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Continuous Events Every Day Stirling Vue Cinema Stirling Vue, Forthside Way, Stirling FK8 1QZ
Vue Stirling is an eight screen, all luxury stadium seated cinema with wall to ceiling to floor huge screens, enhanced by the most progressive projection and Dolby Digital Surround Sound technology for the ultimate picture and sound quality. The cinema has 1,061 seats over eight screens and is the biggest cinema in Stirling. Tel: 08712 240 240 http://www.myvue.com/
Macrobert Arts Centre - Cinema Stirling University Campus
Big Screen Live, Curry & Movie Thursdays, midweek matinees, and much more. For full listings of what’s on at the cinema go to: Box Office 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org/cinema.htm
The Hippodrome - Bo’ness 10 Hope St Bo’ness EH51 0AA
Some 97 years after the first customers took their seats in the grand picture palace, The Hippodrome re-opens its doors to the public, recreating the golden age of cinema-going using 21st century technology. The A-listed building, brainchild of film-maker Louis Dickson and designed by local architect Matthew Steele, was opened on 11 March 1912, is a rare example of pre-art deco cinema architecture, and Scotland’s oldest purpose-built picture house. Having undergone extensive restoration as part of the Bo’ness Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI), The Hippodrome has seen the 1926 decorative scheme reinstated, new seating installed and original seating restored, and digital and 35mm projectors fitted to offer the best cinema experience. Open 6 days a week Screening the best major new releases Independent films and classics. Tel: 01324 506850 www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org
Daily until 12th October. Stirling Smith Art Gallery Dumbarton Rd, Stirling, FK8 2RQ BANNOCKBURN 700 - REMEMBER BANNOCKBURN!
700 years after the Battle, we take a closer look at how Bannockburn has been celebrated, and remembered down the centuries. A hundred years ago, this picture of Bruce and de Bohun by John Duncan failed to win the 600th anniversary art competition. The picture which did was not liked, as this protest poster shows. Tel: 01786 471917 www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk
Daily Saturday 7th June until: Sunday 28th Sept 9:30am 6.00pm The Three Estates Costume Exhibition. Stirling Castle, Castle Esplanade Stirling FK8 1EJ
Admire the detail and mastery in the costumes created for last year’s unique performances of A Satire of the Three Estates. Gain an insight into the fashions of the time and learn about Sir David Lyndsay’s epic play of Scottish politics, power and reform. Tel: 01786 450000 www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk
Weekly Events Mondays Every Monday Night 8pm Stirling County R.F.C., Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling FK9 5AP Stirling Folk Club Tickets available on the
door www.stirlingfolkclub.co.uk
TUESDAYS Every Tuesday Night. Kilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, Stirling
If you’re looking for some tasty tucker, a cold beer and some bonza entertainment the n look no further. On top of our weekly programme of entertainment we host a number of events thoughout the year. These range from Stand-up Comedy Nights to day-long Music Festivals in the huge beer garden. Tel: 01786 451130 www.kiltedkangaroo.com/events.html
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THURSDAYS
Every Tuesday Night No. 2 Baker Street 2 Baker St Stirling FK8 1BJ Quiz Night.
Tradition pub full of character and real ale. Live music/disco at weekends. A friendly warm welcome awaits. For those that love...tradition, character and real ale. Tel: 01786 448 722
WEDNESDAYS
Second Saturday of the Month starts 11am Every Thursday Night from 9.00pm Port Street, Stirling City Centre FK8 2LJ Kilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar Stirling Farmers Market & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, Highland beef, pork and bacon, venison and wild Stirling
game, wild boar, fresh and smoked fish, great Karaoke! Australian Bar & Grill House, bread in variety - continental and traditional If you’re looking for some tasty tucker, a cold recipes including sourdoughs, scones and cakes, beer and some bonza entertainment then look no gluten-free baking, jams, chutneys and prefurther. serves, Scottish cheeses and butter, free-range Tel: 01786 451130 hen/duck eggs, organic vegetables, cold-pressed www.kiltedkangaroo.com oilseed-rape products and dressings, fudge and tablet, low sodium sea-salt, savoury pies, country fruit wines, hand-made, jewellery, soaps and FRIDAYS body care products, knitted baby clothes, garden plants.
Every Wednesday 1st October to Wednesday 19th November 11am Dickens Book Group Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Mu- 1st Friday each month Doors open seum, Dumbarton Rd Stirling FK8 7.30pm starts 8.30pm 2RQ STAND-UP COMEDY NIGHT The Dickens Book group meets again, under the Kilted Kangaroo, 9 Upper Craigs, guidance of Professor Grahame Smith, to read ‘The Old Curiosity Shop’ (oxford Classics). A lot of Stirling FK8 2DG pleasure can be had from the reading and sharing the works of Dickens in good company. No previous experience is necessary - some people only know Dickens through television dramas. Please read the first hundred pages before the first session. Prepare to be surprised at what you will learn. Tel: 01786 471917 www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk
Every Wednesday Night Kilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, Stirling Pub Quiz. Australian Bar & Grill House, If
you’re looking for some tasty tucker, a cold beer and some bonza entertainment then look no further. Tel: 01786 451130 www.kiltedkangaroo.com
Every Wednesday Night No. 2 Baker Street 2 Baker St Stirling FK8 1BJ Traditional Scottish Open Session.
tion pub full of character and real ale. Tel: 01786 448722
Every Friday Night Drouthy Neebors, 7 Baker Street FK8 1BJ Live local music Tel: 01786 450858
Daily Events Diary
Every Saturday and Sunday Drouthy Neebors 7 Baker Street FK8 1BJ
Wednesday 1st October 12.00pm & 7.30pm Sunset Song The Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA
http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk
What’s On - Please keep checking back for forthcoming events. Tel: 01786 450858 http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk/whatson
SATURDAYS Tradi-
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Traditional Scottish Open Session. Tradition pub full of character and real ale. Tel: 01786 448722
SUNDAYS
The Kilted Kangaroo is where it’s at for Comedy in Every Sunday Drouthy Neebors Stirling! The ONLY monthly show with a fantastic 7 Baker Street FK8 1BJ What’s On - Please keep checking back for forthline-up. coming events. Tel: 01786 451130 Tel: 01786 450858 www.kiltedkangaroo.com http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk/whats-
Every Saturday Night Drouthy Neebors, 7 Baker Street FK8 1BJ Live local music Tel: 01786 450858
http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling.co.uk Every Wednesday Night Kilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & Grill House, 9 Upper Craigs, StirFirst Saturday of the month ling 10am - 4pm Pub Quiz. Australian Bar & Grill House, If you’re looking for Albert Halls Albert Place, Stirling some tasty tucker, a cold beer and some bonza FK8 2QL entertainment then look no further. Scotfairs Antique Fair Tel: 01786 451130
Every Wednesday Night No. 2 Baker Street 2 Baker St Stirling FK8 1BJ
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A great shopping experience, antiques for the connoisseur, hidden treasures for the experts, specialist items for the experienced collector, and 1000s of interesting, beautiful and affordable items for the general public. Come along and enjoy the informal atmosphere of the market! Adults £1.50, accompanied children free. Tel: 01764 654555 or 654340 www.scotfairs.co.uk
Chris Guthrie is bound to a harsh farming life by her intense love of the land. She dreams of the seductive yet distant world of books and learning, but when war breaks out. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
Thursday 2nd October 12.00pm & 7.30pm Sunset Song The Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA
Chris Guthrie is bound to a harsh farming life by her intense love of the land. She dreams of the seductive yet distant world of books and learning, but when war breaks out. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
Friday 3rd October 8.00pm Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE A warm welcome to a remarkable pairing who have played such a pivotal role in British folk music from the 60s right through to the present day. Tel: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/
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What’s On Stirling Highland Perthshire 2014 2013 Friday 3rd October 7.30pm Monday 6th October 8.00pm ROLLING BACK THE YEARS Bram Taylor @ Stirling Folk Club Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road Stir- Stirling Folk Club, BRIDGEHAUGH ling FK8 2QL PARK STIRLING FK9 5AP
Friday 10th October 8.00pm Nik Kershaw, “me, myself and I tour” The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE
Another sensational show from the producers of ‘Memory Lane’, Memories are made of This’ and ‘All our Yesterdays’. A stunning roller coaster ride of nostalgia. Featuring tributes to some of the world’s greatest stars. Tel: 01786 473544 www.scotfairs.co.uk
Bram Taylor enthralls audiences with fine rich voice and entertaining sense of humour, performing an excellent selection of both traditional and contemporary material on Guitar, Duet Concertina, and Baritone Ukelele. His powerful vocal quality also lends itself perfectly to acappella singing. £8 on the door.
Saturday 4th October 8.00pm Kiki Dee & Carmelo Luggeri The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE
Wednesday 8th October 7.30pm War Requiem Macrobert Cinema, University of Saturday 11th October 8.00pm Lulo Reinhardt Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Inspired by the music and lyrics of Benjamin Brit- The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling ten’s War requiem, this film relinquishes spoken FK8 1DE
For almost two decades, Kiki and Carmelo have been touring their spellbinding acoustic live show across the UK and Europe. Performing in this stripped back fashion allows each of their exceptional talents to shine through and create a wonderful and warm sense of intimacy for the audience. Tel: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/
Saturday 4th October 11.30am & 2.00pm Head In the Clouds The Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA
The sheep look down, the sheep look round, one sheep looks up and sees the clouds... Ipdip Theatre bring a delightful, multi-sensory performance where rhythmic storytelling is interwoven with sound, touch and visual treats. A 2013 Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show made especially for 0-4 year olds and families to enjoy together. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
Nik performs songs and tells tales from his impressive career and takes (potentially) awkward questions from the audience. This is a rare opportunity to experience an intimate evening with the man, famously described by Elton John as, “the best song writer of a generation”. Tel: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/
dialogue and instead examines Wilfred Owen’s Lulo Reinhardt represents one of the most unique horrifically graphic poems based on his experi- voices in gypsy-jazz music today. His Latin-Swing ences fighting in the First World War. Project combines pure gypsy-swing music with elTel: 01786 466666 ements of Latin music such as flamenco, tango, http://www.macrobert.org and bossa nova. Tel: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/ Thursday 9th October 7.00pm
The List (+ Documentary: Filming Saturday 11th October 1.00pm & The List) Macrobert Cinema, University of 3.00pm Emily Brown and The Thing Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA A behind the scenes documentary revealing how Macrobert Arts Centre, University the worlds of theatre and film worked with their of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA differences to create a Scottish first for both. In 2013 Stellar Quines set out to discover how a midscale theatre company can reach a larger audience for their work via the cinema. Restaging their award-winning Edinburgh Festival Fringe production The List, Stellar Quines commissioned BAFTAwinning film director Morag McKinnon to work alongside the company’s Artistic Director Muriel Romanes to produce a cinema version of the play. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
One evening, Emily Brown and her old grey rabbit Stanley hear a Thing crying outside their window. He just can’t get to sleep. Emily Brown and Stanley set off on incredible adventures to find the Thing’s cuddly… his bedtime milk… his medicine… But nothing seems to help him settle. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
Saturday 4th October Stirling 1914 12-4pm Stirling Castle, Castle Esplanade Thursday 9th October 6.00pm Stirling FK8 1EJ Dance - Along - A - Movie: HairDiscover more about the important role the cas- spray tle played as a recruitment centre during the war. Macrobert Cinema, University of Find out about the life of a new recruit in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and hear of the Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA
Monday 13th October 8.00pm Brendan Henry Duo Stirling Folk Club, BRIDGEHAUGH PARK STIRLING FK9 5AP
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Brendan Hendry hails from Bellaghy in South Derry. November 2008 saw the launch of the instrumental album TUNED UP an album which has captured the heart of those people who have listened to it and reviewed it. “this is an album so damned experiences from those returning from the front. Get your dancing shoes on and join us for a swinggood that its essence should be bottled and force ing dance-along to the big screen version of the Tel: 01786 450000 Tony Award-winning musical Hairspray. Top cho- fed to all Irish infants” FROOTS www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk reographer Karen Martin will teach you the moves before you take the main stage and dance along Monday 13th October 5.00pm Sunday 5th October to hit numbers. Glasgow Girls Stirling 1914 12-4pm Tel: 01786 466666 Macrobert Cinema, University of Stirling Castle, Castle Esplanade http://www.macrobert.org Discover more about the important role the castle played as a recruitment centre during the war. Find out about the life of a new recruit in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and hear of the experiences from those returning from the front. Tel: 01786 450000 www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk
The compelling story of a group of teenagers with a cause in a musical drama based on the true story of the Glasgow Girls. What started as a grassroots petition to save their friend from deportation inspired a powerful human rights movement which would eventually change immigration practices in Scotland. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
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What’s On Stirling Highland Perthshire 2014 2013 Monday 13th October 7.30pm Saturday 18th October 7.30pm Stand Clear of the Closing Doors The Pearlfishers + support Macrobert Cinema, University of The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA FK8 1DE The story of an autistic youth named Ricky who, after a particularly difficult day at school, escapes into the subways. It’s here that he starts his real journey, on a days-long voyage of discovery while, above ground, his mother frantically searches for him. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
Autumn the Folk-Noir balladeer will be on the road, again, with a new Live Album, recorded in the Yukon at the prestigious Dawson City Music festival, and a collection of her drawings - nudes and dreams - following their debut exhibition in The return of the magnificient Pearlfishers, the Edinburgh in June 2014. band return to Stirling to play a host of songs from Tel: 01786 274000 new album ‘Open Up Your Colouring Book’, along- http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/ side some old favourites. Tel: 01786 274000 Friday 24th October 8.00pm http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/
Tuesday 21st October 8.00pm Mark Watson: Flaws Thursday 16th October 2.30pm Old MacDonald Had A Farm By Ste- The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE ven Lee
Gavin Marwick - The Journeyman The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE
Gavin Marwick - the Journeyman Spectacular, features a mighty 10-piece band with members of Old Blind Dogs, Bellevue Rendezvous, Up In The Combining his award-winning wit with thought- Air and Ceilidh Minogue, along with other great The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling provoking insights, Watson finds that as humans, musicians including Claire Mann and Fraser Fifield. FK8 1DE despite our lack of perfection and poor decision- Tel: 01786 274000 Presented by the team behind There Was An Old making, we’re pretty spectacular. http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/ Lady Who Swallowed A Fly and written espe- Tel: 01786 274000 cially for parents to enjoy with their children, this http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/ Monday 27th October 8.00pm fun filled farmyard tale brings to life all the best loved characters from the original nursery rhyme James Keelaghan @ Stirling Folk along with a magical medley of games, giggles Wednesday 22nd October 7.30pm Club and songs, including Heads, Shoulders Knees and Singing Bowl Meditations and Stirling Folk Club, BRIDGEHAUGH Toes, She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain and Healings with Peter Halley PARK STIRLING FK9 5AP of course Old MacDonald Had A Farm. Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Mu- James Keelaghan is one of the finest songwritTel: 01786 274000 seum, Dumbarton Rd Stirling FK8 ers of this or any other age (check out Cold Mishttp://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/ souri Waters and you’ll know what I mean) James 2RQ Singing bowls create a deeply nurturing special Keelaghan is both a national treasure and one of Friday 17th - Saturday 18th Octo- environment. The healing resonance and magic the most popular male folksingers on the planet. ber 7.30pm inherent in the song of the bowls allows deep re- £9 on the door. leasing at cellular levels. The style and the depth Outlying Islands Macrobert Arts Centre, University of healing received is controlled by you. Tuesday 28th October 2.00pm Tel: 01786 471917 of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Dementia Friendly Day www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk Award-winning Scottish Borders-based Company Macrobert Cinema, University of Firebrand present an exciting new production of David Greig’s acclaimed play about loss of inno- Wednesday 22nd October 7.30pm Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Macrobert has been working with a wide range of cence. It is summer 1939 and two young Cam- Dance Derby other agencies to make Stirling Dementia Friendbridge naturalists arrive on a remote Hebridean Macrobert Arts Centre, University ly. We’ll be offering monthly activities at macrobisland to conduct a wildlife survey on behalf of the ert developed specifically for adults living with government. Robert is combative, provocative and of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA This powerful and hugely energetic dance theatre dementia and their partners and carers. curious. John is reserved and conservative. They are accompanied by Kirk, the island’s tenant, and production opened to critical acclaim during Ed- Tel: 01786 466666 his attractive young niece. When Kirk inadvert- inburgh Festival Fringe 2013 and now comes to http://www.macrobert.org ently reveals to the boys the true reason for their macrobert for one night only. island survey, they are drawn into a dark primeval Tel: 01786 466666 Wednesday 29th October 7.30pm world of raw emotion, sexual passion, voyeurism http://www.macrobert.org Not About Heroes and murder. Macrobert Arts Centre, University Tel: 01786 466666 Wednesday 22nd October 1.30pm http://www.macrobert.org of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA
& 6pm Songs From The Enchanted Garden Saturday 18th October 2.00pm Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road StirTales of a Grandson FK8 2QL Macrobert Arts Centre, University ling Written by the award-winning team of composer of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Martin Green (Lau) and songwriter Karine Polwart,
The unforgettable story of two of the finest ‘Great War’ poets, Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, their friendship, their inter-dependency, their poetry. Tel:
01786 466666 Accompanying Andy and adding to the Tales are this beautiful staged production of original songs http://www.macrobert.org composer and musician Wendy Weatherby, Bar- based on stories written by local children, is a rowland Ballet, a local cast of dancers, a choir of Wednesday 29th October 7.30pm show like no other. Tel: 01786 473544 grannies and some of Scotland’s finest young muJar City sicians. Macrobert Cinema, University of Thursday 23rd October 7.30pm Tel: 01786 466666 Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA http://www.macrobert.org Rachel Sermanni + support The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling In 1974, a young Icelandic girl met a grim fate at the hands of a murderer -- and the crime was FK8 1DE never solved. So begins celebrated director BalRachel Sermanni is taking her Naked Ladies on tasar Kormákur’s procedural thriller Jar City. In tour. This Autumn the Folk-Noir balladeer will be the present day, the jaded and exhausted detecon the road, again, with a new Live Album. This
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What’s On Highland Stirling Perthshire 2014 2013 tive Erlendur (Ingvar E. Sigurdsson) begins to investigate a link between that notorious unsolved crime and the homicide of a local thug, Holberg. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
Thursday 30th October 6.00pm & 10.30pm National Theatre Live: Frankenstein Encore 2014 - Benedict Cumberbatch as Creature Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA National Theatre Live’s thrilling broadcast of Frankenstein returns to cinemas for a limited time, due to unprecedented audience demand. Directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle. The production was a sell-out hit at the National Theatre in 2011, and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world. Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org
Thursday 30th October 7.30pm Macbeth Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA
Thursday 30th October 6.00pm & 10.00pm National Theatre Live: Frankenstein Encore 2014 - Benedict Cumberbatch as Creature Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA National Theatre Live’s thrilling broadcast of Frankenstein returns to cinemas for a limited time, due to unprecedented audience demand. Tel: 01786 466666
Dominic Hill, Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre, revives his brooding, atmospheric Macbeth in celebration of the 2014 Year of Homecoming. Inspired by events in the war-torn Balkans, Hill’s production is at once contemporary and ageless; a world of camouflage-clad leaders and grungy, chain-smoking witches, where power is all but comes at a price. Tel: 01786 466666 Tel: 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org http://www.macrobert.org
Thursday 30th October 8.00pm Thursday 30th October to Sunday Graeme Stephen Nosferatu The Tolbooth, Jail Wynd Stirling 2nd November Scottish Paranormal Festival FK8 1DE Award winning guitarist and composer Graeme Venues in Stirling
Stephen has been breathing new life into classic This is the first Scottish Paranormal Festival. Scotland is a very paranormal place. The Festival early cinema with his Silent Film Scores. celebrates the fact across the entire spectrum of Tel: 01786 274000 strange & supernatural happenings. And it haphttp://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/ pens at Halloween, that terrifying time when the veil between this word & other dimensions.... The main Festival will take place in the Albert Halls, The Tolbooth, The Smith Art Gallery & Museum, and Cowane’s Hospital - all magnificent locations. There will also be a film strand at the Macrobert Centre cinema. You might not have final proof of the existence of ghosts or UFOS by the end of the weekend...but you will have assembled enough evidence that “weird stuff happens” to make your own decision! Tel: 01389 830 745
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