Jemima Levick is enjoying life in the fast lane. In her last job as artistic director of Stellar Quines, she was responsible for perhaps a handful of shows each year. Now, as the guiding force behind Glasgow’ s lunchtime theatre, A Play, A Pie And A Pint, she has 20 productions on her plate. That’s in the spring season alone. There’ll be another batch in the autumn.
“The sheer volume is madness,” she says, looking like she is enjoying every minute. “It’s silly doing this many plays. But the moment you say, ‘This is silly. We can’t do this. It’s impossible. We’ve got to slow it down,’ the spirit of [founder] David MacLennan appears and you go, ‘It’s not silly. It’s exactly what it is should be. It’s fantastic.’ It’s 32 new plays a year. That’s barmy. And of course you’re going to get some hits and some misses, but that is the joy of the place.” [READ MORE]