Play, A Pie and A Pint

A Play, A Pie and A Pint is proud to have worked with thousands of creatives over the years both from within Scotland and from across the world, producing work from first-time and emerging writers, as well as more established playwrights. A Play, A Pie and A Pint supports playwrights, directors and actors at every stage of their career.A Play, A Pie and A Pint works regularly in association with other theatre venues in Scotland to present our works to a wider audience, including the Traverse Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts and more recently, the Beacon Arts Centre in Greenock.Over the years the audiences have grown as the ‘lunchtime phenomenon’ (The Guardian) has become established and the model has even been replicated across the globe.AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS:WINNER: Special Contribution to Scottish Culture, The Herald Culture Awards 2019WINNER: Best Male Performance, John Michie ‘The Mack’ CATS 2019An Early Day Motion was tabled in the House of Commons in April 2019 recognising the achievement of A Play, a Pie and a Pint having produced 500 playsWINNER: The Cats Whiskers ‘For outstanding achievement for 250 plays in eight years’WINNER: The Stage 100: Producer of the Year, 2013WINNER: Inspiring City Awards: People Make Glasgow – Arts and Culture

• Foreword by Morag Fullarton pvIntroduction by Joyce McMillan pviiA Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity by Douglas Maxwell p1Toy Plastic Chicken by Uma Nada-Rajah p37Chic Murray: A Funny Place for A Window by Stuart Hepburn p83Ida Tamson by Denise Mina p127Jocky Wilson Said by Jane Livingstone and Jonathan Cairney p165Do Not Press This Button by Alan Bissett p195