October 2018 - The Diary

Another month of auditions and self-tapes for upcoming screen projects and more dates pencilled-in for the 2019 diary. Met up with Into Creative at an iconic film venue in Glasgow to discuss an upcoming project, more of which in upcoming months!

Then into more production work with Cathkin Park Ltd and more restoration of the old ground in between castings and travel, but slowly the old ground is coming back to life and beginning to look like a proper football stadium again!

You can check out all the latest on the ground on our Twitter page @CathkinPark and pop along for a visit if you're nearby. Delighted to be invited along to the launch of Neal Heard's football shirts exhibition at The Arches in Glasgow, pictured below, followed by another short film appearance

in SNOOKERED for the 48 Hour Film Challenge in Glasgow, once again playing the mercurial Tammy Ness. This is my 8th year in this Festival and my 4th in a row with the Dropshack Film team, directed by Jack Willison. Fab location again this year at Reardon's Snooker Hall in Shawlands and

shoot with co-star Jessica Innes. Love working with these guys and thanks to Sean Campbell for the image above. The film screened at the GFT on the following Tuesday to a favourable reaction. Director Jack Willison has uploaded the film to YouTube and please give it a wee swatch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agTTrU9rzRg&feature=youtu.be

Delighted also to turn out once again for the Celtic XI in the Fitba Greats match v Rangers at Fullerton Park, home of Vale Of Clyde FC, however my performance was abysmal and we went down to a heavy 7-3 defeat! But another incredible experience, a lovely crowd and great banter and

despite giving away another 4 goals I had a whale of a time! More auditions and self-tapes this month and thrilled to be invited along to the launch of The Glasgow Echo at SWG3 with special guests Frank McGarvey & Brian McClair of Celtic, Chris McQueer and Kevin Graham and live music from Edgar Summertyme Jones. Thanks to Danny Hutton of Fitba Greats for the photo below.

Great to see a couple of last year's films doing well and picking up awards on the Festival circuit, including REGRETS and SUPER NOVEMBER which is touring around Scotland and Ireland this month and next. I have mean little cameos in each film and loved working on them with old pals

and great crews and directors and really pleased to see both doing well. News also that Simon Baker's 90 MINUTES will now be released in March 2018 having secured a cinema release and great fun catching up with my co-star Vauxhall Jermaine at the Coach & Horses in Soho this month. More

auditions this month at Shepperton Studios, as well as several self-tapes for indie films in 2019. And there was just time to squeeze in another football match for the Scotland Writers FC this October,

against Glasgow Titans FC at Tollcross Park. Changed in a gym hall, dog shit on the park, frost & mud and no showers after the game and loved every minute of it...proper #OldSkoolFitba and a fine 4-1 victory to seal an excellent month! Photo below courtesy of Karen Buckland.

And finally, delighted to report that our short film SNOOKERED won Best Film, Best Editing & Cinematography at the 48 Hour Film Awards and now heads to Filmapalooza in Florida in 2019. Huge congratulations to the Dropshack team and director Jack Willison on a sensational result!

September 2018 - The Diary

A thankfully busy old month and after a run of 14 unsuccessful auditions, finally landed a few good roles! Began another RPM contract touring as the mercurial CAPTAIN MORGAN around Scotland and the North Of England before heading back to Glasgow's Pollock Park to shoot a trailer Short Film for Paul Darroch's excellent ONE NIGHT IN FLANDERS.

Thanks to the brilliant Matthew Crawford Russell for the photos and excellent uniforms! I play Captain Higgins in this future web-series and the trailer will be released in November. A superb shoot with a great cast and fab crew and nice to work with Paul again after 8 years! Then out that evening 

for more raucous laughter with Irvine Welsh and John White, who kindly presented me with my props from T2 TRAINSPOTTING !! Thanks to the staff of Sarti's in Glasgow for another wonderful night in celebration of the big fella's upcoming birthday! Much Montepulciano  had been inbibed

by the time this shot (above) was taken! Then off to the lovely Melia White House, London for another excellent COLOPLAST UK Roleplay gig with the usual gang and straight back to Glasgow for more meetings and more work booked for 2019. Then it was back into pirate mode and gigs in

York and Carlisle with CAPTAIN MORGAN. Great fun once again and great to be back out on the road doing live Club events with a new team this year. Thanks to Popworld, York for these photos!

And still time to cram in another short film appearance, playing Gabe in David Carswell's excellent debut film HATCHES,MATCHES AND DISPATCHES in Greenock with a great cast and crew, including Chris McQueer, Graham Campbell and Sarah McCardie, shot by Andy Samuel and Alan

Cromar of Tall Tale Films. 6th film I've done this year and slowly racking up the credits and screen time again and have high hopes the work done this year will find an audience via the various film festivals in 2019.