Leslie Black PhotographyAnyone who loves language will love this new work from Peter McDougall. Read more …
As much poet as playwright, this new work shows this extraordinary writer at the height of his powers. Following on his wonderful Trilogy of plays about family written for Oran Mor this new work is a sometimes painful, sometimes poignant but always loving examination of relationships told with all McDougall’s wit, warmth and insight.
Dramatically, the piece, which is directed by Paddy Cunneen, lacks any plot to speak of, but such is the hypnotic tension and reflective maturity of the prose – reverberating with Tolstoy's adage: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" – that it hardly seems to matter.
Paddy Cunneen’s superbly Beckettian production.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday June 4, 2012, until Saturday June 9, 2012. More info: http://playpiepint.com
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