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Gary Meikle: Neurospicy

Gary Meikle: Neurospicy

22 Aug 2025 - 6 Dec 2025

On 23rd January 2024 I was diagnosed as being neurodivergent which was kind of a surprise to me, funny enough, not to anyone that knows me. Although surprising this pretty much answered my full life and why I am the way I am. So come join me in a show where I’ll give you a 1st hand insight from my delusional eyes to what goes on in my ever expanding mind with stories of how I’ve manage to survive through a life of total confusement to how and why I now prefer to be alone, mostly!
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The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot

28 Aug 2025 - 28 Aug 2025

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
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Coraline

Coraline

28 Oct 2025 - 6 Nov 2025

After her family moves to Pink Mansions, Coraline (voiced by Fanning) quickly becomes bored with the large dusty house, and in particular with her hardworking parents (Hatcher and Hodgman). The fantasy kicks into top gear when she discovers a secret door that leads her into an alternate version of her home. A lush, visually imaginative and freshly entertaining stop-motion adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's novel.
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King Creosote - Any Storm in a Teacup

King Creosote - Any Storm in a Teacup

21 Aug 2025 - 11 Oct 2025

Following on from the success of 2024’s “Any Port in a Storm” tour, King Creosote’s 2025’s follow-up “Any Storm in a Teacup” promises a night of modular synth, I DES tracks and KC classics.
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National Theatre Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa ( Doctor Who; Sex Education ) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy. While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate. Max Webster ( Life of Pi ) directs this hilarious story of identity, impersonation and romance, filmed live from the National Theatre in London.
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Snow White
Disney
Family
Fantasy

Snow White

15 Aug 2025 - 11 Dec 2025

Live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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Flow

Flow

14 Aug 2025 - 15 May 2026

Cat is a solitary animal, but as his home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
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A Minecraft Movie

A Minecraft Movie

14 Aug 2025 - 8 Oct 2025

A mysterious portal pulls four misfits into the Overworld, a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master the terrain while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected crafter named Steve.
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Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

12 Sept 2025 - 13 Sept 2025

Together Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham have established themselves as the epitome of excellence in the world of traditional music. With their musical magic and quick-witted humour they will pull your emotional strings one moment and have you falling off the seat with laughter the next. Don't miss your chance to see what Mike Russell has described as "probably the best traditional musicians you are ever likely to hear".
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Salt House

Salt House

1 Oct 2025 - 1 Oct 2025

Salt House have been a mainstay on the folk scene for over a decade. The band's reputation as thoughtful and innovative interpreters of both old ballads and contemporary songs has been solidified with acclaimed album releases and extensive touring.
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Wind, Tide & Oar

Wind, Tide & Oar

21 Aug 2025 - 21 Aug 2025

Wind, Tide & Oar is a compelling exploration of engineless sailing, shot on analogue film over three years. The film delves into the experiences of those who travel solely by harnessing the natural elements alone, following a diverse array of traditional boats and uncovering the unique rhythms and motivations of engineless navigation. Journeying through rivers, coastlines, and open seas, spanning the UK, the Netherlands, and France, Wind, Tide & Oar creates a contemplative space, addressing themes of ecology, heritage, traditional skills, and maritime history. Using a 1960s hand-wound camera, Wahl offers a poetic and intimate perspective on a millennia-old craft, upended by the invention of mechanised power. Through the film’s reveries, sailing becomes a means to explore our interaction with and responsibility to the environment. It invites deep reflection on our relationship with nature, our understanding of and commitment to sustainability, and our care for the world around us.
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Elio
Adventure
Animation
Family

Elio

14 Aug 2025 - 2 Sept 2025

Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
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Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience
PIG changes are coming! Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby! There’s no better time to embark on a full house renovation, shop for a new car and make special memories together. Celebrate the beginning of an exciting new era of Peppa Pig at this special, big screen experience with an hour of laughter, tears and loads of heartwarming moments. With 10 oinktastic new episodes, 6 brand new songs and music videos, your little ones can dance and sing along with Peppa and her family and friends. The wait is finally over... join Peppa and George as they meet their new baby sibling for the first time at Peppa Meets the Baby Cinema Experience!
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David Attenborough: Ocean

David Attenborough: Ocean

16 Aug 2025 - 28 Jan 2026

This compelling documentary takes viewers on a breath-taking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. In the film the legendary broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the never-before-seen realities and challenges facing our ocean, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Ultimately the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough showcasing inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone has ever seen.
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CBeebies Musical - The Great Ice Cream Hunt
When all the ice creams go missing, Lolly the cow and Pinecone the hedgehog team up for a musical road trip to save the Empress of Storyland’s Summer Send-Off! During their adventure, Lolly and Pinecone get to know the Storyland Rangers at Coconut Cove, learn some magical moves at Mermaid Falls and help a stressed-out caterpillar find his voice at the Summer Fruits Festival. Eventually, Lolly and Pinecone track down their main suspect, the rain loving Professor Raindrop – but was he really the one who took the ice creams? Bursting with songs, laughter and all your CBeebies favourites, The Great Ice Cream Hunt is the perfect CBeebies summer treat!
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Smurfs

Smurfs

14 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2025

When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him.
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Young Musicians Sessions

Young Musicians Sessions

31 Aug 2025 - 30 Nov 2025

Monthly young musicians sessions, featuring the welcome return of Skelburn and High Level Hot Club and showcasing bright new emerging local talent!
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RN25 Lates

RN25 Lates

14 Aug 2025 - 16 Aug 2025

Rising North are delighted to announce late after party events on both Friday and Saturday of this year's festival in the Mareel Auditorium.
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Ideas Jukebox

Ideas Jukebox

13 Sept 2025 - 14 Sept 2025

Expect puppetry, live music and the opportunity to get involved in this interactive performance and workshop.
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SALT

SALT

5 Sept 2025 - 7 Sept 2025

Filled with sea shanties, dances, hymns and folk songs, SALT is a visceral tale of faith, jealousy and demonic passion.
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Maya and the Whale

Maya and the Whale

13 Sept 2025 - 14 Sept 2025

Maya and the Whale is the story of a young climate activist on the run who finds herself face to face with a dying whale.
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Rose Room

Rose Room

12 Sept 2025 - 13 Sept 2025

Crowned "best band" twice at the Scottish Jazz Awards, Rose Room are Scotland's leading ensemble influenced by Hot Club swing.
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Savages

Savages

14 Aug 2025 - 21 Sept 2025

After Banquise (Ice Floe), his 2006 short film and in the wake of the worldwide success of Ma vie de Courgette (My Life as a Courgette) in 2016, Swiss filmmaker Claude Barras has taken up the subject of deforestation in a very personal ecological fable about an indigenous people who live at the heart of a tropical forest. Barras explains that he was also influenced by the Swiss activist Bruno Manser, who was participated in the defence of the Borneo Forest before disappearing suspiciously. While pointing the finger at the destructive actions of the food industry and the excessive exploitation of raw materials, the film also questions, without ever being didactic, the irresistible attraction that we have for modernity.
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The Bad Guys 2

The Bad Guys 2

14 Aug 2025 - 28 Sept 2025

In the new action-packed chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed comedy smash about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, our now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
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The Legend of Ochi

The Legend of Ochi

14 Aug 2025 - 6 Sept 2025

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home. This adventure of a lifetime, set on the remote island of Carpathia crosses gorgeous landscapes and features thowbacks to some of our favourite family films of all time.
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Heidi: Rescue of the Lynx

Heidi: Rescue of the Lynx

14 Aug 2025 - 13 Sept 2025

Free spirited Heidi faces forces beyond her years to protect her Grandfather and the alpine wilderness she loves from a ruthless businessman and the hungry jaws of his new saw mill.
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National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

National Theatre Live: Inter Alia

4 Sept 2025 - 11 Dec 2025

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright? Writer Suzie Miller, director Justin Martin, and composer Self Esteem, reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie, with this searing examination of modern motherhood and masculinity.
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National Theatre Live: Hamlet

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

22 Jan 2026 - 15 Apr 2026

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.
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National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

27 Oct 2025 - 19 Feb 2026

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman starring in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland. After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend. Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London’s West End.
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National Theatre Live: Mrs Warren’s Profession
Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw’s incendiary moral classic. Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost? Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.
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Shetland Youth Theatre 2025/26

Shetland Youth Theatre 2025/26

27 Aug 2025 - 27 Aug 2025

Shetland Youth Theatre (SYT) is an exciting year-long programme designed for young people who are curious about acting, storytelling, and what happens behind the scenes in a real theatre.
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