Writing

How we work

The artistic team manages the Traverse's script commissioning process. We host script development workshops and public playwriting workshops, and  organise and host many literary activities within the theatre such as the Young Writers Group, Playwrights' Toolkit, PlayGroup and Words, Words, Words.

Commissions

Each year the Traverse commissions at least eight new plays by UK writers (mainly those living in, or from, Scotland), as well as some contemporary international plays under our Playwrights in Partnership translation scheme.

Well-known Traverse commissions include Midsummer [a play with songs] by David Greig & Gordon McIntyre, ENGLAND by Tim Crouch, Knives in Hens by David Harrower, Iron by Rona Munro, Gagarin Way by Gregory Burke, Bondagers by Sue Glover and The Slab Boys Trilogy by John Byrne.

Playwrights in Partnership international commissions have included The Girl on the Sofa by Jon Fosse in a version by David Harrower, and Strawberries in January by Evelyne de la Chenelière in a version by Rona Munro.