Cora Bissett

Cora Bissett is a director, actor, writer and songwriter. After graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Cora worked as an actor for fourteen years, winning a Stage Award for Best Actress for her role in David Greig's Midsummer which she toured internationally. Her own production Roadkill, (written with Stef Smith) won an Olivier for its run at Theatre Royal Stratford East when co-produced with the Barbican and Richard Jordan Productions. As associate director with the National Theatre of Scotland she conceived directed the popular political musical Glasgow Girls as well as Rites and Adam. Other directing work includes Emma Donoghue's adaptation of her bestselling novel Room at Theatre Royal Stratford East and the Abbey, Dublin. Cora is passionate about making making cross-form work rooted in collaboration and seeking stories which uncover hidden and under-represented lives. She lives in Glasgow with her partner and daughter.