Traverse 50
What’s This!
What Now? It’s a Strange Town spectacular:
Edinburgh youth company Strange Town return to the Traverse this week for two nights of a double bill – a pair of plays created for and with the performers in the company by playwright Alan Gordon.
Leith life in Morningside
Capital Converse in Hothouse preview:
Edinburgh-based company Trig Point Theatre’s latest two-hander, Capital Converse, is to get a Morningside preview before its date as part of the Traverse Theatre’s Hothouse season.
Nurturing talent
Traverse Hothouse response to explosion of local productions:
This August, almost 90 Edinburgh-based productions appeared at the fringe – more than ever before. While the amateur, professional and youth companies were present as usual, it was in Edinburgh’s unfunded, shoestring companies that the real growth was obvious.
Traverse Takes the HUFF
Six new plays from Traverse Fifty writers, the sharp return of award winning Perth Theatre director to Scotland and the next instalment of Stella Quines Canadian trilogy are on the menu at the Traverse this August.
My Name is Saoirse opens tonight
Edinburgh’s smallest theatre opens for 2014 business tonight (Thursday) with a new one-hander from Traverse 50 playwright Eva O’Connor.
Write Here, Right Now!
Secret plays hidden in unlikely places and the return of lunchtime theatre are on the menu at the Traverse this week at the Write Here new writing festival.
Taking the Traverse Fifty to the fringe
The Traverse has announced that it is to feature all the Traverse Fifty’s original 500-word plays – the Fifty Plays for Edinburgh – as part of the productions at this year’s Edinburgh festivals.
Parents night at the VPT
Parents rule at the March edition of Village Pub Theatre, taking place this Friday, 29 March at the Village Pub, South Fort Street, Leith.
Trav 50 join in down the pub
Details of the February Villag Pub Theatre event have been announced, with six short plays being presented as rehearsed readings at the Villager, South Fort Street on Thursday, 28th.
