Brian Logan
@mrbrianlogan.bsky.social
Palace/DUFC fan. AD of A Play, a Pie and a Pint. Guardian comedy person. Tidier-up after children.
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Can you still take pride in your children’s achievements when they surpass your own?
Join us this week for Death of an Influencer, as Gerry, an aging actor with unfulfilled ambitions, is forced to confront the reality that his son’s sudden social media success is outshining his lifelong career...
Join us this week for Death of an Influencer, as Gerry, an aging actor with unfulfilled ambitions, is forced to confront the reality that his son’s sudden social media success is outshining his lifelong career...
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Can you still take pride in your children’s achievements when they surpass your own?
Join us this week for Death of an Influencer, as Gerry, an aging actor with unfulfilled ambitions, is forced to confront the reality that his son’s sudden social media success is outshining his lifelong career...
Join us this week for Death of an Influencer, as Gerry, an aging actor with unfulfilled ambitions, is forced to confront the reality that his son’s sudden social media success is outshining his lifelong career...
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Cheapo – Traverse Theatre
Cheapo, brought to the Traverse Theatre by Play, Pie and a Pint, follows schoolboy Jamie (known as “Sheldon” to his bullies, played by Testimony Adegbite) as he sets up his travel chess board in KFC, ready for his usual match. Expecting to meet the same friend he plays…
Cheapo, brought to the Traverse Theatre by Play, Pie and a Pint, follows schoolboy Jamie (known as “Sheldon” to his bullies, played by Testimony Adegbite) as he sets up his travel chess board in KFC, ready for his usual match. Expecting to meet the same friend he plays…
Cheapo – Traverse Theatre
Cheapo, brought to the Traverse Theatre by Play, Pie and a Pint, follows schoolboy Jamie (known as “Sheldon” to his bullies, played by Testimony Adegbite) as he sets up his travel chess board in KFC, ready for his usual match. Expecting to meet the same friend he plays with every week, Jamie is instead greeted by Kyla (Yolanda Mitchell), one of his bullies.
northwestend.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
I mean, why wouldn’t you? 👇
Join us this week for ⚪ Cheapo ⚫, as Kyla challenges Jamie to an intense chess game, a gamble she believes could win her old life back. But as they piece out the truth of the night that changed their lives, nothing is as black and white as it seems.
On at Òran Mór until 4 October.
On at Òran Mór until 4 October.
September 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I mean, why wouldn’t you? 👇
Hard recommend 👇
English Kings Killing Foreigners review – astonishingly timely savaging of Shakespeare’s flag-waving xenophobia
English Kings Killing Foreigners review – astonishingly timely savaging of Shakespeare’s flag-waving xenophobia
Nina Bowers and Philip Arditti claw passionately at Henry V’s colonialism and imperialism in their frequently funny and at times deliberately uncomfortable play
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Hard recommend 👇
Going to be a belter 👇
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2547819... our musical, with book and lyrics by @jenbitespeople.bsky.social and music and lyrics by me, opens next week at Oran Mor, then tours.
Crime which scandalised Glasgow turned into new musical for city theatre
It was a court case which scandalised Glasgow and more than 160 years later, it still fascinates people today.Wealthy Victorian socialite Madeleine…
www.glasgowtimes.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Going to be a belter 👇
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☘️ FEIS on stage! ☘️
Join us this week for FEIS, a dark comedy about the fierce competition of Irish dancing, and a mother who tries to secure a win at any cost.
Featuring also live Irish music played by Brian James O'Sullivan.
Don't miss out - On at Òran Mór until Sat 20 Sep.
📷 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Join us this week for FEIS, a dark comedy about the fierce competition of Irish dancing, and a mother who tries to secure a win at any cost.
Featuring also live Irish music played by Brian James O'Sullivan.
Don't miss out - On at Òran Mór until Sat 20 Sep.
📷 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
September 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
☘️ FEIS on stage! ☘️
Join us this week for FEIS, a dark comedy about the fierce competition of Irish dancing, and a mother who tries to secure a win at any cost.
Featuring also live Irish music played by Brian James O'Sullivan.
Don't miss out - On at Òran Mór until Sat 20 Sep.
📷 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Join us this week for FEIS, a dark comedy about the fierce competition of Irish dancing, and a mother who tries to secure a win at any cost.
Featuring also live Irish music played by Brian James O'Sullivan.
Don't miss out - On at Òran Mór until Sat 20 Sep.
📷 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Striking piece, essential read 👇
We are entering an age of deportation - my @newstatesman.com cover story on how mass expulsions will transform what it means to be British, via Kipling, Enoch Powell, Hanif Kureishi...and a heroic vigilante cycle repairist from Eritrea
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
September 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Striking piece, essential read 👇
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Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Wallace – Traverse Theatre
Book by Rob Drummond Music and Lyrics by Dave Hook Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Review by Orly Benn Traverse Theatre ★★★★ This week’s A Play, A Pie, A Pint, written by Rob Drummond and Dave Hook, brings us a slick and thought-provoking…
Book by Rob Drummond Music and Lyrics by Dave Hook Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Review by Orly Benn Traverse Theatre ★★★★ This week’s A Play, A Pie, A Pint, written by Rob Drummond and Dave Hook, brings us a slick and thought-provoking…
Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Wallace – Traverse Theatre
Book by Rob Drummond Music and Lyrics by Dave Hook Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Review by Orly Benn Traverse Theatre ★★★★ This week’s A Play, A Pie, A Pint, written by Rob Drummond and Dave Hook, brings us a slick and thought-provoking hip-hop musical comedy with the life (or myth) of 13th-century Scottish legend and freedom fighter William Wallace…
corrblimey.uk
September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Review: Play, Pie, and a Pint: Wallace – Traverse Theatre
Book by Rob Drummond Music and Lyrics by Dave Hook Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Review by Orly Benn Traverse Theatre ★★★★ This week’s A Play, A Pie, A Pint, written by Rob Drummond and Dave Hook, brings us a slick and thought-provoking…
Book by Rob Drummond Music and Lyrics by Dave Hook Directed by Orla O’Loughlin Review by Orly Benn Traverse Theatre ★★★★ This week’s A Play, A Pie, A Pint, written by Rob Drummond and Dave Hook, brings us a slick and thought-provoking…
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"Breathtaking in its plausibility... as gripping as it is horrifying. You could hear a pin drop in the dark, red-light-bathed basement auditorium... Jack MacGregor’s Our Brother is an unforgettable play."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Our Brother. Wow.
www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/review-...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Our Brother. Wow.
www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/review-...
Review: Our Brother | A Play, A Pie and A Pint - A breathtaking new play based on a true story
The 2025 autumn season at A Play, A Pie and a Pint continues this week with a political drama based on the true story of one Scottish writer's meeting with the secretive leader of Cambodia. The world ...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"Breathtaking in its plausibility... as gripping as it is horrifying. You could hear a pin drop in the dark, red-light-bathed basement auditorium... Jack MacGregor’s Our Brother is an unforgettable play."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Our Brother. Wow.
www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/review-...
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Our Brother. Wow.
www.lisainthetheatre.com/post/review-...
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“It’s 1978 and Cambodia is ruled by the ruthless Khmer Rouge. An…academic from Stirling is…given a rare audience with the secretive leader…, a man they call ‘Brother’.”
Brutal geopolitical reality as that dictatorship ended, this is nailbiting, brave and all too real.
playpiepint.com/our-brother/
Brutal geopolitical reality as that dictatorship ended, this is nailbiting, brave and all too real.
playpiepint.com/our-brother/
Our Brother – A Play Pie And A Pint
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September 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“It’s 1978 and Cambodia is ruled by the ruthless Khmer Rouge. An…academic from Stirling is…given a rare audience with the secretive leader…, a man they call ‘Brother’.”
Brutal geopolitical reality as that dictatorship ended, this is nailbiting, brave and all too real.
playpiepint.com/our-brother/
Brutal geopolitical reality as that dictatorship ended, this is nailbiting, brave and all too real.
playpiepint.com/our-brother/
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Edinburgh comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti: ‘Actually, this whole show is a monumental failure!’
Edinburgh comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti: ‘Actually, this whole show is a monumental failure!’
The comic was determined to make a blockbuster standup show that didn’t address trans issues. Then she changed her mind – and scooped comedy’s biggest prize
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Edinburgh comedy award winner Sam Nicoresti: ‘Actually, this whole show is a monumental failure!’
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📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
We're delighted to reveal Tom McGovern (The Signalman) and Michael Guest as our final cast of the season, starring in The Inquisitor by Peter Arnott.
Directed by Liz Carruthers, don't miss this cerebral theatrical conflict between the power of speech versus silence!
We're delighted to reveal Tom McGovern (The Signalman) and Michael Guest as our final cast of the season, starring in The Inquisitor by Peter Arnott.
Directed by Liz Carruthers, don't miss this cerebral theatrical conflict between the power of speech versus silence!
June 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
We're delighted to reveal Tom McGovern (The Signalman) and Michael Guest as our final cast of the season, starring in The Inquisitor by Peter Arnott.
Directed by Liz Carruthers, don't miss this cerebral theatrical conflict between the power of speech versus silence!
We're delighted to reveal Tom McGovern (The Signalman) and Michael Guest as our final cast of the season, starring in The Inquisitor by Peter Arnott.
Directed by Liz Carruthers, don't miss this cerebral theatrical conflict between the power of speech versus silence!
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📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Mary Gapinski, Sarah McCardie and Manasa Tagica will be starring in new gothic comic thriller The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey by Amy Conway.
Inspired by Scottish folklore and holiday horror stories, don't miss this theatrical treat this June!
Mary Gapinski, Sarah McCardie and Manasa Tagica will be starring in new gothic comic thriller The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey by Amy Conway.
Inspired by Scottish folklore and holiday horror stories, don't miss this theatrical treat this June!
May 29, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📣 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
Mary Gapinski, Sarah McCardie and Manasa Tagica will be starring in new gothic comic thriller The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey by Amy Conway.
Inspired by Scottish folklore and holiday horror stories, don't miss this theatrical treat this June!
Mary Gapinski, Sarah McCardie and Manasa Tagica will be starring in new gothic comic thriller The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey by Amy Conway.
Inspired by Scottish folklore and holiday horror stories, don't miss this theatrical treat this June!
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Sneak peek into Meme Girls🔥 🎵
Join us next week for this funny and fresh new musical, as Jade and Clare chase their almost impossible dream of becoming musicians with a wee help of social media magic, until one of them is caught being a daftie on camera... 📱
On at Òran Mór from Mon 2- Sat 7 Jun
Join us next week for this funny and fresh new musical, as Jade and Clare chase their almost impossible dream of becoming musicians with a wee help of social media magic, until one of them is caught being a daftie on camera... 📱
On at Òran Mór from Mon 2- Sat 7 Jun
May 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Sneak peek into Meme Girls🔥 🎵
Join us next week for this funny and fresh new musical, as Jade and Clare chase their almost impossible dream of becoming musicians with a wee help of social media magic, until one of them is caught being a daftie on camera... 📱
On at Òran Mór from Mon 2- Sat 7 Jun
Join us next week for this funny and fresh new musical, as Jade and Clare chase their almost impossible dream of becoming musicians with a wee help of social media magic, until one of them is caught being a daftie on camera... 📱
On at Òran Mór from Mon 2- Sat 7 Jun
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Search Party’s John Early: ‘You can only take a narcissistic monster for so long – it grates after 10 years’
Search Party’s John Early: ‘You can only take a narcissistic monster for so long – it grates after 10 years’
Dropping the droll, self-obsessed character from his early standup shows, the comic and TV star is swapping millennial irony for the sincerity of song
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Search Party’s John Early: ‘You can only take a narcissistic monster for so long – it grates after 10 years’
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ for this week's show Jocasta from @mindtheblog.bsky.social!
"An intense 50-minute re-telling of the Oedipus myth – Zoë Hunter embodies Jocasta, heart & soul."
Performing until this Saturday at Oran Mor.
"An intense 50-minute re-telling of the Oedipus myth – Zoë Hunter embodies Jocasta, heart & soul."
Performing until this Saturday at Oran Mor.
April 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐ for this week's show Jocasta from @mindtheblog.bsky.social!
"An intense 50-minute re-telling of the Oedipus myth – Zoë Hunter embodies Jocasta, heart & soul."
Performing until this Saturday at Oran Mor.
"An intense 50-minute re-telling of the Oedipus myth – Zoë Hunter embodies Jocasta, heart & soul."
Performing until this Saturday at Oran Mor.
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T-minus 1 hour until this week's @playpiepint.bsky.social, Dancing Shoes, takes to the stage 🕺
Tickets for Saturday's performance are already sold out, so make sure to get booking before the other performances follow suit!
We look forward to seeing you for a boogie 💥
Tickets for Saturday's performance are already sold out, so make sure to get booking before the other performances follow suit!
We look forward to seeing you for a boogie 💥
April 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
T-minus 1 hour until this week's @playpiepint.bsky.social, Dancing Shoes, takes to the stage 🕺
Tickets for Saturday's performance are already sold out, so make sure to get booking before the other performances follow suit!
We look forward to seeing you for a boogie 💥
Tickets for Saturday's performance are already sold out, so make sure to get booking before the other performances follow suit!
We look forward to seeing you for a boogie 💥
“A rare and inspired display of small-scale theatrical brilliance, packed with humour, pathos and the kind of quickfire street banter that has audiences shouting with laughter…” 😊 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Theatre reviews: Dancing Shoes | Bounce
A show full of humour and pathos, Dancing Shoes makes all the right moves, writes Joyce McMillan
www.scotsman.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“A rare and inspired display of small-scale theatrical brilliance, packed with humour, pathos and the kind of quickfire street banter that has audiences shouting with laughter…” 😊 www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
Obviously *I* like it. But I’m pretty confident you will too…
🕺The spotlight is on, and #DancingDonny is hitting the stage!
Tickets are flying off the shelf for this week’s bold and life-affirming comedy-drama 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 about isolation, support groups and some *incredible* dancing.
See it at Òran Mór until this Sat 29 March!
📸 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
Tickets are flying off the shelf for this week’s bold and life-affirming comedy-drama 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 about isolation, support groups and some *incredible* dancing.
See it at Òran Mór until this Sat 29 March!
📸 Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
March 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Obviously *I* like it. But I’m pretty confident you will too…
Helluva essay by Sally Rooney @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Angles of Approach | Sally Rooney
What makes Ronnie O’Sullivan the greatest player in the history of snooker? It isn’t just statistical dominance—it lies in his style, in the difference between thinking and acting.
www.nybooks.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Helluva essay by Sally Rooney @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Absolutely mouthwatering play that I can’t wait to see…
Curious to learn more about 𝙄𝙑𝙊𝙍 and the creative minds behind it? 🎭
Join us after the show on Weds, 9 Apr for a post-show panel with the director, playwright, and full cast — and yes, it’s included in your ticket! 🎫
Let’s talk the play, the #planet, and the strange truths we live with... 🌍
Join us after the show on Weds, 9 Apr for a post-show panel with the director, playwright, and full cast — and yes, it’s included in your ticket! 🎫
Let’s talk the play, the #planet, and the strange truths we live with... 🌍
March 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Absolutely mouthwatering play that I can’t wait to see…
A great (and relatable!) listen… 👇
Very happy to say that A Sense Of Direction, the chat I do for Stage Directors UK is back - and now it is a podcast!
Here is episode one, featuring RSC co-AD Tamara Harvey and @trontheatre.bsky.social boss Jemima Levick discussing the challenges of a new job...
open.spotify.com/episode/36fA...
Here is episode one, featuring RSC co-AD Tamara Harvey and @trontheatre.bsky.social boss Jemima Levick discussing the challenges of a new job...
open.spotify.com/episode/36fA...
Tamara Harvey and Jemima Levick on taking over an organisation
A Sense Of Direction · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A great (and relatable!) listen… 👇
Exciting times…!
We’re in full swing 🚀 Four of our shows are performing around Scotland all this week!
𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙨 – Òran Mór, Glasgow
𝙀𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙝, 𝙀𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙝, 𝙀𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙝 – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
𝙆𝙚𝙫 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙃𝙚 – The Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣’ 𝙊𝙤𝙩 – Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
🎫 Find us near you!
#PlayPiePint
𝙒𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙨 – Òran Mór, Glasgow
𝙀𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙝, 𝙀𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙝, 𝙀𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙝 – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
𝙆𝙚𝙫 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙖𝙨 𝙃𝙚 – The Gaiety Theatre, Ayr
𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣’ 𝙊𝙤𝙩 – Lemon Tree, Aberdeen
🎫 Find us near you!
#PlayPiePint
March 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Exciting times…!
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@playpiepint.bsky.social caught up with audience members after the opening of Wasps at the Òran Mór. Here's what they had to say...
Coming to the Traverse from Tuesday 25th March. 🐝
Coming to the Traverse from Tuesday 25th March. 🐝
March 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
@playpiepint.bsky.social caught up with audience members after the opening of Wasps at the Òran Mór. Here's what they had to say...
Coming to the Traverse from Tuesday 25th March. 🐝
Coming to the Traverse from Tuesday 25th March. 🐝