Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Pitlochry Festival Theatre has recently celebrated its 60th anniversary with another season of sparkling productions. Perthshire’s theatre in the hills now presents its exciting summer season for 2012 with something for everyone. What better way to enjoy a short break in Scotland, than to visit Pitlochry and take in some of the plays at its ever popular Festival Theatre.

The season is packed with comedy, crime and fantasy, and opens in May with the West End hit musical “Little Shop of Horrors”. Set in a flower shop in the 1950s, all is not as it seems, with a love-struck shop assistant and an extraordinary plant called Audrey Two!

Next in line is the Scottish premier of Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of “The Thirty Nine Steps”. An Oliver Award-winning West End comedy adventure, based on John Buchan’s spy novel, with a cast of four playing all 139 roles!

This is followed by “Rope”, an ingenious psychological thriller by author Patrick Hamilton. In this edge-of-the-seat drama, a motiveless murder is committed, but will the culprits be discovered by the victim’s family?

Based in a hotel suite, “Communicating Doors” is a fast-paced comedy involving murder and time travel. It is one of celebrated playwright Alan Ayckbourn’s best loved plays, and a modern classic.

If you enjoy a walk after dinner, be transported back in time on Midsummer’s Eve in J M Barrie’s charming comedy-drama “Dear Brutus”, and find out what the magical wood in this story has to offer the guests at their unusual dinner party.

To round off the season, this year Pitlochry Festival Theatre introduces its new PFT Classic slot. The versatile cast will perform an old favourite, “Arsenic And Old Lace”, a hilarious black comedy, and one of the most popular plays in American theatre history. This play was a hit when last performed at the Festival Theatre in 1990 and 2002.