April 2020 - The Diary

As expected, all of the productions I was earmarked for last month have now been either cancelled or postponed. Realistically it is difficult to see any return to work as an Actor for the forseeable. Until a vaccine is found there is no safe way of working in tv or film. Theatre is impossible. There was some

hope however! We recorded some scenes via Zoom, for the play HER FATHER'S VOICE which I have been working on for the last 18months as part of the Research & Development process. Been pretty productive during this enforced solitude and the magic of technology enabled us to tape

another few episodes of SHOOT!THE BREEZE with another fab guest Ally Begg, chatting all things Aberdeen FC related. Great fun and again this episode will air later in the month. Was lucky to be cast in a rather interesting Feature Film project and began shooting bits and bobs of that this month!

As promised, here's the link to last month's football podcast with the legend that is Andy Cameron
at https://shootthebreeze.podbean.com/e/shoot-the-breeze-episode-16-with-andy-cameron/ We will post up the next episode I recorded with Ally Begg in next month's blog. The auditions have all but

dried up now and despite the lockdown I am keeping up my training and maintaining fitness, catching up on my accounts and trying to stay relaxed and positive that things one day will be back to some sort of normality. Until then, stay indoors and stay safe folks x

March 2020 - The Diary

March started off just as brightly with a glut of self tapes and auditions to keep me busy, and again it was back into the old motor to zoom up and down to Londinium for more face-to-face castings for some excellent projects. Exhausting, but Glasgow-Edinburgh-London-Manchester- Glasgow in 24 hours was the highlight!

Here's a wee preview of the self tapes recorded and the palpable exhaustion in my face after another 1000 mile round trip!

Spent more time on the motorway this month than ever and hopefully it will all pay off ?? Some really exciting auditions and am again beginning to book in work for this summer which is already looking every bit as good as last year.

Home for more tapes and then...back on the motorway yet again! Confirmation of a feature film in July and delighted to have landed another cracking wee cameo in another. Booked a commercial in London and travelled down to Enfield in North London to shoot it, this time staying overnight in a

the local Travelodge and arrived in cold and wet conditions just as talk of the Coronavirus hitting Britain began with worrying figures. Another good fun shoot with a brilliant crew for the latest
LEGAL & GENERAL ad in another excellent location (pictured below).

However this was to represent the last acting job of the current period. Only a few days later the whole industry was shut down, and remains in lockdown as I write. There was just time to reunite with my old sparring partner from the HIGH ROAD days, Andy Cameron, as we recorded a fun

episode of our Shoot! The Breeze football podcast. As expected, Andy was in great form and was such fun catching up and chatting about the old days and of course, all things football. The episode
will be out next month and I will post a link when it airs. And so, what was a very positive month

ended in these awful and unforseen circumstances. But it all pales into insignificance as the death toll began to rise in the UK this month and thoughts and prayers to all of those affected and to the brave NHS staff who are fighting the virus every day x

February 2020 - The Diary

Lots of travel this month, starting off with a return to Birmingham for COLOPLAST UK live gig with the usual fab group of actors (pictured below), followed by another roleplay in fantastic Dublin the following week..! Great chance to meet up with long lost family in Ireland and a fab job once

again. Finally got to spend time with our fellow family historian, cousin Ite Wall (below) in Stoneybatter, where our ancestors lived in the 19th Century. Wild and wintry conditions and a bumpy flight back but straight into the car and back on the road to London to shoot a Corporate Video with

another superb cast and a brilliant location at The Belt Craft Studios in  Seven Sisters. Long but really fun and enjoyable day shooting this video for The Royal Society Of Chemistry and a great laugh with the crew and this cast below!

Landed a few more corporate gigs for next month and back on the road to Scotland immediately after I wrapped to record more urgent self-tapes and again, thanks to my agent IAM for keeping me busy!

Tapes submitted and back on my travels and another gig in Birmingham with COLOPLAST UK and greeted by this fab artwork in the rather snazzy Malmaison Hotel where we were staying and working the next day. Beautiful hotel and another fabbo live gig with the usual gang.

So a nice and busy month, with lots of work and travel and heaps of auditions and already an offer or two to mull over the next few days!