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Eve Campbell - Transit
Jul
11
to 11 Sept

Eve Campbell - Transit

Transit takes us on a colourful passage through ancient Atlantic woodland and past small rocky islands, exploring the diverse nature of Scotland’s coastal topography. Reflecting maritime history, including Loch Fyne skiffs, Clyde puffers, and the waterways that connected local communities in a collection of bold, vibrant textiles and mixed media pieces.

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Invasive Species
Jul
28

Invasive Species

Invasive Species, featuring Spectrum of Belonging

Step off the beaten track and into a different way of seeing Mull.

This free audio walk through Aros Park combines sound, storytelling and contemporary visual art in an immersive journey through the island’s layered ecological history. Collect your equipment from An Tobar and follow a self-guided route through woodland, shoreline and hidden corners of the park, encountering sculptural installations, environmental soundscapes and stories spanning thousands of years.

Created by Fast Familiar with Play:Vienna and An Tobar and Mull Theatre, and featuring the striking installation Spectrum of Belonging by Surface Agency, Invasive Species explores what it means to belong within a changing landscape shaped by migration, tourism, climate and human intervention.

Launching 28 July 2026.

Free to access during week-day opening hours.

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Janice Burns & Jon Doran ** POSTPONED **
Jul
30

Janice Burns & Jon Doran ** POSTPONED **

Folk songs have always travelled, put down new roots, borrowed and evolved. Janice & Jon bring together songs that have survived through the ages, shapeshifting and adapting as they’ve been passed from singer to singer. Exploring humankind’s connection with nature, love and loss, these are songs with an enduring resonance.

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Break Up at Mull Theatre
Aug
5

Break Up at Mull Theatre

Break Up is a theatre performance based on true stories of love and loss. Three women in their 20s, 30s and 50s navigate heartbreak with humour, music and raw honesty - a powerful, relatable journey of resilience, reinvention and self-discovery.

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Break Up at Bunessan Hall
Aug
6

Break Up at Bunessan Hall

Break Up is a theatre performance based on true stories of love and loss. Three women in their 20s, 30s and 50s navigate heartbreak with humour, music and raw honesty - a powerful, relatable journey of resilience, reinvention and self-discovery.

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The Shackleton Trio
Aug
11

The Shackleton Trio

The Shackleton Trio blend vibrant songwriting, fiery musicianship and exquisite three-part harmonies.

Featuring fiddle, mandolin, banjo and guitar, they draw on East Anglian roots and wider folk traditions to create a dynamic sound.

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Open Stage at An Tobar
Aug
12

Open Stage at An Tobar

Calling all performers including songwriters, poets, musicians, storytellers, playwrights and spoken word artists.

Open Stage is a night dedicated to original material and authentic expression, a place to share your work without pressure or pretence.

Whether you’re performing for the first time or trying out something new, you’ll find a supportive atmosphere and an audience ready to listen.

Come take the mic, meet other creatives, and be part of a night built around connection, creativity, and community.

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Royal Zoological Society of Scotland presents: Clinging By A Claw
Aug
20

Royal Zoological Society of Scotland presents: Clinging By A Claw

Clinging by a Claw, created by Saving Wildcats and produced by SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, offers an extraordinary insight into the journey of Scotland's wildcats from the brink of extinction to their return to the wilds of the Cairngorms National Park.

Narrated by Outlander star Sam Heughan, this film captures the breathtakingly beautiful landscapes of the Scottish Highlands where wildcats could have a future if they continue to receive the vital support they need.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Aug
31

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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Coast-Kyst-Strönd
Sept
1

Coast-Kyst-Strönd

Coast-Kyst-Strönd brings together Haftor Medbøe (guitar and electronics), Gunnar Halle (trumpet, voice and electronics) and Signy Jakobsdottir (drums, percussion and electronics) performing a new programme of collectively composed music

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RANT at An Tobar
Sept
3

RANT at An Tobar

Bethany Reid from Shetland, Anna Massie and Lauren MacColl from the Highland peninsula of the Black Isle, and Gillian Frame from Arran join forces to showcase the combined resonance of their instruments with repertoire unearthed from both old collections and their own contemporary writing. RANT create a sound which is both spacious and lush, yet retaining all the earthy bite and spark of a traditional Scottish fiddle player.

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RANT at Bunessan Hall
Sept
4

RANT at Bunessan Hall

Bethany Reid from Shetland, Anna Massie and Lauren MacColl from the Highland peninsula of the Black Isle, and Gillian Frame from Arran join forces to showcase the combined resonance of their instruments with repertoire unearthed from both old collections and their own contemporary writing. RANT create a sound which is both spacious and lush, yet retaining all the earthy bite and spark of a traditional Scottish fiddle player.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Sept
7

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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Technical Development Workshops
Sept
10
to 12 Sept

Technical Development Workshops

An Tobar and Mull Theatre are thrilled to invite anyone interested in early-career or emerging theatre practice to a unique, hands-on opportunity to dive into the world of technical theatre. Led by our expert Technical & Production Manager, Louise Gregory, this practical workshop will give you the skills and confidence to take your productions to the next level.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Sept
14

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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We Will Hear The Angels
Sept
17

We Will Hear The Angels

Stunned by her husband’s infidelity, Bea feels heartbroken and alone. If only she knew that her neighbours, Sonia, Van and Ian, were each also trying to get over the pain in their hearts, unable to articulate how they feel. Maybe the mysterious Lou can help them?

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Sept
21

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Sept
28

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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SOUP!
Jul
24

SOUP!

SOUP! is comical family performance in which two lively chefs use clowning antics, acrobatic dance and nonsense language to entice audiences into making a delicious, unique soup together. This surreal and joy-filled show is inspired by the tastes and smells of ancestral cooking and by a desire to bring diverse groups of people together through the a creative and collaborative act as much as through laughter.

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Open Stage at An Tobar
Jul
15

Open Stage at An Tobar

Calling all performers including songwriters, poets, musicians, storytellers, playwrights and spoken word artists.

Open Stage is a night dedicated to original material and authentic expression, a place to share your work without pressure or pretence.

Whether you’re performing for the first time or trying out something new, you’ll find a supportive atmosphere and an audience ready to listen.

Come take the mic, meet other creatives, and be part of a night built around connection, creativity, and community.

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Iona Lane at Bunessan Hall
Jul
10

Iona Lane at Bunessan Hall

Swilkie, the new album from Highlands-based songwriter Iona Lane, weaves ecology, conservation, islands and folklore into poetic songs and contemplative melodies. Written during three residencies on the Isle of Eigg, Isle of Mull and Sanday in Orkney, sense of place and landscape are at the core of these songs.

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Iona Lane at An Tobar
Jul
9

Iona Lane at An Tobar

Swilkie, the new album from Highlands-based songwriter Iona Lane, weaves ecology, conservation, islands and folklore into poetic songs and contemplative melodies. Written during three residencies on the Isle of Eigg, Isle of Mull and Sanday in Orkney, sense of place and landscape are at the core of these songs.

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Thin Places: A Theatre Research Workshop
Jul
8

Thin Places: A Theatre Research Workshop

Want to contribute to new work?

A free one-hour workshop exploring folklore, place, and the meanings that connect them.

The Thin Places is an intimate storytelling performance exploring the folklore and legends born from the landscape of our islands: from Balmoral to Barbrook, from Iona to the Mendip Hills.

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A Home For Hamish
Jul
1

A Home For Hamish

Playfully merging dance and British Sign Language in a sensory world, A Home for Hamish follows the story of May and their imaginary friend, Hamish the Haggis as they travel across Scotland to find a perfect night’s sleep.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Jun
29

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Jun
22

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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RSA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings: RSA Academicians' Showcase - Part One.
Jun
22
to 3 Jul

RSA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings: RSA Academicians' Showcase - Part One.

RSA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings in the Snug.
Dalziel + Scullion RSA, Raven, 2025 (19mins). Wendy McMurdo RSA, Olympia, 2011 (5.12). Edward Summerton RSA, The Landscape Artist, 2021 (8.17). Tracy Mackenna RSA, Gaps and Slippages, 2017 (4.23). Kate Whiteford RSA, Wings of Desire, 2018 (9.42)

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Pride
Jun
21

Pride

Join our annual Pride gathering on Tobermory beach at 2pm with face painting, glitter, music, followed by the ‘loud and proud family disco’ at An Tobar with licensed bar and great entertainment.

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Open Stage at An Tobar
Jun
17

Open Stage at An Tobar

Calling all performers including songwriters, poets, musicians, storytellers, playwrights and spoken word artists.

Open Stage is a night dedicated to original material and authentic expression, a place to share your work without pressure or pretence.

Whether you’re performing for the first time or trying out something new, you’ll find a supportive atmosphere and an audience ready to listen.

Come take the mic, meet other creatives, and be part of a night built around connection, creativity, and community.

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A Mark in Time - Drawing workshop with Calum Wallis
Jun
16

A Mark in Time - Drawing workshop with Calum Wallis

Artist Calum Wallis will lead a day of drawing in the landscape at Kilninian Beach. While geological change is slow, it can be observed if one looks closely. In this workshop you’ll make drawings which mark a point in time, giving a fixed point against which change can be measured a month, a year or ten years from now.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Jun
15

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Jun
8

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
Jun
1

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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RSA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings: Culture Above and Beyond - Part Two
Jun
1
to 19 Jun

RSA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings: Culture Above and Beyond - Part Two

RSA200 Moving Image Programme film screenings in the Snug.
Dalziel + Scullion RSA, Source, 2007 (14.49) An Tobar commissioned this piece of work for our tenth anniversary. Edward Summerton RSA, Dighty Burn, 2011 (5.08). Graham Fagen RSA, Baile an Or, 2011 (8.04). Kate Whiteford RSA (with Alex Graham), A'bheinn/The Mountain, 2009 (24.12)

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Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club
May
25

Clay Days Weekly Pottery Club

Join us every Monday at 6pm from 25th May – 29th June for a welcoming, hands-on session exploring hand-building, wheel work, glazing, and the simple joy of making. With only seven spaces available each week, the club offers plenty of individual guidance in a calm and creative setting.

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