Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil
By Ron Ferguson. Adapted by Gary McNairA moving, funny, and deeply human story of family, football, and finding your way home. When Sally returns to Cowdenbeath from her busy city life for her father's funeral, she's pulled back into the world of “The Blue Brazil” – the trials, triumphs, and unbreakable loyalty of a small-town football club...
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By Enda WalshSet in Dublin, the story follows Guy, a disillusioned street musician ready to leave his songs behind, and Girl, a spirited Czech immigrant who challenges him to believe in his talent. With the support of an unconventional group of friends and fellow musicians, they embark on creating an album together. ...
Continue reading...Stand and Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In
By Frances PoetGreenock 1981. Faced with the threat of their factory closing, and with 240 jobs on the line, there's no way the women of the Lee Jeans factory are going down without a fight. They barricade the doors, take a stand against corporate greed and stage a sit-in that lasts for 7 long months. ...
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The Long Drop
By Denise Mina. Adapted by Linda McLeanCitizens Theatre, Glasgow
Glasgow, 1957. A family destroyed. A man who insists he knows why. Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies – leading to one of the most infamous trials in Scottish history.
See cast, creatives, and 7 reviewsThe Hen Night
A Play, Pie and Pint
By Debbie Hannan
Òran Mór, Glasgow
Jade, Amber and Lilac have been organising Coral's hen night for the past six months and it's going to be epic! But at the last minute, Coral's cousin Luna rocks up uninvited. Perfect skin, a model, a poet, and a human rights lawyer…a total goddess. It's too easy to hate her but little do they know just how much they need her…Can the trio unleash their inner Greek chorus or is Coral's fate in the hands of the gods?
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A Play, Pie and Pint
By Joe McCann
Òran Mór, Glasgow
12 March 1881. England lost 1-6 in a record home defeat to a mighty Scotland team, captained by a forgotten name from history: Andrew Watson. Born into Caribbean privilege, Watson arrived in Scotland to discover that he was not welcome, but refused to be silenced and broke barriers by becoming the world's first international Black footballer. A raw, unflinching exploration of Watson's life and what it means to belong nowhere and everywhere at once, this semi-biographical piece by Joe McCann is a call to arms for all those written out of history and a testament to the enduring power of refusing to disappear.
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