A Play A Pie and A Pint
Five minutes of theatrical protest
NTS to reprise online five minute theatre initiative By Thom Dibdin The National Theatre of Scotland is to build on last summer’s online Five Minute Theatre experience with five short-burst open-call themed projects scheduled during 2012. The first of these will take place on May 1 with a general theme of “protest”. Members of the […]
Review – Watching the Detective
★★★★☆
They have saved the best until the very last at the Traverse’s A Play, A Pie and A Pint season of lunchtime theatre, with Paddy Cunneen’s gem of a piece: Watching the Detective, performed by Stuart Bowman.
Review – Dig
* * * * By Thom Dibdin A Play, a Pie and a Pint @ Traverse Theatre Lunchtime theatre returned to the Traverse this week with a bang, in Katie Douglas’ hard-hitting Dig. It is the first of a five-week residency for the Play, Pie and Pint series, which also sees a new choice of […]
Theatre Review – The Garden
★★★☆☆ Lingering:
Short, bleak and lingering, Zinnie Harris’ The Garden feels like a very fitting end to this Spring’s season of A Play, A Pie and a Pint at the Traverse.
Theatre Review – Battery Farm
★★★★☆ euphemism frenzy Traverse: A Play Pie and A Pint March 2010 Review by Thom Dibdin Food and death are right back on the menu at the Traverse for the fourth in the Play Pie and A Pint season. Add a hint of sex from the very wonderful Andy Gray and you have just about […]
Theatre review: Soup
* * * A Play, A Pie and A Pint at The Traverse By Thom Dibdin Soup is an extra on the menu as the Play, Pie and A Pint season of lunchtime theatre at the Traverse reaches the halfway stage. A tough and snappy little three hander, Soup shows – as did last week’s […]
Theatre Review – Heaven
* * * * A Play, A Pie and A Pint at The Traverse Brief in length but resonating long after the play has finished, Simon Stephens’ Heaven is the perfect opener for the Traverse’s five-week season of lunchtime theatre, A Play, A Pie and A Pint. It is so brief, and so intensely played […]
