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STOP PRESS "There's a fiercely calculated intelligence to Holcroft's startling and sometimes shocking piece of work... Cockroach is the future, and should be taken very seriously indeed."
(The Herald review - click here to read the full review)
"Holcroft has to be taken seriously as a compelling theatrical voice"
(The Guardian review - click here to read the full review)

A seemingly normal detention in a seemingly normal modern day comprehensive. The valiant teacher battles on with biology revision. She believes only education will set her pupils free. For outside the world is in the middle of a long and bloody war.

Despite all her best efforts, all too soon the tide of conflict is lapping at the school gates and one by one pupils and teacher are pulled under, as their hopes and dreams float away from them.

But as she has taught them in her biology lesson, like the cockroach, the fittest will survive. She is no longer sure however if tenderness and humanity stand a chance?

Sam Holcroft’s Cockroach is directed by Vicky Featherstone, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Scotland. It is the first production in the Traverse/National Theatre of Scotland’s Debuts, a short season of exciting new plays by first time writers.

Interview Click here to watch a video interview with Sam Holcroft, the writer of Cockroach (RealPlayer format).
Podcast Click here to download a podcast interview with Dominic Hill, Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre, about the whole of the Debuts season (MP3 format).

Tickets Tue - Thu, Sat matinee £13 (£8/unemployed £5),
Fri & Sat evening £16 (£12)
Early Bird Ticket Offer £8 (£5) on Fri 24 Oct if purchased before Fri 17 Oct (subject to availability)
Post show discussion Tue 28 Oct
Audio described performance & Touch Tour Sat 1 Nov (1.45pm touch tour/2.30pm performance)
Sign language interpreted performance Sat 1 Nov (2.30pm)

Debut Ticket Offer Save money by booking to see all the Debuts shows - Cockroach/Nasty, Brutish and Short + The Dogstone/Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us
• Buy tickets for any two Debuts shows and get £6 discount
• Buy tickets for all three Debuts shows and get £9 discount
(This offer isn’t available on Previews or Early Bird performances and is subject to availability. Unfortunately this offer cannot be booked online; please contact the Traverse Box Office on 0131 228 1404)

Director Vicky Featherstone
Designer Naomi Wilkinson
Lighting Designer Lizzie Powell
Cast includes Frances Ashman, Ryan Fletcher, Meg Fraser, Laura McMonagle, Helen Mallon, Owen Whitelaw

There's a fiercely calculated intelligence to Holcroft's startling and sometimes shocking piece of work... Cockroach is the future, and should be taken very seriously indeed.
(The Herald)

Holcroft has to be taken seriously as a compelling theatrical voice.
(The Guardian)