Toonspeak’s teamed Word of Mouth up with Sonnet Youth (Cat Hepburn and Kevin P. Gilday) to provide a platform for our talented young writers to perform alongside established song and spoken word artists. Word of Mouth is a project for … Continued
Welcome a new member of the Toonspeak’s team – Marie! After finishing her Master’s degree in International Strategic Marketing at the University of Glasgow, Marie decided to gain experience working in the Glaswegian art sector. Coming originally from Prague, she … Continued
Blog by Marie Hnatova Last week, it was my first time to visit one of the SHINE workshops, Toonspeak workshops with a theatre coach and a life coach aimed to boost young people’s self confidence. This one was working with … Continued
Blog by Marie Hnatova The last workshop with Libby was just amazing! Even though there were many of us, the session was very inspiring and everyone learned a lot of new skills. Such new abilities will be more than useful … Continued
InElsWhEre Recently, I spent a week as Artist in Residence at Toonspeak working with a team of three other actors (Andrew Keay, Kirsty Eila McIntyre, Angela Cassidy) and director Paul Charlton. We were developing my piece ‘InElsWhEre’, a new Scottish … Continued
Check this lot!!! Toonheid Speaks does Halloween! Our wee group of Toonies meet every week in Townhead Village Hall for their weekly drama sessions with Stevie and Sarah. So, when Paul the total legend who runs the Hall asked us … Continued
My work experience at Toonspeak was great as I got to take part in lots of different workshops which opened my eyes in ways to explore drama and inspired me by all of the great ideas that every participant had. One of the … Continued
Over the past week I’ve been the Artist in Residency at Toonspeak and here’s what I’ve been doing. What I’m investigating. I am observing Politicians as Performers. I am taking videos of the US presidential debates and speeches, as well … Continued
I love wrestling. I suppose it would be more accurate to say I love watching wrestling. I personally haven’t ever Irish-whipped someone across a ring, I haven’t clotheslined anyone, pinned anyone or jumped from the top rope. I’ve worked in … Continued
Toonspeak Studio is a great space for work to be created, whether it’s our own workshops or a space we offer artists to use to test out/ develop work. We were delighted to be able to offer the studio to … Continued
Another week full of activity at Toonspeak, and special announcements. First and foremost we have a new Chair and Vice Chair for our Board. We are absolutely thrilled to announce that former participant Jasmine Main is the new Chair of Toonspeak. … Continued
Glasgow’s multi-arts organisation Confab approached Toonspeak about hosting workshops for the first ever Scottish Youth Poetry Slam, aimed at 11-13 year olds. We were delighted at this opportunity. Every year we work with young people aged 14-25 through our Word … Continued
Word of Mouth is a Toonspeak Young Writers project led by author Cathy Forde each year, and features a range of guest artists with different styles and from various backgrounds. This week we are excited to have Chris Dolan another … Continued
Toonspeak have a packed programme this Autumn! Our weekly drama workshops have already begun, we have 4 per week with some awesome freelance theatre artists, and new young people coming along every week in Sighthill, Summerston, Royston and Townhead. Everyone … Continued
Word of Mouth is a Toonspeak Young Writers project led by author Cathy Forde each year, and features a range of guest artists with different styles and from various backgrounds. This week we are excited to have Harry Giles, a … Continued
Word of Mouth is a Toonspeak Young Writers project led by author Cathy Forde each year, and features a range of guest artists with different styles and from various backgrounds. This week we are excited to have Viv Gee back … Continued
Connor Gibson joined Toonspeak about 4 years ago when he came across one of our workshops in Blackhill. After asking what was going on he decided to join in and since then has been one of our most active members. … Continued
Word of Mouth is a Toonspeak Young Writers project led by author Cathy Forde each year, and features a range of guest artists with different styles and from various backgrounds. We are kicking off this week with award winning scriptwriter, spoken … Continued
Toonspeak would like to say a big massive thank you to the wonderful Marie-Louise Fox. Marie-Louise has been on the Board of Toonspeak for a number of years, and has been both a brilliant support and resource for the organisation. … Continued
Every year Toonspeak ask you to have your say at our annual event Toon In Speak Out. This year’s is set to be amazing! We have a brilliant team of young people working on it. They have been coming along … Continued
