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Review: Schools’ concert: Auchterarder High School

AUCHTERARDER High School, now known as the Community School of Auchterarder, provided the third of this year’s Perth Festival of Arts School Concerts. This was its debut at the festival.Read

Curtain on the festival

THE eclectic programme for this year’s Perth Festival draws to a close on Sunday with the sell-out Bell Lawrie Festival Concert in Perth Concert Hall featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lesley Garrett and Julian Lloyd Webber.Read

Telly musicians camping in Perth Theatre

IT was the most outrageous, ‘campest’ performance ever witnessed at Perth Theatre – and it was also possibly the most entertaining couple of hours that the majority of ticket holders had enjoyed in a long time.Read

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett and Claire Martin

THIS evening of laid-back jazz was titled “When Lights Are Low” – and indeed a cabaret, lights down low ambience would have better suited the occasion rather than the glaring lights and empty front rows which obviously irritated jazz singer Claire Martin.Read

The Magic of Dance

BBC Television’s Strictly Come Dancing stars Camilla Dallerup and Ian Waite never put a foot wrong as they took to the stage at Perth Concert Hall on Monday evening.Read

A touch of art on the river

ARTS Festival fever comes to Tay Street in Perth tomorrow and Sunday for the popular Art on the River weekend when artists and crafts people will set up stalls along the riverside.Read

Battlefield Band in concert

WORLD renowned Scottish Celtic musicans The Battlefield Band (above) play Perth Theatre as part of Perth Festival of the Arts tonight.Read

Rodney’s solo treat

WELL-known actor Rodney Bewes makes a welcome return to Perth Festival of the Arts on Friday to present his new show, a solo adaptation of Jerome K Jerome’s ‘On the stage – and off’.Read

Review: Richard Hawley at Perth Concert Hall

Suprising because, although Hawley may not be a household name, he did play the Royal Albert Hall in London two nights before his Perth gig, and the Arctic Monkeys admitted they had committed robbery when scooping a Mercury award in 2006 from fellow nominee Hawley. It was a fantastic coup for the Perth Festival to bring him to Perth Concert Hall, the acoustics of which fully did the man and his band justice.Read

Review: Arthur Smith at Perth Theatre

ARTHUR SMITH is a man of many talents – stand-up comic, radio presenter and playwright. But such is the power of television he is chiefly a grumpy old man!Read

Perth Festival of the Arts continues

Classical, jazz, traditional and contemporary music share the Festival stage with comedy and the visual arts.Read

Review: Schools' concert at St John's Kirk

The interesting and varied programme began with the wind band, performing “Silver Brook” and “Music of the Beatles” by Sweeney. These challenging pieces showed fine ensemble playing, finely-judged tempi, and changes in dynamic contrasts. There was nicely-shaped solo playing from trumpet, horn, alto saxophone and clarinet, the pieces being superbly conducted by Philip Alexander.Read

Venturing right into the art of the river

PERTH Festival of the Arts, Perthshire Art Association and Perth City Centre Management are hoping for fine weather next weekend for the Art on the River.Read

Surprises in store for Perthshire fans of Calvin

DISCO nerd Calvin Harris says he’d love to return to T in the Park this year - but hasn’t been asked.Read

Counting down to Festival of the Arts launch

THERE is less than a week to go until this year’s Perth Festival of the Arts opens its eclectic programme of cultural events spanning 11 days.Read

An eclectic look at Perth Festival

A HOST of world-class artists from all facets of the Arts will be Perth-bound between May 22 and June 1 to perform at the 37th Perth Festival of the Arts.Read

Hand in Frames

FRAMES Gallery are delighted to be holding a solo exhibition of work by the Perthshire artist whose engaging illustrations are the colourful ‘new look’ of Perth Festival of the Arts.Read

Native America is put on the artistic canvas

ARTISANAT Contemporary Art and Craft Gallery in Perth’s Princes Street is running an exhibition, entitled America – Native North and Latin South, specially prepared for the Perth Festival of the Arts, featuring works of Native American subjects by the award-winning artist Ian Cook.Read

Talented new artist is given a show in Perth

PERTH Museum and Art Gallery is hosting a touring exhibition of the works of Paul Reid as part of the 2008 Perth Festival of the Arts (May 10 to July 5).Read

Perth Festival’s Window Art Competition

THE organisers of Perth Festival, in conjunction with the Perthshire Advertiser, are launching a shop window competition for this year’s extravaganza, which takes place between May 22 and June 1.Read

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