April 2015 - The Diary

April saw the completion of my filming on the feature film 'CLEEK' in Paisley and Renfrew with some memorable scenes in various superb locations once again. Real pleasure working with this cast and crew and director Gary Hewitt and pleased to get all of my scenes shot in one chunk of time. Great fun!

More script writing, auditions and meetings for upcoming projects followed, more of which I will discuss in the future. I had more corporate work on this month with Peter Vardy and a live show in Perth as Quiz Show Host, 'Fun-Time Freddie' which went down very well!

Then back to more commercial v/o work with Westsound Radio for 'Lease 2 Buy', followed by a really fun shoot for Edinburgh band The Ok Social Club and their latest video, playing a 'Radge Dad' of the band and smashing up everything in sight. Great video directed by my old pal Andy Maaas at Freak Films, our 4th collaboration over the years. Top gig, top lads and looking forward to the release in May.

Then onto my next project, playing buccaneer Sir Henry Morgan with RPM around Scottish venues.
My Movement Director from 'KIDNAPPED'  got in touch and booked me for a series of excellent medical roleplays, kicking off in Bristol for Coloplast UK. Interesting and rewarding work and nice to be involved in something so worthwhile. Then more voice overs for The Scottish Recovery Network and the NHS training videos in Glasgow as well as shooting some showreel scenes for Regina Vereker with my old collaborator Fraser Coull. Rounded off April with a voiceover for Stagecoach at Clyde FM

Really diverse range of projects this month, worked hard and travelled a lot, but pleased with my output this year so far and been great catching up with old friends on my various gigs as well as working with some top people and making new contacts. May already looks busy!

Reviews

"Adults in the audience smiled at

 the Lord Flashheart-style

 bravado of Alan Breck (Simon Weir)"   

Twyford Advertiser

"Balfour and Simon Weir's Alan Breck,

 who struts the stage as cocksure as a

 young Iain Cuthbertson, form a 

 swashbuckling dynamic duo"      

 Glasgow Herald

"Simon Weir is enthusiastically swashbuckling

 as Alan Breck"                

 The Stage 

"David Balfour and Simon Weir as Alan Breck

 made a great team and deserve special mention.

 It was excellent...Alan Breck was like a 

 Scottish Musketeer"

 Journo Jan

"Simon Weir plays all the men's parts, each one

more hilarious than the last"

The Stage