Whisky an - Come to Scotland
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<strong>Whisky</strong> Galore – A Musical!<br />
May 15 - Oct 17<br />
A tale of drams <strong>an</strong>d dreams – slainte mhor!<br />
Pitlochry Festival Theatre is delighted <strong>to</strong> be staging<br />
this musical World Première, based on Comp<strong>to</strong>n<br />
MacKenzie’s funny, rom<strong>an</strong>tic <strong>an</strong>d hugely entertaining<br />
novel. With a score that conjures up both the 1940s<br />
<strong>an</strong>d the unmistakable sounds of the Western Isles,<br />
performed by a highly talented cast of ac<strong>to</strong>rmusici<strong>an</strong>s,<br />
<strong>Whisky</strong> Galore – A Musical! promises<br />
<strong>to</strong> be a Year of Homecoming highlight!<br />
1943: the curse of rationing has visited the remote<br />
Hebride<strong>an</strong> isl<strong>an</strong>ds of Little Todday <strong>an</strong>d Great Todday<br />
<strong>an</strong>d the thirsty isl<strong>an</strong>ders have all but run out of uisge<br />
beatha - the water of life.<br />
And it’s not just the whisky drought causing problems,<br />
either. Good Catholic girl Peggy Macroon has fallen for<br />
one of the soldiers stationed on the isl<strong>an</strong>ds, Serge<strong>an</strong>t<br />
Odd, who’s not just English, but Protest<strong>an</strong>t <strong>to</strong> boot!<br />
Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pitlochry<br />
01796 484626<br />
pitlochry.org.uk<br />
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Catriona MacLeod is having trouble prising meek<br />
schoolmaster George Campbell away from his<br />
Wee Free dragon of a mother. And the dragon<br />
herself seems <strong>to</strong>o much in sympathy with the<br />
army authorities for some people’s liking...<br />
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When the S.S. Cabinet Minister runs aground with<br />
fifty thous<strong>an</strong>d cases of whisky aboard, the isl<strong>an</strong>ders<br />
rush <strong>to</strong> take adv<strong>an</strong>tage of the unexpected bounty.<br />
But then the officious Captain Waggett, the English<br />
officer comm<strong>an</strong>der of the Home Guard, learns of the<br />
illicit salvage operation – <strong>an</strong>d is ordered <strong>to</strong> confiscate<br />
the liquor!<br />
<strong>Whisky</strong> Galore is part of The Home Season which<br />
features six outst<strong>an</strong>ding plays by Scottish authors.<br />
Stay six days, see six plays!
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