We are Ten Feet Tall, an Aberdeen based theatre company dedicated to bringing unique theatrical experiences to audiences across North East Scotland.
The Team
+Stewart Aitken
Stewart is a Director of Ten Feet Tall company where he has produced and directed on 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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Annabel Lunney
Annabel is an Associate Artist of Ten Feet Tall and is a community-based theatre-maker from Aberdeen. A graduate from the University of York with a first class honours degree in Theatre, she has an interest new Scottish writing, socially engaged theatre and how co-design projects can encourage new voices into theatres both onstage and in the audience.
Her producing and facilitation practice focuses on stories and artists from out-with the central belt, and how opportunity can be distributed more widely across Scotland.
As an Associate with Ten Feet Tall, Annabel is a facilitator on our CRE8 programme in schools and is facilitator of FUSE, our drama group for 14- 18 year olds.
Assistant Producer credits: Aberdeen Performing Arts, Wonder Fools and Dogstar Theatre Company.
Freelance Youth Theatre Practitioner: Traverse Theatre, Aberdeen Performing Arts and Scottish Youth Theatre.
+Cate MacPherson
Cate is an accomplished theatre practitioner, singer, and arts professional with a degree in Theatre and Drama from Perth, Western Australia. Born in Australia, she has built a diverse career across the UK and Australia, spanning performance, directing, education, and arts leadership.
Her career has included senior roles such as Education Manager with Aberdeen Performing Arts and Artistic Director of The Lemon Tree, as well as Education Officer at Hull Truck Theatre Company. She has also delivered countless workshops and creative projects with organisations including Aberdeen Arts Centre, Cornerstone, Aberdeen City Council Creative Learning, and drama initiatives for deaf young people.
Cate’s creative practice extends to directing and producing, with credits such as Stray Theatre Company’s tour of Columcille by Iain Crichton Smith, Director of Young Hearts by John Godber at the Edinburgh Fringe, and Founder of the Sydney Short Theatre Festival. She has also contributed to large-scale cultural events, including her role as Performance Co-ordinator for the First People Exhibition as part of the UN Year of Indigenous People in Western Australia.
Passionate about accessibility and community engagement, Cate has worked extensively with adults with learning disabilities, collaborated with Headway Theatre and the North East Culture Collective, and supported freelance artists through FINE (Freelance Independents North East). Alongside her artistic work, she contributes to healthcare engagement in her role with the Public Involvement Team at NHS Grampian.
+Cameron Mowat
Cameron is a director, actor, and project manager. He trained as an actor at Queen Margaret University and soon after became a graduate member of the Dundee Rep Ensemble. Over 10 years, he then performed with most of Scotland’s national and regional theatres including National Theatre of Scotland, The Citz, the Lyceum, The Traverse, Perth Theatre, HMT, Eden Court, as well as at The Globe and The Barbican in London.
As Co-founder and Director of Ten Feet Tall, Cameron oversees all the work carried out by the company including planning and project managing productions, coordinating our schools projects, running the Participate Aberdeen programme and administrating the companies roleplay, forum theatre and filming contracts.
For Ten Feet Tall, he has directed a variety of productions, including new writing, devised work, site-specific performances, and classical texts. His approach to making theatre is focused on collaboration and enhancing the connection between performer and audience.
He is a guest lecturer on Encounters with Shakespeare for MA English programme at University of Aberdeen and a tutor at Aberdeen College of Performing Arts.
Cameron is committed to promoting engagement with both community theatre and professional theatre in the North East of Scotland, believing in the mutual benefits that each can offer the other. He is dedicated to fostering a culture of inclusivity, quality and collaboration in the region’s arts scene, and to ensuring all people get to experience the benefit of the theatre, whether they are in the audience, behind the scenes or on stage.
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.


















