The Steamie

This iconic show is brought to life by Stage Avenue under director Iain Usher. It is a captivating, humourous and emotional look into working class women in Glasgow in the ‘50s.

We are greeted on entrance by Andy (Steve Grant) delivering his Glesga banter to the assembling audience as they take their seats. Soon we are welcoming the small cast of characters who know each other intimately and trade stories, niceties, and jibes with ease and within an instant we are involved in the lives of these women. The women all exude warmth, banter, and fantastically coarse accents and body language.

Dolly was earthy and engaging and you definitely felt interested in her as a person in the show. Her rendition of the song Cry was honestly delivered and gave an insight into her as a woman as it reflected another side to her that the script doesn't allow.
Young Doreen was so natural and portrayed the youth and ambition of her and her new husband John really well. Acting was was very believable and her reactions and stillness at times was just perfect. Loved her song about her dreams of a house in Drumchapel and her facial expressions within it.
The hardworking Mrs Culfeathers was played with great attention to physicality and her confusion and the pathos in her monologues were so endearing.What a lovely actress she is. Scenes with the mince and the Glasgow Green were so beautifully delivered and her interactions with Dolly in particular were as marvellous as the Galloway's mince!
Isn't it wonderful to be a woman.... Delivered with the storytelling monologue by Magrit sums up the era beautifully and how family , pride and hard work are what's important in life and we are left feeling that we'd like to see the Hogmanay party later that the women are looking forward to.