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The Patient Gloria
Festival 2019 By Gina Moxley–
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.
Mouthpiece
Festival 2019 By Kieran Hurley–
Salisbury Crags. Twilight. A woman takes a step forward into the air. A teenage boy pulls her back. Two lives are changed forever.
Crocodile Fever
Festival 2019 By Meghan Tyler–
Northern Ireland, 1989. A farmhouse window smashes, and rebellious Fianna Devlin crashes back into the life of her pious sister Alannah.
Pre-View
Festival 2019–
Readings from eight brand new plays by emerging playwrights from England, Ireland, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, the USA and Wales.
Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster
Festival 2019–
Electrifying gig. Thrilling theatre. Tongue-twisting vocal gymnastics. Mary Shelley’s original, re-imagined with songs, soundscapes and sonic trickery.
TalkFest - Ways and Means: Theatre in 2019 and Beyond
Festival 2019What happens when we pair up two theatre artists from different backgrounds to co-host a discussion about what makes great theatre in 2019?
Breakfast Plays: The Future is [...]
Festival 2019 By Erin McGee, Eve Nicol, Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir, Diane Stewart–
Four new plays from four of the most exciting emergent women writers in Scottish theatre. Kick start your day with these script-in-hand readings and enjoy a breakfast roll with your ticket.
TalkFest - Anatomy of a Play: How Not to Drown
Festival 2019Join playwright Nicola McCartney, actor Dritan Kastrati and Professor Sharon Cowan of the University of Edinburgh to dissect the process of writing the autobiographical play How Not to Drown.
James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2019: The Award Ceremony
Festival 2019–
Join today’s most innovative playwrights for an afternoon of performed readings and interviews with presenter Shereen Nanjiani.
The Monstrous Heart
Made at Traverse By Oliver Emanuel–
The Monstrous Heart is thrilling, chilling and witty, examining afresh the eternal question of whether we ever really change how we’re made.