Your donation supports a world rich in culture, connected through community, and equal in accessibility.
The Traverse is uniquely positioned as Scotland's premier new-work producer, championing performance, experience and discovery for over 60 years. As a creative hub, we create award-winning new plays, curate the most exciting national and international work, and develop the brightest Scottish artists. Our goal is to enable artists and audiences to make sense of the world today by providing a safe space to question, learn, empathise, and - crucially - encounter different people and experiences. Not only are culture and art at the heart of what we do but so are our community and audiences. We champion removing social and financial barriers to cultural participation; empowering emergent talent and growing arts as a tool for change and social benefit. You support means:
Excelling at performance and new art forms: To be a creative hub that provides professional support for new scripts and playwrights to develop and platform stories for and from society.
A nation and world rich in culture: To grow cultural engagement, showcasing Scottish excellence on the world stage and welcoming cultural excellence to Scotland.
Representative of all our community: To support and partner with community groups like Street Soccer Scotland, SocialBite, and Intercultural Youth Scotland, for progressive change and social benefit.
Serving and entertaining audiences: To welcome everyone to our venue, ensuring the theatre is viable, sustainable and accessible through our facilities, access schemes and creative engagement programmes like Class Act and Breakthrough New Writers.