KT Tunstall interview: 'As I was getting older I was thinking, ‘Is there anything I can do other than living on a tour bus that doesn’t have a proper toilet on it?' @teddyjamieson.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social @traversetheatre.bsky.social @brianjaffa.bsky.social

'I was looking for a job that involved a proper toilet' - what KT Tunstall did next

KT Tunstall's world premiere of The Singer at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh is a new musical drama written and directed by Cora Bissett

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Playwrights' Studio, Scotland at #TravFest26! On Mon 24 Aug, PWSS will be joining us for a panel discussion with writers, theatre makers and other thinkers about how how community and wealth intersect. Tickets on sale now: https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/common-wealth-panel-discussion

Bryony Kimmings' hit show, Bog Witch, hits the #TravFest26 stage for the first time tonight!! Don't be the one to miss it this festival, running until Sun 30 Aug 🤗

Could you be the newest member of Team Trav? We're looking for an experienced, creative & proactive Development Manager to lead the operational aspects of our fundraising activity. See here for more info on the role and details of how to apply: https://www.traverse.co.uk/jobs/development-manager-2

Are you ready to meet Vivienne? We love this new picture of After Party's complex, compelling leading lady 🎂🎈

The Supposing: team have been in Trav 2 for the past few weeks rehearsing ahead of #TravFest26 and we caught up with Nicole and Richard to hear a bit about the process so far 🤩 📆 Fri 31 Jul - Sun 30 Aug

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "An impossible, impeccable, irresistible joy" - The Arts Review For Dolores has opened at Galway International Arts Festival, and the stars are already flooding in! Catch it at #TravFest26 from Thu 6 Aug. 📸 Pat Redmond

Introducing our Autumn A Play, A Pie and A Pint season! Featuring four brand new stories on the Traverse 2 stage, this hotly anticipated season of lunchtime theatre is on sale now. 📆Tue 29 Sep - Sat 24 Oct https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/a-play-a-pie-and-a-pint

"We are born of the stars. Really think about that. Try to remember that the next time you’re filling out your tax return." The trailer for Paul Ready's Little Animals has just landed and if this doesn't get you excited for #TravFest26, we don't know what will! 📆 Tue 18 - Sat 30 Aug

What would you do with your last day on earth? Ruby and Angus from the cast of After Party sat down to ponder just that ahead of the show's premiere at #TravFest26. 📆 Belgrade Theatre, Thu 30 Jul - Sat 1 Aug (previews) 📆 Traverse Festival, Thu 6 - Sun 30 Aug 📆 Belgrade Theatre , Wed 9 - Sat 12 Sep

Meet the latest addition to the #TravFest26 programme, Locker Room Talk by Gary McNair and Orla O'Loughlin! This provocative verbatim work returns ten years after its original premiere, and asks: what has really changed? 1/2

We're coming out of the #TravFest26 bubble, just briefly, to introduce you to the first of our Autumn 2026 season! We've got a lot of exciting performances in store this autumn. Explore the programme by heading to our website - tickets are on sale now!

Team After Party have landed in Coventry ahead of their first previews, & if that's not an excuse to share a cheeky glimpse into rehearsals, we don't know what is! 📆 Belgrade, Thu 30 Jul - Sat 1 Aug (previews) 📆 TravFest26, Thu 6 - Sun 30 Aug 📆 Belgrade, Wed 9 - Sat 12 Sep

The Royal Court Theatre’s London production of Manfred Karge’s Man to Man, starring Tilda Swinton, will transfer to Edinburgh’s @traversetheatre.bsky.social in October

Man to Man starring Tilda Swinton to transfer to Traverse Theatre

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The Singer is coming to a stage near you #Scotland this summer 2026 - staring with @traversetheatre.bsky.social for the Fringe, then onto the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen, Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and finally with our wonderful Co-Producers @dundeerep.bsky.social Music by KT Tunstall!!!

Tilda Swinton returns to the Traverse this autumn in Man To Man! We are delighted to announce that Man to Man, a landmark Traverse play that made its UK premiere here in 1987, will return this autumn with Academy Award-winning actor Tilda Swinton. www.traverse.co.uk/news/tilda-s... 1/3

Meet the newest member of the Mrs. Stern Wanders The Prussian State Library team! With recent news that the play will transfer to New York in the autumn, we are delighted to be welcoming Daniel Adam Cantor to #TravFest26. 📆 Thu 6 - Sun 30 Aug

Did somebody say FIRST DAY OF REHEARSALS?! Excitement is in the air as both the Supposing: & Cathy teams kicked off rehearsals today. Tickets are shifting fast for these new Scottish plays, so don’t hang around if you want to be in the room when they make their world premiere! #TravFest26

Take a glimpse inside the For Dolores rehearsal room. The @fishamble.bsky.social team are off and running in prep for #TravFest26, with their performances in Galway already sold out! 📆 Thu 6 - Sun 30 Aug

When actors and playwrights come together, it can only mean one thing - rehearsals have begun! 🎂 The After Party team came together for the first time today to start to process of bringing this bold & life-affirming story to life. 🗓️ Thu 4 - Sun 30 Aug #TravFest26

Another day, another cast announcement - meet the cast of The Singer! 🎸 The Singer  is a bold, new, thrilling piece of gig-theatre about Joe (Jamie Rea), a deaf artist who “sings” with his hands, and Andy (Dylan Wood), a washed-up musician hungry for a comeback. #TravFest26

Meet the cast of After Party by Morna Young! 🎂 These are the faces you will see on stage at #TravFest26 in this new Scottish play which features biting wit and unexpected tenderness in a bold, life-affirming story about a life-ending decision. 📆 Thu 6 - Sun 30 Aug

Introducing the cast of Badgers! 🦡 Writer Malaika Kegode will be joined by musicians Beth Roberts and Joe Williams for this new folk play blending spoken word and live music. 📆 Thu 6 - Sun 30 Aug #TravFest26 Further creatives and additional casting to be announced soon!

Introducing the cast of Badgers! 🦡 Writer Malaika Kegode will be joined by musicians Beth Roberts and Joe Williams for this new folk play blending spoken word and live music. 📆 Thu 6 - Sun 30 Aug #TravFest26 Further creatives and additional casting to be announced soon!

We are still on a high from yesterday's CATS ceremony & if that wasn't enough, the official pics have landed and look at all these beaming faces 🥹 Get the scoop as to what they're so chuffed about: https://www.traverse.co.uk/news/traverse-artists-and-productions-celebrated-at-the-2026-cats-awards

Following the announcement earlier this week that Jack MacGregor's new play will feature at TravFest26, we caught up with them to hear about how the intricacies of fencing are informing their writing process. Have a read: https://www.traverse.co.uk/news/check-in-with-2026-iash-fellow-jack-macgregor

Check-in with 2026 IASH Fellow, Jack MacGregor

Following the recent announcement of TravFest26 featuring a first look reading of Jack MacGregor's new play Foil, we checked in with them on their IASH fellowship thus far and how the intricacies of fencing are informing their writing process.

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It's stars galore for Bog Witch by Bryony Kimmings 🤩 Having delighted audiences across the UK, TravFest26 will see the Scottish Premiere of what critics have described as "memorable, disturbing and wildly entertaining.” (WhatsOnStage). 📆 Sun 2 - Sun 30 Aug #TravFest26

Join us on Monday 24 Aug, 16:00-17:30 for a reading of FOIL, the new play by this year’s IASH-Traverse Creative Fellow Jack MacGregor @jmacr.bsky.social 🤺 www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/eve... We’ll advertise for the 2027 Fellowship later this summer!

Traverse Theatre@traversetheatre.bsky.social · 2mo ago

TravFest26 is growing! We're delighted to expand our August activities with an award-winning new play, along with a series of artist events that deepen our celebration of new writing. Find out more about these additions to the programme by heading to the Traverse website!

This year's Fringe selection at the Traverse was one that I was already even more excited about than usual, and now there's another couple of lovely additions to my schedule.

Traverse Theatre@traversetheatre.bsky.social · 2mo ago

TravFest26 is growing! We're delighted to expand our August activities with an award-winning new play, along with a series of artist events that deepen our celebration of new writing. Find out more about these additions to the programme by heading to the Traverse website!

TravFest26 is growing! We're delighted to expand our August activities with an award-winning new play, along with a series of artist events that deepen our celebration of new writing. Find out more about these additions to the programme by heading to the Traverse website!