21 – 26 October 2013
In its 50th year, Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre will put the future of new writing centre stage in its annual new writing festival, Write Here. The Festival will present never-before-seen work from the fifty writers that were selected to work on attachment with the theatre in 2013, in celebration of its golden anniversary year. The Traverse is thrilled to present work from the trailblazing group, whose work was described as “a torrent of creativity and potential” by The Scotsman earlier this year.
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In the first of three rehearsed readings from eminent Scottish playwrights, Morna Pearson will present Skin; or How to Disappear, a characteristically witty and macabre play from the Meyer-Whitworth Award-winning writer. Stef Smith, Olivier Award-winning writer of 2010 hit Roadkill will also present new work Swallow, alongside Iain Finlay Macleod, whose play The Devil Master and his Children is the culmination of a year-long residency at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Humanities.
Work from the Traverse Fifty writers will also be presented in a programme of Lunchtime Readings (with a bottle of Innis & Gunn beer and stovies included in the ticket price) and in site-specific Headset Plays in the theatre’s bar. The Traverse will also invite audiences to experience theatre differently - to unearth a collection of Hidden Plays that can be found under tables, on the backs of bar menus, and even in the toilets.
The Festival ends with a chance for audiences to get insights into the minds of Scotland’s top theatre critics. Playwright Zinnie Harris chairs a discussion between Mark Fisher (The Guardian), Neil Cooper (The Herald) and Joyce McMillan (The Scotsman). They will discuss how they form their reviews, and what it takes to be one of the tastemakers of Scottish Theatre.
“One of the most exciting new writing festivals Edinburgh has seen in years”. The List
Alongside the Traverse Fifty playwriting scheme there has been a one-off collaboration with photography library Writer Pictures. For the project, each writer was paired with a photographer to produce a portrait of the playwright to mark the project and the Traverse’s 50th year. All 50 portraits will be shown together for the first time in the Traverse Bar during Write Here, with a preview of the exhibition on Tuesday 22 October at 6pm.
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Traverse Fifty Triple Bill writers
Traverse Fifty Triple Bill writers
Lachlan Philpott is based in Sydney. His previous plays include Bustown (shortlisted for 2009 Australian Writers Guild Best Play Award) and Silent Disco (Griffin Theatre Company, Australian Theatre for Young People and HotHouse Theatre). He is currently developing the screenplay of Silent Disco and is under commission at Australian Theatre for Young People, Bell Shakespeare, and Canberra Youth Theatre.
Ellie Stewart is based in Edinburgh. Current writing projects include Gala, My Heavy Heart (Imaginate Ideas Exchange, October 2013) and There is Mischief (for Village Pub Theatre).
John McCann is based in Dundee. Previous plays include The Cleanroom (Tinderbox Theatre Company), The Next of It (Stellar Quines Rehearsal Room) and Is Feidir Linn (Tinderbox Theatre Company). He was previously on attachment with the National Theatre Studio and the National Theatre of Scotland.
Listings information
Triple Bill performances
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 October, 7.30pm
Tickets £10/£8
In 3D by Lachlan Philpott (Directed by Hamish Pirie)
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 October, 7.30pm
Tickets £10/£8
In 3D by Lachlan Philpott (Directed by Hamish Pirie)
Spoiling by John McCann (Directed by Orla O’Loughlin)
Strictly by Ellie Stewart (Directed by Zinnie Harris)
Rehearsed Readings
Skin; or How to Disappear by Morna Pearson
Tuesday 22 October, 7.30pm
Tickets £6/£4
Skin; or How to Disappear by Morna Pearson
Tuesday 22 October, 7.30pm
Tickets £6/£4
Swallow by Stef Smith
Wednesday 23 October, 7.30pm
Wednesday 23 October, 7.30pm
The Devil Master and his Children by Iain Finlay Macleod
Thursday 25 October, 7.30pm
Thursday 25 October, 7.30pm
Lunchtime PlaysTuesday 22 – Saturday 26 October
We Need to have that Conversation by Jack Dickson (Directed by Hamish Pirie)
The Kingdom of Me by Denise Keane (Directed by Hamish Pirie)
Tuesday 22 October, 1.30pm
The Kingdom of Me by Denise Keane (Directed by Hamish Pirie)
Tuesday 22 October, 1.30pm
Fat Alice by Alison Carr (Directed by Zinnie Harris)
Assessment by Robert Dawson Scott (Directed by Zinnie Harris)
Wednesday 23 October, 1.30pm
Assessment by Robert Dawson Scott (Directed by Zinnie Harris)
Wednesday 23 October, 1.30pm
Mother Ease by Molly Innes (Directed by Orla O’Loughlin)
Blue Line by Sylvia Dow (Directed by Orla O’Loughlin)
Thursday 24 October, 1.30pm
Blue Line by Sylvia Dow (Directed by Orla O’Loughlin)
Thursday 24 October, 1.30pm
Joy by Frances Poet (Directed by Orla O’Loughlin)
Potterrow by Martin McCormick (Directed by Orla O’Loughlin)
Potterrow by Martin McCormick (Directed by Orla O’Loughlin)
Friday 25 October, 1.30pm
One Extraordinary Thing by Katy McAulay (Directed by Hamish Pirie)
Broth by Tim Primrose (Directed by Hamish Pirie)
Saturday 26 October, 1.30pm
Saturday 26 October, 1.30pm
Headset Plays
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 October
Free (ticketed)
Free (ticketed)
Hidden Plays
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 October
Free (unticketed)
Free (unticketed)
Critics panelSaturday 26 October, 3pm-4.30pm
Tickets £6/£4
Tickets £6/£4
More info on Writer Pictures: www.writer-pictures.blogspot. co.uk
More info on Iain Finlay Macleod’s residency at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute of Advanced Studies of Humanities:www.traverse.co.uk/writing/ artists-in-residence/
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