WINNER of the 2021 Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize 

WINNER of the 2022 Assembly ART Award

 

Isla is a Scottish playwright, performer and director, based in Edinburgh. She specialises in creating ecofeminist work and believes in theatre that challenges both its audience and its makers.

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Isla's recent work for stage includes, amongst others, Alright Sunshine (A Play, a Pie and a Pint @ Òran Mór),  Daphne, or Hellfire (Pleasance and Assembly Roxy), Sno Wite and the Seven Dickensians (Strange Town / Scottish Storytelling Centre), The View from Portobello (Royal Lyceum), and BANTER (LYT/Traverse). Isla was selected as one of four playwrights to be mentored at Hampstead Theatre on the 2019 INSPIRE Playwrights Programme, mentored by Roy Williams, and was a Traverse Young Writer in 2021. She also makes digital and audio theatre, working with Strange Town, Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and the Scottish Youth Theatre, on recent projects. Isla currently has plays in development with support from Creative Scotland, The Beacon Arts Centre and The Gaiety. 

 

While Isla performs and directs much of her own work, she also has her own directing practice. She has worked as an Assistant Director at The Traverse, Lyceum, Citizens, and Reading Rep, and has been Director on recent work  for the Traverse, Beacon Arts Centre, and Creative Scotland.

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Isla regularly leads and facilitates workshops - particularly on environmental theatre and eco-dramaturgy - for all ages and stages.

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