Season opens on Mon 25th Jan. Tickets on sale now.

CHECK OUT THE WHAT’S ON PAGE FOR FULL LISTINGS AND INFORMATION

Welcome to our 24^th season of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór!

The warmth, openness and continuing appetite for new drama from the Òran Mór audience has now become legendary and we hope that this season we can continue to entice and delight you with a range of new writing that is at turns funny, contemporary, political, moving and exciting.

We hope that this season we are offering as much variety of quality writing as our audiences have come to expect. We have plays featuring Judy Garland, Charles Laughton and James VI, plays set in Canada, Brazil, Iraq as well as many set in Scotland and plays that range from historical dramas to comedies to serious contemporary issues.

We continue to try and spread the concept of lunchtime pub theatre across the UK and are working this season with the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, the Sherman Cymru in Cardiff, the Tobacco Factory in Bristol and Aberdeen Performing Arts.

We are proud to be the most successful and friendliest pub theatre in Scotland and look forward to welcoming you into Òran Mór for some reasonably priced drama, a pie and a beverage, whether this be your first time in the venue or an old friend that we are welcoming back.

CHECK OUT THE WHAT’S ON PAGE FOR FULL LISTINGS AND INFORMATION

Spring/Summer 2016 Season

Jan 25^th – 30^th

CAUSEWAY

By Victoria Bianchi

Feb 1^st – 6^th

FRANCES & ETHEL

By David Cosgrove

Feb 8^th – 13^th

FACE – ISOBEL

By Peter Arnott

Feb 15^th – 20^th

FACE – MORAG

By Peter Arnott

Feb 22^nd – 27^th

THE ANGEL AND THE MANSE

By George Docherty

Feb 29^th – Mar 5^th

MR. AND MRS. LAUGHTON

By Michael-Alan Read

Mar 7^th – 12^th

SOME OTHER STARS

By Clare Duffy

Mar 14^th – 19^th

BILLY (The Days of Howling)

By Fabien Cloutier

Translated by Nadine Desrochers

Mar 21^st – 26^th

PROM

By Oliver Emanuel

Mar 28^th – Apr 2^nd

NEITHER GOD NOR ANGEL

By Tim Barrow

Apr 4^th – 9^th

RING ROAD

By Anita Vettesse

Apr 11^th – 16^th

THERE IS SOMEONE WHO HATES US

By Michelle Ferreira

Adapted by

Apr 18^th – 23^rd

FLO

By Martin McCormick

Apr 25^th – 30^th

SELKIE

By Kay Singh

May 2^nd – 7^th

SECOND HAND

By Paul Charlton

May 9^th – 14^th

THE LOVE I FEEL INSIDE IS RED

By Sabrina Mahfouz

May 16^th – 21^st

ROLE SHIFT

By Lesley Hart

May 23^rd – 28^th

ARSEHAMMERS/ BONFIRE NIGHT

By Claire Dowie

May 30^th – Jun 4^th

DEL GESU’S VIOLA

By Hector MacMillan

A Play, A Pie and A Pint returns on Monday 31st August. 

Welcome to our 23rd season of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at Òran Mór!
The warmth, openness and continuing appetite for new drama from the Òran Mór audience has now become legendary and we hope that this season we can continue to entice and delight you with a range of new writing that is at turns funny, contemporary, political, moving and exciting. The plays this season have taken inspiration from real life – whether this be the life and work of Samuel Johnson, Aberdeen’s Royal Astronomer David Gill or the inspiring Scottish charity Mary’s Meals. Our attention is also on contemporary politics as the celebrated team behind the Jean Jacques Rousseau Show, Demons, and The Deficit Show bring us another satirical political sketch show one year on from the referendum and four months on from the UK General election.

We continue to try and spread the concept of lunchtime pub theatre across the UK and are working this season with the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, the Sherman Cymru in Cardiff, the Tobacco Factory in Bristol and Aberdeen Performing Arts.

We are proud to be the most successful and friendliest pub theatre in Scotland and look forward to welcoming you into Òran Mór for some reasonably priced drama, a pie and a beverage, whether this be your first time in the venue or an old friend that we are welcoming back.

Check out what is coming up in the Autumn/Winter Season. More information can be found at the WHAT’S ON page.

Aug 31st – Sept 5th
The Cameo
By Kieran Lynn and D C Jackson
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Sept 7th – 12th
The Quiet Land
By Malachy McKenna
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Sept 14th – 19th
To Hell and Back
By the DM Collective
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Sept 21st – 26th
Kontomble (The Shaman and The Boy)
By Nalini Chetty
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Sept 28th – Oct 3rd
140 Million Miles
By Adam Peck
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Oct 5th – 10th
One in a Million
By Cathy Forde
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Oct 12th – 17th
Descent
By Linda Duncan McLaughlin
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Oct 19th – 24th
A Word with Dr Johnson
By James Runcie
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Oct 26th – 31st
The Wakeful Chamber
By Rebecca Sharp
Composed by Pippa Murphy
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Nov 2nd – 7th
After the Cuts
By Gary McNair
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Nov 9th – 14th
Happy Hour
By Anita Vettesse
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Nov 16th – 21st
John Gabriel Barclay
By John Carnegie
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Nov 23rd – 28th
The Course of True Love
By David Leddy

This year we are delighted to be working with the Byre Theatre for the first time, and all 4 of our Classic Cuts plays are heading to St. Andrews after their run at Oran Mor. Check out what’s coming up…

The Yellow Wallpaper
Òran Mór: 8th – 13th June
The Byre, St. Andrews: 23rd – 27th June

Philoctetes
Òran Mór: 15th – 20th June
The Byre, St. Andrews: 30th June – 4th July

Moby Dick; or The Whale
Òran Mór: 22nd – 17th June
The Byre, St. Andrews: 7th – 11th July

Andromaque
Òran Mór: 29th June – 4th July
The Byre, St. Andrews: 14th – 18th July

For more information, dates and times at the The Byre Theatre, check out their website www.byretheatre.com

Producer-director Elly Taylor’s film ‘A Play, A Pie and a Pint – Scotland’s Theatre Revolution’ has won a Certificate for Creative Excellence at the US Film and Video Festival 2015

Taylor’s film, which was aired on BBC Scotland last June, celebrates the achievements of our late founding producer, David MacLennan, the visionary being the A Play, A Pie and A Pint concept.  David MacLennan dedicated his life to advancing Scottish Theatre with both 7.84 and Wildcat.   Robbie Coltrane, David Hayman, Liz Lochhead and Bill Patterson are among the dazzling cast paying tribute to him while applauding the phenomenal global outreach of ‘A Play, A Pie and a Pint.’

‘A stone thrown into a small pool that has rippled throughout the world’. 

David MacLennan

Taylor’s company has won twice before in previous US International Film & Video competitons a Silver Screen Award for ‘Through Hell and High Water,’ the story of a daring rescue by the British Navy during World War 11 and a ‘Certificate for Creative Excellence’ for ‘Peter Darrell – Scotland’s Dance Pioneer’ a film celebrating the founding artistic director of Scottish Ballet.

All winners can be viewed at www.filmfestawards.com

A Play, A Pie and A Pint has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor for consistently great reviews. Why not tell us about your visit. Or, better still, leave a review for our Critics’ Circle Competition and you could be in with the chance of winning a bottle of Malt Whisky.

We are delighted to announce the cast for this year’s Summer Panto.  The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton will star Jimmy Chisholm, Paul James Corrigan, Annie Grace and Kirstin McLean.

Produced in association with Ayr Gaiety, this year’s Summer Panto will run at Oran Mor from 6th – 25th July (Mondays – Saturdays) and then go on to a weeks run at the Gaiety from 28th July – 1st August. After that, The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton will be on at the Edinburgh Fringe: Assembly George Square Studio from 5th – 31st August

The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton by Dave Anderson

The Mayor is very worried: the City has become a victim of its own success. With great wealth has come great excess. And with great excess has come danger. Danger from vermin. OK – let’s be honest.

We’re talking about RATS!

Yes, we’ve got RATS!

He’s also concerned about finding a suitable husband for his “Beautiful” Daughter…It’s a pantomime!

His first problem seems to have a solution. There’s a peasant from a little hamlet called Hamilton who’s famed for working miracles in pest control, but he comes with issues…

The “Play, a Pie & a Pint” team are back with a Summer Panto (no, really!) with all the traditional ingredients, some plot twists, and added RATS.

SOL SUMMER SEASON OF CLASSIC CUTS 2015 at ÒRAN MÓR

We have kicked off this year’s Classic Cuts season at Òran Mór. Four classics have been given the lunchtime treatment, cut down and adapted for the A Play, A Pie and A Pint stage.

Check out what’s coming up this Summer…

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8th – 13th June
THE YELLOW WALLPAPER
By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Adapted by Sandy Nelson

“I can’t stand this room. I never saw a worse wallpaper in my life. The colour is repellent, almost revolting: a smouldering, unclean yellow, strangely faded by the slow turning sunlight. It is a dull yet lurid orange in some places, a sickly sulphur tint in others. I wish I could get well faster. This wallpaper looks at me as if it KNEW what a vicious influence it had.”

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s classic Gothic tale of misunderstood mental health and marriage transfers to the stage in a modern reworking, showing that the themes are all too relevant over 100 years on.

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15th – 20th June
PHILOCTETES
By Sophocles
Adapted by Benny Young

Those whom the Gods would punish first drive mad. Those whom the Gods would test – suffer. Sophocles’ drama about betrayal, deceit and prophesy. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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22nd – 27th June
MOBY DICK; or THE WHALE
By Herman Melville
Adapted by J.C Marshall

“To sail with such a heathen crew that have small touch of human mothers in them! Whelped somewhere by the sharkish sea.”

Big book. Big themes. Big whale. Join us for a rollicking shanty-laden adaptation that preserves the vastness of Melville’s language and vision. But with less harpoon tutorials.

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29th June – 4th July
ANDROMAQUE
By Jean Racine
Adapted by Frances Poet

“He wanted to scratch his way into me and drum his victory tune against my ribs. I will not cry for him.”

Hermione is a beauty, a trophy men could kill for. But her fiancé, Pyrrhus, rejects her for newly widowed Andromaque, who he wants with an animal passion. He would do anything to get her, even threaten the life of her infant son. When Pyrrhus winds up murdered, the two women must answer for it.

This “Classic Cut” version of Racine’s epic tale of passion and murder is retold by its two ferocious female protagonists.

Congratulations to our latest Critics’ Circle winners, Hugh Boyd and Anne Pirrie. Coming along to PPP? Leave a review for the Critics’ Circle in under 100 words and you could be the next winner of the Malt Whisky!

Here are Hugh and Anne’s winning reviews:

Anne Pirrie ~ Tommy’s Song: Tommy’s a stotter. Naw, he’s a rotter, but all the women love him anyway. He’s dead gallus, but never you mind, his turkeys’ll come home to roost before Christmas is oot. (And that’s just the birds, no the wimmin.) It’s gonnae be his dad’s last Christmas. And what does Tommy do? Give him a right doin’ over. He’s aye needin’ the Money Honey, does Tommy, and he thinks schmoozin’ wi’ Elvis is goin’ tae get him a woman. He’s waitin’ for his blue moon tae turn to gold again. Fat chance son. Ya stotter.

Hugh Boyd ~ The War Hasn’t Started Yet: The War hasn’t Started Yet is a slightly surreal series of episodes with the many characters brilliantly portrayed by Lewis Howden, Anita Vettesse and Mark Wood. That playwright Mikhail Durnenkov is a Russian who works in Moscow can’t be ignored, particularly in the scene in which the (Russian?) TV newscasters consciously pervert the truth and build up hate of the neighbouring state – just as our politicians deal with the poor and disadvantaged in Britain. Quite separately, in the last episode the husband’s latent violence is chilling and universal over time and place. Definitely a play to make you think.

Check out this video interview with Richard Crane and Faynia Williams, writer and director of next week’s play Vlad the Impaler.

VLAD THE IMPALER

By Richard Crane | Directed By Faynia Williams

Featuring Jack Klaff, Anna-Maria Nabirye and Iain Robertson

Òran Mór’s
LUNCHTIME SUMMER PANTO 2015

THE PIE-EYED PIPER OF HAMILTON
Written by Dave Anderson

The Mayor is very worried: the City has become a victim of its own success. With great wealth has come great excess. And with great excess has come danger. Danger from vermin. OK – let’s be honest. We’re talking about RATS!
Yes, we’ve got RATS!
He’s also concerned about finding a suitable husband for his “Beautiful” Daughter…It’s a pantomime!
His first problem seems to have a solution. There’s a peasant from a little hamlet called Hamilton who’s famed for working miracles in pest control, but he comes with issues…
The “Play, a Pie & a Pint” team are back with a Summer Panto (no, really!) with all the traditional ingredients, some plot twists, and added RATS.

This July at Òran Mór come along for a Panto, a Pie and a Pint. Tickets can be purchased through www.ticketweb.co.uk / 08444 771 000 (booking fee will apply) or from the Òran Mór box office on the day of the performance. Tickets are sold on a first come first served basis. *

Tickets: Mon/Tue/Thur/Fri £12.50 ~ Wed £10 ~ Sat £14

Performances| 6th – 25th July | Mondays – Saturdays
Mon 6th- 1pm
Tue 7th – 1pm
Wed 8th – 12pm / 2pm
Thu 9th – 1pm
Fri 10th – 1pm
Sat 11th – 12pm / 2pm

Mon 13th – 1pm
Tue 14th – 1pm
Wed 15th – 12pm / 2pm
Thu 16th – 1pm
Fri 17th – 1pm
Sat 18th – 12pm / 2pm

Mon 20th – 1pm
Tue 21st – 1pm
Wed 22nd – 12pm / 2pm
Thu 23rd – 1pm
Fri 24th – 1pm
Sat 25th – 12pm / 2pm

* Doors open at 11am for 12pm shows, at 12pm for 1pm shows and at 1.30pm for 2pm shows. Please note that we will always have a small allocation of tickets to sell on the door on the day. On double performance days, tickets for both shows are available to purchase from 11am at the box office.

Catch this video interview with Tim Primrose, who is the writer of this week’s play BROTH.

BROTH By Tim Primrose

Directed By Andy McNamee

Featuring Ron Donachie, Vincent Friell, Kay Gallie, Molly Innes and Kirsty MacKay

Running at Oran Mor from 6th – 11th April and then at the Traverse from 14th – 18th April 

A Play, A Pie and A Pint teams up with the National Theatre of Scotland and new Gaelic theatre company, Robhanis to serve up a new Gaelic version of Compton Mackenzie’s legendary liquor classic Whisky Galore/ Uisge-Beatha Gu Leòr. Adapted by Iain Finlay Macleod, and directed by Guy Hollands.

There will be some extra activities surrounding the event – a screening of the film at the GFT as well as a post show talk at Oran Mor:

GLASGOW FILM THEATRE, SUNDAY 12th APRIL, 4.30pm
Whisky Galore screening & post screening discussion with Laurie Sansom & Hannah McGill
Book tickets

ÒRAN MÓR, GLASGOW, THURSDAY 16 APRIL, 2.15PM-3.15PM
Post show talk with Roger Hutchinson & Rosemary Ward
This event is free but ticketed. Tickets available soon. There will be an interpreter at this event.

Congratulations to our latest Critics’ Circle winners, Ann Marie O’Hare and Alastair McFarlane.

Here are the winning reviews:

Alastair McFarlane ~ Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha
Are we not all predators at times? Do we not gain a strange sense of satisfaction from a little eavesdropping….coming in on others, sharing their secrets, intruding a little then making our own decisions, taking our own messages from the challenges met by others? Sasha gives us much to ponder on…as the tales of disfunctioning lives roll out before him.
There is humour there; there are messages for all of us to consider….admittedly at international level but at local/domestic as well
Brilliantly acted, sharply directed…a thought-provoking performance ….with “incites in” not “rubbish out”

Ann Marie O’Hare ~ The Day the Pope Emptied Croy

Write a review,

Sit and chew

Over the working page.

So it was great,

Pie on a plate,

But meatier stuff on stage.

No sure themself,

Of creed or wealth,

Why else then steal a Chalice?

They sniff the glue,

The air turns blue,

But deeper red runs from His.

And where is Paul,

Hurt at all,

Like Him is Chris betrayed?

Crucifixion,

What conviction,

Ascend or be afraid?

Questions still there,

Hearts laid bare,

In the end it’s all the same.

Regardless of time,

Reason or rhyme,

There’s someone else to blame.

Congratulations to Michael Quinn, Critics’ Circle winner for his review of Leviathan.

The ambiguous nature of Leviathan may have frustrated some but for us lead to many engaging and thought-provoking discussions. Was Hannah really pregnant/ill? (She did eventually consume alcohol, after all.) The grandmother, in particular, delivered her lines spot on and had the audience in the palm of her hand from start to finish. One of her many memorable lines, ‘don’t think about money, love or the future after sunset,’ was a particular favourite of mine. Perhaps most importantly, one felt as though they had been taken somewhere and had been through something weirdly wonderful as the lights faded to black.

Coming to PPP? Leave a review in under 100 words – bottle of malt Whisky up for grabs every week!

Last week’s play Leviathan is at the Traverse in Edinburgh this week, and is then heading to the Sherman Cymru in Cardiff.

Traverse: 17th – 21st March

Sherman Cymru: 24th – 28th March 

Catch this video interview with writer, Matthew Trevannion.

Leviathan by Matthew Trevannion

Directed By Rachel O’Riorden

Featuring Claire Cage, Siw Hughes and Gwawr Loader

Congratulations to Michael Paley, our latest Critics’ Circle winner.

Here is Michael’s review of Lifesaving: 

Lifesaving – before any actors take to the stage there is a garish hue on the plastic grass and the large toadstool hints that something is not quite right. Comedic moments are plenty in a play where you are unsure of it’s place in time and this adds to the realisation that something unpleasant may be looming on the horizon. Clips of dialogue from Jaws soundtracks scene changes and hint towards a predator circling round brother and sister and their limited world. We entered their world but left them stranded. A very engaging performance by all involved.

We run our Critics’ Circle competition every week, with a prize of a bottle of malt whisky to the winner. Leave a review in under 100 words and you could be the next lucky recipient!

Congratulations to Angela Jefferies, Critics’ Circle winner for her review of Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon

Here is the winning review:
What an experience this was: attention grabbed and sustained by high quality acting, marvellous writing and the sparest of sets. Even the sound was bang on!
We were on a journey, literally and emotionally. Highlighting the stark cultural differences, alongside the long hard slog that is grief, this was stunning. The struggle to learn a challenging artistic format- Noh Theatre- served as a harrowingly apt metaphor for mourning.
As for the death scene, with a white sheet as the prop, this was a beautiful, deeply moving, and horribly graphic portrayal of a struggle we must all face.
Theatre.

Coming to LIFESAVING this week? Leave a review, and you could win the malt!

Rob Drummond chats about his latest play, Lifesaving, which will be on at Oran Mor next week from 2nd – 7th March.

LIFESAVING by Rob Drummond

Directed by Alan McKendrick

Featuring Daniel Cameron, Lynn Kennedy and Ross Mann

Sandra and Jamie have run away from home. You see, Jamie has done something, something bad, and Sandra has vowed to look after her near mute, CPR obsessed little-big brother until their friend Andy comes to save them.

But when help finally arrives at their countryside hideout it is not quite what they were looking for.

We would like to thank everyone who came along to the awards on Sunday 15th February to help us celebrate reaching our 350th play at A Play, A Pie and A Pint. Guest presenters, musicians and regular PPP audience members all came along to strut their stuff on the cord carpet. If you didn’t make it, then here is the list of all the nominees and winners…
NEW PIE ON THE BLOCK
Nominees:
Anne Hogg – Butterfly
Martin McCormick – Squash
Sylvia Dow – It’s Only Words
Zodwa Nyoni – Nine Lives
Jenny Knotts – Home

Winner: Jenny Knotts

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IT HAS LEGS Award

Nominees:
We Can All Agree to Pretend This Never Happened by Emma Goidel
Casablanca by Morag Fullarton
Chalk Farm by Kieran Hurley/AJ Taudevin
Theatre Uncut by Various Writers
Flying with Swans by Jack Dickson
And the Children Never Look Back by Salka Gudmundstottir

Winner: We Can All Agree to Pretend This Never Happened

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THE DISTINGUISHED ATTENDANCE Award

Nominees
Jim Findlay
George Cameron
Mr and Mrs Jim Girvin
James Browning
Iain Black

Winners: Anne and George Meikle

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The “SHIT A BRICK MONDAY” Award
Nominees…
Juliet cadzow
Jamie Michie
All of the choir in Mrs barbour’s Daughters

Winners: Wildcard nominees, Andy Cowan and David Thomson (PPP technicians)

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CRITICS’ AWARD

Nominees…
Joyce McMillan
Mary Brennan
Paul Cockburn and Grace Knight (Broadway Baby)

Our regular Critics’ Circle reviewers
Alasdair McFarlane
Hugh & Renate Boyd
Jim Dickson
Mary Clark

Winner: Jim Dickson

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MOST PROMISING ACTOR

Nominees…
Ben Clifford (Fishwrap & Save the Lap Dance For Me)
Amy Conachan (Skeleton Wumman)
Jack Mullen &Katie Barnett (Butterfly Kiss)

Winners: Jack Mullen & Katie Barnett

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The “PIE IN THE FACE” Award
Chosen by the public

Nominees
The Emperor’s New Clothes By Dave Anderson
Frank’s Dead by Stewart Thomson
Saint One by Lesley Hart
A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity by Douglas Maxwell
Auntie Agatha Comes to Tea by George Milne

Winner: Frank’s Dead by Stewart Thomsons

Meet the writer and cast of this week’s play, Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon and get a sneak peak at rehearsals.

Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon is on at Oran Mor until Saturday 28th February, and then will be on at the Ayr Gaiety from 3rd – 5th March.

Congratulations to Fiona Miller, our latest Critics’ Circle winner.

Here is Fiona’s review of Netting:
Beautifully written and portrayed with sensitivity by three fine Scottish actors Netting showed how the complexity of grief and family relationships brought out both the best and worst of human nature. All characters in their own way were both selfless and selfish. Past and sometimes painful memories and hope for the future were intertwined with how we as individuals cope with the pain of suddenly losing our loved ones. Fishing communities may accept the inevitably of their sons and fathers being lost at sea but it doesn’t make the pain of loss any easier to bare.

This week’s play is Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon by Paddy Cunneen. If you are coming along, don’t forget to leave a review.

Congratulations to Jim Kennedy, who has been chosen as the winner of our Critics’ Circle Competition for his review of We Can All Agree to Pretend This Never Happened.

Here is Jim’s winning review:

A Play, a Pie and a Pint’s ability to enthuse and entertain continues with its 350th piece “We Can All Agree to Pretend This Never Happened”.
Imported from Philadelphia, the play makes passing references to American dramatic icons: Dustin Hoffman’s Rainman is reflected in Andrew’s repeated “I am an excellent problem solver”; the loud, sometimes frenetic, action recalls Robin Williams; Woody Allen can be seen in the sharp dialogue. Add in a superb set, excellent acting, direction and sound and you get a truly enjoyable play.
Well done PPP. Here’s to the next 350!

If you are coming to see this week’s play, Netting, don’t forget to leave a review in the Critics’ Circle. Bottle of Malt up for grabs!

We’ve had the Golden Pie Awards, the Diamond Pie Awards and the Polystyrene Pie Awards, now we bring you the Corduroy Pie Awards. Join us in Òran Mór’s Auditorium and help us celebrate reaching our 350th play at A Play, A Pie and A Pint.

On the evening we will have musical entertainment from Dave Anderson and friends. Guest presenters include Scottish comedians and Still Game stars Greg Hemphill and Gavin Mitchell, and River City regulars Frank Gallagher and Paul James Corrigan.

Auditorium at Òran Mór
(Entrance on Great Western Road)
Sunday 15th February 2015
Doors at 6.30pm

Tickets £10 *
(Ticket price includes a drink on arrival, and of course, a pie!)
Available to buy from www.ticketweb.co.uk | 08444 771 000
or from the Main Bar at Òran Mór.

People’s Choice – The Pie in the Face Award

We are giving the audience the chance to vote for the winner of “The Pie in the Face Award”. We have short listed 5 comedies from the last few seasons. Cast your vote here…

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A Play, A Pie and A Pint springs into action again on Monday, opening with BUTTERFLY by first time playwright Anne Hogg, featuring River City stars Paul James Corrigan and Frank Gallagher.

Paul, who can regularly be seen as cheeky barman Stevie Burns on the soap, stars alongside Frank, known to most as hardman Lenny Murdoch. Set in 1987, the play is based around the real life event of the closure of the Caterpillar factory in Uddingston.

BUTTERFY by Anne Hogg
Directed by Stasi Schaeffer
Featuring Paul James Corrigan and Frank Gallagher

MON 26th – SAT 31st JAN

It’s March 1987 and Jamie Cassidy is facing redundancy. This, in an area already ravaged by factory closures, is bad enough but making a life shattering discovery has driven him to despair. In an attempt to get away from everything to consider his future Jamie climbs the factory’s water tower. However, he soon discovers he’s not alone…or the only one with problems. Butterfly is a black comedy dealing with complicated lives, loves, buried secrets… and a geriatric baby with an extreme fear of heights.