Musician Mairi Campbell is touring her critically acclaimed one-woman theatre show Mairi Campbell: Pulse around Scotland from March.
The tour, which sees Campbell play everywhere from Inverness to Dumfries, follows her show’s month-long successful run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2016. Critics and audiences alike gave the show fantastic feedback.
Campbell kicks off her tour at the Atlantic Islands Centre in Luing on 10th March, followed by Eden Court Theatre in Inverness on 16th March, and The Barn in Banchory on 17th March. She has strong connections with many of the places she will be visiting, and is excited to be visiting others for the first time.
She said: “I know the story of Pulse resonates far and wide, so that’s why I’m so happy to be touring to all kind of venues, such as the Atlantic Islands Centre in Luing, a beautiful venue with extraordinary views from the stage out to the sea.
“Then there’s Benderloch in Argyll, where my grandfather Duncan Campbell was from. I’m also looking forward to visiting some places for the first time such as New Deer and Tullynessle in Aberdeenshire. My great-grandfather John Anderson came from Rhynie up there.
“I hope folk will venture out to give us a good reception and support not just me but the wider arts scene in Scotland.”
Campbell will also play one show in her hometown of Edinburgh at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on 30th March.
Co-devised and directed by Kath Burlinson, Pulse is Campbell’s story of her musical homecoming, a journey of the heart and quest to find her pulse. Apprenticed into the professional orchestral world, her frustration hits boiling point and she breaks away from the stifling autocracy. Pulse charts her passionate and, sometimes, painful journey of discovery to love and danger in Mexico, step-dancing in Cape Breton, and beyond. With the help of mentors and guides, Campbell charts a path back to her pulse through Scotland’s indigenous music and ‘comes home’.
The show resonates strongly with these times, in Scotland, socially, culturally and politically. We too are finding our feet, our inner strength and our pulse.
Pulse tour dates
Here’s the full list of Pulse tour dates, with tickets on sale now.
LUING: 10 MARCH
Atlantic Islands Centre Luing
01852 314096 / info@atlanticislandscentre.com
INVERNESS: 16 MARCH
Eden Court Theatre 7.30pm
01463 239841
https://www.eden-court.co.uk/whats-on/shows/mairi-campbell-pulse
BANCHORY: 17 MARCH
The Barn 7.30pm
01330 825431
https://uk.patronbase.com/_WoodendBarn/Seats/NumSeats?prod_id=1NT&perf_id=1§ion_id=M&action=&seat_type_id=S
NEWTON DEE: 19 MARCH
The Phoenix Arts Centre, 7.30pm
01224 868701
http://neatshows.co.uk/event/mairi-campbell-pulse-3/
NEW DEER: 22 MARCH
New Deer Public Hall
01771 644217
http://neatshows.co.uk/event/mairi-campbell-pulse-4/
TULLYNESSLE: 23 MARCH
Tullynessle & Forbes Hall
019755 63154
http://neatshows.co.uk/event/mairi-campbell-pulse/
TARLAND: 24 MARCH
MacRobert Memorial Hall
http://neatshows.co.uk/event/mairi-campbell-pulse-2/
EDINBURGH: 30 MARCH
Storytelling Centre 7.30pm
0131 556 9579
http://www.tracscotland.org/scottish-storytelling-centre/centre-events/6419/mairi-campbell-pulse
TOBERMORY: 14 APRIL
Mull Theatre, 8.00pm
01688 302211
http://www.comar.co.uk/whats-on/mairi-campbell-pulse
GREENOCK: 6 MAY
Beacon Arts Centre 8.00pm
01475 723723
https://uk.patronbase.com/_BeaconArtsCentre/Seats/ChooseMyOwn?prod_id=22J&perf_id=1§ion_id=M&action=&seat_type_id=S
NEW GALLOWAY: 2 JUNE
Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival
The CatStrand theatre. 7.30pm
DUMFRIES: 3 JUNE
The Theatre Royal 7.30pm
01387 253383 / www.dgartsfestival.org.uk
For a full list of Mairi’s upcoming gigs visit: https://mairicampbell.scot/gigs/
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About Mairi Campbell
Mairi Campbell is an influential and pioneering figure in Scottish music. Her music has a rooted and powerful quality, and her mesmeric performances, soundings and songs, using viola and voice, dig deep into an ancient thread of Celtic ancestry.
Mairi’s musical interests are wide ranging: from playing Scottish dance music to pushing the boundaries of the traditional music scene with her one-woman music theatre show, which received 5-star reviews in her run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016. From March 2017, Mairi will be touring Pulse across Scotland.
In 2016, Mairi was nominated for Event of the Year 2017 for her show at the Scots Trad Music Awards. Previous awards include Instrumentalist of the Year 2016 and Scots Singer of The Year 2008.
Mairi’s voice was heard worldwide when her version of Auld Lang Syne, with David Francis, was used in the pivotal scene of the blockbuster movie Sex and The City.
She studied viola at the Guildhall School of Music in London with Csaba Erdelyi from 1984-88. She has been playing her viola, which was made by Victor Unsworth in 1977, since she was 16-years-old. Her viola teacher in Edinburgh was Michael Beeston.
Mairi returned to Scotland in 1991 to apprentice herself to traditional music. She continues to play a key role in the current Scottish folk music revival, in particular the re-emergence of Scottish step dancing.
“her voice can stop the clock” – The Scotsman
“consummate, visionary musicianship… a performer of vivid, distinctive virtuosity” – Mary Brennan, The Herald
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