Traverse Festival
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Generating Material: A Workshop and Q&A with Simon Stephens - Recording
TicketedSales are now closed for this event
A workshop with playwright Simon Stephens, focusing on generating material and developing characters and relationships.
Hannah Lavery: Writing Autobiographical Work for the Stage
TicketedLive workshops Sat 27 Feb, Wed 3 Mar
A workshop for writers who are interested in writing autobiographical work, led by award-winning poet, playwright and performer, Hannah Lavery.
Lizabett Russo
TicketedOn demand Mon 22 Feb - Mon 1 Mar
Soundhouse are delighted to kick off this very special season of Spotlight concerts with one of their very favourite singer-songwriters, Lizabett Russo.
Soundhouse Spotlight Sessions: Jazz
TicketedOn demand Mon 1 Mar - Mon 8 Mar
This jazz showcase features four stars of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's jazz course, who formed a band especially for this Soundhouse Spotlight Session.
Until the Flood
Free By Dael OrlandersmithAvailable now
Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith performs her poetic and revelatory play Until the Flood, recorded live on stage.
In Dreams I;
Free By Natasha Thembiso RuwonaAvailable now
In Dreams I; responds to Black geographies and how black people fit into spaces - physically or metaphorically. It is a mediation on history, identity and memory, and how these can often be blurred into one.
In Someone Else's Shoes: Edinburgh's Unexpected Summer
FreeAvailable now
In Someone Else’s Shoes: Edinburgh’s Unexpected Summer transports you into the heart of another person’s life through immersive 360 degree video.
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Want to learn how to write a play?
FreeWorkshops available until Sep 2021
This free 16-part course supports aspiring writers to unleash their creativity, taking you from idea to draft.
Anyone Can Write a Play
FreeAvailable on demand
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!
The Stories We Tell About Black Lives
Free By May SumbwanyambeAvailable now
In his wide-ranging video essay, May Sumbwanyambe draws links between the ways in Black people are represented and misrepresented in the media.
A Community Response to Race: Making Until the Flood with Dael Orlandersmith
FreeAvailable now
Playwright, performer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith discusses her show Until the Flood and the state of America in 2020.