Alex Zawalnyski
Creative Director
Whilst studying at the University of Edinburgh, Alex had three short plays produced by EUTC Candlewasters: Living With My Ex, Tainted Love, and The Both of Us. This final play was developed into 50 Words, which Alex also performed in. The piece premiered at the Exeter Fringe Festival, where Alex grew up, before transferring to Edinburgh. This was followed by being selected to write for Scottish Youth Theatre, and his duologue Vitamin C being long listed for the BBC InterConnected Award. Alex then performed in Terrence the T-Rex both in London and Edinburgh.
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Alex is interested in uncovering overlooked stories, and encouraging audiences to reconsider their perspectives. Through his writing he aims to give actors and creatives an opportunity to use a broad range of theatrical techniques to tell the story in compelling and engaging ways.
Laura Hounsell
Resident Director
Laura is the founder of Bread and Bus Stop Theatre with whom she is directing two operas this year: Mozart’s ‘Bastien and Bastienne’, Dorset, August 2024 and Puccini’s ‘La Bohème’, Peckham, December 2024.
Upcoming work also includes ‘Salt and Noise’ by Sally McAlistair for Blue Hour productions for which she directed an R&D in Nov 2023.
Her aim is always to make beautiful, plentiful, surprising and curious theatre which searched for magic in the mundane and truth in the chaos. Her particular passion is making work for rural audiences in unusual spaces.
She is a graduate of Edinburgh University, where she directed numerous productions for the Edinburgh University Theatre Company including Salome (Wilde), Yerma (Lorca), Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off (Lochhead). She also wrote and performed in an original puppetry show ‘Flock’, in which she also performed as a puppeteer.
She has studied short courses in directing and puppetry with the Central School of Speech and Drama, the National Youth Theatre and Tessa Bide, Tiny and Tall productions.
She is also a filmmaker and recently co-produced a Documentary about London’s Laundrettes called Washing Away.
People we've worked with
Without the talent and dedication of these people, none of our projects could have happened.
Annabel
Lunney
Producer
Annabel Lunney is a community-based theatre-maker from Aberdeen interested in new Scottish writing, socially engaged theatre and how co-design projects can encourage new voices into theatres both onstage and in the audience. Her producing and facilitation practice focuses on stories and artists from outwith the central belt, and how opportunity can be distributed more widely across Scotland. She currently works as an Assistant Producer with Dogstar Theatre Company (previously Assistant Producer on Light the Blue Festival 2024) and as a freelance drama practitioner with local school children and young people, recently working with Traverse Theatre, Scottish Youth Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Aberdeen City Council, Army at the Fringe, Ten Feet Tall and We Care Aberdeenshire. Annabel is an associate artist with Ten Feet Tall Theatre Company and a member of the Wonderfools Youth Board 2024/25.
Kitty Taylor-Brown - BSL Interpreter
Morgan Ferguson - Actor
Jacob Henney - Lighting Designer
Giulia Pizziol - Stage Manager
Rebecca Matthews - Technician
Clara Wesley - Actor
Harry Godwin - Director
Luke Malone - Actor / Director
Matt Price - Designer