Inspired by real events: when the Scottish Executive commissioned an enquiry into how to best protect the rights of Lap Dancers they came up with some mind boggling proposals. Read more …
The play imagines events leading up to these proposals - lead by one Elspeth Stenhouse SMP, zealous anti vice campaigner, with a personal mission to rid the Capital of hoory hoorbags...
There’s no shortage of gags, and a few more serious digs at the difference between art and pornography, but the two-faced politician and smart young lap dancer conform too easily to type. The thorny problem of how to stop the exploitation of men and women in the sex industry remains on the edge, uncomfortably unanswered.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday February 24, 2014, until Saturday March 1, 2014. More info: http://playpiepint.com
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