A Play, A Pie and A Pint - Whaur's Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo?

A Play, A Pie and A Pint is back at The Lemon Tree this October, and the show they're bringing is Whaur's Yer Wullie Shakespeare Noo?. It's a new Scots comedy written and directed by Brian Logan, the company's artistic director, and it's part of the autumn season. The whole thing runs from Tuesday 13 to Saturday 17 October, with the final show on Saturday at 1pm.

Logan's play is a historical fantasia set during the Scottish Enlightenment, and it takes the staging of Douglas by the minister John Home as its starting point. Back then, theatre was under severe restrictions, so when Douglas was produced, it caused a church stramash and a fierce debate among the leading clergymen and philosophers of the day. Logan's production playfully re-imagines the events around that infamous staging, asks whether Home was Scotland's answer to Shakespeare or had taken things too far, and wonders whether any decent person should be seen dead in the theatre. It's a freewheeling look at a real piece of Scottish cultural history, played for laughs.

If you're not familiar with the format, A Play, A Pie and A Pint is a season of new drama that The Scotsman once called 'one of the most magical theatre initiatives of the last decade'. The name tells you exactly what you get: a new play, and a pie and a pint included free with your ticket. This particular show is co-presented with Traverse Theatre and Aberdeen Performing Arts, and it's not just playing here — it's also running at Òran Mór in Glasgow and Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh.

Tickets are £13.50 for the 1pm shows on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and £14.50 for Thursday evening at 6pm, as well as Friday and Saturday. The final performance is Saturday 17 October at 1pm.