THE FINGASK FOLLIES

 

 

 

 

“You will leave the Follies humming an old tune and

 thinking a new thought”- Andrew Threipland

 

“Hurray for the Follies: you add to the sum of human happiness’”

Alexander McCall-Smith

 

“We so enjoyed your Follies.  They have become a fixture

 like the Edinburgh Festival – only far less strenuous!”

Magnus Linklater

 

“Having just seen The Fingask Follies,

I will never go to country house opera again”

A guest at our West End Premier

 

 “The only entertainment I pay to go and see”
Hugh Buchanan - artist

 

Here is a full list of our shows to date:

 

Ossian – 1996

 

Moonstruck – 1997

 

Love All – Tennis, Eros and Agape – 1998

 

My Fair Lady? – from Oestrus to Ascot – 1999

 

The Framing of the Shrew –  2000

 

$pondulick$ Galore! – 2001

 

Briefs Galore -   2002

 

The Fouler Sex? – 2003

 

Genes Galore – 2004

 

Facts and Fallacies – 2005

 

Crumpet Galore

We are what we eat - 2006

 

 

Having a Good Time

It’s now or never…– 2007

 

 

Heavenly Bodies

Fact or fantasy– 2008

 

ANIMAL FARM 2009

 

EAU YES! IN PREPARATION FOR 2010

 

Each show has the same format:  four singers, two actors and a piano but a different title, theme and content which are conceived annually at Fingask Castle. We pride ourselves that the shows are slick, funny and thought provoking:  Cole Porter, Plato, Milton and Mozart. 

 

2009

This year's season is over.  The show was deemed even better than last year's and greeted with standing ovations.  We had an exciting range of venues.  We revisited many favourites and added some new ones.

This is where we performed: Fingask Castle; Stradsett Hall, Norfolk; the Polish Club, London; the Glasgow Art Club; the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; Balgray, Dumfriesshire; Solsgirth House, Kinross-shire; Glen Tanar Ballroom, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire; Southfield House, East Lothian and in the grounds of Stag Hall, Hertfordshire.

We raised money for local charities and entertained about 2,000 people.

DATES FOR 2010

Follies at Fingask on 7th, 8th, 9th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd May 2010.

Wednesday 12th May

Eastgate Theatre, Peebles

Contact:  Hugh & Georgina Seymour

01721 760245

Thursday 13th May

Glasgow Art Club                 TBC

Tuesday 18th May

Kincardine Castle

Andy & Nicky Bradford

01339 884225

kincardineestate@btinternet.com

Wednesday 19th May

4 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh

Salon of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Contact:  follies@fingaskcastle.com

Thursday 20th May

Royal College of Physicians

Edinburgh

Private Party

Wednesday 26th May

Balgray, Dunfriesshire

Contact:  Vicky Jardine Paterson

01576 202537

vjp@balgray.co.uk

Sunday 30th May

Chelsea Arts Club

London SW3 5ED

Contact:  follies@fingaskcastle.com

We are still taking bookings for our Follies tour in May and June.

 

BRAVE PICNICKING                                                            FINGASK PICNICKING

                                                        

For a modest fee (from £2,500.00) the Follies can come and perform for you; wherever you are: from Palaces to piggeries.  We appear at private parties, we raise money for charities (over £30,000 in 2007) we help keep the roof on and above all we spread a bit of informative fun.

 

Contact: Andrew or Helen Threipland about the Follies coming to you

Fingask Castle, Rait, Perthshire PH2 7SA

01821 670777 line 4 & 5 fax 01821 670755

follies@fingaskcastle.com   www.fingaskcastle.com

 

       Follies on tour

       taking the Royal College of Physicians,

       Edinburgh by storm

 

 

 

 

Click here to see article in the Scottish Field