The new structure was a rectangular steel framework, clad with asbestos, inside which the inner framework of the tent theatre was re-erected to form an auditorium capable of seating 500, together with bars and a delicatessen buffet. Although this new building was to be semi-permanent, and it served well both audience and cast alike, thoughts would begin in earnest at the beginning of the seventies, to find a suitable permanent location worthy of Pitlochry’s Festival Theatre.