Kim's new play is set on a Glasgow allotment
too, courtesy of Andy McGregor, and you have Kim Millar’s deliciously dark comedy The Worm Who Turned, which runs until Saturday.
“It started as a black comedy and before I knew it, it was a musical, but I think it works well – that’s for the audience to decide of course,” says Kim. “It’s a bit of a romp.”Former Glasgow Times journalist Kim, who has written for some of Britain’s best known and most-loved soaps and drama series, including Coronation Street, Casualty, Doctors, Hollyoaks, Waterloo Road and The Dumping Ground, does not own an allotment, she admits - but she did her research.
“I got a tour of one which was really lovely – all beautifully laid out, with wally closes in a toilet block, very posh,” she marvels. “It was like a village. I started thinking about the people who would visit, and their partners, who DON’T visit. Coincidentally, I’d just watched Les Diaboliques, a 1950s FrenchShe grins: “I thought – that kind of triangle would work….
“They are both about characters, and story structure,” she says. “You do get a lot more freedom at Oran Mor, though – I love writing for telly, but A Play A Pie and A Pint gives you such freedom to use your imagination and I love that.”
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