Vee Smith

Award Winning Performance Maker
Freelance Artist, Maker and Producer working at the intersections of Theatre, Contemporary Circus, Dance, Physical and Visual Theatre.

- Director "Dreich, Drookit & Braw" by Julia Chan, commissioned by Imaginate and Merchant City Festival 2026

- Joint Choreographer "BIRD" part of the International Residencies Programme with Contemporary Dance Night Egypt, supported by Momentum and The British Council, 2026

- Winner of a Scottish Emerging Theatre Artist Award 2025 (SETA)

- Joint Lead Artist "The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl" commissioned by Imaginate, Produced by Catherine Wheels, in association with The National Theatre of Scotland and supported Assembly Roxy. Made In Scotland 2025. Winner of a Creative Edinburgh Award

- Company Stage Manager and Access Lead "Tell Me" by Sadiq Ali Company. Commissioned by Without Walls UK 2025, Made in Scotland 2026

- Lead Artist "Butterface" supported by the Manipulate Artist Development Fund, The Place, The Lowry, Theatre Deli and Tramway

- Producer "IN/NEAR" by Circar: Artes do Corpo Brazil 2019 & 2023

- Assistant Producer "The Chosen Haram" by Sadiq Ali Company, Made In Scotland 2022

- Joint Lead Artist and Producer "Pride Flag Emoji" Commissioned by Braw Screen 2021 (digital)

- Lead Artist "Naked Truth" Winner of the Innovation Award, Adelaide Fringe 2019

- Joint Lead Artist "Our House" Commissioned by Wandsworth Arts Fringe 2018


Graduate of the University of Glasgow Film and Television
Graduate of the National Centre for Circus Arts - Leverhulme Award Scholarship
'Evaluating Arts and Cultural Projects' - Queen Margaret University

Board Member of Articulation
Workroom Member
Equity Member
The Touring Network Member
Previous member of the Dancebase Artist Advisory Group
Previous member of the Without Walls Artist Advisory Group

Links:

'The Unlikely Friendship...' trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Toh92rqWnbM
'The Chosen Haram' trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEDb0vakQJk&list=RDZEDb0vakQJk&start_radio=1
'Tell Me - Outdoors' trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUKpGhDR8WQ&list=RDAUKpGhDR8WQ&start_radio=1
'Pride Flag Emoji': https://www.brawcircus.co.uk/pride-flag