If you were the gambling kind, you would have hedged your bets on A Play, a Pie and a Pint. What chance of survival would a lunchtime theatre have, especially one committed to staging 30 new plays a year, not to mention throwing in food and drink for the price of a ticket? But survive it has. On the go since 2004, the company has become a Glasgow West End institution.
You can see why Jemima Levick, its former artistic director, thought it worth bringing some of its hits with her now she has taken over at the Tron. Studio3 is a three-play compendium, each seen individually or as an all-day marathon, given handsome new productions that star a quick-witted trio of actors: Jo Freer, Dani Heron and Kevin Lennon.
There is nothing to link them beyond the chipboard surfaces of Kenny Miller’s sets, which grow from cool austerity (Isla Cowan’s Alright Sunshine) to red-white-and-blue vulgarity (Meghan Tyler’s Fleg) to neurotic interior chaos (Frances Poet’s Fruitcake). That, and the sense you can cover a surprising amount of ground in an hour. [READ MORE]