Platform What's On: August - December 2023

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August December 2023

TAKING PART AT PLATFORM mon 28 August - sat 16 December 2023

performance

music Guitar & Fiddle Lessons Tuesdays | from 5pm

5+

YRS

Music lessons are open to all ages from 5yrs+ and all levels of experience. Group sessions led by professional musicians.

Monday Night Drama Mondays | 5.30-7pm

Fun and informal weekly workshops for adults interested in performance projects.

Mondays & Thursdays from 4.30pm One-to-one sessions led by professional tutors - open to everyone aged 8yrs and over, at any level of experience.

Platform Singers Fridays | 2.30-4pm

YRS

Weekly drama workshops for children and young people interested in performance, fun and creativity.

Thursday Night Drama Thursdays | 6-8pm

Drum Lessons

8-16

8+

YRS

11+ YRS

16+

YRS

Led by a professional singer, our choir is friendly, fun and a great way to meet new people.

Images: Euan Robertson

16+

YRS

Platform offers a wide range of weekly workshops and classes, with something for all ages. These are artist led, friendly and no experience is needed.

Sessions are offered on a Pay-What-You-Like basis allowing you to choose what to pay (see our website for suggested donation). Places must be booked in advance - book online, in person or by phone.

visual art Clack & Yak Knitting Group Mondays | 11am-1pm

16+

YRS

Join this relaxed group for a chat and cuppa whilst knitting, sewing or crocheting. Beginners welcome.

Print Club Art Factory Takeover Tuesdays | 1-4pm

16+

YRS

Play Café Saturdays 11.15am-12.15pm

Learn the art of textile screen printing and print your own project with the help of Print Clan artists.

Nu Gen Tuesdays | 5-6.30pm

11+

YRS

Art sessions for young people who enjoy drawing, painting, sculpture and design. A chance to experiment with materials and learn new techniques to make artworks.

Saturday Art Club Saturdays 11am-12pm & 1-2pm

multi-artform

5-11

YRS

Art classes for children offering a chance to be playful with materials and create artworks to take home.

0-5

YRS

Creative activities for early years, each week is different - join us for music, dance, theatre, arts and crafts for babies, toddlers and their adults. Healthy drinks and snacks provided.

M3 | Make Music Move Saturdays | from 1pm

11+

YRS

Inclusive dance and music programme for teenagers with additional support needs led

by Paragon. For more information and to book a place please contact Laura Hundert 07922606265/ paragon-music.org

BOOKING INFORMATION platform-online.co.uk 0141 276 9661 Staffed 10am-6pm every Tuesday + 2hrs before every show (leave a message at all other times and we’ll call you back)

TICKET PRICES

Donate to Platform Did you know you can make a donation to Platform? As a registered charity, any donation received - of any size - is greatly appreciated and helps us to continue delivering a varied and accessible programme of activities. To donate please visit our website.

Unless noted on the event listing, ticket prices are as follows:

£9.50 (Standard) £6 (Concession) £5 (Local Links)

AUGUST East End Portraits

Coulson & Tennant Until 26 Aug | Mon-Sat | 10am-5pm Free entry | all ages Stories of resilience and community spirit are captured in this series of photographs by artists Saskia Coulson and Colin Tennant.

September SEX Education Explorers (S.E.X.) By Mamoru Iriguchi Independent Arts Projects Fri 15 & Sat 16 Sep | 2pm | 12yrs+ A time-travel ride through the evolution of sexes, packed with 1980’s pop hits, humour, DIY props, costume & video for everyone who missed the sex education they deserved at school.

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CLOSING EVENT

Sat 26 Aug | 1.30pm Free but ticketed | all ages We mark the end of this beautiful exhibition with a celebration of the people and stories featured. This hour-long event is co-produced with Thriving Places Easterhouse.

Refreshments will be provided.

S.E.X. Image: Niall Walker

Made in easterhouse a carnival of overlapping histories Presented by Platform and Ashanti Harris

Emi Ori Cse, Ashanti Harris, 2018.

Image: Ruth Mitchell

Sat 9 Sep | 2pm until late £16/£8.50/£7 | all ages

Platform Café Bar The Platform Café Bar is based on the ground floor of The Bridge and serves breakfast, lunch and snacks.

We have some great coffee/tea and cake offers and there is a children’s menu available too.

With free WIFI it’s an ideal place to chill out, have a cuppa with a friend or do some work. Open Monday to Saturday from 9am-3pm and for the majority of evening events and shows.

Made in Easterhouse, Platform’s multiartform festival day returns this autumn – produced in collaboration with artist Ashanti Harris.

Ashanti’s latest work, A Carnival of Overlapping Histories, will be presented at the festival and remain at Platform until December. It has been made with residents of North East Glasgow and celebrates the cultures and family histories of the Caribbean, Africa and Asia – and explores how these have entangled with Scotland’s own.

Live performance, music and workshops will be programmed around the immersive installation, to form a day long celebration of community and art.

EXHIBITION: A CARNIVAL OF OVERLAPPING HISTORIES Sat 9 Sep-Sat 23 Dec Mon-Sat | 10am-5pm | Free | all ages An exhibition of new work by Ashanti, presenting collaborative artworks of sculpture, collage and textiles created with Glasgow North East residents - depicting the stories shared.

October BURNT OUT

Penny Chivas Fri 6 Oct | 7pm | 12yrs+ BSL interpreted Solo dance theatre, weaving spoken work and movement, centred around our changing climate and artist Penny Chivas’ own experiences of bushfires.

Followed by a Q&A session with Penny and artist Sapna Agarwal.

Platform Autumn Tea DANCE

Platform, Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation Tue 10 & Wed 11 Oct | 1pm All ages Get your glad rags on and your dancing shoes ready for a Tea Dance extravaganza! With live music, guests will enjoy tea, cakes, guest vocalists, dancers and more!

ONE LAST SPIN SCREENING WITH GUEST PANELISTS

The Machine Zone Community Interest Company Tue 17 Oct | 6.30pm Free but ticketed | 16yrs+ A hard-hitting film about the devastating harms of gambling followed by audience discussion with a panel of guest speakers and live music performance.

Full House Fridays

Platform Fridays from 27 Oct to 15 Dec FULL 12noon | £4.50 HOUSE 18yrs+ In the run-up to Christmas join us for a game of bingo, bowl of soup, special guests, surprises and plenty of prizes! As it’s a Full House event, we’ll also have a bit of music, performance or visual art to end the week with some fun - see website for more details.

Lost Map x PRAH Hallowe’en All Dayer

Platform, Lost Map Records & PRAH Recordings Sat 28 Oct | 2pm until late £16/£8.50/£7 | all ages Join two of Britain’s most innovative record labels as they respectively celebrate 10 years with an all-day party of wild, genre-breaking, subversive live music & DJs. Fancydress encouraged - theme TBA!

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Halloween Family Workshop

Sat 28 Oct | 1-2pm Free - drop in Family friendly - all ages Join us before the Lost Map event for a family friendly Halloween inspired art workshop.

November KOR! Music Spectacle

Lost Map

Platform and KOR! Records Thu 9 Nov | 6pm Family friendly - all ages KOR! will be working with a group of young musicians to create a live music performance made for a stage!

An inclusive evening of sound and visuals in a relaxed atmosphere.

CINDERELLA FROM THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND LAST YEAR’S HIT SLEEPING BEAUTY

DECEMBER Tue 5 | 10.30am & 1.30pm Wed 6 | 10.30am* & 1.30pm Thu 7 | 10.30am & 7pm Fri 8 | 1pm & 7pm Sat 9 | 2pm & 7pm Tue 12 | 10.30am & 7pm Wed 13 | 10.30am & 1.30pm Thu 14 | 10.30am* & 7pm Fri 15 | 1pm & 7pm Sat 16 | 2pm* & 7pm Tue 19 | 1pm & 7pm Wed 20 | 10.30am* & 1.30pm Thu 21 | 10.30am & 7pm Fri 22 | 10.30am & 7pm Sat 23 | 2pm & 7pm *relaxed performances

TICKETS: £10.50/£7/£6 | 5yrs+

Image: Euan Robertson

Written by Lewis Hetherington & presented

by Platform in association with Glasgow Kelvin College

Cinderella wants more from life. Stuck in a stinky basement, mopping floors and cleaning up after her mean stepsisters and stepmum, she dreams of a more exciting life…

Then one day, Prince comes to town, to host the Glitter Ball! He invites everyone to come and sing a song! The best singer will get to travel the world alongside the Prince.

This is Cinderella’s chance to escape. But her evil stepmother has other ideas...

Join us for this family friendly Christmas show, packed full of songs, jokes and larger than life characters!

Platform, the arts centre at The Bridge in Glasgow’s east end, offers a year-round programme of music, performance and visual art, community events and a varied Taking Part programme of workshops and classes.

We welcome audiences from across Easterhouse, the city and beyond - and our Local Links programme offers great discounts and priority access to those living in postcodes near Platform. Membership is free and you can enjoy a show for as little as £5. Eligible postcodes: G1 1, G1 5, G4 0, G31 1–5, G32 0, G32 6–9, G33 1–6, G34 0, G34 9, G40 1–4, G69 6–8, G71 7.

The Bridge is also home to a swimming pool, library and the Platform Café Bar, so there’s lots to do when visiting.

For more information, visit our website, follow us on social media or get in touch – we’d love to hear from you.

Platform, The Bridge 1000 Westerhouse Road Easterhouse, Glasgow G34 9JW

platform-online.co.uk

0141 276 9661

info@platform-online.co.uk

@platformglasgow

The Box Office phone line is staffed between 10am and 6pm every Tuesday and two hours before every live event.

At all other times, please leave a message.

Platform is programmed and managed by Glasgow East Arts Company, registered Scottish Charity No SCO34201.

All details within this brochure are correct at time of print.