PFT Season Opens with Wild Honey by Michael Frayn, from the play without a name by Anton Chekhov When the young Chekhov completed his first play, he cannot have anticipated that a century later, it would be given a dazzling makeover by the author of Noises Off - nor that his youthful musings would be turned into a sharp, wildly funny midsummer comedy of love, lust and locomotives!

The party to celebrate the return of Anna Petrovna to her late husband’ s country estate attracts a motley crew: friends, acquaintances, creditors . . . and suitors. From doctors to retired Colonels, landowners to horse thieves and merchants to Female Emancipationists, all walks of country life gather - including the local schoolmaster, Platonov.

Once a radical student destined to become “a second Byron”, Platonov appears to have settled for a dull married life in the country. But Platanov’s seductive charm and ready wit are undiminished, a combination which can be highly attractive - and very dangerous. As the alcohol flows and fireworks burst in the night sky, the bees begin to gather round the honey pots. And while Anna Petrovna fends off would-be husbands, Platonov is juggling four women, fighting off a legal action (and a galloping case of the DTs) and evading a murder attempt or two . . .

Hurtling from farce in the forest to a steam-driven finale, Pitlochry Festival Theatre open their 2008 Season in high style with the Scottish première of Michael Frayn’s effervescent 1984 comedy.  This is the 1st play in PFT summer season. It opens this Friday May 16th, 8pm and will play in repertoire until 18th October. Tickets are available from box office: 01796 484626 or online: http://www.pitlochry.org.uk