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Skye Bridge Studios 123

ABOUT

Founded in 2021, Skye Bridge Studios 123 is an arts and learning charity located in the Scottish Highlands’ village of Kyle of Lochalsh, at the gateway to the Isle of Skye.

We are a small team dedicated to sharing the transformative power of the performing arts. Utilising three spacious rooms in a converted school-house, one of which is an excellent, fully-equipped studio, we hold theatre, music and film events, arrange arts-related exhibitions and workshops and deliver educational and informal learning programmes for our community.

We seek to extoll the life-affirming value of the arts, and the performing arts in particular, and to identify and include younger people beyond age 16 – the next generation of adults emerging in this community – to give them, and everyone else who comes to us, the chance to expand their view and understanding of the world, and themselves, and to thrive as a result.

We work with others on this journey to greater social impact. These are some of the key partners who help us to deliver our charitable solutions and impactful outcomes:

Eilean Ban Trust
Friends of Highland Music
Highland Council
Highland Touring Network
Kyle of Lochalsh Community Trust
Lochalsh Youth Community Trust
National Trust for Scotland
Plockton Music School
Portree High School
Skye and Lochalsh Council for Voluntary Organisations
Skye and Lochalsh Orchestra
The Lochalsh Collaboration
Women’s Aid

Conducting this work, with the particular assistance of further donations, will help us to take our community closer to celebrating its heritage, promoting its artistic talent, delighting in its cultural esprit de corps and acting as a beacon to others.

This is the future we cherish.

THE TEAM

Jonathan Supper: Founder and Director

Jonathan draws upon 20 plus years’ experience in drama education and 16 years of running businesses in the hospitality sector.

Sara Taylor: Theatre Admin Consultant and Exhibitions Director

Sara has 30 years’ experience working in the theatre arts and in foreign language education both in UK and in the USA.

Janet Irvine-Smith: Financial Director.

Jazzi Supper: Graphic Design and Media.

THE BOARD

Our Board of Trustees brings a diverse range of excellent skills and experience to bear from a number of important fields and our intent is to further diversify the talents and skills of its membership. The Board meets formally every two months. Additional meetings between individual Trustees and the team are arranged as required.

Lisa Supper

Janet Irvine-Smith

Caroline Langlands

Dougie Pincock

Brian Hutchison

Skye Bridge Studios 123 is pleased is able to work with a diverse range of artists, organisations and venues.

Thanks To:

Iain Copeland Scottish drummer and organiser.

Peter Cox MBE ("I began my writing career at the..." click here to find out more)

Dougie Pincock the director of the National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music.

Llion Williams played the eponymous Ferryman in our first Dramatic Production.

Molly Danter ("Molly Scott Danter, who is a dancer, artist and storyteller originally from Edinbane" click here to find out more)

Joe Plumb from Horesebox Theatre was our first Artistic Director...

Greg Dobson (Greg is a local artist and founder of Create which holds regular exhibitions and promotes visual arts in Kyle of Lochalsh)

Dr Iain MacKinnon from the Skye Crofting Community

Kyleakin Connections ("Kyleakin Connections encourages and supports independent living and life skills for adults with a learning disability" click here to find out more)

Skye and Lochalsh Beekeepers Association held a skep making workshop at the studios.

Judith Bullivant & the team from the Plock lead a survival day for kids weeks.

ARTISTS FROM 2023

Eilidh Shaw & Ross Martin

Brownbear

Dirk & Amelia Powell

The Chosen Lonely

The Kimberleys

The McCulloch Trio

Hannah Rarity

Teud HBF

Lucie Hendry