17 Apr 2024
New activity trail co-created by local children is launched at Blairtummock Park
New activity trail co-created by local children is launched at Blairtummock Park
We are delighted to announce our new season creative programme for April to June 2025 - all on sale now! This runs alongside our Taking Part programme which is packed with lots of classes and workshops for all ages, and offered on a Pay-What-You-Like basis.
Read the digital version of the What's On Guide here or pick up a hard copy in the venue.
The Project Ability exhibition I Like Things I Remember continues until Saturday 31 May - a solo exhibition by Jonathan McKinstry, showcasing a collection of paintings inspired by childhood memories of fun, games and tasty treats. The paintings explore nostalgia that comes from growing up while holding onto a love for pop culture from a time past.
On Fri 11 & Sat 12 April we celebrate the release of Sprog Rock’s Born Ready album - featuring live music from the new album - sing along, dance around, or just chill out and listen! Family friendly!
On Thu 17 April at 7pm // BUZZCUT// Double Thrills 2025 present Glaswegian queer performance artist Katy Baird's latest show Get Off, performed in Glasgow, at Platform, for the first time. Plus new work from Glasgow-based artists Althea Young and Kirstin Halliday. Buzzcut is running a bus from Glasgow South and Glasgow Central to Platform (£5 return).
// GET OFF // presented by Katy Baird - “The average life expectancy of a woman in London is 83 years old. The average life expectancy of a woman in Glasgow is 78 years old. This means, when I go home to visit my mum next month, I’ll be 5 years closer to my death…”
A self-proclaimed hedonist Katy Baird has spent the last decade documenting her pursuit of pleasure. Attempting to understand what she does with her time, and what she’s going to do with the time she has left. Through humour and an existential haze of home videos, last night’s gabber, and sessions with her life coach – Get Off offers an unfiltered glimpse into our human need for distraction; exploring the depths of our desires and what truly gets us off.
Kirstin Halliday presents Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizards: Act 1, Scene 1. Dance Artist Kirstin Halliday debuts Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizards: Act 1, Scene 1, Plus Teaser for Double Thrills at Platform. Sharing an extract from their new work-in-progress dance-drama, that reimagines a unique species of lizard in an all-lesbian fantasy world.
Althea Young presents The Dreaming - as dreams of babies invade the waking world of Althea Young, she struggles to understand not only what she wants, but why? A work of auto-fictional performance, this work-in-progress flicks through dream-worlds consisting of lyrical text, responsive sound, and visceral choreography.
Get your glad rags on and your dancing shoes ready for Platform's big band tea dance extravaganza on Tue 29 Apr at 6pm & Wed 30 April at 1pm. With live music from Jon Ritchie and That Swing Sensation, vocalists and dancers. Guests will enjoy tea & drinks, sandwiches and cakes served at their table. We are also running a licensed bar.
Relax and unwind with your baby in the beautiful and immersive world Float created by Kerry Cleland and company and presented by Starcatchers – coming to Platform on Fri 9 & Sat 10 May at 10am. Designed for babies up to 12 months, this is a performance that will ebb and flow through the space during a 3-hour experience. Enjoy a gently interactive performance created inspired by the healing properties of water.
Excited to be welcoming Mele Broomes 'through warm temperatures' to Platform as part of Dance International Glasgow 2025 on Fri 16 May at 7pm (BSL Interpreted) & Sat 17 May at 2pm. Blending vocals, dance, live cello and electronic soundscapes, this dance show takes the audience on a journey of reconnection—with nature and the body. Dance International Glasgow 2025 is produced by Tramway.
Originally commissioned to open the 20th Anniversary of The Edinburgh Art Festival (2024) and winning Bestie Award for Movement, through warm temperatures has been presented as a trio at ActOral Festival (Marseille, France, 2024). This is the first time it has been presented in Mele’s hometown, Glasgow.
There are lots of great events coming up this April which are part of the Easterhouse Living Archive Project which follow a series of workshops and gatherings at Platform hosted by Keira McLean and Joey Simons which focused around the creation of Easterhouse Stained Glass Window - discussing, researching and looking at ways of making of a community stained glass window and print publication.
April workshops include songwriting with Lorna MacBean and designing the stained glass window with Keira on Saturday 5 April - these take place at Platform. Keira is also running a a glass cutting workshop on Saturday 23 April at her studio in Dennistoun - where the group will start to make the stained glass window.
The project forms part of the Living Archive for Easterhouse in collaboration with Glasgow City Heritage Trust.
