Jo Harper (she/her) is a UK based playwright and screenwriter, also a theatre maker, script reader and dramaturg. Her focus is female driven stories featuring compelling protagonists 40+. She’s just finished shooting an anthology feature film with director Athena Mandis in London and she’s currently developing a feature film about a surprise 50th birthday party […]
We are delighted to host Playwrights’ Studio Scotland New Playwrights Award winners at Cove Park, a partnership established several years ago and bringing wonderful writing talent to Cove Park from across Scotland. Taking part in May 2024 is Rachel Main, a screenwriter and playwright from Glenrothes, Scotland. She is a graduate of MFA Dramatic Writing […]
Ros Borland worked in film production for many years, moving up the ranks from runner to producer. Her first feature film as producer (with Catherine Aitken), Afterlife, starring Kevin McKidd, won the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003 and was released theatrically in the UK in 2004. Her second […]
The Food Lab Residency brings Netherlands based culinary artists to Cove Park to experiment, develop, and nurture their food focused projects. The residency is devised in partnership with The Food Lab of the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, and launched in 2022 with Amsterdam based artist Suzanne Bernhardt. This year we welcome back Food Lab […]
This year, the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities are supporting their arts & humanities PhD students (based across 17 Scottish institutions) with residencies for creative practice, working with Cove Park to provide dedicated creative time, space, and freedom to develop their doctoral work within a supportive and inspiring context. Emily Beaney is an […]