As TravFest24 comes to a close, we want to mark what has been a vintage month of innovative and inspiring theatre 🎉
This Aug we’ve had sell-out performances, award wins aplenty, forty-six 5 star reviews and more than 34,200 tickets sold.
📰 Read more:
It’s the Last Chance To Save The Planet! 🌍
We are thrilled to have
@SamHeughan
, of Outlander (but more importantly, Traverse) fame, with us to tell you about how you can get involved in this exciting project.
3/8
To all professionals in the film, television, theatre,entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of you in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic.
#SaveTheArts
NEWS: Gareth Nicholls and Debbie Hannan to become Co-Artistic Directors of the Traverse Theatre Company; Lesley Anne Rose to be Director of Creative Development (1/5)
It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Scottish cultural icon, John Byrne. John’s contribution to the Scottish cultural landscape was incalculable and his loss to it immense.
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Tonight we bid farewell to Orla O’Loughlin, Traverse’s Artistic Director 2012-2018. Orla has been a huge creative force in Scottish theatre, bringing together writers, directors and creative teams to create compelling and compassionate work for our stages. Thank you Orla. x
The Traverse is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Oliver Emanuel, a giant of the modern Scottish Playwriting world. His work has touched the hearts of audiences all over the country and we cannot begin to fathom the loss.
📸 Euan Carey
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We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Andy Gray. We were lucky enough to work with him several times, including as part of The Slab Boys trilogy, and we send our thoughts to all those who loved and will miss him. Scottish panto particularly, will never be the same ♥️
AWARDS NEWS: We are completely and utterly over the moon to have won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award for
#MouthpiecePlay
by
@kieran_hurley
🗣️🎉
New York - Edinburgh is coming for you!
Exciting news! We've just announced that our brilliant Associate Director
@gaznicholls
will be our Interim Artistic Director from 5 Dec. Here's a reminder of some of his recent work:
ACTORS, we want to meet you. We're holding
#OpenAuditions
next month to widen our knowledge of who's out there and see actors we may not otherwise meet.
🗓 Applications close Sun 21 Oct
💻
📢 SEND US YOUR SCRIPTS - our Open Submissions window is here! 📢
Whether you’re an established playwright or a first-time writer with a brilliant story, we want to hear from you.
Find out more:
📢ARTIST OPPORTUNITY📢
Free Space Call Out
We’re inviting local artists to use spaces at the Trav to develop their work. With dates available in Trav 1 and our Bar between 5-23 Dec, we want to hear from Edinburgh-based creatives who could benefit from free-to-access space
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‘All you ever want as an actor is to get to tell stories like these.’
@GrantORourke
is currently performing in
#WhatGirlsAreMadeOf
. From sharing his teenage idols, to most memorable theatre experience we set him our 10 Questions:
NEWS: Today we launch Traverse 3 - our new online venue - and announce the first events of the Traverse Festival, which will now extend all year round!
👀
(1/19)
OPPORTUNITY: We're looking for theatre professionals to join our Open Submissions reading panel.
If you love new writing, have a keen dramaturgical understanding and excellent written evaluation skills, we want to hear from you.
🗓️ Mon 5 Oct, 5pm
💻
📢NEWS KLAXON!📢
We are so excited to launch
#OpenSubmissionsWorkshops
- a 16 week online writing course to take you from a spark of an idea through to a full script draft!
Find out more and watch/listen to our first session:
(1/6)
We are heartbroken to hear of the passing of the legendary internationalist, serial entrepreneur and one of the Traverse founding spirits, Jim Haynes. Jim was truly a “one-off”. (1/4)
📸
@mihaelabodlovic
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT
5 world premieres
1 European premiere
2 UK premieres
3 Scottish premieres
and 2 returning Traverse Theatre Company smash hit productions
Welcome to
#TravFest19
🎊 | (1/18)
AWARDS NEWS: We are completely and utterly over the moon to have won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award for
#UlsterAmerican
🏆🔨
New York - we're coming for you!
Welcome Meghan! 🙌🎉
We're delighted to share a new creative appointment for 2019 which sees
@meghan_tyler_39
join us as a writer in residence, after being awarded the
@Channel4
Playwrights’ Scheme bursary.
Read more:
The young people of Scotland will be rallying together to occupy the Traverse and make their voice heard through our Last Chance To Save The Planet project. 🌍
Full of protest, urgency and vitality this will be a demand for change and justice.
4/8
Today would have been the press day for our TravFest20 Traverse 2 shows. We're sending love and solidarity to all our incredible partner companies who would have been part of it, and everyone else who would have been performing across Edinburgh today❤️
It’s here. The final day of walnut whips. Of partying with Blur. Of tiny plastic soldiers. The last trip into the classroom. Of journeying through space and time. The final disappearing act. Thanks everyone for making
#TravFest18
the brilliant wild ride that it’s been.
Some of the hardest working and most under appreciated members of the team, are our incredible backstage and tech teams, so we want to say a massive THANK YOU!
Have a look at them in action turning The Last Return, into Blood Harmony 😮
NEWSFLASH: We're hugely pleased to announce that from this evening we'll be making 5 brand new monologues by Rona Munro, directed by
@caitskin
, featuring the exceptional
#DonnysBrain
cast available on YouTube to mark what would have been the show's opening week 🧠(1/7)
Applications for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship are now open 🎉
We are providing a Creative Fellowship that commissions, develops and supports a playwright in the creation of a new piece of work ✍
📅 Deadline: Fri 27 Sep
Find out more:
Huge congratulations to
@kieran_hurley
(Mouthpiece) and David Ireland (Ulster American) who were announced as the joint winner of The Hector MacMillan Award for Best New Scottish Play by
@ssp_playwrights
yesterday.
We're dead chuffed for you both 📝❤
We are beyond thrilled that The Grand Old Opera House Hotel has won a Scotsman Fringe First Award!! 🎉🎉
Congratulations to all involved for such a monumental success,
#TeamTrav
for the win 🙌
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of the inimitable Robbie Coltrane, who appeared at the Traverse in the first production of John Byrne's iconic Slab Boys. His energy, wit and skill will be remembered for many years to come and our thoughts are with his loved ones.
Are you ready to kick-start your creativity? 📝
Each weekday morning this month we're going to share a writing prompt to help you experiment, explore and challenge your writing.
Here's
#1
. GO!
We are thrilled to announce that
@islacowan
has been granted the 2024
@IASH_Edinburgh
/Traverse Playwrighting Fellowship! ✍
Isla will be developing a new play about insects, apocalypse, & two women on the run
Check out our latest news story more info:
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of theatre director and radio producer Marilyn Imrie. Marilyn was a visionary creative force, a generous collaborator and friend who most recently worked with us on The Monstrous Heart. Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones.
Funding cuts are having a significant impact on our nation’s artists and theatres.
If you enjoy seeing Scottish work, then please continue to support the artists who make the powerful performances that appears our stages.
Read our full statement:
.
@UmaNadaRajah3
, who also works as a staff nurse with NHS Scotland, is the Traverse’s 2021 Writer in Residence.
Throughout her residency, Uma will develop two new plays examining pressing issues in contemporary society.
(5/7)
📢 We said it was going to be a Big News Week, and we weren’t lying…
We are overjoyed the announce the first shows of
#TravFest
21 – online, outdoors and…in-person! 🥳
Are you ready?
Here.
We.
Go!
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📢NEWSFLASH📢
We're thrilled to be making several exciting announcements today!
Firstly, we welcome Mahri Reilly, Robbie Gordon & Jennifer Galt to our Creative Engagement Team. They will jointly focus on expanding the reach of our many creative engagement activities.
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📢NEWS📢
We’re thrilled to welcome a number of new creative appointments across a range of partnerships, projects and productions throughout 2021 and beyond.
(1/7)
🥳 NEWS! 🥳
We are delighted to announce that TravFest is back! Bringing a bold, brave, full-scale, in-person programme for
#TravFest22
that's full of vibrant and brilliant new work you won’t want to miss.
Check it out in full here 👇
(1/17)
Here's an exclusive first look at the guest stars of NASSIM! 🤩
These performers will have no rehearsals. No preparation. Just the script in a sealed envelope, ready for an audacious live experiment.
Further casting to be announced... 👀
NEWS: We're kicking off our 2021 with
#FirstStagesFestival
- a celebration of playwriting and storytelling.
Join us online in February for:
🎨 workshops
🗣️ q&a's
📚 readings
✏️creative prompts
(1/8)
Hey you, wanna write a play? ✍️
We're running a free 16 week course led by top writers and dramatists to get you from initial idea to draft.
Watch the first three workshops here👇
New episodes on Wednesdays. Closed captions and transcripts available.
Applications are now open for the IASH/Traverse Creative Fellowship! 🙌
This fellowship will support an innovative playwright in the creation of a new piece of work that speaks to our lives now and into the future.
📅 Deadline: Fri 22 Sep
💭 Learn more:
We will look different in the future, but we are determined that the Traverse and its spirit will survive for generations to come, both onstage and online.
Sir John Elvidge, Chair of the Traverse Theatre Board and Linda Crooks, CEO
16/16
NEWS: The Breakfast Plays are returning for 2020 - this time in a new podcast format! We'll be premiering one each day from Mon 24 - Fri 28 Aug at 9am and they'll be available to listen to for free for 14 days. (1/6)
‘What happens next is -’
It’s not a goodbye, it’s a see you later,
#MouthpiecePlay
💕 We’ve been totally floored by the response this play has received, thank you!
TravFest23 is here! 🙌
We are thrilled to announce the first shows of our festival line-up! This incredible programme of brilliant and bold theatre is perfectly fitting as the Traverse marks 60 years of evolution, innovation, and conversation
1/14
Today marks our return to in-person performance after 508 days.
We're delighted to be welcoming audiences to
#TravFest21
with Still by
@FrancesPoet
this evening but before then, we have a few thank-yous to say...
📷 Lara Cappelli
Here's to Class Act 2019 🙌
From plays about the environment, demons in disguise and Russian revolution comedies, it's been a pleasure having
@CCHSEdinburgh
,
@TrinityAc_Edin
,
@BoroughmuirHS
&
@WHEC_Edin
with us.
Here's some of the team that brought their plays to life 📝
OPEN CASTING CALL
We are looking for actors to take part in
#DonnysBrain
a Traverse Theatre Company production written by Rona Munro.
🗓️ Closes Sun 8 Dec, 11.59pm
💻
Exciting news 📢
We are delighted to announce our first 2023 shows, including world premieres, returning favourites and brilliant work from Scotland and beyond!
Have a peruse and see what you fancy😍
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1,348 posters
12 packs of blue tac
2 packs of biscuits
The great postering of
#TravFest18
is complete 🎉
(Reader: we finished it on Friday but were too tired to tell the tale)
Jack Nurse becomes Artist in Residence (Creative Development). He is developing a new audio project based on the experiences of those living with dementia in Edinburgh, commissioned by Capital Theatres and produced by the Traverse Theatre.
(6/7)
NEWS: We're pleased to announce that
@mornayoung
and
@AndrewTwrites
are our 'UK in Japan Season' residency playwrights! 🇯🇵🏴
The project is supported by
@BCScotland
&
@CreativeScots
and additionally made possible by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.
SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 We are delighted to announce the full programme for Traverse 1 during
#TravFest18
. Here's
@orlaoloughlin1
with everything that you need to know... (1/7)
Having led on 2020’s revitalised, digital version of Class Act, Wezi Mhura and
@robbiedgordon
have been appointed as Creative Development Producers. Together they will continue to evolve and deliver Class Act, as well as developing other projects and initiatives.
(4/7)
We’re deeply saddened to hear of CMI going into administration, affecting our partners
@edfilmfest
and the
@Filmhouse
in Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
This represents a huge loss to the creative industries and for audiences in Scotland. We are thinking of our friends and colleagues.
TW: Abuse and sexual assault
In light of recent events highlighting the unacceptable prevalence of abuse and sexual harassment in our industry, we’ve been rightly called on by members of our sector to share our current practices and aims for future action. (1/7)
SMASHING NEWS 🏆🔨
We're ecstatic that
#UlsterAmerican
by David Ireland has been shortlisted for 'Best New Play' at the
@uk_theatre
awards!
Congratulations to all of the nominees 🎊
📢 THIS JUST IN 📢
The Traverse are proud to announce that this December will see the world premiere of Same Team - A Street Soccer Story by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse, created with the women of the Dundee Change Centre.
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👀 If you're around Edinburgh city centre in the next couple of weeks, keep your eyes peeled for a brand new poster trail displaying short scripts from our 2020 Class Act participants! (1/5)
Everyone at the Traverse is extremely saddened by the passing of writer Alan Wilkins. Alan was a valued and admired member of the Trav family, a gifted artist, and a brilliant teacher and mentor.
(1/)
We're beside ourselves with excitement to have won the
#CATS19
for Best Production for
#UlsterAmerican
against such brilliant and accomplished competition. We're truly honoured 🏆🔨💥
Following a high volume of exciting applications,
@IASH_Edinburgh
and the Traverse Theatre are delighted to announce their 2021 Creative Fellows:
@MundairRaman
(IASH/Traverse Digital Fellow) and
@apphiacampbell
(IASH/Traverse Playwriting Fellow).
(3/7)
.
@TheTabbyLamb
's Happy Meal is an online show irl. Travel to the days of dial up and follow two strangers on their journeys to become who they always were.
A story of transition.
From teenager to adult,
From MySpace to TikTok,
From cis to trans.
(9/17)
Team Trav have been back in the building together today for the first time since 17 March 2020, getting to hang out together again, enjoy our epically skooshy sofa, and make exciting plans for the future. We've missed each other, and you, and we can't to see you soon!
🎭🎸🍺❤
They are flesh, they are blood,
They are nail varnish and mud,
They are WHO THEY ARE.
And they are here.
And this is
#WhatGirlsAreMadeOf
.
Thanks
#TravFest18
🎉🎸🥁🤟🏽