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Museum times Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Fergusson Art Gallery: free and open Tues to Sat, 10am-5pm. See www.pkc.gov.uk/museums Black Watch Castle and Museum in Perth: Summer opening hours from April 1 to October 31, 9.30am to 4.30pm. Cafe, 9.30am-4pm. See www.theblackwatch.co.uk

APRIL 21, 22 PERTH: Music/Drama - Jesus Christ Superstar, Ad-Lib Theatre Arts presents Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock musical, St Matthew’s Church, Tay Street, 7.30pm plus a 2pm matinee performance on April 22. Tickets £12.50 www.ticketsource.co.uk/adlibtheatre 21 PERTH: Music - The Magic of Motown, Perth Concert Hall, 8pm. Tickets £28, concessions £25, 01738 621031 or www. horsecross.co.uk 21 BLAIR ATHOLL: Drama - And Then Come the Nightjars by Bea Roberts, a tender portrait of male friendship and a requiem to rural life during the foot and mouth outbreak, Perth Theatre in partnership with Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, Blair Atholl Village Hall, 8pm. Age guidance 12+, tickets £11.50 (inc £1.50 booking fee per ticket); no concessions, book in person at the venue, or at Perth Concert Hall. 22 PERTH: Event - Culture Perth and Kinross first anniversary celebration, learn some Big Top tricks with Perth’s fabulous Adventure Circus and get hands on with the museum’s collection too, Perth Museum and Art Gallery, 1-3pm. Free. 22 PERTH: Comedy - Bruce Fummey, Scottish Comedian of the Year 2014, comes home to Perth to present ‘A History of Scotland Part 3 - the Rise of the Ginger’ and introduced by Perthshire farmer and comic Jim Smith, Perth Concert Hall, 8pm , age 14+. Tickets £11.50, no concessions, 01738 621031 or www.horsecross.co.uk 22 ABERFELDY: Drama - And Then Come the Nightjars by Bea Roberts. See details above. Aberfeldy Town Hall, 7.30pm. Age guidance 12+, tickets £11.50 (inc £1.50 booking fee per ticket); no concessions, book in person at the venue, or at Perth Concert Hall. 23 BLAIRGOWRIE: Film - Strathmore Screen shows Beauty and the Beast (4pm) and Moonlight (7pm), Blairgowrie Town Hall. Tickets can be bought from Mitchell’s Newsagents and Calutek. www.strathmorescreen.co.uk 24 PERTH: Talk - An Evening with Peter James, author of Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novels, St John’s Kirk, 7pm. Advance tickets, priced £8, from the AK Bell Library, Waterstones in Perth and on-line from Eventbrite. 26, 27 BIRNAM: Drama - And Then Come the Nightjars by Bea Robert. See details above. Birnam Arts, 7.30pm. Age guidance 12+, tickets £11.50 (inc £1.50 booking fee per ticket); no concessions, book in person at the venue, or at Perth Concert Hall. 27 PERTH: Talk - Soutar Birthday Lecture by editor and playwright Joy Hendry, Oor Wullie – ‘Small’? asks if the Perth poet should be considered as a mere miniaturist, or a major poet, Soutar Theatre at the AK Bell Library, 7.30pm. Admission free and unticketed. 28 BRIDGE OF EARN: Music - The Earn Singers present their annual concert, Dunbarney Church, Bridge of Earn 7.30pm. Tickets £8 (includes refreshments), children free. 28 PERTH: Music - The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra directed by Tommy Smith, presents Miles Davis and Gil Evans’ Porgy and Bess and Sketches of Spain featuring soloists Laura Jurd and Tom MacNiven, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £22.50 no concessions SNJO Youth Card £5, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031. 29 CRIEFF: Drama - And Then Come the Nightjars by Bea Roberts. See details above. Strathearn Artspace, 8pm. Age guidance 12+, tickets £11.50 (inc £1.50 booking fee per ticket); no concessions, book in person at the venue, or at Perth Concert Hall. 29 PERTH: Annual Perth Autism Support Sapphire Ball, at the Salutation Hotel from 7pm till late. Tickets from fundraising@perthautismsupport.org.uk or call 01738451081. •Email your events to news@perthshire advertiser.co.uk, or call 01738 626211.