North East Arts Touring

LIFE
2025-05-22 19:30 (Europe/London) | Tullynessle & Forbes Hall, Suie Road, Alford, Aberdeenshire, AB33 8QN, United Kingdom
Estelle models for The Artist.
Despite decades of experience, she has never sat for a session like this, with such an unexpected yet perhaps strangely inevitable outcome.
But she can’t stand sitting any longer. She needs to tell her story. Is it all true? And what is her relationship with the mysterious artist? How does this class change Estelle’s life forever?
LIFE is set in a drawing class. Audiences are gently invited to draw or doodle during the show, or watch the story emerge. Pencil and paper and paper are provided. Four on-stage tickets are available seated at easels.

The show contains mild swearing, themes of a sexual nature, references to death, sexual, domestic and physical violence. Please note that whilst LIFE deals with difficult themes, it is portrayed in a humorous and entertaining way. The performance does not contain any nudity.

LIFE
2025-05-23 19:30 | Portgordon Village Hall, Cross Street, Portgordon, Buckie, Moray, AB56 5QW, United Kingdom

Fit Ye Sayin' Quine?
2025-05-24 19:00 | Glenlivet Public Hall, Bridgend of Glenlivet, Ballindalloch, Moray, AB37 9BX, United Kingdom
Kinetic, heartfelt, and utterly Scottish; join Ava in her late Grannie’s cottage as she recalls magical tales told around the fire. Folklore, poetry and song combine in a new story filled with fantastical women, mythical creatures and life lessons.
Performed in Doric, Scots and English this solo play provides a unique perspective on Scotland’s languages and history through the eyes of its matriarchs. A colloquial and effortlessly charming show that reminds us that home is made of memories.

Fit Ye Sayin' Quine?
2025-05-25 19:00 | Alvah Parish Hall, Alvah, Aberdeenshire, AB45 3XA, United Kingdom

Hit The Road
2025-05-29 19:00 | MacRobert Memorial Hall, The Square, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, AB34 YL, United Kingdom
A chaotic family is on a road trip across a rugged landscape. In the back seat, Dad has a broken leg, Mom tries to laugh when she’s not holding back tears, and the youngest keeps exploding into car karaoke. Only the older brother is quiet.
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Language: Persian with English subtitles
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Panah Panahi
Starring: Hasan Ma’juni, Pantea Panahi, Rayan Sarlak, Amin Simiar

Juror #2
2025-06-06 19:00 | Banff Castle, Castle Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB45 1DL, United Kingdom
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
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Running Time: 114 Minutes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso, Zoey Deutch

Meet The Buchanans
2025-06-06 19:00 | Fittie Community Hall, 7 New Pier Road, Footdee, Aberdeen, AB11 5DR, United Kingdom
An off-beat documentary about the inauguration of the first Clan Buchanan Chief in over 300 years. When it comes to holding the ceremony, and historical records can’t be found, most of it is being invented.
Historical fact and historical fiction collide as we join the Chief (millionaire Scottish landowner Mike Buchanan) his wife Lady Paula, and their teenage family, and tartan-mad enthusiasts from around the world descend on deepest Perthshire for the ceremony. Among them, two American sisters who wear the Buchanan tartan loud and proud, and Mexican Pedro Buchanan, the man with a passion for distilling. All of them drawn by kinship, connection, and the excitement of celebrating the Clan’s first chief in living memory.
A three-day bonanza of ceremony and regalia is planned on their magnificent Highland estate. His wife Lady Paula, the driving force behind his claim to the title, is now the chief architect of his ‘coronation’. As she sets about commissioning a new set of clan Jewels (coronet, sword and rod), a stone throne… following in the footsteps of a famous past Buchanan house guest, the nineteenth-century Scottish writer Walter Scott.
A hidden world of British wealth and privilege unfolds as the family uncover and invent fresh entitlements of the new role: revealing not only whether they can pull off this massive event, but also how history is made (up).
Meet the Buchanans takes a sideways look at raising important questions around identity, historical values and traditions, belonging, and the place of Clans in the modern world.
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Join us for an engaging post-screening Q&A session with Prof. Alison Lumsden, Regius Chair of English Literature at Aberdeen University, and Barbara Orton, the film’s producer. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to gain insights from two distinguished experts!
If you can’t make the date, don’t miss out – it’s also screening at the Barn, Banchory, on Wednesday 30 April 2025, at 7:30pm. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Dog Man
2025-06-07 14:00 | Banff Castle, Castle Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB45 1DL, United Kingdom
When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born. Dog Man is sworn to protect and serve—and fetch, sit and roll over. As Dog Man embraces his new identity and strives to impress his Chief, he must stop the pretty evil plots of feline supervillain Petey the Cat.
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Running Time: 89 Minutes
Genre: Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
Director: Peter Hastings
Starring: Peter Hastings, Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Lucas Hopkins Calderon, Ricky Gervais, Poppy Liu

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy
2025-06-27 19:30 | New Deer Public Hall, Church Crescent, New Deer, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 6WD, United Kingdom
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she’s pursued by a younger man and maybe – just maybe – her son’s science teacher.
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Running Time: 124 Minutes
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Michael Morris
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Colin Firth

My Favourite Cake
2025-07-03 19:00 | MacRobert Memorial Hall, The Square, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, AB34 YL, United Kingdom
Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.
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Language: Persian with English subtitles
Running Time: 97 Minutes
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Director: Maryam Moghaddam / Behtash Sanaeeha
Starring: Lily Farhadpour, Esmaeel Mehrabi, Mansoureh Ilkhani, Soraya Orang, Homa Mottahedin

The Sea Salt Shore
2025-07-26 19:00 | Fittie Community Hall, 7 New Pier Road, Footdee, Aberdeen, AB11 5DR, United Kingdom
Join Joss Cameron, a traditional Scots singer, on a heartwarming voyage of discovery through maritime stories and songs. This captivating performance celebrates Scotland’s rich maritime heritage with sea shanties, tales of fishing and whaling, and echoes of the past. With audience participation, Joss’s performances weave together history, community, and cultural connection, offering an engaging experience for all ages. Embark on an immersive journey that celebrates the timeless bond between music, storytelling, and the ocean’s boundless spirit.

The Sea Salt Shore
2025-07-31 19:30 | Aberdeenshire

Local Hero
2025-08-09 17:30 | Pennan Village Hall, Pennan, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, AB43 6JB, United Kingdom
We are pleased to invite you to join us for a special screening of Local Hero in the village made famous by the film. The screening will be followed by a Ceilidh.
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don’t go as expected.
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Running Time: 111 Minutes
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director: Bill Forsyth
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, Peter Capaldi, Jennifer Black

The Fastest Town in Scotland
2025-09-06 19:30 | Kemnay Village Hall, 8 Aquithie Road, Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, AB51 5SS, United Kingdom
Highland theatre makers Morna, Jade & Vicky are tasked with creating a show all about how wonderful Nairn is. Shouldn’t be too difficult, right? They’ll take you on a trip through the thriving, totally drama-free, completely seagull-less, appropriate traffic flowing, virtually perfect wee town, whilst also telling real stories about local people and places en route.
After speedily selling out Nairn’s own Little Theatre three times in 2023 + a detour to Aberdeen Music Hall for Light The Blue Festival in 2024, the girls are back on the road again for a reboot of their comedic & rather chaotic journey through ‘The Fastest Town in Scotland’.
Created by Morna Ross
Devised & Performed by Jade Berry, Vicky MacRae & Morna Ross
Sound Design by Kenna Ross
Lighting Design + Tech by Rory Kay
Original Lighting Design by Ross Henderson-McKillop
Featuring real stories, memories and opinions from locals of Nairn.
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Mr Burton
2025-09-12 19:00 | Banff Castle, Castle Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB45 1DL, United Kingdom
In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war and his own ambitions. However, a new opportunity arises when Richard’s natural talent for drama catches the attention of his teacher, Philip Burton.
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Running Time: 124 Minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Marc Evans
Starring: Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Steffan Rhodri, Daniel Evans, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Aneurin Barnard, Lesley Manville

Flow
2025-09-13 14:00 | Banff Castle, Castle Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB45 1DL, United Kingdom
A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed world together.
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Running Time: 85 Minutes
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family
Director: Gints Zilbalodis

Budapest Café Orchestra
2025-09-17 19:30 | New Deer Public Hall, Church Crescent, New Deer, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 6WD, United Kingdom
BCO are a gypsy & folk-flavoured boutique band of four virtuoso musicians. They present music from all corners of the world in their own unique, fresh and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional music to their artful distillations of Romantic masterworks to soaring Gaelic folk anthems, BCO is an infectious musical experience that will enter your bloodstream and stay there forever.
With sixteen albums to their name Budapest Café Orchestra was established by British composer and violinist Christian Garrick in 2009. BCO combines violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz, balalaika, domra and percussion to dazzling effect creating an astonishing soundscape and aural alchemy characteristic of larger ensembles,
Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires – plus a few surprises along the way – hugely entertaining, immense skill and profound musicianship. A show by the BCO is enough to make you want to book that holiday down the Danube!
“Not so much a band name as a whole genre of its own, Budapest Café Orchestra embraces an encyclopaedia of music and mischief.” SCOTSMAN
“Your music is really great.” Helena Bonham Carter

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2025-09-18 19:00 | MacRobert Memorial Hall, The Square, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, AB34 YL, United Kingdom
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
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Running Time: 107 Minutes
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: George Clooney, John Torturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman, Holly Hunter

Emma. - Sold out
2025-09-20 19:00 | Haddo House, Methlick, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, AB41 7EQ, United Kingdom
This event has now sold out.

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
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Running Time: 125 Minutes
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director: Autumn de Wilde
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, Bill Nighy

Mettle
2025-09-23 19:30 | The Little Theatre, Nairn, King Street, Nairn, Moray, IV12 4NP, United Kingdom
METTLE is a true story.
It is a celebration of a man and his wartime service on one of the most infamous Atlantic convoys of World War Two.
It is also an observation of a past generation who, although quietly wrestling with their demons, remained silent about their service for many years.
From his childhood in Sheffield in the 1960’s, through to the present day, award-winning solo performer Nicholas Collett takes us on an epic journey, retracing his father’s steps, from Liverpool to the USA and back, via Sierra Leone and Nova Scotia, reliving the utter terror of U-boat attacks, the storm-tossed ocean, along with the lighter moments of serving aboard a wartime destroyer – including a close encounter with Glenn Miller – in a captivating and physical solo performance.
A tale of love and loss, both moving and funny, above all life-affirming and a paean to those we miss most.

Written and performed by Nicholas Collett
Directed by Gavin Robertson
With support from the Daparian Foundation and the V&W Destroyers Association.

Mettle
2025-09-24 19:30 | Number 30, Huntly, 30 The Square, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB54 8BR, United Kingdom

Mettle (Relaxed Performance)
2025-09-25 19:30 | The Phoenix Centre, Newton Dee Village, Bieldside, Aberdeen, AB15 9DX, United Kingdom

Mettle
2025-09-26 19:00 | Glenlivet Public Hall, Bridgend of Glenlivet, Ballindalloch, Moray, AB37 9BX, United Kingdom

Mettle
2025-09-27 19:30 | Portgordon Village Hall, Cross Street, Portgordon, Buckie, Moray, AB56 5QW, United Kingdom

Mettle
2025-09-28 19:30 | New Deer Public Hall, Church Crescent, New Deer, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 6WD, United Kingdom

The Salt Path
2025-10-10 19:00 | Banff Castle, Castle Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB45 1DL, United Kingdom
A couple lose their home and later discover the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as they embark on a year long coastal trek.
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Running Time: 115 Minutes
Genre: Drama
Director: Marianne Elliott
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Jason Isaacs, James Lance, Hermione Norris, Rebecca Ineson, Tucker St Ivany

The Salt Path
2025-10-10 19:30 | Portgordon Village Hall, Cross Street, Portgordon, Buckie, Moray, AB56 5QW, United Kingdom

Lilo & Stitch
2025-10-11 14:00 | Banff Castle, Castle Street, Banff, Aberdeenshire, AB45 1DL, United Kingdom
The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.
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Running Time: 108 Minutes
Genre: Family, Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
Starring: Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, Chris Sanders, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B Vance, Amy Hill

Because We Said We Would
2025-10-11 19:30 | New Deer Public Hall, Church Crescent, New Deer, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 6WD, United Kingdom
Because We Said We Would is a dynamic working class story of friendship and music weaving through the decades in a white box theatre show where their world is drawn throughout.
Follow the lives of Jeanie and Tam, from the age of 7, as they bond over their love of music and watch as a childish promise leads to a life-long connection but not everyone’s song plays out the same… after all boys don’t sing and smart assures success.

Càrnan
2025-10-11 20:00 | Milne Hall, Kirkton of Skene, Kirkton of Skene, Westhill, Aberdeenshire, AB32 6XE, United Kingdom
CÀRNAN is an upcoming and energetic Scottish indie folk group with a funkier take on trad. The indisputable synergy of lively tunes backed by thunderous guitar gives the band a powerful and driven sound.
The fusion of contemporary original tunes and songs, along with a firm connection to the music and culture of their roots (Highlands, Glasgow, and Ireland to name a few) gives them a fresh and unique position within the music scene in Scotland.
The group released their first singles during 2022 – two original instrumental sets, “Calmac Kenny” and “Donnie the Highlander”, a cover of John Martyn’s “Over the Hill” and their own take on a traditional Gaelic song “Fionnlagh”. All received airtime across UK radio stations including BBC Radio Scotland’s “Travelling Folk” presented by Anna Massie and Bruce McGregor.
Louden hails from Kintail in the Highlands and Arthur from the Isle of Skye.
