Oliver Reid is in Grade 6 at Banff Elementary School. He loves playing any and all sports, but his favourites are hockey and baseball. Oliver also loves to sing and is discovering a newfound love for theatre. Oliver has been on stage at Banff Centre a few times before, participating in school concerts and with the Jerry Granelli Trio for their Charlie Brown Christmas show in 2019.
Graham McLaren established Theatre Babel, Scotland's touring classical theatre company in 1994 and oversaw the revitalisation of Perth Theatre in Scotland from 2004 to 2008. His international career includes serving as Associate at Necessary Angel in Canada (2008–2011), Associate Director at the National Theatre of Scotland (2011–2016), and Artistic Director and CEO of Ireland’s National Theatre, The Abbey, Dublin (2016–2021). He has created over 70 productions across four continents. In 2024, he became the founding Executive Director of Creative Glasgow, a membership organisation that serves the city’s creative industries. In 2025, he will return to the stage to collaborate with Scott Silven on ‘The Lost Things’, which will premiere at the Sydney Opera House.
Jamie Vartan has designed extensively for theatre & opera. Highlights include, at St Ann's Warehouse NYC, & for Galway International Arts Festival, Arlington; Grief is the Thing with Feathers (& Barbican, London); Misterman (& National Theatre, London), Ballyturk (& National Theatre, London); Medicine (& Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh) and Woyzeck in Winter (Gaiety, Dublin / Barbican, London). Recent designs include Krapp's Last Tape (Project Arts Centre, Dublin/ Adelaide Arts Festival/Barbican, London/Skirball Center, NYC). Opera designs include productions at La Scala Milan, Malmo Opera, Scottish Opera, Royal Opera House London, Parma, Valencia, Strasbourg, Salzburg, Lisbon & currently Rigoletto (Irish National Opera & Santa Fe Opera).
Awards include Best Set Design for Irish Times Awards 2011, 2012 & 2016, & World Stage Design 2013.
Film production design includes The Last Hotel (Sky Arts).
Mark designs and builds things that shouldn’t exist. With a background in magic, mechanics, and misdirection, he works behind the scenes to make impossible moments feel effortless. His work has appeared in stage shows, television, film, and strange little projects all over the world. His illusions hide in plain sight. Blink and you’ll miss them. Or maybe you already did. His contribution to The Lost Things is exactly what you wouldn’t expect—and probably didn’t see.
