Ruby Sage McGowan is a Devon-based creative practitioner specialising in Celtic mythological studies, oral storytelling, and theatre-making.

She received her MA in Poetics of Imagination from Schumacher College, and her BA in Writing for Performance at Central School of Speech and Drama. She is certified in facilitation and spacemaking by the International Youth Initiative’s Programme’s 1-yr residential course in Sweden, and has completed the Mythsingers Storytelling Apprenticeship.

Ruby’s work explores the intersection of ancient myth, contemporary performance practice, ritual, and ecology. Her theatre skills include immersive & site-specific theatre curation, walkabout performance, oral storytelling, drama workshop facilitation, project organisation, directing, and playwriting.

She has presented talks on mythology & folklore at Schumacher College; within the University of Bristol’s Centre for Environmental Humanities; and at King’s College as part of The Folklore Society’s annual conference.

Currently, she is writing a script in collaboration with the Marylebone Theatre in London. This will be a two-act staged version of the Irish epic, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, developed to full production.