Entertainment news, entertainment in Perthshire

Theatre on verge of going to wall

CRISIS-hit Pitlochry Festival Theatre has turned to Perth and Kinross Council for a six-figure emergency bailout.Read

Hannah Gordon to visit Pitlochry

POPULAR Scottish actress Hannah Gordon will be making a personal appearance at Pitlochry Festival Theatre tomorrow night.Read

Cumbernauld's Well Known Secret to play The Garage

A renowned Sicilian musician is helping his teenage son's band break into the music scene in Scotland.Read

Fans warm to Mears' tales

BILLED as an extra date on the acclaimed Ray Mears’ Bushcraft Lecture Tour, last Wednesday night in Perth’s Concert Hall was more like a convivial chat round the camp fire with Ray and host Frank Gilfeather – a surprise for many.Read

Sinatra classic at Concert Hall

NEARLY 50 years after Frank Sinatra teamed-up with Count Basie for a legendary Las Vegas recording, their musical masterpiece is still selling.Read

Musicians praised for part in Southern Fried and High 5 festivals in Perth.

ONE of the things I love about live music is the odd magic moment when something unexpected or exceptional happens.Read

Perth Festival shop window competition

THE organisers of Perth Festival fo the Arts, in conjunction with the Perthshire Advertiser, are running a Shop Window Competition for this year’s festival, which takes place between May 19 and 30.Read

Snow Patrol to headline gig at Glasgow's Bellahouston Park

INDIE rockers Snow Patrol are set to play a special one-off outdoor gig in Glasgow this June.Read

Music nights at Perth pub

A PERTH pub had its birthday plans tempered after an application for extended opening hours was refused.Read

Movie Review: Invictus, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman

BASED on the true story of Nelson Mandela’s struggle to reunite South Africa after the end of apartheid, Clint Eastwood’s latest directorial outing puts the famous former president’s reign into fresh focus.Read