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Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil

by Mr Ron Ferguson, Gary McNair ...

Series series Modern Plays
I'm telling you, some things are more important than winning.A moving, funny, and deeply human story of family, football, and finding your way home.When Sally returns to Cowdenbeath from her busy city life for her father's funeral, she's pulled back into the world of “The Blue Brazil” – the trials, triumphs, and unbreakable loyalty of a small-town football club with a big heart.What begins as a ... Read more

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I'm telling you, some things are more important than winning.A moving, funny, and deeply human story of family, football, and finding your way home.When Sally returns to Cowdenbeath from her busy city life for her father's funeral, she's pulled back into the world of “The Blue Brazil” – the trials, triumphs, and unbreakable loyalty of a small-town football club with a big heart.What begins as a
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A Gambler's Guide to Dying

by Gary McNair ...

Series series Modern Plays
See that feeling that you might have won? Why wouldn't you want that to last for as long as possible. That's best bit!What are the odds of living an extraordinary life?This is the story of one boy's granddad who won a fortune betting on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambled it all on living to see the year 2000. An intergenerational tale of what we live for and what we leave ... Read more

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See that feeling that you might have won? Why wouldn't you want that to last for as long as possible. That's best bit!What are the odds of living an extraordinary life?This is the story of one boy's granddad who won a fortune betting on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambled it all on living to see the year 2000. An intergenerational tale of what we live for and what we leave
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National Theatre Connections 2025

10 Plays for Young Performers

by Alys Metcalf, Paul Sirett, Danusia Samal, Gary McNair, Jane Bodie, May Sumbwanyambe, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Ms Satinder Chohan, Ms Vickie Donoghue, Chloë Lawrence-Taylor, Amanda Verlaque ...

Series series Plays for Young People
Marking its 30th anniversary, National Theatre Connections 2025 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights.These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities.The plays offer young ... Read more

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Marking its 30th anniversary, National Theatre Connections 2025 draws together ten new plays for young people to perform, from some of the UK's most exciting and popular playwrights.These are plays for a generation of theatre-makers who want to ask questions, challenge assertions and test boundaries, and for those who love to invent and imagine a world of possibilities.The plays offer young
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VL

by Kieran Hurley, Gary McNair ...

Series series Modern Plays
Winner of a Fringe First Award 2024Winner of the Popcorn Writing Award 2024Here, you. Are you a VL?Max and Stevie are just two wee guys trying to survive in an ordinary Scottish secondary school. But to survive, sometimes you need to hide. And there's no hiding when you're a VL. A VL is a Virgin Lips. It means you've never kissed a lassie, or a laddie. But it's so much more than that. And the ... Read more

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Winner of a Fringe First Award 2024Winner of the Popcorn Writing Award 2024Here, you. Are you a VL?Max and Stevie are just two wee guys trying to survive in an ordinary Scottish secondary school. But to survive, sometimes you need to hide. And there's no hiding when you're a VL. A VL is a Virgin Lips. It means you've never kissed a lassie, or a laddie. But it's so much more than that. And the
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Dear Billy

A Love Letter to the Big Yin

by Gary McNair ...

Series series Modern Plays
What would I do if I met him? I'd prob'ly kiss his feet. I'd prob'ly kiss his big banana feet.If you don't know who Billy Connolly is, ask the people of Scotland. And if you want to know about the people of Scotland, ask them about Billy Connolly.Over the course of four years, Gary and a team of story gatherers went all over the country with their dictaphones speaking to people about the Big Yin. ... Read more

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What would I do if I met him? I'd prob'ly kiss his feet. I'd prob'ly kiss his big banana feet.If you don't know who Billy Connolly is, ask the people of Scotland. And if you want to know about the people of Scotland, ask them about Billy Connolly.Over the course of four years, Gary and a team of story gatherers went all over the country with their dictaphones speaking to people about the Big Yin.
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Jekyll and Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson, Gary McNair ...

Series series Modern Plays
Are those little voices in our heads our friends, or our enemies? What if they're neither, what if they're both?In this captivating and comic one-person play written by Gary McNair, the classic story of Jekyll and Hyde is turned on its head to reveal the depths of one man's psyche and the lengths we will go to hide our deepest secrets. What will happen to a curious mind as it's left to its own ... Read more

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Are those little voices in our heads our friends, or our enemies? What if they're neither, what if they're both?In this captivating and comic one-person play written by Gary McNair, the classic story of Jekyll and Hyde is turned on its head to reveal the depths of one man's psyche and the lengths we will go to hide our deepest secrets. What will happen to a curious mind as it's left to its own
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Nae Expectations

by Charles Dickens, Gary McNair ...

Series series Modern Plays
How do I even start? It's a mental story. Ah know, Ah know, everyone says that – 'ma life's pure mental'.But honestly – a guy drowns, a man eats a live pigeon (though Ah might no have time for that), a woman gets set on fire, right before my eyes!But before we get tae aw that, Ah should tell you ma name. Right. So, ma name, is. . . Pip.Pip is just your average wee guy – happy with his lot and not ... Read more

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How do I even start? It's a mental story. Ah know, Ah know, everyone says that – 'ma life's pure mental'.But honestly – a guy drowns, a man eats a live pigeon (though Ah might no have time for that), a woman gets set on fire, right before my eyes!But before we get tae aw that, Ah should tell you ma name. Right. So, ma name, is. . . Pip.Pip is just your average wee guy – happy with his lot and not
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Square Go

by Gary McNair, Kieran Hurley ...

Series series Modern Plays
Max is a normal-ish kid in a normal-ish town. He spends his days daydreaming and hanging out with his weird wee pal Stevie Nimmo. But when Max is called for his first Square Go, a fight by the school gates, it’s his own demons he must wrestle with first.Featuring an original soundtrack by members of Frightened Rabbit, this unmissable collaboration between Fringe First winning writers Kieran Hurley ... Read more

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Max is a normal-ish kid in a normal-ish town. He spends his days daydreaming and hanging out with his weird wee pal Stevie Nimmo. But when Max is called for his first Square Go, a fight by the school gates, it’s his own demons he must wrestle with first.Featuring an original soundtrack by members of Frightened Rabbit, this unmissable collaboration between Fringe First winning writers Kieran Hurley
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After the Cuts

by Gary McNair ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
It’s the future; just like now, but a bit more… well, shitey. Jim and Agnes have worked hard their whole lives and now Agnes needs a life-saving operation. With the NHS as we know it a thing of the past, they must take matters into their own hands in this darkly comic tale showing the lengths people go to for life and love. ... Read more

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It’s the future; just like now, but a bit more… well, shitey. Jim and Agnes have worked hard their whole lives and now Agnes needs a life-saving operation. With the NHS as we know it a thing of the past, they must take matters into their own hands in this darkly comic tale showing the lengths people go to for life and love.
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McGonagall’s Chronicles

(Which Will Be Remembered For A Very Long Time)

by Gary McNair ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
"I'm in love with a man from Dundee Though he lived 100 years or so before me He was a poet He was aware of this"A tragic comedy, McGonagall's Chronicles charts the true life story of the worst poet of all time: William McGonagall.With wit, candour and warmth, Gary McNair tries to understand how McGonagall could be so bad at what he did, and gets to the heart of the dilemma that surrounds his ... Read more

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"I'm in love with a man from Dundee Though he lived 100 years or so before me He was a poet He was aware of this"A tragic comedy, McGonagall's Chronicles charts the true life story of the worst poet of all time: William McGonagall.With wit, candour and warmth, Gary McNair tries to understand how McGonagall could be so bad at what he did, and gets to the heart of the dilemma that surrounds his
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A Gambler's Guide to Dying

by Gary McNair ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
What are the odds of living an extraordinary life?This is the story of one boy’s granddad who won a fortune betting on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambled it all on living to see the year 2000. An intergenerational tale of what we live for and what we leave behind.Gary McNair and director Gareth Nicholls return to the Traverse after last year's award-winning, fivestar ... Read more

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What are the odds of living an extraordinary life?This is the story of one boy’s granddad who won a fortune betting on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambled it all on living to see the year 2000. An intergenerational tale of what we live for and what we leave behind.Gary McNair and director Gareth Nicholls return to the Traverse after last year's award-winning, fivestar
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Locker Room Talk

by Gary McNair ...

Series series Oberon Modern Plays
Locker Room Talk is a provocative piece of event theatre. Inspired by Donald Trump’s leaked sexually aggressive comments, the show is a confronting exploration of the phenomenon the then presidential candidate later dismissed as ‘locker room banter’.But can this be true? Is this simply a loathsome individual or one who speaks to a silent majority? Gary McNair wants to think we are better than this ... Read more

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Locker Room Talk is a provocative piece of event theatre. Inspired by Donald Trump’s leaked sexually aggressive comments, the show is a confronting exploration of the phenomenon the then presidential candidate later dismissed as ‘locker room banter’.But can this be true? Is this simply a loathsome individual or one who speaks to a silent majority? Gary McNair wants to think we are better than this
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