Perth-based director Ken Alexander returns to Pitlochry Festival Theatre (PFT) this summer when Thark, the second show in PFT’s seven show season opens on Thursday June 2.
Mr Alexander has directed a wealth of shows at PFT including Whisky Galore – A Musical!, Stepping Out, Outlying Islands, and the ever-popular The Steamie.
Thark promises to be interesting production for audiences, not least due to the inclusion of special effects as the director explained during a break from rehearsals.
“Thark is a very funny, quirky play,” said Mr Alexander. “It starts off in fairly conventional farce form in that we’re in a Mayfair apartment in London’s West End.
“We then take a journey to Norfolk in the second act to this gothic mansion and that’s when it departs from conventional farce form, and becomes something quite different all together.”
Mr Alexander is particularly pleased to be working with set designer Nigel Hook who most recently designed for The Play That Goes Wrong in the West End.
“Thark does require special effects, particularly in the second act,” said Mr Alexander. “Nigel has put together some wonderful Victorian stage tricks, which I won’t give anything away about because I want them to be revealed during the play. But they’ve been great fun to work with.”