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

  • Same Team - A Street Soccer Story

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    Friday 15th Dec, 7.30pm
    Five women with one goal, to do what no one from Scotland has ever done before: win the Homeless World Cup, and bring the trophy home.
    Price(s): £5 - £20
    Captioning information
    Captions by Christabel Anderson. For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.
  • Same Team - A Street Soccer Story

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    Saturday 16th Dec, 2.30pm
    Five women with one goal, to do what no one from Scotland has ever done before: win the Homeless World Cup, and bring the trophy home.
    Price(s): £2 - £20
    BSL interpretation information
    BSL Interpreter(s): Megan McArthur
    For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.
  • Pickled Republic - Manipulate Festival 2024

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    Friday 9th Feb 2024, 6.00pm
    A surreal theatrical cabaret for adults with puppetry, mask and a poem. Don’t worry about inflation when there is disintegration.
    Price(s): £12 - £15
    BSL interpretation information
    This performance will have integrated BSL Interpretation.
  • Ragnarok - Manipulate Festival 2024

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    Saturday 10th Feb 2024, 8.00pm
    A golden age is ending. There have been three years of winter. The sun hangs low in the sky, unmoving, and the bonds of kinship are failing.
    Price(s): £13 - £16
    Audio Description information
    For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.
  • RAGNAROK - MANIPULATE FESTIVAL 2024

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    Sunday 11th Feb 2024, 8.00pm
    A golden age is ending. There have been three years of winter. The sun hangs low in the sky, unmoving, and the bonds of kinship are failing.
    Price(s): £13 - £16
    Audio Description information
    For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.
  • Don't. Make. Tea.

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    Thursday 21st Mar 2024, 7.30pm
    Chris is a proud woman but when her condition deteriorated she had no choice but to claim benefits. Ralph’s here to prove she's fit to work.
    Price(s): £5 - £15
    Audio Description information
    For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.
    BSL interpretation information
    This performance will have creatively embedded BSL interpretation throughout.
    Captioning information
    For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.
  • Don't. Make. Tea.

    Audio Described iconBSL Interpreted iconCaptioned icon
    Friday 22nd Mar 2024, 7.30pm
    Chris is a proud woman but when her condition deteriorated she had no choice but to claim benefits. Ralph’s here to prove she's fit to work.
    Price(s): £5 - £15
    Audio Description information
    For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.
    BSL interpretation information
    This performance will have creatively embedded BSL interpretation throughout.
    Captioning information
    For any additional information, please call the venue on 0131 228 1404.