Stage and screen star Alan Cumming has said he wants to make audiences “gasp” as he prepares his first season as artistic director at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
He also said he wants his first season to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Pitlochry Festival Theatre – and the “ethos” of the man who first started it in a tent in 1951.
Cumming, whose accolades include two Emmys, two Tony Awards and an Olivier award, said that in recent years balancing the books at the theatre had been a “constant battle” – particularly in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The multi award-winning star, who took up the post last month, also said he wants to “harness” his international profile to “take Pitlochry to the world and the world to Pitlochry”.
He said it had just been confirmed that one of the shows being programmed for 2026 will also go to New York’s Broadway, which he said will provide income “outside of just what happens in this building”.
