PFT Summer Brochure 2014

Summer Season 2014

May - October Whisky Kisses | Perfect Days | The Admirable Crichton The Yellow On The Broom | Passing Places | Mr. Bolfry

Autumn Classic October - November The Ladykillers

Home again...

Stay 6 Days, See 6 Plays

Contents Access All Areas

• Disabled parking is reserved near the main entrance.

• Wheelchair users can access all facilities.

A courtesy wheelchair can also be booked in advance. There are four spaces for wheelchair users in the auditorium.

Whisky Kisses

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Perfect Days

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The Admirable Crichton

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The Yellow On The Broom

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Passing Places

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Mr. Bolfry

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• For those with impaired hearing, an induction loop is available. Personal sound amplifiers are also available and can be booked in advance.

The Ladykillers

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Feast at the Festival Restaurant

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• For visually impaired visitors, we have an audio description service which can be provided for any performance, as long as Box Office are given prior notice.

Shop & Gallery

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Tours & Talks

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Diary

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• Also for visually impaired visitors, we endeavour to arrange touch tours before a performance (subject to availability).

How To Book Tickets & Save!

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• Guide dogs, hearing dogs and dogs for the disabled are very welcome. Please advise the Box Office in advance if you’re bringing your dog.

Concerts

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Active Arts

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Explorers Garden

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Become Part of PFT’s Success

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hiper

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Miracle on 34th Street

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Great Places to Stay, Shop and Eat

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Pitlochry Festival Theatre is a Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in Scotland Number SC029243 at the address below • Scottish Charity Number SC013055 • Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR • Administration: 01796 484600 • Fax: 01796 484616 • Box Office: 01796 484626 • Email: boxoffice@PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com • Website: www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com

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Welcome . . . . . . to the 2014 Summer Season at the Theatre in the Hills – and to Home Again!

In 2009, to mark Scotland’s first Year Of Homecoming, PFT’s Summer Season featured six marvellous works by Scottish authors, reflecting different aspects of Scotland’s culture and identity. Not only did that Season - entitled Home launch Whisky Galore – A Musical! onto an unsuspecting world, but the Season as whole went on to become the best attended at PFT of the last ten years.

So in 2014, in recognition of Scotland’s second Year Of Homecoming, we’re doing it all again! The Commonwealth Games and The Ryder Cup may provide an opportunity to celebrate Scotland’s sporting stars this year, but here at PFT, we’re offering theatre-goers the chance to celebrate Scotland’s great theatrical voices with an engaging and highly entertaining Season called Home Again.

From the pens of those giants of Scottish theatre, J.M. Barrie and James Bridie, we’ve selected the former’s classic Edwardian comedy, The Admirable Crichton, and the latter’s mischievous, witty drama, Mr. Bolfry. Then there are two plays from modern-day masters: Liz Lochhead’s hilarious romantic comedy,

Perfect Days, and Stephen Greenhorn’s wildly funny tale of self-discovery, Passing Places. And to complete the line-up, we have a superb adaptation of the classic traveller tale, The Yellow On The Broom, and an exuberant and timely new musical comedy from the Highlands, Whisky Kisses. For those keen to see as many of these excellent shows as possible, we’ve also assembled some very special Home Again ticket offers – see page 27 for details.

As always, the Summer Season is much more than just six plays and taking in one (or several!) of the many Sunday concerts, Active Arts workshops, and tours and talks, or visiting the wonders of the Explorers Garden will help make your trip to PFT even more special. And so that you can plan your stay in advance, we’ve also included details of some excellent accommodation offers in this brochure.

So get in the Homecoming spirit: visit PFT this Summer and enjoy the Best of Scottish Theatre at Scotland’s Favourite Theatre!

John Durnin Chief Executive & Artistic Director

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Whisky Kisses

book and lyrics by Euan Martin and Dave Smith, music by James Bryce “In the old days, the distillery closed in the summer. We called it ‘The Silent Season’. And now it looks like the silence is going to last for ever . . . “ Somewhere in the heart of a rolling Highland glen, one of the last familyowned distilleries is in trouble . . .

the prize: Ben Munro, a Wall Street wheeler-dealer, and Yomo Yomostushi, a Japanese industrialist.

Having inherited a mountain of debt from her father, Mary McGregor faces a stark choice. Either close the business - and threaten the livelihood of everyone in the village - or sell her one remaining asset: the very last bottle of an ancient, fabled malt whisky . . . The Glenigma!

But the soft Highland air has a strange effect on visitors. And The Glenigma isn’t the only attraction in this beautiful, remote location. So perhaps it’s not so surprising that when the battle for the bottle begins, things don’t turn out quite as anyone expected . . .

For Mary, there’s only one option. And reluctantly, she posts a notice online: The Glenigma is to be sold.

A finalist in Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s Highland Quest competition, this funny, romantic and exhilarating new Scottish musical, further developed and expanded for PFT and performed by our large, highly talented cast of actor-musicians, will be the flagship production in the Home Again Season. Slàinte mhath!

Electrified by the news, whisky fanatics from across the globe descend upon the distillery to compete in the planned auction, amongst them the two obsessive collectors who seem favourite to secure

“ . . . full of humour and theatrical energy . . . ” The Scotsman

“ . . . genuinely classy and riotously good fun.”

The Times

Dedicated by Mrs Rachel Cunningham to her children.

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Perfect Days

by Liz Lochhead

“I want a baby. But who with, that is the question . . .”

A successful celebrity hairdresser in Glasgow, with her own TV show and a smart loft apartment in the Merchant City, Barbs Marshall has it all. Hasn’t she?

Perhaps not. For Barbs is thirty-nine.

And single. And unhappy. And is becoming deafened by the ominous ticking of her biological clock . . .

Not even Barbs’s best pal, the gorgeous but camp-as-Christmas Brendan, seems able to help her deal with this onslaught of mid-life crisis. But then, out of the blue, Barbs meets Grant – attractive and thirteen years her junior - who might just be the answer to all of her problems. Aye, right. If only . . .

Whilst Barbs is coming to terms with this new-found desire for a baby, her own mother Sadie wastes no time in helpfully pointing out the perils of single parenthood (and don’t even mention test tubes); her oldest friend Alice suddenly reveals that she’s been keeping Barbs in the dark about a Very Big Secret; and Barbs’s estranged husband Davie casually mentions that he’s acquired a new, much younger girlfriend.

Beautifully observed, poignant and wickedly funny, this story of one woman’s search for love, companionship and motherhood amidst the bustle of contemporary life is a modern romantic comedy par excellence. If you enjoyed our hugely popular production of Liz Lochhead’s Good Things in 2009, then this is a must see!

Please note that this play contains strong language

“Lochhead’s writing is a vigorous mixture of sitcom humour and psychological probing, and with this play she has placed herself firmly at the front rank of Scottish writing.”

The Sunday Times

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The Admirable Crichton

by J.M. Barrie

“Life, Crichton, is like a cup of tea; the more heartily we drink, the sooner we reach the dregs.”

Lord Loam is a somewhat unusual example of the aristocracy. Believing the divisions in British society to be entirely artificial, he enjoys subverting the norm during monthly tea-parties at Loam Hall, forcing his three rather superior daughters and his well-to-do guests to mingle with the servants as equals - to everyone’s profound embarrassment.

When disaster strikes during a tropical 07 cruise, the Loam family are marooned on a desert island with a group of friends and servants – including, of course, Crichton – and survival becomes the name of the game. In such a desperate situation, strong leadership is needed. And, in time, a leader does indeed emerge. But not, perhaps, the one that was expected . . .

His butler, Crichton, who espouses altogether more traditional views, is naturally appalled by his master’s radical opinions. For Crichton, there is a natural order to things in the life of a stately home, which should never be upset. For Crichton, there must always be masters and there must always be servants.

One of the best known and best loved of Barrie’s plays, this sparkling comedy from 1902 - memorably filmed in 1957 with Kenneth More in the title role - is a stylish and brilliantly constructed satire that continues to delight. A huge hit with audiences when it was last staged at PFT in 2001, miss this at your peril!

But what if the circumstances were to change?

“A masterful spoof on the British class system.”

The Guardian

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Š National Museums Scotland. Licensor www.scran.ac.uk

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The Yellow On The Broom based on the novel by Betsy Whyte

by Anne Downie

“In ma mind I'll be oot cookin' over an open fire, wi' the stick reek in ma nostrils, or maybe gatherin' the fruit o' some byeway hedge for supper.”

Berry picking, neep pulling, basket making: Scotland’s travelling folk stayed close to the land, following the changing seasons from place to place, sleeping beneath the stars, selling the wares they made. But by the mid-1930s, this centuries-old culture - and an entire way of life - was under threat . . .

For young Bessie Townsley, travelling the roads of Perthshire and Angus with her family and friends is education enough.

But the law says otherwise and the family has to winter in Brechin each year so that Bessie can attend her compulsory 100 days of school. And from her fellow students, Bessie soon learns that the travelling life she loves can prompt very different reactions in others.

Yet Bessie turns out to be an excellent student and, encouraged by a sympathetic teacher, becomes a candidate for a high school scholarship.

But if Bessie is to fulfil her potential, the Townsleys may have to abandon life on the road for good. For her parents, it’s a sacrifice worth making. Others, however, will do anything to stop a “dirty tinker” from succeeding . . .

Warm-hearted, funny and passionate, Anne Downie’s superb adaptation of Betsy Whyte’s classic tale of travelling life uses music and traditional song to take audiences on an enthralling journey along the rural roads of pre-war Scotland and recreate a now vanished world.

“rich, enchanting and moving…the lyrical lilt, the variety and vividness of character and scene make for memorable theatre.”

The Scotsman

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Passing Places

by Stephen Greenhorn

“A map’s not for telling you where to go. What it tells you is exactly where you are. You have to decide your own destination and journey.”

Alex and Brian: a couple of Motherwell lads going nowhere. Until, that is, Alex unfairly gets the sack from the sports shop where he works and, in a moment of drunken retribution, ‘borrows’ a surfboard from the window display and press gangs Brian into joining him in a clapped-out Lada heading for Thurso Surf Capital of the North!

But unfortunately for our two heroes, this particular surfboard happens to be the prized possession of the shop’s owner, the psychotic gangster Binks. And no sooner does Binks discover the theft than he’s donning the leathers, kick starting the Suzuki – and beginning an epic pursuit.

En route to Thurso, travelling the winding single track roads, Alex and Brian expect to encounter the Scotland of the history

books. Instead, they discover a land they never knew existed. There’s bothy culture, castles and ceilidhs, and spectacular landscapes, right enough; but digital crofters, Heilan’ hippies, mystic surf gurus, installation artists, Ukrainian mariners and Canadian geologists? Where did they all come from?

After a triumphant production of Passing Places in 2007, PFT is delighted to once again present this high speed comedy from the creator of River City and Sunshine On Leith: a fast-paced, wise-cracking road movie for the stage that heads relentlessly (and hilariously) towards a final showdown on a freezing Thurso beach at dawn . . .

Please note that this play contains strong language

“A real treat of substantial yet light-touch comedy, for any audience interested in the times we live in.”

The Scotsman

Sponsored by Mrs Katharine Liston in loving memory of Iain Liston.

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Mr. Bolfry

by James Bridie

McCrimmon: “Are there kirks in Hell?”

Bolfry: “Why not? Would you deny us the consolations of religion?”

1942: World War II is raging, drawing millions into an epic global struggle between good and evil. Yet in a Free Kirk manse somewhere in the Western Highlands, on a dreich Sunday afternoon, the struggle seems to be more about staving off boredom . . .

The moralising minister, McCrimmon, and his wife have reluctantly done their bit for the war effort and allowed two English soldiers, Cully and Cohen, to be billeted at the manse. But Cully and Cohen are young city-dwellers, with little interest in McCrimmon’s puritanical opinions.

And they’re bored. And having been “blitzed about” a bit in London, Jean, the McCrimmons’ very modern niece, is also staying at the manse, taking a week’s

holiday. . . and she’s bored, too. And it’s about to rain. Again.

But then Cohen stumbles across an unusual book in the manse library, which seems to contain instructions for raising the Devil. Well, it’s something to do, isn’t it? So after the McCrimmons have retired for the evening, the threesome gather at midnight, open the ancient tome and begin to read aloud . . .

The plays of James Bridie have always played a special part in PFT’s history and following our hugely successful revival of Dr. Angelus in 2011, we are delighted to restore another of Bridie’s fascinating moral fables – clever, witty, mischievous and ironic – to the Pitlochry stage.

“It pulls off the rare trick of being theologically engaging at the same time as wryly amusing… Mr. Bolfry is not only just well built, it’s built to last.”

The Herald

Dedicated to my parents who, many years ago, first took me to the Theatre in the Hills. Anne.

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The Daily Mail

The Independant

The Daily Telegraph

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The Ladykillers

by Graham Linehan

From the Motion Picture Screen play by William Rose and by Special Arrangement with StudioCanal & by Special Arrangement with Fiery Angel Ltd, London

“Being fooled by art is one of the primary pleasures afforded to the middle classes.”

The classic Ealing Studios comedy from1955 gets an entirely new lease of life . . .

In order to pull off a brilliantly conceived robbery at King’s Cross Station, a motley crew of criminal misfits pose as amateur musicians needing rehearsal space and take rooms in the lopsided lodgings of the sweet, eccentric Miss Wilberforce.

But whilst the police are blissfully ignorant of the sophisticated heist being planned under their very noses, Miss Wilberforce who has a history of “noticing” suspicious goings-on in the neighbourhood - is not so easily deceived. So the gang’s

criminal mastermind, the disturbed (and disturbing) Professor Marcus, decides that Miss Wilberforce must face the music.

And he doesn’t mean a string quartet . . .

This brand new adaptation of the Ealing classic, written by Graham Linehan, the BAFTA and Emmy-award winning television comedy writer and director (co-creator and writer of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd) had both the critics and audiences in raptures during its recent smash-hit West End run. PFT is delighted to be staging the Scottish première production of this brilliant new/old comedy!

“This is no pale stage rip-off but a new-written piece of perfection.”

The Times

“An exuberantly inventive evening.”

The Guardian

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Feast

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Whether you’re here to enjoy a play or a concert, in need of sustenance after traversing the globe in the Explorers Garden, or just popping in for a quick snack, you will find freshly prepared food and refreshments for all occasions in our Café Bar and Restaurant. So enjoy “one of the Best Views in Scotland” (The Scotsman) this Summer!

Using fresh and, whenever possible, local ingredients, all our food is prepared to the highest standards by our team of talented chefs. Expect tasty, contemporary food and a wide range of refreshments, all at a reasonable price, when you take a seat in our Restaurant and Café Bar this Summer.

Dinner is served from 6.30pm on Monday to Saturday (and on Sunday when a concert is scheduled). Our Head

Chef creates special signature menus for each Summer Season play. Remember to book early, as our Restaurant is extremely popular!

Two courses: £21.95 Three courses: £24.95 Lunch is available seven days a week and the menu includes a range of Daily Specials.

Please note: All Restaurant prices are subject to change without notice.

Book early to avoid disappointment!

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Gallery & Shop

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You’re sure to find inspired gifts, great books and music, stylish jewellery, handbags galore, dazzling glassware and fine ceramics, as well as plenty of theatrical treasures in our popular Foyer Shop.

With up to 200 works of art on display in the Festival Gallery at any one time, from leading Scottish artists, we’ve something to suit all tastes - and pockets!

Open daily - 10.00am to 10.00pm.

Pictured (clockwise): Wheeling Gulls, Gillian Kingslake; Winter Walk Blairgowrie, Robert Graham; Clunie Perthshire, Robert Graham

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Tours & Talks

Discover what happens behind the scenes

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Post Show Talks

Backstage Tours

Join PFT’s Artistic Director John Durnin for a fascinating insight into the show you’ve just watched and learn more about PFT’s unique repertoire system. Meet some of the cast from that afternoon’s production and ask them about their work at PFT. All the while, on stage and in full view, the set is being turned around for the evening performance of a completely different show!

Our knowledgeable guides will take you on a fascinating tour behind the scenes at PFT!

Perfect Days The Admirable Crichton Whisky Kisses The Yellow On The Broom Passing Places Mr.Bolfry

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You’ll visit our Green Room (which isn’t green!), see where and how costumes are made, have a look at our scenery workshop and storage docks and, of course, the famous stage itself.

Tours run on most Wednesdays from 25 June until 15 October.

Time: 11.00am Price: £5.00 (These entertaining walking tours last one-and-a-half hours and will involve some stair climbing).

Time: Approximately 5 minutes after the performance. Price: £3:00 (Please note: If you are attending a Post Show Talk after a matinée performance, please help our Front of House staff by briefly moving to the Foyer to allow them to service the auditorium. Thank you.)

Pictured (L-R): An Ideal Husband, 2010; Making costumes, It’s A Wonderful Life, 2013; Single Spies, 2013

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Secrets of the Stage Every Friday from 4 July to 17 October 11.00am – 12.30pm with Drew Scott

Community & Education Director

This entertaining, illustrated talk proved hugely popular last year when it was first introduced.

Drew will once again be at the helm to deliver a talk that covers all aspects of our stage productions, from set design and auditions to the rehearsal and set building process. You will get to see examples of set models, props and costumes from previous PFT productions.

Having spent several years here at PFT as Stage Manager, Drew is ideally placed to provide a personal insight into life backstage. Included in the talk will be a “sneaky peak” at the production being built on stage that day and a look at what has changed since PFT’s early days in the festival tent. You will also have the opportunity to put any questions you have about our productions to Drew.

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Preview Performances

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Backstage Tour

Diary 2014

March

20

Matinée (2.00pm)

Evening (7.30pm)

Swan Lake

Swan Lake

Saturday

1

Friday

7

Real Diamond

Saturday

8

Pirates Of Penzance

Friday

21

Julie Madly Deeply

Saturday

22

Mànran

Friday

4

Definitive Bublé

Saturday

5

The Pasadena Roof Orchestra

Friday

11

Buddy Holly

Saturday

12

Barbara Dickson & Rab Noakes

Wednesday

23

Thursday

24

April

The Charity Trustees’ Toolbox

Matinée (2.00pm)

May Tuesday

Wild Highland

Evening (8.00pm)

13

An Evening with David Scheel

Friday 23 - Sunday 25 Tummel & Tay Festival Friday

23

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

24

Monday

26

Jambouree Cabaret Singers

Tuesday

27

Twelfth Day

Thursday

29

Friday

30

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

31

Perfect Days

Whisky Kisses

Perfect Days

Whisky Kisses

Perfect Days

Whisky Kisses

June Monday

2

Jambouree Cabaret Singers

Tuesday

3

Yours Truly - Jack The Ripper

Thursday

5

The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton

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Post Show Talk

. . . June

Matinée (2.00pm)

Secrets of the Stage

Evening (8.00pm)

Friday

6

Perfect Days

Saturday

7

Whisky Kisses

Monday

9

The Man Who Left The Titanic

Tuesday

10

Alan Reid & Rob Van Sante

Thursday

12

Friday

13

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

14

The Admirable Crichton

Sunday

15

Ceilidh

Monday

16

The Yellow On The Broom

Tuesday

17

Whisky Kisses

Wednesday

18

Thursday

19

The Yellow On The Broom

Friday

20

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

21

Perfect Days

Sunday

22

The Johnny Cash Road Show

Monday

23

Whisky Kisses

Tuesday

24

The Yellow On The Broom

Wednesday

25

The Admirable Crichton

The Yellow On The Broom

Perfect Days

Perfect Days

The Yellow On The Broom

The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton

The Yellow On The Broom

Perfect Days

Thursday

26

The Admirable Crichton

Friday

27

The Yellow On The Broom

Saturday

28

Whisky Kisses

Sunday

29

Skerryvore

Monday

30

The Yellow On The Broom

1

The Admirable Crichton

Perfect Days

July Tuesday Wednesday

2

The Admirable Crichton

Whisky Kisses

Thursday

3

Perfect Days

Friday

4

The Admirable Crichton

Saturday

5

The Yellow On The Broom

Sunday

6

Whisky Kisses

An Evening with Peter French

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Preview Performances . . . July Monday

7

Perfect Days

Tuesday

8

Whisky Kisses

Matinée (2.00pm)

Wednesday

22

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9

Backstage Tour

Evening (8.00pm)

Whisky Kisses

The Admirable Crichton

Thursday

10

The Yellow On The Broom

Friday

11

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

12

Perfect Days

The Admirable Crichton

Monday

14

Tickling The Ivories

Tuesday

15

“Something Familiar...?”

Thursday

17

Friday

18

The Yellow On The Broom

Saturday

19

Whisky Kisses

Sunday

20

Ceilidh

Monday

21

The Admirable Crichton

Tuesday

22

Passing Places

Wednesday

23

Passing Places

Perfect Days

Passing Places

Passing Places

The Yellow On The Broom

Thursday

24

Perfect Days

Friday

25

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

26

The Admirable Crichton

Sunday

27

The Elvis Years

Monday

28

Passing Places

Tuesday

29

The Admirable Crichton

Wednesday Thursday

The Yellow On The Broom

30 The Admirable Crichton

Whisky Kisses

31

The Yellow On The Broom

1

Perfect Days

Saturday

2

Whisky Kisses

Sunday

3

One Night Of Queen

Monday

4

The Yellow On The Broom

Tuesday

5

Whisky Kisses

August Friday

Wednesday

6

Passing Places

Whisky Kisses

Perfect Days

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Post Show Talk

Secrets of the Stage

. . . August Thursday

7

Passing Places

Friday

8

The Admirable Crichton

Saturday

9

Perfect Days

Sunday

10

Big Vern ‘n’ The Shootahs

Monday

11

Whisky Kisses

Tuesday

12

The Admirable Crichton

Wednesday

Matinée (2.00pm)

The Yellow On The Broom

13 The Admirable Crichton

Evening (8.00pm)

Passing Places

Thursday

14

Perfect Days

Friday

15

The Yellow On The Broom

Saturday

16 Passing Places

Whisky Kisses

Monday

18

Jinski

Tuesday

19

North Sea Gas

Thursday

21 Mr. Bolfry

Friday

22

The Admirable Crichton

Saturday

23 Perfect Days

The Yellow On The Broom

Monday

25

Passing Places

Tuesday

26

Whisky Kisses

Wednesday

27 Whisky Kisses

Mr. Bolfry

Mr. Bolfry

Thursday

28 Mr. Bolfry

The Admirable Crichton

Friday

29

The Yellow On The Broom

Saturday

30 Passing Places

Perfect Days

Sunday

31

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Monday

1

Mr. Bolfry

Tuesday

2

The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton

Whisky Kisses

Whisky Kisses

The Yellow On The Broom

September

Wednesday

3

Thursday

4

Friday

5

Perfect Days

Saturday

6

Passing Places

Sunday

7

Mr. Bolfry

The Simon & Garfunkel Story

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Preview Performances

Backstage Tour

. . . September Monday

Matinée (2.00pm)

Evening (8.00pm)

8

Whisky Kisses

Tuesday

9

The Yellow On The Broom

Wednesday

10 The Yellow On The Broom

The Admirable Crichton

Thursday

11 Mr. Bolfry

Perfect Days

Friday

12

Passing Places

Saturday

13 Whisky Kisses

Mr. Bolfry

Sunday

14

Fiddlers’ Rally!

Monday

15

The Admirable Crichton

Tuesday

16

Wednesday 24

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Perfect Days

17 Perfect Days

The Yellow On The Broom

Thursday

18 Whisky Kisses

Passing Places

Friday

19

Mr. Bolfry

Saturday

20 The Admirable Crichton

Whisky Kisses

Sunday

21

The Ivor Novello Story

Monday

22

The Yellow On The Broom

Tuesday

23

Wednesday

Passing Places

24 Passing Places

Perfect Days

Thursday

25 Whisky Kisses

Mr. Bolfry

Friday

26

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

27 The Yellow On The Broom

The Admirable Crichton

Sunday

28

Outside Track & Paul McKenna

Monday

29

Perfect Days

Tuesday

30

Mr. Bolfry

October Wednesday

1

Mr. Bolfry

Whisky Kisses

Thursday

2

Whisky Kisses

Passing Places

Friday

3

The Admirable Crichton

Saturday

4

Perfect Days

The Yellow On The Broom

Monday

6

Passing Places

Tuesday

7

Whisky Kisses

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Post Show Talk

Wednesday

8

Secrets of the Stage

Matinée (2.00pm)

Evening (8.00pm)

Whisky Kisses

Mr. Bolfry

Mr. Bolfry

The Admirable Crichton

Thursday

9

Friday

10

The Yellow On The Broom

Saturday

11 Passing Places

Perfect Days

Monday

13

Whisky Kisses

Tuesday

14

Wednesday

15 The Yellow On The Broom

The Yellow On The Broom The Admirable Crichton

Thursday

16 Whisky Kisses

Perfect Days

Friday

17

Passing Places

18 Mr. Bolfry

Whisky Kisses

Saturday

Matinée (2.00pm)

Autumn Classic

Evening (7.30pm)

Thursday

23

The Ladykillers

Friday

24

The Ladykillers

Saturday

25

The Ladykillers

Tuesday

28

The Ladykillers

Wednesday

29

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Thursday

30

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Friday

31

The Ladykillers

Saturday

1

The Ladykillers

Tuesday

4

The Ladykillers

Wednesday

5

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Thursday

6

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Friday

7

The Ladykillers

Saturday

8

The Ladykillers

Tuesday

11

The Ladykillers

Wednesday

12

The Ladykillers

The Ladykillers

Thursday

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How To Book STAGE

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WHISKY KISSES

Sat Mon-Thur Matinées & Evenings Evenings Fri Evenings Previews 1 £35.00 £30.00 £32.50 £27.50 2 £32.50 £27.50 £30.00 £25.00 3 £30.00 £25.00 £27.50 £22.50 4 £22.50 £17.50 £20.00 £15.00

PLAYS

Sat Mon-Thur Matinées & Evenings Evenings Fri Evenings Previews 1 £32.50 £25.00 £30.00 £25.00 2 £30.00 £22.50 £27.50 £22.50 3 £27.50 £20.00 £25.00 £20.00 4 £20.00 £15.00 £17.50 £15.00

Published prices are subject to change without notification.

By Phone: Call 01796 484626. Lines open from 9.00am.

Online: Visit PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com In Person: Visit Box Office, open everyday from 10.00am, or pop into Just the Ticket! on the main street, Pitlochry.

By Post: Write to us at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR. Please make cheques payable to Pitlochry Festival Theatre and enclose SAE or 50p for postage.

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Book now & save!

These offers expire 9 March, so don’t delay, book today • Buy tickets to see all 7 shows (Summer Season and Ladykillers) and get your Whisky Kisses ticket free!

• Buy tickets for 5 shows or more and get £5.00 off per ticket – save £25.00!

• Buy tickets to see 3 shows in June & July and save 50% off the price of your 3rd ticket!

Save all Summer Saver Seats – only £15.00!

Group (10+) Offers

Book up to 24 hours in advance and get the best seats available on the night (50 seats available per show, seats are allocated on the morning of the performance).

• Enjoy £2.50 off per ticket on Mon to Thurs and matinée performances

Concessions (Available in Bands

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Friends: £2.00 off per ticket

• Save £7.50 per ticket if you book and pay for your Group's trip before 9 March (except Fri & Sat nights) • Save 20% off your second booking if you come back to see a second show (except Fri & Sat nights)

Registered Disabled: £17.50 per ticket

• Enjoy 20% off the cost of your Group’s train or coach travel (School Groups receive a 10% subsidy)

Family tickets: £50 2 adults and 2 children

• Don't forget to ask about food and menu options specially for your group

Senior Citizens: £2.50 off matinées

Under-18/Student/unemployed: Half Price

All Group bookings now require a 25% deposit one month from the date of booking. The balance is due 21 days before the performance.

Friends, Groups, Senior Citizen concessions and Saver Seats exclude Preview performances and Band 1 seats.

All offers subject to availability, terms and conditions apply.

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Concerts

Music, Dance, Opera, Concerts & Events Winter Words Festival

Mànran

Swan Lake Ballet West

Definitive Bublé

14 to 22 Feb, various times

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Sat 22 March, 7.30pm, £16.50 Fri 4 April, 7.30pm, £18.50

Sat 1 March, 2.00pm and 7.30pm £18.50 & £21.50

Real Diamond

Fri 7 March, 7.30pm, £18.50 & £20

Pirates Of Penzance

Sat 8 March, 7.30pm £16.50

Julie Madly Deeply

Fri 21 March, 7.30pm, £16.50

The Pasadena Roof Orchestra Sat 5 April, 7.30pm, £20.00

Buddy Holly

Fri 11 April, 7.30pm, £18.50 & £20.00

Barbara Dickson & Rab Noakes Sat 12 April, 7.30pm, £22.50

For full details, pick up our Winter brochure.

Julie Madly Deeply

Barbara Dickson & Rab Noakes Swan Lake, Ballet West

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Tummel & Tay Festival

Bar Snacks Available

Twelfth Day

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Wild Highland

Wed 23 April, 2.00pm - 4.00pm, £10.00 Join landscape artist David Bellamy for a painting demonstration. The John Muir Trust’s Wildspace Visitor Centre in Pitlochry will present an exhibition of his work from April to June.

The Charity Trustees’ Toolbox with Colin Liddell

Thurs 24 April, £7.50 This seminar will provide Trustees with guidance and insight into various aspects of their role, actions and responsibilities; it will also include a number of tips and recommendations. It will touch upon the differences between a Guarantee Company and a SCIO and will look at issues of risk management. Two Course Supper is £16.50, commencing at 6.00pm.

An Evening with David Scheel

Tues 13 May, £12.50 A welcome return for this hilariously entertaining and gifted Australian pianist, the natural successor to Victor Borge. David is a master of improvisation, accents and beautiful music!

Tummel & Tay Festival

A celebration of Highland Perthshire’s whisky, food and culture Fri 23 – Sun 25 May A new festival celebrating Highland Perthshire’s association with the ‘water of life.’

Special themed events and activities will take place at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Birnam Arts and The Birks Cinema throughout the weekend.

Jambouree Cabaret Singers

Mon 26 May & Mon 2 June, £12.50 This talented, vibrant harmony group from Perth make a welcome return to perform an exciting repertoire of Scottish songs and hits from the Musicals. Arrangements by ‘Mr Music’ John Scrimger.

Twelfth Day

Tues 27 May, £12.50 Blending voice, harp and fiddle, this delightful young duo from Orkney and the Borders Catriona Price and Esther Swift - are touring their latest album, The Devil Makes Three, with beautiful harmonies and stylish and dynamic arrangements.

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The Johnny Cash Roadshow

Sun 22 June, £18.50 & £20.00 Presented by the Rotary Club of Pitlochry After a hugely successful concert in 2012, here’s another chance to see this thrilling musical tribute to the legendary Man In Black.

This will be the very essence of what it was like to be at a real Cash show. Unmissable!

Skerryvore Tickling The Ivories with Michael Lunts

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Yours Truly – Jack The Ripper

Tues 3 June, £12.50 At last, the true story! Isoceles Theatre stage a gripping drama evoking those terrible weeks when East London was in a grip of fear and the world held its breath! Underscored with witness readings and music from the time.

The Man Who Left The Titanic

Mon 9 June, £12.50 J. Bruce Ismay sailed away that dreadful night from the stricken ship and its doomed passengers. Was he a coward or merely doing what he needed to do to survive?

This enthralling drama from Isoceles Theatre explorers the tragic and chilling facts.

Alan Reid & Rob Van Sante

Tues 10 June, £12.50 Stalwarts of the award winning Battlefield Band, Alan and Rob return for a rousing acoustic evening of modern and traditional Scottish folk music.

Ceilidh

Sun 15 June, £12.50 including hot stovies!

A great night out for locals and visitors alike with skirlin’ ceilidh band, Scotch in a Box.

Sun 29 June, £20.00 The talented lads from Tiree return for a 5th time to perform tunes from their brand new album. This exciting band blend pipes, whistles, vocals, fiddle and accordions with rock and jazz to produce a unique sound.

An Evening with Peter French

Sun 6 July, £18.50 A fantastic feast of entertainment with selections from The Great American Songbook. Peter French will be at the Steinway grand playing beautiful arrangements by Sinatra’s conductor, Gordon Jenkins.

Tickling The Ivories with Michael Lunts

Mon 14 July, £12.50 A light hearted and humorous musical romp through one hundred years of comedy song including Tom Lehrer, Flanders & Swann, Noël Coward and Monty Python, performed from the piano by the inimitable Michael Lunts.

“Something Familiar...?”

Tues 15 July, £12.50 Linda Ormiston and James Nicol, with Andrew Nicol at the piano, are back with songs familiar (and some not so familiar!) from the musical worlds of Stage and Screen.

Ceilidh

Sun 20 July, £12.50 including hot stovies!

Another great night out for locals and visitors alike with skirlin’ ceilidh band, Scotch in a Box.

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North Sea Gas

Tues 19 August, £12.50 Simply, Scotland’s most popular folk band: guitars, bouzouki, fiddles, banjo, whistles and great harmonies. Expect a foot stompin’ night!

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham

Sun 31 August, £25.00 Aly & Phil have played PFT for over 19 years now and their much admired fiddle and accordion musicianship, coupled with great anecdotes, always guarantees a sell-out crowd.

The Outside Track & The Paul McKenna Band

The Simon & Garfunkel Story Sun 7 September, £18.50

The Elvis Years

Sun 27 July, £22.50 Direct from the West End hit musical Jailhouse Rock and officially endorsed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Mario Kombou performs a 2 hour concert as The King that takes you through the entire musical career of Elvis.

Dean Elliott as Paul Simon, and a cast of talented actor-musicians take you on a powerful musical journey. Homeward Bound, Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Sound of Silence - the hits go on and on . . .

Fiddlers’ Rally!

Sun 3 August, £22.50 Firmly established as the true Champions of Queen, Gary Mullen and The Works bring their Kind of Magic to Rock You on the Pitlochry stage for a night of true Rhapsody!

Sun 14 September, £16.50 & £18.50 (u-16: £10.00) Presented by The Rotary Club of Pitlochry 70 sets of strings and a whole lot of energy!

The Dunkeld & District Strathspey & Reel Society - with special guests and soloists - will raise the roof with a spectacular performance!

Big Vern ‘n’ The Shootahs

The Ivor Novello Story

One Night Of Queen

Sun 10 August, £18.50 & £20.00 A fabulous night out is guaranteed with this rockin’ nine piece soul band from Glasgow, who play well known sounds with a soul-funk twist. If you’re a fan of The Commitments or The Blues Brothers, this will be the perfect evening’s entertainment for you!

Jinski

Mon 18 August, £12.50 A welcome return for this acclaimed duo, who mix acoustic roots and country with the resolutely modern. Performing original songs, plus the familiar sounds of Bob Dylan and Neil Young – you’re in for a treat!

by John Cairney

Sun 21 September, £18.50 Ivor Novello’s story and songs including Some Day My Heart Will Awake, Keep The Home Fires Burning and We’ll Gather Lilacs are brought to life beautifully by two singers, an actor and a pianist. Prepare yourself for a refined evening of romance, nostalgia and showbiz glamour!

The Outside Track & The Paul McKenna Band

Sun 28 September, £16.50 Two dynamic, award-winning traditional Celtic music acts join forces for a dazzling and compelling double bill concert.

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Active Arts Our programme of creative workshops for adults is packed with popular favourites. A light lunch and refreshments plus basic materials are all included in the price, but please do ask at the time of purchase for full details of what each workshop provides in particular.

Prices: one day - ÂŁ50, two day - ÂŁ90, unless otherwise indicated.

Workshops run from 10.30am to 4.30pm.

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Experienced artist and tutor Colin Christie brings his unique and imaginative approach to painting styles and techniques in this series of workshops.

Wildlife In Pastels 26 & 27 May

Everyone loves wildlife and capturing it in pastels really makes the subject enjoyable. Try your hand at Scottish birds and deer, along with some more exotic creatures!

Contemporary Still Life In Oils 7 & 8 July

Painting from life in a contemporary style, this workshop covers everything from designing your painting, making tonal/colour sketches, preparing your canvas and, of course, painting your finished piece.

Western Isles Landscapes & Seascapes In Acrylics

25 & 26 August

Colour, space, sea and sky! A great workshop covering differing ways to paint some of the most beautiful scenery Scotland has to offer.

With ten years as a tutor for the Open College of the Arts amongst her many teaching credentials, local artist Kate Kirby is ideally placed to bring new insight and expertise to your work.

Looking For The Light 9 & 10 June

A workshop focusing on creating energy and life in a painting when using photos as source material.

Mixed Media 11 & 12 August

Using a variety of materials including collage and water-based paints to develop an exciting visual vocabulary.

Hugh Scott D.A. uses his artistic abilities and lecturing expertise to develop your sketching and drawing skills.

Drawing For All

12 &13 April and 16 & 17 September Aimed at complete novices as well as those with some experience, you will learn techniques, hints and tips that will develop your drawing skills immediately. Discover the fun of pencil and ink and the glories of colour without painting!

All bookings require a contact number, the name of the person(s) attending and an email address.

As places are limited, please book early to avoid disappointment.

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South Connel by Colin Christie

Experienced PFT tutor and regular Festival Gallery exhibitor, James Murdoch specialises in painting with watercolours.

Watercolours for Beginners 8 & 9 March

Whether you have previously tried your hand at watercolours or not, this workshop will introduce you to the skills and inspiration you need to start painting in watercolours.

Next Steps in Watercolours 3 & 4 May

Whatever stage you feel you are at in watercolour painting, take your techniques and skills to a new level in this popular workshop.

Autumn Watercolours

Photograph by David Brown

Digital Photography David Brown MBE is an experienced tutor and professional photographer with over 22 years experience. He has worked all over the world and in a number of fields, from war zones to weddings. Just not on the same day . . . yet!

Further Developments 22 & 23 March

Aimed at those with some experience, this workshop will improve your skills in camera work, composition and digital developing.

Introduction To Digital Photography 26 & 27 April or 23 June

Inspired by the wonderful Autumn hues visible from our River Room, this workshop will help you develop your painting skills and watercolour techniques.

Learn the essentials of digital photography such as basic camera handling, how to select a good subject and how to utilise digital software on these one or two day workshops. Ideal for beginners and the ‘technically challenged’.

Workshop in the Garden

Out & About

6 & 7 September

You’ll venture out to capture local beauty spots and the landscape in all its glory, before coming back indoors to examine and discuss the process and results. Please come prepared for Scottish Summertime weather!

1 & 2 September

Willowing Weaving

Create a willow structure with Trevor Leat.

See overleaf for full details!

31 August, £55

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Open from 1st April to 2nd November Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm (last entry 4.15pm)

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David Douglas Pavilion, Explorers Garden

Described by visitors (on Tripadvisor) as “fascinating”, “informative”, “perfect” and “well worth a visit”, this wonderful six acre woodland Garden continues to blossom and mature since first opening to the public in 2003.

Divided into areas representing different parts of the globe, Explorers offers you the chance to learn more about the Scottish Plant Hunters’ adventures and see the results of their efforts.

Visitors can also enjoy fantastic views, unique architecture, exotic plants, specialist features like rock and crevice gardens, numerous varieties of birds and rare wildlife, as well as our resident red squirrels - guaranteed fun for all the family!

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Garden Tours

Flowers of the European Alps

Our experienced tour guides provide insights into the plants, trees, wildlife, history, art and architecture contained in Explorers. Lasting around 1.5 hours, these tours are fun, fascinating and informative: you’ll never look at some of your garden plants in the same way again!

Sponsored by The Scottish Rock Garden Club

Bringing Explorers to life!

April-October: Sundays, 11.30am Additionally, June-September: Wednesdays, 11.30am Price: £5, includes Garden entry

Willow structure by Trevor Leat

Willow Weaving Workshop with Trevor Leat 6 & 7 September, £125

a photographic exhibition

Featuring over 46 stunning images of European Alpines captured over 5 years by Peter Maguire (Licentiate Royal Photographic Society). From cushions of Forget-me-nots and beautiful meadows 35 of Pulsatillas, this exhibition (curated by Julia Corden, Explorers Garden Manager, and a team of over 70 garden volunteers) reveals the delicate and extensive flowers that live and thrive in the high yet easily accessible Swiss regions around Pontresina and the Italian Dolomites.

The exhibition runs from 1st April to 2nd November, entrance is free with Explorers entry.

(price includes all materials. Please bring your own secateurs if you have them)

An ancient craft brought right up to date: participants will learn how to create their own willow structure such as a garden deer, a ball or a sheep! Both beginners and improvers are welcome.

Trevor Leat is one of the foremost creators of willow sculptures in the UK. Using traditional techniques combining beauty with functionality, Trevor has been weaving willow to great effect for over 30 years.

Ranunculas, Bernina Alps by Peter Maguire

Garden Admission Entry: £4, concessions available.

Family Ticket: £9.00

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Become Part of PFT's Success Without your support, the high quality theatre productions at PFT just wouldn’t be possible. We have to raise £300,000 in each and every year to sustain the work for which PFT is renowned and we need your support in helping us to reach this goal annually.

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Festival Circle

The Festival Circle makes it easier for those of you who would like to support our work by donating your chosen amount to PFT each year or on a continuing basis.

These membership rates are for individuals, but if you would like to include a spouse or partner, an additional £250 for each year is requested.

Your regular gifts will help PFT to produce In recognition of JSS members’ its acclaimed Summer Season and support commitment, exclusive events, access and the range and scale of productions it offers. benefits are provided.

Through planned giving, we will be able to develop the repertoire and sustain large The Times The Guardian cast productions, exquisitely detailed sets and sumptuous costumes.

Giving is easy, just use the form provided on the page opposite.

The John Stewart Society

Named in honour of PFT’s founder, The John Stewart Society provides a select group of supporters with an opportunity to make an important contribution to the development of PFT’s reputation for excellence and to help shape its future.

Options for joining JSS are: • 5 year membership - £1500 per annum • 3 year membership - £2500 per annum • Single year for £3500

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Friends of PFT

Joining Friends of PFT enables you to directly support your theatre and makes you eligible for a PFT Supporters' Card, through which you can receive discounts on PFT tickets as well as a range of other benefits.

Friends Annual Membership Fee £40 per person (part eligible for Gift Aid).

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I would like to be contacted about: Play Dedications - A chance to directly support your favourite production: plays from £2000, Summer and Winter Musicals from £4000.

theatre-goers on a special wall in the Foyer (Dedication Plaques from £500).

Contact Annie Hibberd for more details. annie.hibberd@pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com

Dedication Plaques - In memory of a loved one’s enjoyment of PFT, or in celebration of a special event, you can share your dedication with other

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Whether you are a Friend, Festival Circle or John Stewart Society member, don’t forget to make good use of a PFT Supporters Card. Available on request when you donate £50 or more to PFT in a year, you can not only enjoy special discounts on tickets for plays and concerts, but also healthy savings on Restaurant and Café Bar purchases, as well as treats from the Theatre Shop. If you are eligible for a Supporters Card and would like one, please just ask at Box Office next time you make a booking.

PFT Supporters are also invited to exclusive events. This Summer, there will be three PFT Supporters’ Evenings, offering dinner, an exclusive talk on that evening’s play and an upgrade to the best seats available - plus a chance to meet the cast and crew after the show.

You can book your evening through the Box Office (01796 484626), including dinner and the best choice of available seats, for £50 per PFT supporter (additional guests are limited to one per PFT Supporter at £50):

Whisky Kisses: Friday 20 June, 6.15pm The Yellow On The Broom: Friday 15 August, 6.15pm Mr. Bolfry: Friday 19 September, 6.15pm 01796 484626 • PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com

Highland Perthshire Youth Arts

From Haggis hunting to hysterical Highland Games, this year’s fun activities are jam packed with pure Scottish silliness!

Activities week 21st - 25th July

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Each session is aimed at ages 5 – 9 and runs from 10.30am – 12noon.

21st Messy Nessy Session

Play in a Day Challenge

Saturday 19th July An ancient Pictish settlement is unearthed in the Highlands. It holds a dark and dangerous secret . . . what happens next is up to you!

Join a bunch of other folk just like you and create your own performance, where you decide the characters and script, guided by our experienced youth theatre leaders.

Learn new drama skills and decide how this story ends.

For ages 9 and over, 10.30am to 4.30pm (performance at 4.00pm) Price: £15.00 (participants will need to bring their own packed lunch)

Create your own crazy version of Scotland’s favourite monster.

22nd The Hiper Haggis Hunt Help Hamish the Hunter find Horace, the elusive Highland Haggis.

23rd Crazy Cardboard Kilts Design your own tartan and make a cardboard kilt to wear!

24th Caledonian Capers

These are Highland Games like you’ve never seen them before . . .

25th Tattie-bogle Time Daft games and difficult challenges involving scarecrows!

Price: £3.50 per session. Booking in advance is highly recommended.

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PITLOCHRY FESTIVAL THEATRE PRESENTS

Pine Trees Hotel Enjoy the peace and quiet of this former Victorian mansion.

Pine Trees has 19 comfortable, well appointed rooms and one luxury suite, all non smoking. The Hotel is located just five minutes walk from the centre of Pitlochry but it is secluded in its own gardens and woodland. There is ample private parking within the grounds. We now have ground floor rooms available on request.

• Pre-Theatre dinner is available from 5.45pm • Theatre breaks on offer throughout the summer season

• Pine Trees is an ideal base from which to explore the many Savour the dining experience in our “Garden Restaurant” with attractions within the fine food & wines whilst enjoying spectacular views. Then relax Pitlochry area by the log fire and treat yourself to a “wee dram” from our large selection of malt whiskies.

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Eat, Unwind & relax at Atholl Palace hotel stay at our hotel and lose yourself in sumptuous comfort. Absorb the breath-taking surroundings of highland Perthshire, and experience staying in a baronial palace that is steeped in history.

Eat

Unwind

Relax

our Verandah restaurant will delight you with quality cuisine, whilst you soak up the stunning views over the valley to the river below.

Enjoy a rejuvenating health and beauty treatment or relax in our pool surrounded by original white glazed tiles and Gothic arches.

Play tennis, practice putting by the rhododendron walk or simply sit amongst the fragrant flowers and watch the red squirrels play.

Book your 3 night stay with us and we will include complimentary transport to and from the theatre. call us or see our website for details. A warm welcome awaits.

Tel: 01796 472 400 Email: info@athollpalace.com ATholl PAlAcE hoTEl, PiTlochry, PErThshirE, scoTlAnd sign-up to our newsletter to receive updates on all of our special offers!

Email Gillian at gillian@athollpalace.com and we will register you for our regular newsletter!

B&B

FROM ONLY

£42.00 peR peRsON

in the heart of Pitlochry, in the heart of scotland, in your heart With excellent food and accommodation at Fisher’s hotel, and a visit to Pitlochry Festival Theatre to see one of the many fantastic performances, this becomes the perfect theatre break in scotland.

www.fishershotelpitlochry.co.uk Tel: 01796 472 000 Email: info@fishershotelpitlochry.co.uk

FishEr’s hoTEl, ATholl roAd, PiTlochry, scoTlAnd Keep in touch with us at Fisher’s by registering for our newsletter! Email roz at sales@fishershotelpitlochry.co.uk and you will start receiving our updates and special offers!

Re-discover the...

fully refurbished

for 2014

We look forward to welcoming you to our fully refurbished hotel & steakhouse. Choose from one of our 19 newly appointed, contemporary rooms.

Relax in our lounge bar and choose from our acclaimed steakhouse menu.

Acarsaid Hotel • 8 Atholl Road Pitlochry • Perthshire • PH16 5BX 01796 472389 • info@acarsaidhotel.com www.acarsaidhotel.com @AcarsaidHotel

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* 23rd May - 18th October 2014

Throughout the 2014 theatre season*, we are offering special package deals including dinner, bed & breakfast with theatre transport included.

HOTEL PITLOCHRY

Bed & Breakfast

Rooms with a View

Pre-Theatre Dining

Pitlochry

orthlands

Stunning location

Lettoch Road Pitlochry Tel

01796 472216

www.pitlochry-hotel.com info@pitlochry-hotel.com Larchwood Road, Pitlochry PH16 5AS

Perthshire PH16 5AZ

Tel: 01796 474131 stay@northlandsbandb.com

www.northlandsbandb.com

The best places sometimes come as a complete surprise . . .

An Exclusive Boutique Bed & Breakfast in Stunning Pitlochry 165 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5QL

C O U R T YA R D

Tel: 01796 472478 craigatinhouse.co.uk

GOLD

Pitlochry Car and Van Hire Self-Drive Open 7 Days 8am to 9pm All cars can be collected from and returned to Dundarach Hotel, Perth Road, Pitlochry PH16 5DJ

Phone: 01796 472203 or 01796 474474 www.pitlochrycarhire.com Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Vauxhall, Subaru and Ford vehicles

Pitlochry

Dundarach Hotel

The Dundarach Hotel is celebrating 26 successful years of theatre breaks!

Your favourite hotel in Pitlochry for Theatre breaks Enjoy excellent accommodation at competitive prices, high quality, personal table service from our attentive staff and delicious food and wine.

We have plenty of space for parking!

Special

Stay 3 nights or more a complimentary

Offer

with us and recieve ticket to Whisky Kisses!

(Monday to Thursday and printed terms apply)

To book please contact us by phone, email or post

Pitlochry Dundarach Hotel Perth Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5DJ

01796 472862 • www.dundarach.co.uk • mail@dundarach.co.uk

“Shopping as it should be�

Welcome to Macnaughtons of Pitlochry

Menswear, Ladieswear, Highlandwear & Gifts 01796 472722

sales@macnaughtonsofpitlochry.com www.macnaughtonsofpitlochry.com Ma cna ughtons of Pitlo chry Station Roa d , Pitlo chry, Perthshire

Stunning holiday accommodation

Luxurious and unique specification Three bedrooms with capacity for six people Balcony with great views Available for weekly rental (5 minutes walk from the Theatre)

For enquires and booking 07824 665266 www.pitlochrylineside.co.uk

The Perfect Whisky Experience Discover the story of a local family who created a global brand.  Beautiful location - just 20 minutes drive from Pitlochry  Atmospheric heritage exhibition  Traditional working distillery  Unique warehouse experience  Coffee shop serving local produce  Brand store with exclusive bottlings

Discover the spirit of Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, PH15 2EB Tel 01887 822010 www.dewars.com

tearooms

Hettie's Tearoom is a bright wee jewel in Pitlochry's Café scene, serving the most delicious Cakes and Scones, Sandwiches, Lunches, Salads and Specials and of course our very own Hettie's Teas... 26 hand blended teas and infusions. ous However we are most fam l rfu for our wonde

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HETTIE'S AFTERNOON TE

93-95 Atholl Road | Pitlochry | PH16 5AB

Tel: 01796 473991

www.hettiesteas.co.uk

rooms by the river Open all day for

Lunch Pre Theatre and Dinner Lunch special 2/3 course £12.95/£14.95 Live Jazz last Friday of every month

“Where will you be two minutes before curtain up” tel 01796 472777 www.portnacraig.com info@portnacraig.com

open daily from 10.30am serving teas, Pre Theatre Menu 2 courses: £18.95 3 courses £22.50

coffees, cakes

Booking is recommended

Special Lunch Offer 2 courses 12.95 Soup and Freshly Cut 3 courses 15.95 Sandwich Deal £7.95 Just a 10 minute walk from the Theatre, less than 300m from the station, with a sunny patio for outside dining A fabulous combination of Scottish & Mediterranean cuisine & hospitality with a fantastic choice of freshly prepared food, with friendly and attentive service.

Phone 01796 473840 www.FernCottagePitlochry.co.uk View our mobile website

Dine at Victoria’s Restaurant in Pitlochry & discover a friendly, taste-filled experience that will leave you wanting more...

Breakfasts, Morning Coffee & Lunches from 10am Chic Evening Dining from 5.30pm Call to book on

01796 472 670

We look forward to welcoming you to Victoria’s soon!

45 Atholl Rd, Pitlochry, PH16 5BX

www.victorias-pitlochry.co.uk l E: fiona@victorias-pitlochry.co.uk

The Old Mill Inn offers a great choice for those seeking deluxe accommodation in Pitlochry, alongside a lively bistro & bar atmosphere.

With live music every weekend and delicious food & drink, we look forward to welcoming you!

View our menu ç

Follow us online:

Mill Lane, Pitlochry, PH16 5BH | T: 01796 474 020 E: admin@theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk | www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk

Theatre Ticket Offer Complement your visit to the theatre with a stay at The Green Park.

Guests staying four days or more (on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis during the Hotel's high season) will each be entitled to a complimentary theatre ticket for a show of their own choice. This complimentary ticket can be for any section of the auditorium.