Screen Machine

The Screen Machine is a mobile cinema that operates across the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

History

The original Screen Machine, now named "Screen Machine 1", was a mobile cinema for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and was launched in 1998. Since then, it has been standing in for Eden Court’s Riverside Theatre in Inverness whilst they are closed for a major refurbishment.

Screen Machine: Take Two

Now regarded by most as 'The Screen Machine' the Screen Machine: Take Two is a replacement of the original Screen Machine and has been in service since 15th April 2005. The next generation eighty-seat, fully air-conditioned mobile cinema was built by French company ‘Toutenkamion’. Literally translating as ‘Everything in a Truck’, Toutenkamion specialise in custom-built vehicles, including mobile recording studios, restaurants and traveling galleries.

Locations

Currently the machine visits locations including: Lochgilphead, Tarbert, Argyll and Bute, Isle of Arran, Port Ellen, Tobermoray, Tighnabruiach, Tarbett, Ullapool, Benbecula, Gairloch, Dornie and Lochcarron.