Traverse Theatre

From its humble beginnings in an abandoned Lawnmarket brothel in 1963, 'the Trav' now has two performance spaces – seating 100 and 350 respectively – in the arts quarter on Lothian Road. Widely considered the number one writing theatre in Scotland, both in terms of production and innovation, it provides support to contemporary playwrights – having launched the careers of writers such as John Byrne and Liz Lochhead. It produces an average of six Traverse Theatre Company productions or co-productions a year, as well as putting on plays, adaptations, dance, physical theatre, puppetry and contemporary music from visiting companies across the UK.

If you’re not content to just spectate or laze away the day in their popular bar/café, the Traverse also runs a regular series of workshops, readings and discussions for those of you looking for a bit of inspiration or advice on your journey to theatrical stardom. In short, it's an Edinburgh Institution.

• Cadre

  times vary, prices vary
  Traverse Theatre

  South African story of dreams and change, charting how countries go through times of turmoil when in transition from one state of governing to a new order....

• The Events

  times vary, £13.00 – £20.00
  Traverse Theatre

  David Greig’s daring new play asks how far forgiveness will stretch in the face of atrocity. Featuring local choirs and a soaring soundtrack, The Events tells of tragedy, obsession and...

• Quietly

  times vary, £12.00 – £19.00
  Traverse Theatre

  ‘There’s more to the truth than facts.’ Two middle-aged Belfast men are meeting tonight for the first time. They share a violent past. They need to talk. A powerful new...

• Grounded

  times vary, £12.00 – £19.00
  Traverse Theatre

  She's a pregnant F-16 pilot, reassigned to flying drones over Pakistan from a trailer in Vegas. A terrorist hunter by day and wife and mother by night. Grounded is an exhilarating, gripping look...

• Fight Night

  times vary, £12.00 – £19.00
  Traverse Theatre

  Five performers. Five Rounds. Your vote. One survivor. Multiple Fringe First-winning company Ontroerend Goed, and the Border Project put the power into your hands to vote for your favourite candidate...

• Have I No Mouth

  times vary, £12.00 – £19.00
  Traverse Theatre

  A theatrical, funny and heartbreaking documentary performance written and performed by real life mother and son, Ann and Feidlim Cannon, which explores the the changing nature of their relationship in...

• Ciara

  times vary, £13.00 – £20.00
  Traverse Theatre

  Set against the razor-sharp landscape of Glasgow, Ciara (Blythe Duff), struggles to emerge from the shadow of her father’s ganglands legacy. Ciara is a new play from the Olivier award-winning writer,...

• Long Live The Little Knife

  times vary, £12.00 – £19.00
  Traverse Theatre

  Multi award-winning ‘Fringe institution’ (Independent) and ‘theatrical maverick’ (Financial Times) David Leddy presents uplifting caper about forgery, castration and drunkenness. ‘Fantastic … Brilliant … Coup de théâtre’ **** (Scotsman). ‘Perceptive...

• I'm With the Band

  times vary, £13.00 – £20.00
  Traverse Theatre

  An Englishman, a Northern Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman walked into a recording studio, creating The Union. When financial disaster strikes and Scottish guitarist Barry leaves the band, can...

• Theatre Uncut

  10:00am – 11:00am, £7.50
  Traverse Theatre

  Fringe First, Herald Angel, Spirit of the Fringe award winners Theatre Uncut return with a brand new collection of short plays to get people thinking, talking and taking action on...

• The Secret Agent

  times vary, £13.00 – £20.00
  Traverse Theatre

  Secret terror cells, political conspiracy, police bungling, state-sponsored bomb plots. Music hall and early cinema collide in theatre O’s heartbreaking but hilarious chronicle of passion, betrayal and terrorism inspired by...

• TalkFest 2013

  times vary, £6.50
  Traverse Theatre

  Inspirational discussions with leading writers / theatre-makers from this year’s Fringe. The Body Politic: the Human Body as the Drama; Let the Games Begin: the Art and Artifice of Live...

• Pre:View

  7:30pm – 9:00pm, £6.50
  Traverse Theatre

  Four readings, four brand new plays, four emerging writers from across Europe. Writers Helene Grøn, Rosanna Hall, Matthew Knights and Jenny Knotts are all graduating from the MSc in Writing...

• Breakfast Plays: A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity

  9:00am – 9:45am, £14.00
  Traverse Theatre

  Mourning her husband’s death, Annabelle strikes up an unlikely relationship with his potty-mouthed employee, Jim. She enters into Jim's un-finishing school, liberating her voice. Grab your breakfast roll and feast...

• Breakfast Plays: Clean

  9:00am – 9:45am, £14.00
  Traverse Theatre

  Welcome to the fast-paced world of London’s top female underground criminals on their biggest job yet, an international heist. Grab your coffee and breakfast roll and feast on the finest...

• TalkFest 2013

  times vary, £6.50
  Traverse Theatre

  Inspirational discussions with leading writers and theatre-makers from this year’s Festival. Whatever Happened to Political Drama? and Big Bang Theatre. Please see website for event details, www.traverse.co.uk.

• Brand New Ancients

  times vary, £18.00 – £20.00
  Traverse Theatre

  Poet and rapper Kate Tempest brings us an epic spoken tale of everyday gods, accompanied by a live quartet of violin, cello, tuba and percussion. A Kate Tempest and Battersea...

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