MagFest is a strand of 'Fringe' style events and performances which is of a different character each year. For 2018 Magfest will host a major outdoor concert at one of Orkney's most iconic locations.

The Giant Magnus Parade

20:30 - 21:30 St Magnus Cathedral Broad Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NX

The performance in the Cathedral will be followed by a colourful musical procession through the streets led by a giant puppet St Magnus, bringing together the talents of school children from across Orkney with Emergency Exit Arts. The procession ...

7 MAGFEST goes West

17:30 - 21:30 Skaill House Bay of Skaill, Sandwick KW16 3LR

MAGFEST returns with an outdoor concert of music from Lithuania and Orkney in the grounds of  one of Orkney's most historic houses, sited at the heart of the World Heritage Site on Orkney's Atlantic Coast.   Hadhi...

25 Revue Z

21:30 - 22:30 Orkney Theatre The Meadows, Kirkwall KW15 1QN

Revue Z – one-woman cabaret written and performed by Zoë Martlew Featuring a blonde, a cello, a whip and a lot of digital playback… Unhinged, uncensored, underwired. Uproarious, moving, hilarious and utterly off the wall,...

3 MAGFEST: GARRY STARR PERFORMS EVERYTHING

21:00 - 22:00 Orkney Theatre The Meadows, Kirkwall KW15 1QN

Expelled from the Royal Shakespeare Company due to ‘artistic differences’, disgraced actor Garry Starr is defying his critics by performing every genre of theatre imaginable, thus saving the performing arts from inevitable extinction. ...

5 MAGFEST: THE BOY WHO FOUND HIS SMILE

11:00 - 11:40 Orkney Theatre The Meadows, Kirkwall KW15 1QN

CUSAN THEATRE The story of The Boy who found his Smile is an enchanting and magical journey, full of memorable moments and spell binding special effects, a story of hope and friendship that takes us into the most incredible journey of emotions...

10 Garry Starr Performs Everything

20:00 - 21:00

Orkney Theatre, Kirkwall Expelled from the Royal Shakespeare Company due to ‘artistic differences’, disgraced actor Garry Starr is defying his critics by performing every genre of theatre imaginable, thus saving the performing arts...

21 LAUDER

19:30 - 20:50 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA

Popular Scottish tenor and BBC broadcaster Jamie MacDougall fulfils a lifetime ambition to recreate Jimmy Logan’s acclaimed ‘play with tunes’ celebrating the life of Sir Harry Lauder. Paying his own tribute to the Scottish music...

29 LAUDER

19:30 - 20:50 Cromarty Hall Cromarty Square, St Margaret's Hope KW17 2SN

See Event 21 for details. Tickets £15 Concessions £10 Duration 80 minutes 

05 A Heart at Sea

11:00 - 12:00 Orkney Theatre The Meadows, Kirkwall KW15 1QN

HALF A STRING PUPPETS Be enthralled by this epic musical folktale told on a miniature scale. A Heart at Sea uses haunting live music to tell the story of a young Boy who bottles up his heart and throws it into the sea. Original song-writing is set...

10 Freaky Sequin Cabaret

19:00 - 20:15 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW

HEADSTRUNG PUPPETS Roll up! Roll up! Roll up for the Freaky Sequin Puppet Cabaret for adults! Fire, circus, death-defying feats - and of course puppets - this adult cabaret has it all! Classic cabaret favourites are given a puppet makeover ...

12 Freaky Sequin Cabaret

21:30 - 22:45 Sound Archive at the Old Library 8 Laing Street, Kirkwall KW15 1NW

HEADSTRUNG PUPPETS Roll up! Roll up! Roll up for the Freaky Sequin Puppet Cabaret for adults! Fire, circus, death-defying feats - and of course puppets - this adult cabaret has it all! Classic cabaret favourites are given a puppet makeover ...

14 A Heart at Sea

14:00 - 15:00 Orkney Theatre The Meadows, Kirkwall KW15 1QN

HALF A STRING PUPPETS Be enthralled by this epic musical folktale told on a miniature scale. A Heart at Sea uses haunting live music to tell the story of a young Boy who bottles up his heart and throws it into the sea. Original song-writing is...

30 What Did the Deep Sea Say?

20:00 - 22:00 Cromarty Hall Cromarty Square, St Margaret's Hope KW17 2SN

OLD TIME SAILORS A party not to be missed. This riotous flashmob-style musical show is designed to take you back in time, through an unforgettable trip to the 19th century, with a motley crew of talented men and women to serenade and speed you...

35 What Did the Deep Sea Say?

19:30 - 21:30 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA

OLD TIME SAILORS A party not to be missed. This riotous flashmob-style musical show is designed to take you back in time, through an unforgettable trip to the 19th century, with a motley crew of talented men and women to serenade and speed you...

PFE The Ocean is Blue

18:00 - 19:00 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA

PRE-FILM EVENT New compositions by pupils from Orkney Schools performed live with film. A consideration of the nature of the sea, elements, renewable energy and global warming. Young composers have worked with Festival Director, Alasdair Ni...

37 Rob Roy

20:00 - 21:30 Stromness Town Hall Church Road, Stromness KW16 3BA

LIVE MUSIC:SILENT FILM Premiered at HippFest with David Allison’s specially commissioned score in 2019, this impressive biopic of Scottish folk hero Rob Roy, starring David Hawthorne in tartan kilt and tammy, was shot entirely on locatio...

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