September 2010
'What's On' in Highland
Perthshire
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
see website for details.
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
A selection of 6 plays including;
Kiss Me Kate - Romantic, touching and
hilariously funny, with a classic Cole
Porter score,
2nd/4th/9th/11th/17th/23rd/28th/29th.
Noises Off - a hilarious classic comedy!
1st/8th/13th/18th/23rd/25th.
Rough Crossing - A wickedly funny
nautical comedy!
4th/10th/16th/21st/22nd/29th.
Bus Stop - A bittersweet American
Romance.
2nd/7th/8th/15th/20th/25th/30th.
An Ideal Husband - Wilde’s sharp,
elegant, stylish comedy-drama explores the
dangers inherent in a life lived in the
public spotlight is not to be missed!
3rd/9th/14th/15th/22nd/29th
Nana by Olwen Wymark -a scandalous tale of lust and
corruption. 1st/6th/11th/18th/24th/30th/
Tel:Box Office: 01796 484
626
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Sundays & Wednesdays in September 11:30am
Garden Tours
Explorers Garden, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Led by experienced guides who bring Explorers to life.
£4 includes garden entry. Tel 01796 484626
www.exploretsgarden.com
Saturday 4th September 2.00 - 3.30pm 2010
FABULOUS FUNGI
Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Blair Atholl
Fungi for beginners. Meet at Glen Tilt Car Park, by
Blair Atholl Cost: £2 Telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Saturday 4th September 7.30pm
Scottish Country Dancing
Pitlochry Town Hall.
Visitors welcome to join us on the dance floor or come along
to watch. Dancers £6.50 Spectators £2.00 Tel 01796 473488
Sunday 5th Sept 11am-4pm. 2010
Celt for a Day:
The Scottish Crannog Centre, Kenmore, Loch Tay
Iron Age Costume, Cooking & Crafts Dress in costume, cook
like a Celt, and take home crafts that you make. Booking
advised. Normal entry + £4 Tel. 01887 830583
www.crannog.co.uk
Sunday 5th September 8pm
Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
A rare (and unique!) opportunity to join twenty four members
of the SPO for two wonderful productions, starring Dave Anderson
and Danielle Stewart. Box Office Telephone - 01796 484626 Email:
boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Every Monday from 31st May – 6th September
Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Pipe Band
Highland Night
Recreation Ground, Pitlochry (Town Hall, wet weather venue)
An evening of traditional Scottish entertainment with the Vale
of Atholl Junior Pipe Band, highland and Scottish country
dancing displays, songs and accordion music. Watch the spectacle
from your car (parking free) or sit on the terraced banking.
Admission: Adults £5, children £1.
www.highlandnight.co.uk
Thursday, 9th September, 2010. The doors
open at 9.30 am and close at 4.30pm.BBC Antiques Roadshow Coming
Blair Castle Blair Atholl
Blair Castle is delighted to announce BBC ONE's ever popular
Sunday evening programme ANTIQUES ROADSHOW will be filming for
its 33rd series at Blair Castle, on Entry is free.
Series Editor Simon Shaw says: "The team are all looking forward
to visiting such a splendid venue as Blair Castle. It's always
exciting to see what will come to light on the day. We regularly
see between 1500 and 2000 visitors on the day. Despite the high
turnout everyone will get to see an expert."
Some of Britain's leading antiques and fine arts specialists
will be on hand to offer free advice and valuations to visitors,
who are invited to raid their attics and bring along their
family heirlooms, household treasures and car boot bargains for
inspection by the experts.
People with large pieces of furniture or other big items can
send details and photographs of their objects to: ANTIQUES
ROADSHOW, BBC, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2LR or e-mail them
to: antiques.roadshow@bbc.co.uk. It may be possible to arrange
to look at the item in advance and organise transportation to
the venue.
For further information log on to
www.blair-castle.co.uk .
Saturday 11th September 1100 - 1700
Pitlochry Highland Games
Recreation Park, Pitlochry
Confined events 11am - 12noon approx. Open events after the
Confined
With Highland Dancing, Solo Piping, Heavy events, British Tug o'
War Championship, Cycling, Running including the Scottish 1500m
Championship, and Jumping. Featuring the Massed Pipe Band
Finale. Adults £5.00. Children: £1.00 ( to be
confirmed)
Website:
www.pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk Contact name:
John Robertson (competitors); June Templeman (General
information) Telephone: 01796 482376 (competitors) or 01796
473488 (General information) e-mail:
jrlogierait@btinternet.com or
secretary@pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk
Saturday 11th - 19th September 10am-5pm
Perthshire Open Studios
Various Venues across Perthshire
A wide variety of 82 solo-artists, groups and galleries, spread
across Perth and Kinross County at 78 venues, invite visitors
into their studios and workshops for an Open Studios event. Now
in its third year, Perthshire Open Studios offers the visitor
not only the opportunity to see and talk with artists and makers
in their own environment but also the chance to experience a
diverse range of art and craft from the contemporary to the
avant-garde. From paints, to ceramics, metal, glass, wood and
much more; there’s surely to be something of interest for
everyone.
Admission - Free Perthshire Open Studios Email:
info@perthshireopenstudios.com Web
www.perthshireopenstudios.com
Sunday 12th Sept 11am-4pm.
World of Wood:
The Scottish Crannog Centre, Kenmore, Loch Tay
Touch, Turn & Burn Demonstrations and crafts featuring
willow-weaving, woodturning, & experimental charcoal and birch
tar production. Normal entry + £4 Tel. 01887 830583
www.crannog.co.uk
Sunday 12th September 8pm
Pasadena Roof Orchestra
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Hugely popular all over the world, this feel-good swing band
are back for another evening of top class entertainment. Box
Office Telephone - 01796 484626 Email: boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk
Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Sat 18th September 2.00 - 3.30pm
FABULOUS FUNGI
Atholl Estates Ranger Service, Blair Atholl
Fungi for beginners. Meet at Logierait Woods Car Park,
1/2 mile up Dunfallandy road from Logierait. Cost: £2
Telephone 01796 481355
pf@atholl-estates.co.uk
www.athollestatesrangerservice.co.uk
Saturday 18th September 7.30pm
Scottish Country Dancing
Pitlochry Town Hall.
Visitors welcome to join us on the dance floor or come along
to watch. Dancers £6.50 Spectators £2.00 Tel 01796 473488
Sunday 19th September 8:00pm
Evening Of Gilbert & Sullivan With John Scrimger and Guests
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
£20.00 Join John Scrimger and his guests, including Donald
Maxwell, James Nicol and the John Scrimger Chorale, to enjoy G&S
favourites from The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of
Penzance and many more. Box Office Telephone - 01796 484626
Email: boxoffice@pitlochry.org.uk Web
www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Saturday 25th September 2010 8.30am
Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally
Venue Perthshire forests
Coltness Car Club's own Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally, a
counter in the Hankook Scottish Rally Championship, returns to
Perth for the ninth year. The event is Round 8 - the final round
- in the Championship. Whilst details are still being confirmed,
the Rally route will consist of 4 stages of between 45 and 55
miles and retain central servicing in Aberfeldy. This
means that competitors again have a chance of tackling some of
British rallying's most famous forests, stages such as
Craigvinean, Funab, Errochty and Drummond Hill.
Contact details Gavin Murray Coltness Car Club e
info@mcraestages.co.uk
Saturday 25th - Sunday 26th September 2010
Perth 800 - Doors Open Days in Perth & Kinross
Approximately 50 buildings Perthshire
Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free annual architectural
event. Doors Open Day in Perth and Kinross is a unique chance to
enjoy a rich variety of architecture and heritage. Make up your
own itinerary of visits, with music and exhibitions, guided
tours and walks adding to the wide range of buildings open. This
year’s programme has taken the Perth 800 celebrations as a key
theme, with many buildings and events from within the city
focussing on celebrating this important anniversary.
Admission - Free Contact - Sarah Winlow Telephone - 01738 477080
Email: SEWinlow@pkc.gov.uk
Web
www.doorsopendays.org.uk
Sunday 26th September 2 - 4.30pm
Fantastic Fungi – at Linn of Tummel
Meet: Garry Bridge Car Park
A beginner’s guide to the fascinating world of fungi found
at the Linn of Tummel. Includes basic id and folklore.
Charge: Adults £3; Children £2 Tel: 0844 4932192
www.nts.org.uk
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