The Traverse Fifty

2013 is a big year for us. In celebration of our 50th anniversary, we'll be working with 50 writers from Scotland and beyond for a year-long attachment.
 
We launched a competition in September 2012, asking for submissions of 500-word Plays for Edinburgh.   

The Traverse received 630 scripts from across the globe and writers have been selected from Scotland, Wales, England, Ireland, Croatia and Australia. 

The Traverse Fifty are:

Colin Bell (Edinburgh)

Kate Bowen (Glasgow)

Michael Burnett & Joe McCann (Edinburgh)

Alison Carr (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Colin Clark (Glasgow)

Grace Cleary (Livingston)

Giles Conisbee (Pitlochry)

Robert Dawson Scott (Glasgow)

Jack Dickson (Glasgow)

Sylvia Dow (Linlithgow)

Dave Fargnoli (Edinburgh)

Sophie Good (Edinburgh)

Alan Gordon (Edinburgh)

Caroline Gray (Putney)

James Green (Newark on Trent)

Kris Haddow (Paisley)

Mose Hayward (Paris)

Molly Innes (Edinburgh)

Emily Jenkins (Meysey Hampton)

Denise Keane (London)

NSR Khan (Edinburgh)

Deborah Klayman (Southall)

Jamie Laing (Dundee)

James Ley (Edinburgh)

Jennifer Mackie (Edinburgh)

Bethan Marlow (Cardiff)

Stuart Martin (London)

Katy McAulay (Glasgow)

John McCann (Edinburgh) 

Martin McCormick (Glasgow)

Nicholas Mcgaughey (Pontypridd)

K S Morgan McKean (Glasgow)

Tara McKevitt (Dublin)

Iain Mitchell (London)

Uma Nada- Rajah (Edinburgh)

Eva O'Connor (Edinburgh)

Michael O'Neill (Glasgow)

Dino Pesut (Zagreb)

Lachlan Philpott (Sydney)

Frances Poet (Glasgow)

Tim Primrose (Edinburgh)

Matthew Ramagge (Glasgow)

Mark Robson (Edinburgh)

Helen Shutt (London)

Sam Siggs (Edinburgh)

Ellie Stewart (Bathgate)

AJ Taudevin (Glasgow)

Drew Taylor (Glasgow)

Adam Usden (Cheadle)

 

The winning 50 plays were performed together to kick off this exciting project which will runs throughout 2013, and culminates in a new writing festival in the Autumn.

The Traverse Fifty project is generously supported by City of Edinburgh Council.