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Image: Damascus / Photographer: Alan McCredie

Image: Damascus
Photographer: Alan McCredie

TRAVERSE THEATRE
Text-based: heavy

SIZE OF COMPANY
10–12 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Middle- to large-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director
Dominic Hill

Administrative Director
Mike Griffiths

Associate Producer
Laura Collier

ARTISTIC POLICY
Now in its 44th year, Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre is Scotland's new writing theatre, with a record of excellence since 1963. With quality, award-winning productions and programming, the Traverse receives accolades at home and abroad from audiences and critics alike.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘Further proof of Greig’s blinding talent.’ Daily Telegraph (Damascus)

‘A beautiful, simmeringly tense production.’ The Scotsman (Damascus)

‘The festival’s most prestigious home of serious drama.’ New York Times

CURRENT PRODUCTION
Damascus A brief encounter in a Syrian hotel finds a Scotsman grappling with language and love, meanings and misunderstandings. West meets East in a timely global comedy by David Greig. (150 mins, with one interval, includes strong language.)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
Nova Scotia The fourth part of John Byrne’s legendary Slab Boys story features the further adventures of Phil McCann, Spanky Farrell and Lucille Bentley as they enter their sixties.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2004–07 Iran, Jordan, USA (When the Bulbul Stopped Singing)
2006 Kosovo (Petrol Jesus Nightmare #5)
2003–07 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, USA (The People Next Door)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request