Fire Stories
- Tickets
- Book a free ticket
- Dates and Opening times
- Fri 19 Jun, 7pm - 9pmSat 20 Jun, 2pm - 4pm
- Venue
The Glenburn Centre, 6 Glenburn Place, G34 9AN
- Participants
- Keira McLean
- Presented by
Platform
- Supported by
Creative Scotland Open Fund; Glasgow International; Platform; Red Flag Players; and The Glenburn Centre.
- Accessiblity
Level Access, Step Free: The venue has ramped or level access and/or lifts to upper floors
Toilets: The venue has toilets available for visitors, but these are not accessible
Accessible Toilets: The venue has a wheelchair accessible toilet
Baby Change: The venue has baby changing facilities
Bike Rack: There is cycle parking at the venue
Refreshments: There is a café or somewhere you can purchase refreshments
Fire Stories is a multimedia project led by artist Keira McLean in collaboration with filmmaker Caireen Stuart and animator Akvile Dirmauskaite. Co-designed and produced with residents of Easterhouse, a neighbourhood in the northeast of Glasgow, the project aims to unearth the histories of Greater Easterhouse through a series of participatory workshops, culminating in a special community performance.
The campfire, the hearth, the brazier of a picket, “round the fire” is where we come together, to sit, to share stories, to break bread. Around the fire it's easy to imagine a world in which we live in solidarity. We’re living through another period of political austerity, socio-economic deprivation, rampant isolation, and loneliness; we feel disconnected and powerless. We need to remember our history, our struggles, our victories, our defeats. How can this knowledge serve as a beacon of hope and action today? We are here and we want to live!