Home Entertainment Perth Festival of the Arts

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

Prague Symphony Orchestra @ Perth Concert Hall

The orchestra had a very full string section, which give a richness to their tone, characterful wind and brass, which even when let rip was not too overpowering. The hall itself was full as it was a sold out performance. Under the firm guidance of Petr Altrichter it was as though the works had been cleared of all lazy tradition and emerged fresh and vital.Read

Morrison's Academy @ St John's Kirk

THE third of this year’s school lunchtime concerts, by pupils of Morrison’s Academy (Crieff) attracted a large audience. The programme was a perfect mixture of vocal, instrumental, solo and ensemble music.Read

The Book of Beasts @ Perth Concert Hall

Catherine Wheels Theatre Company came to the Perth Festival as part of a current tour of their adaptation of The Book of Beasts, a story for children written in 1900 by E Nesbit, of Railway Children fame.Read

Morse and Me @ Perth Theatre

Mr Dexter entertained and fascinated the audience at Perth Theatre on Monday evening. The stage was set – a comfortable chair, table, stand of flowers and a lectern – all that was needed was Colin Dexter with his “Morse and Me” talk.Read

Tannahill Weavers @ Perth Theatre

Their May 2009 Perth sojourn showed that the Tannies have matured like fine wine over the decades – smoother, rounder and highly agreeable on the palate.Read

Edwyn Collins @ Perth Concert Hall

In the post-punk era, wistful, eccentric, melodic and melancholic Collins was leading the way.Read

Russell Howard @ Perth Concert Hall

Energetic and full of enthusiasm, the 29-year-old has become a fixture on TV screens due to a prolific appearance record on hit shows Mock the Week and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.Read

Whole weekend of arts

TAY Street in Perth is transformed into a colourful and vibrant outdoor art gallery this weekend for the return of Art on the River, part of the Perth Festival of the Arts’ Art Trail.Read

Tango Siempre @ Perth Concert Hall

Tango Siempre, roughly translated to “Tango Forever”, are a musical foursome that mixes traditional Argentinian tango with a more Anglicised version, and the music is punctuated by dancing.Read

Edwyn’s set to Rip It Up in Perth

SCOTTISH rock legend Edwyn Collins’ Perth Festival of the Arts gig will be his first in the Fair City, he revealed yesterday.Read

Festival window open

THE 38th Perth Festival of the Arts opened yesterday, and among the thousands of people flocking to see a huge range of Arts events over the next nine days will be representatives from shops and businesses which entered the annual shop window competition.Read

Fair City gearing up for the festival

THE 38th Perth Festival opens on Thursday for 11 days of events covering all spectrum of the Arts.Read

Big festival break for Radars

ALTERNATIVE rockers Radars have secured a support slot with Edwyn Collins at Perth Festival of the Arts.Read

Time to get your windows all dressed up for festival

THE organisers of Perth Festival, in conjunction with the Perthshire Advertiser, are running a Shop Window Competition for this year’s festival, which takes place between May 21 and 31.Read

Try three different courses at Electric Prom

THE Perth Electric Prom makes its debut this year as a Perth Festival of the Arts fringe event.Read

Bells ring out for first-ever festival

“Saint Johnstoun’s bells ring bonnieRead

Seth Lakeman prepares for Perth performance

MERCURY Music Prize nominated Seth Lakeman brings his dynamic folk cross-over sound to Perth for the first time on Saturday, May 30.Read

Return of old friends in a varied classical line-up

THE classical music line-up for this year’s Perth Festival of the Arts features a return of some old friends with some new in a bumper programme of music to suit all tastes.Read

On the trail of textiles and art on Tay Street

SEEMING to get bigger year on year is Perth Art Trail, which brings together a collection of arts-based events and exhibitions taking place in Perth at Festival time – and most of them are free!Read

Quick Links

Reader Travel

Reader Travel

Explore The World

Our Reader Travel Holiday section is packed full of great value holidays and short breaks. Read

Get Involved

We want your local stories, videos & pics.