With recently starting a work placed programme with Toonspeak, I have had the fantastic opportunity of working with the Shine Young Parents group. I took this opportunity to take part as a participant which was great fun, and really livened … Continued

I was so delighted when we received funding to run our Barmulloch Summer Club for the first two weeks in July. Participants from Barmulloch came along and tried out something new each day, we had a go at Circus Skills, … Continued

As the Germany Exchange Trip, Equal Love draws nearer, here is a blog from participant Dora who accompanied theatre artist Daniel Livingston on an advanced planning trip to Oldenberg to plan out the 10 day project where youths from 8 … Continued

Every year Toonspeak create a brand new piece of theatre to premier in the summer written, devised and performed by our participants working with a range of arts professionals, which they now also operate in terms of theatre production. In … Continued

Today, is my last and final day of work experience at Toonspeak, sadly. I would like to make a massive thank you to Paula for helping me with the technical side of Toonspeak. I would also like to say a … Continued

In the Summer show ‘TELT!’ the protagonist: Hope, is being shut off from the world by the ‘Silencers’. Last night, at the Northwest workshop a group of people portraying as the ‘Silencers’ try to catch one person, portraying as Hope, … Continued

This is the third day of my work experience, it has been fantastic so far!! Everyone is so nice and helpful! Today I finished going through the postcards, the comments and ideas people have are amazing and hilarious.We find comments … Continued

Yesterday was an amazing first day at work experience with Toonspeak. Last night at Toonheid Speaks, the Monday drama group with children from 8-12 years. I was asked to lead a few games. I chose Olly Olly Octopus and SPLAT! … Continued

Hello, I’m Liam, I am from Springburn, Glasgow. I go to St. Roch’s Secondary School. This week I am doing work experience with Toonspeak as I wish to work with them and be involved in the creative arts in the … Continued

Toonspeak has teamed up with Sonnet Youth (Cat Hepburn and Kevin P. Gilday) for the 4th installment of Sonnet Youth² which provides a platform for our talented young writers, Word of Mouth to perform alongside established song and spoken word … Continued

Last night, September 13th 2017, we had the great pleasure of meeting Adam, both onstage and off. This young man has fled persecution to finally ‘become’ the person he has always been. It deals with the issue of trans rights … Continued

Toon In Speak Out is our annual youth consultation day where we invite current participants to talk about Toonspeak, their dreams and aspirations. This year we were in our new home, Barmulloch Residents Centre with 60 young people varying from … Continued

Last year at our annual Toon In Speak Out event, where we gather feedback from our participants, a group of over 40 young people were assembled and asked what they would like achieve with us in 2017. They came back … Continued

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What does it take to put on a successful musical like ‘Ma Bit’? For our first performance EVER in the Tron Theatre We put together a “crack team” of Young Artists to work everything from the sound to calling the … Continued

A couple of months ago we worked with Glasgow based artist Brian Hartley to do the promotion shots for our upcoming show ‘Ma Bit’ coming to the Tron Theatre this July, part of the Merchant City Festival! We put it … Continued

A wee word from the Director of our upcoming show ‘Ma Bit’ Libby McArthur So we’ve now cast MA BIT Toonspeak’s new Musical Theatre piece set to show at the Tron at the end of July. We start rehearsals on … Continued

Get your tickets here tron.co.uk! Ma Bit is a brand new musical theatre show from Toonspeak. Witness the dynamism and passion of 40 Glasgow young people who have co-created this ambitious, modern musical theatre show for their first ever performance in … Continued

Toonspeak Partnership Development Day was a fantastic success! We had an amazing array of people join us everywhere from social workers to freelance artists, young people to CEOs and Artistic Directors, from board members to arts professionals and more. The … Continued