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We are happy to announce that the 34th recipient of The Creatives Grant is Joanne Gallagher. She sent in the full script for her play, The Bouncy, and I read all 93 pages in one sitting. I got completely lost in it – I thought it was amazing, the kind of writing that makes the inside of my skull feel like its fizzing. You can read an excerpt on our homepage.
BIO: Joanne Gallagher is a writer from Linwood, Scotland. She grew up in a gable end house with an Irish father, and a mother all kindness, in a deindustrialised town. In 2021 Joanne was mentored by the Playwright’s Studio Scotland to write her debut play The Bouncy. After studying English Literature at University, Joanne trained as an actor. She worked every shite job known to man, alongside the odd acting job, before realising she was a writer. The Bouncy explores sectarianism, deindustrialisation, and wild working-class female solidarity. It is about two sisters in Linwood trying to save each other when they’re both caught in the mire, worried if there’s a tomorrow. The Bouncy is written in Scots and occasionally in verse. In The Long Grass, a short, is Joanne’s latest work. Written in 2023, set on the eve of the Scots Referendum, it looks at how small communities deal with sexual assault depending on their preferences for the players involved. In 2023 Joanne was shortlisted for the Adopt a Playwright Award. As a result, she is being mentored by Kenny Emson on three different projects.
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