What’s On in Highland Perthshire February 2014 www.HighlandPerthsire.com Continuous Events
February 2014 www.explorescotland.net www.pitlochry-scotland.co.uk www.highlandperthshire.com www.hpwhatson.net www.cyclehighlandperthshire.com e.mail James@explorescotland.net or Tel: 01796 473335
Daily 10am - 4.30pm Beatrix Potter Interactive Exhibition and Garden Cinema, Live Event/Broadcasts Birnam Arts Centre Station Road The Birks Cinema PO Box 7517 Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Aberfeldy PH15 2WH Suitable for adults and children alike see website for details & listings book housing a history section and a Victoonline or Tel 0871 902 5754 rian play area. £3 per person Tel: box www.birkscinema.co.uk office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminBlair Castle Winter Opening Times stitute.com www.birnamarts.com Blair Castle Blair Atholl PH18 5TL Winter Opening Jan - 31st March Castle Closed until 1st April Blair Athol Distillery Access to grounds/gardens free in Perth Road Pitlochry PH16 5LY winter. Tel: 01796 481207 Opening Hours - 31st March www.blair-castle.co.uk Monday - Saturday 10am - 4pm (Closed Sunday) Tel: 01796 482003 e.mail blair.athol. distillery@diageo.com www.discovering-distilleries.com/blairathol Edradour Distillery 2013 Season Finished on 19th October. 2014 Season Opens 17th April to 18th October Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm Closed Sundays last tour always starts 1hr before stated closing time.
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Friday 14th Feb - Sat 22nd FebWinter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry, PH16 5DR Tel: Box Office: 01796 484 626 www.PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
Daily 12.30 hrs Red Deer Encounter Highland Safaris, Dull, By Aberfeldy, Perthshire, PH15 2JQ Come face to face with Britain’s largest land mammal – the majestic Red Deer on our Red Deer Encounter, Armed with a handful of deer feed, help hand feed our friendly Red Deer with a knowledgeable Safari Ranger. Duration: 20
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7th November to 28th February Winter Watch/Land Rover Spotlight Safaris Highland Safaris By Aberfeldy Perthshire PH15 2JQ As dusk turns into night, climb aboard your Land Rover and use the spotlight as a window into this mysterious nighttime world. Tel: 01887 820071 www.highlandsafaris.net 7th November to 28th February Winter Alpine Safaris Highland Safaris By Aberfeldy Perthshire PH15 2JQ Head into the hills to experience the sub arctic wilderness and search for elusive White Hares, Ptarmigan and Red Deer. Enjoy refreshments in our cosy Mountain Bothy Tel: 01887 820071 www.highlandsafaris.net
Saturday 1st February - Sunday 16th March 10am - 4pm Scottish Snowdrop Festival Cluny House Gardens, Cluny House, Aberfeldy, PH15 2JT See the spring flowers - snowdrops and red squirrels. Opening times: 10am – 6pm 20th February to 31st October inclusive. Adults £5 Conc £1 Tel 01887 820795 www.clunyhousegardens.com/ Tuesday 4th February - Tuesday 18th March Scottish Snowdrop Festival Birks of Aberfeldy PH15 2 As part of the Year of Homecoming Scotland 2014 the Scottish Snowdrop Festival presents fantastic displays of these delicate little flowers which signify the beginning of spring. free
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Tuesday 4th February - Tuesday 18th March February Music at The Old Mill Inn, Scottish Snowdrop Festival Mill Lane Pitlochry PH16 5BH Black Spout Wood, Pitlochry, Saturday 1st Mad Ferret free PH16 5BX Friday 7th Scott MacDonald free As part of the Year of Homecoming Saturday 8th The Red Pine Timber Scotland 2014 the Scottish Snowdrop Company free Festival presents fantastic displays of Friday 14th Valentines Night with Mr these delicate little flowers which sigBobby Holly free nify the beginning of spring. Saturday 15th Rod Stewart Tribute free Friday 21st Alan Frew free Saturday 22nd True Gents free Saturday 15th February - Sunday Friday 28th Last Orders free 23rd February Tel 01796 474020 www.theoldmillpitWinterweek+ lochry.co.uk Kenmore Highland Perthshire Workshops/Farmers Market/Ghost Music at Mckays Bar & Restaurnat Walks/Red Squirrel Encounters/Of138 Atholl Road fers on Accommodation and Activities/ Pitlochry PH16 5AG Treasure Hunt/Crannog Tours/Music/ Tel 01796 473888 Canadian Kayaking and much more Tel: Email: info@mckayshotel.co.uk 01887 830583 info@crannog.co.uk http://www.mckayshotel.co.uk/pitlochry_entertainment/programme.htm 15th/16th, 18th, 22nd & 23rd February: Friday 10th January Winterweek at Friday 28th February 10am - 5pm The Scottish Crannog Centre Art Exhibition - Tom Sutton Smith Kenmore Loch Tay, PH15 2HY Birnam Arts Centre Station Road As part of Kenmore’s 4th Annual WinBirnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS terWeek Festival, the Crannog is open Tom Sutton Smith works mostly in oil on 15/16, 19 and 22/23 February for on canvas with a broad range of subtours, log fires and warming activities. jects. The landscapes in this exhibition For a schedule of other events arare heavily influenced by the light in ranged in the area, please see the WinManitoba and around Collioure. Free terWeek Facebook page or go to www. Entry. Box Office Tel:01350 727674 WinterWeek.co.ukTel. 01887 830583
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Every Sunday “Sunday Session” 8-11pm McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Session night where a mixture of musicians or those of you learning a musical talent gather round to sing, strum or drum what they know best, a great fun night open to everyone. Free entry. McKays, Atholl Road, Pitlochry Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Tuesday 7.30pm Whisky Tasting McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Whisky Tasting from 7.30pm with a variety of distilleries. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk Every Tuesday from 8.30pm The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld PH8 0AQ Donny McElligott and Alan Dickson, lead the Tuesday night session with an eccelctic mix of old and new tunes anyone welcome to come and join from 8.30pm. Free entry. Tel: 01350 727340 www.thetaybank.co.uk Every Wednesday Wonderful Golf Wednesdays Pitlochry Golf Club Golf Course Rd Pitlochry PH16 5QY An open competition every Wednesday for Gents Ladies & jnrs - Non members welcome £10 entry incl Gree Frees. Tel 01796 472792 or e.mail info@pitlochrygolf.co.uk Every Wednesday 4pm - 10pm Free and Easy Music Night The Bridge of Tilt Hotel Bridge of Tilt Blair Atholl The Roundhouse Bar at the Bridge of Tilt has a Free and Easy Music Night every Wednesday from 4-10pm Tel 01796 481333 www.thebridgeoftilthotel.co.uk
What’s On Highland Perthshire Every Wednesday, 9pm Open Music Sessions Bankfoot Inn, Main Street, Bankfoot PH1 4AB Open session for musicians of all abilities to gather and play music - any music. Local musicians assemble to play a variety of instruments and sing songs. Open to all. Join in if you want, play an instrument, or just sit in and enjoy good music. Tel: 01738 787243 www.bankfootinn.co.uk
“Friday night Folk” 8-11pmMcKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Traditional folk music from musicians all over Scotland using an array of different instruments to bring you some of the best Scottish beasts and sounds. Free entry. Tel: 01796473888 www.mckayshotel.co.uk
Every Friday Night Music Sessions Atholl Arms Hotel Bridgehead, Every 2nd Wednesday from Dunkeld, PH8 OAQ 8.30pm An open session for musicians of all The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld abilities to gather and play music - any PH8 0AQ music. Or just come and enjoy the Open Mic Night in the bar from 8.30pm music. Free Entry. Tel: 01350 727 219 - anyone is welcome to come and join www.athollarmshotel.com or simply come and enjoy the music Free entry. Every Saturday from 9pm Tel: 01350 727340 Live Music www.thetaybank.co.uk Old Mill Restaurant-Pub, Mill Lane, Pitlochry PH16 5BH Thursday 7.30pm Top quality Perthshire Bands, playing a Moulin Scottish Country Dance variety of styles including covers, blues, Class rock, jazz … Moulin Hall Moulin Pitlochry Tel: 01796 474020 If you have not danced before or just www.theoldmillpitlochry.co.uk need a refresher come along and join us. All levels of dancers welcome. “Saturday night live@McKays” Great fun and good excersie no partner 9-11pm required. £2 per night Tel June Temple- McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 man on 01796 473488 Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Live bands from Scottish, Irish, Pop, Every Thursday “Traditional Thurs- rock, Blues, Jazz, Motown and many days” 8-11pm more. Sing dance and clap the night McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 away... Free entry. Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Tel: 01796473888 A night of traditional Scottish music, www.mckayshotel.co.uk dine in a relaxed atmosphere while listening to our live musicians playing “Saturday Night Fever” 11-1.30am an abundance of foot tapping tunes.... McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Free entry. Atholl Road Pitlochry PH16 5AG Tel: 01796473888 resident DJ plays some of the latest www.mckayshotel.co.uk tunes to dance the night from 11pmlate, if you come in after 11pn there is Every Thursday a £3.00 door charge. Traditional Fiddle Session Tel: 01796473888 The Taybank Tay Terrace Dunkeld www.mckayshotel.co.uk PH8 0AQ Pete Clark leads a traditional fiddle Last Saturday of Every Month session in the bar from 8.30 - again all Doors Open 7pm. Show starts musicians are welcome to come and 8.30pm join!! Just Laugh Comedy Club - at McKTel: 01350 727340 ays Bar www.thetaybank.co.uk McKays Bar & Restaurant 138 Atholl Road Pitlochry . PH16 5AG 1 host, 3 stand up comedians - lots of
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laughter Enjoy Just laugh Comedy Club , last Saturday of every month £10 pp Giggle and dine deal - 2 comedy tickets and a meal for 2 - £20pp After hit the floor as our DJ has you dancing until the early hours. Head Liner tbc - Main Support John McGoldrick Support David Innes Tel: 01796 473888 Email: info@mckayshotel.co.uk www.mckayshotel.co.uk
Daily Diary Events Saturday 1st February 2014 Burns Nicht at the Atholl Palace Atholl Palace Hotel, Pitlochry, PH16 5LY Burns Nicht wi’ a difference! A superb night of traditional and humorous verse and song, featuring renowned Burns specialists Cammy Goodall and Michael Philip, world class piper Brian Lamond plus Paul Clancy of the Conundrum Dance Band. Also including twice Glenfiddich world fiddle champion Maggie Adamson. Michael and Cammy have promised an unforgettable evening and one definitely with a difference, There will of course be the traditional airings such as “Tam o’ Shanter”, “Tae a louse”, “Ae Fond Kiss” and many others too! A refreshing and fun filled Burns Nicht will be topped off with Ceilidh and other dance music by Conundrum to complete the evening. There will of course be the traditional airings such as “Tam o’ Shanter”, “Tae a louse”, “Ae Fond Kiss” and many others too! A refreshing and fun filled Burns Nicht will be topped off with Ceilidh and other dance music by Conundrum to complete the evening. £28 Tel: 01796 472400 info@athollpalace.com www.athollpalace.com Friday 7th February 8pm 1000 years in 60 minutes (musical comedy) Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS A musical romp through a thousand years of Scottish history in to mins. suitable for all ages £12/£6 u16 (includes glass of wine & nibbles! Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com
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What’s On Highland Perthshire Saturday 8th February 7.30pm Rantin’ (Theatre/Drama) Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS A piece of ceilidh-theatre. Drawing on storytelling, live music and the Scottish folk tradition, Rantin’ stitches together visions of Scotland’s romantic past with its ever-changing present reality, revealing the patchwork identity of a nation...part cosy living room gathering, part play, part gig session. £12/£10 (includes booking fee) Tel: box office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute. com www.birnamarts.com Monday 10th February 8.40pm Heartland Film Society presents a Palme-Dewar short film with Q&A, followed by ‘The Hunt’, Cert 15 The Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy. an award-winning Danish drama in which a schoolteacher becomes the victim of a witch-hunt. All welcome. Please check date and time: www.birkscinema.co.uk Tel: 08719025754 Wednesday 12th February The Tryst Walking Group - Allean Forest Walk 6miles This is a walk through woodland from Allean Forst to Strathtummel via Loch Bhac Height gained 200m Distance 6miles Visitors/New members are most welcome. For further details contact George or Cathy Marshall Tel: 01796 470575 Thursday 13th February 7.30pm Prue Leith Relish: My Life On A Plate Birnam Arts Centre, Station Road, Birnam, Dunkeld, PH8 0DS The restaurateur, presenter and writer talks about her autobiographical book My Life On A Plate, originally published in 2012, which details her experiences of running a business, founding charities and leading institutions. Tickets £13 Tel: 01350 727674 www.birnamarts.com Friday 14th February Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR 10.00am to 11.00am Sara Sheridan - Mirabelle Bevan, crime fighter £6.50 Sara Sheridan’s smart and feisty heroine was introduced to us
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in Brighton Belle. Come and hear Sara talk about her crime fighting heroine and find out where Mirabelle is going next. 11.30am to 12.30pm Jane Yeadon - Call Me Sister £6.50 Call Me Sister recalls Jane’s challenging and often hilarious route to realising her own particular dream. Fans of Call the Midwife will love this tale of nursing in the 1960s. 1.00pm to 2.15pm Literary Lunch with Alan McIntosh Brown - The Old Music £22.50 (includes a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine) The Old Music is Alan’s first novel and is set in a Perthshire glen in 1947. Alan McIntosh Brown was born in Dundee but has lived near Aberfeldy for over forty years. He is a full-time entertainer: a singer/songwriter, musician, broadcaster, compere, public speaker and journalist. 3.00pm to 4.00pm Julie Summers - Jambusters £8.50 The Women’s Institute at War 1939 - 1945 and a third of a million country women set out to make their lives and the lives of those around them more bearable. Julie Summers reads from her brilliant book and tells the story of this legendary institution. 4.30pm to 5.30pmKari Herbert - Heart of the Hero £8.50 Kari’s superb book reveals the fascinating untold stories of remarkable women who loved and married polar explorers. Kari Herbert has captured and blended many unforgettable accounts of longing, betrayal and hope with moments of breathtaking peril. 6.30pm to 7.30pm Lesley Riddoch - Blossom £10 A fascinating new book by acclaimed broadcaster Lesley Riddoch looks at topics such as housing, health, language and culture, how we identify ourselves and how this needs to change – whether the country is independent or strongly devolved. This event will appeal to those who believe larger issues of self-esteem and power lurk beneath the complexities of the independence debate. Q & A session at end. 8.15pm to 9.30pm Fearie Tales FREE
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Saturday 15th February Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR 10.00am to 11.00am New Writing Scotland - Scottish Book Trust Awards £6.50 The Scottish Book Trust’s New Writers Award discovers fresh talent and provides a diverse programme of support to a group of writers at pivotal stages in their careers. A selection of new writers such as Pippa Goldschmidt, Samuel Tongue, Catherine Simpson, Graeme Burnet and Lynsey May from 2013 and 2012 will read and discuss their work at this event, providing an introduction to some of the most affecting, exciting and engaging new writing being created across Scotland. 11.30am to 12.30pm Clifton Bain The Caledonian Forest £6.50 Clifton Bain talks about the journey of the pinewoods, with colour photographs, maps and drawings by Darren Rees. 1.00pm to 2.15pm Literary Lunch with Ken Cox - Fruits and Vegetables of Scotland £22.50 (includes a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine) Winter Words favourite Ken Cox returns to talk about his book Fruit and Vegetables, which won the Garden Media Guild Practical Book of the Year 2012. 1.15pm to 2.00pm Poetry Please FREE Drop a copy of your favourite poem into the Box Office before lunchtime on this Saturday, along with your name and perhaps the reasons why this piece of verse is special to you. Then grab a light snack, sit back and enjoy as your favourite poems are read aloud by our Festival readers! 3.00pm to 4.00pm Gregor Ewing (and Meg) - Following Bonnie Prince Charlie £8.50 For the first time, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s arduous escape of 1746 has been recreated in a single journey. The author’s love of history and the landscape in which he travels shines through in this modern day adventure. 4.30pm to 5.30pm Robin LloydDavis - The Sunlit Summit £8.50 Robin Lloyd-Davis’ biography of Scotland’s most distinguished climber, William Hutchison Murray, is a fascinating book for anyone who has the mountaineering bug – or an interest in history. Come and hear Robin – himself a keen climber and award-winning author
What’s On Highland Perthshire – discuss this brilliant and fascinating man. 7.30pm to 9.00pm An Evening with Sir Chris Bonington £18.50 Join the legendary Sir Chris Bonington as he captures the highlights of an epic climbing career which spans the world`s greatest ranges. A fascinating evening in the company of one of the greats! 9.30pm to 10.30pm Fearie Tales FREE Gather together in the cosy, informal atmosphere of the Theatre Bar, as we once again round off the day’s events with original tales of the strange and the supernatural, read by some familiar faces from the Pitlochry stage. Box Office: 01796 484626 Website: PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
£15.00 Eddie Small, biographer and writer, will take you through the highs and lows of writing about your family: research methods and methodologies or processes, what to do when leads don’t lead you anywhere, searching for answers that don’t exist . . . and the highs when you make a break-through! 3.00pm to 4.00pm Space Invaders - hiper Youth Theatre Following their string of successful annual performances as part of Winter Words, hiper YT is back with a bigger and crazier production than ever! Can The Happydalers and Tunbridge Wells Ladies defeat the invading Martian attack force? Will the Chief of the Panic Free Radar Corps ever stop panicking and order the destruction of the UFO? Will Tina agree to go out with Carruthers and will Bob Saturday 15th-Sunday ever find out if there is anyone out 16th February there? Winter Week Festival 4.30pm to 5.30pm Jamie Grant The Scottish Crannog Centre - Winter in Glen Lyon £8.50 Jamie Kenmore Loch Tay PH15 2HY Grant’s beautiful book, ten years in the Join us for a special programme making, which recreates an emotional during Kenmore’s annual winter festijourney of exile and return, reflected in val. Programme details will be posted images beyond the physical landscape. when finalised. This promises to be a captivating, ilTel : 01887 830583 www.crannog.co.uk lustrated talk. Box Office: 01796 484626 Website: Sunday 16th February PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Sunday 16th February 3pm Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR Music in Rannoch Special 10.30am to 12noon £12.50 To Valentine’s Recital. celebrate the best of Scotland, The Old Church of Rannoch you can create miniature woolly Kinloch Rannoch versions of your very own! Ruth Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure Bailey and Jackie Holt will work with - A sunday afternoon recital with a Valknitters (participants) to bring all that entine’s Day theme. Singer Anne Lewis, is Scottish to life - all in a woollen form! with Bill Taylor on clarsach and harp Participants should have at least a little will perform a programme of traditional knitting experience. Scots songs and airs in a celebration of 1.00pm to 2.15pm Literary Lunch Robert Burns. with Eddie Small - Mary Lilly Entrance £5 Children Free. Walker £22.50 includes a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine Monday 17th February 7-9pm Mary Lily Walker is one of Scotland’s Wildlife, the Scottish Wildlife Trust forgotten heroines: a social reformer, and You! who founded the first Nursing Mothers` The Tryst Pitlochry Restaurant and Infant Health Service. Scottish Wildlife Trust Meeting - PerthEddie Small has written her biography, shire Wildlife Reserves Talk by Emma published 100 years after Walker`s Rawlings. Everyone is welcome Memdeath, and will take you through the bers £2 non-members £3 life of one of Scotland’s most fascinat- For more info Tel: Richard Horobin ing characters and the era that made 01796 474480 or her who she was. e.mail richardwhorobin@tomcroy.co.uk 3.00pm to 5.00pm Eddie Small Workshop: Writing Family History
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Thursday 20th February 7.30pm 10.30pm Classical concert – Feargus Hetherington(violin and viola) & Mira Opalinska (piano) The Big Shed, Tombreck, Lawers, Aberfeldy, PH15 2PB Feargus and Mira will be playing Classical Scottish music spanning three centuries from their CD ” A Highland Ballad” A Highland Ballad op. 47 – Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847 – 1935) Variations on a Theme of Pizzetti – Ronald Stevenson (b. 1928) A’e Gowden Lyric – Ronald Stevenson (b.1928) Sonata on Bonny Jean of Aberdeen – Alexander Munro (1697 – 1767) In the Mornin’ (Spiritual) – arr. Feargus Hetherington after Ives (b. 1979) The Life of this World – Stuart MacRae (b. 1976) Through the Wood, Laddie – William McGibbon (ca 1695 – 1756) Feargus will also play a solo violin piece called Rant by Eddie McGuire Tickets are £10 if pre-booked, via the email address on the contacts page of the website or by phone (or text message) on 07508645453 Tickets at the door are £12 Tel: 0750 864 5453 www.bigshed.org.uk Friday Friday February 21st to Sunday 23rd February Winter Beer Festival The Bankfoot Inn Bankfoot PH1 4AB Feb Fest: Bankfoot Inn Winter Beer Festival with Guest beers (and entertainment on Saturday Night) Friday 21st February Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR 10.30am to 11.30am £6.50 Andrea Thomas, a lecturer, teacher and writer, comes to Winter Words to discuss one of the most fascinating periods of Scottish history. 11.30am to 12.30pm Andy Hall Scotland’s Still Light £6.50 Andy Hall returns to Winter Words with a stunning display of photography inspired by some of Scotland’s most respected writers. His book, Scotland’s Still Light, is not an attempt to illustrate the texts, but to give a sense of place through
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What’s On Highland Perthshire the combination of words and images. 1.00pm to 2.15pm Literary Lunch with Kenneth Steven - Glen Lyon £22.50 includes a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine Winter Words favourite Kenneth Steven returns to PFT, this time with a novel, Glen Lyon. Kenneth will talk about all his writing - his spiritual and uplifting poetry, his radio work and his novel. 3.00pm to 4.00pm Lesley McDowell - Unfashioned Creatures £8.50 Lesley McDowell’s Unfashioned Creatures is a Gothic tale of madness, sexual obsession and murderous desires. Come and hear Lesley discuss her book and how (and where) her ideas are born, then listen to two talented actors read extracts that will bring Lesley’s book thrillingly to life! 4.30pm to 5.30pm Tracey Thorn Bedsit Disco Queen £10.00 Tracey Thorn was only 16 when she bought an electric guitar and joined a band. Between 1982 and 2000, she was one half of the group Everything But The Girl, had hit songs and a brilliant career ahead of her. Then one day, sitting at home, Tracey realised she was no longer happy to be part of the show business feeding frenzy and decided to tell her story. And as a result, one of the finest pop memoirs in recent times, Bedsit Disco Queen. 6.30pm to 7.30pm Mike McCartney - Sex, Drugs & Rock n Roll – I wish! £10.00 A nostalgic and hilarious trip in words and photos through the life of Paul`s younger brother, from the 1940s to The White House, all recounted with the sharpest of Liverpool wit. Then from Scaffold member (Lily The Pink, Thank U Very Much) to exhibiting photographer at the National Portrait Gallery and The Smithsonian, right up to cheekily chatting to the US President at The White House and the Queen at The Liverpool Museum, Mike will delight and entertain you with his wonderful tales and images. 8.15pm to 9.30pm Fearie Tales FREE Gather together in the cosy, informal atmosphere of the Theatre Bar, as we once again round off the day’s events with original tales of the strange and the supernatural, read by some familiar faces from the Pitlochry stage. Box Office: 01796 484626 Website: PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com
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21st February 7.30pm Music in Rannoch Concerts Feargus Hetherington (violin) and Mira Opalinska (piano) Old Kirk of Rannoch Bunrannoch Place Kinloch Rannoch PH16 5PY Tickets cost £8 at the door. Tel: 01882 633348 Saturday 22nd-Sunday 23rd February Winter Week Festival The Scottish Crannog Centre Kenmore Loch Tay PH15 2HY Join us for a special programme during Kenmore’s annual winter festival. Programme details will be posted when finalised. Tel : 01887 830583 www.crannog.co.uk Saturday 22nd February Winter Words Festival Pitlochry Festival Theatre Port Na Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR 10.00am to 11.00am £6.50 Ajay Close and Sue Peebles are both award-winning novelists - but is that where the similarity between their work ends? No, the connections and echoes between their new novels - Trust and Snake Road - will be examined and discussed at this brilliant event, chaired by Zoe Venditozzi. 10.30am to 11.00am The Tale o’ Peter Kinnen’ - Peter Rabbit in Scots read by Lynne McGeachie £3.50 for children, adults go free! Calling children of all ages: come and hear the favourite ‘Tale’ from the much loved books of Beatrix Potter: Peter Rabbit! Told in the Lowland Scots tongue in the heart of Perthshire, a place that Miss Potter herself loved so well and whose hills and rivers were the inspiration for so much of her work. Suitable for children and adults 3+ 11.30am to 12.30pm Dorie Wilkie & Hugh Andrew - Great Tapestry of Scotland £6.50 The Great Tapestry of Scotland is one of the country’s biggest ever community art projects. For over 2 years, more than 1,000 stitchers have been embroidering the world’s longest tapestry, which depicts the entire story of Scotland’s history. And now it is on public display for the very first time. Lead stitcher Dorie Wilkie will be joined in conversation by Hugh Andrews to discuss the work involved and how the 147 metres of tapestry was
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created by people all over Scotland. 1.00pm to 2.15pm Literary Lunch with Lynne McGeachie - Beatrix Potter’s Scotland - Her Perthshire Inspiration £22.50 includes a 2 course lunch and a glass of wine Beatrix Potter’s Scotland provides a rare insight into the life of one of the best-loved writers in Britain. This book reveals how she fell in love with the Perthshire countryside, where she spent many summers, and how this helped her to create the characters Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and Jeremy Fisher among others. 1.15pm to 2.00pm War Poets FREE Poems by Siegfried Sassoon, Rudyard Kipling and Wilfred Owen will be amongst a selection of poems that will be brought to life by a couple of familiar faces from the Pitlochry stage. Grab a coffee and cake, sit back and enjoy this free reading. 3.00pm to 4.00pm Sally Magnusson - Where Memories Go: Living With Dementia £8.50 BBC broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson and her two sisters cared for their mother, Mamie, during her long struggle with dementia until her death in 2012. This moving and honest account of losing a loved one day by day to an insidious disease is both deeply personal and a challenging call to arms. Sally talks openly and honestly about something that touches so many lives. 4.30pm to 5.30pm Rob Low - Bannockburn, Bruce and the Kingdom Series £8.50 Rob is the author of the highly successful Oathsworn series of Viking adventures. His latest in the Kingdom trilogy, The Lion Rampant, continues the gritty, true-to-life saga of characters swept up in the rise to power of Robert The Bruce, culminating in one of Scotland’s greatest victories. Rob’s highly entertaining style will reveal the truth behind the myths of Wallace and Bruce – and why Bannockburn is so highly-charged in 2014. 7.30pm to 9.00pm An Evening With Neil Oliver £18.50 We are delighted to welcome back Neil Oliver to this year`s Winter Words, following two pervious sell-out appearances. This time, Neil will be sharing his experiences in the making of the recent BBC TV series (and subsequent book): Vikings – A History. 9.30pm to 10.30pm Fearie Tales
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FREE Gather together in the cosy, informal atmosphere of the Theatre Bar, as we once again round off the day’s events with original tales of the strange and the supernatural, read by some familiar faces from the Pitlochry stage. Box Office: 01796 484626 Website: PitlochryFestivalTheatre.com Monday 24th February 6pm (prompt!) Heartland Film Society presents ‘Moonrise Kingdom’,Cert 12A The Birks Cinema, Aberfeldy. An engaging tale of 12-year-old runaways and the havoc they cause. Followed by HFS AGM, also at Birks. All welcome. Please check date and time: www.birkscinema.co.uk Tel: 08719025754 Tuesday 25th February 8pm Petunia and the Vipers (Crossover Americana) Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS Petunia and the Vipers’ music is madly infectious. When the band puts a foot to the floor, the show takes off with rocket boosters attached! £12/£10 conc/£5 u16 Tel: Box Office 01350 727674 admin@birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts.com Wednesday February 26th to Saturday 1st March 7pm SCDA 82nd Perthshire District Festival of One Act Plays Birnam Arts Centre Station Road Birnam Dunkeld PH8 0DS The Annual SCDA Festival, with 6 of Perthshire’s amateur drama companies, compete to take part in the next round of the Festival. Balcony £10 Stalls £9 £7 Conc - stalls only. Season for all 4 nights £36 Balcony/£32 Stalls Box Office Tel:01350 727674 admin@ birnaminstitute.com www.birnamarts. com
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