Garden art

A NEW long weekend of art and activities takes place over the long weekend of Saturday, May 2-Monday, May 4, in the Explorers Garden, Pitlochry.Read

Tribute to composer

A PERTHSHIRE choir are about to stretch their vocal chords in homage to renowned composer Felix Mendelssohn.Read

Real feast of entertainment on the menu at Dundee Rep

DUNDEE Rep Theatre’s Spring 2009 season is headlined by a new Rep Ensemble production, Balgay Hill, from Scottish playwright Simon Macallum.Read

Cathedral is setting for first Scottish show

THE Ljubljana Waldorf Choir from Slovenia are visiting Scotland for the first time and will perform a selection of arrangements of sacred, traditional and contemporary songs from Slovenia in Dunkeld Cathedral on Tuesday evening.Read

A 10-strong cast of exceptional quality present a gripping production of Be Near Me at Perth Theatre this week.

A National Theatre of Scotland production in association with London-based Donmar, this stage version of Andrew O’Hagan’s 2006 novel is directed by John Tiffany, whose acclaimed NTS work has included the outstanding Black Watch and The Bacchae.Read

Chronicle of years in rural Perthshire

A FASCINATING insight into the changes in pastoral life over the decades is given in a book by a man who grew up in rural Perthshire and Fife.Read

Transatlantic song voyagers set sail

SEVEN top-notch musicians take a break from their regular bands and join forces to take their cross-cultural concert, Going Across the Sea, on a 13-date tour which comes to Perth on Monday, April 27.Read

Hitting the right note for leisure

PERTH Youth Orchestra members – Allan Young, Ruaridh Pattison and Sean Law, pictured – entertained shoppers in St John’s Shopping Centre in Perth, as Caroline Robb and Jennifer Anderson promoted the ‘Culture Matters’ initiative in Perth and Kinross.Read

Wee Verses from Elaine

ELAINE Mutch swapped Kirkcaldy for Kirkmichael three years ago and says her time in rural Perthshire has inspired a passion for poetry.Read

Theatre access guide promoted

PERTH Theatre is helping to pioneer a new access guide to improve access for disabled audiences at theatres across Scotland.Read

’Allo ’Allo set for Perth stage

THE stage version of the hugely-popular and long-running sit-com ’Allo ’Allo comes to Perth Theatre for seven performances from May 12-16.Read

Duo’s unique blend of harp and pipes

PERTHSHIRE piper Gary West is joined by Dumfries and Galloway harpist Wendy Stewart on their first CD as a duo.Read

Rachel serves up second helping

AMONG the international headline acts who jetted into Perth last summer for the inaugural Southern Fried Festival of American roots music was Oregon songstress Rachel Harrington.Read

Want to sing on the roof?

PERTH City Operatic Group is looking for new members for their production of Fiddler on the Roof in September.Read

Ready for new season

THE return of Southern Fried – Perth’s festival of American roots music, comedian Jimmy Carr and 2007 X Factor winner Leon Jackson are highlights of the coming season at Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre.Read

Jazz veterans’ Blairgowrie date

FANS of live music in East Perthshire are in line for an evening of improvised entertainment as The East Coast Jazzmen head to Blairgowrie on April 24.Read

Krenz on show

POLISH artist, Igor Krenz was inspired by an almost bygone era of whirring film strips and ‘clackety’ projectors when he created Circles and Squares – a new contemporary art commission for the Threshold artspace at Perth Concert Hall.Read

Claudia in the frame for Jolomo award

FORGANDENNY-based artist Claudia Massie was recently announced as one of the short-listed artists for this year’s Jolomo Awards.Read

Library stage for crime writer

BE prepared for an evening of entertaining anecdotes and the occasional rant when Aberdeen-based crime writer Stuart MacBride visits Perth’s AK Bell Library on Thursday to discuss his successful Logan McRae series of thrillers.Read

Master meets students

PERTH College UHI’s Creative Industries students were privileged to have a visit from celebrated Scottish artist Richard Demarco CBE, who taught a masterclass entitled 'What makes a great artist?’.Read

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