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2 unusual facts about Traverse Theatre


Bette Bourne

In 2009, he talked about his life in A Life In Three Acts at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, a staged reading of transcripts of conversations with playwright Mark Ravenhill.

Lazybed

It was first performed in the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 10 October 1997 with a cast of seven.


Abi Morgan

She wrote plays for the Royal Exchange Studio Theatre Manchester, the Royal Lyceum Theatre and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Catherine Grosvenor

The play, which features both English and Polish dialogue, was directed by Lorne Campbell and was commissioned and co-produced by the Traverse Theatre and the Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Harry Hepple

He has appeared on stage in theatres across the UK including the Young Vic, Live Theatre Newcastle, the Traverse Theatre, the Royal National Theatre, the Bush and the Royal Court Theatre.

Mark Ravenhill

In 2009 Mark Ravenhill presented a staged reading of A Life In Three Acts, transcripts of conversations with Bette Bourne, an actor, drag queen and equal rights activist, at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh.

Michael Hasted

He was in the controversial You’ll Come to Love Your Sperm Test by (and with) John Antrobus at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 1964.

Thomas Laurie

Thomas Laurie OBE FRICS is a former Chairman of the Traverse Theatre; Chairman of WASPS Trust (Workshop and Artists' Studio Provision Scotland) and Trustee, Scottish Civic Trust.

A board member and former Chairman of the Traverse Theatre (1972–76), Laurie is also a past Chairman and Trustee of WASPS Trust (Workshop and Artists' Studio Provision Scotland) and a former member of the Drama Panel, Scottish Arts Council (1973–82) and of the Scottish Arts Council (1976-82.) He is also a former Trustee of the Scottish Civic Trust and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.


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