Platform: What's On January - July 2019

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What’s On? January – July 2019

Platform The Bridge 1000 Westerhouse Road Glasgow, G34 9JW

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The Bridge Mon–Fri, 9am–8pm Sat, 9am–5pm Sun, 10am–5pm Building and café bar open late on performance nights

Info & Tickets 0141 276 9696 Option 1 for Box Office

platform-online.co.uk info@platform-online.co.uk F L → @platformglasgow Local links Platform’s Local Links scheme offers great discounts to those living in the postcodes below. Once you become a member, you can enjoy a show for as little as £4. Get in touch with Platform to sign up — membership is completely free.

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

Platform is programmed and managed

by Glasgow East Arts Company (GEAC) Reg. No. 245379, SCO34201 All dates, times and event details are correct at time of print.

Platform is the arts centre at the heart of The Bridge in Easterhouse. We connect local communities with high calibre artists, offering a year round programme of theatre, gigs, exhibitions, workshops and events.

Located in the East End of Glasgow (minutes from Glasgow Fort shopping centre) we are extremely accessible, well served by bus and train, and have a spacious free car park.

We share the building with Glasgow Kelvin College, Glasgow Life swimming pool and library, and there is a contemporary cafĂŠ bar which is open late on performance nights and is the perfect place to meet, socialise or work.

There is lots to look forward to at Platform in 4 2019! For children and families we are delighted to host a Little Gift from M6 and Andy Manley, The Letter J and their Super Human Heroes and Indepen-dance 4’s Grow.

For slightly older audiences there is Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello’s brand new dance theatre production Ferguson and Barton, inspired

by Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, Vertigo and Keisha Thompson’s beautifully tender performance Man on the Moon.

We are very pleased to see Frozen Light return to Easterhouse with The Isle of Brimsker, a brand new production for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities and cannot wait to welcome Ásrún Magnúsdóttir who is travelling from Iceland to work with local teenagers to create a very special Listening Party at Platform as part of Take Me Somewhere 2019.

Magnetic North will also be getting Lost in Music with teenagers and with Soundplay’s magical sensory dome for children of all ages and plenty more besides there really is lots to look forward to at Platform in 2019...

PERFORMANCE

SOUNDPLAY DOME

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FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

Presented by Soundplay Projects in association with Platform The Soundplay Dome is a magical sensory space where children of all ages can explore sound and light. Creating a soothing musical landscape from objects and tactile materials, the dome works as a digital instrument that can be played in accessible and surprising ways.

By stroking ribbons, rolling objects, drumming, moving and singing, the dome gives participants a chance to experiment with music and sound in an exciting, adventurous way.

Tue 12 Feb, 10.30am & 1.30pm Age 0mths to 12yrs £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links) FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES Image credit: Lewis Wileman

LITTLE GIFT

Presented by M6 Theatre Company in collaboration with Andy Manley A friendship waiting to grow An old soul lives alone.

He likes it that way.

It’s quieter and safer.

One day, a surprise visitor plants a little seed of hope and turns this lonely life upside down.

Told with exquisite puppetry, original music and a whole lot of heart, LITTLE GIFT is a new story from multi awardwinners M6 Theatre and Andy Manley.

Wed 13 Feb, 10.30am & 1.30pm Age 3yrs+ £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

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Image credit: Mihaela Bodlovic

LOST IN MUSIC

Presented by Magnetic North in association with Platform

Image credit: Benji Reid

MAN ON THE MOON

Commissioned by Contact and STUN Keisha communicates with her reclusive dad through books, letters and symbols. But when the letters stop coming she is forced to venture into his world. This truth-infused narrative sees the protagonist follow a trail of breadcrumbs that lead her to a number of check-points: cultural displacement, religious confusions, political paranoia, misplaced masculinity and more.

Wed 27 Feb, 7pm Age 14yrs+ £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

We’re lost in music No turning back ‘Lost in Music’ is a new gig-theatre show about the power of music to take us where we never expected. A band retells the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice; the original story of a superstar musical couple’s journey to hell and back.

By Kim Moore and Nicholas Bone, feat. Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells), Claire Willoughby, Emily Phillips, Jill O’Sullivan (Sparrow and the Workshop, bdy_prts).

Wed 6 Mar, 7pm Thu 7 Mar, 1.30pm Age 12yrs+ £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

PERFORMANCE

FERGUSON AND BARTON

Presented by Lucy Ireland and Jim Manganello in association with Platform A contemporary couple scrambles to re-create Hitchcock’s 1958 masterpiece, Vertigo, live. The Hollywood romance, the sweeping music, the impending sense of doom, the blonde hair. The deeper they get, the more exhausting this never-ending routine becomes.

Gender roles, modern relationships and obsession are all tossed up in Ferguson and Barton. This new piece of dancetheatre is both homage and wrecking ball to the master of suspense. A collaboration with Shotput.

Mon 11 & Tue 12 Mar, 7pm Age 14yrs+ £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

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THOUGH THIS BE MADNESS

Presented by Skye Loneragan How can we nurture our collective sanity?

Bouncing on a pilates ball in the Land of Lounge Room, a recovering mum and love-struck, sleep-deprived teat is desperate to soothe her baby. Unable to reach her sister, who wrestles with a ‘cataract’ on what Shakespeare calls the ‘mind’s eye’, she stitches together a pillow-book of tales told through poetry and performance.

Written and performed by Skye Loneragan. Music by Mairi Campbell.

Thu 14 Mar, 7pm 14yrs + £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links) Content from Though this Be Madness will also be shared in a daytime performance with Play Café on Wed 6 March at 10.30am

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FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

BEST MEDICINE COMEDY LIVE AT PLATFORM

Part of Glasgow International Comedy Festival Join us for a very special edition of Best Medicine Comedy Live at Platform as part of the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. The culmination of an eight-week course for members of Platform’s Culture Café community group, this performance will feature emerging talents alongside established professionals. This unique and riotous show is not to be missed!

Fri 22 Mar, 7pm Age 16yrs+ £4

SUPER HUMAN HEROES

Presented by The Letter J and commissioned by Imaginate in association with Paisley Arts Centre Super Human Heroes have bad days too – Captain Sunshine is not living up to his name! Sunny is blue; nothing will do. He’s tired of being sunny – being good, great, funny, loving, smart – tired of playing the part. Who will save Captain Sunshine, if he cannot save himself?

Super Human Heroes is a comic and musical dance with darkness.

Mon 25 Mar, 10.30am & 1.30pm Age 8-12yrs £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

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PERFORMANCE

FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

THE WHIRlyBIRD

Presented by Eco Drama in association with Platform The Whirlybird is a funny and moving story about a bird that yearns to fly, featuring movement, music and puppetry.

A curious creature, ricketie-racketie on ground but in flight, a wildlife spectacle – a blizzard of wings, perfect elliptical twirls, a mass of orange and browns and a cacophony of sound!

The Whirlybird celebrates the differences that make us unique, finding inspiration in nature and the wonder of flight.

Tue 16 Apr, 10.30am & 1.30pm Age 3-7yrs + parents/carers £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links) FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES Image credit: Beth Chalmers Photography

PAPER MEMORIES

Presented by Jabuti Theatre in association with Platform Through aerial-dance, puppetry and music we share the bright and colourful memories of Tali, a refugee girl arriving in Scotland. Her family feels strange and other, with a desperate need to fit in and forget. Tali, told not to remember, finds her memories crumpling before her eyes, until her family realises that the only way to keep them together, to be a family in this new place, is to remember.

Fri 29 Mar, 10.30am and 1.30pm Age 7yrs+ £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

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GROW

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FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

Presented by Indepen-dance 4 It’s the first day of spring and tiny tendrils of new life are peeping out of the ground, stretching their way into the sunshine and into a riot of glorious colour.

A curious, mellow and playful springtime adventure brought to you by the company that created the awardwinning Four Go Wild in Wellies.

The show is 35 minutes long and includes free play.

Wed 17 Apr, 11am Age 3-5yrs + parents/carers £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links) FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

LITTLE TOP

Starcatchers and SUPERFAN in association with Platform At a time in their development when young children are discovering their own physicality, and the pleasures and perils of gravity, Little Top invites babies to experience all the fun of the circus. Roll up for a gently thrilling performance which includes spectacular balances, astonishing tumbles and inventive juggling.

Little Top will transport you to a playful, joyous, upside-down, topsyturvy world where people can fly, patterns fill the air and anything is possible.

Fri 3 & Sat 4 May 10.30am & 1pm (both days) Age 0 – 18mths and their adults £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

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OUTSKIRTS FESTIVAL

Presented by Platform

Sat 27 Apr 3.30pm until late All ages £10/£7.50 (Local Links) (under 16s free) Our annual Outskirts festival returns for 2019 with an unbeatable line up of performance, music and visual art. Taking place across the theatre, studio spaces, and public areas of our building, the festival’s programme runs from afternoon into the evening, and is a fantastic event in which indulge in a wide range of cross art form experimentation.

Full line up to be announced – check website and social media for updates.

Highlights include:

THE GUITAR MAN

(UK Premiere)

By Jon Fosse and translated

by Louis Muinzer A man makes his living singing the same songs day after day on the edge of town.

He plays to an audience that is always passing him by. One night, he tells us his story – he came here because of a woman and stayed because of a son. Searching for answers, he reaches a decision: to stop playing. Weaving text, song and silence, The Guitar Man traces the delicate balance between loneliness and longing, loss and salvation. Presented by surrogate productions.

TIMEFIELD

Image credit: Mihaela Bodlovic

Kate Clayton will present a site specific performance in Timefield, an immersive installation that has been created by a collective of artists in The Den, an area within our building. Timefield weaves together stories of forgetting and remembering. Stories of nature and ageing of both body and land. It draws attention to the fragility of humanity as an integral part of nature.

NEED A LIFT TO PLATFORM?

A bus will leave Mono (12 Kings Court, Glasgow) at 3pm and return after Outskirts. Return tickets cost £5 and can be purchased in Monorail. Please email info@platform-online.co.uk to reserve a ticket.

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LISTENING PARTY

Presented by Take Me Somewhere, Outspoken Arts and Platform A party on stage, hosted by a large group of 13-17 years old. They play their favourite music, sometimes they sing along or dance or cry or whatever.

They talk about their music, their ideas, worries, thoughts and dreams.

They hang-out and listen to each other with their audience, supporting and celebrating each other. The stage is theirs, the words are theirs, it’s their party and they do whatever they want.

Created by Ásrún Magnúsdóttir.

Fri 24 May, 7pm Sat 25 May, 4.30pm Sun 26 May, 4.30pm £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

Image credit: Nicole Guarino

THE NORTH

Presented by Joan Clevillé Dance It’s a place we all know but have never been… A forest, a desert of ice. The land of ancient gods, wild animals and strange creatures. The home of the Terrible and the Sublime…

After their acclaimed debut Plan B for Utopia, Joan Clevillé Dance return with The North, the bleak yet whimsical story of a young man’s journey in search of meaning in an unpredictable environment.

Tue 28 May, 7pm Age 12yrs+ £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

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PERFORMANCE

549: SCOTS of THE CIVIL SPANISH WAR

Presented by Wonder Fools in association with The Brunton Theatre and Citizens Theatre The true story of four miners who travelled from the streets of Prestonpans to the valleys of Spain. They gave up everything that was familiar: for a people they had never met; and for a cause they believed was right.

549, a play with songs and storytelling, is a timely insight into one of Scotland’s almost forgotten conflicts.

“Black Watch reimagined for a small town function room”  The Herald Wed 12 June, 7pm Age 14yrs+ £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

THE ISLE OF BRIMSKER

Presented by Frozen Light A lighthouse keeper lives on a desolate outcrop surrounded by stormy seas.

One day a runaway lands on the shore, together they face the inevitable.

Change is on the horizon but not in the form she expects.

A new multi-sensory story of adventure and homecoming from Frozen Light, specialists in making theatre for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

Thu 30 May, 11am & 1.30pm Fri 31 May, 11am & 1.30pm Age 13yrs+ with PMLD £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links)

From intimate studio gigs to weekend-long 14 events, with opportunities to get involved and create your own music, Platform provides a stage for the very best musicians, up and coming Scottish bands and internationally acclaimed artists.

Celtic Connections kicks off the music programme for 2019 with the wonderful Sourakata KoitĂŠ and Hen Ogledd in January.

More gigs will be announced throughout the season – please keep an eye on the Platform website and social media for updates.

CELTIC CONNECTIONS

Platform is proud to host two shows as part of Celtic Connections

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SOURAKATA KOITE

Support from Duncan Marquiss + Burd Ellen An offering simply named ‘En Hollande’ seems an unlikely contender for a modern kora classic, but Sourakata Koite’s debut album recorded in an old henhouse in Delft in 1984 is nothing short of that.

The kora is a lute popular all over West Africa and has normally 21 strings (Koite’s customised instrument has 22 and he is known to experiment with unusual tunings). It is mostly known as the central instrument of the griots, itinerant singers who are much-respected members of the ancestral cast societies. Born in a Senegalese village close to the Mauritanian border in 1955, Sourakata Koite moved to Paris in the late 1970s. He made a living by entertaining the international and mixed crowds of a new type of fancy African restaurant springing up around the Seine at that time.

‘En Hollande’ is set for reissue by Awesome Tapes From Africa early in 2019.

Curious and eclectic in his tastes, Sourakata listens to and plays a wide range of styles – jazz, rock, reggae, funk, blues and classical.

Glasgow based Duncan Marquiss regularly plays guitar in The Phantom Band (Chemikal Underground Records) and has recently performed with various other musicians, including Hans Joachim Irmler of Faust and Thor Harris of Swans.

Burd Ellen is a new project from Debbie Armour (Alasdair Roberts, Green Ribbons, Alex Rex) featuring Gayle Brogan (Pefkin, Barrett’s Dottled Beauty) and Lucy Duncan (Luki).

The group uses traditional song to explore and evoke dark landscapes and deep stories.

Thu 24 Jan, doors 7pm All ages £12.50/£7.50 (Local Links/conc)

CELTIC CONNECTIONS

Platform is proud to host two shows as part of Celtic Connections

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Image credit: Rosie Morris

HEN OGLEDD

Support from The Gymnastic Band Founded by Richard Dawson and harpist, Rhodri Davies, with the addition of Dawn Bothwell and Sally Pilkington, Hen Ogledd’s meaning comes from the Welsh name for The Old North.

Mogic – released November 2018 – is Hen Ogledd’s third LP and their most surprising and accessible work yet. Each hailing from historically different tribal regions of the Old North, the musicians on Mogic challenge the idea that the ancient world was rife with magic, while the new is infiltrated by cold logic.

This dynamic record of eddies and swirls, ravishing melodies, hallucinatory textures and bonkers rhythms is pinned down by some deft performances: Pilkington’s picture-perfect pop and earthy singing, Davies’ blazing harp splutterations and guitar moans, Bothwell’s twisted telephone techno and bamboozling lyric-bombs and Dawson’s utter bass.

Support comes from The Gymnastic Band a highly sprung trio in pursuit of rhythmic adventure and pulsating metronomy. After a hiatus of 20 years, in summer 2017, former Ganger bass players Graham Gavin and Stuart Henderson joined forces with drummer David Maxwell (Gift Horse) to form a unique trio displaying an acrobatic penchant for skewed arrangements that will infiltrate listeners’ eardrums and render them senseless with their melodically charged, harmonic baubles of sonic delight!

Fri 25 Jan, doors 7pm All ages £15/£7.50 (Local Links/conc) NEED A LIFT TO PLATFORM? A return bus leaves Mono, Glasgow city centre, at 6.30pm on both nights of the Celtic Connection gigs. £5 return – email info@platform-online.co.uk to book your space.

Music

SPRING BIG BAND TEA DANCE

Presented by Platform

Look out those dancing shoes and join us at one of our traditional tea dances this spring! Led by a live 8 piece band, That Swing Sensation, with a dance troupe on hand to kick start the dancing, guests will enjoy tea, cakes, guest vocalists and more than enough quicksteps, foxtrots and waltzes to satisfy first-timers and veterans alike.

With a nod to nostalgia, the auditorium will be transformed into an amazing ballroom featuring beautiful handmade art works and table cloths created by local people.

Thurs 21 Mar, 1-4pm Fri 22 Mar, 1-4pm All ages £8.50/£5/£4 (Local Links/conc)

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Platform’s visual arts programme includes 18 residencies, commissions and exhibitions. We work with artists at every stage of their careers, from students to emerging artists and established artists working internationally. Alongside our annual exhibitions from students from Glasgow Kelvin College and Glasgow School of Art we are delighted to present two exhibitions that will take over The Den and Studio space for temporary periods of time in Spring and Summer 2019.

In May, we present Timefield, an immersive group exhibition of new artwork, exploring the theme of ageing through the subject of body, land and nature.

Home Where Home Is Not is our summer exhibition in partnership with Glasgow Women’s Library. The exhibition asks the question: what and where is home? Particularly, when home is the experience of being from more than one place – a pertinent theme to discuss and explore at this present time.

Visual Arts

TIMEFIELD

Ian Cameron | Kate Clayton Frank McElhinney | Annie Peel Lesley Wilson It is often said that we are losing touch with nature, but we are surrounded by nature every day whether in the heart of the city or in the wilds of the countryside. Perhaps we just don’t pay enough attention.

Timefield weaves together stories of memory and forgetting, of nature and ageing and draws attention to the fragility of humanity as an integral part of nature. It is an exploration of the passage of time and its effect on the landscape of our bodies and our planet.

This is a cross-art collaborative installation developed by five older artists and includes: projections of long exposure photographs showing the impact of time on the body, large scale painted wall-hangings that communicate the force of nature, and a soundscape that integrates spoken word and sound drawn from the natural world. This exhibition is part of Luminate Festival 2019.

Sat 27 April – Sat 25 May Monday to Saturdays, 10am – 5pm Free

WORKSHOPS: A series of workshops inspired by the installation will run alongside the exhibition. Please see the Platform website for more details.

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Visual Arts

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SOGOL MABADI AND BIRTHE JORGENSEN: HOME WHERE HOME IS NOT

Presented by Platform in association with Glasgow Womans Library

Home Where Home Is Not, is an ambitious new research and exhibition project featuring Glasgow based artists Sogol Mabadi and Birthe Jorgensen created in partnership with Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) and Platform.

Following on from the artist’s coinciding journeys to Iran and Greenland (Aug 2017), places once linked to their respective identities, Sogol and Birthe draw on their own experiences as ‘New Scots’, navigating and negotiating their identities across geographical, cultural and psychological boundaries.

Through conversations and creative workshops with groups of women who are from or have settled in Glasgow’s North East, Sogol and Birthe raised and discussed important questions about identity and the experience of being from more than one place in a complex multicultural age.

Following a month-long residency at Platform and GWL in early 2019, an exhibition of new work, accompanied by a programme of events, will take place across both venues from late June to early August 2019.

Please keep an eye on the Platform website and social media for updates.

Visual Arts

PLATFORM EXHIBITION: Thu 27 Jun – Sat 3 Aug Mondays to Saturdays, 10am – 5pm Free

OPENING EVENT: Thu 27 Jun, 6pm – 8pm Free and all welcome

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HENRY COOMBES AND MARCELLA MCINTOSH: AYES IN YOUR HEAD Last chance to see the exhibition featuring drawings and paintings

by Henry Coombes and Marcella McIntosh, alongside screenings of short film Love and Lithium.

GLASGOW WOMEN’S LIBRARY EXHIBITION:

Mon 7 – Sat 19 Jan Mondays to Saturdays from 10am – 5pm Free

Sat 22 Jun– Sun 3 Aug Mondays to Saturdays, 10am – 5pm Free

SEA AT PLATFORM

OPENING EVENT: Sat 22 Jun, 2pm – 4pm Free and all welcome

Glasgow Women’s Library is the only Accredited Museum in the UK dedicated to women’s lives, histories and achievements, with a lending library, archive collections and innovative programme of public events, exhibitions and learning opportunities.

Based in Bridgeton, GWL is open to all and has a presence across Scotland through their National programme of events and activities.

Glasgow Women’s Library, 23 Landressy Street, Glasgow, G40 1BP Tel: 0141 550 2267 www.womenslibrary.org.uk

Now in its 8th year, SEA is the annual exhibition by selected 4th year students from the Sculpture and Environmental Art department at The Glasgow School of Art. Students are invited to create artwork specially created for public spaces at Platform and The Bridge.

Mon 25 Feb – Sat 9 Mar Monday to Saturdays, 10am – 5pm OPENING EVENT: Mon 25 Feb, 6pm – 8pm Free and all welcome

GLASGOW KELVIN COLLEGE: END OF YEAR EXHIBITION An annual exhibition from students studying fine art photography and visual art.

Fri 3 May –Sat 25 May, Monday to Saturdays, 10am – 5pm Free and all welcome

At Platform we offer a wide range of free and low 22 cost workshops, classes and activities for all ages, including music, drama and art. From painting to performance, singing to socialising and everything in-between, there really is something for everyone.

Some of our classes are free and drop in, whilst others are low cost with affordable payment plans available. For more information or to book any of our classes, call Box Office on 0141 276 9696 (opt 1) or email info@platform-online.co.uk If you would like to try out one of the classes then speak to one of the Platform team and we’ll arrange your first session for free.

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For babies & toddlers to adults of all ages

fun people

PLATFORM SINGERS

Our newly established community choir is back for 2019 and we are looking for members of all ages and abilities to get involved. This is a fun, relaxed and informal group for those wanting to sing together and meet new people. No previous experience is required and there is no need to book – just come along on the day.

Fridays, 4pm All ages Free, drop in If you have any questions please contact Anna at anna@platform-online.co.uk

TAKING PART: PERFORMANCE

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For age 8yrs to 25yrs

PLATFORM DRAMA

We offer weekly performance workshops for children and young people from 8 – 16 years. Our workshops are open to all regardless of experience and places for the term ahead are available to book now – free tasters can be arranged at any time. Platform Drama groups are designed to be fun, and help develop skills and confidence. Each term our groups work towards creating shows and productions - recent projects include making a Christmas single and developing Old Plays by Young People.

PLATFORM YOUNG COMPANY

Our performance group for 16-25 years recently presented their work Shaking the Habitual to full houses at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh as part of the Chrysalis Festival. We will be holding two open workshops for new members ahead of their next production process:

OPEN WORKSHOPs Age 16 – 25yrs Saturday 23rd Feb, 1pm – 3.30pm Saturday 16th Mar, 1pm – 3.30pm These workshops are open to anyone aged 16 – 25 years regardless of experience.

For more information or to book a place please email matt@platform-online.co.uk

CREATION STATION Age 8 – 11yrs Mondays, 6pm – 7.30pm

LAB STATION Age 12 – 16yrs Mondays, 6pm – 7.30pm

Dates & Fees

Spring term runs from Monday 21st January until Monday 25th March 2019.

Summer term runs from Monday 15th April until Monday 24th June 2019 (apart from Easter Monday, 22nd April). Each block costs a £50 and places can be booked via Box Office or at www.platform-online.co.uk

TAKING PART: MUSIC LESSONS For children to adults of all ages

Fancy learning to play an instrument?

We run weekly Keyboard, Fiddle, Guitar and Drums classes for juniors and adults. Whether you are starting from scratch or polishing your skills, we have well respected musicians guiding the way in a fun and relaxed environment.

Keyboard Mondays £65 /£50 (conc/Local Links) 6pm/6.40pm/7.20pm/8pm

Fiddle Tuesdays £65 /£50 (conc/Local Links) 6pm/6.40pm/7.20pm/8pm

Guitar Tuesdays £65 /£50 (conc/Local Links) 6pm/7pm/8pm

Drums Thursdays £65 /£50 (conc/Local Links) 4pm/4.40pm/5.20pm/6.00pm/6.40pm

Dates & Fees

Block 1 runs Mon 21 Jan until Sat 30 Mar for all classes (classes run during the Feb mid-term holiday).

Block 2 runs Mon 15 Apr – Mon 24 Jun but will not run on Easter Monday 22 Apr – extra sessions will run on Mon 24 Jun. Both blocks run for 10 weeks and cost £65 (standard price) and £50 concessions or Local Links – which works out from as little as £5 per week. Payment plans are available and booking essential.

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TAKING PART: WEEKLY ART CLUBS

For children age 4yrs to adults of all ages

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NU GENERATION

Our weekly arts group challenges teenagers to make artwork that represents their interests, exploring identity and what it’s like to be a teenager in 2019.

Tuesdays, 5pm–7pm Age 11yrs+ Free, drop in Block 1 runs from 22 Jan – 26 Mar and block 2 from 16 Apr – 18 Jun

Art Factory

Visual arts and crafts drop in studio for adults who wish to learn to draw, paint or make things. With no experience required, an artist is on hand to offer help and advice and guide you all the way.

We run weekly art workshops for anyone interested in drawing, painting, sculpting or in general making. These creative sessions are for all ages and are designed to develop skills and make new pals!

SATURDAY ART CLUB

A fun Saturday club for kids who are at Primary School. Our artists host a playful, creative session to keep children of all ages engaged and entertained.

Saturdays, 11am – 12.30pm Age 4 – 11yrs Free, drop in Saturday Art Club operates on a first come first serve basis and can’t be booked in advance. Space is limited – please come early to avoid disappointment. Block 1 runs from 26 Jan – 23 Mar and block 2 from 27 Apr – 22 Jun

Tuesdays, 1–4pm Age 16yrs+ Free, drop in Art Factory starts back on Tue 8 Jan and runs all year round

OUR PEOPLE, OUR PLACE

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STALLED SPACES: THE FREEDOME Platform is delighted to be working with artists Ruby Pester and Owen Clarke to develop an exciting new programme of events and workshops exploring the natural and urban environment we inhabit.

The artists will be collecting and sharing ideas on current environmental issues as well as hopes, dreams and fantasies for a planet of the future. Working with the local community, they will construct a geodome which will become an active and imaginative space. The project will focus on DIY activities and creative processes to ponder, experiment, play, gather, and share local knowledge. One of the projects aims will be to find ways to reconnect with nature and re-activate derelict common land.

The geodome will be located on Lochend Road in Easterhouse.

If you would like to find out more and are interested in taking part, please contact thefreedomeland@gmail.com or telephone Anna at Platform on 0141 276 9681.

OUR PEOPLE, OUR PLACE

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Film Club at Griers

Presented by Platform

Our collaboration with our local pub Griers continues into 2019 with our latest programme of films. Films will be shown in the Griers Lounge on the last Monday of every month until March. To accompany your viewing you can enjoy a free pie, pint or soft drink.

28th January, 3pm 25th February, 3pm 25th March, 3pm Age 18yrs+ Free, drop in Griers, 24 Bogbain Road, Easterhouse

SUMMER FESTIVALS 2019

Live music, food & market stalls, kids activities and inflatables are just a few of the attractions on offer at our annual summer festivals days. This year we’ll be hosting the Alexandra Park Festival Day on Saturday 20th July* and the Easterhouse Family Festival Day on Sunday 28th of July*.

Packed with fun and entertainment these are great outings for all the family. *Please note that these dates could be subject to change – please keep an eye on the Platform website and our social media platforms.

CAFÉ BAR

The Café Bar at Platform offers a relaxing environment in which to meet friends for a bite to eat, socialise over our fresh Barista coffee or to find a space to work or relax. We’re open seven days a week from morning through to the evening, have a varied and delicious menu running throughout the day and like to make all our customers feel very welcome!

Our opening hours are also extended on evenings with performances and the space plays host to group activities, evening events and meetings.

• Open 7 days • Licensed bar • Free top ups of filter coffee and tea • Loyalty cards and special offers • Affordable kids menu • Free Wi-Fi To enquire about conference catering call 0141 276 9704

Image credit: Euan Robertson

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PLATFORM TICKETS AND LOCAL LINKS

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At Platform we offer competitive ticket prices across our full programme, meaning that a night out at the theatre or a gig can be entertaining and purse friendly too. Our full price tickets are £8.50 and concessions are £5 – see our website for a full list of concessions.

If you’re coming along to a children’s show with young babies we operate a policy where ‘babes in arms’ (age 0 – 18 months and sitting on a parent’s lap) will go free unless the show has been specifically created for children within this age range and their adults.

Just check the age recommendation of each show/event.

We also run a fantastic Local Links programme offering discounts to those living in one of the local postcodes outlined below. Membership is free and once you join, you can enjoy at show at Platform for as little as £4 – which is less than half price of our normal ticket prices.

To become a Local Links member please call our Box Office on 0141 276 9696 (opt 1) or pop in and speak to one of the Platform team. Eligible postcodes are: 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

Book tickets and keep up to date with all the latest news from Platform on our website and social media. platform-online.co.uk info@platform-online.co.uk F L → @platformglasgow Getting to Platform

By Foot A short walk from

the Glasgow Fort shopping complex and situated next to Glasgow Kelvin College, Easterhouse Library and Swimming Pool (all part of The Bridge).

By Bus It couldn’t be easier with Stagecoach X19 and First Buses 38/A/B/C/E 41 43 46 60/60A/M60 stopping right outside the entrance on Westerhouse Road.

By Train From Queen Street take the lower level east bound to Easterhouse. From Edinburgh get the Helensburgh train on the Airdrie to Bathgate line. Platform is around a 15 minute walk from the station.

DRIVING Take M8 Junction 10.

Entry is via Westerhouse Road – just look out for the wind turbine. There is a large free car park and there is further parking at Shandwick Square.

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