Traverse Theatre

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Officer, Jennifer Williams, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse.

In this episode Jennifer speaks to Jo Clifford is a writer, performer and teacher who lives in Edinburgh.

Jo has written over 70 plays and has recently been an IASH/Traverse Creative Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.As part of the fellowship she has written the play ‘The Tree of Knowledge’ which opened at the Traverse on 10 December 2011.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

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TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Officer, Jennifer Williams, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse.

In this episode Jennifer speaks to Linda McLean who was born in Glasgow where she studied and trained as a teacher. She travelled teaching English as a foreign language in Europe, America, Africa and Scandinavia before she wrote plays.

Her plays for the Traverse: This is Water, Any Given Day, Strangers, Babies, Shimmer, Olga and One Good Beating.

She is currently under commission to the National Theatre of Scotland, Magnetic North, and the Traverse Theatre. Her new play Sex and God for Magnetic North will be produced in 2012.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Officer, Jennifer Williams, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse.

In this episode Jennifer speaks to Alan Wilkins, a playwright whose play Carthage Must be Destroyed opened at the Traverse in May 2007 and won the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) Best New Play Award for 2007-2008. He has also written a number of other works and is currently a playwrighting tutor for the Traverse Theatre Young Writers Group.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Officer, Jennifer Williams, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse.

In this episode Jennifer speaks to Peter Arnott who has written plays and songs, cabaret, film and tv scripts. Peter was Writer in Residence for the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland 2008-11, where he delivered a series of work on the social context and impact of Darwin's Origin of Species. In 2011 he was named the Traverse/ ESRC Genomics Forum Playwright in Residence.

TravCast episodes will be released on a monthly basis.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

The Traverse Theatre's Writers Podcast recorded over the course of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011. Hosted by the Traverse's Literary Officer Jennifer Williams, this is the fourth in a series of interviews with well known playwrights whose work featured in this year's programme. In this edition Jennifer talks to Tim Crouch the author of I, Malvolio.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

The Traverse Theatre's Writers Podcast recorded over the course of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011. Hosted by the Traverse's Literary Officer Jennifer Williams, this is the first of four interviews with well known playwrights whose work is featured in this year's programme. In this edition Jennifer talks to Lynda Radley the author of Futureproof.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

The Traverse Theatre's Writers Podcast recorded over the course of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011. Hosted by the Traverse's Literary Officer Jennifer Williams, this is the second of three interviews with well known playwrights whose work is featured in this year's programme. In this edition Jennifer talks to David Greig the author of The Monster in The Hall and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain

The Traverse Theatre's Writers Podcast recorded over the course of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011. Hosted by the Traverse's Literary Officer Jennifer Williams, this is the second of three interviews with well known playwrights whose work is featured in this year's programme. In this edition Jennifer talks to Zinnie Harris the author of The Wheel.

Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk

Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain