Orla O’Loughlin
Next James Play announced
James V: Katherine to premiere at Festival Studio
Rona Munro’s James Plays, her series of Scottish history plays about the Stewart kings, is to continue with James V: Katherine, which will open at Edinburgh’s Studio Theatre in April 2024 ahead of a Scottish tour.
What Girls Are Made Of
★★★★★ Exhilarating
Cora Bissett is nothing short of incredible in her gig-theatre show What Girls Are Made Of. It is full-throttle, high energy and, at points, it really does feel like you are front row at a gig.
BookFest – The Final Whistle
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 Final Round-up:
The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2019 closed with its customary eclectic selection of events a remarkably prescient glitch and a Playing with Books presentation that showed exactly what such an adaptation can do.
Locker Room Talk
★★★★☆ Troubling:
Deeply worrying and fascinatingly constructed, Locker Room Talk’s return to the Traverse is intriguing in theatrical terms and thoroughly unwelcome in what it reminds us about the world we inhabit.
What Girls Are Made Of
★★★★★ Joyous:
Bursting with emotion and tuneful energy, the return to the Traverse of What Girls Are Made Of is a thing of wonder.
Mouthpiece
★★★☆☆ Political emotion:
There is much to admire about the staging of Mouthpiece at the Traverse, and even more about how it is acted. In the end, however, the play tantalises rather than delivers.
Nicholls interim AD at Trav
Gareth Nichols made Traverse’s interim artistic director:
The Traverse board is to hold a consultation about the theatre’s future and has appointed Gareth Nichols as interim artistic director while the process is carried out.
O’Loughlin quits Traverse
Traverse AD heads to London Guildhall:
Orla O’Loughlin has announced that she is to leave her post as artistic director of the Traverse this autumn with her last directing role as Traverse AD being Kieran Hurley’s Mouthpiece, opening December 1.
Meet Me at Dawn
★★★★☆ Mythic emotion:
Meet Me At Dawn, a new play by Zinnie Harris presented by the EIF at the Traverse, is a sombre but beautifully open-hearted depiction of love, loss and regret.
Locker Room Talk Returns
#EdFringe tix on sale now:
Gary McNair’s verbatim show, Locker Room Talk, inspired by Donal Trump’s leaked sexually aggressive comments, will play two performances in one day at the Traverse in the 2017 fringe.
