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@ MAREEL & ISLESBURGH COMMUNITY CENTRET: 01595 745555 www.shetlandboxoffice.org

AUTUMN 2014

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LIVE @ MAREELIn this booklet you can find out more about all the great upcoming events at Mareel this season and beyond.

Please be aware that, due to the flexible nature of event programming, some details may be subject to change.

WHAT’S ON @ THE GARRISON THEATRE

Shetland Arts present

ROOM 2 MANOEUVREWednesday 29 OctoberDoors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Shetland Arts present Room 2 Manoeuvre’s TRIPLE THREAT, a mixed bill of dance theatre on tour this autumn including the Squish & Box Fresh Double Bill.

Room 2 Manoeuvre is a fresh and dynamic emerging dance performance company based in Edinburgh, UK. The company was founded by Tony Mills in 2007 with an aim to produce high quality dance theatre work of a diverse nature, which embraces cross platform collaboration and will appeal to a wide range of audiences.

For more info see page 5

Tickets £10 / £7

CAFÉ BARAt the Café Bar in Mareel we pride ourselves on using fresh, locally sourced ingredients to create delicious, rustic dishes and refreshments - the perfect accompaniment to a day out at Mareel.

Shetland Arts Development Agency manages Mareel, The Garrison Theatre & Bonhoga Gallery. We also develop and promote a year round programme of

film, music, theatre, literature, visual arts & dance events.

We do this because we want to see Shetland celebrated as a place where inspiration & innovation are valued; where people want to live, work & study; and we want the full social & economic potential of the islands to be achieved.

Shetland Arts is supported by Creative Scotland and core funded by the Shetland Charitable Trust. Shetland Arts is a registered charity (SCO37082).

WHAT’S ON @ BONHOGA GALLERY

Shetland Arts presentsPEERIE CHRISTMASSelected art & craft from Shetland and the UKWork available at point of sale

EXHIBITIONSaturday 1 November – Sunday 23 November

Shetland Arts presentsDON MCCULLIN - FALLENShetland Museum & Archivesand Bonhoga GalleryAccompanied by:Bonhoga Gallery: Calum Toogood Recent WorkShetland Museum & Archives: Northern Lights Ambassadors Photography, Film & Music

EXHIBITIONSaturday 29 November – Sunday 22 February

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CAFÉ BAROPENING HOURS

Sun - Thu 10am - 11pm Fri - Sat 10am - 1am

CAFÉ BAREVENTS MONTHLY

SINGERS & SONGWRITERSNIGHTSUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER,FROM 7pmWith performances from great local acts plus openmic session. For regular updates on the Singers& Songwriters Nights, join the Shetland Singers &Songwriters Group on Facebook.FREE

MONTHLY FILM QUIZTUESDAYS 11 NOV,9 DEC, FROM 7.30pmFor film buffs and novices alike. A small prize will be awarded to the teams with the highest and lowest scores.Max team size: 6 people.£5 per table

EATING & DRINKING Every penny you spend in Mareel helps Shetland Arts generate income to invest in our venues, events, exhibitions, and arts development in Shetland. So when you buy something to eat or drink from us you don’t just get refreshed - you feed the hunger for great arts venues and activity in Shetland.

THANK YOU!

MIXOLOGY@MAREELCOCKTAILS EVERY FRIDAY EVENING + LIVE DJS ON 1ST & 3RD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH*Enjoy cocktails & mocktails while listening to some great mixes of chill-out tunes from our house DJs John Collins & DJ Lyall.

SPECIAL HALLOWEENMIXOLOGY@MAREELFRIDAY 31 OCTOBER,9pm – 1amPreceded by the special dress-up screening of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Our House DJs will mix up a selection of great Halloween tunes while you sip on a spooky cocktail/mocktail or two. Come in costume & you could win a prize!

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The Men They

Couldn’t Hang~ SAturday 18 October ~

DOORS: 7.30pm START: 8pm

TICKETS: £18

SHETLAND ARTS PRESENTS

The Men They Couldn’t Hang combine folk, punk and roots music to create an essential live act alongside a wealth of recorded talent. 2014 has been The Men They Couldn’t Hang’s 30th anniversary year, three decades since “Green Fields of France”, their epic début single shot to number 1 in the NME Independent Music Chart. With the addition of long-time associate Tom Spencer on banjo and guitar and Nick Sputnik on drums and washboard, plus Bobby Valentino on fiddle, The Men intend to deliver a blistering live show @ Mareel.

Tickets £18

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Klub Revolution presents

CASHSaturday 25 OctoberDoors: 7.30pm, Start: 8pm

CASH, widely regarded as the UK’s most authentic tribute to the legendary Johnny Cash, return to Shetland following a sell out gig in front of 1200 people at the Clickimin Centre in 2012. Singer Ben Welburn’s uncanny resemblance to the late country superstar and accurate vocals make CASH an unmissable tribute for any Johnny Cash fan. Ben (Johnny Cash) is backed by an amazing 4 piece band including a tribute to Johnny Cash’s late wife, June Carter Cash. Look forward to hearing perfect versions of classics such as I Walk The Line, Jackson, A Boy Called Sue, Folsom Prison Blues and Ring of Fire.

Tickets £1714+ event. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Shetland Arts present

ROOM 2MANOEUVREWednesday 29 OctoberDoors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Shetland Arts present Room 2 Manoeuvre’s TRIPLE THREAT, a mixed bill of dance theatre on tour this autumn including the Squish & Box Fresh Double Bill.

Room 2 Manoeuvre is a fresh and dynamic emerging dance performance company based in Edinburgh, UK. The company was founded by Tony Mills in 2007 with an aim to produce high quality dance theatre work of a diverse nature, which embraces cross platform collaboration and will appeal to a wide range of audiences.

For more info visit WWW.R-2-M.NET

Tickets £10 / £7

WORKSHOP DEALHip hop & contemporary dance workshopsAges 8 – 11: 2-3pmAges 12+: 3-5pmGilbertson Park Hall£3 on the day. Take part in the workshops & receive a £2 discount on performance tickets!**Must be booked by phone or in person.

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TUESDAY 28 OCTOBERDoors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Rachel Sermanni is taking to the road this autumn in support of her album Live in Dawson City, due for release in early October. The 22-year-old folk-noir balladeer recorded the live album

in Yukon at the prestigious Dawson City Music Festival. She has been singing her songs since leaving school at 17: channelling spirits of all ages and archetypes; weaving images of childhood, womenhood, of instinct and inhibition simply with the breath from her lungs, a hardy Martin guitar

and a bandolim called Sue. Sermanni first visited Shetland as the support act for Mumford & Sons, before an acclaimed solo performance at Mareel in summer 2013. This time she will be accompanied by Jennifer Austin on piano and Colin Macleod on guitar. She has also supported

several wonderful songwriters including Elvis Costello, John Grant and Ron Sexsmith.

Tickets £15 / £12.50

RAGGED WOOD PROMOTIONS IN ASSOCIATIONWITH SHETLAND ARTS PRESENT6

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SHETLAND CROFTHOOSE SESSIONS IN ASSOCIATIONWITH SHETLAND ARTS PRESENT

FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER@ Aith Hall

TICKETS - £8 / £5 (students)

DOORS: 7pm,START: 7.30pm

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER@ Mareel

TICKETS - £12 / £8 (students)

DOORS: 7pm,START: 7.30pm

• WRIGLEY AND THE REEL • HULLION •

• BRUCE MAINLAND • ERIKA SHEARER •

Nort Ower Da Roost is the bringing together of Orkney & Shetland musicians. The collaborations began in 2012, when well known Orcadian musicians Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley invited Shetland band Eart Kyent to travel to Orkney with a group of Shetland musicians to play a weekend of concerts at The Reel in Kirkwall. Two of the Shetland musicians involved, Tom & Michele Deyell who run the Crofthoose sessions in Burra, have now returned the invitation, to bring Jennifer & Hazel and other Orkney musicians to Shetland. The line-up is an exciting collection of well known Orcadian and Shetland names, including Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley, Hullion, Bruce Mainland, and Eric Linklater. Both the concerts will be followed by an informal session in the Rankin Lounge on Friday 31st October and Mareel Cafe Bar on Saturday 1st November. Join all the musicans for a final stramash at Isleburgh from 1pm Sunday 2nd of November!

Tickets £12 / £8

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TOMMY & MARTIN IN CONVERSATIONWEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER

Doors: 7.45pm, Start: 8pm£7 / £5

TOMMY EMMANUEL CGPSupport: NORMAN ‘GIRSIE’ GOUDIE & FRIENDS

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBERDoors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. With a professional career spanning five decades, Tommy has garnered

hundreds of thousands of fans worldwide. £26 / £22

MARTIN TAYLORSupport: BRIAN NICHOLSON & FRIENDS

FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBERDoors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Dr. Martin Taylor, MBE is a multi-award winning guitarist, composer, educator and musical innovator. Widely considered to be the world’s foremost exponent of solo jazz and finger-style guitar playing, Martin possesses an inimitable style that has

earned him global acclaim from fellow musicians, fans and critics alike. £26 / £22

SHETLAND GUITAR HEROESEWAN NOWAK, ARTHUR NICHOLSON, ALAN MCKAY & ROBBIE WALTERSON

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBERDoors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

A packed line-up of the finest home grown guitarists that Shetland has to offer. The first part of the night will showcase young and up-and-coming guitarists, from Primary

School age and up. The second part of the night will showcase a mixed line-up of Shetland guitar-greats. The concert will then culminate with a special collaborative,

genre-spanning set, featuring several of Shetland’s most accomplished players. £18 / £14

FESTIVAL PACKAGE DEALincludes tickets to all 3 concerts + festival branded t-shirt. JUST £65 / £55!

SHETLANDINTERNATIONALGUITARFESTIVAL6 – 8 NOVEMBER 2014curated by MARTIN TAYLOR

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NAT HALLNat Hall is a Norman-born,

Shetland-based poet & visual

artist, educated on French

and British shores in Aix-

en-Provence and Oxford.

Contributor to Shetland Life,

The New Shetlander, Shetland

ForWirds, NorthWords Now,

The Poetry of Scotland, Poésie

Française, suckingmud, Poetry

Scotland's Open Mouse,

the Battered Suitcase, Cella

RoundTrip (USA) &Poemata

(Canada). Member of Shetland

Arts,  the Scottish Centre for

Geopoetics,Humblyband & the

Federation of Writers (Scotland).

Anthologised in Shetland,

Scotland & Canada, co-author of

From Shore to Shoormal / Dun

rivage à l'autre with Donna Allard

(BJP, 2012).

STEVEN CANNYSteven Canny is Executive

Producer of BBC Comedy

in Scotland. Shows there

include: Miller’s Mountain

(BBC1), Bob Servant (BBC4)

and What’s Funny About the

Indyref (BBC2).   He is also

a double Sony Gold Award

winning producer, writer and

director. He has written many

plays including a silly comic

adaptation of The Hound of the

Baskervilles that has had over

50 productions internationally.

Work as Associate Director

with Complicite includes: The

Elephant Vanishes; Mnemonic;

The Noise of Time. Steven was

Associate Director of Al Pacino’s

The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui.

JACK DOCHERTYJack forms a good 50% of the

writing duo Hunter & Docherty,

who were principal writers on

In One Ear & Radio Active (BBC

Radio 4), Spitting Image (ITV),

and Alas Smith & Jones (BBC).

With no help from his writing

partner, Jack has written a

sitcom, Mac, for BBC Scotland

and was Script Consultant on Vic

Reeves Big Night Out. He wrote

and co-starred in two series of

The Creatives for BBC2 and

co-starred with Mark Williams

in Rob Grant’s sci-fi comedy

series The Strangerers for Sky

1 and Model Actress Whatever,

a half hour film for Channel 4

which he co-wrote and produced

with Morwenna Banks and was

directed by Rankin.

JEN HADFIELDJen Hadfield lives in Shetland.

Her second collection Nigh-

No-Place won the T. S. Eliot

Prize and was shortlisted for

the Forward Prize for Best

Collection. She won the Edwin

Morgan Poetry Competition in

2012. Her third book Byssus

was published by Picador in

2014. She is currently working

on the libretto for an opera

inspired by Hitchcock's film,

Rear Window.

ELIZABETH K REEDEROriginally from Chicago,

Elizabeth lives in Scotland and

is a writer. She writes fiction,

lyrical essays/poems/crossover

pieces, does some travel

writing and writing for radio,

and she teaches on the Creative

Writing Programme at University

of Glasgow. She has taught

creative writing in a wide variety

of places and communities,

and was instrumental in

the instigation and growth of the

creative writing evening classes,

online courses and mentoring

programme in creative writing

for University of Strathclyde’s

Centre for Lifelong Learning.

FLASH FICTIONFlash Fiction is a form of literary

fiction that is very short. There

is no widely accepted definition

of the length of the category.

Some self-described markets for

flash fiction impose caps as low

as three hundred words, while

others consider stories as long

as a thousand words to be flash

fiction. Elizabeth K Reeder will

be running a workshop about

how to write flash fiction.

JULIE DENNISONJulie Dennison was born in 1995

and has lived in Muckle Roe all her

life. She has always had a keen

interest in writing and drawing

ever since she was peerie. She

studied Art and Design at Brae

High School, and this book was a

large part of her Higher Folio.

She has always been interested

in writing and has won the

Shetland Young Writers Award

twice, including the dialect prize

in 2013. She is determined to try

and preserve the Shetland dialect,

and so in writing a childrens' book,

she hopes it will encourage young

children to continue spaekan

Shetland!

REGI CLAIRETwice shortlisted for a Saltire Book of the Year Award, Regi Claire is the author of four works of fiction: The Waiting, Fighting It, The Beauty Room and Inside-Outside.Her story The Tasting was selected for The Best British Stories, 2013.Regi is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund at Queen Margaret University and teaches creative writing at the National Gallery of Scotland. She was born and brought up in Switzerland, but now lives in Edinburgh with her husband, the writer Ron Butlin, and their golden retriever.

Photo © Dawn Marie Jones, Stoyanov & Jones

GHAZI HUSSEINBorn to a family in exile from Palestine, Ghazi Hussein was first imprisoned at the age of 14.  He was never charged but was 'guilty of carrying thoughts'.  Repeatedly imprisoned and tortured over the next 20 years, he says that poetry saved his sanity.  Ghazi eventually arrived in Britain with his children in 2000.

A teacher and lecturer who studied philosophy and Arabic grammar, Ghazi's asylum case was originally deemed 'unfounded'.  After a three year legal battle, medical evidence of the torture he had endured led to Ghazi and his family being granted refugee status with indefinite leave to stay.

Although Ghazi and his family have been subjected to physical and verbal racial abuse during their stay in Scotland, he says 'If I still remained in my place of birth.....my voice would be silenced.  Here in Scotland I have the opportunity to tell my story, one which I believe is important and relevant to what is happening across the world at

this time'.

IAN STEPHENIan Stephen is a writer, artist  and sailor from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. He studied English, Drama and Education at Aberdeen University where he graduated in 1980 with a B Ed. (with distinction) and Hons in English. After 15 years in the coastguard service, he resigned in 1995, to work full-time in the arts.

Since the late 70s his wide-ranging work has been published in numerous UK journals, as well as internationally, in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Switzerland and the USA.

Ian was the inaugural winner of the Christian Salvesen/Robert Louis Stevenson award and he was the first artist in residence at StAnza, Scotland's annual poetry festival. The practice of navigating through the geography of stories has been a key element of his work across the arts since  a Creative Scotland Award in 2002.

Photo: Cape Clear Festival.

RON BUTLINWith an international reputation as a prize-winning novelist, Ron Butlin is a former Edinburgh Makar / Poet Laureate (2008-2014). In 2009 he was made the first ever Honorary Writing fellow (together with Ian Rankin) at Edinburgh University. Much of his poetry, as well as many of his novels and short stories, have been broadcast and translated into over a dozen languages. In addition to his plays for BBC radio and theatre (most recently Sweet Dreams for Oran Mor in Glasgow), he has written six operas, three of them for Scottish Opera.

ROSEANNE WATTRoseanne Watt is a 23 year old poet, filmmaker and musician from the Shetland Islands. She recently graduated from the University of Stirling with a first class BA (Hons) in Film & English Studies. She is currently studying the university’s MLitt in Creative Writing, specialising in poetry.

DANIELA SACERDOTIDaniela Sacerdoti is Italian but has lived in Scotland for the past ten years. She holds a degree in Classics from the University of Turin and her great-uncle was the renowned Italian writer Carlo Levi. Her debut novel Watch Over Me was published last year and she was shortlisted for the Kelpie Prize 2011 for her children’s book The Really Weird Removal Company.

'21 REVOLUTIONS' WITH JEN HADFIELD & ELIZABETH REEDER MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION

POETRY READING

READING TALK

Sun 16 Nov 16:00 - 17:30 90 mins Doors: 15:45 Auditorium, Mareel FREE

Join award winning poet, Jen Hadfield and celebrated novelist, Elizabeth Reeder as they discuss and share the new work they produced, inspired by the diverse and remarkable collections held by The Glasgow Women’s Library, as part of the 21 Revolutions Project.

We are proud to be running this event in partnership with the Glasgow Women’s Library.

SHORT DAYS, LONG SHADOWS:SHEENAGH PUGH IN CONVERSATION WITH JEN HADFIELD POETRY READING Q&A

Sun 16 Nov 14:30 - 15:30 60 mins Doors: 14:15 Auditorium, Mareel £12/£10 EARLY BIRD: £10/£8

Join poet Sheenagh Pugh as she celebrates the publication of her new collection of poetry in the company of Jen Hadfield. The event will feature Sheenagh, regarded as one of the finest poets in the country, reading poems from her new collection and in discussion with Jen. Don’t miss it!

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WHERE MEMORIES GO: WHY DEMENTIA CHANGES EVERYTHING WITH SALLY MAGNUSSON READING TALK

Sat 15 Nov 19:30 - 20:30 60 mins Doors: 19:00 Auditorium, Mareel £12/£10 EARLY BIRD: £10/£8

Join award winning author, journalist and broadcaster, Sally Magnusson as she talks about dementia and delivers a passionate call to arms for change.

Chronicling the sadness, the loneliness and the unexpected laughs and joys of caring for a loved one as dementia takes hold, Sally talks about her book in which she  seeks understanding from a range of experts and asks penetrating questions about how we treat older people.

Sally will be available to sign copies of Where Memories Go after the event. If you already have a copy and would like her to sign it, please bring it with you. If you do not have a copy, we plan to have them on sale in the foyer.

Shetland Arts is proud to present this event in collaboration with Alzheimer Scotland.

Representatives of Alzheimer Scotland and NHS Shetland Dementia Assessment Service, will be available to offer further information and answer questions about dementia before and after the event in the ground floor foyer.

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DA ELVES AN DA SHOEMAKKER WITH JULIE DENNISON CHILDREN’S EVENT

Sat 15 Nov 10:30 - 11:30 60 mins Doors: 10:15 Auditorium, Mareel £6 EARLY BIRD: £4

Julie Dennison has won The Shetland Young Writer Award, twice. In this special event for bairns, she will give an illustrated reading of her first book, a Shetland version of the classic Grimm’s fairytale.

THE GUGA STONE: LIES, LEGENDS AND LUNACIES FROM ST KILDA. THE INSIDE STORY. MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION READING TALK

Sat 15 Nov 12:00 - 13:00 60 mins Doors: 11:45 Auditorium, Mareel £12/£10 EARLY BIRD: £10/£8

Join author Donald S Murray and artist Douglas Robertson for this special event in which they discuss their collaboration, show drawings and read excerpts from their unique and acclaimed book, published by Luath.

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THE LARK & THE OWLWITH RON BUTLIN & REGI CLAIRE Q&A READING TALK

Fri 14 Nov 18:00 - 19:00 60 mins Doors: 17:45 Auditorium, Mareel £12/£10 EARLY BIRD: £10/£8

Two writers living together under one roof, Ron Butlin and Regi Claire will talk about their writing life, reading and criticising each other’s work while trying to give creative support. A difficult balance - especially when one is a lark, the other an owl, and they have a dog to keep the peace between them!

1914 AND ALL THAT... READING

Fri 14 Nov 21:00 - 22:00 60 mins Green Room, Mareel FREE

Shetland Arts in partnership with Shetland Museum and Archives ran a series of creative writing workshops using materials from the archives relating to 1914 as stimuli for creative writing.

This session provides an opportunity to hear the work that has been created as a result of this project.

SHETLAND YOUNG WRITERS AWARD - A CELEBRATION READING TALK

Fri 14 Nov 16:30 - 17:20 50 mins Doors: 16:15 Green Room, Mareel FREE

Join the winners of the 2014, Shetland Young Writer Award  and judges, Mary Blance and Jen Hadfield for this special event, celebrating the annual writing competition run by Shetland Library.

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THE CURATORS

LOUIS KEOGHOriginally from outside Glasgow, Louis arrived in Shetland in 1972 looking for a summer holiday. He is determined not to leave until he gets one. He worked for a number of years on the periphery of the oil industry but is currently employed by a local charity who would prefer that their name not be mentioned. Louis has recently commenced working on his first novel, one of the early Enid Blyton ones. This task has not proved quite as easy as he had anticipated. He is however prepared to persevere

FRANKIE VALENTEPassionate about literature from an early age Frankie Valente is the author of three bestselling novels, Dancing with the Ferryman, Chasing an Irish Dream and Learning to Dance Again; as well as being a regular columnist for The Shetland Times and Shetland Life magazine. She is about to finish her fourth novel, entitled Dreaming in Norwegian, a contemporary romance set in Shetland and Norway. She also provides writing, editing and publishing advice to other writers.

PETER RATTERPeter Ratter is a Shetlander born and bred from the north of the mainland, currently studying literature at the UHI whilst working as a part-time security guard. He developed a keen interest in creative writing whilst attending Brae High School, being taught by local poet Jim Mainland, and he writes bits and pieces when he can, (sometimes in the local dialect.) He has seen the Wordplay festival in varying degrees before, and is very thrilled to have the opportunity to serve as one of the curators this year, considering the excellent mixture or poets and prose writers taking part, both local and abroad. He says that someday he’ll manage to tempt George R.R. Martin to attend, perhaps by swaying with him with some bannocks. We can dream.

EARLY BIRD TICKETSAVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY 7TH NOVEMBER AT MIDNIGHT.

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Shetland Country Club present

THE DOLLYPARTON SHOW

(TRIBUTE)

SATURDAY22 NOVEMBER

Doors: 7pm, Start: 7.30pm

Andrea’s solo performance features all of Dolly’s most well known songs, as well as country standards and more up to date Dolly tracks. Andrea performs in the same outfits she wears in the theatre performances, and since the solo show is usually two 40 minute sets, she changes her costume and wig during the break. Andrea uses state of the art PA and lighting and since most of the backing tracks featured in the show were recorded by the band, the high musical standard is maintained.

Tickets £17 - Shetland Country Club Members can get £13 tickets by contacting the box office and quoting

their membership number.

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CASHSATURDAY 25 OCTOBER p5

NORT OWER DA ROOSTSATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER p7

WORDPLAY 201413 – 16 NOVEMBER p9

RACHEL SERMANNITUESDAY 28 OCTOBER p6

CAFÉ BAR EVENTS p3

ROOM 2 MANOEUVRE@ THE GARRISON THEATREWEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER p5

SHETLAND INTERNATIONALGUITAR FESTIVAL6 – 8 NOVEMBER p8

DAVIE HENDERSON’SPEERIE CHRISTMAS SPREE5 – 7 DECEMBER p11

THE DOLLY PARTON SHOW(TRIBUTE)SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER p10

THE MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER p4

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