• When
    Fri 5 Jun - Sat 20 Jun 2026
  • Time
    6:30 PM
  • Where
    Citizens Theatre - 368;
  • Price
    £15.50 - £36.50
  • Event website
The Long Drop

Glasgow, 1957. A family destroyed. A man who insists he knows why.

Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies - leading to one of the most infamous trials in Scottish history.

From one of Scotland’s most acclaimed crime writers, Denise Mina, and adapted by award-winning playwright Linda McLean, The Long Drop is an electrifying new play - equal parts psychological thriller and pitch-black comedy. Gritty and gripping, it plunges us into a world of gangsters, gossip, and half-truths told over one too many drinks.

Directed by Dominic Hill this is where truth slips through your fingers, the stakes are razor-sharp, and the laughs cut just as deep.

The Long Drop is a darkly stylish descent into the heart of a city - and the haunted minds of the men who shape it.

Glasgow, 1957. A family destroyed. A man who insists he knows why.

Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies - leading to one of the most infamous trials in Scottish history.

From one of Scotland’s most acclaimed crime writers, Denise Mina, and adapted by award-winning playwright Linda McLean, The Long Drop is an electrifying new play - equal parts psychological thriller and pitch-black comedy. Gritty and gripping, it plunges us into a world of gangsters, gossip, and half-truths told over one too many drinks.

Directed by Dominic Hill this is where truth slips through your fingers, the stakes are razor-sharp, and the laughs cut just as deep.

The Long Drop is a darkly stylish descent into the heart of a city - and the haunted minds of the men who shape it.

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