TravCast - Oliver Emanuel

Traverse Theatre

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Oliver Emanuel. Oliver has written over 30 productions for radio and theatre including The Little Boy that Santa Claus Forgot (Macrobert), Dragon (Vox Motus/National Theatre of Scotland/Tianjin People’s Arts Theatre, China), The Day I swapped My Dad For a Goldfish (National Theatre of Scotland), Titus (Macrobert/Playwright’s Studio Scotland/Imaginate/Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013), End of The World (Red Note Ensemble), Random Objects Flying Through The Air (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland/Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland), Spirit of Adventure (Dundee Rep/Oran Mor), The Spare Room (BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play), Thirteen Minutes in Cairo (BBC Radio 4, From Fact to Fiction) and The Other One (BBC Radio 4, 15 Minute Drama). He is continuing work on The Dragon (Vox Motus/National Theatre of Scotland) which will tour in China in the new year. The Little Boy who Forgot Santa Claus is also about to run at Macrobert. He is currently developing a show with Visible Fictions and the Kennedy Center. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain