FRANCE IN SCOTLAND:
PARIS CALLING

Traverse Theatre/ Théâtre Ouvert

The Traverse is the only Scottish partner taking part in the UK-wide Paris Calling year of Franco-British performance events.

Join us as we stage public readings of first translations of two contemporary plays from France, with leading Scottish actors:

• The Problem by François Bégaudeau, writer and star of the recently Oscar-nominated The Class/Entre Les Murs
• Alta Villa by Lancelot Hamelin, one of the most interesting French stage voices to emerge in recent years.

This is a chance to preview these exciting plays and to join in post-show discussions afterwards with a panel including the translators: leading Scottish playwright Linda McLean (strangers, babies & Shimmer), Christopher Campbell (Literary Manager of the National Theatre, London) and Lucien and Micheline Attoun, the Artistic Directors of Théâtre Ouvert. For Paris Calling in 2009 the Traverse’s partner theatre is Paris’ Théâtre Ouvert. Located behind the Moulin Rouge, Théâtre Ouvert is a theatre that matches the Traverse’s long history of excellence and adventure in developing contemporary playwrights and their plays. The Traverse and Théâtre Ouvert are running translation residencies for selected contemporary playwrights in both countries and showcasing the results in both our theatres.
The Traverse Theatre’s partnership between Scotland and France for 2009 as part of the Paris Calling year of events is supported by the French Embassy in the UK, la SACD, and CulturesFrance.

PARIS CALLING is a year of Franco-British performance events. The year’s partners include London’s National Theatre, Northern Stage, the Barbican, the Royal Opera House, Tate Modern, Soho Theatre, the Curve, Nottingham Playhouse & the Bush, amongst others.

All the Paris Calling events around the UK can be viewed at http://www.pariscalling.org.uk/