Iain F. Macleod

“Iain Finlay Macleod has written over twenty plays which have been performed professionally. His work has been shown in a number of countries – the US, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and London. Some of his plays are Somersaults (National Theatre of Scotland), The Bends (RSAMD), The Pearlfisher, I Was a Beautiful Day, Broke and Homers (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh). Iain Finlay wrote St Kilda – The Opera, a large-scale multi-discipline theatre piece which was shown at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2009. This was shown simultaneously in five different countries in 2008. He has written a number of plays for radio, among them Mr Anwar’s Farewell to Stornoway, The Pearlfi sher(Radio 4) and Frozen (Radio Scotland). He has worked as an adaptor of works for radio – The Kitchen Child, Raven Black and White Nights. He has written two short stories for Radio 4 – Rock of Eye and Hallaig. Film work includes The Innaccessible Pinnacle, which was nominated for two Bafta awards in writing categories. He has published four novels in the Gaelic language.”