Their carefully curated programme gives space to key issues on people’s minds today, from climate change to radicalisation, and loved ones developing dementia, to global conflict and dysfunctional family dynamics while also bringing joy, humanity, commonality and humour.
Coming to you this August, you won’t want to miss this year’s programme. Some highlights include:
She’s Behind You, a new Traverse Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland co-production. Written and performed by McKnight, the play offers a personal look at the role of the panto dame and draws from McKnight’s own career in pantomime.
Red Like Fruit, is a post-#MeToo play by Canadian writer Hannah Moscovitch. The production centres on a woman navigating memory, reporting, and mental health.
Khalid Abdalla’s solo piece Nowhere also appears in the festival. It reflects on Abdalla’s experience of activism and history, weaving personal memories with wider political events including the Egyptian revolution and recent conflict in Gaza.
Two more intimate shows are also part of the line-up. I’m Ready to Talk Now, by Oliver Ayres, invites individual audience members into a hospital room to hear a personal story. Deliverance, by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir, takes place in the participant’s home, offering a solo experience with a script delivered to their door.
For more information and to see their full programme, visit TravFest25.
