Rundown of Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s summer season
Feb 5 2010 by Katy Gordon, Strathearn Herald
2009 saw the Homecoming season celebrated at Pitlochry Festival Theatre with some wonderful productions based on plays by Scottish authors.
Most notable was the extraordinarily successful presentation of ‘Whisky Galore – A Musical’, which attracted huge audiences.
Encouraged by this success, the 2010 season is opening with Cole Porter’s musical comedy masterpiece ‘Kiss Me Kate’. One of the greatest musicals of all time, it is romantic, touching and hilariously funny with well known songs such as ‘Another Opening, Another Show’, ‘Too Darn Hot’ and ‘Always True to You in My Fashion’.
Hot on the heels of the opening production comes one of the funniest farces one could ever expect to see. ‘Noises Off’ by Michael Frayn is a fast-moving comedy which was a great favourite with the Theatre in the Hills audiences in the past and which will richly entertain the patrons again. Like the opening production, we are seeing a play within a play, and for a change we view the chaos and intrigue of what goes on backstage.
Tom Stoppard’s masterpieces ‘Rough Crossing’, adapted from Ferenc Molnar’s ‘Play at the Castle’, is described as a wickedly funny nautical comedy with music by Andre Previn. Set on a cruise liner, this is an affecionate tribute to the golden age of sophisticated comedy.
The fourth play in the series is ‘Bus Stop’, an American comedy by William Inge. Written in 1955, the play deals with the strained relationships when a bus is forced to stop at a diner in rural Kansas because of a snow storm.
No Pitlochry season would be complete without a costume drama and any Oscar Wilde play immediately commands the interest of the audience. ‘An Ideal Husband’, written in 1895, contains blackmail and political corruption with public and private honour at stake – some things haven’t changed.
To complete the coming Away Seasons programme is ‘Nana’ by Olwen Wymark, adapted from Emile Zola’s novel. This is a story of sexual and financial greed in nineteenth century Parisian society, depicting the rise and tragic downfall of a young courtesan.
An exciting assortment of plays to look forward to through the summer months.
More information on the plays or the extensive programme of comedy, concerts, talks and workshops is available on www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com.
Mike Boxer
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