"Alan Cumming is a man who wears many hats: actor, producer, presenter and queer bar owner, but being artistic director of Scotland 's Pitlochry Festival Theatre may be his most personal project to date. The 60-year-old star, born just 15 miles from Pitlochry, aims to put the town on the map with Out in the Hills, a new festival dedicated to LGBTQ+ arts. Taking place from 16 to 18 January, the festival will brighten up the start of 2026 with film screenings, theatre performances, photography exhibitions and intriguing conversations."
"Cumming, alongside curator Lewis Hetherington, has gathered an eclectic programme which the actor is part of. The Avengers: Doomsday actor will be leading the cast of Me and the Girls, a brand new adaptation by Neil Bartleet of Nöel Coward's 1962 short story. There's also 'In Conversation' events - including with Zander Murray and Graham Norton - a reading from Ian McKellan, stand-up comedy, a queer ceilidh, DJ sets, LGBTQ+ re-evaluations of history and creative workshops."
""It's great we've got indigenous Scottish people who are queer and trans and non-binary also represented," Cumming says, speaking exclusively to PinkNews. "I want my time at Pitlochry to bring starry names but also to encourage, support and celebrate local Scottish talent." But it's not just the festival on Cumming's plate; he's also starring in the new Russell T Davies show, . The five-part series follows two neighbours with radically different views. Davies has stated that the show came from his desire to make a drama about "the most corrosive forces facing the LGBTQ+ community today"."
Alan Cumming serves as artistic director of Pitlochry Festival Theatre and is launching Out in the Hills, an LGBTQ+ arts festival running 16–18 January 2026. The festival will feature film screenings, theatre performances, photography exhibitions, conversations, stand-up, a queer ceilidh, DJ sets, workshops and historical re-evaluations. Curation by Cumming and Lewis Hetherington combines star names with local Scottish talent and includes a new adaptation of Nöel Coward's story Me and the Girls, readings, and In Conversation events with figures such as Zander Murray, Graham Norton and Ian McKellan. Cumming emphasizes representation of indigenous Scottish queer, trans and non-binary people. Cumming also appears in a new Russell T Davies drama addressing corrosive forces facing the LGBTQ+ community.
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