What's on
List of Series
List of Events
Playwright and Director Networking Event
First Stages FestivalThis informal networking session is an opportunity for professional playwrights and directors to make new connections and meet potential collaborators.
Imaginate Accelerator Reading: The Turmeric Trail
First Stages Festival Skye LoneraganA new play about the power of our thoughts to create our reality. Told through the eyes of an insect-obsessed teenager who is on the brink of exams she can’t afford to fail.
The Tillers
SoundhouseHot Cincinnati four-piece, The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive style of stringband-driven folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea.
Class Act
Made at Traverse–
Class Act challenges senior pupils from schools across Edinburgh to become playwrights, creating brand new scripts which are premiered on the Traverse stage.
Alex & Eliza
By Umar Butt–
Zubair’s grandmother is like everyone else’s grandmother. Until she gets on a plane to visit Zubair seven seas afar.
Emergence 2019
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Youth Theatre Arts Scotland presents Emergence 2019, a celebration of bold new works-in-progress from the country’s leading youth theatre directors.
Elusive Tree Ensemble
SoundhouseShowcasing original compositions and innovative arrangements, this pioneering septet brings together some of the most exciting and award-winning talent on the Scottish jazz scene.
Atlantis Banal: Beneath the Surface
By Shona Reppe–
Born on an island, struck by lightning and raised by a dry cleaner, Atlantis Banal is an artist like no other.
Martin & Eliza Carthy
Soundhouse–
The good Doctor Martin Carthy and his twice Mercury-nominated daughter Eliza Carthy, join forces to perform songs from their first duo album ever, a CD of traditional material entitled The Moral of the Elephant.
White
By Andy Manley–
White is a playful, highly visual show for very young children and is a perfect first-time theatre experience for 2-4-year-olds.
Strange Tales
Made at Traverse Adapted from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling, by Pauline Lockhart with Ben Harrison–
Written in China centuries ago, Pu Songling’s Strange Tales are now adapted for stage by the acclaimed immersive theatre company Grid Iron in co-production with the Traverse Theatre.
I Can Go Anywhere
Made at Traverse By Douglas Maxwell–
Jimmy is 100% Mod and is seeking asylum in the UK. With just a few days before the substantive interview that’s going to decide his fate, the stakes are high. So he came up with a brilliant plan. And Stevie has an important part to play.