Hunter Baxter's a Glaswegian with big plans for Northern Ireland. Read more …
The First Minister and the Deputy First Minister are from opposite ends of the political spectrum and they're not getting on, but Hunter thinks he knows how to help. The answer is to kidnap them.
Think Gregory Burke's Gagarin Way but without the razor sharp wit, or political analysis that goes any further than simplistic surface dialectic.
In Phillip Breen’s production, the play is illuminated by three fine performances from Paul Riley as Hunter, and Robbie Jack and Veronica Leer as the politicians; but it’s hard not to feel that the first half of the action is more or less redundant, and that this play – short as it is – should have begun somewhere around its own midpoint, and continued for a while after its current sticky ending.
Director Phillip Breen ekes every bit of comedy and pathos from his fine actors. Met with much applause, it is a great start to A Play, a Pie and a Pint’s new season.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday September 2, 2013, until Saturday September 7, 2013. More info: http://playpiepint.com
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