Isla Cowan

Award-winning playwright, director & performer // Playwright in Residence @traversetheatre @IASH_Edinburgh // Resident Writer @TronTheatre

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 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

[Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre]

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

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

https://t.co/hTr9XwJWd5

[TRON THEATRE @TronTheatre]

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

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

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!

[SUISS @suiss_EDI]

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✨

[Sleeping Warrior @SWtheatre]

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

[Sleeping Warrior @SWtheatre]

Tonight is the last stop for #ToSaveTheSea 🌊

Catch us one last time at @EdenCourt in Inverness, 7:45pm.

Tune in for a wee surprise later this evening! ✌️

#Musical #Scotland #Inverness #Theatre

[Sleeping Warrior @SWtheatre]

Two shows to go… 🌊

Aberdeen and Inverness:

🛢️ 30th Oct - @TivoliAberdeen
🛢️ 2nd Nov - @EdenCourt

https://t.co/v21wIMHyuK

#ToSaveTheSea #Musical #Theatre #Scotland

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

Great to be part of the launch for this exciting new podcast on Scottish drama🎭✨

[ScotSocPlaywrights @ssp_playwrights]

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!

[Sleeping Warrior @SWtheatre]

📣 We land in Greenock this evening at the @thebeaconarts which includes our final BSL performance by @karen_m_forbes.

🌊 Only 4 stops to go, not to be missed: https://t.co/tUF9aQqdDK

📸 @mihaelabodlovic

#ToSaveTheSea #Theatre #Musical #Scotland

[Fergus Morgan @FergusMorgan]

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

[Eliza Gearty @ElizaGearty]

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! 🌊

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

@ElizaGearty @traversetheatre @SWtheatre Thank you so much for coming Eliza! and for your kind words! Delighted you enjoyed it so much! 💕✨

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

@cameron_wilkie1 @traversetheatre @A_R_McGregor Thank you for coming, Cameron! And for your kind words! So pleased you enjoyed it! 💕✨

[Philip Caveney @philip_caveney]

@islacowan @traversetheatre ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “A deeply committed and ultimately moving piece of musical theatre with an important message to deliver…” https://t.co/m3zE0I4iAW

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

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✨

[Allan Wilson @allanbw2]

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!!!

[Callum Smith @callum__smith_]

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!

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

Very excited to be bringing To Save the Sea to Edinburgh this week 💕✨

[Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre]

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

[Isla Cowan @islacowan]

If you’re planning to come see To Save The Sea at The Trav, I’d advise you get booking quick! ✨
@SWtheatre @traversetheatre

[Sleeping Warrior @SWtheatre]

Thursday is now sold out at the @traversetheatre for To Save the Sea. 🤩

Tickets are selling fast for the other two nights: https://t.co/YFsJsBk5yS

[Ali Watt @aliwatt_]

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!

[Traverse Theatre @traversetheatre]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "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