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Gaelic Researcher

 We are delighted to be welcoming Elspeth Turner to work with us as Gaelic Researcher after she received funding from Gaelic Arts Fund.

This bursary will enable Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland to provide a supportive environment for Elspeth to further develop her practice, with a focus on supporting the creation of new work from a contemporary Gaelic perspective and/or in the Gaelic language. Alongside this, Elspeth will reflect on the organisation’s Gaelic engagement and contribute to two key outcomes: the development of a proposed working Gaelic theatre lexicon and a proposed Gaelic name for Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland.  

Elspeth shared:

“Tha mi dìreach air mo dhòigh ghlan a’ bhith a’ dèanamh an obair seo le Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland. Bidh e math fhèin a’ bhith ag ionnsachadh bhon a’ bhith timcheall air dòighean obrach, a’ moladh slighean leasachaidh a thaobh an obair Gàidhlig aig PSS, agus a’ cur cleachdaidhean dì-cholonachadh san obair seo. Bidh mi cuideachd trang a’ cruthachadh Lexicon Briathrachais Theàtair sa Ghàidhlig. Tha mi an dòchas gum bi an lexicon seo na feum do dhaoine aig a bheil Gàidhlig a tha an sàs ann an drama – bho buidheannan coimhearsneachd, gu buidheannan òigridh agus luchd ealain proifeaseanta.”  

I’m really delighted to be doing this work with Playwrights’ Studio, Scotland. It will be brilliant to learn from their working practices, to be suggesting some roads for development for their work in Gaelic in future, and to look at how to embed de-colonizing practices in this work. I will also be busy creating a Theatre Lexicon in Gaelic. I hope this lexicon will be useful to people with Gaelic who are involved in drama – from community groups to youth companies and professional theatre artists. 

Click here to learn more about Elspeth’s work.