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Oral History Experience Announced for Community Land Festival
Visit the Broadway to participate in our first official oral history workshop to celebrate the Community Land Festival!

Kyle Macfarlane
4 days ago1 min read


Official Online Merchandise Shop Launched
You can shop our current selection of Broadway branded t-shirts, jumpers, tote bags, hoodies and more via our website!

Kyle Macfarlane
Sep 291 min read


Notes from the Projection Room: Gothic Gazebo
It’s time for our periodic nerd-fest into the weird and whacky world of Broadway projection, and we start with a Wendy House? Not only is the Broadway Scotland’s largest cinema auditorium, but it has two projection rooms! We have the original projection room high up above the balcony, but we also have what we affectionately call ‘the projection Wendy House’ located on the stalls floor.

Kyle Macfarlane
Aug 273 min read


Prestwick Youth Film Society Launch Announcement
Wonderful news! We are thrilled to finally announce the formation of Prestwick Youth Film Society, the appointment of our Academy Board, and our exciting collaboration with Ayrshire Film Company as our official media partner.

Kyle Macfarlane
Aug 191 min read


Funding Awarded by the Pilgrim Trust
We have been awarded £15,000 to continue the Broadway's architectural development with our chosen architects at Burrell Foley Fischer, and commission a professional measured survey of the building in a major step towards future restoration!

Kyle Macfarlane
Jul 31 min read


Lifetime Membership Awarded to Elaine Harrigan
We would like to express our warmest thanks to Elaine Harrigan, headteacher at Prestwick Academy, and send our very best wishes for retirement! Elaine has been presented with a Lifetime Membership award for her exceptional services to the Broadway!

Kyle Macfarlane
Jun 291 min read


Funding Awarded by the Community Empowerment Fund
Thank you to South Ayrshire Council for awarding the Broadway £12,000 towards building costs through the Community Empowerment Fund!

Kyle Macfarlane
Jun 111 min read


The Broadway's New Brand Revealed on 90th Anniversary
To celebrate the Broadway's 90th in style and launch our project into the future, we were delighted to reveal our new branding, with our camel taking its rightful place at the forefront of our image! The brand has been developed in-house by professional graphic designers and executive advisors to the project, Katie and Liam Young, with our refreshed sonic brand composed by our very own Calum Upton.

Kyle Macfarlane
May 71 min read


The Broadway's First New Screen in 69 Years Raised
With the Broadway's stage revealed once more, the next major step duly arrived, as Ayrshire's new largest cinema screen was raised for the first time. The Broadway's first new screen since 1956 brings some Ayrshire history with it too as the original cinema screen of the fondly remembered Magnum Leisure Centre in Irvine!

Kyle Macfarlane
May 51 min read


Auditorium Revealed as Squash Courts Removed
The courts have been squashed.
It's official. The Broadway's auditorium has been revealed once more, for the first time in almost 50 years. We now have the largest cinema auditorium in Scotland under community ownership in Prestwick.
We're still pinching ourselves.

Kyle Macfarlane
Apr 291 min read
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