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Crieff 15
Music: Horse Trio – Acoustic-y, the singer songwriter returns to Crieff to give an acoustic performance revealing some of the songs from her longawaited new album, destined for a summer release. Also, there will be a smattering of songs from her classic album, God’s Home Movie, which celebrates its 30th anniversary. Strathearn Arts, 7.30pm. Tickets £20 www.strathearnarts.org or 01764 655556.
Perth 15
Comedy: Susie Mccabe: Femme Fatality plus support, Susie has been called ‘the best story-telling comic in the UK right now’ after success at the Edinburgh Fringe. Joan Knight Studio, Perth Theatre, 8pm. Age 14+.
Tickets: £18.50, perththeatreandconcerthall.com or 01738 621031.
Perth 16
Music: Mike and The Mechanics Refueled! All the hits and a drop of Genesis with Genesis founding member Mike Rutherford (guitar), Andrew Roachford (lead, backing vocals and keyboards) and Canadian-born singer, Tim Howar (lead and backing vocals). Perth Concert Hall, 7pm.
Tickets: £47.50-£55, perththeatreandconcerthall.com or 01738 621031. Perth 18-22
Drama: The Mousetrap 70th Anniversary Tour, a West End touring version of Agatha Christie’s genre-defining murder mystery The Mousetrap, the world’s longest-running play. Perth Concert Hall, times vary.
Tickets: £22.50-£31, concessions available, perththeatreandconcerthall.com or 01738 621031.
Rait 21,22,22
Drama/music: Fingask Follies present a clever and funny musical revue about ‘Time’, held inside at the spectacular Fingask Castle, Rait. The Fingask Follies is a professional musical revue with a delightful company of talented and engaging young performers offering a mix of well-known light hearted songs, combined with a specially commissioned work, this year the theme is Time.
Tickets: 01821 670 777 extension 6, www.fingaskcastle.co.uk
Kinross 22
Music: Contemporary UK blues-rock band, Albany Down, with founder member Paul Turley on vocals and guitars, drummer and backing vocals Pete Hancock and bassist and backing vocals Ben Atkins. Backstage at The Green Hotel. Doors 8pm, show starts 9pm. Tickets: £22 available from the website ticketweb.uk
Crieff 23
Film: Tár (15), Cate Blanchett stars as a world-famous composer and conductor, spiralling into desperation and paranoia as her past transgressions threaten to destroy her privileged lifestyle. Winner of the BAFTA award for Lead Actress and nominated for six Academy Awards. Strathearn Arts, 6pm. Tickets £8/£6 www.strathearnarts.org or 01764 655556.
Kinross 27
Music: New wave Americana singer songwriter Joe Martin just released his debut album ‘Empty Passenger Seat’ and is on a UK tour this spring. His songs, performed in Kinross with a four-piece band, capture stories of people and encounters picked up on the road. Backstage at the Green Hotel, doors 7pm, show starts 8pm.
Tickets are £19.80 and available from ticketweb.net
Crieff 27
Music: Crieff Folk Club Presents Isla Ratcliff, the Edinburgh fiddle player, singer and composer music graduate from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Oxford University. Debut album The Castalia is inspired by four months in Cape Breton. Strathearn Arts, 7.30pm.
Tickets £12/ Earlybird £10 www.strathearnarts.org or 01764 655556.
Crieff 28
Film: Electric Malady (12A) with director’s Q&A, artist and filmmaker Marie Lidén invites audiences into the isolated world of William, a young man who’s spent a decade reluctantly retreating from modern life. A one-time master’s student and aspiring musician, his adverse reaction has led him to a remote cabin in the Swedish wilderness where he’s cut himself off from most forms of technology. But how do you get off the grid when the grid is now everywhere? Strathearn Arts, 7.30pm.
Tickets £8/£6 from www.strathearnarts. org or 01764 655556.
Rait 29, 30
Drama/music: Fingask Follies present a clever and funny musical revue about ‘Time’, held inside at the spectacular Fingask Castle, Rait. The Fingask Follies is a professional musical revue with a delightful company of talented and engaging young performers offering a mix of well-known light hearted songs, combined with a specially commissioned work, this year the theme is Time. Tickets available from 01821 670 777 extension 6 or the website www. fingaskcastle.co.uk
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Perth 3-6
Drama: National Theatre of Scotland presents Kidnapped Sets Sail, A swashbuckling Rom-com adventure, adapted by Isobel Mcarthur with Michael John Mccarthy, co-directed by Isobel Mcarthur and Gareth Nicholls, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Perth Theatre, 7.30pm, 2.30pm Saturday. Recommended ages 12+. Contains some strong language.
Tickets: £28-£15, www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com
Perth 5,6
Event: Perth Beer Festival organised by Perthshire Rugby returns to the North Inch this May. Friday 5 will be a comedy night with local farmer Jim Smith. On Saturday 6, the 10th Perth Beer Festival then bursts into life from 12pm until 6pm with funfair and live music stage.
Festivities will conclude with the ‘Big Bash’ finale on Saturday night from 7pm, with live music from Circus. Tickets: Entry for the Beer Festival Saturday is free. Evening events are charged for, see www.perthbeerfestival.co.uk
Rait 5,6,7
Drama/music: Fingask Follies present a clever and funny musical revue about ‘Time’, held inside at the spectacular Fingask Castle, Rait. The Fingask Follies is a professional musical revue with a delightful company of talented and engaging young performers offering a mix of well-known light hearted songs, combined with a specially commissioned work, this year the theme is Time.
Tickets available from 01821 670 777 extension 6, www.fingaskcastle.co.uk Pitlochry 19,20
Music: March into Pitlochry Festival, dubbed ‘the biggest little festival in Scotland’, for 2023 former Apollo 440 frontman, Ewan Macfarlane, tops the bill. Ewan will play a Friday acoustic set, promoting new album ‘Dove’ before returning with his band on Saturday evening. Glasgow rootsy rockers The Strange Blue Dreams (10.30pm Friday), Edinburgh’s Dropkick and the Hebridean outfit, The Tumbling Souls, will all grace the function suite at Mckays Hotel Bar and Restaurant over the weekend. Friday doors 9pm, show starts 9.30pm.
Saturday acoustic sets from 1pm: Tom Mason, The Sibellas, Wully Smith. 5pm-7pm: Open Mike set, 7pm till late: The Rhythm Service, Dropkick, TBC, Ewan Macfarlane and band ending with The Tumbling Souls.
Tickets: Friday only £10.80, Saturday only £37.80, Weekender £43.20. For full details, go to: https://www.marchintopitlochry.co.uk/
To buy tickets, go to: https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/march-into-pitlochry2023-mckays-hotel-function-suitetickets/12968575