Theatre

WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS SEASON...  

Arches LIVE, our annual festival of brave new work from local artists, runs from Thurs 16th-Sat 25th September. A real mixture of performances, installations and discussions, the building will be alive with work which challenges the norm, as well as our perceived knowledge and sense of place. You can see absolutely everything with a festival pass (£28/£24), but day passes (£13/£9) and tickets for individual shows (£7/£5) are also available.  



Meanwhile, dates have been announced for the IETM biannual plenary, which takes place from 4-7 November in venues across the city. Up to 600 international delegates will descend on Glasgow to witness performances from some of Scotland's foremost companies and directors. Performances announced so far include: Nic Green: Trilogy, Adrian Howells: An Audience With Adrienne, Dogstar: The Tailor Of Inverness, Kieran Hurley: Hitch and Highway Diner/EatonLewis: Parallel Lines.

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ABOUT THE ARCHES' THEATRE

"One of Britain’s hippest theatre and arts venues” – The Sunday Times

“An extraordinary, challenging, 21st century theatre” –  The Scotsman

"The Arches has made it its business to nurture talent from the grass roots up, which is why the Glasgow Company is unique in the UK" - Scotland on Sunday 

“Arches LIVE! – a defiant, unapologetic celebration of theatre that is experimental, often brash, and on occasion rough as a hangover” – Sunday Herald

Accompanying Arches Live! in September, the Arches introduced a second brave annual festival in April 2009, Behaviour (which replaces the Arches Theatre Festival). Arches Theatre Festival has played host to performers as diverse as NYC’s Ann Liv Young, Taylor Mac, The TEAM and The Riot Group, Russia’s Akhe and T.N.F., Dublin’s Pan Pan and London’s Tim Crouch.

 “In pole position at the moment is the Arches…. the theatre festival has become a significant event of the cultural year, gleefully blurring distinctions between drama, performance and dance.”  - The Herald

In addition to the two festivals, the Arches also maintain a year-long programme of visiting theatre, including showcases of new work from Derevo, Highway Diner and For We Are Many.  In 2007, Aurora Nova Touring brought Array’s Outre and Jo Stromgren Kompani’s The Convent, and Random Accomplice developed Little Johnny’s Big Gay Musical as part of the Glasgay festival. 

"Where does tomorrow's new work come from? Where can you see it today? The answer is the Arches." - The Guardian

This May at Behaviour we present two exciting shows from our Arches Brick Award winners 2009. During the Edinburgh Fringe, we tirelessly hunted out two of the companies we felt most deserving of the chance to re-stage their shows at the Arches. The two winners this were Beady Eye with Everything Must Go and Dancing Brick with 6.0: How Heap and Pebble Took on the World and Won. See the Behaviour show details to the right for more information.