ORGON

David began to study acting in 1999 with the The Actor’s Workshop in his native Glasgow. His first professional role followed in 2000 as Cameron in Ruth Graham’s Cameron’s River at the Pentameter’s Theatre, Hampstead. In 2001 David played Hamlet in Mia Stevenson’s production of Hamlet at the Ramshorn Theatre in Glasgow. After a long hiatus in which David taught medieval history, he returned to study acting in 2021 under the coaching eye of Kat Harrison. He has since starred in Nicholas Chandler’s short film Look Ahead and played Tam in Gayle Winter’s short two-hander play When I Fall in Love.

DORINE

Katy Cowan is an emerging actor based in Glasgow. She began her studies in 2018 at the University of the West of Scotland, where she studied performance and graduated with a First Class Honours degree in 2021. She began training at Break a Leg Academy in the summer of 2024, and hasn’t looked back! After a year of classes and training, she is thoroughly looking forward to playing ‘Dorine’ in ‘Tartuffe’, her first theatre production with BALA.

TARTUFFE

Mario is a Glasgow based emerging actor with credits in BBC Short Stuff and has performed in various short films produced by Big Jaw Gettys for the 48 hour film project in Scotland, most recent credits 'To Hunt a Haggis' for Edinburgh 48 film festival and 'Now Showing' for Inverness 48 film festival. Having trained with BALA for a year and a half, he is making his theatre debut on Tartuffe. 

ELMIRE

Shaheen is an aspiring actress based in Glasgow, currently bringing charm and cunning to the role of Elmire in Molière’s Tartuffe. A natural storyteller with a flair for elegant mischief, she relishes characters who plot with a smile and speak volumes with a glance. Offstage, she’s the creative force behind Floral Haven — a florist studio blooming beautifully for 25 years.

DAMIS

Aidan is an emerging actor based in Glasgow, he has been training with Kat Harrison for 4 years now, first through ACS ( Acting Coach Scotland), then Inspire Actors Studio and now currently at BALA (Break a leg Academy).   

Previous credits include Rupert in ‘Bedsit’ Directed by William Sinclair and Crabbit McGee in Down The Hatch with Chaos Collective.

MARIANNE

Eileen is from Port Glasgow and is thrilled to play Marianne after playing in several pantos over the years. She has been with BALA since the beginning and has loved every second of working with this amazing cast.

MADAME PERNELLE

David is an actor and voice actor based in Glasgow. Recent credits include the Fairy in Pinocchio (Hopscotch Theatre Company) and Wee Davey/Blue in Down the Hatch! He is delighted to be part of BALA's premier production, and is looking forward to flexing his 'wicked stepmother' muscles.

CLÉANTE

Linda is an Actor, Narrator and Theatre Maker, trained at Edinburgh’s Telford College and London’s East 15 Acting School. Her credits include: The Committee (The People Upstairs) winner of Directors’ Cut Theatre Company’s Pitch A Play, Disturbing the Dust (Lost Key Theatre), The B@it (Channel 4) and Maggie McCormack and the Witches Wheel Audiobook Series (Kaja Blackley). 

VALÈRE

Mark is a professional actor based in Glasgow. He has a great love of Shakespeare and performed with ‘Folksy Theatre Company’ playing the role of ‘Lucentio’ in their Open-Air Summer tour of ‘The Taming of the Shrew’. He works with Raenbow Productions Children’s Theatre Company as a Workshop Leader with children aged 5 to 18yrs.

Mark appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 with the Award Winning ‘New Writers’ play ‘Bittersweet’.

In 2021 he won Best Actor in a web series at the Unrestricted View Film Festival playing the role of ‘Prince Hal’ from ‘Henry IV Part I’.

Other credits include ‘Bottom’ in ‘A Midsummers Night Dream’, ‘Buhler” in ‘Conspiracy’ (Assembly Hall Roxy), ‘Joe’ in ‘Hope’ (UK Tour), ‘Rob’ in ‘You Are Not Alone’ (Scottish Tour), ‘Jordan’ in ‘Much Taboo About Nothing’ (Rumshack Glasgow), ‘Dafty’ in ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ (SEC Armadillo and Hull Theatre) and ‘Jack’ in ‘Jack and theBeanstalk (Crieff Hydro).

Mark is Delighted to be appearing as the dashing if not slightly dramatic ‘Valere’ in BALA’s Production of ‘Tartuffe’

OFFICER

Izabella is a talented young performer currently training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s Summer School and has recently performed in the NTS show ‘Thank You Next’. Alongside her love of performance she is nurturing an avid interest in politics. You just might be watching Scotland’s next First Minister.

FLIPOTE

Casey is an aspiring performer and writer and is currently writing the sequel storyline to Tartuffe which will be staged in the Autumn this year! She has two school shows under her belt as well as a part in ‘Thank You Next’ by NTS. She is eager to further her training for stage and screen and thoroughly enjoying the role of Flipote.