Cormac Myles is a Glasgow–based theatre director, playwright, and artist.

Cormac Myles (he/him) is an interdisciplinary director, playwright, and artist based in Glasgow, specialising in contemporary theatre and new writing. His work is rooted in social and community contexts, engaging with the political landscape of the UK and beyond.

A common theme in his work is the relationship between human and animal. His work often explores what makes real life, everyday people tick. What pushes them over the edge, or what holds them back when they teeter too close. Cormac’s work often uses comedy a lure.

Credits include Beauty and The Beast (Citizens Theatre);Strangers In The Night (A Play, A Pie, A Pint); Wasps (A Play, A Pie, A Pint, Traverse Theatre); Loud & Proud (Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Prime Theatre); Common Is As Common Does: A Memoir (Johnstone Town Hall, Zoo Southside, Made In Scotland Award); The Ballad of Sonia The Skunk (Airdrie Arts Centre); Under The Skin (Glasgow Acting Academy, Point5); 12 Pirates Battle It Out…For a Chippy! (Airdrie Arts Centre, ITPA); Alice By Heart (Impact Arts); The Caravel (Argyll Arcade, Space 45). His newest work SEMI-SKIMMED will premiere at the Airdrie Arts Centre in April of 2026, and will under go development in February 2026.

Cormac is also the Artistic Director of BLACKWIRE, an emerging theatre company based in Glasgow. BLACKWIRE produce urgent and unapologetic work in a variety of contexts.

Cormac is currently under commission to a multi-award winning theatre company for a piece of work debuting in 2026/27.

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  • “Prepare to feel a swell of emotion at the almost pre-ordained hopelessness of it all. Then join them in a sense of optimism that cycles can be broken, lives changed.” 

    ★★★★ - The Scotsman (Common Is As Common Does: A Memoir, Collaborating Artist/Performer)

  • "For such a high energy, brilliantly funny show it was also full of heart and I was full of tears by the end...Brilliantly bizarre and truly one of a kind. Gimme more Sonia!

    ★★★★★ Review (The Ballad of Sonia The Skunk, Director and Writer).

  • "There's a lot to unpack in this fifty-minute monologue as we are taken through a rollercoaster of emotions. "

    ★★★★ - Broadway World (Wasps, Assistant Director)

  • "Powerful, moving and hilariously funny too boot"

    ★★★★★- Review (The Ballad of Sonia The Skunk, Director and Writer)

  • "Kept the audience enthralled for the entire 50 minute run time; you could've heard a pin drop in the auditorium."

    ★★★★- Lisa in the Theatre (Wasps, Assistant Director)