After a spectacular summer of sport which saw homegrown talent triumph across a range of disciplines, Perth Theatre is fielding three sporting-themed plays in one adrenalin fueled week!
Rose, in Perth Theatre’s Joan Knight Studio on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September tells the incredible true story of Rose Reilly - the best Scottish footballer of all time. With women’s football banned in Scotland, the working-class teenager from Ayrshire left her home and family to play first in France then Italy. She played for the Italian national side, helping them win the Mundialito Femminile (precursor to the Women’s World Cup) and was subsequently voted the best female footballer in the world. This is a funny, poignant and inspiring story of an underdog who refused to play by society’s sexist rules, and who overcame every possible obstacle to make her dream of being a professional footballer come true.
Award winning writer-performer Daniel Bye and Chumbawamba singer-songwriter Boff Whalley visit the Joan Knight Studio on Friday 16 September with These Hills Are Ours.
For the last three years Bye and Whalley have been running a series of routes, from the centre of the city in which they found themselves, to the top of the peak overlooking that city - culminating in one epic journey for Dan, more than twice as far as he’s ever run before. But what were they running from?
In story and in song, this is the story of what they found out – about the relationship between city and country, between wild and controlled, about land ownership, about why we’re drawn to wild places – and about how far we’re prepared to go for what we believe in.
Daniel Bye said: “Boff and I have worked together on lots of projects, from very small to large enough to warrant an AA road sign. And work conversations always had a habit of drifting into conversation about running. So, we thought it was high time to make hay out of that and work together on a show with running as its starting point.
As these things do, it’s evolved into something about much more than that: non-runners will get just as much from this show as runners. Anyone who’s ever enjoyed the countryside, celebrated freedom, done something hard, or just wanted to run away from it all, will be at home in this show.”
The week culminates with 2Magpies Theatre’s Ventoux on Saturday 17 September. In 2000, two giants of cycling climbed Mont Ventoux in a dramatic battle to win stage 12 of the Tour de France: Lance Armstrong, who went on to win the Tour and a further five in the years that followed before being stripped of his titles, and Marco Pantani, who never raced in the Tour again and died of an overdose four years later. Performed with two road bikes, real race commentary and stunning film footage, the show recreates the conflict with all the benefit of hindsight, charting the parallels of their early careers and the stark split in fortunes following the race.
For tickets and info for Rose, These Hills Are Ours and Ventoux visit www.horsecross.co.uk or contact Perth Theatre Box Office by phone on 01738 621031 or in person from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
Tuesday 6 September 2022