A PLAY by Still Game star Greg Hemphill which was first performed 20 years ago returns to kick off the new season of Oran Mor’s lunchtime theatre series.
The autumn programme, which marks A Play A Pie and A Pint’s 20th anniversary, includes a mix of familiar faces and new names.
A revival of Poker Alice by Greg Hemphill, who created and starred in the classic comedy show Still Game, opens the season on Monday, September 2.
This witty one-woman show about a poker-playing widow stars Annie Grace, reprising her role from the original production 20 years ago.
Scottish theatre favourite Brian James O’Sullivan returns with his eighth PPP show The Last Cabaret on Earth which invites audiences to join singer Sam, played by Marc Mackinnon,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.
Other highlights include Cassie and the Space Cowboy by Paul F. Matthews, who starred in many early PPP shows, James Peake’s spooky Ghost Off! about Hillhead’s premier psychic trying to prove the existence of the paranormal; and Miracle on Deanston Drive, a heartwarming one-man show by Katharine Williams about a Glaswegian cabbie who saves the day.
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Closing the season is Jellyfish by Katy Nixon, the winner of the prestigious David MacLennan Award, in honour of PPP’s late founder. It will be directed by PPP’s new artistic director Brian Logan, who starts at the end of July after a successful tenure at Camden People’s Theatre in London.
PPP will also celebrate its landmark anniversary by publishing a collection of plays from its 20-year history this September and will host a special fundraising gala extravaganza at Òran Mór on October 13.
The celebratory season of 12 works, performed in support of MND Scotland, co-presented with Traverse Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Ayr Gaiety and Paisley Theatre, has been programmed by associate director Laila Noble.
Laila said: “It has been an absolute honour programming this special season of shows celebrating 20 years of this truly ground-breaking theatre company. In honour of David MacLennan, we are delighted to be supporting MND Scotland from this season onwards, to raise awareness of this extraordinary charity offering support to those living with Motor Neurone Disease and their loved ones.”
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