If so, Pitlochry Festival Theatre may have an early 60th birthday present for you!

PFT is launching a search to find those born on the 19th May, 1951, and will be offering free tickets to see productions in its celebratory 60th Anniversary Season this Summer to a lucky few.

On 19th May, 1951, John Stewart's dream of creating a rural Festival Theatre for Scotland became a reality: Pitlochry Festival Theatre's very first Summer Season opened with Mary Of Scotland by Maxwell Anderson. Sixty Years Later and PFT's latest Summer Season of six plays is full of the kinds of shows that PFT's audiences (locals and visitors alike) have enjoyed most over the years! The principle of "something to suit every taste" is as true in 2011 as it was sixty years ago, and is one of the reasons this much loved theatre has continued to be such a success.

As part of the celebrations of its 60th Anniversary, Scotland's famous Theatre in the Hills is giving away 60 free tickets to the first 60 people who get in touch with the theatre with proof that they were born on 19th May, 1951 - and so are exactly the same age as PFT! Please write to Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Port-na-Craig, Pitlochry PH16 5DR or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

In a similar vein, PFT would also love to hear from anyone who was there, in the tent, at that very first performance in 1951 and would like to share their memories of that extraordinary First Night. A selection of the most vivid or amusing accounts that PFT receives will appear in the 2011 Season programme or will be published on the PFT website.