Career
McDowall has been a writer on attachment with the Royal Court, Paines Plough, and the National Theatre Studio (Summer 2013). His plays include Pomona at the Orange Tree Theatre, Talk Show at the Royal Court Theatre, Captain Amazing at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, and Brilliant Adventures at the Royal Exchange Theatre. His play Pomona transferred to the National Theatre and the Royal Exchange Theatre in Autumn 2015.