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ALONG THE TIDE-MARK GATHERING DRIFT

Orkney Theatre, KGS, Kirkwall

A beaver-chewed timber from North America, a sea heart from the rainforests of the southern Caribbean. A skate’s egg case, a lump of paraffin wax, and a lobster creel tag from Newfoundland. Martin Gray, who runs the Orkney Beachcombing page, describes the wealth of treasures that wash up on an Orkney shore and the searching and foraging quest that has taken Orcadians to the shore since Neolithic times and before.

£3 – £5

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE SNOW LEOPARD

Orkney Theatre, KGS, Kirkwall

Snow-topped mountains, wooded valleys, and hills with irises and tulips – scenes of Central Asia and its plants are shown by John Mitchell, alpine supervisor at the Royal Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, describing his travels through Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

£3 – £5