COMIC Karen Dunbar is heading to Springburn Shopping Centre next month for a special screening of her latest TV show.
In the BBC Scotland film, Karen helps five grannies from North Glasgow learn to rap.
The Chewin’ the Fat star will introduce Karen Dunbar’s School of Rap and take part in a question and answer session afterwards on April 15.
The event is part of The Bank of Springburn, a free, pop-up arts festival which runs from April 4 to 29, as part of the National Theatre of Scotland’s Neighbourhood Project.
The Bank will host free poetry and writing workshops and other special events throughout the month of April including live performances every Saturday afternoon.
There will also be a Poetry Take Away, where visitors can order a bespoke poem, written by awardwinning Glasgow poet and theatremaker Kevin P Gilday, about any subject personal to them, and collect it 30 minutes later.
Other highlights include performances by rising star of Scottish stand-up Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and music from Empress, Mima Merrow and Hunter & McMustard, who perform folk music with a social and global consciousness.
Kevin said: “The Bank of Springburn is a project about connection, about opening up space in our community and celebrating what makes us unique.
“As a Springburn resident I wanted to have a space to connect with the amazing community I saw around me in our vibrant neighbourhood, but I also wanted to invite the world to us - to open up the doors to a part of the city that has been cut off and neglected for so long.
“This is an invitation to join us, to create with us, to discover the rich history of one of Glasgow's most important areas.”
The Neighbourhood Project is a series of artistic residencies and projects working alongside communities close to the National Theatre of Scotland’s facility, Rockvilla, in North Glasgow.
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