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                       Filipa Bragança 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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And... And... And... , Strange Town Touring Company: Schools Tour & Traverse Theatre

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To the Bone, Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk, Hopscotch: Schools Tour

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

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

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Consumed, Scottish Mental Health Arts Commission (Audio)

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TRASH (extract), Traverse Theatre: Scratch Night

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Ecotone,  Making Space Festival (Audio)

World Under Water, Strange Town and Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

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Sno Wite and the Seven Dickensians, Scottish Storytelling Centre (Strange Town Youth Theatre)

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Daphne, or Hellfire, Pleasance (The Greenhouse), Assembly Roxy 

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

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Stressed, Traverse Theatre (Lyceum Youth Theatre)

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These Walls, Sweet Venues, Edinburgh Fringe

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BANTER, Traverse Theatre (Lyceum Youth Theatre)

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Come Back to Bed, Fitzpatrick Theatre

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Lily, Corpus Playroom

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

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ASSOCIATE DIRECTING

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Kidnapped by Isobel McArthur, National Theatre of Scotland | dir. Gareth Nicholls & Isobel McArthur

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ASSISTANT DIRECTING

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

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

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

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

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DIRECTING 

            Andy McGregor   The Beacon Arts Centre                  2022

Traverse Scratch Night by various, Traverse Theatre | Director

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

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

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

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

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Come Back to Bed, Fitzpatrick Theatre | Director

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Lily, Corpus Playroom | Director

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WORKSHOP AND TEACHING

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Workshop Leader, Sustainable Theatre Practice, Framework Theatre Company

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

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Workshop Leader, Ecological Methodologies Seminar, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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

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

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Workshop Leader, Ecological Methodologies Seminar, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Workshop Leader, Creative Writing Seminar, University of Edinburgh

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

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

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

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Ballet Teaching Assistant, Blackhall Ballet

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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