Mon, 04 November, 2019 — Sat, 09 November, 2019

Evan returns to Helensburgh, West Scotland, home to the nation’s nuclear defence program and once a thriving holiday resort. A place he’s been trying to avoid. Haunted by his past and afraid of his future, he finds Helen working at the Seaview Hotel. GOOD WITH PEOPLE is a haunting two-hander tracing one town’s path of […]

Mon, 28 October, 2019 — Sat, 02 November, 2019

In 1998, Italian cyclist Marco Pantani won both the Giro D’Italia and the Tour De France. He was on top of the world. By February 2004, he had died alone in a squalid drug-ridden hotel room in Rimini. Pantani’s rise and fall is a story of epic proportions. The Pirate tells of a modern Prometheus, […]

Mon, 21 October, 2019 — Sat, 26 October, 2019

“Nobody said it was going to be A WALK IN THE PARK, but that’s what it is.” – was the full title of this show, but the Producer’s common sense(?) prevailed… We find a guy, late at night, in his garret, grappling with his computer and indeed the 21st Century. He resolves to write a […]

Mon, 14 October, 2019 — Sat, 19 October, 2019

Born in Glasgow in 1927, RD Laing was the most famous psychiatrist of his time. Laing’s work redefined the relationship between patient and doctor. His book ‘The Divided Self’ enhanced his reputation and brought him celebrity status. Laing believed the family to be a potentially destructive force on the individual. He once said ‘We are […]

Mon, 07 October, 2019 — Sat, 12 October, 2019

In the 1950’s, Gorbals-born Mary McGowan was the sensational singer with cult Scottish jazz band The Clyde Valley Stompers and was reckoned by Louis Armstrong to have one of the best voices in the business, even headlining The Cavern Club the night The Beatles made their debut! However, at the height of her fame, The […]

Mon, 30 September, 2019 — Sat, 05 October, 2019

He never won any more than a couple a quid, but that was his life…all he had…his paper, the horses, memories of singing along with Frank Sinatra and a life of misery.. he was better off dead in my opinion. Francis and Loretta are broke community care workers.  Davy, one of their charges, has had […]

Mon, 23 September, 2019 — Sat, 28 September, 2019

Winter 1919.  Thomas Barclay is transported back in time by his memories of the night when he was the Signalman who sent the Edinburgh/Burntisland train onto the Tay Rail Bridge 40 years before.  Who is responsible when accidents occur? Why is there a difference between what we feel and what we know? Why do we […]

Mon, 16 September, 2019 — Sat, 21 September, 2019

Berlin, the late 1920’s… a time of decadence, despair and joie de vivre. A young Jewish composer, Kurt Weill, meets his muse, singer Lotte Lenya and falls in love. He collaborates with playwright Bertholt Brecht on what they both consider a ‘bit of  a potboiler’, but the rehearsals are fraught with disaster and the production […]

Mon, 09 September, 2019 — Sat, 14 September, 2019

Jan McArthur is raging. Her husband just left her for a silicone-enhanced woman 20 years her junior. She’s lost her job.  Her cat just died. And to cap it all, the menopause is on the rampage, leaving her a hot flashing mess. When Jan reads Jack Bonham’s women hating column, he becomes the embodiment of […]

Mon, 02 September, 2019 — Sat, 07 September, 2019

Its 2006, Jack is 19 and was born on the same day, in the same hour, in the same hospital as Paolo Nutini. He goes to T in the Park in a stolen hearse with his two best friends Jack and Mavis, and promises that his best pal Paolo will be there to meet them. […]

Mon, 26 August, 2019 — Sat, 31 August, 2019

It’s 1997 and Steven McPhail is bored. Millport was alright – but he’s 17 now and it’s time to work out what to do with his life, but there’s only so much one can do when you’re stuck on a Scottish island.  Everything changes when a chance encounter with an outrageous drag queen shows Steven […]

Mon, 22 July, 2019 — Sun, 25 August, 2019

A Play, a Pie and a Pint’s Autumn season will return on 26th August 2019 with 13 brilliant plays. Artistic directors April Chamberlain and Morag Fullarton are delighted to present more favourite plays from PPP’s back catalogue as well as bringing you 5 thrilling world premieres. The season launches with a sparkling new musical ‘Crocodile […]

Tue, 02 July, 2019 — Sat, 20 July, 2019

Tue 2nd – Sat 20th July Cast: Darren Brownlie, Angela Darcy, George Drennan & Ashley Smith. DRACULA IS PAN-BREID! Or IS he?  For MINA is turning into a VAMPIRE and JONATHAN is worried.  Returning to Transylvania, they find DAME IGORETTE in a wretched state: with no VAMPIRE to terrorise the village, tourism has dwindled.  There’s […]

Mon, 24 June, 2019 — Sat, 29 June, 2019

Cast: Iain Robertson, Linda McLaughlin and Laurie Ventry Three characters sitting in a glass shelter on the pier during a blustery gale; waiting… each of them has a story to tell about each of the seaside towns on the Clyde coast that the ferries plied on their legendary summer trips, (doon the watter) heaving with […]