A Play, A Pie and A Pint (PPP) is delighted to announce the solid of Jellyfish, the ultimate present of its particular Twentieth-anniversary season, performing 18-23 November 2024 at Glasgow’s Òran Mór.
From rising author Katy Nixon, Jellyfish is a heartfelt drama a few mom and son who go to Berlin collectively as a celebration for his 18th birthday, however unhealed wounds, misplaced youth and guilt grasp over them as they journey across the German capital.
The solid consists of Kim Allan (Same Team, Battery Park) and Ahron Ashraf, making his skilled debut, enjoying mum Anna and son Robo respectively. Jellyfish will probably be Brian Logan’s directorial debut for PPP since commencing his function as Artistic Director earlier this 12 months, following a profitable tenure at Camden People’s Theatre in London.
The play is the winner of the distinguished David MacLennan Award, PPP’s biannual writing award open to Scottish-based writers who’ve by no means had a play professionally produced earlier than. Katy Nixon was chosen because the winner with Jellyfish from over 130 submissions.
Writer Katy Nixon stated: “Jellyfish is a story about growing up told through the eyes of Anna and Robo. The play explores the
complexities of being a mum at a young age and the challenges of being a teenage boy facing a difficult choice. I’m so excited to share this with audiences as part of A Play, A Pie and a Pint.”
Director Brian Logan stated: “My first job when I joined the PPP team this summer was to sit on the judging panel for the David Maclennan Award – which was won, against stiff competition, by Katy’s fantastic two-hander Jellyfish. I
couldn’t be more excited to get into a room with our cracking cast and bring that same play – so assured, so full of life, so acute in its insights into relationships and how damage resonates across generations – to the stage. It’ll be a treat to work on, and to share it with our wonderful Òran Mór audience.”
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