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Festival at a Glance

Programme Diary of Events

Festival Art Exhibitions

Perth Art Trail

General Information

Ticket Prices

Map showing Venues

Friends of the Festival

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Craig L. Dennis (Chairman),

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The illustrations featured on the cover and

throughout the brochure were commissioned

by the Festival from Madeleine Hand, an

artist based in Dunkeld, Perthshire.

2010 is a very special year for Perth with

the celebrations for Perth 800, the 800th

anniversary of the founding of the City of

Perth. The Festival is delighted to be part

of these celebrations and has

programmed a feast of events,

culminating in the Perth 800 Concert on

Friday 28th May with American soprano

Barbara Bonney, The RSNO and

conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.This will

be the 39th Perth Festival of the Arts and

we are already contemplating a 40th

Festival birthday party with wonderful

treats in 2011. This year too is Perth

Concert Hall's 5th birthday and what a

huge difference the fantastic facilities

have made to Perth and the Festival.

Perth has much to be proud of and to

celebrate.

Craig L. DennisChairman

Principal Sponsors

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19.30 Wednesday 19th MayPerth Concert Hall

Don McLean America’s legendary singer-songwriter

The Festival is delighted to welcome legendary folk singer-songwriter Don

McLean to Perth. His remarkable song American Pie catapulted him to

stardom in 1971.

In a career spanning nearly forty years, culminating with his inauguration

into the Songwriters’ Hall of Fame in 2004, Don has released over 20

albums and scored major chart successes with Everyday (1973),

Mountains of Mourne (1974), Crying (1980), Castles in the Air (1981),

Since I Don’t Have You (1981), Can’t Blame the Train (1987) and again with

American Pie in the UK in 1991. His songs have inspired countless others,

including Johnny Cash, and have been performed and covered by artists as

diverse as Madonna, Fred Astaire, Weird Al Yankovic, Elvis Presley, Coolio

and George Michael.

American Pie was inspired by the death of Buddy Holly and is a social

critique on modern America. It was named the fifth greatest song of the

20th Century by the RIAA and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sponsored by

What’s On at a GlancePCH – Perth Concert Hall, PT – Perth Theatre, SJK- St John’s Kirk, PMA –Perth Museum and Art Gallery

19th May PCH Don McLean

20th May PT Don Pasquale English Touring Opera

21st May SJK Kilgraston School Concert

21st May PT The Marriage of Figaro ETO

21st May PCH Rich Hall American stand-up

22nd May PT A Midsummer Night's Dream ETO

22nd May PCH Festival Fling Skerryvore

22nd May PMA Opening Andy Warhol Exhibition

23rd May PT Animal Farm by George Orwell

23rd May PCH Moscow State Symphony Orchestra

24th May SJK Perth Academy School Concert

24th May PT Mr McFall's Chamber Tour & Michael Marra

25th May SJK The Community School of Auchterarder Concert

25th May PCH RSAMD Coffee Concert

25th May PT An Audience with Gyles Brandreth

25th May PCH Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

26th May SJK Perth High School Concert

26th May PT Martha Catherine Wheels Theatre Company

26th May PT Antique Antics with the Eric Knowles

26th May PCH The BBC Singers

27th May PCH RSAMD Coffee Concert

27th May SJK Perth Grammar School Concert

27th May PT Flanders and Swann

27th May PCH Scottish National Jazz Orchestra Rhapsody in Blue

28th May SJK Strathallan School Concert

28th May PT An Audience with Will Self

28th May PCH RSNO, Barbara Bonney & Sir Andrew Davis

29th & 30th May Perth Art Trail & Art on the River

29th May SJK Gordon Seith and Pure Brass

29th May PT Kit and the Widow

29th May PCH Sharleen Spiteri

30th May PCH The Hallé Orchestra & Alison Balsom

Don McLean America’s legendary singer-songwriter

The Festival is delighted to welcome legendary folk singer-songwriter Don

catapulted him to

Alison Balsom, Barbara Bonney, Sharleen Spiteri, Don McLean, Rich Hall,

Ukulele Orchestra, Will Self and Andy Warhol.

ENGLISHTOURINGOPERA

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712.30 Friday 21st MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Schools Concert by the pupils of Kilgraston School Sponsored by HSBC

19.30 Friday 21st MayPerth Theatre

The HSBC Perth Festival Opera

The Marriage of Figaro

By W A Mozart

This is an elegant, period costume production (faithful to the original) of one

of the world’s most popular operas, containing some of Mozart’s most

beautiful and familiar music.

Based on Beaumarchais’ controversial play, Mozart’s opera,

sung in English, traces the intrigues of one day at the

house of Count Almaviva. Figaro (Robert Davies) is to

marry Susanna (here played by Paula Sides), but he

must overcome every obstacle put in his way by

the Count and his cronies before he can be

united finally with his bride. James Conway’s

production, set in steamy Seville, showcases

exciting young singers, including Nicholas

Lester and Laura Mitchell as the Count and

Countess.

19.30 Thursday 20th MayPerth Theatre

The HSBC Perth Festival Opera English Touring Opera

Don PasqualeBy Gaetano Donizetti

Once again the Festival is delighted to welcome English Touring Opera. The

company will present three operas in this special Perth 800 year.

Don Pasquale is a comedy with zest, cream, and an Italian accent – think

zabaglione! - in a new English language production by William Oldroyd and

Agnes Treplin, with Dominic Wheeler conducting.

Keel Watson plays Don Pasquale, a stubborn, competitive, old bachelor – and

here a tyrant opera conductor – who wants to find himself a young wife. He

seems set to steal from his nephew a beautiful, and apparently submissive

bride – but his clumsy wooing turns to woe when she reveals her own mind.

Nicholas Sharratt, Mary O’Sullivan and Owen Gilhooley share Donizetti’s finest

bel canto song-writing in this wonderful score, much loved but not so often

performed.

12.30 Thursday 20th MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Schools Concert by the pupils of Morrison’s AcademySponsored by HSBC

Sponsored bySponsored by

The Marriage

20.00 Friday 21st MayPerth Concert Hall

Off The Kerb Productions in association with

Universal Pictures (UK) Ltd presents

Rich HallStar of the recent critically-acclaimed BBC4 documentary, How the West Was Lost, Edinburgh

fringe favourite and Perrier Award winner Rich Hall is back on the road. Rich will be

performing in his usual style as the grouchy, deadpan comic genius.

Looking like a Pearl Jam roadie, Rich is a master of absurdist irony – he particularly likes

to lay into Americans and life across the Pond at every opportunity. As Rich Hall the

stand-up, he has visited the Edinburgh Fringe Festival several times and performed at

the major comedy clubs in Britain and across the world. He is well known in the United

States for appearing and writing on The David Letterman Show - for which he won an

Emmy Award.

Rich Hall has been charming sell-out audiences each year at the Edinburgh Festival,

on tours throughout the UK, at several festivals in Australia including Adelaide and

Melbourne and at London's famous Comedy Store. At the 2000 Edinburgh

Festival, Rich Hall as Otis Lee Crenshaw won the highly prestigious Perrier

Award. Rich Hall’s TV work includes: Rich Hall’s Cattle Drive (BBC4), Rich

Hall’s Fishing Show (BBC4) plus numerous appearances on BBC2 panel show

QI, hosted by Stephen Fry. Rich Hall has also written two books: Otis Lee

Crenshaw: I Blame Society and Things Snowball, both published my Abacus

Books.

Now is the time to grab this chance to see the great man at work – The Guardian

As close as it gets to a guaranteed good show – Scotland on Sunday

Contains strong language

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19.30 Saturday 22nd MayPerth Theatre

The HSBC Perth Festival Opera English Touring Opera

A MidsummerNight’s DreamBy Benjamin Britten

ETO’s hugely successful 2004 production of the Britten/Shakespeare masterpiece returns.

In a fairy-haunted wood, lovers’ knots are tangled, and strange dreams create monstrous

romances. Only in a hilarious play performed by working men are all the opera’s tensions

and enchantments eased.

Visually spectacular, Joanna Parker’s design, complete with Jacobean costumes, and

James Conway’s production celebrate the best of English music and theatre. Michael

Rosewell conducts Britten’s eerie, highly-theatrical score, and Jonathan Peter Kenny,

Andrew Slater and David Gooderson reprise the roles of Oberon, Bottom and Puck.

Hike miles to see this… ETO’s staging of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is

wonderful beyond words. A corker of a show from a tip-top team - The Independent *****

Sponsored by 11.00 Sunday 23rd MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Festival Service with Perth Youth Orchestra conducted by Allan Young

11.00 Saturday 22nd MayPerth Museum and Art Gallery

Opening of Festival ExhibitionARTIST ROOMS Andy Warhol Early Works and exhibition by Stella Steyn.

See page 30 for details

Festival Fling with SkerryvoreSkerryvoreA Midsummer20.00 Saturday 22nd MayPerth Concert Hall

Blazing bagpipes, fiddle and accordions, electrically fused with funky rhythms and soul-gripping songs - Skerryvore are an award winning Scottish band creating a‘Trad-rock’ fusion for the 21st Century. Skerryvore formed in 2004 on the Isle of Tiree in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides. From traditional roots the band has developed bothin size and sound to create a unique fusion of their traditional music and songs with the urban sounds of rock and funk. With their outstanding musicianship and themesmerising voice of singer Alec Dalglish, Skerryvore have gripped audiences across the world from Chicago to Beijing and have been the highlight of many bigfestivals, home and abroad, including MagiaCeltica in Italy, Celtic Connections in Scotland, Celtic Crackers in the Netherlands – even a blistering performance atScotland’s Premier rock festival ‘T in the Park’ in July 2009.

The band had the honour of co-writing and performing the song Hold Your Breat for the BBC Alba television series entitled A'Gharaids. The first live performance of thesong was played to a sell-out crowd at Celtic Connections in January 2009.

Skerryvore continue to generate a big following of fans of all ages worldwide. This has seen them achieve album sales of over 10 000 whilst also being awarded albumof the month on the BBC Radio Scotland’s Celtic Connections International Broadcast. 2010 will also see debut performances for the band in Oman, Bahrain and Spainas well as return trips to Holland, Denmark and the USA.

Six of the best musical ambassadors Scotland could have ever wished for… a living, breathing, 12-legged party waiting to happen. The Falkirk Herald

19.30 Sunday 23rd MayPerth Theatre

Guy Masterson and Theatre Tours International present

Animal Farm by George OrwellAdapted by Guy Masterson

Gary Shelford's magnificent solo performance of Orwell's classic satire has

to be seen to be believed. Using nothing but a wooden box, some amazing

sound effects and brilliant physical and vocal dexterity, Shelford ignites

this famous yarn by bringing a sinister modern relevance to Orwell's

masterwork leaving an indelible imprint in the

consciousness. Hilariously comic and

powerfully poignant by turns, Shelford's

breathtaking storytelling creates the

farmyard around you in 110 minutes of

utterly compelling theatre. This is a

must see performance for all ages. If

you've never seen or read Animal

Farm, this is the show for

you, and if you have, then

see this... you won't

believe it!

ANIMAL MAGIC! ... This

famous tale is ignited,

bringing both humour and

a sinister aspect to the

rhetoric of the upwardly

mobile pigs. The Herald

1315.00 Sunday 23rd May Perth Civic Trust Guided WalkThe Fergusson Gallery to the A.K. Bell Library

Meet outside the Fergusson Gallery See page ? for more information

19.30 Sunday 23rd MayPerth Concert Hall

The Moscow State Symphony OrchestraWith Igor Tchetuev (piano)

Conducted by Pavel Kogan

Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Rimsky Korsakov Scheherazade

Our orchestral programme opens with a visit from the distinguished Moscow StateSymphony Orchestra under their music director, Pavel Kogan. He will be joined on theplatform by Igor Tchetuev, the young Russian pianist who is forging a major career inEurope with a ravishing performance of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The programmeincludes Rimsky Korsakov’s much-loved Scheherazade, with its exotic and highly-colouredevocation of the Tales of the Arabian Nights with its mesmerising picture of the hero Sinbad,a tempestuous storm at sea and the lovely figure of Scheherazade herself.

12.30 Monday 24th MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Schools Concert by the pupils of Perth Academy

Sponsored by HSBC

11.00 Tuesday 25th MayPerth Concert Hall

Coffee Concert

Royal Scottish Academyof Music and DramaString EnsembleWith Ilya Gringolts,International Fellow in ViolinEnescu Octet in C, Op.7 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op.20

Top string players for the RSAMD are ledby world renowned soloist, and RSAMDInternational Fellow Ilya Gringolts in aprogramme of contrasting octets. Firstly,an early work by the twentieth centuryFranco-Romanian composer GeorgesEnescu, followed by possibly the finestexample of the string octet genre by FelixMendelssohn.

The RSAMD is based in Glasgow,Scotland, one of the most vibrant anddynamic cities in Europe. It stages over300 performances every year involvingstudents, staff and visiting artists makingthe Academy one of the busiest artsvenues in the United Kingdom.www.rsamd.ac.uk

Coffee will be served from 10.30am and isincluded in the price of the ticket

this famous yarn by bringing a sinister modern relevance to Orwell's

masterwork leaving an indelible imprint in the

consciousness. Hilariously comic and

powerfully poignant by turns, Shelford's

breathtaking storytelling creates the

farmyard around you in 110 minutes of

utterly compelling theatre. This is a

must see performance for all ages. If

you've never seen or read Animal

, this is the show for

you, and if you have, then

see this... you won't

ANIMAL MAGIC! ... This

famous tale is ignited,

bringing both humour and

a sinister aspect to the

rhetoric of the upwardly

The Herald

19.30 Monday 24th MayPerth Theatre

Mr McFall’sChamber withMichael Marra

Mr McFall’s Chamber and Michael Marra bring a mixed programme

which includes not only a dozen or so of Marra’s songs, but also some

instrumental numbers - accordion music from Finland, 19th century salon

music from Cuba, folk-influenced classical music from the Czech

Republic and tango music from Argentina. Instrumentation switches

between musical saw, accordion, harmonium, keyboard, guitar, mandolin,

bass guitar, double bass and string quartet. Composers included in the

programme are Argentine tango virtuoso Astor Piazzolla, Finnish folk

musician Timo Alakotila, Antonin Dvorak and 19th century Cuban violinist

José White.

Vocals/keyboard/guitar – Michael Marra; accordion/harmonium – Phil Alexander; violin – Claire Sterling; violin/mandolin – Robert McFall;viola – Brian Schiele; cello/musical saw – Su-a Lee and doublebass/bass guitar – Rick Standley.

Symphony Orchestra

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1512.30 Tuesday 25th MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Schools Concert by the pupils of The Community School of Auchterarder

Sponsored by HSBC

19.30 Tuesday 25th MayPerth Theatre

In association with Clive Conway

An Audience with

GylesBrandrethThey say all political careers end in tears – in Gyles Brandreth’s case its tears of

laughter as the writer, broadcaster, former MP and government whip takes us on an

hilarious no-holds-barred roller-coaster ride around the corridors of power – from

Westminster to the West End. With a cast-list that runs from Gordon Brown to The

Queen – via Oscar Wilde, Sir John Gielgud and Fozzie Bear – this is a wonderfully

witty and revealing entertainment from an award-winning raconteur with unique tales

to tell from his unlikely life in the theatre, television, journalism and politics.

Remembered for the colourful jumpers he wore on TV in the 1980s, his recent TV

appearances include Have I Got News for You, QI, Room 101, Countdown and

Celebrity Mastermind. In 2003 he was the subject of This Is Your Life. Currently he is

a reporter with BBC1’s The One Show and a regular on Radio 4’s Just a Minute.

Gyles Brandreth is brilliant . . . incredibly funny, wildly indiscreet. Daily Mail

Not merely, like all the best after-dinner speakers, does he know how to spin a yarn -

he has a touching access to the secrets of the human heart. The Times

19.30 Tuesday 25th MayPerth Concert Hall

Ukulele Orchestraof Great BritainThe Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is a group of all-singing, all-strumming ukulele players. Using instruments bought with loose change, it believes that all genresof music are available for reinterpretation, as long as they are played on the ukulele. A concert by the Ukulele Orchestra is a funny, virtuosic, twanging, awesome, foot-stomping obituary of rock-n-roll and melodious light entertainment featuring only thebonsai guitar and a menagerie of voices in a collision of post-punk performance and toe-tapping oldies. There are no drums, pianos, backing tracks or banjos, no pitchshifters or electronic trickery. Only an astonishing revelation of the rich palette of orchestration afforded by ukuleles and singing (and a bit of whistling). Audiences havea good time with the Ukulele Orchestra. Going from Tchaikovsky to Nirvana via Otis Redding and Spaghetti Western soundtracks, the Orchestra takes us on “a world tourwith only hand luggage” and gives the listener “One Plucking Thing After Another.”

You may never think about music in the same way once you’ve been exposed to the Ukes’ depraved musicology. Sponsored by

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Perth Theatre

MarthaBy The Catherine Wheels Theatre CompanyCreated by Andy Manley, Gill Robertson and Annie Wood

Who is Martha?Martha lives by the sea…Martha lives alone…Martha doesn’t need anyone…She is stubborn, eccentric and highly independent.Who are Martha’s friends?Not her next door neighbour.Not her helpful postmanNor her secret admirer from across the bay.One day Martha has an unexpected visitor and her life will never be the same again.

Martha is all about friendship and trust. It’s all about Martha, a rather eccentric and highly independentwoman who lives on her own in an odd house on the beach of an Island off the west coast of Scotland.Martha doesn’t want any friends. One day a mischievous goose is separated from his family and turns up onMartha’s beach. Despite Martha’s efforts to get the goose to leave, he doesn’t and the unlikely pair end upspending a great day together. Goose has to return to his family, but Martha is left with her memories and therealisation that she might like a friend or two after all.

The show is very warm, funny and very touching. It’s one of those rare productions that the whole audience enjoys, nomatter what age. Martha is suitable for children aged 4 and above, but years of experience have proved that adults love ittoo.

Catherine Wheels is an award-winning Scottish theatre company, and producers of critically-acclaimed shows. Martha toured Scotland and NorthAmerica, appearing on Broadway, and most recently won Best Production at the Shanghai International Children’s Festival in 2008.

Borrow a child if you don’t already have one and the delight will come at seeing the world through their eyes. The List

This show is suitable for Primary School Groups but is also open to members of the public. It lasts 50 minutes.

12.30 Wednesday 26th MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Schools Concert by the pupils of Perth High School

Sponsored by HSBC

19.30 Wednesday 26th MayPerth Theatre

AntiqueAnticswith Eric KnowlesCome along to a mini Antiques Roadshow and meet the affable and

knowledgeable Eric Knowles. You will have the great pleasure of meeting Eric

one-to-one before the show, then you can sit back and enjoy tales of his

fascinating life (with and without antiques) before finally being thrilled by his

expertise as he casts light on selected antiques brought by members of the

audience. You could witness an unforgettable moment with the excitement of a

priceless discovery being made that very day!

Eric will enjoy meeting you as much as we know you will enjoy meeting him.

What could possibly be better than being in the company of Eric Knowles?

Bring your objects, carrying size only please, to Perth Theatre foyer from

6.30pm.

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1919.00 Wednesday 26th May (Please note start time)Perth Concert Hall

BBC Singers Scottish Connections .

The BBC Singers bring choral music with a Scottish flavour to the Perth Festival, drawing both on the riches of Scotland’s musical past and on its presentfeaturing 16th century music by the great Robert Carver (monk at Scone Abbey) and by his contemporaries Robert Johnson and David Peebles.Scotland’s more recent cultural history is represented in a strikingly-virtuosic setting of William Dunbar’s words by Thea Musgrave (born in Edinburgh), ahaunting Celtic lament by James Macmillan, music by Master of the Queen’s Music and modern-day Orcadian settler, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, and theworld premiere of a new piece by the BBC Singers’ Associate ComposerGabriel Jackson which sets words by Perth poet RobinBell. Completing the programme, a choral classicby Ralph Vaughan Williams, works with aCeltic slant by Rutland Boughton andGranville Bantock, and – a realcuriosity – settings, in German, ofRobert Burns’ words by the greatGerman Romantic composer RobertSchumann, who was born 200 yearsago this year.

As a vital resource in the BBC’s musicoutput, the BBC Singers hold a uniqueposition in British musical life.Performing everything from Byrd toBirtwistle, Tallis to Takemitsu, theversatility of this 24-voice ensemble issecond to none.For more information visitwww.bbc.co.uk/singers

JIMMIE CAIRNCROSS

CHARITABLE TRUST

11.00 Thursday 27th MayPerth Concert Hall

Coffee Concert

Royal Scottish Academy ofMusic and Drama Stevenson WindsWith Maximiliano Martín (clarinet)Mendelssohn (arr Graham Sheen) Konzertstück No.2 in D minor, Op.114 Françaix Le gay Paris Edward McGuire Wind Octet Mozart Serenade No.12 in C minor

The wonderful Royal Scottish Academy Stevenson Winds, ledby the effervescent star of the clarinet Maximiliano Martín,offer a diverse programme balancing Françaix’s light-hearted ‘Le gay Paris’ against the darkly passionateutterances of Mozart’s undoubted masterpiece, the Cminor wind Serenade. Mendelssohn’s wonderfulKonzertstück and Eddie McGuire’s Wind Octet complementthe line-up perfectly, with Eddie’s love of Mozart windserenades strongly influencing his work. It isdirected by celebrated clarinettist MaximilianoMartín, a member of the Academy’s illustriouswoodwind staff, and features a selected pool ofadvanced wind players.

Coffee will be served from 10.30am and isincluded in the price of the ticket

12.30 Thursday 27th MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Schools Concert by the pupils of

Perth Grammar School

Sponsored by HSBC

19.30 Thursday 27th MayPerth Theatre

Tim FitzHigham and Duncan Walsh Atkins in

Flanders and SwannAt The Drop of AHippopotamusAfter three sell out tours, Duncan, Tim, the Hippo and the words and music ofFlanders and Swann are back. They are fresh from headlining at the InternationalFlanders and Swann Festival, playing on Donald Swann's piano and drinking fromMichael Flanders' famous Madeira decanter. Lifelong fans and the uninitiatedalike have delighted in seeing the boys breathe new life into F&S’s wonderfulsongs including: The Hippopotamus Song, The Gas Man Cometh, The Gnu Song,Omnibus (or A Transport of Delights), A Song of Patriotic Prejudice and MadeiraM'Dear. Flanders and Swann’s own brand of inoffensive, gentle but witty andoften satirical humour has stood the test of time, remaining popular with all ages.

Astute wit and genius wordplay... Guardian, also Critic's Choice

THIS IS A LIVE BROADCAST FOR BBC RADIO 3 SO THE AUDIENCE MUST ALL BE SEATED BY 6.50pm. LATEARRIVALS CANNOT BE ADMITTED UNTIL THE INTERVAL

Sponsored by

The wonderful Royal Scottish Academy Stevenson Winds, ledby the effervescent star of the clarinet Maximiliano Martín,offer a diverse programme balancing Françaix’s light-hearted ‘Le gay Paris’ against the darkly passionateutterances of Mozart’s undoubted masterpiece, the Cminor wind Serenade. Mendelssohn’s wonderfulKonzertstück and Eddie McGuire’s Wind Octet complementthe line-up perfectly, with Eddie’s love of Mozart windserenades strongly influencing his work. It isdirected by celebrated clarinettist MaximilianoMartín, a member of the Academy’s illustriouswoodwind staff, and features a selected pool of

Coffee will be served from 10.30am and is

songs including: Omnibus (or A Transport of Delights), A Song of Patriotic PrejudiceM'Dear. Flanders and Swann’s own brand of inoffensive, gentle but witty andoften satirical humour has stood the test of time, remaining popular with all ages.

Astute wit and genius wordplay...

The wonderful Royal Scottish Academy Stevenson Winds, led songs including: The wonderful Royal Scottish Academy Stevenson Winds, ledby the effervescent star of the clarinet Maximiliano Martín,offer a diverse programme balancing Françaix’s light-hearted ‘Le gay Paris’ against the darkly passionateutterances of Mozart’s undoubted masterpiece, the Cminor wind Serenade. Mendelssohn’s wonderfulKonzertstück and Eddie McGuire’s Wind Octet complementthe line-up perfectly, with Eddie’s love of Mozart windserenades strongly influencing his work. It isdirected by celebrated clarinettist MaximilianoMartín, a member of the Academy’s illustriouswoodwind staff, and features a selected pool of

songs including: Omnibus (or A Transport of Delights), A Song of Patriotic PrejudiceM'Dearoften satirical humour has stood the test of time, remaining popular with all ages.

Astute wit and genius wordplay...

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Perth Concert Hall

Scottish National Jazz OrchestraDirected byTommy SmithPresents Rhapsody in BlueFeaturing Brian Kellock andTam WhiteAnd the music of Ray Charles, Joe Williams and Stevie Wonder

12.30 Friday 28th MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Schools Concert by the pupils of Strathallan School

Sponsored by HSBC

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra's Rhapsody in Blue takes George Gershwin's classic jazz ageconcerto on an unprecedented adventure. Re-orchestrated by SNJO director, saxophonist TommySmith, this Rhapsody in Blue of the twenty-first century was written to feature Scotland's world-class jazz pianist Brian Kellock, who played the original Rhapsody as a music student inEdinburgh in 1981. Familiar themes, including the iconic clarinet glissando and Gershwin'sheartbreaking nostalgic refrain, have been used - respectfully - as source material and reworkedinto a fifty-two minute epic that flows through exciting up-tempo movements, rhapsodic bluespassages, a sensational Cuban fantasia and hard-swinging jazz choruses, showcasing SNJO'smagnificent ensemble playing and top-class, creative soloing.

Tam White has supported BB King, Al Green, Van Morrison, James Taylor, Paul Jones, CharlieMusselwhite and more as well as fronting his big band in a sell-out week of shows at theprestigious Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London. Tam is also known as 'Clan Chief MacGregor'featured in the Hollywood Blockbuster Braveheart with Mel Gibson.

SNJO - Martin Kershaw, Paul Towndrow, Tommy Smith, Konrad Wizsniewski, Bill Fleming, RyanQuigley, Cameron Jay, Richard Iles, Tom MacNiven, Chris Greive, Phil O'Malley, Michael Owers,Lorna McDonald, Graeme Scott, Brian Kellock, Calum Gourlay and Alyn Cosker.

Taking Gershwin full-bloodedly into the modern era… The Herald

19.30 Friday 28th MayPerth Theatre

Clive Conway presents

An Audience with

Will Self Will Self’s latest book Walking to Hollywood, will be published byBloomsbury in September.

The book is an extraordinary triptych in which Self burrows downthrough the intersections of time, place and psyche to explore some ofour deepest fears and anxieties with his characteristic fearlessness andedgy humour.

Will Self is certainly Britain’s leading satirical writer, and something ofa public figure. He combines his roles as a journalist/novelist withforcefully-expressed opinions on current political and social matters.

As a journalist he has contributed to a plethora of publications over theyears. He has a regular column in the Evening Standard and is also afrequent broadcaster on television and radio. Will lives in London with hispartner and four children.

Of Will Self, J G Ballard wrote He is one of those rare writers whose imaginationschange for ever the way we see the world.

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Perth 800 Concert

The Royal Scottish National OrchestraWith Barbara Bonney (soprano)

Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

The Festival is staging this stunning concert to mark Perth 800, which is a year-longprogramme of events to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the granting of the Royal BurghCharter to Perth by King William the Lion of Scotland in 1210.

Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K.492 Haydn Berenice che fai? (Scena di Berenice), Hob XXIVa:10 Schubert Incidental music from Rosamunde, D.797 Lehár Vilja Lied from The Merry Widow J Strauss Jr Emperor Waltzes, Op. 437 Grieg Four Songs

Fra Monte Pincio, Op. 39 No. 1 Solveig’s Song from Peer Gynt En Svane, Op. 25 No. 2 Våren, Op. 33 No. 2

Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, ‘Scottish’

American-born Barbara Bonney is one of the world's most accomplished lyric sopranos.She has said “I am so happy and honoured to be taking part in the celebrations of the 800thanniversary of Perth and the land of golf - my other great passion.”

She now leads the field in her chosen repertory of roles by Mozart and Richard Strauss and is increasingly

recognised as one of the finest Lieder and concert performers of her generation. Barbara Bonney sings with the

world's leading opera companies and her interpretations of Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier under Sir Georg Solti

and Carlos Kleiber have both been released on video, as has her performance in the role of Pamina (Die

Zauberflöte) from La Scala, Milan. She is also a regular guest with the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan

Opera in New York, The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in Munich, Hamburg and Geneva.

Sir Andrew Davis has served as Music Director and Principal Conductor of Lyric Opera of Chicago since 2000.

Maestro Davis is the Conductor Laureate of the Toronto Symphony, the Conductor Laureate of the BBC Symphony

Orchestra and the former Music Director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Born in 1944 in Hertfordshire,

England, Maestro Davis studied at King’s College, Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar before taking up

the baton. His diverse repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary and his vast conducting credits span the

symphonic, operatic and choral worlds. In addition to the core symphonic and operatic composers, he is a great

proponent of twentieth-century works including those by Janáček, Messiaen, Boulez, Elgar, Tippett and Britten.

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is one of Europe’s leading symphony orchestras. Formed in 1891 as

the Scottish Orchestra, the company became the Scottish National Orchestra in 1950, and was awarded Royal

Patronage in 1991. Throughout its proud history, the Orchestra has played an important part in Scotland’s

musical life, including performing at the opening ceremony of the Scottish Parliament building in 2004. Many

renowned conductors have contributed to its success, including Walter Susskind, Sir Alexander Gibson, Bryden

Thomson, Conductor Laureate Neeme Järvi, Conductor Emeritus Walter Weller and Conductor Emeritus

Alexander Lazarev.

Sponsored by

Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th May

Perth Art Trail – Art on the RiverTay Street, Perth

Saturday 29th May 10.00 – 17.00

Sunday 30th May 11.00 – 16.00

A visit to Perth’s scenic Tay Street will reveal a busy art and craft exhibition with stalls of paintings, drawings,

original prints and an interesting selection of crafts. All are set against the stunning backdrop of the River Tay.

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Perth Theatre

Kit and the Widowin

100 Not OutKit & The Widow, Western Europe’s Leading Piano-and-voice-based Lounge Act, may well bein their prime. With fifty years apiece they have now chalked up a dazzling century. Almostunbelievably (except when you see what they look like now) their unbroken stand at the creasehas lasted thirty years. Their seditious songs expose all the ball tampering of contemporarylife, something they would never stoop to themselves (in fact they’re too old to stoop foranything).

Touring internationally over the last three years as support for American stand-up Joan Rivers,they are delighted to have sloughed her off for long enough to nip up the M90 and return tothe glorious Perth Festival. Kit’s adored contributions on Radio 4’s Just A Minute are always apleasure, but only return a very modest stipend. Similarly, the cash cow of TheWidow’s involvement with Alan Bennett’s The HistoryBoys has been milked dry. Which is why theFair(ish) Maids of Retro-styled-piano-and-voice-based-lounge-cabaret are delighted to bringsongs new and less new to their very favouritePict town. Though it shall always be acity as far as they are concerned. Andfingers crossed it will be again by thetime they arrive. If that doesn't curryfavour, they don't know what will.

Some of the best satirical songs

this side of Noël Coward…

Scotsman

Achingly funny… Times

Curiously thrilling…

Evening Standard

Astonishingly competent…

Hexham Courant

20.00 Saturday 29th MayPerth Concert Hall

Sharleen Spiteri

15.00 Sunday 30th May

Perth Civic Trust Guided WalkThe North Inch and the Lands of the BlackfriarsMeet under the dry arch of Smeaton’s Bridge

See page ? for more information

11.00 Saturday 29th MaySt John’s Kirk of Perth

Music on a Saturday Morning

Gordon Seith and Pure BrassOriginally from Perth, Gordon started playing trombone at the age ofeleven under tuition of George Annan through the Perth and Kinrossschools system. While still at school he played in many youthorchestras and brass bands all over Scotland and continued his studiesat the junior department of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music andDrama studying under Alistair Sinclair. Pure Brass is a vibrant, youngand well-established brass quintet, who look to bring top class music-making to people of all ages throughout Scotland and further afield.Formed in 2006, the group has quickly become a prominent ensemblewithin the Scottish chamber music scene. Pure Brass is part of the veryprestigious Live Music Now Scheme and has recently been acceptedonto the Enterprise Music Scotland Residency Project.

life, something they would never stoop to themselves (in fact they’re too old to stoop for

Touring internationally over the last three years as support for American stand-up Joan Rivers,they are delighted to have sloughed her off for long enough to nip up the M90 and return tothe glorious Perth Festival. Kit’s adored contributions on Radio 4’s Just A Minute are always apleasure, but only return a very modest stipend. Similarly, the cash cow of TheWidow’s involvement with Alan Bennett’s The History

has been milked dry. Which is why theFair(ish) Maids of Retro-styled-piano-and-voice-based-lounge-cabaret are delighted to bringsongs new and less new to their very favouritePict town. Though it shall always be acity as far as they are concerned. Andfingers crossed it will be again by thetime they arrive. If that doesn't curryfavour, they don't know what will.

Some of the best satirical songs

this side of Noël Coward…

Times

Astonishingly competent…

15.00 Sunday 30th May

Perth Civic Trust Guided WalkThe North Inch and the Lands of the BlackfriarsMeet under the dry arch of Smeaton’s Bridge

See page ? for more information

and Pure Brass

Perth Civic Trust Guided Walk

Sharleen Spiteri, from Glasgow, is famous for fronting this million-selling UK pop rock band called Texas. Three multi-platinum albums,13 top ten hits. After one solo record she is about to launch a secondone. This time she's thinking not just music but movies! Picture it - awhole record of her favourite movie songs recorded in Holywood. It iscalled Sharleen Spiteri - The Movie Songbook.

Sponsored by

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The Brewin Dolphin Festival Concert

Sponsored by

The Halléwith Alison Balsom (trumpet)conducted by Edward Gardner

This is the sixth concert in the Brewin Dolphin FestivalConcert Series, which has brought world-class artists such asBryn Terfel, Nicola Benedetti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, LesleyGarrett and The Royal Philharmonic to the Festival. We aredelighted to welcome back the Hallé to Perth Festival, whowere regular visitors in the past.

Britten Four Sea Interludes from 'Peter Grimes' Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E flat Elgar Enigma Variations

Alison Balsom has cemented an international reputation asone of classical music’s great ambassadors. She was namedBest Young British Performer at the 2006 Classical BRITs andwas honoured with the Classic FM Listener’s Award at theSeptember 2006 Gramophone Awards. In 2007 the EchoKlassik Awards hailed her Rising Artist of the Year and in2009 she became the first ever Briton to be crowned FemaleArtist of the Year at the Classical BRITs. In September 2009Alison headlined The Last Night of the BBC Proms.

Edward Gardner

Edward Gardner began his tenure as Music Director of English

National Opera in 2007 with a new critically-acclaimed production of

Britten’s Death in Venice. Under his direction, the ENO has presented

a series of stellar productions, including Boris Godunov, Cavalleria

Rusticana and Pagliacci, Der Rosenkavalier and Peter Grimes. In

recognition of his talent and commitment, Edward received the Royal

Philharmonic Society Award in 2008 for Best Conductor and this

year, the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera. He is

now recognised as one of the most talented conductors of his

generation.

The Hallé

Founded in Manchester by the pianist and conductor Charles Hallé

in 1858, Britain's longest-established permanent professional

symphony orchestra gave its first concert in the city's Free Trade Hall

on 30 January of that year. Sir Mark Elder became Music Director in

2000, since when the Hallé has received increasing acclaim both here

and abroad. In the current season, the Hallé collaborates with the BBC

Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata and The Bridgewater Hall in a

complete cycle of Mahler’s symphonies. The Hallé also welcomes a

new Principal Guest Conductor, Markus Stenz.

In 2003 the Hallé launched its own CD label of studio recordings. The

latest release is Bruckner’s Symphony No. 9, conducted by Cristian

Mandeal.

The Brewin Dolphin Festival Concert

Alison Balsom

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ARTIST ROOMS is owned jointly by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate andwas established through The d’Offay Donation in 2008. ARTIST ROOMS On Touris a partnership between The Art Fund and the Scottish Government and makesavailable the ARTIST ROOMS collection to galleries throughout the UK.Andy Warhol is one of the most influential American artists to emerge in thepost-war period. ARTIST ROOMS includes an impressive selection of 232 workswhich span the artist’s entire oeuvre, and reflect his eclectic career and vibrantpersonality.

After graduating and moving to New York in 1949, Warhol quickly becameestablished as one of the city’s most sought-after, commercial illustrators,working for magazines such as Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar. However, it was inthe early-sixties that he began to produce the work for which he is mostcelebrated.

As the most famous proponent of Pop Art, his earliest ‘Pop’ works depictconsumer goods and images from the press. This evolved to reveal his enduringfascination with celebrity and mortality, with many of his most powerful imagestouching on these themes. Although Warhol’s renowned screen printed paintings,such as his portraits of the rich and famous, have become his defining work, healso extensively explored the medium of photography, created ground-breakingfilms, and produced some inspirational advertising campaigns.

ARTIST ROOMS in Perth will feature 67 selected works from this collectionincluding Warhol’s early drawings, stitched photographs, prints and posters. Thethemes in the exhibition will look at film, fashion and photography. The displaywill also include a large number of self portraits.The exhibition will be at Perth Museum and Art Gallery from 17 April to 23October 2010. A programme of events will accompany the show includinglunchtime lectures, screen-printing workshops and a Family Fun Time.

Stella Steyn was born in Dublin. Hailed as one of the most promisingIrish artists of her generation, much of her early training was in Dublinand Paris. She knew the great Irish writer James Joyce and was invited tomake illustrations for the first edition of Finnegan’s Wake.

In 1931 she went for a short time to the Bauhaus in Germany, a centre ofthe European avant-garde, where she briefly experimented with abstractgraphic design. The rise of Nazism forced her to abandon Europe andStella sought refuge in the UK.

Stella’s early work reflects that of the Paris School, with the colour andenergy often seen in the work of Picasso and Matisse. Her mature portraitstudies develop her interest in the human condition. She sought tocapture in particular the essence of the female psyche exploring themesof fragility, sensuality and vulnerability.

Despite her early recognition in Dublin, Stella faded for a time intoobscurity, but in recent years her work has been much admired andcollected in Ireland. In the UK her work is still largely unknown. Thisexhibition brings together about 30 works including important loans fromThe British Museum and The Government Art Collection. The core displayhowever comes from a private collection in Scotland that focuses on herlate portraits and figure studies.

Perth Art Trail brings together all the wonderful events and exhibitions taking placeat Festival time. Many are within easy walking distance of Perth City Centre.

Art on the River,Tay Street, PerthSaturday 29th May 10.00 – 17.00Sunday 30th May 11.00 – 16.00The River Tay provides a stunning back drop to a busy artand craft exhibition with over 40 stalls of paintings,drawings, original prints and an interesting selection ofcrafts. Take the opportunity to admire the artists hard atwork on their easels. Be a budding Picasso and getcreative at the arts and crafts table.To book a stall call Gillian Coyne 01738 475727www.perthcity.co.uk

Arts Café on the TaySt. Matthew’s Church and Hall, Tay StreetSaturday 30th May 10.30 - 15.30 and Sunday 31st May 12.30 - 15.30Home made soup, freshly filled rolls, home baking, tea and coffee to refresh as youexplore Art on the River.

Blooming ArtistsStudio Theatre, Mill Street, Perth23rd – 30th May 10.00 – 18.00Art and design work from schools throughout Perth and Kinross ranging from nurserythrough to S6. Free Admission

Concert in Aid of the Children of HaitiSaturday 29th May at 19.30 St. John’s Kirk of PerthTickets £10 at the door accompanied children go free.The combined forces of Perth Choral Society,Craigclowan Senior Choir and the Kinderchor of theStiftsbasilika, Aschaffenburg come together to presentJohn Rutter’s Mass of the Children – an appropriate workfor this special occasion. The two children’s choirs willsing the first part of the programme and all three choirswill be joined by Julie Martin-Carter, soprano, andÁstmar Ólafsson, baritone, for the Mass, accompanied bya chamber orchestra, organist AndreasUnterguggenberger and conducted by Peter Rutterford,Director of Music, Perth Choral Society.

Andy Warhol, Liz, 1965ARTIST ROOMS was established through Thed’Offay Donation in 2008, with the assistanceof the National Heritage Memorial Fund, TheArt Fund and the Scottish and BritishGovernments. ARTIST ROOMS is being sharedwith galleries and museums throughout theUK thanks to the support of independentcharity, The Art Fund and, within Scotland,The Scottish Government.© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the VisualArts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), NewYork/DACS, London 2010

Perth Museum &

Art Gallery,

78 George Street,

Perth PH1 5LB

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Sun 13.00 - 16.30

Perth Museum & Art Gallery,

78 George Street,

Perth PH1 5LB

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Sun 13.00 - 16.30

Stella Steyn (1907-1987) Irish

Modern Painter

Perth Museum and Art Gallery

15 May-16 October 2010

Nude with Head Dress by Stella

Steyn, c1950-55

© The Artist’s Estate

Fergusson GalleryMarshall Place, Perth PH2 8NSTel 01738 441944 Admission free, open Mon-Sat 10.00-17.00

Gallery 1: Fergus & Meg (until 3 October 2010)Display looking at the fascinating creative partnership of J DFergusson and Margaret Morris, including the magnificent SpringBallet cloak he designed for her in 1914.

Gallery 2: Sculptures & Sketches (until 4 Sept 2010)Selection of sculptures by J D Fergusson accompanied by some ofhis preparatory drawings.Image attached: 19920434. Head and Foliage carving by J D Fergusson, c.1920

Gallery 3: Dancing as an Art, 100 Years of the MargaretMorris Movement (until 12 Jan 2011)Exhibition telling the remarkable story of the pioneering dancer,artist and choreographer, Margaret Morris whose vast collection was gifted this year toPerth & Kinross Council by the Margaret Morris Movement.Image attached: Harem Dancers by Margaret Morris, 1920

10, Victoria StreetPerth PH2 8LWwww.framesgallery.co.ukSociety of Wood Engravers Annual Exhibition – exhibitioncontinues until 19th JuneFrames Gallery is excited to be presenting this prestigiousexhibition of the UK’s most foremost wood engraver artists. Theexhibition will feature the work of over 50 artists so it will bevaried and interesting. Look to see how each artists uses such adistinctive medium to achieve their artistic aims. Wood Engraving image: Andy English “Iorek & Iofur Fight”

The Magic of Stitch25th – 29th May at North Church, Mill Street, PerthAn exhibition by members of Perth Embroiderers' Guild aspart of Perth Festival of the Arts. Open Tuesday 25th toSaturday 29th May from 10.00 to 16.00 each day.Details from tel 01738 631552.

brings together all the wonderful events and exhibitions taking place

17 April – 23 October 2010

The exhibition is supported by

Thomson, Roddick & Medcalf, Auctioneers, Carlise

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Perth Civic Trust Guided WalksPerth Civic Trust was founded in 1967 with one of its mainobjectives being the conservation of the environment be itbuildings, monuments, townscape and landscape ofarchitectural, scenic or historic merit or of high amenity value inPerth. The Trust has for many years been delighted to leadguided walks around historical Perth as part of its contribution toPerth Festival of the Arts. The walks take place in small groups, each with a guide. This yearthe walks are taken from the new booklet Walks Around Historic Perth – the title of the verysuccessful booklet the Trust sponsored earlier this year, written by members of the Trust andpublished by Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust. There are four walks in the booklet and two ofthese – “The Fergusson Gallery to the A.K. Bell Library” and “The North Inch and the Lands ofthe Blackfriars” are walks the Trust will lead during the 2010 Festival. The other two walks are“The City Centre” and “Tay Street and the Bridges”. Copies of the booklet will be available topurchase on the day.

Sunday 23rd May 15.00 The Fergusson Gallery to the A.K. Bell LibraryMeet outside the Fergusson Gallery

Sunday 30th May 15.00 The North Inch and the Lands of the BlackfriarsMeet under the dry arch of Smeaton’s Bridge

Perthshire Art Association ExhibitionVenue to be decided check Association website for detailsSaturday 22nd May – Sunday 30th May 10.00 – 16.00Work by both professional and amateur members of the Association including watercolours,acrylics, landscapes, portraits, still lifes and ceramics. Watch the artist in residence hard atwork. Check www.perthshireartassociation.org for latest information.

Perthshire Photographic SocietyPerth 800 Photography Exhibition - Perth & KinrossTodayThe exhibition opens in The Threshold Artspace ofPerth Concert Hall on Saturday 3rd April and runs till10th August. It then moves to the Birnam Institutewhere it will be displayed from 4 - 29 September2010. The exhibition shows the diverse range ofinterests and activities in the Perth and Kinross areaand includes photographs of landscapes, portraits oflocal people, street markets, sports and also some abstracts. The exhibition will be availablefor viewing at normal opening times for each venue. Contact the society:President@perthshirephotographicsociety.org.uk

Image of ‘Loch Tay and The Crannog’ copyright of Mike Bell, Perthshire Photographic Society

Perth Youth TheatrePYT Collective present an outdoor extravaganza! FreeThe Tree by Colin Bradie, Directed by John GlancySunday 9th May - Biodiversity in Larghan Park, Coupar Angus 14.00Sunday 16th May - Perth 800 Biodiversity Fun Day, North Inch, Perth 14.00Sunday 23rd May - Loch Leven NNR Discovery Day, Kinross 12.00Sunday 30th May - Picnic in the Park, MacRosty Park, Crieff 14.00It’s Business as usual for the citizens of “WestIsland” Crops to be planted, fish to be caught andhouses to build and heat. The only problem isthere is only one tree left and everyone wants theircut! “The Tree is an Eco comedy for all the familywith colourful characters, madcap humour andlive music. Performed out and about around a treenear you on Sundays throughout May!Finally! A play highlighting the problems createdby capitalism and globalisation that doesn't sendchildren to sleep! Edinburghguide.com

A Pocketful of Perthshire Poetry, Prose and SongWritten and performed by Perthshire Writers Soutar Theatre, A K Bell Library, Thursday 27th May at 14.30. Tickets £5 Available at the door

The Ruthven GalleryWork by Jonathan Shearer will be shownalongside work by Louise Balaam from 8thMay until 26th June. Both artists areinfluenced by the wilderness of the Scottishlandscape, informed as much by theexperience of being in the places, byweather, sounds, smells and the process ofwalking through the landscape, as by whatcan be seen. For more details, refer to:www.theruthvengallery.co.ukThe Ruthven Gallery, Contemporary Art andFraming, 136a High Street, Auchterarder,PH3 1AA, Tel: 01764 664233, Mob: 07759 207132Open Tues – Sat 10.00 – 17.00, Wed 10.00 – 13.00

Tayberry Gallery19, Princes Street, PerthThe Tayberry Gallery is holding an exhibition ofnew handmade jewellery by in-housedesigner/maker Ebba Redman and thiswill be showcased alongside limitededition screenprints by Freya Miller,which will be available both framed andunframed. The work of these youngartist’s is characterised by anunmistakable feminine quality and drawsfrom homespun influences of domesticlife and bygone eras.

boo vake-5 Watergate, Perth, PH1 5TFwww.boovake.co.uk mini exhibition of ceramics by Perthshire artist Ceri White with 'meet the maker'evening. Runs from Thurs 20th - Wed 26th May. Also permanent display of workby Scottish & UK based makers & designers.

Shop Window Display Competition In conjunction with The PerthshireAdvertiser the Festival is mounting a competition of shop window displays withprizes for the best design reflecting the arts. For details call Sandra Ralston 01577862420.

Perth College For the thirteenth year the Festival is working with Perth College toprovide work placements and help with marketing studies for students. Thiscollaboration is very much appreciated by the Festival as the work of the studentsis invaluable.

Photography The Festival is grateful to John Glen for his photography in Perthduring Festival time.

Floral Displays The floral displays in St John’s Kirk, Perth Concert Hall and otherFestival venues are the result of the artistry and hard work of Perth Flower Club.

HOW TO BUY TICKETS

On Friday 19th March Programme Diaries, incorporating a booking form, will be posted1st class to Friends of the Festival. Friends can then immediately submit to the BoxOffice a booking form and enjoy a period of Priority Booking. Friends’ bookings will beprocessed by 29th March. It only costs £10 to be a Friend and enjoy this facility.

From Monday 29th March Programme Diaries will be available to the general publicand the Box Office and online booking will open.

Ticket purchases may be made as follows:

• Telephone Bookings at 01738 621031

• Online Booking at www.perthfestival.co.uk

• Over the counter at Perth Theatre and Perth Concert Hall

• By completing the Booking Form at the back of this brochure

• Tickets will be on sale at the door of events subject to availability.

• Tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded.

Rich HallFRI21 MAY

£18.00£18.00£18.00£18.00£18.00£18.00£18.00

Don McLeanWED19 MAY

£27.50£27.50£27.50£27.50£27.50£27.50£27.50

£18.00Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

TUES25 MAY

£18.00£18.00£18.00£18.00£18.00£18.00

Note: All Events are SEATED unless otherwise described1

STANDING ONLY - All seats in the Orchestral and Central Stalls areas will be removed to allow dancing.2

Seating in the Raised Stalls is UNRESERVED

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Festival Fling withSkerryvore

SAT22 MAY

£17.002£17.002£17.001£17.001£17.001£17.001£17.001

The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra

SUN23 MAY

£24.00£27.00£24.00£27.00£24.00£24.00N/A

TUES25 MAY

£12.00£12.00£12.00£12.00£12.00

BBC SingersWED26 MAY

£19.00£21.00£19.00£21.00£19.00£19.00£19.00

RSAMD Stevenson Winds -Coffee Concert

THUR27 MAY

£12.00£12.00£12.00£12.00£12.00

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra

THUR27 MAY

£17.00£17.00£17.00£17.00£17.00£17.00£17.00

RSNO with Barbara Bonney & Sir Andrew Davis

FRI28 MAY

£32.00

£27.50

£27.00

£35.00

£27.50

£24.00

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£24.00

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Sharleen SpiteriSAT29 MAY

£28.00 £28.00 £28.00 £28.00£28.00£28.00£28.00£28.00£28.00£28.00

The Hallé with Alison Balsom

SUN30 MAY

£38.00 £41.00 £38.00 £38.00£41.00£38.00£41.00£38.00£38.00£38.00

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All seating is unreserved and bookable in advance.

Gordon Seith and Pure BrassSAT29 MAY

£9.00St. John's Kirk of Perth

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English Touring Opera - The Marriage of Figaro

FRI21 MAY

£14.00£25.00£21.00£33.50N/A£33.50£25.00

English Touring Opera - Don Pasquale

THU20 MAY

£14.00£25.00£21.00£33.50N/A£33.50

£9.00

£9.00TUE25 MAY

£15.00£12.00£17.00£12.00£17.00£15.00

All seating is reserved and bookable in advance.

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English Touring Opera - The Marriage of Figaro

SAT22 MAY

£14.00£25.00£21.00£33.50N/A£33.50£25.00

Animal Farm by George OrwellSUN

23 MAY£6.00£12.00£9.00£14.00£9.00£14.00£12.00

Mr McFalls Chamber with Michael Marra

MON24 MAY

£15.00£12.00£17.00£12.00£17.00£15.00

Show for Children - MarthaWED26 MAY

£8.00£16.00£12.00£18.00£12.00£18.00£16.00

Antique Antics with Eric KnowlesWED26 MAY

£9.00£15.00£12.00£17.00£12.00£17.00£15.00

Flanders and SwannTHUR27 MAY

£9.00£17.00£13.00£19.00£13.00£19.00£17.00

An Audience with Will Self

Kit and the Widow

FRI28 MAY

SAT29 MAY

£9.00£15.00£12.00£17.00£12.00£17.00£15.00

£12.00£19.00£15.00£21.00£15.00£21.00£19.00

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Concessions - Registered Disabled, Registered Unemployed, Students, Young Scotcard Holdersand Children under 16 - £2 off published ticket prices excluding Hallé, Perth 800 Concert andEnglish Touring Opera.

Disabled Facilities - All the Festival’s venues can accommodate disabled persons. If yourequire a wheelchair space, please tick the box provided at the top right of the Ticket ApplicationForm. Perth Theatre and St. John’s Kirk are both fitted with induction loop systems to assist thehard of hearing.

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Free Festival Event ProgrammesOnce again there will be no charge for programmes for anumber of events within the Festival. These events aremarked (P) in the ticket price tabulations. Events notmarked with a (P) will either not have a printedprogramme or have a programme for sale produced bythe visiting Artiste(s) or Group.

The Festival organisers reserve the right to substituteperformers and vary the published programme shouldcircumstances make it necessary.

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Completed ticket applications should be posted to Perth Festival Box Office at Perth Theatre, or handed in to PerthConcert Hall or Perth Theatre. Accompanying cheques/P.O. should be made payable to HORSECROSS ARTS LTD.Tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded. If you would like your tickets posted to you, please add 50p to the total

Are you a member of the ‘Friends’ Association? Yes No

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Payment tick one I enclose my cheque / P.O. for £ made payable to HORSECROSS ARTS LTD.

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May we keep your details on our database to keep you informed about Festival events in future years? Y/N May we share your information with similar arts organisations? Y/N

Should your firstchoice of seatsnot be availableother seats will

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Perth Theatre, 185 High Street, Perth PHI 5UW

or Perth Concert Hall, Mill Street, Perth, PHI5HZ

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FRIENDS OF PERTH FESTIVALInaugurated in September 1982, the Association now has a membership of over 600.The Association elects a Management Committee of its members at its A.G.M. in September. The Association supports Perth Festival financially by giving a substantial annual donation to Festival funds.

Membership of the Association affords:1. Full rights to participate in the activities of the Association throughout the year, including theatre and concert visits, lectures, receptions and to receive newsletters and communications.2. An advance copy of the Festival Programme Diary, which is posted to members by first-class mail on 20th March before it is available to the public, giving members a period of priority booking.

Current Membership fees are: Family or Individual Membership £10.00. For detailedinformation and membership application form please write to:

Membership Secretary, Friends of Perth Festival of the Arts Associationc/o 83 Roberston Road, Perth PH1 1SQ or email friends@perthfestival.co.uk

Full rights to participate in the activities of the Association throughout

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Perth is easily accessible by road and train and is well supplied with fineshops and restaurants. The Café Quarter next to the City Hall is well worth avisit. Have you considered travelling to Perth for the day to shop, eat, andthen attend a concert by train or bus? It would make a memorable day out! Allvenues are located in the central area of the city within walking distance ofeach other.

Car ParkingKinnoull Street muti-storey is a few minutes walk from Perth Concert Hall andPerth Theatre.Open Mon - Sat 7am - midnight, Sun 10am - midnight. Charge from 6pm - midnight is £1.00

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