Samara Scott Belt and Road

From the 3rd August to the 26th October, Tramway presents artist Samara Scott's most ambitious exhibition to date, Belt and Road. Scott has created a large site specific installation in response to Tramway’s main gallery.Scott’s work is improvised in situ, using fluid and supple materials...

Guest Blog: Taking part in Celebrate ART

Celebrate ART is a new project celebrating the talent and creativity of young people which opens at Tramway this July as part of Scotland’s Year of Young People 2018.Emerging artist Alexandra Murray-Reynolds tells us what taking part in Celebrate ART has meant to her: Finding...

The Kids are Coming!

The kids are coming! On Saturday 7 July Tramway is turned over to a new generation of art lovers and art makers. Drop in to see what's happening...From 12 noon -3pm, we host a special family-friendly preview of our Children's Exhibition, featuring five artworks made with children in mind....

Guest Blog: Junction 25 on making 1,210km

Young theatre company Junction 25, made up of young people aged 12-18, have been making original theatre work at Tramway for over 10 years.They are currently working on a new show, 1,210km, in collaboration with Theatre an der Parkaue, a young theatre group from in...

Take Time Out for Take Me Somewhere

Take Me Somewhere 2018, a festival of contemporary performance for Glasgow, has got off to a fantastic start, with critical acclaim for the productions so far staged at Tramway.“Layer upon magnificent layer, it’s a play that catches the conscience…” writes Mary Brennan in...

Ballet Black are back

It’s under a month now before Ballet Black return to Tramway. Led by their Artistic Director Cassa Pancho, Ballet Black celebrates dancers of black and Asian descent, showcasing technique, precision and grace in specially commissioned pieces.The company first performed at Tramway last autumn...

Glasgow International 2018 continues at Tramway

After 18 days featuring 90 exhibitions at almost 80 venues Glasgow International 2018 finishes on Monday 7 May. But not everywhere….We are delighted to be able to say that you still have the opportunity to see two of our acclaimed exhibitions showing as part of the festival.Turner Prize...

Glasgow International 2018 at Tramway - What the critics say

As Glasgow International continues at Tramway, our three exhibitions have been attracting critical acclaim.Louisa Buck in the Art Newspaper describes Mark Leckey’s Nobodaddy as “… one of the festival’s most powerful works”’Hettie Judah in i says Leckey’s exhibition is “… inescapably powerful”.Laura...

Introducing Naomi Shoba: A personal blogpost

Six months since she began working at Tramway, Naomi Shoba tells us a little bit about what's she's doing, and why she is so excited to be involved with Tramway:'Hello. My name is Naomi. I am Senior Arts, Music and Diversity Manager for Glasgow Life Arts and Music Service and I’m based in...

30 years ago today

On 13 April 1988, legendary theatre director Peter Brook staged his epic nine hour play The Mahabharata at the Old Transport Museum, Glasgow.The building – which is now our home, Tramway -  began life in 1893 as the Coplawhill tram shed, served as the city’s main tram terminus, depot and...

Glasgow International at Tramway

The eighth edition of Glasgow International, Scotland's largest festival for contemporary art, opens this month. Taking place over three weeks every two years, the festival will bring work to seventy venues and spaces across the city. Tramway is once again...

Our spring/summer season is here

This week we unveil our new season. There are lots of great events to look forward to.... but we would say that, wouldn't we?  However, we think a quick look at some highlights will whet your appetite too.This season Tramway is integral to two of the biggest arts...

Aye Write! makes its Tramway debut this weekend

Glasgow’s Book Festival, Aye Write! comes to Tramway for the first time this weekend. From today, a weekend of fascinating events featuring leading writers is heading your way. Tonight, crime-writing pals Mark Billingham, Stuart Neville, Doug Johnstone Val McDermid, Luca Veste and...

Steven Campbell: 'Love' it while you can

This week is your last chance to see 'Love', an exhibition of work by Steven Campbell, one of Glasgow’s most celebrated artists.The exhibition of twelve large-scale collages, rarely seen together, is proving hugely popular, attracting more than 5,000 visitors since it opened in Tramway on 20...

Margaret Salmon - Last Chance to See

This week is your last chance to see Circle, our critically acclaimed survey of works by the American-born, Glasgow-based artist Margaret Salmon. It continues in Tramway 2 until Sunday 18 March. Here's a round-up of what the critics have been saying...In his 4-star review for The...

Try our 'TRYathlon' this weekend

Like many venues, we were affected by the recent severe weather and unfortunately had to cancel this season’s Tramway Family Day. Now we are delighted to be running some of the activities we had planned, in a special bumper edition of our regular TRYOUT this Sunday 11 March.TRYOUT features...

Weather Update, 2 March

Tramway is open TODAY, Friday 2 March, until 5pm. We will be open as usual this weekend.The recent severe weather has caused some disruption to our usual opening hours, but we expect to be open to the public from 9.30am-6pm on Saturday 3 Marchand 12 noon - 6pm on Sunday 4 Marchwith all...

Public Engagement Coordinator wins Major Award

Holly Rumble, Artist and Public Engagement Co-ordinator at Tramway has been named one of the recipients at the Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education at a celebration in Hull. This year, five people received awards presented by David Booker, Ambassador for the Marsh Christian Trust,...

Mystery Winter Workshops revealed!

In September our networking group Tramway Local invited local artists to propose winter workshops to take place here in December.We can now announce what our mystery 'Winter Workshops' are! Adult Workshop: Winter - a Reading GroupOn Saturday 9 December writer Olivia...

New Opportunity: Digital Learning Designer

We are delighted to announce an exciting new opportunity, for an expert in digital design to support a performance project bringing together young people from Glasgow and Berlin.'1,762 Kilometres' will be produced jointly by Junction 25, Tramway's...

Local Artist Opportunity: Winter Workshop

We're delighted to announce a new opportunity through our Tramway Local project. We would like to host local artists, organisations or collectives to deliver public workshops at Tramway this Winter.There are TWO opportunities available.To apply - Download 'Winter Workshop Application...

Keep it Local: Tramway Local Blog Post

Blog by Holly Rumble, Public Engagement Coordinator, with news from this season's Tramway Local.We had 25 people join us for food and discussions in our summer Tramway Local evening. It was a busy night, with 7 presentations, outlined below. Our next event is Thursday 28th September, please get...

Nomanslanding: Meet the Artists

The international artwork Nomanslanding is currently being installed in our theatre space, ready for its UK premiere on 22 June. An installation, an architecture and a performance all in one, it is the result of a unique creative collaboration by five artists from around the world. In this blog,...

As You Like It (as you’ve never seen it), a bit of Slap and Tickle, and a few hundred shoes: The story so far at Dance International Glasgow

One week into our festival, and we’ve enjoyed several sell-out shows, both in Tramway and offsite, and seen a rich array of productions garner praise from the critics.Festival opener 'Each Other', from our next door neighbours Scottish Ballet, was universally acclaimed, The Scotsman and online...

Dance International Glasgow 2017

Dance International Glasgow 2017 has been launched today, with tickets for all Tramway shows available to book now at fantastic early bird prices.The second edition of the biennial Dance International Glasgow (DIG), which runs Friday 21 April - Sunday 21 May, will feature a stunning range of work...

Rejoice! Jan - Apr season on sale now

With just days to go before Christmas, we'd like to invite you to unwrap our upcoming season of Performance, Visual Arts and Participation. Opening with a solo exhibition by Oliver Laric (21 Jan-19 Mar) - whose distinctive work graces the cover of the brochure - our Visual...

Artist Opportunity - apply now!

As part of our Tramway Local project, fostering stronger links between the venue and local artists, audiences, organisations and businesses, we are delighted to announce an exciting new artists' opportunity.Reaching out to the local community is one of our main priorities over...

Tramway Local November 2016

Tramway Local, Friday 25 November Holly Rumble, Public Engagement Coordinator, shares the latest news from our community discussion forum.On a dark and cold Friday night we met to share projects and hot soup:Lucy Gillie: General Manager, South SeedsSouth Seeds is a...

Big Picture Show opens

The Big Picture Show, a festival of artists' moving image for children, is now open to the public. Developed in collaboration with artists and their children, it features experimental, narrative and performance-based works which will be essential viewing for anyone interested in the...

This month at Tramway: Art - Dance - Space

Over three weekends this month and next, we have six great shows, all worth seeing in their own right, but which together also add up to a discussion of choreography, dance and art. In the last few years Tramway has concentrated on dance in our theatres and occasionally in the...

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