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Traverse Theatre brings a festival spirit to Edinburgh throughout the year.

How Not To Drown

Festival 2019 By Nicola McCartney & Dritan Kastrati

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In 2002, in the turmoil after the end of the Kosovan War, Dritan is sent on the notoriously perilous journey across the Adriatic with a gang of people smugglers to a new life in Europe.

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Crocodile Fever

Festival 2019 By Meghan Tyler

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Northern Ireland, 1989. A farmhouse window smashes, and rebellious Fianna Devlin crashes back into the life of her pious sister Alannah.

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The Patient Gloria

Festival 2019 By Gina Moxley

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Inspired by the 1965 films Three Approaches To Psychotherapy, this is a mash up of re-enactment, real footage, lived experience and a punk gig.

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Trying It On

Festival 2019 By David Edgar

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50 years on, in his professional performing debut, David is confronted by his 20-year-old self. Do they still share the same beliefs?

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Spliced

Festival 2019 By Timmy Creed

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From one of Ireland's exciting up-and-coming writers comes a fun, fierce, site-specific show with thrilling music and video.

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Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

Festival 2019

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Electrifying gig. Thrilling theatre. Tongue-twisting vocal gymnastics. Mary Shelley’s original, re-imagined with songs, soundscapes and sonic trickery.

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