Episode 127: Edinburgh Fringe 2022 - Isla Cowan

Episode 2 of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 series Today Louise chats with playwright, performer and director Isla Cowan about her new Edinburgh Festival Fringe show SHE WOLF. Along with chatting about Isla’s activism and her process. SHE WOLF A fierce, ferocious monologue about getting f*cked over and fighting your way back. Spoken by a woman hiding out at the zoo, She Wolf tears open questions of gender and class in a capitalist world. What does it take to succeed when only the fittest survive? As Maggie's life falls apart, becoming animal is only human. Winner of the 2022 Assembly ART Award and the Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize. See She Wolf at Assembly Roxy @1.50pm 5th – 28th August 2022 (excluding 15th & 22nd) SHOW: assemblyfestival.com INSTAGRAM: @shewolfshow TWITTER: @SheWolfShow ISLA COWAN 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. 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. Isla regularly leads and facilitates workshops - particularly on environmental theatre and eco-dramaturgy - for all ages and stages. TWITTER: @islacowan INSTAGRAM: @isla_cowan PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK ASN.COM- DONATE LINKTREE P&N Linktr PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love. Resources https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/ https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ https://www.artsminds.co.uk/ https://www.bapam.org.uk/ https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/ Stonewall UK Trevor Project Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ GATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/