March Highland Perthshire Events

March 2012 Events in Highland Perthshire

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15 Feb 2012 to 31 Mar 2012
Snow Drop Festival at Blair Castle
Blair Castle, Blair Atholl
Enjoy the seasonal delight of snowdrops in bloom on a walk around the castle grounds.
A gentle meandering route passes through the Hercules Garden and weaves along to St Brides Kirk. The walk also includes access to two new paths (only open to the public at snowdrop time). Then step in from the cold and enjoy the indoor flowers.
Saturdays and Sundays - 10am - 4pm Free entry to Gardens and Grounds Booking not required
Blair Castle on 01796 481207 www.atholl-estates.co.uk/events

5th November to 25th March 2012
Blair Castle Winter Opening Times
Blair Castle Blair Atholl
Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm (Free admission to gardens, grounds, restaurant and shop.)
Sunday Lunch in the ballroom 12noon - 3pm
Festive Opening from 28th December to 31st December 2011 10am to 4pm (Last admission to castle 3pm)
Closed from 21st December to 20th January 2012 (except for Festive Opening days)
email: 01796 481207 e.mail office@blair-castle.co.uk         www.atholl-estates.co.uk

November to March 2012
Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre
A923 off A9 2mls from Dunkeld PH8 0HH
Open Friday Saturday and Sunday 10.30am to 4pm
Red squirrels are now considered endangered, but here on the reserve families of red squirrels visit our feeders, much to the delight of our visitors. You’ll also be able to see woodland birds such as treecreepers, siskins and great spotted woodpeckers that all make great use of our feeders.  Enjoy seeing beautiful waterbirds including wigeon, moorhen to mallards from the observation hides with the help of powerful telescopes.  The four star Visitor Centre provides you with a place to birdwatch in style and all in the comfort of a cozy centre. Sit back and relax with a cup of fair trade coffee while you marvel at red squirrels playing right in front of you from the viewing window. further info contact Caroline Hendry 01350 727337 e.mail lochofthelowes@swt.org.uk

Friday 2nd March 6.30pm-9.30pm
Women’s Cycle Workshops
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Ladies, not sure how to fix a puncture? Want to improve your handling? Whatever level you’re at, you’re welcome to join these fun, relaxed workshops aimed at women who need a little help with their bike skills and maintenance, and who need a little confidence boosting.  Soup and sandwich supper provided. Subsidised by the Climate Challenge Fund.  box office on 01350 727674.  www.birnaminstitute.com

Friday 2nd March 7.30pm
Tenors Un Limited
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Rat Pack Of Opera
Tenors Un Limited combine their own blend of unique vocal arrangements with wit and immense charm to create fresh approaches to operatic standards, classical crossover, Rat Pack classics and original compositions.  Tickets: £16.50 Tel Box Office 01796 484626 www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com 

Saturday 3rd March 11:30am
The Attic: Starcatchers
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Come up the stairs, blow away the cobwebs and peep into the boxes… who knows what might happen when the sleepy attic comes to life!  Grandma and Lucy are up in the attic where all the memories are stored. Hidden in dusty containers at the top of the house, they’ve been waiting a long time to come out and play… 
Starcatchers Theatre entertain and nurture the very youngest children in Scotland - their vision is that Scotland will become a world leader in the Performing Arts for the 0 to 4yrs old age range.
They maintain that Theatre and the Performing Arts have been shown to stimulate children’s creativity, their ability to understand, their aesthetic sense, their language and development skills, it helps them make sense of their emotions and introduces them to new ideas, allowing them to express their opinions.  Tickets: £5 box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstitute.com

Saturday 3rd March 2.00pm & 7.30pm
Dorothy Paul
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Two performances in one day!
Scottish show biz legend and BAFTA award-winner Dorothy Paul is coming to the Pitlochry stage! In her brand new show, Dorothy: Retiring From Retirement, audiences will be treated to “the full Dorothy”: an evening of music and comedy in the company of one of Scotland’s national treasures.  Tickets: £16.50 & £18.50 (concessions available) Please book by phone (01796 484626) or in person for concession tickets.  www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com 

Friday 9th March 6.30pm-9.30pm
Women’s Cycle Workshops
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Ladies, not sure how to fix a puncture? Want to improve your handling? Whatever level you’re at, you’re welcome to join these fun, relaxed workshops aimed at women who need a little help with their bike skills and maintenance, and who need a little confidence boosting.  Soup and sandwich supper provided. Subsidised by the Climate Challenge Fund.  box office on 01350 727674.  www.birnaminstitute.com

Saturday 10th March 8:00pm
The Shee
Birnam Arts Centre, Station Rd,Birnam By Dunkeld PH8 ODS
The Shee are an exceptional all-female band – coincidentally appearing here in the same week as International Women’s Day - showcasing three powerful vocalists and an astonishing level of instrumental prowess. Their diverse range of individual musical influences combine to produce an adventurous brew of Folk, Scots, Gaelic and Bluegrass, earning them considerable recognition along the way with high profile performances at festivals including Cambridge and Celtic Connections, as well as concerts across Europe and Canada. Their debut album A Different Season was released in 2008, followed by nominations in both the MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards and the BBC 2 Folk Awards 2009, and they’ve since gone on to be feted with a whole host of accolades.  Tickets: £12 / £10 / £5 box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstitute.com

Sunday 11th March 3pm
Recital by Wu String Quartet
Lude, Blair Atholl.
MUSIC IN BLAIR ATHOLL - Lude House
The Tunnell Trust for Young Musicians. Concerts will be held over several days. Phone 01796 481230 for more information and tickets. The annual series of Classical Concerts will again be held in Atholl, during the 2012 season. For full details of all events please go the concert Web Site at - www.musicinblairatholl.com  Email :- info@musicinblairatholl.com - Secretary :- Lavinia Gordon 01796 481 230.

Friday 16th March 6.30pm-9.30pm
Women’s Cycle Workshops
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Ladies, not sure how to fix a puncture? Want to improve your handling? Whatever level you’re at, you’re welcome to join these fun, relaxed workshops aimed at women who need a little help with their bike skills and maintenance, and who need a little confidence boosting.  Soup and sandwich supper provided. Subsidised by the Climate Challenge Fund.  box office on 01350 727674.  www.birnaminstitute.com

Friday 16th March 7.30pm
Jimmie MacGregor
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Songs, Stories and Famous Folk
Over a couple of very entertaining hours, the man best known for singing Fitba’ Crazy, hosting The White Heather Club,and traipsing o’er moor and mountain on radio and TV will recount numerous unusual and surprising stories and anecdotes about his life and work, combining interviews with the likes of John Wayne and Tarzan with songs, music and visual aids to create a truly relaxed and humorous show.  Tickets: £15.00 Tel: Box Office (01796 484626) www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com  

Friday 16 March 8:00pm
Mark Beaumont: My Adventures so Far....
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Mark Beaumont is an adventurer, documentary maker, best selling author and acclaimed public speaker.  In 2007/8 Mark broke the World Record for cycling around the world, covering 18,296 miles in 194 days and 17 hours, breaking the old record by 81 days.
In 2009/10 he cycled from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, stopping to climb the highest peaks of Denali and Aconcagua on route.  From July until September 2011 Mark was in the Canadian Arctic as part of a six man rowing expedition. The aim was to reach the North Magnetic Pole (as certified in 1996). Mark was asked to join the expedition by the BBC to film and row with Scottish explorer Jock Wishart and team in a quest to row 450 miles through the dramatic icebound coastlines and shifting sea ice of the remote Nunavut territory.   Tickets: £12/ £10 box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstitute.com  

Saturday 17th March 5pm
SCDA Youth Festival
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Northern Youth Divisional Festival of One Act PlaysAn evening of Youth Drama featuring the four leading Youth teams from Aberdeen, Angus, Orkney and Perthshire, and an opportunity to spot up and coming stars who will feature on the professional stage and television in years to come.
Tickets available from Birnam Arts or from competing clubs.  Balcony £9, Stalls £8 (£6 concessions, stalls only) box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstitute.com 

Saturday 17th March 7.30pm
Alvin Stardust
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The man in black is back! Alvin returns to Pitlochry to perform his greatest hits from a musical career spanning the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and noughties, plus tracks from his recently released new album.  Tickets: £18.50 Tel: Box Office (01796 484626) www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com 

Sunday 18th March 2pm-4pm
Cha Cha Cha! Workshop - Adults
Birnam Arts Centre, Station Rd,Birnam By Dunkeld PH8 ODS
A follow-on from Emma Gray’s Strictly Come Ballroom, or for anyone who wants to try their hand at ballroom dancing. Guaranteed to be fun, as well as a learning experience, you’ll leave with a brand new skill which you might want to pursue on a regular basis. Don’t be shy... bring a partner or come by yourself! Wear comfy clothing. £10 box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstitute.com 

Friday 23rd March 6.30pm-9.30pm
Women’s Cycle Workshops
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Ladies, not sure how to fix a puncture? Want to improve your handling? Whatever level you’re at, you’re welcome to join these fun, relaxed workshops aimed at women who need a little help with their bike skills and maintenance, and who need a little confidence boosting.  Soup and sandwich supper provided. Subsidised by the Climate Challenge Fund.  Tel: box office on 01350 727674.  www.birnaminstitute.com 

Sunday 25th March 7.30pm
Gallagher & Lyle
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Legendary Scottish duo Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle (and their band) are back on the road again for the first time since they last played on the same stage together in 1979. This is a rare and much anticipated opportunity to see them in concert together once again.
Tickets: £25.00 Tel: Box Office (01796 484626) www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com

Friday 30th March 7.30pm
Real Diamond - The Jazz Singer Tour
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Real Diamond - The Jazz Singer Tour
We welcome the UK’s leading Neil Diamond tribute band Real Diamond, who proudly take to the Pitlochry stage for the first time to present The Jazz Singer concert.
Famed for his pitch perfect voice and stunning live performances, John Hylton and his talented live band will perform songs from the great album (and film) The Jazz Singer, which starred Sir Laurence Olivier and Neil Diamond, together with a selection of Neil Diamond’s greatest hits.
Tickets: £16.50Tel: Box Office (01796 484626) www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com 

Friday 30th March 8pm
Yolanda Brown
Birnam Arts Centre, Birnam By Dunkeld
Double MOBO Award Winning Saxophonist YolanDa Brown is widely regarded as the emerging “voice” of mainstream Jazz in the UK. She’s one of the most exciting, in-demand live performers, with sell-out concerts wherever she appears.
YolanDa is the premier female saxophonist in the UK, and has toured with The Temptations, Errol Brown, Courtney Pine and Diana Krall, and collaborated with artists such as Mica Paris, Soweto Kinch - and as part of Jools Holland’s Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.  YolanDa Brown appears with full live band and backing vocalists.  London Jazz Tickets: £16/ £14 / £5 box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstitute.com  

Saturday 31st March 7.30pm
Skerryvore
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Trad-Rock Fusion
Returning for a third, successive, sure-to-sell-out concert, Skerryvore are an award-winning Scottish band creating a Trad-Rock fusion of blazing bagpipes, fiddle and accordions, electrically fused with funky rhythms and soul-gripping songs.  Tickets: £18.50  Tel: Box Office (01796 484626) www.pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com 
 

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                   March 2011 Events in Highland Perthshire

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Snowdrop Festival
http://white.visitscotland.com/snowdrop_festival/perthshire.aspx

1st February 2011 to 15th March  Tuesdays & Saturdays - 9.30am to 2.30pm
Snowdrop Festival
Blair Castle Blair Atholl.
Enjoy the seasonal delight of snowdrops in bloom on a walk around the castle grounds. A gentle meandering route passes through the Hercules Garden and weaves along to St Brides Kirk. The walk also includes access to two new paths (only open to the public at snowdrop time). Then step in from the cold and enjoy the indoor flowers. The castle's entrance hall, Banvie Hall and restaurant will be decorated with bowls of scented daffodils, hyacinths and scillas.  The castle and grounds are open on Tuesdays and Saturdays only.  Free entry to grounds, restaurant and shop. Normal seasonal prices apply for castle admission.  http://white.visitscotland.com/snowdrop_festival/perthshire.aspx

20th February to 25th March 10am - 4pm
Cluny House Gardens
Cluny, Near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, PH15 2JT
Experience this exceptional woodland garden with massive Wellingtonias, Red squirrels, snowdrops and snowflakes, erythronium, trillium and early primulas. Cluny is a treat not to be missed. Open 20th February to 25th March 10am - 4pm. Entry £4.00 adult, £1 child. Tel. 01887 820 795 http://white.visitscotland.com/snowdrop_festival/perthshire.aspx

Wednesday 2nd March until Thursday 31st March 10am - 5pm
Scottish Felters, Felt Inspirted Exhibition
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
a branch of the international Felt Makers Ass. brought together by Ewa Kuniczak. with designs to delight and intrigue. please call the box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstiture.com  

Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th March 7.30pm (doors open 7.00pm)
'Behind the Sun', presented by the Heartland Film Society
Locus Centre Aberfeldy
Another film by Central Station director Walter Salles, this is an uncompromising and beautiful story of honour and revenge set in the badlands of North East Brazil and based on a novel by the Albanian writer Ishmael Kadare about the blood feuds that cursed his country.
2001, Brazil, France & Switzerland, Portuguese language, 105 mins, cert. 12A £5 on the door, free to members.  Heartland Film Society shows films on the big screen in an informal, friendly atmosphere. Our season runs from September through to May each year with films generally shown on the first Thursday and Friday of each month (plus a film shown after our AGM). Screenings are open to all and tickets can be bought on the door. Members get free entry and joining costs only £30 (or £18 for a half-season).  For more details, see our website: www.heartlandfilmsociety.org.uk ; contact: oscar@heartlandfilmsociety.org.uk or 01796 482446

Friday 4th March 7.30pm
The Golden Days of Musical Satire - 100 Years Of Taking The P***
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Golden Days of Musical Satire takes the funniest songs of the last hundred years and throws them together in a 90 minute, one man and his piano show!
You'll hear side splitting serenades such as Allan Sherman's Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Flanders and Swann's The Gas Man Cometh, Victoria Wood's Barry and Freda, Bernard Cribbins' Hole in the Ground, Noel Coward's Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Monty Python's Always Look On The Bright Side of Life, The Goons' Ying Tong Song and Tom Lehrer's Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.  Tickets: £15.00 Tel:Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com

Saturday 5th March 10 – 4pm
Sewing for Dummies - Beginners
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
£35 Soup & Sandwich lunch included - This workshop is aimed at participants with very basic sewing machine skills.  Lin will give you the knowledge and tips on how to follow a basic pattern, how to cut it out, tack and hem a wrap- around skirt.  Please bring a fabric of your choice thread and a wrap- around skirt pattern. Depending on interest, a weekly sewing class may be added to our ongoing weekly workshop programme .  Online booking is currently not available for this event. To book, please call the box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstiture.com

Saturday 5th March 7.30pm
Grand Ceilidh
Grandtully Hall Gradtully by Aberfeldy.
Grandtullly, Logierait & Strathtay Church present  the Grand Ceilidh.  Music and entertainment by local people!  Food tea/coffee and wine provided Tickets £5 Under 15s free Do not miss this event!

Saturday 5th March 2.00pm matinee and 7.30pm evening
Moscow Ballet - Coppélia
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
PFT favourites Moscow Ballet return for a fourth time with two sure-to-sell-out performances of Coppélia.  A classical ballet in three acts, originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon for the Paris Opéra to a libretto in which he collaborated with Charles Nuitter, and set to music by Léo Delibes, Coppélia features constantly in the repertoire of the world's leading ballet companies and is widely regarded as one of the jewels of classical ballet.  Tickets: £16.50 - £22.50 Tel:Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com

Saturday 5th March 8:00pm
Alastair Humphreys: Around the World by Bike
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
At just 24 years old, Alastair Humphreys left England to cycle around the world. Completely alone with just his bike, a few maps and very limited supplies, he set out on a 46 000 mile journey which would take him through 60 countries, across 5 continents and take 4 years to complete. Riding from England to South Africa, Alastair raced crossed the Atlantic by yacht, cycled from Patagonia to Alaska, crossed the Pacific by freighter, finally completing his expedition by cycling back to England from eastern Siberia.  Tickets: £12 / £10 conc Box Office Tel 01350 727674 www.birnaminstitute.com

Sunday 6th March
Etape Caledonia Training Rides- Moderate
The Moderate is for those expecting to complete in four and a half to five and a half hours  The Cost is £49 per day or £199 for weekend including accommodation and all meals, plus bike maintenance workshop. The price for both also includes on-ride guides, vehicle support, energy products, lunch and maintenance back-up tel:07763013862 www.SkinnyTyres.com

Sunday March 6th 2 – 4pm
Ballroom Dancing
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
Strictly Come Ballroom! Adults.  We’ve often been asked to provide ballroom dancing lessons – so here’s your chance to have a taster session with popular Emma Gray. Come along and join Emma in this fun filled dance class, learn to dance the Cha Cha Cha and Rumba like Anne Widdecombe – wear your ballroom gear for this – ie: comfy clothes with plenty of movement!  Tickets: £10 £6 Online booking is currently not available for this event. To book, please call the box office on 01350 727674.  www.birnaminstiture.com

12 March 8:00pm
Edinburgh Quartet
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
Programme: Beethoven Quartet in G major opus 18 no: 2 Shostakovitch Quartet no: 8
Schubert Quartet in A minor opus 29 With a distinguished international profile, the Edinburgh Quartet is Scotland's premier string quartet. Resident at the Ian Tomlin School of Music, Edinburgh Napier University, and at the University of Glasgow, it is one of the UK's longest-established university-based professional quartets, and it is Scotland's only full-time chamber ensemble. Tickets: £12 / £10 / £5 Tel 01350 727674 www.birnaminstiture.com

Sunday 13th March 12.30pm
National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland -Free informal concert
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
free lunch time concert NYJOS Access is a training ground for the next generation of top jazz musicians, led by Malcolm Edmonstone and Andrew Bain. They’ll be performing popular big band classics such as Afro Blue and Boplicity …up-beat, lively and uplifting for both audiences and band members alike. These young, 12-18yrs old musicians always impress with their high standard of musicianship, and we defy you not to be swinging, clapping and generally boogieing with the music!  The concert will take place on the mezzanine, so you can enjoy a bite of lunch at the same time – lovely!!  NYJOS Sponsors: Creative Scotland  The Leverhulme Trust  The Carntyne Trust  Musicians Benevolent Fund  Esmee Fairbairn Foundation  Online booking is currently not available for this event. To book, please call the box office on 01350 727674.
www.birnaminstiture.com

Sunday 13th March 7.30pm
Bless ‘Em All - The Spirit Of World War II
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Fife-based operatic concert group Ensemble have been entertaining audiences since 1983. Annual visitors (7 years running!) to Pitlochry Festival Theatre, this season's offering was performed in this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Bless ‘Em All is a programme of wartime songs and music from the ever popular Vera Lynn, Gracie Fields and Edit Piaf, amongst others. And then there's Glen Miller, the sound that epitomised the spirit of the age.  Join us for an evening of wartime music and a touch of nostalgia.  All profits from this event will be donated to the Lawside Romania project.
Tickets: £12.50 Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 

Tuesday 15th March 1pm - 5pm and 6pm - 9pm
Looking Good, Feeling Great! - have a day of pampering!!
Pitlochry Golf Clubhouse
Bring along your friends and have a great day of pampering,  enjoy a range of Mini Treatments
from Hair and Beauty to Health & Wellbeing (small additional charges apply) A range of great stalls, Jewellery, Accessories, Confectionery. Charity Raffle full of Fabulous Treats!
TICKETS - £5 in advance To include refreshments – Tea or coffee and cake in the afternoon or cocktail and nibbles in the evening  Tickets from: Beauty & Wellbeing (Moulin), Atholl Hair & Beauty (Blair Atholl),  Perthshire Fitness Therapy (Killiecrankie), Pitlochry Golf Clubhouse, Natalie @ Scotch Corner or call Jane on Tel: 07905 952908

Thursday 17th March 8:00pm
Russell Kane - Smokescreens & Castles
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
In his new show, the triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and co host of ITV2’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here NOW! explores self, family, and the consequences of his Dad buying his own council house. Sociological silliness and high energy contortions guaranteed.
Tickets: £14 Adults £12 con Tel 01350 727674 www.birnaminstiture.com

Friday 18th March 7.30pm
Music in Rannoch Concert:
Old Church of Rannoch
Scott Mitchell (piano) and Yvonne Paterson (flute). ,. £7.50, children free. Interval refreshments.

Friday 18th March 7.30pm
Karen Matheson
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Karen Matheson is the unmistakable voice of Capercaillie. Combine that sound with James Grant on guitars, Ewen Vernal on double bass and Donald Shaw on piano and you have all the ingredients for a night of sublimely beautiful music.
Tickets: £22.50 Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com

Saturday 19th March 12 til 5pm
The Matthew Jukes 100 Best Australian Wines Roadshow
The House Of Menazies Aberfeldy PH15 2JD
All of the wines will be on taste and Matthew will pop up at random intervals to taste & discuss individual wines - he will also be on hand throughout the afternoon to chat and answer questions!This will be his only Scottish Roadshow venue.  This is a Free Tasting and all are very welcome! Tel: 01887 829666 www.houseofmenzies.com

Saturday 19th March 2pm-5pm - Adults
Plant Hunting for Beginners
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
Spend an afternoon with Ruth Atkinson on a tour through the botanical jungle. We will take a look at how plants are classed and what aids and techniques there are to finding names of wild flowers and garden plants. Ruth trained and worked at Kew and Edinburgh Botanical Gardens in tropical botany, and in Scotland as a plant ecologist. Come prepared for a short walk, weather permitting. No botanical knowledge required.  Tickets: £18  To book, please call the box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstiture.com

Saturday 19th March 7.30pm
The Mikado - Presented by Dunfermline Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Koko, a cheap tailor in the town of Titipu, rises to the high rank of Lord High Executioner, but is somewhat distracted from his duties (which includes cutting off his own head!) by the beautiful Yum-Yum. Sadly, she's set her sights on Nanki-Poo, a wandering musician whose true identity (he is the son of the Mikado) is concealed. But that's the least of Koko's problems: the Mikado is about to arrive and find out why there have been no executions for over a year!
The Mikado is one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most admired and best loved works, a comic opera packed with plenty of well known songs including I've Got a Little List, A Wand'ring Minstrel I, Three Little Maids, The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring, Tit Willow and many more.
This year Dunfermline G&S Society celebrates its 40th anniversary with this special first concert performance at PFT.  Tickets: £15.00 Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 

Saturday 19th March 8:00pm
Wild Life: Magnetic North Theatre Company
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
What makes us human?
Following rave reviews and a sell-out tour of 5* rated Walden, Magnetic North are thrilled to be touring again with their new play Wild Life, penned by acclaimed playwright, Pamela Carter.
Inspired by Francois Truffaut’s film, L’Enfant Savage, likewise Wild Life explores similar motifs: we follow the true story of Victor, the so-called ’12 year old Wolf-Boy of Aveyron’ found living wild in 19th century rural France. Wild Life monitors the progress of a modern-day Victor, the subject of a reality television show, with every step of his progress towards civilisation captured on video and watched by millions …but the more human and less savage he becomes, the more the ratings drop. This dark, witty and provocative show questions the nature of humanity, the way children acquire basic human skills, and how we understand our place in the world.
14+ Tickets: £12 / £10 / £5 To book, please call the box office on 01350 727674. www.birnaminstiture.com

Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th March
Etape Caledonia Training Rides- Advanced
The Advanced is for those expecting to complete in Four and a half or under.
The Cost is £49 per day or £199 for weekend including accommodation and all meals, plus bike maintenance workshop. The price for both also includes on-ride guides, vehicle support, energy products, lunch and maintenance back-up tel:07763013862 www.SkinnyTyres.com

Monday 21st March 7.30pm
Conservation of Scottish Butterflied & Moths
The Tryst Pitlochry
illustrated talk by Tom Prescott.  Scottish Wildlife Trust members £2 Tel 01796 474480

Tuesday 22nd March 7.30pm
“Perthshire Picts” - Talk by Mark Hall, Perth Museum
Atholl Arms Hotel, Blair Atholl
Atholl Country Life Museum is delighted to present a talk on Perthshire Picts to be given by Mark Hall, History Officer of Perth Museum. He is responsible for the Archaeology Collection and Picts are his particular interest. 
Perthshire has a rich Pictish heritage including our own local treasures, the Pictish Stone in Struan Church, the Aldclune Brooch, the Dunfallandy Stone and of course, the remains of the Pictish Man discovered in Blair Atholl in 1980s. This promises to be a fascinating evening. Tickets £4.00 includes refreshments. All Welcome

THURSDAY, MARCH 24th, 8.00pm
THE FIDDLE TREE PRESENTS "ACOUSTIC ROOTS REVUE"
BIRNAM HOTEL,Birnam by Dunkeld
A group of the best-known musicians and singers on the Tayside Music Scene are brought together for The Fiddle Tree's March event at The Birnam Hotel."Acoustic Roots Revue" is the collective name for an eclectic evening of top-notch acoustic sounds by a total of four bands, each playing a set of around 35 minutes. The bands are:RANCHO REBOP & THE FULLMOON HOWLERS, playing an infectious mix of Western Swing, Country and Bluegrass;
WANG DANG DELTA with an acoustic version of their driving Blues coupled with original songs;
20 TEN, who will play a range of classic songs including Beatles, Soul & Bowie; THE NEW MADRIDS - Alternative Country and Americana. Tickets cost £10 advance / £12 on the door. Concessions: £8 advance / £10 on the door; Under-18s - £5. They are on sale now at Birnam CD (01350 727158) and Zigzag's, Dunkeld (01350 728666). Please note that these outlets accept cash and cheques only. Card bookings can be made ONLINE ONLY at www.thebooth.co.uk . For postal bookings, contact Birnam CD.

24 March - 26 March 7:30pm
SCDA Divisional Finals 79h PERTHSHIRE FESTIVAL OF ONE ACT PLAYS
Birnam Institure, Birnam by Dunkeld
The annual SCDA Festival, featuring the cream of Perthshire’s amateur drama companies.
District Finals: Wednesday 23rd to Saturday 26th February. 7.30pm
Adjudicator: Russell Boyce
Divisional Finals: Thursday 24th to Saturday 26th March 7.30pm
Adjudicator: Marie O’Sullivan
Tickets: £9: Balcony £8/£6 conc: Stalls. 3 Night Special:£21: Balcony £18: Stalls
Tickets available from Birnam Arts or from competing clubs.Tel 01350 727674 www.birnaminstiture.com 

Friday 25th March Doors open 6.30 pm Eyes down 7 pm
Pitlochry Pre-school Playgroup Fundraising Evening Bingo & Raffle
Tryst Lounge  Pitlochry
Ticket priced at £1 which Includes tea/coffee & biscuits Tickets available at the door on the night
All welcome

Friday 25th March 7.30pm
Apocalypse No! - Barbershopera
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
In this hilarious musical comedy, Barbershopera bring their tongue-twisting a cappella talents to a tale of the Apocalypse so outrageously apocryphal that Terry Pratchett would be proud to call it his own!  Following the bi-millennial audit of Earth, the four Archangels - you can tell them by their haloes - advise God that the planet is beyond redemption. Money, politics, love and slow hand-driers have ruined human kind. God thus decides to send in the four Horsemen - you can tell them by their hobbyhorses - to bring about the Apocalypse.  As a result, mainly due to a beautifully punned mistake, an ordinary primary school teacher (with discipline issues) ends up riding with War, Famine and Pestilence when Death fails to show.  Tickets: £16.50
Tel:  Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com 

Saturday 26th March 7.30pm
Skerryvore - Trad-Rock fusion for the 21st Century
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
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.  Tickets: £18.50 Tel:Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com

Saturday 26th Sunday 27th March
Etape Caledonia Training Rides- Easy
The easy is for people expecting to complete the Etape in five and a half hours or more
The Cost is £49 per day or £199 for weekend including accommodation and all meals, plus bike maintenance workshop. The price for both also includes on-ride guides, vehicle support, energy products, lunch and maintenance back-up tel:07763013862 www.SkinnyTyres.com

Saturday 26th Sunday 27th March
Cyclo cross comes to Highland Perthshire!
Taymouth Castle Aberfeldy
 So - what is Cyclo cross? There was a mini-event at the Cycling Festival BIG Day in Victoria Park last May which many youngsters took part in. Basically, the courses consist of a variety of terrain: tarmac, mud, grass and steep slopes, often through wooded areas and the riders have to dismount to run over small hurdles and sometimes shouldering their bikes to get over natural obstacles. The race courses are usually fairly short allowing spectators to see the racing many times during the race. The race format is a mass start with riders doing as many laps of a short course [1-2km] in a certain time. The winners are decided on a) highest number of laps and b) first across the line on that final lap. All racers finish on the leader's last lap. So it’s something a bit different, and will hopefully attract various ages and skill levels.
Racing is open to all age groups – and we are hoping to offer a shorter race for younger riders,
which will give them a taster too. More details will be published in the March Quair or from
rwpearson@liveactive.co.uk  or alison@highlandperthshirecyclingfestival.co.uk

Monday 28th March 7.30pm.
Moulin & Pitlochry History Circle:
The Tryst, Pitlochry
Mrs Jo Weld Forrester of Aberfoyle, 'Scots who have progressed From Rags to Riches - Social Life in Scotland in the 18th Century'.   New members welcome. 

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