SSP@50 Conference: Big Decisions
Thursday 29 November 2024
University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
Conference Schedule
10am
A Year of Celebrating Playwriting in Scotland
Chaired by Linda Duncan McLaughlin (playwright and SSP@50 Steering Committee)
Panel: Jack Dickson, Jack MacGregor, Rachael McGill, Fergus Morgan, Michael John O’Neill, Martin Travers, Elspeth Turner,
Morna Young
11.45am
Recovering Ambition - Where Are We Now?
Chaired by Peter Arnott (playwright and co-chair of the SSP)
Panel: Brian Logan (Artistic Director, A Play, A Pie, And A Pint), Nicola McCartney (Playwright, and Programme Leader, MSc Playwriting at University of Edinburgh), Caroline Newall (Director of Artistic Development, National Theatre of Scotland),
Gareth Nicholls (Artistic Director, Traverse Theatre), Louise Stephens (Creative Director, Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland)
1.15pm
Lunch
2pm
Hector McMillan Award
This year’s recipient of ‘The Hector’, Linda McLean, will be presented with the award for her play Castle Lennox
2.15pm
Shaping the Future
Chaired by Kris Haddow (playwright and co-chair of the SSP)
Panel: Susannah Armitage (Senior Producer, Eden Court Theatre), Isla Cowan (Playwright, Performer, and Director), Nay Dhanak (Playwright, Dramaturg, and Associate Producer, Framework Theatre), Graham Eatough (Playwright, and Senior Lecturer, Theatre, Film & Television Studies at University of Glasgow), Conner Milliken (Change Programmes Lead, Federation of Scottish Theatre).
4pm
SSP: Into the Next 50 Years
Chaired by Peter Arnott and Kris Haddow (co-chairs of the SSP)
10am
A Year of Celebrating Playwriting in Scotland
Chaired by Linda Duncan McLaughlin (playwright and SSP@50 Steering Committee)
Panel: Jack Dickson, Jack MacGregor, Rachael McGill, Fergus Morgan, Michael John O’Neill, Martin Travers, Elspeth Turner,
Morna Young
11.45am
Recovering Ambition - Where Are We Now?
Chaired by Peter Arnott (playwright and co-chair of the SSP)
Panel: Brian Logan (Artistic Director, A Play, A Pie, And A Pint), Nicola McCartney (Playwright, and Programme Leader, MSc Playwriting at University of Edinburgh), Caroline Newall (Director of Artistic Development, National Theatre of Scotland),
Gareth Nicholls (Artistic Director, Traverse Theatre), Louise Stephens (Creative Director, Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland)
1.15pm
Lunch
2pm
Hector McMillan Award
This year’s recipient of ‘The Hector’, Linda McLean, will be presented with the award for her play Castle Lennox
2.15pm
Shaping the Future
Chaired by Kris Haddow (playwright and co-chair of the SSP)
Panel: Susannah Armitage (Senior Producer, Eden Court Theatre), Isla Cowan (Playwright, Performer, and Director), Nay Dhanak (Playwright, Dramaturg, and Associate Producer, Framework Theatre), Graham Eatough (Playwright, and Senior Lecturer, Theatre, Film & Television Studies at University of Glasgow), Conner Milliken (Change Programmes Lead, Federation of Scottish Theatre).
4pm
SSP: Into the Next 50 Years
Chaired by Peter Arnott and Kris Haddow (co-chairs of the SSP)
