Pinocchio settles in at Rachel House
Characters from Perth's Christmas musical were on hand at Rachel House on Wednesday to see Pinocchio settle into his new home in the gardens of the children's hospice in Kinross, run by the Children's Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS).Pinocchio (Donna Griffin) and the Blue Haired Fairy (Gayle Telfer Stevens) handed over the wooden carving of the much-loved wooden boy by chainsaw sculptor Peter Bowsher, which was specially commissioned by Horsecross Arts to promote the production of Pinocchio currently running in Perth Theatre. Donna Griffin said:"Pinocchio has done a great job welcoming visitors to Perth Theatre over the last few weeks and ...
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Biffy Clyro confirms date in Perth
Top Scots band Biffy Clyro will kick off their 2010 UK tour in Perth Concert Hall this spring.And, with the 29 April gig the only Scottish appearance on the seven date spring tour, Horsecross Arts is expecting tickets to see one of Scotland's most exciting bands to fly off the shelves when they go on sale on Friday 11 December.The new tour comes hot on the heels of a triumphant sold out UK & Ireland tour in 2009 for the Ayrshire rock trio who have gained worldwide respect for their combination of musical aggression with achingly tender guitar pickings and ...
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Exhibition celebrates the magic of Polaroid
The magic of Polaroid photography is the inspiration behind the latest contemporary art exhibition in the Threshold artspace in Redrooms at Perth Theatre.Commenting on Instant Light, her first solo exhibition in a public space Perth-based artist Sheila Borthwick said:"The appeal of Polaroid is in its ‘instant results'. The magic of seeing the image develop in my hand never ceases to inspire me and the films have a unique feeling and colouring."Instant Light. The Magic of Polaroid is the culmination of Sheila Borthwick's two year long Polaroid project, specially commissioned by Horsecross Arts. Captured by the artist on her journeys from ...
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Scottish Fiddle Orchestra makes welcome return
The Scottish Fiddle Orchestra returns to Perth Concert Hall on 5 December for the last performance in their current "Homecoming and Burns Anniversary" series.In a show, given in the presence of The Earl and Countess of Elgin, the Orchestra, under the direction of Director of Music John Mason MBE and Conductor Blair Parham, together with their guest singers Debra Stewart and James Nicol, Compere Jim McColl MBE, young dancers from the Myra Shuttleworth School of Dance and Pipers P.M. Christopher Bone and Andrew Brodlie will provide entertainment to suit everyone's tastes in Scottish music. The items featured will include, for solo ...
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Perth Theatre's Christmas tree is saved from the chop!
Still on the hunt for the perfect piece of wood from which to carve his little Pinocchio, Geppetto went out on a limb today to size up the paring potential of Perth Theatre's Caring Christmas Tree.Geppetto (Liam Brennan) who appears in Pinocchio, Perth Theatre's magical Christmas musical from Friday 4 December, took the measure of the tree as it was being delivered to the theatre. This year, Horsecross Arts, the creative organisation behind Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre, has sourced its Christmas trees from Caring Christmas Trees, a registered charity which channels all profits from the sale of the ...
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James Waters is new director for classical music
Horsecross Arts has appointed James Waters as creative director for classical music at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre.James, who will take up the role on 1 November, has extensive experience of classical music programming through his role working with Brian McMaster as associate festival director of the Edinburgh International Festival. As well as devising and implementing the annual programme he was also responsible for setting up the Festival's Education Department.He also spent several years as concerts director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and has undertaken a variety of work for international concert agency Van Walsum Management, ranging from orchestral ...
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Pinocchio casting with a difference
Pinocchio actor Donna Griffin attended a casting with a difference at Perth Theatre on Monday.Donna, who will play the part of the loveable wooden rascal in Perth's magical Christmas musical, had a life cast made of her face by top sculptor Morag McLean.The resulting exact replica of Donna's features will be used by Morag to create Pinocchio's famous growing nose. Morag, who has worked extensively in television and film in Canada and the UK, most recently as lead sculptor in the 20th Century Fox film, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, to be released early next year, said:"Donna will have to ...
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Perth venues triumph at top tourism awards
The team behind Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre emerged victorious in the Business Leadership category at the 2009 Scottish Thistle Awards. Horsecross Arts, the creative organisation that runs the two Fair City venues collected the coveted accolade at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on Friday 23 October.New to the 2009 Awards, the Business Leadership Award recognises businesses where leaders support their entire team to achieve an ambitious team vision and can demonstrate impressive results.The judges praised Horsecross for team spirit, for imaginative approaches to leadership development, for quality management and innovative business ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Perth commission has UK premiere in Perth Concert Hall
On 29 October in Perth Concert Hall, one of Europe's foremost vocal groups, Theatre of Voices, will give the first UK performance of David Lang's Pulitzer Prize-winning work The Little Match Girl Passion, a work co-commissioned by Horsecross and New York's Carnegie Hall. The piece will be the first of two exclusive UK music premieres performed on the evening; in the same programme, exciting and energetic US contemporary music group Bang on a Can will give Julia Wolfe's Dark Full Ride its UK debut. Described by the New York Times as ‘deeply moving' The Little Match Girl Passion is inspired ...
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Perth Theatre's Pinocchio takes shape
Old Geppetto is busy in his workshop, carving out the famous boy of wood who is set to entertain the whole family in Perth Theatre's magical musical adventure this Christmas. So, Horsecross is drafting in chainsaw sculptor Peter Bowsher to create his own Pinocchio to welcome visitors to Perth Theatre in the run up to the festive season. Peter's version of the loveable rascal will start life as a tree stump and gradually take shape over a period of five hours on Saturday 24 October. Peter will start work outside Perth Concert Hall then the finished sculpture will be taken ...
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New season of The Monday Night Thing in Redrooms at Perth Theatre
With his alchemical fusion of traditional song, arcane vocabulary and an outsider's worldview, Alasdair Roberts has been described as one of Scottish music's best-kept secrets. The son of Alan Roberts who worked with Dougie McLean on the original Caledonia album, this quietly talented musician whose list of collaborations reads like a who's who of Scottish traditional music is making a big noise as a singer songwriter.Alasdair appears as the first act in the richly diverse new season of The Monday Night Thing on Monday 5 October. Set in the intimate surrounds of Redrooms at Perth Theatre, The Monday Night Thing ...
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Catch Hare & Tortoise at Perth Theatre if you can!
Hare and Tortoise are dashing all over Scotland this autumn, stopping at theatres, village halls and community venues from Stirling to Strathpeffer delighting children with their fast, funny and innovative take on Aesop's legendary chase. The cheeky characters are limbering up to perform in Perth Theatre on Friday 16 October and the race for tickets is on! From the creative team behind Molly Whuppie, Heelie-go-Leerie, Magic Spaghetti, Green Whale, and Wee Witches: The Hare and the Tortoise is a hilarious stage adaptation of Aesop's classic fable. Adapted by Virginia Radcliffe and Deborah Arnott, produced by Licketyspit, this wonderfully comic, competitive ...
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Pre-festival talks set mood for third UK Schubertiad
Kicking off on Monday 14 September, Horsecross creative director for classical music, Svend Brown, will set the scene for the third UK Schubertiad with ‘An hour with...' a series of discussions about some of the main works featured.Schubertiad 09, which takes place from Fri 9 to Sun 11 October in Perth Concert Hall, is set to be the best yet with a return to the spirit of Schubert's own playful, intimate musical gatherings. The UK's only annual Schubert festival, Schubertiad 09 boasts some outstanding performers including Llŷr Williams, Alexander Janiczek and Paul Lewis playing some of Schubert's best loved as ...
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Festival fans urged to vote for Southern Fried
Horsecross is calling on festival faithfuls to vote for Perth's Southern Fried Festival in the annual ‘Oscars' of the contemporary music festival industry.The annual festival of American roots music, which takes place in Perth Concert Hall, Perth Theatre and other venues in August, attracting visitors from throughout Scotland, the UK and further afield, is up for two gongs in the UK Festival Awards 2009:Best Metropolitan Festival recognises events that suit festival faithfuls of the non-camping variety. These festivals use the existing live music structure of a town to put on a multi-venue event with the line-up selected by organisers passionate ...
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Horsecross Voices kicks off season of song
Are you a potential Pavarotti, a closet Kylie or a secret Sinatra?Horsecross is inviting all wanna-be warblers to ditch their hairbrushes and come together with like-minded music lovers in two fun and informal singing groups at Perth Concert Hall. Horsecross Voices which takes place on Wednesdays at 7.30pm in the Norie-Miller Studio introduces participants to a range of singing styles with an exciting programme that includes Beach Boys, Messiah, Gospel, A Night at the Musicals, Jazz and Scottish Traditional. Each week, a visiting specialist leads the sessions which are ranked in terms of difficulty from Mild (Simple) to Hot (Difficult). ...
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Stars line up to pay tribute to piping legend
The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust presentsA National Treasure III:A Celebration of The MusicOf Gordon DuncanSat 26 Sep: 7.30pm | Perth Concert HallTop traditional musicians from Scotland and beyond will come together in Perth Concert Hall on 26 September for the third annual Gordon Duncan Memorial Concert - A National Treasure III.This year's line up features special guests Karen Matheson of Capercaillie and celebrated singer and guitarist Kris Drever who has stepped in as a last minute replacement for Andy M Stewart. One of the hottest properties on the folk scene not just solo but with LAU, who are sweeping all ...
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Tommy Reilly sings in Perth
Since winning Channel 4's Orange Unsigned Act competition in January this year, landing a record deal with A&M Records, and achieving chart success with his first two singles Gimme A Call and Jackets, young Scots singer/songwriter Tommy Reilly's star continues to ascend.Following a successful summer of festival sets, including an appearance at T in the Park, Tommy is now embarking on a UK tour to coincide with the launch of his debut album ‘Words on the Floor'.In advance of his gig at Perth Concert Hall on Tuesday 22 September, Tommy will be performing on stage at Coffee Republic in St ...
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Third UK Schubertiad will capture spirit of original gatherings
Celebrated Austrian composer Franz Schubert was well known for his Schubertiads -musical parties where he would gather friends around him for an evening of song and ensemble playing - often sitting at the piano himself. These original gatherings have inspired modern day Schubert celebrations across the world with the UK's Schubertiad event being held annually in Perth. This year marks the third UK Schubertiad weekend which will take place at Perth Concert Hall from Friday 9 October to Sunday 11 October and aims to recreate the varied format of the nineteenth century get-togethers which often featured a mix of genre, ...
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Mitsuko plays Paris, New York, Tokyo, Perth...
UK fans of world famous pianist, Mitsuko Uchida will have to head to Perth this September for the chance to see her perform in Britain this year. Perth Concert Hall is the only UK venue on the award-winning performer's summer/autumn tour which sees her take to the stage in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Barcelona and other venues across the globe.The recital of Beethoven's last three piano sonatas No. 30-32, Opus 109,110, and 111 on Monday 21 September is, in fact, the only UK date on the musician's schedule until May 2010.Uchida, who chose the four year old Perth Concert Hall ...
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Horsecross reveals bumper autumn season
Emerging talents combine with well-established favourites to create a bumper season at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre this autumn. Horsecross caught up with newly discovered young Scots singing sensation, Tommy Reilly between festival appearances to launch the chunky new September to December brochure at Perth Concert Hall on Monday.Winner of this year's Channel 4 Orange Unsigned competition, Tommy has now scored a major record deal and a number one Scottish single with Jackets. He is one of the highlights of the new season's programme, performing with support act Pearl of Pearl and the Puppets in Perth Concert Hall in ...
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Southern Fried Festival is a sell-out success
The sun set on this year's Southern Fried Festival on Sunday with an electrifying performance by rockgrass pioneers Hayseed Dixie. And, with the echoes of the final guitar lick fading over the Perthshire hills, Horsecross declared Perth's second annual festival of American roots music a resounding success.Attendance nearly doubled in this, the event's second year, with 4500 music lovers descending on Perth for the weekend-long festival which saw top international acts including Lucinda Williams, Booker T, Los Lobos and Mary Gauthier playing to sell-out audiences in Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre. Local bands got in on the act with ...
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Southern Fried Festival has more strings to its bow
Perth's Southern Fried Festival of American Roots Music takes place this weekend, and as well as a feast of sell-out headline acts, Horsecross is cooking up a packed programme of workshops, family events, free performances and talks to give everyone a taste of Americana.Alan Mairs, Scotland's foremost bluegrass fiddler will lead a Bluegrass Fiddle Workshop in Perth Concert Hall Norie-Miller Studio, introducing intermediate and advanced fiddlers to the techniques behind the sound. The Bluegrass Banjo Workshop with Jon Sheldon will provide players of all levels with a guide to essential bluegrass banjo skills.The Bluegrass Big Sing hosted by The Midnight ...
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Blistering line up for Perth's second annual Southern Fried Festival
Lucinda Williams, Booker T, Los Lobos, Hayseed Dixie,Mary Gauthier, Jason Ringenberg, Diana Jones, The Midnight Ramblers, The Felsons and many more......... "Give the whole shebang ten outta ten from me" - Sid Griffin - 2008"By far and above the best festival I ever played anywhere" - Rachael Harrington - 2008Now in its second year, Southern Fried - Perth's Annual Festival of American Roots Music, concentrated over three long hot days and nights in August, features a blistering line up of the very best in Americana from home and abroad. With events like The Edinburgh Fringe, T in the Park and ...
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Horsecross seeks stars of the future
The Perth Youth Theatre Festival is in full swing with one hundred and sixty PYT members taking part in a series of performances in Perth Theatre throughout June and July.Now Horsecross is offering young people with no previous theatrical experience the opportunity to release their star potential by taking part in the10 Day Play summer performance project in Perth Studio Theatre.Open to all 12 to 16 year olds, the 10 Day Play takes place on week days from Monday 6 July to Friday 17 July. Led by theatre professionals, places are still available on the fun and creative summer course ...
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Horsecross hands over Perth Theatre reins for month-long Youth Theatre festival
Horsecross is handing over the reins at Perth Theatre to one hundred and sixty young people for their month-long Perth Youth Theatre Festival this summer.The festival runs from 12 June until 4 July with Perth Youth Theatre productions and workshops in the theatre and concludes with a 10 Day Play summer performance project open to all theatre-loving 12-16 year olds from 6 to 17 July (limited places, booking essential).One of the highlights of the festival is the first performance of The Keekin-Gless, a newly commissioned play about Perth poet William Soutar, written through a series of workshops with Perth Youth ...
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Young Fathers to headline in Perth
Edinburgh rappers Young Fathers will headline the Refugee Week Concert in Perth Concert Hall on Tuesday 16 June. Described by The Scotsman as ‘the next big thing in hip-hop', the up and coming young band has just released its first album and has already toured in Scotland and London. Formed five years ago, the exciting and energetic three-piece comprises Liberian born Ally Massaquoi who moved to Edinburgh with his family when he was four; Kayus Bankole who was born in Scotland and lived in Nigeria and the US before returning as a teenager and Graham ‘G' Hastings who is Edinburgh ...
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Vote Redrooms best jazz venue!
The people of Perth voted in their numbers to secure Perth Concert Hall's success at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2008 where it was named Venue of the Year. Now sister venue Perth Theatre is getting in on the act with a nomination for its Redrooms music bar in the Jazz Venue of the Year category in the 2009 Scottish Jazz Awards.The award is open to public vote, so Horsecross is appealing to music fans from the Fair City and beyond to get behind the nomination and register their vote on the Scottish Jazz Awards website.Jane Spiers, chief executive of ...
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Only boys allowed!
It's strictly boys only in Perth Concert Hall on Monday 18 May when up to 1000 primary seven lads from schools throughout Perth and Kinross will take part in a massive singing workshop.Over seventy schools across Perth and Kinross will participate in Only Boys Allowed, the first music event of its kind in Scotland.The workshop, organised by Horsecross and Perth & Kinross Council with National Youth Choir of Scotland (NYCoS) Changed Voices Choir and their director, Christopher Bell, is aimed at tackling inhibitions boys frequently feel in the latter stages of primary school and will help them ‘find their voice' by ...
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Horsecross reveals sizzling summer programme
Hot off the press from Horsecross, the new season's brochure for Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre announces a series of scorching acts and events to entertain folk from the Fair City and beyond all summer long.Highlights from the all singing, all dancing and all round entertaining programme include top traditional acts from home and abroad, Southern Fried Perth's very own festival of American Roots Music, a series of summer workshops just for kids, performances by legendary comedians and musicians, glamorous stage shows and celebrated theatre productions.Kicking off with comedy, Jimmy Carr's show at Perth Concert Hall is already a ...
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Perth's polish party concludes to sound of music and laughter
Perth's three month long Scottish Tides-Polish Spring celebrations reach a conclusion in May with a ‘mega-gig' featuring four top Polish comic acts and a high octane performance from Scotland's hottest contemporary fiddle ensemble.Sharing in the universal language of laughter on Saturday 9 May at Perth Concert Hall, award-winning Polish comic trio, Ani Mru Mru celebrate their 10th anniversary in style with their only Scottish gig this year. They will be joined by masters of unusual gadgets and props, Dno, Polish comedy cabaret act Smile and Lowcy. B whose improvisational style and abstract humour has won a string of international comedy ...
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Blazers debut new line up at Perth Concert Hall gig
Fast-fiddling favourites, Blazin' Fiddles will welcome a multi-talented new member when they perform at Perth Concert Hall on 10 May. Anna Massie (BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2003 and winner of the Scot Trad Music Award for Best Folk Band 2006) joins the band on guitar and fiddle, replacing Aidan O'Rourke and Marc Clement who have moved on to work on other projects.The first new member in the band's ten year history, Anna was invited to join at this year's Celtic Connections Festival.The May performance marks the conclusion of Perth's three month long Scottish Tides-Polish Spring Festival.Blazin' ...
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Mitsuko Uchida to play one-off recital in Perth
Horsecross has announced an exclusive one-off recital by world famous concert pianist Mitsuko Uchida.The award-winning performer will appear at Perth Concert Hall on 21 September 2009, her only performance in Scotland this year. Uchida, who chose Perth Concert Hall to make her first Scottish appearance in fifteen years when she last performed there in 2006, will play Beethoven's last three piano sonatas - Opus 109,110, and 111, launching an extensive series of Beethoven concerts at the Perth venue.Svend Brown, creative director (classical music) at Horsecross said:"It is very rare to hear these three piano sonatas all in one sitting - ...
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Choice opera morsels served up at Perth Concert Hall
Horsecross is teaming up with Scottish Opera for a Gala Night at Perth Concert Hall, featuring beautifully bite-sized morsels from the world's best-known operas.The evening of easily digested entertainment, which takes place on Wednesday 1 April, will see Perth Concert Hall play host to the full Scottish Opera orchestra conducted by Antonello Manacorda. Soloists Sally Silver and Peter Auty will perform selected opera extracts - a perfect introduction to the delights of opera for all the family - with free tickets for kids!Highlights include familiar tunes from La bohème, Macbeth, Lucia di Lammermoor, Otello and Nabucco.Scottish Opera's General Director, Alex ...
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Scottish and Polish orchestral 'exchange' creates perfect cultural harmony
Perth and its twin town of Bydgoszcz in Poland will take centre stage this spring as they provide the focus for an ‘exchange' featuring two major orchestras from Scotland and Poland. The harmonious trade will see Perth welcome Filharmonia Pomorska from Bydgoszcz as part of its Scottish Tides-Polish Spring celebrations and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform in the Polish town on the first leg of its Eastern European tour.A symphony orchestra in the grand Eastern European tradition - full blooded and dramatic - Filharmonia Pomorska will provide the classical climax for the Scottish Tides-Polish Spring festival when it performs at ...
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Polish party in Perth in celebration of centuries of cultural connections
Spring will come early to Perth this year when pianist Alexandre Tharaud plays the first in a series of four lunchtime concerts celebrating the music of Chopin in the 160th anniversary year of his death. The recital on Monday 23 February is an appetiser for Scottish Tides-Polish Spring a three month long cultural feast celebrating centuries of close connections between Scotland and Poland.This special relationship began with the relocation of tens of thousands of Scots to Poland in the late 16th century and the creation of trade links with the Baltic, and has carried on to through the tragic events ...
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Daniel O'Donnell makes an exclusive date with Perth Concert Hall
Perth Concert Hall has been revealed as the only Scottish venue on the June 2009 Daniel O'Donnell UK Tour. Tickets for the Monday 15 June performance by Britain and Ireland's most popular easy listening entertainer are expected to sell out rapidly when they go on sale in Perth on Saturday 28 February.In anticipation of this high demand, Horsecross, the creative enterprise behind Perth Concert Hall, has announced that it is putting some special measures in place to give fans the best chance of securing the precious tickets. Tickets will be available to purchase in person at Perth Concert Hall Box ...
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Horsecross rewards its own star performers
Horsecross has announced the winning line-up from its second annual Limelight Awards.The Limelight Awards recognise staff at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre who, according to their colleagues, have gone beyond the call of duty in carrying out their roles in the organisation.Jane Spiers, chief executive of Horsecross which employs 150 at the two Fair City venues said:"People are at the heart of this business and we have such a fantastic bunch at Horsecross. The Limelight Awards celebrate individuals and teams who have given outstanding performances and give us the chance to say a big thank you to everyone at ...
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New Burns production challenges 'shortbread tin' image
The new Horsecross production of Robert Burns' Tam O'Shanter which launches at Perth Theatre on Friday 30 January will challenge the stereotypical ‘shortbread tin' image of the National Bard.Written and directed by Gerry Mulgrew, the bawdy musical romp through the well-known work shows Burns in an exciting new light, giving audiences fresh insight into his literary genius, his financial and creative struggles, his political astuteness and, above all, his sense of the ridiculous.Tam O'Shanter set designer, Gordon Davidson says:"Frequently, the work of Burns is performed in a dry way which does not reflect the fact that there is a lot ...
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New Tam O'Shanter production canters into Perth
Horsecross is kicking off 2009 with playwright and director Gerry Mulgrew's fast and furious adaptation of the classic Robert Burns tale Tam O'Shanter at Perth Theatre. The only new professional theatre production celebrating Burns in his 250th anniversary year, Mulgrew's Tam O'Shanter is a bawdy musical romp that, as well as retelling the tale of the much loved ‘drunken blellum', explores the relationship between Tam and his long-suffering wife Kate, recreating elements of the world in which Burns was writing during the 1790's.Material from other Burns works finds its way in to the production, which intertwines Mulgrew's own Scottish verse with that ...
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Horsecross spices it up with new season brochure
If variety is the spice of life, then the new Horsecross programme has something to tickle everybody's taste buds in 2009. Scotland's year of Homecoming at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre features a host of home-grown acts, visiting stars, legends of stage, screen and sport, and virtuoso performers all heading for the Fair City. 2009 kicks off with award winning writer and director Gerry Mulgrew's fast and furious adaptation of the classic Burns tale Tam O'Shanter at Perth Theatre. The only new professional theatre production celebrating Burns in his 250th anniversary year, Mulgrew's Tam O'Shanter is a bold musical ...
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Perth Concert Hall is Venue of the Year!
Staff, audiences and performers are celebrating after Perth Concert Hall was named as Venue of the Year at the Scottish Traditional Music Awards held in Glasgow on Saturday 6 December.Thanks to the votes and support it received from the people of Perth, audiences and artists, the Fair City favourite, run by creative enterprise Horsecross, romped past the post beating competition from several well-established traditional music venues.Andy Shearer, creative director, contemporary music, for Horsecross, who accepted the award, said:"We were delighted to be the first of the country's major concert halls to be nominated in this category and to win it ...