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  1. Acting Up: Rehearsed Reading

    Acting Up: Rehearsed Reading

    Tearaway Writers present - Pay What You Can £12.00 / £10.00 / £8.00

    A night of performed writing, featuring darkly humorous, dramatic, and comedic plays by the talented local writing group, the Tearaway Writers. Running time: 1h 45m Ages 12+ Contains some sensitive subjects such as death and...

  2. Relaxed drawing @ Wardlaw

    Relaxed drawing @ Wardlaw

    Drop into the Wardlaw Museum to relax and draw. Find a place in the galleries and take inspiration from great artworks, capture the detail of an ancient artefact or bring a stuffed animal to life. Easy going, all talents welcome. We'll provide the materials. No booking...

  3. Remembering Service

    Remembering Service

    The Chaplaincy extends a warm invitation to our community members who have experienced the death of a family member, friend, student, peer, or colleague. Regardless of your faith or philosophy of life, you are welcome to join us for a reflective service featuring readings and music. There will also be an opportunity to light...

  4. The Miracle Club (12A)

    The Miracle Club (12A)

    Film: - Pay What You Can £8.00 / £6.00

    Maggie Smith stars in this heartwarming comedy-drama, following a group of riotous working-class women travelling from 1960s Ireland on a spiritual journey to the sacred French town of Lourdes. Dir: Thaddeus O'Sullivan / 2023 / UK / Ireland / 12A / 1h...

  5. Compline for Graduation

    Compline for Graduation

    A service of night prayer, with music and spoken prayers and silence. Open to all graduating students, their families and guests, and all others, regardless of their faith or philosophy of...

  6. Children's Classic Concerts: Big Top Brass

    Children's Classic Concerts: Big Top Brass

    Pay What You Can: £15, £12, £10

    Roll up, roll up... Children's Classic Concerts presents Big Top Brass. A carnival of musical acrobatics and live magic, with bells, trills and circus skills -- this is the Greatest Show! Performed by CCC's brass quintet, Thistle Brass, and presented by Owen Gunnell alongside our spectacular Magic Circle magician, this promises to be an...

  7. Microbe Magic (7+)
    Limited access

    Microbe Magic (7+)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Could creatures from Earth thrive on other planets? Is there life on other planets? Come and discover more and make your own mini microbe factory in a recycled bottle. If possible bring your own recycled plastic...

  8. The Magic Cabaret

    The Magic Cabaret

    The Great Baldini presents - Pay What You Can £16.00 / £14.00 / £12.00

    Legendary magician the Great Baldini provides a cabaret of magical illusions --- starting with his first trick on his twelfth birthday and culminating in his seizing control of the ILLUSIONATI. Imagine Tommy Cooper trying to crack the Da Vinci Code. Running time: 2h 20m Ages:...

  9. Animation Station (7+)
    Limited access

    Animation Station (7+)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Our imaginations are AMAZING! Did you know they help us to picture what other planets are like? Come and let your imagination run wild and have a go at stop motion...

  10. Planet Pioneers (7+)
    Limited access

    Planet Pioneers (7+)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Are there volcanos in outer space? Are there larva pits on mars? Come along to the Wardlaw Museum and learn about what other planets are like and use your imagination to create your...

  11. Microbe Magic (Under 7)
    Limited access

    Microbe Magic (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Could creatures from Earth thrive on other planets? Is there life on other planets? Come and discover more and make your own mini microbe factory in a recycled bottle. If possible bring your own recycled plastic...

  12. Microbe Magic (Drop-in)

    Microbe Magic (Drop-in)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Could creatures from Earth thrive on other planets? Is there life on other planets? Come and discover more and make your own mini microbe factory in a recycled bottle. If possible bring your own recycled plastic...

  13. Planet Pioneers (Under 7)
    Limited access

    Planet Pioneers (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Are there volcanos in outer space? Are there larva pits on mars? Come along to the Wardlaw Museum and learn about what other planets are like and use your imagination to create your...

  14. Planet Pioneers (Drop-in)

    Planet Pioneers (Drop-in)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Are there volcanos in outer space? Are there larva pits on mars? Come along to the Wardlaw Museum and learn about what other planets are like and use your imagination to create your...

  15. Grief Group

    Grief Group

    Staff lunch

    This group is open to all staff who are grieving, whether your loss is recent or in the past. It offers an opportunity to find common ground with others if you are feeling isolated and alone and is a safe place to discuss and share various aspects of grief. Drinks and light lunch provided,...

  16. Comedy Sneak Peeks 2024

    Comedy Sneak Peeks 2024

    MZA present - Friday £11.50 & Saturday £13.50

    Don't miss the hilarious all-star MZA Edinburgh Fringe previews back at the Byre -- featuring some of the UK's best headlining comedians -- off notes and off adrenaline! We are absolutely delighted to welcome comedy stars Joe McTernan, Connor Burns and Kai Humphries, plus perhaps other guests this year, for a gauranteed fun night...

  17. Animation Station (Under 7)
    Limited access

    Animation Station (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Our imaginations are AMAZING! Did you know they help us to picture what other planets are like? Come and let your imagination run wild and have a go at stop motion...

  18. Rocket Rumble (Under 7)
    Limited access

    Rocket Rumble (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Join us, at the Wardlaw Museum, as we start our space journey. Work out how we could get to outer planets and launch your own mini space mission. Learn, craft and explore as we look into our new exhibitions ' Alien Worlds'. If possible bring your own recycled plastic...

  19. Rocket Rumble (Drop-In)

    Rocket Rumble (Drop-In)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Join us, at the Wardlaw Museum, as we start our space journey. Work out how we could get to outer planets and launch your own mini space mission. Learn, craft and explore as we look into our new exhibitions ' Alien Worlds'. If possible bring your own recycled plastic...

  20. Grief Group

    Grief Group

    Staff lunch

    This group is open to all staff who are grieving, whether your loss is recent or in the past. It offers an opportunity to find common ground with others if you are feeling isolated and alone and is a safe place to discuss and share various aspects of grief. Drinks and light lunch provided,...

  21. Nye (Cert 12A tbc)

    Nye (Cert 12A tbc)

    National Theatre Live: - Pay What You Can £20.00 / £15.00 / £10.00

    Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain's welfare state and created the NHS. Confronted with death, Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan's deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights...

  22. Karine Polwart: Light Beyond the window

    Karine Polwart: Light Beyond the window

    Pay

    Karine Polwart is a multi-award winning Scottish songwriter, folk singer, and storyteller. Her songs evoke a richness of place, hidden histories, scientific curiosity and folklore. Trees and rocks speak. Birds flit in and out of vision. and the stars know everything. She conjures the beauty and magic, the sorrow and complexity of the world...

  23. Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

    Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

    Byre Youth and Community Arts present - Pay What You Can £10.00 / £8.00 / £6.00

    In this fast moving kaleidoscope, more than a hundred characters try to make sense of what they know. Performed by the Secondary School aged students of Byre Youth and Community Arts. Ages 12+ This amateur production of "Love and Information" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd....

  24. Animation Station (Under 7)
    Limited access

    Animation Station (Under 7)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Our imaginations are AMAZING!!! Did you know they help us to picture what other planets are like? Come and let your imagination run wild and have a go at stop motion...

  25. Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

    Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

    Byre Youth and Community Arts present - Pay What You Can £10.00 / £8.00 / £6.00

    In this fast moving kaleidoscope, more than a hundred characters try to make sense of what they know. Performed by the Secondary School aged students of Byre Youth and Community Arts. Ages 12+ This amateur production of "Love and Information" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd....

  26. Arab Strap

    Arab Strap

    ATC Live presents - £34

    Following their critically-acclaimed UK Top 20 album As Days Get Dark, Arab Strap join us at the Byre Theatre to make some noise with their new and upcoming album. The band recently wrapped up a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Philophobia, and their new album feels charged by a desire to move forward...

  27. Arab Strap

    Arab Strap

    ATC Live presents - £34.00

    7.00pm start time (6.30pm doors open) Following their critically-acclaimed UK Top 20 album As Days Get Dark, Arab Strap join us at the Byre, ready to make some noise with their new and upcoming album. The band recently wrapped up a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of Philophobia, and their new album feels charged...

  28. Everything Changes

    Everything Changes

    Take That the Tribute: - £24.00

    The only production in which Gary, Mark, Howard and Robbie headline a fully-live spectacular featuring an uber-talented band, singers and dancers. Everything Changes presents a 2-hour spectacular where everybody will be singing and dancing all night long. Enjoy all of Take That's greatest hits; Pray, Shine, Greatest Day, These Days, Back for Good, Patience,...

  29. Sunday Worship

    Sunday Worship

    Come join us for the University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but definitely not required. An optional, short service of holy communion will follow. This service will take place in person and will be available to watch via livestream. See the 'Livestreamed services' section on our...

  30. Chaplain's Conversation

    Chaplain's Conversation

    with Dr Michael Downes

    In conversation with the Chaplain, Donald MacEwan, Michael Downes will discuss his path to the University, and his thoughts about the future of music in education. Michael is the Director of Music, appointed in 2008. He read English and Music at King's College, Cambridge and completed a doctorate on Debussy at the University of...

  31. Sunday Worship

    Sunday Worship

    Come join us for the University Service in St Salvator's Chapel with St Salvator's Chapel Choir. Gowns are welcome but definitely not required. An optional, short service of holy communion will follow. This service will take place in person and will be available to watch via livestream. See the 'Livestreamed services' section on our...

  32. Four Go Wild In Wellies

    Four Go Wild In Wellies

    Indepen-dance present - Pay What You Can £8.00 / £6.00 / £4.00

    Four Go Wild in Wellies is a whimsical adventure featuring bobble hats, scarves, tents that have a life of their own and, of course, lots of fun in wellies! A playful look at the joy of inventiveness and curiosity, the negotiation of social structures, and how friendships are built, broken and mended as play...

  33. Love the Sinner

    Love the Sinner

    Vanishing Point & Imogen Stirling Present, A co-production with Beacon Arts Centre & Shetland Arts - Pay What You Can £15.00 / £12.00 / £10.00

    The seven deadly sins are alive and kicking in contemporary Scotland. Love The Sinner is a beautifully produced fusion of performance poetry, visual theatre and live electronic music, that reflects on the meaning of being human today. In this pulsating full-scale theatre show, we meet seven extraordinary characters as they struggle to comprehend their...

  34. Animation Station (7+)
    Limited access

    Animation Station (7+)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Our imaginations are AMAZING!!! Did you know they help us to picture what other planets are like? Come and let your imagination run wild and have a go at stop motion...

  35. Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes

    Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes

    Pay What You Can £18.00 / £16.00 / £14.00

    Jokes, rants, politics, play and the occasional sing song. If you don't know what he does ask your parents. In his time he has won awards (current total is now officially 'fkloads'), forced a politician to resign, changed laws on tax and protest, become Guinness Book of Records world record holder for number of...

  36. This Flight Tonight --- The Songs of Joni Mitchell

    This Flight Tonight --- The Songs of Joni Mitchell

    £22.00

    Acclaimed singer/songwriters Zervas & Pepper present This Flight Tonight an intimate five-piece acoustic live tribute to the music of Joni Mitchell. Featuring songs such as California, Blue, Woodstock, Both Sides Now, Coyote, Big Yellow Taxi, A Case of You, and many more... Running time: 2h All...

  37. The Singing Kettle Greatest Hits

    The Singing Kettle Greatest Hits

    Pay What You Can £15.00 / £12.50 / £10.00

    Spout, handle, lid of metal, What's inside the Singing Kettle? Artie's coming to the Byre with a whole bunch of songs to take adults on a nostalgic trip back to their youth and entertain a whole new generation of children too. Featuring The Singing Kettle's greatest singalong hits such as Bunny Fou Fou, Aiken...

  38. Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

    Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

    £32.00

    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 his life for laughs. Edinburgh Fringe 2023 was a bumper 5-star review year for Ed. They came in thick and fast alongside outstanding critical...

  39. Kohlhiesel's Daughters (Kohlhiesel's Töchter)

    Kohlhiesel's Daughters (Kohlhiesel's Töchter)

    Screening with LIVE music accompaniment: - FREE but please book

    A silent comedy masterwork by the famed director Ernst Lubitsch, Kohlhiesel's Daughters offers an alpine, German take on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Featuring two of the greatest stars of German silent cinema, Henny Porten and Emil Jannings, Lubitsch's slapstick farce tells the story of two sisters (both played by Porten), one sweet and...

  40. ROH 23/24 Season: Message in a Bottle (12A)

    ROH 23/24 Season: Message in a Bottle (12A)

    The peaceful village of Bebko is alive with joyous celebrations. Suddenly, under attack, everything changes forever. Three siblings, Leto, Mati and Tana, must embark on perilous journeys in order to survive. Message In A Bottle is a spectacular new dance--theatre show from five--time Olivier Award nominee, Kate Prince, inspired by and set to the...

  41. Love Beyond by Ramesh Mayyappan

    Love Beyond by Ramesh Mayyappan

    Raw Material & Vanishing Point Co-Production in Association with Aberdeen Performing Arts - Pay What You Can £15.00 / £12.00 / £10.00

    Renowned theatre artist Ramesh Meyyappan presents Love Beyond --- a love story, but not a typical one. Harry has dementia. He also uses sign language. As he moves into a new home, he is accompanied by memories that dance like ghosts around him. Events from the past seem newly present; a visit from his...

  42. Rocket Rumble (7+)
    Limited access

    Rocket Rumble (7+)

    Summer Space Camp: Museum Holiday Workshops

    Join us as, at the Wardlaw Museum, we start our space journey. Work out how we could get to outer planets and launch your own mini space mission. Learn, craft and explore as we look into our new exhibitions ' Alien Worlds'. If possible bring your own recycled plastic...

  43. James Yorkston's Tae Sup Wi' A Fifer

    James Yorkston's Tae Sup Wi' A Fifer

    Pay What You Can £21.00 / £19.00 / £17.00

    Tae Sup wi' a Fifer returns, bringing another fresh line-up of incredible artists to the Byre for a fun and relaxed multi-act show of music, poetry and spoken word. Singer-songwriter and author James Yorkston's travelling road show returns once more, this time bringing award-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter and traditional song interpreter Kris Drever, of...

  44. The Next Generation of Classical Reception Studies

    The Next Generation of Classical Reception Studies

    The St Andrews Centre for the Receptions of Antiquity (SACRA) and the Classical Reception Studies Network (CRSN) would like to invite postgraduate researchers and early career academics based in the UK and working in the field of classical reception studies to this workshop at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. There is no...

  45. Quantification and the Persepolis Fortification Archive

    Quantification and the Persepolis Fortification Archive

    An exploratory workshop

    With more than 15,000 original texts, the Persepolis Fortification Archive is one of the largest surviving governmental archives from the ancient world. The surviving texts date from the 13th to the 28th regnal years of Darius I (509 to 493 BCE), with the majority falling between regnal years 21 and 24. The archive records...

  46. Happy Birthday Rhapsody in Blue --- 100 Years Tonight

    Happy Birthday Rhapsody in Blue --- 100 Years Tonight

    Worbey & Farrell present: - Pay What You Can £22.00 / £20.00 / £18.00

    Join Worbey & Farrell as they raise the roof in a dazzling evening of music and celebrations. The energetic piano duo mark the 100th anniversary of Gershwin's iconic Rhapsody in Blue to celebrate their 20th year of performing together in over 120 countries. Rhapsody In Blue is one of the groundbreaking musical works of...

  47. 10CCLO

    10CCLO

    £21.00

    Remember these classics? Dreadlock Holiday, Mr Blue Sky, I'm Mandy Fly Me, Evil Woman, The Things We Do for Love, and Wild West? ...just a few amongst many of the massive hits that make up the timeless repertoire of 10cc and the Electric Light Orchestra. Spanning the past 4 decades, 10CCLO are the only...

  48. Past Perspectives: How can premodern environmental research be made useful in the climate emergency?

    Past Perspectives: How can premodern environmental research be made useful in the climate emergency?

    Impact Workshop, Monday May 27, 2024 Funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh

    The human species has forever been adapting to dynamic environmental conditions. The premodern world provides a laboratory of various experiments in human-environment interactions: a rich history of successes and failures, acute and chronic pressures, false-starts and path dependencies, resilience and vulnerabilities---all operating on a global scale over the longue durée. How should we collate,...

  49. The Stuff of Legends -- The Music of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole

    The Stuff of Legends -- The Music of Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole

    The Spatz Trio present - Pay What You Can £22.00 / £20.00 / £18.00

    The Spatz Trio return to St Andrews to present their greatly acclaimed award-winning sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show dedicated to the music and performing charisma of two of the most iconic musicians/singers of yesteryear --- Tony Bennett and Nat King Cole. Musically accomplished. Superbly researched and presented. Highly entertaining, with fun and laughter thrown in....

  50. Family Magic Show

    Family Magic Show

    The Great Baldini presents - Pay What You Can £10.00 / £8.00 / £6.00

    Legendary magician the Great Baldini tells the story of his (and Baldwin the magical dog's) life from his first trick to the height of their careers --- attempting Houdini's greatest escape. The show is packed with magic, puppetry, escapology, and the hunt for a child with Royal heritage. Hilariously silly. Running time: 50m Ages...