Schubertiad 2010 programme announced

CLASSICAL music lovers are in for a treat at this year’s Schubert festival in Perth Concert Hall over the weekend of October 8-10.Read

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AWARD-winning children’s author Lari Don celebrates the magical Highland Perthshire setting of her new novel by launching her book on Monday with the help of children from Pitlochry High School.Read

Cellist Su-a Lee to give fund-raising recital for PYO

RENOWNED cellist Su-a Lee will give a recital in Perth to help raise funds for Perth Youth Orchestra tour fund.Read

Review of Kiss Me, Kate at Pitlochry Festival Theatre

IN 2009 PFT opened its summer season for the first time with a musical, and Whisky Galore – A Musical set the bar extremely high.Read

Perth Youth Theatre festival

SOME 170 stage-struck local youngsters are treading the Perth Theatre boards during the month-long Perth Youth Theatre (PYT) Festival.Read

Perth Theatre and Dundee Rep win CATS awards

PERTH Theatre and Dundee Rep have scooped awards in the prestigious Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS).Read

Blues band Roll Wyn James release long-awaited album

THE latest inspirational project by musician and stroke victim Alwyn James is a red-hot Blues album – Blues By Numbers – by his top-drawer band, Roll Wyn James.Read

Artists in residence for Perth 800

A COLOURFUL additon to the Perth 800 celebrations has been the arrival in Perth of artists Victoria Edwards and Ina Johann, all the way from Aotearoa*/New Zealand.Read

Perthshire Amber Festival spreads its wings to Blairgowrie

IT will be a homecoming of a different kind for Dougie MacLean when he performs at Blairgowrie Town Hall on Wednesday, November 3, at 8pm as part of his ever-growing Perthshire Amber Festival.Read

Review of Luka Bloom at Birnam Arts Centre

IRISH troubadour Luka Bloom has toured the world for the past 20-plus years, enjoying success as a fine singer-songwriter and musician.Read

Review of The Halle at Perth Festival

THE final concert of this year's Perth Festival of the Arts was a welcome return by The Hallé orchestra, who last appeared at the Festival in 1992. Conducted by the Music Director of English National Opera Edward Gardner, and joined by his partner the trumpet virtuoso Alison Balsom, this was a fitting star-studded conclusion to the 39th festival.Read

Review of Children of Haiti Concert in St John’s Kirk

A PROGRAMME of music to raise funds for the Children of Haiti was presented last Saturday evening in St John’s Kirk.Read

‘Forms of Narrative’ exhibition at Birnam

PERTHSHIRE Visual Arts Forum presents an exhibition ‘Forms of Narrative’ in the Birnam Institute featuring works created by the forum’s professional artist members in response to a specific form of narrative ranging from a book, film, story, photo, song to poem. The exhibition will include a wide range of media.Read

Looking ahead to Ruthven Parish Festival

THE organisers of next weekend’s Ruthven Festival are bringing two first-class classical music concerts and a workshop by one of the top musicians in Scotland to the east Perthshire venue.Read

Most successful Perth Festival of the Arts

THE 39th Perth Festival of the Arts came to a highly successful conclusion on Sunday with the Brewin Dolphin Festival Concert with The Halle Orchestra and internationally famous Alison Balsom on trumpet in Perth Concert Hall.Read

Perth Festival review of Mr McFall’s Chamber with Michael Marra

ONE of the gems on the festival programme was the marriage-made-in-heaven between National Treasure Michael Marra and the talented and eclectic Mr McFall’s Chamber.Read

Review of The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at Perth Festival

A PERTH Festival wild card turned up trumps – and aces too – in a packed Perth Concert Hall.Read

Church cafe serves Art on the River this weekend

AT St Matthew’s Church on Tay Street preparations are well in hand for this year’s Arts Cafe which coincides with the Art on the River weekend which forms part of Perth Festival of the Arts.Read

Review Marriage of Figaro Perth Festival

RUNNING in and out of doors, secret letters in the wrong hands, mistaken identity, dressing-up as the opposite sex, man played by a woman, lovers’ trysts going wrong – no, it was not a Brian Rix tribute night.Read

Review Don Pasquale at Perth Festival of the Arts

ENGLISH Touring Opera once again formed the core opera element of Perth Festival of the Arts, this year for the first time performing three different operas over three consecutive evenings.Read

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