18th May 2024 | |
8pm | |
Traverse Theatre 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh West EH1 2ED |
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£5 | |
Visit the event website here | |
In a world where quiet facts are repeatedly drowned out by loud opinions and with calamity around every corner, do we just Rock, Paper, Scissors for not just the right to be heard, but the right to survive?
Following on from their sell our shows in 2023, the Tandem Writers are back with a series of three individual 45-minute play readings expanding on their previous stories about survival and sustainability, about fairness and the future.
Introverts! The Musical
by Amy Hawes on Saturday 30th March
Rage Room
by Mhairi Quinn on Saturday 27th April
Ivor
by Jennifer Adam on Saturday 18th May
Rock, Paper, Scissors is part of the Traverse's £1 Ticket Project.
Image : Mihaela Bodlovic
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