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until: 21 Dec 2013 Smith art gallery and museum Stirling Founded in 1874 with a legacy from Thomas Stuart Smith, Painter and collector. The Smith gallery and museum in Stirling houses a wide range of paintings, artworks, historical and archaeological material and a changing programme of exhibitions. Programmes for adults and children include art exhibitions, events, workshops and school education service. Open All year Tues-Sat 10.30-5 and Sundays 2-5. Admission is free. Disabled access and facilities Cafe serves lunches, snacks, teas and coffees with home baking and is open daily to 4.30pm. The friends of the Smith offer guided tours every Wednesday afternoon to groups and individuals and at other times by arrangement. For further information please telephone 01786 471917 www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk
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 For full listings of what’s on at the cinema go to: Box Office 01786 466666 http://www.macrobert.org/cinema.htm
Wed 23 October 2013 Sat 21 December 2013 The Polar Bears Go Wild-On Tour Age: 5 And Under MacRobert Arts Centre Stirling University Campus Following their sell-out festive run at macrobert, our favourite bears are getting ready to travel all across Scotland and beyond this Autumn / Winter! If you’re aged 5 or under Then here’s the show for you Get here on your until: 23rd December 2013 skis/snowshoes/tractor Or paddle your Stirling University Art Collection canoe… Telephone 01786 466050 email art.col- Brave explorers wanted to join two lection@stir.ac.uk friendly (but slightly naughty) Polar For more info: www.artcol.stir.ac.uk Bears on the adventure of a lifetime. Where are they going? What will they Stirling Vue Cinema get up to next? And have they got Stirling Vue, enough sandwiches (Polar Bears love Forthside Way, Stirling FK8 1QZ sandwiches, everyone knows that)? Vue Stirling is an eight screen, all luxury With music, laughter and quite a lot of stadium seated cinema with wall to cheekiness, The Polar Bears Go Wild ceiling to floor huge screens, enhanced is a perfect treat for young audiences.
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Remember to keep hold of your ice original seating restored, and digital cream - Polar Bears are always hungry! and 35mm projectors fitted to offer the http://www.macrobert.org/polar-bears. best cinema experience. htm Open 6 days a week Screening the best major new releases Independent until: 31 Dec 2013 films and classics. Tel: 01324 506850 Kilted Kangaroo - Australian Bar & www.falkirkcommunitytrust.org Grill House 9 Upper Craigs, Stirling until: 28 Dec 2013 If you’re looking for some tasty tucker, Drouthy Neebors a cold beer and some bonza enter7 Baker Street FK8 1BJ tainment then look no further. We are What’s On - Please keep checking back Scotland’s favourite Australian Themed for forthcoming events. Bar & Grill House. Located in the heart Johnny Hagan 21st December / NEW of Stirling, we are also the first choice YEARS EVE - Johnny Hagan for a great night out with Open Mic Friday 29th November - Sunday 1st (Tuesdays), Pub Quiz (Wednesdays) & December - WinterAcousticFest All Karaoke (Thursdays) from 9pm! weekender On top of our weekly programme of Saturday 14th December - Sarah Monentertainment we host a number of teith events thoughout the year. These Friday 6th December - Mark Hogg and range from Stand-up Comedy Nights Friends to day-long Music Festivals in the huge Friday 27th December - Brian Cattigan beer garden. To be announced - Anthony Stickings http://www.kiltedkangaroo.com/events. To be announced - James Lafferty html http://www.drouthyneebors-stirling. co.uk/whats-on until: 31 Dec 2013 No. 2 Baker Street - Regular enter- Wed 27 November 2013 - Sun 05 tainment. January 2014 2 Baker St Stirling FK8 1BJ Beauty and The Beast Quiz Night (Tuesday) Macrobert. University of Stirling, Traditional Scottish Open Session Stirling, FK9 4LA. (Wednesday) Written, Directed By & Starring Johnny Live music/disco at weekends. McKnight A friendly warm welcome awaits. Once Upon A Time in a far, far, faraway For those that love...tradition, character land - further than even Falkirk- lived a and real ale. handsome young Prince and a beautiful Tel: 01786 448 722 young girl named Belle. Stirling Stella is not a happy place. The until: 31 Dec 2013 recession is STILL in full force. Bunty The Hippodrome - Bo’ness Buntock is worried about her two 10 Hope St Bo’ness EH51 0AA children, Belle and Sebastian. Belle is Some 97 years after the first customsick of men - especially her psycho-ex ers took their seats in the grand picture Gaston, who keeps slapping his thighs palace, The Hippodrome re-opens its and declaring Belle his prize. All Belle doors to the public, recreating the gold- wants is her equal (oh and to win the en age of cinema-going using 21st cen- Stirling Stella Showchoir competition). tury technology. The A-listed building, Sebastian is tired of being the silly billy, brainchild of film-maker Louis Dickson if only the local evil witch Valentina and designed by local architect MatRizzla would notice him. And think on thew Steele, was opened on 11 March poor Prince Matthew Creepy-Crawley, 1912, is a rare example of pre-art deco confined to the ground of Bouffin Abcinema architecture, and Scotland’s bey. He used to be the heart-throb oldest purpose-built picture house. of Stirling Stella, and now thanks to Having undergone extensive restoration an evil curse he’s scarier than Bigfoot. as part of the Bo’ness Townscape Herit- Who would know that a stolen roseage Initiative (THI), The Hippodrome and a Showchoir final - would change has seen the 1926 decorative scheme their lives forever? reinstated, new seating installed and The greatest love story in the panto-
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December 2013 sphere as you’ve never heard it before. Part Grease, part Downton Abbey and a whole lot of fun! http://www.macrobert.org/beauty-and-the-beast-41.htm Tuesday 2ndDecember 8pm start Stirling Folk Club Christmas Party At Stirling County R.F.C., Bridgehaugh Park, Stirling FK9 5AP Music by Chapter Four along with Patricia Robert Meal by King Boar Catering Tickets £12. Tickets available on the door: www.stirlingfolkclub.co.uk Tue 03 December 2013 Sun 29 December 2013 The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot Macroberts. University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA. Johnny hates Christmas. The presents, the tree, Brussels sprouts. Yuck! The problem is that Johnny lives next door to Mr McGregor. Mr McGregor loves Christmas. Every year Mr McGregor gives Johnny a present but Johnny doesn’t want it. That is, until this year. This year there is no present. And no sign of Mr McGregor either. Now Johnny must search for clues and discover the truth about his presents and what has happened to the mysterious Mr McGregor. An adventure story for 3-6 years olds about gifts, friendship and eating your vegetables. http://www.macrobert.org/the-littleboy-that-santa-claus-forgot-85.htm Tuesday 3rd December, 7pm Foy Vance @ Tolbooth The Tollbooth Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE Over 14s only. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult over 18. Foy’s newest album, Joy Of Nothing, will be released this year. The songs on “Joy Of Nothing” are all heartbreakers. £10 + £2bf Standing Only Book now: Box Office: 01786274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth Thurs 5th December @ 8.00pm Jai McDowall’s Ultimate Christmas Party @ The Albert Halls The Albert Halls Albert Place Dumbarton Road Stirling FK8 2QL Let the Festive fun begin with Stirlingshire’s best family Christmas show featuring all your seasonal favourites
What’s On Stirling Highland Perthshire December 2013 2013 including Merry Christmas Everybody, Last Christmas, All I Want For Christmas Is you, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Driving Home for Christmas, White Christmas, Do They Know Its Christmas, Silent Night and many more! Tickets from £17.50 Book Now: 01786 473544 Friday 6th December The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show @ The Albert Halls The Albert Halls Albert Place Dumbarton Road Stirling FK8 2QL The purveyors of cool swing into town with some of the greatest music of the twentieth century. Bringing back countless memories, this spectacular show features a live orchestra and stunning dancers who bring the golden age of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis vividly to life. Every song is a classic, and numbers include ‘Come Fly With Me’, ‘Volare’, ‘That’s Amore’, along with many more of your favourites. Rear balcony £20 (no concession) Side balcony/stalls £19/£18.50 (concession)
international saxophone star, Tommy Smith, the TSYJO features the very best young Scottish jazz musicians and since its inauguration the orchestra has grown from strength to strength receiving critical acclaim both at home and abroad. Showcasing endless talent, improvisational skills, exuberance and verve, the TSYJO musicians bring alive the music of jazz, paying tribute to the true legends of jazz and making their compositions sing with enthusiasm, style, personality and expression. £10/£8/free for under 16 Book now: http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth Box Office: 01786 274000 Tue 10 December 2013 - Sun 22 December 2013 Innocence @ Macrobert Arts Centre Stirling University Campus A unique playroom performance, Innocence invites 0-3 year olds (and their adults), to explore the world of William Blake’s imagination. Together with Scottish Dance Theatre’s captivating dancers, join us on a magical theatrical journey full of song, dance and play with live music by Paul Bradley. Innocence is a wonderful dance experience for young ones, their families and friends this Christmas. Choreographer: Fleur Darkin. Designer: Alex Lowde. Lighting Designer: Lucy Carter. Scripted by: Tanya Ronder. http://www.macrobert.org/innocence-89.htm
(outside M&S) Outstanding range of superb produce get the local taste Where else can you talk to the farmer/ producer and find out how the food is grown/reared/made? Highland beef, pork and bacon, venison and wild game, wild boar, fresh and smoked fish, great bread in variety continental and traditional recipes including sourdoughs, scones and cakes, gluten-free baking, jams, chutneys and preserves, Scottish cheeses and butter, free-range hen/duck eggs, organic vegetables, cold-pressed oilseed-rape products and dressings, fudge and tablet, low sodium sea-salt, savoury pies, country fruit wines, hand-made, jewellery, soaps and body care products, knitted baby clothes, garden plants. Always the 2nd Saturday of the month
Saturday 14th December Christmas Ceilidhs @ Tolbooth The Tollbooth Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE Family Ceilidh, 3-5pm £8 each or 4 for £24 Evening Ceilidh, 8-11pm £10 each or 4 Saturday 7th Dec 2013 for £32 Scotfairs Antique Fair at Albert Our ever-popular Christmas Ceilidhs Halls are back! Be sure to book early if you The Albert Halls Albert Place want to take part in this year’s seaDumbarton Road Stirling FK8 2QL sonal knees up. There are around 65 delightful and What better way to spend the lead up unusual stalls selling a wide range of to Christmas than celebrating the fesinteresting antiques and quirky coltive season with friends and family in lectables including pictures, jewellery, traditional Scottish style? glassware, ceramics and much, much Even if you have never been to a ceimore. You’re bound to find an unusual Wed 18 Dec, 7.30pm lidh before, our ace band will talk you gift or treat for yourself. All this is just BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETERS through the dances and ensure a fun a 5 minute stroll from the City centre. @ The Albert Halls time for all. Event finishes at 4.00pm Admission The Albert Halls Albert Place Dum- Both ceilidhs are open to all, though £1.50. Accompanied Children Free barton Road Stirling FK8 2QL the afternoon ceilidh is particularly Twenty Terrific Years! popular with families of all ages. Sunday 7th December 2.30pm This evergreen show is as fresh and Expect the usual pre Christmas fun Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orches- popular today as it has ever been in its with the ever-popular Brian MCAlpine tra @ Tolbooth two decades of rock ‘n’ rolling across and his international ceilidh collective The Tollbooth Jail Wynd Stirling the globe. Book now: Box Office: 01786 274000 FK8 1DE Presented by actor-musicians of the http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth A welcome return after last year’s highest calibre, with many West End hugely successful concert by the cream credits to their names, Buddy Holly and Mon Dec 16th 7.30pm to 9.00pm of Scotland’s youth players. Come and The Cricketers always has audiences Poems and Songs of the Scottish relax pre Christmas with an afternoon on their feet and dancing in the aisles. Hills @ Stirling,Smith Art Gallery & of some great jazz. Bring your family Book Now: 01786 473544 Museum and friends to enjoy some well known Lecture Theatre - The Stirling jazz standards and new pieces, meet Sunday 14th December 10amSmith Art Gallery and Museum friends, enjoy a festive mince pie and 4pm Geordie McIntyre and Alison McMorland still get home before dark. Stirling Farmers Market will present a programme of landscape Established in June 2002 by leading Port Street, Stirling City Centre inspired songs, old and new, which
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celebrate the great outdoors. This will be a welcome return performance by Alison and Geordie. Festive refreshments follow. Admission price £5. for non-members, £3. members. stirlingliterarysociety.org.uk Friday 19th December 10:30am & 1:30pm Platypuss In Boots @ Tolbooth Scottish Opera The Tollbooth Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE Dear Family, I’ve arrived safe and sound in Scotland and am looking forward to a wonderful winter holiday! I’ve even bought some tartan boots to fit in! Wish you were here. x Created specially for 3 to 5 year olds,Platypus in Boots is a fun-filled mix of music, comedy and puppets, based on the misunderstandings that can come from words - but is ultimately a celebration of differences. With a host of Glasgow characters, snowball fights and a Brussels Sprout Von Trapp sing-along, it’s Christmas fun, but not quite as we know it… www.scottishopera.org.uk A festive adventure for 3 to 5 year olds. 45mins Tickets £6 Book now: Box Office: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth Saturday 21st December 10am4pm Stirling Farmers Market Port Street, Stirling City Centre (outside M&S) Outstanding range of superb produce get the local taste Where else can you talk to the farmer/ producer and find out how the food is grown/reared/made? Highland beef, pork and bacon, venison and wild game, wild boar, fresh and smoked fish, great bread in variety continental and traditional recipes including sourdoughs, scones and cakes, gluten-free baking, jams, chutneys and preserves, Scottish cheeses and butter, free-range hen/duck eggs, organic vegetables, cold-pressed oilseed-rape products and dressings, fudge and tablet, low sodium sea-salt, savoury pies, country fruit wines, hand-made, jewellery, soaps and body care products, knitted baby clothes, garden plants.
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Saturday 21st December 8pm Skerryvore @ Tolbooth The Tollbooth Jail Wynd Stirling FK8 1DE After last year’s sold out success, we’ve got them back to help you keep up the festive fun! 2013 has been busy for the lads, with touring and festivals, building on their previous achievements, best live act at the Scottish Trad Awards 2011. Formed in 2005 on the isle of Tiree in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, the band has developed both in size and sound to create a unique fusion of their traditional music and songs with the urban sounds of rock and funk. With their powerful musicianship and distinctive voice of singer Alec Dalglish, Skerryvore has gripped audiences across the world from Chicago to Beijing and have been the highlight of many a big festival, both home and abroad. £16/£14 Standing Book now: Box Office: 01786 274000 http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth
December 2013 30th December. Just turn up 15 minutes before showtime for these. PreBooking is advised. Telephone: 01592 874449 http://www.stirlingghostwalk. com/news.php
Sunday 28th December 11am & 2pm Singing Kettle @ The Albert Halls The Albert Halls Albert Place Dumbarton Road Stirling FK8 2QL The Singing Kettle will be at their brilliant best for this sensational new festive Show. It’s overflowing with superb audience participation, amazing costumes and lots and lots of christmassy fun. Join Anya, Kevin and Gary as they visit Kettle Village Square in search of the magic Christmas Wishing Well. Christmas Wishing Well is enthralling for both young and old and is the perfect treat to get everyone in the festive spirit. Some lucky children will end up on stage to join in the action and there’s may even be a visit from a very special guest with a white beard in a red suit!! Saturday 27th December 1pm & Don’t delay and book today, for this 3.30pm captivating, Singing Kettle festive Singing Kettle @ The Albert Halls extravaganza. Remember to wear a The Albert Halls Albert Place Dum- Santa Hat and bring a Bucket for the barton Road Stirling FK8 2QL Well. Tel: 01786 473544 The Singing Kettle will be at their brilliant best for this sensational new fes- Saturday 28th December, 8pm tive Show. It’s overflowing with superb Blues N Trouble @ Tolbooth audience participation, amazing cosThe Tollbooth Jail Wynd Stirling tumes and lots and lots of christmassy FK8 1DE fun. Join Anya, Kevin and Gary as they Led by top UK Blues singer and visit Kettle Village Square in search of harmonica player Tim Elliott, award the magic Christmas Wishing Well. winning British Blues band Blues ‘n’ Christmas Wishing Well is enthralTrouble have forged an international ling for both young and old and is the reputation over almost 30 years as perfect treat to get everyone in the a hard driving, good time Blues and festive spirit. Some lucky children will Boogie outfit. end up on stage to join in the action Now sporting a retooled and rejuveand there’s may even be a visit from a nated line-up incorporating Tim Elliott very special guest with a white beard in (vocals/harmonica), Sandy Tweeddale a red suit!! (guitar/vocals), Angus Rose (keyDon’t delay and book today, for this boards/guitar), Rod Kennard (bass) and captivating, Singing Kettle festive Andy Munro (drums), Blues ‘n’ Trouble extravaganza. Remember to wear a are heading for 30th anniversary celSanta Hat and bring a Bucket for the ebrations with the fire and swagger for Well. Tel: 01786 473544 which this top British blues band has always been renowned. £10 Standing from: 27 Dec 2013 until: 30 Dec only Book now: Tel: Box Office: 01786 8pm 374000 Christmas Ghostwalk Show http://tolbooth.stirling.gov.uk/tolbooth Meeting at the gates of the Stirling Old Town Jail, St John Street Christmas shows are 8pm on 27th -
What’s On Stirling Highland Perthshire December 2013 2013 Tue 31 Dec, 7.30pm The Albert Halls Hogmanay Ceilidh The Albert Halls Albert Place Dumbarton Road Stirling FK8 2QL A sensational way to end 2013 and usher in the New Year. The annual Albert Halls’ Hogmanay Ceilidh is fast becoming one of the events of the year. With dinner, dancing, entertainment and a full bar, there really is no better place to celebrate with old friends or make new ones. Your host, Moira Kerr, will provide the usual welcoming mix of Scottish songs, dances and spot prizes, to make sure that your evening will go with a swing. All leading up to the countdown to the bells and 2014! £55 Book now: 01786 473544
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