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Jack Hunter

Jack Hunter (photography, Kat Gollock)

Jack Hunter is an award-winning disabled, writer, actor and poet. Originally from Inverness, Jack graduated from Queen Margaret University’s BA Drama & Performance course in 2017.

In 2021, Jack wrote One of Two as part of his time on the Playwrights’ Studio and Birds of Paradise Theatre Disabled Playwright Award. Winner of Summerhall’s Mary Dick Award, the production premiered, in association with Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022. The show was nominated for Best Production (Scottish Theatre Awards at the Fringe). In 2023, One of Two, presented by Independent Arts Projects, was staged at the Traverse Theatre; and toured Internationally across Europe. In 2024, One of Two toured Scottish schools as part of Theatre in Schools Scotland programme.

His latest play The Wolves at the Door premiered as part of A Play, A Pie and A Pint’s 20th anniversary season in Autumn 2024. Jack is a poetry Slam Champion & has performed at music and arts festivals across Scotland, including the Edinburgh International Book Festival & Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.