In exciting news, Alan Cumming is the new artistic director of the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and will give Noisemaker its UK Premiere of Ceilidh in his first season as director.
Cumming will also star in My Fair Lady and co-star with Shirley Henderson in a new production of Oliver Emanuel’s A History of Paper, and will direct the world premiere of Martin Sherman‘s I’ll Be Seeing You.
Cumming was quoted here: “My first season of programmed work as artistic director in 2026 also happens to be the 75th anniversary of Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s founding by a man named John Stewart, who came here during the Second World War and made a promise to himself that he would return and build a theatre,” shares Cumming in a statement. “I have found I have a great affinity with John: we both came to Pitlochry and were mesmerized, we both share a belief in dreaming big and the power of positivity and manifestation. And for my first season, just as he did in 1951, I have invited people here who I admire and love, and who have been part of the theatrical journey that led me to becoming this theatre’s artistic director. The potential of Pitlochry Festival Theatre is boundless, and we have a passionate and proud staff who are ready to share the adventure ahead with me. And so, in 2026 I hope you’ll join us all for a season of work that is a homage to John Stewart’s legacy and spirit: one of boldness, of daring, and of manifesting a dream.”