Orla O’Loughlin
Review – Ciara
A towering performance by Blythe Duff marks out the Traverse’s revival of their Edinburgh fringe hit Ciara, which plays until the 21st.
Emma Callander next Traverse Associate Director
Emma Callander, the freelance director and co-artistic director of Theatre Uncut, has been announced as the next Associate Director at the Traverse theatre.
Roxy Grant and Traverse Move
Orla O’Loughlin dropped a bombshell for Edinburgh theatre-lovers at the end of Thursday’s BBC2 documentary on the Traverse’s 50th anniversary.
The Dark Road Rushes – One
The first weekly blog by assistant director Jo Rush from the rehearsal room of Dark Road, the collaboraton between crime writer Ian Rankin and Lyceum artistic director Mark Thomson.
Review – Ciara
David Harrower’s one-woman play, written for Blythe Duff, is a finely honed exposition of the collision of diverse worlds – written in ear-to-the-ground language.
Taking the Traverse Fifty to the fringe
The Traverse has announced that it is to feature all the Traverse Fifty’s original 500-word plays – the Fifty Plays for Edinburgh – as part of the productions at this year’s Edinburgh festivals.
Review – Clean
Classy and compelling, Sabrina Mahfouz’s fizzing three-hander slams down onto the Play, Pie and a Pint stage for a lunchtime treat of slick, sick attitude.
Review – A respectable Woman Takes to Vulgarity
The relationship between language and power is woven right through Douglas Maxwell’s misleadingly simple script for a Play, a Pie and a Pint, at the Traverse theatre every lunchtime until Saturday.
Traverse announces first half of fiftieth anniversary season
Well known playwrights and completely unknown writers are among the highlights of the Traverse’s 50th anniversary season, announced on Wednesday.
Review – Watching the Detective
★★★★☆
They have saved the best until the very last at the Traverse’s A Play, A Pie and A Pint season of lunchtime theatre, with Paddy Cunneen’s gem of a piece: Watching the Detective, performed by Stuart Bowman.
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