Pitlochry Festival Theatre has introduced an thrilling lineup of world premières, smash-hit musicals, and sold-out returning productions for its Summer Season 2025.
The Main Auditorium season 2025 will open with the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Blackpool Grand Theatre manufacturing of the much-loved musical Grease (18 June – 27 September). Step again into the electrifying world of Nineteen Fifties Rydell High School and comply with the whirlwind romance between new lady Sandy Dumbrowski and in style man Danny Zuko, as they discover their summer season love challenged by the pressures of teenage life. With iconic songs like Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin’, and You’re the One that I Want, this high-energy present guarantees a nostalgic journey stuffed with rock ‘n’ roll aptitude.
Later in June, the Theatre will première Elizabeth Newman’s new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (27 June – 25 September). Co-produced with Derby Theatre and directed by their theatre’s Artistic Director Sarah Brigham, this thrilling new adaptation brings Fitzgerald’s iconic characters and vivid imagery to life, set in opposition to the backdrop of the glitzy and glamorous Jazz Age. One of literature’s most enduring masterpieces, The Great Gatsby captures a world the place desires are grand, but fleeting, and each second is a step in direction of an inevitable reckoning.
July will see a brand-new manufacturing of Patrick Barlow’s hit comedy The 39 Steps (11 July – 26 September). Performed by 4 actors taking part in over 150 roles, this fast-paced, theatrical adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s traditional movie takes you right into a world of espionage, intrigue, and slapstick comedy.
Finally, later in July, attributable to in style demand, the Main Auditorium will see the return of the Theatre’s smash hit manufacturing of Sunshine on Leith (25 July – 27 September), Stephen Greenhorn’s uplifting and shifting musical that includes the songs of world-renowned Scottish band The Proclaimers. Set in opposition to the colourful backdrop of Edinburgh, this touching story follows the lives of two troopers, Davy and Ally, returning residence from Afghanistan. As they return to civilian life, they need to navigate love, household, and the seek for goal.
The Studio season 2025 will see the première of 4 thrilling new performs and a preferred revival. Opening in May would be the Theatre’s co-production with the Byre Theatre of the première of Milly Sweeney’s new play Water Colour (9-17 May). Winner of the St Andrews Playwriting Award, Water Colour is an exploration of psychological sickness, household, the reference to strangers, and opening your self as much as the world.
The new season within the Studio will even see the welcome return of the sold-out manufacturing of Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed (30 May-14 June), co-produced with Firebrand Theatre Company. Richard Baron and Ellie Zeegen’s extremely entertaining and shifting play reveals how the long-lasting Scottish writer, trainer, hillwalker, and nature lover helped form Scotland’s latest literary historical past, and solves the thriller of why her masterpiece, The Living Mountain, lay forgotten in a drawer for over 30 years.
June will see the world première of Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir’s new play This is a Gift (24 June – 11 Sept). Set in Leith in Edinburgh, This is a Gift is an exploration of sophistication, care and penalties and is a contemporary tackle the Greek delusion of Midas. The play was one of many Royal Shakespeare Company’s 37 performs and featured on the longlist for the Women’s Prize for Playwriting.
In July, the Studio will stage the brand new Scottish musical Nessie (9 July – 16 August). With Book, Music, and Lyrics by Shonagh Murray, andco-produced with Capital Theatres, Nessie, tells the story of the prospect encounter by a younger biologist with the Loch Ness Monster and celebrates bravery, the power of friendship and the braveness to comply with one’s personal coronary heart.
Finally, in August, the Theatre’s Studio house will host the première of John Binnie and Alyson Orr’s new musical play A Toast Fae The Lassies (29 August – 24 September), which explores the lifetime of Robert Burns by the views of the three girls who knew him greatest – his mom Agnes, his spouse Jean Armour and his muse and soulmate Clarinda. Featuring Burns’ timeless songs and poetry, together with My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose, Ae Fond Kiss, and Auld Lang Syne, A Toast Fae The Lassies invitations the viewers to expertise the primary Burns Night like by no means earlier than, and highlights how these usually neglected figures formed the legacy, and contributed to the artwork of Scotland’s best poet.
Elizabeth Newman, Artistic Director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre stated:
“I’m so excited to share the information of our Summer Season 2025. We’re thrilled to create new productions of traditional tales like The 39 Steps, Grease and The Great Gatsby, which can be co-produced with Derby Theatre. We know audiences can be happy to listen to that we’re bringing again Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed with Firebrand Theatre Company after its sold-out run, and Sunshine on Leith additionally returns by in style demand for a brief sojourn earlier than it embarks on its preliminary tour.
But that’s not all—we’re extremely proud to proceed our mission of championing new Scottish work. This season options 4 brand-new performs, together with This is a Gift by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir and A Toast Fae The Lassies by John Binnie and Alyson Orr, alongside thrilling collaborations like Water Colour by Milly Sweeney with the Byre Theatre and Nessie by Shonagh Murray with Capital Theatres as a part of our vital Musicals Commissioning Hub. This vibrant array of latest work showcases the extraordinary expertise throughout the Scottish theatre group.”
We can’t wait to welcome each acquainted faces and new associates to the Theatre subsequent summer season, as we proceed our journey of sharing Pitlochry with the world and the world with Pitlochry.”
Tickets are on sale to present Pitlochry Festival Theatre members from Monday 2 September 2024 and on normal sale on Monday 16 September 2024. For additional data on tickets and productions go to www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com or name 01796 484626.
