Alison Peebles trained as a Painter at Edinburgh College of Art, worked as a Community Artist/performance Artist before becoming an actress where she enjoyed a successful career in theatre, film and television.

She began her directing career in theatre, has directed at The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh; Communicado theatre Co.; The Highland Festival; The Tron Theatre, Glasgow; Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; Te RSAMD, Glasgow and for her own company, V.amp Productions.

In 1997 she was involved in the Scottish Film and Broadcast Training Scheme as a director/writer where she wrote and directed a 5” film – “Shadows on the Blind”.

• 2003    Feature Film: Director – “AFTERLIFE” by Andrea Gibb; produced by Catherine Aitken (Gabriel Films) Executive producers – Scottish Screen/SMG (NewFoundFilm). Afterlife won The Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2003; was nominated for FIPRIESCI Award and Sutherland Trophy at the London Film Festival and is currently playing in Festivals throughout the world and will be released in summer 2004.

•  2002 THEATRE: The acclaimed "Shining Souls" by Chris Hannan with a cast of 10 actors continuing her creative collaboration with artist Jacqueline Gunn and composer Paddy Cunneen for her own company, V.amp productions in Co-Production with The Tron Theatre, Glasgow.  She won The Scottish Theatre Critics Award for Best Production.

• 2002  TELEVISION: Stacey Stone: 8 part series for BBC

• 2001  TELEVISION: Director “ Tangerine” by Colin Hough, Tartan Short (BBC/ Scottish Screen) Broadcast on BBC Television, shown at the Tartan Day Festival, New York and also in LA, Chicago and festivals throughout Europe including Best of British – Britspotting Festival in Berlin.

• 2000  THEATRE:  Created her own company, V.amp Productions ; directed and produced “ Burning Bright ” – John Steinbeck’s rarely performed play in a visually stunning site-specific production at the Tramway, Glasgow using 4 actors and 2 aerialists.

• 2000  SHORT FILM: Director “Nan” written by Colin Hough, NewFoundFilm/ Scottish Screen/ Scottish Television) broadcast on Scottish Television and nominated as Best Short Drama at The Celtic Film Festival.

• 1981 – 2001 THEATRE: Co-founded the Award Winning Communicado Theatre Company with whom she created many of their productions as actress and associate director – most memorabley Elizabeth  in “Mary Queen of Scots got her Head Chopped Off” written and devised for the company by Liz Lochhead, and Carmen in “Carmen – The Play” by Stephen Jeffreys which opened the Baltimore Theatre Festival in 1988.

·         She has worked as an actress thoughout the UK, including The Royal National Theatre; The Old Vic, The Bush, Dundee Rep, The Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, The Traverse Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse.

·         Amongst her most notable roles she played Lady Macbeth in Michael Boyd’s celebrated production of “MACBETH” at The Tron Theatre, Glasgow opposite Iain Glenn’s Macbeth and Peter Mullan’s Macduff and Ines  in “Ines de Castro” for BBC 2.