Directed by Jemima Levick | Cast - Richard Conlon, Tyler Collins, Lauren Ellis-Steele, Grant McIntyre, Sebastian Lim-Seet, Star Penders, Yana Harris, Mackenzie Wilcox
By popular demand – the musical history lesson no one asked for, but everyone needs – SCOTS is back!
Following its sellout run in 2022, SCOTS returns to A Play, A Pie and A Pint to share the true(ish) story of our nation. It’s past, present and future. It’s people and places. Its triumphs and failures. All told by a figure who has seen it all – Scotland’s greatest invention and storyteller, The Toilet!
Join us for award-winning musical theatre duo, Noisemaker’s, latest show, in an irreverent and rousing journey through the history of Scotland. All told in 50 hilarious, riotous, song-filled minutes – a multi-skilled ensemble replay some of our nations most iconic (and forgotten) stories to answer the fundamental question; What Makes A Country?
Dates
Oran Mor, Glasgow: w/c 3rd April 2023
NOISEMAKER is the award-winning musical theatre writing partnership of Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie. Since forming in 2012, the pair have created and developed original, innovative new musicals both at home in Glasgow and internationally across the globe. Their stories, songs and music aim to challenge the expectations of what a musical can be and connect with new audiences wherever they can. Recent projects include; Hi, My Name is Ben (Goodspeed Musicals/NAMT, New York); Atlantic: A Scottish Story Podcast (The Big Light); Oor Wullie (Dundee Rep & Selladoor).
JEMIMA LEVICK has been Artistic Director of A Play, a Pie and a Pint since April 2021. Between 2016-21 she was Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Stellar Quines Theatre Company, and prior to that, she was Associate and latterly Artistic Director of Dundee Rep. She has won and been nominated for a number of awards and has directed more than 40 professional productions. Her recent credits include Cinderella (Dundee Rep); Maggie May (Leeds Playhouse, Leicester Curve & Queens Theatre, Hornchurch); Sally, Man’s Best Friend, Joke (A Play, A Pie and A Pint); and episodes of River City for BBC Studios. She has also directed for National Theatre of Scotland, The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Dundee Rep, Stellar Quines, Borderline, Grid Iron, The Traverse Theatre and Paines Plough.
