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CALUM’S ROADAdapted by David Harrower, from

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CALLING ALL BUDDING SONGWRITERS...

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Merry times to you all…No matter who you believe was born when or who delivers what to who and how at this time, we all wish you well and hope the deep mid-winter does not darken your spirits. Has anyone ever done the Nativity as a panto, btw? Why ever not?! “And lo, a saviour has been born to you”; “Oh no he hasn’t”; “…Oh yes he has!”. Brilliant. Or play it safe and get along to Eden Court’s Peter Pan, the biggest panto in the north… (oh, yes it is).///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Inside issue 160 – ART: With that Peter Pan panto, fi tting that Eden Court Gallery should be running a winter exhibition call Finding Neverland. Other great winter shows all around - at Kilmorack, Beauly, Inchmore & Castle Galleries and more - good for pressies, btw. | FILM: Star Wars is back and everyone is about as excited as they can be without actually wetting themselves (hopefully); but there’s more, a raft of Xmas titles (seven, we counted), awards hopefuls and the like. | KIDS: Aside from the aformentioned Ppp-panto, there’s Santa’s Elves Xmas Party at Eden Court, the Council’s Winter Wonderland at Whin Park and a show about eskimos, When The Winter Wind Blows, too. | MUSIC: A Highland Folk ‘Hall of Fame’ on show – Capercaillie, Shooglenifty, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Fred Morrison, Breabach, Skerryvore, RhythmnReel and Elephant Sessions – plus some Highland alternative rock’n’pop’n’more to warm the coldest heart, including Neon Waltz, Spring Break (playing with the awesome FAT SUIT), Silver Coast, Broken Ravens, Seed Of Sorrow, and re-surfacing acts Jetstar, Lymerick Smith and mighty Findo Gask. And DJ superstar, Judge Jules! | SPECIALS: There’s a World Aids Day event at Eden Court, where you’ll also fi nd a large Christmas Craft & Food Festival. Just a few yards away, Northern Meeting Park Arena will host the North’s largest Hogmanay event, the annual Craig Hill-helmed Red Hot Highland Fling – a four hour party as only we know how. | SPORT: It’s all about Santa Runs and Turkey Trots and New Year Swims. And football. | THEATRE: Did you know there’s a panto on? Actually you can o.d. on them – Peter Pan and Calamity Jane and Robin Hood and Babes In The Wood – and the antidote is The Broken Nugget of Badcrow. Plus wrestling and comedy. Oo-er.Even the most primitive of societies have an innate respect for the insane: whatsonhighlands.com

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Merry times to you all…No matter who you believe was born when or who delivers what to who and how at this time, we all wish you well and hope the deep mid-winter does not darken your spirits. Has anyone ever done the Nativity as a panto, btw? Why ever not?! “And lo, a saviour has been born to you”; “Oh no he hasn’t”; “…Oh yes he has!”. Brilliant. Or play it safe and get along to Eden Court’s Peter Pan, the biggest panto in the north… (oh, yes it is).///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Inside issue 160 – ART: With that Peter Pan panto, fi tting that Eden Court Gallery should be running a winter exhibition call Finding Neverland. Other great winter shows all around - at Kilmorack, Beauly, Inchmore & Castle Galleries and more - good for pressies, btw. | FILM: Star Wars is back and everyone is about as excited as they can be without actually wetting themselves (hopefully); but there’s more, a raft of Xmas titles (seven, we counted), awards hopefuls and the like. | KIDS: Aside from the aformentioned Ppp-panto, there’s Santa’s Elves Xmas Party at Eden Court, the Council’s Winter Wonderland at Whin Park and a show about eskimos, When The Winter Wind Blows, too. | MUSIC: A Highland Folk ‘Hall of Fame’ on show – Capercaillie, Shooglenifty, Red Hot Chilli Pipers, Fred Morrison, Breabach, Skerryvore, RhythmnReel and Elephant Sessions – plus some Highland alternative rock’n’pop’n’more to warm the coldest heart, including Neon Waltz, Spring Break (playing with the awesome FAT SUIT), Silver Coast, Broken Ravens, Seed Of Sorrow, and re-surfacing acts Jetstar, Lymerick Smith and mighty Findo Gask. And DJ superstar, Judge Jules! | SPECIALS: There’s a World Aids Day event at Eden Court, where you’ll also fi nd a large Christmas Craft & Food Festival. Just a few yards away, Northern Meeting Park Arena will host the North’s largest Hogmanay event, the annual Craig Hill-helmed Red Hot Highland Fling – a four hour party as only we know how. | SPORT: It’s all about Santa Runs and Turkey Trots and New Year Swims. And football. | THEATRE: Did you know there’s a panto on? Actually you can o.d. on them – Peter Pan and Calamity Jane and Robin Hood and Babes In The Wood – and the antidote is The Broken Nugget of Badcrow. Plus wrestling and comedy. Oo-er.Even the most primitive of societies have an innate respect for the insane: whatsonhighlands.com

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Hard though it might be to believe, some people only visit EDEN COURT once a year, missing out on the wealth of great fi lm and theatre showcased there which we regularly stand on each others’ shoulders with a megaphone to yell the praises of. No, for them the only time they’ll make that epic journey to a faraway place a couple of hundred yards from the city centre is for the panto. Clever of Eden Court then to make an attempt to snag their attention by using this year’s panto, Peter Pan, as the inspiration for their art Winter Exhibition, FINDING NEVERLAND [1], running throughout December. Artists of all abilities have submitted works showing the magical beauty of the Highlands and the pictures are on display for panto-goers to see. And enjoy while, hopefully, vowing to return for more than just the panto in the year ahead. (pic ‘Dreamy Hollow’, James Gordon)

Unsurprisingly there are plenty of other winter art exhibitions on this month, two that we particularly recommend being at KILMORACK GALLERY (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 plus new work by Peter White; and INCHMORE GALLERY where many of the works are miniature “CD sized” creations. Just right for that Christmas stocking.

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BEAULY GALLERY WINTER EXHIBITION, December, showcasing a varied range of Highland talent with smaller works that make great gifts, a wide selection of framed prints by Janis Mennie are also available.

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

EDEN COURT GALLERYFINDING NEVERLAND, Dec, See Art Feat.

H-I-C-A, ALAN JOHNSTON, to 13 Dec, One Britain’s leading geometric abstract artists.

IMAGMAKING PEACE, to 5 Dec. New community artworks and the objects that have inspired them.

SHARMANKA, MERRY-GO-WORLD, to 2 Jan, 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. sharmanka.com

FOUR PORTRAITS: JOSHUA REYNOLDS & THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, to 2 Jan, Featuring 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.inverness.highland.museum

INCHMORE GALLERYWINTER EXHIBITION & CD COLLECTION, to Jan, See Art Feat. 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.

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KILMORACK GALLERY WINTER EXHIBITION, to 12 March, See Art Feat.kilmorackgallery.co.uk

NAIRN COMM CTR WINTER ART EXHIBITION , to 12 Dec, Presented by Nairn Arts Society. Exhibition of work by local artists, a great chance to purchase your Christmas present.

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…Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun. That elephant in the corner with the black cloak and shiny helmet is STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS [1] (Vue & EC from 17th Dec) which will doubtless occupy more screen-time this month than all the other releases put together – let’s hope, as it appears, that it surpasses the disappointing prequel trilogy fi lms and re-invigorates the spirit of the original trio of movies. Santa and Star Wars in the same month? SO exciting…

With it being actual Christmas and all that, there is the inevitable slew of seasonal releases – there seems to have been a resurgence in the scmaltzy feel-good variety in recent times but alas not so far to great effect. So what will this year’s bunch bring? Well, A CHRISTMAS STAR (11th) seems like a sincere Nativity-esque family Brit-attempt, with a feel-good cast including Pierce Brosnan, Suranne Jones, Liam Neeson, Kylie Minogue, etc – in a ‘special-Xmas-powers-against-a-baddie-businessman’ kind of way. CHRISTMAS WITH THE COOPERS (4th) presents a sassier family gathering-com with John Goodman, Diane Keaton, Ed Helms, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried and Marisa Tomei – yet we have a suspicion that the whole is rather less than the sum of its parts, sadly. DADDY’S HOME (26th) is Will Ferrell’s ‘loser’ against Mark Wahlberg’s ‘cool guy’ in a ‘funny’ fi ght-to-the-(not)-death over who’s the best Dad. With Christmas accessories. Probably funny enough but sho’ don’t smell like a Christmas Classic. Like a value shop-bought mince pie while you’re waiting for one of mum’s. THE NIGHT BEFORE [2] (4th) is a teenplus-aimed buddy-xmas movie as our trio des hombres live out one fi nal pre-Xmas ritual, with added Miley Cyrus. Seth Rogen is about to become a dad and takes drugs, Anthony Mackie is too rich and famous for this small-time sh*t and Joseph Gordon Levitt should really know better! KRAMPUS [3] (4th) appears to be a glossy US version of the wonderful ‘cloven-hooves-at-Christmas’ Rare Exports which is an Xmas highlight in our house. Trailer makes it seem like a family-aimed horror-lite (though that could be misleading) with Toni Collette, David Koetchner and plenty of other familiar faces. HECTOR [4] (11th), meanwhile, is another Brit-effort – this time smacking of class. Homeless Hector is Pete Mullen and he is supported by a pleasingly uncommon and able cast – Keith Allen, Gina McKee and Stephen Tompkinson. Sentimental rather than slushy - might just be very good.

Elsewhere, there is A PEANUTS MOVIE (21st), all 3D’d up (with commendably 2D faces); Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are literally comedy SISTERS; Ron Howard’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA tells of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick-inspiring adventure with Chris ‘no shirt’ Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson and a glut of CGI; the source-disrespecting VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (3rd) with messrs Radcliffe and McAvoy; and the most wince-inspiring movie of the year, horror-western, BONE TOMAHAWK (11th) with Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox. NOT for the faint-hearted. And fi nally, Peter Mullen again appears this time in SUNSET SONG [5] (EC 4th), the beautifully-shot movie of the Grassic-Gibbon book – with apparently an outstanding turn from Agyness Deyn in the lead role. More at: whatonhighlands.com

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…Merry Christmas, everybody’s having fun. That elephant in the corner with the black cloak and shiny helmet is STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS [1] (Vue & EC from 17th Dec) which will doubtless occupy more screen-time this month than all the other releases put together – let’s hope, as it appears, that it surpasses the disappointing prequel trilogy fi lms and re-invigorates the spirit of the original trio of movies. Santa and Star Wars in the same month? SO exciting…

With it being actual Christmas and all that, there is the inevitable slew of seasonal releases – there seems to have been a resurgence in the scmaltzy feel-good variety in recent times but alas not so far to great effect. So what will this year’s bunch bring? Well, A CHRISTMAS STAR (11th) seems like a sincere Nativity-esque family Brit-attempt, with a feel-good cast including Pierce Brosnan, Suranne Jones, Liam Neeson, Kylie Minogue, etc – in a ‘special-Xmas-powers-against-a-baddie-businessman’ kind of way. CHRISTMAS WITH THE COOPERS (4th) presents a sassier family gathering-com with John Goodman, Diane Keaton, Ed Helms, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried and Marisa Tomei – yet we have a suspicion that the whole is rather less than the sum of its parts, sadly. DADDY’S HOME (26th) is Will Ferrell’s ‘loser’ against Mark Wahlberg’s ‘cool guy’ in a ‘funny’ fi ght-to-the-(not)-death over who’s the best Dad. With Christmas accessories. Probably funny enough but sho’ don’t smell like a Christmas Classic. Like a value shop-bought mince pie while you’re waiting for one of mum’s. THE NIGHT BEFORE [2] (4th) is a teenplus-aimed buddy-xmas movie as our trio des hombres live out one fi nal pre-Xmas ritual, with added Miley Cyrus. Seth Rogen is about to become a dad and takes drugs, Anthony Mackie is too rich and famous for this small-time sh*t and Joseph Gordon Levitt should really know better! KRAMPUS [3] (4th) appears to be a glossy US version of the wonderful ‘cloven-hooves-at-Christmas’ Rare Exports which is an Xmas highlight in our house. Trailer makes it seem like a family-aimed horror-lite (though that could be misleading) with Toni Collette, David Koetchner and plenty of other familiar faces. HECTOR [4] (11th), meanwhile, is another Brit-effort – this time smacking of class. Homeless Hector is Pete Mullen and he is supported by a pleasingly uncommon and able cast – Keith Allen, Gina McKee and Stephen Tompkinson. Sentimental rather than slushy - might just be very good.

Elsewhere, there is A PEANUTS MOVIE (21st), all 3D’d up (with commendably 2D faces); Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are literally comedy SISTERS; Ron Howard’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA tells of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick-inspiring adventure with Chris ‘no shirt’ Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, Brendan Gleeson and a glut of CGI; the source-disrespecting VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (3rd) with messrs Radcliffe and McAvoy; and the most wince-inspiring movie of the year, horror-western, BONE TOMAHAWK (11th) with Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox. NOT for the faint-hearted. And fi nally, Peter Mullen again appears this time in SUNSET SONG [5] (EC 4th), the beautifully-shot movie of the Grassic-Gibbon book – with apparently an outstanding turn from Agyness Deyn in the lead role. More at: whatonhighlands.com

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TUE 01 DECGOYA: VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD @ VueTRUE ROMANCE - BFI LOVE SEASON @ VueRED ARMY (15) @ EC 11.30am InFiFa invernessfilmfans.org SAMSARA (12A) @ EC 7.15pm

WED 02 DECBLUR: NEW WORLD TOWERS @ Vue

THU 03 DECVICTOR FRANKENSTEIN @ VueENO: THE MIKADO (LIVE) @ VueGerman Sch screening:MY FRIEND RAFFI (8+) @ EC 10amFokus: films from Germany BELOVED SISTERS (15) @ EC 8.15pm

FRI 04 DEC<* SUNSET SONG@ EC 2pm, 5.45pm, 8.15pm< CHRISTMAS WITH THE COOPERS @ Vue< KRAMPUS @ Vue* PAWN SACRIFICE @ Vue< THE NIGHT BEFORE @ Vue

SAT 05 DECTHE BOLSHOI BALLET: THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS @ VueTREMORS @ EC

SAT 05 DECHOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (U) @ EC 11.30am

SUN 06 DECENO: THE MIKADO @ EC 1pmFokus: films from Germany FINSTERWORLD (15) @ EC 5.15pmTHE 39 STEPS (U) @ EC 7pm

MON 07 DECB-MOVIE: LUST & SOUND IN WEST-BERLIN 1979-1989 (15) @ EC 8.45pm

TUE 08 DEC* THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST (15) @ EC 6pmNT LIVE: JANE EYRE (12A) @ EC 7pm

WED 09 DECA VERY SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS @ EC Exhibition On Screen: GOYA - VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD (U TBC) @ EC 6.15pmSQIFF: STUD LIFE (18) @ EC 8.15pm

THU 10 DECGerman Sch screening:WHO AM I - NO SYSTEM IS SAFE (15) @ EC 10amROYAL OPERA HOUSE: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/ PAGLIACCI @ EC & Vue

FRI 11 DEC< A CHRISTMAS STAR @ Vue

<* BONE TOMAHAWK @ Vue

<* HECTOR @ VueFLORENCE & THE UFFIZI GALLERY @ VueMISSION IMPOSSIBLE DOUBLE BILL @ EC

SAT 12 DECMET OPERA: THE MAGIC FLUTE @ VueHOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (U) @ EC 11.30amCONCERTO - A BEETHOVEN JOURNEY (U) @ EC 2.15pmFokus: BAAL (15) @ EC 6pmMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION @ ECTAXI TEHRAN @ EC

SUN 13 DECHOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (U) @ EC 11.30amROYAL OPERA HOUSE: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI @ EC 2pmFokus: FOX AND HIS FRIENDS (15) @ EC 5.15pm

MON 14 DECFokus: THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (15) @ EC 6pm* WARREN MILLER’S CHASING SHADOWS @ EC 8.15pm

TUE 15 DEC InFiFa invernessfilmfans.org THE GRADUATE (15) @ EC 7.15pm

WED 16 DECTHE ROYAL BALLET: THE NUTCRACKER @ EC & VueSQIFF: CLOUDBURST @ EC

THU 17 DEC<* STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS @ EC & VUE

Cult Cinema: Film Pizza, BeerFLASH GORDON @ EC 8.30pm

FRI 18 DEC<* SISTERS @ Vue

SUN 20 DECFLORENCE AND THE UFFIZI GALLERY (6+) @ EC 2.15pm

MON 21 DEC<* SNOOPY & CHARLIE BROWN: A PEANUTS MOVIE @ Vue

TUE 22 DECMarlon Brando Double Bill: LISTEN TO ME MARLON (15) @ EC 6.15pmA STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (12A) @ EC 8.15pm

THU 24 DEC* BRANAGH THEATRE LIVE: THE WINTER’S TALE @ EC 2pm

SAT 26 DEC< IN THE HEART OF THE SEA @ Vue< DADDY’S HOME @ Vue

SUN 27 DECTHE ROYAL BALLET: THE NUTCRACKER @ EC 2pm

TUE 29 DECCult Cinema: Film Pizza, BeerWATCHMEN (18) @ EC 8pm

FRI 01 JAN* JOY @ Vue* THE DANISH GIRL @ Vue

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The big family event of the month (apart from something called Christmas) is, of course, the Eden Court Panto. This year it’s PETER PAN [1] and you can read more about it on P34. That’s not the only show to get the young ‘uns into the festive spirit though, the fi rst being LITTLE ELVES CHRISTMAS PARTY! At EDEN COURT on SUN 06 DEC. The exclamation mark is a hint that there’ll be much whooping and hollering at this jam-packed hour of singing, dancing, games and creative play for the under-5s. A ticket is required for both baby and parent and make sure to wear red and green. Another popular tradition is the WINTER WONDERLAND event taking place from 11–13 DEC and providing an opportunity for children to meet Santa and his Reindeer in a beautifully illuminated WHIN PARK. The Winter Wonderland show is hugely popular with the youngest members of the Inverness community; and is one of the highlights of the Winter Festival for toddlers. The event will see the return of the giant infl atable ‘Walk on Water’ balls on the Whin Park Boating Lake. Stripping away the festive vibe and celebrating instead the fun to be had in another land like ours where it’s perishing cold, WHEN THE WINTER WIND BLOWS at EDEN COURT from 16–22 DEC is another lovely interactive affair from Eden Court CREATIVE aimed at the under-5s, in this case on a quest to help a little Eskimo girl in Alaska to keep out of the wind. Perhaps the most important life lesson to be learned all month and a whole lot of fun too. There are several shows each day so check out whatsonhighlands.com for more.

SAT 05 DEC FROZEN SNOW CHALLENGE @ Glen Nevis Visitor Ctr, 1pm Family snow challenge and Christmas crafts.

SUN 06 DEC LITTLE ELVES’ CHRISTMAS PARTY! @ Eden Court, 11am, 12.30pm, 2.30pm, 4pm Get your Under 5’s in the festive spirit with this jam-packed hour of singing,dancing, games and creative play. Santa’s workshop is a busy place at this time of year, so bring your Little Elves along to help out and let off some steam!

FRI 11 DEC INVERNESS WINTER FESTIVAL: WINTER WONDERLAND @ Whin Park - See above.

SAT 12 DEC A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS FAYRE @ Nairn Community and Art Centre. Bringing a little bit of magic to Nairn this Christmas. Limelife Bell Tent Party hire bring you Santas Grotto and a Christmas Magic Show. There will be live Music and lots of christmassy stalls to buy from... hot chocolate and christmas goodies. Free Entry, visit Santa for £2 10.30am-4.30pm.

WINTER WONDERLAND @ Whin Park, As Fri 11 Dec.

SUN 13 DEC WINTER WONDERLAND @ Whin Park, As Fri 11 Dec.

WED 16 DEC WHEN THE WINTER WIND BLOWS @ Eden Court, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3.30pm. Deep in the wilds of Alaska a little girl named Kaya is trying to play but the naughty winter wind has other ideas. No matter what Kaya does the wind always gets in the way! Come and join us in

the winter tundra and see if you can help Kaya warm things up! After the sell out success of One Night in Santa’s Workshop, Hummbug, and Little Blue Eden Court CREATIVE bring you their latest interactive performances for under 5’s and their families. A sensory world your little Eskimos will love!

THU 17–TUE 22 DEC WHEN THE WINTER WIND BLOWS @ EC 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3.30pm As Wed

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As the festive season leaps upon us like a lion tearing down an antelope, there’s no shortage of musical diversions this month to keep you out celebrating, with all genres well represented.

FAT SUIT [1] probably deserve a genre all to themselves. The fourteen-piece ensemble has been assembled from a diversity of musical backgrounds and it includes “folk musicians with fi nesse, house artists with grit, rockers with attitude and hard boppers with style”. Surprisingly it works rather well as you’ll see when they play IRONWORKS on 03 DEC. Support comes from excellent local combo SPRING BREAK [2].

Another band who’ve had a fi ne year and just keep on getting better is NEON WALTZ [3]. The Caithness boys are bringing back the spirit of Echo & The Bunnymen and distilling it through their own fresh imaginations. Their gig at MAD HATTERS on 05 DEC will be immense. Also at MAD HATTERS, this time on 03 DEC, you can catch the highly acclaimed BLACK FEATHERS combining elements of folk, roots, Americana, and southern rock. Nice.

Good to see the SPECTRUM CENTRE being brought back into the musical fold. Hot on the heels of hosting the inception of local label IMOUT Records, it’s the venue for both an EP launch for SILVER COAST’s Seasons EP on 11 DEC (support from ALL SO SIMPLE and SLY AT LAST) and A NIGHT OF RAWK on 12 DEC with BROKEN RAVENS [4], SEED OF SORROW, DEVIL’S QUEEN and THE LAW AND THE LEASH. Tickets from the venue.

A word too for a couple of tribute shows, HOLLY AT CHRISTMAS [5] (11–13 DEC, EC) and ABBAMANIA at IRONWORKS on 12 DEC plus a rare reunion of many much-loved local acts including FINDO GASK, JETSTAR and LYMERICK SMITH at BACK FOR GOOD at Ironworks on 27 DEC, fundraising for Macmillan Highland & Raigmore Cancer Fund.

If you prefer your music a little folkier, it’s a bumper month, with FRED MORRISON [6] @ Glen Urquhart Public Hall on 02 DEC and SHOOGLENIFTY [7] @ Old Bridge Inn on 20 DEC, before the end of year festivities include RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS [8] @ Ironworks on 29 DEC and, on Hogmanay itself, the excellently named BOGMANAY at Bogbain Farm (with ELEPHANT SESSIONS), RHYTHMNREEL @ Ironworks and, of course, the traditional RED HOT HIGHLAND FLING @ Northern Meeting Park with folk giants CAPERCAILLIE [9], BREABACH [10] and SKERRYVORE [11]. Phew.

The quality of clubbing fare often drops off at this time of the year as people need less of an excuse to get out and party so hats off to G’s for booking a bit of a DJ legend in the form of JUDGE JULES [12] on 05 DEC. Don’t miss him.

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MUSICCLUBBINGCLASSICAL FOLK JAZZ/WORLD ROCK

As the festive season leaps upon us like a lion tearing down an antelope, there’s no shortage of musical diversions this month to keep you out celebrating, with all genres well represented.

FAT SUIT [1] probably deserve a genre all to themselves. The fourteen-piece ensemble has been assembled from a diversity of musical backgrounds and it includes “folk musicians with fi nesse, house artists with grit, rockers with attitude and hard boppers with style”. Surprisingly it works rather well as you’ll see when they play IRONWORKS on 03 DEC. Support comes from excellent local combo SPRING BREAK [2].

Another band who’ve had a fi ne year and just keep on getting better is NEON WALTZ [3]. The Caithness boys are bringing back the spirit of Echo & The Bunnymen and distilling it through their own fresh imaginations. Their gig at MAD HATTERS on 05 DEC will be immense. Also at MAD HATTERS, this time on 03 DEC, you can catch the highly acclaimed BLACK FEATHERS combining elements of folk, roots, Americana, and southern rock. Nice.

Good to see the SPECTRUM CENTRE being brought back into the musical fold. Hot on the heels of hosting the inception of local label IMOUT Records, it’s the venue for both an EP launch for SILVER COAST’s Seasons EP on 11 DEC (support from ALL SO SIMPLE and SLY AT LAST) and A NIGHT OF RAWK on 12 DEC with BROKEN RAVENS [4], SEED OF SORROW, DEVIL’S QUEEN and THE LAW AND THE LEASH. Tickets from the venue.

A word too for a couple of tribute shows, HOLLY AT CHRISTMAS [5] (11–13 DEC, EC) and ABBAMANIA at IRONWORKS on 12 DEC plus a rare reunion of many much-loved local acts including FINDO GASK, JETSTAR and LYMERICK SMITH at BACK FOR GOOD at Ironworks on 27 DEC, fundraising for Macmillan Highland & Raigmore Cancer Fund.

If you prefer your music a little folkier, it’s a bumper month, with FRED MORRISON [6] @ Glen Urquhart Public Hall on 02 DEC and SHOOGLENIFTY [7] @ Old Bridge Inn on 20 DEC, before the end of year festivities include RED HOT CHILLI PIPERS [8] @ Ironworks on 29 DEC and, on Hogmanay itself, the excellently named BOGMANAY at Bogbain Farm (with ELEPHANT SESSIONS), RHYTHMNREEL @ Ironworks and, of course, the traditional RED HOT HIGHLAND FLING @ Northern Meeting Park with folk giants CAPERCAILLIE [9], BREABACH [10] and SKERRYVORE [11]. Phew.

The quality of clubbing fare often drops off at this time of the year as people need less of an excuse to get out and party so hats off to G’s for booking a bit of a DJ legend in the form of JUDGE JULES [12] on 05 DEC. Don’t miss him.

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CLASSICAL WED 25 NOVTWELFTH DAY @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 7.30pm.

SAT 28 NOVRECITAL @ Old High Church, Inverness, 12pm.

SUN 29 NOVHIGHLAND HOSPITALS’ 40TH ANNUAL CAROL CONCERT @ Eden Court, 3pm.

SUN 06 DECCHRISTMAS CAROL BIG SING @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 4pm.

CAROL CONCERT @ St.Giles Church, Elgin, 7pm.

FRI 11 DECTHREE PäRTS BACH: CONCERTS BY CANDLELIGHT @ Inverness Cathedral, 7.30pm.

TUE 15 DECTHE TRULY TERRIBLE ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS CHARITY CONCERT @ Drumossie Hotel, 7.30pm. An evening of Christmas Sparkle and Festive Fun in aid of Highland Hospice.

THU 17 DECCHRISTMAS CONCERT @ St Stephen’s Church, 7.30pm.

‘GLORIA!’ MUSICK FYNE @ St John’s Episcopal Church, Forres, 8pm.

FRI 18 DECATHENAEUM WINDS @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. athenaeumwinds.com

SAT 19 DECCAROLTHON @ Eastgate Shopping Centre, 11am-4pm. Inverness Choral Society’s annual Carolthon.

CLUBBINGFRI 27 NOVVENGA LAUNCH NIGHT @ G’s,The Ultimate 90s Night, every Friday.

HIGHLAND JUNGLISTS @ The Eagle Bar

SPICE @ Vinyl, 10pm. Every Friday the NO1 Hen and Party Venue.

JUSTIN ROBERTSON @ Mad Hatters, 11.30pm. Legendary and highly influential DJ makes an extremely rare intimate appearance. Support from Butterscotch.

SAT 28 NOVJACKMASTER @ The Ironworks, Making his first appearance at Ironworks with support from Jordan Cooper, Vault95 and Alan Grant. Tickets on sale now.

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

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE @ G’s, 10.30pm.The No1 Saturday in Inverness.gsinverness.com/guestlist

FRI 04 DECVENGA @ G’s, The ultimate 90s night. Every Friday.

SAT 05 DECJUDGE JULES @ G’s Legendary DJ returns to Inverness.

TUE 29 DECGROUSE BEATER SOUND SYSTEM @ Hootananny, 9pm.

CHURCH STREET HIP HOP @ Mad Hatters, 10pm. w/Brian Jamieson, Butterscotch & more.

FOLKSAT 28 NOVKARLA BERNARDI @ Heathmount Hotel,

400% : NATIONAL YOUTH PIPE BAND OF SCOTLAND @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

NICK FIRTH TRIO @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SUN 29 NOVCAMAN @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

MON 30 NOVST ANDREW’S NIGHT CEILIDH @ Farr Community Hall, 7.30pm.

WED 02 DECFRED MORRISON @ Glen Urquhart Public Hall, 7.30pm. Legendary piper.

THE WIYOS @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 7.30pm. Americana from Brooklyn.

THU 03 DECBLACK FEATHERS @ Mad Hatters, Support from Willie and Tabs MacAskill from The Lush Rollers.

FRED MORRISON WINTER TOUR 2015 @ Seaboard Memorial Hall, 7.30pm.

WILLIE CAMPBELL @ Hootananny, 9pm.

FRI 04 DECSCHILTRUM @ Hootananny, 9pm.

SAT 05 DECCEILIDH @ Munlochy Village Hall, 7.30pm. Organised by Clan Donald Society.

NICK FIRTH TRIO @ Hootananny, 9pm.

SUN 06 DECJAMIE MARSHALL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 10 DECCORRALACH @ Hootananny, 9pm.

FRI 11 DECRANT @ Spectrum Centre, 1pm. Four fiddles, a dash of Shetland, a drop of the Highlands, a handful of hypnotic harmonies. Scotland’s chamber folk quartet.

JOHN MCNICHOLL @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 8.30pm. NORTH SEA GAS @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 12 DECNORTH SEA GAS @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

THU 17 DECDOUGIE BURNS AND FREINDS @ Velocity Cafe, 7.30pm.

BRIAN O HEADHRA @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

FRI 18 DECCAMAN @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 19 DECCEILIDH @ Farr Community Hall, With Tweed supported by Dougie Scott.

SHOOGLENIFTY – THE UNTIED KNOT TOUR @ Resolis Memorial Hall, 7.30pm.

NOVANTAE @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SUN 20 DECSHOOGLENIFTY – THE UNTIED KNOT TOUR @ Old Bridge Inn, Aviemore, 9pm.

MON 21 DECALAN FREW @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 24 DECNICK FIRTH AND THE VICTORIAN EXPLORERS @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SAT 26 DECSARA BILLS AND THE HAS BEANS @ Hootananny, 9.30pm.

SUN 27 DECELIZABETH ROGERS AND EUGENE FRIESEN @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 7pm.

SCHIEHALLION @ Hootananny, 9pm.

TUE 29 DECRED HOT CHILLI PIPERS @ The Ironworks, 7pm. ‘Bagpipes with attitude, drums with a Scottish accent and a show so hot it carries its own health warning.’

WED 30 DECHO-RO @ Hootananny, 9pm.

THU 31 DECINVERNESS 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. with The Cat’s Back Ceilidh Band.

RHYTHMNREEL HOGMANAY BASH @ The Ironworks, 9pm.

JAZZ/WORLDSAT 28 NOVNOVA SCOTIA @ Nairn Comm Centre, 8pm. Jazz Nairn.

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ROCKWED 25 NOVIDLEWILD @ The Ironworks, 7pm.

BENNY MONTEUX @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.

FREDDIE FUDD PUCKER @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 26 NOVBEARS ARMS/COLT 45 @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.

WILL AND WILD HORSE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

ANDY DUNCAN @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

FRI 27 NOVLIONAL: SINGLE LAUNCH PARTY @ Spectrum Centre, 8pm. A party celebrating new local label IMOUT Records’ first ever single release. Tickets: imoutrecords.com

BILLY BRAGG PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

CRAIG ROBERTSON @ Heathmount Hotel

ELEPHANT SESSIONS @ Mad Hatters, 9pm.

VAN D’S @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

SAT 28 NOVVINTAGE VINYL @ The Eagle Bar

BILLY BRAGG @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 8pm.

ANDY GUNN BAND @ Balintore Inn, nr Tain, 9pm.

MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 9.30pm.

THE GALIPAYGOS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.


SUN 29 NOVRACING GLAZIERS + GEORGIE @ Mad Hatters, 7pm.

BEN AND EMILY @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

MON 30 NOVROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

CHRIS SUCKLE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 01 DECTIM HOLEHOUSE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

WED 02 DECFERGUS AND GREG @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 03 DECFAT SUIT @ The Ironworks, 7pm. 14-piece, multi-genre music collective. Support from Oscar Cordoba, and award winning local Hip Hop act Spring Break (winner of Best Hip Hop act at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards).

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

FRI 04 DECMICKEY 9S @ Mad Hatters

BREAKING BANDS @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.with BRAWLERS + more to be announced!

MIR @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 05 DECNEON WALTZ @ Hootananny, 7.30pm.

URANG MATANG @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

THE SIGNAL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

MON 07 DECROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

TUE 08 DECUKULELE GROUP @ Nourish Organic Cafe, 7pm.

ANDY DUNCAN @ The Market Bar, 10pm.


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

FRI 11 DECKAGOULE @ Mad HattersPart of their first full UK headline tour.

HOLLY AT CHRISTMAS 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.SILVER COAST EP LAUNCH NIGHT @ Spectrum Centre, 8pm. With support from All So Simple and Sly at Last.

ANDY GUNN BAND @ Raigmore Motel, 9pm.

THE BANANA SESSIONS @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SILVER COAST @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 12 DECABBAMANIA – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL @ The Ironworks, 7pm. You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life.

HOLLY AT CHRISTMAS 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. A sell out each Christmas season, Buddy Holly and the Cricketers once again herald in the Yuletide festivities

A NIGHT OF RAWK @ Spectrum Centre, 8pm. With The Broken Ravens, Seed of Sorrow, Devil’s Queen and The Law and The Leash.

PORKPIE @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SEARCHING FOR DONKEYS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SUN 13 DECHOLLY AT CHRISTMAS 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.



TUE 15 DECROSS ARTHUR @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



FRI 18 DECNETSOUNDS PRESENTS @ The Ironworks, with Guilty Pleasures, Dr Wook, Silver Coast, The Little Mill of Happiness and Searching For Donkeys, VIP guest DJs plus more to be announced.

MASON HILL @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

STETSONHEAD @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 19 DECTHE HOSTILES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SUN 20 DECPROJECT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. With Sara Bills.


ROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

WED 23 DECASHLEY AND THE COSMONAUTS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 24 DECZOMBIE MILITIA @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 26 DECLIONAL/ THE RAGAZZI @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SUN 27 DECBACK FOR GOOD @ The Ironworks. Inverness bands reform for one night only in aid of Macmillan Highland and the Cancer General Fund for Raigmore Hospital.

THE GALIPAYGOS/ NEW SOUL CITY @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

MON 28 DECEND 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.


WED 30 DECTHE GALIPAYGOS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

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

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

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

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ROCKWED 25 NOVIDLEWILD @ The Ironworks, 7pm.

BENNY MONTEUX @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.

FREDDIE FUDD PUCKER @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 26 NOVBEARS ARMS/COLT 45 @ Mad Hatters, 8pm.

WILL AND WILD HORSE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

ANDY DUNCAN @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

FRI 27 NOVLIONAL: SINGLE LAUNCH PARTY @ Spectrum Centre, 8pm. A party celebrating new local label IMOUT Records’ first ever single release. Tickets: imoutrecords.com

BILLY BRAGG PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.

CRAIG ROBERTSON @ Heathmount Hotel

ELEPHANT SESSIONS @ Mad Hatters, 9pm.


SAT 28 NOVVINTAGE VINYL @ The Eagle Bar

BILLY BRAGG @ Universal Hall, Findhorn, 8pm.

ANDY GUNN BAND @ Balintore Inn, nr Tain, 9pm.

MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 9.30pm.

THE GALIPAYGOS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.


SUN 29 NOVRACING GLAZIERS + GEORGIE @ Mad Hatters, 7pm.


MON 30 NOVROBIN ABBOT @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

CHRIS SUCKLE @ Johnny Foxes, 10.30pm.

TUE 01 DECTIM HOLEHOUSE @ The Market Bar, 10pm.


THU 03 DECFAT SUIT @ The Ironworks, 7pm. 14-piece, multi-genre music collective. Support from Oscar Cordoba, and award winning local Hip Hop act Spring Break (winner of Best Hip Hop act at the Scottish Alternative Music Awards).

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

FRI 04 DECMICKEY 9S @ Mad Hatters

BREAKING BANDS @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.with BRAWLERS + more to be announced!

MIR @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 05 DECNEON WALTZ @ Hootananny, 7.30pm.

URANG MATANG @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

THE SIGNAL @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



ANDY DUNCAN @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



FRI 11 DECKAGOULE @ Mad HattersPart of their first full UK headline tour.

HOLLY AT CHRISTMAS 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.SILVER COAST EP LAUNCH NIGHT @ Spectrum Centre, 8pm. With support from All So Simple and Sly at Last.

ANDY GUNN BAND @ Raigmore Motel, 9pm.

THE BANANA SESSIONS @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SILVER COAST @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 12 DECABBAMANIA – CHRISTMAS SPECIAL @ The Ironworks, 7pm. You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life.

HOLLY AT CHRISTMAS 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm. A sell out each Christmas season, Buddy Holly and the Cricketers once again herald in the Yuletide festivities

A NIGHT OF RAWK @ Spectrum Centre, 8pm. With The Broken Ravens, Seed of Sorrow, Devil’s Queen and The Law and The Leash.

PORKPIE @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SEARCHING FOR DONKEYS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SUN 13 DECHOLLY AT CHRISTMAS 2015 @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.



TUE 15 DECROSS ARTHUR @ The Market Bar, 10pm.



FRI 18 DECNETSOUNDS PRESENTS @ The Ironworks, with Guilty Pleasures, Dr Wook, Silver Coast, The Little Mill of Happiness and Searching For Donkeys, VIP guest DJs plus more to be announced.

MASON HILL @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

STETSONHEAD @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 19 DECTHE HOSTILES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SUN 20 DECPROJECT @ The Market Bar, 10pm. With Sara Bills.



WED 23 DECASHLEY AND THE COSMONAUTS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

THU 24 DECZOMBIE MILITIA @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

SAT 26 DECLIONAL/ THE RAGAZZI @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

SUN 27 DECBACK FOR GOOD @ The Ironworks. Inverness bands reform for one night only in aid of Macmillan Highland and the Cancer General Fund for Raigmore Hospital.

THE GALIPAYGOS/ NEW SOUL CITY @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

MON 28 DECEND 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.


WED 30 DECTHE GALIPAYGOS @ The Market Bar, 10pm.

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

THE MYSTIC SHOES @ Mad Hatters, 10pm.

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

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

USA I 2015 I 136 mins approx I starwars.com/the-force-awakens I starwarsunitedkingdom.co.uk

SPECIAL MIDNIGHT PREVIEW SCREENING ON THU 17 DEC AT 00.01LucasFilm and visionary director J.J. Abrams join forces to take you back again to a galaxy far, far away asStar Wars returns to the big screen with Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

SUNSET SONG (15) FRI 04 – THU 17 DECFRIENDS COFFEE MORNING MON 07 DEC 11.30

Director Terence Davies I Starring Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie

UK/Luxembourg I 2015 I 133 mins Faced with a choice between a harsh life of working the land with her farming father and the seductive but distant world of books and learning, Chris Guthrie, bound by her intense love of the land, decides toremain in her rural community. But the outbreak of the First World War is set to destroy the land andcommunity she holds so dear. Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic novel is brought to life by one of Britain’smost treasured filmmakers.

BLACK MASS (15)TUE 01 – THU 10 DECDirector Scott Cooper I Starring Johnny Depp, Dakota Johnson, Benedict Cumberbatch

USA I 2015 I 123 mins I blackmassthemovie.comIn 1970s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster Jimmy Bulger to collaborate withthe FBI in order to eliminate their common enemy: the Italian mob. But this unholy alliance soon spirals outof control, allowing Jimmy to evade law enforcement while consolidating his power and becoming one of themost ruthless and dangerous gangsters in Boston history. Three-time Oscar nominee Johnny Depp is almost unrecognisable in this smart crime drama from the director of Crazy Heart.

SNOOPY AND CHARLIE BROWN: THE PEANUTS MOVIE (U) SAT 26 – THU 31 DEC & SAT 02 – THU 07 JANSUBTITLED SCREENING WED 30 DEC 14.15AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING SUN 03 JAN

Director Steve Martino I Voices Noah Schnapp, Bill Melendez USA I 2015 I 93 mins I peanutsmovie.comTo mark the 65th anniversary of the ‘Peanuts’ cartoon strip, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved ‘Peanuts’ gang make their big-screen debut and Charlie gets to prove that everyunderdog has his day...

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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 7 DECEMBER, Sunset Song (15)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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DECEMBER 2015Tue 0111.30 Red Army14.00 Crimson Peak19.00 Black Mass19.15 Samsara InFiFa

Wed 0211.30 Black Mass14.00 Black Mass18.00 Red Army19.15 Black Mass20.15 Crimson Peak

Thu 0310.00 My Friend Raffi German schools screening 11.30 Crimson Peak14.00 Black Mass17.45 Crimson Peak Subtitled18.00 Black Mass20.15 Beloved Sisters Fokus: Films From Germany20.30 Black Mass

Fri 0414.00 Sunset Song17.45 Sunset Song18.00 Black Mass20.15 Sunset Song20.45 Black Mass

Sat 0511.30 Hotel Transylvania 214.00 Black Mass14.30 Sunset Song17.00 Sunset Song17.30 Black Mass20.00 Black Mass19.30 Tremors

Sun 0611.15 Sunset Song13.00 ENO: Mikado17.00 Black Mass17.15 Finsterworld Fokus: Films From Germany19.00 The 39 Steps19.30 Black Mass20.45 Sunset Song

Mon 0711.30 Sunset Song Friends Coffee Morning18.00 Black Mass18.15 Sunset Song20.30 Black Mass20.45 B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin

1979–1989 Fokus: Films From Germany

Tue 0811.15 Sunset Song11.30 Black Mass14.00 Black Mass14.15 Sunset Song18.00 They Will Have To Kill Us First19.00 NT Live: Jane Eyre20.15 Sunset Song

Wed 0910.30 A Very Scottish Christmas

Movie Image Archive schools workshop11.30 Sunset Song14.00 Black Mass14.15 They Will Have To Kill Us First17.30 Sunset Song18.15 Exhibition on Screen:

Goya – visions of flesh and blood 20.00 Black Mass20.15 Stud Life SQUIFF

Thu 1010.00 Who Am I – No System Is Safe

German schools screening11.30 Black Mass14.00 Sunset Song18.00 Black Mass19.15 Royal Opera House:

Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci20.30 Black Mass

Fri 1117.45 Sunset Song18.00 Mission: Impossible20.15 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation20.30 Sunset Song

Sat 1211.15 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation11.30 Hotel Transylvania 2 Subtitled14.00 Sunset Song14.15 Concerto – A Beethoven Journey 17.30 Sunset Song18.00 Baal Fokus: Films From Germany20.00 Taxi Tehran20.15 Sunset Song

Sun 1311.30 Hotel Transylvania 213.15 Sunset Song14.00 Royal Opera House:

Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci Encore17.15 Fox and His Friends

Fokus: Films From Germany17.30 Sunset Song19.45 Taxi Tehran20.00 Sunset Song

Mon 1417.30 Sunset Song18.00 The Marriage of Maria Braun

Fokus: Films From Germany20.15 Warren Miller's Chasing Shadows20.30 Sunset Song

Tue 1511.30 Sunset Song17.30 Sunset Song17.45 Taxi Tehran19.15 The Graduate InFiFa20.15 Sunset Song

Wed 1611.15 Taxi Tehran11.30 Sunset Song14.00 Sunset Song18.00 Sunset Song19.15 The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker20.30 Cloudburst SQUIFF

Thu 1700.01 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 Sunset Song14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Sunset Song17.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens18.00 Sunset Song20.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.30 Flash Gordon Cult Cinema

Fri 1811.30 The Good Dinosaur 14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 The Good Dinosaur 17.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens18.00 Steve Jobs19.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.30 Bridge of Spies

Sat 1911.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 The Good Dinosaur 13.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 The Good Dinosaur Autism Friendly Screening17.00 The Martian17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.45 Bridge of Spies19.45 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.30 Steve Jobs

Sun 2011.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 The Good Dinosaur 14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Florence and the Uffizi Gallery 14.30 The Good Dinosaur17.00 The Martian17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.30 Bridge of Spies19.45 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Steve Jobs

Mon 2111.30 The Good Dinosaur 14.00 The Good Dinosaur 17.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens18.00 Steve Jobs Subtitled17.30 The Martian20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Bridge of Spies20.30 The Martian

Tue 2211.00 Star Wars:The Force Awakens Dream&Scream11.15 The Good Dinosaur11.30 Steve Jobs14.00 The Good Dinosaur 14.15 The Martian17.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.45 Bridge of Spies18.15 Listen To Me Marlon20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 A Streetcar Named Desire20.30 Steve Jobs

Wed 2311.00 The Good Dinosaur Subtitled11.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 The Martian14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Bridge of Spies14.30 The Good Dinosaur17.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.45 It's A Wonderful Life18.00 Steve Jobs20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Comfort and Joy20.30 Bridge of Spies

Thu 2411.00 The Good Dinosaur 11.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 It's A Wonderful Life14.00 Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter’s Tale14.15 Steve Jobs14.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.30 Bridge of Spies17.45 It's A Wonderful Life18.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Fri 25 Merry Christmas!

Sat 2611.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 The Polar Express 13.30 Doctor Zhivago14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.15 It's A Wonderful Life17.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie19.30 Jaws 19.45 Victor Frankenstein20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Sun 2711.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.45 The Polar Express

Autism Friendly Screening14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.00 The Royal Ballet:

The Nutcracker Encore14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Subtitled17.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown:The Peanuts Movie17.45 Victor Frankenstein19.15 Doctor Zhivago20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Suffragette

Mon 2811.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 The Polar Express13.30 Suffragette14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens17.30 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie18.00 Suffragette19.30 Suffragette20.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.15 Victor Frankenstein

Tue 2911.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 Doctor Zhivago14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Autism Friendly Screening14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie18.00 Victor Frankenstein19.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens20.00 Watchmen Cult Cinema20.30 Suffragette

Wed 3011.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 Victor Frankenstein14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown:

The Peanuts Movie Subtitled14.30 Suffragette17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.30 Suffragette19.30 Star Wars: The Force Awakens19.45 When Harry Met Sally...20.00 Victor Frankenstein

Thu 3111.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens11.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie11.30 Suffragette14.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens14.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie14.30 Victor Frankenstein17.15 Snoopy & Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie17.30 When Harry Met Sally...18.00 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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BRIDGE OF SPIES (12A)FRI 18 – THU 24 DEC

Director Steven Spielberg

Starring Tom Hanks, Amy Ryan, Mark Rylance

USA I 2015 I 141 mins I bridgeofspies.comInspired by true events, this dramatic thriller tellsthe story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyerwho finds himself thrust into the center of theCold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.

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

TREMORS (12A)

SAT 05 DECDirector Ron UnderwoodStarring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward

USA I 1990 I 95 minsFollowing the screening of this 90’s comedy sci-fihorror Jonathan Melville, author of SeekingPerfection: The Unofficial Guide to the Tremorswill be discussing his book and the film.

THE 39 STEPS (U)

SUN 06 DECDirector Alfred Hitchcock

Starring Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll

UK I 1935 I 85 minsMoniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centreand the National Library of Scotland join in thescreening of Alfred Hitchcock’s famous film adaptation of The 39 Steps. Post-show talk with Andrew Martin, Curator of Literature & the Arts at the National Library of Scotland.

EDEN COURT CINEMAHOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2 (U)SAT 05, SAT 12 & SUN 13 DECSUBTITLED SCREENING SAT 12 DEC 11.30

Director Genndy Tartakovsky

Voices Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez

USA I 2015 I 89 mins I hoteltransylvania2.comDrac’s pack is back for the eagerly-awaited sequel to the 2012 monster hit. Everything seems to be changing for the better at HotelTransylvania. But behind closed coffins, Drac is worried that his adorable half-human, half-vampire grandson, Dennis, isn’t showing any signs of being a vampire...

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SAMSARA (12A) TUE 01 DECTHE GRADUATE (15) TUE 15 DEC

WARREN MILLER (CERT TBC)MON 14 DEC

UK I 2015 I TBC mins Warren Miller Entertainment’s 66th snowsportsfilm Chasing Shadows explores what it means to be inspired, with exotic locations and snow-covered summits that keep us searchingfor more. Plus, there will be fantastic intermissionprizes to be won on the night!

LIVE CINEMA

ENO: THE MIKADOSUN 06 DEC ENCORE

ROYAL OPERA HOUSE: CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA/PAGLIACCITHU 10 DEC LIVE SUN 13 DEC ENCORE

NT LIVE: JANE EYRETUE 08 DEC LIVE SUN 09 & THU 14 JAN ENCORE

THE ROYAL BALLET: THE NUTCRACKERWED 16 DEC LIVE SUN 27 DEC ENCORE

CONCERTO –A BEETHOVEN JOURNEY (U)SAT 12 DEC

Director Phil Grabsky

Starring Leif Ove Andsnes

UK I 2015 I 90 minsFilmed over the course of four years, award-winning director Phil Grabsky follows leading concert pianist Leif Ove Andsnes’s attempt to understand and interpret one of the greatest setsof works for piano ever written: Beethoven’s five piano concertos.

TAXI TEHRAN (12A)SAT 12, SUN 13, TUE 15 & WED 16 DECDirector Jafar Panahi

Starring Jafar Panahi

Iran I 2015 I 82 mins I Persian with subtitleskinolorber.com/film.php?id=2101In December 2010 acclaimed Iranian director JafarPanahi (This is Not a Film) was banned from makingfilms for 20 years. Since then he has showed bravery, heroism and ultimately his survivor spirit by taking on a “guerrilla” film-making approach. In Taxi Tehran he drives a yellow cab through thestreets of Tehran for a day, candidly capturing his passengers view of the world.

STEVE JOBS (15)FRI 18 – THU 24 DECSUBTITLED SCREENING MON 21 DEC 18.00

Director Danny Boyle

Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet

USA I 2015 I 122 mins I stevejobsmovie.co.ukThe latest offering from dream team Danny Boyle(Trainspotting) and Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) is an edgy, behind-the-scenes look at the brilliant man at the epicenter of the digital revolution.

STUD LIFE (18) WED 09 DEC

CLOUDBURST (N/C 15+) WED 16 DEC

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Director Peter Sohn

Voices Raymond Ochoa, Jeffrey Wright

USA I 2015 I TBC minsvideo.disney.co.uk/the-good-dinosaurSet in a world where dinosaurs never became extinct, Pixar's latest animated adventure chartsthe friendship between a small boy and a giant apatosaurus! SQIFF PRESENTS: I DO?

SQIFF was formed with the aim to get people watching, talking aboutand making more queer films by brining films that people might nototherwise get a chance to see to Scotland. Find out more at sqiff.org

Programmer’s Choice Films

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

GOYA – VISIONS OF FLESH AND BLOOD WED 09 DEC

Exhibition on Screen brings blockbuster art exhibitions from galleries around the world to cinemas. Find out more at exhibitiononscreen.com

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FINSTERWORLD (15+) SUN 06 DEC

B-MOVIE: LUST & SOUND IN WEST-BERLIN 1979–1989 (15+) MON 07 DEC

BAAL (15+) SAT 12 DEC

FOX AND HIS FRIENDS FAUSTRECHT DER FREIHEIT (15) SUN 13 DEC

Screening presented in collaboration with SQUIFF – Scottish Queer International Festival.THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN DIE EHE DER MARIA BRAUN (15) MON 14 DEC

FOKUS: FILMS FROM GERMANY Fokus: Films from Germany is a Scotland-wide event featuring innovative,inspiring and challenging films by Germany-based directors across genres and themes. Seat Price £5.50 / Reduced Rate £4.50

THEY WILL HAVE TO KILL US FIRST (15)

TUE 08 & WED 09 DECDirector Johanna Schwartz

Starring Khaira Arby, Songhoy Blues

UK I 2015 I 100 minstheywillhavetokillusfirst.comIslamic extremists have banned music in Mali, but its world-famous musicians won’t give up without a fight. This film follows the story of Mali’s musical heroes as they fight for their right to sing.

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Director Ridley Scott

Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain

USA/UK I 2015 I 141 minsfoxmovies.com/movies/the-martianDuring a manned mission to Mars, AstronautMark Watney is presumed dead and left behind byhis crew. Stranded alone on the hostile planet withonly meager supplies, he must use his ingenuityand wit to find a way to survive and signal to Earththat he is alive.

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UK I 2015 I 85 minsTake a guided journey through the city of Florence,famous for being the cradle of the Italian Renaissance, through a look at the most beautifuland representative works of art from the period byMichelangelo, Brunelleschi, Raphael, Leonardoand Botticelli.

COMFORT AND JOY (PG)

WED 23 DEC

Director Bill Forsyth

Starring Bill Paterson, Clare Crogan

UK I 1984 I 106 minsFrom the director of Gregory’s Girl, Comfort and Joy is the classic comedy about a Glaswegianradio presenter who, a few days before Christmas, is dumped by his girlfriend and finds himself suddenly caught up in the city’sice-cream wars.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (U)WED 23, THU 24 & SAT 26 DEC

Director Frank Capra

Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed

USA I 1946 I 129 minsChristmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without It’sA Wonderful Life. Tickets for this festive feel-goodalways sell out so make sure you book early.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (PG)SAT 26, SUN 27 & TUE 29 DEC

Director David Lean

Starring Omar Sharif, Julie Christie

USA I 1965 I 200 mins plus intervalClassic romantic drama set during the Russion revolution, about an affair between a married doctor and a single mother who becomes a musefor his poetry.

JAWS (12A)

SAT 26 DECDirector Steven Spielberg

Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw

USA I 1975 I 124 minsIt’s 40 years since Spielberg’s thriller about a giantman-eating great white shark first hit our screensand changed the face of Hollywood forever. Seethe newly restored film on the big screen oncemore this Boxing Day.

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN (12A)SAT 26 – THU 31 DECDirector Paul McGuigan

Starring James McAvoy, Daniel Radcliffe

USA I 2015 I 110 minsfoxmovies.com/movies/victor-frankensteinRadical scientist Victor Frankenstein and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman share a noble vision of aiding humanity through theirgroundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor’s experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences.

THE POLAR EXPRESS (U)SAT 26 – MON 28 DECAUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING SUN 27 DEC

Director Robert Zemeckis

Voices Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis

USA I 2004 I 100 minsTom Hanks stars in this big budget adaptation ofthe well loved children’s book about a young boy’sjourney to the North Pole on a magical steamtrain, where he meets Father Christmas.

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... (15)WED 30 & THU 31 DEC

Director Rob Reiner

Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan

USA I 1989 I 95 minsOne of the best-loved romantic comedies of alltime When Harry Met Sally tries to answer thequestion of whether two friends can sleep together and still love each other in the morning?

A VERY SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS (7+)WED 09 DEC

60 minsProfessional Christmas researcher Dr Clauseneeds your help to understand Christmas customsin Scotland. Can you help her investigate the Christmas traditions and write a letter for her totake back to S.A.N.T.A? Bring your favourite toy to this special Christmas-themed screening andworkshop created by the Scottish Screen Archiveand theatre-maker Geraldine Heaney. Suitable forPrimary 4 & 5 (ages 7+)

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SUN 27 – THU 31 DECDirector Sarah GavronStarring Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep

UK I 2015 I 106 minsHaving watched as their peaceful protests achieved nothing, the remarkable foot soldiers of the Suffragette movement decide to take the law into their own hands. Back by popular demand, Suffragette is at once powerful, heart-breaking and inspirational.

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This December enjoy the definitive Marlon Brando documentary, Listen to Marlon, followed by a screening of his electrifying performance in A Streetcar Named Desire. Buy a ticket for both films for £12.00

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FLASH GORDON (18) THU 17 DECWATCHMEN (18) TUE 29 DEC

Cult Classic is a regular film screening night at Eden CourtCinema, 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

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MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION (12A)FRI 11 & SAT 12 DEC

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to enjoy the first Mission: Impossibleon the big screen once more before our screening of the latest chapter in the Ethan Hunt’s adventures – Rogue Nation. Double-Bill Ticket £10.00

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The 2015 Inverness Winter Festival winds up this month with two events you can read about elsewhere – with the magical Whin Park WINTER WONDERLAND [1] on 11–13 DEC (see Kids p17) and bringing proceedings to a close will be Scotland’s largest free Hogmanay concert THE RED HOT HIGHLAND FLING at the Northern Meeting Park Arena on 31 DEC from 8pm until 12.30am. Comedian Craig Hill [2] will host the 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 (see Music p18). You can see out the year in style – and don’t forget you can post New Year messages to friends and loved ones via text or twitter direct to the Big Screen at the event – see the ad on p04 for full details. #irhff

WORLD AIDS DAY [3] is on TUE 01 DEC – an opportunity for people to unite in the fi ght against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was fi rst held in 1988 and there’s now an annual community event in Inverness. This year it’s at EDEN COURT from 1.30–6.30pm with information stalls, talks on a range of HIV-related topics and an opportunity for refl ection. The event is free to attend and all are welcome. Refreshments will be available. Contact Rachel on 01463 711585 or [email protected] for more info.

If you’re struggling for Xmas present ideas or just want to stock up you might want to mosey along to Inverness Royal Academy on 02 DEC for a WINTER FAYRE where there’ll be over 40 stalls from local businesses. Money raised goes to local charities and school funds.

That’ll no doubt get you in the mood for the latest Exclusively Highlands CHRISTMAS ART, CRAFT & FOOD FESTIVAL @ Eden Court from 04–06 DEC with lots of beautiful items (potential gifts) on show. And it is held in support of the Inverness MS Therapy Centre, so you can feel good about spending.

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WED 25 NOVLADY CLAIRE MACDONALD COOKERY DEMONSTRATION @ Millburn Academy Hall, 7pm. Tickets £12.50 inc wine and mince pie on arrival from [email protected] or 01463 238328. All proceeds to Marie Curie Highland.

THE HOSPITALS OF THE HIGHLANDS @ Highland Archive and Registration Centre , 7.30pm. Their origins and development, talk by Jim Leslie.

BRITISH CERAMICS FROM PREHISTORY TO THE PRESENT @ Dingwall Community Centre, 7.30pm. With special reference to Scottish pottery history, talk by Eric Grant.

THU 26 NOVCHARITY QUIZ NIGHT @ Fort Augustus Village Hall, 7.30pm.

A TOUR OF THE UISTS @ Culduthel Christian Centre, 7.30pm. RSPB talk by Former group leader Richards Prentice, who has visited the Uists many times. Group members £3 Visitors £4.

FRI 27 NOVCHARITY PUB QUIZ @ Dows Bar, In aid of Children First charity.

CREATIVE MORAY FIRTH’S CHRISTMAS FAIR @ National Hotel Dingwall, 10am-3.30pm.

CULBOKIE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EVENING @ Culbokie Primary School, 6pm. A variety of local high quality food and craft stalls, lots of children’s activities and a chance to meet Santa. Children free, adults £2.50. Entry includes free prize draw, hot drink and mince pie.

SAT 28 NOVCREATIVE MORAY FIRTH’S CHRISTMAS FAIR @ National Hotel Dingwall.

ST ANDREW’S DAY LUNCH @ Craigmonie Centre, 12.30pm.Organised by the Saltire Society of Scotland, with guest speaker. All welcome but prebooking essential. 01463 713552

BRODIE CASTLE CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND FOOD FAIR @ Brodie Castle. Browse an array of stalls offering

Christmas crafts, gifts and seasonal food.

CHRISTMAS FAIR @ The Badenoch Centre. Local crafts, over thirty stalls. Tea and Coffee with a raffle on the day in aid of MFR Cash for Kids.

NORTH KESSOCK COMMUNITY MARKET @ North Kessock Hall, 10am-12 Noon. Local fresh vegetables, meat, eggs, bread and other produce - local crafts.Up to 28 food and craft stalls.

SUN 29 NOVBRODIE CASTLE CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND FOOD FAIR @ Brodie Castle.

DICKENSIAN CHRISTMAS FAIR @ The Tolbooth, Forres.

TUE 01 DECWORLD AIDS DAY 2015 COMMUNITY EVENT @ Eden Court, 1.30pm-6.30pm. An opportunity to raise awareness about HIV, challenge stigma, show support for those living with HIV and commemorate those who have died. There will be information stalls, talks on a range of HIV-related topics and an opportunity for reflection. The event is free to attend and all are welcome. Refreshments will be available.

CHRISTMAS ARTS AND CRAFTS WINTER LIGHTS SWITCH-ON @ The Square, Grantown-on-Spey, 6.30pm. Try your hand at making your own natural Christmas decorations as the town is lit up with festive lights.

HIGHLAND ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY TALK @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 7.30pm. By Howie Firth. James Clerk Maxwell and the International Year of Light.spacegazer.com

UPDATE ON GOLDEN EAGLE SURVEY, AND PRESENTATION ON SUBMITTING RECORDS @ Culloden Library, 7.30pm.Scottish Ornithologists’ Club talks by Stuart Benn and Peter Gordon. Contacts: 01463 221661 or 01808 511740 £3 members; £4 non members.

WED 02 DECWINTER FAYRE @ Inverness Royal Academy, 7pm. Over 40 stalls from local businesses. Money raised goes to local charities and school funds.

Entry is £3 for adults and £2 for children. This includes tea/coffee and a festive snack.

HARDSCRABBLE HERITAGE @ Ross House, Dornoch, 7pm. Talk by Dr Iain Robertson (Centre for History, UHI). The croft and blackhouse as cultural artifact.

RECOLLECTIONS @ The Welcome, Station Road, Golspie, 7.30pm. Talk by Allan Barclay. Organised by Golspie Heritage Society.

THU 03 DECART OF CUISINE @ Smithton Culloden Free Church, 2pm. By Ghislaine Howard BA (Hons). This is a NADFAS lecture. Non-members £6. New members welcome.Full details hdfas.org.uk

FRI 04 DECCHRISTMAS ART, CRAFT AND FOOD FESTIVAL @ Eden Court.Free Entry. Supporting The Inverness MS Therapy Centre.

SAT 05 DECCHRISTMAS ART, CRAFT AND FOOD FESTIVAL @ Eden Court. As Fri 04 Dec.

SUN 06 DECANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES FAIR @ Newton Hotel, Nairn. £2. Children free. 11am-4.30pm.

CHRISTMAS ART, CRAFT AND FOOD FESTIVAL @ Eden Court. As Fri 04 Dec.

MON 07 DECROYAL SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY LECTURE @ Highland Council Chamber, 7.30pm. Alistair Carr: Tales of Rebellion, Lost Civilisations and Explorers: Travels in the Sahel Region of North AfricaAdults £8; members, under 18’s and students free.

THE HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK - OUTSIDE THE FENCE @ Boat Of Garten Community Hall, 7.30pm.Talk by Douglas Richardson, Head of living collections for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park. The talk will cover not only the Park but also their breeding programmes and other conservation projects from water voles in the Trossachs to Amur leopards in the Russian far east. Admission £5 (under 16’s free with adult).

WED 09 DECPIONEERS OF THE HIGHLAND RAILWAY TRACKS @ Millburn Academy Hall, 7.30pm. The story of William and Murdoch Paterson. Inverness Field Club talk by Ann-Mary Paterson.invernessfieldclub.org.uk

HIGHLAND ROCK GARDEN CLUB @ Nairn Comm Ctr, 7.30pm. Altai Adventure. A talk by Elspeth Mackintosh (Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh). £2.50 including refreshments. All welcome. 01320 366246

THU 10 DECTHE APPLECROSS PENINSULA @ Culduthel Christian Centre, 7.30pm.RSPB talk. 01997 433283

SAT 12 DECRSPB CHRISTMAS BIRDING AND LUNCH @ TBC. Booking essential. 01997 433283

WED 16 DECFRANCO 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!

THU 17 DECEVERY OBJECT TELLS A STORY @ West Church Hall, Cromarty, 7.30pm. Handling and sharing items from the Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage and Museum and from our own lives. Talk by Dr Alix H.J. Powers-Jones. Followed by mulled wine and minced pies. Non-members: £3

SUN 20 DECCONGREGATIONAL ALL AGE SERVICE @ St Stephen’s Church

THU 24 DECCONGREGATIONAL ALL AGE SERVICE @ St Stephen’s Church, 6.30pm.

WATCHNIGHT SERVICE @ St Stephen’s Church, 11.30pm.

SUN 27 DECWORSHIP FOR FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS @ St Stephen’s Church, 10am.

WORSHIP FOR FIRST SUNDAY OF CHRISTMAS @ Old High Church, Inverness, 11.15am.

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I like to use a hand basket when I shop in a supermarket - there I’ve said it, it’s out there, I’m so inept at using supermarket trollies that I always take the basket option, it’s simply not worth the risk of me running into another customer’s ankles or, worse, a large display of bottles of expensive wine.

I’m not the only person to use the little wire baskets, I know this because there’s provision for huge stacks of them at the shop’s entrance and quite often these stacks are depleted and I have to trail to the self-service checkout to get one. I assume it’s fellow shoppers that are moving them there and not just a disgruntled employee making life diffi cult me for their own amusement.

I think it’s time for us basket users to get together and tell the supermarkets that their wire baskets are, in fact, a bit crap. Invariably the plastic coating on the handles is torn or mising, or worse, all sticky from the grubby fi ngers of countless previous users - don’t they ever wipe these down with hand-sanitizer? But by far the worst issue is that when you pick up the top basket it’s almost always fi rmly attached to the one beneath and so begins the frustrating shaking and jerking of the basket to try to release it from its neighbour. I can’t count the number of times I have stood in a shop doorway for many minutes trying to wrestle the little

buggers apart before fi nally giving up in disgust, throwing the pair aside and repeating the whole shennanigans with the next set and i know i’m not the only one this happens to. I’ve seen others suffer the same problem, recently witnessing one chap who was obviously so used to his baskets sticking together that when he somehow managed to pick up a single one as he breezed into the shop he shook it violently anyway. It made it look like his hand had decided to pick up the basket of its own accord while his brain was struggling to convince said hand to put it back because it wasn’t needed.

My most recent bout of basket-rage was particulary violent and saw me hurling several of them around the little foyer of the store and I’d like to appologise to anyone who witnessed and was disturbed by my unseemly behaviour, though I would like to claim mitigating circumstances.

You see the cash machine had upset me and left me all fi red up. I don’t like change, it unsettles me. While waiting for the machine to count my cash (honestly how long can it take to count out a single ten pound note - is that even counting?) an advert popped up on the wee screen, it told me that a near-by pizza establishment had “a new look” .. “a new menu” and “a new vibe”. I wondered just who this advert was aimed at. I very rarely

eat in such places and don’t feel I’d be tempted to do so by an annoying pop-up that was basically just holding up my banking transaction, also the wording by use of the word “new” tends to suggest it’s meant to encourage those who’d been before but for one reason or another never went back. What it’s really saying is “hey, you might not have liked us in the past but we’ve changed, honest - give us another chance and you’ll see. Look the menu’s all new, we’ve redecorated the place and that old vibe you didn’t like? - well that’s all gone now. Come on, come back and try us again ...please”. And while that is maybe all well and good, although, it comes accross as a tad needy - it might tempt a couple of people back through your doors for another try .. but think about what it’s saying to their loyal clientel, the people who have been enjoying their fayre on a regular basis maybe for several years. To them the advert is saying “remember your favourite pizza shop? remember the decor you love? the ambiance that was just right for you? - well we’ve changed all that .. and the menu’s different too so we might not even be serving your favourite dish anymore”. It’s like they just don’t care and that upsets me, and, I’m afraid to say I may have taken a little of that upset out on the shopping baskets and for that I’m sorry - though they’re not entrely blameless either.

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SAT 28 NOV INVERNESS PARKRUN @ Bught Park, 9.30am. Timed 5k run. Every Saturday. parkrun.org.uk/inverness

Football: STRATHSPEY.V V HUNTLY FORRES MECH V TURRIFF UTD WICK AC’ V FORMARTINE UTD NAIRN CO. V DEVERONVALE CLACH V LOSSIE Rugby: HIGHLAND V BOROUGHMUIRU18 & FULL TEAMS (both 2pm )

SUN 29 NOV DUFFTOWN 5KM SANTA RUN @ Dufftown Brit Legion 1.30pm

Football: ICT V CELTIC

Rugby: HIGHLAND V BOROUGHMUIR(U13/ U14/ U15/U16)

SAT 05 DEC Football: ROSS CO V SAINTS Rugby: MORAY RFC V ELLON

HIGHLAND V CURRIE HIGHLAND V STRATHMORE RFC HIGHLAND V CURRIE (U18)

SUN 06 DEC Rugby: HIGHLAND V CURRIE(U13/ U14/ U15/U16)

SAT 12 DEC MINCE PIE RELAY RACE @ Bishopmill Pr Schl, Elgin 10am

Football: ICT V KILMARNOCK

Rugby: MORAY V ABERDEEN W INVERNESS C V DYCE

SUN 13 DEC INVERNESS SANTA RUN 5K @ Inverness Leisure, 1pm, The WildHearts Santa Run is an annual festive fixture in Inverness and a great way to kick off Christmas! Participants can run, jog or walk around the 5km route with friends and family or as part of an

office team, earning the right to enjoy a guilt-free Christmas pudding! Children will be able to take part too – as WeeSantas – and enjoy being part of the festive fun with their families. wildheartsinaction.org

LOSSIEMOUTH 10 MILE TURKEY TROT @ Road Outside RAF Lossiemouth, 11am Registration opens at 9.30am in Lossiemouth Community Centre and closes at 10.30am. Entries are welcome on the day, please ensure you arrive in plenty of time to go through the registration process if you intend to enter on the day. There will be water stations out on the course. For more info and to enter visit: morayroadrunners.com

SAT 19 DEC Football: ICT V DUNDEE UTD

Rugby: HIGHLAND V CARNOUSTIE

INV CRAIG DUNAIN V NORTH SCOTLAND POLICE

SAT 26 DEC Football: ROSS CO. V DUNDEE

WED 30 DEC Football: ROSS CO V KILMARNOCK

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. clicsargent.org.uk for more info and to sign up.

SAT 02 JAN HANGOVER RUN @ Miltonduff Hall, 11am

FOOTBALL: ICT V ROSS COUNTY

There are many things we feel like doing over the holiday period, usually revolving around slumping in front of the telly and stuffi ng ourselves with food. For some however, nothing screams Xmas more than the chance to get a bit of exercise. If it’s the gentler sort and for a good cause then you’ll be making sure to take part in this year’s WILDHEARTS SANTA RUN on SUN 13 DEC. Participants can run, jog or walk around the 5km route (beginning at Inverness Leisure and taking in the riverside) with friends and family while raising money for WildHearts, a Scottish charity that provides enterprise education in local schools and helps people in the developing world work their way out of poverty via microfi nance. More details at tinyurl.com/santaruninverness – and there’s more running at the traditional LOSSIEMOUTH TURKEY TROT on the same day (below).

Those who prefer to watch sport rather than participate are better served as ROSS COUNTY fans (home to Dundee on 26 & Kilmarnock on 29 DEC) than their INVERNESS CT equivalents (away to Aberdeen on 26 & Hamilton on 30 Dec), but both sets of supporters will be hollering friendly banter at each other for the latest El Kessocko derby in Inverness on 02 JAN.

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I like to use a hand basket when I shop in a supermarket - there I’ve said it, it’s out there, I’m so inept at using supermarket trollies that I always take the basket option, it’s simply not worth the risk of me running into another customer’s ankles or, worse, a large display of bottles of expensive wine.

I’m not the only person to use the little wire baskets, I know this because there’s provision for huge stacks of them at the shop’s entrance and quite often these stacks are depleted and I have to trail to the self-service checkout to get one. I assume it’s fellow shoppers that are moving them there and not just a disgruntled employee making life diffi cult me for their own amusement.

I think it’s time for us basket users to get together and tell the supermarkets that their wire baskets are, in fact, a bit crap. Invariably the plastic coating on the handles is torn or mising, or worse, all sticky from the grubby fi ngers of countless previous users - don’t they ever wipe these down with hand-sanitizer? But by far the worst issue is that when you pick up the top basket it’s almost always fi rmly attached to the one beneath and so begins the frustrating shaking and jerking of the basket to try to release it from its neighbour. I can’t count the number of times I have stood in a shop doorway for many minutes trying to wrestle the little

buggers apart before fi nally giving up in disgust, throwing the pair aside and repeating the whole shennanigans with the next set and i know i’m not the only one this happens to. I’ve seen others suffer the same problem, recently witnessing one chap who was obviously so used to his baskets sticking together that when he somehow managed to pick up a single one as he breezed into the shop he shook it violently anyway. It made it look like his hand had decided to pick up the basket of its own accord while his brain was struggling to convince said hand to put it back because it wasn’t needed.

My most recent bout of basket-rage was particulary violent and saw me hurling several of them around the little foyer of the store and I’d like to appologise to anyone who witnessed and was disturbed by my unseemly behaviour, though I would like to claim mitigating circumstances.

You see the cash machine had upset me and left me all fi red up. I don’t like change, it unsettles me. While waiting for the machine to count my cash (honestly how long can it take to count out a single ten pound note - is that even counting?) an advert popped up on the wee screen, it told me that a near-by pizza establishment had “a new look” .. “a new menu” and “a new vibe”. I wondered just who this advert was aimed at. I very rarely

eat in such places and don’t feel I’d be tempted to do so by an annoying pop-up that was basically just holding up my banking transaction, also the wording by use of the word “new” tends to suggest it’s meant to encourage those who’d been before but for one reason or another never went back. What it’s really saying is “hey, you might not have liked us in the past but we’ve changed, honest - give us another chance and you’ll see. Look the menu’s all new, we’ve redecorated the place and that old vibe you didn’t like? - well that’s all gone now. Come on, come back and try us again ...please”. And while that is maybe all well and good, although, it comes accross as a tad needy - it might tempt a couple of people back through your doors for another try .. but think about what it’s saying to their loyal clientel, the people who have been enjoying their fayre on a regular basis maybe for several years. To them the advert is saying “remember your favourite pizza shop? remember the decor you love? the ambiance that was just right for you? - well we’ve changed all that .. and the menu’s different too so we might not even be serving your favourite dish anymore”. It’s like they just don’t care and that upsets me, and, I’m afraid to say I may have taken a little of that upset out on the shopping baskets and for that I’m sorry - though they’re not entrely blameless either.

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It’s that time of the year when we are morally obliged to inform you that it’s panto season, before embarking on an endless bantz-bounce of “oh no it’s not, oh yes it is” etc until everyone gets bored. If past experiences are anything to go by though there won’t be a hint of boredom at the annual EDEN COURT panto, running from 10 DEC–10 JAN. This year it’s PETER PAN [1] with Greg Powrie swapping his usual dame’s dresses this year for a moustache and wrist attachment to play the villainous pirate Captain Hook. The show also stars Iain Wotherspoon as Nanny McSmee, Ross Allan as Smee, Kieran Morris as

Peter Pan, Alana Jacqueline as Tinker Bell, Rebecca Maltman as Wendy, Stephanie Falls as Tiger Lily and Inverness’s own Claire Darcy as Mrs Darling. As always, tickets go fast, so get yours now…

Peter Pan isn’t the only panto in town though and you can also see BABES IN THE WOOD at FLORIANS (04-12 DEC) and ROBIN HOOD at STRATHPEFFER PAVILION (08 & 09 DEC) while the folk at LITTLE THEATRE NAIRN have come up with something a little more unexpected in the form of a CALAMITY JANE PANTO running from 26 NOV–12 DEC.

Coincidentally, the now traditional Eden Court “anti-panto” also has a Western vibe. Following the success of productions inspired by Fawlty Towers, Allo Allo! and Sweeney Todd, this year’s show, THE GOLDEN NUGGET OF BADCROW [2] (15–17 DEC) is a spoof cowboy affair billing itself as “Carry on Cowboy meets Monty Python in the Mexican desert”. And if that doesn’t provide a bracingly hilarious riposte to festive sentimentality, nothing will.

There’ll be more than a smidgen of panto spirit at the ROCK’N’WRESTLE WINTER SLAM [3] at IRONWORKS on 11 DEC. It’s the latest edition of a concept that has proved to be one of the year’s success stories and this end-of-year showdown should be no exception. As usual there are all sorts of VIP meet-and-greet options for those who want to meet their heroes.

Another of 2015’s most impressive cultural triumphs has been the amount of great stand-ups coming up here and for those who like their puns, STEWART FRANCIS [4] who comes to EDEN COURT on 14 DEC with his show called (surprise, surprise) PUN GENT, will be a more than welcome way to end the comedy year.

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THU 26 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm. See Wild West heroine Calamity Jane on stage in this pantomime version of the classic musical extravaganza. Visit: nairndrama.org.uk for ticket info and to book.

LIFE ON WHEELS @ Eden Court, 7pm. Does friendship endure more than love? Will it ground you; can it help you escape your reality? On roller-skates and in the air, two women revisit the interweaving stories of their past lives and loves - from the post-war optimism of the late 1940s to the domestic realities of the 1950s and beyond.

FRI 27 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm. As Thu 26 Nov.

SAT 28 NOVDANIEL SLOSS : DARK @ Eden Court, 8pm. Don’t miss the smash-hit new show from Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox!

CALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

SUN 29 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

MON 30 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

TUE 01 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

WED 02 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

THU 03 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

FRI 04 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

BABES IN THE WOOD @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. Florians Pantomime.

Written by Trevor Nicol, and directed by Fiona McDonald. This

classic panto tale is sure to entertain. Tickets from Box Office on 0333 666 3366

THE COMEDY BOTHY @ The Bothy @ Hootananny’s, 8pm.

SAT 05 DECBABES IN THE WOOD @ Florians Little Theatre, 2.30pm, 7.30pm. As Fri 4 Dec


SUN 06 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

MON 07 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

BABES IN THE WOOD @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. As Fri 4 Dec

TUE 08 DECROBIN HOOD: CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 10.30am, 7.30pm.Join Robin Hood and Little John as they battle to save Maid Marion from the clutches of the insane Sheriff of Nottingham!



WED 09 DECROBIN HOOD: CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME @ Strathpeffer Pav, 10.30am.As Tue 08 Dec.


BABES IN THE WOOD @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. As Fri 4 Dec.

THU 10 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 7pm. A magical journey as we fly away to Neverland in this fantastic new panto for 2015. 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!



FRI 11 DECROCK N WRESTLE WINTER SLAM @ The Ironworks, 7pm.The atmosphere of a rock concert with the excitement of a pro-wrestling event!



PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.



PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

SUN 13 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

MON 14 DECSTEWART FRANCIS: PUN GENT @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Star of Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Live at the Apollo, Stewart Francis embarks on a brand new stand up tour with a fantastic and hilarious new show!

TUE 15 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

THE GOLDEN NUGGET OF BADCROW @ Eden Court, 8pm. Following the success of Fawlty Towers, Allo Allo! and Sweeny Tod this year’s

anti-panto is a spoof cowboy-show... Carry on Cowboy meets Monty Python in the Mexican desert. Watch out for bullets, arrows and bad jokes!

WED 16 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

THE GOLDEN NUGGET OF BADCROW @ Eden Court, 8pm.

THU 17 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.


FRI 18 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

DEL BOY AND RODNEY: COMEDY DINNER SHOW @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 7.30pm.Fans of the popular television sitcom Only Fools and Horses will love this hilarious parody comedy show. Derek Trotter, the crème brulée of Peckham, is your host for the evening with a discerning palate – and an eye for a bargain. Rodney and Uncle Albert join in the fun for a hilarious themed interactive comedy dining experience.

SAT 19 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

DEL BOY AND RODNEY: COMEDY DINNER SHOW @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 7.30pm.

THE COMEDY BOTHY PRESENTS @ Mad Hatters, 8pm. With Phil Kay. £5.




THU 24 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

SAT 26 DEC - JANPETER PAN @ Eden Court, As Thu 10 Dec.

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THU 26 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm. See Wild West heroine Calamity Jane on stage in this pantomime version of the classic musical extravaganza. Visit: nairndrama.org.uk for ticket info and to book.

LIFE ON WHEELS @ Eden Court, 7pm. Does friendship endure more than love? Will it ground you; can it help you escape your reality? On roller-skates and in the air, two women revisit the interweaving stories of their past lives and loves - from the post-war optimism of the late 1940s to the domestic realities of the 1950s and beyond.

FRI 27 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm. As Thu 26 Nov.

SAT 28 NOVDANIEL SLOSS : DARK @ Eden Court, 8pm. Don’t miss the smash-hit new show from Scotland’s internationally acclaimed and award-winning comedy half-man-half-Xbox!


SUN 29 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

MON 30 NOVCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

TUE 01 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

WED 02 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

THU 03 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

FRI 04 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

BABES IN THE WOOD @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. Florians Pantomime.

Written by Trevor Nicol, and directed by Fiona McDonald. This

classic panto tale is sure to entertain. Tickets from Box Office on 0333 666 3366

THE COMEDY BOTHY @ The Bothy @ Hootananny’s, 8pm.



SUN 06 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.

MON 07 DECCALAMITY JANE PANTOMINE @ Little Theatre Nairn, 7pm.As Thu 26 Nov.


TUE 08 DECROBIN HOOD: CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 10.30am, 7.30pm.Join Robin Hood and Little John as they battle to save Maid Marion from the clutches of the insane Sheriff of Nottingham!



WED 09 DECROBIN HOOD: CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME @ Strathpeffer Pav, 10.30am.As Tue 08 Dec.


BABES IN THE WOOD @ Florians Little Theatre, 7.30pm. As Fri 4 Dec.

THU 10 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 7pm. A magical journey as we fly away to Neverland in this fantastic new panto for 2015. 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!



FRI 11 DECROCK N WRESTLE WINTER SLAM @ The Ironworks, 7pm.The atmosphere of a rock concert with the excitement of a pro-wrestling event!



PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.



PETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Thu 10 Dec.


MON 14 DECSTEWART FRANCIS: PUN GENT @ Eden Court, 7.30pm.Star of Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow and Live at the Apollo, Stewart Francis embarks on a brand new stand up tour with a fantastic and hilarious new show!


THE GOLDEN NUGGET OF BADCROW @ Eden Court, 8pm. Following the success of Fawlty Towers, Allo Allo! and Sweeny Tod this year’s

anti-panto is a spoof cowboy-show... Carry on Cowboy meets Monty Python in the Mexican desert. Watch out for bullets, arrows and bad jokes!



THU 17 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.


FRI 18 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1.30pm, 7pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

DEL BOY AND RODNEY: COMEDY DINNER SHOW @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 7.30pm.Fans of the popular television sitcom Only Fools and Horses will love this hilarious parody comedy show. Derek Trotter, the crème brulée of Peckham, is your host for the evening with a discerning palate – and an eye for a bargain. Rodney and Uncle Albert join in the fun for a hilarious themed interactive comedy dining experience.

SAT 19 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

DEL BOY AND RODNEY: COMEDY DINNER SHOW @ Strathpeffer Pavilion, 7.30pm.

THE COMEDY BOTHY PRESENTS @ Mad Hatters, 8pm. With Phil Kay. £5.




THU 24 DECPETER PAN @ Eden Court, 1pm, 5pm. As Thu 10 Dec.

SAT 26 DEC - JANPETER PAN @ Eden Court, As Thu 10 Dec.

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Caribbean Bar & Kitchen14 Church Street, Inverness 01463 230 856

For almost half a decade now, there’s been a small part of the Highlands that’s forever Jamaica thanks to the magnifi cently named Glenroy Glaze who, back in 2010 opened Kool Runnings in Inverness’ emerging cultural heartland, aka Baron Taylor & Church. Five years on and he’s still there, though in recent months the place has changed its name to Caribbean Bar & Kitchen, slightly to the dismay of those of us for whom the greatest ever fi lm about West Indian bobsleighers triumphing over adversity at the Winter Olympics (or certainly one of the top three) remains dear to our hearts. And so, despite the name change, it’ll always be Kool Runnings in our heads.

And presumably in the heads of locals who are lucky enough to have the only Jamaican restaurant in Scotland right on their doorstep, though you do sense that perhaps not enough Invernessians realise just how lucky they are, much of the place’s trade coming from tourists, particularly on the rare sunny days in summer when they can sit at the tables outside and conjure up at least some of the spirit

of sandy beaches and palm trees on the other side of the Atlantic. Now that winter’s on its way it’s busier in the evening than during the day, hence the fact that when we visit for a midweek lunch we just about have the place to ourselves, the only other customers being a middle-aged Jamaican lady (a good sign) hankering for the food of her youth and her Scottish buddy resolutely sticking to something he knows.

Perhaps it’s that fellow’s reticence to try new things – something that can be particularly pronounced round here – which means that GG has had to compromise somewhat by putting all sorts of European dishes on the menu, most recently (and proclaimed on large posters in the window) “Local Fish & Chips”. The latter’s only concession to the spirit of the Caribbean is that the picture has a palm tree sunset in the background and surely “local” fi sh and chips is just about the least exotic thing you can think of. The Caribbean has plenty of great fi sh dishes and perhaps it’s those that should be celebrated here.Similarly, while the interior still sports the pictures of Marley, Bolt et al, the music

played isn’t reggae, but an old Sinatra compilation, something that would only provide an “authentic” Jamaican experience were you to be dining at Ian Fleming’s villa with Noel Coward and the gang. Messy menus only add to the general feeling of confusion, a criticism we’re only making out of frustration that such failings are concealing the fact that this place provides some of the most interesting and brilliantly cooked food in the city.

Even the drinks menu includes an array of rums, some 21 years old, that trumps anything anywhere else in Inverness can offer, but we decide to leave any exploration for another time, plumping instead for a couple of rather fi ne ginger beers. They actually prove to be the perfect accompaniment to the spicing of Jamaican food, a tip worth remembering.

And to start I have perhaps the most iconic Jamaican dish of all, Ackee & Saltfi sh. Those who’ve lived in any kind of West Indian community will know its ubiquity and once you’ve tried it you’ll understand why. A fruit of the lychee family, ackee is 3939

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Caribbean Bar & Kitchen14 Church Street, Inverness 01463 230 856

For almost half a decade now, there’s been a small part of the Highlands that’s forever Jamaica thanks to the magnifi cently named Glenroy Glaze who, back in 2010 opened Kool Runnings in Inverness’ emerging cultural heartland, aka Baron Taylor & Church. Five years on and he’s still there, though in recent months the place has changed its name to Caribbean Bar & Kitchen, slightly to the dismay of those of us for whom the greatest ever fi lm about West Indian bobsleighers triumphing over adversity at the Winter Olympics (or certainly one of the top three) remains dear to our hearts. And so, despite the name change, it’ll always be Kool Runnings in our heads.

And presumably in the heads of locals who are lucky enough to have the only Jamaican restaurant in Scotland right on their doorstep, though you do sense that perhaps not enough Invernessians realise just how lucky they are, much of the place’s trade coming from tourists, particularly on the rare sunny days in summer when they can sit at the tables outside and conjure up at least some of the spirit

of sandy beaches and palm trees on the other side of the Atlantic. Now that winter’s on its way it’s busier in the evening than during the day, hence the fact that when we visit for a midweek lunch we just about have the place to ourselves, the only other customers being a middle-aged Jamaican lady (a good sign) hankering for the food of her youth and her Scottish buddy resolutely sticking to something he knows.

Perhaps it’s that fellow’s reticence to try new things – something that can be particularly pronounced round here – which means that GG has had to compromise somewhat by putting all sorts of European dishes on the menu, most recently (and proclaimed on large posters in the window) “Local Fish & Chips”. The latter’s only concession to the spirit of the Caribbean is that the picture has a palm tree sunset in the background and surely “local” fi sh and chips is just about the least exotic thing you can think of. The Caribbean has plenty of great fi sh dishes and perhaps it’s those that should be celebrated here.Similarly, while the interior still sports the pictures of Marley, Bolt et al, the music

played isn’t reggae, but an old Sinatra compilation, something that would only provide an “authentic” Jamaican experience were you to be dining at Ian Fleming’s villa with Noel Coward and the gang. Messy menus only add to the general feeling of confusion, a criticism we’re only making out of frustration that such failings are concealing the fact that this place provides some of the most interesting and brilliantly cooked food in the city.

Even the drinks menu includes an array of rums, some 21 years old, that trumps anything anywhere else in Inverness can offer, but we decide to leave any exploration for another time, plumping instead for a couple of rather fi ne ginger beers. They actually prove to be the perfect accompaniment to the spicing of Jamaican food, a tip worth remembering.

And to start I have perhaps the most iconic Jamaican dish of all, Ackee & Saltfi sh. Those who’ve lived in any kind of West Indian community will know its ubiquity and once you’ve tried it you’ll understand why. A fruit of the lychee family, ackee is 3939

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CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCHJoin us for a scrumptious FIVE-COURSE Christmas Lunch with all the trimmings

£39.95 per adult £47.95 with half bottle house wineUnder 12s £19.50 | Under 5s FREE

All The MAGIC OF CHRISTMAS at Mercure Inverness Hotel

Boxing Day Lunch4 Delicious Courses

£24.95 per adult£32.95 with half bottle wine

U12s £19.50 | U5s FREE

Family Hogmanay Party

5 Course Dinner, Live Band & Disco

£65 per adult£73 w half bottle house wine

U12s £32 | U5s FREE

See our menus online: mercure.com/festive Or call to book on: 0844 815 9006

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usually found in tins here and has the look, taste and texture of scrambled egg, which when combined with the salted cod makes for a glorious combination. And if you doubt it, just remember smoked salmon and scrambled eggs and start from there. The accompanying fried plantain and dumplings, another Jamaican staple provide the perfect starch’n’carbs contribution.

My companion’s Goats Cheese Tart is one of those things that could be, but probably isn’t, offered on every Caribbean street corner, though with goats a main food source (and the curried goat on the menu here is a triumph) it makes sense for the cheese to be from those animals. And the dish itself is rated top notch, the accompanying red onion marmalade and balsamic glaze perfectly offsetting the tanginess of the cheese.

For my main I’m tempted by the aforementioned Curried Goat, but go instead for the Meaty Combo which combines two of Glenroy’s specialities, ribs and jerk chicken. The latter is, according to the menu “world famous” and you can see why. Or rather you can taste why, since, by necessity, the herbs and spices (notably thyme, pepper, scotch bonnet and allspice) coating the chicken end up blackened, not an awfully appealing look, but imparting a wonderful fl avour to a substantial piece of bird. And wonderfully tender too, as are the ribs. Again given a dry rub of special ingredients and slow cooked for a couple of hours, they melt in the mouth and take away the title of Best Ribs In Town hitherto held by Scotch & Rye. Accompanying roast sweet potatoes and salad are almost unnecessary when the meat itself is as delicious as this.

No meat at all in my pal’s main, chosen from an admirably varied list of vegetarian options. Jamaican Style Steamed Callaloo is, as the name suggests, another traditional West Indian dish and though he was uncertain about what to expect, the mix of vegetables served on rice and peas turns out to be “fantastic, very tasty and fi lling, providing many of your fi ve-a-day, if you’re into that sort of

thing”. Obviously folks who are afraid of peas, broccoli and similar workaday veg will see this as something from the seventh circle of hell, but if you’re one of the growing numbers who are tired of the same old pasta or roasted vegetable restaurant option you will enjoy this.

We’ve moaned before about how puddings are often a real let-down with few chefs capable of turning out both great savoury and sweet creations and with the Caribbean hardly famous for its desserts we’re not expecting anything particularly notable. More fool us, with my companion proclaiming his Flambé Tropical Fruit Cake to be a strong contender for Best Pudding Of The Year. A light, warm fruit cake, doused in rum and fl amed in the kitchen is accompanied by a sublime home-made rum and raisin ice cream and polished off quick smart.

My Passion Fruit Cheesecake, though closer in texture to a panacotta than a cheesecake is equally impressive, as is more home made ice cream, this time mango-fl avoured. Presentation on both is identical, right down to the ever-present cape gooseberry, strawberry and sugar folderols, but they’re good looking desserts and a confi dent close to proceedings.

The Caribbean Bar & Kitchen has its faults, most notably those messy menus and unnecessary culinary compromises, but at its heart there’s some glorious Jamaican cooking. And again we have to emphasise, this is something you can’t get anywhere else in Scotland. Head along and see just how good it can be.

Price for 2: £36.70 (exc. drinks)

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These quarterly figures were boosted by notably strong sales in September, with HSPC recording the highest September sales since 2007. Sales value in September was also the best of any month for eight years.

However, looking at the year to date, sales numbers and value are both down by 6% on the equivalent period in 2014.

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These quarterly figures were boosted by notably strong sales in September, with HSPC recording the highest September sales since 2007. Sales value in September was also the best of any month for eight years.

However, looking at the year to date, sales numbers and value are both down by 6% on the equivalent period in 2014.

Commenting on the market statistics, SARAH WOODCOCK, Manager of HSPC, said:

“As these figures suggest, it has been a mixed year for the property market in the Highlands and Islands. The strong figures in September are in tune with a recent report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors which noted an increase in sales, for the month across Scotland.

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“One of the factors that have contributed to the fluctuations in the market is continuing economic uncertainty, notably the downturn in the oil and gas industry.

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INSPIRED DESIGN AND TRADE KNOW-HOW Kitchen and Bathroom Showroom

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> Scout Post 2015 is Here!HSPC will again be selling Scout Post Stamps from 17 November to 9 December. The post box is also at: HSPC, 30 Queensgate, Inverness. Cubs & Scouts are delivering Christmas post across Inverness, Smithton, Culloden, Balloch and Westhill. Stamps cost 35p (and we don’t mind what size the card is!).

Now in its 20th year Scout Post has developed from a small activity to become not just a major fundraiser, but an Inverness institution supported by sponsors HSPC.

LISA SIMPSON, Property Manager at Middleton, Ross & Arnott is having her head shaved to raise funds for the MACMILLAN NURSES! if you would like to support her donate by logging onto to:bravetheshave.org.uk/shavers/lisa-simpson/

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

(T&Cs Apply)

THISCOMPLETE KITCHEN:

from

£5,995 FULLY FITTED

Supply & Installation• 10 Kitchen Units P• Oven, Hob & Extractor P• Sink & Taps P• Under Cabinet Lighting P• Splashback P• Soft close hinges P• Karndean Flooring P• Based on 6.68m2 P

THISCOMPLETE BATHROOM:

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Supply & Installation• Showerbath & Mixer Tap P• 6mm thick bath screen P• All walls wetwalled P • Karndean flooring P • 3 spotlights & extractor P • Illuminated mirror P• Chrome ladder radiator P• WC. , sink & pedestal P• Based on 3.34m2 P

Excellent work, & very hardworking staff, would highly recommend the firm Mrs Munro

Excellent job, delivered on time by professional, friendly team Mrs Fraser

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

We NowManufacture

ALL FURNITURE

in House!

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

(T&Cs Apply)

THISCOMPLETE KITCHEN:

from


Supply & Installation• 10 Kitchen Units P• Oven, Hob & Extractor P• Sink & Taps P• Under Cabinet Lighting P• Splashback P• Soft close hinges P• Karndean Flooring P• Based on 6.68m2 P

THISCOMPLETE BATHROOM:

from


Supply & Installation• Showerbath & Mixer Tap P• 6mm thick bath screen P• All walls wetwalled P • Karndean flooring P • 3 spotlights & extractor P • Illuminated mirror P• Chrome ladder radiator P• WC. , sink & pedestal P• Based on 3.34m2 P

Excellent work, & very hardworking staff, would highly recommend the firm Mrs Munro

Excellent job, delivered on time by professional, friendly team Mrs Fraser

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

We NowManufacture

ALL FURNITURE

in House!

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Recyclingath-chuairtich airson na Gàidhealtachd

for Highland

( 01349 886603 * [email protected] 8 www.highland.gov.uk/recycle

use your blue bin to recycle all your extra...

and remember your collection dates may

change over the festive season!

YOUR NORMAL COLLECTION : WILL BE COLLECTED ON:Tuesday 22nd December 2015 Saturday 19th December 2015

Friday 25th December 2015 Tuesday 22nd December 2015Tuesday 29th December 2015 Saturday 26th December 2015

Friday 1st January 2016 Tuesday 29th December 2015Recycling Centres closed on the 25th, 26th December and 1st, 2nd January

Christmas

mixed paper & cardboard

plastic bottlespots, tubs & trays

food and drinkcartons

food tins, drink cans& aerosols

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Christmas Gift Ideasfrom Eden Court.

Stuck for gift ideas this Christmas? Why not consider gifting tickets to a show, providing your friend or loved one with a really special

experience? We have lots of exciting events coming up in 2016, many of which will sell out – see a sample of them below.

If you like the idea but don’t know which show would suit your recipient best, you can buy an Eden Court Gift Voucher.

Sorted.

BOX OFFICE: 01463 234 234 eden-court.co.uk

PANTO: PETER PAN 8 Dec–10 Jan | CINDERELLA 27–30 Jan ‘16

BRENDAN COLE 27 Feb ‘16 | HAIRSPRAY 29 Feb–05 Mar ‘16

LULU 18 March ‘16 | DOMINIC KIRWAN 24 April ‘16 | SWAN LAKE 4–7 May ‘16

THE LAST TANGO 31 May–04 Jun ‘16 | JIMMY CARR 21 Aug ‘16

Christmas Gift IdeasChristmas Gift Ideas

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