By Claire Dowie

Mon, 23 May, 2016 — Sat, 28 May, 2016

CallBack theatre, the company that brought you the sell out show Fred & Alice (5 Stars- The Herald, 4 Stars- The Times, 4 Stars- Irish Examiner) are delighted to be back at the Oran Mor with 2 hugely successful short plays ARSEHAMMERS & BONFIRE NIGHT  by international award winning writer CLAIRE DOWIE   “THOROUGHLY COMPELLING” […]

By Lesley Hart

Mon, 16 May, 2016 — Sat, 21 May, 2016

Co-production with Birds of Paradise Theatre Company Featuring Robert Softely Gale, Louise McCarthy and Natalie MacDonald Please note, this play contains some strong language and scenes of a sexual nature Inspired by the principle of “role shift” in British Sign Language, Lesley Hart’s new play is a bodyswapping, mind bending comedy about the struggle to […]

By Sabrina Mahfouz

Mon, 09 May, 2016 — Sat, 14 May, 2016

Produced in Association with Tobacco Factory Theatres Featuring Janet Etuk and Heather Williams Mona is pregnant. Her boyfriend has died. His mother is going crazy with grief and Mona has something big to tell her. Exploring the ever-topical and emotive subject of abortion in the 21st century, award-winning writer Sabrina Mahfouz presents a brand new drama for A Play, A […]

By Paul Charlton

Mon, 02 May, 2016 — Sat, 07 May, 2016

Featuring Cameron Cunningham, Elaine MacKenzie Ellis and Finlay McLean Seventy one year old Jim lives alone in the back room of his low-end antique shop that barely makes ends meet. Without any family around, and only the occasional visits from homecare worker Lorna, Jim lives a lonely and grumpy existence; that is, until the young […]

By Kay Singh

Mon, 25 April, 2016 — Sat, 30 April, 2016

Kay Singh is the third recipient of The David MacLennan Award Featuring Melanie Jordan, Keith MacPherson and Ross Mann It has been a long time since Mac left his house, and longer since he was last home. When two strangely familiar figures appear at his door claiming to be spiritual guides, Mac is forced to remember the […]

By Martin McCormick

Mon, 18 April, 2016 — Sat, 23 April, 2016

Featuring Kirsty Stuart Produced in Association with Aberdeen Performing Arts This is Helen and Mike’s first.  And it’s not easy.  He works a lot.  He has to.  After all it’s why they’re here.  Thousands of miles from home.  So it’s mostly just Helen and the baby, alone in the compound, cooped up; after all, it’s […]

By Michelle Ferreira | Adapted By Lynda Radley

Mon, 11 April, 2016 — Sat, 16 April, 2016

Featuring Maria De Lima and Eilidh McCormick Produced in Association with the National Theatre of Scotland Set in Brazil, this taut thriller explores the tempestuous but flawed relationship between two women – Maria and Cate. Having recently moved from Britain to a crumbling apartment block in Sao Paulo, in the hope of papering over the […]

By Anita Vettesse

Mon, 04 April, 2016 — Sat, 09 April, 2016

Featuring Angela Darcy and Martin Donaghy Produced in Association with the Traverse Theatre  Lisa is forty, and edging towards a midlife crisis. The world, she thinks, is judging her childless state. In a desperate bid to conform, she lures her brother-in-law, Stan, to a dingy hotel room in the middle of a ring road to […]

By Tim Barrow

Mon, 28 March, 2016 — Sat, 02 April, 2016

Featuring Jimmy Chisholm and Gavin Jon Wright Produced in Association with the Traverse Theatre 4th April, 1603. James VI, King of Scots, spends his final night in Holyrood before journeying south to claim the English crown, but after several bottles of wine he’s having second thoughts. Secrets have been uncovered. Financial revelations. He needs advice, […]

By Oliver Emanuel

Mon, 21 March, 2016 — Sat, 26 March, 2016

Featuring Ryan Fletcher, Helen MacKay, Martin McBride and Nicola Roy Produced in Association with the Traverse Theatre and Aberdeen Performing Arts Invitation goes up on the sixth form notice board. ‘You and a partner are cordially invited to the greatest night of your life…’ Four friends are reunited to remember when they were seventeen and […]

By Fabien Cloutier

Mon, 14 March, 2016 — Sat, 19 March, 2016

Translated by Nadine Desrochers Produced in Association with the Traverse Theatre Featuring Hilary Lyon, Antony Strachan and Rosalind Sydney   “Yesterday, something clicked.  It was like – enough.  ENOUGH.” Alice’s mum knows how to bring up her child; how to be a good parent.  It’s just a shame that not everyone else sees things her […]

By Clare Duffy

Mon, 07 March, 2016 — Sat, 12 March, 2016

Featuring Kirstin Murray and Martin McCormick Produced in Association with Magnetic North and the Traverse Theatre What if you were buried in your own skin? What if the doctors thought you were in a persistent vegetative state but actually you could hear every word, feel every breath on your skin and sense every change of light […]

By Michael-Alan Read

Mon, 29 February, 2016 — Sat, 05 March, 2016

Featuring Abigail McGibbon and Steven McNicoll Produced in Association with the Sherman Cymru Mr. and Mrs. Laughton, a seemingly charming yet candid window into one of the most famous Hollywood marriages of the 1930s. As famed character actor Charles Laughton prepares for his star turn as King Lear at the RSC, his wife, Elsa Lanchester invites […]

By George Docherty

Mon, 22 February, 2016 — Sat, 27 February, 2016

Featuring Helen Logan, Ewan Petrie and Alan Steele Produced in Association with Aberdeen Performing Arts A stormy night in a manse on the outskirts of a remote highlands village. The evening meal lacks salt and its not the only thing that does. Sarah and Martin have been married…a long time. Since before he was  “ […]