THE FINGASK FOLLIES

Drawing room entertainment for the thinking man!

 

The Fingask Follies are an original musical revue which have been going for 12 years.  Every 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 and Plato, Milton and Mozart. 

 

“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

 

 

Currently in preparation:

 

Heavenly Bodies

 

Fact or fantasy– 2008

 

DATES FOR 2008

Performances at Fingask Castle:

16th (sold out!), 17th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th, 31st May & 1st June

Seats are limited.

6.40pm Drinks–

7.15pm  Show – Act I 35 minutes

Dinner in the interval – either bring your own picnic to our Pavilion or

dine in the castle

 Act II 40 minutes - Carriages 10.00 approx.

 

Follies go touring

Monday 19th May – Stradsett Hall – Norfolk

Thursday 22nd May – Crimonmogate House - Aberdeenshire

Tuesday 27th May – Royal College of Physicians - Edinburgh

Wednesday 28th May – Art Club - Glasgow

Monday 2nd June - The Eastgate Theatre - Peebles

Tuesday 3rd June – Balgray – Dunfriesshire

Thursday 5th June – Polish Club – London

Friday 6th June – Polish Club – London

Saturday 7th June - Broom’s Farm - Hertfordshire

 

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