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Tian Glasgow is a queer cis Black man who grew up in London and has lived in Manchester since 2019. He is the founder of the theatre company New Slang Productions, established in 2011. Tian’s work is driven by social concerns such as race and class and their impact on communities.
In early 2012, his debut production Silver Shores was staged at the Tristan Bates Theatre, followed by his sophomore production Changing State at the Hen & Chickens Theatre in 2015. Tian wrote and directed both plays. From 2016 to 2019, he created Race Today, a project supported by the Barbican Centre, Bernie Grant Arts Centre, and Arts Council England. The initiative provided a platform for emerging writers of colour to explore the PoC experience through short vignettes, culminating in a single cohesive work of uncompromising yet forward-looking art. His most recent piece, Tomorrow is Not Promised, was developed at The Lowry with Sustained Theatre Up North. It premiered at The Lowry in 2022 and debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe in summer 2023.
In addition to his creative work, Tian is a Senior Creative Producer specialising in theatre, arts, and music events, as well as a workshop facilitator. His lived experience of seeing how Black communities support each other through grief, especially in the pandemic, and while leading Grief Gatherings for Fevered Sleep became integral to Tomorrow is not Promised’s onward creation. Moving beyond this work more recently, he looks to the future of queer POC communities and chosen family with Code Switch by looking to the best parts of childhood with fictional characters.
Photo credit Shane Callaghan
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