ELFIE  PICKET THEATRE

About Taylor & Calum

TAYLOR DYSON

Taylor Dyson is a performer and theatre maker based in Dundee. She graduated from MLitt Theatre and Performance Practices at The University of Glasgow in 2018.

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Taylor's work focuses on Scots langauge, spoken word and social issues. She wrote her debut show Ane City which was perfomed at Prague Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe in 2019. She has performed as a spoken word artist and as an actor.

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Taylor is a facillitator working with local arts charities in Dundee.  

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She will be performing in JOAN at Dundee Rep Stripped in June 2022 with members of the Dundee Rep Ensemble. 

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Her Spotlight profile includes her most recent work as an actor.

https://www.spotlight.com/profile/5217-8943-5583

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CALUM KELLY

Calum Kelly is a playwright, director and performer based in Dundee.

He graduated from MLitt Playwriting and Dramaturgy from The University of Glasgow in 2018 and co-founded Elfie Picket Theatre with his partner, Taylor. 

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Calum wrote and directed The Parable of Lysistrata, a Scots adaptation of the Greek comedy which he debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017. He has directed Ane City for the Prague Fringe 2019, Edinburgh Festival Fringe as winner of Assembly Roxy's ART Award, The Union & The Crown in 2019 as part of Assembly Roxy's Season of Protest and in Dundee, 2020.  His directing credits include Knights Theatre's Ewan MacColl:Manchester Rambler & Jaimini Jethwa's Last Queen of Scotland for Dundee Rep Stripped. His new play JOAN will feature at Dundee Rep's REP STRIPPED festival in June 2022 which he is also directing.

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