About

Red Squash Theatre is a Scottish company creating original, heartfelt comedies for theatres and local spaces.

Our work explores big themes through humour and humanity. We are interested in stories that bring audiences together – work that entertains, moves and sparks conversation.

Holly McFarlane

Creative Producer

Holly is a playwright and theatre-maker based in Clackmannanshire. She has an MA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Acting from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. 

Holly’s work includes Stuffed, a comedy drama about infertility currently in script development with the Macrobert Theatre in Stirling, and Oopsy Daisy, which won an OffComm Award and was a finalist for Best Comedy at the London Pub Theatre Awards in 2020.

She was shortlisted for the St Andrews Playwriting Award in 2024 and won Flux Theatre’s Emerge Award in 2021.

Rory Fairbairn

Artistic Director

Rory trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. For Red Squash Theatre, he has directed We Three, Stuffed, Macbeeth and Chew.

Rory is the company’s Technical Lead, and is currently developing a flexible performance structure for our Rural Touring Project, designed to transform village halls and community spaces into intimate theatre environments.

Alongside directing, Rory works as a performer, most recently as the title role in Mischief Theatre’s Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle. He played Raleigh in Immersion Theatre’s national tour of Journey’s End, and reprised this role in Mesh Theatre’s 5-star site-responsive production in Ypres.

Red Squash Theatre is based in Clackmannanshire and works across Scotland.