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Entry free. 27 CRIEFF: Drama - The Return, a play based on the mysterious true story of Martin Guerre written by rising-star of Scottish playwriting Ellie Stewart, Strathearn Artspace. Tickets £10 from www.eventbrite. co.uk
MARCH 01 PERTH: Event - Saints in the Community will be holding its annual charity quiz night to raise funds for St Johnstone Community Trust, McDiarmid Park, 7pm. Entry £20 for a team of four and there will be a raffle. To enter, email admin@saintsinthecommunity.co.uk 01-11 PERTH: Events - Perth and Kinross Women’s Festival, various city venues offering talks, socials and meals, film, exhibition, womenonly sports events and more. 02, 03 BIRNAM: Drama - Two day festival of one-act plays, Birnam Arts, 7pm. Tickets £10 and £7 available from Birnam Arts, Wade Newsagents Aberfeldy and on the door. 02 PERTH: Music - Chris Small and Michael McNab play The Venue. Music from 8pm, entry is free. 03 PITLOCHRY: Music - Americana band The Red Pine Timber Company play The Old Mill Inn. Music from 8pm, entry is free. 03 PERTH: Music - St John’s Music Organ Recital, Stuart Muir of St Paul’s Cathedral Dundee with Matthew McAlistair, guitar, St John’s Kirk, 1pm. Free, retiring collection. 03 KINROSS: Music - Stanglers tribute band Straighten Out play backstage at the Green Hotel, 9pm. Tickets £18 from www.mundellmusic.com 04 PERTH: Music - Glenalmond College’s spectacular Gala Concert, with the school Concert Band, Pipes and Drums, Celtic Fusion Band and Chapel Choir, together with talented music scholars performing concertos alongside the professional Glenalmond Festival Orchestra, Perth Concert Hall, 7pm. Tickets £8, concessions £5, children free, www. horsecross.com or 01738 621031. 05 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, Wang Dang Delta plus special guests, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £10, concessions £7.50, www. horsecross.co.uk or 01738 621031. 05 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Auld Hat - New Heids, four of Scotland’s top folk singers and musicians re-create the fabulous fun days of the 60s and 70s, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry members £6, non-members £9. 06 PERTH: Film - Perth Film Society and Perth Theatre/Horsecross present ‘The Eagle Huntress’ (rated U), Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre, 7.45pm. Tickets £6, seniors/unwaged/students £5, prebooking from www.horsecross.co.uk not essential, but preferable. 06 PERTH: Event - PSPC Property Repair Seminar: Caring for your Historic Building, supported by Perth City Heritage Fund and Fife and Tayside Traditional Building Forum, guidance on maintaining traditional buildings, Perth City Heritage Fund grant support for historic building repairs, laws on maintenance, Royal George Hotel, 5.15pm. Free, book with admin@ pspc.co.uk or call 01738 635301. 06 PERTH, ABERFELDY: Opera - The Royal Opera presents Georges Bizet’s Carmen, live in cinemas worldwide, a new production by Australian director Barrie Kosky, Jakub Hruša conducts singers including Russian mezzosoprano Anna Goryachova as Carmen and Francesco Meli as Don José. Perth Playhouse, Birks Cinema Aberfeldy, 6.45pm. Duration 3 hours 30 minutes, including interval. 07 BIRNAM: Drama - Firebrand Theatre Company and Heart of Hawick present The Matchbox, a spine-tinngling, gripping and brilliantly witty monologue from acclaimed Irish dramatist Frank McGuinness, Birnam Arts, 7.30pm. Tickets 01350 727674, www. birnamarts.com 08 PITLOCHRY: Music -Scottish Opera brings Opera Highlights, favourites from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, Mozart’s Così fan tutte and Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Gondoliers, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, 7.30pm. Tickets www. PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com or 01796 484626. 09 PITLOCHRY: Music - Chris Small from The Red Pine Timber Company plays The Old Mill Inn. Music from 8pm, entry is free. 12 PERTH: Music - The Monday Night Thing, guitar master Martin Simpson mixes American old-time music, traditional ballads and his own creations, The Studio, Perth Theatre. Tickets £15, concessions £12.50, www.horsecross. co.uk or 01738 621031. 12 KINROSS: Music - Glenfarg Village Folk Club, Singaround: ‘Songs from Our Own Past’, whether Dylan, Paxton or even traditional fare will be the theme, Backstage Bar, Green Hotel, doors 7.30pm, music from 8pm. Entry all £2. Monday 19th Feb All £2. 13 PERTH: Music - Blues fusion session led by Pete Caban with blues music in modern and postmodern styling. Skilled musicians welcomed on stage to jam, The Green Room from 8pm. Entry free. 14 PERTH: Comedy - Stewart Lee’s brand new full-length show ‘Content Provider’ at Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm, tickets £24.50, contact Horsecross box office on 01738 621031. Over 16s only. 15 PERTH: Talk - Perth and Kinross Members Group, National Trust for Scotland, ‘History of Livestock Marketing and Auction Markets’ by David Leggat MBE, FIA (Scot) Soutar Theatre, AK Bell Library, 7.30pm. Perth and Kinross members £5, nonmembers £6. 16-18 DUNKELD: The Niel Gow Festival, Musicians celebrate the Perthshire fiddler’s birthday with concerts, jamming, walks and talks in Dunkeld and Birnam. Tickets from Birnam Arts 01350 727674. 16 PERTH: Music - Signed, Sealed and Delivered: A tribute to Stevie Wonder, American Lejaune Andre is joined on stage by a seven-piece band and top dancers, Perth Concert Hall, 7.30pm. Tickets £27.50, concessions £24.50. 16 PERTH: Drama - Ringroad, Anita Vitesse’s hilarious and heartbreaking comedy about a childless woman, her brother-in-law and a ring-road motel, The Studio, Perth Theatre, 6pm. Tickets £12.50.