The Legend of Davie McKenzie review – Butch, Sundance and the ultimate cinematic send-off

2026-03-05 - 14:33

Òran Mór, Glasgow Covering friendship, addiction and death, this dark comedy from the team behind Dancing Shoes celebrates one man’s life and his passion for film The title is ironic. There is nothing legendary about Davie McKenzie. Scarcely out of prison after doing time for possession, the fictional hero of this lunchtime play ends up dead, having scored a batch of tainted drugs. It is three days before anyone even notices. That sounds like a spoiler, but it happens surprisingly early in a play that is less about a worthless death than a meaningful life. Surviving him is his cellmate and childhood friend Sean Molloy, good-natured despite circumstance dealing him a bad hand. Naive and powerless he might be, he is desperate to invest significance in the life of a friend who has died so young and needlessly. At Òran Mór, Glasgow, until 7 March. Then at Traverse, Edinburgh, 10–14 March Continue reading...