Dunedin Consort bring Handel's Messiah to Perth
Dunedin Consort & Players presents its annual performances of Handel's Messiah in Edinburgh and for the first time in Perth. The performance at Perth Concert Hall takes place on Tuesday 21 December at 7.30pm; and at St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, Edinburgh on Wednesday 22 December at 7.30pm.Handel's Oratorio is deservedly one of the most popular works ever written. Handel's story of Christ's life is infused with the composer's deep sense of humanity. Dunedin presents this work in the atmospheric settings of St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral in Edinburgh and Perth's Concert Hall at a time of the year in which its life ...
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Welcome return for the Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars make a welcome Yuletide return to Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 15 December following their triumphant performance last year. Their programme features Palestrina's wonderful double choir Christmas Mass Hodie Christus Natus Est complemented by beautiful music by Morales, Gesualdo, Lassus and Praetorius. Founded in 1973 by their director, Peter Phillips The Tallis Scholars have established themselves as the leading exponents of Renaissance sacred music throughout the world. Peter Phillips has worked with the ensemble to create, through good tuning and blend, the purity and clarity of sound which he feels best serve the Renaissance repertoire, allowing every detail of the ...
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Show goes on despite the snow!
It's business as usual at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre as the production, creative and Box Office teams all pull together to ensure that fun family panto Aladdin opens as planned on Friday 3 December - Oh yes it will!Unfortunately due to the challenging weather conditions the Scottish Chamber Orchestra has cancelled its performance in Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 1 December and Perth and Kinross Council has cancelled the Childline Christmas Concert on Thursday 2 December. We will make every attempt to let all our customers know, and, of course will be offering full refunds.For further updates, keep visiting ...
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Perth prepares for panto!
2010 marks the 75th anniversary of the creation of Perth Theatre Company, and Perth Theatre is celebrating 75 years of panto in Perth with its traditional family pantomime Aladdin.Crammed with crazy costumes, colourful characters and cheesy gags, Perth Theatre's Aladdin is traditional panto in the truest sense. Given a distinctly local slant by director Ian Grieve and comedian Bruce Fummey and featuring cast of Fair City favourites, Aladdin is packed with in-jokes, silly songs, booing, hissing and "he's behind you"s! Evil Wizard Abanazar's quest to find the magic lamp leads him to Peeking Perthshaa where lovestruck Aladdin yearns to meet ...
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Weather forces cancellation of SCO concert
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has, with regret, made the decision to cancel its performance at Perth Concert Hall this evening, Wednesday 1 December. The Orchestra has been monitoring the weather and travel conditions carefully over the past few days and had made special arrangements for a coach to take players to Perth from the Orchestra's base in Edinburgh. However, with the closure of the Forth Road Bridge this morning and further snow falling and forecast in both Edinburgh and Perth areas, there was no option but to cancel the concert. It is, we believe, the first time the Orchestra has ...
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ChildLine Christmas concert cancelled due to weather conditions
Perth and Kinross Council Education & Children's Services and NSPCC have taken the difficult decision to cancel the ChildLine Christmas Concert due to take place in Perth Concert Hall on Thursday 2 December because of the adverse weather conditions. Perth Concert Hall Box Office will make every attempt to contact ticket holders and full refunds will be given. Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre remain open for business and usual and the production, creative and Box Office teams are working hard to ensure that fun family panto Aladdin opens as planned on Friday 3 December.
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Musical comedy hits the right note
2Pianos4 Hands in Perth Theatre from 9 to 20 November is the touching and irresistibly funny story of two boys, Ted and Richard, who share one goal: concert pianist stardom. They work fervently towards their dream amidst pushy parents, eccentric teachers, hours of repetitive practice, stage fright, the agony of competitions and dreams of greatness.This award-winning phenomenon of a show has played in over 150 productions to 2 million people since its premiere in Canada in 1996. The secret of its success? 2Pianos4Hands is a universal story that will touch the heart of anyone who has ever dreamed of doing one ...
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Lightnight weekend will be feast of light and colour
Night turns to day in Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre during Lightnight weekend on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 November.Part of the finale to Perth 800 and the conclusion of Horsecross Arts year-long Inspiring Communities project, the two venues take centre stage with a blend of song, dance, music, food and light which will keep everybody up into the wee small hours. The Chinese-themed Lightnight celebrations commence when the giant Artificial Moon coming all the way from China is switched on in Perth Concert Hall. 1000 primary 3-5 boys from schools across Perth and Kinross will perform under the ...
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Tommy Emmanuel joined by Martin Taylor for one-off guitar double
Arriving straight after his current sell-out tour of the US and a swift jaunt round the Far East, which includes shows in China,Thailand and Taiwan, Australian guitar genius Tommy Emmanuel returns to the UK and Ireland for concerts in November.Tommy will be joined by a very special guest for a one-off double bill in Perth Concert Hall on Saturday 6 November - award-winning guitarist Martin Taylor. Tommy's dazzling live performances have earned him countless awards and a huge fanbase. His energetic and emotional shows showcase his unique 'finger style' using all ten fingers to play the guitar the way a pianist plays ...
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Musical fireworks from Hebrides Ensemble
Renowned for their quality of performance and diversity of programming, Hebrides Ensemble presents an extraordinary line-up for their 2010/11 season, starting with a winter tour featuring three of the UK's most acclaimed living composers, with works inspired by the Renaissance. Performing musical fireworks to light up Perth Concert Hall on Bonfire Night, the sparkling programme includes Peter Maxwell Davies' dramatic work Vesalii Icones, inspired by the groundbreaking, 16th century book on anatomy, De Humani Corporis Fabrica by the Renaissance Belgian physiologist, Andreas Vesalius. Part-ballet, part-performance art piece, the work is scored for solo dancer, cello, percussion and ensemble. Here, Hebrides ...
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Tommy Smith leads concert of brightest young jazz talent
Internationally renowned Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith is to lead some of the brightest young jazz talent in the country in an exciting show in Perth Concert Hall featuring players drawn from every conservatoire in the UK.The Conservatoires UK All-Star Big Band will perform first as part of the Conservatoires UK Conference hosted during October by the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.The cream of jazz musicians from the RSAMD, TrinityLaban, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Leeds College of Music, the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal College of Music , Birmingham Conservatoire and the Guildhall School of Music will ...
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The mother of all girls' nights comes to Perth Theatre
If you are searching for that special something to do for your birthday, hen night or work's do, then look no further. Grab your girlfriends, sisters and colleagues and prepare to laugh, cry and dance in the aisles of Perth Theatre from Tue 12 to Sat 16 October as musical comedy Girls Night gives you an evening to remember!This thoughtful, brilliantly funny and down-to-earth production, which follows five gal pals as they relive their past on an hilarious, cocktail fuelled karaoke night out, returns to Britain with an all-new UK cast after sell out runs in the Far East and New ...
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Enchanting mouse tale will have tots enraptured
Snuggle in and cozy up for If I was a mouse..., an enchanting tale of imagination, friendship and discovery, in Perth Theatre Studio on Wednesday 27 October.Mouse wants to play games, ask questions, fly to the moon and go to the party. But she's shy. Mouse likes hide and seek best of all (mostly hiding) but there's no-one to find her... until a new family move in. If I was a Mouse... is an intimate adventure told by two performer-puppeteers; it's made of tricks and tales, puppets and people, music, mice and friends. Mouse's world is brought to life with ...
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Rare recordings are icing on the cake at Schubertiad
Music lovers are in for a treat at this year's Schubert festival in Perth, Scotland. Organisers of the fourth annual UK Schubertiad which takes place in Perth Concert Hall from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 October have unearthed a treasure trove of previously unheard private recordings of Schubert recitals that they will be playing for festival goers in between live performances.Among the rare gems to be aired in public for the first time at the event is a recording of the final Edinburgh International Festival recital by Fritz Wunderlich before his untimely death in 1966. Further finds, from Lord Harewood's ...
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Four star reviews herald arrival of George III in Perth
Simon Ward and Susan Penhaligon star in the first ever national tour of Alan Bennett's much loved and critically acclaimed play The Madness of George III. The must-see play runs at Perth Theatre from Tuesday 28 September to Saturday 9 October - the first Scottish venue on the tour.The play opened in the South of England to four star reviews:"A tremendous achievement" - Whatsonstage"A superb performance by Simon Ward is a tour-de-force...[in] Alan Bennett's marvellous play." Basingstoke GazetteThe year is 1788. George III is King of England. He has a loving wife, a nation of subjects, a loyal parliament, and the ...
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Debut performance for young band formed in honour of music legend
Nineteen young musicians will step into the limelight on 25 September as they debut new Celtic big band The Gordon Duncan Experience on the Perth Concert Hall stage at the A National Treasure IV concert. Click here for a high-res jpeg. Held annually in celebration of the musical genius and lasting legacy of the late Pitlochry piper Gordon Duncan, A National Treasure IV has become a staple of the traditional music calendar, featuring world class musicians and playing to packed houses. Formed earlier this year following auditions, The Gordon Duncan Experience is made up of nineteen young Perthshire musicians ranging in age from ...
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Perth world premiere is birthday gift from down under
In celebration of Perth 800 and Perth Concert Hall's fifth birthday, sister venue Perth Concert Hall Australia has gifted the Fair City a visit by Australia's top string quartet who will perform the world premiere of a new work specially commissioned to mark this historic year. The Australian String Quartet will premiere Toward Silence by Iain Grandage, in Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 22 September. Perfectly placed to create the new work, one of Australia's most creative and awarded young composers, Iain Grandage has strong links to this country through his Scottish parentage and also spent several years living in ...
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Gaelic and Brazilian music come together as simply as ABC
An exciting musical performance on Sunday 19th September in Perth Concert Hall will see 250 young people from Perth and Kinross, who have been introduced to Gaelic language and culture through musical activities, singing and playing as part of the Horsecross Arts Carnival celebrations for the Concert Hall's fifth birthday.ABC Musical Alba is the culmination of a project to introduce children to Gaelic in a fun and interesting way. It has also been timed to coincide with the Perth 800 celebrations marking an exceptional year in Perth's history, the 800th anniversary of its founding in 1210.Gaelic music and song has ...
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Want to star in panto? Oh yes you can!
Local youngsters with the ‘Xmas factor' are being offered the chance to take part in Perth Theatre's family pantomime, Aladdin. Auditions for nine to sixteen year-olds to play villagers and chorus in the festive favourite are being held from 10am on Sunday 26 September in Perth Theatre Studio. Some experience of dancing and singing is required as auditionees will be asked to learn a dance routine and perform it at the auditions as well as joining in a group song. Bursting with songs, slapstick, silliness and audience participation, tickets are already on sale for Aladdin which runs from Friday 3 December ...
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Carnival comes to the Fair City
The streets of Perth will swing to the sound of samba music and sway to the afro beat when Carnival comes to the Fair City this autumn.Perth Concert Hall is celebrating its fifth birthday and, in a joint party with Perth 800, everybody is invited to Carnival on Saturday 18 September. A large and colourful carnival parade will lead the way to an afternoon of activities and entertainment in and around Perth Concert Hall. In the run up to Carnival; percussion, piping, afro beat brass, capoeira, hip hop, street art, costume making and drama workshops and residencies have taken place ...
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Perth Concert Hall showcases event facilities
Event organisers can discover at first hand the flexibility of Perth Concert Hall as a venue at an Open Day on Monday 6 September.The Open Day which runs from 2pm to 8pm is an opportunity for prospective clients to see the hall set up for different purposes, chat to the events team, get technical advice, view the specially developed menus and pick up an information pack.Michaela Ruff, conference and events manager for Horsecross Arts, the creative organisation behind Perth Concert Hall and sister venue Perth Theatre said:"Perth Concert Hall has been designed to be incredibly flexible allowing us to transform ...
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Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre prepare to party!
Perth is preparing to party this autumn as Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre set out on a season of celebration.Lesley Mackie who appears in Perth Theatre's family panto Aladdin in December launched the fantastic Sep-Dec programme for the Fair City venues run by Horsecross Arts. As well as containing an enticing mix of concerts and events, the new brochure extends a warm invitation to locals to take part in the festivities marking the milestones that Perth city, Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre reach in 2010. September sees Perth Concert Hall turn five, and, in a joint birthday bash ...
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Tuck in to the Nearly Naked Chef
WHAT COULD BE MORE MEMORABLE THAN A FAT GLASWEGIAN SIKH COOKING DINNER WHILST TELLING ANECDOTES?THAT'S RIGHT: NOTHING.Grab a seat and tuck in, as a guest of Hardeep Singh Kohli, the celebrated broadcaster, raconteur, writer and cook, as he combines comedy with inventive cuisine in a wonderfully funny, laid back evening's entertainment. Click here for a high-res image. Just think Ready Steady Cook but with great cooking (Hardeep was runner-up on the first series of Celebrity Masterchef) and funny anecdotes, all delivered by Glaswegian Hardeep in his own unique, articulate and utterly charming way.Having debuted at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where the ...
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Horsecross appoints Matthew Rooke as first music fellow
Horsecross Arts has appointed composer Matthew Duncan Kassa-Mapsi Rooke as its first music fellow.The fifteen month Creative Scotland funded Fellowship will see Matthew work closely with Horsecross Arts creative director for classical music, James Waters, the Perth Concert Hall team and the local community across a range of areas of musical interest. The culmination of his Fellowship will be the creation of a large scale music-led multi-media piece in the autumn of 2011, exploring historic links between Scotland and Africa.Born in England to Scottish and Gabonese parents Matthew has worked as composer and musical director with leading theatres across in ...
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Perth prepares to serve up Southern Fried Festival
Perth is preparing to serve up its annual slice of Americana in the form of the Southern Fried Festival. On the menu at the third annual festival of American Roots Music in Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre from 30 July until 1 August is a mouth-watering mix of country, blues, bluegrass, soul and gospel garnished with a generous helping of workshops, food, talks and late night clubs.As appetiser there is a free Festival Launch Party with Red Pine Timber Co. in The Twa Tams on Thursday 29 July. Main dishes to savour include 2001 Perrier Jazz Vocalist of the ...
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Southern Fried Festival on the net
Now in its third year, Southern Fried Festival, Perth's annual showcase of American Roots Music is growing in reputation attracting acts and audiences from far and wide. As part of this expansion, organisers Horsecross Arts have launched a dedicated website http://www.southernfriedfestival.co.uk/ in advance of the festival which takes place in Perth Concert Hall, Perth Theatre and other Fair City venues from 30 July until 1 August. US ‘song and dance man' Seasick Steve heads a line up of musicians from home and abroad which also includes Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Holmes Brothers, Justin Currie, Elizabeth Cook, Rachel Harrington, Tim Eriksen and many ...
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Seasick Steve heads Southern Fried line up
To download a high-res image click hereSeasick Steve heads a posse of top acts just announced for this summer's Southern Fried Festival of American Roots Music in Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre. Tickets go on sale on Monday 17 May for the third annual Southern Fried Festival which takes place from Friday 30 July to Sunday 1 August in Perth Concert Hall, Perth Theatre and other venues within easy strolling distance. Joining the celebrated US ‘song and dance man' is an impressive line-up of musicians from home and abroad. All the roots music bases from blues and country to rock ...
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Young people take centre stage in Perth Youth Theatre Festival
170 stage-struck local youngsters will be treading the Perth Theatre boards in June during the month-long Perth Youth Theatre (PYT) Festival. The Perth Youth Theatre Collective has already whetted appetites with their outdoor extravaganza - The Tree - a family eco comedy performed out and about in the parks of Perthshire and Angus in May, and now the rest of the talented PYT team is waiting in the wings for their turn in the spotlight. Popping up first on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 June are PYT Beginners with their own concoction Toast and All Things Good directed by Caroline ...
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Perth Theatre celebrates awards success
Perth Theatre has been awarded a Critics' Award for Theatre in Scotland in the Best Technical Presentation category for its production of Jane Eyre. Praising the team behind the award, Robert Dawson-Scott, theatre critic for The Times and CATS panel member said:"For sheer controlled discipline on a conventional stage, managing a complex two-tier set, aerial work, dance work, wandering musicians and the most convincing collapsing set I can remember, when Rochester's Gothic pile at Thornfield Hall burns down, Perth Theatre's back stage team did a brilliant job."Jane Spiers, chief executive of Horsecross Arts, the creative organisation behind Perth Theatre and ...
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£3m boost for Perth Theatre redevelopment
Horsecross Arts has raised the curtain on ambitious plans to redevelop Perth Theatre and confirmed that the project has already secured offers of £5m towards its £13m target. A £3m grant offer from the Gannochy Trust was announced on Friday 28 May adding to the £2m originally committed to the theatre redevelopment in 2008 by Perth & Kinross Council, the owners of the building. Outline plans drawn up by Richard Murphy Architects in consultation with Horsecross Arts and project partners Perth & Kinross Council, set out the vision for a theatre fit for the 21st century that will see the ...
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Perth Youth Theatre brings free family eco comedy to a tree near you!
If you go down to the Perthshire woods this May you can be sure of a free family treat as Perth Youth Theatre is bringing eco comedy The Tree to a park near you!Performed out and about around trees in locations in Perth & Kinross and Angus as part of Scottish Biodiversity Week and supported by Scottish Natural Heritage, The Tree takes a light-hearted look at what would happen if there was only one tree left in the world. Set on a fictional Island The Tree opens as an artist is settling down to paint the last tree for the ...
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Countdown to Carnival
Perth Concert Hall continued the countdown to its fifth birthday Carnival with a free outdoor performance by top Brazilian percussionist Naná Vasconcelos and children from Saturday Cool Schools.Up to two hundred 8-12 year olds from Saturday Cool Schools from throughout Perth & Kinross, who have been learning samba drumming, Brazilian and traditional Gaelic songs over the last six months, joined Vasconcelos and other Brazilian music specialists for a weekend of workshops and rehearsals culminating in a joint display on the Perth Concert Hall Plaza from 1.30pm on Sunday 2 May.Vasconcelos is acknowledged worldwide as the finest player of Brazilian traditional percussion instrument ...
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Fred Macaulay hits the road
Fred Macaulay is coming out of the studio and on the road with a new show for 2010!The famous son of the Fair City is coming to Perth Theatre on Thursday 13 May as part of a few select tour dates in Scotland. Best known for his popular morning show on BBC's Radio Scotland, as well as a string of TV credits, Fred is undoubtedly one of the most famous faces of Scottish comedy. Yet his on screen reputation and on air witticisms are the product of years of experience on the live circuit. Despite his TV and radio commitments Fred ...
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Smash hit comedy Mum's the Word comes to Perth Theatre
The new UK stage tour of Mum's the Word is at Perth Theatre from Tuesday 27 April.ITV's Popstar to Operastar finalist and star of resurgent singing sensations The Nolan Sisters, Bernie Nolan, has regrettably withdrawn from the UK stage tour for health reasons.Tracy Shaw - probably best known for playing Maxine Peacock in Coronation St. and Sally Ann Matthews (Coronation Street, Waterloo Road & Emmerdale are continuing in the spring tour of the acclaimed comedy musical, to be directed by actor-turned-Director, Andrew Lynford (Simon Raymond - EastEnders) Perth Theatre is the first Scottish stop on the 23-date tour of the show which has ...
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Perth Youth Theatre members 'toast' the new season
Horsecross Arts unveiled its summer programme of events in Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre with a little help from a group from Perth Youth Theatre (PYT).Members of PYT Beginners who are currently working on their production Toast and All Things Good got a flavour of the new May-Aug brochure which will serve up a mouth-watering selection of activities and performances over the coming months.The 170 members of Perth Youth Theatre will be taking over Perth Theatre in June for their annual festival showcasing their performing, writing and directing talents. The month-long Perth Youth Theatre Festival is just one of several ...
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HMS Pinafore docks in Perth
Acclaimed comic opera company Opera della Luna returns to UK theatres in spring 2010 with its ever-popular production of Gilbert & Sullivan's HMS Pinafore - docking in Perth Theatre on 23 and 24 April."I can't wait to see what this inspired company will do with Gilbert and Sullivan next." - Manchester Evening NewsOpera della Luna have earned themselves a matchless reputation for their productions of Gilbert & Sullivan with recent sell-out productions of The Mikado and The Sorcerer. Packed to the brim with toe-tapping tunes, in true Opera della Luna style, eight multi-talented singer/actors become crew, chorus and principals in ...
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Katy Brand takes her big ass on tour
Katy Brand is taking her Big Ass on tour for the very first time. Join the British Comedy Award Winner (2008), Loaded LAFTA Funniest Woman award winner (2010), and star of Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (ITV2), in Perth Theatre on Tuesday 4 May for an evening of anarchic comedy, celebrity satire, music spoofs and much, much more. Following the success of her hit TV show Katy Brand's Big Ass Show which has run for three series on ITV2, Katy is returning to her live roots to take the UK by storm with her first ever national tour. Katy Brand's ...
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Rhythm of the dance heads for the Fair City
Rhythm of the Dance was originally produced for a 3 week tour of the United States in 1998, the rest as they say, is history. 12 years later with 43 countries visited and over 5 million tickets sold this much anticipated production now comes to the UK for its premiere tour.The stunning spectacle hits the Perth Concert Hall stage on Friday 16 April.Producer Kieran Cavanagh of The National Dance Company of Ireland is very excited about the prospect and feels that even though the UK has had many Touring Irish dance productions over the last few years, he hopes that ...
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Fiddlers Bid storm into Perth
The ‘musical tornado' that is Fiddlers Bid is set to hit Perth Concert Hall this April when the internationally celebrated and award-winning fiddle group takes to the Fair City stage.An amazing live act, their music is created through a distinctive bond of seven formidable musicians fronted by four of Shetland's finest fiddlers - Chris Stout, Kevin Henderson, Andrew Gifford and Maurice Henderson. Fiddlers Bid also boasts Scotland's most dynamic clarsach player, Catriona McKay and a superb rhythm section. The acclaimed exponents of Shetland's famous fiddle tradition are playing Perth as part of Horsecross Arts Home and Away series where top ...
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Andrew Clover dishes out some Dad Rules
"She says: "Let's have children." I know this is a historic moment. I must respond like a man. So I ignore her."Based on the Sunday Times column, Dad Rules is a hilarious, feel good mix of stand-up and stories from Andrew Clover, Perrier Nominee, star of My Almost Famous Family (BBC) and regular in Ashes to Ashes (BBC). Writer, comedian, actor and trophy husband, Andrew Clover is the author of "Dad Rules", the wildly popular Sunday Times column that chronicles how he changed from a bloke who's terrified of kids to a father of three young daughters who's contented and ...
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Young musicians wanted for new band in Perth
Horsecross Arts is inviting young musicians from across Perth and Kinross to audition for The Gordon Duncan Experience a new Celtic ‘big band'. Horsecross, the creative organisation behind Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre has gained substantial 2-year funding for the project from the Scottish Arts Council Youth Music Initiative, the Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust and Perth and Kinross Council. Named after the late Perthshire piper, Gordon Duncan, who was a hugely influential and pioneering performer and composer, the band is open to any resident of Perth and Kinross aged fourteen to eighteen years who plays any instrument and is ...
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Beth makes stage debut in Perth Theatre's Jane Eyre
Perthshire school pupil, Beth Duncan, is making her professional stage debut in Perth Theatre's production of Jane Eyre this spring.The sixteen year old Kilgraston student plays the part of Jane Eyre's young charge Adele in the Horsecross Arts production of the stage adaptation of the Charlotte Brontë classic. Beth, who plans to study drama, has already taken part in several school productions, but this is her first experience of working in a theatre.She said: "It was a bit daunting at first as I had no idea what it would be like working in a professional theatre, but everybody has been really ...
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Amjad Ali Khan plays Perth exclusive
Globally acknowledged as the world's greatest living sarod player, Indian musical legend Amjad Ali Khan is set to perform an exclusive concert in Scotland this spring.The celebrated musician will make his only Scottish appearance in 2010 in Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 10 March as part of Perth800 - marking the 800th anniversary of the granting of Perth's Royal Charter.In a dynamic fusion of Indian and Western styles, traditions and instruments, Amjad Ali Khan will join forces with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra to perform Samaagam, a piece of music he wrote in collaboration with the SCO and conductor David Murphy.Meaning ...
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Yes, yes, yes! When Harry met Sally takes to the Perth stage
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY continues to be one of the most popular romantic comedies more than two decades after it hit the big screen starring Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. The smash hit 1989 film directed by Rob Reiner spawned dozens of memorable lines and the burning question: ‘can a man and woman ever really just be friends?' A new tour of the stage production of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY opens in Spring 2010, coming to Perth Theatre from Tues 16 until Sat 20 Feb. 21 years on from the year of the film's release, the show stars Sarah Jayne ...
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Alasdair Beatson serves up first in a series of lunchtime treats
Perth pianist Alasdair Beatson whetted appetites in Perth Concert Hall when he served up the first offering in the 2010 Lunchtime Concert Series with his opening performance as artist in residence.Joining Alasdair in a tasty selection of trios by Haydn, Schubert and Schumann were Jonathan Morton (violin) and Alison Lawrance (cello) from the Scottish Ensemble. The perfect antidote to the winter blues, Perth Concert Hall Lunchtime Concerts are an excellent way to escape the daily grind, grab a bite to eat and spend a relaxing hour in the company of fellow music lovers. The Classical Club from 12pm on Lunchtime ...
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All star cast for Perth Theatre's Proof
Horsecross has lined up stars of stage and screen for its production of David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play Proof, in Perth Theatre from Friday 29 January.Gareth Thomas, who played Blake in Blake's 7, last seen in Perth in Of Mice and Men is joined by Neve McIntosh (Gormenghast, Bodies, Plunkett and Macleane). Perth Theatre regular Helen Logan (A Streetcar Named Desire, A Mug's Game) and Ewan Donald (Sunshine on Leith, Walden, New Town) complete the cast in this gripping work directed by Horsecross Arts' Ian Grieve. First staged in 2001 and set in the current day, ...
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Off Kilter dancers limber up for Perth800 launch
Perth and Kinross Provost, Dr John Hulbert joined Horsecross Arts chief executive Jane Spiers at Perth Concert Hall on Thursday to welcome Perth800 launch act Off Kilter to the Fair City.The feisty and fabulous celebration of dance and music styles alive and kicking in Scotland comes to Perth Concert Hall on 21 and 22 January. Meeting members of the company Provost Hulbert said:"It is a real feather in the cap of Perth to have this spectacular and colourful dance show at Perth Concert Hall, to help begin our Perth800 celebrations."I was interested to meet the Off Kilter dancers to find ...
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Memories in the making with epic piano events in Perth Concert Hall
The upcoming classical season at Perth Concert Hall will see some memories in the making as two top pianists take up special invitations to perform in the Fair City venue. Alasdair Beatson takes up his post as artist in residence in Perth Concert Hall at the end of January for an exciting exploration of the Romantic repertoire, both solo and with a selection of his favourite chamber music partners.No stranger to Perth Concert Hall, we are delighted that he is here to stay! Look out for some delightful surprises on the way as he warms to his new role. In ...
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Free music and dance workshops get 2010 off to an energetic start
Horsecross Arts is offering local communities the chance to work off the worst of the season's excesses with a series of free music and dance workshops on an Indian theme.The evening workshops which start on Monday 18 January will be led by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Scottish/Indian dance group Dance Ihayami. They form part of Samaagam, one of the Home and Away events Horsecross Arts has created for Perth 800.Held in various locations in Letham and Tulloch, workshop participants, who need no previous experience to attend, can choose to specialise in either dance or music. The Samaagam project also ...
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Acquaintances old and new to entertain in Perth in 2010
Top Scottish Traditional big band The Treacherous Orchestra is tuning up to get 2010 off to a spectacular start at Perth's annual Hogmanay bash. With wintry weather on the cards, a cosy evening of music, special guests, fireworks and stovies in Perth Concert Hall is the perfect way to avoid the elements this New Year! In keeping with Hogmanay tradition, Horsecross invited a tall dark handsome stranger in the form of The Mysterious Man from Perth Theatre's Pinocchio, to launch the Jan to Apr brochure which shows no let up in the line up of well kent and new faces who ...
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Perth Theatre picks a panto for 75th anniversary year
Perth Theatre will be resounding with boos, hisses, shouts of "oh yes you can!" and singing this Christmas as traditional family pantomime Aladdin takes to the Fair City stage. The 2010 Christmas production coincides with the 75th anniversary of Perth Theatre Company and will be directed by Ian Grieve, creative director of theatre at Horsecross Arts. Ian said:"This year's Christmas musical Pinocchio was a fantastic show for us, but, for our 75th anniversary we wanted to put on a good old family panto. I have never directed Aladdin before so I am delighted with the choice. It is possibly the ...
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Perth Concert Hall kicks off Perth 800 with dance spectacular
To mark the launch of Perth 800, the Fair City welcomes Off Kilter - a feisty and fabulous celebration of dance and music styles alive and kicking in Scotland today. This impressive show was the centrepiece of Edinburgh's Hogmanay cultural celebrations and kicks off at Perth Concert Hall on 21 and 22 January. These performances to launch Perth 800 are the first of a year long programme of events which will celebrate the 800th anniversary of the granting of the Royal Burgh Charter to Perth by King William the Lion of Scotland in 1210. Artistic director Morag Deyes has gathered ...
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