Team

Pat is establisher and director of MOS. She is a bilingual actress, theatre-maker and theatre instructor, graduated from Acting School with national diploma and College of Therapy Through Theatre Art in Krakow, Poland; English acting, performing and directing qualifications she gained at Trinity London College, Acting Out Drama School, Edinburgh Acting School and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Another area of her creative activity is composing and fine-art photography at Mr B. Atelier.

www.patrycjazajac.com

Stephen is an Edinburgh based actor who has been involved in many stage, TV and screen productions, including a recent Netflix mini series The Puppet Master or the Amazon Prime series A True Mismatch where he is also an Executive Producer. Within his stage credits are The Collie’s Shed during Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 or lead role in Assembly Roxy theatre production The Satyricon. In MOS he’s in the cast of Wawel Dragon and Moliere’s Garden Party.

(IG links): Stephen Corrall] @thecolliesshed @thesatyriconplay

Ashley Barlow is an Edinburgh based actor, director, and producer.  After qualifying in 2020 she has been involved in several productions on screen and on stage.  Her passion for classical theatre has led to her being cast in classical female roles such as Lady Macbeth, Lysistrata and Moliere’s Dorimene.  Ashley uses physical theatre skills that bring alternative elements to her characters. On screen she favours more of the horror scene and has been cast in the series Priesthood as well as being involved the independent film Out To Kill.  Her horror aspirations are not just for screen as she produced, directed and starred the stage production of The Afterdeath at 2022’s Edinburgh Horror Festival. Ashley is also one of three producers of the Female-lead production company Luvana, this company aims to empower women in the creative industry and produce female lead work for both stage and screen.  Ashley loves playing with many different genres and relishes in the challenges each of them bring. In MOS she can be seen in the cast of Wawel Dragon and Moliere’s Garden Party, where she is also AD.

Lukasz is a multilingual actor, performer and dancer who has already worked with us with past production of DZIADY II FRAGMENTY – FOREFATHERS’ EVE II EXCERPTS and in the first cast of WAWEL DRAGON. Lukasz also performed the Husband for the purpose of all teasers and trailers as well as VO actor in the production of WHISPERS/PODSZEPTY.

Joanna graduated from the State Academy of Theatre Arts in Saint Petersburg, she performs in Polish, English and Russian. She is also author of a soloshow “Ocalona. Historia prawdy” based on the autobiography of Sarah Forsyth. Currently works as a director and manager of the Cooperative Cultural Center in Bielawa. She lives in the countryside, loves nature, her hobby is painting. She is in the cast of MOS’s productions of Three Sisters – Beyond Time/Trzy siostry – Poza Czasem as Olga. She is also author of the choreography for this play.

Mikolaj is a bilingual actor, who has been in collab with us since he was a child and then teenager in many productions of our Youth Theatre Group and multigenerational projects. Now, you can see him in such productions as Wawel Dragon, Moliere’s Garden Party, various Tales From A Suitcase and Mickiewicz w Waszej Szkole. Mikolaj works in MOS also as a stage crew member within various shows and projects.

Sandrine is a French actress based and trained in Edinburgh, where she performed in Ellen McLaughlin’s Lysistrata and Shakespeare’s Macbeth, amongst others. She was last seen incarnating an otherworldly judge in The Afterdeath at Edinburgh Horror Festival and is very excited to come back amongst the living as Nicole in MOS’s Moliere’s Garden Party. Sandrine is as curious as her character and spends most of her spare time learning new skills. At the moment, if you cannot find her in her sewing room, you may want to try the tango school!

Adam is an Edinburgh based actor who studied with EAS. He has performed both on and off stage and enjoys performing both comedic and also more dramatic roles. Some examples of recent work would be Birdboot in The Real Inspector Hound. Also King Duncan in Macbeth. Examples of film roles Adam has performed in would be Doctor Jones in, Ten with a Flag and a fisherman in the Harry Styles music video Adore You. With MOS he is involved in the casts of Wawel Dragon and Moliere’s Garden Party.

Marta is a bilingual theatre and film actress, living in London on a daily basis, where she graduated from acting studies at Rose Bruford College and Drama Studio London. Before leaving for college, she studied acting with Małgorzata Szczerbowska and took part in the performances of the Kalambur Theater and TdP (Hanoch Levin’s Winter Funeral, directed by Piotr Łukaszczyk). For half a year, she has been a member of the Dangerosity group, where she plays and directs. She can be seen in MOS’s productions of Three Sisters – Beyond Time/Trzy siostry – Poza Czasem as Irina.

Robert is a Polish actor fluent in English, currently based in Edinburgh. Though he’s to complete his Masters this year in ‘Acting for Stage and Screen’ at Napier University, he’s already gathered experience in theatre, film, commercial and even voiceover, including the movies “Leave no Traces” and “Hungarian Women”. In the most recent Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023, he performed a Solo act titled “Things to do in Mull”. He’s also explored online opportunities in Voiceover, landing a role in the independent project “Fallout: Nuevo Mexico”. He joined MOS’s team as a Monsieur Tailor in Moliere’s Garden Party production.

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Annie is an actor, director, and producer based in Edinburgh. She graduated in Film & Media at the University of Stirling BA (Hons) before going on to do some democratic activist work including directing films for the Scottish Government. She did a diploma in Acting and Voice graduating with distinction from Trinity London College, Edinburgh Acting School in 2020. Annie recently co-founded her own theatre & film company called Warped Productions LTD. She was part of the previous Production of The Wheel of Misfortune for the fringe and Horror Festival which will be reprising again in 2023. Her other recent credits include Joy in Sauce and Maxine in Hot Sauce (play), Princess Wanda in MOS’s Wawel Dragon (play) and Grace in Solar Urticaria (film). You can sometimes see her as a witch known as Blair Witch flying around town witch-touring.

Michał is a bilingual theatre actor based in Edinburgh. With MOS from a few years now, he was in cast of several productions. Currently can be seen in two performances: Świeczka zgasła and Wawel Dragon.

Łukasz designes and creates setips, props and costumes. He is passionate about Cosplay; winner of multiple awards on national and international comic-cons.

Justyna Bernadetta Banasiak is a multiskilled artist, set designer, sculptor, teacher, puppets designer and maker. In 2012, she took part in the collective exhibition Sighs of Stones, Gallery of Scenography in Krakow, Poland. Other participants were: J. Skarżyński, A. Wajda, K. Zachwatowicz – Wajda. She was honored in the Jerzy Moskal’s Competition for the Scenography Award in the the 2nd edition of the NEW SCENOGRAPHY FESTIVAL for the model and puppets for To Damascus, A. Srtindberg, under the supervision of Dr. hab. prof. Academy of Fine Arts M. Komorowska. IN 2020 she won GRAND PRIX FOR THE SHOW “A NIECH TO GES KOPNIE!” dir. J. Zdrady IN THE 4TH EDITION OF TEATROTEKA FEST. She cooperates with many puppet and dramatic theaters in Poland and abroad, including Duda Paiva Company from Amsterdam and Puppentheater Zwickau, Germany.

www.justynabanasiak.pl