Haddo Arts Festival

Established in 2012, the Haddo Arts Festival takes place annually in the grounds of Haddo House, Aberdeenshire. Primarily focussing on music, the Festival programme includes theatre, visual art, literature and conversation. As well as bringing outstanding national and international performers to the North East audience, the Festival is a showcase for the work of local artists and performers. Alongside a strong education programme, the Festival is committed to the support of emerging professional artists from the North East and across Scotland.

Miss Throgmorton performed 'Myrtle Throgmorton, Game Bird' at the 2015 festival and took to the stage again in 2016, delighting audiences with 'Myrtle Throgmorton Takes The Biscuit'. Following the lockdown of 2020, Myrtle was given exclusive access to give audiences a 'unique' behind-the-scenes tour of Haddo House.

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Myrtle Throgmorton's
​Haddo House Tour

​Haddo Arts Festival 2020 (online)

Like so many others during the summer of 2020, Myrtle pitched her tent in Scotland on a staycation. Although in her case it was probably a marquee.

Top of her places to visit in Aberdeenshire was Haddo House, but it was firmly locked up in lockdown. However, never one to be thwarted, she blagged her way in, on the grounds that she could be a distant relation of the Gordon family...

You can watch her on her tour here, as she guides us in her inimitable fashion through the House & Chapel and chats - socially distanced - with the interesting and talented people she meets on her way.

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Myrtle Throgmorton
​Takes The Biscuit
Sponsored by Walkers Shortbread

Haddo Arts Festival 2016

Another sell out show at the Haddo Arts Festival.
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Myrtle was back, supported by even more than her usual sturdy tights -  singer Colin Brockie, Glenfiddich Champion fiddler, George Davidson, dancer Gordon Raeburn, musicians Katherine Williams and Raemond Jappy, ‘cook’ Lesley Cruden, that veritable clootie dumpling, Robert Lovie and several members of the audience. Unfortunately her bosom friend, Midriff Bulge, was unable to make the journey from the Home Counties.

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Myrtle Throgmorton,
​Game Bird

Haddo Arts Festival 2015

Myrtle Throgmorton can never really say she has ever been anyone’s bird.  She has capered at the odd Ceilidh, so perhaps a Capercaillie, and is now sometimes a Grouse or a Snipe, but never a Shag - or a Cormorant - but she is very keen on parlour games.  And the Haddo House Hall was packed to the rafters with a cheery audience, willing to play along.
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Myrtle was thrilled to be supported once again by Gordon Raeburn and Sam Williams, following Myrtle Throgmorton, Ancient Heckler at the Edinburgh Fringe. Gordon had some real space to explore at Haddo but was still not doing ‘proper dancing’. He also played a mean harmonica and piped in the second half in fine tradition. Sam’s composition, Work in Progress, sounded even better on the Haddo Steinway.

​Myrtle roped in some other members of the Swiss Family Williams; Katherine bravely duetted with her in place of Midriff Bulge, who couldn’t make the trip North, with Roger accompanying them. And the brilliant young fiddler, George Davidson of Tarves, Glenfiddich Champion 2015, completed the cast.
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Jolly good show! 
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