Take Me Somewhere

04/06/2026

📣 RECRUITING BUTCHES

Emma Lewis-Jones and Bishop May Down are RECRUITING BUTCHES for a public dance workshop for anyone who identifies with butchness to come and move together, as part of their new project ‘Insistence: A Butch Ballet’.

Performance experience not necessary, ballet experience not desired.

Free, booking essential via Google form.

https://takemesomewhere.co.uk/recruiting-butches-workshop

Part of the Graduate Residencies; a collaborative programme between Take Me Somewhere and Tramway

21/10/2025

Intimate encounters and immersive experiences so far...

✨ Cultural Exchange Rate immersed us in the personal and the political on an interactive journey through family histories and hidden currencies.

✨ Handle with Care asked us to make our own show, which unfolded from a box crafted and delivered by Ontroerend Goed.

✨We were delighted to see so many promises from the public in Paul Ramírez Jonas’ Public Trust. From pledging to fight for happiness to promising to give your dogs more hugs.

More to encounter, to confront and to explore this coming week.

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Images:

Cultural Exchange Rate, Tania El Khoury. Photography by Brian Hartley.
Public Trust, Paul Ramírez Jonas. Photography by Brian Hartley.
Handle with Care, Ontroerend Goed. Photography by Tiu Makkonen.

20/10/2025

We've only just recovered from last week (but we're ready to do it all again!)

We toasted mezcal at noon, we got wet and wild, we sat at church pews and long dinner tables. Take Me Somewhere week one was an eruption of collective joy and defiance. Here’s some snaps:

✨ Requiem para un Alcaraván by Lukas Avendaño was a whirl of colour, joy and transformation.

✨We got soaked by a folk myth come to life (with extra glitter) at Selkie: The Wet and Wild Show by Craig Manson.

✨Susanne Kirnbauer-Bundy and Doris Uhlich danced an intergenerational duet of change and rearrangement against the myth that there’s no place on stage for the aging body.

✨In Bardaje, Lukas Avendaño transformed St Ninian’s church’s gothic architecture into a cascade of rhythmic sound and colourful feathers.

✨The Last Supper by MEXA was the perfect finale: a joyful feast of resistance, solidarity and so much cake 🍰

Ready for round two? We have so much more to explore this week. Head to our website to explore.

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Images:

Requiem para un Alcaraván, Lukas Avendaño. Photography by Julia Bauer.
Selkie: The Wet and Wild Show, Craig Manson. Photography by Diana Dumi.
Come Back Again, Doris Uhlich. Photography by Alexi Pelekanos.
Bardaje, Lukas Avendaño. Photography by Brian Hartley.
The Last Supper, MEXA. Photography by Brian Hartley.

17/10/2025

What a week it’s been at Take Me Somewhere so far!

Here are some snaps from the shows:

✨ The Mongrel by Shawn Nayar drew us into a world of deep red fog and the scent of jasmine.

✨ Jo Hauge’s self insert outside fan spiral (on ice) took us on a magical trip across the ice rink.

✨ EXXY by Dan Daw was a huge, heart-pounding work, taking us back to Dan Daw’s childhood in the outback, and earning a rightful standing ovation.

We’re so excited for tonight (tickets still available for Bardaje!) and this weekend brings more radical performance across the city, follow the link in our bio for details + tickets!

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Images:
1-2. The Mongrel, Shawn Nayar. Photography by Tiu Makkonen.
3-4. self insert outside fan spiral (on ice), Jo Hauge. Photography by Tiu Makkonen.
5-6. EXXY, Dan Daw. Photography by Brian Hartley

03/10/2025

It's Take Me Somewhere month!

With a full programme of radical performance, Take Me Somewhere 2025 is a city-wide invitiation to feel, question, move and be moved.

Take Me Somewhere Festival runs 15–26 October 2025 at venues across Glasgow. Explore the full programme at www.takemesomewhere.co.uk

11/03/2025

Dan Daw Creative Projects are seeking three extraordinary performers with cerebral palsy or similar motor disabilities to join Dan on stage for their next touring production – EXXY.

They will be holding auditions in three locations across the country – Glasgow, London and Leeds. EXXY has a confirmed UK tour in place and international premiere in Germany in Autumn 2025. The show is expected to tour internationally throughout 2026. We are looking for performers who can join us for the duration of the tour.

Glasgow auditions will be held at CCA Glasgow on 22nd May 2025; for more info and details on how to apply: https://dandawcreative.com/exxy-by-dan-daw-creative-projects/

Dan Daw Creative Projects is the 2023-2025 recipient of the New Dimensions commission; led by Take Me Somewhere Tramway Battersea Arts Centre - BAC Transform Festival Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

17/02/2025

Take Me Somewhere are looking for a creative, passionate Marketing Manager to join the team, to devise and deliver communications and audience engagement campaigns for our city-wide, international, radical performance Festival (next edition; October 2025) and our Studio Somewhere artist development programme.

Is this you? ✨ we look forward to hearing from you!

Deadline for applications: 14th March 2025

https://takemesomewhere.co.uk/marketing-manager-2025

30/01/2025

Take Me Somewhere are thrilled to be joining the portfolio of Creative Scotland Multi-Year Funded organisations; securing funding from April 2025 - April 2028. This funding will allow us more stability to serve artists and audiences and aid the delivery of our mission; creating the conditions to ensure Scotland is the place to create and experience radical performance practice.

We are excited to see many incredible artist-led & inspiring organisations join the portfolio, we’re also thinking about our friends and colleagues who were unsuccessful in their bids.

This essential support will allow us to deliver our international performance Festival in October 2025 & October 2027, alongside our Studio Somewhere artist development programme in 2026. It will allow us to continue our work with artists in a deeper, more embedded way, reach new audiences & champion marginalised and underrepresented voices on Scotland’s stages.

Take Me Somewhere was founded from the closure of Glasgow’s beloved Arches venue in 2016, which housed a vibrant community of makers. Radical performance returning to Creative Scotland’s regular funding portfolio is the result of 7 years of hard work & support from our endlessly talented community of artists, our generous national & international colleagues & everyone who’s come to experience what this field can offer.

We are excited to work with Creative Scotland and all our funders and partners in this next chapter both for Take Me Somewhere and for wider Scottish arts. We look forward to you joining us somewhere in the years to come.

Take Me Somewhere Team

Image; Carolina Bianchi Cadela Forca Trilogy: Chapter 1 - photo by Christophe Raynaud

29/01/2025

Take Me Somewhere are delighted to be collaborating with Mamoru Iriguchi and The Run to undertake an exchange around experimental performance between Scotland and Vietnam.

Mamoru will undertake a residency and share his work in Hoi Chi Minh, and The Run Artistic Director Trà Nguyễn will attend Take Me Somewhere Festival 2025, to develop new connections, see Scottish performance and share practice.

Funded through British Council Connections Through Culture programme.

03/12/2024

Nice opportunities at Dancebase including this one:

We are now accepting applications for our upcoming paid Artist Residency Programme - apply now!