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Wordplay kicks off with an inspiring celebration of local writing
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![Young Shetland rock band Sheer's performance on Friday night was exceptional. All music photos: Chris Coles](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/180917_Sheer_1-240x140.jpg)
![Timothy Spall at Mareel: 'You’re almost creating a parallel universe when you’re creating the movie'. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/180831_Timothy_Spall-240x140.jpg)
![Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park at Mareel this weekend. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/180831_Nick_Park-240x140.jpg)
![Some of Shetland's amateur film makers introducing their films ahead of the Home Made screening on Friday evening. Photo: Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/180831_Screenplay._Homemade-240x140.jpg)
![The Work They Say Is Mine director Rosie Gibson at Mareel on Saturday. Photo Hans J Marter/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180826_Rosie_Gibson-240x140.jpg)
![Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards were part of an 'incredible double-bill' at mareel on Tuesday night. Photos: Alex Garrick-Wright](/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/180731_Laura_Cortese-240x140.jpg)
![Mighty Gullifoss by Richard Rowland](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/180722_Mighty_Gullifoss-240x140.jpg)
![Georges Dif's widow Nelly hanging one of his photos at Islesburgh Community Centre last week. Photo: Jonathan Wills](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/180711_Nelly_Dif-240x140.jpg)
![Abigail Howard's work Bust of a Child](/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/180613_Vision_18_1-240x140.jpg)
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![Birds of Chicago's Allison Russell on stage at Mareel. All photos: Dale Smith](/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/150822_1-240x140.jpg)
![Siobhan Miller 'makes traditional folk music sound incredibly fresh '. All photos: Zdenka Mlynarikova](/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/180505_Siobhan_Miller._Clickimin_Zdenka-240x140.jpg)
![Curator of Shetland Museum, Dr Ian Tait, and the director of the National Gallery, Dr Gabriele Finaldi, admiring Holbein's masterpiece during an exhibition preview on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/180503_Holbein_painting-240x140.jpg)
![Jon Richardson on stage in Lerwick on Saturday. Photo: Davie Gardner](/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/180429_JR-240x140.jpg)
![Emma Leask - 2018 Young Fiddler of the Year. Photo: Melvyn Leask](/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/180428_Emma_Leask_-_Young_Fiddler_of_the_Year_2018-240x140.jpg)
![Bethany Kingsley-Garner as the Sylph and Nicholas Shoesmith as James in Scottish Ballet's production of Matthew Bourne's Highland Fling. Photos: Andy Ross](/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/180423_Bethany_Kingsley-Garner_as_the_Sylph_and_Nicholas_Shoesmith_as_James_in_Scottish_Ballets_production_of_Matthew_Bournes_Highland_Fling._Photo_by_Andy_Ross_3-240x140.jpg)
![Peter Biehl's drawings can be seen at Vaila Fine Art until early July.](/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/180417_Peter_Biehl_2-240x140.jpg)
![Marion Brewster-Wright (Stephenie Pagulayan) makes her presence known to Eva and Geoffrey Jackson (Donna-Marie Leask & Martin Summers). All photos: Austin Taylor](/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/180328_review1-240x140.jpg)
![Neil Georgeson was in fine form at Mareel on Thursday. Photo: Alex Garrick-Wright](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/NG4-240x140.jpg)
![The Free9 is showing at Mareel this week ahead of a performance in Inverness next month. Photo: Stuart Hubbard.](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/TFN_22-240x140.jpg)
![The fourth season of the popular crime drama concluded on Tuesday night. Photo: BBC.](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bbc_shetland-240x140.jpg)
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![The Furrow Collective, from left to right: Emily Portman, Alasdair Roberts, Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton. Photo: Kelly Nicolson Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/DSC_0043-240x140.jpg)
![Lindsay Lou and her band commanding the stage at Mareel on Sunday night. Photo: Dale Smith.](/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/MG_7503_12x8_Final-240x140.jpg)
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![John Haswell, as Captain Hook - 'the most villainous pirate of them all' with Hermione Boyes as Peter Pan. Photos: Jonathon Bulter](/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/171210_John_Haswell_Hook_-_Hermione_Boyes_Peter_Pan-240x140.jpg)
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![The Home & Away exhibition is on until Christmas.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171127_Home__Away_amended-240x140.jpg)
![Top English comedian Sara Pascoe shared a bill with up-and-coming local comic Marjolein Robertson at Mareel on Saturday night. Photo: Shetland News/Alex Garrick Wright.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171118_Sara_Pascoe__Marjolein_Robertson-240x140.jpg)
![The Edinburgh Quartet (Tijmen Huisingh, violin, at rear; Tom Hankey, violin, far right; Catharine Marwood, viola, 5th from left; Mark Bailey, cello, 3rd from left) with members of Shetland Community Orchestra, after their stunning performance at Mareel. Photo: James Mackenzie](/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/171115_Edinburgh_Quartet_with_ocal_musicians-240x140.jpg)
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![Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham delivered another night of mirth and music at Mareel on Friday. Photo: Dale Smith.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MG_8415_1500px_Final-240x140.jpg)
![Cellist Abby Hayward and pianist Neil Georgeson playing together for the first time. Photo: Jenny Leask/Shetland Arts](/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170907_Hayward__Georgeson-240x140.jpg)
![Headline act Vantage Point were a hit. Frontman Murray Graham gets involved with the crowd. Photo: Steven Johnson.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/HMB_2017-5_1-240x140.jpg)
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![Salt House (from left: Lauren McColl, Jenny Sturgeon and Ewan McPherson) performing at Mareel on Thursday evening. Photo: Kelly Nicolson Riddell.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/DSC_1087-240x140.jpg)
![Comedian Phill Jupitus performing at Mareel on Saturday night. Photos: Davie Gardner.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/phill_jupitus_davie_gardner_pics-240x140.jpg)
![SCO's Big Ears, Little Ears concert: 'a unique, interesting and genuinely important experience, for the parents and kids alike'. Photo: Alex Garrick-Wright](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170722_Big_Ears_Little_Ears_1-240x140.jpg)
![The Scottish Chamber Orchestra receiving a prolonged applause after a 'dazzling and breathtaking' performance. Photo: Hans J Marter/Shetland News](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170720_SCO_at_Aith-240x140.jpg)
![The Mareel audience enjoyed an "intimate and intense" performance from Martha Wainwright on Wednesday night. Photo: Steven Johnson](/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/170706_Martha_Wainwright_StevenJohnson-240x140.jpg)
![Willy Mason, accompanied by Siobhan Wilson on cello, delivered something of a songwriting masterclass at the Lerwick Legion on Monday night. Photo: Steven Johnson.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Willy_Mason-23-240x140.jpg)
![Dynamic frontwoman and vocalist Yola Carter and her trio, joined by classy local fiddler Kirsten Hendry, at the Lerwick Legion on Friday night. Photo: Steven Johnson.](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DSC_4956-240x140.jpg)
![Prints by BA Fine Art student Jane Ridland. Photo: Patrick Mainland](/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/170610_college-240x140.jpg)
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