Gathered Together 2024 presents Wee Man, a work in progress by Barrowland Ballet

Thursday 5 September 
Two performances at 3.30pm and 6pm 
(Duration 55 mins) 

Part of Gathered Together, a four-day festival of performance from some of the world’s leading inclusive dance organisations, presented by Indepen-dance.

Barrowland Ballet presents a work in progress of Wee Man, a highly physical performance by six men and six teenage boys exploring the rules of masculinity understood by the wee men and older men in the cast. 

Wee Man is accompanied by a sound score by composer Luke Sutherland and text created with the poet Kevin P. Gilday.

The troop holds
Cradles brotherhood
In calloused hands
Absorbs transgression
Forgives everything but individuality
Dismisses the traumatic
With a pat on the back

ACCESS: All performances at Gathered Together are audio described and BSL Interpreted.
Audio Description/AD: Emma-Jane McHenry
BSL Interpreter: Yvonne Strain and others tbc
The sign language interpreter will stand on Stage Left. AD headsets will be supplied by our audio describer and can be picked up from the Indepen-dance desk situated in the foyer.

Indepen-dance is funded by Creative Scotland, The Trades House of Glasgow - Commonweal Fund and The William Grant Foundation. Gathered Together 2024 is supported in kind by Scottish Ballet and The Work Room. 

Photo - Julia Bauer