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Stuart Hepburn

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Friday, 23 August @ 11:00 -- Cairns Lecture Theatre, Summerhall

Actor, writer and lecturer Stuart Hepburn's connection with The Traverse goes back to  1981 , when he and fellow students from Stirling University borrowed the set of  for a memorable production of Tom McGrath and Jimmy Boyle's iconic play "The Hard Man" .

He subsequently became the Writer In Residence writing 2 plays for artistic director  Ian Brown. He   won a Fringe First for his performance in Michele Celeste's play "HangingThe President" in 1989,  and  played the title role in the same author's work , "Columbus: Blooding The Ocean" which opened the new theatre in 1992.

He was on the Traverse   reading  panel and a member of the Board for 11 years, and was it’s Chair from 2001-2005.
He  has written for TV series such as Taggart, Rebus and Hamish Macbeth, and  has most recently been responsible for helping to storyline 26 Episodes of Mairi Hedderwick's  "Katy Morag" series for the BBC and Move On Up TV.
He is a Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting & Performance at University Of The West Of Scotland, and is currently researching a PhD in Screenwriting at the School Of Critical Studies at Glasgow University.

You can follow Stuart on Twitter  https://twitter.com/stuart_hepburn
Stuart's Blog     http://stuarthepburn.org


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