Maryam Hamidi
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland’s New Playwrights Awards provide an important professional development opportunity for five early career playwrights living in Scotland who have a genuine commitment to writing for the theatre. Those receiving awards come to Cove Park for research and writing residencies of one week each. Maryam is a multi-disciplinary writer, theatre maker and actor. She co-wrote the Amnesty […]
Victoria Beesley
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland’s New Playwrights Awards provide an important professional development opportunity for five early career playwrights living in Scotland who have a genuine commitment to writing for the theatre. Awarded playwrights come to Cove Park for a week’s research and writing residency. Victoria is a playwright, performer and Artistic Director of Terra Incognita. She has written My Friend Selma and Invisible […]
Andrew Thompson
Playwrights’ Studio Scotland’s New Playwrights Awards provide an important professional development opportunity for five early career playwrights living in Scotland who have a genuine commitment to writing for the theatre. Andrew Thompson trained and worked as an actor for ten years for companies including The National Theatre, Sheffield Theatres and ITV. He began writing short plays and […]
Sara Shaarawi
Sara Shaarawi is a playwright, translator and performer from Cairo. Based now in Glasgow, her first play Niqabi Ninja was developed after a staged reading at Mayfesto 2014 at the Tron Theatre, Glasgow, and after receiving funding from Creative Scotland to put on a work-in-progress showing at Platform, Easterhouse, Glasgow. She took part in Playwrights’ Studio Scotland’s 2015 […]
Janice Parker
Janice Parker returns to Cove Park in November for a one week residency and to facilitate a Dance and Movement Workshop developed as part of our Hands-On Engagement programme. This workshop will take place on Wednesday 8 November 2017 and is for anyone over 50 and interested in dance. For further information, and to reserve […]
Dance & Movement Workshop with Janice Parker
Self-funded Residencies, December 2017 – February 2018
Eve Leigh
During the summer of 2017, Cove Park will work with The Royal Court Theatre, London, and host a number of playwrights connected to its internationally renowned programme. The third participating artist is Eve Leigh. Eve is a playwright, theatremaker, and dramaturg. She trained at the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme and Studio Group and the National Theatre’s […]
Ian Spink
The Work Room and Cove Park are collaborating in 2017 to pilot an opportunity for Work Room members to undertake a residency at Cove Park for themselves and collaborators from other disciplines. The residencies are intended to bring a new dimension to a creative practice or practices. We are delighted that the first of The […]
Simon Longman
During the summer of 2017, Cove Park will work with The Royal Court Theatre, London, and host a number of playwrights connected to its internationally renowned programme. The first participating artist is Simon Longman. Simon is a playwright from the West Midlands. He was a member of the Royal Court Young Writer’s Group in 2013 and in […]
Charlene James
During the summer of 2017, Cove Park will work with The Royal Court Theatre, London, and host a number of playwrights connected to its internationally renowned programme. The second artist to participate is Charlene James. Charlene is an award winning playwright and trained as an actress at Birmingham School of Acting and at The School at […]
Daphne De Sonneville
Cove Park has worked with the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities on a pilot project to bring a PhD student here for 1 week’s research residency. 2017’s successful candidate is Daphne de Sonneville. Daphne de Sonneville (born in Amsterdam, currently living in Glasgow) is an artist and writer working with written fiction, performances, […]