Macrobert News

We're closed from Mon 6 - Fri 10 Jan. On Friday, Box Office will be open for telephone bookings only from 12.30pm before reopening fully at 4.30pm.

We're delighted to announce that we've been awarded funding from Screen Scotland's Cinema Equipment Fund to upgrade our Filmhouse. We're going to be installing state-of-the-art cinema equipment, including a 4K Laser Projector and a new sound system and move the original Filmhouse equipment to our Mainhouse, in order to open this up as a third cinema space.

We delighted to announce an open opportunity for an artist to exhibit work in our Arthouse exhibition space (Jan to Apr 2020). This is the chance to reach a a wide audience pool of up to 4,000 people and give further life to existing work (this is not a commission). 

Christmas classics arrive on the Big Screen at Thistles, Stirling this festive season. Take a break from all your shopping and relax with a free cinema ticket on receipt of your purchase from Thistles.

The Skywalker Saga concludes in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and we're celebrating with a trilogy screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi before the midnight screening of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

We're delighted to have lots of brand new products available in our Kiosk. From popcorn and ice cream, coffee and alcohol, crisps and sweets, there's something for everyone! We're committed to being environmentally friendly and we have introduced lots of new products in line with this. Find out more about our products and prices here.

Our annual Handmade Exhibition and Christmas Craft Fayre of arts and crafts are back for a fifth year. We're looking for independent practitioners with original, high quality work to sell for both of our events. Previous popular items for sale have included: mosaics, jewellery, framed ceramics, framed prints, textiles, cards and decorations. Find out more and apply before 12 noon on Mon 23 Sep.

This season we're inviting you to join the conversation about Family, inspired by the brand new production Red Dust Road (29 & 30 Aug). It tells the story Jackie Kay's journey to find her birth parents and the discovery that we are shaped by the folk songs we hear as much as the cells in our body.  If you'd like to be part of our Conversation Exhibition then send us a 'family' photo that means a lot to you and a short description of who's in the picture and why it is important. 

Excitement is building for the arrival of Disney’s The Lion King on Fri 19 July and the lions at Blair Drummond Safari Park are getting in on the action. Some of our team dropped by to deliver the lion’s family ticket in person and got the chance to ‘meet’ the The Lion King of the Safari Park and his pride.

Performers from the Macrobert Arts Centre helped mark the latest step in the £21.7 million redevelopment of the University of Stirling campus. The Campus Central project, which includes an extensive refurbishment of the University’s existing atrium and a three-storey extension, will join the heart of the University with the Macrobert Arts Centre, as well as adding more than 50% of extra learning, social and study space for staff and students.