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 34 events at this location
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Architecture Social Club & Max Cooper: Aether
Part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 Design collective Architecture Social Club, in collaboration with musician, producer and scientist Max Cooper, open Sonica with a one-off immersive audiovisual work, Aether. For one night only, Tramway will be hung with thousands of dangling threads pulsing and glimmering with moving points…
Thu 31 Oct
£20/£10 concessions (transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
Ardal O'Hanlon: The Showing Off Must Go On
Star of Death in Paradise, Father Ted and My Hero takes on the culture wars in his stand-up.
Wed 13 Nov
£22 / 0845 330 3501
Arika – Episode 10: A Means Without End – DAY 1
Complex ways of understanding our complex times. Maths & Poetics. Gesture & Physics. Collectivist Struggle ">Jay Bernard | boychild | Mijke van der Drift | Denise Ferreira da Silva | James Goodwin | Stefano Harney | Laura Harris | Nathaniel Mackey | Alexander Moll | Fred Moten | Arjuna Neuman | Nat Raha | Nisha…
Wed 20 Nov
Pay what you can (pay on the day at the Arika desk) / 0845 330 3501
Arika – Episode 10: A Means Without End – DAY 2
Complex ways of understanding our complex times. Maths & Poetics. Gesture & Physics. Collectivist Struggle ">Jay Bernard | boychild | Mijke van der Drift | Denise Ferreira da Silva | James Goodwin | Stefano Harney | Laura Harris | Nathaniel Mackey | Alexander Moll | Fred Moten | Arjuna Neuman | Nat Raha | Nisha…
Thu 21 Nov
Pay what you can (pay on the day at the Arika desk) / 0845 330 3501
Arika – Episode 10: A Means Without End – DAY 4
Complex ways of understanding our complex times. Maths & Poetics. Gesture & Physics. Collectivist Struggle ">Jay Bernard | boychild | Mijke van der Drift | Denise Ferreira da Silva | James Goodwin | Stefano Harney | Laura Harris | Nathaniel Mackey | Alexander Moll | Fred Moten | Arjuna Neuman | Nat Raha | Nisha…
Sat 23 Nov
Pay what you can (pay on the day at the Arika desk) / 0845 330 3501
Arika – Episode 10: A Means Without End – DAY 5
Complex ways of understanding our complex times. Maths & Poetics. Gesture & Physics. Collectivist Struggle ">Jay Bernard | boychild | Mijke van der Drift | Denise Ferreira da Silva | James Goodwin | Stefano Harney | Laura Harris | Nathaniel Mackey | Alexander Moll | Fred Moten | Arjuna Neuman | Nat Raha | Nisha…
Sun 24 Nov
Pay what you can (pay on the day at the Arika desk) / 0845 330 3501
Artists’ Moving Image Programme 2019 : Hanging Out
TICKET INFO TBC 'Hanging Out’, this year’s artists' moving image festival, is programmed by artists Emmie McLuskey, Ima-Abasi Okon and Kimberley O’Neill. As part of their ongoing conversation, the programmers have continually returned to what it means to ‘hang outside' typical moving image conventions and social…
Sat 16 Nov
Prices to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Sun 17 Nov
Prices to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
BEMIS presents Les Amazones d’Afrique & Special Guests with Celtic Connections in the Community
Tonight’s main performance features the truly awe-inspiring Les Amazones d’Afrique, an all-female supergroup of acclaimed West African singers dedicated to ending women’s inequality and oppression, whose founders include Mariam Doumbia (of Amadou & Mariam) and Angélique Kidjo. “A proud, forceful demonstration of the…
Sat 25 Jan 2020
£18.70* / 0845 330 3501
A Citizens Theatre production: Pinocchio
TICKETS FROM CITIZENS THEATRE A Citizens Theatre production in association with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland From the original story by Carlo Collodi Adapted for the stage by Lu Kemp and Robert Alan Evans Written by Robert Alan Evans Follow the mischievous Pinocchio on his journey from wooden…
Sat 7 Dec
Prices to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Sun 8 Dec
Prices to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Tue 10 Dec
Prices to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Dance International Glasgow 2019
A Festival of International Dance for the City Featuring Scottish Dance Theatre | Trajal Harrell | Nora Invites Deborah Hay | V/DA | Colette Sadler | Zadie Xa and many, many more… Tramway is thrilled to bring the third edition of its biennial festival DIG: Dance International Glasgow, to the city, a…
Thu 24 Oct
Costs vary, with some events free and unticketed. Visit DIGlasgow.com for details / 0845 330 3501
Fri 25 Oct
Costs vary, with some events free and unticketed. Visit DIGlasgow.com for details / 0845 330 3501
Sat 26 Oct
Costs vary, with some events free and unticketed. Visit DIGlasgow.com for details / 0845 330 3501
DIG: Lucy Suggate & Collaborators | Spirit Compass: Where there is movement there is change
Part of Dance International Glasgow 4.30 -6.30pm Late edition 10 -11pm Please note this live installation takes place in the Studio. Visit this webpage from 22 October for entry times. As we all buckle under the weight of the collapsing system, can we slip through the cracks and re-integrate, repurpose and…
Sat 26 Oct
Free / 0845 330 3501
DIG: Zadie Xa | Child of Magohalmi and the Echoes of Creation (performance)
Part of Dance International Glasgow Please note this durational performance will take place in our front gallery at various times between 2 - 6pm. Details will be announced nearer the date of the event. As part of Dance International Glasgow, and on the opening weekend of her solo exhibition, Korean-Canadian artist…
Sat 26 Oct
Free / 0845 330 3501
Ela Orleans (PL/UK) : Night Voyager
Presented as part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 Journey into the unknown with a new work from Glasgow-based Polish singer and composer Ela Orleans. Set to soaring music that recalls the Cocteau Twins and classic science-fiction movie soundtracks, footage of the 1969 Apollo moon mission is repurposed to retell the…
Thu 7 Nov
£9.90 / £5.50 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 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 2020
£22.00* / 0845 330 3501
Heather Lander & Alex Smoke (UK) | Primordial Waters
Part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 ‘an exhibition that you won’t want to miss’ –Inspiring City on Heather Lander’s Nearer Future Two Sonica favourites come together for the first time, as visual artist Heather Lander and musician and composer Alex Smoke present Primordial Waters. Noting how advances in science and…
Thu 31 Oct
£9.90 / £5.50 concession inc booking fee (Transaction fee £1.50 online / £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
Fri 1 Nov
£9.90 / £5.50 concession inc booking fee (Transaction fee £1.50 online / £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
Hong Kong Exile (CA) : Foxconn Frequency (no.3) – for three visibly Chinese performers
Part of SONICA Glasgow 2019 Musical collective Hong Kong Exile present a unique work in which a trio of classical pianists collaborates, and sometimes competes, in a hybrid of musical composition and live-action computer gaming that redefines the notion of play. An array of supporting machinery and output devices…
Sat 9 Nov
£16.50 / £8.80 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
LIVE DOUBLE BILL: Alex Augier & Alba G.Corral, Jorge Crowe
Part of SONICA Glasgow 2019 Alex Augier (FR) & Alba G. Corral (CAT/ES) | ex(O) A new audiovisual work from Paris-based electronic musician Alex Augier and Alba G. Corral, the Barcelona-based visual artist and coder, ex(O) explores ideas of transmission and broadcast. The audience surrounds a circular screen within…
Fri 1 Nov
£13.20 / £6.60 concession inc booking fee (Transaction fee £1.50 online / £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
LIVE DOUBLE BILL: Lo Kindre & Alba G. Corral, Shoeg
Presented as part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 Lo Kindre (UK) & Alba G. Corral (CAT/ES) - Live A/V As Lo Kindre, the Glasgow-based, Irish-born musician Daniel Magee (winner of the 2018 SAMAs Electronic Music Award) makes dubby, cavernous music with an almost palpable sense of space to it, from its deep throbbing…
Sat 9 Nov
£13.20 / £6.60 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
LIVE DOUBLE BILL | Robbie Thomson & SUE ZUKI, Push 1 stop and Wiklow
Presented as part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 Robbie Thomson a monstrous insect is glimpsed fleetingly, in flashes of light – is it inert or alive, hovering or scuttling directly towards the viewer? The ominous industrial-techno soundtrack uses samples taken from a livestreaming chatroom whose content, like the audio the…
Fri 8 Nov
£13.20 / £6.60 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
LIVE TRIPLE BILL: Line Katcho, Klara Lewis, Elías Merino& Tadej Droljc
Presented as part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 Line Katcho (QC/CA) - Immortelle ‘superb, nuanced and mastered’ – Le Devoir Montréal’s Line Katcho makes work that addresses endurance and upheaval. At times of flux, what continuities can be maintained? Lithe, skittering, glitchy electronica, flecked with the half-heard…
Fri 8 Nov
£16.50 / £8.80 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
LIVE TRIPLE BILL: Myriam Boucher, Kathy Hinde, Sabina Covarrubias
Part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 Myriam Boucher (QC/CA) -Phases ‘evocative … brings its audience close to something akin to feeling many emotions all at once’ – The Link Hailing from Montréal, Myriam Boucher is a video and sound artist working with both classical modes of composition and scientific research. In…
Sat 2 Nov
£13.20 / £6.60 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
The Lost Elves
Festive production from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland about a group of elves crash-landing in Glasgow, and their journey back to the North Pole to help Santa finish making presents in time for Christmas. Suitable for ages 3–6.
Michela Pelusio (IT) : SpaceTime Helix
Presented as part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 Saturday 2 November, 4pm ">‘interactive creations that bend space, light, matter, and sound into malleable immersive environments’ – MUTEK Scientific research suggests that strings, vibrating at the quantum level, form the fundamental structure of our universe. Italy’s…
Sat 2 Nov
£9.90 / £5.50 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
Mrs Puntila and Her Man Matti
Brecht’s classic master and servant comedy is given a gender-switched adaptation by Denise Mina, award-winning crime novelist and playwright.
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Prices to be confirmed / 0845 330 3501
Thu 26 Mar 2020
£15–£25 (Students £12–£22; Children £10) / 0845 330 3501
Fri 27 Mar 2020
£18–£28 (Students £15–£25; Children £12.50) / 0845 330 3501
NIC Kay: pushit!!
Part of Dance International Glasgow UK PREMIERE This durational performance begins at a location outside Tramway - details to be announced Can resistance be choreographed? This is the question that drives pushit!!, a site-responsive performance by the New York–based artist NIC Kay. pushit!!, is a…
Sat 26 Oct
Nick Cave: Until
An installation by the American artist and dancer, creator of the Soundsuits, ornate figurative sculptures that can be worn.
Thu 24 Oct
Free / 0845 330 3501
- 12:00 – 17:00
Fri 25 Oct
Free / 0845 330 3501
- 12:00 – 17:00
Sat 26 Oct
Free / 0845 330 3501
- 12:00 – 17:00
Pinocchio
Much loved children’s classic Pinocchio comes to life this Christmas! Sponsored by Urban Union
Sat 7 Dec
£12.50 (Children £9) / 0845 330 3501
Mon 9 Dec
£12.50 (Children £9) / 0845 330 3501
Tue 10 Dec
£15–£24.50 (Students £12–£21.50; Children £9–£16.50; Family £14–£20.50) / 0845 330 3501
Pinocchio Relaxed Performance
This performance of Pinocchio is aimed at audience members who would benefit from a more relaxed theatre environment, including people with an autistic spectrum disorder or sensory or communication disorder and their families.
Mon 16 Dec
£15 (Children £9) / 0845 330 3501
Scottish Dance Theatre & Emanual Gat: The Circle
Part of Dance international Glasgow See both this show and Scottish Dance Theatre's Looping: Scotland overdub for just £22/£13 by booking a Double Bill ticket> Scottish Dance Theatre returns to DIG with their latest work, a commission by internationally acclaimed choreographer Emanuel Gat. Responding to Gat's…
Fri 25 Oct
£12/£5 | £22/£13 double ticket with The Circle (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
Part of Dance International Glasgow.
Sat 26 Oct
£12/£5 | £22/£13 double ticket with The Circle (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 0845 330 3501
Part of Dance International Glasgow.
Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti with Afsana Khan, Jackie Shave & Sukhvinder Singh "Pinky" and support
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 2020
£22.00* / 0845 330 3501
Super Market Christmas
Christmas market featuring wares from designers, creators and small retailers, alongside various festive activities.
Sat 14 Dec
£1 / 0845 330 3501
- 10:30 – 19:00
Verdensteatret (NO) : Hannah
Thu 7 November, 7pm and 9pm Presented as part of Sonica Glasgow 2019 ‘… something both noisy and quiet, in contact with the infinite…’ – Klassekampen For three decades, Oslo-based collective Verdensteatret have worked to integrate new technology into their performances. Following appearances at the Brooklyn…
Thu 7 Nov
£16.50 / £8.80 conc (Transaction fees £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone) / 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 2020
Standard £20 /Under-26 £12.50 /Student £10/ Unemployed - £7/ Under-16s FREE (must be accompanied by an adult)/ Carers FREE (when accompanying a… / 0845 330 3501
Sat 29 Feb 2020
Standard £20 /Under-26 £12.50 /Student £10/ Unemployed - £7/ Under-16s FREE (must be accompanied by an adult)/ Carers FREE (when accompanying a… / 0845 330 3501
Zadie Xa: Child of Magohalmi and the Echos of Creation, 2019
Work from the Korean-Canadian artist, creating a sub-aquatic environment inspired by Korean creation myths.
Sat 26 Oct
Free / 0845 330 3501
Sun 27 Oct
Free / 0845 330 3501
Tue 29 Oct
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
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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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