Dumfries and Galloway is located in South West Scotland, and has a largely rural population of some 125,000 people. The region is divided into four districts – Annandale & Eskdale, Upper Nithsdale, Stewartry and Wigtownshire.
The Theatres and Venues Network meets three times a year at different venues. This has enabled venue managers and programmers to get the chance to see backstage at venues across the region, and to discuss common challenges and issues. Guest speakers are frequently invited to the meetings, increasing awareness of new developments and national activity, for example Arts Out West from Cumbria. The Network has tackled issues such as: health and safety; sound and lighting equipment; programming; the challenges of rural touring.
The role played by dgArts is to facilitate and support through advice and provision of administrative and practical services. dgArts can also provide technical performance infrastructure such as a gigrac and mixing desk, lighting, staging and distro. The Theatres and Venues Network is managed by Louise Davies, Arts & Communities Co-ordinator for dgArts – [email protected]
Theatres and Venues: contacts and information for Promoters
Capacity: 188 seats fixed
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: Alan Henry 01387 254209
www.theatreroyaldumfries.co.uk
The CatStrand - New Galloway
Capacity: 88 seats retractable
Disabled access: Yes, via main entrance
Contact: Peter Renwick 01644 420374
www.catstrand.com
Buccleuch Centre – Langholm
Capacity: 250 seats – retractable
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: 013873 81196
www.buccleuchcentre.com
Lochside Theatre – Castle Douglas
Capacity: 218 raked seats
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: David Stoddard 01556 504506
www.lochsidetheatre.co.uk
Newton Stewart Cinema
Capacity: 240 raked seats fixed
Disabled access: Partial
Contact: 01671 403373
Box Office: 01671 403333
www.nscinema.co.uk
Ryan Centre – Stranraer
Capacity: 263 seats, 4 wheelchair spaces
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: Irene Hawker 01776 703535
www.stranraer.org/ryancentre/
Old Well Theatre – Moffat
Capacity: 80 seats
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: Janette Richardson
www.oldwelltheatre.co.uk
Swallow Theatre – Whithorn
Capacity: 48 seats
Disabled Access: Yes
Contact: David Sumner 01988 850368
www.swallowtheatre.com
Lockerbie Little Theatre
Capacity: 88 seats
Disabled access: Yes, via ramp to main entrance
Contact: Liz McDonnell 01576 202224
Email: [email protected]
Birchvale Theatre - Dalbeattie
Capacity: 78 seats
Disabled access:
Contact: Susan Black
Brigend Theatre - Dumfries
Capacity: 91 seats fixed
Disabled Access: Partial
Contact: Anne Glencross 01387 710510
www.dumfriesmos.co.uk
Dalton Village Hall
Capacity: 130 seats
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: Rory McKail 01387 840360
Email [email protected]
DG One - Dumfries
Capacity: 1200 seats, 1800 standing
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: James Cox 01387 243550
www.dgone.co.uk
The Bakehouse - Gatehouse of Fleet
Capacity: 50 seats
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: Chrys Salt 01557 814175
www.thebakehouse.info
Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre – Dumfries
Capacity: 69 seats
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: Alice Stilgoe 01387 264808
www.rbcft.co.uk
A’ The Airts - Sanquhar
Capacity: 50 seats
Contact: Sheila Crompton 01659 50193
www.all-the-airts.com
Middlebie Community Hall
Capacity: 150 seats
Disabled access: Yes
Contact: Ian Aitken-Kemp
[email protected]
Millenium Centre – Stranraer
Capacity: 300 seats
Disabled access: Yes
[email protected]
GaelForce is the doorway for the whirlwind of vibrant arts and entertainment that sweeps gorgeous Dumfries and Galloway all year round. GaelForce provides a small grant source for events and commissions in the region, which is administered by dgArts. All events and commissions which were successful in gaining GaelForce funding are tagged with the GaelForce logo on our Events page.
Explore GaelF orce for a rich diversity of festivals and events. The Eden Festival gets September off to a funky and family-friendly start. Or you can head for the hills up at Moniaive for the Michaelmas Bluegrass Festival. For book-lovers there’s the Wigtown Book Festival and for a big welcome to a small place head for fast-draw fun at the Creetown Country Music Festival.
A swinging Oc tober starts with Lockerbie Jazz Festival, but if your taste is renaissance, then The Galloway Consort will be making sweet music with viols, recorders and other medieval instruments. Poetry flows across the region with the arrival here of a succession of famous poets for Poetry Doubles.
And as the clocks go back put your best foot forward for Gatehouse of Fleet to enjoy The Fireside Hoolie. Finally, with the arrival of the winter, December brings The Feral Choir carolling in the villages.
GaelForce thanks its key funders, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Creative Scotland.
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