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Review: Strangers in the Night | A Play, A Pie and A Pint
The final play in A Play, A Pie and A Pint's 2025 autumn season is Strangers in the Night by Alan Muir , directed by Cora Bissett . Strangers in the Night plays  at Glasgow’s Òran Mór from Monday 17 - Saturday 22 November. Read my review below. Juliet Cadzow and William MacBain in Strangers in the Night. Photo: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan Strangers in the Night | A Play, A Pie and A Pint ★★★★☆ Review: 18 November 2025, Òran Mór, Glasgow Jimmy (William MacBain) and May (Juliet Cadzow) a

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Nov 193 min read


A Play, A Pie and A Pint announces Autumn 2025 season
A contemporary hip hop musical about William Wallace and a new thriller set on the Isle of Lewis are just some of the 12 brand-new plays performing at Òran Mór Glasgow and across Scotland this Autumn as part of the famous A Play, A Pie and A Pint programme which runs from 1 September - 22 November 2025. A Play, A Pie and A Pint Autumn season 2025 A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) has today announced its Autumn 2025 season, with 12 brand-new productions performing weekly from Mon

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Jul 154 min read


Review: June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me, NTS, Edinburgh Fringe 2024
June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me review, National Theatre of Scotland, Grid Iron Theatre Co, premier, Summerhall Edinburgh 2024

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Aug 8, 20244 min read


June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me to premier at Edinburgh Fringe 2024
June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me premier at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 ahead of Scottish tour. Charlene Boyd, Cora Bissett

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May 10, 20245 min read


The Snow Queen review | Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh | Christmas 2023
The Snow Queen review, the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Christmas show 2023, Morna Young, Cora Bissett, Claire Dargo

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Nov 26, 20234 min read


Review: What Girls Are Made Of. The true gig-musical story of Cora Bissett's journey from Glenrothes to rock stardom
What Girls Are Made Of review, Cora Bissett, Gig Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.

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Aug 5, 20233 min read
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