Traverse picks up a string of theatre prizes

THE Traverse theatre in Edinburgh scooped several of the top gongs at this year's Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS).

The city theatre won the best new play prize for the third year in a row, as well as best production for Ursula Rani Sarma's The Dark Things.

Best female performance went to Sian Thomas for her role in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

Lung Ha's theatre company won the best ensemble award for Huxley's Lab, a co-production with Grid Iron, which ran as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.

The National Theatre of Scotland's Mr Write was named best production for children and young people.