Wee Man
Barrowland Ballet
About Wee Man
Wee Man is a powerful and highly physical dance-theatre performance by award-winning choreographer Natasha Gilmore. Performed by an all-male cast of both men and teenagers, this candid and compelling work explores the shifting—and stubbornly static— rules of masculinity across generations.
From one of "Scotland’s most successful contemporary dance companies"(Reviews Hub), with evocative sound by Luke Sutherland and text created with Kevin P. Gilday, Wee Man blends raw movement, humour, and honest storytelling to unpack the "rulebook" of male behaviour - from everyday pressures to darker, inherited ideals.
Runner up for the Leading Light award, Scottish Theatre Awards on the Fringe 2025.
Funny, touching and true
The Times
This is edge-of-the-seat, in-yer-face stuff that leaves you breathless
Broadway Baby
Illuminates emotional depths rarely allowed to boys and men in conventional social spaces
Fest Mag
About Barrowland Ballet
Barrowland Ballet is one of Scotland’s most exciting and successful contemporary
dance companies, built around the artistic work of choreographer Natasha Gilmore.
The company produces thrilling, accessible dance-theatre performances, installations, films and participatory projects. The work’s themes are delivered with wit and humour, and the insightful observations of human behaviour are rooted in personal stories.
Barrowland Ballet is recognised for its rich intergenerational, racially diverse practice, and for genre-defining work with and for neurodivergent young audiences.
The company has gained a high level of critical and artistic success performing in festivals and venues across the world. The Gift was awarded ‘Best Production for Children and Young People’ at the CATS Awards 2023; Natasha Gilmore was the UK nomination for the ASSITEJ Award for Excellence 2017 for her work for young audiences including Tiger Tale and Poggle; immersive video installation Family Portrait won ‘Best of the Fest’ at Edinburgh Fringe 2021, and their dance-films continue to receive laurels at International Film Festivals, with Whiteout becoming an award winner at San Francisco Indie Short Festival 2021, Denton Black Film Festival 2022 and Cinevox Dance Film Festival 2022; Wolf won 'Most Innovative Project' at Scotland’s Generations Working Together awards 2019, was awarded audience attention grabber at Knowbox Festival 2021; and Strings winning the Humanity Award at Utah Dance Film Festival 2022.
The company also run Wolf Pack - a free, intergenerational company in Glasgow with participants aged 7-80 years old.
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Credits
Wee Man is supported by Creative Scotland, The National Lottery Community Fund, Young Start, with thanks to The Work Room.
Cast & Creatives
Choreographer/Director Natasha Gilmore
Composer: Luke Sutherland
Poet: Kevin P. Gilday
Text by: Kevin P. Gilday, Davey Anderson and the cast
Lighting Designer: Elle Taylor
Producing Team: Nicola Denman, Sarah Imaki
