It’s Christmas in the dressing room of a commercial theatre, shared by the famous panto double act of Norrie and Nicky. One of their stars is fading, while the other is on the rise. The curtain has just fallen on the evening’s performance, and years of bitterness, jealousy and grudges boil over, threatening to end the relationship, both on and offstage. Read more …
A class act, and a buoyant production which seems as effortless as slipping on a rubber chicken.
It’s sharp writing that thankfully compensates for a couple of additional carpet-pulling revelations.
McHugh and Paul James Corrigan turn in two enjoyable and sometimes courageous performances, full of the kinds of family betrayals and tensions all of us can recognise, whether we have ever trodden the boards, or not.
A Play, a Pie and a Pint, Glasgow from Monday February 12, 2018, until Saturday February 17, 2018. More info: http://playpiepint.com
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