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Music at the TraverseSun 22 Jun, 8PM
The meeting of four of the country’s finest players, the quartet use just their fiddles to weave a tapestry of melodies, textures, layers and sounds.
Nick Costley-White Quartet
Music at the TraverseMon 23 Jun, 8PM
One of the most in-demand jazz guitarists in the UK.
An Evening with V.E. Schwab
Mon 30 Jun, 7:30PM
Join The Portobello Bookshop in welcoming V.E. Schwab to the Traverse Theatre to celebrate the launch of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.
She's Behind You
TravFest25 Written & performed by Johnny McKnight, directed by John Tiffany–
A celebration of shifting traditions and the unexpected beauty found in the anarchy of pantomime.
Standing in the Shadows of Giants
TravFest25 by Lucie Barât, directed by Bryony Shanahan–
An autobiographical show about being a rockstar(‘s sister).
Lost Lear
TravFest25 Written & Directed by Dan Colley–
A moving and darkly comic remix of Shakespeare’s play told from the point of view of a person with dementia.
The Beautiful Future Is Coming
TravFest25 by Flora Wilson Brown, directed by Nancy Medina–
A fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.
I'm Ready To Talk Now
TravFest25 Written & Performed by Oliver Ayres–
Through music, projection, and physical theatre, this radical act of connection blurs the lines between audience and performer, theatre and installation art, and stands boldly outside of ordinary theatrical conventions.
Rift
TravFest25 by Gabriel Jason Dean, directed by Ari Laura Kreith–
Award-winning US playwright Gabriel Jason Dean’s edgy new play is inspired by the real-life relationship with his own brother and asks if it’s truly possible to love someone whose beliefs you hate.
A Gambler's Guide To Dying
TravFest25 Written & performed by Gary McNair, directed by Gareth Nicholls–
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.
Red Like Fruit
TravFest25 by Hannah Moscovitch, directed by Christian Barry–
Interrogates the many contradictions and complexities of complicity, consent, patriarchy and traumatic memory in the post #MeToo era.
Consumed
TravFest25 by Karis Kelly, directed by Katie Posner–
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.