Heather Grace Currie
PPP: Funeral For My Boobs
★★★☆☆ Lively
Funeral For My Boobs by Hannah Howie, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at Assembly Roxy, is a touching autobiographical tale presented as an all-singing, all-dancing spectacular.
PPP: Off The Rails
★★★★☆ Hugely promising
Off The Rails is an auspicious start for the first season at the Assembly Roxy of Òran Mór’s legendary A Play, a Pie and a Pint. The extremely impressive mini-musical is the professional writing debut of Stephanie MacGaraidh, who has also written the songs and is the play’s sole performer.
PPP: Miss Lockwood Isn’t Well
★★★☆☆ Patchy
Miss Lockwood Isn’t Well by James Reilly, the last of the Spring season of Òran Mór’s Play, A Pie and A Pint productions at the Traverse, is an intriguing comedy that contains some moments which misfire.
PPP: The Swansong
★★★★☆ Emotional
The Swansong is undoubtedly one of the most impressive of Òran Mór’s A Play, A Pie and A Pint offerings to visit the Traverse in recent years.
PPP: Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door
★★★☆☆ Charming
Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door, the first in the new batch of A Play, A Pie and A Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a well-performed and pleasing – if ultimately insubstantial – production
Dancing Shoes
★★★★☆ Moving
Dancing Shoes, written by Stephen Christopher and Graeme Smith, is a joyful and hilarious exploration of addiction, attention, male friendship, and the love of movement.
PPP: Righ Iasgair: The Fisher King
★★★☆☆ Jarring
Righ Iasgair: The Fisher King by Kenny Boyle, the last in the current series of the Traverse’s presentations of Òran Mór’s A Play, A Pie & A Pint, is an evocative presentation of Scottish language and culture that fails to carry off a drastic shift in tone.
PPP: Our Brother
★★★☆☆ Serious
Our Brother by Jack MacGregor, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a tense political drama that is well acted but whose structure occasionally lets it down.
PPP: Ivor
★★☆☆☆ Well-meaning
Ivor by Jennifer Adam, the last in the current season of Òran Mór’s Play, Pie and a Pint at the Traverse, is a lively but ultimately confused piece of theatre.
PPP: Dancing Shoes
★★★☆☆ Joyful
There is a heart-warming element of the fantastic as well as sympathetic realism in Dancing Shoes, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse.
Connect
Connect with us on the following social media platforms.