Cindy Oswin

Cindy Oswin is a writer, performer and opera librettist. The many commissions she has received include – Shakespeare’s Globe for which she wrote the royal opening event, ‘The Triumph of Hope’; The British Library, ‘A Salon with Gertrude and Alice’; English National Opera libretto for ‘A Better Place,’ – composer Martin Butler.

In April 2022 her libretto for ‘Take Care’ – composer Douglas Finch, commissioned by Nottingham University, had its acclaimed premiere at Lakeside Arts Nottingham.

Cindy’s background is in theatre as an actor, director and writer. She has worked with many theatre companies including Paines Plough, Lumiere and Son, Rational Theatre, Scarlet Theatre, Leicester Haymarket, Derby Playhouse, and her own company, Salt Theatre.

For Shakespeare’s Globe, in collaboration with Mark Rylance, Cindy Oswin wrote and directed the royal opening event: The Triumph of Hope and The Masque of Heaven and Earth.  She also wrote short pieces called Jigs performed at Shakespeare’s Globe and the 42 Street Theatre, New York.

Solo shows Cindy has written and performed include Scenic Flights, co-produced with Paines Plough: One-Sided Wall at the Bush Theatre, London: A Salon with Gertrude and Alice, commissioned by the British Library and Cindy Oswin – On the Fringe, a performance/lecture illustrated by a collection of video interviews made with her contemporary theatre practitioners from the sixties to the eighties, in collaboration with Artsadmin and the British Library.