We are delighted to announce our 20^th anniversary Autumn season at Òran Mór, in support of MND Scotland, co-presented with Traverse Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Ayr Gaiety, Paisley Town Hall and Johnstone Town Hall.

This season of 12 plays, programmed by our Associate Director Laila Noble, both celebrates our past with some returning PPP favourites and also marks the exciting future ahead, featuring debuts from some extraordinary emerging playwrights.

Opening the season at Òran Mór on Monday 2 September is a revival of Poker Alice by Still Game star and co-creator Greg Hemphill from PPP’s inaugural season in 2004. This witty one-woman show about a poker-playing widow will star Annie Grace (Macbeth), reprising her role from the original production 20 years ago.  

Brian James O’Sullivan returns with his eighth PPP show The Last Cabaret on Earth which welcomes audiences to join singer Sam, played by Marc Mackinnon (Macbeth: An Undoing), for an electrifying final hour of existence; Jack Hunter takes aim at corporate greed with dark comedy The Wolves at the Door; and Shonagh Murray gives a voice to the wife and mistress of Robert Burns in Scottish musical Armour: A Herstory of The Bard.  

Acclaimed comedian and writer Jonny Donahoe (Every Brilliant Thing) brings us the hilarious Anna/Anastasia inspired by the life of Anna Anderson, the greatest imposter of the 20^thcentury; Roisin Sheridan Bryson offers a love letter to the Edinburgh Fringe in the epic queer romance Lost Girls/Bus Stops; and the broken British immigration system is showcased in tense new drama Detained by Michelle Chantelle Hopewell, in association with Stellar Quines.  

An alien invasion is the setting for a hilarious satire exploring the extremities of a post-truth world in Cassie and the Space Cowboy by Paul F. Matthews, who starred in many early PPP shows; James Peake offers up a spooky farce this Halloween with Ghost Off! about Hillhead’s premier psychic trying to prove the existence of the paranormal; a time-bending drama about grief and magic awaits in Blast Off, Starburst, by Catriona MacLeod; and Miracle on Deanston Drive is a heartwarming one-man show by Katharine Williams about a local Glaswegian cabbie who saves the day.  

Closing the season is Jellyfish by Katy Nixon, a drama about a mum and son who go to Berlin and the winner of our prestigious David MacLennan Award, in honour of our late founder. It will be directed by our new Artistic Director Brian Logan, who starts with us very soon.

We are also celebrating this anniversary by publishing a collection of plays from our 20-year history this September and we’ll be hosting a special fundraising gala extravaganza at Òran Mór on Sunday 13 October with more details to be announced soon – save the date!

Tickets are on sale for all performances at Oran Mor. Save up to 20% with a season ticket.

We are delighted to reveal the finalists of this year’s David MacLennan Award:

• RJ Hunter – Elliot Lays An Egg
• Jo Lennie – Stand By Your Man
• Katy Nixon – Jellyfish

The three writers will join us for a day each of R&D on their plays with a professional director and a group of actors. From this, a final winner will be decided shortly after and will have their play professionally produced as part of our Autumn 2024 season.

It was a tremendously difficult process narrowing down the 20-play longlist, our team and readers were very impressed by the breadth of talent shown. Every writer will receive individual feedback by an external dramaturg to help them develop their writing further.

A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to host the next Scottish Casting Workshop in Glasgow on Tuesday 9 July 2024.

Scottish Casting Workshop (SCW) is a free workshop run by actors for actors. The workshop is for prospective performers who would like to be considered for future PPP productions.

Members of our team will attend as well as freelance directors who are working with us over the coming season/s.

There will be three 2-hour sessions throughout the day (11.45am, 2.30pm and 5.30pm) with 10 spaces available per session.

***APPLICATIONS CLOSED***

We are seeking two full-time Designers to join our team at A Play, A Pie and A Pint and be part of Glasgow’s lunchtime theatre phenomenon.

With at least 30 brand new shows a year, this is an exciting opportunity to work at the UK’s biggest producer of new writing and enjoy a fast-paced and creative working environment.

The Designers will work collaboratively within the Design & Production team and with incoming creative teams to help realise the work of A Play, a Pie and a Pint, using a range of creative and practical skills to elevate the production values of our shows and ensure each production is of the highest quality for audiences.

This is a full-time fixed term contract for one year at 35 hours per week. Applicants must be able to start by Monday 5th August 2024 in time for our Autumn season.

Salary: £25,500 per annum.

Application deadline: Monday 24th June 2024, 11am

Interviews: Monday 1st July 2024

To find out more about the role and how to apply, download our job pack.
This job is really malleable, so even if you don’t meet all the person specifications please think about applying!
We also want to meet as much talent as possible, and would love to improve our database of set and costume designers.

Please send applications by email only, marked DESIGNER APPLICATION to applications@playpiepint.com.

If you would like to ask any questions about the post in advance of submitting your application, please email info@playpiepint.com with the subject-heading DESIGNER ROLE QUERY.

We are committed to an accessible recruitment process within the current capacity of the organisation, and we welcome alternative application formats as well as access documents. This is detailed further within the job pack, but please get in touch at info@playpiepint.com if you have questions about this. 

Download our job pack here.

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Brian Logan as our new Artistic Director & CEO.

Originally from Scotland, Brian Logan is a writer and theatre-maker who has been the Artistic Director at Camden People’s Theatre in London since 2011. He has a strong legacy of supporting many early-career artists to make innovative contemporary theatre, including Nouveau Riche, Frankie Thompson and Haley McGee. He was also the co-director of the acclaimed touring theatre company Cartoon de Salvo and currently writes about theatre and comedy for The Guardian.  

Brian will start at the end of July 2024, following the departure of Jemima Levick earlier this year. Laila Noble, our Associate Director, will be staying on to programme our special 20^th anniversary Autumn season.

Our shows in May at Oran Mor will be performing Tuesday to Sundays meaning you get a whole weekend to enjoy plays, pies and pints!

The four shows are:

Looking for The One (Tue 7 – Sun 12 May)
Roost (Tue 14 – Sun 19 May)
Dungeons, Dragons, and The Quest for D*** (Tue 21 – Sun 26 May)
The Way, The Truth, and The Life (Tue 28 May – Sun 2 June)

Sundays are ticketed the same as Saturdays and prices will remain the same for weekdays, including our cheap Wednesdays. Doors will open at 12pm (12.30pm on Tuesdays).

From Mon 3 June, the rest of our Spring 2024 season will resume performing Monday to Saturdays.

Please email info@playpiepint.com if you have any questions regarding this.

Are you interested in a career behind the scenes?

As part of the BBC Bring The Drama Festival, we are hosting a free panel discussion with our amazing production team at A Play, A Pie and A Pint who will talk about working backstage, the realities of working at the UK’s biggest producer of new writing, and how they got started in the industry.

Chaired by our Associate Director (Laila Noble), the panel will feature a discussion with our Production Coordinator (Sam Ramsay) Resident Designer (Gemma Patchett) and Technical Co-ordinator (Ross Nurney).

There will also be a Q&A for you to ask any of your questions!

The panel will take place on Wednesday 06 March, 2.15pm (1hr) in the basement space at Oran Mor, Byres Road, Glasgow, G12 8QX.

We are thrilled to announce the 30 submissions longlisted for this year’s David MacLennan Award!

Congratulations to all the longlisted writers and thank you to everyone who submitted a play for consideration, we were overwhelmed by the quality of the submissions.

The longlisted writers have been asked to write a full draft of their submissions by early June, after which all the plays will be read and a shortlist will be decided. The writers are also invited to a workshop led by acclaimed playwright Douglas Maxwell to help develop their ideas and work towards their full drafts.

About the award: Named in honour of our late founder, The David MacLennan Award aims to uncover new writing talent by providing first time writers with the opportunity to have their work professionally developed and produced, before being presented on stage.

For the next stage of our existence, we are looking to recruit 2 x Non Executive Directors, to join the board, to contribute to the good governance of the organisation, oversee the delivery of the vision and mission and act in an ambassadorial role.

We are looking for people with experience in some (but not all) of these skills:

• Marketing and Communications

• Legal work in an Arts context

• HR

• Environmental issues

• Access and Disability rights

We are looking to diversify our current board and are particularly interested in applications from candidates from a wide variety of sectors (business, third sector) the Global Majority, people under the age of 50 and those with an interest in the arts and theatre.

Please note this is not a remunerated position.

How to apply

Application is by CV (inc 2 references) and a covering letter of application outlining why you’re an appropriate candidate for this role.

Application deadline: 10.30am on Friday 1st March 2024

Interviews will be held with the Chair, Kevin O’Sullivan and Vice Chair, Edward Crozier at a time mutually convenient to both parties.

If you are invited to interview you will be asked about access requirements so we can put access provision in place accordingly.

Please send applications by email only, addressed to Kevin O’Sullivan (Chair) and marked in the subject line as BOARD MEMBER APPLICATION to sarah@playpiepint.com.

If you would like to have an informal chat about what the role involves with Kevin O’Sullivan (Chair) or Ed Crozier (Vice Chair) please email sarah@playpiepint.com marked in the subject line as BOARD MEMBER QUERY who will pass on your contact details.

Please download the application pack here for more information on the positions and our organisation.

Would you like to lead Glasgow Lunchtime Theatre in its mission to continue to be the most prolific producing theatre company in the UK?  

We are seeking a talented, skilled, and experienced Artistic Director and Chief Executive to lead the organisation through to its next phase of its journey.

Glasgow Lunchtime Theatre, trading as A Play, A Pie and A Pint runs a year-round programme designed to excite, inspire, and engage the audiences and artists with whom we work. Described by The Herald as a ‘cultural phenomenon’, our vision is to create Theatre For All. Our Programme is inspired by audiences and artists and celebrates the craft of playwriting, serving as the beating heart of new work for Scotland; we are small in scale, but big in impact. We produce a new play each week for 30 weeks of the year, with a pie and a pint included in the ticket price.

This is a full time fixed term contract, paid at a rate of £40-42,000 per annum.
If you have demonstrable leadership skills within the arts sector, an excellent track record in making theatre, and the ability to motivate and lead a large team of internal and visiting staff members, we want to hear from you.

To find out more about this role and how to apply, download our job pack.

If you require the information in another format, please contact sarah@playpiepint.com

Please send applications by email only, addressed to Kevin O’Sullivan (Chair) and marked in the subject line as ARTISTIC DIRECTOR APPLICATION to sarah@playpiepint.com

If you would like to ask any questions about the post in advance of submitting your application, please email jemima@playpiepint.com marked in the subject line as ARTISTIC DIRECTOR QUERY.

Deadline for Applications 10.30am 23^rd February 2024.

Interviews to be held on Wednesday 6^th (first round) and Wednesday 20^th March (second round) 2024.

Our Artistic Director, Jemima Levick, will be leaving next year following her successful appointment as Artistic Director at Tron Theatre.

Whilst this is sad news for our team, we can think of no one more deserving of this opportunity to lead at one of Scotland’s flagship theatres and we wish Jemima all the best in her new role.

We will share more information about this announcement and our next steps in the new year.

We’re thrilled to announce the 18 wonderful new plays as part of our upcoming Spring 2024 season, co-presented with Aberdeen Performing Arts, Ayr Gaiety, Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival, Macrobert Arts Centre and Traverse Theatre.

2024 is our 20th anniversary and in that time we have produced almost 600 new plays and launched the careers of many now accomplished playwrights. In that spirit, our new season will shine a spotlight emerging writers, many of whom have never written for us before!

The season opens at Oran Mor on Monday 19 February with JACK, a dark comic monologue by Liam Moffat about navigating a life of loss, love and hope with the help of man’s best friend, directed by Gareth Nicholls (Artistic Director at Traverse Theatre).

Also in the programme, Imogen Stirling (Love the Sinner) debuts the fiercely funny Starving inspired by Scottish activist Wendy Wood, in association with Raw Material; Laurie Motherwell (Sean and Daro Flake it ‘Til They Make It) shares a heartfelt story about pigeons with Roost, and Sylvia Dow (Threads) retells the ups and downs of finding love as you get older in musical comedy Looking for the One.

As part of a commission with Sanctuary Queer Arts to bring a new queer play to life, recipient Hannah McGregor will tell a story of a young queer Scot meeting the misunderstood Loch Ness Monster in new comedy Ness. Other plays by queer artists this season include Medea on the Mic, a feminist retelling of the classic Greek tragedy by Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh, and Laila Noble’s coming-of-age comedy Dungeons, Dragons, and the Quest for D***.

Also making their PPP debut, Ellen Ritchie brings us dark comedy Hotdog which sees a young woman, dressed in a hotdog costume, who is determined to be the life of the party; Éimi Quinn’s heartfelt comedy The Funeral Club sees a group of friends from a teenage cancer ward go on a diamond heist; Kirsty Halliday shows us the mishaps at a Highland lodge with the farcical Bread & Breakfast, and Mairead A. Martin takes us on a saucy journey of self-discovery in Bridezilla and the Orchard of Sin.

Also this season, Thomas Jancis’s Tamám Shud is an Alan Bennet-esque comedy inspired by a real-life murder, Who Pays The Piper by Jen McGregor showcases the reality of who gets to make their music ambitions happen, and Mike O’Donnell brings us gentle comedy The Way, The Truth, and The Life which is set in the West of Scotland.

Other highlights include Lewis Capaldi Goes Tropical, a surreal chaotic comedy by Raymond Wilson about a Glaswegian family whose illegal pet okapi is bought by the pop sensation, and Pushin’ Thirty by Dundee-based duo Taylor Dyson and Calum Kelly, a new comedy with original songs about approaching the milestone age. Closing out the season, Ross Collins Mackay (Treasure Island) will put a hilarious political spin on a Dickens classic with Party of the Century, which sees a man visited by three ghosts of Conservative past.

As part of PPP’s ongoing commitment to accessibility, two of the shows this season (Dungeons, Dragons ,and the Quest for D*** and Party of the Century) will be fully BSL interpreted and the four plays in May will have Sunday performances at Òran Mór to give audiences a whole weekend of opportunity to enjoy our lunchtime theatre experience.

“2024 will be our 20^th anniversary and, in the spirit of our beloved late founder David MacLennan who took a shot on many now-established playwrights, it felt right that this season should be centred on emerging writers who deserve to have their sensational plays put on in front of packed-out audiences.

I say this every season but there is truly a play for everyone here, and I hope audiences come away at lunchtime enriched, entertained, and of course nourished from their pies and pints!”

Jemima Levick, Artistic Director

Standard and student tickets are on sale now for all performances at Òran Mór, with season tickets on sale later this month.

Like countless others across the country and world, we have been distraught following the events unfolding in the Middle East.

The attack on Israel by Hamas was horrific, and we sincerely hope that the hostages are returned to their loved ones safely and as soon as possible. We do not condone this action in any way. 

The retaliatory response that has led to unbearable pain, devastation, and death being inflicted on innocent Palestinians in Gaza who were already suffering under a blockade, has no legal or moral justification.

We are a small arts organisation but we have a voice and it is important to speak up when the world is witnessing one of the worst humanitarian crises in our time. We support an immediate ceasefire to end the suffering and death of innocent lives, and stand in solidarity with our peers, colleagues, and other arts organisations who are calling for this necessary action too. 

We support Art Workers for Palestine Scotland’s Open Letter and will be asking our audiences after each show this week to make bucket donations that we will forward on to support necessary humanitarian aid in Gaza.  

A Play, A Pie and A Pint

Submissions are now open for the David MacLennan Award 2023/24!

In honour of our late founder and his unrelenting belief that anyone could give theatre a go, this prize is about uncovering new writing talent in Scotland and giving an opportunity to someone who has never written a professionally produced play before.

The winner will have their work developed and presented as part of A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP)’s Autumn 2024 season at Oran Mor, Glasgow.

What: £1850* licence fee and play produced at PPP in November 2024 

Who: A Scottish based writer, 18+, who has never had their work professionally produced 

Application: 2 page treatment and 5 page play extract 

Deadline: Monday 8^th January 2024  

How: Email info@playpiepint.com Subject ‘David MacLennan Award’ 

At the heart of this prize is the principal that anyone can enter and we hope that this award will serve as a starting point for a new writer to find their voice and have their work seen by the public in a professional production.

Download the application pack here for more information and timelines.

We are pleased to announce a new writing commission opportunity in collaboration with Sanctuary Queer Arts!

After working together successfully on The Devil Drinks Cava by JD Stewart earlier this year, we’re delighted to work with Sanctuary Queer Arts to bring a new queer play to life in 2024.

This exciting commission is about finding and nurturing new queer talent in Scotland, so it is open to anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+ and has never had a play commissioned by A Play, A Pie and A Pint.

As well as receiving fees, the successful applicant will have mentorship from an experienced artist who will provide career support and dramaturgical input to assist the writer in producing a first draft of the play.

After a development process in March 2024, the new play will be professionally produced and presented at Òran Mór in Glasgow as part of our 20^th anniversary celebrations with the potential to be toured across other venues in Scotland.

Applications are open now and close on Sunday 22 October.

For full information and how to apply, please visit Sanctuary Queer Art’s website.

A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce its Autumn 2023 season featuring 12 exciting new plays themed around Tales of Coming Home, co-presented with Aberdeen Performing Arts, Ayr Gaiety, Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Traverse Theatre.  

The season begins on Monday 4 September at Òran Mór, Glasgow with Forever Home, an uplifting new musical play by Pauline Lockhart and Alan Penman about an adopted girl finding her way home.

Acclaimed Scottish playwright Douglas Maxwell returns to PPP with The Sheriff of Kalamaki, a new comedy-drama directed by our Artistic Director Jemima Levick based upon a real man who made his home in Zante and polices troublesome Brits abroad. Other shows inspired by real people include Alice Clark’s play Ship Rats, about her Glaswegian great-great-granny who sailed the world, and Brian James O’Sullivan’s heart-warming Meetings with the Monk that features some funny holy men.

The extremities of home and identity feature prominently in both An Act of Union, a sung-through musical by Andy McGregor about the possible dangers of militant nationalism in Scotland, and in Meghan Tyler’s FLEG, a new comedy directed by Dominic Hill, Artistic Director at Citizens Theatre, which sees a dark obsession take hold of a patriotic couple in Belfast.

Also this season, a brutal board game tears a family apart in Disfunction by Kate Bowen and the dangers of our home playthings are showcased too in Playthrough, a new spooky interactive play by Kenny Boyle about a cursed video game where the audience chooses what will happen.

Some exciting creatives will be making their PPP writing debut this season. Annie George’s poignant Coast sees two half-siblings go on a journey of self-discovery, Peter Stewart showcases how grand narratives and identity meet their match in office politics in Castle Fallon, and Glasgow-based musical theatre duo Jonathan O’Neill and Isaac Savage will debut Stay, a new musical about love, grief and peculiar park-life.

Finishing the season in blazing glory, The Guns of Johnny Diablo by Philip Differ is a new farce where oversized egos try to record a radio version of a recently discovered spaghetti western to hilarious effect.

I am incredibly excited about our upcoming Autumn season. ‘Home’ can mean so many different things to everyone, from our ancestral home to the home that we make for ourselves, and I cannot wait for audiences to see some truly brilliant takes on this concept from the finest writers, directors and creatives in Scotland.

– Jemima Levick, Artistic Director at A Play, A Pie and A Pint

***Applications Closed***

A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is pleased to be able to offer the role of Resident Director (Marilyn Imrie Fellowship) who will work alongside the Artistic Director and wider team for our Autumn 2023 season.

This fixed term position would suit an early to mid-career Director who is keen to support the development of new plays and gain regular experience at the UK’s most prolific producing venue for new work.

Application deadline: Wednesday 5 July 2023 at 11am
Interviews: Monday 10 July 2023
Start date: Monday 28 August 2023

For full information and how to apply, please download the application pack here.

Please email info@playpiepint.com if you have any questions.

About Marilyn Imrie

Working in collaboration with Stellar Quines Theatre Company, The Marilyn Imrie Fellowships were first launched in 2022, in memory of Marilyn Imrie, a celebrated and theatre director and radio producer whose huge talent and inspiration played an important role within both companies.  This residency is A Play, A Pie and A Pint’s celebration of Marilyn. 

A regular director with the company, Marilyn contributed over sixteen productions to the PPP canon.  Her ‘can do’ spirit, her openness and excitement of bringing artists together to tell a story were infectious.  Undeterred by an ambitious idea, and well known for bringing emerging artists along with her for the ride, this fellowship is created in honour of her and the work she created for PPP. 

***Applications Closed***

A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to host the next Scottish Casting Workshop in Glasgow on Thursday 6 July 2023.

Scottish Casting Workshop (SCW) is a free workshop run by actors for actors. It allows those casting in Scotland to meet actors living in Scotland in greater numbers. Jemima Levick, Artistic Director of PPP, will attend the workshop as well as other directors, producers, and casting directors from across the country.

There will be three sessions throughout the day (10am, 12.45pm and 3.15pm) with 16 spaces available per session.

We had 424 applications for the 48 places on the workshop. Of the applications:

86 applicants self identified as a member of the Global Majority
60 applicants self identified as living with a disability
249 applicants self identified as working class
135 applicants self identified as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community

All applicants will be emailed a Yes/No decision by Thursday 22 June at 5pm. If you have not heard anything by Friday 23 June then please email scotcastworkshop@gmail.com.