Stuart Hepburn
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
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
