After its most profitable festive season on document, Perth Theatre and Concert Hall is trying ahead to a particular yr within the cultural lifetime of the Fair City, with Perth Theatre celebrating its one hundred and twenty fifth Birthday and Perth Concert Hall turning 20.
December noticed a 12% uplift in audiences throughout each venues in comparison with the earlier best-selling yr in 2023, thanks to a different excessive performing Perth Theatre pantomime Mother Goose, the Theatre’s highest ever promoting Christmas present for the underneath 5’s The Cinnamon Sisters, and a sequence of capability performances in Perth Concert Hall.
The spirit of celebration continues all through 2025 with a sequence of exhibits and occasions to mark the venues’ milestone yr, culminating in an anniversary road social gathering, 125 Live! in September.
125 anniversary exhibits featured within the brand-new season brochure embody Perth Theatre’s collaboration with the unique producers of the enduring Scottish movie Restless Natives on a significant new stage musical. Opening in Perth Theatre earlier than touring Scotland, the Clown and the Wolfman trip once more in Perth Theatre Season Subscription present Restless Natives: The Musical to a soundtrack by Big Country. Cherished native actor Lesley Mackie shares her theatrical recollections in Don’t Put Your Daughter On The Stage, and the Transatlantic Sessions makes its Perth Concert Hall début in a collaboration with Celtic Connections, celebrating the musical traditions that hyperlink Scotland, Ireland and the US.
A sequence of acquainted faces from the previous and current shall be sharing their very own particular recollections and tales about Perth Theatre and Concert Hall as a part of 125 Stories – particular person video snapshots that shall be spotlighted on the venues’ social media pages and proven on screens throughout 125 Live!.
Elsewhere within the new season programme, Perth Theatre and Concert Hall are participating in British Council’s UK/Poland Season 2025. Shows featured on this curated cultural providing embody the Perth Theatre Season Subscription opener, Perth Theatre’s manufacturing of The Rainbow, Nicola Werenowska’s daring reimagining of D.H. Lawrence’s basic, which supplies voice to the three Polish girls on the coronary heart of the novel. The providing additionally consists of Perth Theatre’s efficiency of Remi Rechuba’s INTRUDER/INTRUZ and a Polish Cinema Season that includes three movies curated by Bydgoszcz filmmaker Krzysztof Nowicki in affiliation with Perth Film Society.
Additional Perth Theatre Season Subscription exhibits are Octagon Theatre Bolton, Derby Theatre & Hull Truck Theatre’s adaptation of George Orwell’s enduring and devastating satire concerning the corruption of energy Animal Farm. KELI is a brand new present from National Theatre of Scotland and Lepus Productions a couple of fiery teenager who performs in a brass band in a former mining city, and London Classic Theatre returns with a manufacturing of Alan Ayckbourn’s hilarious but chilling basic Just Between Ourselves.
Music lovers can stay up for Joan Knight Studio gigs from native favourites, together with Ross Ainslie, Beth Malcolm and Katie Whittaker, as a part of a sequence of intimate classes from a line-up of top-quality conventional, jazz and people musicians. There are Concert Hall performances by Gareth Gates, Mike and the Mechanics, Francis Rossi, Capercaillie, Nathan Carter and extra, plus tribute acts encompassing all eras and appetites. Comedy comes courtesy of Connor Burns, Adam Kay, Stuart Mitchell and Rhod Gilbert, and Strictly stars Karen Hauer & Gorka Marquez and Giovanni will carry sparkle and sequins to the Perth Concert Hall stage.
After the RSNO’s season-opening Viennese Gala live performance, the Perth Concert Series continues with Jennifer Pike performing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Clyne & Rachmaninov: DANCE! by Royal Scottish National Orchestra with Big Noise Raploch, and Nicola Benedetti joins the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for a live performance of Mendelssohn and Brahms. Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra performs Schubert’s Unfinished and Beethoven’s Pastoral symphonies in a night of in style favourites. Perth Concert Hall serves up a contemporary batch of Lunchtime Concerts, together with Lark Piano Trio, Su-a Lee with Hamish Napier, and Nikita Lukinov, and there are unique Classical Stars performances from Paul Lewis, Steven Osborne with Alina Ibragimova, Bertrand Chamayou, and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason.
Perth Theatre’s Children’s Theatre Company in Residence, Dirliebane, presents BSL and English manufacturing BOUNCE for kids aged 5-9; little ones aged 3+ can be part of three mates on a joyful jungle journey in Tall Stories’ magical, musical adaptation of the much-loved Elmer books whereas Half a String’s Breathe explores the internal workings of timber, by way of a mix of gorgeous puppetry, breathtakingly detailed units, and ground-breaking dwell digicam work.
Perth Youth Theatre performs Into The Woods, intertwining tales of basic fairytale characters, equivalent to Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), and Little Red Riding Hood, as they discover the implications of their needs and quests. Perth Film Society supply their traditional rigorously chosen movie season with a bonus screening of Restless Natives in honour of the brand-new musical premièring in Perth Theatre, and Perth Festival of the Arts returns with their very own mixture of music, comedy and occasions.
Commenting on the launch of the colorful new season brochure, Christopher Glasgow, Director of Perth Theatre and Concert Hall, mentioned:
“It’s so exciting to be looking ahead to such a special anniversary year for both venues. Aside from our 125 Live! street party in September and the usual abundant selection of shows and events featured in our brochure, we are planning several other key moments throughout the year to mark this significant milestone. As always, we are hugely grateful for the support we receive from audiences, friends, artists, community participants and donors, plus core funders Creative Scotland, Perth & Kinross Council and The Gannochy Trust. We can’t wait for everyone to join us in celebrating the leading role that Perth Theatre and Concert Hall continue to play in the cultural life of the city.”
For tickets and details about any of the exhibits within the Perth Theatre and Concert Hall January to June 2025 brochure, go to perththeatreandconcerthall.com or name or go to the Perth Theatre Box Office (10:00 – 18:00 Tuesday to Saturday, 01738 621031).
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