Fingask Follies
The Follies is an annual musical revue conceived at Fingask by the current owner, Andrew Threipland. The show comprises two acts of 35 minutes with an hour break for supper. The fifteenth Follies season took place in May 2010. Originally the Follies ran for 3 nights; it has now expanded to 16 shows: 8 nights at Fingask and a tour taking in venues in Edinburgh (the New Club and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh; Glasgow (the Glasgow Art Club); Aberdeen (Crimonmogate house); Dumfriesshire (Balgray); Peebles (Eastgate Theatre); Norfolk (Stradsett Hall); Hertfordshire; and London (the Polish Club).
Past venues include: Blairquhan (chez the late Jamie Hunter Blair) (2000–2005); Scone Palace (2006); Caprington Castle (Ayrshire); Fowlis Castle in Rosshire (2007); Guards' Club (2007); and Flintham in Nottinghamshire (2004).
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