Mareel The UK's most northerly music, cinema and creative industries centre. Mareel is open Tuesday to Sunday, 9am to 11pm (or when the last film goes out).
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We are closed on Mondays. Mareel Cafe Bar is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10am to 9pm (or when the last film of the evening goes in) and Friday and Saturday 10am to 11pm. Our food menu is served until 5pm (bar snacks are available all day). Mareel is the UK's most northerly music, cinema and creative industries centre. Owned and operated by Shetland Arts, Mareel provides a year round programme of cinema, live, music, education, and other performance events. It is a hub and a focus for the creative communities not just in Shetland, but beyond, and a catalyst for the creative industries sector. Mareel has:
- A live performance auditorium
- Two cinema screens
- Rehearsal rooms
- A state-of-the-art recording studio
- A digital media production suite
- Education & training spaces
- Broadcast facilities
- A Cafe Bar
- Free high-speed wifi access

Our page is regularly checked in office hours, you can also contact us on [email protected] or via 01595 743843. This page is a moderated space. We welcome all opinions on Mareel, but we do not permit comments that contain personal attacks against Shetland Arts' staff and/or significantly misleading statements about the Agency and its venues. Users who violate this rule will be banned. We ask that, when commenting on this page, you please maintain a civil level of discourse and speak to each other and our staff (who manage this page) in the same manner you would face-to-face. Those who use disrespectful language will be warned. Those who continue to use this kind of language after they have been warned may be banned.

📣 Customer notice: The cafe bar will be closing at 5pm tomorrow for a private event.For customers attending the cinema, ...
11/09/2026

📣 Customer notice: The cafe bar will be closing at 5pm tomorrow for a private event.

For customers attending the cinema, tea and filter coffee will be available from the front desk along with a selection of bottled/tinned alcohol 🍻

We hope guests attending the hamefarin have a great night!🎉

11/09/2026
👀 Look at these gorgeous production shots from our upcoming dance and drama performance Revel. It's a 60+ coming-of-age ...
11/09/2026

👀 Look at these gorgeous production shots from our upcoming dance and drama performance Revel.

It's a 60+ coming-of-age story about resilience, irreverence and joie de vivre on its Scottish tour and stopping by Mareel.

"Remarkable" ★★★★★ The Herald

"Elegant and Eviscerating" ★★★★★ The Stage

🎤This performance will be followed by a 20-minute post-show Q&A.

Suitable for ages 12+.

📆Wed 23 Sep | 7.30PM | Mareel

👉Book now - https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/dramadance/revel

*UPDATE: We will be opening at 3pm.*📣 Customer notice: Due to staff shortage, our cafe bar is currently closed. We're ho...
11/09/2026

*UPDATE: We will be opening at 3pm.*

📣 Customer notice: Due to staff shortage, our cafe bar is currently closed. We're hoping to be open later on this afternoon - we'll update this post when we have a confirmed time!

Apologies for any inconvenience.

10/09/2026

🧶 Knitflix is back for Shetland Wool Week! Enjoy a film on the big screen while you knit (or crochet, or embroider...)

For these screenings, the lights in the cinema are kept brighter for you to see what you're doing, seats are distanced for you to have space to spread out your wool and free tea/coffee and biscuits are included in the ticket price.☕️

This year we're screening The Sheep Detectives and Strictly Ballroom!🎬

📆 Sunday 27 & Tuesday 29 September

🎬Our Children's Films this Weekend!🦫HoppersHaven't you ever wanted to talk to animals and understand what they're saying...
10/09/2026

🎬Our Children's Films this Weekend!

🦫Hoppers
Haven't you ever wanted to talk to animals and understand what they're saying? In Disney and Pixar's all-new animation Hoppers, scientists have discovered how to "hop" human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, allowing people to communicate with animals as animals!

🧸Toy Story 5
The toys are back in Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 5 - and this time it's Toy meets Tech!

📆Screening Sat 12 - Sun 13 September
👉Book Now: https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales

10/09/2026
🪖Did you know that 'Pressure' is based on a man who worked in the Lerwick Observatory?James Stagg was superintendent at ...
09/09/2026

🪖Did you know that 'Pressure' is based on a man who worked in the Lerwick Observatory?

James Stagg was superintendent at the Lerwick Observatory from 1929 to 1930.

Andrew Scott plays meteorologist James Stagg, working in close consultation with President Dwight D. Eisenhower to predict the weather they will face during their epic invasion. To achieve victory in a mission crucial to success in the wider war, they must get it right, but Stagg's plan brings him into conflict with his American counterpart.

📆Screening from Fri 11 - Thu 24 September
👉Book Now: https://tickets.shetlandarts.org/sales/categories/film/pressure

Address

Gutter's Gaet
Lerwick
ZE10WQ

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 12am
Saturday 9am - 12am
Sunday 9am - 9pm

Telephone

+441595745500

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