The Traverse is Scotland's foremost theatre company dedicated to new work. It produces award-winning new plays and offers a curated programme spanning theatre, dance, music and spoken word.

Address

10 Cambridge Street
Edinburgh
EH1 2ED

Location

Venue location
Back to back with the Lyceum Theatre and to the left of Usher Hall from Lothian Road.

Transport

Parking information
Four disabled spaces immediately outside theatre. Pay and display and car park on Castle Street.
Taxi information
Lothian Road across road from Usher Hall.
Bus/Tram information
1, 2, 10, 11, 15, 16, 24, 34 stop at Filmhouse / Usher Hall.
Train
Haymarket 947 yards to West / Waverley 1 mile East.

Venue map

Venue access information

Automatic doors at main entrance. Lift down to bar and all auditoriums. Accessible toilets ground floor and bar. Wheelchair spaces in front row only and one wheelchair to borrow. High Box Office counter with no loop. Bar area has hard floor and can be noisy and quite dark.

Infra-red system in auditorium – staff can show best areas to site.

Reserve headsets at Box Office and collect from any staff member. Meet in bar for touch tour.

If you require assistance please make yourself known to the front of house staff when you arrive and they will show you to your seats.


Access service information

Audio Description information
Ask Box Office
BSL Interpretation information
No reservations - can move
Captioning information
No reservations - can move

Events at Traverse Theatre

  • Thrice

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    Friday 23rd Oct, 7.30pm
    The world at the end of Macbeth is one steeped in fear; where truth and delusion blur, and tyranny thrives. This is where Thrice begins.
    Price(s): £5 - £20
    BSL interpretation information
    BSL Interpreter(s): Lisa Li
    For more information, please contact our box office in person, or by email on boxoffice@traverse.co.uk.
  • Man to Man

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    Thursday 5th Nov, 7.30pm
    More than 30 years after bringing the role to life, Tilda Swinton  makes a long-awaited return to stage in Manfred Karge’s Man to Man.
    Price(s): £15 - £45
    Captioning information
    For more information, please contact our box office in person, or by email on boxoffice@traverse.co.uk.
  • Man to Man

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    Saturday 7th Nov, 2.30pm
    More than 30 years after bringing the role to life, Tilda Swinton  makes a long-awaited return to stage in Manfred Karge’s Man to Man.
    Price(s): £15 - £45
    Captioning information
    For more information, please contact our box office in person, or by email on boxoffice@traverse.co.uk.
  • No Apologies

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    Thursday 12th Nov, 7.30pm
    A radical mis-remembering of Nirvana’s iconic 1993 MTV Unplugged concert.
    Price(s): £5.50 - £20
    Captioning information
    For more information, please contact our box office in person, or by email on boxoffice@traverse.co.uk.
  • No Apologies

    Captioned icon
    Friday 13th Nov, 7.30pm
    A radical mis-remembering of Nirvana’s iconic 1993 MTV Unplugged concert.
    Price(s): £5.50 - £20
    Captioning information
    For more information, please contact our box office in person, or by email on boxoffice@traverse.co.uk.
  • A Ladder to the Stars

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    Tuesday 22nd Dec, 1.30pm
    Way up in the deep blue night sky, a twinkling star hears a little girl’s birthday wish . . . she wishes she could dance with the stars.
    Price(s): £8 - £14.50
    BSL interpretation information
    BSL Interpreter(s): Jo Ross
    For more information, please contact our box office in person, or by email on boxoffice@traverse.co.uk.
  • A Ladder to the Stars

    BSL Interpreted icon
    Wednesday 23rd Dec, 10.30am
    Way up in the deep blue night sky, a twinkling star hears a little girl’s birthday wish . . . she wishes she could dance with the stars.
    Price(s): £8 - £14.50
    BSL interpretation information
    BSL Interpreter(s): Jo Ross
    For more information, please contact our box office in person, or by email on boxoffice@traverse.co.uk.