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This year's Traverse Breakfast Plays are truly international. In increasingly complex and fragmented times, the Traverse has commissioned six leading playwrights living and working across the globe to respond to the word 'Tomorrow.' Each of these plays is untested and brand-new. Together, they will reflect different visions of the future. The responses might be terrifying, alarming or full of hope. Participating writers come from China, Ukraine, Egypt, Scotland, Turkey and Canada. Come and see these script-in-hand readings and enjoy a breakfast roll with tea or coffee. World Premiere. How Could You Slap a Girl - Midnight in the city and a girl has been mugged. Two men are responsible, but why did they do it, and why have they come back? An intense fable on the power of lies and violence. That Elephant Speaks Ukrainian - As war rages in Ukraine, personal stories and relationships are explored in this urgent political drama with an absurdist edge. Control Zed - Undo the past; change the future.Two Sunbeds in the Shade - Amidst protests, outrage and segregation in Istanbul, two women meet by chance on the Turkish coast. Talking family, marriage and politics, they come to understand that the world is changing but that some people cannot change with it. No Desert Roses - Three women in modern day Egypt deal with personal crises in a country where nothing ever really feels certain. An unflinching examination of what it is to be a woman in the Arab world today. The Walt Disney Project - It's the end of the world and only a Disney outlook can save us now; three activists set about finding Walt himself and bringing him back to the future. A dark comedy about idealism, what the world needs, and who can deliver it.

Creatives/Company

Company: Traverse Theatre Company
Author(s): Nick Rongjun Yu (How Could You Slap a Girl), Natalia Vorozhbyt (That Elephant Speaks Ukrainian), Linda McLean (Control Zed), Berkun Oya (Two Sunbeds in the Shade), Laila Soliman (No Desert Roses), Francois Archambault (The Walt Disney Project)