For two days in November, the Traverse Theatre will play host to four theatre groups chosen for an inaugural festival called Chrysalis. This is a new theatre festival and the only platform of its kind in Scotland for ambitious and provocative performance by young theatre-makers from Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester when four selected shows will each be performed twice over the two days of the festival.
The event is part of the national Call to Create, and is complemented by a programme of talks and events with invited speakers looking at the position of youth theatre in an international context and the profile of performance by young people in the media
This first Chrysalis festival will be opened by Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop MSP on Friday 6 November, marking the start of two days of a selection of the best young theatre and new writing in the UK.
These include CATS Whiskers’ 2014 -15 winners Junction 25 with their award winning work rather humble than hero: a reflection on society's cultural obsessions; Contact Young Company's exploration into our attitudes around sex in Under the Covers and two very different takes on modern urban life with 20 Stories High's performance of Headz and Citzens Young Co.'s verbatim play Southside Stories .
Guy Hollands, one of the directors of Citizens Young Co.’s Southside Stories, says, “We are delighted to have been invited to take part in the Chrysalis Festival. Southside Stories is the result of a rewarding learning experience for the Young Co., producing their first verbatim production and writing and performing their own original music. To perform this piece using the words of people from all walks of life in Govanhill at the Chrysalis festival is a fantastic way for us to share some of the experiences of this diverse community with a wider audience beyond Glasgow.”
Chrysalis performances and ticket packages are now on sale via the Traverse Theatre website http://www.traverse.co.uk or the Traverse Box Office on 0131 228 1404.
Friday 6 and Saturday 7 November 2015
Full price: £12 (Concessions £10)
Three-show Chrysalis Festival Pass (any three performances): £22
Full Chrysalis Festival Pass (all four performances): £32