Company Profiles
Zoë Hunter
Co-Creator Actor
Zoë Hunter is a writer/director/performer. She trained at Central School of Speech and Drama, London, and holds a law degree from Glasgow University. She was a member of Brighton based Unpacked Theatre, producing and touring their work for a decade. As a writer development of her first feature, HEAVY, was supported by the BellRock screenwriting programme and she has just completed the NFTS Scotland John Yorke Screenwriter’s Academy. Zoë is also proud to present her first feature as director, Dark Soul (A Film for The Ears), written by Ros Borland which won a Torc Award for excellence at the 2024 Celtic Media Festival.
As a performer, Zoë has worked with, amongst others, National Theatre of Scotland, BBC, Blazing Griffin, The Edinburgh Royal Lyceum, Twenty Stories High, Horse & Bamboo. She has appeared in numerous short films working with the London Film School, London Met, SFTN etc. She received an Offie nomination for Metal Rabbit’s sell-out show Lardo and starred in CBBC's Scottish BAFTA winning Last Commanders.
Michael Dylan
Actor
Michael trained at the Guildhall school of music and drama and has recently won the THE STAGE Edinburgh award for acting excellence 2022
His work in theatre includes:
Father Flynn in Doubt Dundee Rep Theatre, Time Machine A Comedy UK TOUR (Show - Olivier Nominated) Hare in The Kelton Hill Fair Wonderfools, Calvin in WILF Traverse Theatre (The Stage award winner), Donny in Donny's Brain Traverse, Lette/Karlmann in The Ugly One at Tron Theatre, Nathan in Nora: A Doll's House Citizens Theatre, Clarence in Richard III Perth Theatre, Gobbel in The Lying Kind, Tron Theatre. Alfie in One Man Two Guvnors with the Royal National Theatre (UK and Ireland Tour), Father Welsh in The Lonesome West at Tron Theatre and Russian tour. Owen in Girl In the Machine Traverse Theatre, Thisbe/Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream for Headlong, Mick Connor in Comedians at the Lyric Hammersmith, Ulysses at the Tron Theatre (Edinburgh Festival/Irish Tour), Prince Poshpants, Snow White and the Seven Dames Perth theatre, Cotton in White with Catherine Wheels Theatre Company (European and Asia Tour), Mikey in Mikey and Addie for the Traverse and Macrobert Arts, Moonshadow at the White Bear Theatre London (Time Out's Critics Choice), Brindsley Miller in Black Comedy at the Bridewell Theatre London.
TV/Film includes:
Outlander- Series 7 (Starz/ Lionsgate Plus), Mrs Davis (Warner Bros/ Peacock), Shetland (BBC), B.B. Secrets and Lies (Endemol), Bert and Dicke (BBC), Muppets Most Wanted (Disney), For George.
Douglas Irvine
Co-Creator 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.
Martin McCormick
Co-Creator
Martin trained at the RSAMD (now RCS) graduating in 2007. He now works as an actor, playwright and director.
His theatre credits include work with National Theatre of Scotland, Dundee Rep, Perth Theatre, Royal Lyceum, Traverse, Tron, Citizens Theatre, Oran Mor, Magnetic North, Vox Motus, Catherine Wheels, Visible Fictions, Random Accomplice, The Arches and Grid Iron. He was nominated for Best Actor at the 2010 Edinburgh Festival for Grid Iron's production of Decky does a Bronco.
Martin has also appeared in various TV shows including:- Two Doors Down, Murder Island, Still Game, Taggart, Shetland and Hollyoaks Later.
He has directed various productions at Perth Theatre, Oran Mor and, recently, The Celtic Story at the SEC Armadillo (which he also wrote and adapted).
His other writing credits include The Maggie Wall and 22 Mays (both Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Clunk (Visible Fictions), South Bend (Grid Iron), Ma, Pa and the Little Mouths (Tron/NTS), The Day the Pope Emptied Croy (Traverse/Play, Pie and a Pint), and Flo (Play, Pie and Pint/Lemon Tree). He also worked as a co-writer on News Just In (Random Accomplice).
Previously to this, his debut commission, Squash, won the 2015 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland for Best New Play. Other awards include Best Short Play in 2015 for Potterrow (supported by Cumbernauld Theatre). He also wrote and directed the Panto at Livingston’s Howden Park Centre for 6 years between but will this year be writing and directing the Christmas Panto at the Oran Mor.
Camilla O’Neill
Production and Stage Manager
It was 30 years ago when Camilla first worked with Visible Fictions, 1995 in a production of Albert Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon with international tours including The New Victory on Broadway. She has also worked on the following Visible Fictions productions; A Ladder To the Stars, The Hidden and Special Delivery. She is delighted to be returning with Up! Camilla's other work includes DSM at the Citizens theatre for 7 seasons, Production manager for the Edinburgh international Children’s’ festival for 12 years as well as Production Manager on the well-known Scottish favourite The Steamie by Tony Roper. Camilla enjoys travelling but admits that flying is not her favourite mode of travel!
Lucky Number; 6. Lucky Colour; Green!
Rebecca Munroe
Stage Manager
Kevin Murray
Composer and Sound Designer
Kevin Murray is a Sound Designer and composer with a Masters in ‘Sound Design for the Moving Image’, from the Glasgow School of Art. In 2016, he was awarded the BAFTA New Talent award for his original short film ‘Paperclip’.
Kevin recently worked on an audio drama for UNESCO, working with recordings from all around the world, creating the soundscape and recording various voices for the piece, which is now available on Apple Podcasts.
His most recent work was as Sound Designer on Steph Smith’s adaptation of ‘The Outrun’ at Edinburgh International festival directed by Vicky Featherstone
Other recent work includes creating the sound assets for multiple VR Applications for the ‘VR Hive’ company based in Paisley.
Kevin has written music for various outdoor events, across the UK. He is currently Sound designer and Composer for Itison’s ‘Glasglow’ in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, now onto it’s sixth year
Previous theatre work includes, Sound Designer for Hamlet with Ian McKellan at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, Sound Associate for the National Theatre of Scotland, Sound Designer for Pitlochry theatre’s production of ‘Noises off’
Andy McGregor
Composer and Sound Designer
Becky Minto
Designer
2025 will mark Becky’s 30th year as a designer for performance. Her work covers main house productions, large-scale touring, for companies including the Tron Theatre, National Theatre Scotland, Traverse Theatre, Perth Theatre, Raw Materials, Royal Lyceum, Vanishing Point, Dundee Rep, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Visible Fictions, Grid Iron; aerial, circus, indoor and outdoor productions for multiple site-specific designs and large outdoor ceremonies, including the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, European and Uk City of Culture outdoor events.
Becky was recently awarded Best Set Design category at the UK Pantomime Awards 2025 for MOTHER GOOSE, at Perth Theatre. She won the Silver Medal at the 2017 WORLD STAGE DESIGN for THE 306:DAWN, National Theatre Scotland. Other design nominations include Jack and the Beanstalk, Perth Theatre Best Set & Costume Design 2023 Uk Pantomime Awards; Love Beyond, Raw Material/Vanishing Point CATS Awards Best Design 2022; The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar, Perth Theatre Best Design CATS Awards 2021; Great Expectations, Dundee Rep Best Design CATS Awards 2016.
Her designs have been selected as part of the UK exhibition Society of British Theatre Designers at the Prague Quadrennial PQ19, PQ15, PQ11 and PQ07. Recent and future productions include: Restless Natives, Perth Theatre; Blinded By The Light, Sylvian Productions. HUG, Levantes Dance Theatre; BLOOM - Upswing/Bradford City Of Culture 2025 and The Snow Queen, Perth Theatre.
She lectures at Edinburgh College of Art in Performance Costume/Set Design.
Kai Fischer
Lighting Designer
