Maryhill Storyplay Games – The Exhibition launch!
A Celebration of Storyplay, family and community – with food, friends and play!
On the 7th of July Licketyspit and Community Central Hall launched the Maryhill Storyplay Games Exhibition to celebrate our first Maryhill Storyplay Games 2026 (coinciding with Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games!), created with photographer Eoin Carey and the Licketyspit Child-Photographers.
Eoin, who has worked with Licketyspit for many years photographing many of our projects, events and festivals, perfectly captured the joy, creativity and community of Storyplay! His genius invention addition, was The Licketyspit Photography Studio, where child photographers took wonderful portraits of their families and friends!
The launch of the Exhibition at Maryhill’s Community Central Hall was a fabulous success, attended by Licketyspit families from across Glasgow, Licketyspit friends, supporters and members of the public who were experiencing Storyplay for the first time!
Our fantastic Licketyspit Patrons, actor Sanjeev Kohli and Storyplay Champion, Zainab Adeleye, cut the ribbon to open the exhibition. They spoke eloquently about the power of Storyplay to create and nurture this richly diverse, generous and inclusive community and the importance of play, not only for children but for everyone, and how creativity and human connection helps us all become people who can change the world!
There were crafts, reflecting drawing, dressing-up, a CCH cooking workshop making Quesadillas! lovely food, and we even had an impromptu Dressing-Up Parade! And of course, everyone got to see all the brilliant giant and small photographs all over Community Central Hall!
“This place is amazing like you get to play with your mum and your dad or anyone that’s in your family playing these games has helped me find out that I can do more stuff than I think I can do. Being with your friends and your family is great” – Child
“It also the place that everyone can feel belonged to this community and emotionally relieve the stress and feeling lonely. Even children can make new friends, also the adults can meet new people which help them to improve their language skills, make them confident in their daily lives. I feel super confident with others, they become part of my family!” – Parent
A most excellent launch of a fantastic Exhibition that continued until the 15th of August for the public to enjoy.
We hope this unique Exhibition can have a further life and share this celebration of children, families, play, multi-culturalism, optimism and joy with even more people!
