Gareth Armstrong’s Shylock in Perth Theatre performed by Guy Masterson

WRITER/DIRECTOR Gareth Armstrong’s highly acclaimed work on Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice character Shylock – one of only two Jews to appear in the Bard’s work – is in effect a play within a play.Read

New horizons for Gordon Duncan Experience

HORSECROSS Arts has thrown open the audition process for its young Celtic big band The Gordon Duncan Experience to applicants from throughout Scotland.Read

Heather Nicoll plays in home town concert

PERTH Academy former pupil Heather Nicoll returns to the Fair City on Monday to play in the latest in the popular series of lunchtime concerts in Perth Concert Hall.Read

Review of Calum’s Road at Perth Theatre

THIS National Theatre of Scotland and Communicado Theatre Company production, adapted by David Harrower from Roger Hutchinson’s book, was rewarded with a sell-out house when it stopped off at Perth Theatre for just one night on the world premiere tour of Scotland.Read

Review of Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Robert Levin in Perth Concert Hall

LAST Wednesday’s Scottish Chamber Orchestra concert in Perth Concert Hall was one to savour with the greatest pleasure.Read

Scots Trad Music Awards organiser Simon Thoumire sings the praises of Perth Concert Hall

WITH votes flooding in for the 2011 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, the man who founded and promotes the prestigious awards told PA Arts why Perth Concert Hall gets his vote!Read

Review of Roddy Woomble and his band at Perth Theatre

SCOTTISH singer-songwriter/Idlewild frontman Roddy Woomble thanked his audience for opting for his Perth Theatre gig rather than the Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings bash at the Concert Hall.Read

Review of The Unusual Suspects in Perth Concert Hall

IT’S easy to understand why The Unusual Suspects have been nominated for ‘Best Live Act’ in this year’s prestigious Scottish Trad Music Awards.Read

Looking forward to Celtic Connections

AMONG the 2100 artists from around the world beating a path to Glasgow this January and February for Celtic Connections 2012 will be some of Perthshire’s top musicians.Read

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PERTH Concert Hall could scoop another award after it was announced yesterday that the acclaimed venue is one of the nominees shortlisted for the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards.Read

Young local pipers play with The Unusual Suspects in Perth tomorrow

CELTIC big band The Unusual Suspects have invited six local young musicians to take part in their Perth Concert Hall concert tomorrow evening.Read

Dougie MacLean looks forward to his Perthshire Amber festival

WHEELBARROWS and live music may not have an obvious connection, but with Dougie MacLean’s Perthshire Amber Festival anything is possible.Read

Review of Roll Wyn James concert in the Norie-Miller Suite of Perth Concert Hall

ONE year on after their last concert in the AK Bell Library Theatre, blues band Roll Wyn James played to another sell-out audience, this time in the Norie-Miller Suite of Perth Concert Hall.Read

Review of Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off at Dundee Rep

PLAYWRIGHT and Makar Liz Lochhead composed a masterpiece in the mid-1980s when she encapsulated the colourful life and death of Mary Queen of Scots in her entertaining and educational drama, Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off.Read

Review of piano recital by Hyun-Jung Lim in Perth Concert Hall

THE figure of Hyun-Jung Lim coming out to the piano in Perth Concert Hall for her British debut recital was a striking one: swathes of shimmering black silk and capacious sleeves and waist length lustrous black hair. Alas, this was the best impression she created all evening.Read

Perth Drama Club thespians look to entertain public as winter looms

AFTER years of playing at different venues, Perth Drama Club have settled at Perth College’s Goodlyburn Theatre.Read

Perth actress Lesley Mackie adds the accordion for an extra French twist to her Toujours l’Amour

YOU cannot keep a good show down – that certainly rings true with Toujours l’Amour – the show starring award-winning Perth actress Lesley Mackie on the life, loves and music of Edith Piaf.Read

Review of Twelfth Night at Perth Theatre

DOORS – 11 in number – open on a new era for Perth Theatre with Rachel O’Riordan’s first-class debut production as creative director for theatre.Read

Review of Dunedin Consort: Bach and Handel, Perth Concert Hall

EMERGING from Perth Concert Hall, the audience felt buoyed and sure the performances they had just heard could not be bettered.Read

New musical theatre’s touring debut in Birnam

GREEN Room is a new, Edinburgh-based touring musical theatre company which is poised to open with a production of The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown.Read

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