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Inside issue 161 – ART (P08) Can’t avoid IMAG this month with a range of delights for you including the Great Tapestry of Scotland and Familiar Faces, Favourite Places. | FILM (P10) Where to point you? Joy, The Hateful Eight, The Revenant, The Big Short, Spotlight, Trumbo, The Danish Girl and Youth are new releases that might be troubling the awards – and there’s a host of unmissable titles at Eden Court, including one made on an iPhone! | KIDS (P13) Peter Pan the panto continues and there’s news of the Wee Burns Ceilidh, a kids event as part of the larger Big Burns Stramash (see specials). | MUSIC (P16) Mongolian outfi t Anda Union tickle our fancy, there’s also the scarily diverse prospects of Michael Schenker, RSNO, Slam and the Big Burns Ceilidh with the Ceilidh Commandos… | SPECIALS (P28) The Big Burns Stramash is a many-limbed thing at Eden Court, apparently, and there’s also some ace talks about trekking from Scandinavia to Siberia (by Felicity Ashton) and climbing Nanga Parbat (Sandy Allan). | SPORT (P30) Strathpeffer hosts the terrifying Strathpuffer, Ross County have a semi-fi nal (v Celtic) and meet ICT in another El Kessocko, and the Highland Wildcats have a new home. | THEATRE (P34) Not only does the Panto continue, there’s also innovative dance from Plan B, thought-provoking stand-up from Rich Hall and at the back end of the month, Scottish Ballet rolls its beautiful Cinderella into town. | BACK END (P38) A long-standing local institution, Castle Restaurant, is visited. Plus EDEN COURT CINEMA GUIDE: centre pages, and WIN CINEMA TICKETS: p32-33

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Change is in the air, a giant 5 clunks over to a 6 and the gnarly-knuckled counters of time screechingly stretch their spindly fi ngers to slide one more abacus bead to the left…What will 2016 bring? From where we’re standing it looks like loadsa entertainment aside from anything else – so let’s all cling to that and look forward to The Darkness at Belladrum, Russell Watson, Jimmy Carr plus Vincent Simone & Flavia Cacace at Eden Court, Shane Filan and Dave Clarke at Inverness Leisure, Grandmaster Flash at Groove Cairngorm, The Stranglers and Stiff Little Fingers at Ironworks, and many, many more. You won’t miss a thing by keeping yer peepers right here (and on whatsonhighlands.com, don’t ya know)…//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Inside issue 161 – ART (P08) Can’t avoid IMAG this month with a range of delights for you including the Great Tapestry of Scotland and Familiar Faces, Favourite Places. | FILM (P10) Where to point you? Joy, The Hateful Eight, The Revenant, The Big Short, Spotlight, Trumbo, The Danish Girl and Youth are new releases that might be troubling the awards – and there’s a host of unmissable titles at Eden Court, including one made on an iPhone! | KIDS (P13) Peter Pan the panto continues and there’s news of the Wee Burns Ceilidh, a kids event as part of the larger Big Burns Stramash (see specials). | MUSIC (P16) Mongolian outfi t Anda Union tickle our fancy, there’s also the scarily diverse prospects of Michael Schenker, RSNO, Slam and the Big Burns Ceilidh with the Ceilidh Commandos… | SPECIALS (P28) The Big Burns Stramash is a many-limbed thing at Eden Court, apparently, and there’s also some ace talks about trekking from Scandinavia to Siberia (by Felicity Ashton) and climbing Nanga Parbat (Sandy Allan). | SPORT (P30) Strathpeffer hosts the terrifying Strathpuffer, Ross County have a semi-fi nal (v Celtic) and meet ICT in another El Kessocko, and the Highland Wildcats have a new home. | THEATRE (P34) Not only does the Panto continue, there’s also innovative dance from Plan B, thought-provoking stand-up from Rich Hall and at the back end of the month, Scottish Ballet rolls its beautiful Cinderella into town. | BACK END (P38) A long-standing local institution, Castle Restaurant, is visited. Plus EDEN COURT CINEMA GUIDE: centre pages, and WIN CINEMA TICKETS: p32-33

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What do you mean, you haven’t seen the multi-million pound paintings at INVERNESS MUSEUM & ART GALLERY? Well there’s no time to delay, the four portraits by eighteenth century masters JOSHUA REYNOLDS & THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH are only on display until 02 JAN, so stop whatever you’re doing and get yourself down there right away.

It’s actually a good time to get along to IMAG. While talk of turning the Castle into a tourist attraction (something that should have been done decades ago) has thankfully renewed demands for the gallery and museum to be relocated there – a clamour you can join in with by contributing suggestions to the FUTURE OF CASTLE HILL exhibition at IMAG – the current site has had a refurbishment with a spanking new café. And there are also a trio of displays well worth taking in, THE GREAT TAPESTRY OF SCOTLAND [1] (09 JAN–20 FEB) being particularly notable as one of the most ambitious community arts projects in the world. The project, developed by esteemed Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith, artist Andrew Crummy and historical writer Alistair Moffat brought together hundreds of volunteer stitchers from across Scotland to create a record-breaking 143 metre long series of embroidered cloths, beautifully illustrating the history of Scotland, the panels depict Scotland’s fascinating history, science, culture, industry and politics over the centuries.

Ever heard of JOSEPHINE TEY? You can’t be blamed for not having heard of her, but hopefully an exhibition of her personal items at IMAG until 16 JAN will bring a little more attention to an Inverness crime writer who was a contemporary of Agatha Christie and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as that doyenne of the genre. See the exhibition then head down to Leakey’s to hunt out some fi rst editions.

A word too for the FAMILIAR FACES, FAVOURITE PLACES exhibition at IMAG from 19 JAN–05 MAR. This inviting show comprises black and white portraits of a selection of community members from Wester Ross, accompanied by their favourite views, also in black & white. These captivating portraits present individual characters not only through the photograph of the person, but through the context of the environment in which they are comfortable, be it their place of work, the garden that they tend or their favourite room.

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CASTLE GALLERY MIXED CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION, to 31 Dec, castlegallery.co.uk

EDEN COURT GALLERYFINDING NEVERLAND, to end of Dec, Artists of all abilities are invited to come and exhibit in Eden Court’s annual Winter Exhibition. The theme this year has echoes of Peter Pan with the exhibition seeking work showing the magical beauty of the Highlands.

IMAGSHARMANKA, MERRY-GO-WORLD, to 31 Dec, Merry-Go-World includes 10 new kinetic sculptures made of the remnants of domestic machinery and populated by menagerie of hand-carved animal-like-humans and human-like-animals. It is refl ecting on the modern world where the different countries and cultures are involved in perpetual movement - amusing, funny, scary and faster then ever. Sharmanka (Russian for Barrel-Organ) was founded by sculptor-mechanic Eduard Bersudsky and theatre director Tatyana Jakovskaya in St.Petersburg (Russia) in 1989. Based in Glasgow since 1996 it has gained a reputation as one of the city’s hidden treasures.sharmanka.com

FOUR PORTRAITS: JOSHUA REYNOLDS & THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, to 31 Dec, This exhibition originates from a private Highland collection and features three paintings from Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792) and also includes a Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788) portrait of Thomas Charles 6th Viscount Tracy from the same

period. Gainsborough went on to surpass his rival Reynolds to become the dominant British portraitist of the second half of the 18th century. Small Art Gallery.

THE GREAT TAPESTRY OF SCOTLAND, 9 Jan to 20 Feb The Great Tapestry of Scotland was unveiled for the fi rst time after its completion at the Scottish Parliament on 3rd September 2013. The Tapestry is one of the most ambitious community arts projects in the world and Inverness Museum & Art Gallery are delighted to be hosting a selection of panels.

THE FUTURE OF CASTLE HILL, to 22 Jan, This public exhibition provides information on possible options for the redevelopment of Inverness Castle and its surroundings. Your comments will help shape the brief for a forthcoming architectural competition addressing the future of Castle Hill, so come along and get involved! castlehill.info

HIGHLAND WINTER WONDERLAND EXHIBITION, to 17 Jan, This delightful exhibition brings together a festive fest of images from the celebrated Highland Photographic Archive Collections. Shiver with the thrill of stepping back into the glistening snow drifts and the crystalline sheen of curling ponds frozen in time as you enjoy some old favourites showing the Highlands at their wintry best.

FAMILIAR FACES, FAVOURITE PLACES, 19 Jan to 5 Mar, The People of Wester Ross and their Favourite Views, Photographic Exhibition. These captivating portraits present individual characters not only through the photograph of the person, but through the context of the environment in which they are comfortable; be it their place of work, the garden that they tend or their favourite room. Photographer Adrian Hollister has joined forces with Mark

Appleton, a local graphic designer and professional landscape photographer, to produce this exhibition.

JOSEPHINE TEY, to 16 Jan, Inverness’ Golden Age crime writer. An exhibition of personal items once belonging to Ms. Tey and now in the museum’s collections - being exhibited for the fi rst time along with items from the Paterson Archive and Ms. Henderson’s private collection. (Room to discover is sometimes used for other events so it’s best to call 01463 237114 to check before making a special trip for this exhibition).inverness.highland.museum

INCHMORE GALLERYWINTER EXHIBITION & CD COLLECTION, to Jan 2016Miniature, CD sized, works of wondrous originality, suitable for giving, receiving, or treating yourself to this Christmas along side an eclectic mix of artworks by new and familiar Inchmore Gallery artists. Check opening times and dates online: inchmoregallery.co.uk

INVERNESS AIRPORTDUNN + BARR, to Jan 2016An exhibition of recent abstract paintings by two artist living and working in Ross-shire, Alex Dunn and Ian Barr. Alex Dunn used to paint portraits, dead rabbits, and landscapes, but over the last decade his pictures have become more and more abstract. He uses coloured paper, graphite and crayons. He is obsessive about the way his pictures are compiled or built up and not at all clear or indeed all that interested in what the pictures ‘mean’. Ian Barr has always been an abstract artist and makes constructions and sculpture as well as paintings but, whatever the medium, his work grows out personal responses to specifi c experiences mediated by time and the random and ambiguous processes of memory.

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KILMORACK GALLERY WINTER EXHIBITION, to 12 March, ‘I always love our winter show,’ Tony the gallery’s founder confi des, ‘it is a time when the dark outside world looks into the gallery. Our wood-burning stove and red walls’ glow and the artists’ work sings. It is also the easiest time to try out new artists and new things, so winter shows can be the best for those looking for something fresh. Exhibiting artists include James Newton Adams’ faux-naive paintings, Eoghan Bridge’s sculptures of horses and riders, landscape by well-known artists Ruth Brownlee, Kirstie Cohen, Janette Kerr and Allan MacDonald. There will also be new work by Peter White. kilmorackgallery.co.uk

RIVERSIDE GALLERY HANNAH FRANK, to 30 Jan, Featuring original paintings and sculptures from The Hannah Frank Collection, there will also be on display many prints of the work that Hannah produced from the late 1920’s until 1952, when she turned to sculpture having studied under the renowned sculptor Benno Schotz. ALSO: an extensive exhibition of late 19th and early 20th Century etchings by some of Scotland’s and England’s best and most sought after exponents of the art of Etching and Engraving, including work by W.L. Wyllie, Eileen Soper, Rowland Langmaid, William Douglas Macleod, Harold Wyllie.

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What do you mean, you haven’t seen the multi-million pound paintings at INVERNESS MUSEUM & ART GALLERY? Well there’s no time to delay, the four portraits by eighteenth century masters JOSHUA REYNOLDS & THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH are only on display until 02 JAN, so stop whatever you’re doing and get yourself down there right away.

It’s actually a good time to get along to IMAG. While talk of turning the Castle into a tourist attraction (something that should have been done decades ago) has thankfully renewed demands for the gallery and museum to be relocated there – a clamour you can join in with by contributing suggestions to the FUTURE OF CASTLE HILL exhibition at IMAG – the current site has had a refurbishment with a spanking new café. And there are also a trio of displays well worth taking in, THE GREAT TAPESTRY OF SCOTLAND [1] (09 JAN–20 FEB) being particularly notable as one of the most ambitious community arts projects in the world. The project, developed by esteemed Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith, artist Andrew Crummy and historical writer Alistair Moffat brought together hundreds of volunteer stitchers from across Scotland to create a record-breaking 143 metre long series of embroidered cloths, beautifully illustrating the history of Scotland, the panels depict Scotland’s fascinating history, science, culture, industry and politics over the centuries.

Ever heard of JOSEPHINE TEY? You can’t be blamed for not having heard of her, but hopefully an exhibition of her personal items at IMAG until 16 JAN will bring a little more attention to an Inverness crime writer who was a contemporary of Agatha Christie and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as that doyenne of the genre. See the exhibition then head down to Leakey’s to hunt out some fi rst editions.

A word too for the FAMILIAR FACES, FAVOURITE PLACES exhibition at IMAG from 19 JAN–05 MAR. This inviting show comprises black and white portraits of a selection of community members from Wester Ross, accompanied by their favourite views, also in black & white. These captivating portraits present individual characters not only through the photograph of the person, but through the context of the environment in which they are comfortable, be it their place of work, the garden that they tend or their favourite room.

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We hope you’ve held onto a few pennies to the end of the month as there are two releases you would be well-advised not to miss: Oscar contender SPOTLIGHT (29), with Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Stanley Tucci, in a real-life-inspired tale about the Boston Globe uncovering Catholic priest child abuse – and the same day YOUTH, which combines the talents of Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel (plus Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda!) with truly special director Paolo Sorrentino (Consquences of Love, This Must Be The Place, The Great Beauty). Mr Caine has already won an award for this one, perhaps more will follow…

Finally, a mention of a trio of fi lms that aired at 2015’s Inverness Film Festival which you can see again in Jan: SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (01 Vue; 29J–04F EC); GÜEROS (05–07 EC) and THE LESSON (17,18,21 EC).

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Oscar and his shiny chums ensure we get a veritable feast of fi lm in January as the major studios aim to have their particular contender foremost in the Academy’s mind when announcing nominations. We’ll take things in date order (ish) for a change: fi rst up, from the fi rst of the month (01), David O Russell re-pairs with both Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro in JOY [1], about the woman who invented the Miracle Mop. Doesn’t sound up to much does it – but trust us, you’ll enjoy it! Same day sees another big award-vyer, THE DANISH GIRL (01 Vue; 22–28 EC) with a cross-dressing Eddie Redmayne hoping we didn’t see his awful turn in Jupiter Ascending and also hoping we don’t realise that Alicia Vikander is the actual star of the fi lm. Eden Court get their turn to host some STAR WARS mania as THE FORCE AWAKENS runs until 07 JAN, whilst from 02–07 you can catch Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in the slowly compelling award nominee CAROL.

Quentin Tarantino should have a whole cupboardful of Oscars that he hasn’t, so we’re hoping his latest, THE HATEFUL EIGHT [2] (08 Vue; 22–28 EC) lives up to his usual snappily-dialogued tension-fest. Familiar collaborators abound - Kurt Russell, Samuel L Jackson, Tim Roth, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Michael Madsen - with a newcomer providing Tarantino’s fi rst full orchestral score, Ennio Morricone! Released the same day will be the perhaps Point-Less ‘re-make’ of POINT BREAK, which happens to have little or nothing to do with Katherine Bigalow’s cult-lore original and features Ray Winstone (hopefully not as a fl oating cockney head urging you to risk your hard-earned on futile betting). Eden Court gets all HUNGER GAMES on us with the fi nal MOCKINGJAY PT 2 (08–11) showing alongside the previous instalments.

Mid month and another Western awards proposition, THE REVENANT [3] (15 Vue, 29–11F EC), directed by last year’s Best Picture oscar winner, Alejandro Iñárritu, and featuring an apparent career-best Leonardo Di Caprio alongside Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, and Domhnall Gleeson. Expect hardy frontiersmen, betrayal and cold revenge. Brie Larson has been tipped by some for glory for her turn in harrowing-yet-rewarding drama-thriller ROOM (15) based on Emma Donoghue’s book of the same name, whilst in THE LADY IN THE VAN which gets a second lease of life at Eden Court (15–21) replaces harrow with comedy courtesy of the unimpeachable Maggie Smith. Also at EC, catch the best movie yet fi lmed on an iPhone 5, TANGERINE (15,16) which has already won awards and may be in for more.

The sadly lambasted Clooney-produced politi-comedy OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (22) with Sandra Bullock, shouldn’t distract you from the same-day release of the by-all-accounts excellent THE BIG SHORT [4], which tells the story of the fi nancial crisis from the perspective of those smart enough to spot it coming and bet on it. Aside from enjoying top performances from CHRISTIAN BALE, RYAN GOSLING, BRAD PITT and STEVE CARELL, you might just understand how reckless the establishment were and conclude “hey, weren’t WE supposed to be in charge?”. It will happen one day. More anti-oppression in the Bryan-Cranston-starring TRUMBO [5] (22), telling the strangely true story of the blacklisted screenwriter. THE PROGRAM (22–25) fi nally fi nds it way to Inverness (Eden Court), having actually been UK-released back in October. Lance Armstrong and his journalist foe David Walsh are portrayed with vigour and veracity by Ben Foster and Chris O’Dowd.

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>>CONTINUED: We hope you’ve held onto a few pennies to the end of the month as there are two releases you would be well-advised not to miss: Oscar contender SPOTLIGHT (29), with Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and Stanley Tucci, in a real-life-inspired tale about the Boston Globe uncovering Catholic priest child abuse – and the same day YOUTH [6], which combines the talents of Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel (plus Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda!) with truly special director Paolo Sorrentino (Consquences of Love, This Must Be The Place, The Great Beauty). Mr Caine has already won an award for this one, perhaps more will follow…

Finally, a mention of a trio of fi lms that aired at 2015’s Inverness Film Festival which you can see again in Jan: SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (01 Vue; 29J–04F EC); GÜEROS (05–07 EC) and THE LESSON (17,18,21 EC).

More FILM features and events at: whatonhighlands.com

FROM MON 28 DEC STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS @ EC SUFFRAGETTE @ EC VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN @EC SNOOPY & CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE @ EC THE POLAR EXPRESS @ EC

FROM TUE 29 DEC

Cult Cinema: Film Pizza, BeerWATCHMEN @ EC, 8pm DOCTOR ZHIVAGO @ EC

FROM WED 30 DEC WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... @ EC

FRI 01 JAN <* JOY @ Vue <* THE DANISH GIRL @ Vue<* SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE @ VueRINGS @ Vue Follow-up to The Ring. Not sure why…

FROM SAT 02 JAN <* CAROL @ EC * THE DRESSMAKER @ EC * SWUNG @ EC

FROM TUE 05 JAN <* GÜEROS @ EC InFiFa invernessfilmfans.org THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES @ EC, 7.15pm

FROM FRI 08 JAN <* THE HATEFUL EIGHT @ VueA WAR @ Vue<POINT BREAK @ VueZARAFA @ Vue Animation about a Sudanese boy and a giraffe.THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1 @ EC <* THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 @ EC BY THE SEA @ EC

FATHERS & DAUGHTERS @ EC

ALL ABOUT THEM @ EC

FROM SAT 09 JAN THE HUNGER GAMES @ EC NT LIVE: JANE EYRE @ EC THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE @ EC

SUN 10 JAN BOLSHOI BABYLON @ EC BRANAGH THEATRE LIVE: THE WINTER’S TALE @ EC

FROM MON 11 JAN ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL @ EC, 8.15pm

FROM TUE 12 JAN WHAT’S THE GREY MATTER WITH GREGORY @ EC UN HOMME IDEAL @ EC

FROM WED 13 JAN MISS YOU ALREADY @ EC

FROM FRI 15 JAN <* THE REVENANT @ Vue* CREED @ Vue Highly rated ‘Rocky’ oulet with Sly as trainer and Michael B Jordan in the ring.<* ROOM @ Vue <* THE LADY IN THE VAN @ EC <* TANGERINE (15) @ EC Filmed on an iPhone 5! WILD @ Boat Of Garten Community Hall, 7.30pm

FROM SAT 16 JAN MET OPERA: LES PECHEURS DE PERLES (BIZET) @ Vue

FROM SUN 17 JAN <* THE LESSON @ EC

MON 18 JAN HIGH SOCIETY @ Nairn CC, 2pm cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk

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<* THE HATEFUL EIGHT @ EC <* THE PROGRAM @ ECRIDE ALONG 2 @ VueDIRTY GRANDPA @ Vue What can we say? That title, plus Robert De Niro, Zac Efron and even Aubrey Plaza? Go figure…THE 5TH WAVE @ Vue When the Earth faces destruction, we should care about a single brother and sister? Erm...

FROM SAT 23 JAN * BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES @ EC Yes, a follow-up to the TV show!

FROM TUE 26 JAN THE ROYAL BALLET: RHAPSODY/THE TWO PIGEONS @ Vue & EC

WED 27 JAN INSIDE HANA’S SUITCASE @ EC, 10am

THU 28 JAN ONCE IN A LIFETIME @ EC, 10am NT LIVE: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES @ EC, 7pm

FROM FRI 29 JAN <* YOUTH @ Vue <* THE REVENANT @ EC<* SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE @ EC

<* SPOTLIGHT @ Vue

13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI @ VueCAPTURE THE FLAG 3D @ Vue A surfing-obsessed 12-year-old boy goes on a stowaway adventure to the Moon, obv.THE FINEST HOURS 3D @ Vue Bravery at sea with Chris Pine and Ben FosterTHE 33 @ Vue Film based on the Chilean miners trapped underground with Antonio Banderas and Juliette Binoche. * HECTOR @ ECSEVEN YEAR ITCH @ Nairn CC 7.30pm cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk

FROM SAT 30 JAN MET OPERA: TURANDOT @ Vue WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY @ B.O. Garten Hall, 7.30pm BAJIRAO MASTANI @ EC

TUE 02 FEB InFiFa invernessfilmfans.org THE LETTER @ EC, 7.15pm

THU 04 FEB ROH: LA TRAVIATA @ EC 6.45pm

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We’re imagining that by the time January rolls around the whole concept of “kids and families” will have pushed patience to its very limits, any activities involving such a grouping restricted to accidentally stepping on bits of the kids’ Lego or looking for the receipts for unwanted gifts. Whilst in warmer, less civilised places, they now have no excuses for further celebration until Easter, for us more culturally enriched people, we have Burns Night to deal with – which a couple of years back looked like it was going to become appropriated by one side of the referendum campaign but has now returned to its ‘universal’ roots. One day, when England wins its independence, they’ll come up with the idea for a Shakespeare Night…

Whilst there are probably still many youngsters who can be persuaded that the event is something to do with the gnarly old boss from The Simpsons, the majority will understand that it’s got something to do with the nation’s fi nest poet (at least, outside of Spring Break’s wordman Butterscotch…) and they’ll get a chance to at least realise he’s worth jumping around for at the WEE BURNS CEILIDH on 23 JAN at EDEN COURT. Part of the larger BIG BURNS STRAMASH taking part at the venue as part of the Winter Festival, this event, courtesy of Eden Court CREATIVE is aimed specifi cally at families – with music, dancing and a few special guests to help celebrate Burns Night.

It’s the conclusion of a whole day’s worth of events and while a lantern procession before the ceilidh is free, some of the workshops and screenings are ticketed to go to the Eden Court website at eden-court.co.uk for full details.

Find out more about the Big Burns Stramash on p17 and p28…

More KIDS features and events at: whatsonhighlands.com

KIDS Burns Night Fun.

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We’re imagining that by the time January rolls around the whole concept of “kids and families” will have pushed patience to its very limits, any activities involving such a grouping restricted to accidentally stepping on bits of the kids’ Lego or looking for the receipts for unwanted gifts. Whilst in warmer, less civilised places, they now have no excuses for further celebration until Easter, for us more culturally enriched people, we have Burns Night to deal with – which a couple of years back looked like it was going to become appropriated by one side of the referendum campaign but has now returned to its ‘universal’ roots. One day, when England wins its independence, they’ll come up with the idea for a Shakespeare Night…

Whilst there are probably still many youngsters who can be persuaded that the event is something to do with the gnarly old boss from The Simpsons, the majority will understand that it’s got something to do with the nation’s fi nest poet (at least, outside of Spring Break’s wordman Butterscotch…) and they’ll get a chance to at least realise he’s worth jumping around for at the WEE BURNS CEILIDH on 23 JAN at EDEN COURT. Part of the larger BIG BURNS STRAMASH taking part at the venue as part of the Winter Festival, this event, courtesy of Eden Court CREATIVE is aimed specifi cally at families – with music, dancing and a few special guests to help celebrate Burns Night.

It’s the conclusion of a whole day’s worth of events and while a lantern procession before the ceilidh is free, some of the workshops and screenings are ticketed to go to the Eden Court website at eden-court.co.uk for full details.

Find out more about the Big Burns Stramash on p17 and p28…

More KIDS features and events at: whatsonhighlands.com

KIDS Burns Night Fun.

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MON 28 DEC PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. Join a magical journey as we fly away to Neverland in this fantastic new panto.

TUE 29 DEC ALADDIN @ Macdonald Aviemore Resort, 2pm. Will the evil Ebenezer convince Aladdin to enter the Cave of a Thousand Dreams and fetch the lamp? Will Princess Jasmine find the boy of her dreams? Will Widow Twankey finally wear something that doesn’t look like an explosion in a paint factory? Questions, questions, questions. Find out at the answers at this brilliant pantomime.

PETER PAN @ EC @ Eden Court, 2.15pm, 7pm.

WED 30 DEC PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 2pm, 7pm, As Mon 28 Dec.

THU 31 DEC PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

FRI 01 JAN ALADDIN @ Macdonald Aviemore Resort, 2pm. As Tue 29 Dec.

SAT 02 JAN PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 2.15pm, 7pm. As Mon 28 Dec. EVERYTHING DADDY @ Everything Baby Parenting Room, 10am. Baby and Toddler group for Dads! Loads of fun to be had at this social group for Dads, Grandads, Carers and their little ones. Free tea, coffee and a healthy snack for the kids. no need to book - just come along.

SUN 03 JAN PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Mon 28 Dec. ALADDIN @ Macdonald Aviemore Resort, 2pm. As Tue 29 Dec.

MON 04 JAN PETER PAN @EC @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

TUE 05 JAN PETER PAN @EC @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

WED 06 JAN PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

SAT 09 JAN PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 2pm, 7pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

SUN 10 JAN PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

MON 11 JAN Eden Court Classes Starting:DRAMA FUN U5s @ Eden Court, 1.30pm. An exciting drama group for children aged 3-5 years which will explore a different theme or story each week.THE HUB YOUTH THEATRE @ Eden Court, 5.30pm. For those on the Autistic Spectrum. The group will explore theatre arts and acting projects.

TUE 12 JAN Eden Court Classes Starting: BUNNY BEATS U5s @ Eden Court, 1.30pm. If your wee ones like to dance, wriggle or jiggle about then bring them along to this fun class to learn the basics of dance such as rhythmn and coordination. MINI MOVERS 1 @ Eden Court, 11.15am, A terrific class offering parents and carers a chance to dance and move creatively with their wee ones, accompanied by gentle rhymes and rhythms which will develop movement skills. (Sitting to walking)MINI MOVERS 2 @ Eden Court, 10.30am, As above but for older children (walking to 3 yrs).DRAMA: 5-8YRS @ Eden Court, 4pm. Exciting class using play, drama games, creative activities and theatre related exercises. DRAMA: 9-12YRS @ Eden Court, 4.45pm. As above but for older children. Working towards an informal performance at the end of the year.STREET DANCE: 5-8YRS @ Eden Court, 4pm. Get down and learn fresh hip-hop grooves in this class designed specially for the hippest youngsters.STREET DANCE: 9-12YRS @ Eden Court, 5pm. An up-beat class where you can start to dance in breaking styles, learn the freshest moves, become part of the crew and perform regularly.ROZKOOL: 7-12YRS @ Eden Court, 6.15pm. Have fun

while learning about music, improving your vocals, getting to grip with some awesome musical instruments.EDEN COURT YOUTH THEATRE: 13-17YRS @ Eden Court, 6.pm. Join Eden Court’s Drama Artist John Batty and learn drama skills including movement, mime, improvisation and script work.STREET DANCE: 13YRS+ @ Eden Court, 6pm. An open level class to train the latest urban dance styles.

WED 13 JAN Eden Court Classes Starting:BOUNCIN’ BEANS @ Eden Court, 10.30am. Introducing new babies and parents to all sorts of creative play at this popular. Classes include a bit of everything: music, object play, movement and rhymes. (Birth to crawling).BIGGER BEANS @ Eden Court, 11.45am. As above but for crawling to walking ages.GIANT BEANS @ Eden Court, 12.45pm. Classes include a mix of music, object play, movement and rhymes. (18mnth - 3 years).MUSICAL THEATRE: 9-16YRS @ Eden Court, 4pm. Master the skills of musical theatre and gethints and tips on how to be a star! Wear loose comfortable clothing and have bare feet or wear jazz shoes. FILMMAKING: 9-12YRS @ Eden Court, 4pm. Try Film-making, stop-frame animation, vision mixing and video projection, or turn your ideas into a music video or short film.FILMMAKING: 13-17YRS @ Eden Court, 5.45pm. As above, but for older children.

THU 14 JAN Eden Court Classes Starting: TINY TUNES @ Eden Court, 1.15pm. Fun-filled class with tutor singing, rhymes, movement, percussion playing and musical games to help your child grow in musical ability. (1-4yrs).DANCE JAM: 5-8YRS @ Eden Court, 4pm. The perfect way to introduce kids to the exciting world of creative movement and dance.DANCE JAM: 9-12YRS @ Eden Court, 4.45pm. A mixture of dance styles, from hip-hop to contemporary, introduces basic technique and encourages dancers to get creative!BALLET BASICS: 14+YRS

@ Eden Court, 6pm. Suitable for beginners, learn the fundamentals of ballet technique.MODERN BALLET: 14+YRS @ Eden Court, 6pm. Suitable for dancers with a solid grounding in Ballet technique and a reasonable level of fitness.YOUTH DANCE GROUP: 13-17YRS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. A high energy class incorporating contemporary and jazz dance technique, devising and choreography.

FRI 15 JAN Eden Court Classes Starting: MUM & BABY YOGA1 @ Eden Court, 11.20am. Birthlight Baby Yoga classes enhance playful interaction and communication between parent and baby and promote babies’ healthy development. (10wks - 6mnths)MUM & BABY YOGA2 @ Eden Court, 10am. As above but for older babies who can sit securely.DIGITAL ANIMATION BEGINNERS @ Eden Court, 4pm. Create your own characters, scenes and storylines at these popular classes.

SAT 16 JAN EVERYTHING DADDY @ Everything Baby Parenting Room, 10am. As Sat 02 Jan.

SUN 17 JAN WORLD SNOW DAY @ Glencoe Mountain Resort. Promoting snow sports to children between the ages of 4 and 14.

SAT 23 JAN STRAMASH-UP! SCREENING @ Eden Court, 1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm. Join the CREATIVE Team for a day of fun filled family activities to celebrate BURNS NIGHT! BIG BURNS STRAMASH: WEE BURNS CEILIDH @ Eden Court, 5.30pm. Join the CREATIVE Team for a day of fun filled family activities to celebrate BURNS NIGHT!

MON 25 JAN Eden Court Classes Starting: HULLABALOO @ Eden Court, 4pm. Creative arts group for children with additional support needs.

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Plenty of music on offer this month though the really big names are presumably wintering in warmer climes, ready to unleash themselves on live performances later in the year, the only way these days that musicians can actually monetise their art. Still, there are a fair few attractions vying for your attention, one of the main ones being the BIG BURNS CEILIDH at EDEN COURT on 23 JAN. The conclusion of a whole day of workshops, fi lms and music at the venue going under the banner The Big Burns Stramash it features the self-styled CEILIDH COMMANDOS – GARY INNES [1] & EWEN HENDERSON (both Mànran), ALEC DALGLISH (Skerryvore) and MARTIN O’NEILL (Treacherous Orchestra) – who’ll be getting you dancing, with stovies included in the ticket price.

That same day, 23 JAN there’s another man from the olden days barrelling into your consciousness as MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK [2] comes to IRONWORKS. The Teutonic metal man reveals that, on his last album, “I wanted lots of double bass drum to keep the fast songs rolling like a train with lots of energy covered with interesting elements, a couple of my UFO days-type of mid tempos and the 7 string low sound to get a very wide range of sounds and emotions.” A mission statement sure to appeal to some.

If you’d rather celebrate a baggier vibe, head along to THE COMPLETE STONE ROSES at IRONWORKS on 29 JAN, or, if you want to get a hint of why the music you like now sounds like it does, go to PAUL JONES & DAVE KELLY [3] at EDEN COURT on 24 JAN when they’ll perform the work of the greats, ranging from Howling’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker through to Sonny Boy Williamson.

ANDA UNION [4], who play EC on 31 JAN are a group of young Mongolians living in the capital city of Inner Mongolia, Hohhot, 500 km west of Beijing. Driven by their thirst to discover the power and magic of the rich and powerful Mongol traditions and culture, they’ll be performing different styles of music from all over their country, including the incredible art of “throat singing”. Safe to say it’ll be quite unlike anything you see or hear in the ensuing 12 months.

If you believe, as some people do apparently, that great music is old as the hills, you’re well catered for by an impressive roster of classical performances this month. On 13 JAN, there’s an RSNO VIENNESE NIGHT with soprano AILISH TYNAN [5] @ EC, SCOZZESI @ Boat of Garten Community Hall on 16 JAN, KAPTEN PIANO TRIO @ Smithton Culloden Church on 22 JAN, PASCAL ROGÉ @ Nairn CC on 24 JAN and SIROCCO WIND TRIO @ Spectrum Centre on 29 JAN. There’ll be moments when you’ll rue the day electricity was ever invented.

Unlike the SLAM [6] boys, for whom electricity was always sort of essential to the way they’ve consistently unscrewed our bonces over the years and will, as always, be welcomed back for their appearance at IRONWORKS on 30 JAN.

The above gig will no doubt whet many a Highland clubbers’ appetite ahead of the recently announced techno shindig, TECHNIQUE at INVERNESS LEISURE on 30 APR. A way off yet, but headliner DAVE CLARKE means that, unsurprisingly, tickets are selling fast. Anyone heading to that shindig that will no doubt also be getting tickets for the new GROOVE CAIRNGORM, taking place in Aviemore from 11–13 MAR with such delights on offer as GRANDMASTER FLASH, HOT CHIP, ETON MESSY, PRIDES, DJ YODA and more. A sister winter event to complement last summer’s Groove Loch Ness, it’s the UK’s fi rst resort-based snowsports festival and sounds like a recipe for success and kudos to the organisers for coming up with something that we’ve been crying out for for years. Check out the Groove CairnGorm Facebook page for more… and keep your eyes on whatsonhighlands.com

Plenty of music on offer this month though the really big names are presumably wintering in warmer climes, ready to unleash themselves on live performances later in the year, the only way these days that musicians can actually monetise their art. Still, there are a fair few

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CLASSICAL FRI 01 JAN NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT @ Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack, 3pm. The famous Port Concert, enjoy Music, Song and Laughter. Entry at door £5/ 3 concessions. Under 12 free.

WED 13 JAN RSNO VIENNESE NIGHT @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Vienna, city of dreams, where melodies are as sweet as sachertorte and dance rhythms sparkle like champagne. It simply wouldn’t be New Year without the music of Johann Strauss and friends: tonight, let them whirl you away to a world of elegant waltzes, playful polkas, and good old-fashioned operetta romance .

SAT 16 JAN SCOZZESI @ Boat Of Garten Community Hall, 7.30pm. Presented by the Osprey Music Society. An Octet of young male classically trained Scottish singers, with piano accompaniment. A mixed repertoire of items predominantly from opera, with G+S and traditional Scottish songs. £13 members: £15 non-members: £5 students: £2 under-16s

FRI 22 JAN ICM CONCERT SERIES: KAPTEN PIANO TRIO @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. The Kapten Piano Trio is made up from three graduates from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - the Yorkshire violinist Rachel Spencer, the Lochaber cellist Duncan Strachan and the Estonian pianist Kristi Kapten. Formed in 2011 the Trio has gone on to develop a reputation as an energetic, passionate and exciting new piano trio, with performances across the UK to critical acclaim. All three have played in Inverness before in various formats including as this trio for At One With Music in September 2012.

SUN 24 JAN PASCAL ROGé @ Nairn Community and Art Centre, 7.30pm. One of the world’s top pianists plays a beautiful programme of Satie, Ravel, Poulenc and Debussy. Music Nairn performance.musicnairn.org.uk

FRI 29 JAN SIROCCO WIND TRIO @ Spectrum Centre, 1pm. Sirocco Winds are a dynamic and professional wind quintet comprising of current Masters students or graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. siroccowinds.com

CLUBBING TUE 29 DEC GROUSE BEATER SOUND SYSTEM @ Hootananny, 9pm. CHURCH STREET HIP HOP @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. w/BRIAN JAMIESON, BUTTERSCOTCH AND MORE!

FRI 01 JAN VENGA @ G’s, The ultimate 90s night. Every Friday.

SPICE @ Vinyl, 10pm. Every Friday.

SAT 02 JAN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE @ G’s, 10.30pm. The number one Saturday night in Inverness. gsinverness.com/guestlist

FRANKIE SAY VINYL @ Vinyl, 10pm. Every Saturday.

SAT 30 JAN SLAM @ The Ironworks, 10.30pm. SLAM instigated Glasgow’s underground House music scene in the late 1980s, going on to be instrumental in the explosion of the UK Techno scene, and their quarter of a century of exploits have seen them travel far and wide, leaving scorch marks on dance floors everywhere while taking their uncompromising vision of Techno around the world.

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TUE 29 DEC RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS @ The Ironworks, 7pm. From a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with The Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014, the past ten years has seen The Red Hot Chilli Pipers become the most famous bagpipe band on the planet - ever!

WED 30 DEC HO-RO @ Hootananny, 9pm.

THU 31 DEC INVERNESS WINTER FESTIVAL: RED HOT HIGHLAND FLING @ Northern Meeting Park, Scotland’s largest free Hogmanay concert! Comedian Craig Hill will host the four hour show introducing headliners Capercaillie who will be joined by two former winners of the Scottish Trad Music Live Band of the Year Award Breabach and Skerryvore.

BOGMANAY 2015 @ Bogbain Farm. Tickets from: bogbainfarm.com

HOGMANAY CEILIDH @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8pm. Come take in the bells and welcome the New Year with friends and family at the Pavilion’s Hogmanay Ceilidh! This popular event is suitable for all ages and always attracts a fantastic crowd. This year we welcome back local performers The Cat’s Back Ceilidh Band, who are set to entertain all with their lively set of ceilidh favourites.

RHYTHMNREEL HOGMANAY BASH @ The Ironworks, 9pm.

After an amazing Hogmanay Bash brining in 2015, Rhythmnreel will be back for another massive night to bring in 2016. Rhythmnreel have toured extensively throughout the Highlands and Islands, Scotland as a whole and also regularly in Europe. Whilst the core of the sound is Pipe and Fiddle led Celtic Rock, the band will be keep the Hogmanay party going with plenty of Traditional Ceilidh Dances through to Classic sing-along Covers, and one or two of their own tunes for good measure.

SAT 02 JAN NEW YEAR DANCE @ Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack, 8.30pm. With Wood and Stone. £10/8/5 free for under 5s.

SANDRA MACBETH @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Poppy folk singer from Edinburgh.

03-06 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

THU 07 JAN BRIAN O HEADHRA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Traditional sounds.

MON 11 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

TUE 12 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

WED 13 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. JAMIE MARSHALL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 14 JAN DOUGIE BURNS AND FREINDS @ Velocity Cafe, 7.30pm.

FRI 15 JAN STAGG @ Hoots, 9.30pm.

SUN 17 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hoots, 9.30pm.

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CLASSICAL FRI 01 JAN NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT @ Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack, 3pm. The famous Port Concert, enjoy Music, Song and Laughter. Entry at door £5/ 3 concessions. Under 12 free.

WED 13 JAN RSNO VIENNESE NIGHT @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Vienna, city of dreams, where melodies are as sweet as sachertorte and dance rhythms sparkle like champagne. It simply wouldn’t be New Year without the music of Johann Strauss and friends: tonight, let them whirl you away to a world of elegant waltzes, playful polkas, and good old-fashioned operetta romance .

SAT 16 JAN SCOZZESI @ Boat Of Garten Community Hall, 7.30pm. Presented by the Osprey Music Society. An Octet of young male classically trained Scottish singers, with piano accompaniment. A mixed repertoire of items predominantly from opera, with G+S and traditional Scottish songs. £13 members: £15 non-members: £5 students: £2 under-16s

FRI 22 JAN ICM CONCERT SERIES: KAPTEN PIANO TRIO @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. The Kapten Piano Trio is made up from three graduates from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - the Yorkshire violinist Rachel Spencer, the Lochaber cellist Duncan Strachan and the Estonian pianist Kristi Kapten. Formed in 2011 the Trio has gone on to develop a reputation as an energetic, passionate and exciting new piano trio, with performances across the UK to critical acclaim. All three have played in Inverness before in various formats including as this trio for At One With Music in September 2012.

SUN 24 JAN PASCAL ROGé @ Nairn Community and Art Centre, 7.30pm. One of the world’s top pianists plays a beautiful programme of Satie, Ravel, Poulenc and Debussy. Music Nairn performance.musicnairn.org.uk

FRI 29 JAN SIROCCO WIND TRIO @ Spectrum Centre, 1pm. Sirocco Winds are a dynamic and professional wind quintet comprising of current Masters students or graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. siroccowinds.com

CLUBBING TUE 29 DEC GROUSE BEATER SOUND SYSTEM @ Hootananny, 9pm. CHURCH STREET HIP HOP @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. w/BRIAN JAMIESON, BUTTERSCOTCH AND MORE!

FRI 01 JAN VENGA @ G’s, The ultimate 90s night. Every Friday.

SPICE @ Vinyl, 10pm. Every Friday.

SAT 02 JAN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE @ G’s, 10.30pm. The number one Saturday night in Inverness. gsinverness.com/guestlist

FRANKIE SAY VINYL @ Vinyl, 10pm. Every Saturday.

SAT 30 JAN SLAM @ The Ironworks, 10.30pm. SLAM instigated Glasgow’s underground House music scene in the late 1980s, going on to be instrumental in the explosion of the UK Techno scene, and their quarter of a century of exploits have seen them travel far and wide, leaving scorch marks on dance floors everywhere while taking their uncompromising vision of Techno around the world.

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TUE 29 DEC RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS @ The Ironworks, 7pm. From a cameo appearance at T in the Park in 2004 with The Darkness to opening the main stage in their own right in 2014, the past ten years has seen The Red Hot Chilli Pipers become the most famous bagpipe band on the planet - ever!

WED 30 DEC HO-RO @ Hootananny, 9pm.

THU 31 DEC INVERNESS WINTER FESTIVAL: RED HOT HIGHLAND FLING @ Northern Meeting Park, Scotland’s largest free Hogmanay concert! Comedian Craig Hill will host the four hour show introducing headliners Capercaillie who will be joined by two former winners of the Scottish Trad Music Live Band of the Year Award Breabach and Skerryvore.

BOGMANAY 2015 @ Bogbain Farm. Tickets from: bogbainfarm.com

HOGMANAY CEILIDH @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8pm. Come take in the bells and welcome the New Year with friends and family at the Pavilion’s Hogmanay Ceilidh! This popular event is suitable for all ages and always attracts a fantastic crowd. This year we welcome back local performers The Cat’s Back Ceilidh Band, who are set to entertain all with their lively set of ceilidh favourites.

RHYTHMNREEL HOGMANAY BASH @ The Ironworks, 9pm.

After an amazing Hogmanay Bash brining in 2015, Rhythmnreel will be back for another massive night to bring in 2016. Rhythmnreel have toured extensively throughout the Highlands and Islands, Scotland as a whole and also regularly in Europe. Whilst the core of the sound is Pipe and Fiddle led Celtic Rock, the band will be keep the Hogmanay party going with plenty of Traditional Ceilidh Dances through to Classic sing-along Covers, and one or two of their own tunes for good measure.

SAT 02 JAN NEW YEAR DANCE @ Carnegie Hall, Portmahomack, 8.30pm. With Wood and Stone. £10/8/5 free for under 5s.

SANDRA MACBETH @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Poppy folk singer from Edinburgh.

03-06 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

THU 07 JAN BRIAN O HEADHRA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Traditional sounds.



WED 13 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. JAMIE MARSHALL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 14 JAN DOUGIE BURNS AND FREINDS @ Velocity Cafe, 7.30pm.

FRI 15 JAN STAGG @ Hoots, 9.30pm.

SUN 17 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hoots, 9.30pm.

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TUE 19 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. CHRIS GRANT @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

WED 20 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

THU 21 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

FRI 22 JAN GROUSE CEILIDH BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 23 JAN SOPHIE BANCROFT AND THE SONGS TRIO @ Brodie Castle, 2.30pm. Featuring Sophie Bancroft on vocals and guitar, award-winning American pianist Louis Durra and Tom Lyne on basses, The Songs Trio performs Sophie’s original songs.DetailsFresh from their appearance at the Celtic Connections Festival, Sophie and the Songs Trio will be performing original songs, many of which have been inspired by her walks around Scotland, and some beautiful and unexpected covers including a few Burns songs to tie in with the season. Their music has been described as “Folk-inflected jazz with rootsy warm-heartedness.

BURNS NIGHT CEILIDH @ Eight Acres Hotel and Leisure Club, Elgin, 7pm. Enjoy a traditional Burns night dinner followed by foot tapping Scottish Ceilidh which will be sure to get you up on the dance floor.

THE BIG BURNS CEILIDH @ Eden Court, 8pm. Join the CREATIVE Team for a day of fun filled family activities to celebrate BURNS NIGHT!

GROUSE CEILIDH BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SUN 24 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. DAVE LEVON @ The Market Bar, 10pm.




THU 28 JAN CARA @ Eden Court, 8pm. In Scotland celebrating the launch of their 5th studio album, this multi-national band with Scottish and German members tour worldwide with unique interpretations of Celtic music, firmly rooted in the Irish and Scottish tradition. CARA’s innovative arrangements of traditional material sit alongside critically acclaimed original compositions. Fronted by two female lead singers, CARA combine vocals, piano, fiddle, flute, guitar, bodhran, uilleann pipes and accordion with a dry-witted and charismatic stage presence. CARA have headlined some of the largest Irish music festivals and brought audiences to their feet across the USA, Germany, Ireland, the UK, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark.

LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

FRI 29 JAN HOODJA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 30 JAN HOODJA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SUN 31 JAN CRAIG ROBERTSON @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

JAZZ/WORLD THU 21 JAN SCOTT HAMILTON QUARTET @ Nairn Community and Art Centre, Jazz Nairn performance.

SUN 31 JAN ANDA UNION @ Eden Court, 8pm. The brilliant 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band members all grew up in families ‘with the music’, several of whom still live in the traditional Mongolian way, and came together at music college in Hohhot, their capital city. There they were able to integrate traditional forms - like the now-famous throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live at The Plough, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time!

ROCK MON 28 DEC END OF YEAR GIG @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. w/ JAMES MACKENZIE, THE SIDE, BEST GIRL ATHLETE

END OF YEAR GIG @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. w/IAIN MCLAUGHLIN & THE OUTSIDERS, TWIN

HEART, SLY AT LAST .

ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. CRAIG ROBERTSON @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 29 DEC KINKY KARMA @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

WED 30 DEC THE GALIPAYGOS @ The Market Bar, 10pm. Fine local band with country-pop roots. thegalipaygos.com

KARAOKE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

THU 31 DEC HOODJA / NELSONS TONIC @ Hootananny, 8pm. £12. 2 floors of music.

NEW YEAR’S EVE - MIR @ The Market Bar, 10pm. Ticket only, open late.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

FRI 01 JAN CITY LIMITS @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SAT 02 JAN THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. CITY LIMITS @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SUN 03 JAN BEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

STAY CLASSY @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

MON 04 JAN ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. CHRIS SUCKLE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 05 JAN JAMES MACKENZIE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

ANDY MURRAY @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

WED 06 JAN FERGUS AND GREG @ The Market Bar, 10pm. KARAOKE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm. 20

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THU 07 JAN ROBIN, BILLS AND DEREK @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

DOC LIVINGSTON @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

FRI 08 JAN HIGHLAND FOODBANK FUNDRAISER @ Hootananny, 8pm. Held over two floors.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 09 JAN HIGHLAND FOODBANK FUNDRAISER @ Hootananny, 8pm. Held over two floors.

THE CARLOWAYS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.


WILLIE CAMPBELL @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

MON 11 JAN ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. GERRY COOGAN @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 12 JAN DANIEL GUNN @ The Market Bar, 10pm. KEVIN FRASER @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

WED 13 JAN KARAOKE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.


FRI 15 JAN DOGHAUS @ The Market Bar, 10pm. RANT @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SAT 16 JAN DEAD BOY ROBOTICS @ Mad Hatters, 9.30pm.

TED CHRISTOPHER @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. Making music from poppy rock to something more traditional, TC has built a reputation as one Scotland’s hardest working performers.

MIR @ The Market Bar, 10pm. RANT @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SUN 17 JAN BEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm. STAY CLASSY @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

MON 18 JAN ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. DAVY COWAN @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 19 JAN EMMA MITCHELL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

WED 20 JAN FERGUS AND GREG @ The Market Bar, 10pm. KARAOKE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.


GARETH BRYANT @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

FRI 22 JAN BIRO @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SAT 23 JAN MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK @ The Ironworks, 7pm. Schenker will perform tracks from his current studio album Spirit On A Mission which features the singles Vigilante Man and Live and Let Live plus the MSG, UFO and Scorpions rock classics!

MIR @ Mad Hatters, 9.30pm. FAR @ The Market Bar, 10pm. BIRO @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SUN 24 JAN PAUL JONES AND DAVE KELLY @ Eden Court, 8pm. Ruggedly durable and timeless, the Blues is perhaps more popular today than it has ever been. Young musicians still cut their teeth on its enticing, 12-bar appeal, but its real rewards, true virtuosity, poise and knowledge, only come with age. Founder members of The Blues Band, Paul Jones and Dave Kelly’s tangled and colourful roots go way back into the true undergrowth of the tradition. As well as their own original material, they not only know and perform the work of the greats, ranging from Howling’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker through to Sonny Boy Williamson - they actually played alongside them, and enjoyed their friendship.

CHRIS SUCKLE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

MON 25 JAN ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

GERRY COOGAN @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 26 JAN OPEN MIC @ The Market Bar, 10pm. All welcome.

ROB SIMMS @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

WED 27 JAN TOBY MICHAEL @ The Market Bar, 10pm. KARAOKE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

THU 28 JAN ROBIN, BILLS AND DEREK @ The Market Bar, 10pm. KEVIN FRASER @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

FRI 29 JAN THE COMPLETE STONE ROSES @ The Ironworks, 7pm. The Complete Stone Roses are now one of the UK’s most well-known, most seen and most successful tribute bands. Selling out venues across the UK and Ireland regularly, they have helped to carry on the music of one of the UK’s most influential bands - the Stone Roses.

VOLTS @ Mad Hatters, 8pm. Scotland’s premier AC/DC tribute. Tickets £10 from: hootanannyinverness.co.uk

ANDY GUNN BAND @ Raigmore Motel, 9pm. Andy and band, also featuring Vikki Kitson on vocals, return to this city venue to play for the re-release of new album ‘Miracle Of Healing’. STETSONHEAD @ The Market Bar, 10pm. KINKY KARMA @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SAT 30 JAN THE AMPHETAMEANIES @ Mad Hatters, 9.30pm.

LITTLE MILL OF HAPPINESS @ The Market Bar, 10pm. Fine local combo.

KINKY KARMA @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SUN 31 JAN ALAN FREW @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

DOC LIVINGSTON @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm. 2121



TUE 19 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. CHRIS GRANT @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.


THU 21 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

FRI 22 JAN GROUSE CEILIDH BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 23 JAN SOPHIE BANCROFT AND THE SONGS TRIO @ Brodie Castle, 2.30pm. Featuring Sophie Bancroft on vocals and guitar, award-winning American pianist Louis Durra and Tom Lyne on basses, The Songs Trio performs Sophie’s original songs.DetailsFresh from their appearance at the Celtic Connections Festival, Sophie and the Songs Trio will be performing original songs, many of which have been inspired by her walks around Scotland, and some beautiful and unexpected covers including a few Burns songs to tie in with the season. Their music has been described as “Folk-inflected jazz with rootsy warm-heartedness.

BURNS NIGHT CEILIDH @ Eight Acres Hotel and Leisure Club, Elgin, 7pm. Enjoy a traditional Burns night dinner followed by foot tapping Scottish Ceilidh which will be sure to get you up on the dance floor.

THE BIG BURNS CEILIDH @ Eden Court, 8pm. Join the CREATIVE Team for a day of fun filled family activities to celebrate BURNS NIGHT!

GROUSE CEILIDH BAND @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SUN 24 JAN LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. DAVE LEVON @ The Market Bar, 10pm.




THU 28 JAN CARA @ Eden Court, 8pm. In Scotland celebrating the launch of their 5th studio album, this multi-national band with Scottish and German members tour worldwide with unique interpretations of Celtic music, firmly rooted in the Irish and Scottish tradition. CARA’s innovative arrangements of traditional material sit alongside critically acclaimed original compositions. Fronted by two female lead singers, CARA combine vocals, piano, fiddle, flute, guitar, bodhran, uilleann pipes and accordion with a dry-witted and charismatic stage presence. CARA have headlined some of the largest Irish music festivals and brought audiences to their feet across the USA, Germany, Ireland, the UK, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Denmark.

LIVE SESSION @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

FRI 29 JAN HOODJA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 30 JAN HOODJA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SUN 31 JAN CRAIG ROBERTSON @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

JAZZ/WORLD THU 21 JAN SCOTT HAMILTON QUARTET @ Nairn Community and Art Centre, Jazz Nairn performance.

SUN 31 JAN ANDA UNION @ Eden Court, 8pm. The brilliant 9-piece band Anda Union from Inner Mongolia first toured the UK in 2013 and stole the show everywhere. The band members all grew up in families ‘with the music’, several of whom still live in the traditional Mongolian way, and came together at music college in Hohhot, their capital city. There they were able to integrate traditional forms - like the now-famous throat singing - into creating a sound uniquely and mysteriously Mongolian but with a strong appeal to a western sensibility. If you miss this opportunity to see the band live at The Plough, you can be assured of hearing about the concert for a long time afterwards from those who were lucky enough to get tickets in time!

ROCK MON 28 DEC END OF YEAR GIG @ Hootananny, 9.30pm. w/ JAMES MACKENZIE, THE SIDE, BEST GIRL ATHLETE

END OF YEAR GIG @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. w/IAIN MCLAUGHLIN & THE OUTSIDERS, TWIN

HEART, SLY AT LAST .

ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. CRAIG ROBERTSON @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 29 DEC KINKY KARMA @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

WED 30 DEC THE GALIPAYGOS @ The Market Bar, 10pm. Fine local band with country-pop roots. thegalipaygos.com

KARAOKE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

THU 31 DEC HOODJA / NELSONS TONIC @ Hootananny, 8pm. £12. 2 floors of music.

NEW YEAR’S EVE - MIR @ The Market Bar, 10pm. Ticket only, open late.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

FRI 01 JAN CITY LIMITS @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SAT 02 JAN THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. CITY LIMITS @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.


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MON 04 JAN ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. CHRIS SUCKLE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 05 JAN JAMES MACKENZIE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

ANDY MURRAY @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

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THE HATEFUL EIGHT (18 TBC) FRI 22 – THU 28 JANDirector Quentin Tarantino I Starring Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson

USA I 2015 I 167 mins TBC I thehatefuleight.com

While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John "The Hangman" Ruth and his fugitive prisoner encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren, an infamousbounty hunter, and Chris Manniz, a southern renegade who claims to be a sheriff. Hoping to find shelterfrom a blizzard, the group travels to a stagecoach stopover located on a mountain pass where they aregreeted by four strangers. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, the eight travelers come to learnthey may not make it to Red Rock after all... The latest film from Quentin Tarantino has already beenhotly-tipped for Oscar success.

CAROL (15) SAT 02 – THU 07 JANDirector Todd Haynes I Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara

UK/USA/France I 2015 I 119 mins I carolfilm.com In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s seminal novel The Price of Salt, Carol follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change.

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (12A)SAT 02 – THU 07 JANSUBTITLED SCREENINGS MON 04 JAN 20.00

Director J.J. Abrams I Starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher

USA I 2015 I 136 mins I starwars.com/the-force-awakens I starwarsunitedkingdom.co.ukLucas film and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far awayas Star Wars returns to the big screen with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

THE REVENANT (15) FRI 29 JAN – THU 11 FEBSUBTITLED SCREENING MON 08 FEB

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu I Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson USA I 2015 I 151 mins I foxmovies.com/movies/the-revenantIn an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. But he survives, and now mustbrave warring tribes, a savage environment and a ferociously harsh winter on a 120-mile trek to take hisrevenge. Inspired by true events, The Revenant is the latest film from the acclaimed director of Birdmanand Babel.

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ALSO SCREENING THIS MONTH: BRANAGH THEATRE LIVE: THE WINTER’S TALEAND SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE

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ALL ABOUT THEM À TROIS ON Y VA (15)FRI 08 – MON 11 JANDirector Jérôme Bonnell

Starring Anais Demoustier, Felix Moati

France/Belgium I 2014 I 87 mins I French with subtitlesCharlotte and Micha are young and in love. They'verecently bought a house near Lille in which they intend to live happily ever after. So far so conventionalbut, for the past few months, Charlotte, has beencheating on Micha with Mélodie... Without suspectinga thing, he feels slightly abandoned, but then Micha isin turn cheating on Charlotte... also with Mélodie! Anintimate menage à trois emerges – both touching andbitter sweet with moments of delightful comic cuts.

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THE DRESSMAKER (12A)SAT 02 – THU 07 JAN

Director Jocelyn Moorhouse

Starring Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth

Australia I 2015 I 118 minsthedressmakermovie.com.auBased on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham,The Dressmaker is a bittersweet, comedy-dramaset in early 1950s Australia. Tilly Dunnage, a beautiful and talented misfit, after many yearsworking as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisianfashion houses, returns home to the tiny middle-of-nowhere town of Dungatar to right the wrongs of the past.

SWUNG (18)SAT 02 – MON 04 JANDirector Colin Kennedy

Starring Elena Anaya, Owen McDonnell

UK I 2014 I 87 minssigmafilms.com/films/swung From Glasgow based Sigma films (Young Adam, The Legend of Barney Thomson) comes a seductive,punky and poignant drama about the secret underside of a very modern relationship.

FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS (15)FRI 08 – MON 11 & WED 13 JAN

Director Gabriele Muccino

Starring Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried

USA/Italy I 2015 I 116 minsA Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being awidower and father after a mental breakdown,while, 27 years later, his grown daughter strugglesto forge connections of her own. Amanda Seyfriedand Russell Crowe star in this emotionally powerful exploration of the parental bond from the director of The Pursuit of Happyness.

GÜEROS (15)TUE 05 – THU 07 JAN

Director Alonso Ruizpalacios

Starring Tenoch Huerta, Sebastian Aguirre

Mexico I 2014 I 107 mins I Spanish with subtitlesWhen Tomás proves too much for his mother, shepacks him off to stay with his big brother who’sstudying in Mexico City. Tomás brings his favouritecassette along with him. When the pair learn thattheir musical idol is in hospital fading fast andalone, they set off in their rusty heap of a car to pay their last respects to this one-time rock star.

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BY THE SEA (15)FRI 08 – THU 14 JAN

Director Angelina Jolie

Starring Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt

USA/France I 2015 I 132 mins I English andFrench with subtitles I bytheseamovie.co.ukBy the Sea follows an American writer namedRoland and his wife, Vanessa, who arrive in a tranquil and picturesque seaside resort in 1970sFrance. However, it soon becomes clear theirmarriage is in a desperate crisis and that theymust confront the situation head on. Written, directed and produced by Academy Award winnerAngelina Jolie Pitt and starring husband Brad Pitt, By the Sea is Jolie Pitt’s third feature film as director.

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ADVENTURE FILM FESTIVAL (12+)MON 11 & MON 18 JAN106 & 104 mins The Adventure Film Festival celebrates anotherexciting year of adrenalin pumping action withsome of the world’s most pioneering adventureand action sports films, including amongst others – Arctic snowboarding and surfing, extremelong boarding, mountain biking, climbing and skydiving. Full details of this year’s two different Adventure film programmes are available at adventurefest.co.uk

UN HOMME IDEAL (12A)TUE 12 – THU 14 JAN

Director Yann Gozlan

Starring Pierre Niney, Ana Giardot

France I 2015 I 101 mins I French with subtitlesUn Homme Ideal – A Perfect Man – is a chic andstylish French thriller about an author who stealsthe text of a manuscript originally belonging to areclusive man who recently passed away.

BOSHOI BABYLON (PG)SUN 10 JANDirector Nick Read

Starring Anastasiya Meskova, Maria Alexandrova

UK I 2015 I 86 minsWith unparalleled behind the scenes access, Bolshoi Babylon provides a unique insight into the dancers – their abiding fear of injury and theruthless ambition needed to survive in the world’smost famous ballet company. From the Producer of Man On Wire and Searching For Sugarman. Joinus for a post-screening Q&A live by satellite withBolshoi principle dancer Anastasia Meskova andother special guests.

TANGERINE (15)FRI 15 & SAT 16 JANDirector Sean Baker

Starring Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor

USA I 2015 I 86 minsIt’s Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and two transgenderworking girls, Sin-dee and Alexandra go on the huntfor Alexandra’s boyfriend in this alternative filmthat’s got a bit of everything but is ultimatelya filmabout female friendship and solidarity. Reminiscentof other “as it happened” classics such as BeforeSunset and Do the Right Thing, Tangerine was shotusing just an iPhone 5 but looks like it was alwaysdestined for a cinema screen.

THE LESSON UROK (15)SUN 17, MON 18 & THU 21 JANDirectors Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov

Starring Margita Gosheva, Ivan BurnevBulgaria/Greece I 2014 I 105 minsBulgarian with subtitlesNadezhda, a young teacher in a small Bulgariantown, is under increasing financial pressure. Whenher family’s house is threatened with foreclosureand the repossession looms, Nadezhda resorts tomeasures her former self – untouched by the realities of economic desperation and moral compromise – would have found depraved. MargitaGosheva as Nadezhda delivers a powerful performance in this absorbing drama.

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (12A)FRI 15 – THU 21 JANDREAM & SCREAM SCREENING THU 21 JAN 11.00

Director Ron Howard

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy

USA I 2015 I 122 minsIn the winter of 1820, the New England whaling shipEssex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and analmost human sense of vengeance. Braving storms,starvation, panic and despair, the ship’s survivingcrew is pushed to their limits and forced to do theunthinkable to stay alive. From Oscar winning director Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind)comes this action packed adventure based on theincredible true story that inspired Moby Dick.

THE PROGRAM (15)FRI 22 – MON 25 & WED 27 JAN

Director Stephen Frears

Starring Ben Foster, Chris O'Dowd

UK/France I 2015 I 103 minsBen Foster (Kill Your Darlings) plays disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong in this gripping account of one of the sporting world's most notoriousscandals.

BELLE & SEBASTIAN: THE ADVENTURE CONTINUES BELLE ET SÉBASTIAN, L'AVENTURECONTINUE (PG)SAT 23 & SUN 24 JANDirector Christian Duguay

Starring Félix Boussuet, Tchéky KaryoFrance I 2015 I 97 mins I French with subtitlesThe brilliant follow-up to Nicholas Vanier's 2013adaptation of Cécile Aubry's novel sees the 1940sFrench boy/dog duo return for more Alpine escapades.

THE DANISH GIRL (15)FRI 22 – THU 28 JANSUBTITLED SCREENING MON 25 JAN 18.00

Director Tom Hooper

Starring Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander

UK/Germany/USA I 2015 I 120 minsworkingtitlefilms.com/films/view/film/124Based on the true love story of Danish artist EinarWegener and his wife Gerda as he makes the pioneering journey to becoming a woman, LiliElbe, in the 1920s. Directed by Academy Awardwinner Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), and starring Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayneas Einar and Alicia Vikander as Gerda.

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Cult Classic is a regular film screening night atEden Court Cinema, with a special ticket price of £10.00 which includes a beer and pizza. Follow Cult Cinema on facebook athttp://on.fb.me/1NTRSqM #CultClassic

THE LADY IN THE VAN (12A)FRI 15 – THU 21 JANFRIENDS COFFEE MORNING MON 18 JAN 11.30 SUBTITLED SCREENING MON 18 JAN 18.00

Director Nicholas Hytner I Starring Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings

UK I 2015 I 104 mins Miss Shepherd is an eccentric, cantankerous old soul who spends her days driving her van - which happens todouble up as her home – around Camden Town. The neighbourhood are gradually becoming acquainted withher bizarre ways, until eventually one of them – a young writer by the name of Alan Bennett – invites her to park in his driveway, just until she gets something more permanent sorted. Fifteen years later she is still there.Based on a true story, this quintessentially British comedy is based on Bennett’s real experiences with the ladywho lived in a van on his own driveway.

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MISS YOU ALREADY (12A)WED 13 & THU 14 JANDREAM & SCREAM SCREENING THU 14 JAN 11.00

Director Catherine HardwickeVoices Drew Barrymore, Toni ColletteUK I 2015 I 110 mins I missyoualreadymovie.comMiss You Already is an honest and powerful storyfollowing two friends, Milly and Jess, as they navigate life’s highs and lows. Inseperable sincethey were young girls, they can’t remember a timethey didn’t share everything – secrets, clothes, evenboyfriends – but nothing prepares them for the dayMilly is hit with life-altering news.

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HECTOR (15)FRI 29 – SUN 31 JANDirector Jake Gavin

Starring Peter Mullan, Keith Allen

UK I 2015 I 87 minsHector McAdam is embarking on his annual journey from Scotland to a London shelter, whereChristmas cheer and a turkey dinner await him.But, aware this might be his last, Hector opts toreconnect with his past and reunite with those he left behind. His cross-country odyssey bringschance encounters, companions old and new whoneed his support as much as he needs theirs.

SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE (15)FRI 29 JAN – THU 04 FEBDREAM & SCREAM SCREENING WED 03 FEB

Director Leslye Headland

Starring Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie

USA I 2015 I 101 minssleepingwithotherpeoplefilm.com After years of serial infidelity and self-sabotage,two romantic failures swear that their relationshipwill remain strictly platonic... but can love stillbloom while you’re sleeping with other people?

BAJIRAO MASTANI (12A TBC)SAT 30 JAN, MON 01 & WED 03 FEBDirector Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika PadukoneIndia I 2015 I 150 mins I Hindi with subtitlesThis epic, romantic Bollywood drama tells the story of Maratha Peshwa, one of history’s greatest unsung heroes. One of the greatest warriors ofIndia, Peshwa’s relationship with his second wifeMastani has inspired the nation across centuries!

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THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946) (U) TUE 05 JAN

THE COLLECTOR (1965) (15) TUE 19 JAN

LIVE SCREENINGS Seat Price £15.00 / Reduced Rate £13.00

NT LIVE: JANE EYRE (As live 12A)SUN 09 & THU 14 JAN ENCORE

NT LIVE: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES (As live 12A)THU 28 JAN LIVE SUN 14 & THU 18 FEB ENCORES

THE ROYAL BALLET: RHAPSODY/THE TWO PIGEONS (12A)TUE 26 JAN

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAYSCHOOLS SCREENINGSINSIDE HANA’S SUITCASE(N/C) SUITABLE FOR P6-S3WED 27 JAN

LES HÉRITIERS ONCE IN A LIFETIME(15+ STRONG LANGUAGE) SUITABLE FOR S4-S6THU 28 JAN

If you’re a teacher and interested in these screeningsplease contact our film programmer Paul Taylor at [email protected]

THE HUNGER GAMES (12A)

Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson

thehungergames.movieEvery year in the ruins of what was once NorthAmerica, the Capitol of the nation of Panemforces each of its twelve districts to send ateenage boy and girl to compete in the HungerGames – a nationally televised event in which“Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. When sixteen year oldKatniss Everdeen’s little sister’s name is calledout she volunteers to take her place in thegames, a decision that will change her life forever. This January we are screening all four of this internationally bestselling series.See all four films on Sat 09 Jan for £20.THE HUNGER GAMES SAT 09 JAN 143 mins

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE SAT 09 JAN 146 mins

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 1FRI 08 – SUN 10 JAN 122 mins

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY, PART 2 FRI 08 – MON 11 JAN 137 minsSUBTITLED SCREENING SUN 10 JAN 14.00

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TICKET PRICESAdult (over 18s) before 17.00 £7.50Adult Evening £9.00 Adult Concession Evening £8.00U18’s & Students £5.00 at all timesSuper Mondays all tickets £6.00 all day Eden Court Friends £1.00 offCinema Pass: Buy for any three films in a month at one timeand get £1.00 off each ticket.

EXCLUSIVE SCREENINGS FOR EDEN COURT FRIENDSFriends Coffee Mornings – Monday 18 JANUARY, The Lady in the Van (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.

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JANUARY 2016Fri 01Happy New Year

Sat 0211.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie13.45 Carol14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.30 The Dressmaker19.45 Swung20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Carol

Sun 0311.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie13.45 The Dressmaker14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie

Autism Friendly Screening16.45 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.30 The Dressmaker19.30 Swung20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Carol

Mon 0411.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie16.45 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens18.00 Carol20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Subtitled20.15 Swung20.30 The Dressmaker

Tue 0511.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 Güeros14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie18.00 The Dressmaker19.15 The Best Years of Our Lives InFiFa19.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.30 Carol

Wed 0611.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 The Dressmaker14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie14.30 Carol17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie19.15 Carol19.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens19.45 Güeros

Thu 0711.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 Carol14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens18.00 Carol19.45 Güeros20.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.30 The Dressmaker

Fri 0817.45 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 118.00 Fathers and Daughters20.00 All About Them20.15 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 220.30 By the Sea

Sat 0911.00 The Hunger Games13.00 NT Live: Jane Eyre ENCORE14.00 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire17.30 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 117.45 By the Sea20.00 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 20.15 All About Them20.30 Fathers and Daughters

Sun 1011.15 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 213.00 Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale13.30 By the Sea14.00 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

Subtitled17.00 Bolshoi Babylon17.15 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 117.30 Fathers and Daughters19.45 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 220.00 By the Sea20.15 All About Them

Mon 1118.00 By the Sea18.15 All About Them20.00 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 20.15 Adventure Film Festival20.30 Fathers and Daughters

Tue 1219.15 Un Homme Ideal19.30 By the Sea

Wed 1311.30 By the Sea14.00 Fathers and Daughters18.00 Miss You Already19.15 By the Sea20.15 Un Homme Ideal

Thu 1411.00 Miss You Already Dream & Scream14.00 By the Sea18.00 Un Homme Ideal19.00 NT Live: Jane Eyre ENCORE20.15 Miss You Already

Fri 1518.00 The Lady in the Van18.15 Tangerine20.15 In the Heart of the Sea20.30 The Lady in the Van

Sat 1614.00 In the Heart of the Sea14.15 The Lady in the Van17.45 The Lady in the Van18.00 In the Heart of the Sea20.15 The Lady in the Van20.30 Tangerine

Sun 1713.00 In the Heart of the Sea13.30 The Lady in the Van17.00 The Lady in the Van17.15 The Lesson19.30 The Lady in the Van19.45 In the Heart of the Sea

Mon 1811.30 The Lady in the Van Friends Coffee Morning18.00 The Lady in the Van Subtitled18.15 The Lesson20.15 Adventure Film Festival20.30 In the Heart of the Sea

Tue 1911.30 In the Heart of the Sea19.00 The Lady in the Van19.15 The Collector InFiFa

Wed 2011.30 The Lady in the Van14.00 In the Heart of the Sea19.00 The Lady in the Van19.15 In the Heart of the Sea

Thu 2111.00 In the Heart of the Sea Dream & Scream14.00 The Lady in the Van18.00 The Lady in the Van18.15 The Lesson20.15 The Lady in the Van20.30 In the Heart of the Sea

Fri 2218.00 The Danish Girl20.00 The Hateful Eight 20.30 The Program

Sat 2311.00 Belle & Sebastian – The Adventure Continues13.00 The Hateful Eight 17.00 The Hateful Eight18.00 The Program20.15 The Hateful Eight 20.30 The Danish Girl

Sun 2411.15 Belle & Sebastian – The Adventure Continues13.00 The Hateful Eight13.30 The Danish Girl16.30 The Hateful Eight17.00 The Program19.15 The Danish Girl19.45 The Hateful Eight

Mon 2518.00 The Danish Girl Subtitled19.30 The Hateful Eight 20.30 The Program

Tue 2611.00 The Hateful Eight 14.15 The Danish Girl19.15 The Royal Ballet: Rhapsody/The Two Pigeons19.30 The Hateful Eight

Wed 2710.00 Inside Hana’s Suitcase Schools Screening14.00 The Program19.00 The Hateful Eight 19.15 The Danish Girl

Thu 2810.00 Once In A Lifetime Schools Screening11.30 The Danish Girl14.00 The Hateful Eight 17.45 The Danish Girl19.00 NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses20.15 The Hateful Eight

Fri 2917.30 The Revenant18.15 Hector20.15 Sleeping With Other People20.30 The Revenant

Sat 3013.45 The Revenant14.15 Bajirao Mastani17.30 The Revenant18.00 Sleeping With Other People20.15 Hector20.30 The Revenant

Sun 3113.00 The Revenant13.30 Hector17.00 The Revenant17.15 Blue Velvet19.30 Sleeping With Other People20.00 The Revenant

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TICKET PRICESAdult (over 18s) before 17.00 £7.50Adult Evening £9.00 Adult Concession Evening £8.00U18’s & Students £5.00 at all timesSuper Mondays all tickets £6.00 all day Eden Court Friends £1.00 offCinema Pass: Buy for any three films in a month at one timeand get £1.00 off each ticket.

EXCLUSIVE SCREENINGS FOR EDEN COURT FRIENDSFriends Coffee Mornings – Monday 18 JANUARY, The Lady in the Van (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.

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JANUARY 2016Fri 01Happy New Year

Sat 0211.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie13.45 Carol14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.30 The Dressmaker19.45 Swung20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Carol

Sun 0311.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie13.45 The Dressmaker14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie

Autism Friendly Screening16.45 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.30 The Dressmaker19.30 Swung20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Carol

Mon 0411.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie16.45 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens18.00 Carol20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Subtitled20.15 Swung20.30 The Dressmaker

Tue 0511.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 Güeros14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie18.00 The Dressmaker19.15 The Best Years of Our Lives InFiFa19.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.30 Carol

Wed 0611.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 The Dressmaker14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie14.30 Carol17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie19.15 Carol19.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens19.45 Güeros

Thu 0711.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 Carol14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens18.00 Carol19.45 Güeros20.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.30 The Dressmaker

Fri 0817.45 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 118.00 Fathers and Daughters20.00 All About Them20.15 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 220.30 By the Sea

Sat 0911.00 The Hunger Games13.00 NT Live: Jane Eyre ENCORE14.00 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire17.30 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 117.45 By the Sea20.00 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 20.15 All About Them20.30 Fathers and Daughters

Sun 1011.15 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 213.00 Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale13.30 By the Sea14.00 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

Subtitled17.00 Bolshoi Babylon17.15 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 117.30 Fathers and Daughters19.45 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 220.00 By the Sea20.15 All About Them

Mon 1118.00 By the Sea18.15 All About Them20.00 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 20.15 Adventure Film Festival20.30 Fathers and Daughters

Tue 1219.15 Un Homme Ideal19.30 By the Sea

Wed 1311.30 By the Sea14.00 Fathers and Daughters18.00 Miss You Already19.15 By the Sea20.15 Un Homme Ideal

Thu 1411.00 Miss You Already Dream & Scream14.00 By the Sea18.00 Un Homme Ideal19.00 NT Live: Jane Eyre ENCORE20.15 Miss You Already

Fri 1518.00 The Lady in the Van18.15 Tangerine20.15 In the Heart of the Sea20.30 The Lady in the Van

Sat 1614.00 In the Heart of the Sea14.15 The Lady in the Van17.45 The Lady in the Van18.00 In the Heart of the Sea20.15 The Lady in the Van20.30 Tangerine

Sun 1713.00 In the Heart of the Sea13.30 The Lady in the Van17.00 The Lady in the Van17.15 The Lesson19.30 The Lady in the Van19.45 In the Heart of the Sea

Mon 1811.30 The Lady in the Van Friends Coffee Morning18.00 The Lady in the Van Subtitled18.15 The Lesson20.15 Adventure Film Festival20.30 In the Heart of the Sea

Tue 1911.30 In the Heart of the Sea19.00 The Lady in the Van19.15 The Collector InFiFa

Wed 2011.30 The Lady in the Van14.00 In the Heart of the Sea19.00 The Lady in the Van19.15 In the Heart of the Sea

Thu 2111.00 In the Heart of the Sea Dream & Scream14.00 The Lady in the Van18.00 The Lady in the Van18.15 The Lesson20.15 The Lady in the Van20.30 In the Heart of the Sea

Fri 2218.00 The Danish Girl20.00 The Hateful Eight 20.30 The Program

Sat 2311.00 Belle & Sebastian – The Adventure Continues13.00 The Hateful Eight 17.00 The Hateful Eight18.00 The Program20.15 The Hateful Eight 20.30 The Danish Girl

Sun 2411.15 Belle & Sebastian – The Adventure Continues13.00 The Hateful Eight13.30 The Danish Girl16.30 The Hateful Eight17.00 The Program19.15 The Danish Girl19.45 The Hateful Eight

Mon 2518.00 The Danish Girl Subtitled19.30 The Hateful Eight 20.30 The Program

Tue 2611.00 The Hateful Eight 14.15 The Danish Girl19.15 The Royal Ballet: Rhapsody/The Two Pigeons19.30 The Hateful Eight

Wed 2710.00 Inside Hana’s Suitcase Schools Screening14.00 The Program19.00 The Hateful Eight 19.15 The Danish Girl

Thu 2810.00 Once In A Lifetime Schools Screening11.30 The Danish Girl14.00 The Hateful Eight 17.45 The Danish Girl19.00 NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses20.15 The Hateful Eight

Fri 2917.30 The Revenant18.15 Hector20.15 Sleeping With Other People20.30 The Revenant

Sat 3013.45 The Revenant14.15 Bajirao Mastani17.30 The Revenant18.00 Sleeping With Other People20.15 Hector20.30 The Revenant

Sun 3113.00 The Revenant13.30 Hector17.00 The Revenant17.15 Blue Velvet19.30 Sleeping With Other People20.00 The Revenant

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Always good to stretch that festive season out as far as possible and while the folk in Englandshire are left forlornly plucking pine needles from the carpet and shaking tinsel from their hair while desperately examining the calendar to work out just how many weeks until they get to celebrate the Great Easter Bunny Chocolate Festival, up here we can emphasise just how important it is to hold off the back-to-drudgery bit for a while until we’ve had a chance to celebrate the life/work/haggis-love of Rabbie Burns. And on the off-chance that you haven’t made plans to give yer man’s special day the appreciation it deserves, EDEN COURT are holding a BIG BURNS STRAMASH on 23 JAN, with fi lms, workshops and a ceilidh, details of which can be found elsewhere in this issue. There’s also a torchlight parade, providing a fi tting conclusion to a similar municipal gesture that kicked off the Winter Festival back in November, a neat bookend to proceedings that Rabbie himself would have appreciated.

While that’s all about embracing our own heritage, there is actually a wider world out there. (Yeah, we know! Weird!). And it’s somewhere SANDY ALLAN [1] will be telling us about at EDEN COURT on 27 JAN when IN SOME LOST PLACE gives him the opportunity to relate an extraordinary adventure. In 2012, Sandy and his climbing partner Rick Allen reached the summit of Nanga Parbat – one of the his climbing partner Rick Allen reached the summit of Nanga Parbat – one of the world’s deadliest mountains. Widely regarded as the ‘last great climb’ in the Himalayas, the team’s fi rst ascent of the 8,000-metre Mazeno Ridge took eighteen days, three of which were endured without food and water. In 2013, the ascent was awarded the highly coveted Piolet d’Or mountaineering award. Don’t even think about asking him why he did it.

That question might be asked to Felicity Aston who will be at HIGHLAND COUNCIL CHAMBER on 11 JAN for a talk called CHASING WINTER: A JOURNEY TO THE POLE OF COLD, the tale of her journey across northern Scandinavia and Siberia to the coldest inhabited place in the world. Why didn’t she just come to Inverness fi rst?

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Always good to stretch that festive season out as far as possible and while the folk in Englandshire are left forlornly plucking pine needles from the carpet and shaking tinsel from their hair while desperately examining the calendar to work out just how many weeks until they get to celebrate the Great Easter Bunny Chocolate Festival, up here we can emphasise just how important it is to hold off the back-to-drudgery bit for a while until we’ve had a chance to celebrate the life/work/haggis-love of Rabbie Burns. And on the off-chance that you haven’t made plans to give yer man’s special day the appreciation it deserves, EDEN COURT are holding a BIG BURNS STRAMASH on 23 JAN, with fi lms, workshops and a ceilidh, details of which can be found elsewhere in this issue. There’s also a torchlight parade, providing a fi tting conclusion to a similar municipal gesture that kicked off the Winter Festival back in November, a neat bookend to proceedings that Rabbie himself would have appreciated.

While that’s all about embracing our own heritage, there is actually a wider world out there. (Yeah, we know! Weird!). And it’s somewhere SANDY ALLAN [1] will be telling us about at EDEN COURT on 27 JAN when IN SOME LOST PLACE gives him the opportunity to relate an extraordinary adventure. In 2012, Sandy and his climbing partner Rick Allen reached the summit of Nanga Parbat – one of the his climbing partner Rick Allen reached the summit of Nanga Parbat – one of the world’s deadliest mountains. Widely regarded as the ‘last great climb’ in the Himalayas, the team’s fi rst ascent of the 8,000-metre Mazeno Ridge took eighteen days, three of which were endured without food and water. In 2013, the ascent was awarded the highly coveted Piolet d’Or mountaineering award. Don’t even think about asking him why he did it.

That question might be asked to Felicity Aston who will be at HIGHLAND COUNCIL CHAMBER on 11 JAN for a talk called CHASING WINTER: A JOURNEY TO THE POLE OF COLD, the tale of her journey across northern Scandinavia and Siberia to the coldest inhabited place in the world. Why didn’t she just come to Inverness fi rst?

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TUE 05 JAN THE MURKY WORLDS BETWEEN STARS AND PLANETS @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. Highland Astronomical Society talk by Maarten de Vries.spacegazer.com

THU 07 JAN LAND OWNERSHIP IN LOCHABER @ Ben Nevis Hotel, 8pm. Talk by Richard Sidgwick. Organised by Lochaber Local History Society.

FRI 08 JAN FRAUD IN MEDICAL RESEARCH: FACT AND FICTION @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm. Nairn Literary Institute talk by Dave Godden.nairnliterary.org.uk

MON 11 JAN CHASING WINTER: A JOURNEY TO THE POLE OF COLD @ Highland Council Chamber, 7.30pm. Royal Scottish Geographical Society lecture by Felicity Aston who journeyed across northern Scandinavia and Siberia to the coldest inhabited place in the World. Admission: Adults £8; RSGS members, under 18’s and students free.

TUE 12 JAN GIVE ME A “HIGH FIVE” @ Culloden Library, 7.30pm. A Detailed Look at Five Specialist Species found in the Cairngorms. Scottish Ornithologists’ Club talk by Andy Howard. Contact nos. 01463 221661 or 01808 511740 £3 members; £4 non members.

WED 13 JAN LADY PENELOPE’S CHATEAU AND ITS CANALS @ Highland Archive and Registration Centre , 7.30pm. Talk on The History of Caisteal Ormacleit, South Uist by Professor Stewart Angus. Organised by Clan Donald Society of the Highlands and Islands.All welcome. HIGHLAND ROCK GARDEN CLUB @ Nairn Community and Art Centre, 7.30pm. Arisaema, picos de europa and erythroniums three short talks by local group members David Shaw, Mike Kendall and John Owen. £2.50 including refreshments. All welcome contact John Owen 01320 366246.

THU 14 JAN SCOTLAND’S RUINED CASTLES @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 2pm. Lecture by Janet Brennan-Inglis. Janet bought Barholm Castle in Galloway in 1999, and completed its restoration in 2006. She was awarded a doctorate for her research into Scottish castles in 2011. This is a NADFAS lecture.

TUE 19 JAN INVERNESS AREA GREENS @ Velocity Cafe, 6.30pm. ‘Come and help us secure a just, fair, and sustainable Scotland’. All welcome. higreens.org

WED 20 JAN FRANCO SCOTTISH SOCIETY MEETING AND DINNER @ Glen Mhor Hotel, 6pm. An opportunity to meet new people, share and celebrate your love of both French and Scottish cultures, practice your French and have some food! There is a meeting/ conference on a specific topic, usually in relation to France and / or Scotland, followed by an informal dinner, always based on traditional French recipes. FRESHWATER PEARLS IN PERIL @ Millburn Academy Hall, 7.30pm. Inverness Field Club illustrated talk by Dr Iain Sime, SNH.

THU 21 JAN SCANDALS AND REAY HOUSE @ West Church Hall, Cromarty, 7.30pm. Bankruptcies, fornication, kidnapping and the pursuit of debt. Talk by Roger Young. £3. cromartyhistory.scot

FRI 22 JAN FAMILY HISTORY FOR BEGINNERS @ Highland Archive Centre , 2pm. If you would like to find out more about researching your family tree this course will be of interest to you. On this course you will find out about how to use Census Returns, Old Parish Registers, Statutory Records of Birth, Marriage and Death, and other types of records useful for family history research. MURDER ON THE BLACK ISLE: A TALE OF LUST, LUCK AND LEGACY @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm. Nairn Literary Institute talk by Dr Graham Clark. nairnliterary.org.uk

MURDER ON THE BLACK ISLE @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm. A Tale of Lust, Luck and Legacy. Talk by Dr Graham Clark, organised by Nairn Literary Institute.

SAT 23 JAN ANNUAL BURNS LUNCH @ Recreation Hall, Raigmore Hospital, 12.30pm. Saltire Society of Scotland, Highland Branch. All welcome. For tickets please contact Elspeth on 01463 238257.

MON 25 JAN BURNS SUPPER @ Boat Of Garten Community Hall, 7.30pm.

WED 27 JAN GENE, DIET, HEALTH @ Centre For Health Science, Inverness, 6pm. An inaugural professorial lecture with professor Jun Wei. More than 90 per cent of human diseases are related to a genetic component but the genetic make-up never works alone on conferring a risk of common health conditions. The gene-environment interaction is likely to play a crucial role in developing most of human diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mental disorders. In this lecture Prof Wei will discuss how the immune system bridges the gap between genetic predisposition and environmental triggers in inflammation-related diseases. CULLODEN ESTATE @ Highland Archive Centre, 7.30pm. A local history case study from the 18th century to the Great War. Talk by Norman Newtonhighlandfamilyhistorysociety.org

SANDY ALLAN - IN SOME LOST PLACE @ Eden Court, 8pm. In 2012, Sandy Allan and a team of mountaineers made an epic journey to the limits of survival. In an incredible feat of endurance, Sandy and his climbing partner Rick Allen reached the summit of Nanga Parbat – one of the world’s deadliest mountains. Widely regarded as the ‘last great climb’ in the Himalaya, the team’s first ascent of the 8,000-metre Mazeno Ridge took eighteen days, three of which were endured without food and water. In 2013, the ascent was awarded the highly coveted Piolet d’Or mountaineering award. Sandy

will reveal the story behind his journey and read from his autobiographical account.

THU 28 JAN THE WILDLIFE OF LOCH NESS @ Culduthel Christian Centre, RSPB talk. 01997 433283.

PLANTS AND INTERESTING PLACES IN ROSS-SHIRE @ Dingwall Town Hall , 7.30pm. Dingwall Fieldclub talk by Martin Hind. spanglefish.com/DingwallFieldClub

INDOOR MEETING-THE WILDLIFE OF LOCH NESS @ Culduthel Christian Centre, 7.30pm. RSPB illustrated talk by Katy Martin, Highland Council Senior Ranger. Group members £3 Visitors £4

FRI 29 JAN CHARITY PUB QUIZ @ Dows Bar, In aid of Children First charity.

FAMILY HISTORY FOR BEGINNERS @ Highland Archive and Registration Centre, 2pm. As Fri 22 Jan.

SAT 30 JAN DINGWALL FIELD CLUB WALK @ Nigg - TBC, 9am. Nigg - Beach walk towards North Sutor 2-3 miles. For info visit:spanglefish.com/DingwallFieldClub

INVERNESS TO NAIRN RSPB TRIP @ Depart Highland Council car park Inverness, 9.30am. To Moray coast.

RSPB OUTING @ Highland Council Car Park, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, 9.30am. Inverness to Nairn. 01997 433283

NORTH KESSOCK COMMUNITY MARKET @ North Kessock Hall, 10am. Lovely, local fresh vegetables, meat, eggs, bread and other produce - local crafts –time for cup of coffee and a blether - much more sociable than supermarket shopping! Up to 28 food and craft stalls. 10am-12noon.

FRI 05 FEB FAMILY HISTORY FOR BEGINNERS @ Highland Archive and Registration Centre , 2pm. A GLIMPSE OF OLD NAIRN @ Nairn Free Church, 7.30pm. Nairn Literary Institute talk by Alan Barron. nairnliterary.org.uk

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These are interesting times for Scottish football. The recently unveiled new look League Cup format, with a regional group stage and the groundbreaking adoption of penalty shootouts with an extra point to the winners is certainly something that the English game would do well to take on board. That’s all a year away though and right now this season’s League Cup is coming to a climax, with ROSS COUNTY taking on CELTIC in the semi-fi nal at Hampden on 31 JAN. We all know how good Highland teams are at knocking out the Bhoys on the big stage so County will be hoping for an upset.

In the league meanwhile, Celtic might be as dominant as most expected, but the battle for second is proving far more interesting with Hearts, Aberdeen and – Scotland’s Leicester City – St Johnstone, all putting up a good show. At the beginning of the season ROSS COUNTY looked capable of emulating ICT’s success of last year, but both teams seem to have settled mid-table, meaning EL KESSOCKO in Inverness on 02 JAN isn’t quite as much of a six-pointer as either team would have hoped. Still it should be as entertaining as meetings between the two invariably are these days.

Those who demand a bit more exertion than watching from the terraces will be participating in the aptly named STRATHPUFFER 24 on 23/24 JAN. Now in its eleventh year and involving 17 hours of darkness, this is widely regarded as one of the world’s toughest mountain bike races and over 850 competitors are expected to take part. Conditions are extremely testing, with ice, snow and mud pushing the participants and their bikes to the very limits. Entries sold out in minutes for this now iconic mountain-bike event which attracts riders from all over the UK and beyond. It’s not one for the faint-hearted. If you’d rather just spectate and cheer, it all starts in the square in Strathpeffer.

A quick cheer for the HIGHLAND WILDCATS American Football team who’ve got a new base at Bught Stadium having been turfed out of their old premises thanks to works on the West Link Road. While they might not be the city’s best known sporting squad, they’re to be praised for the work they do with young people in getting them to change their lives for the positive. Expect to read much more about them in the months ahead.

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FRI 01 JAN NAIRN NEW YEAR’S DAY DIP 2016 @ Nairn Beach (Golf View Hotel), 1pm. Blow the cobwebs off with a bracing, fun-filled dip in the sea to get the New Year off to a cracking start and help raise funds for children and young people with cancer. Visit: clicsargent.org.uk for more info and to sign up.

AONACH MOR UPHILL RACE @ Nevis Range, 9am.

Shinty KINGUSSIE SHINTY VETERANS MATCH @ Kingussie, A Kingussie tradition for over 100 years, veterans versus Kings match.

SAT 02 JAN Football ICT V ROSS COUNTY, 3pm S’SPEY THIST V D’VALE, 3pm B R’GERS V N COUNTY, 3pm FORRES M’S V F WILL, 3pm

ShintyLOVAT V BEAULY, 1pm. Local rivals contest the Lovat Cup.

HANGOVER RUN @ Miltonduff Hall, 11am

SAT 09 JAN INVERNESS PARKRUN @ Bught Park, 9.30am. Timed 5k run. Every Saturday. FREE! Register at: parkrun.org.uk/inverness/ and bring your barcode.

Football CLACH V C RANGERS, 3pm LOSSIE’ V S’SPEY THIST, 3pm WICK AC V INV’RIE LW, 3pm NAIRN C V F’BURGH, 3pm

SAT 16 JAN INVERNESS PARKRUN @ Bught Park, 9.30am. As Fri 09 Jan. NORTH DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE RACE @ Aldourie Estate, 11am. Football R COUNTY V A’DEEN, 3pm ELGIN C V STIRLING A, 3pm S THIST V ROTHES, 3pm CLACH’ V N’ COUNTY, 3pm F’ MECHS V LOSSIE, 3pm B RANGERS V F WILL, 3pm.

SUN 17 JAN WORLD SNOW DAY @ Nevis Range. To celebrate World Snow Day Nevis Range are staging a series of activities. The menu of fun will include: husky sled dog team, snow sculpting competition, sledging, ski lessons for beginners, special menus in the Snowgoose Restaurant and more.

SAT 23 JAN INVERNESS PARKRUN @ Bught Park, 9.30am. As Fri 09 Jan.

Football ICT V PARTICK THISTLE, 3pm ELGIN C V BERWICK R, 3pm NAIRN C V COVE R, 3pm LOSSIE’ V I’URIE LW, 3pm STRATHPUFFER 24 @ The Square, Strathpeffer. In the middle of January, with 17 hours of darkness, over 850 competitors will head north of Inverness for one of the world’s toughest mountain bike races - the Strathpuffer24. Now in it’s eleventh year, the 2016 event promises to be the largest ever ‘Puffer.Conditions are extremely testing, with ice, snow and mud pushing the

competitors and their bikes to the very limits. Entries sold out in minutes for this now iconic mountain-bike event which attracts riders from all over the UK and beyond. It’s not one for the faint-hearted.

SUN 24 JAN STRATHPUFFER 24 @ The Square, Strathpeffer. As Sat 24 Jan.

SAT 30 JAN NATIONAL MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RACE @ Grant Park, Forres

INVERNESS PARKRUN @ Bught Park, 9.30am. As Fri 09 Jan. Football NAIRN C V F’TINE UTD, 3pm S’SPEY THIS V KEITH, 3pm WICK AC V LOSSIE, 3pm F MECHS V BUCKIE T, 3pm CLACH’ V F WILLIAM, 3pm

SUN 31 JAN Football ROSS COUNTY V CELTIC, 3pm. League Cup semi-final clash.

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Most of January is pretty much theatre-free which might come as a relief to those of you who overdosed on pantos prior to Xmas. If you’re feeling residual love for fairytales retold though, you don’t have too long to wait as CINDERELLA [1] comes to EDEN COURT from 27–30 JAN courtesy of the always sublime Scottish Ballet. Christopher Hampson’s take on the story is already regarded as one of the very best and acclaimed New Zealand designer Tracy Grant Lord’s luxurious costumes and extravagant sets create a glittering fantasy world. Prokoviev’s soundtrack and SB’s remarkable dancers only serve to emphasise how good this will be.

Dance of a rather different stripe from the equally impressive PLAN B whose AND NOW…is at ARDROSS COMMUNITY HALL on 29 JAN. Refl ecting on the sea change in Scotland in 2014, a tribe of lost children, full of lost charm, innocence and comic disposition enter a beguiling Neverland dreamscape. Accompanied by a powerful ambient score from award winning composer Jim Sutherland, the piece is overlaid with live music from sax player Steve Ketterley. This is the fi rst opportunity to see plan B’s new ensemble - four of Scotland’s most electrifying dancers - Glen McArtney, Joanne Pirrie, Katie Armstrong and Kirsty Pollock.

Few comedians can skewer sacred cows with the verve and precision of RICH HALL [2], the American comedian who, while making Britain his home, continues to provide magnifi cent critiques of his homeland on TV documentaries like Rich Hall’s Continental Drifters, Rich Hall’s The Dirty South and How The West Was Lost. Part love letters, part history lessons and part angry demolition of accepted truths, they’re woven together with an elegantly honed wit and rare eloquence, as indeed are his live stand-up shows, the latest of which, under the banner 3:10 TO HUMOUR comes to EDEN COURT on 01 FEB.

More humour in MUM’S THE WORD 2 at EDEN COURT from 02–06 FEB. One of Scotland’s favourites, MTW2 laughs at the comedic horrors of child and teenager-rearing in this new and updated version of the hit show. Join the mums, now “older and wider”, on their journey into the parenting nightmare that is teenagers. GAIL PORTER, LIBBY MCARTHUR (River City), LORRAINE MCINTOSH (Deacon Blue) JULIE WILSON NIMMO (Balamory) and former Radio Clyde presenter SUZIE MCGUIRE star. More next time.

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MON 28 DEC PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. Join a magical journey to Neverland in this fantastic new panto. Can Wendy, Michael and John help Peter Pan and the Lost Boys defeat the villainous Captain Hook? Peter Pan is a swashbuckling adventure panto, with spectacular song and dance routines, a lot of traditional panto slapstick, and of course, a ticking crocodile!

TUE 29 DEC PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 2.15pm, 7pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

ALADDIN @ Macdonald Aviemore Resort, 2pm. Will the evil Ebenezer convince Aladdin to enter the Cave of a Thousand Dreams and fetch the lamp? Will Princess Jasmine find the boy of her dreams? Will Widow Twankey finally wear something that doesn’t look like an explosion in a paint factory? Questions, questions, questions. Find out at the answers at this brilliant pantomime.

WED 30 DEC PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 2.15pm, 7pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

THU 31 DEC PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Mon 28 Dec.

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WED 27 JAN CINDERELLA @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. D iscover the enchanted, sparkling world of Christopher Hampson’s Cinderella, in the European premiere of this most beloved fairy tale. In her grief, the young Cinderella plants a rose at her mother’s graveside. When her father remarries, the future seems bleaker than ever. Her wicked stepmother is intent on pushing aside kind and beautiful Cinderella in favour of her two nasty step sisters. The course of true love never did run smooth but Cinderella does meet her prince and romance blossoms. The Scottish Ballet Orchestra accompanies live performing the world famous Prokofiev score.

THU 28 JAN CINDERELLA @ Eden Court, 2pm, 7.30pm. As Wed 27 Jan.

FRI 29 JAN WEE CINDERELLA @ Eden Court, 1.30pm. A wee version of a big ballet.This specially adapted hour long performance features the Company’s dancers accompanied live by the Scottish Ballet Orchestra. CINDERELLA @ Eden Court,

7.30pm. As Wed 27 Jan.

AND NOW... PLAN B DANCE @ Ardross Community Hall, 8pm. And Now... is plan B’s brand new dance theatre production. Reflecting on the sea change in Scotland in 2014, a tribe of lost children, full of lost charm, innocence and comic disposition enter a beguiling dreamscape. They find an ethereal Neverland where present generations glimpse what promise may emerge when we finally grow up - if need we ever will. Accompanied by a powerful ambient score from award winning composer Jim Sutherland, the piece is overlaid with live music pulsating both rhythm and class - from the wonderful, witty sax player Steve Ketterley.This is the first opportunity to see plan B’s new ensemble - four of Scotland’s most electrifying dancers - Glen McArtney, Joanne Pirrie, Katie Armstrong and Kirsty Pollock.Previously successful and hugely popular shows recently produced by plan B include “A wee home form home” ( a collaboration with Michael Marra) and “The Shoogle Project” (featuring the highly acclaimed Scottish band Shooglenifty).planbcreative.org

SAT 30 JAN CINDERELLA @ Eden Court, 2pm, 7.30pm. As Wed 27 Jan.

MON 01 FEB RICH HALL - 3:10 TO HUMOUR @ Eden Court, 8pm. Rich Hall’s critically acclaimed grouchy, deadpan style has established him as a master of absurdist irony and the king of rapid-fire wit. The award-winning Montana native renowned for his expertly crafted tirades and quick fire banter with audiences and delightful musical sequences saddles up and hitches his wagon to tour the British Isles once again. This is a comedian who’s plain spoken growling indignation and acerbic observations have an unerring talent for hitting his targets with precision every time, leaving his audience hanging on every word winning him fans all over the globe. Perrier (Edinburgh Comedy Festival) Award and Barry (Melbourne International Comedy Festival) Award winner Hall has been described as a transatlantic messenger lampooning each country he visits with his common sense, and he is no

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TUE 02 FEB HOW YOU GOING TO LIVE YOUR DASH @ Eden Court, 8pm. This shattering piece explores the life-altering decisions we make in order to get the most out of our time on earth: giving up a high-flying career, confronting an addiction, dropping it all and moving to a new continent. Based on real life testimonies and featuring beautiful pyrotechnic effects, this epic performance looks at the moment we choose to detonate our own lives, the smoky fall out and how we piece together a new future. From one of Scotland’s most visionary theatre makers, Jenna Watt (Flâneurs).

TUE 02–FRI 05 FEB MUM’S THE WORD 2 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. Mum’s The Word 2 is a brand-new version of the huge original hit show detailing the comedic horrors of rearing young children and now updated to include the horrors of rearing and living with teenagers!

FRI 05 FEB RICH HALL – 3:10 TO HUMOUR @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 8pm. As Fri 01 Feb.

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Talk to anyone about the place and their eyes glaze with fond nostalgia and a kind of unexpressed primal yearning for all the memories and associations that come to mind.

It seems that everyone has their own formative Castle experience, from fi rst family meals out and culinary encounters with

spectacular Knickerbocker Glories to, in the case of one friend, slightly embarrassed recall of long-ago times and lovelorn adolescent encounters with a dashing visiting lorry driver, a liaison that will surely be turned into a wistful Scots movie before too long. Through the years, Castle Restaurant has played a signifi cant part in the emotional lives of many, many people.

Some things have changed though, most notably ownership of the place itself. Having been run by the Lipton family for 57 years it was sold a couple of months back to siblings Katie and Ewen MacKinnon, though the handover seems to have been seamless with the “world famous” steak pie and specially crinkle-cut chips still on the menu.

And even now, with so many other places opening up, the place remains as popular as ever, with a clientele literally ranging in age from eight to eighty. Business is brisk throughout the day, with

obvious peaks at breakfast and lunch, but when we turn up in mid-afternoon, there’s still a constant stream of people coming in and out. Many of them don’t even need to ask for menus, knowing exactly what they want, probably what they’ve ordered and will always order for decades to come.

Outside the skies are grey and snow’s on the way, only serving to emphasise the bright warmth of both surroundings and welcome, a brigade of friendly waitresses working the split-level layout with a quiet enthusiasm that puts the staff of many other places in town to shame.

To start my pal has Melon, a dish that ought to come with its own soundtrack of a phone call saying, “Hi, it’s the seventies, we want our recipe back”. Served in a designed-for-purpose glass bowl, the melon slice is topped with tinned fruit and tastes exactly like you’d expect, which is obviously no bad thing. 3939

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Sometimes the food “experience” isn’t all about yanking you forward to a bright new future, but taking you back to a faded, reassuring past. While, as we’ve shown on these pages in the year just gone, Inverness has become something of a leading light in high quality, innovative dining, with an array of food from across the globe available, there are always going to be places that for generations of locals are about much more than the food itself. Perhaps the most notable, and certainly the most enduringly popular with everyone from Invernessian celebs and ex-pats to the average man and woman in the street, is Castle Restaurant.

Talk to anyone about the place and their eyes glaze with fond nostalgia and a kind of unexpressed primal yearning for all the memories and associations that come to mind.

It seems that everyone has their own formative Castle experience, from fi rst family meals out and culinary encounters with

spectacular Knickerbocker Glories to, in the case of one friend, slightly embarrassed recall of long-ago times and lovelorn adolescent encounters with a dashing visiting lorry driver, a liaison that will surely be turned into a wistful Scots movie before too long. Through the years, Castle Restaurant has played a signifi cant part in the emotional lives of many, many people.

Some things have changed though, most notably ownership of the place itself. Having been run by the Lipton family for 57 years it was sold a couple of months back to siblings Katie and Ewen MacKinnon, though the handover seems to have been seamless with the “world famous” steak pie and specially crinkle-cut chips still on the menu.

And even now, with so many other places opening up, the place remains as popular as ever, with a clientele literally ranging in age from eight to eighty. Business is brisk throughout the day, with

obvious peaks at breakfast and lunch, but when we turn up in mid-afternoon, there’s still a constant stream of people coming in and out. Many of them don’t even need to ask for menus, knowing exactly what they want, probably what they’ve ordered and will always order for decades to come.

Outside the skies are grey and snow’s on the way, only serving to emphasise the bright warmth of both surroundings and welcome, a brigade of friendly waitresses working the split-level layout with a quiet enthusiasm that puts the staff of many other places in town to shame.

To start my pal has Melon, a dish that ought to come with its own soundtrack of a phone call saying, “Hi, it’s the seventies, we want our recipe back”. Served in a designed-for-purpose glass bowl, the melon slice is topped with tinned fruit and tastes exactly like you’d expect, which is obviously no bad thing. 3939

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My starter of Battered Mushrooms is equally retro and again all the better for it. Maintaining the rich Scottish tradition of deep-frying things, it’s done skilfully, the batter staying crisp and the mushrooms inside retaining some bite. Served with salad and some sort of mayo/tartar affair it’s also a substantial portion, something that many of the Castle’s faithful customers look for above all else.

And when it comes to my main course Mixed Grill, again there’s no skimping on portion size. Steak, liver, sausage, gammon and egg all put in an appearance with, perhaps surprisingly, the brightly-yolked egg and liver being the stand-outs, the latter cooked with some degree of care not, as is so often the case, dried out to the texture of shoe leather. That said, the steak’s slightly on the chewy side and the sausage appears to have only a passing relationship with any sort of meat, so it’s not an unqualifi ed success, especially since it’s a couple of quid more expensive than its equivalent at the likes of Wetherspoons. What ‘Spoons can’t offer though are the Castle’s famous crinkle-cut chips, apparently made using a special machine, though we imagine it’s not likely to be the only one in the world. And what are they like? Well, like er, crinkle-cut crisps, their shape more important than what they taste like, merely a memory trigger to make everyone recall the food of their youth. Unwittingly, Castle Restaurant is providing a nostalgic dining experience that your Heston Blumenthal and his pals have been trying to pin down for years and which could net hipsters millions were this place to be transplanted to Shoreditch.

My pal has Vegetarian Lasagne, because that’s how he rolls and it’s pronounced to have a perfectly fi ne home-made quality, mushrooms and tomatoes being the dominant ingredients and the tinned peas accompanying it a confi dent statement towards Italian cuisine that says, “we do it our way round here”.

Puddings on the menu are supplemented by a selection of home baked options written on a blackboard and displayed impressively in a glass case by the counter. I plump for a Banoffee Pie which suggests that some of the home baking still needs working on, a rock hard pastry tartlet topped with a little toffee sauce, a couple of slices of banana and a ginormous mound of whipped cream, served inexplicably with yet another similar sized cream mountain. My companion is almost duty bound to roll back the decades and try the Banana Split, which turns out to be every bit as crazily rococo as expected, a simple banana pimped into a thing of wonder with tinned fruit salad, psychedelic hundreds and thousands and yet more cream.

It’s kind of a suitable end to the meal, taking us back to our childhoods and just for a moment making the modern world fade into a wibbly-wobbly background. Or perhaps that’s just the sugar getting medieval on the senses. We waddle back to real life with full stomachs and a new found respect for tinned fruit, thinking that while there may be better cooking at other places in town, few competing joints understand quite so well that it’s about much more than what’s on your plate. Whatever its limitations Castle Restaurant is a culinary safe space, where things really are like they used to be. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

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Visit our Showroom: 47 Telford Road • Inverness • IV3 8JA01463 230231 • [email protected]

KITCHENS • BATHROOMS • FREE ADVICE • FREE QUOTATION • FREE PLANNING

WHEN YOU BUY FROM A SMALL FAMILY RUN BUSINESS,…you’re not helping a CEO buy a 3rd holiday home.

You’re helping a little girl get dance lessons. A little boy get his team shirt. A Mum and Dad put food on the table.

So THANK YOU for shopping local!

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Every year I get shop gift cards for my birthday, it’s my own fault reallly I’ve forbidden my family from buying me clothes (no one knows what my ‘style’ is – not even me) and they fi nd it diffi cult to keep up with what gadgets I have and what ones I may like to have, and as for choosing CDs or DVDs for me .. well .. a gift card just seems to to be the ideal solution.

So as my birthday approaches I eagerly aticipate the arrival of these cards, enjoying the prospect of spending them – they’re not like real money, I tell myself, so it’s ok to just go into the store and buy the fi rst thing I see that I like, no matter how frivolous it may seem. All very well in theory but in practice... It takes on average three to four months for me to spend my birthday vouchers, and usually by that time the addition of Christmas vouchers has heightened my anxiety. I go to the shop with every intention of just picking up the fi rst thing I like and casually strolling to the checkout with it, but, en route from shelf to cashdesk something changes in me. It dawns that while for me the value of the voucher doesn’t represent real money, that’s not true for the parent or sibling who sent me it. I wouldn’t so casually spend my own hard-earned cash on, this year for example, a Radio Controlled Quad-Copter with built in gyroscopic stabilisation and 2 megapixel camera, so what right have I to spend

theirs on such pointlessness?

So back to the shelf goes the cool – and I mean really cool – gadget and I continue on to the the clothing section to see if there’s a nice practical sweatshirt I might like.Usually there is such a sweatshirt, but equally usually on the way to the till I talk myself out of it. Sure, it’s a sound practical buy, but the voucher was meant as a gift and gifts are supposed to be frivolous, things you wouldn’t usually buy for youself, so the jumper goes back and I head over once again to the Quad-Copter.

By now you’re probably getting the picture, also by now the shop staff are begining to regard me with suspicion, so I generally give up the excersise and go and have a nice calming coffee somewhere. Imagine my joy this year when I discovered that you can spend shop vouchers online! Now I could take as long as I like to choose without the watchful eyes of the shop staff scrutinizing my every move.It took me only a week of nightly online activity to fi nally settle on a cool watch. It’s a gadget but it’s practical too – so everyone’s happy. I even managed to follow the advice of the “Barclays Digital Eagles” and Googled around until I found a 10% off voucher! All that was to be done now was proceed to the checkout and pay for my purchase(s).

I’d heard shopping online was easy so I was already looking forward to popping into the store next day and picking up my classy watch. I had two giftcards totalling £60 and the watch was £72 after discount, no problem I’ll just pay the extra on my debit card. Wrong! Turns out you can only pay with two types of payment, so I couldn’t use both gift cards.

When I phoned the help-line for advice on my quandry the girl suggested I simply use one giftcard and put the rest (£42) on my debit card. Hmm, yes that’s right, afterall why spend just 12 pounds in a shop when you can spend 42! Needless to say I declined this offer leaving me to suffer the only viable alternative - going into the actual shop to have my two giftcards merged into one .. then coming back home to buy the watch online because it’s not something they stock locally! All-in-all it took a week of browsing, a ten minute phone call to customer services, two trips to the virtual checkout and two to the physical shop to spend my vouchers – mind you that’s still a good three months less than last year.

Thing is I’ll have forgotten all this by next birthday, when I’ll no doubt hear myself say “just get me a giftcard, it save a whole lot of hassle”.

KEN

Ken Kelman: Giftcard that keeps on giving?

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