Christian is a professional theatre-maker, performer, and puppeteer who has collaborated with Make A Scene since 2013. He has co-devised and performed in many of the company’s popular touring shows, and made his directorial debut with 2019’s Pinocchio. A graduate of the John Bolton Theatre School, he has trained extensively in clowning, improvisation, melodrama, Bouffon, mask and Commedia dell’Arte.

Christian Bagin​ heads the cast with an arsenal of buffoonery, stylised gesture, meta-theatrical ploys and outright panto. – The Age

He has devised and performed in several solo shows including The Beginning and End of Fin Begin, Tears of the White Rhino, and Bernie and his Amazing Unicorn, as well as working with many of Melbourne’s most respected independent theatre companies including Polyglot, Bunk Puppets, Spindly Figures, Lemony S, Black Hole Theatre, Short Attention Span, Inaugural Annual Dance Affair and Company 13 where he devised and performed in a clown adaptation of Macbeth, Macdeath. As a long-time Polyglot Theatre member Christian performed in over 10 productions and toured works internationally.

In 2024 he co-created and performed in an adaptation of Peter and the Wolf for the MSO and co-devised and performed in the premier of Hello Red Planet with Bunk Puppets which had a successful regional tour.