Glasgow East Arts Company Annual Report 2022 - 2023
2022/2023 Highlights
31,950 visits made to the arts centre
410 artists supported across all strands of activity
8,605 meals distributed through the Children’s Holiday Food and Activity Programme
A total attendance of
6,872 for our learning and outreach activity
296,891 views of the Platform website in 22/23
Who we are
Why we exist
How we do it
Glasgow East Arts Company [GEAC] is an independent charity registered with OSCR – the regulatory board for charities in Scotland.
GEAC exists in order to:
In order to achieve these objectives, our activity is planned and delivered in three main strands:
GEAC is based at The Bridge, an award-winning building home to a variety of public services including Glasgow Kelvin College’s Easterhouse campus and a public library and swimming pool both managed by Glasgow Life. A variety of spaces at the facility including the Auditorium, Studio Theatre, several offices, workshops and storage spaces comprise Platform – the arts centre at The Bridge. GEAC manages Platform and programmes workshops, classes and live events in the arts centre and across North East Glasgow.
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Advance the arts and culture, primarily within North East Glasgow Advance education through promotion of the arts, particularly among residents of North East Glasgow Promote training with particular relevance to skills associated in the cultural industries Provide recreational facilities and activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life Advance citizenship and community development Support other similar projects and programmes which further charitable purposes for the benefit of the community
Taking Part our programme of workshops and classes for all ages and a range of access needs Creative Programme includes all the gigs, exhibitions and performances we host at Platform each year Outreach the programme of workshops and live events we deliver outside the arts centre, across North East Glasgow
Mary and Simmi with artwork from the Everything Will Be Alright exhibition of mail art generated during lockdown. Image by Euan Robertson
Taking Part Responding to rising inflation and an unprecedented cost of living crisis, a decision was taken to offer all weekly classes and workshops on a ‘pay what you like’ basis designed to reduce barriers to access and encourage the communities we serve to start or continue a creative journey with their local arts centre.
Year
Taking Part activities offered during 22/23 cost in excess of £200,000 to deliver. This expenditure was achieved through core funding from Glasgow City Council and Creative Scotland, augmented by the generation of income through ticket sales and ancillary hires. During 2022/23 these costs were further supported by an award from Creative Scotland’s Covid Recovery Fund.
Number of sessions
Actual attending sessions
Capacity as %
Income generated from ticket sales
% attending from Local Links postcodes
2022/23
833
3,973
71%
£3,528
74%
2021/22
573
2,921
64%
£0
71%
2020/21
504
2,613
56%
£0
67%
2019/20
784
5,261
68%
£18,115
73%
2018/19
765
4,311
75%
£23,635
75%
2017/18
725
3,557
57%
£14,138
75%
2016/17
823
4,957
67%
£23,635
79%
2015/16
837
4,719
70%
£22,815
82%
2014/15
854
5,763
81%
£24,815
88%
2013/14
882
6,140
83%
£25,423
91%
2012/13
864
5,598
67%
£20,415
73%
2011/12
771
5,433
67%
£18,957
68%
2010/11
831
5,752
58%
£16,148
64%
2009/10
790
6,612
77%
£16,399
80%
2008/09
643
5,993
78%
£15,232
83%
2007/08
422
5,475
67%
£10,843
79%
At £3,528 – the level of donations received during 2022/23 is significantly reduced compared to the level of fees generated prepandemic. This is unsurprising given the financial challenges listed above and any judgement on the success of the move to donations should consider the fact that engagement numbers have risen by 36% on those recorded during the previous year. In addition, during 2022/23, a higher number of those attending Taking Part activities are individuals and families from Local Links postcodes, up 3% on the previous year. Local Links participation reaching as high as 92% was recorded for Monday Night Drama and 88% for Art Factory. Higher numbers of those attending weekly classes having arrived at the arts centre through the Children’s Holiday Food and Activity Programme were also observed.
Whilst these outcomes mean the move to donations can be viewed as successful, with the cost of programme delivery continuing to rise, questions as to whether the approach is sustainable in the longer term remain. Reopening and providing as many opportunities as possible for the communities we serve to get involved, take part and participate in art and cultural activity was the priority for 2022/23. A total of 833 individual sessions were offered during the course of the year, a 45% increase on those offered during 2021/22. This increase was supported by effective partnership working with a range of local, citywide and national organisations. Perhaps the most notable example was a newly forged relationship between GEAC and the WEA (Workers Educational Association) which led to greater opportunities for the communities we serve without incurring further cash costs for the charity.
Taking Part guitarist image by Euan Robertson
Alice Dansey-Wright image by Euan Robertson
Following consultation with members of the Platform Young Company and the artists leading the activity, a decision was taken to remove the maximum age limit of 25 years and support the group to meet as an intergenerational one moving forward. Rebranded as Thursday Night Drama, the group attracted new members and worked weekly with artists Eoin McKenzie and Carmen Berbel Lapaz to develop People Dancing, a live performance all about social dancing. Featuring cast members as young as sixteen and old as 82, the performance received praise from audiences and support from the sector. Invited to form part of a showcase in Edinburgh, People Dancing also headlined the first multi-artform festival to be held at Platform in three years and plans are underway to raise the funds required for a national tour of the show. Members of Monday Night Drama group, aged 12 to 16 years, also took work to Edinburgh as part of Youth Theatre Arts Scotland’s #Emergence Festival held at the Traverse Theatre.
Visual Artist Alice Dansey-Wright’s lengthy collaboration with Platform’s Taking Part groups was showcased as part of an exhibition held across the public spaces of the venue. This includes her vibrant, striking collaboration with NuGen which adorns the welcome wall and can be viewed immediately on arrival at The Bridge. Inspired by the Glasgow Print Studio archive and featuring artworks from all Taking Part Visual Art groups, the Graphic Impact exhibition showcased works created by members of the public and Turner Prize winning artists alongside one another. Platform Singers, our community choir and members of our guitar class also united to present two festive concerts in the Seven Lochs shopping centre and members of the fiddle and guitar classes also shared their talents as part of a community meal event for new citizens of Glasgow living locally.
Thursday Night Drama’s production of People Dancing image by Euan Robertson
Creative Programme Closing theatres and arts centres during the pandemic generated a backlog of live performance events. Fully funded and ready to go as soon as we could provide access to spaces and get the tickets onsale, there was a great deal of fully formed, tour ready works to be hosted during 2022/23. These included half a dozen works produced In Association with Platform which saw us trade space and support in return for productions that could be sold at box office. Fault Lines from Two Destination Language, Starcatcher’s Little Top, Jordan & Skinner’s Time Machine, Polar Bears Go Up, James Ley’s Ode to Joy and Lost in Music from Magnetic North were amongst the productions created in this manner.
Mail art image by Euan Robertson
A number of productions also arrived at Platform funded by Creative Scotland’s Touring Fund including Two Magpie’s cycling epic Ventoux which became the first production to visit the arts centre and have a performance called off three times – the first due to the original outbreak of coronavirus, the second due to the Omicron variant and the third as it coincided with the funeral of the Queen. Fortunately, we were able to finally stage the production and accommodate almost all ticket bookers in September.
The creative programme also hosted sold out performances for young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties from Frozen Light Theatre Company, Hope River Girls from Glasgow based collective Groupwork and National Theatre of Scotland’s production Enough of Him exploring links between Scotland and the transatlantic slave trade. The total number of ticketed events was dramatically reduced on the twelve months previous, but the unusually high number generated during 21/22 was the result of public health restrictions leading to every exhibition visit and public event, regardless of whether
Year
there was a charge, having to be individually ticketed. Looking a little further back would make for a better direct comparison, where the 89 events hosted would not have looked out of place alongside those recorded in 19/20 and earlier. The total number of attendances to these events, at just over 9k is also comparable with pre-pandemic figures suggesting that audiences were keen and happy to return to the venue. A trend also borne out by ticket sales which generated just shy of £40k, our third highest ever return.
Number of ticketed events
Actual attending performances
Capacity as %
Income generated from ticket sales
Numbers attending as Local Links ticket holders as %
2022/23
89
9,098
85%
£39,876
56%
2021/22
409
3,122
84%
£3,727
52%
2020/21
4
367
91%
£0
44%
2019/20
121
10,640
80%
£45,646
68%
2018/19
134
9,524
86%
£32,106
70%
2017/18
117
10,816
94%
£40,746
69%
2016/17
114
10,148
82%
£33,888
67%
2015/16
106
10,002
80%
£33,155
66%
2014/15
82
7,345
71%
£25,526
64%
2013/14
67
6,316
67%
£22,136
64%
2012/13
80
7,084
74%
£23,265
61%
2011/12
85
7,306
74%
£25,647
59%
2010/11
92
8,233
77%
£25,574
58%
2009/10
97
9,970
73%
£29,717
68%
2008/09
109
9,287
75%
£25,598
64%
2007/08
105
9,673
64%
£26,747
75%
Marlene image by Euan Robertson
Interestingly the number of attendees from Local Links areas continues to be around 10 to 15% lower than 2019/20 and the years previous, significantly less than the 70%+ majority attending the arts centre for weekly Taking Part activity.
December saw us stage a Christmas show in the venue for the first time since 2019 and Sleeping Beauty by Lewis Hetherington broke records for total attendance and ticket sales with over 3.6k people paying over £20k to come and see the show.
Well over 75% of all attendees arrived from the local area for the Tea Dances and almost 90% of the audience for The Life and Lyrics of Denny Oliver, a celebration of the singer, songwriter, teacher, activist and founding member of wellloved Easterhouse band Scheme also came from Local Links residents. The event was planned in collaboration with members of Denny’s family, Thriving Places, Glasgow Kelvin College and locally elected members. This celebratory event also saw the Recording Studios at Platform dedicated to Denny’s memory.
The year was not, however, without challenge for the creative programme. A period of wet weather in July was followed by a recordbreaking heatwave and access to the Unit – a large making and rehearsal space outwith the main arts centre building, was lost due to the damage caused by this period of extreme weather. The short-term impact was significant in the volume of work it generated for the core team to find new homes for the projects booked to make use of the space as well as the items and materials being stored there. Longer term, the impact of its loss is yet to be determined but given the high number of artworks, films and performances that have been created in the space over the past ten years, it feels certain that the reduction of capacity and loss of a vital resource will have a negative impact on operations moving forward.
Once Everything Will Be Alright, an exhibition celebrating the artworks created by Taking Part participants during lockdown, came to an end, it was followed by East End Portraits. Photographers Coulson & Tennant had been commissioned by Platform to document some of the people and organisations active during the pandemic, working tirelessly to keep people connected, active and healthy. This stunning collection of images was accompanied by stories from those featured and marked by well attended opening and closing events. One of the images, depicting a volunteer from the nearby Ruchazie Pantry was selected as a winner of the ‘Portrait of Britain’ award by the 2023 British Journal of Photography.
Sleeping Beauty image by Euan Robertson
Outreach As attention and focus moved to the venue and encouraging audiences to return to workshops and live events, the resources available for outreach activity reduced. This is evident in the number of events produced over the course of the year which at 78 is less than half the 202 supported during the previous twelve-month period. Important to note however, that engagement increased by over 40% with a total attendance of almost 8k people joining us for the 78 events, up from 5.5k in 21/22.
Year
Number of events
Numbers attending & participating
2022/23
78
7,912
2021/22
202
5,576
2020/21
14
2,988
2019/20
1,054
23,820
2018/19
911
25,895
2017/18
730
21,207
2016/17
904
23,221
2015/16
1,153
33,038
2014/15
704
23,593
2013/14
806
30,823
2012/13
797
34,019
2011/12
725
26,547
2010/11
416
24,468
2009/10
463
34,946
2008/09
223
12,231
2007/08
540
13,295
A number of factors are behind these figures – for 21/22, a greater number of events were delivered but many had to run at reduced or limited capacity due to public health restrictions. Being forced to find ways to deliver the core aims of the charity without full access to our building base also meant that a greater amount of resource could be devoted to supporting outreach activity. Support from GCVS’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund allowed us to visit numerous community venues across the north east of the city bringing pop-up jazz concerts, festive gigs and small scale touring theatre to lunch clubs and groups that would otherwise have struggled to reach the arts centre.
As with all strands of our activity, effective partnership working allowed us to widen access and increase participation in our outreach activity with notable examples being our collaborations with Lyra Theatre to present Once Upon a Snowstorm and Tortoise in a Nutshell Theatre Company on Ginger. Presented in a variety of halls, community centres and other non-traditional performance spaces, these two productions performed ten times across the area to family audiences of around fifty a show, with a combined total attendance of just under 500. Until their sudden closure in January 2023, our cultural tenants, The Nevis Ensemble had made a welcome and positive impact on our outreach activity with performances delivered in pubs, carparks, care homes, cafes, schools and even on top of double decker buses. This unique and innovative partnership allowed us to share high quality contemporary classical music with the communities we serve whilst also providing administrative and developmental base for the organisation. Although this tenancy proved to be short lived, the model is one that we are keen to revisit. A new partnership was forged in the summer holidays as GEAC was commissioned by Celtic FC Foundation to deliver creative activities for children and young people attending their summer and October week holiday projects. In total twelve artists visited Parkhead to lead and assist sessions with fifty children signed up each week. With Celtic covering the cost of delivery,
this model of working has been delivered by GEAC as long as the charity has been trading but also represents an area for growth and development as the services we offer and their availability could be more visible and better promoted. Creative activity during the school holidays was also delivered from The Bridge as part of our ongoing partnership with Glasgow City Council’s Children’s Holiday Food and Activity programme. Workshops, games and film screenings were all offered alongside breakfast, lunch and snacks with over 8.5k meals provided during the Easter, summer and October week breaks. The most well attended outreach activities were the family festival days in Alexandra Park and The Bridge with carnival workshops held in the weeks leading up to the event before families, groups, vintage buses and pipe bands all got dressed up and made their way down Alexandra Parade in a blur of colour and sound. Other notable outreach activities included a series of ceramic workshops led by artist Morven Mulgrew with a group of elders at the Calton Heritage and Learning Centre, whole school workshops at Oakwood Primary as part of a new collaboration with contemporary classical music specialists Red Note Ensemble and supporting Scottish Dance Theatre to present their electrifying, spine-tingling performance of Antigone at Bannerman High School for an audience of teenage pupils.
Made in Easterhouse image by Euan Robertson
Driver from Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust visiting The Bridge Family Festival Day image by Iain McLean
Finance £47,818 (6%) £127,000 (15%)
Income Public funding – core Creative Scotland – Regularly Funded Organisation
Public funding – core – Glasgow City Council – Glasgow Communities Fund
£226,708 (27%)
£177,964 (21%)
Public funding – project funding HMRC Creative Tax Relief
£261,254 (31%)
Ticket sales, earned and other income
£18,593 (2%)
£33,493 (4%)
Expenditure Marketing Communities & Capital Investment
£165,792 (20%)
£622,866 (74%)
Support costs, Café Purchases and Overheads Charitable Activities
Charitable Activity Breakdown Taking Part Creative Programme
£150,533 (24%) £207,179 (33%)
£265,154 (43%)
Outreach
Glasgow East Arts Company Staff Team 2022/2023 – full-time, part-time, casuals and volunteers Anna Lomas* Anna Hodgart* Becky Lennox Ben Templeton Chris Blair* Dana Waugh Finn Milligan James Grieg James Mattear Khalid Lamki* Laura Brandie* Lloyd Darko Margaret McCormick* Marlene Finnigan Mary Higgins* Matt Addicott*
Matthew Lenaghan Melissa Clifford Olivia Dooey* Ferdia Foley* Zaibunissa Khand Peter Masambuku Robbie Fraser* Seyed Ash Mehdipour Jennifer Muir Tighe Wylie-Freegard Sharon Zokas Sharon Taylor* Shaun Cassidy* Stephanie James Zara Yasin* *Core staff team
Artists employed to lead and assist Taking Part programmes, classes and workshops Alia Ghafar Alice Dansey-Wright Audrey O’Brien Carmen Berbel Lapaz Celine Donoghue David Culbert Emma Hilcoat Eoin McKenzie Geraldine Heaney Gudrun Soley Sigurdardottir Isabel Dickens Jack Tully Joanne Lee Kit Glover Marco Rea Marcus Richardson Marlene Finnigan Martin Johnston Rachel Hynes Sally Charlton Sean McGarvey
Lauren & Bishop People Dancing image by Euan Robertson
Artists and organisations we worked with as part of our Creative Programme and Outreach 2Magpies Abbey Coaches Ailie Cohen AKC Security Alice Dansey-Wright Alice Mary Cooper Arnold Clark Arts & Business Scotland Ashanti Harris Bailies Marquees Balloons Galoria BannerKwik Beth Shapero Big House Events Bijli Theatre Birds of Paradise Blairtummock Housing Association Bluevale Community Club Boogie Box Jive Brass Aye Calton Group Cartoon Studio Celtic Foundation Claire Halleran Community Events Scotland Company of Wolves Connect Community Trust Conor Cooke Constellation Points Cosmic Dancer Coulsen & Tennant CPC CPE Lighting Craig Fleming Cranhill Development Trust CSS Storage Scotland Cutting Edge Theatre David Sneddon Dirliebane Theatre East End Carers Easthall Housing Association Elicia Daly Ellie Harrison Eoin Carey Euan Roberston Fab n’ Funky Faces Fair Pley FARE Fareh Saleh Filmbank Media Flints Fraser Taylor Frozen Light Theatre Company FUSE GCVS
GFS Flooring Glasgow City Council Glasgow East Women’s Aid Glasgow Kelvin College Glasgow Life Glasgow North East Carers Glasgow Print Studio Glasgow Roller Girls Glasgow School of Art Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Glenburn Centre groupwork Gwenan Davies Hamish Orr Helen McIntosh Helenslea Community Hall Hire Power Howie Reeve Imaginate Irene Allan Itxaso Moreno Jack Tully Jai Irvine James Brothers James Ley Jamie Wardrop Jen Martin Jim Ferguson Jo Freer Joey Simons Jon Ritchie & That Swing Sensation Jonny Reed Jordan & Skinner Jude Williams Just FX Just Rigging Kate Owen Keira McLean Kilsyth Pipe Band Kit Rodman-Orr Knights Theatre KOR! Records Laura Bradshaw Lewis Hetherington Lochend Community High School Loo King Loop Theatre Magnetic North Martin McLeod Michaella Fee Morven Mulgrew National Galleries of Scotland National Theatre of Scotland Nevis Ensemble Novasound
Owen Clarke Paragon Ensemble Pavillion Pearl Kinnear PEEK Polar Bears Print Clan Produced Moon Prosound Services PRS Music Licence Rebecca Fraser Red Note Ensemble Rhona Warwick Patterson Robert Paterson Rory Clark Rowan Wright Ruchazie Pantry Ruxy Cantir Sally Charlton Sarah Rose Gerber Scottish Contemporary Art Network Scottish Dance Theatre Scottish Ensemble Scottish Theatre Producers Sculpture Placement Group Seàn Talbot Seven Lochs Project Shawburn Minibus Hire Shotput Productions Shuffles Soul Food Sisters SoundPlay Sprog Rock Stage Electrics Starcatchers SUPERFAN Surrogate Productions Susie McGuiness The Lochs Thriving Places Tony Mills Tortoise in a Nutshell Travelling Gallery Two Destination Language Two Detectives United SK8s Urban Fox Valerie Reid Victoria McNulty Vision Mechanics Weekday Wow Factor Workers Educational Association Yolanda Mitchell Youth Theatre Arts Scotland
Glasgow East Arts Company Limited
(A company limited by guarantee with charitable status)
Legal And Administrative Information
Charity Name:
Glasgow East Arts Company Limited
Registered Office:
Platform The Bridge 1000 Westerhouse Road Glasgow G34 9JW
Scottish Charity Number:
SCO34201
Company Number:
SC245379
Trustees: Glasgow City Council
Councillor Laura Doherty, Chairperson Councillor Ruairi Kelly (resigned 8 September 2022) Councillor Maureen Burke (resigned 8 September 2022) Councillor Alex Kerr (appointed 8 September 2022) Bailie Sharon Greer (appointed 8 September 2022)
Glasgow Kelvin College
Derek Smeall, Principal & Chief Executive Andy Allan, Director of Learning Innovation and Curriculum
Visual Statement
Jeanette Carver
Co-opted Directors
Wendy Niblock Bruce Kiloh Ros McInnes
Secretary:
Sharon Taylor, Finance and Business Manager
Senior Management:
Matt Addicott, Artistic Director
Auditors:
Martin Aitken and Company, 89 Seaward St, Glasgow G41 1HJ
Bankers:
Bank of Scotland, 167-201 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8BU
Solicitors:
Burness Paull, 120 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, G2 7JL
Ben image by Euan Robertson
Structure, Governance And Management
Governing Document Glasgow East Arts Company Ltd is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Articles of Association dated 10 March 2003 amended to allow for the current governance arrangement at the AGM of 3 November 2009. Glasgow East Arts Company is registered as a charity with Companies House and the Inland Revenue with effect from 10 March 2003. Appointment of Trustees The Chairperson is appointed by the board of Directors with her / himself being a Director of the Company. In addition: - Glasgow City Council nominates up to 3 trustees - Two trustees are nominated by Glasgow Kelvin College - One trustee is nominated by Visual Statement - The trustees currently have the power to co-opt up to 5 members to fill specialist roles Trustees automatically cease to be a member on the conclusion of each AGM. Trustees may be renominated for membership by the unincorporated body, which previously nominated her / him for membership. When considering co-opting trustees, the Board may identify any specialist skills or themes not already represented on the board. Nominees appointed by the member organisations are subject to the appointment processes of those bodies and the guidelines on the appointment to public office as they apply to Local Government nominees. Trustee Induction and Training Pack An induction process and pack is in place for new trustees and commences with an opportunity to visit the venue and meet staff. The pack includes the legal obligations of being a trustee and background information on the Company and its activities. Organisation The Board, which can have up to 15 members, excluding its Secretary, administers the Charity. The Artistic Director has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the trustees, for operational matters including finance, employment and the arts programme. Related Parties The Bridge is the overarching name for four interlinking facilities: - Glasgow City Council’s swimming pool and leisure suite managed via Glasgow Life - Glasgow City Council’s library managed via Glasgow Life - Glasgow Kelvin College [GKC] - Glasgow East Arts Company [GEAC]; the charity which operates Platform Glasgow East Arts Company works in partnership with the organisations listed above to manage the overall facility and to deliver an arts-based programme across The Bridge and North East Glasgow. Furthermore, GEAC Trading Limited was established as a private company registered in Scotland, 429340, on 30 July 2012 to take over the management of The Bridge Café Bar, which was formerly operated by Jobs and Business Glasgow. GEAC Trading Limited is a subsidiary of Glasgow East Arts Company. For the duration of the 2022/2023 financial year, The Bridge Café Bar remained closed to the public and GEAC Trading Limited, dormant.
Reserves Policy The trustees consider it prudent to establish both a general reserve and designated reserves for specific purposes and obligations, both present and future. Designated reserves have been set aside as follows: •
Communities Investment Fund – supported in part by funding from the Creative Scotland Recovery Fund, this fund will support the charitable and strategic aims of GEAC as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and supports the community in which it operates (at 31 March 2023: £75,000)
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Extraordinary Maintenance – a fund which ensures unexpected costs relating to the charity’s physical assets, including rehearsal and performance space, can be met or mitigated to ensure these remain operational (at 31 March 2023: £10,932)
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Capital Investment – a fund which supports the improvement and investment in physical equipment and assets (at 31 March 2023: £20,000)
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Environmental and Sustainability – a fund to support the strategic aims of the organisation to develop more sustainable and efficient working practices (at 31 March 2023: £7,000)
In addition to these designated funds, the charity holds a general reserve of £133,586 at 31 March 2023 (2022: £126,260). The value of this fund has been set with reference to the three main areas of expenditure which the charity would need to support in the event of a complete loss of funding. These include obligations to staff, three months Programme costs, and three months Overhead costs. This calculation will be renewed and reviewed annually to ensure the level of reserves is sufficient. Risk Management The trustees have a Risk Register, which is reviewed by the Board annually and by the Staffing and Finance Sub Committee 3 times each year. The Register outlines control measures to mitigate risks identified and the potential impact on the charity should those risks materialise.
Artwork by Alice Dansey-Wright Image by Euan Robertson
Fab n’ Funky facepaint image by Iain McLean
5,680 attended our outdoor family summer festival events
3,973 total attendance from 849 individuals for Taking Part activities
74% of Taking Part participants live in areas covered by our Local Links scheme
83% of all available tickets sold for Sleeping Beauty generating the highest box office income for a single production at Platform
16 + 82 the ages of our youngest and oldest members of Thursday Night Drama our new intergenerational performance workshop
Back cover: Made in Easterhouse Festival image by Euan Robertson Front cover: The Bridge Family Festival Day image by Iain McLean