Overview

• Cumming, a Tony Award-winning actor, will lead Scotland's largest producing theatre located in Highland Perthshire.
• Pitlochry Festival Theatre draws over 100,000 visitors annually and is known for its diverse and high-quality productions.
• Cumming's appointment follows an intensive three-month recruitment process and is seen as a 'homecoming' for the Perthshire native.
• He aims to invite the world's best theatre artists to Pitlochry and showcase Scotland's theatrical legacy.
• Cumming's predecessor, Elizabeth Newman, will conclude her tenure with a production of 'The Sound of Music' running from November to December.