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The Byre Theatre and Perth Theatre are teaming up to stage Laila Noble's The Man in the Submarine, the winning entry in the inaugural St Andrews Playwriting Award.

Perth audiences will have the opportunity to see Perth Theatre and Dundee Rep’s co-production DON QUIXOTE – Man of Clackmannanshire as the critically acclaimed ‘coming of old-age’ comedy heads along the Tay.

Perth Theatre and Dundee Rep are collaborating this autumn to bring brand-new 'coming of old age' comedy DON QUIXOTE - Man of Clackmannanshire to their respective stages. 

Audiences are at the heart of this season's programme, with bold new adaptations of big-name classics like The Steamie and Cinderella joining returning favourites including Joan Clevillé's powerful reimagining of the Greek tragedy in Antigone, Interrupted and last year's sell-out sensation, Smile.

Perth actors Colin McCredie and Tom McGovern have signed up to Perth Theatre and St Johnstone Football Club's Oh When The Saints - the play that puts the team and its fans centre stage.

Coming to Perth Theatre from Thursday 21 until Saturday 23 April, Northern Broadsides and New Vic’s production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a bold and refreshing take on the bard’s most musical comedy. Directed by former Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland, Laurie Sansom, known by Perth audiences for his stunning direction on his NTS swansong; the dramatic and heart-rending The 306: Dawn, As You Like It features a 12-strong cast of actors include non-binary and disabled performers.

Perth Theatre treated audiences to a special Boxing Day gift by sharing The Dress, a specially created video starring Scottish comedian, actor and writer Karen Dunbar.

Perth Theatre's reopening season continues in a lighthearted vein with Grant O'Rourke's playful take on Molière's society-bashing satire Don Juan.

As the final in-theatre seats were snapped up for Bristol Old Vic's Touching the Void, the theatre today announced its live-broadcast partners to help bring the production to a global audience.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet Mozart? Fans of the prodigy and those vaguely familiar with one or two of his pieces are sure to enjoy the adventures of pianist and storyteller Will Pickvance in his show, First Piano on the Moon.

Perth Theatre is building on the global success and rave reviews scored by its online panto by offering another LIVE online family show – First Piano On The Moon.

Following the Scottish Government's announcement that Perth and Kinross is moving to Tier 3 Coronavirus Restrictions, Perth Theatre has confirmed that all performances of panto promenade Oh Yes We Are! A Quest For Long Lost Light And Laughter will now be broadcast LIVE online.

Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre are launching Gig On A Truck, a mobile pop-up stage to take music and more to care home car parks and gardens across the area.

Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre are keeping connected with their community groups even though the venues are currently closed.

With schools across the world on lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Horsecross Arts, the creative organisation and charity behind Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre, is working to battle the impact of isolation and anxiety on teenagers' mental health a?' and providing a space to express what the lockdown is like for them.

Perth Concert Hall and Perth Theatre may be closed for now, but the team behind the venues is sharing daily moments of culture and community to stay in touch while the buildings are dark.

During a week when comedian Joe Lycett legally changed his name by deed poll to Hugo Boss, ever dedicated to his craft, it felt fitting to see a revival of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The comedy about identity and the elite has been revived at Perth Theatre.

Ferry Tales celebrates the waters surrounding Scotland's western isles and the voyages over them made by thousands of locals, workers and visitors each year.

Perth Theatre has teamed up with Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Birnam Arts, Playwrights' Studio, Scotland and local playwright Lesley Wilson to launch Perthshire Plays, an intensive 2-year programme to support new and existing playwrights from across Perth and Kinross.

Celebrated Scottish actor and comedian Karen Dunbar has been announced as Lady Bracknell in the upcoming Perth Theatre production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.