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  1. Audition Notice: Male and Female Contemporary Dancers

    BARROWLAND BALLET REQUIRES VERSATILE AND HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL DANCERS Barrowland Ballet seek highly skilled contemporary dancers with good acting and improvisation skills – 1 male identifying dancer for Christmas run in Scotland 2023 and 1 female identifying dancer for international touring in 2024. Audition Dates: Central Glasgow, Sunday 12th November 2023, 11am – 1.30pm with call backs […]

  2. British Council International Collaboration Project Begins

    We’d like to give a warm welcome to our Atta Festival, Turkey cast and choreographer who arrived in Scotland this week.  Atta Festival and Barrowland Ballet, along with pupils from Isobel Mair School, Newton Mearns, are delighted to be collaborating in the creation of a new sensory production specifically for young people with complex needs, […]

  3. Tiger Tale and Playful Tiger to Taiwan and S. Korea

    Barrowland Ballet are delighted to be touring shows Tiger Tale and Playful Tiger to Taiwan and South Korea this July, visiting the National Taichung Theater 臺中國家歌劇院, Taiwan from the 12-16th July before visiting ARKO Daehakro Arts Theatre S. Korea as part of the 아시테지 코리아 Assitej Korea International Summer Festival 2023 from 21-23 July. Ahead of the tour, […]

  4. The Gift wins Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland

    The Gift has been presented with the award for best Production for Children and Young People at the 20th annual Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland. The awards ceremony which took place on Sunday 11th June at Traverse Theatre, saw Barrowland Ballet take home our first ever CATs award for the production. Specially designed for children aged […]

  5. The Gift receives two nominations for the CATS Awards

    We’re thrilled to announce that our production The Gift has been nominated for two Critic’s Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) in the categories of: Best Design Best Production for Children and Young People  Huge congratulations to our brilliant team – very well deserved- and to all the other nominees. The Gift: Creator and Choreographer: […]

  6. Introducing Producer (Maternity Cover), Gail Sneddon

    We are delighted to introduce Gail Sneddon who has joined us as Producer (maternity cover). Gail has been part of UK’s dance ecology, in many areas of dance practice, for over 25 years, from being a Dance Artist, Choreographer and Director to widening her scope towards dance development, programming and artist development across Scotland. Growing […]

  7. Barrowland Ballet and Atta Festival Collaboration

    We’re thrilled to announce that we’re in receipt of funding from the British Council’s International Collaboration Grant. This funding will see us collaborate with Atta Festival, Turkey in the creation of a new sensory production with and for young people with complex needs. This collaboration will see us work with not one but two casts- […]

  8. Audition Notice for Performers Based in Turkey

    Key Dates : Auditions (Dancers) – Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April 2023 Auditions (Musician) – Sunday 2nd April 2023 Meetings (Choreographers) – Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th April 2023 Creation  – 3 weeks in Glasgow, Scotland October 2023 Tour: Atta Festival Turkey Nov 2023   Dancers Barrowland Ballet, Scotland and Atta Festival, Turkey seek […]

  9. Edinburgh International Children’s Festival launch their 2023 programme

    The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival is back for 2023, and officially launched their programme today! We’re delighted to announce that Barrowland Ballet is included in this year’s festival with our show Too Close To The Sun for ages 7+, being 1 of 14 live shows in theatres across the city. As of today the programme […]

  10. Too Close To The Sun- Barrowland Ballet Spring 2023 Tour announced

    We’re delighted to announce that we are going on tour this spring with our new production for ages 7+, Too Close To The Sun.  Inspired by the Greek legend of Icarus, this is the story of a girl who’s weighed down by the responsibility of the environmental crisis. She dreams of the boy Icarus and begins […]