We are Ten Feet Tall, an Aberdeen based theatre company dedicated to bringing unique theatrical experiences to audiences across North East Scotland.
We are guided and motivated by 5 core goals — some are core founding principles and some are ambitions that we’re striving for.
Every Ten Feet Tall project vividly reflects them, on-stage and off.
Celebrate place by promoting the creativity within the North East of Scotland.
Connect people and communities through a range of participatory programmes.
Ensure sustainability and diversity are part of the fabric of the company’s structure, advocacy and artistic output.
Tell more stories in accessible and innovative ways across multiple platforms to grow audiences.
Increase education and development opportunities for emerging talent in Aberdeen and the wider North East.
We believe every person should have an outlet to engage their imagination and creativity. Our mission is to empower people, fuse connections and inspire a more creative world.

Partners and Funders
Since our formation we have collaborated with numerous local and national organisations on a wide array of productions and projects.
We’re always open to discussing new partnership and collaboration opportunities.













The Team
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Stewart Aitken
Stewart is an Associate Artist with Ten Feet Tall company where he has directed their productions of “Crush” & “A Perfect Child” as well as appearing as Peter Quince and Egeus in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Aberdeen Arts Centre and being part of the writing team for “See You in Court” for Granite Noir 2020.
He has enjoyed a career of over 35 years in the arts ranging from performing with Wildcat and The Byre Theatre, St. Andrews to being Artistic Director with First Base Theatre, Borders Youth Theatre, Wigan Pier Theatre Company and Aberdeen International Youth Festival.
He has recently taken on the role of Coordinator for the North East Culture Collective working with artists in north east communities and looks forward to many more projects with Ten Feet Tall.
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Adam Coutts
Adam is co-founder of Ten Feet Tall Theatre. He has worked in a variety of roles for the company: including as a Producer, as well as a range of Education and Outreach work. In 2019, he launched Ten Feet Tall Academy, which offered classes in comedy / film and acting for young people aged 7-16.
Adam's experience as a performer has seen him work with National Theatre of Scotland, The National Theatre and Paines Plough. In 2012, he graduated from Rose Bruford College with a BA (Hons) Acting. Adam is also a qualified teacher with a PGCE from the University of Buckingham and Masters in Education from Aberdeen University.
In 2022, Adam relocated to Dubai to undertake work as a teacher at Dubai English Speaking School.
His work with Ten Feet Tall includes: Chekhov Shorts, Videotape, The Deep, Secret Staging 1 & 2, Ten Feet Tall Academy, Mash Up!, Living In Splendid Isolation, Click. Tick. Boom.- +
Cameron Mowat
Cameron trained as an actor at Queen Margaret University Edinburgh and toured in productions with many regional and national companies. He then moved into being a freelance Director and Producer and in 2016, along with Adam, they established Ten Feet Tall to begin a producing company in the North East of Scotland. Since then, Cameron has produced and directed many TFT productions as well as facilitated on our engagement programmes such as Acting and Toolkit classes. Cameron oversees the longer term strategy of the company whilst also running the daily operations.
Directing credits include: Clearing (National Theatre of Scotland); Chekhov Shorts; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Jack and Beanstalk; Wee Tales; The Deep; Videotape; Secret Staging; (Ten Feet Tall), See You in Court, Witch Hunt (Ten Feet Tall & APA).
Freelance Producing Credits include: Woodland Creatures (Frozen Charlotte) a Creative Scotland Touring Production; The Gathering (NEAT).
As an actor includes: Six Characters in Search of an Author (National Theatre of Scotland); Walden(Magnetic North), Cinderella (Perth Theatre), Sunset Song and The Silver Darlings (APA); graduate member of Dundee Rep Ensemble.
Radio credits include: Monday to Friday (BBC Scotland) Shatter the Bones; His Bloody Project (RNIB)- +
Mark Wood
Mark trained at the RCS (formerly the RSAMD) in Glasgow - graduate class of 2005.
For Ten Feet Tall, Mark directed The 39 Steps as well as featured in many of our productions. He's also been leading our filming projects and taught through Ten Feet Tall Academy and Acting classes for adults.
Mark's Acting credits in Theatre include:
Beauty and the Beast (Crossroad Pantomimes/APA), Witch Hunt, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jack and the Beanstalk, Beauty and the Beast, The Pillowman (Castlegate Arts/Aberdeen Arts Centre), Granite (National Theatre of Scotland), Vanya, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Blood Wedding(Citizens Theatre), Aladdin (Alhambra Theatre) The War Hasn’t Started Yet, Secrets, Take Me If You Need Me and The Children Never Looked Back (Play Pie Pint, Oran Mor) Victoria (Dundee Rep), One Day All This Will Come To Nothing (Traverse), Harm and Self (SweetScar/Tron), Men Should Weep (Oxford Stage Company)TV:
Loch Ness (ITV) In And Out Of The Kitchen, The Ginge The Geordie and The Geek, How Not To LiveYour Life and The Verdict (BBC) Trinity, Sea of Souls (ITV) Taggart (SMG)
Film:
Run (BBC Films/BFI/Barry Crerar), The Dark Within, Redwood Massacre and Attack of The Herbals (Clear Focus Movies), Ashes (Bradgate Films), My Brother’s Keeper, The Clan and In A Man’s World (Clan Films)