Meet the Team

Lee O'Driscoll  

Lee O'Driscoll - Producer
Lee trained at the prestigous Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and has worked extensively as a professional actor in the UK and abroad. Highlights include touring Europe with TNT Theatre's highly acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol, and, more recently, the UK tour of 'A Dash Through Dickens'. He has vast experience as a workshop leader having worked in over 2000 schools!. Lee also worked as a drama consultant for the Children's Parliament of Scotland. Directing highlights for the take away theatre company include: 'Hope' (the UK's most perfomed Anti Bullying Production), 'Tam O'Shanter' and 'During the War...'

     
Hazel May MacGregor - Actress  

Hazel May MacGregor - Production Manager
Hazel graduated from Langside College in 2005 with an HND in Acting and Performance.  Since then she has worked extensively for several TIE and other theatre companies touring the UK and abroad.  She is also experienced in screen acting having performed in a number of short films.  As well as performing, Hazel is involved with “Stagerite Expressive Arts” in a directorial and script writing capacity and also as a mentor for young actors for companies such as ‘The Elma Whyte School of Dance’.  Hazel has a passion for music and enjoys singing, drumming and her new hobby - playing the guitar.  Hazel has performed in several productions for the Take Away Theatre Company and is also the companies production manager.

     
Laura Tough - Choreographer   Laura Tough - Choreographer
Laura has been choreographer for Take Away Theatre since 2009.  Prior to this, Laura had vast experience working for several TIE Companies all over the UK and also spent many summers abroad working with Razzamataz Theatre Schools.  This led to Laura starting her own company - StageRite  Expressive Arts, giving children in the East End of Glasgow the chance to try their hand at acting, singing and dancing.  One of Laura’s highlights of working with The Take Away Theatre consisted of a man in a dress, and a pantomime cow with very poor spatial awareness dancing to ‘Here Come The Girls’!!!
     
Reeves Peterson   Reeves Peterson - Resident Writer
Reeves Peterson is a writer, comedian and songwriter. Reeves has been a finalist in You Must Be Joking, won the Comedy Café New Acts and became the first English speaking comedian to headline the Suomen Stand Up Club Helsinki, Finland. In the summer of 2007 he was invited to compere the mainstage at the Poole Park Festival in front of 5000+ people.  Reeves is a regular guest on 102.3 2CRFM (gcapmedia) where he writes and performs topical songs for Richie and Caroline at Breakfast. Reeves has written the plays One Night In Helsinki, Green Fingers and the radio play Sammy and Mikey. He also has a number of other writing projects in the pipeline including a musical.

A Small selection of the wonderful actors we have had the pleasure of working with over the years .

Andy Thomson

 

 

Deborah Lochran   Victoria Bianchi   Torya Winters
Andrew Thomson   Deborah Lochran   Victoria Bianchi Torya Winters
Lee Samuel

 

 

Jennifer Joyes - Actress   David Dunne - Actor   James Cusker- Actor
Lee Samuel   Jen Joyes   David Alexander   James Cusker
Yasmin Galloway            
Yasmin Bryce