'These men were trying to survive in a world which did not even want them to exist.”
Their story is brought to life in Meet Me at the Knob, a raucous musical which is the latest offering in Oran Mor’s A Play a Pie and A Pint lunchtime“It’s incredible – I think Johnny [McKnight] heard the story and thought, wow, this could be a big Glesga gay Peaky Blinders,” says Darren, with a laugh.“As soon as I read it, I was completely on their side. Yes, they commit crimes, yes, these are not pleasant things to do, but these were desperate times.
“I play Liz, or William Paton, who is the leader of the gang. I think of him like a Fagin-style character, completely off the wall, a gangster who has power and is feared in this odd Glasgow underworld, but who is trying to protect the boys in the gang.
“Who is making the law, and who is it meant to protect? You hear stories about people like the White Hats, and it feels like we’re just going round in circles.”Darren in panto at the Tron Theatre Darren grew up in Paisley, where he first fell in love with acting at PACE youth theatre group. He studied musical theatre at Knightswood Secondary’s Dance School of Scotland, and appeared in a string of telly roles with his identical twin brother David.
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