Traverse Theatre - Spring Summer 2018

Did you know that the Traverse is involved in
many exciting offstage activities? This season,
we’d like to introduce you to…
SPOTLIGHT:
CLASS ACT
MUMBAI
Image by RAGE Theatre, Mumbai
Introducing young people to the theatre and
encouraging them to become theatremakers
themselves lies at the heart of the Traverse’s
Creative Learning activities.
Our flagship education project, Class Act,
has been turning secondary school pupils
across Edinburgh into playwrights since 1991.
Now successfully running in Russia and the
Ukraine, in 2018 we’re thrilled to be introducing
Class Act to India for the first time, opening
the eyes and minds of even more young
people to playwriting and creating theatre, as
well as promoting cultural collaboration and
advocating for access to the arts for all.
Working with the Mumbai-based RAGE
Theatre Productions, writers Nicola McCartney
and Stef Smith, along with directors
Gareth Nicholls and Emma Callander, will
collaborate with Indian artists to develop the
playwriting skills of students from the city.
These students, from secondary schools
across Mumbai, will come together to take
part in playwright-led workshops and script
development sessions to write their own
scripts, which will then be performed on stage
by professional actors before a live audience.
We never fail to be excited and energised
by what Class Act’s participants create –
and we can’t wait to hear what those in
Mumbai have to say.
“Class Act is a project which, in my
experience, changes lives for young
people involved. Every time I do the
project it changes mine. I am thrilled to
be part of this team, and look forward to
learning from theatre artists in Mumbai
and most of all the young people we will
work with together.”
Nicola McCartney, playwright
Explore our work through Class Act
Mumbai at traverse.co.uk. To find out how
to support the Traverse’s creative learning
and engagement projects, such as Class Act,
turn to page 34.
The Traverse Theatre is a charity registered in Scotland
(SC002368). Class Act Mumbai is part of the British
Council’s UK/India 2017 Season, supported by the British
Council, Creative Scotland and the Scottish Government.
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