Glasgow's A Play, a Pie and a Pint: a tasty idea

Oran Mor pub theater

occur 37 new works this year - more than anywhere else - food and drink thrown in. It could be the future of contemporary theater

which the theater is the most prolific producer of new works in the UK? The royal court, perhaps? The Bush administration? The National? The drum of Plymouth? The Arcola in east London? In fact, none of this. The title is held by a bar in the theater in the West End of Glasgow - Oran Mor -. Which this year opened 37 new works in full productions under the banner of a game, a pie and a pint

Since 2004, David MacLennan (founding member of legendary Scottish companies and Wildcat 7:84) was in the service of a play, a pie and a pint in the cavernous basement Oran Mor. Deliver exactly what it says on the tin, MacLennan and his team of crack to run each new job for a week of shows in the afternoon, the cake and a shot with a pint of £ 10 notes. Comedies and tragedies of monologues and music, a play, a pie and a pint has it all. Lights as David Greig, Gregory Burke and Liz Lochhead sitting for the first time writers. Novelist Louise Welsh and Alan Bissett have been tempted to write his playground tiny stage debut. Famous faces Robbie Coltrane and Elaine C. Smith adorn the walls, photos of past productions. National criticism of Scotland put in a towel every Monday morning.

MacLennan

As they say, the concept quickly became popular. But a play, a pie and a pint is now in the legend of Glasgow, packing in 150 people per presentation, six times a week, week after week for the duration of a season 37 games. How brilliant is the way it just breaks down barriers. It is rooted in the heart of a community. It's cheap, fast and accessible in a time of day. You get an excuse for a drink at lunch, pastries are excellent, and the atmosphere is social, informal and welcoming. You sit at tables to eat their lunch while they maintain. MacLennan is presented on every game, every day. Put a face on the project in an informal environment as the key to its success - not only the public knows who to thank after the show, know that to scold when they do not like what is served. And they talk about - very strong, because they feel that the property in exchange for their loyalty

course, there are limits arts: each game is 45 minutes and can have up to three players. The performance space doubles as a night club, concerts and comedy, so that the whole is down every day to make way for Biffy Clyro or Emmy. Large or just to play that night, however, practical limitations may be the key to artistic freedom. In the season of five productions last year with Paines Plough MacLennan, there was something magical to see three actors play 20 characters in the files of the uncertainty Linda McLean and see the good of David Harrower with people digging the story of a transcendental through the minutiae of small talk, like a theatrical version of a Carver short story.

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