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She's Behind You
A Gambler's Guide To Dying
The Beautiful Future Is Coming
Standing In The Shadows Of Giants

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Events

She's Behind You

TravFest25 Written & performed by Johnny McKnight, directed by John Tiffany

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A celebration of shifting traditions and the unexpected beauty found in the anarchy of pantomime.

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A Gambler's Guide To Dying

TravFest25 Written & performed by Gary McNair, directed by Gareth Nicholls

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McNair's intergenerational tale of what we live for and what we leave behind has toured the world since making its award-winning, sell-out world premiere at the Traverse in 2015.

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The Beautiful Future Is Coming

TravFest25 by Flora Wilson Brown, directed by Nancy Medina

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A fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.

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Standing in the Shadows of Giants

TravFest25 by Lucie Barât, directed by Bryony Shanahan

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An autobiographical show about being a rockstar(‘s sister).

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Consumed

TravFest25 by Karis Kelly, directed by Katie Posner

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Winner of the Women’s Prize for the Playwriting 2022, Karis Kelly’s play is a pitch-black and twisted tale of dysfunctional family dynamics, generational trauma and national boundaries.

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Lost Lear

TravFest25 Written & Directed by Dan Colley

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A moving and darkly comic remix of Shakespeare’s play told from the point of view of a person with dementia.

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