Allotment - Govan - 5 December 2009

The National Theatre of Scotland, along with The Arches have started a new venture called Allotment – an exciting new arts bar created for a series of one-off events. Allotment is a night where live performance, new art and music fuse unconventionally and take root in a deserted shop. Allotment is created by a team of professional artists from the National Theatre of Scotland and community groups based in the Govan area. The second event at Allotment is being held on December 5 2009 @ Govan Cross from 8pm to 11:45pm. The event will have hi-tech/lo-tech gaming fun "Players" will enter an interactive retro gaming zone where reality is virtual. Experience old favourites re-invented as you journey through a world of vide-oke, giant puzzles and live avatars to reach new levels.

The December Allotment event involves ongoing collaborations with a number of local Govan community groups: the Allotment bar area has been created by GalGael Trust, a project that works with homeless people and long-term unemployed and specialises in making boats and furniture.

Staff from Govan’s Brechin's Bar will continue to run the Allotment bar in December and Maria Leahy, who leads a regular karaoke night in Brechin’s will be working on the vide-oke in Allotment.

Advance tickets will once again be sold from Brechin’s Bar and The Magpie’s Nest. Young people from Impact Arts will be creating new work for the Allotment space.A number of refugees and asylum seekers from the Bridges Programmes will continue their work experience placements on Allotment and help to run the December event.

A new partner on board for the December Allotment is the Govan Integration Network. They bring together public, voluntary and community organisations with local people to promote equal rights and opportunities, cross-cultural understanding and integration, and raising awareness of the issues facing refugee, migrant and minority ethnic residents. They will contribute to the creation of the gaming zone in Allotment.

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