Directed by Laila Noble | Cast - Annie Grace
A revival from the first ever A Play, A Pie and A Pint season, Poker Alice is a witty one-woman show about a poker-playing widow determined to win big.
Alice, saddled with debt by her recently departed husband, is playing in a poker game with a chance to win a seat at the finals in Las Vegas.
As she goes ‘all in’ with a make-or-break hand, Alice retells how she got involved with the game and became known as the legendary ‘Poker Alice.’
Poker Alice will star Annie Grace (Macbeth) who is reprising her role from the original production at A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
Post-show panel on Tuesday 3 August, 2.15pm (30 mins). Free to ticketholders.
Cast
Annie Grace
Creative Team
Writer: Greg Hemphill
Directors: Laila Noble & Lesley Hart
Designer: Heather Currie
GREG HEMPHILL is a Scottish Canadian actor, writer, comedian, director and keen wild swimmer. He has also presented on television and radio. He is best known to audiences for his writing and appearances in Still Game and Chewin' the Fat. He was Rector of the University of Glasgow between 2001–2004 and lives in Elie with his wife Julie and their dog Bonnie. He is a keen horror fan and has been getting together with his pals every Sunday night to watch horror double bills for over 20 years.
LAILA NOBLE is a Queer identifying Director and Playwright from Wales, based in Scotland. Her recent directing credits include Dungeons, Dragons and the Quest for D*** , Bread and Breakfast and Meetings with The Monk (A play, a Pie and a Pint), national tours of The Bush and Waves, and the award-winning fringe show, Moonlight on Leith. Laila is a literary producer and mentor for Page2Stage Edinburgh and has her own Company, ClartyBurd (New Scottish Companies Award 2021). As a writer, Laila was the inaugural winner of the St. Andrews Playwriting Award with her play Y Dyn yn y Llong Danfor [The Man in the Submarine]. Laila is the current Associate Director at A Play, A Pie and A Pint and programmed their Autumn 2024 season.
