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Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Welcome to Pitlochry Festival Theatre; a Theatre for everyone, a Theatre for a lifetime.
For over 70 years now, Pitlochry Festival Theatre has been Highland Perthshire’s artistic heart and soul. Established in 1951 as Scotland’s Theatre in the Hills, we offer a theatrical experience unique in the UK; a summer season performed in repertory, allowing audiences to enjoy six different productions in six days, all performed by a resident company of actors.
We are delighted to have an exciting summer season programme for 2023 that includes premières, musicals, revivals and returning productions. There's also new never been seen before work in our brand new Studio space, including a collaboration with the world famous A Play, A Pie and a Pint.
Running from 19 May until 30 September, the 2023 season will open with the legendary musical Gypsy. With lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the musical tells the story of the burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee and her ambitious showbiz mother, Rose. This will be followed by a rare Scottish theatre revival of Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Williams’ masterpiece follows sisters Blanche and Stella’s reunion in New Orleans. Reality and illusion collide for these complex women, especially when Stella’s husband Stanley uncovers hidden truths.
The 2023 season in the Auditorium will host the Scottish première of Emma Rice’s acclaimed adaptation of Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter in which a chance meeting at a railway station tearoom hurls two strangers headlong into a whirlwind romance that threatens to blow their worlds apart. It will also feature the world première of Scottish playwright Peter Arnott’s new play Group Portrait In A Summer Landscape.
After a highly successful opening season in 2022, the Theatre’s new Studio will stage the première of To The Bone, Scottish playwright Isla Cowan’s new play which explores haunting, healing, and what we call ‘home’. The new performance space will also host a collaboration with A Play, a Pie and a Pint for the first time with The Great Replacement, Uma Nada-Rajah’s darkly comedic romp through intergenerational politics and the absurdities and peculiarities of race.
Finally, the 2023 Studio season will see the welcome return of The Maggie Wall, Martin McCormick’s acclaimed play inspired by a mysterious monument built in Dunning, Perthshire to commemorate the death of a woman who was tried and executed in the 17th century for witchcraft. The Maggie Wall will be a co-production with Aberdeen Arts Centre.
The 2023 season will also see live performances in the venue’s picturesque Amphitheatre, nestled within its Explorers Garden and in the shadow of Ben-y-Vrackie, with the première of Elizabeth Newman’s new adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s much-loved classic tale The Secret Garden and the return of the sold-out tale of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood, Lesley Hart’s adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 classic Sherlock Holmes adventure A Study in Scarlet.
We are proud to continue to be the nation’s largest producing Theatre located in beautiful Pitlochry reaching audiences and artists from all across Scotland, and we cannot wait to spend next year deepening our relationships locally, regionally, and nationally.
Tickets for summer season 2023 go on general sale from 1 March 2023 giving you lots of time to plan your visits. We can't wait to welcome you to an exciting new season of theatre and entertainment.
2023 Summer Season Summary
Auditorium
Gypsy. 19 May – 30 September.
A Streetcar Named Desire. 2 June – 30 September.
Brief Encounter. 16 June – 29 September.
Group Portrait In A Summer Landscape. 25 August – 28 September. A co-production with Pitlochry Festival Theatre and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.
Studio
The Maggie Wall. 9 June – 14 July. A co-production with Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Aberdeen Arts Centre.
To The Bone. 18 August – 29 September.
The Great Replacement. 3 July – 8 July. A collaboration with A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
Amphitheatre
The Secret Garden. 7 July – 19 August.
Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Lipstick, Ketchup and Blood. 1 September – 22 September. A co-production with Pitlochry Festival Theatre and OVO.
Directions
Getting there by railway:- From the railway station follow the sign post signs to the theatre, or turn left out of the station and continue on up to the main road running through Pitlochry (Atholl Road), turning right at the junction. Continue heading south down the main road and turn right at the Memorial Park. Follow the road down to the suspension bridge and cross over - the theatre is directly in front of the bridge. A 10-15 minute walk.
Getting there by aeroplane:- From Edinburgh Airport go north across the Forth Road Bridge onto the M90. At Perth follow the signs for the A9 to Inverness, turn off at Pitlochry and follow the signs to the theatre.
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