Tramway
- Box office 0845 330 3501
- Opening times Building open: Tue–Sat 10am–8pm, Sun noon–6pm; Exhibitions open: Tue–Fri noon–5pm; Sat & Sun noon–6pm; closed Mon.
- Website www.tramway.org
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A mixed-arts venue comprising two galleries, two theatres and studio space, along with a cafe and Hidden Garden, Tramway favours experimental and genre-bending theatre and dance productions and world-class art exhibitions. With its ample space and well-respected name, Tramway also works in partnership with many outside organisation, including the ARIKA and Sonica festivals and, in 2015, it will act as host venue for the Turner Prize.
Events at this venue
There are 9 events at this location
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Absolutely, Awesome, Affirmative
A unique contemporary performance art/physical theatre show by Nic Green.
Fri 15 May
Over-16s only
Times to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Sat 16 May
Over-16s only
Times to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Fatoumata Diawara and VILDÁ
Fatoumata Diawara’s 2011 debut LP saw her hailed as a thrilling new standard-bearer of Mali’s celebrated musical traditions. Since then, she’s featured in collaborations with Bobby Womack, Herbie Hancock, Roberto Fonseca and Damon Albarn, plus compatriots Amadou and Mariam, Oumou Sangaré and Toumani Diabaté. 2018’s…
Fri 31 Jan
£22 inc booking fee (subject to transaction fees) / 0845 330 3501
France-Lise McGurn: In Emotia
Work from Glasgow-based artist, consisting of figurative painting and wall drawings evoking bodies in various locations.
Tue 28 Jan
Free / 0845 330 3501
Wed 29 Jan
Free / 0845 330 3501
Thu 30 Jan
Free / 0845 330 3501
Hardeep Pandhal: Confessions of a Thug | Pakiveli
Multimedia exhibition inspired by both the Orientalist pulp novel Confessions of a Thug and the artist's own rap name, adapted from one of 2Pac's aliases.
Tue 28 Jan
Free / 0845 330 3501
Wed 29 Jan
Free / 0845 330 3501
Thu 30 Jan
Free / 0845 330 3501
Just Us Dance Theatre: Born to Manifest
‘You say I’m just a black guy. I know who I am, do you know who I am?’ Born to Manifest is a powerful new Hip-Hop dance double bill that illuminates the experiences of young black British men. Joseph Toonga draws from real life accounts to a create a poignant, responsive piece that simultaneously champions cultural…
Fri 7 Feb
£8/£5 concession (transaction fees: £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone). / 0845 330 3501
Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti
A gender-bent adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's class comedy by Denise Mina, which centres upon landowner Mrs Puntila's drunken mishaps and her chauffeur Matti, who has his eye on Puntila's daughter Eva.
Wed 25 Mar
Prices to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Thu 26 Mar
£15–£25 (Students £12–£22; Children £10) / 0845 330 3501
Fri 27 Mar
£18–£28 (Students £15–£25; Children £12.50) / 0845 330 3501
Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti with Afsana Khan, Jackie Shave & Sukhvinder Singh "Pinky" and Naad-hara
An artist of myriad musical passions and polymath virtuosity, Scottish-born guitarist, composer, improviser and ensemble leader Simon Thacker believes that, “Ancient classical, folk and spiritual forms… inspire as examples of how musical ideas and genres gestate, mutate and gain layers of cultural wealth.” Here, he…
Sat 1 Feb
£22.00 inc booking fee (subject to transaction fees) / 0845 330 3501
Uncles: One for the Road
Robert Florence and Iain Connell put the world to rights over a pint or two.
Fri 13 Mar
Sold out / 0845 330 3501
Sat 14 Mar
Sold out / 0845 330 3501
Sun 15 Mar
Sold out / 0845 330 3501
We Are In Time
A unique theatre production about a transplanted heart. Prepare for a contemporary piece with music, words and songs.
Fri 28 Feb
£20 (£12.50; Students £10; unemployed £7; under 16s free) / 0845 330 3501
Sat 29 Feb
£20 (£12.50; Students £10; unemployed £7; under 16s free) / 0845 330 3501
Reviews & features
Claire Barclay gets ambitious with Yield Point
26 Jan 2017
Artist set to take on Tramway's vast gallery space with huge, new installation
Claire Barclay is thinking big. As we speak, three people in her studio are manhandling an immense piece of stitched together canvas, part of a work for her new show, and she is trying not to laugh as she watches them. But when you take on Tramway 2 as…
Glasgow’s Tramway among winners at 2010 GaGA Awards
4 Feb 2011
National Theatre of Scotland also win at Glasgow audience development awards
Thursday’s GaGAs 2010 highlighted some of the outstanding achievements of Scottish cultural organisations over the past year. The awards are part of organisers Culture Sparks’ ongoing endeavour to encourage intelligence and innovation throughout…
Down under - Glasgow's South Side
10 Sep 2009
The West End might shout louder and jangle its designer bracelets more ostentatiously, but for its many residents, the gigantic, sprawling mass of the South Side is the true heart of Glasgow. As many local historians and geographers have observed…
Alexandre Perrigot
3 Jul 2007
Interview
Rosie Lesso For this exhibition in Glasgow you will be creating a full-scale replica of Elvis’ house, Graceland. Why did you choose to recreate his house in particular? Alexandre Perigot The first time I came to Glasgow by plane I landed in…
Nightshade
3 Jul 2007
STRIPTEASE ART In these days of ubiquitous sexploitation advertising and cinematic ‘torture porn’, striptease can seem like an almost quaint activity. Such, indeed, is the thesis of one of the striptease artists in Nightshade, the latest show to be…
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