The Moira Monologues
| £10 | Full Price |
The Moira Trilogy (1/3)
Meet Moira Bell: a cleaner, single mother, and the hardest woman in Falkirk.
Whether defending her wee dog Pepe from the local rottweiler, attempting to seduce a teacher, or belting out Diana Ross for the Scotia karaoke night, Moira is hilarious, hypnotic, frightening and heart-warming company.
Based on the stories and characters Alan encountered growing up in the Hallglen area of Falkirk, where The Moira Monologues first premiered, Moira, her long-suffering pal Babs, her neighbour (Bawface), her laddies (they’re gid laddies, but they canny take their hash) and her wee dug Pepe, have left audiences all over the country weak with laughter.
The Moira Monologues was first performed at the Mitchell Library Theatre as part of the Aye Write! Festival in March 2009 before transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Moira Trilogy
The Moira Trilogy is made up of three plays which have independently had a successful runs and garnered positive responses and connections with audiences. The Moira Monologues have been performed across the country in the Traverse Theatre, the Citizens Theatre, Manchester’s Royal Exchange, Oran Mor, The Lemon Tree and Eden Court as well as at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
But for the first time, Bissett is performing the shows as a trilogy all in one evening. Together they not only form a hilarious, rip-roaring three-hour 'one woman show' but also provide a social history of the Scottish working-class from 2009-2022; all to the backdrop of the finanicial crash, the independence referendum, Brexit, Trump, and Covid-19 as experienced by Falkirk's Hardest Woman.
Each play is one hour long and will feature an interval afterwards. Each play can be booked separately.
More Moira Monologues (2/3) 7:45pm performance
Moira in Lockdown (3/3) 9:00pm performance
