Lorna Irvine reviews 'a likeable, fizzy enough opener' to the autumn season of A Play, a Pie and a Pint.
In a bid to play the populist card, gaffe-prone, pompous politician John Dumfries (Steven McNicoll) is appearing on Glasgow soap Gallus Palace as a version of himself (said TV show in no way similar to River City--aye, right) in a small cameo. Trouble is, who is he? What's his motivation? A quick call to his long-suffering spin-doctor should help.
Kieran Lynn and Daniel Jackson's satire may be stuffed with soap tropes and farcical hijinks, but there are some lovely post-referendum barbs.
Molly Innes as Kate, the sardonic producer of the programme, gets some fantastic lines, particularly when dealing with the rampant ego of luvvie star Angela (a fun, OTT Jane McCarry), but it's McNicoll's gleefully venal John who nails the idiocy of pandering to perfection-monstrous, but pathetic and hilarious.
Even though it rather loses its pep halfway through, it's a likeable, fizzy enough opener to the latest PPP Autumn season.
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