Merchant City
Housed in a beautiful converted church at the heart of the Merchant City, the Tron is Glasgow's home for new writing and independent theatre. With an intimate main stage and a buzzing bar venue, it programmes a mix of Scottish premieres, visiting companies, and its popular scratch series for works-in-development.
Visit venue websiteOur Community Ensemble is for anyone interested in practically exploring the themes, content and creation of the shows which make up the Tron Theatre programme. Each term is fun and varied! Our activities this year has included attending a range of shows at the Tron, exploring the text from plays …...
Recommended Age Guide 14+ The battle has been won; the soldiers have returned victorious and the dead have been buried. But not all of them. Antigone’s brother has been deemed a traitor and must be punished, even in death. Filled with rage and a powerful sense of justice, Antigone takes … Continued
The Tron Theatre is delighted to be a part of this year’s Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival. With a theme of Glasgow Goes Out: The Places That Made Us, it seems only appropriate that we throw our stage doors open to the public. We will be offering short tours of … Continued
Recommended Age Guide 14+ Unsettling, darkly comic and full of surprises, the stage is set… for terror. When an out-of-work actor takes a job playing a ghost at an old countryside manor, he expects nothing more than a few cheap scares. But as night after night unfolds, the role begins … Continued
Recommended Age Guide 16+ A rip-roaring night of the very best live stand‑up comedy starring the TV names you know and love alongside some of the hottest up‑and‑coming talent. Breakout social media star Jack Skipper is the October headliner, with an impressive 19 million likes on TikTok under his...
Recommended Age Guide 14+ In Thanks for Being Here, your presence is crucial. Ontroerend Goed, internationally renowned for their ground-breaking theatre, celebrates theatre’s most essential element: the audience. In this witty and ingenious play of video and viewpoints, they blur the boundaries...
Recommended Age Guide 14+ In Tronversation With… is a series of events the Tron host over the year that invites creative and cultural legends from Glasgow and beyond to come and talk to our audiences about their careers and their connections with the Tron. As we celebrate the Tron Panto’s …...
Recommended age 7+ CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF THE TRON PANTOShe’s no’ just frozen… she’s baltic! Christmas is running like a dream down in Santa’s (aka Kristine Cagney Kringle’s) workshop. All nice and naughty lists have been checked off. Nothing can go wrong. Until a broken magic mirror unleashes...
The end is nigh, and the saucers are coming. Step into a world of apocalyptic visions, clandestine observers and the faithful disciples of a suburban housewife. Award-winning ensemble Groupwork present When Prophecy Fails, a daring new work of physical theatre. Inspired by a 1954 study that...
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