A Play, A Pie and A Pint has announced the cast of Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door, the opening show of its Spring 2026 season, performing Mon 23 -Sat 28 February at Òran Mór Glasgow and touring to Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Pitlochry.

Jonathan Watson (Two Doors Down) and Maureen Carr (Still Game) will star as a bickering couple on a mission to meet their idol Paul McCartney on the Mull of Kintyre, in a nostalgia-filled comedy-drama by rising playwright Milly Sweeney (Best Writer, The Stage Debut Awards 2025).

The play, inspired by a true story and directed by acclaimed Scottish actress and director Sally Reid, marks Watson’s return to the stage after four years.

Watson said: “I’m looking forward to returning to A Play, A Pie and A Pint with fond memories from my last time there with Man’s Best Friend in 2022. It’s great to be working again with Sally and Maureen on Milly Sweeney’s terrific and original script. I can’t wait to get going.”

Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door is the first of 18 shows as part of the iconic Glasgow lunchtime theatre company’s Spring 2026 season, performing weekly from February to June at Òran Mór, and at venues across Scotland.

Tickets and more information for Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door, Mon 23 - Sat 28 February 2026, 1pm, can be found here.

Founded by the late David MacLennan in 2004, A Play, A Pie and A Pint is the most prolific producer of new writing in the UK, producing 30 brand-new plays a year, alongside the popular Òran Mór Christmas and Summer pantomimes. Its core principles remain the same: to present a new play every week at lunchtime, which lasts for under an hour, with food and drink included in the price of every ticket. Its autumn 2025 season is the second programmed by Artistic Director Brian Logan, also a Comedy Critic for The Guardian newspaper, and it runs from September to the end of November.

Glasgow actor Jonathan Watson was educated at both Hillhead Primary and Hillhead High School. He is best known for his comedy sketch show Only an Excuse? and for playing the character of Colin in Two Doors Down. | BBC

placeholder image — Glasgow actor Jonathan Watson was educated at both Hillhead Primary and Hillhead High School. He is best known for his comedy sketch show Only an Excuse? and for playing the character of Colin in Two Doors Down. | BBC

The company has produced over 600 plays to date, and was shortlisted for Producer of the Year at this year’s The Stage Awards. Productions in recent years of note include The Sheriff of Kalamaki, winner of Best New Play at the CATS Awards 2024, and musical Scots, which had success including a run at the Edinburgh Fringe and a special performance as part of Tartan Week in New York.

Maureen Carr is a popular Scottish actor of stage and screen whose credits include the films Wild Rose and Afterlife and was recently seen on TV in the documentary series Growing Up Scottish and on stage in Snow White and the Seven Maws (Oran Mor), Fibres (Citizens Theatre) and Chic Murray - A Funny Place for a Window (Traverse Theatre).

Milly Sweeney is an actor and writer from Glasgow, Scotland. She made her professional playwriting debut with Water Colour, which was also directed by Sally Reid and won the St Andrew’s Playwriting Award in 2024. Milly recently won the 2025 Stage Debut Award for Best Writer. She’s keen to create socially engaged work, exploring themes such as mental health, queerness, class and feminism. Milly also has experience writing for youth theatre, having provided multiple plays for the Glasgow Acting Academy over the years, and participating in YTAS’s “Next Generation” programme. This is Milly’s debut play at A Play, A Pie and A Pint.

Jonathan Watson was born and raised in Glasgow. He trained at The RSAMD. His career has spanned theatre, film and television. His television work includes Naked Video, City Lights, Rab C. Nesbitt, Only An Excuse?, The Bill, Garrow's Law, New Tricks, Waterloo Road, Casualty, Upstart Crow, Back, Bob Servant Independent, The Diplomat, Annika, This Time...With Alan Partridge, Doctor Who, Coldwater, and Two Doors Down. His theatre credits include Fibres by Frances Poet and Man’s Best Friend by Douglas Maxwell, both directed by Jemima Levick. Film work includes Local Hero, Girl In The Picture, The Match, Solid Geometry, Filth, and Let Us Prey.

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