It’s night-time. You receive an address to a secret location. A mysterious voice speaks to you, drawing you towards unknown destinations, through Edinburgh’s darkened streets and into the soul of the night. Interweaving site-specific radio, installation, night-walking, and the sky, Transmission: into the dark invites audiences to embark on a nocturnal journey where the strange is real and the real is strange. Sell-out hit of both the Melbourne and Adelaide Fringes. Winner of the 2025 John Chataway Innovation Award, the SA Touring Award, the Adelaide Fringe Award, and Nominee for the 2026 International Annwn Prize for Excellence in Immersive Storytelling. Transmission: into the dark is created by leading Australian immersive performance company one step at a time like this with award-winning artistic producer Richard Jordan. They continue their association with Traverse Theatre where previous productions include Forever Young and en route.
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Listen and follow instructions.
Ages: 18 +
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About Traverse Theatre
We are the Traverse - champion of stories and storytellers. The stories we share are by anyone and for everyone. As Scotland’s new writing theatre, the Traverse Theatre is a dynamic centre for performance, experience and discovery. Enabling people across society to access and engage with theatre is our fundamental mission. Our year-round programme bursts with new stories and live performances that challenge, inform and entertain. We empower artists and audiences to make sense of the world today, providing a safe space to question, learn, empathise and – crucially – encounter different people and experiences. Conversation and the coming together of groups are central to a democratic society, and we champion equal expression and understanding. We commission, produce and programme for existing and future audiences to offer new and exciting experiences for everyone, and our partnerships with other theatre companies and festivals enable us to present a wide range of innovative performances. The Traverse would not exist without our over-arching passion for talent development and embracing the unexplored. We work with the newest and rawest talent – with an emphasis on the Scottish-based – nurturing it to become the art, artists and performances that can be seen on our stages through a variety of creative learning and literary programmes. The timely, powerful stories that start life on our stages have a global impact, resulting in dozens of tours, productions and translations. We are critically acclaimed and recognised the world over for our originality and artistic risk, which we hope will create some of the most talked-about plays, productions, directors, writers and actors for years to come.