Morna Pearson is an Elgin-born Edinburgh-based playwright and screenwriter. She has been a recipient of the Channel 4 Playwright Scheme, the Catherine Johnson Best Play Award, and the Meyer- Whitworth Award. Her first short film, I WAS HERE, gained BAFTA Scotland and EIFF nominations for Best Short Film.
Current projects include a pilot comedy script for BBC Studios and an adaptation for National Theatre of Scotland.
Theatre productions include: DARKLANDS (as part of Interference trilogy, National Theatre of Scotland); LET’S INHERIT THE EARTH (Dogstar/Profilteatern); HOW TO DISAPPEAR (Traverse); DR STIRLINGSHIRE’S DISCOVERY (Lung Ha/Grid Iron); WALKING ON WALLS (Traverse/A Play, A Pie & A Pint); BIN HEID (Traverse Breakfast Play); LOST AT SEA (text, Catherine Wheels); THE LIBRARY (text, Frozen Charlotte); THE STRANGE CASE OF JEKYLL & HYDE (Lung Ha); AILIE & THE ALIEN (National Theatre Connections); UN PETIT MOLIERE (adaptation, Lung Ha); THE ARTIST MAN AND THE MOTHER WOMAN (Traverse Theatre); THE COMPANY WILL OVERLOOK A MOMENT OF MADNESS (adaptation, National Theatre of Scotland/A Play, A Pie & A Pint); ELF ANALYSIS (A Play, A Pie & A Pint); DISTRACTED (Traverse Theatre).
Film: I WAS HERE (12 min short, Scottish Film Talent Network)
Radio: SIDE EFFECTS (Bonar/BBC Radio 3); MCBETH’S MCPETS (BBC Radio Scotland)
“Morna Pearson is a voice worth listening to” The Guardian
“A wild piece of in-your-face Doric hyperrealism…handled with superb wit and feeling.” The Scotsman
“One of the funniest plays the Traverse has staged in years.” The Scotsman (on The Artist Man & The Mother Woman)
“One of the freshest, most fearless and taboo-busting voices to be heard anywhere right now.” The Herald
