrepreneur Christian Grey the attraction between them is electric. They embark on an intense and passionate relationship which seesAnastasia explore her own erotic desires for the very first time.

INHERENT VICE (15)SUN 01 – THU 12 FEBSUBTITLED SCREENING THU 05 FEB 17.00

Director Paul Thomas Anderson I Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin

UK I 2014 I 148 mins I inherentvicemovie.comIn 1970s drug-fueled Los Angeles, stoner and private detective Doc Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. Joaquin Phoenix leads a star-studded cast of Oscar winners and nominees in this brilliant crime-caper from the director of There Will Be Blood.

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (PG) FRI 27 FEB – THU 19 MARFRIENDS COFFEE MORNING MON 02 MARDREAM & SCREAM SCREENING THU 05 MAR SUBTITLED SCREENINGS MON 09, SUN 15 & THU 19 MAR

Director John Madden I Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Richard Gere

UK/USA I 2015 I 122 minsThis is the delightful sequel to 2012’s hugely successful British comedy – The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel –which followed the adventures of seven elderly Britons who moved to a retirement hotel in Indian. Newarrival Richard Gere join most of the original cast members as they return for the second chapter of thischarming, bittersweet comedy.

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Welcome to the Robertson Screens. At Robertson we’ve always been a keen supporter ofthe arts: from brass bands to theatre shows to music festivals and now cinema. We helped to redevelop Eden Court and we’re proud that we can continue to work in partnership with them by sponsoring the cinemas. Robertson – Investing – Building – CaringWe hope you enjoy your film. robertson.co.uk

Eden Court, Bishops Road, Inverness IV3 5SA Box Office 01463 234 234 Administration 01463 239 841

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Eden Court Highlands (trading as Eden Court) is a company registered in Scotland (company number SC63216) and a charity registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (registered number SCO08237)

TICKET PRICESAll Tickets pre 5.00pm £7.00Adults (over 18) £8.00 Adult Concession £7.50Under 18’s & Students £5.00 at all times Eden Court Friends £1.00 offProgrammer’s Choice:

Buy for all three Programmer’s Choice films and get £1.00 off each

EXCLUSIVE SCREENINGS FOR EDEN COURT FRIENDSFriends Coffee Morning – MON 02 FEB, Testament Of Youth (12A)Film starts 11.30am – Coffee served from 10.30am

DREAM AND SCREAM Specially for parents and carers of new babies aged 0 –12 months. Look out for Dream & Scream on individual screenings.

AUDIO DESCRIBED & SUBTITLED FILMS We endeavour to offer as wide a range of accessible film screeningsas possible. When a film is marked this means that Audio Description is available via a headset for allscreenings (please ask box office for your headset). When a film is marked this means there will be a selected Subtitled screening/screenings. Subtitled Screenings will be highlighted on the timetable and below the film entry.

AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENINGS When a film is marked this means that there will be an Autism FriendlyScreening of this film. These screenings are especially for people on the autistic spectrum and their families,friends and carers. During these shows low lights are left on in the auditorium and the volume of the soundtrack is reduced. It is fine for customers to move around, make noise or take a break during the film.

FEB 2015Sun 0113.00 Foxcatcher13.15 Exodus: Gods and Kings16.30 Inherent Vice16.45 Exodus: Gods and Kings17.00 Foxcatcher19.30 Inherent Vice19.45 Testament Of Youth20.00 Hockney Subtitled

Mon 0211.30 Testament Of Youth

Friends Coffee Morning17.30 Exodus: Gods and Kings Subtitled18.00 Testament Of Youth19.00 Inherent Vice20.15 Exodus: Gods and Kings20.30 Foxcatcher

Tue 0311.30 Foxcatcher14.00 Testament Of Youth19.00 Inherent Vice19.15 Testament Of Youth

Wed 0411.00 Testament Of Youth

Dream & Scream11.30 Inherent Vice14.00 Foxcatcher19.00 Inherent Vice19.15 Foxcatcher

Thu 0511.30 Testament Of Youth14.00 Inherent Vice17.00 Inherent Vice Subtitled18.00 Foxcatcher20.00 Inherent Vice20.30 Testament Of Youth

Fri 0617.00 Inherent Vice18.00 Testament Of Youth20.00 Inherent Vice20.30 Wolf

Sat 0713.00 Inherent Vice13.15 Testament Of Youth17.00 Inherent Vice18.00 A Hard Day20.15 Inherent Vice20.30 Testament Of Youth

Sun 0813.30 Zulu16.30 Inherent Vice17.30 Testament Of Youth19.45 Inherent Vice20.00 Charlie’s Country

Mon 0918.00 Charlie’s Country19.30 Inherent Vice20.30 Testament Of Youth

Tue 1017.45 Testament Of Youth19.30 Inherent Vice20.15 Brief Encounter InFiFa

Wed 1119.00 RSC: Love’s Labour’s Lost19.30 Inherent Vice

Thu 1211.30 Inherent Vice14.00 Testament Of Youth17.00 Inherent Vice18.15 Digicult Programme 120.00 Inherent Vice20.30 Testament Of Youth

Fri 1314.00 Into The Woods18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey18.15 Enemy20.15 A Most Violent Year20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey

Sat 1411.00 Into The Woods13.45 Into The Woods

Autism Friendly Screening14.00 Fifty Shades of Grey17.45 A Most Violent Year18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey20.15 Enemy20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey

Sun 1511.00 Into The Woods13.00 Fifty Shades of Grey13.30 War Requiem Derek Jarman Season17.00 My Beautiful Laundrette17.15 Fifty Shades of Grey19.45 Fifty Shades of Grey20.00 A Most Violent Year

Mon 1611.00 Into The Woods14.00 Into The Woods Subtitled18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey18.15 A Most Violent Year20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey20.45 Manakamana

Tue 1711.00 Into The Woods Dream & Scream14.00 Fifty Shades of Grey14.15 Bringing Tibet Home18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey Subtitled18.15 Into The Woods20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey20.45 A Most Violent Year

Wed 1811.00 A Most Violent Year

Dream & Scream11.30 Fifty Shades of Grey14.15 Into The Woods14.00 NT Live: Treasure Island Encore18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey18.15 Bringing Tibet Home20.15 Manakamana20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey

Thu 1911.30 Enemy 14.00 Into The Woods18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey18.15 A Most Violent Year20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey20.45 Enemy

Fri 2014.00 Into The Woods17.45 Tevar18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey20.45 Whiplash

Sat 2111.00 Into The Woods13.45 Into The Woods14.00 Fifty Shades of Grey17.30 Whiplash18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey19.45 Tevar20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey

Sun 2211.00 Into The Woods13.00 Fifty Shades of Grey13.15 Tevar17.00 NT Live: Treasure Island Encore17.15 Fifty Shades of Grey19.45 Fifty Shades of Grey20.15 Whiplash

Mon 2311.30 Whiplash18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey18.15 Au Revoir Les Enfants20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey20.45 Whiplash

Tue 2411.30 Fifty Shades of Grey19.15 Royal Opera House Live:

Der Fliegende Holländer19.45 Fifty Shades of Grey

Wed 2511.30 Au Revoir Les Enfants14.00 Whiplash18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey19.15 The Artist InFiFa20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey

Thu 2611.30 Fifty Shades of Grey18.00 Fifty Shades of Grey18.15 Digicult Programme 220.15 Whiplash20.30 Fifty Shades of Grey

Fri 2717.30 The Second Best

Exotic Marigold Hotel18.00 Love Is Strange20.15 The Second Best

Exotic Marigold Hotel20.30 Still Life

Sat 2811.00 The Second Best

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TUE 27 JANHIGHLAND LITERARY SALON BURNS NIGHT @ Glen Mhor Hotel, 7.30pm.See highlandlitsalon.com to buy tickets.

WED 28 JANINVERNESS COLLEGE UHI OPEN DAY @ Inverness College Longman Road, 5pm.

THU 29 JANILLUMINATING INVERNESS @ Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, 12pm. Half-day workshop. Booking essential. 01463 237114. £3.50.

BEAUTIES OF THE BLACK ISLE @ Fraser Park Bowling Club, 7.30pm. RSPB talk.

LAGGAN HERITAGE TALK @ Laggan Village Hall, 7.30pm.

FRI 30 JANTHE WOMEN WHO WENT TO WAR @ IMAG, 1pm.Free talk. Booking essential. 01463 237114

SAT 31 JANRSPC TRIP: NORTH KESSOCK TO TOLLIE @ Highland Council Car Park, 9.30am.

TUE 03 FEBSOLAR SYSTEM TOPIC @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. Highland Astronomical Society talk by Michael Marett-Crosby.spacegazer.com

THU 05 FEBMINDFULNESS MBSR @ Mackenzie Centre, Eight week course begins. Registration required. Email: [email protected]

FOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. An exciting line up of foodie films, creative events and the return of the now infamous Food Hall – stocked full of artisan food producers displaying their fine creations.kingussiefoodonfilm.co.uk

A HISTORY OF MUNRO’S SAWMILL @ Dingwall Town Hall , 7.30pm. Talk by Henry Blake Organised by Dingwall History Society. Visitors £1.50

FRI 06 FEBWE WANT YOUR LOAF @ Star Hotel, Kingussie. Food on Film Festival event. A bread making competition for non-professional bakers. Full info: kingussiefoodonfilm.co.uk

FOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. As Thu 05 Feb.

AN AUDIENCE WITH DAVID HAYE @ Kingsmills Hotel, Meet one of the greatest British boxers ever. anaudiencewithdavidhaye.com

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL @ Birnie Village Hall, 7.30pm.Sigma talk discussing Scottish mathematical physicist, James Clerk Maxwell, who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation.sigma-astro.co.uk

MOVING OUT AND MOVING ON? @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm.Nairn Literary Institute Talk. Scottish Emigrants’ Experiences in the 20th Century. nairnliterary.org.uk

SAT 07 FEBFOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. As Thu 05 Feb.

NON-CLUNKY NON-FICTION WITH DAVID ROBINSON @ Moniack Mhor Writer’s Centre, 7.30pm. David Robinson will reveal what Looking for Truman Capote taught him about literary style, confidence – and deceit. £15, Book:moniackmhor.org.uk

SUN 08 FEBFOOD ON FILM FESTIVAL 2015 @ Kingussie. As Thu 05 Feb.

MON 09 FEBROSEMARKIE PEOPLE @ Seaforth Lodge, 7.30pm. Talk by Freda Bassindale. .

1ST ASCENT OF THE MAZENO RIDGE OF NANGA PARBAT @ Boat Of Garten Comm Hall, 7.30pm. Talk by international Mountain guide Sandy Allan. £5.

CONSERVING MEDICINAL PLANTS OF NEPAL @ Highland Council Chamber, 7.30pm. Talk by Dr Deborah Long.

TUE 10 FEBWHAT IS ART FOR? @ Riverside Lounge, Glen Mhor Hotel, 7.30pm. Pink castle philosophy club meeting. pinkcastle.eu

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION @ Chapel, RNI, Inverness, 7pm. Six week introductory

course with follow-on options. For info/ booking email:[email protected]

URBAN BOTANY @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm.Inverness Botany Group Talk by John Grace.invernessbotanygroup.com

WED 11 FEBSNOWDROPS AND SPRING FLOWERS @ Nairn Comm Centre, 7.30pm. Highland Rock Garden Club illustrated talk by Kevin Ball (Head Gardener, Inverewe). For info call John: 01320 366246.

THU 12 FEBEDOUARD MANET – THE REBEL IN A FROCK COAT @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 2pm. NADFAS Art lecture by Jullian Halsby. New members welcome: 07595 219308. Full details hdfas.org.uk

SAT 14 FEBWHAT’S LEFT TO FIGHT FOR? @ The Bike Shed, 1pm. Discussion. Part of a series of events for LGBT history month.

WED 18 FEBFORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL LAUNCH NIGHT @ Nevis Range, mountainfestival.co.uk

THU 19 FEBA SAFE PLACE FOR CROMARTY’S POOR @ Cromarty West Church Hall, 7.30pm. Talk by Dr. Jenny Fyfe.

TRANS SIBERIAN RAILWAY @ Dingwall Town Hall , 7.30pm.DIngwall Field Club talk by Janette Steele.

FRI 20 FEBPADDLE NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm. Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

SPINKS AND SPAN… LET’S GO WILD! @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm. Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

SIR HECTOR MUNRO OF NOVAR @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm. Nairn Literary Institute talk by Dr Andrew MacKillop.nairnliterary.org.uk

SAT 21 FEBCLIMBING NIGHT - MARTIN BOYSEN AND INES PAPERT @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm.With Martin Boysen and Ines Papert. Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

BIKE NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, 6.30pm.Fort William Mountain Festival event.mountainfestival.co.uk

MON 23 FEBTHE WILDLIFE OF SPEYSIDE @ Boat Of Garten Community Hall, 7.30pm. £5.

THU 26 FEB40 YEARS OF BIRD RINGING IN THE HIGHLANDS-WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT? @ Fraser Park Bowling Club, 7.30pm.An illustrated RSPB talk by Simon Foster - Highland Ringing Group. Group members £3 Visitors £4

SAT 28 FEBRSPB OUTING- LOCH FLEMINGTON TO NAIRN @ Highland Council Car Park, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness , 9.30am.01463 237836

LOCH FLEMINGTON TO NAIRN @ Depart Highland Council car park , 9.30am.RSPB Field trip to the Moray coast.

CAKE WALK AND STORY - MEALL FUAR-MHONAIDH, DRUMNADROCHIT @ Meet - Highland Council Car Park, 10am.5 mile walk. Info: 07724 992790 or visit guyandjocelyn.org

TUE 03 MAR2020 VISION: THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. Highland Astronomical Society talk by Martin Hendry, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow.

THU 05 MARSABA DOUGLAS-HAMILTON A LIFE WITH ELEPHANTS @ Eden Court, 7pm. Join Saba Douglas-Hamilton, the highly acclaimed elephant conservationist and wildlife TV presenter of This Wild Life and Big Cat Diaries for an evening of exciting animal stories and intimate behind the scenes tales.

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CERTIFICATES Films rated (12+), (15+) are documentaries without BBFC classifications, these are our recommended age suitability ratings. Films rated (CERT TBC) can be checked nearer screening dates or at bbfc.co.uk

EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS (12A)SUN 01 & MON 02 FEBSUBTITLED SCREENING MON 02 FEB 17.30

Director Ridley Scott

Starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton

UK/USA/Spain I 2014 I 150 minsexodusgodsandkings.com From acclaimed director Ridley Scott comesthis epic retelling of the biblical story of theprophet Moses.

A HARD DAY KKEUT-KKA-JI-GAN-DA (15)SAT 07 FEBDirector Kim Seong-Hun

Starring Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Jin-woong

South Korea I 2014 I 108 mins

Korean with subtitlesDetective Ko Gun-su is having one of thosedays: it’s his mother’s funeral, internal affairsare investigating his team for corruption andwhile speeding back to police HQ after dark he kills a pedestrian in a hit-and-run accident.Then things start to turn really ugly when Kodecides to cover his tracks and hide the body.

LIVE CINEMANT LIVE: TREASURE ISLAND (12A)

WED 18 & SUN 22 FEB ENCORES

180 mins I ntlive.nationaltheatre.org.ukRobert Louis Stevenson’s story ofmurder, money and mutiny isbrought to life in a thrilling newstage adaptation by Bryony Lavery,broadcast live from the NationalTheatre. Seat Price for Wed 18 Feb Screening £7.00Seat price £14.00 / Reduced Rates £12.00

LGBT HISTORY MONTH SCOTLAND These screenings are presented in association with the newScottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) and there will be a post-screening discussion after My Beautiful Laundrette.

HOCKNEY (15) SUN 01 FEBDirector Randall Wright I Starring David Hockney I UK I 2014 I 110 minsCelebrated as one of the UK’s most influential artists, David Hockney is the effervescent subject of this bolddocumentary chronicling his life and work.

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE (15) SUN 15 FEBDirector Stephen Frears I Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke I UK I 1985 I 97 minsWritten by Hanif Kureishi and directed by Stephen Frears, My Beautiful Laundrette explores homophobia and racism in Thatcher era Britain through a riveting mix of comedy and polemical drama.

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WOLF (15)FRI 06 FEBDirector Jim Taihuttu Starring Chemseddine Amar, Mark Catuogno

Dutch, Arabic, French, Turkish and English withsubtitles I 2013 I 123 mins I wolfdefilm.nlAfter being released from prison, the youngMajid decides to use him mixed martial artsskills to build himself a new life.

PROGRAMMER’S CHOICEMANAKAMANA (15)MON 16 & WED 18 FEBDirectors Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez Nepal/USA I 2013 I 119 mins I Nepali and Englishwith subtitles I manakamanafilm.co.uk

High above a jungle in Nepal, pilgrimsmake an ancient journey by cable car toworship Manakamana.��

CHARLIE’S COUNTRY (15)SUN 08 & MON 09 FEBDirector Rolf de Heer Starring David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford

Australia I 2013 I 106 minsLegendary Australian actor David Gulpilil(Rabbit Proof Fence, Walkabout) won Best Actor in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival for his standout performance asan ageing Aborigine fighting back against a system of prejudice and neglect.

DEREK JARMAN SEASONDon’t miss the final film to be screened as part ofour season which celebrates the life and work of acclaimed director Derek Jarman.

WAR REQUIEM (12) SUN 15 FEBStarring Laurence Olivier, Nathaniel Parker, Tilda SwintonUK I 1989 I 93 mins Plays with the short Imagining October.

LIVE OPERAROYAL OPERA HOUSE: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDERTUE 24 FEB LIVE

Director Tim Albery Composer Richard Wagner

Conductor Andris Nelsons

Starring Bryn Terfel, Adrianne Pieczonka

140 mins approx (An opera in 3 acts, no interval) Sung in German with English subtitles I more2screen.com

Wagner’s first masterpiece explores the themes of damnation and redemption that would fascinatethe composer throughout his career. Seat price £17.50 / Reduced Rates £15.00

ZULU (PG)SUN 08 FEBDirector Cy Endfield Starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine

UK I 1964 I 132 minsRestored and rereleased to mark its 50th anniversary, Zulu will be followed by an interview with author Dr Sheldon Hall.

BRINGING TIBET HOME (15)TUE 17 & WED 18 FEBDirector Tenzin Tsetan Choklay Starring Tenzing Rigdol

USA/South Korea/India/Nepal I 2013 I 83 mins

Tibetan and English with subtitles

bringingtibethome.comBringing Tibet Home is the deeply personaldebut feature documentary by Tibetan filmmaker Tenzin Tsetan Choklay, which follows artist Tenzing Rigdol while he createshis most ambitious installation yet.

ENEMY (15)FRI 13, SAT 14 & THU 19 FEB Director Denis Villeneuve

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent

Canada/Spain I 2013 I 90 minsenemy-movie.comJake Gyllenhaal reunites with the acclaimed director of Prisoners for this haunting new psychological thriller about a man who stalks a man who is the exact image of himself. TEVAR (12A)

FRI 20 – SUN 22 FEBDirector Amit Sharma Starring Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor

India I 2015 I 157 mins I Hindi with subtitlesThis adrenalin-pumped Bollywood thrillersees three stories of revenge intertwined, as a local kabaddi champion finds himself caughtup in a lethal love triangle.

See the best of British theatre, opera and ballet live as the National Theatre, Royal Opera House and Royal Shakespeare Company live screentheir productions to cinemas across the world via satellite.

Inverness Film Fans (InFiFa) meet fortnightly at Eden Court Cinema for screenings and post film discussions. The screeningsare open to everyone. For more details about forthcoming events an how to join InFiFa visit: www.invernessfilmfans.org

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FOXCATCHER (15)SUN 01 – THU 05 FEBDirector Bennett Miller I Starring Steve Carell, Channing TatumUSA I 2014 I 134 mins I sonyclassics.com/foxcatcher

In 1987, having decided to bankroll America’s national wrestling team,eccentric millionaire John DuPont asked Olympic Gold Medal-winningwrestler Mark Schultz to train at his lavish estate. Seeing it as a way outof poverty and into sporting history Schultz jumps at the chance. But this invitation will ultimately end in tragedy. From the AcademyAward-winning director of Moneyball and Capote comes this grippingnew drama based on a shocking true story.

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH (12A)SUN 01 – THU 12 FEBFRIENDS COFFEE MORNING MON 02 FEB 11.30DREAM AND SCREAM SCREENING WED 04 FEB 11.00

Director James Kent I Starring Alicia Vikander, Miranda RichardsonUK I 2014 I 130 mins

It’s the spring of 1914. Having gained a place at Oxford the brilliantyoung Vera has her whole life ahead of her. But with the outbreak ofWWI her dreams are shattered. Having watched her brother andfriends enlist, she decides she too must sacrifice her education to become a nurse. Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain.

INTO THE WOODS (PG)

FRI 13 – SUN 22 FEBAUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING SAT 14 FEB 13.45SUBTITLED SCREENING MON 16 FEB 14.00 DREAM & SCREAM SCREENING TUE 17 FEB 11.00

Director Rob Marshall I Starring Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, James Corden, Emily Blunt

USA I 2014 I 125 mins I movies.disney.com/into-the-woodsThe classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzelare intertwined in this funny, heartfelt, magical musical featuring a star-studded cast.

SAD PROGRAMMER’S CHOICESTILL LIFE (12A)FRI 27 FEB – THU 05 MARDirector Uberto Pasolini I Starring Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt

UK/Italy I 2013 I 92 mins I palacefilms.com.au/stilllifeFor over 22 years, life for the unassuming John May has been his work for the local council in South London, finding the next of kin for those in his community who have passed away alone. But in this age of‘efficiency’, John’s meticulousness and care is no longer deemed necessary, and he is made redundant.John is left with one assignment: a search for the relatives of an elderly neighbour, Billy Stoke. Thelong-awaited, multi award-winning new film from Uberto Pasolini, the producer of The Full Monty.

PROGRAMMER’S CHOICEWHIPLASH (15)FRI 20 – THU 26 FEBDirector Damien Chazelle Starring Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons

USA I 2014 I 106 mins I sonyclassics.com/whiplashHaunted by the failed writing career of his father, youngjazz drummer Andrew Neiman is determined never to settle until he has achieved greatness. Andrew’s maniacal efforts to achieve perfection is futher fueledwhen he catches the attention of the hard, cruel andbullying conductor Terence Fletcher. J.K. Simmonswon Best Supporting Actor at the 2015 Golden Globes.

AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (12A)MON 23 & WED 25 FEBDirector Louis Malle Starring Gaspard Manesse, Raphael Fejtö

France/West Germany/Italy I 1987 I 105 minsThis semi-autobiographical film is one of thegreat movies about the Second World War.Set at a boarding school in January 1944,the film traces the friendship of two 12-year-old boys. One from a wealthyCatholic family, the other a Jewish boy hidden by the priests.

LOVE IS STRANGE (15)FRI 27 FEB – THU 05 MARDirector Ira Sachs Starring John Lithgow, Alfred Molina

USA/France/Brazil/Greece I 2014 I 94 minssonyclassics.com/loveisstrangeAfter nearly four decades together, Benand George finally tie the knot. But whenthe headteacher of his school finds out,George loses his teaching job and the couple find themselves unable to afforttheir New York apartment. Love is Strange is a brilliantly acted and movingexploration of love and relationships.

LIVE CINEMARSC: LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST WED 11 FEB LIVE I SUN 01 & WED 04 MAR ENCORES

Director Christopher Luscombe 180 mins I onscreen.rsc.org.uk/loves-labours-lost Summer 1914. In order to dedicate themselves to a life ofstudy, the King and his friends take an oath to avoid the company of women for three years. No sooner have they made their idealistic pledge than the Princess of France andher ladies-in-waiting arrive, presenting the men with a severetest of their high-minded resolve.

WED 04 MAR Double bill of Love’s Labour’s Lost (15.30) & Love’s Labour’s Won (19.00) £22.00 / Reduced rate £20.00

BRIEF ENCOUNTER (PG) TUE 10 FEBDirector David Lean I Starring Celia Johnson, Trevor HowardUK I 1945 I 87 minsWhen married housewife Laura Jesson meets Dr Alex Harvey in a railway station café they are immediately drawn to each other in David Lean’s timeless masterpiece of passion and restraint.

THE ARTIST (U) WED 25 FEBDirector Michel Hazanavicius I Starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice BejoFrance/Belgium/USA I 2011 I 100 mins I weinsteinco.com/sites/the-artistWinner of over 150 Film Awards worldwide including ten Academy Awardnominations and five awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, BestOriginal Score and Best Costume Design, The Artist is pure movie magic fromthe first frame to the last.

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Back before Xmas, when the slopes of Europe were lacking anything in the way of the white stuff and people were complaining about holidays being ruined, the Highlands were yet again proving to be the best place for a bit of snowsport action. If anything conditions have actually been a bit TOO extreme since the turn of the year, but hopefully it will have calmed down a bit in time for the SKI-MOUNTAINEERING [1] events at GLENCOE MOUNTAIN on 21 FEB and NEVIS RANGE on 22 FEB. The winter of 2013 saw the sport, known to afi cionados as SKIMO, coming to the Highlands for the fi rst time and it’s proved a roaring success, with the latter of the above events, the NEVIS RANGE VERTICAL looking particularly fearsome/exhilarating. More details at skimoscotland.co.uk

If you want to experience just how thrilling such outdoor adventures can be without necessarily exposing yourself to the elements, you should head along to the FORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL running from 18–22 FEB. This year’s programme celebrates mountain culture in all its forms and promotes the value of the landscape of Lochaber as “the best destination in the UK to live, work and play”. It includes a superb line up of top climbers and explorers, mountain fi lms, inspirational speakers and skills workshops. It caters for a wide spectrum of enthusiasts from armchair adventurers to climbers and mountaineers to mountain bikers and budding wildlife photographers. Full programme at mountainfestival.co.uk

In a similar vein, though concentrating entirely on cinematic splendour, the BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL at Eden Court on 12 & 13 FEB brings you two evenings of extraordinary short creations featuring fearless adventurers, extreme sports and people generally doing the devil-may-care thing with such gusto that you’ll either come away loving the great outdoors or fi nding visions of the precarious populating your nightmares for ever more. See Film, P10.

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MON 26 JANTARGET SHOOTING FOR ALL @ Inverness, 7pm. Every Mon in Feb, more info:07920 109109, target-technique.co.uk

WED 28 JANTARGET SHOOTING FOR ALL @ Farr, 6.30pm As Mon

SAT 31 JANRugbyHRFC V HILLFOOTS, 2pm.

Football ICT V ROSS COUNTY, 3pm.As usual, the form book can be expected to be hurled out of the window as both teams chase points for different reasons. Recent weeks may not have seen much improvement in County’s results, but it’s obvious there’s some talent there, even if it isn’t gelling yet. ICT meanwhile are confounding all doubters with a marvellous mix of pragmatism and verve, the prospect of European football next season a very real possibility. Much depends on whether by the time you read this they’ve managed to hang onto the assured goalscoring ability of Billy Mackay.

NAIRN C V B RANGERS, 3pm.S’SPEY T V LOSSIE , 3pm.

SAT 07 FEBRugbyRAF LOSSIE V S’LAND, 3pm.

SUN 08 FEBKINROSS TO LOSSIE HALF MARATHON @ Lossiemouth Community Centre, The first of many long runs in the year ahead, so get your shoes on and build up to tip-top form come the summer.

SOCIAL CYCLE @ Velocity Cafe, 11am. Social cycle to Dores and Back {18 miles}. Those lucky enough to have registered for this year’s Etape Loch Ness will be using this as a training run. The rest of us can just imagine we’re Froome or Wiggo. With the

bonus that there’s no pesky Alpe D’Huez to worry about. Info at: velocitylove.co.uk

THU 12 FEBBANFF MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pmFrom the world’s most prestigious mountain film festival comes two evenings of extraordinary short films. Follow the expeditions of some of today’s most incredible adventurers, see incredible footage of adrenaline packed action sports and be inspired by thought-provoking pieces shot from the far flung corners of the globe. The festival runs for two nights with a completely different programme of films showing on each night.eden-court.co.uk

FRI 13 FEBBANFF MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pmSee Thu 12 Feb. NB: The festival runs a completely different programme of films on each night.

SAT 14 FEBFootballR COUNTY V M’WELL, 3pm.CLACH V LOSSIE, 3pm.FORRES V ROTHES, 3pm.NAIRN C V F WILLIAM, 3pm.

RugbyMORAY V A W’RERS, 3pm.WICK AC’ V HUNTLY, 3pm.

WED 18 FEBFORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL @ Fort William - various. Festival of mountain culture. Mountains inspire us all in different ways – and you won’t find a better example of the diversity of mountain

culture than in this year’s festival lectures and films. You can also try skiing or snowboarding, or develop your winter hillwaking skills with one of a range of workshops being run in conjunction with the festival. For those with some mountain experience there are also winter avalanche awareness workshops to help you stay safe in the hills. Along with these events there is a chance to climb Ben Nevis as part of a guided walk, photograph red deer, along with more workshops, videos and lectures. For the full proramme of events and to book tickets visit the festival website atmountainfestival.co.uk

THU 19 FEBFORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL @ Fort William.As Wed 18 Feb.

EUROPEAN OUTDOOR FILM TOUR @ Nevis Centre, The European Outdoor Film Tour showcases the most inspiring outdoor and adventure films of the year, taking you to breath taking places and introducing you to adventurous minds.Including a showing of:Presentation and the winning Films of Fort William Mountain Festival Film Competition.mountainfestival.co.uk

FRI 20 FEBFORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL @ Fort William.As Wed 18 Feb.

SPINKS & SPAN… LET’S GO WILD! @ Nevis Centre, highly talented all round hill runner and mountaineer Finlay Wild, & the legendary hill runner, farmer and record holder Nicky Spinks appear for an evening of film and chat.mountainfestival.co.uk

PADDLE NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, an evening with Dean “Deano” Dunbar a

registered blind adventurer with a history of over 17 years, 80+ challenges, and setting over a dozen world firsts.Followed by Mick Hunter’s adventure: Prying, Crying & Just About Surviving – Canoeing 1000km across Scotland.

CLIMBING NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, with two outstanding climbers; Martin Boysen and Ines Papert. mountainfestival.co.uk

SAT 21 FEBFootballICT V KILMARNOCK, 3pm.F MECHS V F UTD, 2pm.CLACH V BRORA RS, 3pm.S THISTLE V NAIRN C, 3pm.

RugbyR’ SUTH V RAF LOSSIE, 3pm.LOSSIE V WICK AC, 3pm.HRFC V MORGAN AC, 3pm.INVERNESS CDV DYCE, 3pm.

FORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL @ Fort William.As Wed 18 Feb.

MOUNTAIN HARDWARE SKIMO @ Glencoe Mountain. Ski mountaineering race. Fort William Mountain Festival fringe event.skimoscotland.co.uk

BIKE NIGHT @ Nevis Centre, mountainfestival.co.uk

SUN 22 FEBFORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL @ Fort William.As Wed 18 Feb.

NEVIS RANGE VERTICAL @ Nevis Range. Fort William Mountain Festival fringe event. Latest leg in the increasingly popular sport of ski-mountaineering. It’s the “vertical” bit that has us worried.skimoscotland.co.uk

BEST OF BANFF WORLD TOUR @ Nevis Centre, A showcase of some of the most inspiring, creative and exciting films from the Banff Film Festival.mountainfestival.co.uk

SAT 28 FEBFootballROSS C V DUNDEE, 3pm.

RugbyRAF LOSSIE V S’WAY, 3pm.HRFC V GLENROTHES, 3pm.ROSS SUTH V A UNI, 3pm.

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Back before Xmas, when the slopes of Europe were lacking anything in the way of the white stuff and people were complaining about holidays being ruined, the Highlands were yet again proving to be the best place for a bit of snowsport action. If anything conditions have actually been a bit TOO extreme since the turn of the year, but hopefully it will have calmed down a bit in time for the SKI-MOUNTAINEERING [1] events at GLENCOE MOUNTAIN on 21 FEB and NEVIS RANGE on 22 FEB. The winter of 2013 saw the sport, known to afi cionados as SKIMO, coming to the Highlands for the fi rst time and it’s proved a roaring success, with the latter of the above events, the NEVIS RANGE VERTICAL looking particularly fearsome/exhilarating. More details at skimoscotland.co.uk

If you want to experience just how thrilling such outdoor adventures can be without necessarily exposing yourself to the elements, you should head along to the FORT WILLIAM MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL running from 18–22 FEB. This year’s programme celebrates mountain culture in all its forms and promotes the value of the landscape of Lochaber as “the best destination in the UK to live, work and play”. It includes a superb line up of top climbers and explorers, mountain fi lms, inspirational speakers and skills workshops. It caters for a wide spectrum of enthusiasts from armchair adventurers to climbers and mountaineers to mountain bikers and budding wildlife photographers. Full programme at mountainfestival.co.uk

In a similar vein, though concentrating entirely on cinematic splendour, the BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL at Eden Court on 12 & 13 FEB brings you two evenings of extraordinary short creations featuring fearless adventurers, extreme sports and people generally doing the devil-may-care thing with such gusto that you’ll either come away loving the great outdoors or fi nding visions of the precarious populating your nightmares for ever more. See Film, P10.

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First things fi rst - coming very soon is Willy Russell’s now legendary musical BLOOD BROTHERS [1] (EC, 02–07 FEB), which tells the tale of twins – separated at birth, growing up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences. Wet Wet Wet’s MARTI PELLOW returns to the role of the Narrator and MAUREEN NOLAN reprises her role as the tragic Mrs. Johnstone. In short, it’s a major musical – one you won’t want to miss. Go on, go book your tickets - we’ll wait…

One of the strengths of Eden Court comes from its commitment to innovative and exciting dance productions, with this month’s offerings being no exception. If you’re quick you can catch Jasmin Vardimon’s PARK (EC, 31 JAN) which we told you about last month, but pick of a very good bunch for Feb is THE TYPIST [2] (EC, 16 FEB) an exhilarating story of courage, passion and identity (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof meets Almodóvar), created and performed by some of the UK and Spain’s most exceptional music and Flamenco dance artists. Chief among them is KERIEVA MCCORMICK - vocalist, choreographer, composer and multi instrumentalist. She has released two albums to date and is currently recording the soundtrack to The Typist with legendary ON�U Sound producer Adrian Sherwood (Sinead O’Connor, Lee Scratch Perry, Primal Scream etc). And, rather splendidly the show features narration from ALEXEI SAYLE. Unmissable we reckon.

More dance with a twist in THREE’S A CROWD [3] (EDEN COURT ONETOUCH, 07 FEB). Harness fl ying and aerial acrobatics are involved in a show that combines “humour, heartbreak and happiness” with a score from the excellent Luke Sutherland.

Equally spectacular is MULAN [4] (EC, 28 FEB) from the RED POPPY PERCUSSION GROUP, China’s top female proponents of the genre. Drumming, classical Chinese music, dance and, er, kung fu combine for something that looks (and sounds) pretty impressive.

After all that, BRENDAN COLE’s A NIGHT TO REMEMBER [5] (EC 24 & 25 FEB) might seem a bit vanilla, but you can expect something of an extravaganza from the likeable Strictly star. Alas, no special appearances from the top-notch celeb dancers who made the most recent series the best yet, but there should be enough nifty footwork to keep everyone happy.

It’s not just dance with this also being a particularly strong month for humour. THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (ABRIDGED) [6] at EC on 10 FEB fi nds the acclaimed Reduced Shakespeare Company, who’ve already taken on The Bard and The Bible turning their impressive imagination to a whistle-stop journey through the story of what makes us laugh. Read our interview with them on P46.

And providing a contemporary example will be TV’s Chatty Man ALAN CARR [7], who comes to Eden Court on 26 & 27 FEB. A different - rather more familiar up here - take on camp comedy shtick comes from CRAIG HILL [8] (EC on 14 FEB).

More Theatre events overleaf >>>, and at: whatonhighlands.com

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CABARET > COMEDY > DANCE > DRAMA > MUSICALS > MORE > 31

First things fi rst - coming very soon is Willy Russell’s now legendary musical BLOOD BROTHERS [1] (EC, 02–07 FEB), which tells the tale of twins – separated at birth, growing up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences. Wet Wet Wet’s MARTI PELLOW returns to the role of the Narrator and MAUREEN NOLAN reprises her role as the tragic Mrs. Johnstone. In short, it’s a major musical – one you won’t want to miss. Go on, go book your tickets - we’ll wait…

One of the strengths of Eden Court comes from its commitment to innovative and exciting dance productions, with this month’s offerings being no exception. If you’re quick you can catch Jasmin Vardimon’s PARK (EC, 31 JAN) which we told you about last month, but pick of a very good bunch for Feb is THE TYPIST [2] (EC, 16 FEB) an exhilarating story of courage, passion and identity (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof meets Almodóvar), created and performed by some of the UK and Spain’s most exceptional music and Flamenco dance artists. Chief among them is KERIEVA MCCORMICK - vocalist, choreographer, composer and multi instrumentalist. She has released two albums to date and is currently recording the soundtrack to The Typist with legendary ON�U Sound producer Adrian Sherwood (Sinead O’Connor, Lee Scratch Perry, Primal Scream etc). And, rather splendidly the show features narration from ALEXEI SAYLE. Unmissable we reckon.

More dance with a twist in THREE’S A CROWD [3] (EDEN COURT ONETOUCH, 07 FEB). Harness fl ying and aerial acrobatics are involved in a show that combines “humour, heartbreak and happiness” with a score from the excellent Luke Sutherland.

Equally spectacular is MULAN [4] (EC, 28 FEB) from the RED POPPY PERCUSSION GROUP, China’s top female proponents of the genre. Drumming, classical Chinese music, dance and, er, kung fu combine for something that looks (and sounds) pretty impressive.

After all that, BRENDAN COLE’s A NIGHT TO REMEMBER [5] (EC 24 & 25 FEB) might seem a bit vanilla, but you can expect something of an extravaganza from the likeable Strictly star. Alas, no special appearances from the top-notch celeb dancers who made the most recent series the best yet, but there should be enough nifty footwork to keep everyone happy.

It’s not just dance with this also being a particularly strong month for humour. THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (ABRIDGED) [6] at EC on 10 FEB fi nds the acclaimed Reduced Shakespeare Company, who’ve already taken on The Bard and The Bible turning their impressive imagination to a whistle-stop journey through the story of what makes us laugh. Read our interview with them on P46.

And providing a contemporary example will be TV’s Chatty Man ALAN CARR [7], who comes to Eden Court on 26 & 27 FEB. A different - rather more familiar up here - take on camp comedy shtick comes from CRAIG HILL [8] (EC on 14 FEB).

More Theatre events overleaf >>>, and at: whatonhighlands.com

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SAT 31 JANPARK : JASMIN VARDIMON @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

MON 02 FEBBLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.The legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences.

TUE 03 FEBBLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. As Mon 02 Feb.

WED 04 FEBCIRCUS OF HORRORS – NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIE @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8pm.Set in 2020, in a decrepit and corpse-ridden London plagued by a swamp of zombies the story twists and turns with grisly murders and sensational shocks – all interwoven with some of the greatest and most bizarre circus acts on earth.

BLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. As Mon 02 Feb.

THU 05 FEBBLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7.30pm. As Mon 02 Feb.

FRI 06 FEBMALLORY: BEYOND EVEREST @ The Drouthy Cobbler, 1pm.by John Burns, presented by Play Pieces. George Mallory and Andrew Irvine vanished into the mist on their final push toward the unconquered summit of Everest. They were never seen alive again. What if Mallory had survived the mountain, what ghosts would have haunted him?playpieces.co.uk


TITUS @ Craigmonie Centre, 1pm. A drama about telling big lies and small truths. About pigs that fall in love. About

crows that talk. About fish that fall from the sky. About running away and finding yourself.

SAT 07 FEBTHREE’S A CROWD @ Eden Court, 8pm. Bringing together six superb performing artists in this breathtaking and touching look at human relationships, emotions and how we all affect each other.

MALLORY: BEYOND EVEREST @ The Phoenix, 1pm.As Fri 06 Feb.

BLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7.30pm. As Mon 02 Feb.

SHUFFLE @ The Shed, Evanton, 7.30pm. Presented by Plan B. A series of live events celebrate the work of established artists as well as talent emerging from the Highlands; music, dance, spoken word, film, theatre, comedy and visual art.

MON 09 FEB“WILDE WITHOUT THE BOY” AND WILDE’S POEM, “THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL”, @ Eden Court, 8pm.Part of a series of events for LGBT history month. Directed and dramatised by the award-winning Gareth Armstrong.Performed by Gerard Logan, “Wilde Without the Boy” is a dramatic interpretation of “De Profundis”, the letter Oscar Wilde wrote to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, from his cell in Reading gaol.

TUE 10 FEBTHE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (ABRIDGED) @ Eden Court, 8pm. They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the world’s most celebrated playwright, now the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was born to reduce.

FRI 13 FEBGIANNI SCHICCHI – OPERA BOHEMIA @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8pm. Opera Bohemia, Scotland’s young, dynamic and hugely talented

professional opera company, returns to Strathpeffer with Puccini’s one-act comic gem, Gianni Schicchi. A stellar cast includes BBC Kiri Prize winner Shuna Sendall, Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Andrew McTaggart and Scottish favourite Alan Watt. Tom Cooper offers a wealth of theatrical and operatic directing experience to bring this intimate production to life.

SAT 14 FEBCRAIG HILL - GIVE HIM AN INCH... @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Don’t miss the chance to see Scotland’s favourite kilted treasure - live and unleashed.

MON 16 FEBTHE TYPIST @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Captivating dance theatre, narrated by Alexei Sayle and featuring renowned dancers Kerieva McCormick and Raúl Prieto (formerly Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras) and choreography by flamenco Gran Maestro Javier Latorre. There are breathtaking special effects and a specially commissioned score performed by a live band that includes legendary jazz pianist Pablo Suarez and Scottish virtuoso flamenco guitarist Andrew Robinson. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, 4,000 children - known as Los Niños de la Guerra were evacuated to the UK. This story follows one of them, Esperanza, a typist, twenty years later in post-war Britain, who decides to make the dangerous journey back to her past, and Franco’s Spain.

THU 19 FEBSANITISE @ Eden Court, 8pm.In the most private of spaces you can flush away dirt in an instant… One woman alone in her bathroom. Disgusted by much of the outside world, her bathroom has become a sanctuary of cleanliness and an unlikely venue for self-expression. But there is something dark living beneath the bath and as her inner and outer life is revealed, we discover a woman torn between fantasy and fear as she negotiates her relationship with literal and figurative filth.

FRI 20 FEBSCDA DRAMA FESTIVAL @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. Local drama groups from the Moray Firth area perform. Dingwall Players A perform: ‘I Wanna Agent’ by Steven Berkoff.Dingwall Players B perform:

‘The Rape of Bunny Stuntz’ by A.J.Gurney,Jr.Florians perform: ‘Shadows’ by Josephine Carter. Loch Ness Luvvies perform: ‘Carrot’ by David Tristram.Tain Amateur Drama Association A perform: ‘The Whole Shebang’ by Rich Orloff.Tain Amateur Drama Association B perform: ‘It’s A Good Thing To Start Each Day With A Joke’ by Peter Whiteley (original play). Tickets £7/£5. Bookable on: 01349 830518

SAT 21 FEBSCDA DRAMA FESTIVAL @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. See Fri 20 Feb.

TUE 24 FEBBRENDAN COLE: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Following his last sell out tour of Licence to Thrill, Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole is once again set to dazzle audiences.

OPERA HIGHLIGHTS @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 7.30pm. It may be winter, but Scottish Opera’s operatic garden party is sure to warm you up! Full of energy, versatility and plenty of humour, a cast of four young singers and a pianist transport you to their summer garden party whilst performing a musical mix of opera highlights.

WED 25 FEBBRENDAN COLE: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. As Tue 24 Feb.

THU 26 FEBALAN CARR ‘YAP, YAP, YAP!’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.TV’s “Funny Man” doing his Nortonesque thing.

OPERA HIGHLIGHTS @ Golspie High School, 7.30pm. See Tue 24 Feb.

FRI 27 FEBALAN CARR ‘YAP, YAP, YAP!’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.As Thu 26 Feb.

SAT 28 FEBMULAN : THE RED POPPY PERCUSSION GROUP @ Eden Court, 7pm.China’s top female percussion band will blow you away with a combination of drumming, classical Chinese music, kung fu and dance.

THU 05 MARTHERE WERE TWO BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

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SAT 31 JANPARK : JASMIN VARDIMON @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

MON 02 FEBBLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.The legendary Blood Brothers tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with fateful consequences.

TUE 03 FEBBLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. As Mon 02 Feb.

WED 04 FEBCIRCUS OF HORRORS – NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIE @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8pm.Set in 2020, in a decrepit and corpse-ridden London plagued by a swamp of zombies the story twists and turns with grisly murders and sensational shocks – all interwoven with some of the greatest and most bizarre circus acts on earth.


THU 05 FEBBLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7.30pm. As Mon 02 Feb.

FRI 06 FEBMALLORY: BEYOND EVEREST @ The Drouthy Cobbler, 1pm.by John Burns, presented by Play Pieces. George Mallory and Andrew Irvine vanished into the mist on their final push toward the unconquered summit of Everest. They were never seen alive again. What if Mallory had survived the mountain, what ghosts would have haunted him?playpieces.co.uk


TITUS @ Craigmonie Centre, 1pm. A drama about telling big lies and small truths. About pigs that fall in love. About

crows that talk. About fish that fall from the sky. About running away and finding yourself.

SAT 07 FEBTHREE’S A CROWD @ Eden Court, 8pm. Bringing together six superb performing artists in this breathtaking and touching look at human relationships, emotions and how we all affect each other.

MALLORY: BEYOND EVEREST @ The Phoenix, 1pm.As Fri 06 Feb.

BLOOD BROTHERS @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7.30pm. As Mon 02 Feb.

SHUFFLE @ The Shed, Evanton, 7.30pm. Presented by Plan B. A series of live events celebrate the work of established artists as well as talent emerging from the Highlands; music, dance, spoken word, film, theatre, comedy and visual art.

MON 09 FEB“WILDE WITHOUT THE BOY” AND WILDE’S POEM, “THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL”, @ Eden Court, 8pm.Part of a series of events for LGBT history month. Directed and dramatised by the award-winning Gareth Armstrong.Performed by Gerard Logan, “Wilde Without the Boy” is a dramatic interpretation of “De Profundis”, the letter Oscar Wilde wrote to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, from his cell in Reading gaol.

TUE 10 FEBTHE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (ABRIDGED) @ Eden Court, 8pm. They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the world’s most celebrated playwright, now the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was born to reduce.

FRI 13 FEBGIANNI SCHICCHI – OPERA BOHEMIA @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8pm. Opera Bohemia, Scotland’s young, dynamic and hugely talented

professional opera company, returns to Strathpeffer with Puccini’s one-act comic gem, Gianni Schicchi. A stellar cast includes BBC Kiri Prize winner Shuna Sendall, Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Andrew McTaggart and Scottish favourite Alan Watt. Tom Cooper offers a wealth of theatrical and operatic directing experience to bring this intimate production to life.

SAT 14 FEBCRAIG HILL - GIVE HIM AN INCH... @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Don’t miss the chance to see Scotland’s favourite kilted treasure - live and unleashed.

MON 16 FEBTHE TYPIST @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Captivating dance theatre, narrated by Alexei Sayle and featuring renowned dancers Kerieva McCormick and Raúl Prieto (formerly Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras) and choreography by flamenco Gran Maestro Javier Latorre. There are breathtaking special effects and a specially commissioned score performed by a live band that includes legendary jazz pianist Pablo Suarez and Scottish virtuoso flamenco guitarist Andrew Robinson. In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, 4,000 children - known as Los Niños de la Guerra were evacuated to the UK. This story follows one of them, Esperanza, a typist, twenty years later in post-war Britain, who decides to make the dangerous journey back to her past, and Franco’s Spain.

THU 19 FEBSANITISE @ Eden Court, 8pm.In the most private of spaces you can flush away dirt in an instant… One woman alone in her bathroom. Disgusted by much of the outside world, her bathroom has become a sanctuary of cleanliness and an unlikely venue for self-expression. But there is something dark living beneath the bath and as her inner and outer life is revealed, we discover a woman torn between fantasy and fear as she negotiates her relationship with literal and figurative filth.

FRI 20 FEBSCDA DRAMA FESTIVAL @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. Local drama groups from the Moray Firth area perform. Dingwall Players A perform: ‘I Wanna Agent’ by Steven Berkoff.Dingwall Players B perform:

‘The Rape of Bunny Stuntz’ by A.J.Gurney,Jr.Florians perform: ‘Shadows’ by Josephine Carter. Loch Ness Luvvies perform: ‘Carrot’ by David Tristram.Tain Amateur Drama Association A perform: ‘The Whole Shebang’ by Rich Orloff.Tain Amateur Drama Association B perform: ‘It’s A Good Thing To Start Each Day With A Joke’ by Peter Whiteley (original play). Tickets £7/£5. Bookable on: 01349 830518

SAT 21 FEBSCDA DRAMA FESTIVAL @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. See Fri 20 Feb.

TUE 24 FEBBRENDAN COLE: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Following his last sell out tour of Licence to Thrill, Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole is once again set to dazzle audiences.

OPERA HIGHLIGHTS @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 7.30pm. It may be winter, but Scottish Opera’s operatic garden party is sure to warm you up! Full of energy, versatility and plenty of humour, a cast of four young singers and a pianist transport you to their summer garden party whilst performing a musical mix of opera highlights.

WED 25 FEBBRENDAN COLE: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. As Tue 24 Feb.

THU 26 FEBALAN CARR ‘YAP, YAP, YAP!’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.TV’s “Funny Man” doing his Nortonesque thing.

OPERA HIGHLIGHTS @ Golspie High School, 7.30pm. See Tue 24 Feb.

FRI 27 FEBALAN CARR ‘YAP, YAP, YAP!’ @ Eden Court, 8pm.As Thu 26 Feb.

SAT 28 FEBMULAN : THE RED POPPY PERCUSSION GROUP @ Eden Court, 7pm.China’s top female percussion band will blow you away with a combination of drumming, classical Chinese music, kung fu and dance.

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Lower Face, Nose & Mouth RegionIn the lower face region we use Juvederm and Restylane �ller products. These are smooth gel �llers which are injected around the nose and mouth to reduce the appearance of the wrinkles in these areas.

When you are young, the skin naturally contains an abundance of a naturally hydrating substance called hyaluronic acid (HA). As you age, sunlight and other factors will reduce the amount of HA which causes the skin to lose structure and volume.

Using a dermal �ller is a safe and e�ective way to replaced the HA your skin has lost, bringing back volume and gently plumping wrinkles and folds.

If you feel your lips have lost volume, have always had thin lips or one lip bigger than the other, you will be able to get a fuller appearance through use of �ller products.

Is it sore?The �ller products we use come infused with local anaesthetic however we can also give you additional anaesthetic to ensure an entirely pain free treatment.

For more info or to book an appointment give us a call on: 01463 794304

SPECIALISED COSMETIC TREATMENTS :Facial AstheticsOver the last few months in ICA we have been taking you step by step through our cosmetic braces system. We have several other cosmetic treatments one of which includes facial aesthetics.

Demand for Facial Aesthetics has grown rapidly with Botox and Dermal �llers being the most requested treatments in the UK. We o�er non-surgical anti-wrinkle treatments to both upper and lower portions of the face.

These treatments are discrete, quick and we can easily give you a little local anaesthetic so you don’t have to feel a thing.

Upper Face, Eye & Forehead RegionThese are areas where we are generally treating dynamic lines (those which appear when you make facial expressions.) For these areas we tend to use botox. The active ingredient in the anti wrinkle medicine is called Onabotulinumtoxin A. It is one of the world’s most widely researched medicines with approximately 2300 publications in peer reviewed scienti�c medical journals.

Who is the product suitable for?The product is suitable for any individual between 18-65.

Is it safe?Over the last 7 years approximately 11.8 million cosmetic anti wrinkle treatments have been recorded in the US alone and they have a 97% satisfaction rate.

How do you treat the lines?It is a simple, quick and easy non-surgical procedure whereby the product is injected into the muscles of the face causing the frown lines.

How does the product work?The product blocks nerve impulses in the muscles that make them contract and hence frown. Because the muscle is temporarily inactivated, the lines on the skin are smoothed.

Does it last forever?No, the results are likely to last around 4 months but there is signi�cant variation between individuals.

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Making The Most Of You: healthDrink y’self fi tter?Ditch that tin of Relentless - Birch Water is where it’s at...Want to get in early on this year’s coming health fad? Look to your gardens - more precisely to your birch trees. If you’re lucky enough to have one, you could have a free source of one of the hottest health drinks around ‒ Birch sap (aka Birch Water).

Of course, you don’t have to harvest your own, you can buy it already bottled ‒ we found some on amazon (see below), doubtless more suppliers & manufacturers will be getting in on the act very soon.

So what’s so good about birch sap? Well, apparently it is widely used - particularly in Eastern Europe and Northern China - for its detoxifying, diuretic, cleansing and purifying properties, and it is also thought to help with with joint and bone health, loss of hair, properties, and it is also thought to help with with joint and bone health, loss of hair, arthritis, weight loss and kidney stones. It contains a number of minerals, proteins, arthritis, weight loss and kidney stones. It contains a number of minerals, proteins, enzymes, anti-oxidants, sugars and vitamins - plus saponin, a substance that is benefi cial to lowering cholesterol and boost your immune system. Go Birch!

Byarozavik Birch Tree Water is available from amazon.com, priced around £28 for a case of 12 bottles...

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The Oakwood RestaurantDochgarroch, by Inverness 01463 861 481

If the A9 is the Gateway To The Highlands (though two cities and many towns along its length lay vain claim to the title), then the A82 is the Back Road To The Highlands; like Mr Kipling’s Way Through The Woods, where “the night-air cools on the trout-ringed pools” and “the otter whistles his mate”. Dark and mysterious as any Coen brothers’ movie with just as many deadly twists and turns. Where those that drive too fast are only as dangerous as those that drive too slow.

As you join us, we sit by a window not 15 paces from the hallowed tarmac of this Highland artery, in The Oakwood – a fairly unassuming converted house nestling between a wooded copse with a hidden country primary school and a canal with pretty cottages and lock gates.

With its quiet setting, cosy interior and close proximity to home, this would have made an ideal location to eat with my #bae, but today my accomplice is some guy I used to know before he was famous.

The upside is that he can eat, the downside is that he never knowingly talks - preferring to communicate by showing me things on his phone. Modern life, eh?

Talking of modern life, this isn’t it. Whilst that may be a curse to those fl ocking to the sharp new interior reviewed last month at the Penta Hotel it will certainly prove a blessing to the local traditionalist or visiting tourist seeking that long-lost quaint old-fashioned wholesome Highland hospitality.

There’s no recessed lighting here, no square plates or food on slates, no neon signs or unisex toilets, no foam on the menu and no brand statements. This is not food as art or art as food – it’s food as food. It’s not sexy or dangerous but it’s good portion sizes, good ingredients and good eating.

Like an ignored toddler, snow tries hard make a nuisance of itself. “Try down south” we say, without raising our eyes, “you might bring

them to a standstill, but not us.” It only serves to make (some kind of) sense of the many scarves (of chiffon and tweed) and hats and gloves hung round the walls – like a classier version of Munlochy’s Clootie Well. It makes less sense of the 250+ mugs hanging from the ceiling – but then sense is vastly over-rated and we have always been partial to a little quirk. I think they were probably for sale, mind.

Our very affable host, Gus, fetches us a jug of iced water and menus. Unusually charitably, this unlicensed establishment refuses point blank to charge you corkage for any beverage you may bring with you. So well done them. The place is quite small and midweek quiet also - so the extensiveness of the menu offers us something of a surprise.

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Bunchrew House Hotel - The Romantic Hotel On The ShoreBunchrew, Inverness IV3 8TA

Romantic St Valentines Menu at Bunchrew House Hotel,enjoy four courses plus coffee - £49.50 per guest

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dear reader. So we try to choose for you, rather than ourselves…

So to start, we selected you Home-made Paté with White Toast and Creamy Garlic Mushrooms also with the toast. For those of you that would have preferred the langoustine or Shetland scallops or smoked salmon or Cockburn haggis or white crabmeat cocktail, we apologise.

The toast in both cases was of the sliced white loaf variety – not very Golden Globes, a little more TV Quick awards. However, the paté was proclaimed very good indeed - and there was plenty of it, complete with a little salad to keep our consciences right. The also-plentiful mushrooms were, as described, both creamy and garlicky – somewhere between unfussy and unspectacular.

The arms raised aloft in the Main Course Choices Mental Wrestling Match were those of Butternut Squash Casserole, cooked in Cider with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Exotic Mushrooms, served with (gluten free*) Rice, and Mixed Seafood; Monkfi sh, Halibut, Cod, Haddock, Salmon with Prawns and Crayfi sh Tails, cooked in White Wine and Cream fragrant with Tarragon and fi ne Herbs (also gluten free*). The casserole is homely, sweet and warming, a fully satisfying plateful – the sort you could spend an afternoon in the wilds restoring electricity supplies after. The fi sh jamboree offers an embarassment of swimmy riches, with no two mouthfuls the same. It looks the part, too, with Zed the king prawn proudly standing guard over the whole caboodle as it arrives to the table. Who’s Zed?…*Plenty of gluten-free (and vegan) choices on offer here - go free, coeliacs, go free…

And to to dessert. After considering the nicely named Scotch Mist (meringues and whipped cream with toasted oatmeal and whisky), my pal plumped – perhaps aptly in this strongly traditional establishment – for the Cranachan. This offered much of the benefi ts of the former but included the twin delights of

raspberries and honey. I’ll swear his eyes never left the dish until it was licked clean^. Mesmerising, apparently ^only joking - it’s not like we were at home, is it?

More whisky in my own clunky -named choice; Highland Park Single Malt Whisky & Chocolate Cheesecake. A generous thick slice of creamy indulgence, not overly alcoholic, not overly chocolatey; biscuit base, fl aked choc on top. Quite a refi ned dessert. Personally I felt it wouldn’t have been entirely ruined by the addition of some cream or a splash of intense fruit jus, but sometimes simple is good.

So, the recurring theme here is of competently turned out highly pleasant food that will nourish you and make you feel right at home. With a menu that your mum would be pleased if you brought home and that your nan would feel safe with.

Laudably, The Oakwood are all about the high quality ingredients from sustainable environments that offer the highest standards of animal welfare - coming from Orkney, Shetland, Uist and Dingwall among others – another way they show they understand their target audience.

Which is? Well, situated as it is, between city full of tourists and Nessie, we suspect they do alright from our visiting folk. Plus there’s a fair number of en-routers to Drumnadrochit, Glenmoriston, etc – but we suspect there’s another fair few who haven’t unearthed their new favourite comfort food stop yet. Over to you then…

Price for 2: £53.00 (exc. drinks)

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Romantic St Valentines Menu at Bunchrew House Hotel,enjoy four courses plus coffee - £49.50 per guest

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cool interiorsFeels hot, looks cool‒ introducing the classy Juniper Radiator.

So, it’s February and that means winter hasn’t yet warmed itself into spring. Your heating’s probably still set to fi re up before the alarm clock in the morning and you’re glad of the heat provided by your unsightly radiators if not their aesthetic.

But what if they looked super-cool whether they were actually hot or cold? Wouldn’t that lift the look of your favourite room? Well, take a look at the Juniper Radiator. . .

This sculptural design is created by Juniper Interiors (established eight years ago by siblings Ant and Catherine Steele), and is a labour of love ‒ entirely hand crafted in high quality stainless steel ‒ right down to the polishing, which creates a luxurious mirror fi nish. Each one takes about fi ve days to complete. And in case you’re concerned about sacrifi cing heat for design, there are no concerns there - they deliver a heat output equivalent to cast iron radiators.

It comes in three widths, from 413mm to 833mm so can suit many diff erent room requirements - and the timeless design looks equally at home in both modern and more traditional settings. Which is good, because they’re built to last so they’ll still look good in 100 years time. You’ll probably dry your jet-pack in front of them.

The Juniper Radiator is available online (starting from £1600) exclusively at: www.featureradiators.co.uk - where you’ll also fi nd many other innovative and über-stylish radiators.

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propertyContemporary metal outdoor furniture Award winning blacksmith and designer Alex Moore has been creating original metalwork for over 12 years now and has supplied pieces for public buildings and private residences throughout the uk. Not to mention numerous pieces for meda-winning gardens for Chelsea Show gardens.

Together with his wife Kim he runs Moore Designs - a venture which specialises in exciting contemporary outdoor furniture. Working exclusively in metal, they provide functional works of art for your garden with the added benefit being that they require no maintenance - you can just sit back and enjoy them. A piece that exemplifies Alex’s unique style is The Nest seat – which truly brings art to life in your garden. The swirls of metal which lovingly cocoon you in your own private escape from the world also frame little captions of your garden for you to enjoy. Best of all - it’s big enough for two, the perfect way to wile away a summer afternoon.

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Figures just released by the Highland Solicitors Property Centre (HSPC), leaders in Highland property sales for more than 30 years, show that average house prices and total sales value both increased in 2014.

The total value of properties sold by HSPC in 2014 was £193.887 million – 3% up on 2013 and the highest figure since 2008. At the same time, the average house price in the Highlands and Islands increased by 4% compared to 2013, to an average figure of £168,012.

The number of properties sold was down marginally (0.9%) on 2013, notably affected by a slowing of sales around the time of the Independence Referendum in September.

However, an 8% increase in the number of properties being added to the HSPC register during 2014 reflects growing confidence among house sellers. Interest in the Highlands and Islands market is also strong, as indicated by a 5% increase in visitors to the hspc.co.uk website over the past year.

Commenting on the 2014 figures Sarah Woodcock, Manager of HSPC, said:

“The strong total sales value and the rise in average prices is a good indicator that the Highlands property market is stabilising after a number of years of lower confidence due to the general tough economic climate.

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Wed: 6pmPowerhoop*Charleston Community Complex, Inverness Wed: 8.15pmLinedance (beginners)Green Drive, Inverness

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Figures just released by the Highland Solicitors Property Centre (HSPC), leaders in Highland property sales for more than 30 years, show that average house prices and total sales value both increased in 2014.

The total value of properties sold by HSPC in 2014 was £193.887 million – 3% up on 2013 and the highest figure since 2008. At the same time, the average house price in the Highlands and Islands increased by 4% compared to 2013, to an average figure of £168,012.

The number of properties sold was down marginally (0.9%) on 2013, notably affected by a slowing of sales around the time of the Independence Referendum in September.

However, an 8% increase in the number of properties being added to the HSPC register during 2014 reflects growing confidence among house sellers. Interest in the Highlands and Islands market is also strong, as indicated by a 5% increase in visitors to the hspc.co.uk website over the past year.

Commenting on the 2014 figures Sarah Woodcock, Manager of HSPC, said:

“The strong total sales value and the rise in average prices is a good indicator that the Highlands property market is stabilising after a number of years of lower confidence due to the general tough economic climate.

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“Looking ahead to 2015, a lot will depend on the general economic conditions. While the UK is relatively stable compared to other parts of Europe, it is still a bit of a guessing game. We start the year with positive moves in the Highlands, including the establishment of the University of the Highlands and Islands and the current levels of activity in the Building industry.

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Having taken on The Bible, Shakespeare, sports and more, the REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY are turning their whittling skills to no less a subject than the story of what makes us laugh. The bring their COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (ABRIDGED) to EDEN COURT on 10 FEB, but cast member MATTHEW PEARSON gave us a sneak preview of what to expect. And why.

� Who’s got the better yarns- Shakespeare or The Bible? Well, considering Shakespeare didn’t write any of the plots he based his plays on, you’ve got to give this one to the Good Book. It’s the greatest work of literature ever accepted as fact.

� When you started thinking about the project, who/what was always going to be included? Comedy is very subjective, so you can’t just put in your personal favourite types of humour – you have to cater for all tastes. Personally, I can’t stand fart jokes, but some less well-educated, less sophisticated and less good-looking people fi nd them hilarious. Also we really had to include Chekhov as he’s one of the greatest writers of all time and he himself considered his plays comedies – when in actual fact they’re about a funny as a fart in a spacesuit (I can’t believe you made me do a fart joke). We make Chekhov’s plays a lot funnier by dropping in some catchphrases from classic sitcoms.

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� What do you want people to take away from the show?No less than the idea that the power of comedy can change the world. If people in power sometimes took a step back to appreciate the absurdity of most situations, and instead of getting angry had a good old laugh, the world would be a better, funnier place.

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THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Matthew PearsonEden Court, Inverness, Tue 10 Feb

Having taken on The Bible, Shakespeare, sports and more, the REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY are turning their whittling skills to no less a subject than the story of what makes us laugh. The bring their COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (ABRIDGED) to EDEN COURT on 10 FEB, but cast member MATTHEW PEARSON gave us a sneak preview of what to expect. And why.

� Who’s got the better yarns- Shakespeare or The Bible? Well, considering Shakespeare didn’t write any of the plots he based his plays on, you’ve got to give this one to the Good Book. It’s the greatest work of literature ever accepted as fact.

� When you started thinking about the project, who/what was always going to be included? Comedy is very subjective, so you can’t just put in your personal favourite types of humour – you have to cater for all tastes. Personally, I can’t stand fart jokes, but some less well-educated, less sophisticated and less good-looking people fi nd them hilarious. Also we really had to include Chekhov as he’s one of the greatest writers of all time and he himself considered his plays comedies – when in actual fact they’re about a funny as a fart in a spacesuit (I can’t believe you made me do a fart joke). We make Chekhov’s plays a lot funnier by dropping in some catchphrases from classic sitcoms.

� What’s the best joke ever written? Well, since we deal with double entendre in our show, my favourite joke is along those lines: ‘A woman walks into the bar and asks for a double entendre, so the barman gives her one.’ It’s a

perfect mix of brevity, smartness and fi lth.

� What do you want people to take away from the show?No less than the idea that the power of comedy can change the world. If people in power sometimes took a step back to appreciate the absurdity of most situations, and instead of getting angry had a good old laugh, the world would be a better, funnier place.

� What next for your unique treatment? The next thing we’re going to reduce is the amount of beer in our glasses in the pub after the show.

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