Traverse Theatre

'The gods are in the betting shops, the gods are in the café. / The gods can’t afford the deposit on their flat… / Winged sandals tearing up the pavement. / Me, you, everyone, brand new ancients.' / Poet and rapper Kate Tempest tells an everyday epic over an exhilarating live score played by tuba, cello, violin, drums…

Whether you’ve been up all night or are an early riser, start your festival day at the Traverse. Simply pick a brew, grab a breakfast roll and feast on the finest theatre around. Mourning her husband’s death, Annabelle strikes up an unlikely relationship with his potty-mouthed employee, Jim. As she enters into Jim's…

Whether you’ve been up all night or are an early riser, start your festival day at the Traverse. Simply pick a brew, grab a breakfast roll and feast on the finest theatre around. Welcome to the world of London’s top female underground criminals on their biggest job yet, an international heist. Zainab, Chloe and Katya…

Countries go through times of turmoil when in transition from one of governing to a new order. They consist of many giant and individual struggles. But what happens when the future you meet is not the one that you were expecting? Cadre is one such South African story of dreams and change. Omphile Molusi is one of…

Mick was the kind of gangster who was proud of where he came from, who protected and looked after his own kind. But if you crossed him, well, that was a different story. A man defined by the landscape of Glasgow, that infamous no mean city, the tales of what Mick did to those people have become the stuff of legend.

Screams echo through corridors. A forest echoes with the sound of gunfire. At Claire’s choir rehearsal, something terrible happens. David Greig’s daring new play asks how far forgiveness will stretch in the face of atrocity. Featuring local choirs and a soaring soundtrack, The Events tells of tragedy, obsession and…

Five performers. Five Rounds. Your vote. One survivor. Belgium’s multiple Fringe First-winning company Ontroerend Goed, and Australia’s The Border Project put the power into your hands to vote for your favourite candidate amongst our five actors in an immersive exploration into the intricacies and traps of voting…

She's a hot-rod F16 fighter pilot. She's pregnant. Her career in the sky is over. Now, she sits in an air-conditioned trailer in Las Vegas flying remote-controlled drones over Pakistan. She struggles through surreal 12 hour shifts far from the battlefield - hunting terrorists by day and being a wife and mother by…

Feidlim Cannon’s father died 12 years ago. His death could have been prevented. Have I No Mouth explores the changing nature of the relationship between Brokentalkers’ director Feidlim Cannon and his mother, Ann, in the aftermath of tragedy. The piece is written and performed by Feidlim and Ann Cannon. Through a…

An Englishman, a Northern Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman walked into a recording studio, creating The Union. Commercially successful and critically acclaimed, the pioneering Indie Rock band is on the verge of breaking up. When financial disaster strikes and Scottish guitarist Barry leaves the band, artistic…

Hear from the instantly recognisable but always believable actor about a life in film, from Begbie to Renard and beyond. Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Multi award-winning ‘theatrical maverick’ (Financial Times), ‘site-specific genius’ (Scotsman) and ‘Fringe institution’ (Independent) David Leddy presents this dynamic, uplifting escapade about art forgery, castration and blind drunkenness. Liz and Jim are small-time con artists who need £250,000 fast. They decide to…

Four readings from four brand new plays by four emerging writers from across Europe. By Helene Grøn, Rosanna Hall, Matthew Knights and Jenny Knotts. Extracts from the plays are performed as script-in-hand readings by an ensemble of leading Scottish actors. All writers are graduating from the MSc in Writing for Theatre…

‘There’s more to the truth than facts.’ Belfast is a place where things need to be said. Jimmy and Ian are meeting tonight for the first time. They share a violent past. They need to talk. Quietly is a powerful story about truth and forgiveness. It premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in November 2012 and was…

Secret terror cells, political conspiracy, police bungling, state-sponsored bomb plots… This is London, 1896. Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic novel, The Secret Agent is theatre O’s heartbreaking and hilarious chronicle of passion, betrayal and terrorism. Set at a time of social upheaval and growing disparity…

Inspirational discussions with leading writers and theatre-makers from this year’s Festival. Whatever Happened to Political Drama?, chaired by Kieran Hurley with panellists including AJ Taudevin (Chalk Farm), David MacLennan (a Play, a Pie and a Pint) and writers from Theatre Uncut. Big Bang Theatre chaired by Rob…

Inspirational discussions with leading writers and theatre-makers from this year’s Fringe. The Body Politic: the Human Body as the Drama, chaired by Jo Clifford with panellists including writer /performers Adura Onashile (HeLa) and Robert Softley Gale (If These Spasms Could Speak). Let the Games Begin: the Art and…

Theatre Uncut presents new plays that aim to get people thinking, talking and taking action on what is going on in the world around us. The plays are available for anyone to perform anywhere during Theatre Uncut’s annual mass theatrical action events. Following the success at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe (winning a…