A GLASGOW MSP makes a long-awaited return to the stage this week.

Chris Ballance, below, of the Green Party has penned a new political satire which opens at the city's Ramshorn Theatre on Thursday.

It's My Party is the tale of newly elected MSP Iona MacKinnon, a fictional politician who forgets about serving the public.

It is said to mark a return to form for Chris who won a Fringe First in 1990.

Tickets cost £6 with concessions priced £4 and the show, at the Ingram Street theatre till March 18, begins at 7.30pm.