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Damascus
Traverse Theatre: Traverse 1
10 Cambridge Street
Edinburgh
EH1 2ED
BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 1404
Welcome to Damascus.
The oldest continuously inhabited city on earth
a jewel of the Arab
world and the crossroads of the Middle East. Paul is here to sell English
language textbooks. It’s Valentine’s Day and he’d rather
be at home with his wife.
Paul begins negotiations with his Syrian contact Muna. Can he seal the deal? At first misunderstandings multiply - then their presumptions about one another fall away and new possibilities emerge. Meanwhile Zacharia the hotel porter fervently hopes that Paul has brought some Scottish girls with him and all the while in the background Elena the Ukrainian cocktail pianist tinkles away...
In Damascus a city of transformations Paul grapples with language and love meanings and misconceptions. And as his flight home is delayed by a bomb at Beirut Airport he begins to wonder - will he ever leave?
Damascus marks his sixth collaboration with director Philip Howard at the Traverse following the premieres of Europe (1994), The Architect (1996), The Speculator (1999), Outlying Islands (2002), and his adaptation of Raja Shehadeh’s When the Bulbul Stopped Singing (2004), which has since played in Iran, the USA and Jordan. Damascus is a Traverse Theatre commission.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
PREVIEWS:
Fri 27 & Sat 28 July (8pm)
Sun 29 July (7pm)
Wed 1 Aug (7pm)
Sat 4 Aug (4pm)
DATES:
Sun 5 Aug (8pm)
Tue 7 Aug (11am)
Wed 8 Aug (2.45pm)
Thu 9 Aug (6.45pm)
Fri 10 Aug (11am)
Sat 11 Aug (2.45pm)
Sun 12 Aug (6.45pm)
Tue 14 Aug (11am)
Wed 15 Aug (2.45pm)
Thu 16 Aug (6.45pm)
Fri 17 Aug (11am)
Sat 18 Aug (2.45pm)
Sun 19 Aug (6.45pm)
Tue 21 Aug (11am)
Wed 22 Aug (2.45pm)
Thu 23 Aug (6.45pm)
Fri 24 Aug (11am)
Sat 25 Aug (2.45pm)
Sun 26 Aug (6.45pm)
PERFORMANCE TIMES:
various
TICKET PRICES:
£16 (£11/unemployed £5)
WEBSITE:
www.traverse.co.uk
CONTACT NAME:
Mike Griffiths
Administrative Director - mike.griffiths@traverse.co.uk
PRODUCTION INFORMATION:
Director: Philip Howard (Artistic Director, Traverse Theatre)
Playwright: David Greig
Designer: Antony MacIlwaine
Lighting Designer: Chahine Yavroyan
Size of Company (including no on the road): 11
Freight: TBC
Minimum Performance Space: 9m x 10m
Additional Touring Productions:
Damascus by David Greig
Nova Scotia by John Byrne
I was a Beautiful Day by Iain F MacLeod
Indicative Financial Information: available on request
Night Time
Traverse Theatre: Traverse 3
University of Edinburgh Drill Hall
41 Forrest Road
Edinburgh
EH1 2QL
BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 1404
It’s Night Time and people can get hurt.
It’s Night Time and all sorts of things can happen.
It’s Night Time and Chris has to decide. This can’t go on
not like this.
Stepping out of her home, away from her husband, Chris goes looking for help. Waiting in the darkness are other men. Men who want to listen. Nice men. Men who want all sorts of things.
Actions have consequences. In the morning someone will have to face the music...
Selma Dimitrijevic’s Night Time is a taut noir thriller set in a beguiling world of dream, danger and fantasy. Night Time is a Traverse Theatre commission.
PERFORMANCE DATES:
Previews
Fri 20 - Sun 22 July (8pm)
Wed 1 Aug (6pm)
Dates Thu 2 Aug (9pm)
Fri 3 Aug (12 Noon)
Sat 4 Aug (3pm)
Sun 5 Aug (6pm)
Tue 7 Aug (9pm)
Wed 8 Aug (12 Noon)
Thu 9 Aug (3pm)
Fri 10 Aug (6pm)
Sat 11 Aug (9pm)
Sun 12 Aug (12 Noon)
Tue 14 Aug (4pm)
Wed 15 Aug (6.30pm)
Thu 16 Aug (9pm)
Fri 17 Aug (11am)
Sat 18 Aug (1.30pm)
Sun 19 Aug (4pm)
Tue 21 Aug (6.30pm)
Wed 22 Aug (9pm)
Thu 23 Aug (11am)
Fri 24 Aug (1.30pm)
Sat 25 Aug (4pm)
Sun 26 Aug (6.30pm)
PERFORMANCE TIMES: various
TICKET PRICES: £16 (£11/unemployed £5)
WEBSITE:
www.traverse.co.uk
CONTACT NAME:
Mike Griffiths
Administrative Director - mike.griffiths@traverse.co.uk
PRODUCTION INFORMATION:
Director: Lorne Campbell (Associate Director
Traverse Theatre)
Playwright: Selma Dimitrijevic
Designer: Jon Bauser
Lighting Designer: Jon Clark
Size of Company (including no on the road): 9
Freight: TBC
Minimum Performance Space: 7M X 10M
Additional Touring Productions:
Damascus by David Greig
Nova Scotia by John Byrne
I was a Beautiful Day by Iain F MacLeod
Indicative Financial Information: available on request
