Welcome to The Neighbourhood, a captivating project by the National Theatre of Scotland in North Glasgow! We're on a mission to discover what it truly means to be a good neighbour and how our presence as a National company affects the local community. Through action research, we've delved into the lives of our neighbours, meeting community leaders and learning about their incredible initiatives.

In 2024 Residency Artists Eoin McKenzie and Roisin Mary McLinden engaged with our local North Glasgow community and have now completed their Develop Residency. We saw Roisin create a participatory art project fusing cycling and theatre making. At its core sits the question: how can we cultivate a state of wonder from which to make new work? Through exploring of the Forth Clyde canal by bike, participants discovered wonder within their local landscape, using their connection to nature as inspiration to generate ideas. Wonder Landswill culminated in a with a short film showing at Pinkston Gala Day.

Eoin McKenzie created the Neighbourhood Variety Show which sought to re-imagine the tradition of variety shows through inviting local people and performers to take to the stage in a joyous celebration of the North Glasgow region. It transformed the stage into a truly civic space where community can be felt and experienced, and celebrated by a diverse array of short performances made in collaboration with local people. The Neighbourhood Variety show is back again in 2025, this time in the Sauchiehall Street institution - the Garage.

In 2025 we also have residency artist Rebecca Livesey-Wright working with clients, staff and volunteers at Possobilities in North Glasgow on Sow, Grow, Reap. This project explores how growing cycles can be adapted to provide more flexibility to ‘seasonal’ growing to make engaging with food more approachable for people who live according to alternative timelines.