John Binnie – Associate director

Co-founder of Clyde Unity Theatre who have been in regular receipt of Project funding from the Scottish Arts Council. Multi award-winning writer and director of over 20 productions. His work has toured Scotland , the UK and abroad.

It includes Beyond the Rainbow (1989 Fringe First Award); A Little Older (1992 Independent Theatre Award Winner); Accustomed to Her Face (1993 Fringe First Award); Breadmakers (Spirit of Mayfest Award); Armistead Maupin's Babycakes , Last Night (Red Ladder Theatre Co., Leeds ); and Coconut (1999) with contemporary dancer Rosina Bonsu. He was also director of Pussy Galore's Flying Circus (1999), Suzy=Soraya (2000); In Audrey Hepburn's Arms ( 2004) The Persian Cinderella (2005), Breakfast at Audrey's (2005/6 Fringe First Award). He was Lecturer in Playwriting at Glasgow University , as well as directing at the Universities of Massachusetts and Portland , Oregon , RSAMD, QMUC (Edinburgh) and Northbrook College . His radio play, Summer Sectioned (2001) was broadcast on Radio 4. He wrote and directed a Scottish/Namibian cross-cultural production, Journey (Tramway, Glasgow 2002 – British Council). His opera direction includes Turandot (2003) and Carmen (2004) both for Edinburgh Grand Opera. Since February 2004 he has been teaching playwriting for the British Council in Nigeria . He returned there this February 2006 to co-produce Our House with Clyde Unity Theatre and Jos Theatre Co ( Nigeria ). He has just written Monster's Tears and Good Sister Bad for Lung Has' special needs company in Edinburgh . He currently mentors mental health playwriting group Out Of The Dark in Dunfermline .