Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s £25m expansion plan will not only transform the venue, but hopes to change the face of Scottish theatre by training the next generation of stage technicians.
Ever since its inauguration as a tented summer festival venue in 1951, the Highland Perthshire playhouse has done things very much its own way.
Currently attracting over 100,000 visitors to its six-play summer festival from across the UK and beyond, PFT has, in recent years, become Scotland's leading producer of professional stage musicals. Its summer and winter musical productions have carried all of the hallmarks of professional performance, design and technical stagecraft which have made the theatre such a success.
Now, 11 years into the artistic directorship of John Durnin, PFT has announced a seven-year, £25-million expansion plan. Entitled Vision 2021, it is not only the most ambitious project in the theatre's history, but also one of the most remarkable plans for artistic and infrastructure development that Scottish theatre has ever seen... Keep reading on The Herald Scotland
Ever since its inauguration as a tented summer festival venue in 1951, the Highland Perthshire playhouse has done things very much its own way.
Currently attracting over 100,000 visitors to its six-play summer festival from across the UK and beyond, PFT has, in recent years, become Scotland's leading producer of professional stage musicals. Its summer and winter musical productions have carried all of the hallmarks of professional performance, design and technical stagecraft which have made the theatre such a success.
Now, 11 years into the artistic directorship of John Durnin, PFT has announced a seven-year, £25-million expansion plan. Entitled Vision 2021, it is not only the most ambitious project in the theatre's history, but also one of the most remarkable plans for artistic and infrastructure development that Scottish theatre has ever seen... Keep reading on The Herald Scotland