At Websters Theatre, just five minutes walk from the original venue, legendary nightclub Cleopatras will be brought back to life in an incredible show.
Clatty Pats: Walk Like a Glaswegian is back by popular demand for one more weekend of laughter, memories, and madness.
The disco, affectionately dubbed 'Clatty Pats', was frequented by student nurses and doctors from around the world who were training or living in the West End during its run from the 1980s to early 2000s. The venue has since been transformed into Kitty O'Shea's.
Paul Moore, who has been writing and directing plays for 40 years, dreamt up the show as a way to give audiences a "damn good night out".
He said: "Cleopatra’s, Clatty Pats, is a phrase synonymous with Glaswegians of a certain age. It was an iconic feel-good Glasgow nightclub.
"The Thursday night became famous and known as the doctors and nurses night.
"It gained a reputation very quickly for being a very wild night where you would go after a long shift and just let your hair down and get your scrubs off."
He added: “Back then the club was also a meeting point for the burgeoning Glasgow music scene. It was really kicking off back then. There were lots of different stars aligning in this small, small club."
The play tells the story of four nurses who reunite after 30 years to revisit their halcyon days on Great Western Road in the 1980s - because they've been carrying around a "dirty little secret" from their nights at the club.
When the original club owners found out Paul was working on the show, they reached out to share with him "a few gems of information from back then".
Paul said: "It's really quite an absurd plot but it’s actually based on fact.
"It was a story that was put into my ears when I first approached the show and I embellished it quite heavily."
The club was affectionately dubbed Clatty Pats because of the unforgettable sticky carpet which Paul revealed had originally set the owners back by thousands of pounds.
He said: "They spent an absolute fortune on the outfitting of the club. Most significantly, the carpet, which was bespoke, hand dyed, and cost them thousands upon thousands.
"It had these Egyptian Cleopatra-style motifs, but I think within two years you couldn’t see the carpet for the dirt, hence the name Clatty Pats."
Those who remember the club will fondly recall the venue's dedication to the Egyptian theme, and the production has brought back the famous camel.
Paul said: "The lifelike stuffed camel in the club is where a lot of girls and boys would get familiar with each other.
"In the first run, it was all camel talk. The camel was very significant for so many people and everyone got the metaphor and the motif throughout the show."
Paul decided to bring the production back for another stint after the first run in April sold out in a week.
It drew hordes of NHS workers who flocked to the show to celebrate reunions with fellow nurses and doctors.
Paul said: "We added on three extra shows and those tickets disappeared in a day. So that was saying something about how people wanted to reconnect and remember those heady days of back then.
"It was a beautiful experience. I was standing at the door as audience members were coming in and just to witness people see people they hadn't seen in 30 years, it was just a wonderful thing."
Audiences are encouraged to sing along and make believe they are back in the club once again.
"It’s a naughty and nice, laugh-out-loud experience from start to finish," says Paul.
He added: "It’s like being at the theatre and at the nightclub at the same time.
"I want audiences to let their hair down. If you want to go and get a drink, go and get a drink. It’s like being at a gig.”
Clatty Pats: Walk Like a Glaswegian is on at Websters Theatre on Great Western Road from Friday, July 21 until Sunday, July 23.
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