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Arán & Im

Arán & Im

★★★★☆ A winning combination

Irish writer and television documentary maker, Manchán Magan’s Arán & Im (Bread & Butter) is a fascinating piece of storytelling, slicing through Irish history, language and culture, while baking traditional Irish sourdough and churning fresh cream to create butter, live on stage. It is a winning combination.

Oct 27 2024 | By | Reply More
PPP: Detained

PPP: Detained

★★★★☆ Heartfelt

Detained, the final instalment in the Traverse’s autumn season of offerings from from Òran Mór’s Play, Pie and a Pint, is a thoughtful and incisive piece of theatre.

Oct 23 2024 | By | Reply More
PPP: Lost Girls / At Bus Stops

PPP: Lost Girls / At Bus Stops

★★★☆☆ Excellent performances

Lost Girls / At Bus Stops, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a rather sweet take on a time-honoured dramatic dilemma.

Oct 16 2024 | By | Reply More
To Save the Sea

To Save the Sea

★★★★☆ Defiant hope

Sleeping Warrior Theatre Company presents To Save the Sea at the Traverse and on a Scottish tour, a new musical capturing the efforts of Greenpeace environmental activists to prevent the disposal of Shell’s Brent Spar oil storage facility at sea in 1995.

Oct 12 2024 | By | Reply More
PPP: Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard

PPP: Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard

★★★☆☆ Tuneful

Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard, this week’s lunchtime theatre offering at the Traverse before continuing on tour, provides a melodic new slant on the familiar story of Robert Burns.

Oct 1 2024 | By | Reply More
PPP: The Wolves at the Door

PPP: The Wolves at the Door

★★★☆☆ Well-intentioned

The Wolves at the Door by Jack Hunter, the latest Play, Pie and a Pint offering from Òran Mór at the Traverse, is a piece of politically-informed theatre that has heart but is ultimately lacking in bite.

Sep 24 2024 | By | Reply More
PPP: The Last Cabaret on Earth

PPP: The Last Cabaret on Earth

★★★★☆ Impressive

The Last Cabaret on Earth, by Brian James O’Sullivan at the Traverse, is the first in the new series of Play, Pie and a Pint from Òran Mór (with Ayr Gaiety) – and has an impact out of all proportion to its small scale.

Sep 17 2024 | By | Reply More
A Knock on the Roof

A Knock on the Roof

★★★★☆ Politics of horror

A Knock on the Roof, Khawla Ibraheem’s play at the Traverse for piece by piece productions, is a chilling evocation of war and its human cost.

Aug 18 2024 | By | Reply More
Same Team

Same Team

★★★★★ Unmissable!

The combined frenzy of the Fringe and the Paris Olympics couldn’t be a more apt time to stage Same Team at The Traverse Theatre, directed by Bryony Shanahan and written by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse with the women of Street Soccer Scotland.

Aug 12 2024 | By | Reply More
So Young

So Young

★★★★☆ Pointed

So Young by Douglas Maxwell, the Traverse co-production with Raw Material and the Citizens, is a sharply observed, profound and beautifully acted piece of theatre.

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