There’s turning seventy‑five with a polite slice of Victoria sponge… and then there’s turning seventy‑five the Pitlochry Festival Theatre way: by calling in a trio of Scotland’s most recognisable exports and handing them the mic. Growing old tastefully no longer fits the theatre's dynamic: it's here to stir up momentum and energy. If there was ever any … Continue reading Have a Gander at Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s 75th Anniversary Appeal
Just when you thought the news from Pitlochry Festival Theatre was about to halt; here they go rolling out another big hitter for Alan Cumming’s inaugural season — and this time it’s Beckett. The Theatre has announced that Siobhán Redmond (currently starring alongside Cumming, Forbes Masson in The National Theatre of Scotland’s The High Life … Continue reading Have a Gander at Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days – Siobhán Redmond Digs Into Beckett’s Bleak Brilliance at Pitlochry
Pitlochry Festival Theatre is limbering up the ankles and clearing the floor, because this October the town’s in for a stoater. The UK première of CEILIDH, a new musical steeped in Scotland’s favourite communal chaos ritual, will take over Pitlochry Town Hall from 7–17 October — and it’s arriving with some serious creative heft behind … Continue reading Have a Gander at CELIDH – Pitlochry’s Set for a Right Good Knees-Up
Photo Credit - Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Out In The Hills: a midwinter queer uprising with tartan edges There are January weekends that drag like wet tweed, and there are January weekends that feel like a defibrillator to Scotland’s cultural heart. Out In The Hills is decisively the latter: a concentrated blast of theatre, conversation, music, and gloriously … Continue reading Have a Gander at Out in the Hills: Scotland’s New Queer Beacon in the Highlands, Pitlochry Theatre
https://youtu.be/H4dgBR16sWI Written and Directed by John Binnie Musical Arrangements and Additional Music by Alyson Orr Poetry and Songs by Robert Burns Review by Dominic Corr Pitlochry Festival Theatre ★★★★ Scotland’s lothario extraordinaire, Robert Burns’ legacy is capable of surviving the truth that, for their talents, they were a colossal layabout, negligent father and lover, and all around bit … Continue reading Review: A Toast Fae The Lassies – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/iFs1sckiV4k Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald Adapted by Elizabeth Newman Directed by Sarah Brigham Review by Dominic Corr Pitlochry Festival Theatre ★★★ Obsession and illusion are reframed in a swirl of jazz, longing, and champagne-soaked dreams, as The Great Gatsby returned to the stage in a new adaptation by the Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s most recent Artistic … Continue reading Review: The Great Gatsby – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Directed by Sam Hardie Written by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ While all that glitters is not consistently gold, though with Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir’s This Is A Gift, there is a shimmeringly triumphant reimagining of the Midas myth at the heart of new writing in Scotland. Transposed to contemporary … Continue reading Review: This Is A Gift – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
https://youtu.be/SD0YhFrzsao Directed by Sam Hardie Musical Direction by Richard Reeday Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ Walking around the gateway to the Highlands, and arriving at the now fully-kitted out Pitlochry Festival Theatre (with some smashing new bathrooms and reference to previous productions), the Pink Lady Jacket sporting guests mingled with the eager … Continue reading Review: Grease – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Music by Richard Rodgers Directed by Elizabeth Newman Review by Dominic Corr Tickets from £15.00 ★★★★ A frosty afternoon in Pitlochry must be in the mix to be on a list of our favourite things. Now add in a day spent surrounded by a beaming audience, bunting and decorations for … Continue reading Review: The Sound of Music – Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Elliot Gooch (Rolf) and Sally Cheng (Liesel Von Trapp) above, to star in the Pitlochry Festival Theatre's The Sound of Music Ahead of The Sound of Music, which opens on the 15th of November at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre, we sat down with Sally Cheng and Elliot Gooch to discuss their roles as Liesl von Trapp … Continue reading Have a Gander at The Sound of Music: A Chat with Sally Cheng and Elliot Gooch
