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Festival Service
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, 11.15am
conducted by Rev Fraser Macnaughton
with St Magnus Cathedral Choir
Buses for Stromness leave Palace Road at 12.30pm and return from Stromness Pierhead, calling at Stromness Academy, at 6pm. If you would like to book a seat on the bus, please indicate this on the booking form.
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 Event 14: Andrew Motion
Stromness Parish Church, 1.15pm - 2.15pm
Andrew Motion reads from Ways of Life: On Poets, Painters and Places
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Event 15: Puppet State Theatre Company
The Man Who Planted Trees
MagFest Spiegeltent, Kirkwall, 2pm - 3pm
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 Event 16: Endellion String Quartet
Stromness Town Hall, 2.30pm - 4.30pm
Schumann's Piano Quintet with Eric Le Sage and a new collaboration between composer Roxanna Panufnik and poet Wendy Cope |
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 Event 17: A Johnsmas Foy
Stromness Academy Theatre, 5pm - 6pm
Orkney poetry, prose and music
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 Festival Film: Bell Rock
Phoenix Cinema, Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall 5.30pm - 6.20pm
Acclaimed BBC drama documentary about Stevenson's Bell Rock lighthouse as one of the seven wonders of the industrial world.
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Event 18: Oiseau Rouge II
6.30pm - 8.30pm (all age show)
The Spiegeltent returns with Oiseau Rouge II, a new mix of circus, cabaret, burlesque, comedy and music specially created for St Magnus Festival by the team who devised the hugely popular 2007 show, all housed in the same exotic mirrored pavilion.
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Event 19: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall, 7.30pm - 9.30pm
David Danzmayr conducts an American-inspired programme: Bernstein, Dvorak and Jennifer Higdon's colourful concerto featuring Scottish percussionist Colin Currie |
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Event 20: Lisa Milne sings Jacques Brel
Spiegeltent, Kirkwall, 10.15pm - 11.15pm
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 Festival Club: Rock Salt and Nails
Matchmakers, Albert Hotel, Kirkwall from 10pm
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| *Concessions are available for schoolchildren, full-time students and people who are registered unemployed. Full details of the programme will be available as a printed brochure from 19th March 2009. Postal and in-person bookings open Monday 4th May. Phone bookings accepted from Tuesday 5th May. Please call +44 (0)1856 871445, or download the booking form and order by post. Click here for box office opening times. Information on priority booking for supporters available here. |
