Universal Hall Promotions
Duncan Chisholm and Hamish Napier are delighted to announce a return to their roots, performing in bespoke venues across the Highlands in June 2023. These special concerts will be performed in venues much-loved by Duncan and Hamish, and will no doubt prove to be an exclusive and intimate experience.… Continue Reading>>>
The culmination of many weeks of hard work from our emerging artists alongside their professional mentors, was the live IN THE SPOTLIGHT show which took place on Saturday 26th November at Universal Hall. We were delighted to have a big, friendly audience there to cheer our performers, film makers and photographer along and the show was a resounding success!… Continue Reading>>>
Photo credit: Beth Chalmers
A fashion show on the fracture between feminism and fabric. Fault Lines is a catwalk which takes you from Haute Couture to bargain bin, from big beats to near silence.… Continue Reading>>>
photo credit Neil Nisbet
Experience a visceral and powerful double-bill of dance, veering between anarchy, punk music, heroism, idolatry, and loss. In a raw and riotous movement-led tribute to Mark E. Smith (lead singer of The Fall), Rules to Live By was born out of a spontaneous tribute dance in front of 150 people on the night of his death.… Continue Reading>>>
© photographer – Andy Catlin www.andycatlin.com
Don’t think that this is any regular gig from Rowan Rheingans – it’s also a masterpiece of storytelling. Soothing fiddle, banjo, viola & electric guitar music is stitched together with heartfelt narration in this 80-minute, one-woman tour de force.… Continue Reading>>>
With 14 Scottish trad music album releases since forming in 1992, these Old Blind Dogs never run out of new tricks. Join us to hear their latest effort live, the uplifting ‘Knucklehead Circus’, released this winter. A critic from atthebarrier.com has said: “The remarkable renaissance of this Scottish institution continues to enthral and amaze. … Continue Reading>>>
Flying above a PVC-clad set, the talented Sarah Bebe Holmes gives a grounded re-telling of her personal journey to donate eggs to her best friend. Accompanied by live bassy-music composed and performed by Bado Reti, this true story is brought to life for us in the Universal Hall over the course of an hour using aerial theatre.
Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Ross Wilson (AKA Blue Rose Code) has created his most triumphant album to date with the self-produced With Healings of the Deepest Kind (2020). Coming from a place of hope emerging from hopelessness, Wilson’s newest songs offer poetic voice and comfort to universal struggles.… Continue Reading>>>
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker and John Doyle – Name a more iconic trio… I’ll wait. First jamming together as teenagers, a quarter century later these Celtic folk heroes are still combining forces to share music with the world. Releasing two studio albums in the last three years, The Reed That Bends in the Storm (2020) and The Wishing Tree (2018) combine traditional, contemporary, and original instrumentals and songs of varying speeds, feels and flavours.… Continue Reading>>>