Rum an Milk

Join Alchemy FIlm & Arts for the first public screening of Rum an Milk, a feature-length portrait of Hawick Common Riding and the town-wide labours that underpin and sustain the centuries-old annual tradition.

Produced by Alchemy Film & Arts and directed by Mark Lyken in collaboration with Hawick communities, Rum an Milk captures the meticulous planning and quietly epic build-up of labour and coordination efforts that each year make the Common Riding possible.

"Committee meetings give way to band rehearsals. School competitions are followed by the cleaning of buildings, statues and flowerbeds. Shop windows are wholesale re-designed; flags are ceremonially inspected; event spaces are refurbished. The borderline forensic rituals of creating bespoke, year-specific souvenirs are filmed with a sense of beguiling spectacle." — Michael Pattison

"A Frederick Wiseman-esque observational study" — Sight and Sound

Early booking advised.

Also check out other Entertainment events in Hawick, Trips & Adventurous Activities in Hawick, Arts events in Hawick.