OUR TEAM

Fiona Miller

Artistic Director of Tricky Hat Productions

Eoin McKenzie

Assistant Director & Outreach Officer

Eoin McKenzie is an artist from Glasgow who works across performance, choreography, and research. At the core of his practice is a deep engagement with methodologies of participation and collaboration with his artistic works – and their processes – emerging in response to the people, places, and contexts he is working with.

Alongside being an associate artist with Tricky Hat, he is currently an Accelerator Artist with Imaginate (2022/23) and an Associate Artist with Platform in Easterhouse. 

Kim Beveridge

Digital Artist

A freelance digital artist, part-time college lecturer, documentary film maker and Audio Visual Designer for live performance

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kim@trickyhat.com

Mick Slaven

Musician & Composer

A musician and composer whose experience includes numerous theatre composing credits

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mick@trickyhat.com

Elle Crockart

General Manager

With a background in theatre and live performance, Elle has worked in a number of roles as an Arts Manager, Producer, Stage Manager and Performer. She has worked across festivals, national tours, internationally renowned venues, outdoor performance, community engagement and digital projects.

Elle holds a Master’s Degree in Arts, Festival and Cultural Management from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. She has worked for a number of Scottish-based organisations including Tramway, Take Me Somewhere, Festival 2018 and Rapture Theatre.

Elle believes stories are the essence of the human condition and that creative communities hold the power to transform lives.

Sally Johnston

Producer

Sally is a freelance Producer with Tricky Hat. She has extensive experience in events management and has produced small, medium and large scale community festivals and touring theatre productions. She is especially interested in how creative business can make positive social and environmental change. Sally is always interested in new opportunities to collaborate and make great work.

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Aya Kobayashi

Dance Artist

Aya is a Glasgow-based dance artist originally from Japan, working in the field of performance and movement exploration. She teaches, performs and creates her own work with both professionals and communities. She practices improvisational performances and is a member of Collective Endeavours. Aya works extensively with inclusive and intergenerational groups, recently she joined Barrowland Ballet as an Associate Artist and leading their intergenerational company Wolf Pack. She directed a large scale community dance in Ofunato, one of the tsunami disaster area of North Japan as part of Sanriku International Arts Festival in 2015/16. Aya’s work has been presented in Tate Gallery, The Place, Royal Festival Hall, Northern Ballet, Paralympics 2012 torch relay ceremony, Cairo, Madrid, Tokyo and Queretaro in Mexico.

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aya@trickyhat.com

Dave Shea

Production Manager

Dave Shea is Tricky Hat Production Manager and Lighting Designer and has been involved with the company for 12 years.

Dave has worked in professional theatre for 30 years including 8 years as Head of Production at Glasgow's Tron Theatre and spells with established touring companies such as 7:84 Theatre Co, Suspect Culture, Communicado, Random Accomplice and National Theatre Scotland.

Dave has recently retrained to provide Learning Support for Primary schools but will continue to be involved with the company as it moves forward and play a part in its projects.

As a Lighting Designer the opportunity to create images with participants in an organic and reactive way is really exciting and is one of the reasons Dave enjoys working with the company so much.