Special Delivery Cast – Visible Fictions

Company Profiles

Craig Hunter

Performer

Craig is a Scottish actor/musician. He trained in musical theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Recent credits include; Ness (A Play, A Pie and A Pint), Sleeping Senga (InsideOut Theatre), Stay (A Play, A Pie and A Pint), A Mothers Song (Macrobert Arts Centre), Local Hero (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Double Life VR (UK Tour).

Jessica Donnelly

Performer

Jessica graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2020, and since graduating has worked as a professional performer, musical director, and also as a vocal coach and musical theatre teacher.

Theatre credits include: Beauty And The Beast (Eastwood Park Theatre), Hiya, Dolly! (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Our Carnal Hearts (Arch 468). Screen credits include: Irn Bru ‘Tournament Virgins’ (Commercial), People and Stories (Heritage Loch Ness). Vocalist credits include: Orphans (National Theatre of Scotland), On Hope, A Digital Song Cycle (The Other Palace), Bernstein 100: MASS (Royal Scottish National Orchestra).

Karen MacIver

Composer

Karen MacIver is a composer working mainly in Moving Image – as a composer and improviser for film, dance and theatre. Karen has worked for many years with Scottish Opera as a composer for many of their operas for young people and in 2024 she wrote and scored ‘RED’ for Scottish Opera Young Company with words by Jane Davidson MBE.

For many years Karen worked with Scottish Ballet as one of their music staff, before heading into theatre and film. She gained her Masters in Film Music in London Ealing Studios, under the course director Howard Goodall (composer of Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley fame). She has toured cinemas in Scotland playing live piano for Silent Movie and in 2023 curated an International conference for piano players working in Moving Image.

Clive King

Writer

Playwright and lyricist Clive King was born in Dublin and moved to Glasgow in 2002 to story edit River City. In collaboration with the composer Hilary Brooks, Clive has penned several musical comedies including Meeting Matthew, Wee Free! The Musical and Melania. In 2023 Brooks & King created the show Kiki: Deathbed Cabaret for the acclaimed Scottish chanteuse Christine Bovill. Clive’s previous work includes The Tears of Cora Pearl (Tron 100 Festival, 2017) and The Real Mrs Sinatra (Oran Mor, 2016).

Dougie Irvine

Director

Dougie Irvine is a founding member, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Visible Fictions. Under his leadership, the company has presented various story driven works in theatres, schools, outdoor sites, community settings, libraries, on television, radio, the internet, and at international film festivals. Both national and international partnerships have been at the heart of the company’s work, with co-productions and collaborations being formed with a range of arts organisations including: The Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, BBC Scotland, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Opera, National Theatre of Scotland, The Traverse, Aberdeen Performing Arts, Oregon Children’s Theatre, and CTC in Minneapolis. He has also worked as an actor, tutor and director with other companies including the BBC, Citizens Theatre, Royal Lyceum, Macrobert, Oran Mor, Polka Theatre, Scottish Youth Theatre, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Leeds Conservatoire, and both Glasgow and Strathclyde Universities.

Simon Hayes

Lighting Designer

Simon is a Scottish based lighting designer who has worked with a variety of companies including The National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Tron Theatre, The Citizens Theatre, Beacon Arts, Snap Elastic, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival, Dandelion Festival, Jordan and Skinner and Glass Performance. Away from theatre Simon designs large scale spectacles across the UK at sites such as Kew Gardens, Blenheim Palace and RHS Wisley. Simon enjoys collaborating to make interesting, thought provoking and stimulating designs (as well as the occasional bit of joy and silliness…)

Credits include: The Baddies (Freckle Productions/Royal Lyceum Theatre); A Little Night Music (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Dear Billy (National Theatre of Scotland); Pride & Prejudice *Sort of (Royal Lyceum Theatre); Yellow Canary (GLASS Performance); Moonset (The Citizens Theatre); The Time Machine (Jordan & Skinner); Eat Me (Snap Elastic); Shift (National Theatre of Scotland); Motherf***er with the Hat (Tron Theatre)

Clare Halleran

Designer

Claire Halleran, graduate of Glasgow School of Art (BA Hons) and Queen Margaret University (MFA).

Claire has designed for numerous theatre companies including, the National Theatre of Scotland, Unicorn, Stellar Quines, Grid Iron, Independent Arts Projects, Sleeping Warrior, Magnetic North, Showroom, Polar Bears, Borderline/Hirtle, Heroica, Cultured Mongrel Dance Theatre, A Moment’s Peace, Bubury Banter, Starcatchers, Visible Fictions, Birds of Paradise, Frozen Charlotte, Platform, RCS and Eco Drama.

She has also designed and created many interactive events for the Edinburgh Science, two film festivals with Tilda Swinton and Mark Cousins, has been an associate with Punchdrunk Enrichment and designed both Glasglow and Elfingrove for Itison.

She is co-founder of The Envelope Room. A network created in 2013 to support, promote and engage stage designers in Scotland. www.clairehalleran.weebly.com.

Simon Biggs

Animator

Simon P Biggs is an award-winning animator based in Scotland.

His most recent film, ‘Burry Man’, funded by Screen Scotland, received its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) in August 2022.

His previous short film, ‘Widdershins’, was funded by the Scottish Film Talent Network. Since it premiered at EIFF in 2018, the film went on to screen at over eighty film festivals worldwide including Palm Springs, Sitges, Anima Mundi and Shanghai. The film won thirteen awards including a BAFTA Scotland Award, a Celtic Media Festival Award and the Hitchcock Jury Prize at the Dinard Film Festival. It is currently available to stream on Disney+.

His previous work includes ‘The Testament of Gideon Mack’, which was nominated for a BAFTA Scotland Award, and ‘High Maintenance’, which won over ten festival awards and a Student Oscar.

Primarily interested in science fiction and environmental issues, his work uses modern and traditional animation techniques to create new and innovative styles to bring intricate worlds to life on screen. Simon is currently developing his debut feature ‘Roots’, which has received funding from Screen Scotland and BFI Network.

Company Profiles

Craig Hunter

Performer

Jessica Donnelly

Performer

Karen MacIver

Composer

Clive King

Writer

Dougie Irvine

Director

Simon Hayes

Lighting Designer

Clare Halleran

Designer

Simon Biggs

Animator

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