Traverse Theatre
This collection includes photographs, programmes and scripts.
The Traverse Theatre was founded by an American, Jim Haynes, in 1963. The original Theatre, in St James's Court, was a long, low-ceilinged first-floor room barely 15ft wide by 8ft high with 60 seats salvaged from the Palace Cinema placed in two blocks on either side of the stage. Following a surveyor’s report in March 1969 which stated that the internal floors of James Court were unsafe, the Traverse moved to a former sailmakers’s loft at the east end of the Grassmarket. This larger space had a 100 seat theatre with flexible seating configurations. The Traverse moved to the Grassmarket and in 1991 a £3.3 million purpose-built two theatre space with bar café was created as part of Saltire Court development, Castle Terrace, Cambridge Street.
How to find material relating to the Traverse Theatre
- Browse through a list of documents or events associated with Traverse Theatre or use the Name Search option on the Scottish Theatre Archive Search
See also
- Traverse Theatre: details of latest and future productions, plus latest news, information and photographs outlining the history of the theatre
