Playwrighting
Diane is a playwright currently based in Fife, Scotland. Her work as been performed at the Traverse Theatre, Outwith Festival, Theatre Royal York and by the Lyceum Youth Theatre, amongst others.
Diane was part of Playwrights’ Studio Scotland Mentoring Programme for 2019.
A selection of her previous work can be found here.
Digital Work & Upcoming Shows
You can listen to an extract from her play Work-Life which was recorded at the Traverse Theatre, August 2019 for BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, and aired in December 2019.
Her short play Mixtape/Up was performed by Rachel Flynn and directed by Karen Barclay for the online May show with Short Attention Span Theatre, it is available online here - the piece starts at 16:37.
What If? is availble to watch as part of The Voice Behind the Picture project with In Motion Theatre in association with SEE ME. What If? is performed by Josh Whitelaw and directed by Lisa Nicoll.
Leekdown was presented as part of ThriveFest 2020 by Strange Town and can be viewed on the SMHAF website. Directed by Steve Small.
Drama Facilitator
Diane has worked with Limelight Youth Theatre in Dunfermline and Millennium Stage School in Livingstone as a drama facilitator. She has also taught workshops at Gymnasium Wendelstein in Germany and Queen Margaret University.
Other Work
Diane took part in the YWCA Scotland – The Young Women’s Movement and Scottish Parliament, Young Women Lead programme for 2018/19. The report created by the cohort “To explore the relationship young women have with sport and physical activity, with particular regard to issues that might prevent participation” can be found here. She is now a member of the YWCA - Scotland advisory panel.
Diane also writes for the Feminist Bloggers network where she explores personal topics in a casual chatty way.
Education
Performance Studies Focusing on Gender and Feminism, Stockholm University, 2018
MA Theatre: Writing, Directing & Performance, University of York, 2016
BA (Hons) Drama & Performance, Queen Margaret University, 2014