Macrobert Arts Centre
Central Scotland's leading arts venue. A hub for all genres of cultural events, including exhibitions, creative classes & our very own Filmhouse.
Located at the heart of the University of Stirling, Macrobert Arts Centre is a cultural hub for Stirling, the Forth Valley and Scotland. Our vision is to promote and develop participation in, and enjoyment of the arts, so we offer a huge variety of activities. From comedy, dance, drama, family friendly, music, opera and art exhibitions. There's also a range of opportunities for all ages to get inv
09/09/2024
✏️Unlock their imagination with discounted education rates at Macrobert Arts Centre. In addition to discounted tickets, we also offer education packs, Q+A sessions, workshops, and free tickets for teachers and organisers on selected shows in partnership with our friends at What Moves You?, Scottish Theatre Producers, Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company & Visible Fictions
✈️ Up 📆 Tue 1 Oct, 1pm & 7.30pm
🌊 To Save The Sea 📅 Fri 4 Oct, 7.30pm
🏴☠️Treasure Island 📅 Sat, 12th Oct, 6pm
🌊 My Friend Selkie 📆 Sat 19 Oct, 2pm
🎟️Education Rates [£8pp] are available via the Box Office on 01786 466 666 or by completing the Groups Booking Form: https://forms.pabbly.com/form/share/S6kN-722596547
06/09/2024
First Film Friday of September is Blazing into Action! 🔥
We’ve got a lineup that’s sure to make you laugh, gasp, and maybe even shed a tear.
Tickets start from just £4.50 for all films (excluding event cinema).
For the full lineup, or to book tickets, visit our website.
06/09/2024
🎨🎭Could YOU be a Fun Palaces artist? We're searching for young people aged 5 - 18 to lead sessions on Sun 6th Oct (with our help!) in any creative activity that they love. We want you to teach us (and other participants from the Macrobert Arts Centre
community) how to do the creative thing you love best!🎥🎮
🤹FUN PALACES
📅Sun 6 Oct from 10.00am
📩Register your interest via: https://bit.ly/4gsUJwz
06/09/2024
📢ON-SALE NOW!🚨
Queenz are back with a BRAND NEW SHOW! Join the gals on Fri 14th Feb 2025 for an electrifying, live vocal, drag-stravaganza, where Dancing Queenz and Disco Dreams collide for the party of a lifetime ✨
Featuring more sequins and surprises than ever before, get ready for the ultimate celebration of powerhouse popstars & dazzling disco divas 🕺💜
🎤 Queenz - Drag Me To The Disco
📆 Fri 14 Feb, 7.30pm
🎟 Tickets [£24.50] via https://bit.ly/4gegJLh
🔶Suitable for ages 14+
Queenz
David Michael Productions Ltd
02/09/2024
Discover the incredible true story of Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the woman who revolutionised the champagne industry after her husband's untimely death. Haley Bennett stars as the trailblazing "Grande Dame of Champagne" in Widow Clicquot.
🍾 Widow Clicquot
📅 Until Thu 5 Sep
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50] via: https://bit.ly/4cOJHOU
01/09/2024
We’re delighted to welcome Rubber Chicken Theatre once again to Macrobert in October, this time for a dose of Tudor girl power with Six: Teen Edition!
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived… From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century girl power!
🎤 Six: Teen Edition
📆 Fri 25- Sat 26 Oct, 7.30pm [5pm + 8pm shows]
🎟 Tickets [from £13] via https://bit.ly/3AFSsNX
Deep in the abyss, fear awaits...
A group of young explorers set out to scavenge the forgotten corners of a derelict space station, only to discover that some things are better left buried. As they delve deeper into the darkness, they encounter a terror unlike anything the universe has ever seen.
👽 Alien: Romulus
📅 Fri 30 Aug - Thu 5 Sep
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50] via: https://bit.ly/4g7ikm0
31/08/2024
A visually stunning show aimed at 3-8 year olds comes to Macrobert this October for one performance only.
My Friend Selkie is a heartwarming story of friendship and overcoming adversity, offering audiences opportunities to interact, including a chance to join the Crab Disco and boogie with Selkie and Jo.
🌊 My Friend Selkie
📆 Sat 19 Oct, 2pm
🎟 Tickets [from £10.50] via: https://bit.ly/4biHF8U
🎉We're delighted to announce Meet The Buchanans as the lead title at Macrobert’s Central Scotland Documentary Festival (CSDF), which will be hosted at the venue from 31st October - 3rd November 2024. The film will be coming to Macrobert fresh from Hollywood, where it had its world premiere at the Tartan Film Festival. 🎥
The documentary, co-directed and produced by BAFTA-winner Barbara Orton, follows the historic inauguration of the first Chief of the Clan Buchanan for over 300 years. Scottish millionaire Mike Buchanan and his wife and family are immersed in a hidden world of privilege and wealth, as the new Chief attracts tartan-mad enthusiasts from all over the world. The film explores themes such as identity, belonging, and the place of the clan tradition within the modern world.
🎥Meet The Buchanans
📆 Fri 31 Oct, 7.30pm
💬Includes Q&A with Barbara Orton.
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50] via: https://bit.ly/4g6TP8q
30/08/2024
This week’s cinema lineup is like a dream party: music, animation, champagne and aliens! 🎶🎨🍾👽
Tickets from just £4.50 for all regular films (excluding event cinema).
🎟 Don’t miss out—book your tickets and check out the full listings now: https://bit.ly/3oRHmQm
Here's our Kara, the dazzling star from Sleepin' Cutie, who’s all set to enchant us once again in Snow White this year! You can catch her lighting up the stage in To Save The Sea, coming to Macrobert this October.
This powerful musical is based on the true story of Brent Spar and Greenpeace's dramatic stand against Shell—a real-life David vs Goliath battle.
🌊 To Save The Sea
📅 Fri 4 Oct, 7.30pm
🎟️ Tickets [from £12.50] via: https://bit.ly/4cXEMfB
28/08/2024
📢JOIN SMALL TOWN BOYS COMMUNITY CAST 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
As part of University of Stirling's our friends at Shaper/Caper will be recruiting community cast members to perform alongside the amazing professional dancers from Small Town Boys. Students aged 18+ can join Alex, our Dance Artist for free taster sessions on Thu 5th & Fri 6th Sept ahead of the tour coming to Fubar Stirling. 🪩
📩If it sounds like your thing DM us, email [email protected] or visit the Macrobert Arts Centre Welcome Week stand for more info!
*No experience necessary*
28/08/2024
When young Michael and his loyal dog are stranded on a remote island after a storm, they stumble upon a mysterious man who’s been living there since WWII.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved 1999 book, this film brings a powerful story of survival and friendship to life.
🏝 Kensuke's Kingdom
📆 Until Sat 31 Aug
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50 ] via: https://bit.ly/46ZYLbi
27/08/2024
This weekend, join André Rieu and his world-famous Johann Strauss Orchestra for an unforgettable concert featuring iconic film scores, enchanting waltzes, heartwarming ballads, and surprising chart hits.
It’s the perfect event for the whole family to enjoy together. Don’t miss out on this spectacular evening of music.
🎻 André Rieu – Power of Love
📆 Sat 31 Aug & Sun 1 Sep, 1.30pm
🎟 Tickets [from £15.50 ] via our website
27/08/2024
We’re delighted to be welcoming this renowned array of singers for the return of 🎭A Night at the Musicals 🎭 to Macrobert in October!
They will be belting out all your favourite hits from Broadway, the West End and beyond…
Book now to avoid disappointment!
🎶A Night at the Musicals
📅 Sat 5 Oct, 7.30pm
🎫 Tickets [from £14.50] via https://bit.ly/4bRwZhO
27/08/2024
A beautifully crafted and deeply moving fairy tale from debut filmmaker Daina O. Pusić. A mother and daughter must confront death, who arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
This film is a powerful exploration of grief, loss, and the strength found in love.
🕊 Tuesday
📆 Until Thu 29 Aug
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50 ]: https://bit.ly/46ZVrgk
Tuesday | Official Trailer HD | A24 SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/A24subscribeFrom writer/director Daina O. Pusić and starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, and Arinzé Kene. TUES...
26/08/2024
When a heist goes wrong, things get really messy!
Rory (Matt Damon) and Cobby (Casey Affleck) are the most unlikely of partners—a desperate dad and an ex-con. They thought they could pull off the perfect job, but now they’re on the run, with police, bureaucrats, and a vengeful crime boss hot on their tails.
🚔 The Instigators
📆 Until Wed 28 Aug
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50 ]: https://bit.ly/3YYdFg2
The Instigators — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ Boston’s most wanted. And least qualified. Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in The Instigators, now streaming on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/_TheInstigatorsR...
26/08/2024
BBC Breaking the News star, Jay Lafferty, is bringing her smash hit Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show BAHOOKIE to Macrobert, and tickets are flying faster than she can spin around a pole. 💃
Joy guaranteed, abs from laughing—optional.
🤣 Jay Lafferty - Bahookie
📅 Thu 17 Oct, 7.30pm
🎟️ Tickets [£15 / £14 conc] via: https://bit.ly/3WPbzhJ
25/08/2024
★★★★ - 'A show about love made with love and visual flair... beautiful... a technical triumph' — The Stage
❤ Love Beyond
📅 Wed 9 Oct [7.30pm]
🎟️ Tickets [from £10.50 ]: https://bit.ly/3L7NGe1
24/08/2024
Don't miss out on Visible Fictions' (makers of A Ladder to the Stars) latest show.
UP is all about that heart-pounding moment when you realise you’re facing the impossible whilst being a reminder that sometimes the most important moments in life happen when we least expect them.
So, whether you’re a theatre lover or someone looking for a new adventure, UP is the show that’s going to leave you breathless.
✈️ Up
📆 Tue 1 Oct, 1pm & 7.30pm
🎟Tickets [from £10.50] via: https://bit.ly/3WeaTjK
UP Trailer 2024 - Visible Fictions This is "UP Trailer 2024 - Visible Fictions" by Visible Fictions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
23/08/2024
🎬 Film Friday is here! 🎬
Kick off your weekend with the latest hits and classic favourites at our cinema!
Make your movie night even sweeter with some tasty treats from our kiosk 🍿
🎟️ Tickets [from £4.50] and full line-up here: https://bit.ly/3oRHmQm
22/08/2024
🎄With less than 100 days until Snow White opens at Macrobert Arts Centre, Nanny Maria Shut Yon Trapp has been having a treemendous time visiting the Ochil Hills ahead of her Christmas stint in Stirling.
🏔Prepare to climb every mountain, search high and low and follow every byway to Macrobert this Christmas... 🎶
🍎Snow White
📅Fri 29 Nov - Tue 31 Dec
🎟️Tickets via: https://bit.ly/3XmeUFa
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22/08/2024
🏳️🌈Join Shaper/Caper at Fubar Stirling for their brand-new immersive dance show, Small Town Boys. Through dynamic choreography and storytelling, Small Town Boys captures the essence of a time when LGBTQ+ communities sought refuge and expression in nightlife, navigating the challenges of the era while finding joy, solidarity, and a sense of belonging.
🏳️🌈Small Town Boys
📅Thu 26 - Sun 29 Sep [8.00pm nightly + Sat matinee: 3.30pm]
📍Venue: Fubar Stirling: 6 Maxwell Pl, Stirling, FK8 1JU
🎟️Tickets [from £5.00]: https://bit.ly/3WjwjMD
🔺CONTENT/TRIGGER WARNING: Adult themes, strong language, homophobic language, grief and death.
📸Maria Falconer
22/08/2024
It’s that time again! The Macrobert team is back tonight with another staff pick, and let’s just say—it’s to die for. Literally.
Charlie Countryman is just your average guy until he meets Gabi, a stunning Romanian beauty with a dark past. As Charlie dives deeper into Gabi’s world of trouble, he finds himself in a fight for her heart—one that might just cost him his life.
It’s romantic, it’s thrilling, and it’s the perfect way to spend a Thursday evening.
💀 The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
📆 Thu 22 Aug, 8pm
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50] via: https://bit.ly/4cvsppY
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman Official Trailer - In UK Cinemas 31st October While travelling abroad, Charlie Countryman (Shia LaBeouf) falls for Gabi (Evan Rachel Wood), a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in Ni...
Based on real events, To Save The Sea is a story full of heart, humour, and people power, whilst tackling big questions about Scotland, oil, and the environment.
Think epic sea shanties, powerful ballads, comedic moments and a few surprises along the way, including a sultry John Major!
🌊🎶 To Save The Sea
📆 Fri 4 Oct, 7.30pm
🎟 Tickets [from £12.50] via: https://bit.ly/4cXEMfB
21/08/2024
📢LIMITED AVAILBILITY: With just over a week to go until our M-Drama classes kick off we have the final few places remaining! These classes are a fantastic chance for little ones to build confidence and make new friends, while exploring their passion for the performing arts. We offer three tiers of classes for kids in P1 all the way up to S2.
💚MINI [P1-P3] - Weekly from Thu 29 Aug
💙JUNIOR [P4-P6] Weekly from Wed 28 Aug
💜SENIOR [P7-S2] Weekly from Wed 28 Aug
📍 Macrobert Arts Centre
🎟 Book now via https://bit.ly/3AtoPPP
20/08/2024
💫Completing our Snow White cast - Ryan Towart joins us as our Understudy.
Trained at the London School of Musical Theatre & Motherwell College, Ryan makes a welcomed return from his role last year in 'Aladdin' for another fun-filled Christmas at MacBob!
🍎Snow White
📅Fri 29 Nov - Tue 31 Dec
🎟️Tickets via: https://bit.ly/3XmeUF
19/08/2024
💃 Glasgow Academy of Musical Theatre Arts (GAMTA) alumni Olivia Adams joins our Snow White cast as our Dance Captain and Understudy.
Olivia has been training since the age of five with GAMTA Junior and graduated with her BA (Hons) in 2019 - we know she'll keep us on pointe this Christmas!🩰
🍎Snow White
📅Fri 29 Nov - Tue 31 Dec
🎟️Tickets via: https://bit.ly/3XmeUFa
17/08/2024
New York City is under attack. Aliens have arrived and even the slightest sound can be deadly. A group of survivors navigate the chaos in a desperate bid for safety. Shhh... the city depends on it.
🤫 A Quiet Place: Day One
📆 Until Wed 21 Aug
🎟 Tickets [from £4.50] via: https://bit.ly/3YJgYb3
A Quiet Place: Day One | Official Trailer (2024 Movie) - Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn Discover why our world went quiet. Watch the new trailer for : Day One.Watch A Quiet Place: Day One on Digital now: https://paramnt.us/AQuietPlac...
Join The King of the Waltz and his Johann Strauss Orchestra in the stunning Vrijthof Square for an unforgettable evening of classical, pop, and rock magic.
Don’t miss out—experience the love and joy of André Rieu’s latest spectacular!
🎻 André Rieu’s 2024 Maastricht Concert: Power of Love
📆 Sat 31 Aug & Sun 1 Sep
🎟 Tickets [from £15.50] via: https://bit.ly/4cAUqNI
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Our Story
Located at the heart of the University of Stirling, Macrobert Arts Centre is a cultural hub for Stirling, the Forth Valley and Scotland.
Our vision is to promote and develop participation in and enjoyment of the arts so we offer a huge variety of activities with over 400 live performances - comedy, dance, drama, family friendly, music, opera - art exhibitions, a range of opportunities for all ages to get involved and a year round cinema programme.
We are proud to be one of Creative Scotland's Regularly Funded Organisations, selected for our contribution to a creative Scotland in terms of talent, quality productions, access, audience development, participation and outreach work.
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