August 2023 - The Diary

 As with last month, we kicked off August with more roleplay gigs with the Medical School at Glasgow University and with NHS Lanarkshire and again throughout the month and really enjoyed the various different scenarios and the research one has to do beforehand to give convincing case studies for students.

This month saw the repeat on Sky Arts of the brilliant PATRICK MELROSE, featuring an amazing performance from Benedict Cumberbatch and again, a delight to work with on this epic series, directed by the fab Edward Berger of All Quiet On The Western Front fame. I played Angus Broglie in this fab series

which was a real career highlight to work on. Again August was full of more auditions for more superb shows and another two Bollywood film offers for later in the year from Producers I have previously worked for, which is always a good sign that you did a decent job previously! 

Next up was a great night out at the opening of Sam's Bar at The Barrowlands Ballroom, pictured above with my fellow traders and old pal Gavin Mitchell. A great night and delighted to be asked along. The following day it was back to Edinburgh for the EIFF screening of the brilliant CHOOSE IRVINE WELSH

documentary in which I was interviewed and which went down really well with the audience and much hilarity followed with a great after party at The Little White Pig and great fun catching up with friends

old and new and to celebrate the career of this generation's greatest writer. A brilliant night and huge congratulations to Jack Pepper Media for making a superb and fascinating documentary film, which

will be out later this year on Netflix. Thanks so much to Director Ian Jeffries and Producers Jason Allday and Brian Anderson for a fab night and to Lisa Moorish, Zoe Devlin Love, Kirsty Allison, Gavin Mitchell, Gail Porter and Emma Welsh for such fun company and to all who came along. Superb fun.

Finished off the month with more roleplay bookings and more auditions and lots to look forward to in the next few months, with jobs booked in all over the country and another pile of scripts on my desk to read!