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  1. Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

    Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

    From the quote attributed to Mark Twain, humour is defined as Tragedy Plus Time. Come and join Ed as he tests that formula by mining the most tragic event in...

  2. CIMS -- Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now

    CIMS -- Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now

    The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Institute (CIMS) invites you to the talk 'Metamodern Memory: On Blade Runner, Then and Now' by Global...

  3. Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)

    Light from the East: Middle Eastern Art (Dr Fabio Caiani)

    Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website

    This event is a multi-media celebration of Middle Eastern art in honour of Catherine Cobham (former Head of the Arabic and Persian Department). Renowned Syrian...

  4. An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger
    Cancelled

    An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger

    Eva Reisinger will read from her books "Was geht Österreich" and "Männer töten", for which she was nominated for the Austrian Debut...

  5. My Doric Diary

    My Doric Diary

    7.30pm -- Pay what you can £15.00 / £12.00 / £10.00

    A Doric jukebox musical from Katie Barnett and James Siggens of AyeTunes!, My Doric Diary is a heart-warming story about what it means to love and what it takes...

  6. Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Pay what you can £8.00 / £6.00 / £4.00

    Tragic Carpet Theatre presents The Seven Ravens. A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? and what is the secret that Ada learns about her...

  7. Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Suitcase Stories: The Seven Ravens

    Pay what you can: £8, £6 or £4

    Tragic Carpet Theatre presents The Seven Ravens. A Raven visits a young girl. Why are the birds gathering? and what is the secret that Ada learns about her...

  8. An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger

    An evening with Austrian author Eva Reisinger

    Eva Reisinger will read from her books "Was geht Österreich" and "Männer töten", for which she was nominated for the Austrian Debut...

  9. Menstruation Matters: Fighting Stigma in Scotland Today (Bettina Bildhauer)

    Menstruation Matters: Fighting Stigma in Scotland Today (Bettina Bildhauer)

    Free, but please book your tickets on the Byre Theatre website

    At least half of the world's population experience menstruation and the menopause at some stage in their lives, and yet we hardly ever speak about it....

  10. Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: Poetry Reading

    Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: Poetry Reading

    Poets from Scotland and England who identify with the Hong Kong Chinese British diaspora read their poems. The poets Tim Tim Cheng, Anna Cheung, Sean Wai Keung,...

  11. Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: The New Diaspora

    Reading and Writing Hong Kong in Scotland: The New Diaspora

    Over the past ten years a growing number of writers and artists from Hong Kong have established themselves in Scotland and elsewhere in the global Hong Kong...

  12. Ukraine Energy in the Spotlight Revisited: Nuclear Worlds

    Ukraine Energy in the Spotlight Revisited: Nuclear Worlds

    Join us online or in-person on October, 26, 5 pm (UK time) for an exciting discussion on the latest updates on Ukrainian nuclear energy. We will focus on the...

  13. Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

    Mermaids Performing Arts Fund present: Witness for the Prosecution 7.30pm -- Pay What You Can £12.00 / £10.00 / £8.00 Experience Agatha Christie's...

  14. Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

    Mermaids Performing Arts Fund present: Witness for the Prosecution 7.30pm -- Pay What You Can £12.00 / £10.00 / £8.00 Experience Agatha Christie's...

  15. A Bunch of Amateurs -- The Film (15)

    A Bunch of Amateurs -- The Film (15)

    St Andrews Play Club and the Byre present

    Nothing can replace the real thing, but following the disappointing (but necessary) cancellation of St Andrews Play Club, this hilarious film is the next best...

  16. A Bunch of Amateurs -- The Film (15)

    A Bunch of Amateurs -- The Film (15)

    St Andrews Play Club and the Byre present

    Nothing can replace the real thing, but following the disappointing (but necessary) cancellation of St Andrews Play Club, this hilarious film is the next best...

  17. Saints Talk: Professor Julia Prest

    Saints Talk: Professor Julia Prest

    Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre - Then and Now

    Development are delighted to invite you to the next instalment in our Saints Talk series from Professor Julia Prest, 'Colonial-Era Caribbean Theatre...

  18. Ecuadorian cinema for the 21st century: Dr Fernanda Miño

    Ecuadorian cinema for the 21st century: Dr Fernanda Miño

    Book launch and screening of Ratas, Ratones, Rateros (Sebastian Cordero, 1999)

    Associate Lecturer in Film Studies, Dr Fernanda Miño, will be introducing her upcoming book Ecuadorian Cinema for the 21st Century. The first major English...

  19. Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight -- Electric Networks

    Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight -- Electric Networks

    Electricity, like air, is something we notice when it disappears. In 2022 Ukrainians faced an acute energy deficiency, in everyday life, at work, and public...

  20. Your Favourite Festive Film

    Your Favourite Festive Film

    What's your favourite festive film? The magic of Christmas is in your hands as we open up a vote for one of these absolute classics to be screened....

  21. It's A Wonderful Life

    It's A Wonderful Life

    Christmas just wouldn't be the same without It's A Wonderful Life. Come along and immerse yourself in the spirit of the season with this ultimate...

  22. Mike A. Do: The Dictator of St Andrews

    Mike A. Do: The Dictator of St Andrews

    University of St Andrews Gilbert & Sullivan Society present

    In this new retelling of Gilbert and Sullivan's classic The Mikado, The Mike A. Do finds our young lovers betrothed to undesirable partners and at risk of...

  23. Alberta Whittle: The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers

    Alberta Whittle: The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers

    Alberta Whittle's film commission The Axe Forgets, But The Tree Remembers is a multi-voiced portrayal of members of the Windrush Generation and their...

  24. Oppenheimer (15)

    Oppenheimer (15)

    Cillian Murphy is J. Robert Oppenheimer, the talented physicist who spearheaded the Manhattan Project in Christopher Nolan's acclaimed biopic.

  25. Kings of the Blues

    Kings of the Blues

    The Main Street Blues Band return to the Byre with their stunning electric blues tribute to the masters, BB King, Albert King and Freddy King. The show, which...

  26. Byre World: Kaili Blues

    Byre World: Kaili Blues

    Join Dr Keru Cai for a screening of the 2015 film Kaili Blues, which brought international acclaim to the young Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan. Hailing from the...

  27. Medium Format: Soil Photography, Ecological Mosaics, Dispossession

    Medium Format: Soil Photography, Ecological Mosaics, Dispossession

    Dr William Schaefer - Associate Professor in Chinese Studies and Visual Culture, Durham University.

    Wang Youshen's installation Mei pingmi (Per square meter) (2014) reconfigures urban ecosystems: Wang juxtaposes fragments of drywall from his repeatedly...

  28. SCO 23/24: Berlioz, Mozart and Ravel with Francois Leleux and Carolyn Sampson

    SCO 23/24: Berlioz, Mozart and Ravel with Francois Leleux and Carolyn Sampson

    Tickets £20.00 / Senior citizens £18.00 / Disabled £10.00 / Students, Unemployed & U26 £6.00 / Under 18s FREE

    François Leleux conductor / oboe Carolyn Sampson soprano MOZART Symphony No 25 BERLIOZ Cantata: Herminie MOZART arr LELEUX Arias for oboe from The Magic Flute...

  29. Celtic Fiddle Festival

    Celtic Fiddle Festival

    Coming together to celebrate the violin in all of its globe-trotting variations, the Celtic Fiddle Festival present a night of stunning music performed solo and...

  30. National Theatre Live: Skylight (15)

    National Theatre Live: Skylight (15)

    2.00pm --- Pay What You Can £20.00 / £15.00 / £10.00 Written by David Hare Directed by Stephen Daldry Returning to the big screen after nearly ten years,...

  31. Stories in migration: politics, gender and literature in the UK

    Stories in migration: politics, gender and literature in the UK

    In conversation with Dr Liliana Chřvez-Díaz, University of St Andrews and Dr Dunia Gras, Universitat de Barcelona. What memories will remain of those without...

  32. Smog (1962): the critical geographies of Italian migration

    Smog (1962): the critical geographies of Italian migration

    Film Studies Speaker Series: Dr Shelleen Greene

    In 1962, Smog, an Italian-American co-production directed by Franco Rossi, debuted at the Venice Film Festival. The film was the opening screening of the 23rd...

  33. Plinth

    Plinth

    Renowned visual theatre maker Al Seed presents his latest striking work Plinth, which examines the role and re-appraisal of statues. At the heart of Plinth is...

  34. Persian Party --- Student LATE

    Persian Party --- Student LATE

    Get ready to party with a purpose as the Persian Society take over the Wardlaw Museum. Join us for karaoke, cocktails, dancing and more. One FREE drink...

  35. ROH 23/24 Season: Manon (12A)

    ROH 23/24 Season: Manon (12A)

    This adaptation of Abbé Prévost's novel embodies Kenneth MacMillan at his best, his acute insight into human psychology and his mastery of narrative...

  36. St Andrews Green Film Festival present EO (15)

    St Andrews Green Film Festival present EO (15)

    This stunning, Academy Award nominated film follows a donkey who encounters on his journeys good and bad people, experiences joy and pain, exploring a vision of...

  37. Film screening: The Earth Holds Me

    Film screening: The Earth Holds Me

    A documentary by Sara Manisera and Arianna Pagani

    As part of the School of Modern Languages Writers in Residence programme, we will be screening the documentary The Earth Holds Me (La terra mi tiene) followed...

  38. St Andrews Musical Theatre Society (SAMS) present The Addams Family

    St Andrews Musical Theatre Society (SAMS) present The Addams Family

    The wonderful St Andrews Musical Society (SAMS) bring everyone's favourite kooky family to the Byre in this spectacular musical comedy from the writers of...

  39. Byre World: When there's love inside

    Byre World: When there's love inside

    Join Senior Lecturer of the School of Modern Languages, Orhan Elmaz on Valentine's Day for a literary conversation about everything the heart may (or may...

  40. Workshop -- Decolonize Narrative: Words and Images to Break Stereotypes

    Workshop -- Decolonize Narrative: Words and Images to Break Stereotypes

    a multimedia workshop for students by Sara Manisera and Arianna Pagani

    Decolonize Narrative: Words and Images to Break Stereotypes. This multimedia journalism lab will immerse participants in the dynamic intersection of words and...

  41. What's Love Got To Do With It? (12A)

    What's Love Got To Do With It? (12A)

    Lily James stars as Zoe, a successful documentary filmmaker on the hunt for her next project. When her childhood friend Kaz (Shazad Latif) announces that he is...

  42. Public Conversation on the Black Archive in Italian Studies

    Public Conversation on the Black Archive in Italian Studies

    Join the Department of Italian for a public conversation with Professor Shelleen Greene, associate professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the UCLA School of...

  43. Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- The Energy of Water

    Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited -- The Energy of Water

    Join the Centre for Energy Ethics for the next seminar of Ukraine: Energy in the Spotlight Revisited. This session will be dedicated to the story of the...

  44. Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅
    Cancelled

    Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅

    A performance of lion and dragon dancers to usher in the lunar New Year

    Edinburgh's Yee's Hung Ga Kung Fu Academy will perform lion and dragon dances in St Mary's Quad to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar New...

  45. Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅

    Dragon and Lion Dance 舞龍舞獅

    A performance of lion and dragon dancers to usher in the lunar New Year

    Edinburgh's Yee's Hung Ga Kung Fu Academy will perform lion and dragon dances in St Salvator's Quad to celebrate the beginning of the Lunar...

  46. Laidlaw Music Centre Spring Concert Series: Maximiliano Martín and Friends

    Laidlaw Music Centre Spring Concert Series: Maximiliano Martín and Friends

    Honorary Professor of Woodwind and one of Europe's foremost clarinettists, Maximiliano Martín curates a programme including music by Mozart, Rossini and...

  47. Dr Faustus

    Dr Faustus

    Mermaids Performing Arts Fund presents

    In Mermaids' retelling of Christopher Marlowe's tragedy, Doctor Faustus is a scholar who feels he knows all. In desperate search of joy and...

  48. Prosthetic Performances: Technologies of the Black Mutative Body

    Prosthetic Performances: Technologies of the Black Mutative Body

    CIMS seminar with Global Fellow Professor Shelleen Greene (UCLA)

    The Cultural Identity and Memory Institute (CIMS) welcomes everyone to join the research seminar by Global Fellow Professor Shelleen Greene (UCLA) on...

  49. SCO 23/24: Lindberg, Stravinsky and Shostakovich with Maxim and Pekka

    SCO 23/24: Lindberg, Stravinsky and Shostakovich with Maxim and Pekka

    Tickets £20.00 / Senior citizens £18.00 / Disabled £10.00 / Students, Unemployed & U26 £6.00 / Under 18s FREE

    Maxim Emelyanychev conductor Pekka Kuusisto violin FAURÉ Suite: Pelléas & Mélisande LINDBERG Violin Concerto No 1 STRAVINSKY Dumbarton Oaks SHOSTAKOVICH...

  50. Memory, Narrative and Ecology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    Memory, Narrative and Ecology: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    CIMS Seminar in the Environmental Humanities by Dr Avishek Parui (IIT Madras)

    The Cultural Identity and Memory Studies Insititute (CIMS) invites everyone to join this seminar by Dr Avishek Parui (IIT Madras) on 'Memory, Narrative,...