Award winning Middle Ground Theatre Company proudly presents the first UK touring stage adaptation of James Kennaway’s stunning Tunes of Glory which arrives at Perth Theatre on Tuesday 17 April for a two week run.

Originally a novel, Perthshire-born Kennaway adapted his work for the big screen, which culminated in the legendary BAFTA-winning film starring Alec Guinness and John Mills and directed by Ronald Neame.

Middle Ground’s production stars acclaimed British actors Stuart McGugan (BBC’s award-winning Tutti Frutti, Hamish Macbeth and It Ain‘t Half Hot Mum) as the wild and stormy Acting Colonel Jock Sinclair; Richard Walsh (London‘s Burning, Heartbeat and Doctors) as Colonel Basil Barrow, and Rupert Baker (London’s Burning and Lipstick on your Collar) as the Regimental Sergeant Major Mr Riddick.

Set in a snowy highland regiment barracks in the 1950s, the acting Colonel is Major Jock Sinclair, a charismatic drunk, wild and stormy, a hero of El Alamein in WWII, who has worked his way through the ranks the hard way - "Boot boy, band boy, Barlinnie Jail" to command his beloved regiment.

However, his command is short lived, as he is replaced by Colonel Basil Barrow, an ex-public school/Sandhurst veteran of a WWII Japanese POW camp. He is a "work-by-the-book" officer devoted to restoring the faded glory of this undisciplined regiment. The two clash instantly forcing allegiance from those around them in a conflict that is doomed to tragedy. An innocent daughter, her forbidden lover and Jock’s love Mary are just a few caught up in a deadly end-game. The outcome is both shocking and devastating in this sharply observed, gripping heartfelt story.

The production’s Artistic Director and designer is Middle Ground Producer Michael Lunney and he is joined by Assistant Director Richard Walsh. Together they direct an acting company of fifteen who perform in many of the original military costumes from the 1960 film.

Due to the complexity of the show’s design, the production features state-of-the-art technology for sound and film projection. Cinematic film images and scenarios have been shot on location and fused seamlessly into the action on stage. There’s extensive footage of the London Scottish Regiment's Pipes & Drums Band performing in the original film's costumes at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, along with other film scenarios.

A specially-composed musical score has been written by Mathew Larkin, which includes the classic and haunting sound of pipes and drums from a typical Scottish Regiment.

The stage design includes set revolves and digitally reproduced and painted backcloths, with the design itself being inspired by both the interior and exterior of Edinburgh Castle.

Tunes of Glory is showing at Perth Theatre from Tuesday 17 to Saturday 28 April. To book call 0845 612 6319 or log onto www.horsecross.co.uk