A collection of photographs and portraits of the people we met in South West Glasgow while building The Tin Forest. These people shared their thoughts, stories and experiences of living in South West Glasgow. Photography by Jassy Earl Photography. Bakers at G & A McHarg: Lee Clark (Right) has worked at the bakery for twenty […]
If you come to the St Andrew Penilee Parish Church this week, you will become a probationary worker at the Forest Factory. You will accompany the longest serving worker, Willie, on his last day at work before retirement. After collecting a high vis jacket which assigns each member to a work clerk, the newest members […]
This week will see the St Andrew Penilee Parish Church transformed into The Tin Forest Southwest ‘Forest Factory’ for Willie’s last day at work. Willie is an industrial worker and now he’s entering retirement. You’re invited to come and join him on his last day at work, get your overalls on and go through his […]
Do you like to sing? We are looking to recruit singers for The Tin Forest South West so why not come and join our choir? – it’s open to everyone. Join us at St Andrew Penilee Parish Church on: Thursday 19th June, 6pm – 8pm as well as either Tuesday 24th June – 4.30pm – 6.30pm […]
By Simon Sharkey, Associate Director, National Theatre of Scotland You can’t deny that spring is well and truly here. The blossoms and blooms are everywhere and the promise of summer is in the air. The days are longer, the birds are rising earlier and people’s clothes and faces are brighter. In The Tin Forest, things […]
The Tin Forest Southwest composer and musician, John Kielty, has been collecting stories and writing songs in Southwest Glasgow since January 2014. John’s visited Rosshall Academy, Lourdes Secondary, Craigton Primary Scool, Sandwood Primary School, Our Lady of the Rosary Primary and St Georges Primary School, Penilee. John’s been prompted by true stories about spitfires and […]
As we build The Tin Forest across Glasgow, just as the old man in the story filled his forest with the sounds of buzzing insects and singing birds, we wanted to fill our Tin Forest with the sounds of Glaswegians. And what better way to do that than with a good old-fashioned blether? Over the […]
The Tin Forest is one of the National Theatre of Scotland’s biggest and most ambitious projects to date, and part of the Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme. We’re looking to recruit a team of friendly volunteers to help us welcome audiences from across Glasgow, across Scotland and across the world. We need Tin Forest Guides to […]
We’re asking you to make a Light Up Lantern out of junk, and join hundreds of others in your local community and around the world, to plant your lantern in a forgotten place. It might be a local park or derelict ground; it might be your garden or back court. What’s important is you plant […]
The children of Rosshall Academy recently took part in a songwriting workshop with John Kielty and Gareth Nicholls. They came up with a catchy song about a crow who stole a sausage…
