Morag Fullarton

PPP: Casablanca, The Gin Joint Cut
★★★★★ Played it – again!
It is easy to see why the A Play, A Pie and A Pint punters voted the easygoing charm of Casablanca, The Gin Joint Cut as their favourite piece of lunchtime theatre since PPP was founded by the late David MacLennan in 2004.

Gin Joint Ticket Jump
Casablanca PPP moves to Traverse 1
Casablanca, the Gin Joint Cut, this coming week’s A Play A Pie and A Pint lunchtime theatre show at the Traverse has been moved into Trav 1.

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas… at Christmas
★★★★★ A Christmas cracker:
The Gilded Balloon Basement in the Rose Street Theatre hosts top-tier talent this Christmas as five fabulous female stars tell their stories… via three spookily talented backstage assistants.

PPP: Ding-Dong (A Bit of a Farce)
★★☆☆☆ Slight
The first offering in the new series of A Play, A Pie and A Pint at the Traverse, has its heart in the right place and provides some laughs, but ultimately fails to convince either as a farce or as a more conventional comedy.