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Going Galoshans

Paul Bristow • October 19, 2020

Hallowe'en in Inverclyde

For the last few years, Inverclyde has celebrated a more traditional type of Halloween with its Galoshans Festival. The festival takes its name from the play which used to be performed around the houses on Halloween - you can read, download and perform a version of the play I created a few years back.

This year, Inverclyde’s Galoshans Festival is obviously having to adapt to the even scarier realities of Covid-19 – and so much of the activity has shifted online for now, but there are still lots of events, activities and performances to enjoy. Check out the programme and facebook page.

On Saturday 24th, we’ll be running AIEEE!, a spooky comics workshop. You can book spaces at the workshop via email. The workshop is part of our Outside The Box project which has also been delivering some online workshops with local young people, which have helped create some scary stories for a comic we’ll be releasing later in the year. The comics include an exploration of the Galoshans Play story and an adaptation of ‘The Buried Alive’ a Victorian horror story written by Greenock’s own John Galt and illustrated by the awesome Robin Henley.

Throughout October, you can also read and download our original Greenock horror comic Tales of the Oak for free via ISSUU – Curse of Crow Mount, Ghost Pirate of Lunderston Bay, The Ballad of Auld Dunrod, Claws of the Catman, a ghastly smorgasbord of local folk horror for you to enjoy.

And finally, I’ll be sharing some ghost stories online at 8pm from Monday 24th October until Saturday 31st October. These will be up on the Magic Torch Comics facebook page and also on my own soundcloud page.

Merry October, stay safe and take care.

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