Bingo!
A New Musical Comedy

A co-production between GRID IRON and STELLAR QUINES THEATRE COMPANY

Book & Lyrics by Anita Vettesse & Johnny McKnight
Music by Alan Penman
Directed by Jemima Levick

Toured Scotland 6th March – 20th April 2018

Venues: Assembly Hall, Edinburgh; Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling; Ayr Gaiety; Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh; Tron Theatre, Glasgow; Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Every week more than 2 million women pour into local bingo halls across the UK, each one hoping that all elusive HOUSE will change their fortunes forever.

Daniella’s one of those women. Except she isn’t just hopeful. She’s desperate. She needs Lady Luck to smile down on her tonight.

She’s done a bad thing.

No, a really bad thing, and if her card doesn’t have those winning numbers, she’s going to have to resort to desperate measures to take home that prize money.

Our fantastic cast were: Darren Brownlie (Still Game and many Tron Theatre pantos), Jo Freer (River City and Dundee Rep’s Sunshine on Leith), Jane McCarry (Isa in Still Game, The Steamie and Rab C Nesbitt), Louise McCarthy (Scots Squad, Two Doors Down and half of comedy duo The DOLLS), Barbara Rafferty (River City, Brave New World, Rab C Nesbitt and The Last King of Scotland) and Wendy Seager (Killing Me Softly, Still Game, Bondagers at Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh).

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DATES & VENUES

06 – 17 March 2018
Edinburgh, Assembly Hall

22 – 23 March 2018
Stirling, Macrobert Arts Centre

27 – 28 March 2018
Ayr, Gaiety

31 March 2018
Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre

12 – 14 April 2018
Glasgow, Tron Theatre

19 – 20 April 2018
Inverness, Eden Court Theatre

What The Press Said

“Hilarious and macabre new Scottish musical that celebrates female unity”

The Stage★★★★

“An all-round terrific night out that deserves a full house every night.”

Edinburgh Guide★★★★

“An unmissable highlight of this theatre season.”

The Reviews Hub★★★★

“Big laughs and touching moments galore, truly Scottish theatre at its best.”

Scotsgay Arts★★★★

“Visceral and funny in equal measure, it’s a powerful brew… A hysterical performance that has the audience laughing out loud… this tragi-comedy does build to a blistering dénouement, full of true humanity.”

Edinburgh Evening News

“By the end, the show begins to look like a brave and powerful semi-absurdist drama about how solidarity among ordinary people in a bitterly unequal society can eventually triumph over the worst of mutual betrayals and infighting.”

The Scotsman★★★

“The dialogue is comedy gold and the slow creation of the back stories of each of the bingo fanatics and the two staff is expertly done… if you fancy homegrown Scottish talent with real laugh-out-loud patter, you should get your own pals together and snap up a couple of Bingo books.”

Daily Record★★★

“A startlingly bold new musical… it’s like a socialist-feminist version of River City written by Stephen Sondheim.”

Sunday Herald

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Cast

Donny: Darren Brownlie

Ruth: Jo Freer

Betty: Jane McCarry

Daniella: Louise McCarthy

Joanna: Barbara Rafferty

Mary: Wendy Seager

Production Team

GRID IRON

Co-Artistic Director/Producer:
Judith Doherty

Finance & Development Manager:
Deborah Crewe

STELLAR QUINES

Social Media Intern:
Rosie Bans

Producer:
Rebecca Davis

Company Administrator:
Hannah Forsyth

Creative Learning Associate:
Catherine Grosvenor

Artistic Director & CEO:
Jemima Levick

Marketing Associate:
Shirley Monteith

Book & Lyrics:
Anita Vettesse & Johnny McKnight

Director:
Jemima Levick

Composer, Arranger & Musical Director:
Alan Penman

Choreographer:
Darragh O’Leary

Set & Costume Design:
Carys Hobbs & Becky Minto

Lighting Design:
Kate Bonney

Costume Supervisor:
Kylie Langford

Production Manager:
Fiona Fraser

Technical Manager:
Paul Claydon

Company Stage Manager:
Mickey Graham

Stage Management:
Kara Jackson & Anne E. Page

Sound Engineer:
Fuzz Guthrie

Lighting Technician:
G MacDermott

Props Maker:
Edward Howatt

Film:
James Blake

Set built by:
Pretty Scenic

Print Image:
The 16K Design Works

Print Design:
Emma Quinn

Press & Marketing:
The Corner Shop Scotland PR, Susie Gray, Magda Paduch, Ciara McCafferty, Sophie Tolley

Production Photography:
Mihaela Bodlovic

Placements:
Caroline Deyga (Direction), Sophie Wright (Technical)

View Our Programme

To read more information about the show, including the Director’s Note and team biographies, have a look through our production programme.

Download our programme pdf here

Supporters

The production was kindly supported by the following…