An Tobar cafe and gallery are closed to the public from the first of November for winter development
What’s On
Freelance Practitioner Opportunity: Green Education Programme Lead
An Tobar and Mull Theatre is seeking a passionate and skilled Freelance Practitioner to deliver an exciting new Green Education Programme
Children's Crafty Christmas
A drop-in day with Santa, Christmas stories and crafty activities for kids.
Support our Mull Youth Theatre alumni tour with the Co-op Local Community Fund
Our Alumni Youth Theatre tour will bring together youth theatre alumni and current MYT members to create and tour a new production, encouraging skills development, mentorship and collaboration.
Help Shape the Future of Civil Discourse in Arts and Culture
At An Tobar and Mull Theatre, we’re supporting a research project aimed at understanding how political polarisation impacts the arts and culture sector and exploring ways to foster inclusive, respectful dialogue within our work.
Staff Blog: Rebecca Atkinson-Lord
As we near the end of the year, there’s a palpable sense of excitement—and a little nostalgia—in the air here at An Tobar and Mull Theatre. This past month has been all about preparing for the future while celebrating our community, creativity, and the legacy of those who have made a lasting impact on the arts in Mull.
Staff Blog: Finlay Birch
New Beginnings: Starting my role as Marketing Assistant for An Tobar and Mull Theatre. I'm embarking on a new chapter in my career, and I couldn't be more excited.
Staff Blog: Louise Gregory
Thanks to funding from the Charlotte Aitken Trust and Wooden Spoon, we’ll be transforming An Tobar with a new Writers' Studio, Production Studio, and Sensory Space.
Staff Blog: Calum Hall
I’ll soon be embarking on a professional development adventure to the Venice Biennale, thanks to the support and funding from Creative Scotland and the British Council.
Staff Blog: Mark Iles
As we come to the close of a very busy season, I am already well into the process of lining up potential theatre performances for 2025. These will cover an exciting range of genres and themes incorporating storytelling, music, dance, clowning and more.
Staff Blog: Micah Mackay
Fundraising life this year has been…well, really not that fun. The environment at the moment for the arts is incredibly challenging and sometimes completely overwhelming for fundraisers, artists, and arts organisations. This year has been a year like no other.
Staff Blog: Tim Olden
I’ve been collecting (or is it hoarding) records since I was twelve, that’s a lot of records…
Staff Blog: Karen Ray
Welcome to this month’s General Manager Blog, where we share key updates across various departments, including Human Resources, Finance, and our Café and Shop.
Staff Blog: Andi Stevens
Roll on the Christmas fun
On the first of December we have our Kid’s Crafty Christmas at An Tobar which includes a guest with a white beard in a funny red suit, who could that be?
Staff Blog: Eugenie Thomasson
We were very lucky to receive funding from the Pebble Trust for a Green Education programme for 2025, so we are looking for a practitioner to bring this interesting project to fruition.
Scrambled Shakespeare
Senior Mull Youth Theatre presents Scrambled Shakespeare. Witness The Merry Wanderer create mayhem.
Jemima Hall Seaweed Shelter
Opening Night Saturday 1 March from 6pm-8pm, all are welcome for drinks and nibbles. Jemima is an artist and educator of ancestral skills, based in the islands of Scotland's Inner and Outer Hebrides. Seaweed Shelter invites viewers into the liminal ‘moons-land’ where land meets sea, inspired by the wild shores of Gometra and the Shiant Islands and the isle of Mull.
Bryan Angus Drawing Workshop
This five-day workshop will show you a number of methods of creating landscape drawings of the built environment and wild wonders of Mull.
Technical Development Workshops for Emerging Theatre Makers
An Tobar and Mull Theatre are delighted to offer another opportunity for early-career and emerging artists to develop their understanding of technical theatre
Juliet and Romeo Squared
Junior Mull Youth Theatre presents Juliet and Romeo Squared. There never was a tale of such woe . . .
Drop-in Dynamic Dragon Workshop
A reading from acclaimed children's author Robin Scott-Elliot with dragon crafts, mapmaking, storytelling, treasure hunts, and much more. For ages 4+.
Art Workshops in the Art Room
Explore drawing, photography, painting and sculpting with a new theme each month. For ages 6-8 and 9-10.
The Desperate Battle of the Birds
Scottish storyteller James MacDonald Reid and Scottish Korean musician Ryan Williams present a classic Gaelic folk tale, blending tradition with innovation. A story originally learned in his youth, James shares it as he heard it in the traditional manner, while Ryan responds by intertwining original pieces composed on live electric cello. An exciting new collaboration of styles! Performed in English, with Gaelic throughout.
Men Don't Talk at Bunessan Hall Has Been Cancelled
Apologies, the production team have cancelled this performance at Bunessan Hall due to the bad weather conditions, if you have booked for this performance we will be in touch with your refund.
Men Don't Talk at Mull Theatre
Three men find banter, bird boxes and biscuits in a fictional men’s shed, which celebrates companionship, camaraderie ... and custard creams. Clare Prenton’s poignant, hilarious, moving and thought-provoking play, Men Don’t Talk, explores the myth that ‘men don’t talk’.
Lady Maisery
Frequent festival headliners, Lady Maisery have for over a decade enraptured audiences throughout the UK and Europe. Their return to the live stage has been eagerly awaited. “Exquisite, thrilling” – The Guardian
Connor J Weir
Experience the dynamic fusion of gypsy jazz and cutting-edge music technology in Connor J Weir's captivating solo performance.
Broken Chanter -has been postponed until 2025
Expect an evening of loud, life-affirming music, instilling a belief that, through collective action, better things are indeed possible.
Art Workshops in the Art Room
Explore drawing, photography, painting and sculpting with a new theme each month.
For ages 6-8 and 9-10.
100 years of Mull Geology
In 1924, a geological blockbuster was published – the Geological Survey’s memoir to accompany their amazing Mull geological map. We will celebrate this wonderful book, and look at some of the key places in Mull involved in its ground-breaking science.
Theatre on Tap
Evening Play Reading for Adults.
Join us for a delightful evening of script reading, paired with a glass of wine and lively conversation. Perfect for theatre enthusiasts and those looking to enjoy a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Come along and enjoy some relaxed reading.
In The Wings: The Madness Of Love!
A feast of physical comedy. Hilarious yet rich in emotion! When Pantalone, takes his daughter, Isabella, against her will, to a distant city to be married, desperate passions and comedy erupt. Welcome to Commedia dell’Arte, 16th century Italian popular theatre that gave birth to comic greats. Fawlty Towers, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Father Ted are pure Commedia.
Hebridean Treasure: Lost & Found
Hebridean Treasure: Lost & Found captivatingly blends song, dance and storytelling with live Scottish and South Asian music to conjure up the landscapes of the ancient Scottish Isles and the inhabitants’ deep connection with the rhythms of nature. Based on the Carmina Gadelica by Scottish folklorist Alexander Carmichael (1832-1912).
Theatre on Tap
Evening Play Reading for Adults.
Join us for a delightful evening of script reading, paired with a glass of wine and lively conversation. Perfect for theatre enthusiasts and those looking to enjoy a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Come along and enjoy some relaxed reading.
Mull Tour: Held On The High Wire
A candid, spellbinding multimedia performance tells the story of Jenny's near death experience, sepsis survival, and new life on metal legs. Balancing urgency, reflection, humour and wonder, the show merges Jenny's raw, vulnerable memoir with Myshkin's haunting Folk/Jazz music.
Theatre on Tap
Evening Play Reading for Adults.
Join us for a delightful evening of script reading, paired with a glass of wine and lively conversation. Perfect for theatre enthusiasts and those looking to enjoy a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Come along and enjoy some relaxed reading.
Resound with Scottish Ensemble
With works by Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Edmund Finnis, Caroline Shaw and Dobrinka Tabakova, this programme is firmly rooted in Scottish Ensemble’s belief that music can lift spirits and strengthen connections.
Drawn To Dance
Join us for an exhilarating day capturing the grace and movement of dancers through sketching and study.
Theatre on Tap
Evening Play Reading for Adults.
Join us for a delightful evening of script reading, paired with a glass of wine and lively conversation. Perfect for theatre enthusiasts and those looking to enjoy a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Come along and enjoy some relaxed reading.
In The Wings: Into The Long Green Jaws
A deep dive into the stories and sounds of our mysterious underwater environments. Live ambient music, light projection and puppetry is blended with folklore to create a captivating piece of immersive visual theatre.
Into The Long Green Jaws Workshop
Explore how to use projected light and washed up fishing tackle to create underwater scenes and upcycled puppets with the Long Green Jaws duo, Sarah McWhinney and Fergus Hall.
Theatre on Tap
Evening Play Reading for Adults.
Join us for a delightful evening of script reading, paired with a glass of wine and lively conversation. Perfect for theatre enthusiasts and those looking to enjoy a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Come along and enjoy some relaxed reading.
An evening with MullUkes has been postponed
MullUkes repertoire is a rollercoaster of musical magic, spanning the decades from the swinging sixties to today's hottest pop and rock hits.
Amy Laurenson & Miguel Girão
Amy Laurenson & Miguel Girão are a piano and guitar duo that have emerged from the vibrant Glasgow traditional music scene. Together, the duo explores the musical traditions of Scotland, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
Waves of Change Workshop
Waves of Change is an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of arts, technology, and well-being. By bringing together sea waves, ink waves, and brain waves, it aims to champion inclusive climate conversations through an innovative workshop experience.
Ewan Macintyre
A natural performer and band leader, Ewan combines lush string arrangements, intimate acoustic storytelling and thought provoking lyrics with a fun, bombastic sensibility and showmanship.
PRIDE 2024
Join us for our annual Pride gathering on Tobermory Beach at 2.30pm, followed by a ‘loud and proud’ family disco at An Tobar.
An evening with MullUkes
MullUkes repertoire is a rollercoaster of musical magic, spanning the decades from the swinging sixties to today's hottest pop and rock hits.
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