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SPRING/SUMMER 2017
BOOKING TICKETS<br />
ONLINE<br />
traverse.co.uk<br />
BY PHONE<br />
0131 228 1404<br />
IN PERSON<br />
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BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES<br />
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performance start time)<br />
GROUP BOOKINGS<br />
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receive one complimentary ticket for every<br />
10 tickets bought (i.e. 11th ticket free). Valid<br />
on concessions, subject to availability.<br />
SCHOOL BOOKINGS<br />
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more information, please email<br />
boxoffice@traverse.co.uk<br />
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GET INVOLVED<br />
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traverse.co.uk
Did you know that the <strong>Traverse</strong> is involved in<br />
many exciting offstage activities? This season,<br />
we’d like to introduce you to…<br />
SPOTLIGHT:<br />
CLASS ACT<br />
MUMBAI<br />
Image by RAGE <strong>Theatre</strong>, Mumbai<br />
Introducing young people to the theatre and<br />
encouraging them to become theatremakers<br />
themselves lies at the heart of the <strong>Traverse</strong>’s<br />
Creative Learning activities.<br />
Our flagship education project, Class Act,<br />
has been turning secondary school pupils<br />
across Edinburgh into playwrights since 1991.<br />
Now successfully running in Russia and the<br />
Ukraine, in <strong>2018</strong> we’re thrilled to be introducing<br />
Class Act to India for the first time, opening<br />
the eyes and minds of even more young<br />
people to playwriting and creating theatre, as<br />
well as promoting cultural collaboration and<br />
advocating for access to the arts for all.<br />
Working with the Mumbai-based RAGE<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Productions, writers Nicola McCartney<br />
and Stef Smith, along with directors<br />
Gareth Nicholls and Emma Callander, will<br />
collaborate with Indian artists to develop the<br />
playwriting skills of students from the city.<br />
These students, from secondary schools<br />
across Mumbai, will come together to take<br />
part in playwright-led workshops and script<br />
development sessions to write their own<br />
scripts, which will then be performed on stage<br />
by professional actors before a live audience.<br />
We never fail to be excited and energised<br />
by what Class Act’s participants create –<br />
and we can’t wait to hear what those in<br />
Mumbai have to say.<br />
“Class Act is a project which, in my<br />
experience, changes lives for young<br />
people involved. Every time I do the<br />
project it changes mine. I am thrilled to<br />
be part of this team, and look forward to<br />
learning from theatre artists in Mumbai<br />
and most of all the young people we will<br />
work with together.”<br />
Nicola McCartney, playwright<br />
Explore our work through Class Act<br />
Mumbai at traverse.co.uk. To find out how<br />
to support the <strong>Traverse</strong>’s creative learning<br />
and engagement projects, such as Class Act,<br />
turn to page 34.<br />
The <strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> is a charity registered in Scotland<br />
(SC002368). Class Act Mumbai is part of the British<br />
Council’s UK/India 2017 Season, supported by the British<br />
Council, Creative Scotland and the Scottish Government.<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
01.<br />
Shows<br />
Three Sisters 11<br />
How to Act 12<br />
Winter Solstice 13<br />
Showtime from the Frontline 4<br />
The Match Box 5<br />
Locker Room Talk 14<br />
The Last Bordello 6<br />
Project #1 7<br />
The Return 8<br />
The Duke 15<br />
TuTuMucky/RITUALIA 9<br />
Mind Your Head 10<br />
A Play, A Pie and A Pint 16<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
03.<br />
Take Part<br />
Gut 18<br />
Anatomy: Finest Cuts 20<br />
Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths 21<br />
Forbidden Stories 22<br />
PASS Out <strong>2018</strong> 23<br />
The Darkness or Else the Light 24<br />
Dive Queer Party 25<br />
02.<br />
Festivals<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> Young Writers 30<br />
04.<br />
Bar Events<br />
Soundhouse 31<br />
05.<br />
General<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> Bar Café 32<br />
Access 33<br />
Support Us 34<br />
manipulate 26<br />
NT Connections 28<br />
Thanks 35<br />
Calendar 36<br />
Edinburgh International<br />
Children’s Festival 29<br />
3
Lakin McCarthy<br />
in association with<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> Royal<br />
Stratford East<br />
SHOWTIME FROM THE FRONTLINE<br />
By Mark Thomas<br />
WED 14 – SAT 17 FEB, 7.30PM; SAT 17 FEB, 2.30PM<br />
Image by Lesley Martin<br />
Director Joe Douglas<br />
Cast Mark Thomas, Faisal Abualheja, Alaa Shehada<br />
Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions<br />
and religion, Mark Thomas and his team set out to run a<br />
comedy club for two nights in the Palestinian city of Jenin.<br />
Only to find it’s not so simple to celebrate freedom of<br />
speech in a place with so little freedom.<br />
Jenin refugee camp, home to Jenin Freedom <strong>Theatre</strong> and to<br />
people with a wealth of stories to tell. Mark tells this story<br />
alongside two of its actors and aspiring comics, Faisal<br />
Abualheja and Alaa Shehada. A story about being yourself<br />
in a place that wants to put you in a box.<br />
markthomas.com / @markthomas<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £18<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
FBU, ASLEF, RMT, TSSA<br />
union concession £14<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 16+<br />
NOTE: Contains strong language.<br />
Supported by <strong>Theatre</strong> Royal Stratford<br />
East, ASLEF, TSSA, FBU, Red Shed, RMT<br />
shows<br />
4
Scottish Premiere<br />
Firebrand in co-production with<br />
The Byre <strong>Theatre</strong>, St Andrews<br />
and Heart of Hawick<br />
Image by Janet Coulson<br />
THE MATCH BOX<br />
By Frank McGuinness<br />
TUE 13 – SAT 17 FEB, 8PM<br />
Director Richard Baron<br />
Designer Ken Harrison<br />
Sound Designer Jon Beales<br />
Performed by Janet Coulson<br />
Following the success of Iron and Outlying Islands, awardwinning<br />
Firebrand presents the Scottish premiere of an<br />
acclaimed new monologue by one of Ireland’s greatest<br />
dramatists.<br />
The ties that bind can never be broken and the shocking<br />
events that bring Sal to exile on a remote Irish island are as<br />
unexpected as they are brutal. Her compelling story begs only<br />
one question; what would you do if pushed to the very edge?<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 14+<br />
NOTE: Contains adult themes and<br />
strong language. Strictly no latecomers.<br />
firebrandtheatre.co.uk / @firebrandtheatr<br />
‘Firebrand has the knack for identifying new plays destined<br />
to become contemporary classics.’<br />
THE TIMES ON GROUNDED<br />
5shows
Fire Exit in co-production<br />
with Tron <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Image by Tommy Ga-Ken Wan<br />
THE LAST BORDELLO<br />
By David Leddy<br />
WED 21 – SAT 24 FEB, 7.30PM<br />
Written and directed by David Leddy<br />
Designer Becky Minto<br />
Sound Designer Danny Krass<br />
Lighting Designer Nich Smith<br />
A sweet young terrorist must lose his virginity tonight.<br />
But will he get out of the brothel alive?<br />
There’s one bordello left in a brutal warzone and inside<br />
the atmosphere’s like an X-rated mad hatter’s tea party.<br />
The bastard child of Margaret Atwood and David Lynch,<br />
The Last Bordello is an absurd and fiendish labyrinth<br />
that’s more suspenseful and provocative with every<br />
wrong turn. From the creator of hit shows Long Live The<br />
Little Knife, International Waters and Sub Rosa.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 18+<br />
NOTE: Contains adult themes, strong<br />
language, violence, nudity and sexual<br />
violence. Strictly no latecomers.<br />
Supported by Creative Scotland<br />
shows<br />
davidleddy.com / @FireExitCo / @DavidLeddy<br />
‘There are few writers so capable of mixing ideas with<br />
gaudy, glorious coups de théâtre, and few so capable of<br />
messing with your head.’<br />
THE GUARDIAN<br />
‘Scotland’s leading theatrical innovator.’<br />
THE TIMES<br />
Post-show Discussion<br />
Thu 22 Feb<br />
6
Wildfire <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
PROJECT #1<br />
A work in progress by Wildfire <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
FRI 23 – SAT 24 FEB, 8PM<br />
The first development piece from the brand new<br />
Edinburgh-based company Wildfire <strong>Theatre</strong>, formed by<br />
theatre veterans Molly Innes, Pauline Lockhart, Wendy<br />
Seager and Natalie Arle Toyne. A theatre company that<br />
aims to blaze new pathways into the communities and<br />
reach those who feel unheard and unrepresented on<br />
the stage.<br />
This work-in-progress piece aims to change the<br />
perceptions and expectations of working class women,<br />
by representing new, previously unheard voices on the<br />
stage in a fresh and exciting way.<br />
wildfiretheatre.co.uk<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £7<br />
Standard concession £5<br />
Under 30s / Student £5<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 14+<br />
NOTE: Contains strong language.<br />
Developed with support from the<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> and the University<br />
of Edinburgh.<br />
7shows
World Premiere<br />
Eden Court <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
THE RETURN<br />
By Ellie Stewart<br />
WED 28 FEB – THU 1 MAR, 7.30PM<br />
Image by Kenneth Macleod<br />
Director Philip Howard<br />
Designer Kenneth Macleod<br />
Composer Greg Sinclair<br />
Lighting Designer Mike Savage<br />
France, 1560. In the foothills of the Pyrenees, Bertrande tends<br />
to her livestock and mothers her young son, seven years<br />
after her husband disappeared. One day a stranger, Arnaud,<br />
walks into her life, and before long they decide to present<br />
him to the world as her long-lost husband – returned.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 14+<br />
But is it possible that it really is her husband?<br />
Inspired by the true story of Martin Guerre, The Return<br />
is a gripping play about the mystery of identity and the<br />
survival instinct, and asks whether we can ever truly<br />
know even those we love the best.<br />
eden-court.co.uk / @edencourt<br />
shows<br />
8
Scottish Dance <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Image by Brian Hartley<br />
TUTUMUCKY/RITUALIA<br />
Double Bill<br />
SAT 3 MAR, 7.30PM<br />
TuTuMucky<br />
Choreographer Botis Seva<br />
TuTuMucky is a fresh, rhythmic and explosive exploration<br />
of how we’re shaped by the world around us. Seva’s work<br />
challenges conventions and blurs boundaries between<br />
ballet, contemporary and hip-hop technique.<br />
RITUALIA<br />
Choreographer Colette Sadler<br />
RITUALIA is Sadler’s interpretation of Stravinsky and<br />
Nijinska’s 1920s ballet Les Noces. Transforming the<br />
audience into futuristic voyeurs and exploring gender,<br />
presentation and fashion, it is set to be a thought<br />
provoking visual feast.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 12+<br />
NOTE: Strictly no latecomers.<br />
scottishdancetheatre.com / @SDTDance<br />
‘Exhilarating, passionate dancing which makes a<br />
powerful statement.’<br />
EVERYTHING THEATRE ON TUTUMUCKY<br />
‘A score that powers through your veins.’<br />
THE LIST ON TUTUMUCKY<br />
shows<br />
9
Lyceum Youth <strong>Theatre</strong> and<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> present<br />
MIND<br />
YOUR<br />
HEAD<br />
Image by DO<br />
MIND YOUR HEAD<br />
BRAINSTORM<br />
By Ned Glasier, Emily Lim and Company Three<br />
paired with works by <strong>Traverse</strong> Young Writers<br />
THU 8 – SAT 10 MAR, 7PM<br />
MR BLUE SKY<br />
Devised by the company<br />
paired with works by <strong>Traverse</strong> Young Writers<br />
SAT 10 MAR, 2.30PM<br />
Lyceum Youth <strong>Theatre</strong> and <strong>Traverse</strong> Young Writers<br />
present Mind Your Head, a double bill of performances<br />
which examine the hot topic of mental wellbeing for<br />
young people today.<br />
The mixed programme includes Brainstorm, exploring<br />
the complexities of the adolescent brain in a unique<br />
performance conceived by a playwright, a neuroscientist<br />
and partially devised by the LYT cast themselves.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £12<br />
Standard concession £10.50<br />
Under 30s / Student £9<br />
Other concession £6<br />
See both Brainstorm and<br />
Mr Blue Sky on Saturday for<br />
only £18.<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 11+<br />
NOTE: Contains adult themes and<br />
strong language.<br />
Supported by Creative Scotland and<br />
the City of Edinburgh Council<br />
shows<br />
Plus a selection of short scenes by the <strong>Traverse</strong> Young<br />
Writers responding to theme of adolescent mental<br />
health, as well as a special performance of a devised<br />
drama exploring happiness, Mr Blue Sky, first developed<br />
for Chrysalis festival.<br />
lyceum.org.uk / @Lyceum<strong>Theatre</strong><br />
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World Premiere<br />
Lung Ha <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
in co-production with<br />
the Sibelius Academy of the University<br />
of the Arts (Helsinki, Finland)<br />
THREE SISTERS<br />
By Anton Chekhov in a new version by Adrian Osmond<br />
FRI 16 – SAT 17 MAR, 7.30PM; FRI 16 MAR, 2.30PM<br />
Preview Thu 15 Mar, 7.30pm<br />
Image by Peter Dibdin and Emma Quinn<br />
Director Maria Oller<br />
Assistant Director Fiona Mackinnon (FST Assistant Director<br />
Bursary Scheme)<br />
Composer Anna-Karin Korhonen<br />
Designer Karen Tennent<br />
Costume Designer Alison Brown<br />
When Father was alive, this place was packed…<br />
there was heat, laughter, life.<br />
Olga, Masha and Irina long for the glamour of Moscow<br />
and to escape life in provincial Russia.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
Preview tickets £12/£10<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 12+<br />
But with constant visits by soldiers and dignitaries, by<br />
family, friends and ‘acquaintances’; with work to be done<br />
and marriages to be honoured, will they ever be free?<br />
A play of life, love, loss, dreams, whimsy and hope - real<br />
and false - of moving and of remaining where you are.<br />
lungha.com / @LungHas<strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Supported by Creative Scotland, The<br />
City of Edinburgh Council, Esmee<br />
Fairbairn Foundation, Foundation<br />
Scotland, The Albert Hunter Trust,<br />
Nancie Massey Charitable Trust, ACT<br />
Foundation, JK Young Endowment<br />
Fund, RS Macdonald Charitable Trust,<br />
The Corra Foundation, The Souter<br />
Charitable Trust<br />
Sat 17 Mar, 7.30pm<br />
shows<br />
11
National <strong>Theatre</strong> of Scotland<br />
Image by Alan Dimmock<br />
HOW TO ACT<br />
By Graham Eatough<br />
TUE 13 – SAT 17 MAR, 8PM<br />
Writer and Director Graham Eatough<br />
Associate Director Paul Brotherston<br />
Cast Robert Goodale, Jade Ogugua<br />
Internationally-renowned theatre director Anthony<br />
Nicholl has travelled the globe on a life-long quest to<br />
discover the true essence of theatre. Today he gives a<br />
masterclass, demonstrating first-hand, the methods he<br />
developed in Africa and Asia.<br />
Promise, an aspiring actress, has been chosen to<br />
participate. What unfolds between them forces Nicholl to<br />
question all of his assumptions about his life and art.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 12+<br />
How to Act explores the contemporary realities of<br />
personal, cultural and economic exploitation through two<br />
individuals drawn together in the world of theatre. Both<br />
believe in truth, but each has their own version of it.<br />
nationaltheatrescotland.com / @NTSonline<br />
shows<br />
12<br />
‘(An) acting masterclass.’<br />
THE STAGE<br />
‘(An) intelligent, meaty drama.’<br />
THE GUARDIAN
Scottish Premiere<br />
Actors Touring Company<br />
and Orange Tree <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
WINTER SOLSTICE<br />
By Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by David Tushingham<br />
WED 21 – SAT 24 MAR, 7.30PM; SAT 24 MAR, 2.30PM<br />
Image by Stephen Cummiskey<br />
Christmas Eve. Bettina and her husband Albert aren’t<br />
happy – Bettina’s mother is staying for the holidays.<br />
Which is awkward. Not least because Bettina’s mother<br />
met a man on the train. And now she’s invited him<br />
around for drinks…<br />
Family, betrayal and the inescapable presence of the<br />
past reverberate through the UK premiere of Roland<br />
Schimmelpfennig’s razor-sharp comedy about the rise of<br />
the new right across the globe.<br />
Schimmelpfennig is the most performed playwright in<br />
Germany, with productions of his work worldwide in over<br />
40 countries.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 14+<br />
NOTE: Contains some strong<br />
language and adult themes.<br />
Supported by Arts Council England<br />
atctheatre.com / @ATCLondon<br />
‘A sharply provocative twist on the traditional fraught family<br />
festivities drama.’<br />
THE INDEPENDENT<br />
‘What really counts is that Schimmelpfennig, in portraying the<br />
failure of liberal intellectuals to confront the hideous legacy<br />
of the past, has written a potent play for today.’<br />
THE GUARDIAN<br />
shows<br />
13
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
LOCKER ROOM TALK<br />
By Gary McNair<br />
WED 4 – SAT 7 APR, 7.30PM<br />
Image by Michael Cranston<br />
shows<br />
Director Orla O’Loughlin<br />
Following overwhelming response from previous runs at<br />
the <strong>Traverse</strong> Festival, Abbey <strong>Theatre</strong>, Latitude Festival and<br />
Scottish Parliament, Locker Room Talk returns to continue<br />
a conversation about misogyny and masculinity which<br />
has become even more urgent since its premiere.<br />
Created in response to the Donald Trump’s infamous<br />
“grab them by the pussy” comment, Locker Room Talk is a<br />
provocative exploration of how men speak about women<br />
in men-only spaces, asking if such sexually abusive<br />
rhetoric can really be accepted as mere ‘locker room talk’,<br />
or whether such attitudes are much more ingrained and<br />
drive abusive behaviour.<br />
Writer Gary McNair interviewed hundreds of men from<br />
a wide variety of backgrounds. A selection of these<br />
conversations are performed, verbatim, by a cast of 4 women.<br />
Each performance is followed by a post-show<br />
conversation, giving the audience opportunity to<br />
participate, ask questions, examine the issues raised and<br />
consider ‘where do we go from here?’.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £12<br />
Standard concession £10.50<br />
Under 30s / Student £9<br />
Other concession £6<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 16+<br />
NOTE: Contains strong language,<br />
references to sexual violence.<br />
Supported by Creative Scotland and<br />
the City of Edinburgh Council<br />
@traversetheatre<br />
@TheGaryMcNair<br />
#LockerRoomTalkPlay<br />
14
Hoipolloi<br />
Image by Jaimie Gramston<br />
THE DUKE<br />
By Shôn Dale Jones<br />
TUE 3 – THU 5 APR, 8PM<br />
Written and performed by Shôn Dale Jones<br />
From the multi award-winning writer and performer<br />
behind the much-loved Hugh Hughes, The Duke explores<br />
kindness, generosity and the value of what we do. The show<br />
has been produced in aid of Save The Children’s Child<br />
Refugee Crisis and has raised over £46,000 to date.<br />
Funny, poignant and playful, The Duke weaves together<br />
the tragi-comic fate of a family heirloom – a porcelain<br />
figure of The Duke of Wellington, the quandary of a<br />
scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding<br />
disaster as thousands of children flee their homes.<br />
Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show gently<br />
challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis.<br />
Tickets<br />
£10<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 12+<br />
Produced by Hoipolloi, PBJ<br />
Management, <strong>Theatre</strong> Royal<br />
Plymouth in association with The<br />
Pleasance <strong>Theatre</strong> Trust in aid of<br />
Save the Children.<br />
hoipolloi.org.uk / @hellohoipolloi<br />
‘Engaging and complex, existing somewhere between<br />
truth and fiction, drama and radio, fantasy and reality.’<br />
THE LIST<br />
‘A piece that is constantly questioning what we value and<br />
hold dear.’<br />
THE GUARDIAN<br />
shows<br />
15
Produced by A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Òran Mór<br />
Presented by the <strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
shows<br />
16<br />
‘One of the most magical<br />
theatre initiatives of the<br />
last decade.’<br />
THE SCOTSMAN<br />
£13.50
3 APRIL – 5 MAY<br />
A popular feature of the <strong>Traverse</strong> programme, A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Òran Mór returns<br />
with five new plays to light up your lunchtime. Ticket includes a pie and a drink.<br />
MCGONAGALL’S CHRONICLES<br />
By Gary McNair<br />
TUE 3 – SAT 7 APR, 1PM; FRI 6 APR, 7PM<br />
A biography of the late Dundonian poet<br />
Sir William Topaz McGonagall, written in<br />
‘almost rhyming verse’ - the only way to<br />
honour the man who has come to be known<br />
as the world’s worst poet. Performed by Gary<br />
McNair, the play charts the poet’s life story<br />
and gets to the heart of the dilemma that<br />
surrounds his legend - is it okay to laugh at<br />
someone’s obvious and relentless failings?<br />
EULOGY<br />
By Rob Drummond<br />
TUE 24 – SAT 28 APR, 1PM; FRI 27 APR, 7PM<br />
Six years ago Sandy ruined his daughter’s<br />
wedding day with a Top Table speech for<br />
the ages. Well, the joke’s on him, because<br />
now, he’s dead. You are cordially invited to<br />
Sandy’s memorial service, where his life<br />
will be eulogised. Be prepared to laugh, cry<br />
and sing your hearts out as we send Sandy<br />
off to the hereafter. Let’s hope everything<br />
goes smoothly this time round.<br />
RACHEL’S COUSINS<br />
By Ann Marie di Mambro<br />
TUE 10 – SAT 14 APR, 1PM; FRI 13 APR, 7PM<br />
Rachel is a successful woman and, frankly,<br />
a bit of a snob. She wants nothing to do<br />
with her mother’s side of the family, whom<br />
she thinks of as a reckless bunch of benefit<br />
cheats. But when Rachel discovers she is at<br />
risk of breast cancer, she feels duty bound<br />
to let her cousins know. She didn’t mean to<br />
let them into her life but they come barging<br />
in anyway, and shake up her tidy life.<br />
MARGARET SAVES SCOTLAND<br />
By Val McDermid<br />
TUE 17 – SAT 21 APR, 1PM; FRI 20 APR, 7PM<br />
Margaret Holt embarked on a holiday<br />
romance with a difference and it<br />
changed her life. Falling in love with<br />
Scotland filled her with a burning desire<br />
to liberate the country from the English<br />
yoke. But what could a nine-year-old lass<br />
from Yorkshire do to make that dream<br />
come true? Join Margaret as she embarks<br />
on the journey of a lifetime.<br />
BUBBLEWRAP<br />
By Hilary Lyon<br />
TUE 1 – SAT 5 MAY, 1PM; FRI 4 MAY, 7PM<br />
It’s one of the ten most stressful things<br />
we do apparently, and we do it on average<br />
seven times in a lifetime, but moving<br />
home is not just about packing and<br />
unpacking stuff. Whilst wading through<br />
the contents of seemingly endless boxes,<br />
Kirsty and Alex unwittingly start to<br />
unwrap their lives. Can they withstand<br />
the emotional unpacking; and what is<br />
lurking in that box marked ‘Pandora’?<br />
A PLAY, A PIE AND A PINT OFFERS<br />
••<br />
A play, a pie and a pint of beer/125ml<br />
glass of house wine or a regular glass<br />
of Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, lemonade, orange<br />
juice, filter coffee or tea<br />
••<br />
A vibrant mix of themes, characters<br />
and stories<br />
••<br />
Lunchtime and evening performances<br />
••<br />
Easily digestible 50-min play packages<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 14+<br />
shows<br />
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World Premiere<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> Company<br />
in association with<br />
National <strong>Theatre</strong> of Scotland<br />
shows<br />
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Image by Michael Cranston
GUT<br />
By Frances Poet<br />
TUE 24 APRIL – SAT 12 MAY, 7.30PM; THU 10 & SAT 12 MAY, 2.30PM<br />
Previews Fri 20 & Sat 21 Apr, 7.30pm<br />
Director Zinnie Harris<br />
I know my boy. I’d know if something had happened to him.<br />
Maddy and Rory are devoted parents to 3-year-old<br />
Joshua, committed to keeping him happy and safe. But<br />
when an everyday visit to a supermarket café turns into<br />
a far more troubling incident, their trust even in those<br />
closest to them is shattered. Fear and doubt consume<br />
them, until they reach a savage breaking point.<br />
Gut is a taut psychological thriller that explores who<br />
we can trust with our children. And whether it’s more<br />
dangerous not to trust at all.<br />
Written by Fringe First award-winning playwright<br />
Frances Poet (Adam), Gut was shortlisted for the<br />
Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, and is directed by<br />
award-winning <strong>Traverse</strong> Associate Director Zinnie Harris.<br />
@traversetheatre / #GutPlay<br />
‘An unforgettable thunderbolt of feeling.’<br />
THE SCOTSMAN ON ADAM By Francis Poet<br />
‘The script is witty and profound, as it should be in a<br />
play where the power of language is a key theme.’<br />
EDINBURGH FESTIVALS MAGAZINE ON ADAM By Francis Poet<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £22<br />
Standard concession £18<br />
Under 30s / Students £15<br />
Other concession £11<br />
Preview tickets £16/£12<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 14+<br />
NOTE: Contains descriptions<br />
of violence.<br />
Supported by Creative Scotland and<br />
the City of Edinburgh Council<br />
Commissioned by National <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
of Scotland. Part of National <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
of Scotland’s new writing initiative<br />
in partnership with Tron <strong>Theatre</strong> and<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Wed 9 May, 7.30pm<br />
Post-show Discussion<br />
Thu 3 May<br />
Fri 20 Apr Sat 21 Apr<br />
7.30pm P<br />
7.30pm P<br />
Tue 24 Apr Wed 25 Apr Thu 26 Apr Fri 27 Apr Sat 28 Apr<br />
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm<br />
Tue 1 May Wed 2 May Thu 3 May Fri 4 May Sat 5 May<br />
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm<br />
Tue 8 May Wed 9 May Thu 10 May Fri 11 May Sat 12 May<br />
7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm<br />
shows<br />
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Anatomy Arts<br />
ANATOMY: FINEST CUTS<br />
THU 10 – FRI 11 MAY, 8PM<br />
Image by Rich Dyson<br />
Full-throttle live art cabaret: an unpredictable cauldron<br />
of mischievous performance, featuring everything from<br />
tactical action to bleak bouffon, from noise art to fart<br />
jokes, from opera to pop and ballet to biscuits.<br />
After five years of producing a wild diversity of genredefying<br />
work in Edinburgh, gardening the grassroots for<br />
gorgeous originality, legendary local music hall outfit<br />
ANATOMY takes a cleaver to the renowned international<br />
archives to carve out juicy morsels and terrifyingly<br />
tender tastes.<br />
anatomyarts.co.uk / @AnatomyArts<br />
‘Necessary and vital to the growth of the arts in Edinburgh.’<br />
EXEUNT MAGAZINE<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 18+<br />
NOTE: Contains nudity, violence,<br />
adult themes, strong language, strobe<br />
lighting and audience interaction.<br />
Supported by <strong>Summer</strong>hall,<br />
Imaginate and Creative Scotland<br />
Integrated BSL interpretation<br />
Thu 10 – Fri 11 May<br />
shows<br />
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World Premiere<br />
Tron <strong>Theatre</strong> Company in association<br />
with National <strong>Theatre</strong> of Scotland<br />
MA, PA AND THE LITTLE MOUTHS<br />
By Martin McCormick<br />
WED 16 – SAT 19 MAY, 7.30PM<br />
Image by John Johnston<br />
Director Andy Arnold<br />
A snake will always find a way in. And he has. We’ve been<br />
sleeping so long that he’s had a feast… And this snake has been<br />
devouring them all whilst you and I are asleep in the next room.<br />
We’ve been standing on their tiny bones the entire time.<br />
With unseen ‘little mouths’ and the belching fumes of<br />
the local refinery as a backdrop, we find ourselves in<br />
the beguiling world of Ma and Pa who spend their time<br />
exchanging extraordinary and fantastic stories… until<br />
suddenly there is a knock at the door…<br />
tron.co.uk / @Tron<strong>Theatre</strong><br />
‘Hilarious, full of pithy one-liners and simmering with<br />
menace… pretty much as perfect as it gets.’<br />
ACROSS THE ARTS ON MARTIN MCCORMICK’S SQUASH<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £17<br />
Standard concession £14<br />
Under 30s / Student £12.50<br />
Other concession £9<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 14+<br />
Commissioned by National <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
of Scotland. Part of National <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
of Scotland’s new writing initiative<br />
in partnership with Tron <strong>Theatre</strong> and<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
shows<br />
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UK Premiere<br />
Ludens Ensemble and<br />
European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017<br />
FORBIDDEN STORIES<br />
By Ludens Ensemble<br />
THU 17 – FRI 18 MAY, 8PM<br />
Image by Panos Baras<br />
Director/Performer Philippos Philippou<br />
Co-Director/Dramaturg/Performer Vangelis Makriyannakis<br />
Performers Adam Tompa, Persefoni Gerangelou, Jenny<br />
Logan, Isidora Bouziouri<br />
A multimedia performance that explores the theme of<br />
borders in the separated island of Cyprus.<br />
Based on interviews conducted with members of the Greek<br />
and Turkish communities, the performance stages stories<br />
of mutual aid, solidarity and friendship which consolidate<br />
the links between the two communities of Cyprus.<br />
Blending storytelling with the use of new media,<br />
Forbidden Stories probes into prevalent notions<br />
of ‘otherness’ and challenges racial, religious and<br />
nationalist divisions.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £12<br />
Standard concession £10.50<br />
Under 30s / Student £9<br />
Other concession £6<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 14+<br />
Supported by European Capital of<br />
Culture Pafos 2017 and Syn Festival<br />
Edinburgh<br />
Post-show Discussion<br />
Thu 17 May<br />
ludensensemble.co.uk / @ludensensemble<br />
shows<br />
‘Wilfully messy... in a way that gives juvenalia a good name.’<br />
THE HERALD ON UBU ROI<br />
‘Ludens are ones to watch out for.’<br />
THE HERALD ON MACBETH: WITHOUT WORDS<br />
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Performing Arts Studio Scotland,<br />
Edinburgh College<br />
PASS OUT <strong>2018</strong><br />
Devised by the Company<br />
WED 23 – THU 24 MAY, 8PM<br />
Image by Tracey Largue Photography<br />
Directors Aleksander Ivanovski, Laurentiu Blaga and<br />
Pauline Lockhart<br />
Edinburgh College’s Performing Arts Studio Scotland<br />
returns to the <strong>Traverse</strong> with their unique take on<br />
showcase performances for graduate actors.<br />
This year, the students will work for two weeks with<br />
cutting edge European directors including Aleksander<br />
Ivanovski (National <strong>Theatre</strong>, Macedonia) and Laurentiu<br />
Blaga (National <strong>Theatre</strong>, Romania) to create new pieces<br />
on the theme of ‘Revolting!’.<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £12<br />
Standard concession £10.50<br />
Under 30s / Student £9<br />
Other concession £6<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 12+<br />
Are the cast revolting? What are they revolting against?<br />
Find out in these new pieces.<br />
edinburghcollege.ac.uk / @PASS_Edcoll<br />
shows<br />
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World Premiere<br />
Strange Town<br />
THE DARKNESS OR ELSE THE LIGHT<br />
By Corinne Salisbury<br />
FRI 8 – SAT 9 JUN, 7.30PM<br />
Image by Paul Johnston<br />
Director Becky Hope-Palmer<br />
Designer Katie Innes<br />
Cast Young performers aged 14-18<br />
An anonymous hack – an act of sabotage or revenge – kicks<br />
off a chain of events that changes the whole of society.<br />
Suddenly a group of young people must learn how<br />
to survive in a world where the private has become<br />
public, everyone’s data is out there for all to see, and a<br />
person’s every action can apparently be predicted. As<br />
the temptation grows to spy on their peers, they must<br />
confront the question: do we ever really know each other?<br />
strangetown.org.uk / @infoStrangeTown<br />
‘Sharp, slick and oozing attitude.’<br />
ALL EDINBURGH THEATRE<br />
‘A model of youth theatre that really works.’<br />
THE SCOTSMAN<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £12<br />
Standard concession £10.50<br />
Under 30s / Student £9<br />
Other concession £6<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T1 14+<br />
Supported by The City of Edinburgh<br />
Council, Calton Youth Ministry<br />
Trust, Turtleton Charitable Trust<br />
and Princes Exchange Foundation<br />
shows<br />
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DIVE PRESENTS THE MISS ANNABEL<br />
SINGS SHOW: PRIDE MARCH<br />
FRI 15 – SAT 16 JUNE, 8PM<br />
Edinburgh’s finest purveyors of show-stopping<br />
weirdo cabaret present a very special dose of anarchic<br />
entertainment in celebration of LGBT Pride.<br />
March alongside Dive’s queen of queer cabaret Miss<br />
Annabel Sings and the eclectic Dive family, for a<br />
rollercoaster ride to the four corners of the rainbow as they<br />
celebrate diversity, freedom, family and fun with their<br />
genre-defying mix of performance, music and comedy.<br />
Grab your rainbow flag, pile on the glitter and enter the<br />
weird and wonderful world of the Miss Annabel Sings Show!<br />
Tickets<br />
Full price £12<br />
Standard concession £10.50<br />
Under 30s / Student £9<br />
Other concession £6<br />
See Booking your tickets page for<br />
full pricing and booking information.<br />
T2 18+<br />
Edinburgh’s annual Pride march on Saturday 16 June will<br />
celebrate 23 years since it began in Scotland back in 1995.<br />
dive-party.org.uk / @DiveQueerParty<br />
‘Colourful and more than a little bit saucy.’<br />
BBC RADIO SCOTLAND<br />
‘Like a shot of caffeine for the soul.’<br />
TO DO LIST<br />
shows<br />
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festivals<br />
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festivals<br />
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27 – 31 MARCH AT THE TRAVERSE<br />
festivals<br />
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The National <strong>Theatre</strong> Connections festival is a<br />
celebration of young people, theatre-making<br />
and the importance of access to the arts.<br />
Companies performing:<br />
Borders Youth <strong>Theatre</strong>, Breakthrough <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Company, Collision, Kirkcaldy High School,<br />
Knightswood Secondary School, Mix Up <strong>Theatre</strong>,<br />
PACE Youth <strong>Theatre</strong>, Perth High School, Vivace<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> School, Wester Hailes Education Centre<br />
Full programme to be announced soon.<br />
Visit traverse.co.uk for more details.<br />
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The Festival returns in the spring with a packed programme of carefully selected<br />
shows for babies, teens and all the in-betweens.<br />
The annual celebration will showcase the best of young people’s theatre and<br />
dance from around the world.<br />
Public booking opens on 22 March <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
More information at www.imaginate.org.uk<br />
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festivals
Image by Aly Wight<br />
TRAVERSE YOUNG WRITERS<br />
STARTS MON 5 MAR, 7 – 9PM<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> Young Writers is aimed at<br />
18-25 year-olds who wish to develop<br />
their playwriting skills. It offers the<br />
opportunity to be part of a creative<br />
network, where aspiring playwrights can<br />
discuss, debate and create great new work.<br />
This season, over 10 weeks, <strong>Traverse</strong><br />
Young Writers will participate in one-off<br />
workshops with leading professional<br />
playwrights, whilst working with the<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> Artistic Team to develop<br />
their playwriting skills. The course will<br />
culminate in a Scratch Night of the<br />
group’s work.<br />
For more information please contact<br />
Sunniva Ramsay, Creative Producer, at<br />
sunniva.ramsay@traverse.co.uk.<br />
Fees<br />
The cost of a 10-week course is £90. The<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> is able to offer a limited number<br />
of bursaries covering the majority of the<br />
course fees for those unable to pay.<br />
TRAVERSE YOUNG WRITERS SCRATCH NIGHT<br />
SAT 12 MAY, 8PM<br />
Free but ticketed<br />
T2 14+<br />
take part<br />
Join us for a night celebrating the freshest new writing talent, at the <strong>Traverse</strong> Young<br />
Writers’ Scratch Night. Each member of the group will have a short slot to try out<br />
an idea, which will be developed and presented as a script-in-hand reading with<br />
professional actors and directors. As ever, please join us afterwards in the <strong>Traverse</strong><br />
Bar Café to feedback to the writers and be part of the discussion.<br />
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Bronwynne Brent<br />
MUSIC AT THE TRAVERSE<br />
FROM JANUARY TO JUNE <strong>2018</strong><br />
IN THE BAR | 8PM<br />
We’ve got another packed<br />
programme of music at The<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> Bar on Mondays (and the<br />
occasional Sunday). This season<br />
includes the usual mix of jazz, folk,<br />
world and Americana, and for the<br />
second year running we’re hosting<br />
four stand out gigs for Tradfest at<br />
the Trav. Check out our listing (right)<br />
and read more at our website<br />
(soundhouse.org.uk). We look<br />
forward to welcoming you soon.<br />
Jane-Ann and Douglas<br />
The Soundhouse Organisation<br />
“<br />
THESE<br />
CONCERTS ARE<br />
A VITAL, YEAR-ROUND<br />
PART OF EDINBURGH’S<br />
CULTURAL LIFE<br />
ALASDAIR ROBERTS<br />
JANUARY<br />
15 Nuala Kennedy Band<br />
22 Dave Swarbrick Tribute<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
05 A New International<br />
12 Swampfog<br />
19 Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys<br />
25 Adam Holmes & the Embers<br />
26 Harley & Kimbro<br />
MARCH<br />
05 Bronwynne Brent<br />
12 Lizabett Russo<br />
19 Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman<br />
25 Alyn Cosker Group<br />
APRIL<br />
02 The Little Unsaid<br />
09 Katet<br />
APRIL (continued)<br />
15 Adam Sutherland Band<br />
16 Connla<br />
29 The Fretless<br />
30 Woody Pines<br />
MAY<br />
06 Mary Ann Kennedy<br />
07 Martin Simpson<br />
13 Anna & Elizabeth<br />
21 The Poozies<br />
JUNE<br />
04 Kaela Rowan Band<br />
11 Moishes Bagel<br />
18 The Foo Birds<br />
FIND OUT MORE<br />
soundhouse.org.uk<br />
bar events<br />
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EATING<br />
& DRINKING<br />
RESERVATIONS<br />
& HIRES<br />
Please contact us<br />
on 0131 228 5383<br />
TRAVERSE BAR<br />
Craft beers & ciders<br />
Spirits & wines<br />
Seasonal food menu available<br />
on evenings with performances,<br />
including homemade snacks,<br />
burgers, sharing platters & salads<br />
TRAVERSE COFFEE<br />
Barista-made coffee<br />
Healthy snacks & sweet treats<br />
Fresh soup, hot food, salads<br />
& sandwiches<br />
Mon to Fri, 7.30am – 4pm<br />
Mon to Fri, 4pm – late<br />
Sat, 12pm – late<br />
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We offer free Wi-Fi and are proud to be<br />
dog-friendly!<br />
By choosing the <strong>Traverse</strong> Coffee Shop and Bar you are<br />
supporting our theatre’s year-round work.
ACCESS<br />
Copies of this brochure and an access<br />
guide are available in large print and audio<br />
formats from the <strong>Traverse</strong> Box Office.<br />
ACCESS – THE BUILDING<br />
From the Cambridge Street entrance there<br />
is level access to the Box Office. There is<br />
lift access to the Bar Café and theatres,<br />
and adapted toilets on the Box Office and<br />
Bar Café levels. Guide and hearing dogs<br />
are welcome.<br />
Please mention when booking if you<br />
require lift access to <strong>Traverse</strong> 1 or <strong>Traverse</strong><br />
2, and make yourself known to Front of<br />
House staff on arrival.<br />
COMPANION SERVICE<br />
Artlink offers a companion service for<br />
people who have difficulty attending<br />
performances on their own. For more<br />
information, please phone 0131 229 3555<br />
or visit artlinkedinburgh.co.uk<br />
WHEELCHAIR USERS<br />
There are wheelchair spaces available<br />
in both theatres – please reserve when<br />
making your booking. Easily accessible<br />
seating can be reserved for audience<br />
members who prefer to transfer from a<br />
wheelchair to a seat.<br />
ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES<br />
If you would like to use any of the<br />
following services, please let the Box<br />
Office know at the time of booking and<br />
make yourself known to the Front of<br />
House team on arrival, as they will be<br />
expecting you.<br />
CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES<br />
The actors' words appear on a<br />
display unit (or units) placed on the<br />
set or next to the stage at the same<br />
time as they are spoken or sung.<br />
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES<br />
Audio description is a way of<br />
communicating the visual elements<br />
of a production for visually impaired<br />
audience members. Information is<br />
relayed as a live commentary to a<br />
personal headset. Please collect this<br />
from a member of the Front of<br />
House team from 30 minutes before<br />
the performance.<br />
TOUCH TOURS<br />
Touch tours give a guided tour of<br />
the stage set to visually impaired<br />
audience members prior to the start<br />
of an audio described performance.<br />
BSL INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES<br />
An interpreter stands at the side of<br />
the stage and interprets dialogue,<br />
songs and sound effects for deaf<br />
audience members.<br />
HEARING ENHANCEMENT<br />
Hearing enhancement supplies<br />
amplified sound to a personal<br />
headset. Please collect this from<br />
a member of the Front of House<br />
team from 30 minutes before the<br />
performance. This service is suitable<br />
for audience members with low to<br />
moderate hearing loss and can be<br />
used in conjunction with existing<br />
hearing aids.<br />
RELAXED PERFORMANCES<br />
These are designed for<br />
audience members with a range of<br />
additional support needs, including<br />
autism spectrum conditions,<br />
learning disabilities and anyone<br />
who may benefit from a more<br />
relaxed environment when visiting<br />
the theatre.<br />
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SUPPORT US<br />
Image by Aly Wight<br />
We believe that theatre has a place in<br />
everyone’s life, which is why we work<br />
to make the <strong>Traverse</strong> a welcoming<br />
and accessible place for all. Providing<br />
opportunities to experience the<br />
performing arts, nurturing new talent<br />
and connecting with people in local<br />
communities is at the heart of what we<br />
do; we thrive on it.<br />
As a registered charity, we need people like<br />
you to help us make this happen. So, we<br />
invite you to join us in inspiring audiences,<br />
creating meaningful connections to<br />
theatre and providing lasting memories for<br />
years to come.<br />
Whether you decide to make a one-off<br />
donation or sign-up to our regular giving<br />
scheme, every donation makes a difference.<br />
Text TRAV16 £3 to 70070 to donate £3 today*<br />
Visit our website at traverse.co.uk/supporting<br />
Call our Box Office on 0131 228 1404<br />
REGULAR GIVING<br />
You can become a <strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Supporter by joining one of our five regular<br />
giving levels, from £180 a year – or £15 a<br />
month. In recognition of their support,<br />
individual supporters enjoy a glimpse<br />
behind the scenes at the <strong>Traverse</strong>,<br />
with unique opportunities to join us at<br />
rehearsals and to meet the artistic team.<br />
To find out more about regular giving<br />
contact Ellen Gledhill, Development<br />
Manager, on 0131 228 3223 or at<br />
ellen.gledhill@traverse.co.uk.<br />
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*Text donation service provided by JustTextGiving. 100% of every donation goes direct to the <strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> (Scotland) is a Limited Company (SC076037) and a Scottish Charity (SC002368) with its<br />
registered office at 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh EH1 2ED.
WITH THANKS<br />
The <strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> would like to thank the<br />
following organisations and individuals for<br />
their significant contribution to our work all<br />
year round.<br />
ASSOCIATE ARTISTS<br />
Emma Callander<br />
Rob Drummond<br />
Gary McNair<br />
Morna Pearson<br />
Tim Price<br />
Stef Smith<br />
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS<br />
The <strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> works in synergy with<br />
partners and collaborators, including:<br />
A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Òran Mór<br />
BBC Writersroom<br />
British Council<br />
Channel 4 Playwrights’ Scheme<br />
Culture Ireland<br />
CodeBase<br />
Dance Base<br />
Dive Queer Party<br />
Doosan Arts Centre, Seoul<br />
Edinburgh College<br />
Edinburgh Cultural Venues Group<br />
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society<br />
Edinburgh International Festival<br />
Edinburgh International Film Festival<br />
Edinburgh International Science Festival<br />
Edinburgh Lighting and Sound School<br />
Imaginate / Edinburgh International Children’s Festival<br />
Théâtre La Licorne, Montreal<br />
Leith <strong>Theatre</strong> Trust<br />
Luminate<br />
manipulate / Puppet Animation Scotland<br />
National <strong>Theatre</strong> of Great Britain<br />
National <strong>Theatre</strong> of Scotland<br />
Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland<br />
RAGE <strong>Theatre</strong>, Mumbai<br />
Red Bridge Arts<br />
Soundhouse<br />
Tron <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
University of Edinburgh<br />
Village Pub <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
Wildfire<br />
Youth <strong>Theatre</strong> Arts Scotland<br />
The <strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> extends grateful thanks<br />
to all those who generously support our work,<br />
including those who prefer their support to<br />
remain anonymous.<br />
TRAVERSE THEATRE SUPPORTERS<br />
Diamond – Alan & Penny Barr, Katie Bradford<br />
Platinum – Angus McLeod, Iain Millar,<br />
Nicholas & Lesley Pryor, David Rodgers<br />
Gold – Carola Bronte-Stewart, Helen Pitkethly<br />
Silver – Bridget M. Stevens, Allan Wilson,<br />
Judy & Steve<br />
Bronze – Barbara Cartwright, Alex Oliver<br />
& Duncan Stephen<br />
PRODUCTION SUPPORTERS<br />
Allander Print<br />
Cotterell & Co<br />
Narcissus Flowers<br />
Paterson SA Hairdressing<br />
TRUSTS AND FOUNDATIONS<br />
Anderson Anderson & Brown Charitable Initiative<br />
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation<br />
The Backstage Trust<br />
The Binks Trust<br />
Bòrd na Gàidhlig<br />
British Council: UK/India 2017<br />
The Cross Trust<br />
The Dr David <strong>Summer</strong>s Charitable Trust<br />
Edinburgh Airport Community Board<br />
The Educational Institute of Scotland<br />
The Evelyn Drysdale Charitable Trust<br />
The James Menzies- Kitchin Trust<br />
The Linbury Trust<br />
Ponton House Trust<br />
The RKT Harris Charitable Trust<br />
The Robert Haldane Smith Charitable Foundation<br />
The Russell Trust<br />
The Saltire Society Trust<br />
The Santander Foundation<br />
The Souter Charitable Trust<br />
Unity <strong>Theatre</strong> Trust<br />
The W. M. Mann Foundation<br />
WCH Trust for Children<br />
Thanks to all <strong>Traverse</strong> permanent and seasonal staff.<br />
Brochure design everyonelovescake.co.uk<br />
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DIARY<br />
JANUARY<br />
Mon 15<br />
Mon 22<br />
Sat 27 manipulate, various times<br />
Sun 28 manipulate, various times<br />
Mon 29 manipulate, various times<br />
Tue 30 manipulate, various times<br />
Wed 31 manipulate, various times<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
Thu 1 manipulate, various times<br />
Fri 2 manipulate, various times<br />
Sat 3 manipulate, various times<br />
Mon 5<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> 1 <strong>Traverse</strong> 2 Bar Café<br />
Mon 12<br />
Tue 13<br />
The Match Box, 8pm<br />
Wed 14 Showtime from the Frontline, 7.30pm The Match Box, 8pm<br />
Thu 15 Showtime from the Frontline, 7.30pm The Match Box, 8pm<br />
Fri 16 Showtime from the Frontline, 7.30pm The Match Box, 8pm<br />
Sat 17 Showtime from the Frontline, 2.30pm & 7.30pm The Match Box, 8pm<br />
Mon 19<br />
Wed 21 The Last Bordello 7.30pm<br />
Thu 22 The Last Bordello 7.30pm<br />
Fri 23 The Last Bordello 7.30pm Project #1, 8pm<br />
Sat 24 The Last Bordello 7.30pm Project #1, 8pm<br />
Sun 25 Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Mon 26<br />
Wed 28 The Return, 7.30pm<br />
MARCH<br />
Thu 1 The Return, 7.30pm<br />
Sat 3 TuTuMucky/RITUALIA, 7.30pm<br />
Mon 5<br />
Thu 8<br />
Fri 9<br />
Sat 10<br />
Mon 12<br />
Tue 13<br />
How to Act, 8pm<br />
Wed 14<br />
How to Act, 8pm<br />
Thu 15 Three Sisters, 7.30pm P How to Act, 8pm<br />
Fri 16 Three Sisters, 2.30pm & 7.30pm How to Act, 8pm<br />
Sat 17 Three Sisters, 7.30pm How to Act, 8pm<br />
Mon 19<br />
Wed 21 Winter Solstice, 7.30pm<br />
Thu 22 Winter Solstice, 7.30pm<br />
Fri 23 Winter Solstice, 7.30pm<br />
Sat 24 Winter Solstice, 2.30pm & 7.30pm<br />
Sun 25<br />
Brainstorm, 7pm<br />
Brainstorm, 7pm<br />
Mr Blue Sky, 2.30pm / Brainstorm, 7pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Tue 27 NT Connections, various times<br />
Wed 28 NT Connections, various times<br />
Thu 29 NT Connections, various times<br />
Fri 30 NT Connections, various times<br />
Sat 31 NT Connections, various times<br />
APRIL<br />
Mon 2<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Tue 3<br />
PPP: McGonagall’s Chronicles, 1pm / The Duke, 8pm<br />
Wed 4 Locker Room Talk, 7.30pm PPP: McGonagall’s Chronicles, 1pm / The Duke, 8pm<br />
Thu 5 Locker Room Talk, 7.30pm PPP: McGonagall’s Chronicles, 1pm / The Duke, 8pm<br />
Fri 6 Locker Room Talk, 7.30pm PPP: McGonagall’s Chronicles 1pm & 7pm<br />
Sat 7 Locker Room Talk, 7.30pm PPP: McGonagall’s Chronicles, 1pm
DIARY<br />
APRIL<br />
Mon 9<br />
Tue 10<br />
Wed 11<br />
Thu 12<br />
Fri 13<br />
Sat 14<br />
Sun 15<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> 1 <strong>Traverse</strong> 2 Bar Café<br />
PPP: Rachel’s Cousins, 1pm<br />
PPP: Rachel’s Cousins, 1pm<br />
PPP: Rachel’s Cousins, 1pm<br />
PPP: Rachel’s Cousins, 1pm & 7pm<br />
PPP: Rachel’s Cousins, 1pm<br />
Mon 16<br />
Tue 17<br />
PPP: Margaret Saves Scotland, 1pm<br />
Wed 18<br />
PPP: Margaret Saves Scotland, 1pm<br />
Thu 19<br />
PPP: Margaret Saves Scotland, 1pm<br />
Fri 20 Gut , 7.30pm P PPP: Margaret Saves Scotland, 1pm & 7pm<br />
Sat 21 Gut , 7.30pm P PPP: Margaret Saves Scotland, 1pm<br />
Tue 24 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Eulogy, 1pm<br />
Wed 25 Gut , 7.30pm<br />
PPP: Eulogy, 1pm<br />
Thu 26 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Eulogy, 1pm<br />
Fri 27 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Eulogy, 1pm & 7pm<br />
Sat 28 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Eulogy, 1pm<br />
Sun 29<br />
Mon 30<br />
MAY<br />
Tue 1 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Bubblewrap, 1pm<br />
Wed 2 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Bubblewrap, 1pm<br />
Thu 3 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Bubblewrap, 1pm<br />
Fri 4 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Bubblewrap, 1pm & 7pm<br />
Sat 5 Gut , 7.30pm PPP: Bubblewrap, 1pm<br />
Sun 6<br />
Mon 7<br />
Tue 8 Gut , 7.30pm<br />
Wed 9 Gut , 7.30pm<br />
Thu 10 Gut , 2.30 & 7.30pm Anatomy: Finest Cuts, 8pm<br />
Fri 11 Gut , 7.30pm Anatomy: Finest Cuts, 8pm<br />
Sat 12 Gut , 2.30 & 7.30pm <strong>Traverse</strong> Young Writers Scratch Night, 8pm<br />
Mon 13<br />
Wed 16 Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths, 7.30pm<br />
Thu 17 Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths, 7.30pm Forbidden Stories, 8pm<br />
Fri 18 Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths, 7.30pm Forbidden Stories, 8pm<br />
Sat 19 Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths, 7.30pm<br />
Mon 21<br />
Wed 23<br />
PASS Out, 8pm<br />
Thu 24<br />
PASS Out, 8pm<br />
Sat 26 Edinburgh International Children's Festival, various times<br />
Sun 27 Edinburgh International Children's Festival, various times<br />
Mon 28 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, various times<br />
Tue 29 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, various times<br />
Wed 30 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, various times<br />
Thu 31 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, various times<br />
JUNE<br />
Fri 1 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, various times<br />
Sat 2 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, various times<br />
Sun 3 Edinburgh International Children’s Festival, various times<br />
Mon 4<br />
Fri 8<br />
Sat 9<br />
Mon 11<br />
Fri 15<br />
Sat 16<br />
Mon 18<br />
The Darkness or Else The Light, 7.30pm<br />
The Darkness or Else The Light, 7.30pm<br />
Dive Queer Party, 8pm<br />
Dive Queer Party, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm<br />
Soundhouse, 8pm
GETTING HERE<br />
Waverley<br />
Station<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong><br />
10 Cambridge Street<br />
Edinburgh, EH1 2ED<br />
Haymarket<br />
Station<br />
Buses<br />
Lothian Bus services<br />
on Lothian Road.<br />
1, 10, 11, 15, 15A, 16, 22,<br />
24, 25, 30, 34, 36, 47,<br />
N8, N16, N22, N30,<br />
N31, N34, X25.<br />
Trains<br />
Nearest stations<br />
are Waverley<br />
Train Station<br />
and Haymarket<br />
Train Station.<br />
Car Parking<br />
Four blue badge bays<br />
on Cambridge Street.<br />
A short distance<br />
from Castle<br />
Terrace Car Park.<br />
Pay & Display onstreet<br />
parking in<br />
surrounding streets.<br />
Taxis<br />
Drop off point at<br />
main entrance to<br />
<strong>Traverse</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong>.<br />
A short distance<br />
from Lothian Road<br />
taxi rank, outside<br />
Sheraton Hotel.<br />
traverse.co.uk<br />
0131 228 1404<br />
@traversetheatre