Lung Ha at 40: Spotlight on… Morgan Dalgeish

Sep 24 2024 | By Thom Dibdin | Reply More

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Lung Ha Theatre Company, All Edinburgh Theatre is delighted to collaborate with the award-winning professional company for actors and theatre makers who are autistic or learning-disabled.

Lung Ha have marked the occasion by commissioning a series of portraits of every member of its 25-strong ensemble from Edinburgh-based photographer Peter Dibdin. Æ will publish the individual portraits over the coming year of celebrations (see our News story: Lung Ha hit 40). We are publishing a new spotlight on a different actor every fortnight.

Lung Ha Actor Morgan Dalgleish, photographed by Peter Dibdin for Lung Ha’s 40th year celebrations.

Spotlight #10: Morgan Dalgeish

Morgan is a cheery, sociable, and enthusiastic Lung Ha member who enjoys dance, acting, working in groups, and learning new drama skills.

Her first production with Lung Ha was Three Sisters in 2018 (Æ review: ★★★★☆ Direct), which played the Traverse before a short tour to Perth and the Glasgow Citizens. She was part of the company for We Are all Just Little Creatures in 2019, created in association with Curious Seed and the Lyra Young Company. And in 2023 she played on of the patients, Dozey, in the award-winning Castle Lennox (Æ review: ★★★★☆ Huge humanity) at the Royal Lyceum Theatre.

Outside of Lung Ha, Morgan’s work experience has been primarily with pre-school children as a nursery schools assistant. Other interests include pop music, culture, cinema, theatre, health and exercise.

Lung Ha Actor Morgan Dalgleish, photographed by Peter Dibdin for Lung Ha’s 40th year celebrations.

Morgan Dalgeish Q&A

What do you think is the most fabulous thing about being an actor? Being an actor is wonderful because I get to share my talent with everyone.

If you could give an aspiring actor one piece of advice, what would it be? My favourite aspiring actor is…Harry Styles! And my advice to Harry would be to come and see one of our shows one day.

40 years is a big milestone during which we look back but also look ahead! What are your hopes or ambitions for the future? I can see myself in future being a great actress. I would love to star in movies or in a soap.

The 40th anniversary photo shoot took place at the Traverse Theatre. Costumes by Karen Tennent; hair and make-up by Catherine Christie.

Browse the rest of the Spotlight on series here.