5 d. ago Nicola Sturgeon, Ian Rankin and Val McDermid headline Winter Words Festival

The Pitlochry Festival Theatre event takes place in February.

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2 w. ago Why I am looking forward to Alan Cumming's LGBT+ festival in Pitlochry

Social media comments about this festival would have you believe no one wants this - so why is it sold out?

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2 w. ago Kirsty Findlay on starring in The Sound of Music at Pitlochry: 'it's a show that tells a huge story'

Kirsty Findlay tells Joyce McMillan about returning to the role of Maria in Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s new production of The Sound of Music

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3 w. ago Alan Cumming: ‘After my rant about trans rights, I was worried I would be deported’

The actor is also a deeply concerned US citizen. He talks to Patrick Smith about the fear gripping the US, JK Rowling, the star-studded mini-festival he’s holding in tiny Pitlochry, and working on Russell T Davies’s new drama

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3 w. ago Scottish acting legend talks Traitors and Pitlochry Theatre ambitions

Speaking to the PA, Alan Cumming spoke of his excitement of the programme he has put together for Pitlochry Festival Theatre's 75th birthday - and his pride at being involved in the US version of the hit show.

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3 w. ago ‘I’m not just putting on nice plays’: Hollywood star Alan Cumming’s plan to reignite theatre in the Scottish Highlands

What is the effervescent new boss at Pitlochry theatre planning for his first season? Huge names, undersung stars – and a King Lear played by ‘the woman who changed my life’‘Holy shit!” This was the instant response of one venerable theatre critic when Pitlochry Festival theatre sent round embargoed copies of the plan for Alan Cumming’s inaugural season. The man himself sits back in the cavernous workshop behind the theatre building, dapper in a grey plaid suit. “I loved that,” he says gleefully.When the Hollywood star was announced as the new artistic director of Scotland’s only major rural theatre last September, there was widespread shock – not least that Cumming answered an open recruitment call – followed by feverish speculation over which A-list pals he might charm away from London or New York to perform in Highland Perthshire. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Alan Cumming to scrap repertory theatre structure at Pitlochry Festival Theatre as new programme unveiled

The theatre has previously had a repertory structure

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3 w. ago I had no idea Traitors US would blow up – it’s bonkers, says host Alan Cumming

The Scottish actor has reflected on his career as he announces his inaugural season as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre.

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