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Patricia Niemann
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This is new body adornment, especially objects that change the silhouette of the wearer, made during the HI-Arts Making Progress mentorship programme. These pieces are mostly about anthropology, local mortuary archaeology and my recent fascination with lichens. They were shown during a solo spotlight exhibition at the Inverness Museum and Art Gallery.
Relating links:
- My blog posts on HI-Arts Craft Blog about Lichen and Work in Progress
- Blog posts by the film maker Catherine Weir about the film collaboration for Bones & Beasts: Her first Visit and Filming
- Northings blog posts about the Exhibition and a Review by Georgina Coburn
ring with black blown glassLichen Slug Ring, 2011  
my Macbeth text, page1Macbeth Poster of Eden Court Theatre

A recent different project : MACBETH
Presented by Open Book, Directed by Marcus Roche
Concept Design by Patricia Niemann

Thane of Cawdor, Thane of Glamis, King of Scotland! Then as now, land is power.
Having been granted new lands and titles, Macbeth wants more. Driven by greed to murder his king and kill his friend, Macbeth is spurred on by the witches, his wife and his own ambition. He takes his destiny into his own hands and pays the ultimate price for his greed.

Directed by Marcus Roche and with a concept design by Patricia Niemann, this is a Macbeth for the Highlands from the Highland theatre company who brought Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to schools and communities across the North in 2010.

Set around a dinner table, the entire play will take place in one room placing the banquet at the centre of the action and with the audience as guests. During the interval, the audience, surrounded by elements of design and spectacle including the ‘dagger’ chandelier, will be served with whisky and shortbread as part of the banquet.

Touring the Highlands 18th July (Portree) to 6th August 2011 (Eden Court, Inverness)

More information on 'Northings': The production, an interview with lead actors and myself and a review. Here is a link to a review in The Scotsman newspaper and here are some comments from members of the audience on the website of North by North East.