https://youtu.be/rerflAdYWBE Written by Sonya Kelly Directed by Sara Joyce ★★★★ We’re renowned for it; queuing. We’re rather good at following orders in this country; an understanding of the unwritten doctrine of etiquette and ensuring others who perhaps don’t grasp the concept are made aware of how things are done here. There are no favours, no … Continue reading The Last Return – Traverse Theatre
Written by Michael John O’Neill Directed by Katherine Nesbitt ★★★★★ The determination to maintain an intimate monologue to the level This Is Paradise offers is a rare feat of theatre. Even the most prolific monologue pieces suffer their ebb and flow of quality. But not this. Michael John O’Neill’s scipt is something remarkable. Upon the request of … Continue reading This Is Paradise – Traverse Theatre
Written by JD Stewart Directed by Kenny Miller ★★★ Commendable, a word tossed around often with little weight or relevance, but in the words of the Traverse; "The Show Goes On". And after two of Daniel Getting Married’s cast members are down with Covid, Emily Winters and Michael Dylan arrive with a commendable call to action, and … Continue reading Daniel Getting Married – Play, Pie & Pint
Written & Directed by Julia Taudevin ★★★★ Finding ourselves in the position of uprooting our most valuable treasures, our families, and moving them across the treacherous darkness of the oceans is a concept many of us will never fully grasp and mercifully never experience. This inaugural show from Disaster Plan, a new company from writer and … Continue reading MOVE – Traverse Theatre, Silverknowes Beach
Creator: Andy Manley Director: Gill Robertson Profoundly simplistic, though magnanimous in spiritual creativity, White may label itself as a show for the youngest theatregoers, but its aesthetics, humour and sharp imagery are of a timeless piece. Pitching itself towards the younger crowd, but refraining from simplicity, cooing or pander. Its narrative follows Cotton and Wrinkle, two chaps … Continue reading White – Traverse Theatre
As of March 16th, the Scottish Government advises a policy to protect the capacity of our public services, advising that organisers should cancel or postpone all mass events of 500 people or more – indoors or outdoors. Below is an ongoing list of Scottish Theatre & events venues which have provided their stance on the … Continue reading Covid-19 – Theatre/Events responses & information
Written & Performed by Mary Higgins & Ell Potter Directed by Jessica Edwards Real talk here; what gets you off? Do you prefer to be cold or too warm? How about your toilet trips, how’re they coming? These may be the sorts of questions which make some of us blush, so you better crack a … Continue reading Hotter – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Written & Performed by Ellen Renton Right now, we’re living avatars of ourselves, no flesh or skin, just an outward projection to the world and the expectations put upon us. To cut it short, in Ellen Renton words, people only watch, they don’t see. For some, their lives are weighed, commented and looked upon as … Continue reading Within Sight – Traverse Theatre
Writer: Mary Jane Wells Director: Susan Worsfold At the heart of this production, a prime example of raw, honest theatre, is the life story of Danna Davis. Adapted in a brutal, purposeful way, Heroine hasn’t been crafted by writer and performer Mary Jane Wells as a sob story, nor a hate piece – it’s a profound amalgam … Continue reading Heroine – Traverse Theatre
Based on the stories by Pu Songling Adapter: Ewan Macdonald Written & Directed by Pauline Lockhart and Ben Harrison Our nightmares may be home to Kelpies, Redcaps and Banshees but for a different culture, who grew with the stories of Chinese writer Pu Songling, who five centuries ago wrote over five-hundred tales of demons, beasts … Continue reading Strange Tales
