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Championing stories and storytellers.

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🐙 "A programme that doesn’t just tick boxes—it expands the map"

Hotly anticipated & highly acclaimed; it's only three weeks until we welcome back Manipulate Festival with their unmatched spectacle of a programme.

Read more about it in @theqr.bsky.social: theqr.co.uk/2026/01/04/m...
Manipulate Festival 2026 Unleashes Giant Octopus and invades Filmhouse
Edinburgh’s Manipulate Festival 2026 returns 4–10 Feb with its boldest visual theatre and animation yet, from a new Filmhouse competition strand to roaming octopus Ocho.
theqr.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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Happy new year folks - never too late to say it 🥳 - and never too early to start thinking about Spring when that means a brand new season of #LiveMusic. We'll soon be returning to the @traversetheatre.bsky.social as the days get longer with some brilliant gigs in store: www.soundhouse.org.uk/events
January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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I am lucky to have TWO plays debuting at @traversetheatre.bsky.social this year!

Come and see @lunghatheatre.bsky.social Yui on 22nd-23rd Jan - Rehearsed Reading
And/Or

@notsoniceuk.bsky.social -La Solitude on the 13th -Scratch Night!
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Class Act has had a significant international reach over the past 30+ years.

Maria Kroupnik has been working with us to undertake doctoral research into Class Act and has written about it's global impact in our most recent news story.

📰 www.traverse.co.uk/news/class-a...
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
It's chilly, dark and the festive buzz has all but dissipated... But fear not! We are back and there's lots to be excited about this season at the Traverse ☃️

THIS WEEK:

❄️ PASS Double Bill, Sun 11 Jan @ 6PM
❄️ Jakub Klimiuk Quintet, Mon 12 Jan @ 8PM
❄️ Laura Jurd, Fri 16 Jan @ 8PM
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Catch Dancing Shoes at @traversetheatre.bsky.social before the 20th. Funny, touching, uplifting. A great piece of theatre 👍🕺
Meet the cast of Dancing Shoes 🪩

Stephen Docherty will be stepping back into the titular dancing shoes as Donny. Craig McLean returns as the influencer wannabe, Jay. The 2 are joined by Lee Harris as Craig, the loveable realist.

🗓️ Thu 4 - Sat 20 Dec
www.traverse.co.uk/news/meet-th...
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Could the entire fate of humanity rest with this pair? Come to @traversetheatre.bsky.social to find out! Part of 4PLAY’s new writing nights, 11, 12, 13 December. Tickets limited!
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Today marks 14 years since the premiere of Jo Clifford's Tree of Life, and we are remembering the talented and celebrated theatremaker, lighting, set and costume designer Jeanine Byrne, who illuminated this production and countless others on the Traverse Stage.
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
CREATIVE SCOTLAND MULTI-YEAR FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT

We are delighted that the Traverse has been confirmed as a Multi-Year Funded Organisation with @creativescots.bsky.social, being awarded further funding that secures our core support through to March 2028.

www.traverse.co.uk/news/creativ...

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December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
We recognise a true powerhouse of our industry and his immense contribution to new writing.

Following the news of Sir Tom Stoppard’s passing, we reflect on a career defined by a ground-breaking approach to structure, language and ideas that reshaped the possibilities of contemporary theatre.
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Edinburgh, not long now! Soundhouse Winter Festival returns from 27 November - 1 December with an eclectic line-up of some of the very best #LiveMusic from Scotland... ❄️ 🎶 Join us at @traversetheatre.bsky.social to beat the winter blues. Full programme here: www.soundhousewinterfest.com/programme-1
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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You might have spotted a familiar name in @traversetheatre.bsky.social's exciting season announcement for Spring 2026 👀

Lung Ha Touring Company is delighted to present rehearsed readings of short plays written by 2 of our Ensemble actors on 22nd - 23rd January 2026!

www.lungha.com/2025/11/tour...
Lung Ha Touring Company to Present Rehearsed Readings at the Traverse Theatre in January 2026 - Lung Ha Theatre Company
Lung Ha Touring Company is delighted to present rehearsed readings of short plays written by two of our Ensemble actors at the Traverse Theatre in January 2026.
www.lungha.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

TravFest26 will see the World Premiere of The Singer by Cora Bissett with Jamie Rea, and featuring original songs by the multi-award-winning KT Tunstall.

Blending electrifying live music & powerful storytelling in an exhilarating new gig-theatre drama.
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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A world class honour to be the playwright-in-residence with IASH and the Trav for 2026. Massive!
Meet our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow!

We're proud to announce that playwright Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social has been selected as the 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, continuing a long-running partnership with @traversetheatre.bsky.social.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/introdu...
Introducing our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Meet our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow!

We're proud to announce that playwright Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social has been selected as the 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow, continuing a long-running partnership with @traversetheatre.bsky.social.

www.iash.ed.ac.uk/news/introdu...
Introducing our 2026 IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow | IASH
www.iash.ed.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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The Ayoub Sisters rose to stardom after their debut album premiered at #1 in the Official Classical Charts. "The word ‘incredible’ is overused but good grief...look out for them!" – Classic FM

📆 3PM Saturday 29 November, @traversetheatre.bsky.social
🎟️ www.soundhousewinterfest.com/programme-1/...
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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IN CONVERSATION WITH: Bee Asha @traversetheatre

We sat down for a quick chat with the rapper and singer Bee Asha, who was shortlisted for BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year.

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#interview #edinburgh #whatson
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Bee Asha
We sat down for a quick chat with the rapper and singer Bee Asha, who was shortlisted for BBC Introducing Scottish Act of the Year.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Niki King - Time & Malcolm MacFarlane 📆 Sat 29 Nov, @traversetheatre.bsky.social. We invite you to a jazz-infused journey with 2024’s Scottish Jazz Vocalist of the Year. "A voice that makes grown men weep and poets reach for their pens..." – EdFestMag

🎟️ www.soundhousewinterfest.com/programme-1/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Winter Festival WORKSHOPS 🎓 Join us as at the @traversetheatre.bsky.social to learn a new skill:

Sat 29 November 🎼 Graeme Stephen masterclass on composition, improvisation & practice
Sun 30 November 🎶 Improvisation for beginners with Simone Seales

Tickets: www.soundhousewinterfest.com/programme-1
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Meet the cast of Dancing Shoes 🪩

Stephen Docherty will be stepping back into the titular dancing shoes as Donny. Craig McLean returns as the influencer wannabe, Jay. The 2 are joined by Lee Harris as Craig, the loveable realist.

🗓️ Thu 4 - Sat 20 Dec
www.traverse.co.uk/news/meet-th...
October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We are remembering Ella Wildridge - dramaturg to the Traverse from 1992 to 1999. Ella lent her magic touch to countless Traverse productions - including Spring Awakening (pictured), which had its premiere 15 years ago today. Ella passed away this August 2025, and we miss her dearly.
October 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We're thrilled to see Trav history return to the stage - The Royal Court Theatre today announced a revival of Manfred Karge's Man to Man, starring Tilda Swinton, more than 30 years since a 1987 co-production with Traverse Theatre! @royalcourt.bsky.social

www.traverse.co.uk/news/a-look-...
A Look Back: Tilda Swinton in Man To Man
The Royal Court Theatre today announced a revival of Manfred Karge's Man to Man, starring Tilda Swinton in the lead role more than 30 years since she first brought it to life at Traverse Theatre.
www.traverse.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Our last A Play, A Pie and A Pint of the season is next week! Set on the Isle of Lewis, two friends are pushed to their limits in a new folk thriller.

RIGH IASGAIR: THE FISHER KING
28 OCT - 1 NOV
https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/a-play-a-pie-a-pint-righ-iasgair-the-fisher-king-autumn-25
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Throwback to Enda Walsh's first play Disco Pigs, on the Trav stage in 1997 - starring a young Cillian Murphy & Eileen Walsh.

Fans of Enda Walsh are in for a treat this autumn, with Shotput Theatre bringing dark fable Arlington, 6-8 Nov. https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/arlington-autumn-25
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Our last A Play, A Pie and A Pint of the season is next week! Set on the Isle of Lewis, two friends are pushed to their limits in a new folk thriller.

RIGH IASGAIR: THE FISHER KING
28 OCT - 1 NOV
https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/a-play-a-pie-a-pint-righ-iasgair-the-fisher-king-autumn-25
October 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM