An Tobar cafe and gallery are open Monday - Friday, 10am - 4pm
What’s On
In The Wings, Research & Development 2024
Don't miss your chance to witness the magic brewing behind the scenes. Join us for In The Wings and discover the transformative power of theatre-in-the-making.
The Narrative Line - prints by Bryan Angus
Bryan Angus is a visual artist inspired by the land and sea around him in Banff, North Aberdeenshire, and the rich history of the people who shaped the coast. Opening Night Sat 13 April, 6-8pm, all are welcome for a complimentary glass of wine.
The Story Bus at Bunessan School
The Story Bus is a space for fun and to share the stories of Mull and our community. Meet your neighbours in their stories, and let them inspire you to pass on your own.
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.
Mull Natural Voices Sing to Save Lives at Sea!
Celebrating the RNLI Bicentenary. Stormy Stan joins Natural Voices and Friends in a rousing programme of Sea Shanties and other lively watery songs and music! All funds raised will be donated to Tobermory RNLI.
Adam Holmes
Having made his name with his original songs and memorable voice (which has been described as the best of his generation) over the course of 5 albums, Scottish singer songwriter Adam Holmes is going back to his roots for his new album The Voice of Scotland.
Glasgow Print Studio Exhibition
An Tobar gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of fine-art prints made at Glasgow Print Studio. Over its history, Glasgow Print Studio has published prints with revered Scottish artists such as Elizabeth Blackadder, John Byrne, Alasdair Gray, Steven Campbell, Ken Currie, Barbara Rae, Victoria Crowe, and Adrian Wisniewski among others, while also working with Turner Prize nominees and winners and international artists such as Jim Lambie, Martin Boyce, Ciara Philips and Seher Shah.
We Are All Just People In The Room Exhibition
Exhibition Opening in the Snug at An Tobar from 1pm, all welcome to attend. An uplifting new exhibition that explores and celebrates creative expression through the eyes of young people.
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.
I M A G I N E
Come and join us to explore, share and learn new skills at our play in a day workshop, and have some fun.
Slipped Skin - An Installation
Slipped Skin is a film poem exploring the sense of double belonging, through queer identity and the selkie myth. It was filmed on Calgary Beach, during a residency at An Tobar, and was funded by Arts Council England.
Mull Tour: Morag, You’re a Long Time Deid
Sam, Morag’s Canadian granddaughter, inherits not only a piano but also the mystery of her Scottish granny’s queerness. Mull Tour; 17 and 18 July at Mull Theatre, 19 July at Dervaig Hall and 20 July at Bunessan Hall
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.
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.
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.
Drawn To Dance
Join us for an exhilarating day capturing the grace and movement of dancers through sketching and study.
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.
Men Don't Talk
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’.
Men Don't Talk at Bunessan Hall
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’.
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.
In The Wings: The Boy Who Thought He Could Swim
This new play by David McNeish plunges the audience into the dilemmas of an island family trying to make sense of life when it’s not only the sea that’s cruel. All is not well beside the seaside.
Django's Journey - Children's Classic Concerts
This inspiring, interactive and inventive concert is perfect for 4–12-year-olds and their families and is sure to have everyone dancing in the aisles.
The Story Bus Ledaig
The Story Bus is a space for fun and to share the stories of Mull and our community. Meet your neighbours in their stories, and let them inspire you to pass on your own.
James V: Katherine
James V: Katherine is a dramatic interpretation of key events in Scotland’s history. But this is also a play filled with hidden histories, deft comedy and a secret love story between two young women.
James V: Katherine
James V: Katherine is a dramatic interpretation of key events in Scotland’s history. But this is also a play filled with hidden histories, deft comedy and a secret love story between two young women.
Ahmed Dickinson and Eduardo Martin
Ahmed and former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists, perform their mix of jazz, flamenco and Cuban!
Ahmed Dickinson and Eduardo Martin
Ahmed and former mentor, grammy-nominated Eduardo, both amazing Cuban acoustic guitarists, perform their mix of jazz, flamenco and Cuban!
Shō and the Demons of the Deep
Shō and the Demons of the Deep is a visual adventure story about overcoming fear, climate crisis and how the actions of one generation can affect the next. Inspired by the picture book of the same name by Annouchka Gravel Galouchko.
Brìghde Chaimbeul
A native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Skye, Brìghde's style is rooted in her language and culture, but draws inspiration from a variety of global piping traditions. “Simultaneously ancient and modern, profound and direct” Folk Album of the Month. The Guardian
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.
In The Wings: Thick and Tight working on Natural Behaviour
An Tobar and Mull Theatre is supporting Thick & Tight to undertake a week long residency, to develop work for ‘Natural Behaviour’. Step into the realm of creativity and witness the birth of theatrical magic with our In The Wings programme of events.
Malin Lewis at Bunessan Hall
One of Scotland’s most exciting innovators, Malin melds west-coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe. Hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, humans, queerness and the universe.
Malin Lewis
One of Scotland’s most exciting innovators, Malin melds west-coast tradition with a newly invented, self-made bagpipe. Hair tingling, philosophical and dance inducing melodies inspired by European folk traditions, humans, queerness and the universe.
In the Wings: The Constant Storm
Jen Kelly (she/her) is a Scottish performance artist, creating work around her love of storytelling and emotion. As an artist she engages with autobiography, physical theatre, visual theatre and storytelling in her making.
Pain and I
Layering playful choreography, experimental dance, intimate autobiographical text and original classical music composition by Alicia Jane Turner, Hopfinger asks: 'What can pain teach us?' in this powerful, honest, and compelling solo performance. Awarded the FQD Choreographic Work and Indoor Performance/International Prize.
In The Wings: The Selkie’s Wife
Elisabeth Flett is an award-winning writer, theatre-maker, musician and general feminist trouble maker.
The Moira Monologues
Based on the stories and characters Alan encountered growing up in the Hallglen area of Falkirk, where The Moira Monologues first premiered. Moira, her long suffering pal Babs, her neighbour (Bawface), her laddies (they're gid laddies, but they canny take their hash), and her wee dug Pepe have left audiences all over the country weak with laughter.
Tobermory Open Studios
Come and join the artists and makers in An Tobar Gallery across the Easter weekend, with Sarah Smith, Morar Honeyman, Claire Arnold, Kathy McAdam, Calum Hall and Sarah Darling Photography.
Sarah's Weaving Shed will be in the gallery with her loom, and Morar will be holding ceramics workshops in the Art Room.
Biofluorescent Night Walks at Aros Park
Reveal Nature, in partnership with Mull and Iona Community Trust are bringing Biofluorescent night walks to the island on 23rd and 24th of March. An extraordinary and innovative experience, that is a rare opportunity to delve into the realm of Biofluorescence.
Supporter Member Meeting
Join us for some refreshments on Sun 24 March at 4pm in An Tobar.
In The Wings: Murmurs of Earth
An Tobar and Mull Theatre is supporting Untie My Tongue to undertake a six day residency, to develop work for ‘Murmurs of Earth’.
Biofluorescent Night Walk at Ardura Forest
Reveal Nature, in partnership with Mull and Iona Community Trust are bringing Biofluorescent night walks to the island on 23rd and 24th of March. An extraordinary and innovative experience, that is a rare opportunity to delve into the realm of Biofluorescence.
The Story Bus Fionnphort & Uisken
The Story Bus is a space for fun and to share the stories of Mull and our community. Meet your neighbours in their stories, and let them inspire you to pass on your own.
Scottish Opera: Opera Highlights Spring 2024
This vibrant, one-of-a-kind show is created specifically for Scottish Opera each season. Director Laura Attridge (The Miserly Knight and Mavra 2022) brings her signature storytelling to this year’s tour and, alongside designer Ana Inés Jabares-Pita, creates an unforgettable experience that will be adapted specially for Mull Theatre.
The Story Bus in Lochdon School from 9.30am then Craignure Village Hall from 1pm
The Story Bus is a space for fun and to share the stories of Mull and our community. Meet your neighbours in their stories, and let them inspire you to pass on your own.
A Stranger Comes To Town
New dates for Salen Church! Audience feedback: “I loved the atmosphere created and found the experience quite meaningful.”, “It was very good, thought-provoking, relaxing and tranquil.”
A Stranger Comes To Town
New dates for Salen Church! Audience feedback : “Profound and moving”, “Very interesting, liked all the props…”, “Fascinating, evocative…”
The Story Bus Salen School
The Story Bus is a space for fun and to share the stories of Mull and our community. Meet your neighbours in their stories, and let them inspire you to pass on your own.
MullUkes
MullUkes repertoire is a rollercoaster of musical magic, spanning the decades from the swinging sixties to today's hottest pop and rock hits.
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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