August 2025

An audience at the Traverse Theatre

Scottish Writers Community: Panel Discussion

Event date: 
Monday 11 August 2025
Time: 
16:00 - 17:30
Location: 
Traverse Theatre, 10 Cambridge Street, EH1 2ED

What makes new writing in Scotland unique?

Join a discussion chaired by Fergus Morgan (The Stage’s Scotland correspondent and freelance theatre critic), Gareth Nicholls (Traverse Artistic Director), Michael John O’Neill (2025 IASH / Traverse Creative Fellow), Isla Cowan (2024 IASH / Traverse Creative Fellow) and Apphia Campbell (2021 IASH / Traverse Creative Fellow), to discuss the future of Scottish theatre, contemporary theatre narratives and what writers want to address.

Featured Fellow: Dr Anthea Moys

August 6, 2025
A woman with a traffic cone on her head, standing on a cobbled street.

Dr Anthea Moys (she/her) is a South African/UK-based artist and practice researcher whose work explores the intersections of play, power, and decoloniality, and a 2026 British Council 90th Anniversary Research Fellow. With a cross-disciplinary practice spanning two decades, her approach blends arts, play-oriented studies, performance, co-production, and peer-to-peer learning.