Traverse 3
What's onAbout
Welcome to our online venue, Traverse 3.
Here you'll find a both a wide range of bold, provocative and innovative work that puts audiences at its heart, and a centre of excellence for anyone looking to develop their creative skills.
Opened during the pandemic, Traverse 3 now joins our year-round physical performance spaces Traverse 1 and 2 to present a continually refreshed programme of cutting-edge productions, immersive stories and political discussions, which can be experienced and contributed to by audiences everywhere.
This is also a space for collective growth and learning, enabling audiences to create their own work, unleash their creativity and become creative contributors, wherever they may be.
Watch & Listen
Quines Cast - Season 1
Join your hosts Hannah Lavery and Caitlin Skinner as they invite Scotland’s leading feminist authors, poets, playwrights and musicians to respond to the big questions that matter to women, non-binary people and people of other marginalised genders today.
Quines Cast - Season 2
The Quines are back! Join Hannah and Caitlin as they continue to tackle the big questions that matter to women, non-binary people and people of other marginalised genders today with Scotland's leading feminist authors, poets, playwrights and musicians.
Waking the Beast
Sarah McGillivray wrote and performed a brand new poem, Waking the Beast, to mark the return of the festivals to Edinburgh, but especially the Traverse, in 2022. Follow Sarah through the streets of the capital as she finds her way to the festival's spiritual home.
Writing Workshops - On Demand
In these digital series, Meghan Tyler, Laurie Motherwell, Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney will talk about their playwriting process and guide you through practical exercises to help you to develop your writing skills. Whether you're ready to write a play, build your voice or are looking to better structure your story - these digital workshops are your starting point!
Anyone Can Write A Play by Meghan Tyler
Want to write a play but don't know where to start? Or maybe you've written a play in the past, but recently lost all of your creative juices? Never fear – this is the playwriting series for you!
How To Build Your Voice by Laurie Motherwell
Join playwright Laurie Motherwell as he tries to figure out what a playwright's voice actually is, how to cultivate your own, and how to use it to propel your stories.
Building Blocks: How To Structure Your Story by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney
A digital workshop series about building structure within stories, guiding you through the building blocks to take your story to the next level.
Explore: MyTraverse
MyTraverse celebrates the rich and illustrious history of the Traverse and allows you to explore highlights from our archive, hear, and share stories as we look ahead to our 60th anniversary!
MyTraverse has been developed in partnership with Cadpeople, funded through the Creative Informatics Challenge Projects Programme. Explore MyTraverse now!
Share your Traverse memory
Can you help us tell the Traverse's story? Though we turn 60 years new in 2023, we can't tell our full story without the audiences who have been at our heart since day one. If you have tales to tell of your times at the Trav, or material connected to us that's languishing in a corner of your attic, we'd love to know! Here you can share your memories and memorabilia!