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Question Time by Aileen Cook

Aileen Cook’s smooth-talking radio presenter is put off his stride by enormous hedges, a holiday in Perth and a technical hitch with hilarious consequences! Read by Greg Powrie collaboration with the Pitlochry Festival Theatre Project.

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Monologue by Sandra Anderson

In collaboration with the Pitlochry Festival Theatre Project and accepted by Aberdeen’s Elphinstone Institute: now’s your chance to experience Sandra Anderson’s emotive and compelling account of living through the lockdown.

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The Dry-Rot Man by Zusana Storrier

Got dry rot? Need help? Looks like a job for Dry-Rot Man! A conversation from Zusana Storrier about a local legend.

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Open the Door to Poetry

To mark World Poetry Day, please find some inspirational words from Roddie McKenzie on how to live a life less ordinary.

Knock knock

Knock-Knock

A elderly woman shielding against Covid is disturbed by a mysterious knocking on her door. A compelling short story of horror by Fraser Malaney.

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The Whites of His Eyes

David Carson’s charming and whimsical tale about an academic researcher who pursues a mysterious stranger and gets more than he bargained for.

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Death and All His Friends

In Roddie McKenzie’s darkly satirical Scots monologue, Death’s a got way too much on and needs a break.

Pas du tout

Richard Gilles tells it like it is: a Zoom meeting where nothing goes to plan – with hilarious consequences.

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Breeks

A few lines from Craig A. Mudie to mark the passing of a local legend.

A winter journey

Winter Journey

A piece by David Carson, inspired by the trials facing travelling performers to an increasingly hostile and inward-looking UK.