Jellyfish

KATY NIXON is a writer based in Edinburgh. She is the co-foudner of 4play Theatre and was part of the L20 programme through the Royal Lyceum Theatre. She likes to write about women, the dystopia we live in and Edinburgh. She is the winner of this year’s David MacLennan Award, an award set up by A Play, A Pie and A Pint in honour of its late founder that professionally produces the work of emerging playwrights.

BRIAN LOGAN is a writer, theatre-maker and the current Artistic Director of A Play, A Pie and A Pint. He was previously the Artistic Director of Camden People’s Theatre with a strong focus on supporting early-career artists and making innovative contemporary theatre. Artists and projects developed by Brian at CPT include the global hit Queens of Sheba by Nouveau Riche, Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons by Sam Steiner, and the work of Frankie Thompson, Sh!t Theatre, Haley McGee, Conrad Murray and many others. At CPT, Brian also co-created and directed This Is Private Property (2016), Fog Everywhere (2017), 2019’s Human Jam (co-created with Camden community members) and, in 2024, The Mirror Test.

Prior theatre work includes co-directing the acclaimed touring theatre company Cartoon de Salvo, of which he devised and performed in 11 major shows for. Brian also writes about comedy and theatre for The Guardian, is a former assistant theatre editor of Time Out London, co-presented the podcast But Is It Funny?, and is an honorary research fellow in the School of Creative Arts at Birkbeck, University of London.