Editing Kirkwall (section)

===Media and the arts===
The composer [[Peter Maxwell Davies]] was among a group which founded the annual [[St Magnus Festival|St Magnus International Festival]] which is centred on Kirkwall each midsummer.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.stmagnusfestival.com/about |website=St Magnus International Festival, Orkney, Scotland |access-date=2 February 2020 |archive-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202132433/https://www.stmagnusfestival.com/about |url-status=live }}</ref> Notable music acts such as [[Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley|the Wrigley Sisters]] and Bryttania formed in Kirkwall.

Orkney Theatre, a 384-seat venue, was opened in 2014 next to Kirkwall Grammar School in The Meadows. It has an orchestra pit which can be made available for use by removing two rows of seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orkneytheatre.co.uk/|title=HOME|website=Orkney Theatre|access-date=10 August 2018|archive-date=11 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811033423/http://www.orkneytheatre.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Kirkwall Harbour can be seen in ''The Highlands and Islands – A Royal Tour'', a 1973 documentary about [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]]' visit to the Highlands and Islands, directed by [[Oscar Marzaroli]].<ref>[http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=2380 "Full record for 'Highlands and Islands – A Royal Tour'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725184319/http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=2380 |date=25 July 2011 }} Scottish Screen Archive. Retrieved 21 June 2010.</ref>
Scottish film-maker [[Margaret Tait]] was born in Kirkwall, and many of her films (in particular the ''Aspects of Kirkwall'' series) are set there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/margaret-tait|title=Margaret Tait (1918 - 1999)|publisher=Scottish Poetry Library|access-date=25 August 2018}}</ref>

Long-running [[The Simpsons]] character [[Groundskeeper Willie]] was born in Kirkwall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/groundskeeper-willie-is-from-orkney-and-he-was-torn-apart-by-uppies-and-doonies-3h8khq7dfld|title=Groundskeeper Willie is from Orkney ... and he was 'torn apart' by Uppies and Doonies|date=February 3, 2012|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121191852/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/groundskeeper-willie-is-from-orkney-and-he-was-torn-apart-by-uppies-and-doonies-3h8khq7dfld|url-status=live}}</ref>