When Claire was little she’d pretend she was Superman, flying through the air as she leapt from one wall to another. Now she’s an adult she hates her dull office job. She also hates the litter, the graffiti and the drugs on the streets of her town. Someone has to do something about it and she’s on a mission to clean up. Tonight, however, she might find more than she bargained for. Read more …
The play ends as finely poised as it begins, in a precise and angry tale of small town life gone wrong.
Light as breath, Morna Pearson’s involving two hander in the A Play, A Pie and A Pint lunchtime theatre slot seems to slip by even faster than its brief 45 minute running time.
Pearson is clearly a writer of both talent and courage, if the dialogue and themes of ‘Walking the Walls’ is any guide, and this makes one more than keen to see what she may be able to present us with, given greater time and space than can be allowed to an offering in the ‘Play, Pie and a Pint’ format.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday October 10, 2016, until Saturday October 15, 2016. More info: http://playpiepint.com
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh from Tuesday October 18, 2016, until Saturday October 22, 2016. More info: www.traverse.co.uk
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