Class Act, Young Writers' Group and Scribble
The Traverse's work with young people encourages playwriting through its flagship education project Class Act, as well as the Young Writers' Group. Class Act celebrated its 21st year in 2011 and gives school pupils the opportunity to develop their plays with professional playwrights and work with directors and actors to see the finished piece performed on stage at the Traverse. A new project, Scribble, offers an after-school playwriting and theatre skills workshop for 14–17 year-olds. Both programmes are led by professional playwrights.
The Young Writers Group is open to new writers aged 18–25 and runs for cycles of two years, and writers who have graduated from the group to write professionally include Sam Holcroft, Morna Pearson and Catherine Grosvenor.
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