⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from the Scotsman for Alright Sunshine! "... a memorable and hard-hitting piece of feminist theatre for the moment we live in; and it deserves a longer life, not least in the city that inspired it"
https://t.co/FwuniZcERc
In 2024 @islacowan has joined us as @IASH_Edinburgh/Traverse Playwriting Fellow, working on a new ecofeminist play.
We sat down with her for a 10 Question interview to find out about the play, her experience of the fellowship & what drives her work.
📰 https://t.co/DqfGeVF1pN
2025 Spotlight: STUDIO3
Brand-new event theatre for the Tron, 3 plays form this mini-rep season:
🔸 Alright Sunshine by @islacowan
🔹 Fleg by @meghan_tyler_39
🔸 Fruitcake by Frances Poet
BOOK NOW (26 April - 17 May) ➡️ https://t.co/JhUwmI5WLd
It was such a joy to visit SUISS this year for an author reading and Q&A - a phenomenal cohort of students with such passion and talent! As you can see from my huge smile in this photo(!), I loved reading from my play She Wolf and chatting all things theatre and playwriting!
We were so fortunate to welcome playwright, @islacowan, to read for our Theatre & Performance students this summer. Isla was so generous with her time, answering questions about her writing practice, and being wonderfully candid about her experience as a writer✨
You can now view our full digital exhibition which includes responses from the workshop programme that accompanied our Scottish tour of To Save the Sea. 🪧
Thank you to Outreach Associate Jordan Blackwood for delivering our seven workshops and to all young participants for your creativity, passion and messages. 👏
🔗 https://t.co/6r6QyPeJzl
#ToSaveTheSea
A packed audience tonight @traversetheatre for the launch of SSP@50 Fellow @FergusMorgan’s podcast series A History of Scottish Drama in Six Plays, featuring panellists @NicolaMcMcCartney, @islacowan, @MarkFFisher and @gaznicholls. Check out Ep1 now on a podcast near you!
That same evening - Monday 28 October - there is a launch event @traversetheatre with a panel discussion on contemporary Scottish drama, feat. @MarkFFisher, @islacowan, Nicola McCartney, and @gaznicholls.
You can get your free ticket here: https://t.co/kt1pvpCsnp
Loved To Save The Sea at @traversetheatre last night. So good & rare to see uncompromising political theatre that is also that entertaining. Well done to @islacowan, Andy McGregor, @SWtheatre, the amazing cast and everyone else involved! 🌊
@islacowan@traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A deeply committed and ultimately moving piece of musical theatre with an important message to deliver…” https://t.co/m3zE0I4iAW
Thank you so much @allanbw2 for your kind words about To Save the Sea❤️ So delighted you enjoyed it and for your 7:84 comparison - we made the show with a strong political impetus and the “good night out” tradition very much in mind - so it’s great to hear that you felt this✨
Totally LOVED @SWtheatre's To Save The Sea @traversetheatre this evening. Great writing, great music, great staging, great performances from a cast of EIGHT, and a strong creative team, telling the Brent Spar story.
SCOTTISH THEATRE MAY BE STRUGGLING, BUT IT IS STILL ALIVE!!!
Big, bold, ambitious work from one of our best touring companies @SWtheatre - for a packed out audience at the @traversetheatre. Brilliant work by @A_R_McGregor @islacowan and all the team!
This epic new sung-through musical is making waves across Scotland and we can't wait to welcome this large-scale production to the Traverse Theatre in two days! 🌊✨
Tickets are limited and close to selling out, not to be missed!
🎟️ https://t.co/2dgoQRZK9k
The sheer volume of talent across the whole production of @SWtheatre's To Save the Sea is pretty wonderful. Scots protest theatre grafted to a Larson-like - sung through!! -show of heart, anger and hope... Magic stuff. And a bangin cast!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A triumph" - The Reviews Hub
This large scale musical promises a great night out at the theatre with catchy tunes, powerful storytelling and a John Major striptease....😳
We welcome To Save the Sea in less than a week!
🗓️ 10, 11, 12 Oct
🎟️ https://t.co/2dgoQRZK9k