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54 Below

A Nonprofit Cabaret Venue


Graduates of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie formed their partnership company, Noisemaker, in 2012, to create and develop new musical theatre in Scotland. Now nearly ten years on, the pair have worked with a variety of companies and collaborators around the world including the National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Lyceum, Goodspeed Musicals, Barbara Whitman Productions, Grove Entertainment, LD Entertainment, Studiocanal, BBC Scotland and Selladoor Worldwide.

Theatre credits include: ATLANTIC: A SCOTTISH STORY (The Big Light Podcast Network – ARIAS Award 2022), OOR WULLIE (Selladoor Worldwide/Dundee Rep), LEGEND TRIPPERS (NYMT), HI MY NAME IS BEN (Goodspeed Musicals/NAMT Festival 2019), THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER (Faena Miami/Unigram), THE SNOW QUEEN (Dundee Rep/Citizens Theatre), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Dundee Rep), MY LEFT/RIGHT FOOT (National Theatre of Scotland – Fringe First/Herald Angel Award), SONGS FROM THE SEVEN HILLS (Sheffield Crucible), LITTLE RED AND THE WOLF (Dundee Rep Theatre – UK Theatre Award), THE GIRL WHO (The Rev/AMTP Northwestern), FOREST BOY (New York Musical Theatre Festival/The Other Palace – S&S Award for Best Musical), FREAKSHOW (Roundhouse/ The Arches – Scottish Daily Mail Drama Award).

Film & TV: ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (Sullivan Entertainment), UNICORN UNIVERSE (In Development – DC Thomson Media), LITTLE RED AND THE WOLF (LD Entertainment), OOR WULLIE: Animated Series (In Development – DC Thomson Media).
Upcoming Projects: HI MY NAME IS BEN (Robert Ahrens, Mickey Liddell and LD Entertainment), CEILIDH dir. Sam Pinkleton (Barbara Whitman and Beth Grove), THE SNOW GOOSE (Goodseed, upcoming production 2024).
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