PPP Night, Idiot

Written by Zoë Bullock Directed by Shilpa T-Hyland Dani has it all. Great job, new flat, perfect boyfriend Paul…until one morning, she wakes up to find he’s disappeared. No note, no explanation. Forced into an uneasy alliance with her pressure-cooker mother-in-law, Dani searches for Paul. But she can’t help but obsess over all the reasons why he might have vanished, as she relives the NIGHT BEFORE HE DISAPPEARED OVER, and over, and over again. NIGHT, IDIOT IS A DARKLY COMEDIC, rip-roaring theatrical ride about one woman’s quest for impossible answers. Co-presented with A Play, A Pie and A Pint, and Traverse Theatre. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1pm: £13.50; Thursday 6pm, Friday, Saturday: £14.50 Zoë Bullock is a writer & performer originally from Sheffield, based in Glasgow. Her theatre credits include Shō and the Demons of the Deep (Independent Art Projects in association with National Theatre of Scotland), The Listening Tree (Imaginate/Eco Drama) and Puss n’ Boots: A Solarpunk Panto (Hopscotch Theatre). In 2024 her one-woman show Gracie & the Start of the End of the World (Again) received Assembly’s ART Award to play at the Edinburgh Fringe, going on to be nominated for the Popcorn Award, and to win the Scottish Theatre Awards Bright Spark Award. For screen, Zoe is an alumna of the MA TV Writing at Glasgow Caledonian, a member of BAFTA Connect, and the 2023 Grand Prize winner of The Script Lab’s Free Screenplay Contest from over 11,700 international entries. Her short film The Air We Breathe has been produced through the BFI Network/Screen Scotland’s commissioning scheme. She is very excited to be making her A Play, A Pie and A Pint debut this season. Shilpa T-Hyland trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She has directed: Looking for the One, The Guns of Johnny Diablo, The Prognostications of Mikey Noyce and Oscar for A Play, A Pie and A Pint. Other directing credits include: Shō and the Demons of the Deep (Independent Art Projects in association with National Theatre of Scotland), Wickies (Paul Morrissey, Christopher Wheeler, Molly Morris), Going for Gold (Catherine Wheels, co-director), Revolution Days (Bijli), We’ll Meet in Moscow (Traverse), Roxana (Paisley Book Festival) and Miss Julie (Horsecross). Associate Directing: Islander (Setasea), Burn (NTS), Still (Traverse), Pride and Prejudice (Sort Of) (Blood of the Young, The Lyceum Theatre & others) and The 306: Dusk (National Theatre of Scotland, Horsecross). A pie and a pint comes free with your ticket and will be available from one hour prior to the start of the performance. We offer a m ince pie and a macaroni pie as standard and can also offer a vegan or gluten free alternative. If you require this, please contact hello@aberdeenperformingarts.com with as much notice as possible (with a minimum of 24 hours notice) and we will do our best to accommodate your requests.