In 1981, with
Richard Cherns, he founded Theatre Alba, with the aim of promoting diversity in
Scottish theatre by producing plays in the
Scots language and encouraging new Scottish writing. He took the role of Artistic Director while Cherns became the company's Musical Director. The company's first production was Edward Stiven's
Tamlane, staged in the open air on the
Calton Hill,
Edinburgh, in 1981. In 1982 it staged the world premiere of
The Shepherd Beguiled by Netta. B. Reid. The company's production of
The Puddok an the Princess by
David Purves won a
Fringe First Award in August 1985, was staged again at the
Traverse Theatre in December, and was taken on national tours by the company in 1986 and 1988. The company toured Edward Stiven's
Tamlane in the
Borders during the Borders Festival of Ballads and Legends in the auntumn of 1987. Stiven's
The Cauldron was taken on tour in the spring of 1988. David Purves'
Whuppitie Stourie was taken on a tour of the
Central Belt in the autumn of 1989.
Robert McLellan's
The Carlin Moth was staged at Theatre Workshop on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 1990 and toured
South-West Scotland in the Autumn. In 1998, the company was invited to mount its Festival Fringe productions in
Duddingston Kirk Gardens. Its first production there was a revival of Netta B. Reid's
A Shepherd Beguiled, and it continued to use the gardens as an August venue for more than twenty years. Among the productions staged by the company during this period were adaptations of
Anton Chekov's
The Seagull and
The Cherry Orchard commissioned from
Jo Clifford and a Scots translations of Chekov's
The Three Sisters and
August Strindberg's
The Outlaw commissioned from David Purves. From 2003 until 2018, Nowosielski produced four quinquennial
Passion Plays, which were performed on Easter Sundays at locations around
Duddingston village. == Brunton Theatre ==