TravFest26

TravFest26 brings together work by emerging, mid‑career and internationally acclaimed playwrights, affirming the Traverse’s role as Scotland’s national new writing company and a place where bold ideas and voices begin, are nurtured and are celebrated.

This year’s programme brings together a powerful range of female voices: stories grappling with grief and faith, autonomy and morality, motherhood and ecology, ambition and identity, misogyny and moral courage. Across its two in-house stages, the Traverse presents work rooted in lived experience but resonant with audiences across Scotland and far beyond.

Explore the programme below.

The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.