Tramway

Tramway is an international art-space that commissions, produces and presents contemporary arts projects.

About Tramway

	25 Albert Drive, Glasgow South Side G41 2PE
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Our vision is to inspire and add to our understanding of today's world by connecting audiences and artists. Tramway is a space where you are welcomed to witness, engage, experience, participate, to be challenged and to learn...

Tramway 1
Tramway 1 is normally associated with large-scale performing arts projects. It is a flexible theatre space capable of meeting the needs of the most demanding projects and ambitious ideas through its ability to adapt and change from show to show.

Tramway 2
Tramway 2 is the principal exhibition space and one of the largest single galleries in Europe, approximately 1011 square metres in size. The original tramlines, steel pillars and the sheer scale of this space make it one of the most impressive visual arts spaces in Europe.

Tramway 3
The public space that creates a throughway between the exhibition and theatre spaces; Tramway 3 consists of our Box Office, and 'Street' area, which regularly hosts participatory activities and public events. It leads into the Café Bar and looks out onto The Hidden Gardens to the rear of the building.

Tramway 4
A studio theatre, with a seated capacity of 86. A very adaptable space Tramway 4 is often utilised as a residency space for artists, as well as hosting performances, talks, film screenings, seminars, and symposia.

Tramway 5
Tramway 5 is the street-facing gallery, it was created in 2009 as part of the redevelopment that saw the relocation of Scottish Ballet’s headquarters to adjoin Tramway. This 184 square metre space hosts both international, UK and Scottish artists’ work.

Upstairs at Tramway
The upper level includes a flexible Studio space, with a seated capacity of approximately 80, which hosts our ongoing participation programme: Junction 25, Tramway Young Critics, and Parkour. It often hosts workshops, talks and education classes by external organisations, including Glasgow Schools Youth Theatre, Indepen-dance, and Theatre Arts.

The Upper Foyer gallery space is used to show community exhibitions and participation project outcomes, and is regularly used by Time for Art and Visual Arts Studio students. It also hosts talks, workshops and participation activities.

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Upcoming Events at Tramway

Exhibitions

Solange Pessoa

9th May 2025 - 22nd September 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

A major new presentation by one of Brazil's most renowned living sculptors, Solange Pessoa, will be hosted at Tramway Glasgow between Saturday 10th May and Monday 22nd September!

Exhibitions

Sarah Rose - Torpor

14th June 2025 - 7th September 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Sarah Rose's exhibition at Tramway, Torpor, incorporates processes of material transformation using the basic elements of glass, heat and light.

Tour

Tramway Backstage: Historical Tours

6th September 2025 - 7th September 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Join a backstage tour of Tramway on Saturday 6th or Sunday 7th September and learn about the building's rich past and present!

Dance

Where We Choose To Stand

19th September 2025 - 20th September 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Where We Choose To Stand is a powerful new dance theatre show, performed by Penny Chivas, inspired by climate activism and political change.

Exhibitions

Leap then Look: Play Interact Explore

27th September 2025 - 11th May 2026

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Play Interact Explore is an exhibition of interactive artworks and resources created by Leap Then Look, which is artists Lucy Cran and Bill Leslie.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere

15th October 2025 - 26th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Take Me Somewhere is an international, biennial festival and year-round sector support organisation that exists to position Scotland as the place to create and see radical performance.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: EXXY

15th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Joined on stage by three performers who walk and talk like him, watch as Dan Daw finds comfort in the possibility of finally blending in, after a lifetime of standing out.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: Self insert outside fan spiral (on ice)

15th October 2025 - 16th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

A live action figure skating fan fiction / a heaving wet totally real figure skating event made up of lots of bits of slippery, pleasurable neurodivergent overwhelm.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: Selkie - The Wet And Wild Show

17th October 2025 - 18th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Craig Manson’s thrilling reimagining of the Selkie myth is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get up close and personal with the magical, shimmering beast!

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: MEXA

18th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

How does one go on alone when the collective no longer exists? Who tells the stories of bodies that can no longer speak?

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: Regina Caeli

21st October 2025 - 22nd October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Regina Caeli explores a life lived together; framed by funeral rituals, a dodgy children's choir and the music of Eric Carmen.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: FRANK

22nd October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Fresh from a knockout run and critical acclaim at Kunstenfestivaldesarts, FRANK arrives as the bold final chapter in Cherish Menzo's trilogy.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: You Live You Learn

25th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

You Live You Learn is about burnout, our relationship to work and the significance it has in society.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: Still Lives

25th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Still Lives is a performance-installation series that captures (with ropes) significant moments or movement in relation to specific cultural contexts.

Theatre

Take Me Somewhere: asses.masses

26th October 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

The unemployed donkeys have one demand: the humans must surrender their machines and give all donkeys their jobs back. But revolution is never easy!

Dance

Scottish Ballet presents Wee Nutcracker

12th December 2025 - 24th December 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Enchanting characters are performed by Scottish Ballet's dancers in the Wee Nutcracker, a specially adapted version of the beloved festive ballet at Tramway!

Family and Kids

Scottish Ballet: Wee Nutcracker Workshops

Selected dates between 13th December 2025 - 20th December 2025

Tramway, Glasgow South Side

Led by Scottish Ballet's expert engagement artists, this fun-filled session brings their Wee Nutcracker to life through imaginative storytelling and creative movement.

The Hidden Gardens

25 Albert Drive, Glasgow South Side G41 2PE

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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 3DB

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Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow

350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow City Centre G2 3JD

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Websters Theatre

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The Tower Digital Arts Centre

79-81 Sinclair Street, Helensburgh G84 8TG

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SEC Armadillo

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