Looking forward to this tomorrow!

We have six fantastic ten minute plays for you *this* Monday, November 3rd. Such a lot of talent in the room. See you there! More info and tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/penpal-pro...

Thoroughly enjoyed @portybookfest.bsky.social yesterday. The Unheard Voices panel showed writing's power to build community, especially during tough times. Brilliant contributions from fellow writers @stephenchristopher.bsky.social & Jim Aitken & chair Debbie Menezes. Thanks to all who came.

Hello, Playwrights and theatre colleagues. We have made it to Bluesky. The SSP is Scotland's theatre writer's union. We develop and promote the interests and craft of professional #playwrights and #playwriting within Scottish theatre. Give us a follow or tag us so we can find you! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎭 ✍🏼

Hope everyone is ready to get their shoes on again this December 👠

📣 Autumn 2025 📣 We are delighted to reveal the 12 wonderful plays coming to Òran Mór and to venues across Scotland this Autumn! Take a wee look ⬇️ playpiepint.com/autumn-annou...

Here's the team for this month's @penpalproductions.bsky.social event. It's the big #Edinburgh900 event at @scotstorycentre.bsky.social and here are your director, eight writers and five actors. Heroes all! Pic: @thomdibdin.bsky.social

Interested in making political theatre by any chance? We’ve got a great workshop for you…. We’re delighted to have Uma Nada-Rajah lead a workshop on Making Political Theatre at #FrameworkFestival25 🎪

Celebrate! Looking forward to this one. scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59...

Gotta wee piece on at this. My attempt at a tragedy in ten minutes. Eight pieces of new writing for a fiver!

Doubt: A Parable Review – Dundee Rep’s Gripping Thriller ★★★★★ John Patrick Stanley’s Doubt: A Parable debuted off-Broadway in 2004, and took the Pulitzer Prize for Drama once transferred in the next year. That is to say, the jury is pretty much out on the quality of this Church based…

New in The Noise of Art Heroin ‘Uncut’ - The Films of Peter Carr and the Edinburgh Community Stories Behind Them How Peter Carr’s Heroin films returned to the neighbourhood where they were filmed for their first screening in more than 40 years. open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

Thanks for coming H.A.P.P.Y people! It was fabulous. Drama@TheDepot is back on July 7th but you can get tickets for our Edinburgh 900 event at the Storytelling Centre here: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:59... See you soon

It is almost time to Rise and Shine! Look at this amazing line up of acting talent we have for you at Drama@TheDepot, *this* Monday, April 7th, 8pm @leithdepot. Tickets still available but we do tend to sell out so don't miss out! tinyurl.com/3bys28fu

Saw this today and loved it. This writing duo excels at taking serious social issues like loneliness and addiction and exploring them with humour and big hearts. Great performances, nicely-judged staging, definitely one to catch!

Really enjoyed Zoe Bullock's Night, Idiot, the latest @playpiepint.bsky.social show. It is a cleverly conceived Sliding Doors story about a man who goes missing. Well worth catching at Oran Mor, or in Edinburgh or Aberdeen. 4-star review @thestage.co.uk here: www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/nigh...

BBC Scotland Disclosure documentary on the history of drug policy and service provision in Scotland including interview with SDF CEO Kirsten Horsburgh. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Meet our playwrights for Drama@TheDepot, Rise and Shine edition. Join this lovely lot at Leith Depot on Monday April 7th at 8pm, for some perfect pint-sized plays. Tickets available here tinyurl.com/3bys28fu p.s we tend to sell out so get in quick!

Boogie-licious reviews for Dancing Shoes this week! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Stage Congrats to @stephenchristopher.bsky.social, @graemefsmith.bsky.social, @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social and the cast + team!

⭐⭐⭐⭐ from The Guardian for Dancing Shoes. Get yours on! @playpiepint.bsky.social @stephenchristopher.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...

People have reported sudden collapse after injecting or smoking heroin, with a rapid onset of overdose. Further testing is underway to identify the specific drugs involved in these clusters.

Opening at the Oran Mor next Monday. A story about addiction that doesn't look back. Absolutely brilliant team bringing this to life !! @playpiepint.bsky.social

Week 2 of @playpiepint.bsky.social brings Kev Campbell Was He by Alexander Tait 🎭🥧🍻 This hilarious and moving one-person show explores masculinity in modern Scotland and was a finalist of the David MacLennan Award 2024! 📅 Tue 11 - Sat 15 Mar, 1pm

When someone is experiencing an overdose, they are unconscious and therefore completely unresponsive. When you try to wake them, an unresponsive person will not respond by speaking, opening their eyes or moving. For more info visit stopthedeaths.com #stopthedeaths

Ross Allan, Stephen Docherty and Craig Mclean to star in Stephen Christopher and Graeme Smith's Dancing Shoes @playpiepint.bsky.social, directed by Brian Logan. Runs at Oran Mor 24-29 March, then tours to @traversetheatre.bsky.social...

What a cast! So excited for this one.

Kev Campbell Was He on stage 📣 Don’t miss this hilarious one-man show about masculinity in modern 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, as a toilet encounter sends weegie Kev on a journey of self-discovery. Written by Alexander Tait, this acclaimed show is on at Òran Mór until Sat 8 March! 🎫: bit.ly/KevCampbellW...

"I want A Play, A Pie And A Pint to be a place where people come for exactly that sense of live connection that the online world can’t provide." Our Artistic Director @mrbrianlogan.bsky.social chatted to Joyce McMillan for #TheScotsman about our upcoming season and his vision for the future.

Our SETA Production Of The Year is taking @playpiepint.bsky.social this season! Massive congratulations to the ‘Kev Campbell Was He’ team 🥧🎭

Fantastic show that I was lucky enough to see at the Fringe this year. Highly recommended! Brilliant writing and a wonderful performance.

Case Study Sessions: Isobel McArthur Friday 21st Feb 11am-12pm Online & Free Join us next Friday in conversation with multi-award winning playwright, actor & theatre-maker Isobel McArthur. Isobel will talk about her process working as a writer & theatre-maker in developing new & collaborative work.

And why wouldn’t you? www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve...

Nitazenes have been found in heroin & benzodiazepines supplied in Scotland and may be present in other drugs including cocaine. Nitazenes are potent drugs and can cause overdose and death on their own or in combination with other drugs. View the full suite of resources here: buff.ly/3Q65Lvw

📣 Cumbernauld Theatre has been removed from Creative Scotland's portfolio of funded organisations, placing the company, its employees and its vital work with the local community at risk. At this critical time, we need our community more than ever: lanternhousearts.org/future-at-risk

Reckon my taste in music is anything 'sad but optimistic'. Post punk had it , trance had it in spades. This song though. Knot in your stomach beautiful.

MOVEMENT & VOICE LAB //SPRING 2025 Introducing our first weekly training group! Thursday evenings 18:30-20:30 6, 13, 20, 27 March & 3 April 2025 Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow, G41 1BA Check out the link below for more info and how to sign up! companyofwolves.org/workshops/mo...

A heads-up at Scotsman Arts for Edinburgh's latest pint-sized theatre night - six 10 minute plays for a fiver! PenPal Productions' Drama At The Depot - next session tonight at 8.00 pm, Leith Depot Bar & Venue! www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...

Coming up this Monday! Got a wee piece in there this month.

This #NationalStorytellingWeek, we’re celebrating the strength and resilience of people like Ifran, who came to Scotland in search of safety with his wife and their 6 children. He is sharing his story to give other newcomers hope and show them that they are not alone: scottishrefugeecounc...#NationalStorytellingWeek,

We have an amazing line-up on Monday, very excited to have all these fantastic creatives joining us at Leith Depot for our pint-sized play night, Up in the Air. Tickets available here tinyurl.com/3m6rc58b We do tend to sell out, so grab one now!

Tune of the day. Absolutely loved this album. Takes that eighties sound and makes it totally modern and exciting.

Keen to hear from as many cultural events, theatres, festivals, arts centres, organise & freelances as possible on Creative Scotland’s funding decisions. Feel free to email or DM me. CS aren’t planning to disclose which applications have been rejected, but I certainly want to hear about them!

Think this is just a fan video of Mark E Smith starting about Edinburgh. Maybe being interviewed on one of those bbc2 culture shows we used to get. Lovely wee tune though and a different side to The Fall myriagon.

Drugs Research Network Scotland (DRNS) @drnscot.bsky.social See you later on at the Meaningful Engagement with Community Stakeholders in Research event. The agenda is looking great! 📅 29 January 2025 🕑 12:00-15:00 📍Grassmarket Community Project, Edinburgh

Do you go to the theatre? Do you care about Palestinian art and culture? Do you want the Edinburgh Fringe to be an internationalist platform where Palestinan artists can be seen and celebrated? Then give these people your money, they need it! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/welcome-to...

**Opportunity klaxon** We've just opened applications for the next round of Open To Ideas residencies at The Studio in Edinburgh. Five days of space, two days of tech time, £2k cash, no pressure, no strings. Deadline is Sun 16th Feb, details here: www.capitaltheatres.com/about/storie....

Say hello to some of our Spring season writers! 👋 They'll be treating us to all kinds of wonderful shows when our new season begins in late Feb. Take a browse 👇 playpiepint.com/plays/

In our Feb newsletter, out later this week, we're sharing - The role of peer support in early intervention #PeerConnects webinar on catch up. It has a fab presentation by Wellbeing Works explaining how they weave #PeerSupport across their service. Sign up scottishrecovery.net/newsletter-s...

A wee piece that my sister wrote for the death writes network about our dad.