Diary at the Macphail

 

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27th April 2026 / The Tales of the Last Ferryman

 

 

 

20th April 2026 / The Light House

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31st March 2026 NTLive screening / The Audience, with Helen Mirren

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20th March 2026 / Metagama: an Atlantic Odyssey

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2nd March 2026 / A Giant on the Bridge

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28th February 2026 / Maya and the Whale

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28th February 2026 / Ideas Jukebox

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27th February 2026 / LOL Comedy Ullapool / THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

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24th February 2026 Taigh Ty Teach with Wester Ross Biosphere (contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

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21st February 2026 Latin Dance Day with Noel Hernandez / email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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10th February 2026 National Theatre Live / Hamlet

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30th January 2026 The Twa Roberts

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21st January 2026 National Theatre Live screening / The Fifth Step

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27th November 2025 The Starling Cafe #5 with Alastair McIntosh

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25th November 2025 National Theatre Live screening / Mrs Warren's Profession

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14th November 2025 Scottish Dance Theatre presents The Flock and Moving Cloud [unplugged]

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17th October 2025 National Theatre Live screening / Inter Alia

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10th October 2025 Night Waking / An Tobar and Mull Theatre

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29th September Starling Cafe #4 with David Farrier

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27th September Oran / Wonderfools

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18th September Mairi Campbell / Living Stone

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9th September 2025 Blas Festival / Julie Fowlis and Duncan Chisholm

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1st September 2025 MATINEE Twelfth Night / Folksy Theatre

Twelfth Night

 

 

 

 

31st July 2025 Street Theatre workshop with Doug Francisco

Street Theatre workshop

 

 

 

 

31st July 2025 Magic Gareth Balloonatic family show and workshop

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30th July Ceilidh Trail ceilidh night

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29th July 2025 Starling Cafe #3 with Doug Francisco

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19th and 23rd July The Edinburgh Quartet concerts

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11th July 2025 Mikey's Line Comedy Tour

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5th July 2025 Fefanyi: A Musical Adventure with Abdoulaye Koulate and Trio

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25th and 26th June Much Ado About Nothing / Ullapool High School

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10th June 2025 National Theatre Live screening / A Street Named Desire

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26th May 2025 Bodies of Water

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15th May 2025 National Theatre Live screening / Dr. Strangelove

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6th May 2025 The Starling Cafe / Session #2

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29th April 2025 A Night of Cuban Guitar / Ahmed Dickinson and Eduardo Martin

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26th April Much Ado About Stage Sets / community workshop

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24th April Mhairi Black / Politics Isn't For Me

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12th April 2025 Through the Shortbread Tin / National Theatre of Scotland

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29th March 2025 CREATE Youth Theatre / The Imaginarium of Remarkable Foundlings

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28th March 2025 Much Ado About Crochet

Much Ado About Crochet workshop

 

 

 

 

15th March 2025 Noel Hernandez / Latin Dance Classes and Party

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11th March 2025 Opera Highlights / Scottish Opera

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6th March 2025 National Theatre Live / Screening of The Importance of Being Earnest

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27th February 2025 / Ewen Henderson and Gary Innes

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25th February 2025 The Starling Cafe / Session #1

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30th January Mairi Campbell / Auld Lang Syne

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14th January 2025 The Wild Murphys

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3rd December National Theatre Live / Screening of Prima Facie with Jodie Comer

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22nd November Ensemble Ecoute / A Musical Journey

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9th November 2024 Caught in this Moment of Time / A play and workshop

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25th September National Theatre Live / Screening of Prima Facie with Jodie Comer

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2nd September As You Like It by William Shakespeare, with Folksy Theatre

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27th August The Fallen Angels of the Moine by George Gunn with Dogstar Theatre:

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14th August Cèilidh dance with Mairearad Green:

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7th August 2024 National Theatre Live / Present Laughter with Andrew Scott:

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4th August 2024 Movement workshop and talk with Julia McGhee at The Morrich Project

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31st July Cèilidh dance with Mairearad Green:

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20th and 24th July 2024 Variations concerts with the Edinburgh Quartet:

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17th July 2024 Ceilidh Trail music and dancing with Feis Rois:

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29th June 2024 National Theatre Live / Nye with Michael Sheen: 

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 June 16th 2024 Feis Rois presents Dan Do / traditional music and jazz from Vietnam and Scotland:

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Opera Bohemia

Madama Butterfly – Opera Bohemia

 Madama Butterfly tours Scotland this July/August in John Leo Wilkie’s critically acclaimed production.

Visit the website for full details and tickets:
Catch Scotland’s professional touring company in Rothesay, Dumfries, Giffnock, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ullapool, Stornoway, Tarbert (Harris), Lossiemouth, Inverness, Boat of Garten, Galashiels, Greenock and Dundee.
Returning to Ullapool August 6th
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Christie Okie- Solo Recital

5th September, 18:30, tickets on sale on the night at the door         1,100+ Cello Drawing Stock Photos, Pictures & Royalty-Free Images - iStock                                       How to draw a grand piano | Step by step Drawing tutorials

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Tim Vine: Breeeep

It’s Tim Vine and he’s back with a brand-new stand-up show! Come and enjoy a mountain of nonsense, daft one-liners, joyful songs, wobbly props, and ridiculous humour. (Plus, utter drivel.) Witness the stupidity. Then leave. Switched on the Christmas lights in Cheam two years on the run. ‘Is there a more ludicrous comedian in Britain?’ (The Times)

        A review of Tim Vine: Breeeep!, Fringe 2022 - Edinburgh Reviews

 The Macphail Centre, Ullapool

Friday 8th September 2023 at 7:30pm

Tickets £21 @ https://buytickets.at/macphailcentre/833960

All tickets non-refundable.

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 Ullapool Guitar Festival

Ullapool Guitar festival

6th-9th October

Get tickets at https://ullapoolguitarfestival.com/wp/?page_id=5

Friday  6th October 2023   7.30pm Start 
Evening Concert featuring:- To be confirmed

Friday Night Festival Club – start circa 22.30-23.00 @ The Macphail Centre with
Adam Bulley, Chas Mackenzie and friends.
-Saturday  7th October 2023
Workshops @ 10.00am
Tutors,Clive Carroll, Hugh Burns, John Goldie, Will McNicol, Tristan Seume,    and others to be determined

-Saturday Afternoon Concert  
13.00pm Start  featuring:- To be confirmed
-Saturday evening Concert
19.30pm Start  featuring:- to be confirmed

Saturday Night Festival Club –  Start circa 22.30-23.00   @ The Macphail Centre with
Adam Bulley and Chas Mackenzie and of course; friends.

Sunday  8th October 2023

Workshops @ 10.00am
Tutors, Hugh Burns, Will McNicol, Clive Carroll, Tristan Seume, John Goldie,  and others to be determined,

Sunday Afternoon Concert
13.00 Start  featuring:-Professor Allan Neave with students from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

And other artists to be confirmed

Sunday evening Concert

19.30pm Start  featuring:- To be confirmed

Festival Club – Start circa 22.30- 23.00  @ The Macphail Centre with
Adam Bulley and Chas Mackenzie and lots of friends.

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Senior Feis Rois

16th-20th October

Book at: https://booking.feisrois.org/

 

 

 

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