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Twenty years since his first appearance in panto at Macrobert Arts Centre in Stirling, Johnny McKnight returns to the stage with Weans in the Wood . Read my review of this exhilarating Christmas pantomime below. Johnny McKnight & Dani Heron in Weans in Wood. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Weans in the Wood panto, Macrobert Arts Centre ★★★★★ Review: 4 December 2025 | Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling Scotland's premier pantomime dame Johnny McKnight returns to Macrobert Arts Centre t

Macrobert Arts Centre is celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Johnny McKnight’s first appearance in the venue’s Christmas pantomime. Since then, Johnny has written every Macrobert pantomime and performed as the Dame every other year. Read more about this panto legend and his legacy at the Stirling panto below. Robert Jack, Johnny McKnight & the cast of Weans in the Wood at Macrobert Arts Centre. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Twenty years since Johnny McKnight first appeared in

Macrobert Arts Centre has announced the full cast for this year’s Christmas pantomime production, Weans in the Wood . Weans in the Wood cast. Clockwise from top left: Johnny McKnight, Helen McAlpine, Dani Heron, Robbie Jack, Craig Hunter, Katie Weir, Robin MacKenzie, Kara Swinney. Weans in the Wood panto cast | Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling This year's Christmas pantomime at Macrobert Arts Centre on the University of Stirling campus is Weans in the Wood by Johnny McKnight

Macrobert Arts Centre has announced the Christmas pantomime production for 2025, Weans in the Wood . Johnny McKnight will return in the role of the Dame, as well as writing and directing the production. Weans in the Wood panto at Macrobert Art Centre | Stirling pantomime 2025 The story of this panto, Weans in the Wood follows Hans No Solo and his best pal Gretel, pupils at Merlina’s School for Magical Minors, as they fight the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham and their band of

A new stage musical of cult classic Scottish film Restless Natives is announced. Full tour details here

Stirling panto 2024: Snow White review, Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling pantomime. Chris Forbes, Kara swinney, Helen McAlpine.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ REVIEW: Ragnarok by Tortoise in a Nutshell & Figurteatret i Nordland, in association with Macrobert Arts Centre World Premiere.

Aladdin panto, pantomime review, Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling panto 2023. Johnny McKnight, Dylan Wood.