Fit’s fit, and Fa’s fa

The Flying Pigs first came together in 1997, when we were the last folk standing at the Aberdeen Student Show last night party. Within the year we performed our first show, ‘Last Tango in Powis’ at the Lemon Tree Studio Theatre, which attracted a sell out audience of close friends and dutiful relatives.

We had another shottie the following year, with ‘Where Seagulls Dare’ which some folk who didn’t know us came to see, and which most folk thought was a bittie better. Since then we’ve been trying to get a bittie better every time, and for the last 11 years we’ve been entertaining ever growing audiences throughout the North East and beyond.

We  headlined Aberdeen Arts Center’s first ever comedy festival in October 2001 and sold out there again in 2002. Then we moved to His Majesty’s Theatre, first with ‘The Seagull Has Landed’, then ‘Desperate Fishwives” and most recently with ‘How to Look Good Glaikit‘. We return to HMT in October 2011 for a two week run with our new show ‘The Silence of the Bams”.

Over the years we’ve shared a dressing room with Bucks Fizz, shared a stage with Bobby Davro, and, memorably, shared a fish supper with Robbie Shepherd. In 2007 we recorded the first of 3 series of  ‘Desperate Fishwives’ for Radio Scotland, and our half hour TV pilot for BBC Scotland was broadcast in December 2010. In April 2008 we had the privilege of performing at the Civic Reception to honour “Scotland the What?” as they received the Freedom of the City of Aberdeen.

If you’ve enjoyed our theatre, radio or TV shows, and you’ve a lot of time to fritter away, why not join our facebook group or sign up to the Desperate Fishwives fan page.

Meet The Flying Pigs

Or click on any of the names to the left for a wee biography of each member of the team, as well as our alumni -  some  members of the extended Flying Pig family.