ORAN Mor's new play season has been announced, and the incredible lunchtime pub theatre success story looks set to continue.

And it's not hard to see why the Play, Pie and a Pint concept, started in Glasgow's West End, has been exported to arrange of cities across the world.

"There are Oran Mor plays being produced this year in Sweden, Venezuela, Norway and Turkey," says Oran Mor producer Susannah Armitage, right.

"A Play, Pie and a Pint runs in the likes of Philadelphia and Aberdeen, and now there is real interest from Sao Paolo in Brazil, in producing their own version."

The producer adds: "Our have been plays translated into Italian, and Australia is also interested. It suggest we are doing something right here in Glasgow."

And the winning formula will run on. The new season offers up a range of comedy, drama and compendium writing pieces, involving an incredible mix of subjects.

Relationships are explored, the world of local newspapers is dissected and Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy make an appearance in one play.

Along the way, audiences will get the chance to enter the world of lapdancing and discover if the stereotypes are valid.

They will go on a journey to investigate the impact of eternal youth and murder rears its ugly head on more than one occasion.

As always, the Play, Pie and A Pint series cuts across the generations and features some terrific actors, including Iain Robertson, Steven McNicoll and Joyce Falconer.

"We believe we have got a great selection of plays," says Susannah. "There really is something for everyone."

The new season kicks off with Frank's Dead by Stewart Thomson, telling the story of two brothers who confront not only their own relationship, but the relationship they shared with their father - via a dead bird.

The second play Rough Island by Nicola McCartney is one of several co-productions while Fishwrap, by Kieran Lynn, tells of graduate journalist Caroline Berkshire who is given the editorial reins of a small town newspaper by its new conglomerate owner.

But then the owner seeks repayment for the opportunity, in this tale of corruption and deceit.

Former Citizens' Theatre director Jeremy Raison, below, has now written for Oran Mor and has created Wake Me in the Morning, which tells of the relationship between Monroe and Kennedy.

And writer/director Morag Fullerton, who enjoyed massive success with her Patsy Cline bio-play and the cut down version of Casablanca, has come up with Save the Lap Dance for Me, set in a lap dancing club.

The range of play concepts continues with The Friends of Miss Dorian Gray by Marcella Evaristi, a witty retelling of Oscar Wilde's story featuring two middle aged friends, Dolores and Daisy who puzzle over the unblemished looks of their strangely youthful contemporary, the gorgeous Miss Dorian Gray.

And there's no Botox involved.

Meanwhile, playwright Liz Lochhead, far right, is contriving Between the Thinks Bubble and the Speech Balloon, a collection of monologues.

Greed is the theme of Auntie Agatha Comes To Tea by George Milne, telling of two brothers who wish to relieve elderly Aunt Agatha of all her money.

And as always, strong drama features in every Oran Mor season.

Love With a Capital 'L' by Tony Cox tells the story of when Hilda Matheson, Head of Talks at the BBC, commissioned her lover, Vita Sackville-West, and her homosexual husband, Harold Nicolson, to speak on the subject of 'marriage'. It was a step too far for Director-General John Reith.

And while there are no guarantees in theatre, playwright Johnny McKnight seldom fails to deliver comedy, drama and pathos.

His new play a Perfect Stroke tells how an innocent flirtation between teacher Ms Stone and errant schoolboy Tommy escalates to a struggle for power in the classroom.

Poignant moments will emerge in The Last Bloom by Amba Chevannes, a 'heart-warming and powerful drama' following two headstrong nursing home residents, Cynthia and Myrtle, as they battle for dominance over their shared space and memories.

There's Skeleton Wumman by Gerda Stevenson in which the writer draws on traditional creation myths, including Inuit legends, combining them with the story of a disabled young Scots teenager.

Iain Heggie's black comedies such as the Tobacco Merchant's Lawyer are always to be cherished. And the writer has created The Queen of Lucky People, telling of newly-retired Patrice French, who discovers the joys of social networking.

Another new play, Helen, by Thomas Eccleshare, tells of the reclusive children's writer who becomes wildly successful, but one day a secret is leaked which casts a grave doubt on the character of this innocent, benevolent woman.

And The Tale O' Fanny Cha Cha is written Joyce Falconer based loosely on true stories. This 'multi-cultural musical' tells a heartwarming love story set doon by the Broomielaw in the hey-day of the Clyde.

There are several more plays in the new season, ranging from monologues to dramas, from writers from Glasgow, Leeds, Aberdeen and Ireland.

"We've got a great collection from a wide group of writers," says Susannah. "And we hope the new plays will contribute to our continued success."

The Play, Pie and a Pint series runs from January 27.