A Wild Night In: A Celebration of Mountaineering

A Wild Night In comes to the Perth Concert Hall on Friday 4 December, a night built around mountaineering stories. It's put on by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, and they're drawing on their own archive to bring to life some of the most momentous and inspiring stories in the history of the sport. The whole thing is framed as a kind of modern folklore: tales of tragedy, survival, high stakes and human achievement.

What makes it work is the line-up. They've gathered a rare number of figures from the climbing world in one room, with Leo Houlding, Dave MacLeod, Polly Murray and Louise Flockhart all on the bill. It's not just a series of talks, either — the audience is invited to ask their own questions, so you can put your own things to the people on stage rather than just listening from the seats.

It's held in the Gannochy Trust Auditorium, inside the Concert Hall on Mill Street, PH1 5HZ. The evening starts at 19:00, and general admission is £34.50. If you're a member of the RSGS or Mountaineering Scotland, that drops to £30.50 with a code, and under-18s and students get in for £22.50 — all those prices include a £2.50 booking fee.