Tag: Community

Alex chats to Tom Langlands and Lesley Buchan Donald about their ambitious projects to get the Perthshire public creating, writing and performing. We hear the story of how they found each other and forged their creative partnership, engaging and energising the community to help them deliver their stunning theatre shows, and giving a platform to all ages and abilities to share their creative outpourings. Lesley discusses using the power of creativity as a therapy for Parkinson’s and as a welcome alternative to her prior, stressed out vet’s existence, and we discuss using Auchterarder’s rich history to bind it all together.

Alex talks to Peter Laisen, founder of the charity Auchterarder Picturehouse CREW, about creativity in the community, inspiring the young and old to get involved, the challenges and motivations of restoring an Art Deco period cinema, and how to make a big difference from small starts.