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Find out more about Mayday here Mayday: Q&A with directors Hannah Lavery and Cora Bissett How did Mayday come about? HL and CB: Mayday grew out of conversations about how heavy things feel right now, and how the arts can respond without pretending to have the answers. When National Theatre of Scotland approached us about a one‑night event, we wanted to make a space where people could sit with the complexity of the moment together, without being told what to think. Why do you

The National Theatre of Scotland will present an evening of Scottish artistic talent in Edinburgh on 1st May. Aptly titled Mayday, this event, curated and directed by Cora Bissett and Hannah Lavery, will bring together performances of theatre, music, poetry, comedy and dance, with audiences invited to pay what they can. Find out more below. Hanna Lavery and Cora Bissett. Photo: Peter Dibdin NTS announces Mayday Two of Scotland’s leading artists and theatre-makers, Hannah Lav

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

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

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

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

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

What Girls Are Made Of review, Cora Bissett, Gig Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.