December 2013 - The Diary

December saw me begin rehearsals in London for the Sell-A-Door Theatre UK tour for 2014. I am playing my hero, Alan Breck and now learning to wield the Highland broadsword for the brilliantly co-ordinated fight scenes.

I am delighted to have joined such a talented cast for this show and it has been a thrilling and utterly exhaustingly intense rehearsal period. Adding the movement sequences and singing and live music and we have a brilliant show to take to over 60 venues in 2014.

The show previews in the Greenock Beacon Arts Centre on January 16th before touring the UK until 6th June. Hope to see you all there!

Kidnapped - UK Tour 2014

Delighted to announce that I shall be playing Alan Breck Stewart, another of my heroes from history, in Sell-A-Door Theatre Company's production of 'KIDNAPPED', touring the UK in 2014. Directed by Anna Fox, this will be an exciting and thrilling retelling of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic novel.

The following dates and venues have just been released. I have performed in a few of these theatres before and really looking forward to playing in so many lovely venues with this excellent show and superb cast. Hope to see you there..!

16 Jan | Greenock, Beacon Arts Centre

17-18 Jan | Buxton Opera House

21-22 Jan | Newbury Corn Exchange

23 Jan | South Shields, Customs House

28 Jan | Uppingham Theatre

29 Jan | Liverpool, Capstone Theatre

30 Jan-1 Feb | Croydon, Fairfield Halls

4 Feb | Wellingborough, Castle Theatre

5 Feb | Grantham Guildhall

6 Feb | Stamford Arts Centre

7-8 Feb | Halifax, Victoria Theatre

10-12 Feb | Windsor, Theatre Royal

13 Feb | Leeds Carriageworks

14 Feb | Richmond, Georgian Theatre Royal

15 Feb | Welwyn Garden City, Hawthrone Theatre

18 Feb | Braintree, Arts Centre

19-20 Feb | Guildford, Yvonne Arnauld

22 Feb | Monmouth Savoy

24 Feb | Llandudno, Venue Cymru

25-26 Feb | Horsham, Capitol Theatre

3-5 Mar | Birmingham, New Alexandra Theatre

6-8 Mar | Swansea, Grand Theatre

10 Mar | Bathgate, Regal Theatre

11 Mar | Glasgow, Eastwood Park Theatre

12-13 Mar | Dunfermline, Carnegie Hall

23 Mar | Margate, Theatre Royal

27 Mar | Medway, Brook Theatre

28 Mar | Hexham, Queens Halls

29 Mar | Chesterfield, Pomegranate Theatre

30 Mar | Bracknell, Southhill Park Arts Centre

7-9 April | London, Greenwich Theatre

10 April | Dundee Rep

11 April | Musselburgh, Brunton Theatre

12 April | Ayrshire, Gaiety Theatre

13 April | Motherwell Theatre

6 May | Andover, The Lights

8-10 May | London, Hackney Empire

16 May | Peterborough, Key Theatre

17 May | Tewkesbury, Roses Theatre

20 May | Maidenhead, Norden Park Arts Centre

21 May | High Wycombe, Town Hall

23 May | Epsom Playhouse

24 May | Wolverhampton, Arena Theatre

26-31 May | Coventry, Belgrade Theatre

November 2013 - The Diary

November brought my London stage debut at The Lost Theatre and six excellent performances of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE which were well received and a wonderful experience all round. A cast trip to The Globe as well as further auditions & meetings made this a very successful trip south! Then back to Glasgow and the second day of filming on RUN with the Silly Wee Films team at Ruchill Park.

More castings and then The 48 Hour Film Festival in Glasgow. Our genre was 'buddy movie' and we got cracking on 'DIAL-A-BUDDY' straight away with writers Fraser Coull, Mark Harvey & the Creative Talent Connections team. We shot the film in a few hours and it was screened as part of the festival at the wonderful Glasgow Film Theatre on the 27th November.

I finally got to play James Bond in this funny wee short film, another career highlight! You can watch the film here:Dial-A-Buddy (2013) I also recorded the 'comedy' voice-overs and the film went down well with the audience of fellow film-makers. This is the third year in a row I have done this competition and relish the challenges it brings, trying to film a short of 8 mins in only 48 hours, as well as edit, sound and music composition. Great fun!

Delighted also with the first readthrough of my new play, RESTING by the cast of Attune Theatre Company, which Stewart Schiller will be directing in January 2014. It was thrilling to hear my words come to life, and especially in the hallowed halls of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre rehearsal studio.