page_title: Thomas Laurie
section_title: Appointments, the theatre and the arts
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Laurie / Appointments, the theatre and the arts
caption_attribution_description: Traverse Theatre. Taken by myself. September 2004.
context_page_description: Thomas Laurie OBE FRICS is a former Chairman of the Traverse Theatre; Chairman of WASPS Trust and Trustee, Scottish Civic Trust.
context_section_description: In 1961 Thomas Laurie became a founder member  of the Cumbernauld Theatre Group and from 1964-72 served as a board member, the Cottage Theatre, Cumbernauld. A board member and former Chairman of the Traverse Theatre (1972–76), Laurie is also a past Chairman and Trustee of WASPS Trust (Workshop and Artists' Studio Provision Scotland) and a former member of the Drama Panel, Scottish Arts Council (1973–82) and of the Scottish Arts Council (1976-82.) He is also a former Trustee of the Scottish Civic Trust and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
  Thomas Laurie has been awarded the OBE.
caption: Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
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