44-634: The Arches may mean: The Arches (Glasgow) , a former theatre, arts venue and nightclub in Glasgow The Arches (London nightclub) , a nightclub in London The Arches (Sheffield nightclub) , a nightclub in Sheffield The Arches is a location in the fictional borough of Walford, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. The Arches Provincial Park ,
88-436: A bigger, monthly event, Pressure, on the last Friday of every month. The night had at least two rooms of music playing mainly house and techno. Pressure saw some of the largest names in dance music play The Arches, including Jeff Mills , Carl Craig , Derrick Carter , Richie Hawtin , Laurent Garnier , Felix da Housecat , Ricardo Villalobos , Boys Noize, Vitalic , and Erol Alkan . Other well-established club nights at
132-679: A career in theatre. Having rebranded and redeveloped the nine-year-old Arches Theatre Festival into Behaviour, an internationally significant festival of contemporary performance which brought companies and artists like Mammalian Diving Reflex, Ontroerend Goed, Gob Squad , The TEAM, Ann Liv Young, Taylor Mac and Tim Crouch to Scotland, Wylie also co-commissioned performances such as DEREVO's Natura Morte , and Linder Sterling 's 13 hour performance Darktown Cakewalk . The Arches played host to club nights since 1992 with some nights being promoted by outside companies and others being in-house productions. Notable long-running regular clubs to be held in
176-503: A cast of 100, and a staging of Seamus Heaney 's translation of the epic poem Beowulf . For the building's fifteenth anniversary in 2006, Arnold conceived and directed the critically acclaimed production Spend A Penny , a series of one-on-one monologues staged in the venue's toilet cubicles, featuring work by playwrights including Liz Lochhead . When Jackie Wylie took over the arts programme in 2008, The Arches built on its increasing reputation for nurturing emergent talent from across
220-401: A collection of short stories from Rebel Inc. , New Writing Scotland and other sources. Many of the stories take place in and around the housing schemes from Trainspotting , and employ many of the same themes; a touch of fantasy is apparent in stories such as The Acid House , where the minds of a baby and a drug user swap bodies, or The Granton Star Cause , where God transforms a man into
264-544: A fly as punishment for wasting his life. Welsh adapted three of the stories for a later film of the same name , in which he also appeared. Welsh's third book (and second novel), Marabou Stork Nightmares , alternates between a grim tale of thugs and schemes in sub-working class Scotland and a hallucinatory adventure tale set in South Africa. His next book, Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance (1996), became his most high-profile work since Trainspotting , released in
308-613: A public park on the western coastline of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A nickname for McDonald's , a fast food chain Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Arches . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Arches&oldid=990663285 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
352-633: A series of other jobs. He left Edinburgh for the London punk scene in 1978, where he played guitar and sang in The Pubic Lice and Stairway 13. A series of arrests for petty crimes and finally a suspended sentence for trashing a North London community centre inspired Welsh to correct his ways. He worked for Hackney Council in London and studied computing with the support of the Manpower Services Commission . Welsh returned to Edinburgh in
396-507: A short film to accompany the track " Atlantic " from Keane 's album Under the Iron Sea . Welsh directed his first short dramatic film, NUTS , which he co-wrote with Cavanagh. The film features Joe McKinney as a man dealing with testicular cancer in post Celtic tiger Ireland. It was released in 2007. Welsh co-directed "The Right to liberty", a chapter of the documentary film The New Ten Commandments , in 2008. In 2009 Welsh directed
440-653: A short story for the One City compilation published in 2005 in benefit of the One City Trust for social inclusion in Edinburgh. In Crime , Ray Lennox (from Welsh's previous work, Filth ) is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. The story takes place in Florida. Welsh's prequel to Trainspotting , titled Skagboys ,
484-459: A whole new generation of playwright-performers, including Rob Drummond, Kieran Hurley, Gary McNair and Julia Taudevin, and performance artists like Nic Green , Robert Softley Gale and Adrian Howells. Wylie commissioned and developed international touring multi-award-winning productions including Nic Green 's Trilogy , Rob Drummond's Bullet Catch and Kieran Hurley's Beats . Drummond credits The Arches with allowing him to develop his work into
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#1732887644928528-459: A young, alcoholic civil servant who finds himself inadvertently putting a curse on his nemesis, a nerdy co-worker. In 2007, Welsh published If You Liked School You'll Love Work , his first collection of short stories in over a decade. Welsh contributed a novella called Contamination to The Weekenders: Travels in the Heart of Africa . Welsh, Ian Rankin , and Alexander McCall Smith each contributed
572-507: Is a Scottish novelist and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name . He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films. Irvine Welsh was born in Leith , the port area of the Scottish capital Edinburgh . He states that he was born in 1958, though according to Glasgow police, his birth record is dated around 1951. When he
616-571: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Arches (Glasgow) The Arches was a bar, arts venue, theatre , live music venue and nightclub in Glasgow , Scotland , which first opened in 1991. It was a not-for-profit organisation, and was situated in the City Centre under Glasgow Central station and the West Coast Main Line in
660-580: Is imposed over the top of the protagonist's own internal monologue (the worm's host), visibly depicting the tapeworm's voracious appetite, much like the "Climax of Voices" in Gray's novel 1982, Janine . Welsh married Beth Quinn in 2005, and in 2018 announced that they were divorcing. They had lived together in the Lakeview neighbourhood of Chicago , USA, since 2009. Prior to Chicago, he lived in Dublin. In 2018, he
704-428: Is known for writing in his native Edinburgh dialect of Scots . He generally ignores the traditional conventions of literary Scots, used for example by Allan Ramsay , Robert Fergusson , Robert Burns , Robert Louis Stevenson , and James Orr . Instead, he transcribes dialects phonetically. Like Alasdair Gray before him, Welsh also experiments with typography . In the novel Filth , the tapeworm's internal monologue
748-518: The Trainspotting characters back for a sequel, Porno , in 2002. In this book Welsh explores the impact of pornography on the individuals involved in producing it, as well as society as a whole, and the impact of aging and maturity in individuals against their will. The book is set just after the opening of the new Scottish Parliament. The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs (2006), deals with
792-421: The 19th-century West Port murders . Despite the historical source material, Welsh has set the story in the familiar confines of present-day Edinburgh, with Burke and Hare depicted as brothers who steal human organs to meet the demands of the global transplant market. Wedding Belles , a film made for Channel 4 that was written by Welsh and Cavanagh, aired at the end of March 2007. The film centres around
836-516: The Arches included: In 2008, The Arches reprieved its Alien War attraction, which originally took place in 1992, and transformed it into Alien Wars . The initial show was an Alien -inspired tour, recreating the atmosphere and horror of the Alien films. Many celebrities were linked to this attraction, when staged in London, including: Sigourney Weaver , who participated; Sylvester Stallone , whose restaurant
880-512: The Exit Theatre and made its European première in Dublin , at The Mill Theatre Dundrum , directed by Graham Cantwell . The plot revolves around the behind-the-scenes antics of a group of Munchkins on the set of The Wizard of Oz . The production included the use of oversized sets with actors of regular stature. Cavanagh and Welsh have also collaborated on screenplays. The Meat Trade is based on
924-579: The Fiction Book of the Year at Saltire Literary Awards 2016. A sequel to The Blade Artist , entitled Dead Men's Trousers , was released on 29 March 2018, and sees Mark Renton, Sick Boy, and Spud reuniting with Francis Begbie. In 2021, a TV adaptation of Crime was launched in the UK on BritBox as a six-episode series starring Dougray Scott as detective Lennox. Welsh worked on the project with Dean Cavanagh . This
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#1732887644928968-423: The Scottish cultural scene, including Irvine Welsh , Liz Lochhead and members of Franz Ferdinand , Belle and Sebastian and Mogwai , signed a letter asking the Scottish government to ensure that The Arches remained open as an arts venue. In June 2015, The Arches announced on social media that the company would go into administration and would have no choice but to close down the facility. The Arches building
1012-489: The artistic director at the Tron Theatre . He was succeeded as artistic director and joint chief executive by Jackie Wylie , formerly the venue's Arts Programmer. In April 2015, The Arches announced on Facebook that their nightclub licence had been removed from them. DJs, artists, performers showed anger all over the world. A petition started to reinstate the licence gained over 40,000 signatures, while over 400 figures from
1056-437: The brick arches of the viaduct leading into the station, with entrances on Midland Street, and (since 2001) an entrance underneath Hielanman's Umbrella on Argyle Street . The venue had 7,800 square metres (84,000 sq ft) of floor space which was spread over two floors and seven arches. In June 2015, The Arches announced on their website that the company would go into administration and had no choice but to close down
1100-422: The contractual constraints imposed by Fox. The 2008 storyline is centred on an alien vessel being discovered in the basement by workmen, guarded by the military for the last couple of years, and to which visitors are escorted by "space marines". 55°51′33″N 4°15′30″W / 55.85917°N 4.25833°W / 55.85917; -4.25833 Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958)
1144-468: The country. The Guardian 's theatre critic Lyn Gardner described the venue's significance under Wylie's direction: The Arches was one of the reasons that in recent years Glasgow has become a magnet for young performance-makers; many of those who forge careers there take the work on to festivals and theatres across the world. It is as significant as Battersea Arts Centre, in London, in the way it nurtures tomorrow. Between 2008 and 2015, The Arches developed
1188-586: The exercise of free will and with the individual soul. He's much more interested in teleology than sociology." Welsh's novels share characters, giving the feel of a "shared universe" within his writing. For example, characters from Trainspotting make cameo appearances in The Acid House , Marabou Stork Nightmares , Ecstasy , Filth , and slightly larger appearances in Glue , whose characters then appear in Porno . Welsh
1232-471: The facility, after its licensing hours had been curtailed. The site of the venue was a previously derelict area below the Glasgow Central railway station, which was converted to house the exhibition Glasgow's Glasgow during the city's year as European City of Culture . In 1991, after the exhibition had ended, the space was obtained by Andy Arnold , who would become the venue's artistic director , for
1276-410: The film Good Arrows (co-directed by Helen Grace). It was written by Welsh and Cavanagh. The film is about a darts player who suffers from depression which causes him to lose his skill. As well as recreational drug use , Welsh's fiction and non-fiction is dominated by the question of working class and Scottish identity in the period spanning the 1960s to the present day. Within this, he explores
1320-492: The late 1980s, where he worked for the city council in the housing department. He then studied for an MBA at Heriot-Watt University . Welsh has published eleven novels and four collections of short stories. His first novel , Trainspotting , was published in 1993. Set in the mid-1980s, it uses a series of non-linear and loosely connected short-stories to tell the story of a group of characters tied together by decaying friendships, heroin addiction and stabs at escape from
1364-477: The lives of four young women, who are played by Michelle Gomez , Shirley Henderson , Shauna MacDonald , and Kathleen McDermot. Wedding Belles was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA and was subsequently sold to TV channels in Canada and Europe. Welsh has directed several short films for bands. In 2001 he directed a 15-minute film for Gene 's song "Is It Over" which is taken from the album Libertine . In 2006 he directed
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1408-469: The narrators for his third novel, Filth (1998). The main character of Filth was a vicious sociopathic policeman. The novel was adapted to a film of the same name in 2013. Glue (2001) was a return to the locations, themes and episodic form of Trainspotting , telling the stories of four characters spanning several decades in their lives and the bonds that held them together. Having revisited some of them in passing in Glue , Welsh brought most of
1452-469: The novelist James Kelman , generally receiving favourable ratings from the Scottish Arts Council . He was also inspired by the size and atmospherics of the space to put on unusual productions such as Arthur Miller 's The Crucible in the building's damp, dark basement with the audience seated on church pews, Metropolis – The Theatre Cut, a promenade version of Fritz Lang 's film featuring
1496-416: The oppressive boredom and brutality of their lives in the social housing schemes. It was released to shock and outrage in some circles and great acclaim in others. It was adapted as a play, and a film adaptation , directed by Danny Boyle and written by John Hodge , was released in 1996. Welsh appeared in the film in the minor role of drug dealer Mikey Forrester. Next, Welsh released The Acid House ,
1540-471: The purposes of creating a theatre. Realising that theatre productions required substantial funding, Arnold decided to stage nightclub events to support his projects, and this practice continued until the venue's closure, the clubbing revenues helping to fund what became one of Europe's leading cultural venues. In early 2007, The Arches was voted 12th best club in the world by DJs in a DJ Magazine poll. In January 2008, Andy Arnold left The Arches to become
1584-585: The rise and fall of the council housing scheme, denial of opportunity, low-paid work, unemployment , social assistance , sectarianism , football , hooliganism , sex, suppressed homosexuality , dance clubs, freemasonry , Irish republicanism , sodomy , class divisions, emigration and, perhaps most of all, the humour, prejudices and axioms of the Scots. Sam Leith , writing in the Financial Times , argues that: "Welsh's concerns are with sin and salvation, with
1628-578: The venue included: One of the first club nights to be hosted in The Arches, Slam ran every Friday between 1992 and 1998. Originally the night was held in now defunct Glasgow venue Tin Pan Alley and later The Sub Club . It was hosted by local techno producers Slam but also featured regular guests, most notably Underworld and Daft Punk (in their first UK appearance in 1997). In 1998, after six years of running Friday club nights at The Arches, Slam created
1672-478: The wave of publicity surrounding the film. It consists of three unconnected novellas : the first, Lorraine Goes To Livingston , is a bawdy satire of classic British romance novels , the second, Fortune's Always Hiding , is a revenge story involving thalidomide and the third, The Undefeated , is a sly, subtle romance between a young woman dissatisfied with the confines of her suburban life and an aging clubgoer. A corrupt police officer and his tapeworm served as
1716-544: Was four, his family moved to Muirhouse , in Edinburgh, where they stayed in local housing schemes . His mother worked as a waitress. His father was a dock worker in Leith until bad health forced him to stop, after which he became a carpet salesman; he died when Welsh was 25. Welsh left Ainslie Park High School when he was 16 and then completed a City and Guilds course in electrical engineering. He became an apprentice TV repairman until an electric shock persuaded him to move on to
1760-511: Was next door, and declined to take part; and, Michael Jackson , whose bodyguards visited but apparently didn't finish the tour. Sigourney Weaver, when asked to comment on her experience, said "Although I have been through the movies, I was screaming as much as everyone else." The organisers, who had a contract for the first attraction with 20th Century Fox , the copyright holders to the Alien franchise, decided to go beyond this limitation and develop their own storyline, thus freeing themselves of
1804-466: Was published in 2012. Set in Leith in the early 1980s, it introduces the Trainspotting characters and follows them as they fall into heroin addiction. Given as a series of linked short stories, the book is also interspersed with brief commentaries on contemporary British politics. In particular, the consequences of the destruction of industry in the northern cities are drawn for the young working class. His eighth novel, The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins ,
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1848-561: Was published in May 2014 and his ninth novel titled A Decent Ride was published by Vintage Books in April 2015. The latter work featured the returning character 'Juice' Terry Lawson (previously from Glue ). Welsh's tenth novel, released in April 2016, The Blade Artist , centres around a seemingly rehabilitated Francis Begbie now living in California with a wife and children. It was shortlisted for
1892-519: Was reopened as Platform food market since February 2018. Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches was published by Salamander Street in November 2021 containing accounts from directors, DJs, performers, clubbers, artists, bar tenders, actors, audiences and staff. Arnold set up The Arches Theatre Company to perform interpretations of work by playwrights including Samuel Beckett , Tennessee Williams , David Mamet , Harold Pinter and two unperformed works by
1936-590: Was the first TV adaptation of a book by Welsh. A second six-episode series has since been made and is currently available on ITV and ITVX. As well as fiction, Irvine Welsh has written several stage plays, including Headstate , You'll Have Had Your Hole , and the musical Blackpool , which featured original songs by Vic Godard of the Subway Sect . He co-authored Babylon Heights with his screen writing partner Dean Cavanagh . The play premiered in San Francisco at
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