Scarfed For Life

Martin Travers is a dramatist based at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre where he is Producer for Citizens Learning. He has been on the Playwrights Studio (Scotland)'s mentoring scheme and has been on writing attachment with the National Theatre of Scotland. In 2011, in partnership with Sense over Sectarianism, his play Scarfed for Life toured secondary schools with a cast of professional actors and members of the Citizens Theatre's Young Company. A new version of the play toured Scotland prisons in 2013. His other work for the stage includes Roman Bridge; an adaptation of Theresa Breslin’s novel Divided City, and he is currently working on a new play with the Playwrights Studio (Scotland).

Scarfed for Life is a loud, lively piece about sectarianism in Glasgow ... and uses a mix of broad, mouthy comedy and serious agitprop to tell the story of two teenage friends ... who both find themselves facing serious problems - bullying and violent aggression . . . A play like Scarfed for Life can play a useful role in challenging entrenched attitudes.