Sorry, error in our summer 2012 brochure
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MONDAY 30 JULY COMEDY SHOW, THE GINGE, THE GEORDIE, THE GEEK IS NOT AN AGED18+ EVENT AS STATED IN THE BROCHURE.
APOLOGIES
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Wade's Road: Part 2 with Colin Liddell
Colin Liddell, charity lawyer and distinguished local Pitlochry historian, brings this fascinating and illuminating supplementary talk on General Wade’s roads, this time taking the route from its starting point at Crieff, as far as Dalnacardoch.
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Hillfolk Noir
Fronted by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Travis Wards, Hillfolk Noir is one of the hardest-working bands on the US roots music circuit, with a huge stateside following. This is Hillfolk Noir’s much-anticipated, first UK tour.
Their music’s been variously described as “filtered through a country-tinged, swampy-swingin’, hillbilly-delta-blues-ragtime word machine”.
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Shooglenifty
Groundbreaking Scottish mavericks Shooglenifty, the Edinburgh based 6-piece Celtic rock
fusion band, push the word 'traditional' to its limits with their unique blend of dance vibes and roots music. Genuinely genre defying, they have been described as everything from 'acid croft' to 'hypnofolkadelia’.
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind and Brass
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra is internationally recognised as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, and is also one of Scotland’s foremost cultural ambassadors. The Orchestra performs throughout Scotland, including annual tours of the Scottish Highlands and Islands and South of Scotland, and appears regularly at the Edinburgh, East Neuk, St Magnus and Aldeburgh Festivals and the BBC Proms.
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Preston Reed
Preston Reed is a one-man revolution. The New Yorker tweaks the nose of musical convention, pokes the eye of accepted wisdom, and burns the rulebook of the past. His unique style is impossible, unfathomable, unthinkable, as with blurred hands he taps, tickles, slaps and soothes his instrument, fusing polyrhythmic percussion with emotive melody to create a sonic landscape.
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The Allotment
A world premiere (2011), in co-production with ASSEMBLY, by Scottish writer Jules Horne, ALLOTMENT follows the complex and quirky relationship between sisters Dora and Maddy as they live out the seasons on their allotment, playing out their rivalries among the plants. When the unexpected rocks their uneasy balance, it's time to do something radical
The Allotment has 3 time slots on July 29th.
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What's on
The Ginge The Geordie The Geek
Fresh from filming their new BBC pilot, the biggest selling Edinburgh festival sketch show of 2011 (7000 tickets last year) preview their brand new show of truly uplifting silliness and surrealism at BIrnam Arts, so, if you like your comedy served extremely funny, order a portion of Ginge, Geordie & the Geek!
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3 Bears
The amazing Clydebuilt Puppet Theatre, who brought us Peter and The Wolf last Christmas, return to Birnam Arts with this wonderfully warm show - Goldilicks meets the 3 BEARS.
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Rachel Sermanni
Indie Folk sensation, Rachel Sermanni, first came to the public’s attention when she appeared at 2011 Celtic Connections, and it was the start of a career that’s seen her touring widely and being given wide coverage and playing live on air with her band on the likes of Radio 1 and 2.
She appeared at Birnam Arts last year as a support act for Rumer, and bowled everyone over in the audience with a stunning set and performance, with smoky vocals and an efortless stage performance – a different story now, this sought after, supremely talented musician now appears here with her own band, and support act.
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Beyond Presents: Al Murray
Broken Britain may be staring into the bottom of an empty pint glass, but don’t lose hope – Al Murray The Pub Landlord is back to fill it up again, with a brand new show of epic proportions.
Britain’s most irrepressible Innkeeper will be serving up his premier brew of ale-inspired acumen and bar-room buffoonery at a theatre near you this autumn, as part of his 2012 THE ONLY WAY IS EPIC TOUR
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Stick Granny on the Roof Rack
Comedy drama by multi award-winning playwright Rona Munro, performed by award-winning actress Fiona Knowles
Take one everyday family, heat to 36 degrees, leave in a hired car to cook, then stand back and watch the sparks fly!
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Alex Yellowlees Hot Club Jazz Quartet
Outstanding! Reminiscent of Django Reinhardt and the legendary Hot Club de France this modern Grappelli on violin with virtuoso guitarists Ged Brockie and Mike Nisbet and bassist Kenny Ellis, perform exciting, intoxicating swing jazz, laced with Latin rhythms and spiced with Celtic gypsy flair! Not to be missed!
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Monster Ceilidh Band
The funky Monster Ceilidh Band hit Birnam Arts with vibrant, electronic crossover dance music, making it the perfect night out for a bit of foot stomping in night-club fashion!
They’ve entertained all over the world, from the fields of Glastonbury to 8,000 people at the Rainforest World Music Festival in Borneo, with their unique cross-genre ceilidh music. They released their electronica album Mechanical Monster in 2011 to critical acclaim.
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