Billy Cowan

Billy is studying for a PhD in Theatre and Madness at Nottingham University where he also teaches. He has a BA(Hons) in Imaginative Writing and Theatre Studies from Liverpool John Moores University and a MPhil(B) in Playwriting from Birmingham University. Besides writing plays, Billy also works as a freelance drama and creative writing facilitator. He runs the Writing Lab at The Oldham Coliseum and works part-time for M6 Theatre Company as a Youth Theatre Leader. He has also worked for The Library Theatre, Contact Theatre and The Bolton Octagon – all in the North West of England.

Other work, besides the plays mentioned in Productions, include:

Transitions – Winner of the 2010 Warehouse Theatre, Croydon's International Playwriting Festival and to be produced in 2012.

Web Pal and It Should Have Been Me – 2 monologues for teenagers. Produced by M6 Theatre Company.

Sidelined and Straight Talk – 2 plays for teenagers for Bolton Octagon’s Activ8 group.

Antigone – an adaptation of the greek tragedy for the Stockport Garrick Youth Theatre.

Natalie Wilson

Natalie studied Theatre Studies at University of Glasgow.

She was appointed Trainee Director with 7:84 Theatre Company Scotland, working on the Scottish premiere of Angels In America by Tony Kushner and the World Premiere of Caledonia Dreaming by David Grieg. Natalie was later appointed Associate Director at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme before becoming an independent Director. She has since directed numerous productions at theatres and drama schools across the UK.

In 2005, Natalie received the Rose Bruford Memorial Trust Directors Award to research new work through different media including secondments with BBC Radio Drama and Hampstead Theatre. In 2006, she was Associate Producer for Queerupnorth International Arts Festival. She has also directed the HIV Candlelit Vigil at Manchester Pride between 2003 and 2005.

In 2008 Natalie was appointed Artistic Director of Theatre Centre in London.