WhO ARE YOU?
The core company of HISSYFIT is Rebecca Dunn and Claire Macallister, but we’re fortunate enough to work with a number of creatives, organisations and independent artists who all contribute to the work and development of the company.
ABOUT Becca
Becca is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Glasgow. She studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, where she began her own writing practice. She trained for a year in ensemble, physical theatre and clown with Fourth Monkey Theatre Company in London before completing her training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. While at RCS, she wrote The Edge of You for On The Verge Festival at the Citizens Theatre, for which she received the Bruce Millar Drama Award, allowing her to develop and take the show to the Edinburgh Fringe. The Edge of You was selected to be part of ‘Untold Stories’ festival at the Pleasance in London.
She is Artistic Director of Theatre Studio in Glasgow, a part-time lecturer at the RCS and also Lead Facilitator of Gaun Yersel’ workshops for professional actors. She is currently on placement with Company of Wolves as part of the Theatre-Maker scheme.
She co-founded HISSYFIT with Claire in 2019.
ABOUT Claire
Originally from Australia, Claire is an actor, writer and theatre-maker based in Glasgow. After training at the Centre for Theatre and Performance in Melbourne, she worked as an actor, playwright and creative facilitator with organisations including Malthouse Theatre, Midsummer Festival, one step at a time like this and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. After graduating from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, she has worked with the Traverse Young Writers Group, Playwrights’ Studio, and Bard in the Botanics, where she has appeared in the last four critically acclaimed seasons.
She co-founded HISSYFIT with Becca in 2019.
