Struan McCartney

Pronouns: he/him
Hometown: Marbella, Spain
Attended Camp: 2025
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Struan is excited to be joining the Camp Ballibay team for the first time in 2025. He is passionate about all forms of theatre and music and will be working in the technical theatre team at Camp Ballibay 2025. In school summer holidays, Struan was a regular attender of Stagecoach camps based in Spain where he loved learning to act, dance, sing, and all about technical theatre. He hopes to pass on this love of the performing arts to fellow campers.

Professional Bio:
Struan is currently studying towards a BA degree in Theatre, Drama, and Performance Studies at the University of Exeter in SW England. He has enjoyed being involved in various amateur devised performances and more professional staged texts, including Caryl Churchill's short play "Hot Fudge". He is currently directing a production of the Rocky Horror Picture show due to be performed in early June 2025. Struan is an alum of the UK's National Youth Theatre summer programme where he learnt important theatrical concepts, including Jacques LeCoq's levels of tension. Following this, Struan co-founded a school-based theatre company called "Roofblasters" in 2023 which aimed to encourage a love of performance in Middle and Highschool students. He led weekly drama based activities and assisted with various student-led productions, such as an original winter holiday pantomime titled "Snow White, the Seven Dwarves, and a Gorilla". At Highschool, Struan was an enthusiastic theatre student, engaging with all school theatrical productions, playing roles such as, Danny Zuko in "Grease" and Harry Bright in "Mamma Mia". Additionally, he was lead singer of the Heavy Rock band "Fossil" which performed at various charitable and school events along Spain's Costa del Sol. Struan is currently honing his electric guitar skills and is very excited to have recently purchased a 1970s Aelita electric guitar from a flea market in Uzbekistan and is looking forward to restoring it!