What's on

List of Series

    List of Events

    1. 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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    2. Red Like Fruit

      TravFest25 by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Christian Barry

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      Interrogates the many contradictions and complexities of complicity, consent, patriarchy and traumatic memory in the post #MeToo era.

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    3. 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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    4. Lucky Tonight!

      TravFest25 by Afreena Islam-Wright, directed by Julia Samuels

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      An interactive pub quiz-cum-theatre show written and performed by Afreena Islam-Wright. 

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    5. Deliverance

      TravFest25 by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir

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      A person arrives at your door with an envelope. Inside is your script - a set of instructions that you will follow for the next 90 minutes.

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    6. Nowhere

      TravFest25 Written and performed by Khalid Abdalla, directed by Omar Elerian

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      This intricate and playful solo show takes us on a surprising journey into Abdalla's own history, set against a cartography of seismic world events.

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    7. Soundhouse: Paul Harrison's Trio Mágico & Guests: Encontros

      Music at the Traverse

      Fri 5 Sep, 8PM

      A Scottish twist to the warmth and spark of Brazilian music.

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    8. Cauld Blast Orchestra

      Sat 13 Sep, 8PM

      The legendary Cauld Blast Orchestra, dormant for 20 years, is reborn with a new expanded line-up!

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    9. Black Hole Sign

      by Uma Nada Rajah, Directed by Gareth Nicholls

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      When a hole appears in the roof of a crumbling and understaffed A&E department, patients, porters and nurses do what they must to make it through the night.

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    10. So Young

      by Douglas Maxwell, Directed by Gareth Nicholls

      Thu 23 - Sat 25 Oct

      Both touching and funny, So Young is a story about coming back together after time apart.

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    11. Soundhouse: Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening

      Music at the Traverse

      Mon 27 Oct, 8PM

      Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening explore the connecting threads of music, landscape and people over a period of almost 2000 years.

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    12. Soundhouse: Erik Palmberg Quartet

      Music at the Traverse

      Tue 4 Nov, 8PM

      Lyrical and melodic contemporary jazz, steeped in tradition.

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