24 May 2012
The first-ever Happyness Comedy Festival brings top comedians to Inverness this weekend including established names like Bill Bailey, Dylan Moran, Fred…
24 May 2012
THERE was a huge responsibility on the shoulders of BILL BAILEY last night to get Inverness’s new comedy festival off to a flying start. But having…
18 May 2012
Scottish Opera’s "Tosca" Empire Theatre Eden Court MURDER, suicide, Fascism and sexual manipulation. There is nothing like night at the opera to cheer…
10 May 2012
WITH rape, suicide, alcoholism and madness, "A Streetcar Named Desire" is a tougher prospect than Scottish Ballet’s classical repertoire, but well worth…
02 May 2012
HOW does Al Murray The Pub Landlord follow last year’s twice-extended Barrel of Fun tour? He serves up The Only Way Is Epic tour which includes a…
26 April 2012
THE world’s greatest explorer, crowd-pleasing musicals, a Scottish dance maverick and a tribute to the women of Dickens all feature in Eden Court's new…
17 April 2012
IT’S taken the better part of 25 years for actress Kay Gallie to reach the age of The Steamie’s Mrs Culfeathers. For the 25th anniversary tour of…
04 April 2012
COMIC convention HI-Ex returned to Eden Court after a year’s gap – and drew a similar-sized crowd to previous events, co-organiser Vicky Stonebridge revealed…
04 April 2012
THERE’S worrying news for the Highlands – robots are about to run amok here, if we’re to believe the taster for the new adventure from teen agents comic…
23 March 2012
BEGINNING with a lively slice of New York street life with its hookers, hustlers and one rather unconvincing baby, Inverness Opera Company’s 'Guys and…
07 March 2012
An Appointment With The Wicker Man THERE is a line between horror and comedy, but in the hands of Greg Hemphill and co-writer Donald McLeary, that line…
23 February 2012
IF there was any genuine spiritualism in Vox Motus’ tale of magic and illusion, then it was Gavin Mitchell channelling the spirt of Victorian showman…
20 February 2012
FORMER Radio 1 DJ Andy Kershaw has postponed his planned Eden Court appearance.
10 February 2012
WHILE his feathered friends head south for the winter, Robin decides to stay at home in grandad’s garden. But the snow is on the way.
10 February 2012
TORN between the idea of a cultural evening at the theatre or a night in the pub? Then Scottish theatre company Grid Iron might have the solution — a…
03 February 2012
Comedy ANDREW O’Neill is the man who puts the alternative into alternative comedy.
26 January 2012
IT would, of course, be missing the point, but it is entirely possible to enjoy a Scottish Ballet production without actually being that interested in…
19 January 2012
MAYBE it’s no surprise that Scottish Ballet soloist Eve Mutso’s daughter loves dancing. Eve was pregnant with Hele-Riin three and a half years ago…
29 December 2011
This Christmas’ panto in Aviemore - Robinson Crusoe - was certainly no wash-out. It was out with the old and in with the new with some fresh faces…
29 December 2011
When he hosts the Red Hot Highland Fling on Saturday, comedian Craig Hill is looking forward to finding out what sort of resolutions the crowd might be…