curriculum vitae

For a more comprehensive CV, please email islacowan [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk 

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AWARDS

Winner                         Assembly ART Award                      2022

Shortlist                        St Andrews Playwriting Award      2022

Winner                         Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize     2021

Shortlist                        Phil Fox Award                                   2020

Top 100                        Verity Bargate Award                        2020

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PLAYWRITING

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Jack and the Beanstalk, Hopscotch: Schools Tour, Nov-Jan 2022/23

She Wolf , Assembly Festivals: Assembly Roxy, Aug 2022 (Winner of 2022 Assembly ART Award) | Writer/Performer

Alright Sunshine, A Play, a Pie and a Pint @Oran Mor, Jun 2022

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Consumed, Scottish Mental Health Arts Commission (Audio), Aug 2021

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TRASH (extract), Traverse Theatre, May 2021

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Ecotone,  Making Space Festival (Audio), Mar 2021

World Under Water, Strange Town and Scottish Mental Health Arts, Oct 2020

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Sno Wite and the Seven Dickensians, Scottish Storytelling Centre (Strange Town), Dec 2019

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Daphne, or Hellfire, Pleasance (The Greenhouse), and Assembly Roxy, Aug/Nov 2019

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The View from 2038: The View from Portobello, Royal Lyceum Theatre (Lyceum Youth Theatre), Nov 2018

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Stressed, Traverse Theatre (Lyceum Youth Theatre), Mar 2018 

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These Walls, Sweet Venues, Edinburgh Fringe, Aug 2017

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BANTER, Traverse Theatre (Lyceum Youth Theatre), Mar 2017

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Come Back to Bed, Fitzpatrick Theatre, Mar 2017

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Lily, Corpus Playroom, Nov 2016

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LEARNING TO LIVE, Espionage@ Laughing Horse Free Fringe, Aug 2015 |  Writer / Performer

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ASSISTANT DIRECTING

The Duchess [Of Malfi] by Zinnie Harris, Royal Lyceum Theatre / Citizens, 2019 | dir. Zinnie Harris

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GUT by Frances Poet , Traverse Theatre / National Theatre of Scotland, 2018 | dir. Zinnie Harris

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Success by Nick Drake, Royal Lyceum Theatre (Lyceum Youth Theatre), 2017 | dir. Jordan Blackwood

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Ben-Hur by Hattie Naylor, Reading Rep Theatre, 2016 | dir. Christie O’Carroll

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DIRECTING 

            Andy McGregor   The Beacon Arts Centre                  2022

Traverse Scratch Night by various, Traverse Theatre, 2022 | Director

To Save the Sea by Isla Cowan & Andy McGregor, Creative Scotland: Development, 2022 | Co-Director

Batter Park by Andy McGregor, Beacon Arts Centre: Development, 2022 | Associate Director

Yes, Chef! by Laurie Ongden, Traverse Theatre: Development, 2021 | Director

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Daphne, or Hellfire, Pleasance (The Greenhouse), 2019 | Director

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Come Back to Bed, Fitzpatrick Theatre, Mar 2017 | Director

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Lily, Corpus Playroom, Nov 2016 | Director

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WORKSHOP AND TEACHING

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Workshop Leader, Sustainable Theatre Practice, Framework Theatre Company, Jun 2022

Seminar Leader, Contemporary Dramaturgical Practices: Ecodramaturgies, University of Glasgow, Mar 2022

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Workshop Leader, Ecological Methodologies Seminar, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Oct 2021

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Workshop Leader, Phone Call to the World: VOICEMAIL, Scottish Youth Theatre and British Council, Jun-Sep 2021

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Workshop Leader, Writing and Performing a Monologue Masterclass, University of St Andrews (Mermaids), Mar 2021

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Workshop Leader, Ecological Methodologies Seminar, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Oct 2020 

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Workshop Leader, Creative Writing Seminar, University of Edinburgh, Feb 2020 

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Workshop Leader, Renaissance to Modern Day Dramaturgy Masterclass, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Jun 2019

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Workshop Leader, Playwriting & Working with New Texts, Perth Youth Theatre, Feb 2019

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Workshop Assistant, Lyceum Youth Theatre, Mar 2018 ​

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Workshop Assistant, ‘Summer on Stage’, Lyceum Youth Theatre, Jul 2016

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Ballet Teaching Assistant, Blackhall Ballet, 2011 - 2012:

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SKILLS

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BALLET:     

RAD Grade 8 (with distinction)

RAD Intermediate level

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MUSIC:     

ABRSM Grade 8 Singing

ABRSM Grade 5 Music Theory

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EDUCATION

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BA English Literature, University of Cambridge, 2014-17

MLitt Writing for Performance, University of St Andrews, 2017-18