Pitlochry Festival Theatre has announced the 20-strong ensemble for its 2022 season which will take place this summer between May and October.
The ensemble will feature Keith MacPherson (The Yellow Door, Lyceum/Edinburgh International Book Festival; Waiting for Godot, Citizens Theatre); Alyson Orr (Cinderella, Pavilion Theatre Glasgow); Keith Jack (Fame, UK tour, Only The Brave, Edinburgh Festival); Rhiane Drummond (Dreamgirls/9-5 The Musical, Savoy Theatre, Heathers, UK tour); Connor Going (Wind in the Willows, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, The Choir of Man, Australia and USA tour); Richard Colvin (Sunshine on Leith, UK tour, A Christmas Carol, Bolton Octagon); Deirdre Davis (Bold Girls, Citizens Theatre, Monarch of The Glen, Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Lanna Joffrey (The Times of Our Lies, Park Theatre); Nalân Burgess (Welcome to Iran, Royal National Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East); Amelia Donkor (As You Like It and The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Company) and Rachael McAllister (A Christmas Carol, Pitlochry Festival Theatre).
They will be joined by Blythe Jandoo (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, London Palladium, Aladdin, Prince Edward Theatre); Jessica Brydges (Peter Pan, Maltings Theatre); Meg Chaplin (Arrival, impossible, The Midnight Child, UK tour), Anna Fordham (The Borrowers, Watermill Theatre); James Hudson (Saturday Night Fever, West End/UK tour, The Choir of Man, West End); Kit Orton (Spamalot, West End and UK tour, Oliver!, Watermill Theatre); Tom Richardson (Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Storyhouse Chester); Marc Small (Barefoot in the Park, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Richard II, Almeida Theatre); and making his professional acting debut – Richie Spencer.
Commenting on the ensemble, Pitlochry’s artistic director Elizabeth Newman said: “We are so excited to welcome our 2022 Ensemble to Pitlochry this year. We cannot wait to start rehearsals for productions which will also see us return to producing theatre inside our building as well as outside and online.
“This fantastic Ensemble of incredibly talented actors will perform some extraordinary dramas, comedies, new works, and musicals in repertoire throughout our Summer Season including in our brand-new Studio.
“The team of directors, Amy Liptrott, Ben Occhipinti, Brigid Lamour, Caitlin Skinner, and I cannot wait to make the plays with them for our wonderful audiences. During their time with us, you will be able to see this talented group in different roles.
“I look forward to our audience enjoying them transforming from production to production. We are also thrilled that this year their work will be seen in Pitlochry and in Edinburgh, London and toured across Scotland, as three of our 2022 summer productions are being co-produced with leading organisations – Stellar Quines Theatre Company, Capital Theatres and Watford Palace Theatre. Pitlochry is known for its Ensemble, and I am excited for us to continue this brilliant tradition.”
Running throughout the summer in the theatre’s new Studio and outside in the theatre’s Amphitheatre and riverside Bandstand, the 2022 season will include the new production of Sunshine on Leith. Co-produced with Capital Theatres and featuring new musical arrangements by David Shrubsole, Stephen Greenhorn’s feel-good musical which features the music of The Proclaimers will be the first production in the auditorium of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre in nearly two years.
Highlights in the Theatre’s auditorium also include the premiere (co-produced with Watford Palace Theatre) of Anne-Marie Casey’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women; Michael Frayn’s iconic backstage comedy Noises Off which celebrates its 40th anniversary; and a revival of Noël Coward’s classic 1930s comedy of manners, Private Lives.
Premieres of Cathy Forde’s play Helping Hands, Sara Shaarawi’s (Niqabi Ninja) Sister Radio (a co-production with Stellar Quines Theatre Company) and Martin McCormick’s new play The Maggie Wall will feature in the Theatre’s new studio, while the 2022 season will also feature family-friendly entertainment including an exciting new adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure Around the World in 80 Days performed on the riverbank. Family audiences will also be able to visit the theatre’s beautiful Explorers garden for the new promenade experience of Peter Rabbit.
Angela Thomas
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