Anne’s finally got both her children together again to scatter her husband’s ashes in the family pub – somewhere… Read more …
Kay wants to hurry it along. Tom’s just jetlagged. But Anne’s having none of it. She wants to slow things down; say goodbye to Joe properly – then focus on the real reason they’re here. The money.
It's a wonderfully written, bitterly funny piece which should ring a bell with anyone who has tried to make it pay in these uncertain times.
Hannah Donaldson and Stephen McCole give a terrific trio of performances, in this beautifully shaped family drama; and it comes laced with a surreal and bitter comic sharpness, in the writing, that announces the arrival of a major new talent, not to be ignored.
The cast proves adept at negotiating this mix of humour and discomfort, with Lacey in particular capturing the hardened stoicism of a woman who has endured plenty of disappointment but is not quite ready to give up on life.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday November 9, 2015, until Saturday November 14, 2015. More info: http://playpiepint.com
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