Earl's Entertainers

Earl's Entertainers presenting "Peedie Performances in the Palace"

As August arrives, we are just over half way through our Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays! Toda...
05/08/2023

As August arrives, we are just over half way through our Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays!

Today (Saturday 6 Aug) and tomorrow, at 2 pm, we'll be at the Earl's Palace if the weather is fine (or, if it rains, at the Peedie Kirk Hall on Palace Road)

This week we have:
- Einar Towrie - pipes
- the Junior West Mainland Strathspey and Reel - music from Ross Thomson, Christa Bavilacqua, Lucy Tulloch, Ingrid Tail, Menna Spence and Abi Brass
- Mary Grieve and Liam Tait - Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' (excerpt)

There is a new programme every week, so come along at 2pm every Saturday or Sunday for about an hour of FREE entertainment.

Bring a rug or a chair, sit back on the grass and enjoy the show.

It’s week 5, and the weather looks promising!We present another new programme for our Peedie Performances in the Palace ...
22/07/2023

It’s week 5, and the weather looks promising!

We present another new programme for our Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays

Free entertainment at the Earl's Palace, Kirkwall, from 2pm for about an hour.

Bring a rug or a chair, and enjoy the show!

This week, Saturday and Sunday 22 and 23 July:
- Raymie Peace - pipes
- Fran Flett Hollinrake - stories
- Bruce Mainland - singing, guitar and flute
- Auskerry - music from Lily and Magnus Montgomery, Ingrid Tait, Janice Sutherland
- Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (excerpt) - Mary Grieve and Liam Tait

We've been having great fun presenting our first season of Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays - a...
18/07/2023

We've been having great fun presenting our first season of Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays - a different programme every weekend!

Maybe you are wondering what is on offer between now and the end of August? Here are the details!

Please note:
we may need to change some of these details at short notice, but we will try not to;
if the weather is bad, the performances will GO AHEAD in the Peedie Kirk hall, just up from the Palace.

Saturday and Sunday 5 and 6 August
- Einar Towrie - pipes
- Ross Thomson with the Junior West Mainland Strathspey and Reel - music from Ross Thomson, Christa Bevilocqua, Abi Brass, Menna Spence, Ingrid Tait and Lucy Tulloch
- Mary Grieve and Liam Tait - Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' (excerpt)

Saturday and Sunday 12 and 13 August
- Ad Hoc Players - Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (excerpt)
- Mary Grieve and Liam Tait - Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' (excerpt)
- also, more Shakespeare, and some fiddle music

Saturday and Sunday 19 and 20 August
- Ad Hoc Players - Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ (excerpt)
David McNeish, accompanied by James Groat - songs
- Erika Shearer and Hazel Wrigley - fiddle and guitar/piano
The Kirk Belles from Orphir - songs

Saturday and Sunday 26 and 27 August
- Mary Grieve and Liam Tait - Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' (excerpt)
- Kate Fletcher and Corwen Broch - early music
- Recorder group - music
- The Linties - songs

IT’S RAINING TODAY!!So we will be inside, at the Peedie Kirk hall, just up the hill from the palace, and along the side ...
16/07/2023

IT’S RAINING TODAY!!

So we will be inside, at the Peedie Kirk hall, just up the hill from the palace, and along the side of the Kirk

It's Friday again - which means only a day to wait for the next Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sunday...
14/07/2023

It's Friday again - which means only a day to wait for the next Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays! Once again we have a brand new programme for the weekend.

2pm on Saturday 15 July and Sunday 16 July! EITHER
- (if the weather is fine) at the Earl's Palace, Kirkwall; OR
- (if the weather is bad) on Saturday at the St Magnus Centre, and on Sunday at the Peedie Kirk hall

Whatever happens, the shows will go on!!

This week we have:
- Andy Cant, on pipes and fiddle, and sharing a few stories
- Sarah Jane Gibbon and Emma Grieve, with some songs

Bring a rug or a chair, sit back on the grass and enjoy the show!

The a weather is perfect! Come and join us for today’s show at 2pm. At the Earl’s Palace, Kirkwall - absolutely free!We’...
08/07/2023

The a weather is perfect! Come and join us for today’s show at 2pm. At the Earl’s Palace, Kirkwall - absolutely free!

We’ll be attempting to live stream the arrival of the piper!

Another weekend is just round the corner - which means that we present a brand new programme for our absolutely free Pee...
07/07/2023

Another weekend is just round the corner - which means that we present a brand new programme for our absolutely free Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays!

2pm on Saturday 8 July and Sunday 9 July! EITHER
- at the Earl's Palace, Kirkwall, if the weather is fine; OR
- at the Peedie Kirk Hall, on Palace Road, if the weather is less than fine! Whatever happens, the shows will be on!!

This week we have:
- Harvey Johnston, compere and poetry
- Jessica Sinclair singing, and Eilidh playing piano
- Kenny and Kenneth Ritch, accordian and fiddle
- Ad Hoc Players - an excerpt from Romeo and Juliet (can you guess which scene?)

Bring a rug or a chair, sit back on the grass and enjoy the show (if wet, in the Peedie Kirk Hall).

02/07/2023

Did we say the Peedie Performaces at the Palace? Well, if it pours we persist by presenting the Peedie Performances in the Peedie Kirk hall!

Come along today (Sunday 2 July) at 2pm - it's free, and at the Earl's Palace if the weather is good.

Yes - that's right: this is an "if wet, in the church hall" situation, for real!! If it's wet, we will be in the nearby Peedie Kirk hall.

Our piper in week 2 is the estimable Raymie Peace, of Kirkwall City Pipe Band. Here he is leading some of our wonderful audience to our wet weather venue.

It's the weekend again - hurrah!That means a brand new programme for the next of our Peedie Performances in the Palace -...
01/07/2023

It's the weekend again - hurrah!

That means a brand new programme for the next of our Peedie Performances in the Palace - Saturdays and Sundays!

Both events are FREE ADMISSION, and take place outdoors at Earl's Palace, Kirkwall, by kind permission of Historic Environment Scotland.

Each performance starts at 2pm with a running time of approximately 60 minutes.

Bring a chair or a rug, sit back, and enjoy the show!

Programme for Saturday 1 July and Sunday 2 July
- compered by Harvey Johnston
- Raymie Peace, from the Kirkwall City Pipe Band
- The Kirk Belles, from Orphir, with some songs
- Three in a Bar (Lesley MacLeod, Fran Gray and Hamish Bayne) with some tunes

25/06/2023

Follow the piper from the Kirk Green (outside Saint Magnus Cathedral), on Saturdays and Sundays, just before 2pm, through the summer!!

There will be a live performance at the Earl's Palace, Kirkwall at 2pm each Saturday and Sunday until 27 August 2023, with a different programme each weekend.

(Video was taken on a phone, as an FB livestream - Andy Cant the piper is even better in real life!)

Admission is free. Bring a chair or a rug, and enjoy the show.

Address

Earl's Palace, Palace Road
Kirkwall
KW151PD

Opening Hours

Saturday 2pm - 3pm
Sunday 2pm - 3pm

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