Alan Bissett – författare

By day, Charlie Bain is the school''s most inspiring teacher. By night he prowls the stylish bars of Glasgow seducing women. Fuelled by art, drugs and fantasies of being an indie star, Charlie journeys further into hedonism, unable to see the destruction his desires are leading everyone towards...One of Scotland''s dazzling young writing talents tackles the modern phenomenon of sex addiction. Dark, funny and deliciously erotic, DEATH OF A LADIES'' MAN is an intense portrait of male vanity, written with verve and emotional rawness.

''That''s why aw this-'' Cage lifts his lager can, sweeps it round 180 degrees. ''-means so much tay a man.''The crowd stamps and claps, a hundred and fifty thousand voices blending into one.In 2008 Glasgow Rangers FC reached a major European final. It was held in Manchester, a short hop from Scotland into England. Cue a colossal invasion: the largest movement of Scots over the border in history and the first time in hundreds of years that an English city was taken over. Chaos reigned.Pack Men is the fictional story of three pals and one child trapped inside this powderkeg. In a city rocking with beer, brotherhood and sectarianism, the boys struggle to hold onto their friendship, as they turn on each other and the police turn on them. And somehow one of them has to disclose a secret which he knows the others won''t want to hear...With this novel, one of Scotland''s leading young writers has created a scuffed comedy about male un-bonding and Britain unravelling.

A dazzling performance (think Forrest Gump, think Curious Incident, think Anne Donovan''s Buddha Da) from one of Scotland''s brightest new talents.Adam Spark. Eighteen going on eight-and-a-half. Fast-food worker. Queen fan. Last in the queue for luck. On waking from an accident in which he saves a child, he has the distinct impression that all is far from right. What are these curious lights that seem to surround people? Why are animals and machines trying to speak to him? And can he really control time? Is it just his imagination, or has Adam Spark been chosen to become Scotland''s first, and only, superhero? This, however, is the least of his problems. The local gang is luring him into deeper and darker peril. His sister and lone carer, Jude, is giving all her love to another woman. And if Jude abandons Adam  - or Adam drives her away - all the superpowers in the world won''t be able to save him.

‘a bedrock of the Scottish theatre industry’ The Guardian

‘a major part of Scotland’s new playwriting landscape’ The Scotsman

After running for fifteen years, the founding principles of A Play, a Pie and a Pint remain steadfast – a new play at lunchtime every week that lasts no more than an hour, accompanied by a pie and a pint. As well as producing thirty-three new plays per year, Òran Mór also biannually hosts its much-adored pantomimes for grown up kids – both Summer and Winter – which have become a staple of the Glasgow theatrical calendar.

This first volume collects some of the most popular and critically acclaimed plays from the phenomenal back catalogue.

Includes the plays: 

A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity (Douglas Maxwell)

Toy Plastic Chicken (Uma Nada-Rajah)

Chic Murray: A Funny Place for A Window (Stuart Hepburn)

Ida Tamson (Denise Mina)

Jocky Wilson Said (Jane Livingstone and Jonathan Cairney)

Do Not Press This Button (Alan Bissett)

The Ching Room

A pitch-black two-hander set in a toilet cubicle. Rory realises he is out of his depth once he becomes trapped by the terrifying and enigmatic drug-dealer, Darren. 

Cast size: 2M.

Turbo Folk

A sharp look at Scottish nationality at home and abroad. Set in the sort of bar you wouldn''t take tourists to, in an unspecified Balkan country, Turbo Folk earned Bissett a nomination for Best New Play at the 2010 Critics'' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS). 

Cast size: 3M.