January 16th 2025.
The Pitlochry Festival Theatre is gearing up for its Winter Words Festival, and its new Artistic Director Alan Cumming is excited to reveal the impressive lineup. The festival will feature renowned authors such as Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart, crime writer Val McDermid, and Mayflies and Caledonian Road author Andrew O'Hagan. In addition, broadcaster and journalist Kirsty Wark will be joining Cumming for engaging conversations about their work.
The festival will also showcase conversations with former Scots Makar Liz Lochhead, who will be in conversation with O'Hagan, and current Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen. Cumming, who is known for his passion for writing, is thrilled to be able to highlight some of the best Scottish talents in both theatre and literature. "It's a happy surprise that my first programming as Pitlochry Festival Theatre's new Artistic Director is not plays, but another one of my passions - writers," he shared.
Continuing on this theme, Cumming aims to make the Winter Words Festival a literary celebration of Scotland's rich heritage. Alongside the conversations, there will also be a play reading, cooking, yoga, and running events, as well as a special appearance by the Geographer Royal. And to top it all off, the festival will feature the ever-insightful Kirsty Wark.
For those who also love theatre, there will be a rehearsed reading and a performance from the festival's Associate Company, Firebrand Theatre. The company will be presenting A Room of One's Own, a dramatization of Virginia Woolf's writings, performed by Ellie Zeegen. In addition, there will be a rehearsed reading of The Race to 1984 by Richard Baron, which celebrates author George Orwell and the women who played a crucial role in completing his masterpiece.
The Winter Words Festival 2025 will take place from February 21st to 23rd. To secure your tickets and learn more about the event, you can contact the Box Office team or visit the festival's website. And for more captivating culture stories, be sure to subscribe to Scottish Field and stay up-to-date with the latest issue.
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