The Practitioners 2023
BA(Hons) Drama and Production class of 2023
Megan Thomson
Megan is a theatre practitioner from Perth. This journey for Megan has been a long and winding path. From being a youth and performing in the SCDA One Act play festival to where she is now. She started her studies at Perth College UHI completing both HNC and HND in Technical Theatre. This was not enough for her as she craved more knowledge about theatre. This lead her to staying at Perth UHI for a further two years to complete HNC and HND Musical Theatre. After a two year break from her studies she is back to studying but now at UHI Inverness and is now in her 4th year of BA (Hons) Drama and Production. Alongside her studies she works with a local theatre group Ad-Lib Arts assisting with tech for performances and teaching weekly drama classes to juniors and youths.
Being versatile in the theatre industry she hopes to showcase her skills with her play. The main focus for her has been the script writing, technical, directing, and stage management of her piece. This final piece of theatre brings together all the skills and knowledge that Megan has studied for over the years and showing her strengths in other areas.
Email megan.s.t@hotmail.co.uk
Charlotte Lawson
Charlotte Lawson is a 24 year old mum of one. Prior to attending UHI she studied at West College Scotland in Paisley. Her interests lie in in the concept of making theatre therapeutic for it's audiences as well as it's actors. The process for creating her piece was found to be therapeutic when considering the content of the story enabling her to make peace with problems faced in childhood.
Who knew that what can be an uncomfortable conversation with parents that you avoid like the plague, could be turned into a piece of art.
Liam Barr
Liam is an actor from Fife, with a passion for all things theatre. He began acting all the way back in primary 7 after performing in his school show. During secondary school he joined Cupar Youth Musical Theatre in his home town and the Byre Youth Theatre in St Andrews. Following secondary school he studied Acting & Performance in Fife College, performing in plays such as Dracula, Woyzeck, and Bone Cage.
Following covid he has recently just been to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a full run performing as Edgar Allan Poe.
Email Liamjaybarr@gmail.com
Instagram @liambarr1999
Grant Jamieson
Grant is a 27 year old creative living in Scotland who always wanted to work within the creative industries. Studying drama at school and performing in a number of one act plays and musicals with theatre companies in Elgin.
After school, he went on to study Creative Industries TV in Aberdeen. Once graduated, he moved to Edinburgh for 4 years to work in post-production. Even being credited on shows like Edinburgh Nights and Einstein's Quantum Riddle, though the acting bug never left. He joined Annexe Repertory Theatre where he starred in such shows as Mr & Mrs She and Nothing but the Gallows. As well as playing to his Scottish roots in Leith Theatre's production of Sunset Song and Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot for Bedlam Theatre.
Email grantjamieson54@gmail.com
Instagram @gjamieson_creates
Kirsty Walton
Kirsty is a 26 year old performing arts student based in Edinburgh. She has always had a strong passion for the performing arts and upon leaving school, was awarded a scholarship into Perth Amateur Operatic Society (PAOS) via audition. During her time at PAOS she improved her performing skills and took on numerous roles, making a strong name for herself.
While performing was a great passion however, Kirsty was not sure it was the career path she wanted to follow and instead took the pathway of Primary Teaching at the University of Dundee. After three years teaching, she realised that even though she had a love for teaching, her true passion lay within the Performing Arts. She went on to study a HND in Musical Theatre at Perth College UHI which lead her to consider a career in combining her two loves, teaching and performing; the next adventure.
While Kirsty would consider performing again, she is very excited to take on more responsibility in the future through directing and creating shows, and cannot wait to see what the future may bring for her career in the industry.
Gemma Cathcart
Gemma was born and raised in the Northeast of Scotland and is currently studying her final year of BA (Hons) in Drama and Production at UHI Inverness. She started off her career by joining a local theatre group and then grew a passion for the performing arts industry. Since then, she has continued to study performing arts by studying her NC and HND at UHI Moray and HND at Glasgow Kelvin. During the few years on the course, she has gained a love for creating performances and acting having learned different skills along the way. She has a variety of experiences working in theatre and film and hopes to continue this to in the future.
Email cathcartgemma3@gmail.com
Instagram gemma_cathcart
Jack Slinger
Jack is a 23 year old practitioner from Forres. Jack only began his theatre journey after finishing high school, but has had a passion and love for creative arts and storytelling from an early age. Growing up a lover of fantasy and science fiction in both literature and performance, he has only widened his areas of interest and tries to include as many of his influences and inspirations in his work as he can. Helping to create the media that he would have loved growing up, and in many instances still loves today. With an interest in script writing, directing, acting and voice acting, Jack has only partaken in productions through previous college courses but hopes to constantly expand his experiences and skillset.
Kelly Johnston
Kelly Johnston is a Glasgow based performer and creative. Discovering her passion for the performing arts in her teen years Kelly studied Musical Theatre. After graduating Kelly changed careers and worked as a Veterinary Nursing Assistant. In 2018 Kelly along with four other industry creatives created their own Theatre company ‘Green Door Theatre’. Kelly currently Manages Dance Glasgow and is often called in by other theatre companies to help with various aspects of the creative process.
Email Kelly.johnston.26@gmail.com
Instagram @kellyjohnston_x
Cameron Gow
Cameron is from Elgin, and although he started his studies and career focussed on acting, he was diverted by an increasing interest and passion for film making and the creation of performance.
Having started studying at Moray UHI under the guidance of Gary Collins , he was inspired to continue to persue his passions. He did so by further studying in NESCOL and Glasgow Kelvin before joining the BA (Hons) Drama and Production at Inverness UHI. With an increasing portfolio of short films under his belt, he aspires to become a full-time film-maker with his own company, working regionally, nationally and internationally in the future.
Email Cgow1997@gmail.com
Instagram @TartanFilms
Brooklyn Robertson
Brooklyn is from Pitlochry and joined the (BA Hons) Drama and Production course in 2nd year and is now in her 4th and final year. Before joining the course, Brooklyn studied and gained various qualifications in performing, such as an HNC Dance Performance, NC in Acting and Performance, and HNC and HND in Musical Theatre.
Due to health conditions, she no longer wants to perform professionally and is looking to rebuild her skills before auditioning for amateur shows. Brooklyn aspires to be a dance/drama lecturer on musical theatre courses to spread her passion for performing to the next generation.
Lucas Laing
Originally from Falkirk, Lucas has lived in Inverness over the last three years pursing his degree. Having always taken an interest in performing arts, his acting career began back in his early primary school days and spanned until he graduated high school. However, while living in Inverness attending UHI, Lucas began working in the bars picking up another interest, which was mixology. From this he began diving deeper into the history of cocktails and subsequently began working on this piece he is presenting today.
Fraser Bishop
After spending four years on the Drama & Production degree at UHI Inverness, Fraser cites the final weeks of his fourth year as being surreal. Having always had a passion for acting, but since starting at UHI in 2019 his career goals have slightly changed. With a focus on writing and directing he has really been able to develop over the last four years here, and is excited to see where it can take him in the future. After he graduates, he will still be working on Carsaig Films with Joe Osborn, and they hope that one day they can make that their full-time careers.
Email fraserbishop20@gmail.com
Instagram @fgb_actor