What’s on What’s on
AugustDecember 2023
TAKING PART AT PLATFORM
mon 28 August - sat 16 December 2023
music
Guitar & Fiddle Lessons
Tuesdays | from 5pm Music lessons are open to all ages from 5yrs+ and all levels of experience. Group sessions led by professional musicians.
performance
Monday Night Drama
Mondays | 5.30-7pm
Weekly drama workshops for children and young people interested in performance, fun and creativity.
Thursday Night Drama
Thursdays | 6-8pm
Fun and informal weekly workshops for adults interested in performance projects.
Drum Lessons
Mondays & Thursdays from 4.30pm
One-to-one sessions led by professional tutors - open to everyone aged 8yrs and over, at any level of experience.
Platform Singers
Fridays | 2.30-4pm
Led by a professional singer, our choir is friendly, fun and a great way to meet new people.
Images: Euan Robertson8-16 YRS 5+ YRS
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Platform offers a wide range of weekly workshops and classes, with something for all ages. These are artist led, friendly and no experience is needed.
Sessions are offered on a Pay-What-You-Like basis allowing you to choose what to pay (see our website for suggested donation). Places must be booked in advance - book online, in person or by phone.
visual art
Clack & Yak
Knitting Group
Mondays | 11am-1pm
Join this relaxed group for a chat and cuppa whilst knitting, sewing or crocheting. Beginners welcome.
Print Club
Art Factory Takeover
Tuesdays | 1-4pm
Learn the art of textile screen printing and print your own project with the help of Print Clan artists.
Nu Gen
Tuesdays | 5-6.30pm
Art sessions for young people who enjoy drawing, painting, sculpture and design. A chance to experiment with materials and learn new techniques to make artworks.
Saturday Art Club
Saturdays
11am-12pm & 1-2pm
Art classes for children offering a chance to be playful with materials and create artworks to take home.
multi-artform
Play Café
Saturdays
11.15am-12.15pm
Creative activities for early years, each week is different - join us for music, dance, theatre, arts and crafts for babies, toddlers and their adults. Healthy drinks and snacks provided.
M3 | Make Music Move
Saturdays | from 1pm
Inclusive dance and music programme for teenagers with additional support needs led by Paragon. For more information and to book a place please contact Laura Hundert 07922606265/ paragon-music.org
0-5 YRS 5-11 YRS 11+ YRS 11+ YRS 16+ YRS 16+ YRS
BOOKING INFORMATION
platform-online.co.uk
0141 276 9661
Staffed 10am-6pm every Tuesday + 2hrs before every show (leave a message at all other times and we’ll call you back)
TICKET PRICES
Unless noted on the event listing, ticket prices are as follows:
£9.50 (Standard)
£6 (Concession)
£5 (Local Links)
AUGUST
East End Portraits
Coulson & Tennant
Until 26 Aug | Mon-Sat | 10am-5pm
Free entry | all ages
Stories of resilience and community spirit are captured in this series of photographs by artists Saskia Coulson and Colin Tennant.
CLOSING EVENT
Sat 26 Aug | 1.30pm
Free but ticketed | all ages
We mark the end of this beautiful exhibition with a celebration of the people and stories featured. This hour-long event is co-produced with Thriving Places Easterhouse. Refreshments will be provided.
Donate to Platform
Did you know you can make a donation to Platform? As a registered charity, any donation received - of any size - is greatly appreciated and helps us to continue delivering a varied and accessible programme of activities. To donate please visit our website.
September
SEX Education Explorers
(S.E.X.) By Mamoru Iriguchi
Independent Arts Projects
Fri 15 & Sat 16 Sep | 2pm | 12yrs+
A time-travel ride through the evolution of sexes, packed with 1980’s pop hits, humour, DIY props, costume & video for everyone who missed the sex education they deserved at school.
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S.E.X. Image: Niall Walker
Made in easterhouse
a carnival of overlapping histories
Made in Easterhouse, Platform’s multiartform festival day returns this autumn – produced in collaboration with artist Ashanti Harris.
Sat 9 Sep | 2pm until late
£16/ £8.50 / £7 | all ages
Ashanti’s latest work, A Carnival of Overlapping Histories, will be presented at the festival and remain at Platform until December. It has been made with residents of North East Glasgow and celebrates the cultures and family histories of the Caribbean, Africa and Asia – and explores how these have entangled with Scotland’s own.
Live performance, music and workshops will be programmed around the immersive installation, to form a day long celebration of community and art.
EXHIBITION: A CARNIVAL OF OVERLAPPING HISTORIES
Sat 9 Sep-Sat 23 Dec
Mon-Sat | 10am-5pm | Free | all ages
An exhibition of new work by Ashanti, presenting collaborative artworks of sculpture, collage and textiles created with Glasgow North East residents - depicting the stories shared.
Platform Café Bar
The Platform Café Bar is based on the ground floor of The Bridge and serves breakfast, lunch and snacks. We have some great coffee/tea and cake offers and there is a children’s menu available too.
With free WIFI it’s an ideal place to chill out, have a cuppa with a friend or do some work. Open Monday to Saturday from 9am-3pm and for the majority of evening events and shows.
Presented by Platform and Ashanti Harris
Emi Ori Cse, Ashanti Harris, 2018.
Image: Ruth Mitchell
October
BURNT OUT
Penny Chivas
Fri 6 Oct | 7pm | 12yrs+
BSL interpreted
Solo dance theatre, weaving spoken work and movement, centred around our changing climate and artist Penny Chivas’ own experiences of bushfires. Followed by a Q&A session with Penny and artist Sapna Agarwal.
Platform Autumn
Tea DANCE
Platform, Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation
Tue 10 & Wed 11 Oct | 1pm
All ages
Get your glad rags on and your dancing shoes ready for a Tea Dance extravaganza! With live music, guests will enjoy tea, cakes, guest vocalists, dancers and more!
ONE LAST SPIN SCREENING WITH GUEST PANELISTS
The Machine Zone Community Interest Company
Tue 17 Oct | 6.30pm
Free but ticketed | 16yrs+
A hard-hitting film about the devastating harms of gambling followed by audience discussion with a panel of guest speakers and live music performance.
Full House
Fridays Platform
Fridays from 27 Oct to 15 Dec 12noon | £4.50 18yrs+
FULL HOUSE
In the run-up to Christmas join us for a game of bingo, bowl of soup, special guests, surprises and plenty of prizes! As it’s a Full House event, we’ll also have a bit of music, performance or visual art to end the week with some fun - see website for more details.
Lost Map x PRAH
Hallowe’en All Dayer
Platform, Lost Map Records & PRAH Recordings
Sat 28 Oct | 2pm until late £16/£8.50/£7 | all ages
Join two of Britain’s most innovative record labels as they respectively celebrate 10 years with an all-day party of wild, genre-breaking, subversive live music & DJs. Fancydress encouraged - theme TBA!
Halloween Family Workshop
Sat 28 Oct | 1-2pm
Free - drop in Family friendly - all ages
Join us before the Lost Map event for a family friendly Halloween inspired art workshop.
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November
KOR! Music Spectacle Platform and KOR! Records
Thu 9 Nov | 6pm
Family friendly - all ages
KOR! will be working with a group of young musicians to create a live music performance made for a stage! An inclusive evening of sound and visuals in a relaxed atmosphere.
CINDERELLA
FROM THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND LAST YEAR’S HIT SLEEPING BEAUTY
DECEMBER
Tue 5 | 10.30am & 1.30pm
Wed 6 | 10.30am* & 1.30pm
Thu 7 | 10.30am & 7pm
Fri 8 | 1pm & 7pm
Sat 9 | 2pm & 7pm
Tue 12 | 10.30am & 7pm
Wed 13 | 10.30am & 1.30pm
Thu 14 | 10.30am* & 7pm
Fri 15 | 1pm & 7pm
Sat 16 | 2pm* & 7pm
Tue 19 | 1pm & 7pm
Wed 20 | 10.30am* & 1.30pm
Thu 21 | 10.30am & 7pm
Fri 22 | 10.30am & 7pm
Sat 23 | 2pm & 7pm
*relaxed performances
TICKETS: £10.50/£7/£6 | 5yrs+
Cinderella wants more from life. Stuck in a stinky basement, mopping floors and cleaning up after her mean stepsisters and stepmum, she dreams of a more exciting life…
Then one day, Prince comes to town, to host the Glitter Ball! He invites everyone to come and sing a song! The best singer will get to travel the world alongside the Prince. This is Cinderella’s chance to escape. But her evil stepmother has other ideas...
Join us for this family friendly Christmas show, packed full of songs, jokes and larger than life characters!
Written by Lewis Hetherington & presented by Platform in association with Glasgow Kelvin College Image: Euan Robertson Lost MapPlatform, the arts centre at The Bridge in Glasgow’s east end, offers a year-round programme of music, performance and visual art, community events and a varied Taking Part programme of workshops and classes.
We welcome audiences from across Easterhouse, the city and beyond - and our Local Links programme offers great discounts and priority access to those living in postcodes near Platform. Membership is free and you can enjoy a show for as little as £5. Eligible postcodes: G1 1, G1 5, G4 0, G31 1–5, G32 0, G32 6–9, G33 1–6, G34 0, G34 9, G40 1–4, G69 6–8, G71 7.
The Bridge is also home to a swimming pool, library and the Platform Café Bar, so there’s lots to do when visiting.
For more information, visit our website, follow us on social media or get in touch – we’d love to hear from you.
Platform, The Bridge
1000 Westerhouse Road
Easterhouse, Glasgow
G34 9JW
0141 276 9661
The Box Office phone line is staffed between 10am and 6pm every Tuesday and two hours before every live event. At all other times, please leave a message.
platform-online.co.uk
@platformglasgow
info@platform-online.co.uk
Platform is programmed and managed by Glasgow East Arts Company, registered Scottish Charity No SCO34201. All details within this brochure are correct at time of print.