So Young
Theatre (dark comedy, drama)
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Venue 15Traverse Theatre - Traverse 1
- 19:00
- Aug 25
- 1 hour 20 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom - Scotland
- Group: Traverse Theatre in co-production with Raw Material and Citizens Theatre
- Warnings and additional info: Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing
- Accessibility: May not apply to all performances. You'll find more information about accessibile performances and how to book tickets in the accessibility tab below.
- Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket
- Policy applies to: Children under 2 years
Description
Thumbing through a record collection, having a glass of wine, remembering the old times. There’s nothing better than catching up with old friends. As Milo invites his two friends Davie and Liane around for dinner to meet his new girlfriend, it promises to be a great night reconnecting after being apart. But she’s just SO YOUNG! Douglas Maxwell’s So Young sees an innocuous evening slide into ruin as old friends face the challenges of middle age, growing apart and losing those close to them.Please note that while all media gallery content is provided by verified members of the event, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society does not review or approve this content before it is posted. Reports of inappropriate content or copyright infringement can be directed to [email protected].
General venue access
- Accessible entry: Traverse 1 has a steep rake so if you have any access requirements, there is level access into the building via lift. Duty Manager will show customers into the theatre to their seat/space. If not taking the lift there are 29 steep steps from the bar Bar to Stage Level of Traverse 1.
- Stairs: 20+
Wheelchair access type: Building Lift
Each venue can contain several space with different accessibly information. Visit the venue page for full venue accessibility info
Signed performances
- Dates: 24 August
- Interpreter: Nicolle Murdoch - Not Selected
- Type: BSL
- Booking options: You can book independently online, or contact our access team to book your tickets and request any specific seating requests in relation to the location of the interpeter.
Audio described performances
- Dates: 16 August, 17 August
- Type: Unit with headset
- Booking options: You can book independently online, or contact our access team to book your tickets and request any specific seating locations or if booking a unit is required.
- More about this show: Listen to audio flyer
Captioned performances
- Dates: 18 August
- Type: Open
- Booking options: You can book independently online, or contact our access team to book your tickets and request any specific seating locations or if booking a unit is required.
How and when to make an access booking
- Phone: +44 (0)131 226 0002
- Email: [email protected]
- Textphone: +44 (0)7860 018 299
- Find out more about access at the Fringe.
Our access tickets service is available to anyone who:
- Would like to book specific accessibility services, e.g. a hearing loop, audio description headsets, captioning units, seating in relation to the location of the BSL interpreter
- Requires extra assistance when at a venue
- Has specific seating requirements
- Is a wheelchair user
- Requires a complimentary personal assistant ticket to attend a performance
This show has chosen to opt out of audience reviews.
Participants - for further details on our audience and published review policies, including how to add or opt out of reviews, please click here.
Across the Arts 25 days ago
While the living room setting of So Young is familiar from Pinter to Yazmina Reza’s God of Carnage, Maxwell keeps it fresh and contemporary, with observations as sharp as Liane’s tongue.
The Scotsman 26 days ago
Perfectly-constructed one-act drama, the dialogue is fast, cheeky, frank, brilliantly observant, and often lethally funny
North West End UK 31 days ago
The quality of the acting, the script, the sets and the whole production is an absolute joy.
Three Weeks 33 days ago
It’s an insightful examination of differing responses to grief and the death of a loved one. It is insightful, too, on ageing and generational difference. This crackerjack of a play is also a reminder that theatre is crucially a literary form.
All Edinburgh Theatre 36 days ago
So Young by Douglas Maxwell, the Traverse co-production with Raw Material and the Citizens, is a sharply observed, profound and beautifully acted piece of theatre.
British Theatre Guide 37 days ago
a great piece of theatre
Corr Blimey 39 days ago
delivered with some of the finest comedic timing you’ll see at this year’s Fringe, backed by a stellar ensemble; measured, adept, and bloody hilarious.
Bouquets & Brickbats 39 days ago
a perfectly-pitched drama that keeps me hooked throughout.
The Quinntessential Review 40 days ago
Laugh-out-loud hilarity is what happens. Raw, emotional drama is what happens.
EdinburghGuide.com 41 days ago
The play is powerfully performed by a terrific cast and is a sharply written both extremely witty and tender look at the nature of memory and friendship, questioning whether we can know how people feel and who gets to say who loves who.
Fringe Review 43 days ago
Every aspect of this production is outstanding – see it while you can.
Participants - for further details on our audience and published review policies, including how to add or opt out of reviews, please click here.
Participants - for further details on our audience and published review policies, including how to add or opt out of reviews, please click here.