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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Creative Thursday Gilly Roche



This week's Creative Thursday interview is with theatre producer Gilly Roche.

SSH: Where abouts in the Southside do you live?
I moved to Battlefield in January but have lived in the Queen’s Park/Strathbungo area for the last five years. I work at the Southside Studios on Westmoreland Street in Govanhill.

SSH: What do you do?
My job is to create platforms where artists can share work, explore ideas, take risks and be bold. It’s also my job to support those artists all the way through that process – from the first idea to the final show and beyond!

I’m currently working on a project called Team Effort! which will bring together six artists from theatre, visual art and music for twelve months of collaboration, process sharing, workshops and ideas at the Southside Studios. The six Team Effort! artists are Debbie Hannan, Fergus Dunnet (www.fergus-dunnet.weebly.com), Kim Moore (www.kimikomoore.com), Martin O’Connor (www.martinoconnor.info), Rose Ruane (www.roseruane.co.uk) and Stef Smith (www.stefsmith.co.uk). Together, we’ll try to create a more connected creative community, a support network and a better understanding of each other’s practice.

SSH: What is your background?
I graduated from Glasgow University in 2006 with an MA in Hispanic Studies, during which I focussed on protest theatre in Spain under General Franco. After that, I went to work for six months with a political theatre company called the San Francisco Mime Troupe in California and when I returned, I started working with the National Theatre of Scotland and training to be a producer. I went freelance in 2012 and since then I’ve continued to work for NTS as well as other fantastic artists and companies like Random Accomplice, Jenna Watt, Fire Exit and Oran Mor. 


SSH: Tell us about your favourite piece of your work?
I’m ridiculously proud of all of the artists and audiences who have come together for the first two IF events at the Southside Studios. The artists have been fearless in embracing the invitation to try out unfinished ideas or new material and the audiences have been generous, warm and creative in their responses. 

SSH: Do you have any new work coming up?
very other Saturday in June, July and August, we’re holding informal evenings of theatre, music and visual called IF at the Southside Studios. They have a lovely, friendly atmosphere that allows artists to have fun and take risks.

The next one is on June 29th – more information at www.facebook.com/teameffortglasgow

SSH: What advice do you wish you'd had when starting out?
In 2011, the American journalist Robert Krulwich delivered a commencement address to the graduating class at Berkeley University and said this: 

“So for this age, for your time, I want you to just think about this: Think about NOT waiting your turn.

Instead, think about getting together with friends that you admire, or envy. Think about entrepreneuring. Think about NOT waiting for a company to call you up. Think about not giving your heart to a bunch of adults you don’t know. Think about horizontal loyalty. Think about turning to people you already know, who are your friends, or friends of their friends and making something that makes sense to you together, that is as beautiful or as true as you can make it.”

It’s a brilliant set of rules to try to make work by, I think.



SSH: What is your favourite creative blog/ website or other source of inspiration?
I found that Robert Krulwich commencement address at www.brainpickings.org - a veritable treasure trove of interesting and inspiring bits and bobs.

SSH: Tell us your favourite place in the Southside?
Ugh! This question would be SO easy if the hotly anticipated new Buddy’s BBQ restaurant in Strathbungo was open. As it is, I’m going to go for Queen’s Park in its entirety. The walk through it to get to work in the morning, the sunny Sunday afternoon picnic/nap, kicking leaves in autumn and sledging in the snow.

SSH: Name another Southside creative whose work you admire?
Apart from the six, bold and brilliant Team Effort! artists, I’ve got to go for Caroline Newall. She’s Director of Artistic Development at the National Theatre of Scotland and she’s mentoring me throughout my work on Team Effort!. She’s an incredibly creative producer, she works tirelessly for the artists she supports and she can play Frisbee in six-inch high heels.



SSH: If money was no option what would you change about the Southside?
I’d reclaim all of the amazing disused buildings and turn them into fringe arts spaces: the Printing Works at the bottom of Pollokshaws Road; the old White Elephant cinema in Shawlands; every semi-derelict primary school, every shop front, garage and warehouse. We’d make the Southside feel like New York or Berlin. But better, because we’ve got chips and cheese. 

SSH: Tell us one other interesting fact about you?
My name (spelled “gili”) has an unfortunate meaning in Spanish. Google it.

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Midsummer Tea Party @ Nomad RDC


The Talented design chieftains for Nomad (See previous Creative Thursday Interview) are holding a Tea Party to raise money for Marie Curie and we are all invited. See below.

"Marie Curie Cancer Care has always been an extraordinary charity which has touched the lives of some of our team and their loved ones. As a result we wanted to do something to help them to raise money and could not resist when we spotted their ‘Blooming Great Tea Party’ concept.


At Nomad we have a bit of a tradition of holding events in and around midsummer and this seemed like the perfect opportunity. The Tea Party will take place in our studio on Friday the 28th of June between 10:00am and 16:00pm and we would like to invite everyone and anyone to drop in whenever they can on this day. We will be selling cups of tea and baked goods made by our team and anyone else we can persuade to help! We are also hoping to have a number of surprise events/competitions on the day, including bespoke Nomad designs and raffle that is already shaping up with some pretty impressive prizes. We want to raise a modest minimum £250 for the charity so will be pulling out all the stops.



If you are in the area, please pop in and see how our cakes turn out. And if you can’t make it but wish to participate, we have our own JustGiving page where you can make a donation to this worthy cause, at https://www.justgiving.com/nomadrdc."

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Altered Image Upholstery

Great guest post by Carolyn of www.theshooglypeg.com
 

I always know I’m going to like doing business with someone when I enter their premises and see an animal curled up asleep. So it was a good sign when I walked into Altered Image Upholstery on Deanston Drive and found a tuckered-out doggy snoozing under the workbench. I wanted covers made for the windowseat in my kitchen, and had optimistically planned to do it myself, intending to beaver away busily at my sewing machine until the covers were done. However, when I tried a practice run, I discovered that the whole business was more complicated than I’d thought, so I decided to outsource the job.
 
Luckily, Altered Images is just down the road from me, so I popped in for a chat. The father-and-son business mainly upholster sofas, chairs and other furniture, but they will also take on smaller jobs like mine. I provided the material (designed by Glasgow-based illustrator Rob Johnson) but they can also order in fabric for customers. Two cushion covers for my tenement windowseat cost £45 and were ready within the week. Both father and son are friendly and helpful: they are a great addition to the Southside.
 
Altered Image Upholstery, 93 Deanston Drive, 07811 828387

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Bungo in the Back Lanes (2013)

We say it every year but our favourite event of the summer is Bungo in the Back Lanes and its on again this weekend. Get ready for stalls of oddities, kids channelling The Apprentice to sell you home made smoothies and cakes and some brilliant music from local bands.

You can see photos of previous years events here and read the organisers press release below.

The countdown to Bungo In The Back Lanes 2013 starts here!
Entering its 13th year, Strathbungo’s favourite community festival Bungo In The Back Lanes is set to light up the area on Saturday 22nd June from 1-4pm.

Famous for its residents’ stalls selling everything from bric-a-brac and jewellery to homemade food and crafts, Bungo In The Back Lanes will take place in the gardens and lanes between Nithsdale Road and Vennard Gardens.

Eye-catching stalls and features at this year’s festival include: The Big Bungo Tea and Coffee Garden; New Victoria Allotments plant sale; Babu Bombay Street Kitchen; Happy Holistics offering massages; new local food promoters Locavore; Glasgow City Council’s food recycling stall; architectural walk of the area; Childrens’ Garden led by Merry Go Round; Tea Garden with the Viennese Ensemble plus the beer garden and live music from local bands.


The most exciting part of the festival is seeing which DIY stalls are set up on the day. Previous years have produced snail races, jumble stalls and guess-the-sweetie-in-the-jar competitions. People are free to open up their garden or bring a table full of wares they’d like to sell down to the lanes on the day.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Diving for Pearls

Another little event happening this weekend.

I am writing to you from Govan and Craigton Integration Network. We are hosting an event tomorrow in Central Govan to celebrate the end of a multi- arts project.


We will be having entertainment throughout the day at the Pearce Institute, Govan Cross and the newly opened Cafe 13.

There will be storytelling, live music, participation in a public art workshop, a drama performance, a buffet, and an exhibition of work created throughout the project.

People can find out more information on our page,https://www.facebook.com/Govanintegration?fref=ts .

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Sex Magic - Exhibition at Southside Studios


Just received the below from the Southside Studios. Sounds interesting.


After a three month residency at the Studios, Canadian artist Alexis Boyle curates a group show bringing an end to her stay in Glasgow.

Southside Studios, 142 Calder Street (different entry than ususal)
Glasgow, G42 7QP

Friday 14 June 2013, 6pm - midnight

Saturday 15 June 2013, 8pm - midnight

Sex Magic
Visual Works by Alexis Boyle, Fergus Dunnet, Olivia Guertler, Rose Ruane.


Live art, magic, clowning, theatre, music, dancing, drinking & kissing in collaboration with Team Effort's Project Team Effort! is a group of theatre makers, visual artists and musicians based at the Southside Studios in Glasgow. We'll create informal evenings of entertainment, risk-taking and creativity at our secret garden in the middle of Govanhill.

Every other Saturday throughout June, July and August, we'll create informal evenings of theatre, music and visual art at the Southside Studios in Glasgow.

These events will be low-tech and low-risk, giving artists a genuine opportunity to be bold, innovative and brilliant.

You might see a reading of a first draft, a scratch performance, a video installation, a magic act, a brass band, a DJ, a new album before it's released or a film premiere.

for even more info please go to facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teameffortglasgow

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