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Bhavikk Shah
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Wednesday, 21 Feb 2024
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Food, Drink And TheatreWonder why supper theatre did not catch on in Mumbai in a big way. On coming across Pauline McLean's piece in bbc.com, one was reminded of this short-lived trend. She reports on the Scottish phenomenon of "A Play, A Pie and A Pint" which was established in 2004 and produces up to 40 plays a year as well as two pantomimes in the Oran Mor venue in Glasgow."
It is exactly what it sounds like, a more catchy way of describing supper theatre. According to the playpiepint.com website, "Every ticket includes admission to the play, a pie (or vegan alternative) and an alcoholic or soft drink." For playwrights and actors, there was the challenge of creating 50-minute plays that audiences could watch while having a meal, and there was a new one every week. Not only has it given a platform to established names, McLean writes, it has also helped new writers get a foothold in the industry. Theatre director, David MacLennan, who passed away in 2014, had come up with the idea.
Actress Linda Duncan McLaughlin, who performed there said, "Lunchtime theatre was already popular across Europe but the Scottish offer of a pie made it different, and brought its own challenges. It was waiter service when it first started and everyone came and sat at long trestle tables and they were served their pie and It took time when it was busy. They wouldn't have stopped serving before the play went up. So the waiters were trying to be quiet and the audience were trying to be quiet but they were still eating."
But the concept quickly took off, was replicated at other places and survives 20 years later!
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