Emergence Festival 2025

Emergence is a festival of new work from the graduating artists of the MFA Acting/Directing Classical and Contemporary Text programme from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Emergence 2025 includes six provocative live performances and a gripping short film triple bill presented across two nights in January, returning to Glasgow’s iconic Centre for Contemporary Arts. These nine projects are the result of what can happen when artists are given a small budget and autonomy to respond to the provocation: what is the future of theatre and film?

Learn more and book tickets from RCS:

https://www.rcs.ac.uk/seasons/emergence-festival/

Graduating artists:

Liz Birrenbach
Camille Corinne
Beth Gallagher
Chris Ginesi
Chelsea Grace
Alison Kertz
Kat Kim
Yui Minari
Elizabeth Robbins
Chen Xu

Age Ratings:

Age ratings vary depending on the work, age ratings are available on the RCS booking website.

Schedule

Perfect Dead Girls [Chelsea Grace and Elizabeth Robbins]
Wed 15 Jan / 15.00
Thu 16 Jan / 19.00

Glasgow Green [Liz Birrenbach)
Wed 15 Jan / 16.10
Thu 16 Jan / 20.10

Hotel Otori Skin-Okubo [Yui Minari]
Wed 15 Jan / 17.10
Thu 16 Jan / 21.10

Short Film Triple Bill [Beth Gallagher, Alison Kertz, and Chris Ginesi]
Wed 15 Jan / 18.20
Thu 16 Jan / 17.05

The Head [Kat Kim]
Wed 15 Jan / 19.05
Thu 16 Jan / 15.00

one step closer (to Memories of Home) [Chen Xu]
Wed 15 Jan / 20.10
Thu 16 Jan / 16.05

Good Grief [Camille Corinne]
Wed 15 Jan / 21.10
Thu 16 Jan / 17.50