Day 1 - Monday 26th April 2021 7pm

A Dreamotologist's Utopia
by Alina Ben Larbi

An interactive dreamed documentary on a map on three ideal worlds in the highlands and islands of Scotland.

Thirteen characters reveal the secrets of their homes:
- In Beauly, the residents of the Beauty Findation are dedicated to finding pleasing aesthetics and morals: “Find beauty and act upon it!”
- In the North Sea, all citizens of the sovereign Princessipality of Tarbat have their own constitution to ensure diversity and freedom: “My freedom ends where yours begins!”
- Near Ardersier, the Fort George Experiment makes soldiers discover access to deep empathy and reflection: “Be conscious of the subconscious!”

The sum of these stories invites the audience into a dreamed reality without conflict or crisis and forges a weapon to fight political perplexity and cultural hopelessness – the future is allowed to have a positive narrative! 

HOW TO VIEW:
STEP 1: COPY THIS LINK INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER - https://padlet.com/dreamotologist/utopia

STEP 2: ON THE MAP, CLICK ON THE RED PIN LOCATED ON INVERNESSS. 

STEP 3: EXPLORE! Follow your feet as you navigate around the Highlands, and indeed beyond! 

Day 2 - Tuesday 27th April 2021 7pm

The Despised and Forgotten
by Anne Bonney

When Zelda Fitzgerald met her untimely death in a fire, she didn’t expect to be transported to any sort of afterlife - let alone one involving a poker game. 

Content warning: Some flashing images

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/7NvWl0umQRM
video will be available from Tuesday 27th at 7pm onwards. 

Day 3 - Wednesday 28th April 2021 7pm

Love,
by Bradley Reid

As the title would suggest ‘Love,’  focuses on the theme of love and more importantly what love is to the creator. Through his own words and actions the creator finds himself on a journey to discover what love is to him and what it could be to many others. Through showering, getting lost in music, welcoming new places and asking for help from a friend, will his aspiration for an explanation come into fruition? Or will it remain an ever-changing canvas he knows as love?  

Content Warning: This piece contains adult language and mental health sensitive topics, please be advised before viewing, thank you. 

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/1_Iv1NinaW8 
video will be available from Wednesday 28th at 7pm onwards. 

Day 4 - Thursday 29th April 2021 7pm

TRANSFIXIA
by Zuper Rookie

TRANSFIXIA - Noun - A recurring state of daydreaming. Disassociation from the real world. The desire to let one's attention drift.... TRANSFIXIA is an artistic melting pot which aims to explore the weirdness and wonder of daydreams. In this short anthology film, through original music, poetry, and visual performance art, Zuper Rookie brings some of the visions and imagery from his own daydreams to life.

Content Warning: This film contains frequent flashing images and strobe lighting effects 

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/R_pL_kNZwaw
video will be available from Thursday 29th at 7pm onwards. 

Day 5 - Friday 30th April 2021 7pm

The Mask
by Shannon Diack

Hiding behind a mask your whole life can seem like the safest option, but what about when that mask eventually falls?

Content Warning: May be distressing for those who suffer with mental health challenges.

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/dmxPNWIgWMw 
video will be available from Friday 30th at 7pm onwards. 

Day 6 -  Saturday 1st May 2021 7pm & 8pm

Fire of the Sea
by Jade Hutchison

“I welcome you aboard my ship. I have so many stories to tell”

In Fire of the Sea you will meet a collector of stories, specifically stories about the fierce swashbuckling women of the seven seas. Lose yourself in the magical but brutal world of pirates, where you will experience fast paced battles, with the fire of cannons and the flash of swords, and deep passion for lawlessness, with betrayal and heartbreak a plenty. Dive into the stories of women like Anne Bonny and Mary Read and discover their lives on the unforgiving ocean. Get comfy and get cosy for a enthralling storytelling experience.

This experience is best enjoyed solo using headphones and in a dimly lit room. 

Content Warning: This performance contains mild reference to rape and violence.   

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/jSjN2bfdqBs 
video will be available from Saturday 1st at 7pm onwards. 

Sherry by the Burn
by Georgina Heriot 

A cold November morning in 1967 leads to the body of a young woman found dead by the banks of the burn. Follow three suspects as they recount their stories from the day of the brutal, malicious, murder of Mary Murray. Listen as they beg to prove their innocence and join the investigator, paying attention to even the smallest of details. What is their relation to the victim? When did they last see them? Why are they suspects? Who is telling the truth? And most importantly of all, who is responsible? 

Content Warning: This piece contains adult language and descriptions of murder.

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/pSqwjIfWPnA 
video will be available from Saturday 1st at 8pm onwards. 

Day 7 - Monday 3rd May 2021 7pm

Corrupted Blood
by John Tulloch

Ask anyone in the world about the 21st century and they'll tell you we had two global pandemics; Covid-19 and Swine Flu. However, they would be wrong. 

Corrupted Blood is a pandemic that broke out in 2005. This story explores how people  the people responded to it. 

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/ouHqqwnfWJQ 
video will be available from Monday 3rd at 7pm onwards.

Day 9 -  Wednesday 5th May 2021 7pm

Executive Dysfunction
by Gregor Mackenzie

Executive Dysfunction is an exciting and introspective ride through the euphoric highs and crushing lows of growing up, experimenting and discovering who you are, in a world that seems to get blurrier by the day, on the edge of “proper” adulthood. Expect intense, raw, gritty, slam poetry performances exploring the darkest elements of the human psyche, alongside calmer and more peaceful moments reflecting on the calmer sides of life, and the importance of learning to stop and breathe. Executive Dysfunction is the work of a young writer who has just fully discovered their voice and wants someone to hear them.  

Content Warning: This piece contains flashing lights throughout, strong language and mild drug references.

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/_KAxDenXrsU 
video will be available from Wednesday 5th at 7pm onwards.

Day 10 - Thursday 6th May 2021 7pm

Until Death do us Part
by Paulina Pruciak

The story of a victim and their abuser. What once began as a dream, quickly turned into something devastating. Let this piece open your eyes.  

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/qON15_F1zKQ 
video will be available from Thursday 6th at 7pm onwards.

Day 11 - Friday 7th May 2021 7pm

The Fashanu Project
by Ewan Robertson

This is the story of the most heart-breaking story in modern football. The story of how one man went from an exciting prospect to a hated practitioner, and whose death became lost to time. From cataclysmic highs to the most crushing low, The Fashanu Project details the life of Footballer Justin Fashanu, how he lived his life in the shadow of his biggest secret, and one that would eventually claim his life. Watch as this tragic story shows how little has changed in the wake of this truly horrifying event. 

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/oLKWPz7p0Mw 
video will be available from Friday 7th at 7pm onwards.

Day 12 - Saturday 8th May 2021 7pm

Gone
by James Reilly

Gone is a silent, modern-day, melodramatic style short film that explores themes surrounding true happiness, isolation, self-love, desolation, technology, and nature.

We are invited into a day in the life of a nameless young man. As it becomes apparent that this person has been living alone for an extensive amount of time, we see that he is only a shadow of what he used to be: a vibrant, carefree, life-loving optimist who treats the issue of loneliness as a joyous situation rather than a miserable one.

Upon reflection, the young man learns a jarring lesson on the importance of enjoying your own company.

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/h8pJKH1Txek 
video will be available from Saturday 8th at 7pm onwards.

 
Where Ends Meet
by Paige Riddell 

Multiple choice story. Horror/Adventure

(News Jingle) Locals have been reporting that animals on their farms have been going missing. While some blame rambunctious youths others have pinned the blame on poachers, and local outcry has stirred the police department into action. Investigations are now underway — more on this story after the local weather with Jen. (static) 

Everybody loves a good mystery. It's what keeps us entertained. What drives us to investigate. It’s the reason we watch TV, the reason we read, the reason we explore. To find out the answers; who, what, when, where, why? It's one of the reasons you set off into the woods in the dead of the night to catch poachers that have been causing chaos. To find out who they are and how they did it under everybody’s noses. Will you solve the puzzle? Will you survive the night? Who knows... All we do know is that it all begins where ends meet.  

CW; this performance contains graphic imagery.

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://chrh5wuvsi3b7gxkmjhrwa-on.drv.tw/FINISHED%2019%2004%2021    
video will be available from Saturday 8th at 8pm onwards.

Day 13 - Monday 10th May 2021 7pm

A Very Gay Time
by Lewis Hann 

Throughout the decades, social and legal changes to equality towards the LGBTQ+ have developed drastically, however, has it reached a point where it is truly equal? Join an exploration of seven gay men throughout the decades, highlighting their experiences, topics dear to them and the changes throughout time for the LGBTQ+ community. 

Content Warning: Use of strong language, and sexual themes.

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/gjG5OsfgS5I 
video will be available from Monday 10th at 7pm onwards.

Day 14 - Tuesday 11th May 2021 7pm

Thrice-Cursed
by Elliot Stirling

Scotland is no stranger to its mythological elements. One of the elements that has stood the test of time are curses. In this piece we follow three  individuals who have created a curse and had it bounce back at them, had a curse thrust upon them with no knowledge of origin and one who has angered the land and past that he disregarded. 

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/25D3cMPKgZk 
video will be available from Tuesday 11th at 7pm onwards.

Day 15 - Wednesday 12th May 2021 7pm

Trapped
by Caragh Roopun  

Trapped is a verbatim-influenced piece based around the stories of survivors of human and sex trafficking. Trapped follows the story of a young girl referred to as B, and her journey into the dark world of human trafficking. B records her life through her laptop as video diary entries- which are normally just B enjoying everyday life as an 18-year-old girl. However, things take a dark twist when B decides to leave home with a man who she thought she could trust.

This piece focuses around the loss and gain of survivors through being trafficked…but is the cost worth it? 

Content Warning - This piece contains domestic abuse, discussion of drugs and human / sex trafficking. 

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/r_OyOvXQdXU 
video will be available from Wednesday 12th at 7pm onwards.

Day 16 - Thursday 13th May 2021 7pm

Hello and Welcome
by Marsaili Stewart

HELLO & WELCOME, i hope you are siTting comfortably. are you ready? i don’t think yOu are. Take a peak inside the lives of these five individuals, judge tHem if you like. perhaps you’ll see yourself in them, perhaps not. as humans we like to look for similarities in each othEr but what happens if tHose similarities are, well, too similar? what happens when it feels like you’re the same soul in dIfferent bodies? haVe you considered that maybE you are? Maybe, just maybe, there’s someone or somethIng out there controlling everythiNg that we do... or more than one person... thing... anyway, i Digress, get comfy, relax and enjoy the show.  

Content Warning: This piece contains adult language, insinuation of drug use and flashing lighting.

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/ecBlisLIlDQ 
video will be available from Thursday 13th at 7pm onwards.

Day 17 - Friday 14th May 2021 7pm

A Beautiful Limited Thing
by Saskia Werkhoven

An unfamiliar room with very familiar objects. That is what Olivia finds when she enters a place full of mystery, a mystery only she can solve. With the help of a light-hearted friend, she discovers what it means to be a person and finds out what everything adds up to when you have nothing to do, nowhere to go and no-one to talk to, except for a sarcastic inanimate object.  

HOW TO VIEW:
CLICK THE LINK - https://youtu.be/qEyXwqXV3ME 
video will be available from Friday 14th at 7pm onwards.