Pitlochry Festival Theatre will open their 2023 season with a new production of the much-loved musical fable and celebrated display of Sondheim’s classic lyricism, Gypsy; the first staging in Scotland for nearly 20 years.

Written by Arthur Laurents and with music by Jule Styne, performances will run from 19 May - 30 September.

Featuring such iconic songs as ‘Some People’, ‘Let Me Entertain You’, and the show-stopping ‘Everything’s Coming Up Roses’, Gypsy is directed by Pitlochry Festival Theatre’s Associate Director Ben Occhipinti.

Based on the comedic memoirs of famous striptease artist, Gypsy Rose Lee, Gypsy tells the story of pushy showbiz mother Rose, played here by Shona White (Mamma Mia!, West End), who travels across America with her daughters, Baby June, played by Patricia Panther (Peter Pan and Wendy, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) and Louise, played by Blythe Jandoo (Sunshine on Leith, Pitlochry Festival Theatre), in search of success with their homemade vaudeville act. But when Baby June leaves the act to elope, Rose vows to make introverted Louise the star and see her break into the big time, whatever it takes.

This stunning cast is completed by Ben Stock (Grease, West End) as Herbie, Oliver Cookson (Hay Fever, Assembly Roxy) as Pop Rose/Mr Goldstone, Matthew Churcher (Peter Pan, National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic) as LA/Cigar, Rachael McAllister (Little Women, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Mazeppa, Robbie Scott (Peter Pan and Wendy, Pitlochry Festival Theatre) as Tulsa, Joseph Tweedale (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Theatre Clwyd) as Yonkers/Weber, Jack Ward (Bridgerton, Netflix) as Angie, Trudy Ward (As You Like It, Jupiter Theatre) as Electra/Agnes, and Kristin Weichen Wong (Field- Something For The Future Now, Edinburgh International Festival) as Tessie Tura.

The world of Gypsy is expertly designed for the Pitlochry Festival Theatre stage by Liz Cooke, with lighting by Kate Bonney, sound by Lorna Munden, and is brought to life with choreography by Maggie Rawlinson and musical direction by Rob Hiley.

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