Lorna Irvine takes a look at the latest offering from A Play, a Pie and a Pint.
It is always nice to see new experimental ideas being explored by younger writers and this week's A Play, a Pie and a Pint is all about that, penned by ten students from Glasgow Caledonian University.
Directed by Graeme Maley and starring the frenetic trio comprising Isobel Joss, Iain Robertson and Mark Wood, ten little caustic vignettes on modern greed are performed around the common thread of finding a ten pound note with the instruction 'take me if you need me' scrawled on the back.
Various characters are brought into the mix, some less successfully than others, but as with similar set-ups, if one skit doesn't appeal a better one will be just around the corner.
There are certainly some nice touches- the grotesque humour is often fun and the device of Looney Tunes-style placards denoting sound effects and visual gags is very appealing. I also laughed out loud at homemade sound effects, as with the volatile cabbie saying "fucking CLUNK''.
Robertson stands out as consistently excellent, easily switching between camp artist/forger,cabbie, crying baby and vicar.
There is also some ''erotic'' dancing to Hot Chip, a cheeky nudge to the morals of bankers and little ponderings on morality, metaphysics and what to do with a flatulent tycoon in your taxi (who demands a journey from Glasgow to Edinburgh). In short, what's not to like?
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