Platform Jan - May 2017 Season

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What's on Jan → May 2017

Performance Music Visual Arts

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Festivals Taking Part

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Feb →

Produced by Platform.

Black Beauty

Opera Highlights

SEA at Platform Opening

Mon 6 Feb 1.30pm & 7pm

14 Feb 7pm

Wed 15 Feb 6 → 8pm

p4

p4

p18

Easterhouse Dialectogram

White

3 → 26 Mar Exhibition

Wed 1 Mar 11am

p18

p7

Mar

If I Had a Girl...

Contact → Platform, The Bridge 1000 Westerhouse Road Glasgow, G34 9JW

Mon 27 Feb 7pm

→

p6

Eat Sleep Work Repeat

Workshy

Springtime Tea Dance

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29 Mar → 7 May Exhibition

Thu 30 Mar 1 → 7pm

Thu 30 Mar 7pm

Fri 31 Mar 1pm

p17

p19

p9

p9

Worm

No Show

Outskirts

Taking Part Block 2

Wed 12 Apr 11am

Tue 18 Apr 1.30pm & 7pm

Sat 22 Apr 3pm → late

24 Apr → 30 Jun

p11

p14

p12

p22

GKC Showcase: Dance

GKC Showcase: Performance

Night Light

Scar Test

23 → 25 May 7pm

11 → 19 May 2pm & 7pm

Fri 26 May 10.30am → 1pm

Fri 26 May 7pm

p21

p21

p15

p15

Box Office → 0141 276 9696 (opt 1)

Platform is programmed and managed by Glasgow East Arts Company (GEAC) Reg. No. 245379, SCO34201.

Platform is part of The Bridge which includes Glasgow Kelvin College, Glasgow Life’s Library and Swimming Pool and Glasgow East Arts Company. All dates, times and event details are correct at time of print.

Design by Tangent

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Pester and Rossi

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Rayon in collaboration with Gaelic Psalm Singers

Aidan O’Rouke, Alasdair Roberts, Alex Neilson and Stephanie Hladowski

3 → Highlights

Celtic Connections →

Sat 21 Jan 7pm All ages £12.50 / £7.50

Fri 20 Jan 7pm All ages £12.50 / £7.50

Jan → Feb

Celtic Connections is the largest annual winter music festival of its kind and the UK's premier celebration of Celtic music.

A return bus will leave from Mono at 6.30pm and return at the end of each night. Tickets are available online, from Platform Box Office or from Mono. £5 return.

Wed 18 Jan 7pm Glenburn Centre Easthall

Thu 19 Jan 7pm Calton Heritage & Learning Centre

Thu 19 Jan 1.30pm Barrowfield Community Centre

Fri 20 Jan 1pm Bridgeton Community Learning Campus

Established musicians playing themed folk sets, Burns, politics, corries etc.

For more information and tickets please contact the venue directly.

A unique collaboration featuring the cream of German contemporary musicians with the haunting beauty of Gaelic Psalm singers.

Rayon are lead by Markus Acher of Notwist and feature Sachiko Hara, Cico Beck, Karl Ivar Refseth, Anton Kaun and Tad Klimp. An exploration of the space between music, interlocking time signatures and journey’s through spiraling arpeggios played on piano, marimba, harmoniums gongs filtered through algorithmic processing.

A unique collaboration between four incredible and individualistic performers: featuring the combined talents of Aidan O’Rourke (Lau), Alasdair Roberts, Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) and Stephanie Hladowski.

Individually Stephanie, Alasdair, Alex and Aidan have done much to expand the vocabulary of traditional folk music.

For this collaboration they will apply wayward techniques to some familiar tunes - drawing on their interests in poetry, rock music and free improvisation.

Mairi Morrison is steeped in the tradition of Gaelic Psalm singing and together with her Psalm ensemble have selected some of their favourite Psalms for Rayon to compose new scores for.

Music

Music

Music

Festivals

Festivals

Festivals

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Celtic Connections Tour

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Mono Bus →

Mavis Sparkle

Sat 18 Feb 2pm All ages Free

Black Beauty is sure to warm your heart during the coldest of winter nights.

Tue 14 Feb 7.00pm 8yrs+ £12 / £5 under 26

Scottish Opera brings you an entertaining evening of music and good company.

Whether you’re new to opera or a seasoned fan, there’s sure to be something for you, be it a tune you’re discovering for the first time or an old favourite you’ll be humming all the way home.

With a magician for a Dad and a stargazer for a Mum, no wonder there’s more to Mavis than meets the eye!

A feather duster in one hand and a few tricks up her sleeve, Mavis is on a journey north to see nature’s biggest light show with her own eyes.

M6’s cosmic production mixes illusion, animation and laughter, inspiring us all to dust away doubts, follow our dreams and reach for the stars!

Performance

Performance

Having worked across Scotland with diverse communities to gather their thoughts, ideas, and creative responses to questions around land and housing; you're invited to hear their thoughts and to have your say about these issues.

Presented for one day only, the event follows on from workshops in partnership with Platform in 2016.

Performance

Book online → platform-online.co.uk

This year’s cast is full of fresh new talent, including two Scottish Opera Emerging Artists and two recent graduates of the National Opera Studio. Jump aboard and enjoy an entertaining night-out, filled with energy, versatility and plenty of humour.

A Moment's Peace present Common Ground; unearthing stories about how we live now, and how we might live in the future.

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Blending storytelling, music and puppetry, this vibrant re-telling of Black Beauty offers fun and adventure for fans of the book, classic TV show and those brand new to the tale.

Scottish Opera

Jan → Feb

Mon 6 Feb 1.30pm & 7pm 6yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

From the cosy horsebox they call home, Andy and Andy take the bit firmly between their teeth and tell the classic tale of Black Beauty as you've never seen it before.

Performance

A Moment's Peace

Opera Highlights

Black Beauty Red Bridge Arts

Fri 17 Feb 10.30am & 1.30pm 4yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

5 → Highlights

M6 Theatre

Common Ground

Catherine Wheels

Late Night Scratch Special

Fri 3 Mar 18yrs+ £8 / £5

Mon 27 Feb 7pm 14yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

If I had a girl… is a ground-breaking verbatim production that provides startling insight into the lived experience of honour-based violence in ethnic minority communities around Scotland.

In their own words, survivors and perpetrators of honour-based violence show us how the choices we make, the families we are born into, and the expectations of others can shape our lives irrevocably.

If I had a girl… speaks for those whose voices are silenced or stolen.

White is a playful, highly visual new show for very young children and is a perfect first time theatre experience.

"An utter delight no matter what your age" The Times

Performance

A night of raw, gig-theatre happenings.

Three collaborative projects will be performed scratch style over the course of the evening, each blurring and exploring the connections between art, performance and music.

Alan Mckendrick with Smack Wizards → Tut Vu Vu with Morven Mulgrew → Ultimate Dancer with Fritz Welch → Join us afterwards to meet the artists in the bar and feedback your thoughts.

Check our website for details.

Performance

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Performance

Welcome to the world of White. Full of birdsong and birdhouses, it gleams and dazzles and shines in the night. Two friends look after the birdhouses and make sure the eggs stay safe. The world is bright, ordered and white. But high up in the trees, all is not white. Colour appears.

First red… then yellow… then blue…

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But before he can jump out, something else jumps in; a mass of colour thrashing about the tiny boat. This uninvited guest has finally broken through the surface to discover what lies above. Fisk is a story of a man and a fish, and the unexpected impact they have upon one another.

Amina MWRC

Feb → Mar

Mon 20 Feb 7pm 14yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

Amidst a vast, cascading expanse of ocean, a tiny boat is tossed through rolling waves and thundering storms, a speck amidst the immense turbulent seas. Steadily rowing forward into the nothingness is a fisherman, driven by despair, sailing to nowhere with all his worldly possessions. He looks out as the darkness looms and prepares himself to leap…

Performance

Wed 1 Mar 11am 2 → 4yrs £8.50 / £5 / £4

If I had a Girl...

Fisk

Tortoise in a Nutshell

Take Me Somewhere

7 → Highlights

White

Platform

Scottish Theatre Producers in association with the Traverse Theatre Company

Mon 6 Mar 7pm 16yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

A nightclub toilet attendant in a fictional club based on the Shimmy Club in Glasgow.

Her conflicted journey spliced with flashbacks to the toilets of the Shrine nightclub in Lagos, Nigeria, where her younger self dreams of becoming a dancer in the revolutionary band of the late Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti.

Written and directed by Aduara Onashile.

Fri 17 Mar 7pm 14yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

Award winning artist Jenna Watt presents Faslane, a hugely powerful and timely insight into the UK's current nuclear debate.

Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, or Faslane, situated 40 miles outside Glasgow, is home to the UK's nuclear missile program: Trident.

Thu 30 Mar 7pm 18yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

This is a show about work.

Some people work to make money.

Some people work to feel fulfilled.

Some people don’t work at all.

For the last two decades, Katy has been at the frontline of the customer service industry. From getting you high to supersizing your whopper meal, she has done everything she can to make you happy.

Platform is delighted to host this traditional tea dance led by a live 6 piece band. With dance troupe – Kennedy Cupcakes on hand to lead on the dancing, guest vocalists, tea, cakes, and more than enough quicksteps, foxtrots and waltzes to satisfy first-timers and veterans alike.

Our auditorium will be transformed into an amazing ballroom featuring beautiful handmade art works and table cloths created by local people.

She isn’t sure if she has a lot left to give but, for this show (like the true professional she is), she will put herself out there one more time to give you everything you want.

Features nudity and scenes of sexual content. For those aged 18yrs and over only.

Performance

Performance

This event will take place after Habits of Coexistent → see p19

Performance

This event will take place after Eat Sleep Work Repeat→ see p19

Music Wellbeing

Book online → platform-online.co.uk

With her family having worked in Faslane with Trident all her life, and with her friends protesting at the gates, Jenna endeavours to understand her relationship to Trident, the wider nuclear debate and activism.

Katy Baird

@platformglasgow →

One toilet attendant. Two sets of toilets.

One night. Worlds apart.

Workshy

Faslane

Jenna Watt, Showroom

Fri 31 Mar 1pm All ages £8.50 / £5 / £4

Mar → Apr

Expensive Sh*t

9 → Highlights

Springtime Tea Dance

Supporting Wall

Moonbeam on Cat’s Ear

Eco-Drama

One Man Shoe Wed 5 Apr 11am 3yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

Tue 11 Apr 2pm 5yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

One Man Shoe, is a delightful show for children and families, performed

by Jango Starr.

When the headline act fails to show up, Jango, a bumbling theatre caretaker, is suddenly thrust into the limelight and embarks on a hilarious journey of highly crafted and heart-felt silent comedy, magically realizing his dream of transforming into a star! **** ‘An audience favourite that appeals to all ages’ Evening News

Three quarters of MPs are millionaires.

A third of the country lives below the poverty line. Whatever your politics, Jonny & the Baptists think it's worth talking about.

A riotously funny epic about friendship, inequality and betrayal from the multiaward-nominated musical comedians, as featured on Radio 4’s The Now Show and the BBC’s Live at Television Centre. **** 'Wickedly amusing' The Times

Underneath your feet in the muddy brown soil squirms the world’s best kept secret…a wonderful, magical creature called the Worm.

Join Wilma and William, two nature lovers, on a journey underground as they discover a family of friendly, musical worms and their colourful miniature world. With laugh out loud songs, The Worm is a fun filled musical tale guaranteed to make everyone giggle, wiggle and love the squirmy wonders beneath our feet.

After the performance, the audience are invited to see some real worms in a specially designed wormery.

Part of the Puppet Animation Festival 2017

Performance

Performance

Performance

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Based on the book by author and illustrator Marie-Louise Gay, written in French and English, Moonbeam on a Cat’s Ear is a visual journey into an exciting world of dreams and imagination. Jabuti Theatre’s adaptation captures the beauty and detail of Marie-Louise’s illustrations using puppetry, physical theatre and magical light boxes.

Jango Starr

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In the middle of the night Rosie, Toby Toby, the cat and the mouse sneak out to play in the shadow of the apple tree. When Toby Toby steals the moon from the sky they go on an adventure across the stars and the sea. But, is it all just a dream?

Performance

Wed 12 Apr 11am 3yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

Apr → May

Jabuti Theatre

Tue 11 Apr 7pm 14yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

Worm

11 → Highlights

Jonny and the Baptists: Eat the Poor

£10 / £7.50 Under 16s Free

→S teev Livingstone (Errors) and Suse Bear (Tuff Love) collaborate for Easterhouse Conversations →S ound of Yell perform live score to film La Coquille & Le Clergyman →P ester and Rossi →N ic Green presents Cock and Bull →F allope and the Tubes

@platformglasgow →

and more to be announced...

Festivals

Music

Performance

Film

Visual Art

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2017

Platform’s annual celebration of cross art form experimentation returns this April with an impressive line-up of artists representing music, spoken word, film and visual arts.

Apr → May

Blurring the boundaries between theatre, music, art, film and Glasgow.

13 → Highlights

OUTSKIRTS

Sat 22 Apr 3.30pm → Late

Night Light

Ellie Dubois

Untold Theatre

Home

Tue 18 Apr 1:30pm & 7pm All ages £8.50 / £5 / £4

Thu 27 & Fri 28 Apr 11am & 1.30pm 13yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

Exploring a new and unknown world, Home immerses audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) in a multi-sensory story of discovery.

Home is the latest bold and exciting production from Frozen Light.

The world is not how they remember it.

Where are they now and where is their home. Scarlet and Olive must learn how to survive and create a future together in an environment that is full of surprises.

Will the stars shine on this unexpected friendship? And how will they face the challenges that lie ahead?

As the black bird sings everyone gets ready for bed. Mister Night starts his rounds watching over everyone. All are quiet, except for one little girl.

Teater Refleksion and Andy Manley (creator of White) are internationally regarded for their poignant and poetic shows for the very young. Cozy-up in our beautifully designed tent and come on a journey to a magical universe.

Night Light is commissioned by Imaginate, co-produced with Red Bridge Arts and supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund, as well as The Danish Arts Foundation and the Municipality of Aarhus.

It is Bedford. 2017. A time you will know but a place you cannot…

The Scar Test explores life inside UK immigration detention centres through the eyes of the 'residents.' Based on interviews, it is played out by an ensemble cast “Not only touched by the performance and glad to see such compelling live theatre, I am more informed about the plight of refugees seeking safe haven in the UK" — Huffington Post

A show for anyone who has tried, failed and failed better.

Performance

Performance

Performance

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No Show joyously and heartbreakingly reveals what lies hidden beneath the showmanship. There will be desperate attempts and heroic failures. There will be glorious achievements and bruised bodies and egos as the performers push themselves to their physical and mental limit. Let us take you behind the flawless smiles and perfect execution of the traditional circus to show the wobbles, the pain, and the real cost of aiming for perfection.

Frozen Light in association with New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

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What do you expect when you go to the circus? The greatest show on earth? The glitzy smiles, the glitter of sequins, the drum rolls as performers who seem super human effortlessly perform death-defying acts?

Performance

Fri 26 May 7pm 12yrs+ £8.50 / £5 / £4

Apr → May

No Show

Fri 26 May 10.30am & 1pm £8.50 / £5 / £4

15 → Highlights

Andy Manley and Teater Refleksion

Scar Test

Exhibition: 29 Mar → 7 May

Our visual arts programme includes artists commissions, residencies, public art and exhibitions that take place on the Exhibition Wall and throughout public spaces of the building. We work with artists at all stages of their career, from students through to emerging talent and established artists working internationally.

Performance: 22 Apr at Outskirts 3pm – Late

Pester & Rossi are collaborating artists Ruby Pester and Nadia Rossi.

The duo have been associate artists at Platform since early 2016. Since graduating in 2008, Pester & Rossi have been collaborating on a diverse range of projects, spanning sculpture, performance and installation. They are also part of the Glasgow-based band Fallopé & the Tubes.

The duo’s work is informed and influenced by working directly with various communities; particularly groups of children and young people. During their time at Platform, the duo have been leading our Nu Gen art group for young people alongside making costume and inflatables for the Platform and Glasgow East carnival processions.

Pester & Rossi will be working in collaboration with young people at Platform, Fallopé & the Tubes and other invited local artists to produce a new live work at Platform for April 2017

Outskirts will take place on Saturday 22 April → see p14 or website for tickets and more information

Xxxxx

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Xxxxx

@platformglasgow →

Every April, we transform The Studio performance space into a pop up gallery.

Previously, we have commissioned new work by Mary Redmond for Generation and Alex Frost and Mandy McIntosh as part of the supported programme for Glasgow International. This year we have invited artists Ruby Pester and Nadia Rossi to present new work as part of our experimental crossarts festival Outskirts.

Rooted in a do-it-yourself approach, the duo make imagery, handmade props and costumes that relate to aspects of the body and reference popular culture.

They create immersive performances and social experiments that explore childhood nostalgia, public ceremony and a celebration of the home-made.

17 → Visual Arts

Visual Arts →

Pester and Rossi

SEA at Platform

Open Studio: 16 → 29 Jan

Opening Event: Wed 15 Feb 6 → 8pm Free

Exhibition: 3 → 26 Mar

Visual Art

Travelling Gallery

Various events from Mar → Jul

Exhibition: 16 → 26 Feb

SEA is the annual exhibition by selected 4th year students from the Sculpture and Environmental Art department at The Glasgow School of Art. The students are invited to create artwork specially created for public spaces at Platform and The Bridge. This is a unique opportunity that offers students the chance to work on art projects that involves being based at Platform, working across all facilities at The Bridge and with local individuals and groups.

In 2013, Gordon was involved in our annual Glasgow School of Art fourth year exhibition and produced a live performance accross the swimming pool and auditorium. Since graduating, Gordon has continued to work with Platform leading to conversations around partnership working, the way multiple organisaions occupy and use the building and the connections with people who use the building.

Gordon’s project will invite four artists: Jamie Kane (another GSA-Platform partnership alumni), Adam Lewis-Jacob (filmmaker), Emmie McLuskey (dance archivist) and Helen Savage (writer) to contribute to a series of events that will take place from March – July 2017.

Visual Art

Thu 30 Mar 1 → 7pm Free

Visual Art Performance

This event will take place before the performance of Faslane → see p8

The Travelling Gallery’s Spring 2017 exhibition explores the various verbal and non-verbal ways we translate and understand our day to day feelings within a capitalist society with the question: How do we communicate our emotions within our work place?

The exhibition departs from work by German artist KP Brehmer ‘Soul and Feelings of a worker’ (1978 – 1980) who uses collected data, graphs and charts to map the daily emotions of workers from very happy to uneasy. The exhibition also includes contemporary artists who look at the industrialised and repetitive effects of our commute, lunch time, leisure, labour and health. All exploring similar frustrations in the present time of zero hour contracts, austerity, strikes and ‘red tape’.

Visual Art

This event will take place before the performance of Workshy → see p9

Book online → platform-online.co.uk

Easterhouse Dialectogram, has been created over a period of time in collaboration with people who are based, meet or work at Platform and the Bridge, as well as referencing maps and architectural plans. Join Mitch at Platform in January at his Open Studio, as he works in our public spaces, inviting local people to contribute to the Easterhouse Dialectogram.

Fri 17 Mar 6pm Free (ticketed)

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Mitch Miller is an illustrator based in Glasgow’s East End and creates Dialectograms, a word he has invented to describe large drawings that are dense and complex, graphic artworks that display the physical features of a place alongside personal stories, relationships and histories discovered during the process of inviting people to help shape and direct the drawing that is created.

Eat Sleep Work Repeat KP Brehmer, Tessa Lynch Amalia Pica

19 → Visual Arts

Mitch Miller Easterhouse Dialectogram

Gordon Douglas Habits of the Coexistent

Musical Theatre

Glasgow Kelvin College →

NQ Fri 5 May 2pm

Acting and Performance HND Wed 3, 4 & 5 May 7pm

NC Mon 8 May 7pm

HN1 Thu 11 & 12 May 2pm & 7pm

21 → Glasgow Kelvin Collage

In partnership with

HN2 Tue 16, 17, 18 & 19 May 2pm & 7pm

£8.50 / £5 / £4.50

Dance

£8.50 / £5 / £4.50

£8.50 / £5 / £4.50

@platformglasgow →

We are delighted to host the end of year showcases for students from courses across Glasgow Kelvin College’s Creative and Digital Industries. The showcases will be presented by students from Acting and Performance, Dance, Musical Theatre and Visual Arts.

HND & NQ Tue 23, 24 & 25 May 7pm

Book online → platform-online.co.uk

Creation Station

Lab Station

Platform Young Company

Exciting weekly drama workshop for children aged 8 -11yrs.

Open to all young people aged 12-18yrs, Lab Station is designed to develop confidence and skills through regular performance opportunities.

A performance group for young people looking to develop their talent and skills.

Please contact matt@platform-online. co.uk or phone 0141 276 9672 for more information about current projects.

Performance

Mondays 6 → 7.15pm 8 → 11 yrs £50 per block

Performance

Mondays 7.30 → 9pm 12 → 18 yrs £50 per block

Performance

16 - 25 yrs Free

Wee Arts Club

Big Arts Club

NU Generation

Block 1 23 Jan → 31 Mar

A playful and creative art class that will give you a change to draw, paint, make and get messy - please wear old clothes!

A chance to make new friends, experiment with art materials and create unique artworks to take home.

Do you like drawing, painting or sculpture? Nu Generation sessions are led by professional artists who will get you creating your own art work – with a difference!

Visual Arts

Saturdays 11am → 12pm 4 → 7 yrs £3 per week

Visual Arts

Saturdays 12 → 1.30pm 8 → 11 yrs £3 per week

Visual Arts

@platformglasgow →

We have a range of fun and social classes and workshops for all ages including drama, music and art. Fancy trying something new or looking to stretch your skills? Talk to the team at Platform and we’ll arrange your first session for free.

Block 2 24 Apr → 30 Jun

23 → Taking Part

Taking part →

Tuesdays 5 → 7pm 11 yrs+ Free Book online → platform-online.co.uk

Fiddle

Guitar

Drums

6pm, 6.40pm, 7.20pm (Juniors) 8pm (Teens and Adults)

6pm (Junior Beginners), 6.40pm (Junior Improvers) 7.20pm (Adult Beginners) 8pm (Adult Improvers)

5.45pm (Juniors), 6.50pm (Juniors) 8pm (Teens and Adults)

4pm, 4:40pm, 5:20pm, 6pm, 6:40pm, 7:20pm, 8pm (Adults)

Music

Mondays £65/£50 (concessions per block)

Block 2 24 Apr → 30 Jun

Tuesdays £65/£50 (concessions per block)

Music

Tuesdays and Wednesdays £65/£50 (concessions per block)

Music

Thursdays £65/£50 (concessions per block)

Clack and Yak

Sew Easterhouse

The Art Factory

Have a chat and a coffee whilst knitting, sewing or crocheting lovely gifts you can take home for family or friends. The group meet every week in The Bridge Café Bar.

Following the session led last year as part of Made In Easterhouse, led by Deirdre Nelson, we are hosting Sewing Bees to keep adding to the table cloths that have been created.

Visual arts and crafts drop in studio for adults who’ve always wished they’d learn to draw, paint or make things, with an artist on hand to offer advice and help.

No experience required.

Visual Arts

Mondays 11.30am → 1.30pm Free

Visual Arts

Last Thursday of each month 11am → 3pm Free (drop in)

Visual Arts

@platformglasgow →

Block 1 23 Jan → 31 Mar

Music

25 → Taking Part

Keyboard

Tuesdays 1 → 4pm Free

Book online → platform-online.co.uk

We are currently working with a diverse range of artists. If you would like to find out more information or take part in any of the projects and events mentioned here please contact the Platform team by email info@platform-online.co.uk or phone 0141 276 9696

Easterhouse Archives

Louie, formerly of hip-hop collective Hector Bizerk, has been an artist in residence at Platform since October and is working with individuals and groups of younger and older local people.

Together they are collaborating on a new work combining music, writing and performance with particular reference to hip hop culture. The resulting musical will be staged at Platform.

In 1978, the Easterhouse Summer Festival Drama Company took the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by storm with Freddie Anderson’s play Krassivy, about the great Glasgow revolutionary John MacLean.

Platform is currently supporting Joey Simmons to collect and present an archive celebrating the life and work of Freddie Anderson.

Random Accomplice, a Glasgow based theatre company, will work with artists and local groups to create a team of news presenters. Working collaboratively the team will take on roles as film makers, animators, scriptwriters, technicians and Xxxxx editors, to create a series of short films.

Film Club at Griers Platform

Jan → Mar 3pm 18yrs+ Free

We are collaborating with our local pub, Griers to deliver a progamme of films to be shown in the Lounge every first and last Monday of the month.

All welcome - no need to book, just come along to Grier’s Lounge. There will also be a free pie, pint or soft drink waiting for you.

Mon 30 Jan Mon 27 Feb Mon 27 Mar Mon 24 Apr, Mon 29 May Mon 26 Jun

Join renowned storyteller & performer Andy Cannon, accompanied by musician Wendy Weatherby on a journey through some of the best of Robert Burns work.

Featuring Tam O’Shanter, Tae a Louse, Address to the Haggis and so much more it promises to be a night full of audience participation, fun and laughter.

Tue 31 Jan 1.30pm Ruchazie Parish Church 7.00pm Connie Centre, Easterhouse Wed 1 Feb 1.00pm Wellhouse Hub 7.00pm Blairtummock Community Hall Thu 2 Feb 1.30pm Helenslea Community Hall 7.00pm Calton Heritage & Learning Centre

Email: krassivykrassivy@gmail.com Mobile: 07561 236 227

Xxxxx

31 Jan → 2 Feb All ages Free (Contact venues directly for tickets)

Film

Performance Music

Book online → platform-online.co.uk

Random Accomplice

We need your help! → Joey would like to speak to people who knew Freddie and took part in the many activities. Please get in touch!

Platform

@platformglasgow →

Easterhouse Residency

Oor Rabbie

27 → Our People and Communities

Our People and Communities →

The Café Bar has been designed to create a relaxing environment. It is a perfect place to meet friends for lunch, socialise over our fresh Barista coffee or to find a space to work or relax. The Cafe Bar hosts group activities, evening events and meetings including Platform’s innovative Play Café and the soon to be launched Culture Café.

Culture Café

Platform

29 → Café Bar

The Café Bar →

Sundays Free

→ Free top-ups of filter coffee and tea → Loyalty cards and special offers → Affordable kids menu offering exciting treats

Play Café

→ Wi-Fi to get online and check what’s on next at Platform Platform

→ Relax with a Barista coffee or speciality tea

Wednesdays 10.30am → 12.30pm 0 → 4yrs Free

→ Extended opening hours

Starting in February, Culture Café is our new way to spend a relaxing Sunday afternoon! Come along to meet new friends and enjoy cultural activities and performances in an informal setting.

Delicious free lunch provided. Check our website for details.

Family

Family

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Parents, carers and toddlers, explore creative play with our amazing range of artists who lead Play Café. Start the session with a chat and free coffee or tea and finish up with a delicious free lunch.

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To book a pre-theatre meal or enquire about conference catering call 0141 276 9730

Platform, The Bridge, 1000 Westerhouse Road G34 9HZ (Sat Nav Postcode) Box Office 0141 276 9696 (opt 1)

By Foot → A short walk from the Glasgow Fort shopping complex and situated next to Glasgow Kelvin College, Easterhouse Library and Swimming Pool.

By Bus →

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.

Free Car Park → Entry is via Westerhouse Road and is easy to find – just look for the wind turbine.

Further parking at Shandwick Square.

Book online → platform-online.co.uk

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.

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