Participants: The Mermaids

Harry Giles is a final year student at St Andrews, and a budding theatre director and performance poet. He has performed at poetry slams across the country over the past year, and is working on slam/dubstep recordings with producer Hit By a Rock. He loves anything theatrical, and has been acting and directing amateur theatre since the age of 4, with the hope of attending directing school after graduation.

Harry Giles on MySpace

Kirsty Clydesdale is in her final year of an M.A. in Englsih Lit at St. Andrews and has been as active member of the Mermaids Theatre Fund throughout. She has performed in various local and Fringe productions and has a strong background in physical and devised theatre. She hopes to continue her studies at Drama school.

Joanna Moorhead Joanne Moorhead is in her second year studying English at St Andrews. She has acted in a number of productions: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Quince), Under Milk Wood (First Voice) and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Azdak and the Narrator) which she also co-produced and directed. She is currently involved in Clwyd Theatr Cymru's Young Creative Taskforce project which produces youth theatre and is also writing a comedic play to be performed next year.

StAnza 2009 Events:

Sat 21 March | Poetry Theatre
The Mermaids
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro

Sun 22 March | Poetry Theatre
The Mermaids
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro


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	Festival 2009 Information Events Participants Afterword Photo Gallery Archives Past Programmes Past Participants Past Virtual StAnza 2010 StAnza 2009 StAnza 2008 StAnza 2007 StAnza 2006 StAnza 2005	Participants: The Mermaids Harry Giles is a final year student at St Andrews, and a budding theatre director and performance poet. He has performed at poetry slams across the country over the past year, and is working on slam/dubstep recordings with producer Hit By a Rock. He loves anything theatrical, and has been acting and directing amateur theatre since the age of 4, with the hope of attending directing school after graduation. Harry Giles on MySpace Kirsty Clydesdale is in her final year of an M.A. in Englsih Lit at St. Andrews and has been as active member of the Mermaids Theatre Fund throughout. She has performed in various local and Fringe productions and has a strong background in physical and devised theatre. She hopes to continue her studies at Drama school. Joanne Moorhead is in her second year studying English at St Andrews. She has acted in a number of productions: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Quince), Under Milk Wood (First Voice) and The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Azdak and the Narrator) which she also co-produced and directed. She is currently involved in Clwyd Theatr Cymru's Young Creative Taskforce project which produces youth theatre and is also writing a comedic play to be performed next year. StAnza 2009 Events: Sat 21 March \| Poetry Theatre The Mermaids The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro Sun 22 March \| Poetry Theatre The Mermaids The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Bar & Bistro Back to top