Traverse Theatre
Sam Newbould Quintet – Traverse Theatre
The Sam Newbould Quintet, based in Amsterdam, arrived in Edinburgh to perform the second night of their week-long Scottish tour. …
Eliza Carthy and Jennifer Reid – Traverse Theatre
Jennifer Reid performs nineteenth-century Lancashire dialect and Victorian broadside ballads. She comes from Rochdale, “but I admit it”. Reid sings…
Chef – Traverse Theatre
Once again, The Traverse champions fresh, accessible writing; this time with Sabrina Mahfouz’s one-woman play Chef. Set in a prison…
Piece of Work – Traverse Theatre
This is a one man show about suicide, but with much wit and good humour and a blizzard of Shakespearean…
The Testament of Gideon Mack – Traverse Theatre
‘The Testament of Gideon Mack’ tells the story of a Church of Scotland minister who doesn’t believe in God. However,…
Driftwood – Traverse Theatre
Set solely on a beach on the coast of the North Sea, Driftwood’ explores how two brothers navigate the grief…
The Flames – Traverse Theatre
The Flames is a performance company for people over the age of fifty. Each member of the ensemble (I counted…
Kjetil Mulelid Trio – Traverse Bar
Returning from a trip to Oslo a few years back someone excitedly described Norway as ‘the new Scotland’; oil, fish,…
Herak/Bulaktin Quartet Featuring Paul Towndrow – Traverse Theatre
I’m not especially familiar with jazz, and if I’d heard this music on the radio, I wouldn’t have got it.…
The Law of Gravity – Traverse Theatre
Spell-binding, sublime performance by the the six-strong strings of the Scottish Ensemble, accompanied by the delicate puppetry skills of a…