December 2014 - The Diary

More auditions, followed by the final Edinburgh dates of 'LETTERS TO ABERLOUR' at St John's in Princes Street during the Just Festival. The shows were followed by guest speakers and audience discussions which were fascinating and an honour to take part in.

It is looking likely that we will be touring this wonderful show again in 2015 so watch this space!

Between shows I shot a promo short film for a feature film I am involved with in early 2015. Another lovely crew of young filmmakers and an exciting project to look forward to next year.

And so endeth a rather successful year ! 2 fab tours of the UK and Scotland with KIDNAPPED and LETTERS TO ABERLOUR and a huge thanks to the creatives, crew and casts of both shows, as well as a 'Best Acting' award for THE LAST BAR. Here's hoping 2015 continues in a similar vein.

November 2014 - The Diary

Rehearsals began in earnest for 'Letters To Aberlour' at the lovely village of Coldingham., with our first night preview at the village hall. A fantastic start and we moved to Carlops Village Hall and another lovely audience and tight show. Then it was a long drive north to play Garmouth & Kingston village hall and an emotional return to St Margaret's Church in Aberlour itself, followed by the rededication of the WW1 memorial on the same weekend.

We completed our northern tour in Portgordon, before playing another of my 'bucket list of theatres', the wonderful Glasgow Panoptican, where Stan Laurel made his debut! We rounded off this part of the tour with a great show in Ednam village hall followed by a couple of local school visits in costume which went down well with the children.

Next up was a brilliant wee short film by Jack Willison, 'Don Alfonso Chadwick', in which I play another malevolent character. Great cast and young crew and look forward to seeing the results.