TravCast - Alan Bissett

Published: Oct. 31, 2016, 5:34 p.m.

b'TravCast is the podcast from the Traverse, Scotland\\u2019s new writing theatre. Literary Associate, Rosie Kellagher, interviews well known playwrights and theatre-makers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse.\\n\\nIn this episode, Rosie Speaks to Alan Bissett. Alan is a playwright, novelist and performer who grew up in Falkirk and now lives in Renfrewshire. His novels include Boyracers, Death of a Ladies\\u2019 Man and Pack Men and his plays, many of which have been made in collaboration with director Sacha Kyle, include The Ching Room, Turbo Folk, The Pure, The Dead and The Brilliant, Ban This Filth!, The Red Hourglass and his \\u2018one-woman show\\u2019 The Moira Monologues, which has just finished a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe. \\n\\nHe was Glenfiddich Scottish Writer of the Year in 2011 and, believe it or not, has a street in Falkirk named after him.\\n\\nOriginal music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk\\n\\nConceived, produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain'