Were you born on 19th May, 1951?

The search is on to find those born on the 19^th May, 1951, as we will be offering free tickets to see productions in its celebratory 60^th Anniversary Season this Summer to a lucky few...

For us in the marketing department, we get not only to dream up these ideas but to also implement them - that means talking with journalists to place articles or features to run in local as well as national papers.

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On 19^th May, 1951, John Stewart’s dream of creating a rural Festival Theatre for Scotland became a reality: Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s very first Summer Season opened with Mary Of Scotland by Maxwell Anderson. Sixty Years Later and PFT’s latest Summer Season of six plays is full of the kinds of shows that PFT’s audiences (locals and visitors alike) have enjoyed most over the years! The principle of “something to suit every taste” is as true in 2011 as it was sixty years ago, and is one of the reasons this much loved theatre has continued to be such a success.

As part of the celebrations of our 60th Anniversary, our famous Theatre in the Hills is giving away 60 free tickets to the first 60 people who get in touch with us, with proof that they were born on 19^th May, 1951 – and so are exactly the same age as PFT!

Please write to Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port-na-Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR or email marketing@pitlochryfestivaltheatre.com.

In a similar vein, we would also love to hear from anyone who was there, in the tent, at that very first performance in 1951 and would like to share their memories of that extraordinary First Night. A selection of the most vivid or amusing accounts that PFT receives will appear in the 2011 Season programme or will be published on the PFT website.

Adios!