January 2009 Events in Highland
Perthshire
Blair Castle Winter 2008/9: The Castle will be
open to visitors during the winter period on each Tuesday and
Saturday from Tuesday 4th November to Tuesday 31st March except
for the two weeks of Christmas and New Year. The hours will be
9.30am to last admission 12.30pm. Castle Restaurant will be open
offering light lunches and refreshments until 2pm.
Thursday 1st January 2009 1pm - 4pm
Pitlochry New Year's Day Afternoon Street Party
Atholl Road (outside Fishers Bar) Pitlochry
What better way to start the new year than with a shindig
bringing locals and visitors together for a ceilidh in the
street? Food and refreshments will be available, includes a
raffle and live music, ,
Admission - FREE Contact - Pitlochry
Tourist Information Centre Telephone - 01796 472215
Email:
pitlochrytic@visitscotland.com
15 November 2008 - 11 January 2009
Peter Brown - Stones & Bones: Scratching the Surface of Orkney
The Watermill Mill Street, Aberfeldy
Using light and tone to capture the atmosphere his colours shift
from golden hues to blue, warm to cold. Scratched marks and
shapes on canvas and paper bring to life texture and a sense of
the land that lies beneath. Opening times: Monday to Saturday:
10am - 5pm Sunday: 11am - 5pm Tel: 01887 822896Tel: 01887 822896
Friday 2nd January
Pete Clark & Friends
Killiecrankie Hotel, Killiecrankie.
enjoy a meal, while listening to the acclaimed fiddler Pete
Clark.
Sunday 4th January
McKays Sunday Cinema Club
McKays, Atholl Road, Pitlochry.
Great Movies - Great meal deals from £3 per person
Monday 5th January 7pm for 7.30.
Moulin & Pitlochry History Circle Members Night.
Moulin Hotel
Festive supper party followed by 'Songs and stories from the
Northlands' with Claire Hewitt.
Thursday 8th and Friday 9th January
'NOT ONE LESS' Heartland Film Society
The Locus Centre Aberfeldy.
In a remote mountain village, the local teacher must leave
for a month and the mayor can find only a 13-year old girl, Wei
Minzhi, to substitute. Within days, poverty forces the class
troublemaker, Zhang Huike, to leave for the city to work. Minzhi
enlists the twenty six remaining pupils in earning money for her
to go to the city to search for the boy. Minzhi’s stubbornness
may be Huike's and the village school's salvation. China
1999 (Sub-titled) Certificate U, 106 mins
Tel:01887 830307
www.heartlandfilmsociety.org.uk
Friday 9th January 8pm - 12.30am.
Celebrate the 'Auld New Year':
Blair Atholl Village Hall
music, song, stories and dancing. Village Hall. £10
includes traditional supper.
Tickets: John Cameron 01796 481232
Saturday 17th January
Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe Band
Pitlochry High School
Junior Piping & Druming Contest.
Saturday 17th January 7.30pm
Royal Scottish National Orchestras - The New World Symphony
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Under the baton of Austrian maestro, David Danzmayr, the
full orchestra will perform an evening of popular classics
culmination with Dvorak's New World Symphony. Tickets £10 - £18
students £5 u16s free Tel - 01796 484626
E/Mail
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 17th January - 22nd February
Andy Hall - Touched by Burns Photographic Exhibition
The Watermill Bookshop/Gallery, Mill St Aberfeldy
Monday 19th January 7.30pm
Veterinary Anecdotes from southern Sudan a talk by Tim Fison.
The Locus Centre, Aberfeldy
The talk is in aid of a primary school is Bahr el Ghazal,
any donations gratefully received.
Tueaday 20 January 8pm
Stephen K Amos: Find the Funny
Birnam Institute Birnam
Birnam Arts is one of just three Scottish venues on the
forthcoming tour of funnyman Stephen K Amos. A firm favourite at
the Edinburgh Festival, selling out shows year after year, Amos
is taking his new, critically acclaimed Edinburgh show 'Find the
Funny' on a 43 venue tour.
Tickets £14 (Concessions £12)
Contact - BI Arts Centre Telephone - 01350 727674
Email:admin@birnaminstitute.com
Web www.birnamarts.com
Wednesday 21st January 7.30pm
Burns Nicht with John Scrimger and Friends
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Traditional supper and piper in the Festival Restaurant,
with a performance of Burns songs and poems in the relaxed
surroundings of the Foyer. Tickets £28 Tel - 01796 484626
E/Mail
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Thursday 22nd January 7.30pm
Colin Mayell: Drove Roads
The Tryst Lounge, Pitlochry
a talk by Colin Mayell. members free Visitors £3.00
Thursday 22nd – Sunday 25th January 2009
Winter Words Festival
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Festival day Pass – Buy tickets for all events on a single day
and get one free!
Friday £49, Saturday £51, Sunday £48. To book tickets or get
more info call Box Office 01796 484626 or online
www.pitlochry.org.uk
e/mail :
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Thursday 22nd January 9.30-10.30pm
Fearie Tales
Pitlochry Festival Theatre In the Ben-y-Vrackie Bar.
Tales of the macabre and the supernatural, read by some familiar
faces from the Pitlochry Stage. FREE
Thursday 22nd January 10.30am-11.15am
Winter Words Festival – Matthew Fitt Schools Workshop
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Primary 4 only.
Pupils will learn about Scots, sing sangs, try some fun language
exercises, owp up and doon and hear stories and poems in the
braw Scots tongue.
Thursday 22nd January 7.30pm
Nell Nelson – the Woman Who Ate Scotland
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Make sure you join us for an evening of fun and food as Nell
talks about her new book, TV series and her life. Tickets £12.50
Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 23rd January 7.30 - 10pm
Country Dancing
Kynachan Hall Country Dancing - Tummel Bridge
Beginners welcome - you don't need a partner and you get a
cup of tea! £4 per evening or £20 for all sessions.
Friday 23rd January
Music in Rannoch - The McLeod Trio (Flute, viola & harp)
The Old Church of Rannoch.
Tickets are available on the door £7.50.
Friday 23rd January 3pm – 4pm
Winter Words Festival – Jonathan Falla - Glenfarron
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
novel set in a remote area of the Scottish Highlands & follows
the fortunes of three generation of incomers. Polish aircrew at
a military hospital in the 1940’s young Glaswegians inheriting
property in the 1970’s and African diplomats in 2006. Tickets £5
Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
e/mail :
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 23rd January 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Winter Words Festival – Esther Woolfson - Corvus
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Book tells the story of the chance encounters which led
Esther, a very unlikely bird lover, to share her home with an
assortment of doves, a few small parrots, a rook called Chicken,
a talking magpie called Spike, a starling, a cockatiel and Ziki,
a mysteriously silent baby crow. Tickets £5 Box Office 01796
484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
January 23rd 7.15pm
SNP Burns Supper
Westlands Hotel
Tickets £15 available till 21st at Pitlochry Post office and
Robertson's. All Welcome.
Friday 23rd January 7.30pm
Winter Words Festival – Paul Murton – The Clans
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Paul Murton has made a personal journey beyond the myths and the
tartan to uncover the real story of Scotland’s Highland Clans
for the hit BBC series, The Clans. An evening of insights,
entertainment and history with plenty of time for questions and
answers.
Tickets £12.50 Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Friday 23rd January 9.30-10.30pm
Fearie Tales
Pitlochry Festival Theatre In the Ben-y-Vrackie Bar.
Tales of death and despair, phantoms and bogles, hauntings an
unnerving coincidences. Partake of a dram to keep any sudden
chills in the air at bay. Keep your eyes peeled – this place is
haunted…… FREE
Saturday 24th January 9.15am – 10.15am
Winter Words Festival –Workshop Jamie Jauncey – Writing for
Children
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Find out how he developed his ideas, what works and why writing
for a teenage audience is one of the hardest – yet most
rewarding – areas of fiction. Places on this workshop are
limited. £4.00 including coffee or tea & a pastry! Box Office
01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January 10.30am – 11.30am
Winter Words Festival – (Hyper Words) - Julia Donaldson – Ten
Years of the Gruffalo
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Gruffalo will join Julia on stage as we celebrate the
Gruffalo’s 10th Birthday. Songs for Children (and adults) and
tales from Julia’s other books. Tickets Adults £4 Under 18s £2.
Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
e/mail :
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January 10.30am – 11.30am
Winter Words Festival – Ken Cox – Garden Plants For Scotland
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
This talk, from a 3rd generation professional gardener and plant
hunter, will be a must for everybody who has ever wanted to get
the best out of their garden. Tickets Adults £4
Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January. 11.45am – 12.45pm
Winter Words Festival – Richard Reynolds – On Guerrilla
Gardening
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
By day he works in advertising; by night he is a “secret
gardener” sprucing up derelict public plots with herbs and
flowers. Why people illicitly cultivate land – and how you can
do it yourself! Tickets Adults £4 Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January. 1pm – 2.15pm
Winter Words Festival – Literary Lunch – Anne Perry
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
A world class author of historical detective fiction. – come
along and meet this superb writer. £18.75 includes 2-course
lunch and a glass of wine. Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January 3pm – 4pm
Winter Words Festival – Andrew Greig – Romanno Bridge
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
A rare opportunity to hear from one of Scotland’s most
distinguished and wide – ranging authors. Tickets £5 Box Office
01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January 3.15pm – 4.15pm
Winter Words Festival – (Hiper Words) -Jamie Jauncey – The
Reckoning
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
A teenage boy becomes involves in a dark conspiracy at the heart
of his island community after witnessing a possible murder.
Tickets £5 Adults ££2 under 18’s Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January 4.30pm –5.30pm
Winter Words Festival – Christopher Somerville – Coast – a
celebration of Britain’s Coastal Heritage.
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
His highly popular BBC TV series, contains a number of evocative
essays celebrating the may fascinating people, places,
activities, natural history and historic events that together
make up Britain’s unique marine borderlands. Tickets £5 Box
Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January 7.30pm
Winter Words Festival – An Evening with Brian Blessed
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Actor, author, real-life, action man – as if all that wasn’t
enough, Brian Blessed is also a world –class raconteur. Tickets
£14.00 Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 24th January 9.30-10.30pm
Fearie Tales
Pitlochry Festival Theatre In the Ben-y-Vrackie Bar.
The lights dim, the shadows spread and a chill descends, as the
last group of this year’s ghoulish and ghastly tales are read
aloud…… FREE
Sunday 25th January 9.15am –10.15am
Winter Words Festival –Workshop Creative Writing with Erica
Munro
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Erica will Teach you how to take your seed of an idea from the
back of your head and onto the page – and eventually to a
publisher! £4.00 including coffee/tea & a pastry Box Office
01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
e/mail :
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 25th January 10.30am – 11.30am
Winter Words Festival – (hiper words) - Storytelling with Sheila
Stewart and Jess Smith
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Perfect for the whole family. £4.00 Adults £2 – under 18’s Box
Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 25th January 11.45am – 12.45pm
Winter Words Festival –Colin Liddell – Writing a Local History
Book
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
you know where you live. But do you know how that place came
into being? Who loved there hundreds of years ago? And how it
has changed for better or worse? £4.00 Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
e/mail :
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 25th January. 1pm – 2.15pm
Winter Words Festival – Literary Lunch – Stephen McGinty
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
His moving book tells the devastating story of the 6th July
1988, on the Piper Alpha oil platform when 165 men lost their
lives. £18.75 includes 2-course lunch and a glass of wine. Box
Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 25th January 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Winter Words Festival – (Hiper Youth Theatre) –The Saga of
Wolfbad the Bad!
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Come and be part of the greatest Viking Saga ever told ( in
Pitlochry, at least!) Tickets £4 Adults £2 under 18’s Box Office
01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 25th January 3pm – 4pm
Winter Words Festival – Kenneth Steven – Making the Known World
New
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
spend a relaxing and thought-provoking Sunday afternoon with
local poet and writer Kenneth Steven. Tickets £5 Box Office
01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 25th January 4.30pm – 5.30pm
Winter Words Festival – Andy Hall – Touched by Robert Burns
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Andy will be joined for this event by musician Christine Kydd.
Tickets £5 Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Sunday 25th January 6pm – 9pm
Winter Words Festival – Tam O’Shanter’s Ceilidh Supper
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Supper followed by entertainment in verse and song (featuring
Pitlochry favourites Martyn James and Helen Logan, and singer
Christine Kydd) The Jimmy Cassidy Trio will lead the dancing to
round off this party. Tickets £12.50 Box Office 01796 484626
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Monday 26th 7.30pm
'The Tay salmon fisheries 1750-1850: a period of change. Talk by
Iain Robertson
to the Moulin & Pitlochry History Circle.
The Tryst. 7.30pm. Visitors welcome £2.
Monday 26th January 7.30pm
Simply Burns an evening of music, song & verse
The Watermill, Mill St Aberfeldy.
Doglas Craik, Linda Dewar, Claire Hewitt & Anna Hepburn.
Tickets £10 from the Watermill.
Tel 01887 822896
www.aberfeldywatermill.com
Monday 26th January 7/30pm
'The Tay salmon fisheries 1750-1850:
The Tryst. Pitlochry
a period of change. Talk by Iain Robertson to the Moulin &
Pitlochry History Circle.
Visitors welcome £2.
Friday January 30th 10am - noon
Coffee Morning
Blair Atholl Golf Club
Home baking, raffle, £2.50 for coffee/scone.
Saturday 31st January 10.30am – 4.30pm
Directing Masterclass with Joh Durnin
Pitllochry Festival Theatre
A chance to learn a range of essential directorial skills
and techniques from PFT’s own Artistic Director, including
production conception, text analysis, actor communications and
technical delivery. Ideally, participants should have some
experience/understanding of theatre production, but it’s not
essential! Workshop £52
Tel box office 01796 484626 e/mail :
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
www.pitlochry.org.uk
Saturday 31st January 7pm - 1.30am
Burns Supper
McKays Bar & Restaurant, Atholl Rd, Pitlochry
organised by Atholl Rugby Club
£20 per ticket. 4 Course Meal, Guest Speaker, Ceilidh
Band/Disco
£10 per ticket, stovies, guest speaker, ceilidh band Disco.
Tickets fgrom Gary Leck 01796 470366 or from McKays.
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