Our renewed Associate Artist programme has been established to support projects that have a specific enquiry that is both connected to and embedded in our local community, the east end of the city.

With the support and infrastructure of the Tron, our Associate Artist will have the opportunity to pursue their own enquiry, whilst at the same time sharing their skills, expertise and learning back in to the Tron to help us evolve our organisational practive.

Victoria Beesley will be the Tron Theatre’s first pilot Associate Artist, delivering in the communities that surround us. She will work with the Marie Curie Hospice in Springburn, north east Glasgow, exploring the breadth of stories and experiences within the hospice.

Grounded in the belief that hospices are wonderful places built on principles of care, support, collaboration, generosity and valuing each individual, this project will be a celebration of the hospice movement and the impact it has had on people’s lives. It will also be recognition of the acute challenges that are faced every day by the hospice’s patients, carers, staff and volunteers.

Driven by the right of all people to access and enjoy art even during the most challenging of times, this project will bring creative activities and conversations into the work of the hospice. Victoria will work collaboratively with patients, carers, staff and volunteers who will use creative exploration to tell the stories that are important to them.

As part of this project, Victoria’s role will serve the Tron’s broader organisational learning, supporting the development of compassionate and well-informed bereavement and carers policies.