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H&I Adventures chief executive Euan Wilson.
As the country takes cautious steps towards moving out of lockdown, the future is looking bright for at least one Highland company.
Bunchrew-based guided tour firm H&I Adventures has secured a £100,000 coronavirus business interruption loan from HSBC UK which will allow it to continue trading and safeguard several jobs in the process.
The firm runs worldwide guided mountain bike tours and chief executive Euan Wilson said the last year had been as tough for them as anyone, with the travel ban resulting in a slew of lost bookings and an 85 per cent drop in revenue.
When London was plunged into the tier three of the coronavirus restrictions on December the 16th, causing a complete shutdown of the theatre industry, the Rose Theatre’s winter run of ‘Stickman’ was unable to proceed as usual. However, the production was recorded one last time this year before restrictions came into force, and the link was distributed, allowing the show to go on. ‘Stickman’ is the uplifting story of a living stick who is thrust into a series of misadventures and misunderstandings, while trying to return home to his ‘family-tree’ in time for Christmas, and be reunited with his children and his ‘lady love’. Stickman first encounters an impish dog who wants to play fetch with him, and is later tossed into a river, swept out to sea, and nearly burnt in a fire, among other things. Stickman encounters moments of extreme hardship, where he is left weary and downtrodden, but this is countered by a story of courage and family. In a Christmas twist, St
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Stick Man comes to life with the jovial Christmas spirit at the Rose Theatre, Kingston! This production is an adaptation from Freckle Productions, of the multi award-winning children’s author and Children’s Laureate of 2011-2013, Julia Donaldon’s perennial bestseller “Stick Man”. The play, directed by Mark Kane, has been on act since Thursday 10th December and will continue to be up until Thursday 3rd January in the new year, bringing delightful smiles to the many children as well as adults that attend. Stick Man is adapted from the book by Julia Donaldson, the world-renowned author of some of the world s best loved children s books, most notably the modern classic, “The Gruffalo”. Julia is best known for her popular rhyming stories for children, especially those illustrated by Axel Scheffler, which are clearly a part of this adept performance - “This delightful adaptation from Freckle Productions features a trio of top [musical] actors (Jami