After 20 years, Fiona left secondary school teaching to cofound CentreStage in 2006, building the original theatre in Kilmarnock without public or grant funding.
CentreStage’s vision for a society where everyone can realise their potential, regardless of circumstance, is being driven through development of the CentreStage Village, Scotland’s largest community-led asset transfer to date, creating a cultural, social and community destination at the regenerated 1.8 hectare site of the former Kilmarnock Academy.
Fiona is an Entrepreneurial Founder at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Business School and was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Caledonian University in 2019.
Through events such as “Gie it Laldy” and “Richt Guid night”, through Fiona, Centrestage has made a diverse range of artistic genres available to Ayrshire, no matter their income, whist promoting the Scots language.
A guide track for ‘Dr Fiona McKenzie OBE’ is available below for listening: -
The track is additionally available within the following collections and sets: -
Associated Collections: -
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Ayrshire Characters
Centrestage Arts Academy
Musicians
The Tarbolton Collection
