Glimmers

Traverse Theatre Company & Edinburgh Napier University's Screen Academy Scotland

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About

Glimmers: micro-moments of positivity that help us to feel joy, safety and connection. It could be a fleeting sense of safety or love, happiness, or hope. But it leaves a positive lingering feeling.

Glimmers are ephemeral, much like theatre: a swift moment of magic, over too soon, but whose impacts can last forever.

This summer TravFest25 shares Glimmers with audiences and visitors. The series of short films have been penned by some of our brightest young voices, nurtured and discovered through the Traverse’s flagship engagement programme Class Act, then filmed within the Traverse Theatre and given a platform at the world’s biggest performing arts festival.

Voices from across the world - including Ukraine, India, Finland, and Scotland come together in Glimmers, supported by the Traverse’s leading mentors and directors including John Tiffany, Douglas Maxwell, Nicola McCartney, Natalya Vorozhbyt and Gareth Nicholls.

Created and delivered in partnership with Edinburgh Napier University’s Screen Academy Scotland, these wonderful miniature theatre works have become short films to be shared online and within the Traverse itself throughout August.

The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council


The first of the seven films is released today (Thursday 31 July) – Grandmother’s Pie, a new piece submitted by former Class Act Finland participant Anastasiia, performed by Imani Preyor. Further Glimmers will be released through the coming weeks, uploaded to enjoy for free via the Traverse Theatre’s YouTube channel.


Credits

  • CameraGrant Deans (him), Owen McCaffrey (him), Natalie Weir (her), Tony Ross (him)
  • SoundLiam Stobie (him), Reece Groves (him), Sherbaaz Khan (him)
  • LightingMarcin Maternik (him), Jimmy Kitson (him)
  • ProductionRuby Holywell-Walker (her), Olivia Mcardle (her)
  • Technical SupportFrancis Todd (him) - Napier staff technician
  • SupportReece Groves (him), Ruby Holywell-Walker (her), Sherbaaz Khan (him), Jimmy Kitson (him), Marcin Maternik (him), Owen McCaffrey (him), Olivia Mcardle (her), Tony Ross (him), Liam Stobie (him), Francis Todd (him), and Natalie Weir (her)