Published: 01 Dec 2016
A new festival of contemporary performance, which builds on the legacy of the The Arches' arts programme
Various venues, Glasgow: 22 February - 12 March 2017
A trashstep-dubpunk morality play based on the New Testament, an ecstatic exploration of the erotic fear associated with the black male body, a blonde bombshell mother-son re-enactment of a Sia video, an invitation to ‘Shoot the Sissy’, and an epic participatory rave in a dystopian fantasy future world are some of the performances in the first Take Me Somewhere festival, which takes place in venues across Glasgow in early 2017.
Founded by former Arches Artistic Director Jackie Wylie, with support from Creative Scotland and Glasgow Life, the festival will build on and celebrate the risk-taking, leftfield legacy of the venue, which was famous for giving a platform to innovative homegrown talent, alongside inspiring international performance. Take Me Somewhere will extend this vital platform across the city, showcasing some of today’s most vital work from beyond Scotland, whilst providing a crucial support structure to Scotland’s innovative and exciting community of artists and makers.
Jackie Wylie said of the festival: “It's fantastic to launch the first Take Me Somewhere festival, which I hope will carry forward The Arches' unique spirit. There was a remarkable sense of loss and grief last year when The Arches closed, because of the incredible community that had built up around it over its 25-year life span. As a result, there has been an overwhelmingly positive response to carrying on this legacy. We are delighted to be working with venue partners all across the city, who have opened up new creative possibilities beyond The Arches building. The range and scope of the work in the festival would not have been possible without the generosity and support of our funders and collaborators from across Scotland and further afield. The festival is about journeying together – to somewhere new and somewhere extraordinary.”
Lorna Duguid, Creative Scotland Multi Artform Manager commented: “Take Me Somewhere presents a major addition to the festival and contemporary performance provision in Scotland. Under the expert stewardship of Jackie Wylie, it is heartening to see the way not only the community of artists have responded to the opportunity to make something new arise from the legacy of the Arches but also the civic institutions, Glasgow Life, academia, trusts and foundations. All of whom recognised the value and the resource that the artists who have emerged over those Arches years had given to their own development and to the artistic achievements and recognition of Glasgow and Scotland.”
View the full programme: https://takemesomewhere.co.uk/#tmshome
KIERAN HURLEY (Scotland):HEADS UP
TRON THEATRE - Wed 22 Feb, 7.45pm, £14/£10
JULIA TAUDEVIN with KIM MOORE and SUSAN BEAR & JULIE EISENSTEIN (TUFF LOVE) (Scotland):BLOW OFF
TRON THEATRE - Thu 23 Feb, 7.45pm + post show discussion, £14/£10
21CC (Scotland): The Ballad of the Apathetic Son and his Narcissistic Mother
TRAMWAY - Fri 24th Feb 7pm + Sat 25th Feb 6.30pm, £12/£8 [Supported by Imaginate]
EL CONDE DE TORREFIEL (Spain): GUERRILLA
TRAMWAY - Fri 24th Feb 8.30pm + Sat 25th Feb 8pm, £14/£10
TRON THEATRE COMPANY (Scotland): NOWHERE
TRON THEATRE - Sat 25 Feb, 6pm, 7pm, 8pm & 9pm, £10
JAAMIL OLAWALE KOSOKO (USA): #negrophobia
TRAMWAY - Sun 26th Feb, 8pm, £12/£10
SOMEWHERE NEW AWARD WINNER: DREW TAYLOR
CITIZENS THEATRE - 2nd–4th March, 7pm £12.50/£9
[Presented by Take Me Somewhere & Citizens Theatre]
TAKE ME SOMEWHERE & PLATFORM: SCRATCH SPECIAL
PLATFORM - Fri 3rd March, 20:30 – Late, £8/£5 (Free bus available from Citizens Theatre and Mono)
THE ART OF CARE-FULL PRACTICE’ SYMPOSIUM
Gilmorehill Centre - Sun 5th March, Time tbc FREE
[A collaboration with University of Glasgow, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Glasgow School of Art]
THE ADRIAN HOWELLS AWARD FOR INTIMATE PERFORMANCE: WINNER: NIC GREEN
Gilmorehill Centre - Sun 5th March, Time tbc, FREE
[Produced and developed by Take Me Somewhere. Supported by the National Theatre of Scotland, Battersea Arts Centre, the University of Glasgow and the Live Art Development Agency]
QUARANTINE (England): WINTER.
Gilmorehill Centre: Sun 5th March, Time tbc
[Supported by University of Glasgow, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Glasgow School of Art]
ROBERT SOFTLEY (Scotland)
DISCOURSE OR INTERCOURSE / TALKING & F*CKING
CCA, Tue 7th March, Durational (15 min slots) from 4pm, Free
NANDO MESSIAS (England/Brazil) SHOOT THE SISSY
ART SCHOOL: Tue 7th March, 8.30pm, £10 (Free for asylum seekers or those on benefits)
CATRIN EVANS (Scotland) WE ARE A PEACEFUL PEOPLE
Scratch Performance / Work-in-Progress / Rehearsed Reading
CCA: Wed 8th March, 7pm, Free
[Supported by Playwrights Studio Scotland]
PANTI (Ireland) HIGH HEELS IN LOW PLACES
TRAMWAY: Fri 10th March, 8pm, £14/£10
[Co-produced by Outspoken Arts, supported by Soho Theatre]
Brick Award winner LUCY MCCORMICK (England):TRIPLE THREAT
GLUE FACTORY - Sat 11th March, 7pm, £10 (Free for asylum seekers or those on benefits)
[Commissioned by hÅb and Contact for Works Ahead, with support from Soho Theatre and Marlbourgh and funding from Arts Council England]
TAKE ME SOMEWHERE STICKY A Queer Multiverse Performance Party
The Glue Factory – Sat 11 March, 9pm-late, £4
PETER MCMASTER TAKE ME SOMEWHERE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2017
[A collaboration between the National Theatre of Scotland and Take Me Somewhere, with support from Glasgow University]
PUBLICATION:GRIP
(Glasgow’s Review of International Performance)
[Supported by Live Art Development Agency]
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