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Articulation is a network of people and organisations working across areas of Outdoor Arts, Circus and Spectacle in Scotland. Explore our current members or find out more about how you can get involved.

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Wren Winters

Programmer

Individual • Dumfries & Galloway • Other

Project coordinator and programming specialist engaging communities with festival development, art, heritage, and sustainable tourism.
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Wren Winters

Individual • Dumfries & Galloway • Other

Programmer

Project coordinator and programming specialist engaging communities with festival development, art, heritage, and sustainable tourism.

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Zinnia Oberski

Performer

Individual • Clowning

Performer and maker Zinnia Oberski has an extensive movement background, predominantly in circus. She uses elements of physical theatre, dance and performance art to break the traditional circus aesthetic of the superhuman and focus on…
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Zinnia Oberski

Individual • Clowning

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Performer and maker Zinnia Oberski has an extensive movement background, predominantly in circus. She uses elements of physical theatre, dance and performance art to break the traditional circus aesthetic of the superhuman and focus on a strength that can only be accessed through vulnerability. Zinnia’s physical work is visceral and hypnotic, speaking directly to the subconscious and the human animal in the language of the body. Zinnia works in a holistic way, treating mind and body as one cohesive entity.

Having come from a background involving hard physical training she looks for balance between strength and softness in both movement and intention – a way of training which challenges the bodymind in a fun and positive way. Zinnia’s creative work is multi-artform and makes use of many different styles and techniques. She takes influence from circus, physical theatre, dance, animal movement, performance art and clown to make authentic work that travels beyond the purely visual. She is currently working on a new clown/bouffon show (FRUITOPIA) and touring her solo aerial show Dreams of the Small Gods in Scandinavia and northern Europe.

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Frodo McDaniel

Producer

Individual • Edinburgh • Circus, Clowning, Dance, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout, Other

Frodo is an award-winning Producer, Playwright, and Director. He has over 20 years of experience working across the genres of theatre and circus in the UK and internationally. As a Producer, he has led projects…
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Frodo McDaniel

Individual • Edinburgh • Circus, Clowning, Dance, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout, Other

Producer

Frodo is an award-winning Producer, Playwright, and Director. He has over 20 years of experience working across the genres of theatre and circus in the UK and internationally.

As a Producer, he has led projects all over the world from intimate cabarets to big top spectaculars and massive festivals. He has produced touring theatre and circus, nightclubs, awards ceremonies, charity spectaculars, and corporate events. For 3 years, he programmed and managed The Cabaret Tent for Scotland’s largest music festival, T in the Park and was General Manager of Scotland’s best small music festival, The Kelburn Garden Party for 5 years.

He is also an experienced performer and compère with a critically-acclaimed career as an actor and singer in musical theatre and various bands, as well as a long and varied resume in circus, clowning, and comedy.

As an established playwright, Frodo has written and co-written several plays and is currently creating abridged adaptations of the works of Shakespeare as part of his Bard Abridged series which are availble on Amazon.

As a person with a ‘hidden’ disability, Frodo champions inclusivity and access to all aspects of the Arts in his projects and is always delighted to work with LGBTQIA+ artsts and those who may face barriers to participation in the arts due to cultural background, race, or physical ability.

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Vee Smith

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Aerial, Circus, Physical Performance, Other

Articulation Board Member -Freelance Artist and Producer -Works at intersections of Circus, Physical Theatre and Contemporary Performance Practice -Graduate of the National Centre for Circus Arts, University of Glasgow and Leverhulme Award Recipient Projects: “The…
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Vee Smith

Individual • Glasgow • Aerial, Circus, Physical Performance, Other

Performer

Articulation Board Member

-Freelance Artist and Producer
-Works at intersections of Circus, Physical Theatre and Contemporary Performance Practice
-Graduate of the National Centre for Circus Arts, University of Glasgow and Leverhulme Award Recipient

Projects:

“The Kelpie and The Phoenix” produced by Catherine Wheels, commissioned by Imaginate, in association with National Theatre for Scotland and Assembly Roxy

“Tell Me” Sadiq Ali Company, supported by Arts Council England and Without Walls

“Butterface” supported by Manipulate, There Deli, Tramway and The Lowry

“The Chosen Haram” Sadiq Ali Company, Producer for Made in Scotland 2022

“Pride Flag Emoji” commissioned by Braw Screen 21

“Naked Truth” winner of the John Chattaway Innovation Award, Adelaide Fringe 2019

Current member of Equity, The Workroom and FST
Previous member of the Dancebase Artist Advisory Group, Without Walls Artist Advisory group and Circus ChageUp.

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Jusztina Hermann

Performer

Individual • Edinburgh • Circus

Jusztina is an Edinburgh based performance artist and director. She has an MA on Theatre Theory and a Diploma in Physical Theatre Practice, as well as over two decades of experience in circus and street…
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Jusztina Hermann

Individual • Edinburgh • Circus

Performer

Jusztina is an Edinburgh based performance artist and director. She has an MA on Theatre Theory and a Diploma in Physical Theatre Practice, as well as over two decades of experience in circus and street theatre. Her work combines the diversity of performing arts: physical theatre, circus, dance, puppetry, visuals, music and clowning. Jusztina has been directing and mentoring multi art form performances internationally since 2002 as well as devising her own work with Scottish circus-theatre company Delighters.

As a performance artist she is passionate about creating work for all audiences, from site specific outdoor theatre to black box theatre shows, work created to audiences of all ages to small scale intimate theatre. Her fire-theatre shows were performed internationally at Festa Del Fuoco di Stromboli (Italy), Earagail Arts Festival (Ireland), Galway Arts Festival (Ireland), Sziget Festival (Hungary). As a freelance performer she works with Scottish companies such as Jabuti Theatre, Rowanbank, Circus Alba and Irish landscape theatre company LUXe on a regular basis. She directed and performed with Festa Del Fuoco Ensemble (I), CircusTheatre Production (H), Firebirds (H), Circonnection, ENCI, and Iron Oxide.

She mentors circus artists as well as curates and produces Scotland’s ongoing circus showcase Cirqulation. The event has been running since early 2018 with sold out performances, and after 2019 have been awarded funding from Creative Scotland and the National Lottery Fund.

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Findhorn Bay Arts

Producing Company

Organisation • Acrobatics, Aerial, Carnival, Circus, Clowning, Dance, Digital, Installation, Light Art, Physical Performance, Puppetry, Pyrotechnics, Spoken Word, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Findhorn Bay Arts (FBA) is an award-winning creative producer of cultural events and activities rooted in the communities of Moray. We have grown from our first Culture Day celebration, held in 2013, to establish a…
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Findhorn Bay Arts

Organisation • Acrobatics, Aerial, Carnival, Circus, Clowning, Dance, Digital, Installation, Light Art, Physical Performance, Puppetry, Pyrotechnics, Spoken Word, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Producing Company

Findhorn Bay Arts (FBA) is an award-winning creative producer of cultural events and activities rooted in the communities of Moray. We have grown from our first Culture Day celebration, held in 2013, to establish a year-round programme of high quality arts and cultural activities across the region, including the flagship biennial Findhorn Bay Festival.
We enable creative experiences across a wide range of artforms and genres, encouraging artists and communities to take expression in whatever form is most appropriate to them. We are committed to presenting work in site specific, outdoor and unusual locations that explore and celebrate the possibility of cultural activities to surprise and delight audiences.
Our programme has always had community participation, environment and regeneration at its heart and this has led to an increasing focus on engaged practice and co-production. We develop projects that place local communities and people at the heart of the creative process, through participant-led activities and projects which amplify the voices and respond to the needs of those who are frequently unheard, isolated or marginalised.

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Andrew Simpson

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Clowning, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout

I am a theatre maker, clown and director based in Glasgow, Scotland. After studying Drama and Physical Theatre in Scotland I trained further in clown, physical and outdoor theatre practices in Poland, Denmark, Italy and…
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Andrew Simpson

Individual • Glasgow • Clowning, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Performer

I am a theatre maker, clown and director based in Glasgow, Scotland. After studying Drama and Physical Theatre in Scotland I trained further in clown, physical and outdoor theatre practices in Poland, Denmark, Italy and the UK.

I work on the assumption that through art we can articulate our experiences, reflect on them and imagine other possibilities. I strongly believe that this process should be accessible, relatable but can also embrace the non-realistic, highly stylised or abstract.

In 2022 I was awarded a Federation of Scottish Theatre Assistant Director Bursary. I currently facilitates a physical theatre class with health & wellbeing charity Nemo Arts.

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Sean Wai Keung

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Spoken Word

Sean Wai Keung is a Glasgow-based food, performance and poetry maker. His work is often centered around community, migration and hospitality, and he loves to play with the idea of economics/exchange in his work. He…
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Sean Wai Keung

Individual • Glasgow • Spoken Word

Performer

Sean Wai Keung is a Glasgow-based food, performance and poetry maker. His work is often centered around community, migration and hospitality, and he loves to play with the idea of economics/exchange in his work. He has worked with organisations including Articulation, the National Theatre of Scotland, Dandelion Festival and Tramway Glasgow, and his debut poetry collection sikfan glaschu was published by Verve Poetry Press in 2021. He loves arranging potlucks and talking about the history of takeaway food in Scotland and beyond.

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Vince Virr

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Aerial, Dance, Physical Performance

I create dance and aerial outdoor performances as well as indoor work. I have over 15 years of experience in the Scottish Sector with Barrowland Ballet, NTS, All or Nothing Aerial, Shaper/Caper and my own…
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Vince Virr

Individual • Glasgow • Aerial, Dance, Physical Performance

Performer

I create dance and aerial outdoor performances as well as indoor work. I have over 15 years of experience in the Scottish Sector with Barrowland Ballet, NTS, All or Nothing Aerial, Shaper/Caper and my own work has been performed in Scotland, England, Austria, France and China.

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Sarah Rose Graber

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Clowning, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Sarah Rose Graber is a multidisciplinary theatre maker, performer, and director. She graduated from Northwestern University in the US and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her current shows include Unicorn…
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Sarah Rose Graber

Individual • Glasgow • Clowning, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Performer

Sarah Rose Graber is a multidisciplinary theatre maker, performer, and director. She graduated from Northwestern University in the US and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her current shows include Unicorn Dance Party, an interactive dance show led by unicorns; Two in a Barrel, a physical theatre show about the waste we create; and The Refs, a family friendly outdoor show where public spaces are turned into one big game. Graber is a Circumnavigator Scholar having traveled around the world to the US, UK, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius, Australia, New Zealand, and Argentina researching theatre for social change. She won a Fulbright award to create devised work across the UK, named “One of 15 Women to Watch” in Today’s Chicago Woman Magazine, and shortlisted for the Amazing Women Awards with No.1 Magazine. Her TEDx talk on her research with Serendipity in creative practice has been featured at several events and at universities and she is currently the lead presenter on the YouTube Series, SCOPE, with Imagine Learning. In the UK, she has also worked with Surge, the National Theatre of Scotland, Playwrights’ Studio Scotland, Manipulate Arts, Fuel, Tron, the LIFT festival, Scottish Youth Theatre, Imaginate, Starcatchers, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She is Artistic Director of Performance Collective, creating original work and supporting emerging artists across the Dumfries and Galloway region.

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Pia Kullik

Artist-Designer-Maker

Individual • Edinburgh • Carnival, Circus, Digital, Pyrotechnics, Street Theatre, Other

– Costume design and making (5 years experience), currently in the final year of my HND Costume for Stage and Screen at Edinburgh College. I can do wardrobe and props management as well. – Fire…
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Pia Kullik

Individual • Edinburgh • Carnival, Circus, Digital, Pyrotechnics, Street Theatre, Other

Artist-Designer-Maker

– Costume design and making (5 years experience), currently in the final year of my HND Costume for Stage and Screen at Edinburgh College. I can do wardrobe and props management as well.
– Fire safety tech for outdoor events big (Kelburn Garden Party, Beltane Fire Festival, Castle of Lights) and small (charity events with DeLighters). Includes fuel handling, setup/takedown and using appropriate equipment in case of emergencies. 6 years experience.
– Stage management (Kelburn Garden Party)
– IT and admin
– Fire performance

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Jamie Wardrop

Artist-Designer-Maker

Individual • Glasgow • Digital

Jamie is a Glasgow based artist, theatre maker, VJ and designer who tours work nationally and internationally. He has collaborated with some of Scotland’s leading artists and presented his own critically acclaimed original work at…
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Jamie Wardrop

Individual • Glasgow • Digital

Artist-Designer-Maker

Jamie is a Glasgow based artist, theatre maker, VJ and designer who tours work nationally and internationally. He has collaborated with some of Scotland’s leading artists and presented his own critically acclaimed original work at major venues and institutions.

He trained as an actor a the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – graduating in 2009.

He has developed a practice in multiple disciplines, practices and genres – defying easy definition – from the music industry to theatre and dance where his work is frequently in demand. He commonly works with digital mediums like 3D Animation, VR, Lighting, Sound, Composing and Film. He has pioneered the use of live VJ techniques and projection mapping in the live performance.

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Johanna Reid

Performer

Individual • Perth & Kinross • Aerial, Circus

I run the youth program and perform with adventure circus.
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Johanna Reid

Individual • Perth & Kinross • Aerial, Circus

Performer

I run the youth program and perform with adventure circus.

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Iga Sobieraj

Performer

Individual • Edinburgh • Acrobatics, Circus, Dance, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout, Other

I am fire artist, LED lights performer, stilt walker, silks fans dancer and workshop leader. I also do partner acrobatic and acrobatics with fire element I perform on multiple events doing focused shows, street performances…
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Iga Sobieraj

Individual • Edinburgh • Acrobatics, Circus, Dance, Physical Performance, Street Theatre, Walkabout, Other

Performer

I am fire artist, LED lights performer, stilt walker, silks fans dancer and workshop leader. I also do partner acrobatic and acrobatics with fire element I perform on multiple events doing focused shows, street performances and walkabouts. I teach how to dance with fire, with silks fans or run circus workshops.

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Rita Pacheco

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Spoken Word, Other

Free improviser, sound-maker, performer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow. Work spans creating music, performance, and visual arts using found materials and everyday objects. Passionate about connecting with the community and blending art with nature,…
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Rita Pacheco

Individual • Glasgow • Spoken Word, Other

Performer

Free improviser, sound-maker, performer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Glasgow. Work spans creating music, performance, and visual arts using found materials and everyday objects. Passionate about connecting with the community and blending art with nature, with place. I have worked as a landscape architect for 25 years as a landscape designer and I am looking to change area to connect with people exploring creative local projects and outdoor activities. Actively seeking collaborations and to deepen connections and engage in creative placemaking.

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Shaper/Caper

Producing Company

Organisation • Dance, Digital, Physical Performance

Shaper/Caper are an award winning dance theatre company based in Dundee presenting the work of choreographer Thomas Small. They present work on stage, outdoors and digitally. They work with communities to tell under represented stories…
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Shaper/Caper

Organisation • Dance, Digital, Physical Performance

Producing Company

Shaper/Caper are an award winning dance theatre company based in Dundee presenting the work of choreographer Thomas Small. They present work on stage, outdoors and digitally. They work with communities to tell under represented stories through programmes in schools, communities and outdoor settings

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Ruxy Cantir

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Physical Performance

Ruxy Cantir is a Moldova-born, US-trained, Glasgow-based physical theatre maker and performer. A Dell’arte International graduate (Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre), she devises and performs original work for all ages,…
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Ruxy Cantir

Individual • Glasgow • Physical Performance

Performer

Ruxy Cantir is a Moldova-born, US-trained, Glasgow-based physical theatre maker and performer. A Dell’arte International graduate (Masters of Fine Arts Degree in Ensemble Based Physical Theatre), she devises and performs original work for all ages, ranging from spectacle-based outdoor theatre to intimate indoor work using contemporary devising practices, Puppetry, Clown and Physical and Visual Theatre. Since moving to Scotland in 2015, she’s been awarded numerous grants to develop new indoor and outdoor work, including the 2021 APA/Eden Court/Capital Theatres Early Years Christmas Performance Commission, the Inaugural SURGE Street Theatre Bursary, the Clown Cabaret Bursary Award and the ScotRail Foundation/Foundation Scotland Cultural Arts Grant.

She’s worked with some of Scotland’s most notable arts organisations, including the National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival, Scottish Youth Theatre, National Trust for Scotland. A recent CATS award nominee, she’s performed in various events and festivals with SURGE, Imaginate, Clown Cabaret Scratch Night, Tron Theatre, manipulate Festival, on STV’s only late night talk show The Late Show, and toured Scotland with a few shows, including her critically-acclaimed solo piece Pickled Republic.

She is a member of Single End Collective, an artist-run space in Southside Studios, Glasgow, co-founded LARDS Ensemble – a collective of Scotland’s five most prominent physical comedians, and is a board member for Articulation and Manipulate Arts.

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Caitlin Miller

Producing Company

Organisation • Digital, Installation, Other

Scotland Re:Design (SRD) champions Scottish fashion, textiles, and interiors. We exist to connect designers, communities, and industries through innovative events, collaborations, and advocacy. Originally founded as the Glasgow Design Collective in 2005, SRD has evolved…
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Caitlin Miller

Organisation • Digital, Installation, Other

Producing Company

Scotland Re:Design (SRD) champions Scottish fashion, textiles, and interiors. We exist to connect designers, communities, and industries through innovative events, collaborations, and advocacy.

Originally founded as the Glasgow Design Collective in 2005, SRD has evolved into a national social enterprise, delivering impactful showcases, pop-ups, and festivals both locally and internationally.

At its heart, SRD strives to create meaningful opportunities for Scotland’s creative professionals, enabling them to present their work in fresh, unexpected ways. SRD’s runway shows, exhibitions, and pop-ups bring design into the public sphere, supporting a thriving creative community that animates Scotland’s cultural narrative.

As a CIC, SRD is driven by a dedication to supporting Scottish creatives through collaboration, fundraising, and resource-sharing. Through partnerships with designers, venues, and cultural institutions, SRD addresses industry gaps and creates platforms for growth in an often under-resourced sector. Recent projects include our Scottish Fashion Festival, the Royal Highland Show, and major brand launches, showcasing the breadth of Scottish talent to diverse audiences.

Rooted in community action and collective innovation, SRD shares the belief in the power of creative experiences to inspire and transform.

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Story Wagon

Producing Company

Organisation • Clowning, Physical Performance, Spoken Word, Street Theatre, Walkabout, Other

Touring Story Sanctuary , a space for everybody’s stories. Making a place for writing and storytelling in outdoor public spaces.
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Story Wagon

Organisation • Clowning, Physical Performance, Spoken Word, Street Theatre, Walkabout, Other

Producing Company

Touring Story Sanctuary , a space for everybody’s stories. Making a place for writing and storytelling in outdoor public spaces.

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Lizzie Clapham

Performer

Individual • Glasgow • Acrobatics, Circus, Dance, Physical Performance, Puppetry, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Circus performer, based near Glasgow. Working in acrobatics, juggling, puppetry and physical theatre. Member of Ludic Acid, a micro company working in street theatre and walk about. I have trained in dance (HNC) and circus…
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Lizzie Clapham

Individual • Glasgow • Acrobatics, Circus, Dance, Physical Performance, Puppetry, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Performer

Circus performer, based near Glasgow. Working in acrobatics, juggling, puppetry and physical theatre. Member of Ludic Acid, a micro company working in street theatre and walk about.
I have trained in dance (HNC) and circus (BA) which I work to combine in my practice. Alongside my performance work I work as a stage manager for cabaret and events.

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Adam Towndrow

Producer

Individual • International • Aerial, Circus, Dance, Street Theatre, Walkabout

I support organisations to create, develop and tour award winning productions nationally and internationally. The productions I am involved in are of various scale and include promenade, static and site sensitive work. I am passionate…
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Adam Towndrow

Individual • International • Aerial, Circus, Dance, Street Theatre, Walkabout

Producer

I support organisations to create, develop and tour award winning productions nationally and internationally.

The productions I am involved in are of various scale and include promenade, static and site sensitive work.

I am passionate about co-creation and developing work to provide audiences and partipants with lasting and unforgetable experiences.

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Imogen Michel

Other

Individual • Glasgow • Aerial, Circus, Digital

Aerial Performance Rigger and IRATA L3 Rope Access Supervisor
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Imogen Michel

Individual • Glasgow • Aerial, Circus, Digital

Other

Aerial Performance Rigger and IRATA L3 Rope Access Supervisor

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Suzie Bee

Performer

Individual • Perth & Kinross • Acrobatics, Aerial, Circus

I am a performer and teacher in aerial arts, and also perform in juggling and fire. Iam multi disciplinary but mainly focus on: hoop, silks, straps, Spanish web, duo work on all apparatus, juggling and…
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Suzie Bee

Individual • Perth & Kinross • Acrobatics, Aerial, Circus

Performer

I am a performer and teacher in aerial arts, and also perform in juggling and fire. Iam multi disciplinary but mainly focus on: hoop, silks, straps, Spanish web, duo work on all apparatus, juggling and fire.

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Sam Eccles

Arts Administrator

Individual • Glasgow • Other, Not Applicable

Supporting and Elevating the OACS in Scotland – helping people articulate and move towards their vision with speed
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Sam Eccles

Individual • Glasgow • Other, Not Applicable

Arts Administrator

Supporting and Elevating the OACS in Scotland – helping people articulate and move towards their vision with speed

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